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__label__wiki	0.945072	0.945072	A year after century's worst floods in Kerala, a chilling feeling of deja vu A year after century’s worst floods in Kerala, a chilling feeling of deja vu Kerala weather live updates \| The Cochin International Airport has suspended operations till 9 am tomorrow (Friday) and hill stations like Munnar and Kumily are cut-off due to landslides on the roads leading to them Written by Vishnu Varma \| Kochi \| Updated: August 8, 2019 11:21:15 pm Waterlogging at Aluva Manapuram temple in Ernakulam. (Photo Credit: Nitin RK) The state of Kerala and its people are sort of having a deja vu moment. A year after it battled the century’s worst floods displacing millions of people and leaving nearly 400 dead, heavy monsoon showers over this week have inundated large parts of the state, triggering landslides and ringing alarm bells in the corridors of the state disaster management department (SDMA). In a repeat of last year, hundreds of people are already on the move leaving their inundated homes, mainly in the state’s northern and central districts, to temporary shelters set up at government and private schools. Follow LIVE weather updates As of Thursday evening, six people have died in rain-related incidents in the state, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl child in Chinnakanal in Idukki district after a mudslide on their home. Popular hill stations like Munnar and Kumily are cut-off due to landslides on the roads leading to them. Munnar itself received 194 mm alone in the last 24 hours. The Idukki district administration has banned the movement of tourist buses and vehicles and heavy-load trucks on hilly roads between 6 pm and 6 am from August 8-11. Additionally, all forms of off-road, adventure and water-based tourist activities have been suspended in the district till August 15. A total of 122 relief camps are operating across the state, the highest in Wayanad (71). At these camps, 2337 families consisting of 8110 individuals are present. Nearly 6000 people are housed in relief camps in Wayanad alone. Airport operations at Kochi suspended till 9 am tomorrow (Friday) due to waterlogged apron area @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/6uLMEgpEgF — Vishnu Varma (@VishKVarma) August 8, 2019 In Ernakulam district, the Aluva Shiva temple, lying on the banks of the Periyar and which goes under water every monsoon, was barely visible on Thursday. (Photo Credit: Nitin RK) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who convened an emergency meeting today, announced that the assistance of the NDRF and the Army has been sought. A column of Army personnel from the Defence Security Corps centre at Kannur will help in rescue measures in Wayanad district, the CM announced. NDRF personnel have been sent to Nilambur and Idukki. Additionally, battalions of the state police and fire-force have also been deployed. The CM’s Office on Facebook issued guidelines of the SDMA, asking people to take special care of children so that they do not go near rivers and streams. District collectors have been given special orders to evacuate people from flood-prone areas located close to swelling rivers. People have been advised to cooperate with police and disaster response forces to avoid casualties. The Meteorological Department station in Thiruvananthapuram has issued code red rain alerts in the districts of Idukki, Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode for August 8 and 9, indicating extremely heavy rainfall. (Photo Credit: Nitin RK) Many of the state’s major rivers like Periyar, Manimala, Muvattupuzha, Chaliyar and Pamba are overflowing. People residing in settlements close to these rivers have been asked to exercise caution and relocate when water-levels rise. Shutters of dams like Bhuthathankettu, Malankara, Kallarkutty, Mangalam and Peringalkuthu were opened to drain out excess water into their respective rivers. Major towns like Nilambur and Munnar are heavily-flooded. In Ernakulam district, the Aluva Shiva temple, lying on the banks of the Periyar and which goes under water every monsoon, was barely visible on Thursday. The temple serves as an excellent barometer of the severity of the rainfall every monsoon. Panchayats located close to the Periyar like Varapuzha, Chendamangalam, Kuttampuzha, Vadakkekara, Karimalur and Kadungallur are at risk of flooding. In Kannur district, the popular Muthappan temple at Parassinikadavu was flooded Thursday with devotees arriving in boats. After last year’s experience, in May this year, the state government had approved a new document of the SDMA in which disaster management protocols have been updated. (Photo Credit: Nitin RK) The Meteorological Department station in Thiruvananthapuram has issued code red rain alerts in the districts of Idukki, Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode for August 8 and 9, indicating extremely heavy rainfall. Five other districts – Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kannur and Kasaragod – have been predicted to get ‘isolated heavy to very heavy’ rainfall with code orange alerts issued for them. With strong winds from westerly/southwesterly directions with speeds reaching 40-50 kmph off the Kerala and Tamil Nadu coasts, fishermen in both states have been cautioned from going to the sea. Educational institutions in eight districts of the state have been given a holiday on Friday. Examinations of MG University and Public Service Commission (PSC), scheduled on Friday, have been postponed. After last year’s experience, in May this year, the state government had approved a new document of the SDMA in which disaster management protocols have been updated. The aim has been to improve the efficiency of government departments in dealing with emergencies. Whether the new set of protocols set by the SDMA will show results will be proved with the heavy rainfall this week. BusinessIMF lowers global growth forecast for 2019, cites slowdown in India IMF lowers India’s growth estimate for 2019 to 4.8% Actors pick the best reality show of the last decade Vishnu VarmaVishnu Varma is a correspondent for the Indian Express in Kerala.... read more Gulf dream almost over for the average Malayali: Writer Benyamin If Jayalalithaa was at helm of affairs in AIADMK today, she wouldn’t have supported CAA: Kanimozhi Young people have made national anthem, Preamble cultural ideas, hats off to them: TM Krishna	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396484
__label__wiki	0.900967	0.900967	Monday , December 9 2019 This is what Kiara Advani plans on doing to make her performance personal for an upcoming awards show Kriti Sanon says her biggest achievement was people assuming that she is a Maharashtrian after watching Panipat Plea in High Court to challenge release of Rani Mukerji starrer Mardaani 2 Google's billionaire cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page dropped a surprise visit on a PhD student who sits in Page's old office at Stanford Bigg Boss 13: Asim Riaz breaks into tears as his ladylove Himanshi Khurana gets evicted from the house Commando 3 actor Vidyut Jammwal responds to the controversy surrounding a scene in the film Prabhas’ vacation delays the shoot of his next film Jaan? How To Stream On Twitch: A Guide For Newbies Jeff Bezos says employee activists are wrong and Silicon Valley firms should feel comfortable doing business with the US military Chehre: Krystle D’Souza says she is proud of the way she landed a role in the Emraan Hashmi starrer Home / Regional / Haryana announces 41-member gurdwara management committee Haryana announces 41-member gurdwara management committee Main Uddin July 23, 2014 Regional, State 3 Views Chandigarh, July 23 : The Haryana government Wednesday nominated 41 Sikh leaders as members of the ad-hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee that may escalate controversy over the HSGPC. Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The committee has been announced to manage, supervise and take over the assets of the gurdwaras in the state, including moveable and immoveable properties of every description, a state government spokesman said here. Haryana Sikh leaders Jagdish Singh Jhinda, Didar Singh Nalvi and 39 others have been named in the committee. The spokesman said the committee had been constituted under the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act, 2014. It shall continue to hold charge and manage the affairs of the gurdwaras in Haryana until a new committee is elected as provided for in the act. The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and the Amritsar-based SGPC have strongly opposed the creation of the new Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) for Haryana Sikh shrines. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M. Venkaiah Naidu July 16-18 to seek the central government’s intervention in Haryana’s separate gurdwara committee move. The Haryana assembly June 11 passed a bill under which a new committee would be set up to manage gurdwaras (Sikh shrines) in the state. The Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Bill, 2014 received the assent of the Haryana governor June 14. Union home secretary Anil Goswami wrote to the Haryana chief secretary and the Haryana governor’s office seeking the assent to the bill be withdrawn. However, the Haryana government outright rejected the plea. The Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religious affairs, which controls gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, will lose control over 72 gurdwaras in Haryana with the new law in the state. The SGPC, which has a Rs.950-crore annual budget, controls majority of the gurdwaras in Punjab, including the holiest of all Sikh shrines Harmandir Sahib (popularly known as Golden Temple) in Amritsar. The Akali Dal has called a mega conference of Sikh religion in Amritsar July 27 to decide the future course of action on the HSGPC controversy. Badal has warned of an agitation over the issue and said this could disturb peace in the region. The Akali Dal and the SGPC have stationed volunteers and task force members at Haryana gurdwaras to resist any forced physical takeover of the shrines by the ad-hoc committee. 103 of Netflix's notable original TV shows,… The best smart speaker you can buy: Amazon Echo vs.… Out of over 1 million Prime Day deals, here are the… Previous Indian National Congress moves SC over foreign funding Next Beautiful dream of Israel has become a nightmare by killing innocent Palestinian Only Son Denied Father’s Last Rites For Marrying Non-Brahmin in Assam Assam eviction drive: mother of newborn bleeds and cries out in pain under open sky Karnataka Government Formation: Supreme Court Orders Floor Test Tomorrow At 4 PM	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396486
__label__cc	0.589036	0.410964	International Chamber of Commerce Global issues & trends Dispute resolution services Resources for business Home » News & Speeches » 5 must-read articles that challenge common trade myths 5 must-read articles that challenge common trade myths News • Paris, 04/05/2017 With all the negativity on the subject, you may have missed a series of recent articles breaking down many misconceptions around trade. Trade matters for jobs, for growth, for our global sustainable development agenda and for companies both small and large. These stories help set the record straight on the following common trade myths. 1. Trade is a zero-sum game International trading ties are too often viewed as zero-sum relationships with ‘winners’ and other partners getting the short end of the stick. In the United States, a sizeable trade deficit is often cited as proof of how much the country has been taken advantage of by its trading partners. But American companies have actually increased production in recent years, in part by accessing global supply chains to get the right products at the right price. This recent article in The New York Times helps to explain why focusing on trade deficits is an extremely poor indicator to base trade policy on. 2. Trade is a race to the bottom In emerging economies, trade has helped lift millions out of poverty, driving economic growth and technical progress to unprecedented levels. While trade has also lifted incomes in the developed world, rapid industrialisation in poorer countries has left many in the West feeling that they face unfair competition. A kneejerk response to a changing global marketplace is to erect barriers to foreign companies yet, as this Wall Street Journal op-ed argues, protectionism is not the answer. International rule-making bodies like the World Trade Organisation (WTO) set standards for countries competing with each other and a clear process for resolving disputes. “More, not less, rules-based policy-making is needed” to ensure companies can operate internationally in a fair, free and predictable way. 3. Trade is bad for workers You don’t have to look too hard online to find stories about dire conditions facing some workers in emerging and developing countries. But increased trade has helped to raise labour standards for millions of workers around the world. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, for example, called for its 12 members to bolster workers’ rights and protect independent unions—major steps forward in some countries the deal would have applied to. This New York Times piece profiles labour activists in Vietnam who were looking to the TPP with hope as a means to improve their working conditions—a hope that was dashed when the new US administration formally withdrew from the agreement in January 2017. 4. The United States is a victim of world trade Anti-trade rhetoric has been on the increase since the US 2016 presidential election campaign, with the country often painted as a victim of both cunning foreign competitors and global arbitrators of the system, notably the WTO. However, as a key architect of the rules that underpin the WTO, the US has consistently been one of its key protagonists and beneficiaries, rather than victim. This CNBC op-ed serves to remind us that Washington has a “stellar record of winning at the WTO”, using the system to its advantage, in challenging foreign restrictions against the US. 6. Chinese trade is killing US jobs While China hasn’t always been the bogeyman for domestic critics of US trade policy, the country is now largely blamed for a declining share of US manufacturing jobs. The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed two academic studies revisiting the claim that imports from China have hurt the US. The economists find that competition with China actually allowed US firms to expand employment by 2% or more per year as they shifted to areas where they held a greater comparative advantage. One of the studies also found that employment losses in a firm due to Chinese imports were “more than offset by gains in employment within the same firms”. Far from being a cautionary tale of trade gone wrong, the ‘China shock’—referring to the moment when China became a member of the WTO—illustrates how trade can be mutually beneficial. #TradeMatters Amid growing hostility to free trade and open markets, ICC is seeking to make a positive case for trade as a driver of jobs, growth and opportunity. 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__label__cc	0.749069	0.250931	Iced Jamb Race, education, and unemployment: Boeing brings the low country lower by iced jamb Boeings 2009 decision to build their new 787 jet assembly plant in North Charleston created a wave of relief to Low Country residents. With the state suffering from an all time high rate of 11.9% in unemployment, Boeing had residents holding their heads up in anticipation of jobs and prosperity. South Carolina’s unemployment rate as of February 2011 only dropped to 10.8%. Although Charleston’s unemployment rate is the lowest in the state, the improvement is attributed to Leisure, Hospitality, and Retail Trade instead of manufacturing. Clearly, Boeing’s move created savings and revenue for its stockholders but no major benefit to the citizens of the city. Being a major power in business, Boeings tailspin from the north to the south should have greatly improved South Carolina’s economic structure. Further, if Boeing wasn’t going to give a major face lift to Charleston’s job market and unemployment rate, then why would such a powerful company make such a move? According to Jason Brooks, KIRO Money Editor, the answer is low unionization. South Carolina’s Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Otis Rawls told KIRO radio, “…the Legislature has worked closely with his organization in limiting the abilities of unions.” read more from this article here: South Carolina’s low unionization rate attracts Boeing. Elite power is alive and well in the south. In the new millennium south, maintaining race and class segregation is the heartbeat of low unionization in South Carolina. Worse, if it were not for low unionization, Boeing would not have even considered South Carolina as an option. Further proof of race and class inequality is apparent in how the state is ranked in education. In 2010, South Carolina ranked last in student performance! Talk about no child left behind, how about every child in the state behind the nation! The saddest part of that is, South Carolina ranked in the top 10 for education reform! So even after a greater education overhaul than most states, South Carolina students came in lower than every state. Parent University in Charleston is working hard to collaborate with parents and educate them sufficiently to help pick up the slack. The new school year for kids, marks a new school year for Parent University. Please attend as many of these workshops as possible to help improve the education standards and secure a more prosperous economic future in Charleston. The 2011-2012 Parent Univeristy calendar is now available, please visit the website for more information CCSD Parent University. Low carb dieters find high protein lower fat snacks in pork rinds X-Men: First Class - What happens when mutants fight evil with a low, low budget 2011 CMT Music Video Awards (Winners List): Country? This Is Country Music? Blackberry Smoke Brings Southern Country Rock to Kentucky Wine Country Trattoria brings Napa Valley to California Adventure Yemen: when a "CARE Package" brings education and hope © 2020 Iced Jamb · Contact · Privacy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396498
__label__wiki	0.696246	0.696246	Bio Statement Reviews CV Exhibitions Paintings/Landscapes Paintings/Still Life-Interiors Contact Gallery-Going A few floors below in the same gallery building, the exuberant landscapes of Henry Finkelstein, a painter in his mid-40s, make an intriguing contrast with (Nell) Blaine's. Mr. Finkelstein's bold palette convincingly evokes the atmosphere of the French countryside he paints, his rich hues maintaining their full colorfulness even in the extreme lights and darks. Despite his looser, larger strokes, his spaces are persuasively rendered; no less than Blaine, the artist knows how to hold down a distant point in space with a sudden note of blue or green. In "Pond, Gray Day," a cacophony of hues-greens, browns, blues-cluster in the foreground as reflections on the pond's surface: so nuanced is the artist's sense of light that these colors instantly hold as a single plane stretching luminously into the mid-distance. Mr. Finkelstein tends to be less patient than Blaine, however, less inclined to linger and savor an object's location to see what it portends. But his extravagant brushwork delivers, energetically, the effect of the frittering of clouds in a wide sky, the craggy tower of a tree trunk, and the scruffy edges of the late afternoon shadows on grass. - John Goodrich Art in America - September, 2003 Henry Finkelstein at Kraushaar A graduate of Cooper Union and the Yale School of Art and the former Fulbright fellow, Henry Finkelstein currently teaches drawing and painting at the National Academy of Design in New York. In the 11 large (48-by-54-inch) oil paintings in his second solo show at Kraushaar, he renders the landscape in a loose, lyric manner that makes him heir to the abstract-leaning, nature-based esthetic of his much-admired parents, Gretna Campbell and Louis Finkelstein. Gardens, ruins and orchards are some of the motifs found in recent canvases inspired by Maine islands and the French countryside. (In 1992, Finkelstein won a French government grant that enabled him to paint at the Chateau de Rochefort en Terre in Brittany.) His paint-handling is loose and fast throughout, which sometimes gives a particular work an unfinished look, an impression supported by the bits of primed canvas that often show through. On a few occasions, Finkelstein introduces a prop to the scene, such as the painterâ€™s hat in the immediate foreground of "Apple Grove". More often, the view is left alone. "From the Road to Malansac" depicts only verdant fields and blustery trees. The palette runs the gamut of greens, yellows, browns and other traditional landscape colors. An exception is the ultramarine often employed for the trunks of trees. Such expressionist tendencies mark "Barn from the Orchard" and "Willow Tree". Many of these paintings seem reactive and spontaneous, as if a specific view suddenly triggered an outburst of painting. In "Pond, Rochefort III", unchecked brushwork seems perfectly in sync with tangled nature, as trees shoot up through the picture plane. Patches of blue water and sky accent the lush landscape. Various structuresâ€”a barn, a country houseâ€”sometimes lend a simple geometry to the view. In "The Greenhouse", the glass structure near the center of the canvas is surrounded with overarching branches and greenery and seems built into the land. Making a more prominent statement are the old walls and arched entrance in "Ruins at the Chateau". Something Finkelsteinâ€™s father once said seems apropos to the work in this exhibition: â€œMy involvement in painting is in the exploration of painting language, not simply in making products. - Carl Little Vision - Fall, 2001 Color Them Bright, A scouting report on three rising stars in Americaâ€™s art world. Veteran art dealer Barbara Ingber tells the story of the time she ran into famous art critic Hilton Kramer on the street and asked, â€œHow are you?â€ He shook his head and said, â€œBarbara, I just came from a gallery where they had sneakers hanging on the wall! That was the art!â€ Ah, yes, the fickle, but always fascinating American art world. One day, youâ€™re looking at sneakers, another at the next Jackson Pollack. Finding an artist whose work thrills you is a bit like searching for true love: Where do you start looking? And how do you know when you've really found it? â€œItâ€™s the kind of painting that goes right to your heart,â€ Ingber answers bluntly. â€œYou canâ€™t intellectualize your feelings about it,â€ says Ingber, head of the Artistsâ€™ Museum, which curates shows of the New York School of Artists across the country. â€œA good artwork poses questions,â€ adds Patricia Cloutier, who runs the Patricia Cloutier Gallery in Tequesta, Florida. â€œIt demands extra time from you. Itâ€™s compelling: itâ€™s fresh.â€ On these pages we spotlight three up-and-coming stars who are turning heads in the art world â€“ artists who just may make you fall in love for life. Henry Finkelstein is a romantic who wears a floppy straw hat like an old-fashioned French painter as he creates his riveting portraits of nature â€“ cottage gardens awash in buoyant blues, yellows and lime-greens, and groves of deep purple plum trees rendered in rich, textured brush strokes. While he admits to an occasional worry that his paintings arenâ€™t more modern, the New York-based artist is one of the few with that concern. Finkelsteinâ€™s first solo show this year at Manhattanâ€™s Kraushaar Gallery was a sellout, and The New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has praised his original take on nature. His growing fan club loves the way he sweeps them into his intense vision of landscape and the bold ways he plays with light and dark, sometimes even veering toward abstraction, yet always retaining a warm sense of place. Daily Record - Morris County, NJ 1999 Representational art may not be cutting edge, but there is no denying the enduring appeal of a finely crafted, well-composed painting when itâ€™s easy to understand and pleasing to look at. Audiences have indeed been looking at large, attractive oils by two artists who are currently featured at the Simon Gallery. Although they both work in representational style, Nancy Friese and Henry Finkelstein each have a distinctive spin on reality as interpreted through landscape and still life: Friese with her dramatic, flat analysis of color and form, Finkelstein with a soft-edged and painterly interpretation. Henry Finkelstein, the more unabashedly romantic of the two, engages the audience with a delicious palette resonant with soft corals, pinks, greens and blues.He lives in Manhattan, has a studio in Brooklyn and teaches in New York City and Washington, D.C. Two of Finkelsteinâ€™s large still lifes are outstanding, each of which offers different perspectives on the same group of objects. â€œStill Life with Quince,â€ measures 48 inches square, and makes a big statement with effective grouping of porcelains, fruits and flowers. Nancy Friese is Acting Dean of Graduate Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. She concentrates on landscapes, and several appear to have been painted in the same location around a tree ringed pond. In this particular group of oils, Frieseâ€™s palette is dominated by autumnal tones spiked with purples and blues. She reduces the elements of landscape to flat areas of color in subject and which every branch and shadow is unmodulated and crisp. Although her technique differs from that of Finkelstein, the two artists hang well together because of the scale, subject and essentially representational focus of their work. The Simon Gallery is open noon-6pm on Saturdays. For more information call (973) 538-5456. - Marion Filler Art New England - Oct./Nov., 1992 This exhibition of oil paintings and pencil drawings is Henry Finkelsteinâ€™s first one-person show in Maine, where he maintains a summer studio on Great Cranberry Island. A graduate of Cooper Union and the Yale School of Art, and a former Fulbright fellow, last year Finkelstein won a French government grant to work at the Chateau de Rochefort en Terre. Thus, besides some fine Maine island landscapes, the current show also features a substantial group of paintings of Brittany. While Finkelsteinâ€™s approach to landscape is fairly consistent throughout this show - he paints loose and fast, often fearlessly, at times to extremely abstract ends - he manages to capture the character of the locales he is working in. It is not simply by its rendering of area architecture that, for instance, a painting like Madame Rubaudâ€™s House evokes the French countryside. An allee of trees, a hillside green, a bridge leading to a chateau, a valley accented with a blue jug - these images and others, painted freely and forcefully, transport us to a distinctly European paysage. Finkelsteinâ€™s palette relies a lot on greens, with bright hues - purple, yellows, blues - livening up the landscape, especially the houses and gardens of the artistâ€™s Maine milieu. Like Deer Isle artist Karl Shrag, Finkelstein views his surroundings through expressionist eyes; even a nocturne such as the mysterious House Lit Up At Night has a vivid glow to it. With its heated hues, Weigelia and the Studio, Morning recalls the Mediterranean as much as it does Maine.The show includes a couple of still lifes, including a notable one of a mess of oysters. There is also a handful of drawings, interesting enough as studies, but detracting from the main course at hand. Finkelstein loves best the play of light and dark in a landscape, obscured vistas, noting gardens, dappled days, and off-kilter habitats.Thereâ€™s something of Soutine in his aesthetic, although the overall effect is generally warmer and lighter. Finkelstein is clearly enamored of the world; we, in turn, are caught up in his energetic vision. - Carl Little The New York Times - Friday, January 3, 1986 Henry Finkelstein (Prince Street Gallery, 12 Wooster Street): Henry Finkelstein is a young, essentially expressionist painter recently out of art school who is having his first one-man show in New York. His subject matter is traditional - still lifes and landscapes of Maine, New Jersey and Umbria. What is engaging is the artistâ€™s willingness to jump in with both feet. When a mood, instinct or compositional idea hits him, he goes with it. Paint is the artistâ€™s means of fixing contact with the world around him. In most of these paintings, wenever lose sight either of him or his subject. The Umbrian hills may have the colors of Bonnard, but we still roll right through the familiar, undulating land. We recognize the Maine coast immediately, but the colors can be hot and the rocks and land seem barely able to restrain the wild sea. In the painting of a New Jersey farm, everything is predictably quiet, except for the vegetable garden, which seems to be erupting with paint and light. - Michael Brenson	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396500
__label__cc	0.527913	0.472087	Hepatitis C mutations 'outrun' immune systems, lab study shows Hep C virus exposed to attack “We’re redirecting the focus of the immune response away from regions of the virus that generate antibodies that are not only ineffective, but which block the effectiveness of the desirable antibodies. “It’s the first time this has been demonstrated in HCV that you can actually re-engineer the surface protein to generate a profoundly different immune response that is now cross-reactive and blocks the virus from entering cells. “That gives us a lead that we can work with to produce a vaccine candidate that’s going to be amenable for a clinical trial.” Study identifies mutations outside of traditional vaccine targets as barrier to vaccine development Unlike its viral cousins hepatitis A and B, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has eluded the development of a vaccine and infected more than 170 million people worldwide. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that a novel laboratory tool that lets them find virus mutations faster and more efficiently than ever before has identified a biological mechanism that appears to play a big role in helping HCV evade both the natural immune system and vaccines. For their study, described March 8 in PLOS Pathogens, the researchers used one of the largest libraries of naturally occurring HCV to rapidly sort out which mutations allow HCV to evade immune responses and found that mutations that occur outside of the viral sites typically targeted by such antibody responses play a major role in the virus' resistance. "We think those mutations could account for the difficulty of making an effective vaccine," says Justin Bailey, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. All told, the researchers compiled a library of 113 HCV strains from 27 patients with HCV infections followed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The researchers then tested each strain of the virus for susceptibility to two potent and commonly used antibodies in vaccine development experiments for HCV, HC33.4 and AR4A. Because natural HCVs do not thrive in the lab, the researchers first created pseudo-viruses using the contents and capsule of HIV, a virus that grows easily in the lab. Then, by placing surface proteins of each HCV virus onto these pseudoviruses, the researchers were able to efficiently infect human cells with the HCV strains in tissue culture. One-third of the cells infected with each strain received treatment with HC33.4 antibodies, one-third received treatment with AR4A antibodies and a final third (the control group) received no treatment. The researchers then compared the level of infection in the treated cells against the untreated cells. The investigators observed that HC33.4 and AR4A neutralized only 88 percent and 85.8 percent of the virus, respectively. "We discovered that there was a lot of naturally occurring resistance, meaning we may need to greatly expand the set of viruses we use to evaluate potential vaccines," says Ramy El-Diwany, a student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and first author of the study. The team also found that the effectiveness of the antibodies varied, with some viral strains very inhibited by the antibodies and others hardly affected at all. To find out what was causing the variation, the researchers next tapped into the HCV genomes. Using a program that compared the genetic sequences of each viral strain, the researchers were able to analyze which mutations conferred resistance to each strain of the virus. They found that despite wide-ranging levels of resistance to HC33.4 and AR4A, the areas that allow these antibodies to bind to the virus barely varied. The HC33.4 binding site mutated at only one location, for example, and the AR4A binding site was the same across all viral strains. The researchers then expanded their search to the proteins on the surface of HCV. They found that while mutations in the binding site were not associated with resistance, other mutations in the surface proteins away from the binding site correlated with viruses that persisted despite antibody treatment. "These are the mutations we believe may allow the viruses to avoid being blocked by antibodies altogether. If you think of it like a race, the antibody is trying to bind to the virus before it can enter the cell. We think this mutation may allow the virus to get into the cell before it even encounters the immune system," says Bailey. HCV is spread from person to person through contact with the blood of an infected person. Some patients are able to fight off the infection naturally, but for 70 to 85 percent of people, the infection becomes chronic. A new HCV infection is effectively treated with direct-acting antiviral drugs, but the researchers say a preventive vaccine is needed to control what they call an HCV pandemic because as many as 50 percent of people infected are unaware that they carry the virus, putting others at risk of infection. Treatment does not protect those at risk from future infection by HCV. "HCV is very unlikely to be eliminated by treatment alone," says El-Diwany. Other researchers involved in this study include Valerie Cohen, Madeleine Mankowski, Lisa Wasilewski, Jilian Brady, Anna Snider, William Osburn and Stuart Ray of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Ben Murrell of the University of California, San Diego. Extra-epitopic hepatitis C virus polymorphisms confer resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies by modulating binding to scavenger receptor B1 This research was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Extramural Activities (1K08 AI102761, U19 AI088791), the National Institute of Drug Abuse (R37 DA013806), and the Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research (1P30AI094189). https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/jhm-hcm031417.php Posted by HCV New Drugs at Wednesday, March 15, 2017 File Under HCV Vaccine Abstract - A dirty little secret: stigma, shame an... Scale Up of Hepatitis C Treatment Possible as Braz... Antivirals may cure HCV–associated B-cell lymphoma... Update Consumer Reports - List Of 15 Supplement In... Comment - Value of Treating All Stages of Chronic ... High Cure Rates for HCV Patients Undergoing Liver ... Of six milestones, only two left on route to hep B... Doubt expressed about potential of any single regi... 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__label__cc	0.693513	0.306487	Form H1038, Medical Facility Referral H1038.pdf H1038.doc Updated: 7/2005 MEDICAL FACILITY STAFF — Part I To provide a means for an individual whois in or entering a hospital, a nursing home orother medical facility and who is in need to requestan application for public and medical assistance. This referral must not be completed for people currently receiving public assistance from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). Peoplealready receiving assistance should have a Medical Care Identification Card issued by HHSC. To provide HHSC a written authorization to take an application on behalf of the needy person. To establish the date when the needy person notified HHSC of the desire to apply for publicand medical assistance. When to Prepare The applicant or the applicant's representative (such as a responsible relative, authorized representative or a hospital admissions clerk) completes Part I of Form H1038 to request an application for public assistance. The applicant or representative completes an original and two copies. The applicant or representative sends the original and first copy of Form H1038 to the local HHSC office. The applicant keeps the second copy. Detailed Instructions Part I — Please type. Enter name, Medicare claim number, date of birth, sex, race and address of applicant. Enter name and address of your medical facility. Complete only if someone is acting on behalf of the applicant; enter the person's name,relationship to applicant and address. Enter an "X" in the appropriate box next tothe statement that describes the applicant'scircumstances. The person acting on behalf of the applicantor the applicant must sign and date all three copies. (Ifapplicant is unable to sign, his "X" must be entered andwitnessed.) Enter name, telephone number and addressof applicant's next of kin (or person able to supplyinformation if applicant is or becomes unable to doso). HHSC STAFF — Part II To notify the medical facility of the action taken on the application and the date when the applicant was certified as eligible for financialor medical assistance. nursing care facility of the amount of income available to be applied to the vendor rate for support, maintenance and treatment. HHSC staff complete Part II when the eligibility decision is made. HHSC staff complete the original and copy sent by the applicant or representative. HHSC staff send the copy to the medical facility and file the original in the case record under "miscellaneous." Form Retention The original is kept in the case record for three years after the case is denied or the client's death. Part II — HHSC staff complete this part. Enter date the referral is received from medical facility. Enter applicable category. Check the appropriate box to indicate the action taken concerning assistance and enter the effective date of that action;if ineligible, give the reason. Check the box to indicate the action taken concerning medical assistance and enter the effective date of that action; if ineligible, give the reason. To be completed only if the applicant is eligible, has income and is residing in a nursing care facility. Enter the monthly amount of the applicant's income that is to be applied to personal needs. Enter the monthly amount of the applicant's income that is to be applied to support, maintenance and treatment. Case Filing and Form Retention The case record copy is filed under the Miscellaneous divider in either the TANF or Medicaid eligibility case folder. The form is to be retained for the life of the case record (three years after death/denial).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396507
__label__cc	0.555743	0.444257	Israel My Glory Biblical Studies/Theology Israel: Past and Present Jewish Culture and Customs Prophetic Studies Mastering the Art of Redefinition A Look At How Some Theological Terms are Being Altered to Mean Something Different. IMG In Depth: Our radio host, Chris Katulka interviewed Israel My Glory Editor-in-Chief, Lorna Simcox about this issue. From the Editor Mar/Apr 2018 A minister once told me about a church that was having difficulty finding a pastor. Its doctrine was identical to that of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. The church used... Lorna Simcox My wife enjoys watching Antiques Roadshow, a popular television program where appraisers provide the monetary value of something you may have had in your attic... Steve Herzig Errant or Inerrant? That is the Question. For centuries conservative biblical scholars have believed in the inerrancy of Scripture. 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__label__wiki	0.9149	0.9149	Home / Insurance / Huawei's trade secrets jury's choice begins in Texas Huawei's trade secrets jury's choice begins in Texas (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the Chinese telecommunications equipment provider that fights a US sales ban, kicks up a US trade secret on Monday against a former employee who has been trying to make the case a referendum on Huaya's corporate behavior. The trial, involving ridiculous claims of corporate espionage, racketeering, and a secret database of rivalry technology, promises to keep Huawei in the spotlight among a US black listing and pressure on allies not to buy their network equipment over security considerations. The jury election begins on Monday in a federal court in Sherman, Texas, where the trial is expected to be about three weeks. The judge in the case Amos Mazzant also hears Huaweis's bid to repeal the Trumpadministration's ban on sales to authorities and contractors. Huaiwe's process against former employee Ronnie Huang and his start-up, CNEX Labs Inc. claims "an illegal pattern of racketeering" by ex-manager to steal his technology and pocha his staff, according to court documents. CNEX develops chips that speed up data storage on cloud computing networks. Mr. Huang denies inaccuracy and has filed an opposite, claiming that Huawei is using US courts to acquire his and others' technology and set off rivals. Huawei is looking for "many tens of millions of dollars" in damages and rights to about 30 business secrets and CNEX patents, according to a spokesman for the Chinese engineering company. Huawei claims another Huawei employee retrieved some secrets before joining CNEX. "Huawei showed a springboard for (Mr. Huang) to succeed where he couldn't otherwise have," said spokesman. The case had nothing to do with tensions over the US black list, he said. "This is not a case from the United States to China," said the spokesman. Mr. Huang started CNEX 201 3 and has increased more than $ 100 million from backers including arms from Dell Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. A Huawei official posed as a potential buyer and the company used ties to a Chinese university to gain access to CNEX designs, Huang's challenge requirements. Among his accusations: Huawei rewarded staff to steal the business secrets of the rivals and store the pilfered technology in a secret database of use. "(Huawei) is a major competitive and intelligent collection operation, which gathers intellectual property and business secrets about the world's best technology companies," said Matthew Goss, CNEX Secretary General, in an interview. Mr. Goss said Huawei's trial, which includes one of the first claims heard under the US Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, was "a weapon against our courts against US companies".	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396520
__label__wiki	0.643016	0.643016	Into the Limelight Women in the Music Hall Tag Archives: dressing rooms Waiting to go on at the Royal Music Hall Music hall life was often far from the glamour and glitter we might imagine as this description of a dressing room by singer Lilian Warren shows. She is being interviewed for the trade Paper The Era in 1905 and remembers how artistes would apply their make-up by a ‘small piece of candle’ and a mirror which they supplied themselves. She tells of a music hall in Aberdare where thirteen performers shared one dressing-room where they clubbed together to make the room more acceptable. Lilian bought coal for the fire and the other girls provided the candles. By the time of her interview there had been a marked change with more comfortable, clean dressing-rooms provided. Jenny Hill, ‘The Vital Spark’ became a successful and respected serio-comic but started life in poverty. At a young age she was articled for five years to the Bradford Tavern and her life was not her own. She started work cleaning the bars at a very early hour and then was expected to be changed and in the singing room by mid-day to harmonise with the drinkers. She often worked until 2am and food was scarce. Jenny died in her late forties and her early life took a great toll. Marie Lloyd Marie Lloyd was known as being kind-hearted and was well aware of class distinction and the poverty of the working classes. One day she was leaving a music hall at the end of a performance when she found a group of children round the stage door. They had no shoes and generous Marie took them to a local shop and bought them boots. The next day they were at the stage door again but with no boots. This was recounted by another performer who was with Marie Lloyd at the time. Vesta Tilley encountered a different kind of behind the scenes experience when performing at a dinner for ‘the poor of London’ given by the King. She arrived at a large building in the city wearing her Eton schoolboy costume and found there were several rooms being used for the dinner. She was running up and down the stairs trying to find the right room passing various officials on the way. Vesta heard one of them indignantly comment that the problems were not helped by these boys getting in everyone’s way. In her autobiography Vesta Tilley remarks on the rivalry that could exist between performers amid the desire to be top of the bill. There could be appropriation of a successful artiste’s songs or of part of their act and music hall managers were often unsympathetic as they could pay the imitator less money. Vesta felt that in some cases the audience wanted a particular song rather than a particular singer. She mentioned the case of mimics such as Cissie Loftus who was acknowledged as an excellent performer but would have songs lifted from her act by others who made little attempt to portray their subject in a way that was recognisable to the audience. Cissie Loftus Music hall performers had their highs and lows on and off the stage but they understood their audiences and their audiences loved them for it. Thanks to the British Newspaper Archive, Recollections of Vesta Tilley, The Early Doors – Harold Scott This entry was posted in Music Hall, Music hall artistes, Music Hall songs and tagged Cissie Loftus, dressing rooms, Lilian Warren, Marie Lloyd, Music hall artistes, music hall rivalry, Vesta Tilley on April 23, 2018 by Monomania.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396524
__label__cc	0.525031	0.474969	Intro to Programming 1. Elements of Programming 1.1 Your First Program 1.2 Built-in Types of Data 1.3 Conditionals and Loops 1.4 Arrays 1.5 Input and Output 1.6 Case Study: PageRank 2.1 Static Methods 2.2 Libraries and Clients 2.3 Recursion 2.4 Case Study: Percolation 3. OOP 3.1 Using Data Types 3.2 Creating Data Types 3.3 Designing Data Types 3.4 Case Study: N-Body 4. Data Structures 4.1 Performance 4.2 Sorting and Searching 4.3 Stacks and Queues 4.4 Symbol Tables 4.5 Case Study: Small World 5. Theory of Computing 5.1 Formal Languages 5.2 Turing Machines 5.3 Universality 5.4 Computability 5.5 Intractability 9.9 Cryptography 6. A Computing Machine 6.1 Representing Info 6.2 TOY Machine 6.3 TOY Programming 6.4 TOY Virtual Machine 7. Building a Computer 7.1 Boolean Logic 7.2 Basic Circuit Model 7.3 Combinational Circuits 7.4 Sequential Circuits 7.5 Digital Devices 8. Systems 8.1 Library Programming 8.2 Compilers 8.3 Operating Systems 8.4 Networking 8.5 Applications Systems 9. Scientific Computation 9.1 Floating Point 9.2 Symbolic Methods 9.3 Numerical Integration 9.4 Differential Equations 9.5 Linear Algebra 9.6 Optimization 9.7 Data Analysis 9.8 Simulation Related Booksites A. Operator Precedence B. Writing Clear Code C. Glossary D. TOY Cheatsheet E. Matlab Java Cheatsheet Programming Assignments In the programs that we have examined to this point, each of the statements is executed once, in the order given. Most programs are more complicated because the sequence of statements and the number of times each is executed can vary. We use the term control flow to refer to statement sequencing in a program. If statements. Most computations require different actions for different inputs. The following code fragment uses an if statement to put the smaller of two int values in x and the larger of the two values in y, by exchanging the values in the two variables if necessary. Flip.java uses Math.random() and an if-else statement to print the results of a coin flip. The table below summarizes some typical situations where you might need to use an if or if-else statement. While loops. Many computations are inherently repetitive. The while loop enables us to execute a group of statements many times. This enables us to express lengthy computations without writing lots of code. The following code fragment computes the largest power of 2 that is less than or equal to a given positive integer n. TenHellos.java prints "Hello World" 10 times. PowersOfTwo.java takes an integer command-line argument n and prints all of the powers of 2 less than or equal to n. For loops. The for loop is an alternate Java construct that allows us even more flexibility when writing loops. For notation. Many loops follow the same basic scheme: initialize an index variable to some value and then use a while loop to test an exit condition involving the index variable, using the last statement in the while loop to modify the index variable. Java's for loop is a direct way to express such loops. Compound assignment idioms. The idiom i++ is a shorthand notation for i = i + 1. Scope. The scope of a variable is the part of the program that can refer to that variable by name. Generally the scope of a variable comprises the statements that follow the declaration in the same block as the declaration. For this purpose, the code in the for loop header is considered to be in the same block as the for loop body. Nesting. The if, while, and for statements have the same status as assignment statements or any other statements in Java; that is, we can use them wherever a statement is called for. In particular, we can use one or more of them in the body of another statement to make compound statements. To emphasize the nesting, we use indentation in the program code. DivisorPattern.java has a for loop whose body contains a for loop (whose body is an if-else statement) and a print statement. It prints a pattern of asterisks where the ith row has an asterisk in each position corresponding to divisors of i (the same holds true for the columns). MarginalTaxRate.java computes the marginal tax rate for a given income. It uses several nested if-else statements to test from among a number of mutually exclusive possibilities. Loop examples. The ability to program with loops and conditionals immediately opens up the world of computation to us. Ruler subdivisions. RulerN.java takes an integer command-line argument n and prints the string of ruler subdivision lengths. This program illustrates one of the essential characteristics of loops—the program could hardly be simpler, but it can produce a huge amount of output. Finite sums. The computational paradigm used in PowersOfTwo.java is one that you will use frequently. It uses two variables—one as an index that controls a loop, and the other to accumulate a computational result. Program HarmonicNumber.java uses the same paradigm to evaluate the sum $$ H_n = \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} + \; \ldots \; + \frac{1}{n} $$ These numbers, which are known as the harmonic numbers, arise frequently in the analysis of algorithms. Newton's method. Sqrt.java uses a classic iterative technique known as Newton's method to compute the square root of a positive number x: Start with an estimate t. If t is equal to x/t (up to machine precision), then t is equal to a square root of x, so the computation is complete. If not, refine the estimate by replacing t with the average of t and x/t. Each time we perform this update, we get closer to the desired answer. Number conversion. Binary.java prints the binary (base 2) representation of the decimal number typed as the command-line argument. It is based on decomposing the number into a sum of powers of 2. For example, the binary representation of 106 is 11010102, which is the same as saying that 106 = 64 + 32 + 8 + 2. To compute the binary representation of n, we consider the powers of 2 less than or equal to n in decreasing order to determine which belong in the binary decomposition (and therefore correspond to a 1 bit in the binary representation). Gambler's ruin. Suppose a gambler makes a series of fair $1 bets, starting with $50, and continue to play until she either goes broke or has $250. What are the chances that she will go home with $250, and how many bets might she expect to make before winning or losing? Gambler.java is a simulation that can help answer these questions. It takes three command-line arguments, the initial stake ($50), the goal amount ($250), and the number of times we want to simulate the game. Prime factorization. Factors.java takes an integer command-line argument n and prints its prime factorization. In contrast to many of the other programs that we have seen (which we could do in a few minutes with a calculator or pencil and paper), this computation would not be feasible without a computer. Other conditional and loop constructs. To be complete, we consider four more Java constructs related to conditionals and loops. They are used much less frequently than the if, while, and for statements that we've been working with, but it is worthwhile to be aware of them. Break statements. In some situations, we want to immediate exit a loop without letting it run to completion. Java provides the break statement for this purpose. Prime.java takes an integer command-line argument n and prints true if n is prime, and false otherwise. There are two different ways to leave this loop: either the break statement is executed (because n is not prime) or the loop-continuation condition is not satisfied (because n is prime). Note that the break statement does not apply to if or if-else statements. In a famous programming bug, the U.S. telephone network crashed because a programmer intended to use a break statement to exit a complicated if statement. Continue statements. Java also provides a way to skip to the next iteration of a loop: the continue statement. When a continue is executed within the body of a for loopy, the flow of control transfers directly to the increment statement for the next iteration of the loop. Switch statements. The if and if-else statements allow one or two alternatives. Sometimes, a computation naturally suggests more than two mutually exclusive alternatives. Java provides the switch statement for this purpose. NameOfDay.java takes an integer between 0 and 6 as a command-line argument and uses a switch statement to print the corresponding name of the day (Sunday to Saturday). Do–while loops. A do-while loop is almost the same as a while loop except that the loop-continuation condition is omitted the first time through the loop. RandomPointInCircle.java sets x and y so that (x, y) is randomly distributed inside the circle centered at (0, 0) with radius 1. With Math.random() we get points that are randomly distributed in the 2-by-2 square center at (0, 0). We just generate points in this region until we find one that lies inside the unit disk. We always want to generate at least one point so a do-while loop is most appropriate. We must declare x and y outside the loop since we will want to access their values after the loop terminates. We don't use the following two flow control statements in this textbook, but include them here for completeness. Conditional operator. The conditional operator ?: is a ternary operator (three operands) that enables you to embed a conditional within an expression. The three operands are separated by the ? and : symbols. If the first operand (a boolean expression) is true, the result has the value of the second expression; otherwise it has the value of the third expression. int min = (x < y) ? x : y; Labeled break and continue statements. The break and continue statements apply to the innermost for or while loop. Sometimes we want to jump out of several levels of nested loops. Java provides the labeled break and labeled continue statements to accomplish this. Here is an example. Write a program AllEqual.java that takes three integer command-line arguments and prints equal if all three are equal, and not equal otherwise. Write a program RollLoadedDie.java that prints the result of rolling a loaded die such that the probability of getting a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 is 1/8 and the probability of getting a 6 is 3/8. Rewrite TenHellos.java to make a program Hellos.java that takes the number of lines to print as a command-line argument. You may assume that the argument is less than 1000. Hint: consider using i % 10 and i % 100 to determine whether to use "st", "nd", "rd", or "th" for printing the ith Hello. Write a program FivePerLine.java that, using one for loop and one if statement, prints the integers from 1000 to 2000 with five integers per line. Hint: use the % operator. Write a program FunctionGrowth.java that prints a table of the values of ln n, n, n ln n, n2, n3, and 2n for n = 16, 32, 64, ..., 2048. Use tabs ('\t' characters) to line up columns. What is the value of m and n after executing the following code? int n = 123456789; int m = 0; while (n != 0) { m = (10 * m) + (n % 10); n = n / 10; What does the following code print out? int f = 0, g = 1; for (int i = 0; i <= 15; i++) { System.out.println(f); f = f + g; g = f - g; Unlike the harmonic numbers, the sum 1/1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + ... + 1/n2 does converge to a constant as n grows to infinity. (Indeed, the constant is π2 / 6, so this formula can be used to estimate the value of π.) Which of the following for loops computes this sum? Assume that n is an int initialized to 1000000 and sum is a double initialized to 0. (a) for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) sum = sum + 1 / (i * i); (b) for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) sum = sum + 1.0 / i * i; (c) for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) sum = sum + 1.0 / (i * i); (d) for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) sum = sum + 1 / (1.0 * i * i); Modify Binary.java to get a program Modify Kary.java that takes a second command-line argument K and converts the first argument to base K. Assume the base is between 2 and 16. For bases greater than 10, use the letters A through F to represent the 11th through 16th digits, respectively. Write a program code fragment that puts the binary representation of a positive integer n into a String variable s. Creative Exercises Ramanujan's taxi. S. Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who became famous for his intuition for numbers. When the English mathematician G. H. Hardy came to visit him in the hospital one day, Hardy remarked that the number of his taxi was 1729, a rather dull number. To which Ramanujan replied, "No, Hardy! No, Hardy! It is a very interesting number. It is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways." Verify this claim by writing a program Ramanujan.java that takes an integer command-line argument n and prints all integers less than or equal to n that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways - find distinct positive integers a, b, c, and d such that a3 + b3 = c3 + d3. Use four nested for loops. Now, the license plate 87539319 seems like a rather dull number. Determine why it's not. Checksums. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a 10 digit code that uniquely specifies a book. The rightmost digit is a checksum digit which can be uniquely determined from the other 9 digits from the condition that d1 + 2d2 + 3d3 + ... + 10d10 must be a multiple of 11 (here di denotes the ith digit from the right). The checksum digit d1 can be any value from 0 to 10: the ISBN convention is to use the value X to denote 10. Example: the checksum digit corresponding to 020131452 is 5 since is the only value of d1 between 0 and and 10 for which d1 + 22 + 35 + 44 + 51 + 63 + 71 + 80 + 92 + 100 is a multiple of 11. Write a program ISBN.java that takes a 9-digit integer as a command-line argument, computes the checksum, and prints the 10-digit ISBN number. It's ok if you don't print any leading 0s. Exponential function. Assume that x is a positive variable of type double. Write a program Exp.java that computes e^x using the Taylor series expansion $$ e^ x = 1 + x + \frac{x^2}{2!} + \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{x^4}{4!} + \ldots $$ Trigonometric functions. Write two programs Sin.java and Cos.java that compute sin x and cos x using the Taylor series expansions $$ \sin x = x - \frac{x^3}{3!} + \frac{x^5}{5!} - \frac{x^7}{7!} + \ldots $$ $$ \cos x = 1 - \frac{x^2}{2!} + \frac{x^4}{4!} - \frac{x^6}{6!} + \ldots $$ Game simulation. In the game show Let's Make a Deal, a contestant is presented with three doors. Behind one door is a valuable prize, behind the other two are gag gifts. After the contestant chooses a door, the host opens up one of the other two doors (never revealing the prize, of course). The contestant is then given the opportunity to switch to the other unopened door. Should the contestant do so? Intuitively, it might seem that the contestant's initial choice door and the other unopened door are equally likely to contain the prize, so there would be no incentive to switch. Write a program MonteHall.java to test this intuition by simulation. Your program should take an integer command-line argument n, play the game n times using each of the two strategies (switch or don't switch) and print the chance of success for each strategy. Or you can play the game here. Euler's sum-of-powers conjecture. In 1769 Leonhard Euler formulated a generalized version of Fermat's Last Theorem, conjecturing that at least n nth powers are needed to obtain a sum that is itself an nth power, for n > 2. Write a program Euler.java to disprove Euler's conjecture (which stood until 1967), using a quintuply nested loop to find four positive integers whose 5th power sums to the 5th power of another positive integer. That is, find a, b, c, d, and e such that a5 + b5 + c5 + d5 = e5. Use the long data type. Web Exercises Write a program RollDie.java that generates the result of rolling a fair six-sided die (an integer between 1 and 6). Write a program that takes three integer command-line arguments a, b, and c and print the number of distinct values (1, 2, or 3) among a, b, and c. Write a program that takes five integer command-line arguments and prints the median (the third largest one). (hard) Now, try to compute the median of 5 elements such that when executed, it never makes more than 6 total comparisons. How can I create in an infinite loop with a for loop? Solution: for(;;) is the same as while(true). What's wrong with the following loop? boolean done = false; while (done = false) { The while loop condition uses = instead of == so it is an assignment statement (which makes done always false and the body of the loop will never be executed). It's better to style to avoid using ==. while (!done) { What's wrong with the following loop that is intended to compute the sum of the integers 1 through 100? for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) { sum = sum + i; System.out.println(sum); The variable sum should be defined outside the loop. By defining it inside the loop, a new variable sum is initialized to 0 each time through the loop; also it is not even accessible outside the loop. Write a program Hurricane.java that that takes the wind speed (in miles per hour) as an integer command-line argument and prints whether it qualifies as a hurricane, and if so, whether it is a Category 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 hurricane. Below is a table of the wind speeds according to the Saffir-Simpson scale. Wind Speed (mph) 2 96 - 110 3 111 - 130 5 155 and above What is wrong with the following code fragment? double x = -32.2; boolean isPositive = (x > 0); if (isPositive = true) System.out.println(x + " is positive"); else System.out.println(x + " is not positive"); Solution: It uses the assignment operator = instead of the equality operator ==. A better solution is to write if (isPositive). Change/add one character so that the following program prints 20 xs. There are two different solutions. int i = 0, n = 20; for (i = 0; i < n; i--) System.out.print("x"); Solution: Replace the i < n condition with -i < n. Replace the i-- with n--. ( In C, there is a third: replace the < with a +.) What does the following code fragment do? if (x > 0); System.out.println("positive"); Solution: always prints positive regardless of the value of x because of the extra semicolon after the if statement. RGB to HSB converter. Write a program RGBtoHSV.java that takes an RGB color (three integers between 0 and 255) and transforms it to an HSB color (three different integers between 0 and 255). Write a program HSVtoRGB.java that applies the inverse transformation. Boys and girls. A couple beginning a family decides to keep having children until they have at least one of either sex. Estimate the average number of children they will have via simulation. Also estimate the most common outcome (record the frequency counts for 2, 3, and 4 children, and also for 5 and above). Assume that the probability p of having a boy or girl is 1/2. What does the following program do? int N = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); while (N >= 1) { System.out.println(x); x = 2 x; N = N / 2; Solution: Prints all of the powers of 2 less than or equal to n. Boys and girls. Repeat the previous question, but assume the couple keeps having children until they have another child which is of the same sex as the first child. How does your answer change if p is different from 1/2? Surprisingly, the average number of children is 2 if p = 0 or 1, and 3 for all other values of p. But the most likely value is 2 for all values of p. Given two positive integers a and b, what result does the following code fragment leave in c while (b > 0) { if (b % 2 == 1) c = c + a; b = b / 2; a = a + a; Solution: a * b. Write a program using a loop and four conditionals to print 12 noon What does the following program print? if (10 > 5); else; { System.out.println("Here"); Alice tosses a fair coin until she sees two consecutive heads. Bob tosses another fair coin until he sees a head followed by a tail. Write a program to estimate the probability that Alice will make fewer tosses than Bob? Solution: 39/121. Rewrite DayOfWeek.java from Exercise 1.2.29 so that it prints the day of the week as Sunday, Monday, and so forth instead of an integer between 0 and 6. Use a switch statement. Number-to-English. Write a program to read in a command line integer between -999,999,999 and 999,999,999 and print the English equivalent. Here is an exhaustive list of words that your program should use: negative, zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, thousand, million . Don't use hundred, when you can use thousand, e.g., use one thousand five hundred instead of fifteen hundred. Reference. Gymnastics judging. A gymnast's score is determined by a panel of 6 judges who each decide a score between 0.0 and 10.0. The final score is determined by discarding the high and low scores, and averaging the remaining 4. Write a program GymnasticsScorer.java that takes 6 real command line inputs representing the 6 scores and prints their average, after throwing out the high and low scores. Quarterback rating. To compare NFL quarterbacks, the NFL devised a the quarterback rating formula based on the quarterbacks number of completed passes (A), pass attempts (B), passing yards (C), touchdown passes (D), and interception (E) as follows: Completion ratio: W = 250/3 * ((A / B) - 0.3). Yards per pass: X = 25/6 * ((C / B) - 3). Touchdown ratio: Y = 1000/3 * (D / B) Interception ratio: Z = 1250/3 * (0.095 - (E / B)) The quarterback rating is computed by summing up the above four quantities, but rounding up or down each value so that it is at least 0 and and at most 475/12. Write a program QuarterbackRating.java that takes five command line inputs A, B, C, D, and E, and prints the quarterback rating. Use your program to compute Steve Young's 1994 record-setting season (112.8) in which he completed 324 of 461 passes for 3,969 yards, and threw 35 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. As of 2014, the all-time single-season record is 122.5 by Aaron Rodgers in 2011. Decimal expansion of rational numbers. Given two integers p and q, the decimal expansion of p/q has an infinitely repeating cycle. For example, 1/33 = 0.03030303.... We use the notation 0.(03) to denote that 03 repeats indefinitely. As another example, 8639/70000 = 0.1234(142857). Write a program DecimalExpansion.java that reads in two command line integers p and q and prints the decimal expansion of p/q using the above notation. Hint: use Floyd's rule. Friday the 13th. What is the maximum number of consecutive days in which no Friday the 13th occurs? Hint: The Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 400 years (146097 days) so you only need to worry about a 400 year interval. Solution: 426 (e.g., from 8/13/1999 to 10/13/2000). January 1. Is January 1 more likely to fall on a Saturday or Sunday? Write a program to determine the number of times each occurs in a 400 year interval. Solution: Sunday (58 times) is more likely than Saturday (56 times). What do the following two code fragments do? if (i != j) System.out.println(i + ", " + j); for (int j = 0; (i != j) && (j < N); j++) System.out.println(i + ", " + j); Determine what value gets printed out without using a computer. Choose the correct answer from 0, 100, 101, 517, or 1000. for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) for (int k = 0; k < 10; k++) if (2i + j >= 3k) cnt++; System.out.println(cnt); Rewrite CarLoan.java from Creative Exercise XYZ so that it properly handles an interest rate of 0% and avoids dividing by 0. Write the shortest Java program you can that takes an integer command-line argument n and prints true if (1 + 2 + ... + n) 2 is equal to (13 + 23 + ... + n3). Solution: Always print true. Modify Sqrt.java so that it reports an error if the user enters a negative number and works properly if the user enters zero. What happens if we initialize t to -x instead of x in program Sqrt.java? Sample standard deviation of uniform distribution. Modify Exercise 8 so that it prints the sample standard deviation in addition to the average. Sample standard deviation of normal distribution. that takes an integer N as a command-line argument and uses Web Exercise 1 from Section 1.2 to print N standard normal random variables, and their average value, and sample standard deviation. Loaded dice. [Stephen Rudich] Suppose you have three, three sided dice. A: {2, 6, 7}, B: { 1, 5, 9}, and C: {3, 4, 8}. Two players roll a die and the one with the highest value wins. Which die would you choose? Solution: A beats B with probability 5/9, B beats C with probability 5/9 and C beats A with probability 5/9. Be sure to choose second! Thue–Morse sequence. Write a program ThueMorse.java that reads in a command line integer n and prints the Thue–Morse sequence of order n. The first few strings are 0, 01, 0110, 01101001. Each successive string is obtained by flipping all of the bits of the previous string and concatenating the result to the end of the previous string. The sequence has many amazing properties. For example, it is a binary sequence that is cube-free: it does not contain 000, 111, 010101, or sss where s is any string. It is self-similar: if you delete every other bit, you get another Thue–Morse sequence. It arises in diverse areas of mathematics as well as chess, graphic design, weaving patterns, and music composition. Program Binary.java prints the binary representation of a decimal number n by casting out powers of 2. Write an alternate version Program Binary2.java that is based on the following method: Write 1 if n is odd, 0 if n is even. Divide n by 2, throwing away the remainder. Repeat until n = 0 and read the answer backwards. Use % to determine whether n is even, and use string concatenation to form the answer in reverse order. int digits = 0; } while (n > 0); Solution: The number of bits in the binary representation of a natural number n. We use a do-while loop so that code output 1 if n = 0. Write a program NPerLine.java that takes an integer command-line argument n and prints the integers from 10 to 99 with n integers per line. Modify NPerLine.java so that it prints the integers from 1 to 1000 with n integers per line. Make the integers line up by printing the right number of spaces before an integer (e.g., three for 1-9, two for 10-99, and one for 100-999). Suppose a, b, and c are random number uniformly distributed between 0 and 1. What is the probability that a, b, and c form the side length of some triangle? Hint: they will form a triangle if and only if the sum of every two values is larger than the third. Repeat the previous question, but calculate the probability that the resulting triangle is obtuse, given that the three numbers for a triangle. Hint: the three lengths will form an obtuse triangle if and only if (i) the sum of every two values is larger than the third and (ii) the sum of the squares of every two side lengths is greater than or equal to the square of the third. What is the value of s after executing the following code? int M = 987654321; String s = ""; while (M != 0) { int digit = M % 10; s = s + digit; M = M / 10; What is the value of i after the following confusing code is executed? int i = 10; i = i++; i = ++i; i = i++ + ++i; Moral: don't write code like this. Formatted ISBN number. Write a program ISBN2.java that reads in a 9 digit integer from a command-line argument, computes the check digit, and prints the fully formatted ISBN number, e.g, 0-201-31452-5. UPC codes. The Universal Product Code (UPC) is a 12 digit code that uniquely specifies a product. The least significant digit d1(rightmost one) is a check digit which is the uniquely determined by making the following expression a multiple of 10: (d1 + d3 + d5 + d7 + d9 + d11) + 3 (d2 + d4 + d6 + d8 + d10 + d12) As an example, the check digit corresponding to 0-48500-00102 (Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice) is 8 since (8 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 4) + 3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 0) = 50 and 50 is a multiple of 10. Write a program that reads in a 11 digit integer from a command line parameter, computes the check digit, and prints the the full UPC. Hint: use a variable of type long to store the 11 digit number. Write a program that reads in the wind speed (in knots) as a command line argument and prints its force according to the Beaufort scale. Use a switch statement. Making change. Write a program that reads in a command line integer N (number of pennies) and prints the best way (fewest number of coins) to make change using US coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies only). For example, if N = 73 then print 2 dimes 3 pennies Hint: use the greedy algorithm. That is, dispense as many quarters as possible, then dimes, then nickels, and finally pennies. Write a program Triangle.java that takes a command-line argument N and prints an N-by-N triangular pattern like the one below. . * * * * * . . * * * * . . . * * * . . . . * * . . . . . * Write a program Ex.java that takes a command-line argument N and prints a (2N + 1)-by-(2N + 1) ex like the one below. Use two for loops and one if-else statement. * . . . . . * . * . . . * . . . * . * . . . . . * . . . Write a program BowTie.java that takes a command-line argument N and prints a (2N + 1)-by-(2N + 1) bowtie like the one below. Use two for loops and one if-else statement. * * . . . * * * * * . * * * Write a program Diamond.java that takes a command-line argument N and prints a (2N + 1)-by-(2N + 1) diamond like the one below. % java Diamond 4 . . . . * . . . . . . . * * * . . . . . * * * * * . . . * * * * * * * . Write a program Heart.java that takes a command-line argument N and prints a heart. What does the program Circle.java print out when N = 5? for (int i = -N; i <= N; i++) { for (int j = -N; j <= N; j++) { if (ii + jj <= NN) System.out.print(" "); else System.out.print(". "); Seasons. Write a program Season.java that takes two command line integers M and D and prints the season corresponding to month M (1 = January, 12 = December) and day D in the northern hemisphere. Use the following table Spring March 21 June 20 Summer June 21 September 22 Fall September 23 December 21 Winter December 21 March 20 Zodiac signs. Write a program Zodiac.java that takes two command line integers M and D and prints the Zodiac sign corresponding to month M (1 = January, 12 = December) and day D. Use the following table Capricorn December 22 January 19 Aquarius January 20 February 17 Pisces February 18 March 19 Aries March 20 April 19 Taurus April 20 May 20 Gemini May 21 June 20 Cancer June 21 July 22 Leo July 23 August 22 Virgo August 23 September 22 Libra September 23 October 22 Scorpio October 23 November 21 Sagittarius November 22 December 21 Muay Thai kickboxing. Write a program that reads in the weight of a Muay Thai kickboxer (in pounds) as a command-line argument and prints their weight class. Use a switch statement. Flyweight 0 112 Super flyweight 112 115 Bantamweight 115 118 Super bantamweight 118 122 Featherweight 122 126 Super featherweight 126 130 Lightweight 130 135 Super lightweight 135 140 Welterweight 140 147 Super welterweight 147 154 Middleweight 154 160 Super middleweight 160 167 Light heavyweight 167 175 Super light heavyweight 175 183 Cruiserweight 183 190 Heavyweight 190 220 Super heavyweight 220 - Euler's sum of powers conjecture. In 1769 Euler generalized Fermat's Last Theorem and conjectured that it is impossible to find three 4th powers whose sum is a 4th power, or four 5th powers whose sum is a 5th power, etc. The conjecture was disproved in 1966 by exhaustive computer search. Disprove the conjecture by finding positive integers a, b, c, d, and e such that a5 + b5 + c5 + d5= e5. Write a program Euler.java that reads in a command line parameter N and exhaustively searches for all such solutions with a, b, c, d, and e less than or equal to N. No counterexamples are known for powers greater than 5, but you can join EulerNet, a distributed computing effort to find a counterexample for sixth powers. Blackjack. Write a program Blackjack.java that takes three command line integers x, y, and z representing your two blackjack cards x and y, and the dealers face-up card z, and prints the "standard strategy" for a 6 card deck in Atlantic city. Assume that x, y, and z are integers between 1 and 10, representing an ace through a face card. Report whether the player should hit, stand, or split according to these strategy tables. (When you learn about arrays, you will encounter an alternate strategy that does not involve as many if-else statements). Blackjack with doubling. Modify the previous exercise to allow doubling. Projectile motion. The following equation gives the trajectory of a ballistic missile as a function of the initial angle theta and windspeed: xxxx. Write a java program to print the (x, y) position of the missile at each time step t. Use trial and error to determine at what angle you should aim the missile if you hope to incinerate a target located 100 miles due east of your current location and at the same elevation. Assume the windspeed is 20 mph due east. World series. The baseball world series is a best of 7 competition, where the first team to win four games wins the World Series. Suppose the stronger team has probability p > 1/2 of winning each game. Write a program to estimate the chance that the weaker teams wins the World Series and to estimate how many games on average it will take. Consider the equation (9/4)^x = x^(9/4). One solution is 9/4. Can you find another one using Newton's method? Sorting networks. Write a program Sort3.java with three if statements (and no loops) that reads in three integers a, b, and c from the command line and prints them out in ascending order. if (a > b) swap a and b if (a > c) swap a and c if (b > c) swap b and c Oblivious sorting network. Convince yourself that the following code fragment rearranges the integers stored in the variables A, B, C, and D so that A <= B <= C <= D. if (A > B) { t = A; A = B; B = t; } if (B > C) { t = B; B = C; C = t; } if (C > D) { t = C; C = D; D = t; } if (D > E) { t = D; D = E; E = t; } Devise a sequence of statements that would sort 5 integers. How many if statements does your program use? Optimal oblivious sorting networks. Create a program that sorts four integers using only 5 if statements, and one that sorts five integers using only 9 if statements of the type above? Oblivious sorting networks are useful for implementing sorting algorithms in hardware. How can you check that your program works for all inputs? Solution: Sort4.java sorts 4 elements using 5 compare-exchanges. Sort5.java sorts 5 elements using 9 compare-exchanges. The 0-1 principle asserts that you can verify the correctness of a (deterministic) sorting algorithm by checking whether it correctly sorts an input that is a sequence of 0s and 1s. Thus, to check that Sort5.java works, you only need to test it on the 2^5 = 32 possible inputs of 0s and 1s. Optimal oblivious sorting (challenging). Find an optimal sorting network for 6, 7, and 8 inputs, using 12, 16, and 19 if statements of the form in the previous problem, respectively. Solution: Sort6.java is the solution for sorting 6 elements. Optimal non-oblivious sorting. Write a program that sorts 5 inputs using only 7 comparisons. Hint: First compare the first two numbers, the second two numbers, and the larger of the two groups, and label them so that a < b < d and c < d. Second, insert the remaining element e into its proper place in the chain a < b < d by first comparing against b, then either a or d depending on the outcome. Third, insert c into the proper place in the chain involving a, b, d, and e in the same manner that you inserted e (with the knowledge that c < d). This uses 3 (first step) + 2 (second step) + 2 (third step) = 7 comparisons. This method was first discovered by H. B. Demuth in 1956. Weather balloon. (Etter and Ingber, p. 123) Suppose that h(t) = 0.12t4 + 12t3 - 380t2 + 4100t + 220 represents the height of a weather balloon at time t (measured in hours) for the first 48 hours after its launch. Create a table of the height at time t for t = 0 to 48. What is its maximum height? Solution: t = 5. Will the following code fragment compile? If so, what will it do? int a = 10, b = 18; if (a = b) System.out.println("equal"); else System.out.println("not equal"); Solution: It uses the assignment operator = instead of the equality operator == in the conditional. In Java, the result of this statement is an integer, but the compiler expects a boolean. As a result, the program will not compile. In some languages (notably C and C++), this code fragment will set the variable a to 18 and print equal without an error. Gotcha 1. What does the following code fragment do? boolean a = false; if (a = true) System.out.println("yes"); else System.out.println("no"); Solution: it prints yes. Note that the conditional uses = instead of ==. This means that a is assigned the value true As a result, the conditional expression evaluates to true. Java is not immune to the = vs. == error described in the previous exercise. For this reason, it is much better style to use if (a) or if (!a) when testing booleans. int a = 17, x = 5, y = 12; if (x > y); a = 13; x = 23; System.out.println(a); Solution: Always prints 13 since there is a spurious semicolon after the if statement. Thus, the assignment statement a = 13; will be executed even though (x <= y) It is legal (but uncommon) to have a block that does not belong to a conditional statement, loop, or method. for (int x = 0; x < 100; x += 0.5) { Solution: It goes into an infinite loop printing 0. The compound assignment statement x += 0.5 is equivalent to x = (int) (x + 0.5). int income = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); if (income >= 311950) rate = .35; if (income >= 47450) rate = .25; if (income >= 0) rate = .22; System.out.println(rate); It does not compile because the compile cannot guarantee that rate is initialized. Use if-else instead. Application of Newton's method. Write a program BohrRadius.java that finds the radii where the probability of finding the electron in the 4s excited state of hydrogen is zero. The probability is given by: (1 - 3r/4 + r2/8 - r3/192)2 e-r/2, where r is the radius in units of the Bohr radius (0.529173E-8 cm). Use Newton's method. By starting Newton's method at different values of r, you can discover all three roots. Hint: use initial values of r= 0, 5, and 13. Challenge: explain what happens if you use an initial value of r = 4 or 12. Pepys problem. In 1693, Samuel Pepys asked Isaac Newton which was more likely: getting at least one 1 when rolling a fair die 6 times or getting at least two 1's when rolling a fair die 12 times. Write a program Pepys.java that uses simulation to determine the correct answer. What is the value of the variable s after running the following loop when N = 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. if (i % 2 == 0) s = s + i + s; else s = i + s + i; Solution: Palindrome.java. Body mass index. The body mass index (BMI) is the ratio of the weight of a person (in kilograms) to the square of the height (in meters). Write a program BMI.java that takes two command-line arguments, weight and height, computes the BMI, and prints the corresponding BMI category: Starvation: less than 15 Anorexic: less than 17.5 Underweight: less than 18.5 Ideal: greater than or equal to 18.5 but less than 25 Overweight: greater than or equal to 25 but less than 30 Obese: greater than or equal to 30 but less than 40 Morbidly Obese: greater than or equal to 40 Reynolds number. The Reynolds number is the ratio if inertial forces to viscous forces and is an important quantity in fluid dynamics. Write a program that takes in 4 command-line arguments, the diameter d, the velocity v, the density rho, and the viscosity mu, and prints the Reynold's number d * v * rho / mu (assuming all arguments are in SI units). If the Reynold's number is less than 2000, print laminar flow, if it's between 2000 and 4000, print transient flow, and if it's more than 4000, print turbulent flow. Wind chill revisited. The wind chill formula from Exercise 1.2.14 is only valid if the wind speed is above 3MPH and below 110MPH and the temperature is below 50 degrees Fahrenheit and above -50 degrees. Modify your solution to print an error message if the user types in a value outside the allowable range. Point on a sphere. Write a program to print the (x, y, z) coordinates of a random point on the surface of a sphere. Use Marsaglia' method: pick a random point (a, b) in the unit circle as in the do-while example. Then, set x = 2a sqrt(1 - a^2 - b^2), y = 2b sqrt(1 - a^2 - b^2), z = 1 - 2(a^2 + b^2). Powers of k. Write a program PowersOfK.java that takes an integer K as command-line argument and prints all the positive powers of K in the Java long data type. Note: the constant Long.MAX_VALUE is the value of the largest integer in long. Square root, revisited. Why not use the loop-continuation condition (Math.abs(tt - c) > EPSILON) in Sqrt.java instead of Math.abs(t - c/t) > tEPSILON)? Solution: Surprisingly, it can lead to inaccurate results or worse. For example, if you supply SqrtBug.java with the command-line argument 1e-50, you get 1e-50 as the answer (instead of 1e-25); if you supply 16664444, you get an infinite loop! What happens when you try to compile the following code fragment? double x; if (a >= 0) x = 3.14; if (a < 0) x = 2.71; Solution: It complains that the variable x might not have been initialized (even though we can clearly see that x will be initialized by one of the two if statements). You can avoid this problem here by using if-else. Last modified on October 02, 2017. Copyright © 2000–2019 Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396525
__label__wiki	0.659836	0.659836	Apocalypse Now, And Again, And Again Gita Jackson Wonder Woman 1984's First Trailer Is Here to Bring Justice to the Reagan Era Breaking Down the Struggles and Shiny Armors of Wonder Woman 1984's Dazzling First Trailer James Whitbrook Jill Pantozzi Filed to:Locke and key I’m sure this is fine. The adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez’s comic Locke & Key has had a long road to get to the small screen (with a pit stop at the movies!), but at long last, the first trailer for the Netflix series is here. Hill and Rodríguez’s IDW Publishing series—which ran from 2008-2013, with some one-shots set in the past published later on—centered on the Locke family after their father was murdered. The mother and children move into his ancestral house, known around town as “Keyhouse,” to get a fresh start but soon find out the home name is literal. Mysterious keys found throughout the building and grounds hold special powers that evil forces are keen to get their hands on. Lots of magic and mystery abound! Makes for a pretty cool TV show concept if you ask me... Locke & Key stars Darby Stanchfield as Nina Locke, Jackson Robert Scott (little Georgie from It) as Bode Locke, Connor Jessup as Tyler Locke, Emilia Jones as Kinsey Locke, and Laysla De Oliveira as Dodge. Previously unannounced, but making an appearance in this trailer as their father’s brother Duncan, is Killjoys’ Aaron Ashmore. He’s reportedly been interested in the project for quite a while so it’s cool to see him attached. Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill are producers on this one (along with Hill). Locke & Key will debut on February 7 on Netflix. Update: Looks like Netflix snuck a little url in there at the end, RendellLockeIsDead.com, that links to this youtube video of the first clip from the series. For the First Time Ever, Locke & Key Has Been Ordered To Series Report: Hulu Has Passed on the Locke & Key Pilot, But It's Being Shopped to Other Streaming Services [Updated] Another It Bully Has Joined Andy Muschietti's Locke & Key Pilot Hulu Orders a Pilot for a Locke & Key Adaptation From the Director of Doctor Strange Deputy Editor, io9. Loves cats.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396528
__label__cc	0.697705	0.302295	Posts Tagged ‘ Christmas Trees ’ George Reed (45) West Bromwich, England It’s a time to celebrate the life of Jesus and everything he gave for us to be able to live the way we do today. Although in the past two decades the religious elements seem to have been forgotten. Mary McEntee (36) Loughrea, Galway Christmas for me is all about the children and making sure they have a good time, and a Christmas to remember. Christmas is a huge celebration for us and we enjoy large family gatherings, with our relatives coming from all over the country. The expression on the kid’s faces is enough to get us from one Christmas to the next. Lucy Parker (54) Delaware, USA Christmas is everything really. Spending valuable time with family, lengthy shopping excursions, many days out and lots of enjoyable food and drink. Never ending Christmas parties, a bit of snow, presents (good and bad) and no work. Think that’s everything covered! Oh no wait, can’t forget going Christmas carolling, it’s just so unique and good natured. Love it all. Frank Carrick (21) Boyle, Roscommon Christmas is Christmas, it’s the time of year we all need. A time to relax, cherish what we have, have a laugh and exchange gifts.. Do I wish it could be Christmas everyday? Hell yeah I do. Dylan Keogh (18) Templeogue, Dublin Presents, presents and more presents. Normally consisting of at least two selection boxes, two sets and some clothes. The bad ones always stand out. Rory McNamara (27) Blessington, Wicklow Driiiiiiink, sorry showing my Irishness there. Christmas is all about catching up with people you wish you could spend more time with. And of course it’s the one dinner you wait a while year for, does be worthwhile in the end although the bulging belly will say otherwise. Andreij Stoparov (32) Riga, Latvia I think Christmas is a time for getting together with your friends and family and remembering why we celebrate December the 25th. I do like to enjoy opening presents and having a delicious meal, but some people forget what the meaning of Christmas is. Live Johansson (26) Malmo, Sweden Christmas means holidays, a time for an extended break from work and to take to the outdoors and enjoy the snow. We have ski parties, if you would call them that, it’s just a time for celebrating Swedish heritage and lifestyle. We hit the slopes with our nearest and dearest and just party. It’s nice to be around family and friends and to see everyone is having a good time. We love listening to Christmas FM! Nuala Nì Cathasaigh (31) Carrick On Shannon, Leitrim I think Xmas is as much about giving as it is getting. I also think it’s a time for the whole family to get together and enjoy being with each other. I think that not only is Christmas about being with family but it is a time for giving and not only to your family and friends but to the less fortunate people in third world countries. Christmas is also about realising when Jesus was born and that he died for us. Peter Carroll (42) Newry, Down It meant a lot to me when I was a child. I couldn´t wait to get presents, learn and sing Christmas songs and have delicious food. The meaning has changed a lot. I go to church and try to think of people who are not as lucky as I am. I don´t get many presents and I become more thankful for what I have got. So, I try to think of people living on the streets. I think this year I will help to deliver food to a soup kitchen for the homeless to make them happy and feel loved for at least one day of the year because they deserve it more than many others. I want to give them a warm smile and show that we are all equal no matter what our circumstances may be. The Meaning of Christmas News in Brief- Giant Snowman Kidnapped From Wicklow As Cork Councillor Suggests Remedy For Doggy Dirt Just call him Leveson Walsh, old Louis’s fought press laws and he’s won. The X Factor judge has this week settled a €500,000 defamation action against News Group Newspapers in Ireland. This comes alongside the results of the Lord Justice Leveson inquiry into press standards in the UK. The full four volume work was published yesterday and could see the papers going quiet over the water. But not News in Brief. No, we shall continue un-rumbled by the regulators for a while at least. It’s not even the 1st of December but Santa and his helpers are on red alert. Particularly in County Wicklow where Snowy, the imaginatively named, giant snowman has gone missing and up to five hundred Christmas trees have also been nabbed. Growers are employing extra security and even installing CCTV to protect their pines. But for poor Snowy it was too little, too late. Last seen wearing a black hat and carrot nose, the sixty foot inflatable worth approximately €3000, went missing from his home above a shop on Fitzwilliam street in the town. Although there have been some reported sightings nothing has been confirmed. Enda nearly had egg on his face yesterday as students protested against grants cuts at University College Dublin. The Taoiseach who was visiting the university to launch their new sports centre narrowly avoided the missiles. Members of Free Education for Everyone who were involved in orchestrating the demonstration accused Mr Kenny’s budget of targeting societies most vulnerable. A worthy cause, but who’ll stand up for cannon fodder, those poor innocent chickens? Some say he can smell dogs mess from four miles away. Some say his family call him the Super Pooper Scooper. All we know is that a councillor in Cork wants to start DNA testing dogs mess in an effort to crack down on pavement foulers! Cllr Kevin O’Keeffe (FF) raised the issue at a recent council meeting after researching similar methods used in the US. Apparently any accidents at Sellafield nuclear site would have no ill effects on Ireland according to a new report but News in Brief fears it may be too late. Earlier this week another two Jedwards, clones (all right if you’ve seen them that’s questionable) of the original two were unleashed on the world! A Jedquad if you will. It’s OK though the two new Grimes’ are only wax works at the National Wax Museum in Dublin. We hope. And finally Newstalk radio posed an interesting question during the week. Do Protestants put the toaster in the press overnight? Answers on a postcard. Space for rent. Cheap rates. Would suit professionals in the British media. Fully furnished with space for free speech, features and articles. No Independent regulators or politicians need apply. Jedward leveson Protestants sellafield	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396530
__label__wiki	0.636097	0.636097	John Hughes-Wilson Author, broadcaster and military intelligence expert The Vengeance Man Second Shot Prime Target In the Name of the Queen The Whitehall Steps 1914 First Blood 1915 Pride & Glory 1916 The Big Push 1917 Hanging On 1918 Defeat into Victory Military Intelligence: Blunders and Cover-ups Blindfold and Alone A Brief History of the Cold War The Puppet Masters JFK: An American Coup d’Etat A History of the First World War in 100 Objects The Secret State The Kaiser’s Dawn Hamel 4th July 1918: The Australian & American Triumph A Compendium to Military History Tag Archives: RUSI Use Your Intelligence Just like the tip-off which led to the MPs’ expenses scandal in the UK, it was a simple telephone call to The Telegraph that started the political drama that has blown Whitehall, Westminster and the media ‘commentariat’ apart. Former Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, hotly denies leaking any details of the Government’s dealings with Huawei, but amid the uproar over the sacking we seem to have entirely lost sight of the real scandal it exposed. If ever there was a case for leaking something – whoever was responsible – the Huawei telecoms scandal is it. This is a case that goes to the heart of the UK’s national interest: awarding a fat contract, with serious security implications, for the new 5G (fifth generation) high-speed advanced communications systems, to an unreconstructed Communist state. The UK is offering a potentially hostile government the chance to infiltrate our most sensitive national communications. Theresa May, against the advice of her senior defence and security Cabinet ministers, wants to hand over the development of Britain’s digital infrastructure – including sensitive intelligence traffic – to a company that is nothing less than a front for Chinese intelligence. Much worse, the decision stinks of political corruption. It turns out that the three fat cats of Huawei in the UK – Lord Browne, Dame Helen Alexander and Sir Andrew Cahn – will all benefit financially from being hired by the company. Palms have been greased. Huawei has bought its way into Britain’s elite: all three have close links to the cosy Westminster and Whitehall political-financial cabal, as well as both Tory and Labour party leaders. The main cheerleader lobbying for Huawei turns out to be a Tory MEP, Nirj Deva, who encourages Huawei to turn up in MEPs’ offices uninvited, handing out cards and invitations. ‘It’s unbelievable; full on lobbying …’ complained a Brussels insider. There is no doubt that Huawei has serious form over collecting secret intelligence and mis-using its computer hardware. The battle over the latest 5G technology is becoming a 21st-century arms race. These new systems are much quicker than the current networks, allowing for rapid data downloads and controlling the sophisticated AI robots and self-driving cars that will dominate our future. The fear in Washington is that if China, through Huawei, can gain access to these networks, it will give the PRC the capability to attack and disrupt UK communications. There are already concerns over the networks being used for spying and surveillance, as well as Huawei handing over critical information about Western countries to the Chinese government Vodafone recently revealed that Huawei had supplied it with computer hardware with secret ‘backdoors’ that allowed Huawei unauthorised access to the carrier’s communications network in Italy. Vodafone asked Huawei to fix the backdoors. Huawei said the problem was accidental, but the backdoors weren’t fixed the next time Vodafone checked. These computer ‘backdoors’ are easy to understand. You can put anti-virus software on to your computer or smartphone to prevent anyone from accessing your data or spying on you. But if the hardware has been built to respond to its maker, then your ‘front of house’ software apps are worthless. The machine is nicking your information out of the backdoor and spying on everything you do or say without you realising. That’s what Huawei does. Worse, Huawei works directly for the Chinese government. Last December their Chief Financial Officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Vancouver. She was charged with covering up Huawei’s links to a firm that was secretly trying to sell equipment to Iran in defiance of US sanctions. She now faces extradition to America. The arrest of Meng and calls for her extradition quickly involved officials in Beijing. What was a supposedly ordinary businesswoman’s arrest suddenly became an international incident. China issued a formal diplomatic protest and the official Xinhua news agency attacked Canadian PM Justin Trudeau for ‘letting this nasty thing happen’ Washington knows what is going on. ‘Communications now networks form the backbone of our society and underpin every aspect of modern life,’ said Garrett Marquis, the spokesman for the National Security Council. ‘The United States will ensure that our networks remain secure and reliable.’ The USA has urged its allies not to use Chinese equipment. Washington fears that Huawei’s equipment would enable China to spy on the USA or its allies and use cyber attacks to disrupt industries like power, transportation and manufacturing. Rob Joyce, a senior adviser at the US National Security Agency, warns that allowing Huawei to supply 5G technology was like handing China a ‘loaded gun’. The USA has even threatened to withdraw from cooperation with its allies if they install Huawei equipment on telecommunication networks. Australia quickly banned Huawei, citing the fact that Chinese law forces technology companies to hand over network data to help the Chinese government with ‘intelligence work.’ A recent study by London’s Royal United Services Institute said it would be ‘naive’ and ‘irresponsible’ to allow Huawei access to Britain’s 5G networks. But tin-eared, soon-to-be-replaced Prime Minister May thinks she knows better – or she has been got at. The big danger is that her decision is risking UK’s national security – and the country’s special relationship with the USA – because the Huawei scandal has already thrown Britain’s unique relationship with US intelligence into jeopardy The USA means business. The State Department raised the stakes by threatening to stop sharing intelligence if the UK pushed ahead with Huawei’s involvement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns that America, which is the lead member of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence-sharing group, will refuse to share information with the UK if it decides to use Huawei technology in sensitive areas. Washington ‘would not be able to pool its findings with countries that decide to use Huawei equipment for fear it would not be secure.’ This development is a bombshell. To journalists, the ‘special relationship’ conjures up all kinds of ill-informed drivel. However, to professionals it means just two deadly serious things: intelligence and nuclear policy. The ‘special relationship’ started in August 1941 with the Atlantic Charter, an agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt to share intelligence. Since then those intelligence links have become deeply entrenched. The secret treaty was renewed by the BRUSA Agreement (1943) and the UKUSA Agreement (1946) between the UK and the USA. Since then, this alliance of intelligence operations has widened to include Australia, Canada and New Zealand, cooperating with the UK and the USA, mainly in signals intelligence, and known as the ‘Five Eyes.’ Britain ‘punches above its weight’ globally for two principal reasons: as a victor in 1945, plus its nuclear and intelligence power. That guarantees a seat at the UN Security Council. Take away access to global intelligence and that looks vulnerable. Britain gets access to the US Fort George G Meade’s above top-secret signals intelligence and shares its own sigint ‘take’ with the USA. Ironically a lot of that comes from the British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, with their extraordinary reach and propagation over the Middle East and Russian Federation. GCHQ officers are deeply embedded in the US NSA signals intelligence agency and vice-versa. The old Joint Air Reconnaissance Centre, now the Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre (DIFC) in Cambridgeshire, gets free access to much of the top secret US satellite product. MI6 shares its human intelligence with the CIA at Langley and MI5 relies heavily on counter-jihadi terrorist intelligence from the FBI, plus a number of US intelligence agencies. The brutal truth is that the UK needs access to US intelligence far more that the US needs to share its own product with Britian. To defy the White House over intelligence is the equivalent of chucking the crown jewels into the Wash. And for what? To save the Treasury a few bob and to enrich Mrs May’s sleazy political chums? Whoever leaked the Huawei scandal was doing Britons a favour. ‘Intelligence’ can have several meanings: this one is madness. This entry was posted in Blog and tagged China, Five Eyes, Huawei, human intelligence, RUSI, signal intelligence, treaties, UK, USA on May 26, 2019 by Christopher Norris. The Latin phrase sub rosa means 'under the rose' and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality. The rose as a symbol of secrecy has an ancient history. In the council chambers of Henry VIII’s palaces a stylised Tudor rose covered the ceiling of the private chamber where confidential decisions of state were made. The rose is now used by many nations as the badge of intelligence and security. A Compendium of Military History Sign up here for a regular commonplace newsletter comprising compelling factoids, entertaining stories and educational truths about the reality behind the myths of military history: Newsletter \| Introduction to forthcoming book Categories Select Category Blog (39) Letter (1) News (7) Uncategorized (2)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396543
__label__cc	0.661953	0.338047	Tag Archive: nature Goddess Hertha “Incense Fire” by Zingaia, based on Jean Delville’s drawing, “Parsifal”. “Hertha’s themes are rebirth, kinship, health, longevity and tradition. Her symbols are dormant trees and snow. In ancient times, on this day people venerated Hertha, the Teutonic Goddess of fertility, domesticated animals, magic and nature. In Germanic tradition, Hertha descended through the smoke of any fire today and brought gifts, much like an early Santa Claus figure (giving Her solar associations too). Her connection to nature has survived in the name for our planet: Earth. Yule takes its designation from a Old English word meaning ‘wheel’, representing the turning of time’s wheel back toward the sun. In early times, this festival included parties for various sun Gods and Goddesses; it eventually was translated into the celebration of Christ’s birth. Any light source or burning incense can symbolize Hertha’s presence today. Besides this, look to the world’s traditions for magical ways of making your celebration special. For example, Swedes eat a rice pudding with one lucky almond; whoever gets the nut receives good fortune. Russians toss grain into people’s homes for providence as they carol. Armenians make a wish on the Yule log when ignited and sometimes make divinations by the cider patterns made afterward. Bohemians cut apples in half. If there’s a perfect star in the center and it has plump seeds, it portends joy and good health. Finally, kiss someone under the mistletoe for a long, happy relationship.” “Nerthus” by Lisa Hunt According to Wikipedia, Hertha is another name for the ancient Germanic earth Goddess, Nerthus (click on Her name to be taken to that entry). In addition to that information presented in Nerthus’ entry, Patricia Monaghan wrote that “no legends survive of the Germanic Goddess from whom we get our word for earth. It is known, however, that She was worshiped into historic times, when plows were carried in Christian Shrovetide processions in honor of the earth’s fertility. Hertha was also frequently invoked by medieval witches as their special patron” (p. 152). Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines, “Hertha”. Asatru Religion, “Goddess Nerthus Or Eartha Or Jordh“. Encyclopedia Mythica, “Nerthus“. GardenStone. Goddess Holle: In Search of a Germanic Goddess. Krasskova, Galina . Northern Tradition Paganism, “Who is Nerthus?“ Monaghan, Patricia. Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines, “Nerthus” at p. 488. Mystic Wicks, “Nerthus {Goddess of the Week}“. PaganNews.com, “Nerthus“. Reaves, William P. Boudicca’s Bard, “Nerthus: Toward an Identification“. Twilightmists.tripod.com. “Hertha, Ertha, Nerthus“. Wikipedia, “Nerthus“. Williamson, George S. The Longing for Myth in Germany: Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche. Tags: earth, earth mother, ertha, feminine spirituality, fertility, germanic mythology, goddess, health, kinship, longevity, magic, mother, nature, nerthus, norse mythology, rebirth, snow, teutonic, tradition, trees, witches, women's spirituality, yule Goddess Fauna “Fauna” by Katrina Sesum “Fauna’s themes are fertility, nature and divination. Her symbols are all forest items. In Roman mythology, Fauna is the consort to Faunus, whom this date venerates. With Faunus, She protects the woodlands and plants that live there. While Her role in stories seems minor, Fauna’s power lives on in botanical terminology, Her name having been given to vegetation. Faunus was a woodland god like Pan, who sends messages through the forests for those who know nature’s omens and signs. If at all possible, go to a natural location today (even a park or a quiet tree in your neighborhood will do) with a small libation of wine or milk, both of which are customary. Pour this on the ground, focusing on your intention to learn more about nature’s messages to us. Then spend at least twenty minutes observing. Take notes as you do. Do the trees’ leaves seem to talk? Do they move in a specific way? Are birds taking flight? Where do they go? Do any drop feathers on the ground? Do any animals appear unexpectedly? If so, what does the creature do, and where does it go? All these things, and other similar experiences, can carry a sign meant to help you today or in the days ahead.” “Fauna” by Charlie Terrell Thalia Took writes a very in-depth piece on Fauna that I’d like to share with you; she writes: “Fauna is an old Roman Goddess of Prophecy and Fruitfulness, with ties to the forest and fields and the animals found there. She is closely related to the God Faunus; She is variously His wife, sister, or daughter. Her name, like Faunus’s, is from the Latin faveo, ‘to befriend, support, or back up’, from which we get our ‘favor’; an alternate etymology is from fari, ‘to speak, talk, or say’, referring to Their powers of prophecy. Her name then could be variously translated as ‘She Who Favors’, ‘the Friendly One’, ‘the Speaker’, or even ‘She Who Has Your Back’. She was identified with the prophetic Goddess Fatua, again meaning, ‘the Speaker’, but with additional meanings of ‘She Who Speaks Prophecy’, or ‘the Oracle’. Fauna’s origins are in Latium, the land of the Latins, the people of the area around Rome, and She is closely associated with them. According to yet another of the Roman stories glorifying the city’s origins, Fauna was one of the Hyperborians, who were believed to live far in the north (hyperboreas in the Greek literally means ‘beyond the North Wind’), and said to worship Apollo. She hooked up with the hero Hercules and as a result gave birth to a son Latinus, later a king of the Latins, and therefore a mythical ancestor of the Roman people and a claim to the famous blood of Hercules. Faunus was Her second husband, Whom She married after Hercules left Her (per his usual modus operandi). Other stories reverse that, making Faunus Her original husband, and then make Her relationship with Hercules an extramarital affair. Still other stories name Faunus as the father of Latinus, by the river nymph Marica, Who was Herself identified with Aphrodite, the Greek Love Goddess. “Courtesan” by OtherworldCreations In a similar vein, Fauna was sometimes judged to be a prostitute or courtesan; though this seems to be a late tale and may simply be a reaction to Her as a Goddess of Fertility. Her husband Faunus was sometimes said to be the same as the God Inuus, a God of sex, intercourse, and fertility, Whose name is supposedly from a Latin verb inire, ‘to copulate’; and since She is supposed to be the female equivalent of Faunus, that would make Her a Goddess of sex and copulation as well. Faunus was sometimes said to be the God for Whom the Lupercalia, a very old festival of purification and renewed fertility with strong sexual overtones, was celebrated; and two Faunalia, rural festivals of feasting and dancing, were celebrated to Them, on the Ides of February (the 13th, and in the old lunar calendar, the full moon) and the 5th of December. Art by Jonathon Earl Bowser In other legends however, Fauna is known for Her chastity and modesty; She was said to never leave Her grove or let a man look upon Her, and no man was allowed in Her temple. These tales are associated with the Bona Dea, ‘the Good Goddess’, said to be a cult name of Fauna. The Bona Dea, called so because Her true name was considered too sacred to be spoken aloud, is a Goddess of women and healing Whose worship was exclusive to women, men being forbidden to participate in Her rites. Perhaps Her virginity or chastity was a way of explaining why She would not allow men in Her rituals, and was the Roman way of rationalizing a Goddess Who was purely concerned with women. Far more is known of Faunus than Fauna; His tales may perhaps shed some light on Her attributes and personality. Faunus was a very popular and ancient God Who protected and watched over livestock and Who haunted fields and the forest. As a prophetic God, He used both dreams and His own disembodied voice to reveal the future, and had a shrine in Tivoli at the grove of Albunea where prophetic dreaming was practiced. Their father was usually said to be the prophetic God Picus; though Their mother is not mentioned, Picus was famous for His devotion to Canens, a forest nymph known for Her beautiful singing voice. Though myth is not necessarily that straightforward about things, Canens and Faunus do have a bit in common as They were both known as ‘the Voice of the Woods’. Canens in turn is associated with the witch Kirke, as Kirke was also enamoured of Picus, though She couldn’t steal Him away from Canens; and Latinus is sometimes said to be the son of Kirke and the famous Greek traveller and all-around tricksy guy Odysseus, or his son Telemakhos. In some legends told of the Bona Dea, Faunus does not treat Her well at all; in one, She is His daughter; He lusts after Her, and when She rejects Him, He gets Her drunk and beats Her with sticks of myrtle, and then rapes Her as a serpent. In another, He beats Her to death, again with myrtle branches, for the crime of drinking. These legends seem to have been created to explain why both myrtle and wine played a part in the rites of the Bona Dea; they also emphasize Faunus’s wild, untamed and dangerous nature. The names Fauna and Faunus ‘the Friendly One(s)’ may well have been placating names, to keep the worshipper on Their good sides, much like the fairies of Celtic lore are called ‘the Good Folk’, so as to prevent any harm they might do. Fauna and Faunus were known to travel with an entourage of fauns (yes, like Mr. Tumnus, though without the Christian/Aslanic associations), wild and mischevious spirits of the countryside, equated with the satyrs of the Greeks, and believed to cause nightmares. Faunus Himself was identified with the Greek Pan, the Wild God par excellence. “Fauna of a wood” by ~Selenaart It would seem, then, that Fauna represents the thin line separating the wild from the untamed, as Goddess of both the dark mysterious forest and the cultivated fields, and Her very name is now used to refer to the animal kingdom, the fauna, (as opposed to the plant kingdom, called flora). As the Bona Dea was worshipped exclusively by women, Fauna is a Goddess of the wild sexuality of women, specifically sexual intercourse itself as an expression of the Life Force, and also of fertility (the latter was after all, until modern times and the invention of reliable contraception, a common result of the former). She brings prophecy through dreams and the voices of the wild places, and Her association with dreams and nightmares again connects to humanity’s dark and untamed nature. Several of the other Goddesses She is connected with were known as sorceresses and healers, such as Kirke and the Bona Dea (and by extension Angitia), which would make magic and healing another of Her attributes. All these Goddesses—The Bona Dea (and so majestic Maia as well) Angitia, Albunea, Canens, Marica, and even Kirke, whichever native Goddess She stands in for—can perhaps be thought of a constellation of related Goddesses of wild, magical, and sexual natures, possibly originally springing from the same source.” [1] “Fauna” by ~Bizenghast According to Judika Illes, “In addition to secret, mystic rites, Fauna was also very publicly a Goddess of physical healing. The sick were tended to in Her temple’s garden of medicinal herbs, essentially a sacred hospital. In Rome, snakes were associated with healing in general, but especially with women’s reproductive health. Snakes, Fauna’s sacred creature, were housed in Her temple gardens. “Fatidica” by Lord Leighton Iconography: Fauna is portrayed seated upon a throne, holding a cornucopia. Creature: Snake Day: December 4th commemorates the anniversary of Her Mystery. Offerings: There is controversy as to whether wine is forbidden from Fauna’s rites. One theory is that, because wine was once taboo for Roman women, any wine brought into Fauna’s temple was euphemistically called ‘milk’. Alternatively, the legend goes that wine and myrtle were banned because Faunus once got drunk and beat Fauna with a myrtle branch. That may be a euphemism for the myth in which Faunus rapes his daughter (who may also be his consort).” [2] “Alternate spellings: Faula; Fatuai seems to be Her Oscan name. Also called: Fatua, Fatuella; She was called Damia at Tarentum (a city originally founded by Greek colonists), a name that refers to the secret sacrifice made to the Bona Dea.” [3] Illes, Judika. The Encyclopedia of Spirits, “Fauna“. Took, Thalia. Thaliatook.com, “Fauna“. Ladyoftheabyss. Witchesofthecraft.com, “Earth Goddesses – FAUNA“. Took, Thalia. Thaliatook.com, “The Bona Dea“. Wikipedia, “Fauna (goddess)“. Tags: bona dea, cornucopia, divination, fatua, fatuai, fatuella, faula, fauna, faunalia, faunus, fertility, forest, forest items, goddess, hercules, lupercalia, nature, prophecy, roman mythology, snake, snakes Goddess Yellow Woman Corn Maiden by kelpie2004 “Yellow Woman’s themes are nature, providence and animals. Her symbols are yellow items, green items and embroidered items. This Pueblo Goddess of magic, agriculture and the hunt is also the heroine of many local stories, having taught humans important sacred ceremonies. Today She helps us remember these rituals and reintegrate the into our lives. Art depicts Yellow Woman wearing an embroidered blanket-dress, a green mask (revealing Her connection to nature), and a white mantle. Sometimes She appears as a Corn Goddess and other times as a witch, bear, or ogress. This is a time of the Buffalo Dance, which honors nature and mimes, and ancient hunting ritual thought to ensure a successful hunt. This dance is a type of sympathetic magic that also appeases the souls of the animals about to be captured. For our purposes, this equates to a kind of ritual mime in which we enact our hopes as realized, asking Yellow Woman to guide our movements so they will manifest in magic. For example, to improve self-love, give yourself a hug so you receive that energy. For relationships, open your arms wide so they await the right person (figuratively receiving a ‘good catch’, which is in Yellow Woman’s dominion too!) To improve awareness of the significance of ritual, eat corn today or wear yellow, white, and/or green clothing. Embroidered items also please this Goddess.” Hopi Hemis Kachin Mana Kachina From The Goddess Oracle by Amy Sophia Marashinsky: “Southwestern indigenous aboriginals and pueblo peoples – the Arikara, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Mandan, Hidasta, Abnaki, Cherokee and Huron – see corn as a Goddess. Corn Woman encompasses the figures of Corn Mother, the Corn Maidens, and Yellow Woman. They all relate to corn as a sacred being who gives of Herself to Her people to sustain them and nourish them. The Arikara Creator God, Nesaru, fashioned Corn Mother from an ear of corn which grew in heaven. Corn Mother then came to earth and taught people how to honor the deities and to plant corn.” [1] “Corn Woman or Maiden who is a figure in many stories. She may appear as a kachina mana, that is, a female kachina. At Cochiti, for example, Yellow Woman kachina wears a green mask and has Her hair done in butterfly whorls on the sides of Her head. She wears an embroidered ceremonial blanket as a dress and an all-white manta over Her shoulders. Yellow Woman tends to be a stock heroine in many stories, taking on a wide range of identities, including bride, witch, chiefs daughter, bear woman, and ogress.” [2] Americanindianoriginals.com, “Kachina Dolls: Their Meaning and Tribal Development – Corn Maiden Kachina Doll“. Marashinsky, Amy Sophia. The Goddess Oracle, “Corn Woman“. Jukiewicz, Carol E. Groups.yahoo.com/group/indigenous_peoples_literature, “[indigenous_peoples_literature] Yellow Woman stories“. Kachina-doll-shop.com, “Kachina Names & Meanings“. Nagoda-Bergquist, Susi. Coyoteandanotherone.com, “Yellow Woman, The Moon“. Redaspen.blogspot.com, “Evil Kachina and Yellow Corn Woman“. Silko, Leslie Marmon. Yellow Woman. Yellow Woman Stories [PDF from boblyman.net] Yellow-Woman—talking-points [Female Archetypes and “Yellow Woman” DOC from TeacherWeb] Tags: animals, buffalo dance, cochiti, cochiti pueblo, corn, corn goddess, corn maiden, corn mother, corn woman, embroidered items, fertility, goddess, green, green items, hunt, kachina, kachina mana, magic, mother, native american mythology, nature, providence, pueblo, woman yellow, yellow, yellow corn woman, yellow items Goddess Oonagh Art by Howard David Johnson “Oonagh’s themes are fairies, nature, devotion and relationships. Her symbols are all fairy plants, silver and dew. This ancient Irish Queen of the Fairies is also a potent Goddess of magic. In Irish legends, Oonagh is a faithful wife and the most beautiful of all Goddesses, having long silky hair and a robe of silver and dew. Today She brings the fey into our lives to remind us of the unseen worlds and to awaken the child within each of us that dares to dream and wish. Sometime in November, the people of ancient Ireland celebrated a day for the ‘wee folk’ known as the Lunantishees. This was a time to revel in fairy folklore and superstition. We can honor Oonagh and Her children by following suit. Today wear green, which is a favorite fairy color. Don some pleasant-sounding bells that tinkle lightly when you walk. Fairies love this sound. Or, carry a staurolite stone, also known as the fairy cross. This stone not only brings luck but also helps in controlling elemental beings such as the fey. To see fairies today, find a four-leafed clover and lay seven kernels of grain beneath it. Or go to an area where oak, ash and thorn trees grow together. This is said to be sacred ground for both the fey and Oonagh. If you’re concerned about fairy mischief, wear red for protection. Or, carry some flint as the Irish did to keep fairies at arm’s length.” Art by Gloria Scholik Patricia Monaghan tells us that Oona (pronounced OO-nuh) was “the most beautiful of Ireland’s fairy queens. She was said to have golden hair so long it swept the ground; She flew through the earth robed in gossamer silver bejeweled with dew. Oona lived with the fairy king Finnvara [High King of the Daoine Sidhe] who was constanly unfaithful to Her with mortal women; She retained, nonetheless, an even, benevolent termperament” (p. 239 – 240). Judika Illes adds that “Oonagh is a Goddess of love and protectress of young animals. Oonagh may also have influence over the realm of death. She is Mistress of Illusion and Glamour: Her silver gossamer dress appears to shimmer with diamonds, but it’s really sparkling dew. Oonagh’s blessings are invoked to find true love and to experience romantic happines. Manifestation: Oonagh is described as so beautiful that no one (at least no mortal) can look at Her without being awed and amazed. Consort: Fionnbharr Metal: Silver ” [2] Illes, Judika. Encyclopedia of Spirits, “Oonagh“. Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines, “Oona”. Carleton, William. Sacred-texts.com, “A Legend of Knockmany“. Eric (Coolsite-DS). Daoinesidhe.net, “Daoine Sidhe means“. Esotericonline.net, “The Fey” (includes rules you need to abide when journeying with the Fey about half way down the page – GOOD STUFF!) Lindemans, Micha F. Pantheon.org, “Daoine Sidhe“. Lindemans, Micha F. Pantheon.org, “Lunantishee“. Moonsong, Jasmeine. Wiccanmoonsong.blogspot.com, “Oonagh“. Shee-eire.com, “Úna“. Virtue, Doreen. Archangels and Ascended Masters, “Oonagh“. Wikipedia, “Fairy Queen“. Tags: Úna, celtic mythology, daoine sidhe, devotion, dew, fae, faeries, faery, faery lore, faery queen, fairies, fairy plants, fairy queen, feminine spirituality, fey, finnvara, goddess, Ireland, irish mythology, lunantishee, nature, oona, oonagh, relationships, sidhe, silver, tuatha de danaan, uonaidh, women's spirituality Goddess Gaia “Magic Mountain” by Hans-Peter Kolb “Gaia’s themes are abundance, providence, thankfulness, nature, divination, promises and the earth. Her symbols are harvested foods (especially fruit and grains) and soil. In Greek tradition, Gaia stretched out at the beginning of time, becoming the earth’s land. In this form, She continues to give life and sustenance to all things that dwell in and on the planet, even when the cold weather tries to steal away that life. So sacred are Gaia’s soils that any promise made with one hand on the earth is irrevocable. The oracle at Delphi belonged to Gaia before Apollo took over, giving Her the additional attribute of prophesy. The Thanksgiving theme among Canadians is much the same as in the United States; it’s a time of expressing gratitude to the earth and the heavens for their ongoing providence. Enjoy a robust feast of harvested edibles today to internalize Gaia’s blessings and foresight. Remember to give thanks to the creatrix of your feast before eating! Also consider following Greek custom by leaving Gaia an offering of barley, honey, or cakes in an opening in the earth. This show of gratitude inspires Gaia’s fertility in the coming months and years. To help keep yourself true to a promise, carry a few pinches of soil with you in a sealed container today. If you sense your resolve waning, release a little back to Gaia. This invokes Her strength and sense of duty.” “Breath of Gaia” by Josephine Wall “In the beginning, the Greeks said, there was only formless chaos: light and dark, sea and land, blended in a shapeless pudding. Then chaos settled into form, and that form was the huge Gaia, the deep-breasted one, the earth. She existed before time began, for Time was one of Her children. In the timeless spans before creation, She existed, to Herself and of Herself alone. “Giants of Gaia” by Diana Elizabeth Stanley But finally Gaia desired love, and for this purpose She made Herself a son: Uranus, the heaven, who arched over his Mother and satisfied Her desire. Their mating released Gaia’s creative force, both marvelous and monstrous. Uranus hated and envied Gaia’s other children, so the primeval Mother kept them hidden from his destructiveness. Eventually, however, Her dark and crowded womb grew too heavy to endure. So Gaia created a new element: gray adamant. And from it She fashioned a new tool, never known before: a jagged-toothed sickle. With this Gaia armed Her son Cronos (Time), who took the weapon from his Mother’s hand and hid himself. “The Mutiliation of Uranus by Saturn” by Giorgio Vasari & Cristofano Gherardi Soon, Uranus came, drawing a dark sky-blanket over himself as he approached to mount his Mother-Lover. Then his brother-son Cronos sprang into action, grasping Uranus’ genitals and sawing them off with the rough blade. Blood fell in a heavenly rain on Mother Gaia. So fertile was that even the blood of the mutilated sky impregnated Her. The Erinyes sprang up; so did the Giants; and so did the ash-tree nymphs, the Meliae, humanity’s ancestors (and, in some stories, by throwing Uranus’ testicles into the sea, they caused the sea to foam and out of that white foam rose Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and beauty). This was the familiar creation story that the ancient Greeks told their children. Even after the earth mother had been supplanted as the primary divinity by invading Olympians, the Greeks worshiped Gaia’s power with barley and honey cakes placed at sacred openings in Her surface. At such fissures, too, gifted people would read the will of the Great Mother, for She was through all ages the “primeval prophet” who inspired the oracles at Delphi, Dodona, and elsewhere. And it was to Gaia – even in the days when Zeus ruled the pantheon – that the Greeks swore their most sacred oaths, thus recognizing Her ancient theological sovereignty” (Monaghan, p. 131). “Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Tellus. Many Neopagans worship Gaia. Beliefs regarding Gaia vary, ranging from the belief that Gaia is the Earth to the belief that She is the spiritual embodiment of the earth, or the Goddess of the Earth. “Spring I – Gaia” by ~SargonX Gaia’s name was revived in 1979 by James Lovelock, in Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth; his Gaia Hypothesis was supported by Lynn Margulis. The hypothesis proposes that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamic system that shapes the Earth’s biosphere, and maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life. In some Gaia theory approaches the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self-regulatory functions. Further books by Lovelock and others popularized the Gaia Hypothesis, which was widely embraced and passed into common usage as part of the heightened awareness of environmental concerns of the 1990s.” [1] Here’s a quote that I’d love to leave you with by Sir James Lovelock from Ages of Gaia: “What if Mary is another name for Gaia? Then her capacity for virgin birth is no miracle, it is a role of Gaia since life began. She is of this Universe and, conceivably, a part of God. On Earth, she is the source of life everlasting and is alive now; she gave birth to humankind and we are part of her.” Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines, “Gaia”. Wikipedia, “Gaia (mythology)“. Auralia. Orderwhitemoon.org, “Gaia“. Goddessgift.com, “Mother Gaia’s Healing Chicken Soup” – for the kitchen witches out there 😉 Greekmedicine.net, “Greek Mythology: Gaia – Mother Earth, Mother Nature“. Green-agenda.com, “Home“. (* This site actually seems to state that the modern green movement has some type of nefarious agenda of sorts, but it lists some awesome quotes that I wanted to share.) Lash, John Lamb. Metahistory.org, “TAKE BACK THE PLANET: A Review of James Cameron’s Avatar (2009)“. (A movie I thoroughly enjoyed!) Livingstone, Glenys. Matrifocus.com, “Beltane/Samhain @ EarthGaia“. Mythagora.com, “Gaia” Revel, Anita. igoddess.com, “Gaia: dose up on mama love“. Sozaeva, Katy. Voices.yahoo.com, “Gaia – Goddess Worship and Understanding Our World from a Feminine Perspective“. Theoi.com, “Gaia“. Took, Thalia. Thaliatook.com, “Gaea“. Tags: abundance, aphrodite, ash-tree nymphs, canada, chronos, creation story, cronos, delphic oracle, divination, divine feminine, dryads, earth, erinyes, feminine spirituality, fruit, gaea, gaia, gaia hypothesis, ge, giants, goddess, grains, greek mythology, harvested foods, meliae, mother, mother nature, nature, oracle, promises, providence, pythia, soil, tellus, thankfulness, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day, thanksgiving in canada, uranus, women's spirituality Goddess Hybla “Gaia The Earth Mother” by Peggy Kane “Hybla’s themes are the earth, ecology, nature and animals. Her symbols are all natural objects. This Sicilian Goddess presides over earth and nature, tending to all its needs. She also gave birth to humanity and inspires greater earth awareness within us. Saint Francis of Assisi‘s life is celebrated today because of his gentle relationship with nature, which he considered a family member (often calling animals ‘brothers and sisters’). This is why he became the patron of many environmentalists. To remember him and honor Hybla’s spirit, which he so powerfully displayed, say a prayer for the earth today. Invoke Hybla’s nurturing energy with words like these: ‘Earth Mother, look upon your children; Look upon the plants – restore the earth’s greenery. Look upon the animals and protect them from more harm. Look upon the waters and purify each drop. Look upon the winds, and cleanse the air. Take the world gently in you caring arm and love it back into wholeness once more Tuck a flower petal or leaf in your pocket or shoe today to keep Hybla’s earth awareness close by. And, if you have pets, today is the perfect time to bless them. Give them special foods, find non-chemical pest repellents, and pamper them with extra love. Remember, life is a network: showing kindness to one strand extends that energy outward to the web.” This is a new Goddess to me, and quite intriguing, as one set of my grandparents immigrated here from Sicily in the early 1900’s. She is one that I would personally like to research further and work with since I have a great reverence for the Earth Mother. Also, now as Samhain grows near, for She is a Goddess of earth with connections to the Underworld and of course my Ancestors. “The Love Embrace of the Universe” by Frida Kahlo Patricia Monaghan tells us that Hybla was the greatest Goddess of ancient Sicily and still appears in Italian place names; She was an earth Goddess and ancestor of humanity (p 157). “Hybla is the Sicel Goddess of nature. The Sicels were the original inhabitants of Sicily, and we know of their deities through Greek explorers and writers. Hybla was worshipped on hills in Sicily which had unusual natural phenomena, such as a volcano and mineral springs. The hills were also home to bees that produced some of the finest honey known to the ancient world. Hybla’s name was also seen as Hyblaea, and She became syncretized with the Roman Goddess Venus, who took on the name Venus Victrix Hyblensis.” [1] Douglas Sladen writes: “A Goddess of the nether world in the Sikel religion not identified with any Greek Goddess, but in Roman times, says Freman, ‘the Goddess of Hybla became identified with the Latin Venus. But it should be remembered that the Latin Venus was, in Her first estate, a harmless Goddess of growth, falling in well with one aspect of the powers of the nether world. Her worship is of course, connected with Etna” (p. 202). Fiorentino, Paolo. Sicily Through Symbolism and Myth: Gates to Heaven and the Underworld, “The Goddess Hybla“. Sabrina. Goddess A Day, “Hybla“. Sladen, Douglas. Sicily: The New Winter Resort, An Encyclopedia of Sicily, “Hybla” (p. 202). Freeman, Edward. History of Sicily V1. Wikipedia, “Sicels“. Tags: ancestor, ancestors, animals, earth, ecology, goddess, hybla, hyblaea, mother, natural objects, nature, saint francis, saint francis of assisi, sicels, sicilian, sicilian mythology, venus, venus victrix hyblensis Seasons of Beauty Filed under: Goddess Spirituality, The Druid Experience, Uncategorized — Leave a comment I really wanted to share this here with you as we think about and meditate on the Autumn season, finding balance and get ready for the coming winter. This comes from today’s DailyOm, entitled “Seasons of Beauty”. As we cultivate our life, our beauty becomes as much about what we are creating and doing as it is about our appearance. We tend to associate youth with beauty, but the truth is that beauty transcends every age. Just as a deciduous tree is stunning in all its stages—from its full leafy green in the summer to its naked skeleton during winter and everything in between—human beings are beautiful throughout their life spans. The early years of our lives tend to be about learning and experiencing as much as we possibly can. We move through the world like sponges, absorbing the ideas of other people and the world. Like a tree in spring, we are waking up to the world. In this youthful phase of life, our physical strength, youth, and beauty help open doors and attract attention. Gradually, we begin to use the information we have gathered to form ideas and opinions of our own. As we cultivate our philosophy about life, our beauty becomes as much about what we are saying, doing, and creating as it is about our appearance. Like a tree in summer, we become full, expressive, beautiful, and productive. When the time comes for us to let go of the creations of our middle lives, we are like a tree in autumn dropping leaves, as we release our past attachments and preparing for a new phase of growth. The children move on, and careers shift or end. The lines on our faces, the stretch marks, and the grey hairs are beautiful testaments to the fullness of our experience. In the winter of our lives, we become stripped down to our essence like a tree. We may become more radiant than ever at this stage, because our inner light shines brighter through our eyes as time passes. Beauty at this age comes from the very core of our being—our essence. This essence is a reminder that there is nothing to fear in growing older and that there is a kind of beauty that comes only after one has spent many years on earth. I also came across this beautiful and inspirational video today from the Tuatha de Brighid Flamekeepers group I belong to. Learning to Dance in the Rain Movie. Enjoy! ~ Dailyom.com, “Seasons of Beauty“. Tags: aging, autumn, autumn equinox, balance, beauty, druid, druidry, growing, healing, leaves, maturing, nature, pagan, trees, wiccan, winter, wisdom Goddess Ningal “Stream” by Hojatollah Shakiba Ningal’s themes are ecology, nature, abundance, earth and water. Her symbols are water, maritime art, seafood, reeds and marsh plants. This ancient Mesopotamian Goddess abides in regions filled with reeds or marshes, which She also vehemently protects. She is also considered an earth and vegetation Goddess who visits us with abundance during the autumn. The Wings ‘n Water Festival takes place over two days during the third weekend in September. It’s dedicated to fund-raising for Ningal’s endangered wetlands in southern New Jersey and educating the public on the tremendous value of these regions to the local ecology. To honor this effort and the spirit of Ningal, consider making a donation to a group that strives to protect wetlands (please investigate them first!), and perhaps enjoy a nice seafood chowder as New Englanders do today. This meal reconnects you with the water element and Ningal’s fertility. For tokens that bear Ningal’s power into your home, look to cattails, lily pads, mosses, indoor water fountains, or art that depicts these types of things. First thing in the morning, don dark greens, mossy browns, or clothing that depicts reeds or marshy scenes. Also, drink plenty of water or take a cool bath to create a stronger connection to this element’s power and to commemorate Ningal’s dwelling place.” “Anqet, Goddess of the Nile” by ~ThornErose “The ‘Great Lady’ of the fruitful earth was courted by the moon god [Nanna], the Sumerian and Ugaritic people said. He brought Her necklaces of lapis lazuli and – for he was the rain provider – turned deserts into orchards to win Her heart” (Monaghan, p.230). This Goddess of reeds was the daughter of Enki and Ningikurga and bore to Nanna Utu the sun god, Inanna, and in some texts, Ishkur. She is chiefly recognised at Ur, and was probably first worshipped by cow-herders in the marsh lands of southern Mesopotamia. [1] Upon further exploration of Ningal, I came across this very informative and in depth piece from GatewaysToBabylon.com entitled “Ningal: The Joyous Bride, Initiator of the Mysteries of Femininity”. It explains: “Ningal’s character as far as the myths where She figures is concerned comprehend two fundamental phases in the life of Every Woman. She is first the beloved daughter and maiden who becomes the joyous Bride of Nanna, the Moon Lord, a bit on the shy side who by Herself finds out about love and Her own sexuality wooing and being wooed by the most courteous and impetuous of all the young Anunnaki gods, Nanna the Moon, the Torch of the Night, the firstborn of Enlil and Ninlil, the Prince of the Gods. Hers and Nanna’s is perhaps the second most beloved of all Mesopotamian courtship songs…Ningal is also connected to Dream Divination and Interpretation, so the link with the Moon in all senses and spheres, and introspection as well. The most beloved of all love stories in Mesopotamia is, of course, the Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi, and Inanna, Ningal’s and Nanna’s daughter, is the archetypal and universal Joyous Bride of world myth and religion. Secondly, as the mother of Inanna, Ningal features in many of the Sumerian love lyrics that Gwendolyn Leick (Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature, Routledge, 1994) calls The Bridal Songs, defines as ‘the group of texts which feature Inanna as a girl expecting to be married’ (page 66). “Inanna In The Morning Mist” by ~EroticVisions Fundamentally, the Bridal Songs [are] concerned with the preparation for and the anticipation of wedding bliss, when groom and bride meet on the threshold of the bride’s home. They talk very much about the first longings and joyous expectation the young couple feel to meet in public or in hiding to get to know each. Ningal in the Bridal Songs is Inanna’s loving mother and initiator of the young Goddess in the Mysteries of Femininity. It is to Her that Inanna runs to upon the arrival of Dumuzi in their home, and Ningal gladly answers the girl’s questions and guide Her on what to wear, say, act and expect from the upcoming events. Indeed, we could very well say that Ningal preceeds the archetypal Fairy Goddessmothers of later fairy tales. Here lies a profound healing for the Feminine in all levels and spheres, because it is clear the bond and trust between Ningal the mother and Inanna, the daughter, as well as the embedded social norm that a girl’s initiator into full adulthood should be preferably her mother. Incidentally, in Enlil and Ninlil, Ninlil’s mother offers the advice of caution, to which Ninlil and Enlil paid lip service. I may risk a hunch that nowhere in world myth and religion is a mother-and-daughter relationship so joyous and trusting on both sides such as in Ningal and Inanna. We can see therefore that Inanna expresses all that Ningal as a young lady could not tell Her mother Ningikuga about Nanna, and it is clear to see that having learnt to assert Herself with Nanna, Ningal empowered Her only daughter to express Her feelings, to act and prepare Herself to welcome the beloved into Her life. Finally, it is Ningal’s sad fate to lament the downfall and destruction of Ur, Her city, in the famous Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur. In the second millennium before common era, if not earlier, She was introduced to Syria probably via Harran, the ancient centre of moon-worship. In Ugarit She was known as Nikkal.” [2] Gatewaystobabylon.com, “The Joyous Bride, Initiator of the Mysteries of Femininity“. Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines, “Ningal”. Wikipedia, “Ningal“. Black, Jeremy & Anthony Green. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, “Ningal“. Crystalinks.com, “Sumerian Gods“. Green, Tamara M. The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran. Lishtar. Gatewaystobabylon.com, “Nanna and Ningal or: A Young God Meets Young Goddess – Sumerian Style“. Moss, Robert. Blog.beliefnet.com, “The Warning from Ur: Don’t lose the Goddess’ gift of dreams“. MXTODIS123. Reclaimingthedarkgoddess.blogspot.com, “Ningal and Nanna, A Love Story“. Took, Thalia. The Obscure Goddess Online Directory, “Nikkal“. Wikipedia, “Lament for Ur“. Tags: abundance, bridal songs, earth, ecology, enki, goddess, great lady, great queen, inanna, ishkur, maritime art, marsh plants, mesopotamian, mother, nanna, nature, nikkal, ningal, ningikurga, reeds, seafood, sumerian, ugaritic, utu, water, wings 'n water festival Goddess Amari De Art by Marisa Lopez (Sarima) “Amari De’s themes are art, humor, relationships, love, fertility, wealth, health and beauty. Her symbol is light. In Romania, Amari De is a Romani Goddess who is the great mother of all things and the personification of nature. According to lore, She bestows wealth, health, beauty, love, fertility and insight to those who seek Her. Descriptions say that She was so holy that a divine light always shone from Her face. A Transylvanian folk festival, Tirgul de fete de pe Muntele Gaina (Maidens Fair on Hen Mountain) – was originally a marriage fair where young people came looking for partners. Over time, the custom faded and now it is simply a crafts, costume and musical exhibition with lighthearted satire and nightlong bonfires that glow with Amari De’s light. In keeping with the tradition, if you’re planning a wedding or engagement, today would be a wonderful date to consider fore either, as it draws Amari De’s positive energy to that relationship. This is a good time for single folks to get out and mingle, carrying an Amari De love charm along for a little extra help. Find a little piece of luminescent cloth (like a fine silk that shines) and wrap it around a pack of matches. Bless the token saying, ‘Amari De, bring love my way!’ Ignite one of the matches before going into a social situation so Amari De can light your way!” Again, not too much information on this Goddess to be found. I did find that Amari De was the chief Goddess among the Romani who is believed to be of Indian origin, and bears the Sanskrit name Amari De or De Develeski. [1] According to various sites on the Web (I could not find an original source), Amari De, like Kali Sara, was a Black Madonna worshipped by the Romani in France. [2] danahorochowski. 5dTERRA SERENITY GLOBAL COOP, “MOONTIME, GRANDMOTHER NOKOMIS = Divine Mother =The Feminine Energy of God, the all-encompassing love“. Durdin-Robertson, Lawrence. The Religion of the Goddess. Everything Under the Moon, “Romany???” Johnson, Cait. Witches of the Craft, “The Love Goddess for You“. Sabrina. Goddess A Day, “Amari De“. Wikipedia, “Mari (goddess)“. Wikipedia, “Romani People“. Tags: amari de, art, beauty, black madonna, de delevski, earth, fertility, goddess, great mother, gypsies, gypsy, health, humor, kali sara, light, love, maidens fair on hen mountain, moon goddess, mother, nature, relationships, roma, romani, romania, wealth Goddess Nemetona “Mother Nature” by Rozairo “Nemetona’s themes are wishes, protection, joy, fairies, magic, luck and nature. Her symbols are Hawthorn trees (or trees in general). In Romano-Celtic regions, Nemetona guards groves of trees with a special protective presence that marks the area as a sacred site. Within this space, the soul is hushed and calm, becoming one with nature and the Goddess. Nemetona’s name means ‘shrine’ giving new depth of meaning to William Cullen Bryant’s poetic phrase ‘the groves were God’s first temples.’ ‘Bawming the Thorn‘ is a ritual that takes place around this time of year in Appleton, England. It is an occasion for the community to gather together and decorate a hawthorn tree in the center of town. Local people believe this was a spot of ancient Pagan worship, which is highly likely since hawthorns are sacred to both witches and fairy-kind. In magic traditions, carrying a hawthorn ensures happiness and promotes good luck (not to mention bearing a bit of Nemetona with you). Wherever the oak, ash and thorn grow together is a very magical spot filled with Nemetona’s power and one that will be visited regularly by fairies!” “Queen of Forest” by maillevin Patricia Monaghan tells us that Nemetona was “the British ‘Goddess of the sacred grove’ as one of the divinities worshiped at Bath, where Sul was honored as patron of the thermal springs. Nemetona was depicted as a seated queen holding a scepter, surrounded by three hooded figures and a ram” (p. 228). I found what Sora Nalani wrote to be very informative and inspiring: “A Continental Deity revered during Roman times; Her name may be cognate with the Irish Valkyrie Nemain, and in fact the Romans seem to have regarded Her as having some connection with Mars.” [1] “Nemetona is a very ancient Goddess of the Celts, specifically those in Gaul (what is now France). As well, She is thought to have been the eponymous deity of the Nemetes, a group of Germano-Celtic people living by the Rhine in an area now called Trier in Germany. The Celts, in general, did not build temples, but rather practiced their spirituality in sacred groves and Nemetona personifies this belief in the sacred land. Her name literally means ‘sacred space’, from the Celtic root ‘nemeto’ which means ‘sacred area’. She is related to the druidic concept of nemeton, the designation of sacred spiritual space. Nemetona was worshipped primarily in what is now France and Germany, but Her worship extended into England, where there is an altar dedicated to Her in Bath. Her name survives through many place names including Augustonemeton (France), Nemetacum/Nemetocerna Atrebatum (Northern France), Nemetobriga, Nemetodurum (modern Vernantes), Nemetatae (A tribe in Northern Spain), Nemetostatio (England), Vernenetum and Medionemeton (both in England). Loucetios Celtic God of light Inscriptions found have shown that the Romans afflicated Nemetona with Mars. In Trier and Altrip, in Germany, inscriptions have been found pairing Her with Mars specifically and in Bath with Loucetios Mars. It is well know that as the Romans spread through the Celtic world that they paired their deities with the local deities, finding commonalities. Loucetios was a storm god, the divine mate of Nemetona, whose name means ‘bright’ or ‘shining one’. It is thought that he may be the original form of Lleu/Lugh, the Welsh god of light. With Lugh figuring as a ‘divine warrior’ in many myths, it makes a certain sense that the Romans would equate Loucetios with their god of war, Mars. Still, the fit is awkward and does little to retain the original power and meaning of both Nemetona and Her consort. As is often the case with the Roman deity overlays, it seems as if there was some breakdown of communication as the Romans tried to fit their war hungry gods over the more shamanistic gods of the Celts.” Sora Nalani goes on to say: “At first I had found the fit of Nemetona and that of Mars to be almost ridiculous, it just didn’t seem as if it could be. But when I found a pairing of her with the Brythonic God, Mars Rigonemetis ‘King of the sacred grove’, a new picture began to form in my mind, one of a year King associated with the sacred Goddess whose tendrils of energy were inseparable from the land. It is very possible that Rigonemetis was the guardian of the sacred grove, the guardian of the sacred mother and wellspring of life; Nemetona. I then read that the Celtic ‘Mars’ was a god of protection and healing, along with agriculture in addition to the war-like aspects. Even Loucetios, a lightening god, is associated with sacred groves, as the druids associated lightening with sacred trees, in particular oaks. It is very possible the Loucetios would have been associated with ‘drunemeton‘: the sacred oak grove. It seems a cruel twist of fate that some think She survives on as Nemhain, the Irish Goddess of battle frenzy . While the path from Goddess of the groves to the Goddess of the battlefield is not so farfetched through Her association with Her divine consort who inevitable was linked with Mars, the god of war, the pairing of Nemetona and Nemhain seems little more than a construct of similarity in names rather than an real evolution of Goddess worship. I could not find many images of Nemetona but in the surviving iconography, She is pictured seated, holding a scepter surrounded by 3 hooded figures and a ram. This portrayal feels more Roman than it does Celtic, it seems more likely to me that her presence would have been found in the spiraling knotwork and the labyrinth iconology of the Celts. “Nemetona” by Selina Fenech Nemetona is a difficult Goddess to wrap my mind around. She is somewhat nebulous in my mind, partially because She seems inextricably linked with the land. She is the sacred grove and it is Her. She is sacred space, whether that is found within the majestic trees of a grove or if it is held simply within one’s heart. She is holy breath, the sanctuaries we create, not out of stone and mortar, but out of love and reverence. She is a sacred link between ourselves and the living planet. But in my mind, not in an all-consuming way, such as a deity like Gaia, but in a very personal , intimate way, our link to the land our feet walk on, to the trees our ears hear singing in the wind and the leaves that season with us. She is the animation of the living space around us, a reminder to create that which is sacred within and carry it through all our trials and journeys. She is the circle unto herself and we are within Her circle, found within our relationship with our most intimate and immediate environments. She is the wholeness within each single leaf on the plant that sits beside you, or the moving cells of your body, and the embodiment of all personal spiritual cycles. Simply put, she is sacred space.” [2] Other names: Nemetonia, Nemetialis Joelle’s Sacred Grove, “Celtic Gods and Goddesses“. Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines, “Nemetona”. Nalani, Sora. Spira, “Nemetona: Goddess of the Sacred Grove“. Druidnetwork.org, “Nemetona“. Eagle Feather, Lavender. The Simplified Witch, “Goddess Guidance…Nemetona” Nemeton – the Sacred Grove: Home of the Celtic gods, “Nemetona: A Gaulish and Brythonic Goddess (She of the Sacred Grove)“. The Order of the Sacred Nemeton. Wikipedia, “Nemetona“. Tags: celtic mythology, druidism, druidry, druids, drunemeton, fairies, gaul, goddess, groves, hawthorn, joy, lleu, loucetios mars, luck, lugh, magic, mars, nature, nemain, nemetialis, nemeton, nemetona, nemetonia, nemhain, protection, rigonemetis, roman mythology, sacred space, sul, sulis, trees, wishes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396546
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__label__cc	0.690052	0.309948	Northern Appalachian Studies G-20 People’s Summit Week IUP Marcellus Shale Week The Great Depression Hits Indiana County Community Seed Swap A Community and University Symposium November 3, 4, 5, 2010 IUP Student Union (the HUB); Eberly Auditorium; and the Indiana Theater, Downtown Indiana, Pa. The gains from natural gas from Marcellus Shale are well known—jobs, energy, and economic gains for secondary business and industry. A three-day symposium, “Marcellus Shale and a Sustainable Future: Balancing Energy, the Economy, and the Environment,” explores the lesser-known aspects, such as the historical, social-environmental, legal, political, and health issues related to gas extraction. The conference includes a balanced series of topics, with speakers and panelists from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Duquesne University, and SUNY–Oneonta, plus University of Pittsburgh faculty, other regional scholars, state-elected and agency officials, corporate executives, and representatives from statewide environmental groups, as well as community members and students. Free admission to all events. Note to area teachers: Act 48 credit is available Wednesday, November 3, 7:00–9:00 p.m. Gasland documentary (2010 Sundance Film Festival Award) by Joshua Fox, Milanville Pa. IUP College of Business and Information Technology, Eberly Auditorium, with panel discussion. Student facilitators from the IUP Anthropology Club, IUP ECO, and the IUP chapter of the National Society of Professional Journalists Guest Panelists: Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State director of Clean Water Action Paul Hart, President of Hart Resource Technologies, Inc., Pennsylvania Brine Treatment, Inc. David Prushnok, Managing Partner of Andray Mining and P&N Coal Company Nina Kaktins, Community Member, Graduate Student, IUP School of Nursing Music to be announced Thursday, November 4, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Full-day symposium with presentations on the hour, including afternoon student session and posters. IUP Student Union, Ohio Room 8:00–9:15 a.m. The History of Resource Extraction in Northern Appalachia Student facilitator from the IUP History Club, Allisha Tull Dr. Jim Dougherty, director, IUP Center for Northern Appalachian Studies, IUP Department of Sociology, “Legacies of the Coal Industry” Samuel MacDonald, author, “On The Agony of an American Wilderness: The History of Logging in Appalachia” David Waples, instructor at Penn State University–Behrend, manager of corporate communications at National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, “Energy's Stepchild: a History of Appalachian Natural Gas Industry” 9:30–10:45 a.m. Marcellus Shale Overview: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly David Yoxtheimer, representative from Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, “Marcellus Shale Development in Pennsylvania” Jim Ferlo, Pennsylvania State Senator, 38th Senatorial District, “Legislation on Drilling in Pittsburgh” (tentative) Dr. Brian Okey, IUP Department of Geography and Regional Planning, “Natural Gas in the Context of Traditional and Alternative Energy Sources” 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Marcellus Shale: What Lies Below: Environmental and Social Impacts – Community Drinking Water Dr. Conrad Dan Volz, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities, “The fractracker.org data platform, a hypothesis generating tool for tracking Marcellus Shale gas extraction impacts”; and “Preliminary results of air sampling for Hazardous Air Pollutants from gas field operations” Cindy Rogers, The Evergreen Conservancy, “Perspectives on Fracking and stream quality in Indiana County” Rodney Ruddock, Indiana County Commissioner, “Commentary on Marcellus in Indiana County” 12:30–1:45 p.m. Environmental and Social Impacts Part II – Safety and Ecological Sustainability Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University, Center for Environmental Research and Education “The Ecology of Marcellus Drilling and What it Means to You” Dr. Laura Rhodes, IUP Department of Safety Science, “OSHA Top Ten Gas & Oil Citations: Looking Back and Preparing for the Future” 2:00–3:15 p.m. Political and Legal Considerations John Baillie, senior attorney, PennFuture, “The PA Fair Pooling Act” Hon. Dave Reed, Pennsylvania State Representative, 62nd Legislative District, “The Fair Pooling Act in Our Region” 3:30–5:00 p.m. Interdisciplinary IUP Student Research on Marcellus Shale — Papers and Poster Session IUP Student Union, Monongahela Room Participation from IUP departments, including Sociology, Anthropology, Geography and Regional Planning, Biology, Safety Sciences, and English 7:00–8:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker, Eberly Auditorium Introductory comments: Dr. Yaw Asamoah, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Ron Bishop, Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York-Oneonta. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Pennsylvania in the National Context” Opening music performed by Joe's Legacy: The Joe Yeslovich Family Fiddlers, featuring Dr. Carl Rahkonen, ethnomusicologist, IUP professor and music librarian, 6:30–7:00 p.m. Friday, November 5, 7:00–9:00 p.m. Community showing of Gasland documentary (2010 Sundance Film Festival Award) by Joshua Fox, Milanville, Pa., followed by a panel discussion. Indiana Theater, 641 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, Pa. Student facilitators from the IUP chapter of the National Society of Professional Journalists. Facilitator: Sherene Hess, Indiana League of Women Voters Mary Beth Sweeney, Indiana League of Women Voters Nina Kaktins, Community Member, IUP School of Nursing Other participants to be announced Local Lodging Options Indiana: Comfort Inn (PA 442) 1350 Indian Springs Rd., Indiana, PA, 15701 1275 Indiana Springs Road, Indiana, PA, 15701 Holiday Inn Indiana PA 1395 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, PA 15701 Quality Inn & Suites (PA 622) 1545 Wayne Avenue , Indiana, PA, 15701 111 Plaza Drive, Indiana, PA 15701 Rt 422 & Rt 286 Twin Pines Motel 420 East Pike, Indiana, PA 15701 Blairsville: 1085 SR 22 Highway West, Blairsville, PA 15717-7918 Blairsville Hampton Inn 62 Pine Ridge Road, Blairsville, PA 15717 Program Co-directors Dr. Laurence Kruckman, Department of Anthropology, kruckman@iup.edu, 724-422-8525 Dr. Jim Dougherty, director, Center for Northern Appalachian Studies, jdoc@iup.edu, 724-357-2734 Dr. Amanda Poole, faculty sponsor of ECO, amanda.poole@iup.edu IUP Center for Northern Appalachian Studies, IUP College of Humanities and Social Sciences, IUP chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) student chapter, Rho Sigma Kappa (the IUP Honor Society within the Safety Sciences Department), IUP ECO, Anthropology Club, Department of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, English/Research Writing, Department of History, Department of Political Science, IUP Center for Civic Engagement and Student Leadership, PennFuture, Murtha Institute for Homeland Security, and others pending official acceptance	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396561
__label__wiki	0.838633	0.838633	TSX: IVN$4.05$0.02View Chart OTCQX: IVPAF$3.07$0.10View Chart Board and Committee Charters Kamoa-Kakula Project Western Foreland Project Kipushi Project Platreef Project Proxy Documents Stock & Shareholder Information Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act Report Subscribe to E-mail List Moolmans shaft-sinking miners Mario Matusse (left), Bennette Katjeipe (centre), and Julius Mbeteni (right), arrive on surface after completing a shift developing Platreef’s 950-metre-level station. Ivanhoe Mines indirectly owns 64% of the Platreef Project through its subsidiary, Ivanplats, and is directing all mine development work. The South African beneficiaries of the approved broad-based, black economic empowerment structure have a 26% stake in the Platreef Project. The remaining 10% is owned by a Japanese consortium of ITOCHU Corporation; Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation; and Japan Gas Corporation. Limpopo Premier Stanley Chupu Mathabatha (centre) cutting a ceremonial ribbon, alongside members of the Platreef shaft-sinking team, to signify the completion of the 850-metre top-cut station development. On October 17, 2019, Ivanhoe announced that the spot price of palladium has reached another all-time high of US$1,781 an ounce. Recent increases in the price of palladium, nickel, rhodium and gold has resulted in the weighted price of the ‘basket’ of metals contained in the ore at the Platreef palladium-platinum-rhodium-nickel-copper-gold project to rise to a new, multi-year high. Figure 1. Revenue per tonne of ore at the Platreef Project has risen steadily since 2016 (shown in US dollars) Figure 2. Revenue per tonne of ore at the Platreef Project has risen steadily since 2016 (shown in South African rand). Source for figures 1 & 2: Bloomberg. Based on historical weekly commodity prices at the end of each week. Palladium, nickel and rhodium have been three of the best performing metals in 2019. The platinum-to-palladium ratio at Platreef is approximately 1:1, and Platreef has remarkably high concentrations of nickel and copper. At current prices, palladium and nickel comprise more than 60% of the weighted price of the ‘basket’ of metals in Platreef’s ore. Rhodium and gold also add significant contributions to Platreef’s contained metal valuation. Platreef’s flat-lying mineralized zones are up to 90 metres thick, at a 1 g/t 3PE+Au cut-off, with platinum-group-metals grades that are as high, or higher, than many of the narrow-veined PGM mines on South Africa’s eastern and western limbs. Platreef also has large quantities of nickel, copper and gold, which are expected to establish Platreef as the lowest-cost PGM producer in Africa. Based on independent analysis prepared in the 2017 definitive feasibility study (DFS), Platreef is projected to have a cash cost of US$351 per ounce of 3PE+Au, net of nickel and copper by-products, and including sustaining capital costs. The DFS estimated that Platreef’s initial, average annual production rate will be approximately 219,000 ounces of palladium, 214,000 ounces of platinum, 30,000 ounces of gold and 14,000 ounces of rhodium (combined 477,000 ounces of 3PE+Au), plus 21 million pounds of nickel and 13 million pounds of copper. The mineral resources used as the basis of the DFS were those amenable to underground selective mining. Information on Platreef Project geology and mineralization is contained in the Platreef Project National Instrument (NI) 43-101 Technical Report dated September 4, 2017, filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Ivanhoe Mines website at www.ivanhoemines.com. May 7, 2018: Ivanhoe Mines secures long-term supply of treated bulk water for the Platreef Mine On May 7, 2018, Ivanhoe announced the signing of an agreement to provide local, treated bulk water for the first phase of production at Platreef. The agreement is for the supply of a minimum of five million litres of treated water a day for 32 years, beginning in 2022, from the town of Mokopane’s new Masodi treatment plant. Ivanplats expects to begin receiving a small quantity of treated water this year, which will be used in Platreef’s ongoing underground mine development and surface infrastructure construction. Under terms of the agreement, which is subject to certain suspensive conditions, Ivanplats will provide financial assistance to the municipality for certified costs of up to a maximum of R248 million (approximately US$19.6 million) to complete the Masodi treatment plant. Ivanplats will purchase the treated wastewater at a reduced rate of R5 per thousand litres for the first 10Ml/day to offset a portion of the initial capital contributed. October 8, 2018: Shaft 1 reaches the top of Platreef’s “Flatreef” Deposit at 780 metres below surface On October 8, 2018, Ivanhoe announced that Platreef's Shaft 1 had reached the top of the high-grade Flatreef Deposit (T1 mineralized zone) at a depth of 780.2 metres below surface. The achievement by the Ivanplats shaft-sinking team is the first time that the Platreef – a strongly mineralized, polymetallic belt that extends northward from the town of Mokopane for more than 30 kilometres – has been intercepted by underground mining activity. Ivanplats’ Flatreef Deposit, with a strike length of six kilometres, lies within a flat to gently dipping portion of the Platreef mineralized belt at relatively shallow depths of approximately 700 to 1,200 metres below surface. The Platreef mining team has delivered the first ore from the underground mine development to a surface stockpile for metallurgical sampling. The estimated thickness of the mineralized reef (T1 & T2 mineralized zones) at Shaft 1 is 26 metres, with grades of platinum-group metals ranging up to 11 grams per tonne (g/t) 3PE (platinum, palladium and rhodium) plus gold, as well as significant quantities of nickel and copper. The 26-metre intersection will yield approximately 3,000 tonnes of ore, estimated to contain more than 400 ounces of platinum-group metals (PGMs). The 7.25-metre-diameter Shaft 1 will be used for initial access to the Flatreef Deposit and early underground development. The mining zones in the current mine plan occur at depths ranging from approximately 700 metres to 1,200 metres below surface. Shaft 2 early-works surface construction advancing to box-cut development Early-works surface construction for Shaft 2 began in May 2017 with initial curtain grouting around the box cut. Excavation of a surface box cut to a depth of approximately 29 metres began in early 2018. Further work includes the construction of the concrete hitch for the 103-metre-tall concrete headgear (headframe) that will house the shaft’s permanent hoisting facilities and support the shaft collar. The early-works construction is expected to be completed early in 2019. Shaft 2 will have an internal diameter of 10 metres and the capacity to hoist six million tonnes per year. The headgear design for the six-million-tonne-per-year permanent hoisting facility has been completed by South Africa-based Murray & Roberts Cementation. Development work focused on initial production rate of four million tonnes per annum The Platreef Project, which contains the Flatreef Deposit, is a Tier One discovery by Ivanhoe Mines’ geologists on the Northern Limb of South Africa’s Bushveld Igneous Complex, the world’s premier platinum producing region. Ivanhoe plans to develop the Platreef Mine in three phases: 1) An initial rate of four million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) to establish an operating platform to support future expansions; 2) a doubling of production to eight Mtpa; and 3) expansion to a steady-state 12 Mtpa. July 31, 2017: Ivanhoe Mines releases positive results of an independent definitive feasibility study for the planned first phase of its Platreef platinum-group elements, nickel, copper and gold mine in South Africa The independent Platreef DFS covers the first phase of development that would include construction of a state-of-the-art underground mine, concentrator and other associated infrastructure to support initial concentrate production by early 2022. All figures in the DFS are on a 100%-project basis unless otherwise stated. As Phase 1 is being developed and commissioned, there would be opportunities to refine the timing and scope of subsequent phases of expanded production. Key features of the Platreef DFS include: Indicated Mineral Resources contain an estimated 41.9 million ounces of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold with an additional 52.8 million ounces of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold in Inferred Resources. Enhanced Mineral Reserve containing 17.6 million ounces of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold – an increase of 13% – following stope optimization and mine sequencing work. Development of a large, safe, mechanized, underground mine with an initial four Mtpa concentrator and associated infrastructure. Planned initial average annual production rate of 476,000 ounces (oz.) of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (3PE+Au), plus 21 million pounds of nickel and 13 million pounds of copper. Estimated pre-production capital requirement of approximately US$1.5 billion, at a ZAR:USD exchange rate of 13 to 1. Platreef would rank at the bottom of the cash-cost curve, at an estimated US$351 per ounce of 3PE+Au produced, net of by-products and including sustaining capital costs, and US$326 per ounce before sustaining capital costs. After-tax Net Present Value (NPV) of US$916 million, at an 8% discount rate. After-tax Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 14.2%. The actual return to project equity owners is expected to be higher as a result of the significant amount of project financing which is being raised. The Platreef DFS was prepared for Ivanhoe Mines by principal consultant DRA Global, with economic analysis led by OreWin, and specialized sub-consultants including Amec Foster Wheeler, Stantec Consulting, Murray & Roberts Cementation, SRK Consulting, Golder Associates and Digby Wells Environmental. The full technical report will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Ivanhoe Mines website at www.ivanhoemines.com within 45 days of the issuance of this news release. Platreef DFS results. Total / Average Life of Mine Mined and processed Mineral Reserves 3PE+Au g/t Key financial results Life of mine Pre-production capital Peak funding Mine-site cash cost Total cash cost after credits All-in cash cost after credits Site operating costs After-tax NPV8% After-tax IRR Project payback period US$ million US$ per ounce 3PE+Au US$ per tonne milled The economic analysis is based on Probable Mineral Reserves only. 3PE+Au = platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold. Metal prices used in the Mineral Reserve estimate are as follows: US$1,600/oz platinum, US$815/oz palladium, US$1,300/oz gold, US$1,500/oz rhodium, US$8.90/lb nickel and US$3.00/lb copper. A declining Net Smelter Return (NSR) cut-off of US$155/tonne–$80/tonne was used in the Mineral Reserve estimate. Metal price assumptions used for the DFS economic analysis are as follows: US$1,250/oz platinum, US$825/oz palladium, US$1,300/oz gold, US$1,000/oz rhodium, US$7.60/lb nickel and US$3.00/lb copper. All-in cash costs include sustaining capital costs. Mine development work focused on resources in Flatreef underground discovery The Flatreef Deposit, with a strike length of six kilometres, predominantly lies within a flat to gently dipping portion of the Platreef mineralized belt at relatively shallow depths of approximately 700 to 1,100 metres below surface. The Flatreef Deposit is characterized by its very large vertical thicknesses of high-grade mineralization and the platinum-to-palladium ratio of approximately 1:1, which is significantly higher than other PGMs discoveries on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld. The grade shells used to constrain mineralization in the Flatreef Indicated Resource area have average true thicknesses of approximately 24 metres at a 2 g/t 2PE+Au (platinum-palladium-gold) cut-off grade. On May 11, 2016, Ivanhoe Mines announced a substantial increase in Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources at the Platreef Project. The updated estimate is for Mineral Resources amenable to underground mining methods within Platreef's Flatreef Deposit. It is the first update of the overall resource estimate to be issued in more than three years. The new estimate includes the Turfspruit Cyclic Unit (TCU), which hosts the majority of the Flatreef Mineral Resources, and also two additional underground zones of mineralization – the Footwall (FW) and the Bikkuri (BIK) – that occur in close proximity to the TCU. Indicated Mineral Resources now contain an estimated 42.0 million ounces of PGMs plus gold – a gain of 45% – with an additional 52.8 million ounces in Inferred Resources, at the base case cut-off grade of 2 grams/tonne. At a cut-off grade of 1 gram/tonne, Indicated Mineral Resources now contain an estimated 58.8 million ounces of PGMs plus gold, and an additional 94.3 million ounces in Inferred Resources. The updated Mineral Resource estimate was prepared by Ivanhoe Mines under the direction of Dr. Harry Parker, RM SME of Amec Foster Wheeler E&C Services Inc (Amec Foster Wheeler). Dr. Parker and Mr. Timothy Kuhl RM SME, also of Amec Foster Wheeler, have independently confirmed the Mineral Resource estimate and are the Qualified Persons for the estimate, which has an effective date of April 22, 2016. Click here to view Platreef Project - 2016 Resource Technical Report, June 2016 Platreef Mineral Resource - all mineralized zones (2.0 g/t base case). Indicated Mineral Resources - Tonnage and Grades Cut-off Grade (3PE+Au) Mt Pt (g/t) Pd (g/t) Au (g/t) Rh (g/t) 3PE+Au (g/t) Cu (%) Ni (%) 3.0 g/t 204 2.11 2.11 0.34 0.14 4.7 0.18 0.35 2.0 g/t 346 1.68 1.70 0.28 0.11 3.77 0.16 0.32 Indicated Mineral Resources - Contained Metal Cut-off Grade (3PE+Au) Pt (Moz) Pd (Moz) Au (Moz) Rh (Moz) 3PE+Au (Moz) Cu (Mlbs) Ni (Mlbs) 3.0 g/t 13.86 13.86 2.23 0.92 30.86 800 1 597 2.0 g/t 18.66 18.94 3.12 1.23 41.95 1 226 2 438 Inferred Mineral Resources - Tonnage and Grades 1.0 g/t 1431 0.88 0.94 0.17 0.07 2.05 0.13 0.25 Inferred Mineral Resources - Contained Metal 3.0 g/t 13.78 13.96 2.33 0.94 31.01 865 1, 736 2.0 g/t 23.17 23.78 4.26 1.56 52.77 1,775 3, 440 1.0 g/t 40.38 43.01 7.81 3.06 94.27 4,129 7,759 Mineral Resources have an effective date of April 22, 2016. The Qualified Persons for the estimate are Dr. Harry Parker, RM SME, and Timothy Kuhl, RM SME, who are employees of Amec Foster Wheeler E&C Services Inc. and independent of Ivanhoe. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The 2 g/t 3PE+Au cut-off is considered the base case estimate and is highlighted. The rows are not additive. Mineral Resources are reported on a 100% basis. Mineral Resources are stated from approximately -200 m to 650 m elevation (from 500 m to 1,350 m depth). Indicated Mineral Resources are drilled on approximately 100 x 100 m spacing (locally 150 m spacing); Inferred Mineral Resources are drilled on 400 x 400 m (locally to 400 x 200 m and 200 x 200 m) spacing. Mineral Resources have been estimated on an externally undiluted basis and without consideration for mining recovery. Dilution and mining recoveries will vary with the geometry (dip, thickness, faulting and or irregularities in contacts) of the mineralization and the eventual mining method used. Reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction were determined using the following assumptions. Assumed commodity prices are Pt: $1,600/oz, Pd: $815/oz, Au: $1,300/oz, Rh: $1,500/oz, Cu: $3.00/lb and Ni: $8.90/lb. It has been assumed that payable metals would be 82% from a smelter/refinery and that mining costs (average $34.27/t) and process, G&A, and concentrate transport costs (average $15.83/t of mill feed for a 4 Mtpa operation) would be covered. The processing recoveries vary with block grade but typically would be 80%-90% for Pt, Pd and Rh; 70-90% for Au, 60-90% for Cu, and 65-75% for Ni. 3PE+Au = Pt + Pd + Rh + Au. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Platreef’s Indicated Resources shown in green; Inferred Resources in blue; areas of resource expansion indicated with diagonal lines; exploration target areas in beige. Additional detail on the exploration target areas is shown in Figure 2. Exploration targets provide upside in adjoining areas Potential for additional UMT-TCU mineralization within targets for further exploration Exploration potential exists immediately outside the area of Inferred Mineral Resources that has not been explored by Ivanhoe. Amec Foster Wheeler has defined four targets for further exploration (exploration targets) in areas that are contiguous with the current Mineral Resource areas that are shown below. Target 1 could contain 150 to 250 million tonnes grading 1.2 to 1.9 g/t Pt, 1.2 to 1.9 g/t Pd, 0.19 to 0.32 g/t Au, 0.08 to 0.14 g/t Rh, (2.6 to 4.3 g/t 3PE+Au), 0.11 to 0.19% Cu and 0.23 to 0.38% Ni over an area of 4.1 km2. The tonnage and grades are based on intersections of 2.0 g/t 3PE+Au mineralization in drill holes located adjacent to the target. Target 2 could contain 50 to 90 million tonnes grading 1.3 to 2.1 g/t Pt, 1.4 to 2.3 g/t Pd, 0.19 to 0.31 g/t Au, 0.11 to 0.18 g/t Rh, (2.9 to 4.9 g/t 3PE+Au), 0.11 to 0.19% Cu and 0.23 to 0.39% Ni over an area of 3.9 km2. The tonnage and grades are based on intersections of 2.0 g/t 3PE+Au mineralization in drill holes located adjacent to the target. Target 3 could contain 5 to 10 million tonnes grading 1.3 to 2.2 g/t Pt, 1.1 to 1.9 g/t Pd, 0.20 to 0.34 g/t Au, 0.10 to 0.17 g/t Rh, ( 2.7 to 4.6 g/t 3PE+Au), 0.11 to 0.18% Cu and 0.23 to 0.38% Ni over an area of 0.5 km2. The tonnage and grades are based on intersections of 2.0 g/t 3PE+Au mineralization in drill holes located adjacent to the target. The potential quantity and grade of these exploration targets is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration and/or study to define these exploration targets as Mineral Resources. It is uncertain if additional exploration will result in these exploration targets being delineated as a Mineral Resource. In addition, there are approximately 48 km2 of unexplored ground beyond these exploration target areas on the property under which the prospective stratigraphy is projected to lie. It is not possible to estimate a range of tonnages and grades for this ground with current information. There is excellent potential for mineralization to significantly increase with further step-out drilling to the southwest. Mineralization at the Platreef Project is open to expansion to the south and west, beyond the area of the current Mineral Resources. Indicated Resources are shown in green and Inferred Resources are shown in blue. Ivanhoe Mines’ exploration geologists receive the 2016 Colin Spence Award for excellence in global mineral exploration for the Flatreef Discovery of platinum-group metals in South Africa	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396562
__label__wiki	0.58882	0.58882	Distances quickly crossed A review of Larry Eigner's 'Calligraphy Typewriters' David Kaufmann In 2010, Stanford University Press published The Collected Poems of Larry Eigner and the book’s faithful editors, Curtis Faville and Robert Grenier, had every right to expect both showers of attention and hosannas of praise. Though Eigner did not win any awards in his lifetime, he enjoyed a remarkable succes d’estime, first amongst the Black Mountain poets and then with the Language school. Calligraphy Typewriters: 'The Selected Poems of Larry Eigner' The selected poems of Larry Eigner is just out from the series I edit with Hank Lazer at the University of Alabama Press. We are able to offer a 30% discount, so you can get this 350-page book for $17. Eigner’s poetry is one of the splendors of postwar American culture. There is no more perfect introduction to Eigner’s sublime actualizations of the “sustaining air” of the everyday than this selection. My foreword to the book is included in Pitch of Poetry. It is also on-line here. Articulate beyond walls (PoemTalk #97) Larry Eigner, 'Again dawn,' 'a temporary language,' and 'unyielding rock' PoemTalk Larry Eigner, photograph dated May 1959 (from the Poetry magazine archive). Michael Kelleher, Daniel Bergmann, and Ron Silliman joined Al Filreis for a discussion of three poems by Larry Eigner. The first, “Again dawn,” was written in November 1959; the second, “A temporary language,” was composed on September 1 and 2 in 1970; and the third, “Unyielding / rock,” was written on May 31, 1971. Larry Eigner, translated into French by Martin Richet De l’air porteur / articulations / un monde: poèmes 1952-1966 poèmes choisis et traduits de l’américain par Martin Richet Cloud House Poetry Archives Larry Eigner: 'Sacred Materials' Jeff Boruszak Poetry Magazine Tweet, June 21, 2013 A few days ago, the Poetry Magazine Twitter (@poetrymagazine) tweeted a rather simple link to an excerpt from their February 1964 issue, featuring six poems by Larry Eigner. Tweeting links to poems in old issues is fairly standard practice for @poetrymagazine, but the Eigner feature made me think back to some of the truly great video features on PennSound: The Larry Eigner “Sacred Materials” recordings, and The Cloud House Poetry Archives, which was generous enough to make these recordings of Eigner available. The “Sacred Materials” consist of three videos: the last public reading given by Eigner on November 17, 1995 (he would pass away a little over two months later on February 3, 1996); the Jewish Ground Ceremony for Eigner on February 6, 1996; and a tour later that day of Eigner's Writing Environs, which shows the mountains of manuscripts surrounding Eigner's typewriter where he painstakingly composed his poems. New at Sibila: Scappettone on Rosselli, Corbett on Eigner Poems from Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose of Amelia Rosselli, plus an excerpt from Jennifer Scappettone’s introduction. 1974 Larry Eigner recordings left: Larry Eigner by Kit Robinson; right: S Press cassette cover On July 1 and again on July 11 in 1974, Michael Koehler recorded Larry Eigner reading twenty-seven of his poems in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The recordings were later released by S Press, as tape number 37 in their series, under the title Larry Eigner: around new / sound daily / means: Selected Poems. A number of university libraries — and of course individuals — own copies of the recording; but it is fairly rare at this point. Among the libraries with a copy is the special collections archive at the University of Connecticut, where the tape was apparently part of the materials Cid Corman gave them to form the Corman Papers there. I located the Eigner recording in the Corman finding aid, asked the UConn librarians to copy it for us at PennSound. (Many thanks for Melissa Watterworth Batt, curator of Literary, Natural History and Rare Books Collections there.) Soon after, with permission from Richard Eigner, Larry's brother and the executor of the poet’s literary estate, we digitized, uploaded and then segmented the recording into individual poems. They are now available for both streaming and downloading at PennSound’s Eigner page. Finding ecopoetics on the disability trail Independence Trail, photo by dbtownsend I’m back, with apologies for the long absence. The bad news is that I had to take a month break from these Commentaries due to a minor but temporarily disabling health issue, that pretty much knocked me out of commission, for anything but the day job. The good news is that I’m healed, my “tenure”here has been extended, and I'll be posting these Commentaries through November. Last fall, on my trip across the country (mostly by rail) to visit the park spaces designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, I worked in a visit to one of the poets most readily associated with American space (though not urban space), Gary Snyder, at his residence high above the Yuba River, Kitkitdizze. I have yet to document that conversation (we spoke, amongst other things, of Gary’s experience bivouacking in Central Park in the late ’forties, while awaiting his seaman’s papers), which will happen, when I get around to it, on the Olmsted blog. After I left Gary, I stopped just on the other side of the Yuba River, to check out something called the Independence Trail. It turns out that the trail — occupying the site of old, abandoned hydraulic miner’s ditch — was built in answer to a request to, “Please find me a level wilderness trail where I can reach out and touch the wildflowers from my wheel chair.” It is a mostly level trail, shaded by oak and pine, that contours the slope of the undeniably wild Yuba River valley, with views to the river below. At the time, I did not know that this trail, the “First Wheelchair Accessible Wilderness Trail in America,” had been created by one John Olmsted, a distant relative of Frederick Law. J. Olmsted worked to save hundreds of acres in what is now the South Yuba River State Park, as well as what is now Jug Handle State Nature Reserve on the Pacific Coast in Mendocino County, Goat Mountain in the Coastal Range, and the Yuba Powerhouse Ranch. He wanted to create a “Cross California Ecological Trail.” Walking his Independence Trail helped me realize, yet again, how limited my conception of wilderness can be. On My Eyes: Larry Eigner in 1960 inside Jacket2 I gave a talk on this book as part of Al Filreis's 1960 symposium at Kelly Writers House, Penn. Commentary on Larry Eigner's 'On My Eyes' A response to Charles Bernstein's 1960 symposium presentation Curtis Faville Eigner’s On My Eyes, which was published in 1960, was “edited” as nearly all Larry’s books were during his lifetime: by other hands. Apparently it was thought — and I’m not clear about exactly why this was deemed to be necessary — that Larry was unable to do it himself, and needed this “help” to do it.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396565
__label__wiki	0.741674	0.741674	Queen + Adam Lambert Headline Australia Wildfires Benefit Concert Alice Cooper and others will also perform bob-diehl Queen + Adam Lambert will headline a night of music to raise money for those affected by the devastating wildfires in Australia. Guitarist Brian May says the band is donating the stage from its show in Sydney the previous night for Fire Fight Australia – Concert for National Brushfire Relief. All proceeds will go to organizations providing “rescue, relief, recovery and rehabilitation” services. Other artists that have signed on for the event include Alice Cooper, k.d. lang and Olivia Newton-John, and organizers say more will be added. The concert will take place February 16th at ANZ Stadium, a day after Queen + Adam Lambert perform there. YES !!! It’s official. We’re donating our stage from our QAL show the previous night in Sydney for this great line-up of talent to raise money for Bushfire Relief. -------- FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA will kick off from 1pm and run till late at ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday 16 February 2020. Tickets go on sale at 12 Noon (AEDT) today at www.ticketek.com.au and are priced at $100, $85 and $70 with an option to make further contributions to bushfire relief during purchase. Ticketek Australia is the only authorised seller of FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA tickets. Do not pay more than the prices listed for your tickets. All concert ticket profits and all contributions through Ticketek will go towards key organisations providing vital “Rescue”, “Relief and Recovery” and “Rehabilitation”. • “Rescue” – Rural and regional fire services in affected states • “Relief and Recovery” – Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery • “Rehabilitation” – The RSPCA Bushfire Appeal Fans can also donate to bushfire relief through www.firefightaustralia.com All Media Enquiries: media@firefightaustralia.com All Other Enquiries: info@firefightaustralia.com Bri A post shared by Brian Harold May (@brianmayforreal) on Jan 12, 2020 at 10:59am PST Queen + Adam Lambert are just the latest artists to raise or donate money for wildfire relief efforts in Australia. Metallica recently announced a donation of $750,000 to the NSW Rural Fire Service and the Country Fire Authority in Victoria, and Elton John pledged $1 million to support the Brushfire Relief Fund. “It’s an apocalyptic absolute disaster and you should all be in awe of the work firefighters are doing,” Elton said during last week’s concert in Sydney. “There are people out there who have lost their lives trying to save homes; there are people who have lost their lives and their homes. And lastly is the plight of the animals and loss of their habitat… is on a biblical scale and heartbreaking.” Seeing the fires raging across Australia have left me heartbroken. This tragedy has taken lives, homes and devastated so much wildlife. At my Sydney show last night, I pledged $1 million dollars to support the Bushfire Relief Fund. God bless, Australia. ----❤️ Elton xx pic.twitter.com/8umFtjikSa — Elton John (@eltonofficial) January 7, 2020 The fires have been burning since September and have claimed 27 lives and destroyed more than 2,000 homes. In a hopeful development, firefighters said on Sunday that they have been able to go on the offensive for the first time in weeks because of cooler temperatures and calmer winds. LISTEN NOW on the RADIO.COM App Follow RADIO.COM adam-lambert alice-cooper australia-wildfires classic-rock	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396572
__label__wiki	0.726275	0.726275	Site Map and Site Search Subscribe KT Update Expert Review Panel Annual KT Conference CRC-CEUs Available TA Overview How to Request TA TA Request Form Directory of Journals/Author Guidelines KT Library KT Strategies Database Plain Language Summary Tool Policy Portal Registry of Systematic Reviews Resources for Conducting Systematic Reviews KTDRR Products KT Update Assess Systematic Reviews (AQASR) KT Casebook AT Standards Working Groups Overview CoP-EDR (Private Member Area) KT Planning to Implementation to Outcomes About the Webcast As a follow-up to her KT Conference presentation on Nov. 3, Melanie Barwick was available to assist NIDILRR grantees on KT planning and measurement, using the KT Planning Template© (KTPT). One activity of the Center on KTDRR has been to work with grantees on use of the KTPT as a planning tool. Dr. Barwick briefly describes the purpose and use of the KTPT, and primarily focused on responding to grantee experiences using this tool for planning, implementation, and measuring outcomes. This webcast originally aired on November 8, 2017: Video link https://youtu.be/5mAp8G2NyCY Tips for Optimal Viewing on YouTube: To increase volume, turn up the volume on your computer and use the volume bar on bottom left side of the YouTube video window. Captioning is available by selecting the "CC" option on the bottom right side of the video window. Click on "Options" to change the font, size, and color of the captions. Additional tools on the bottom right side: "Settings" increase the video quality; "Theater mode" (default)/"Full screen." Presentation materials: Download a PDF copy of the slides used during the session: webcast44_110817.pdf Transcript of the video (MS Word™ DOC – 46kb) Evaluation: Please fill out the brief evaluation after viewing the webcast. There are no CRC-CEUs for participating in this webcast. Melanie Barwick, PhD, CPsych, is a Senior Scientist in the Child Evaluative Sciences Program of the Research Institute, and Head of the Child and Youth Mental Health Research Unit (CYMHRU) in the Department of Psychiatry at SickKids (The Hospital for Sick Children). She is affiliated with the SickKids’ Learning Institute where she conducts professional development in knowledge translation, and with the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, as a scientist and member of the leadership. At the University of Toronto, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is an Executive Board Member for the Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts (CCYC) Network Centre of Excellence and the Global Implementation Initiative (GII), and an Associate Editor for the journal, Evidence & Policy. Dr. Barwick is an internationally recognized expert in implementation science and knowledge translation, and has a program of research that spans health, mental health, education, and global health sectors. Her research aims to improve the implementation of evidence into practice and to broaden the reach of evidence more generally to support decision making, policy, knowledge and awareness. About AIR \| AIR Topics \| Contact AIR © 2019 American Institutes for Research (AIR).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396573
__label__wiki	0.815606	0.815606	Kim Jong Un’s Envoy Arrives in D.C. as Pentagon Describes ‘Extraordinary Threat’ Posed by North Korea Posted 7:14 PM, January 17, 2019, by CNN Wire Kim Yong Chol, one of Kim Jong Un's closest aides departs the White House on June 1, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) North Korea’s lead negotiator in nuclear talks with the US, Kim Yong Chol, arrived in Washington Thursday, just hours after President Donald Trump rolled out a new missile defense strategy that appears to contradict his own claim that Pyongyang is no longer a nuclear threat. Kim arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport Thursday evening and was spotted leaving the airport with US Special Representative to North Korea Steve Biegun and Pak Chol, a North Korean official who’s the chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee. Amid signs the two sides are close to agreeing to a second summit the newly unveiled Missile Defense Review, which Trump personally introduced at the Pentagon, explicitly states that North Korea remains an “extraordinary threat” to the US, an assessment that is consistent with previous findings by US military and intelligence agencies but rarely acknowledged by Trump himself. Seven months ago, Trump declared that his first summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore had eliminated any nuclear threat posed by the North Korea even though the meeting produced no verifiable proof that the rogue regime will discontinue its nuclear program. “Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office,” Trump tweeted as he arrived back in Washington at the time. “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.” Since that time Trump has insisted that talks with North Korea are yielding progress, pointing to the lack of missile and nuclear tests as evidence that Pyongyang is moving towards denuclearization. Waiting for concrete steps But Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the US is still waiting on North Korea to take concrete steps to denuclearize, and the missile defense strategy released Thursday indicates that Pyongyang currently poses a significant threat to the US despite ongoing negotiations. “While a possible new avenue to peace now exists with North Korea, it continues to pose an extraordinary threat and the United States must remain vigilant,” the Pentagon assessment says. “Over the past decade, it has invested considerable resources in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and undertaken extensive nuclear and missile testing in order to realize the capability to threaten the US homeland with missile attack. As a result, North Korea has neared the time when it could credibly do so,” it says. Trump made little mention of North Korea in his public remarks at the Pentagon Thursday but the underlying missile defense strategy emphasizes efforts to improve protection measures against the existing North Korean arsenal. “The review reflects the fact that the Pentagon still views North Korea as a nuclear threat and states that the United States will enhance its missile defense capabilities to defeat a North Korean missile attack,” according to Kingston Reif, director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association. “The review states that North Korea has yet to achieve the capability to credibly threaten the US homeland. North Korea has not conducted enough tests to establish confidence in a reliable, working missile. But we have to assume that North Korea has a nuclear-armed ICBM that could strike the United States,” he said. “Even if the missile only have a 50% chance of hitting a major US city, that’s enough to establish a modicum of deterrence,” Reif added. Prior to Thursday’s roll out of the Missile Defense Review, a senior administration official was asked specifically whether North Korea still poses a nuclear threat as Trump has previously suggested it does not. “The review does look at the comprehensive environment that the United States faces and our allies and partners face and it does posture forces to be prepared for the capabilities that currently exist and that anticipate in the future,” the official said. Fresh skepticism The Pentagon assessment has injected fresh skepticism into an already fragile diplomatic process as Kim Yong Chol, Pyongyang’s former spymaster who has served as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s counterpart in talks with the United States, arrived in the US capital. Kim is expected to meet Pompeo and US special representative to North Korea Steve Biegun on Friday, according to two US sources familiar with the negotiations.. It’s unclear if he will visit the White House, but the sources say that is the expectation from the North Koreans and the US side is preparing for the possibility. But his trip to Washington is viewed by some as a sign that the sides are getting closer to reaching an agreement regarding a second Trump-Kim Jong Un summit. Kim Yong Chol last came to the United States in June. He visited New York and met with Pompeo before traveling to Washington, where he delivered an oversized envelope containing a letter from Kim Jong Un to Trump in the Oval Office. The two met for two hours in the White House. During that visit, Kim Yong Chol was able to break the impasse between Washington and Pyongyang and help get the first US-North Korea summit back on track. Trump and Kim Jong Un’s summit in Singapore in June ended with a commitment from Kim Jong Un to “work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” but negotiations appear to have stalled since then. No missile tests in 2018 North Korea refrained from carrying out any nuclear or missile tests in 2018 and has taken symbolic steps toward denuclearization, such as shuttering a missile test facility and destroying parts of its nuclear test site, Punggye-ri. However, some argue that Thursday’s Pentagon assessment indicates the US will need to do more than shore up its missile defense in addressing the threat posed by North Korea. “While there has been a yearlong pause in North Korean missile testing, Pyongyang’s retention of its missile arsenal capable of striking at US forces in Asia and even threatening the US homeland indicates that its going to take more than just missile defense to change the equation with the Kim regime,” said Behnam Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Missile defense has a role to play as part of a comprehensive effort to counter the North Korean threat but it’s a limited one and its capabilities are often vastly overstated. We and our allies cannot missile defense our way out of vulnerability to North Korea’s nuclear missiles,” Reif said. Many critics accuse the Trump administration of failing to get Pyongyang to agree to specifics at their first summit. They say the North Koreans are holding out for a second summit because they believe they can extract greater concessions by meeting with Trump directly, as opposed to working with envoys like Pompeo or Biegun. “Pyongyang is clearly dissatisfied with what it has been hearing from Secretary Pompeo and other senior US officials and is eager to go over the heads of the President’s aides in order to engage directly with President Trump,” Evans Revere, a former US principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, wrote in a paper presented in Seoul on Wednesday. “The current impasse in denuclearization talks is the product of a US demand that North Korea take specific denuclearization steps, together with the DPRK’s (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) insistence that the Singapore agreement is about improving relations and removing the US threat.” Trump Is Fraying Nerves Inside the Pentagon Trump Administration to Roll Out New, Aggressive Missile Defense Plan Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Ready to Extend Nuclear Talks With Trump But U.S. Shouldn’t Test Patience Topics: Donald Trump, kim jong un, Kim Yong Chol, north korea, u.s. pentagon KTLA 5 News on Twitter North Korea Threatens U.S. With Ominous Promise of ’Christmas Gift’ U.S. Closely Watching North Korea for Possible ‘Christmas Gift’ Missile Launch North Korea Says It Carried Out ‘Very Important Test’ at Previously Dismantled Site North Korea Launches Medium-Range Missile From Floating Barge, U.S. Officials Say Trump Says He’s Ready for North Korea’s ‘Christmas Gift’: It Might Be a ‘Beautiful Vase’ North Korean Leader Calls for Measures to Protect Country’s Security Christmas Holiday Has Passed With No ‘Gift’ From North Korea After Supposedly Ominous Promise Trump Addresses Nation, Says Iran Appears to Be ‘Standing Down’ After Strike Russia Is Not the Only Threat to U.S. Elections in 2020 Iran Tensions Prompt Trump to Turn to NATO, U.N. and Others He’s Scorned in Past President Insists ‘All is Well!’ Regarding Casualties After Iran’s Missile Attack Iran Strikes Back With Missile Attacks at 2 Bases Housing U.S. Troops in Iraq Oil Prices Surge After Iran Attacks U.S. Airbases in Iraq	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396574
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This after initially alarming fans from SNSD’s crazy schedule, which was revealed last week. SNSD’s written out day to day schedule recently surfaced to the online community. The schedule proved the hard work of current sky-rocketing popularity of SNSD, showing that they barely have a moment to rest from June 8th until the end of July. Some perspectives saw their busy schedule as not a sign of popularity, but more of a health concern. However, the spotlight has shifted back a few years as the former 5-man TVXQ’s schedule recently appeared online as well. The schedule plotted out TVXQ’s errands for a year, from July 2008 to July 2009, excluding but not limited to: magazine photo shoots, studio recording sessions, movie filming, DVD filming, cover photo shoots, and CF shoots. With that said, netizens were shocked to see that the schedule had the 5 members entering and departing the country almost as often as normal people have mealtimes and pulling multiple gigs a day with barely a day to rest throughout the year. Netizens commented, “SNSD doesn’t even compare to this”, “Is this even possible?’, ‘That’s horrible, that must have been so painful’, ‘Celebrities have it hard’, and ‘They need avatars’, sharing both their feelings and concerns. Source + Photo: TVreport via Nate Credit: Allkpop Shared by: JYJ3 RELATED ARTICLE: [Memories] TVXQ, History of 6 Years – It was a brutal drama Posted In: Other News Tagged: SNSD, TVXQ bmw81187 This old DBSK schedule will forever haunt SM as the schedule that proved that “slavery in ent business exists” jyj4ever501 Your right! hk198215 It should haunt them as this was one of the reasons why tvxq are no longer together. But the sad thing is it won’t because they are still up to their old tricks – like this schedule thing. I wonder if TVXQ2 got a better contract since the 2 stayed behind like better pay, because their schedule doesn’t seem to be less. They seem to be everywhere, commercials, variety shows, photo shoots, just to name a few. JYJ may be busy, but I think they are happier because they call their own shots and schedule. And I think their busy schedule are in spurts. Just my thoughts & opinion. Now lets just see how SM rebutt and deny this one!!!! Bluefyre Well…duh. Hope stockholders get wind of the schedule comparison debacle and the people’s reactions. I want to see the stocks go down! sits back with skittles and popcorn jenknight18 sits with you.. with frappes on each hand.. sally_b (waiting for it to get later in the evening) …but will grab a frosty-brew and join the party ~ heehee PARTAAY! ^^ Decided to go for chips ‘n salsa instead of popcorn. So cliche, popcorn. LOL 😀 Paola Munoz I don’t like popcorn anyways… i always choke on it xD Spicy Salsa? Yum yum ❤ subarashii_garu #joining you XD joining with all of u with a popcorn and other snack in my hand also prepare Tio on my side shuheilove I’ll join you with fried chicken. Sitting beside dear @Miaw. goodday123 this schedule is crazy, i feel bad for idols. So glad they are not with sm anymore, at least now, they are still very busy but they look happy and they have more opportunities to grow in other areas. agree with you. shandya agree with you.. Yes they are busy, but it’s by their choice as to being force to perform at someone else command. and greed! Those schedules are just insanity, I don’t know how any of them survived them 😦 at least JYJ aren’t put through that any more I’m glad my oppas left. me too. JYJ left at just the right time when you look at how insane SM was getting. I also agree! What’s even sadder is that this has been going on with SM for over 10 years. lilibaiyu I worry about how hard JYJ is working NOW! I can’t even imagine what this must have been like for them. And then to wind up with nothing to show for it…. Remember Yuchun’s “Song With No Name”…. these poor guys were working THIS hard only to get a big “NO” and a cold stare from LSM . Despicable. mishmishah i’m always worry too about they will kill them self with the work …. but … i always think that our boys LOVE work hard even when they are with the evil com. but what it’s make them upset and unhappy was that NO … and the eat of there own money ,,, sigh ,,, really happy they are left .. nothing worse than u work really hard but u find a cold reaction welcome u after that …. >< dame it … worry about thous girls ,, i]m not a fan and even i don’t like them BUT as a women a have really anger inside me that they treat the poor girls like this … girls in body and mental have a more ability to the weak condition … hope at lest sm treat them as human and as women for once … >< dame it … ItsMyFinger With the girl groups rise in Japan, there will be no rest for them, unless the members of girl groups start falling unconscious on stage, but even then the rest will continue to prance around, because it’s money, money, money. Kara and Snds sell their singles and albums like hot cakes in Japan, their sales are amazing, and there’s no way the companies give them a break. The fad comes and goes, gotta milk it while it lasts… who cares about singers’ health… hi sis ,, happy see u again with us ^^ ah but … !! for real .. i expect that even that evil com. will do something for there condition … the girls better health means more money … <_< but even this did't make them stop do stupid thing like this ….. sigh … oh my god .. poor them … and the singer health means nothing in front of all that 000000 of money … just sigh …. from my heart i'm happy that my boys not suffer from this any more ,,, but when you go to allkpop there still groupies who protect that detestable company.. either their employees or SM pays them to play dumb.. one stupid comment… “and somehow they became one of the most popular boybands in asia. People seem to forget who helped them get there” errrrmmmmm the fans???? also, SM and its executives milked on the boy’s hardwork and the fans’ genuine love.. so it is funny how some blind fans think Papa LSM is being just fatherly.. OMG I HATE when fans use that “Papa” thing with ppl like LSM and YG. It irks me SFM cause I’m like “he’s not ur goddamn papa!” and for girls to say that to a man……sighs Who helped them? Of coz it’s the Boys themselves and their fans! From that comment, you would have thought lsm went on all the schedules with the boys (instead of sitting comfortable in his office counting the money OUR boys earned) and singing LITI, Bolero, Proud and dancing to Raising Sun! Wait, let me go puke first!!!!!! I went to read the comments there as I had nothing to do, but I left once I saw some certain’s girl group’s fan saying the ultimate BS imho — girl groups gain popularity with their songs but boybands – with their bodies. I knew it was better to leave then or I’d get so worked up and end up replying with something I would regret later. There are so many people worshipping the “SM Family”, it astonishing. And some fans say the busy schedules of their girls is the proof of their popularity and star status. Whatever…. yah.. and comments like “fame has it’s price” if it’s their contracts has WARNING: OVERLY CRAZY SCHEDULE TILL YOU COULD NO LONGER WALK…i dont think no matter how much you want to be famous.. what will be the sense i’ll be using the money to get me doctors … seriously hectic schedules are normal.. but then when it goes on for the whole year.. then is it worth it? even machines gets some regular shutdowns every quarter as preventive maintenance (to prevent machine from shutting down).. and we’re talking about humans here.. the reason why SM still holds this ground is because of people who justifies abuse as part of fame.. retrokim “the reason why SM still holds this ground is because of people who justifies abuse as part of fame..” HUUUUUH??? mmm in my head, it’s usually been the girls that get their popularity w/ their bodies ____ have i been living under a rock in another dimension?? no my friend.. you’re on the correct side of the dimension.. i think those who said the girl groups popularity are based on their singing ability then says SNSD ruled KPOP is the one living under the rock.. they are good performers but not all can sing well enough to be worthy of worship.. CSJH is the girl group for me that can SING WELL ahhhh i’m glad i’m in this dimension XDDDD @jenknight You got that right. I’ll never stop hating SM for what they did to The Grace TT__TT And don’t get me started with Zhang Li Yin AKP is just full of trolls and pre-teens I reckon. I don’t see how anyone can believe this Sm Family bull or not see that the company is exploitative to the max and it’s unfortunate that most fans get their news from that site infested by “some” teens who does not understand a single thing about the value of life, hardwork and health.. since they just sit at the front of their computers and ask mom for allowance.. not to offend other teenagers here.. but some life lessons: You have to appreciate your parents, sisters, aunts or whoever those who gives you allowance and money to buy the stuffs you love.. i got to appreciate my parents more when i experienced myself the harsh reality of standing on my own and working hard for the money i spent.. and when you get sick.. then you get to realize also that hardwork will mean nothing if you’ll just get to spend half of those salary to buy yourself medicine or pay doctors.. It is sad, especially since AKP is biased as hell and has some very dodgy translations. A lot of the commenters don’t seem to want to even consider that it’s very likely that their idols are locked in unfair contracts and are overworked, which is sad since they apparently love them so much Jacinta Christina Scruggs I agree with everyone, this is the reason why I stopped going to AKP. I so agree with you! I can’t believe someone said exactly what I’m feeling right now. What’s up with those allkpop people? I HATE SM! They don’t care for their arstists, their arstists are just money for them. HOW CAN PEOPLE CAN BE SO BLIND? GOD! I’m so glad JYJ is away from this hell. Fighting with JYJ until the end! @Clara I do too. Passionately and vengefully, I hate SM. I want them to pay. I want them to suffer. I want their business to fail. And of course, I want to see LSM behind bars. Is that too much to ask? @Lilibaiyu, girls ¿May I add AVEX to your “most hated people” list? I want them to pay too. @shuheilove “May I add AVEX to your “most hated people” list?” Why you sure can! lol BTW–is anyone else having a really hard time with this new format?? All of a sudden clicking on the name of the person posting doesn’t automatically take you to their post on the blog anymore. What’s up with that?? koreamom it was insane. i am glad it resurfaced again to show others just how bad they had it. health hazard indeed. so if snsd’s schedule is not as bad but they are still very popular, doesn’t that also say that they do not need an insane schedule to make it big? amainekochan SM artists have it tough. i think they are trying to fill the void left by DBSK in Japan. In fact, they are sending Super Junior, Shinee, later on f(x), but apparently making focus on SNSD as main “course” so to speak. unfortunately for SM, there is AKB48 which is probably the most popular in Japan right now. I seriously hope that SNSD does not suffer the same faith as DBSK though, recently some of the girls have been getting sick. That is why, no matter that I have been a hardcore Ot5 fan..why am I happier to be a JYJ fan? Because I can see the boys genuinely smile now. I love seeing that they can have a choice of their own projects and schedules..They are simple LOVE! and they seem more genuine than other ‘idols”. Whenever this dreadful schedule resurfaces, my heart hurts… luckylinda If the idols at SME think they’re having it tuff rite now, “The EVIL One” is spreading out to Europe, what will their schedules be like then?? rite now, they mostly hop from Korea to Japan and back and forth. When they start making that trip back and forth with Europe included is gonna be torture!! Thank God our beloved JYJ got out in time!! I have a question, if anyone knows, when R they suppose to go to court again and finish this up?? they sure R stalling, doncha think? is the courts of South Korea as allegedly as corrupt as the Prosecutor’s Office?? just curious~~~ I hipe SME and avex BURN IN HELL!! About the court thing, from what I remember the sides won’t meet up in court room anymore. The judge was supposed to give the verdict to both parties and then the lawyers would deal with it accordingly. I’ve just talked with my mom about it, it’s been so long and no news at all. The verdict should have been made last month, if I”m not mistaken, and even if there wasn’t supposed to be an annoucement about it, there are no rumours about it. Makes me nervous. But then again, weren’t there news about three board’s directors selling their stocks just the other day? Maybe the court’s decision is already known to both parties, only they don’t make it public yet and try to solve the disagreements among themselves, but some folks feel it won’t end up good and abandon the ship, so to speak? sweetJJ Isn’t that insider trading? childofhallyu some of the comments on allkpop are just frustrating!!! headdesk T_T i’m so glad JYJ are free @childofhallyu i always think it’s better not to look. lol If I look, I get angry and when that happens, I can’t control myself and then I “say things.” So I always think it’s better not to look. (I’ve done enough damage on SYC…. don’t get me started somewhere else now…) Yeah…..I’m guilty of that too. Amen to that. I think it’s a site for mostly younger generation who have not experienced working hard. this is not a news for me, and i don’t think people should be surprised by this, i always remember the boys saying when ever they wanted to do something like writing a song, or anything else they had no choice but to take that time from their sleep time, and next day they have to week up early in the morning! i remember jaejoong and junsu saying that more then once, but no one payed attention for what they are saying. i also remember micky telling a story about him wanting to have driving test to get a license, and they had only one chance to take it,but he failed in it after being sick and hospitalized, and changmin was hospitalized at the same time, and yunho give a comment that all five members fall sick at the same time of the year, which was was their only vacation in a whole year. and even the MC give a comment that their schedule most have been really hard in them, and that wasn’t even near their Mortic days. i just don’t understand how could they talk with them calmly about them being sick and hospitalized at the same time from over worked! i don’t even understand the reason for me to talk about this. i think people knows those facts already but it’s quite hard for them to admit it! i am glad that JYJ have stand up for their human rights. and i am really sorry for my bad English. Jennisa i’m so agree with u…. they really did mention about their hectic schedule…but at that time,we fans,never really take notes of that because we thing they probably earn a lots of money. I mean seriously, i wouldn’t mind work my ass off if i really earn back what i deserve….but ironically,they not!! i believe our boys love to be busy..see even after they left SM they still working as hard as they can,but the difference is,they do what they like and they get what they deserve… that’s why the lawsuit they’re filled is not about their crazy schedule,but more about their unfair of pay… but whatever it is it’s already a past!! they’re now enjoy they’re freedom (even tho they still looks tired as hell),but i believe they’re “happy tired”…=D lol..and my english might be worst than u..hahaha…=D @Jennisa And THAT!! That is a big, BIG difference, no? That is what this whole 2 year battle royal has been about and what it’s been for. JYJ has declared their independence from SM exactly the same way we here in the U.S. declared ours from Great Britain in 1776. NO difference whatsoever. And btw, both your english and Leno’s is a marvel of excellence! I wonder at you girls, really I do! I speak exactly one language. You are all bantering back and forth in 2 or even 3 of them. Really, I’m in awe of you. LoL at your comment about the english,it makes me feel happy that a native english speaker thinks that ^^ the problem isn’t with the words, it’s the writing that’s hard, you may know the word but not how to write it, so i always need to cheek, i do read a lot but still have it difficult with long words xd and the best way to learn languages is to watch movies and dramas ^_^, like our boys did with Japanese. and that’s why i understand little of Japanese, though i never studied it, and don’t know how to read and write, but i still find Korean hard they don’t speak clearly as Japanese. and i don’t know why i am writing this i just feel like saying it XXD @Leno “the best way to learn languages is to watch movies and dramas ^_^, like our boys did with Japanese. You know what? I kind of agree with you. I think Japanese is a little easier to the ear (I watch a lot of K- and J-dramas too) than Korean. Plus, with Korean, they do love to talk very fast and kind of run words together and also leave out saying certain letters (like saying “Ee instead of “Lee”) so it’s really hard! I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce Jang Guen Suk’s name. If any native Korean speakers are on the list, could you please write it out phonetically for me?? I’d be forever grateful. @lilibaiyu sorry but i don’t know anyone,i hoped to help you. and yes, the first time i heard korean i thought it was weired and some how annoying, but i do like it now. of course after hearing the boys voices who wouldn’t like it ^_^ ! and the japanese was fun for me from the start, i watched japanese dramas and anime before korean’s,and because of that the first song i heard for the boys was japanese, and i love that ^^ but i think if some one hear me talking they will think that i speak such weird language too, i even hear it from other cities in my country xd. Really?...Love?.. I’m not a native speaker but from what I can hear, they pronounce his name as “Junk” “goon” “Sock”. you are rite, sorry if sounded angry at the fans, when i am not, i just was angry remembering other idols from that company talking about the contract being fair for them and all, and that the company never do any thing bad, and care for their’s idols, when the truth was that only TVXQ at that time experienced such crazy schedule. and i feel ashamed some how about me feeling relaxed when hearing that they are now experiencing the same thing, so that they don’t talk about things as easy as they did when they don’t know anything about it! and the worst thing that some people believe theme!! and i don’t mean SNSD of course, i do feel sorry for them. i hope people now stop calling them greedy at lest after reading this. and yea, our boys are really hard working, i hope they rest more. hahaha.. i am happy that i am not the only one =p * at least i was talking with @Jennisa , i replied at the wrong comment. I think it was the ticking point for them. They had these hectic schedule which they endured for years but when they got their pay it was in the negatives. Yoochun’s A Song Without A Name Part 1 talks about the issues that drove them to fight for what they deserve. pheonixia -Also health issues. For example they had to perform even if they were close to having an asthma attack. If they broke or sprained a limb (which they shouldn’t have anyways if they were working under proper conditions)….they were still made to go on stage and perform. -They had no control over their personal image or schedule (eg. if you are the ‘pretty boy’ you must remain the pretty boy) -No control over their schedule. But more than that they had no control over the quality of their schedule. (For example, it was reported that they once had to go on a Japanese TV show that had barely any viewers…when they were dead tired and play stupid games just so SME could keep ‘important’ contacts) -They had no choice on what songs went into their albums or not. For example if they composed a song it could only be used with SME’s ‘permission’. -They were not allowed to use their image to sell things but SME had full control of their ‘image’ and could use it to sell their restaurant food for example. -The biggest thing was INCOME though. WHy should anyone work their butt off for little pay? They most likely endured it all because they knew they were going to get paired for their worth but when you get a negative paycheck when you’ve just brought in millions I’ld walk out if they refuse to listen to my grievances. I was shocked to learn how much they earned compared to the revenue they were generating which was stabilizing over 100+ million USD . @hakuna matata “I was shocked to learn how much they earned compared to the revenue they were generating which was stabilizing over 100+ million USD .” Yes, I was too. Really dumbfounded. That’s why I don’t think the term “slavery” is an exaggeration. They were for all intents and purposes the slaves of SM and have had to fight with every strength within them for going on 2 years to get away from that demonic place. That’s why I’ll never stop being proud of them and I’ll never stop backing them 100%. hugs all of you I stand with you guys. ^^ anva you guyssaid it all! minnaa Although I loved tvxq as 5, im glad jyj did what they did cause there is no way in hell that im ok with them working to death. @minnaa ” im glad jyj did what they did cause there is no way in hell that im ok with them working to death.” I think this schedule has been brought out again at a good time actually. It makes it very easy to see a timeline and a reason for JYJ doing what they did and it also makes it clear why there can be no reunion in the foreseeable future. YH&CM are still signed to within an inch of their lives to SM. There is NO WAY that JYJ will go back there and SM will certainly not let Homin out of their sight, so…. Everybody–time to move on. As JYJ sing, “You gotta let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!” and let the executives take the bigger slice of the pie while the boys are left with crumbs… @Jen I would dare to say, the boys always were left with almost nothing. SME executives always took even the crumbs. Is this a leaked document? An actual copy of what they handed out to artists? or did fans compile this just like this one: http://withjyj.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/article-tvxq-history-of-6-years-%E2%80%93-it-was-a-brutal-drama/ Hmm I know this was already posted here before, but it’s relevant to the article. In any case, I rarely comment nowadays but this whole incident with SNSD is just like a bad nightmare no? I hope SNSD fans learn from the past and not sugarcoat those fainting spells, IV shots, crazy schedules as things that the girls need to be “popular” and “successful.” I still don’t understand, if all of the boys of DBSK weren’t happy with the way they were being treated by SM, why did Yunho and Changmin chose to stay? It’s been bothering me for a long time now.. I’m sorry if this offends anyone about this topic, but I would really like to know some answers or speculations to this matter. dgfygdyf cause their afraid of the consequences….their career is to important to them (or should i say money and popularity)they dont have the gts to sy no to sm There is no definite answer that we know of. It could be one of many reasons or a combination of many reasons. -Promises of higher pay and more rest or more solo activities to increase popularity? -Shares might have been given? -Parental pressure? -Fear of losing ones career? I’m gonna bet All Of The Above…oh, and more! This from a former Yunho-biased person. sigh But that was almost 3 years ago, and I still hold HM in a soft spot… There’s no denying that JYJ have accomplished so much more in this short time than HM has. Even with everything that they have behind them supporting them. Ironic really. It’s almost laughable. You’d think HM would be able to do more with giant companies backing them, but it’s like they’re tied up. JYJ on the other hand only has what contact they have. You’d think they’d be tied up–limited–yet they’ve been doing SO much. This is why I can’t wait for the new album to release (insert whine please! soon! fancams, my poor ears. lol! ^^) with all the epic songs they’ve self-composed. Let’s see what ‘blinded’ fans have to say then. Ha. /end rant. @Bluefyre “This is why I can’t wait for the new album to release (insert whine please! soon!” BIG HUGE ditto there! I can’t wait either. Although I did have a happy realization the other day–they were singing the new songs in concert to pre-recorded tracks, right? So that might very well mean that the tracks to all the new songs are done! Maybe even vocals are done, but tracks, definitely! My big worry was that they were all going to get so busy separately that they’d have no time to devote to getting the new material recorded any time soon, but maybe they’re a lot closer than I thought! Yay! I DO hope you’re right. I’ve been listening/watching the LA & Tokyo fancams for the better part of today. sigh LOL. I NEED those songs or I’m gonna go deaf! 😀 Why must you be such good composers?! adkjasdfjkasdf!!!! ^^ I’m hoping against hope they include live recordings too. They’re such perfectionists too though. hehe. OK, guys. Rest. Do your thing (obligations, etc). Release! chants 😀 Will never know why they stayed unless they talk about it. I think its a slew of factors like those Pheonixia listed and many more that might have influenced their decision. hildachobi Yeah… I’m a TVXQ! fan, I love all of them. I support both, JYJ and HoMin. I just hope Yunho and Changmin are doin’ well… but we know about Yunho and that show kiss & cry… whatever I’m out of context hehe sorry. And It’s very delicate to speculate in a public blog cause not everybody wiil think the same as you, in my case of course I do have speculations (and my friends from my city haha) If you want us to share spazz follow me on twitter @hildachobi I think it’s rude to fangirl about that on here~ (I’m sorry too for my bad english hehehe I’m a native spanish speaker) ahaha we posted the same question. .are you my twin? jjlovejj @Haley,did you see after JYJ left,with a big lawsuit ,the rest of people who choose to stay back get a little bit better life “***”,?And if our JYJ don’t choose the harder way to survive,to fight back from those terrible monster from that company -they choose to walk out that door ,didn’t know how about tomorrow may come,but still they choose to fight like a real man.-Can they sing ,dance,write the song with their feelings and do the things they want to do like right now? HM have their reason,the reason maybe already there from the start,we don’t know ,and I didn’t want to know,because they were living together ,together with everything, like the crazy time to work …etc etc…Why did our JYJ can go with the war ,and the other 2 couldn’t?The name of an legend now only the other 2 ‘re using it ,”*”,I don’t want to say some bad words here ,and I don’t want to say about the bad things to some peoples ,I loved once in the past,so,HM choose their life with SM ,let them be ,we don’t need their reason any more,if we love our JYJ enough-don’t talk bads about their brothers-our JYJ are still loving their brothers even though HM not even mention about their love to our boys ,they keep their mouth shut ,or only say something bads,but JYJ ‘RE STILL LOVE THEM ,WE ‘ALL KNOW ABOUT IT ,so ,please ,just don’t ask any more about the reason why the others choose to stay… 재재 i will never understand all these comments… MINMIN So ,”what can you do” ? 9mmleftshinki there’s an answer to that, we just dont know about it. What I can say HoMin choose to stay for a reason only they know what and why. htwong @Haley Many many years later, when they’ve all moved behind the scene, when they’ve all established themselves and not reliant on anyone else nor any company anymore, someday Yunho will tell about the real reason he stayed, why he stayed and how the real situation turned out to be… He will speak truthfully and honestly the conflicting emotions he felt for the split and how very different their paths became and wat he thought of the outcome of the split incident~ This incident will always remain a thorn in his heart and there are certain things that he can learn from this, which I’m sure he will constantly reflect upon~~ Yunho is a nice person, if maybe a little too rigid and stiff at times, I guess his family values and upbringing also prevented him from being otherwise~ Although some of the things he said thus far in regards to his 3 brothers in this incident are pretty unforgivable and petty and childish, I believe they were not all his true feelings. I believe there are more hidden truths which will only be revealed as time goes by, as wounds heal, as misunderstanding corrects itself… On the other hand, I’m more disappointed with Changmin than with Yunho. He is smart, but he’s too young and a bit impulsive and hot-headed~ He was practically eager to lash out all the hurt that he felt and was speaking much too brashly and arrogantly without using his intelligent brains…. There’s a Chinese saying which I personally think fits Changmin well: “聪明反被聪明误 – Cleverness may overreach itself”. In this case, it’s a bit upsetting for me to see all his eager display of immaturity, brashness and arrogance~ He used to be witty, nice, intelligently deep and showed a wise insight despite of his age…. Alas … now I see it still takes truly difficult situations to bring out the real character inside a person, and he’s quite literally showing that he’s not taking this well~ Anyway, he needs a bit more time and later events to make up his mind from now on…. Ultimately, I think personal character, family upbringing and differences of values contributed to the split. I discussed their case with my Korean teacher and she gave me some insight into how Koreans think and the thinking basis of their perspectives, the cultural and social patterns of their society and stuff… From there, combined with my understanding of JYJ’s stance, I am able to see where HM is coming from now~ I guess the 3 who left had vastly different goals from the 2 who stayed… It’s just that they no longer can run on the same track together and the outcome they achieve will also be vastly different~ To me, JYJ is like part of the revolutionary force of Korean people with new insights and new ideas, whereas HM is like part of the traditional Korean people who sticks on to traditional values and upkeep traditional principles~ Sorry for the long post, hehe… Just felt like pitching in a bit of my thoughts on this topic~ Cheers!~ ^_^ Thanks for the insight into the cultural aspect. Neither side is wrong for their decisions. What I don’t like is the insinuation that because JYJ choose to go against the norm or Homin choose to upkeep traditional principles that they are wrong. Nobody is wrong and I can understand where each side is coming from. All we can do now is speculate about the reasons behind their choices but like you said years from now they’ll shed light over the situation when everything has cooled down. Yes, totally agree that no one is wrong in this case but they are blamed, left side and right for making their own decisions, which pisses me off at the immaturity of it all!~ Haha~ Btw, I’m waiting for the years and years to pass by and for the day they finally shed light on this situation~ ^_^ @htwong Wow, so many fascinating posts on this subject! Thanks so much for yours, htwong. This is the smartest bunch of people ever in a fandom! I’m learning so much here. Thanks to everyone who posted on this. I feel like I have pieced together a few more important bits of information regarding this sad mystery. Haha~~ Am feeling happy that you agree on my viewpoint and that I have helped to shed light on certain mysteries for you~~ ^^ Cultural differences need a lot of proper and cool-headed communication in order to get the message clear and unbiased across, and I believe that is wat we are all doing here~ I have learned a lot from this superb fandom too!! Everyone is soooo insightful, including you as well, when I’m in a rush, usually I just pick a few people’s post to look through, and your posts are the ones I never missed~ hehe ^^ I like that most of our forum mates here think from a neutral and logical viewpoint, which is VERY important for one to see and understand the bigger picture of things~~ The whole TVXQ incident is like a history in the making, and there’re so much issues we can discuss, and everyone here is just so civil and nice and beautifully insightful, and it’s all out about the truth and understanding a different culture, not about fabrication and cover-ups~~ Hehe… undeniably, Great Men gather Great fans!! ^^ “The whole TVXQ incident is like a history in the making, and there’re so much issues we can discuss, and everyone here is just so civil and nice and beautifully insightful, and it’s all out about the truth and understanding a different culture, not about fabrication and cover-ups~~” This is what makes me happy too. The calmness, the reasonableness of the ladies here. And the fascinating perspectives. Always adding something new and unexpected, which then sparks my own understanding and new ways of looking at things. I have learned much here and have made good friends sharing my own ideas. I’ve said before a little of my history–that I loved JYJ (and before) and of course other Korean R&B groups for years with absolutely no one I knew who shared my interest. I was the only one I knew who felt this way. I had no one else to share my love for this music with. So you can only imagine how much I treasure the ladies on this list, having people who often feel as I do and who love JYJ and this music as I do. xox hehe~ I guess I had better luck, I could share my love for Korean music with my younger sis…. it bonds us in a way that’s amazing~~~ Btw, I was not interested in TVXQ in their earlier days, coz I think the fashion was a wee~~ bit outrageous… haha~ It was my younger sis who introduced me to them, I liked their songs and I admired their talents so has been following them on and off~~ Ultimately, it was JYJ’s decision to move away and forge through the dark forest which turned me into 200% fan~ haha~~ I absolutely love the pioneering spirit they showed~ ^^ jyjbba Just makes me sad to see this… 😦 not to mention that they didn’t even get fairly paid for all this work… WELL. Let’s just have faith in justice…:) and the question in my mind that is still left unanswered TILL THIS DAY…… Why did Homin decided to stay? @jenknight18 Well, that’s the big question. The short answer is: we don’t know. Nor will it be easy to find out. One of the two of them, or a trusted confidante, would have to leak the story to a reporter and so far that hasn’t happened. Why? Probably because SM is watching them like a hawk. Secondly, they’d be in a world of trouble if such a story did surface. They are bound and gagged, and that’s the truth. I think it’s safe to say there was massive company pressure to stay, and threats to themselves and their families if they went. Recently it’s been said that CM’s parents apparently talked him into staying put. I remember hearing that there were some financial dealings between the parents and SM that sounded pretty sleazy, but I’m not sure the exact nature of them. Others here will know the details there. But I do remember that I felt very sad for YH&CM when I imagined that threats, parental pressure and wanting to remain filial might have turned them back to the hellhole that is SM after I had been so angry for so long at all of their awful statements in the press, not to mention KYHD, the lyrics to that song–that was just the end for me. So that’s what I know. Not much, but there are others here with far more knowledge. I do think the “Parents” factor play a big part in their decision making. Like some parents will always feel working in a BIG corp has bright future and stability and stuff….. That’s why, sometimes, we should cut them (the 2) some slack. I pity them at times. I pity them too. Well I don’t know what to think about those two poor boys, trapped within SME’s boundaries. @shadow Yes, I do too, now. Not always. I was outraged with them until I started finding little hints here and there about what must have happened to them. Now I just feel really bad for them. IMAGINE how angry and hopeless they must feel inside. Same here. Pity. It’s just sad. One of these days they’re totally gonna crack. For real. T_T They can’t take all that and not get beaten up severely inside. I’m betting CM will be first. Well, I won’t be taking that bet. CM looks about halfway there now, as far as I’ve been able to see. Now granted, I do not “keep up with Homin” and I really have no interest in their doings. But you can’t help but see things here and there, plus what I’ve read. CM looks and acts miserable. Not hard to put 2 and 2 together there. YH just looks like a robot to me–going through the motions, grimly. He looks programmed and beyond that, unconscious. As someone here said so well yesterday–they lost the heart, the guts and the soul of TVXQ when they lost JYJ. How can they possibly bear to keep going through the motions now?? Aww, come on! pouts* ROFL Yeah, what you said. Oh well…we’ll see I guess. When I see CM I wanna pat his head. Poor baby misses is Umma Jae and Junsu/Chun hyungs. Robot Appa Yunho is no fun these days. They might have been scripted roles by SM or maybe it’s just me… shrugs Remember their song “Fighting Spirit of the East”? Yeah, that went to JYJ…HM don’t seem to have much more back up of that anymore. Sometimes when I think about HM, I just feel really sad…and mad. >_< I'm sadder and pity more when I remember this track from their Christmas album… 기도문 (Prayer) Narration [Micky] Please let the words that we say Not be an evil smell But rather with frangrant words Let us leave fragrant echoes. [U-kno] Please let all our words be ones That plant seeds in our neighbours' hearts To become flowers of joy And let it become a song of peace Little by little, Making the world a brighter place [ChoiKang] Please do not let us speak of Gossip and rumors that help no one And with clean hearts Let us hear clean words. [Xiah] Please let me speak of loving words With a loving heart Not to think of myself first, But instead put myself in the other person's shoes. And let me speak positive words With a positive heart To look at my good points Instead of the bad points. [Hero] As if giving the water of sincerity To care for just one bud of an orchid everyday Let us clear our words With the clean water of wisdom That we've retrieved From the spring of our prayer and silence. Please let us engulf ourselves In the fragance of humbleness Deep inside our hearts. cr. dbskarchives “I’m sadder and pity more when I remember this track from their Christmas album… Whoa. Oh, thanks. Now I’m sad. AND MAD! (Hey–just like you! lol) Why, why, why couldn’t YH&CM have summoned the BALLS to break out, along with their hyungs??? WHY!? Wouldn’t they be happy now and for the rest of their lives?? Butterfliesarefree and I calculated that JYJ has made more money in the last year than they did in all the time they were with SM PUT TOGETHER, and then some. Wouldn’t that have made CM’s dad happy?? Wouldn’t he have said, “Good job, son–you were right. Thank you for trusting yourself and your own instincts.” What is CM thinking now, as he watches JYJ? Oh–it’s just awful what is happening to them right now. IKR… =/ Sad, sad, sad… Glad I’m not the only one with mixed emotions. ^^ Did you factor in the World Tour profits too? I’m thinking they got loads off of this one. Heck. They donated $600,000 before all this. Before the new LOTTE campaign. Before NII. Before TIO. Before Miss Ripley. Before Mozart 2.0. Before Jae’s directing gigs(!!). JYJ will probably donate around $2 million more after the Charity Concert. What did HM donate? SM donated only $300,000 more than JYJ did and that was only after looking around how much everyone else was donating. PFFFTT. Argh. The bittersweet. It’s almost like the pain I get from listening to In Heaven. lol. vhonz pity T – T rawr92 Honestly, a lot of jyj fans think it was cowardice, but I disagree. I really just think it’s ideology. South Korea is very hierarchal. It’s all about complete dedication and loyalty to the father or father-figure (in this case, Lee Sooman). There’s a reason rebelling against parents or an employer is such a common thread in kdramas. It’s sooo persistant in their society that it’s always relevent. It seems that jyj and homin are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Jyj will respect the hierarchy to an extent when it’s fair, but when it’s not fair they’ll fight it (and don’t we love them for it <33). Homin, on the other hand, will respect the hierachy until the end. Even if it's corrupt. Even if it exploits them. Because without SM, they wouldn't be where they are. So if SM doesn't treat them fairly, so be it. Maybe it's because I'm so liberal, but it just seems really tragic to me. The whole respect he hierarchy thing is so backwards sometimes. And Homin have been raised with these ideals and now these ideals are making them suffer. Idk, this is just my theory. It's just a basic explanation, obviously there's MUCH more to it. (like a lot of what phoenixia said) @rawr92 Actually, I do agree with you, and I think the ultimate reason for why Homin stayed was the traditional Korean values they were taught to upkeep~ My Korean teacher said very matter-of-factly: “Well, they come from families with respectable figures, status-wise, so it’s not difficult to understand their decision to stay~ They have been taught to upkeep traditional values, and given their age, it takes a lot of courage to just overthrow those perspectives and walk away to a freer world.” My teacher’s Korean, but she’s not the typical Korean, that’s why she embraced the freer world.. ^^ The money part is unavoidable, since we all need to be practical that we’re living in the real world, so of course, yes, fighting in order to earn the money they deserved is totally understandable, since they worked like shit~ Ultimately, if everyone’s in the same situation, and 3 & 2 made different decisions, then it is no longer the money problem anymore… It’s more the values which they believe in AND the family influence that drives them to make the decisions they make… I’m just sad… coz I think Homin are very nice people too~~ and I too, think they deserved a bigger chance and a broader space for personal growth as well as befitting monetary gains~~ In the end, I think their families brought them down~ Imagine they have an attorney and teacher for fathers, but ….. I can relate sooo well with them coz my family have values that are worlds different from me too, but I chose to fight my own war instead of get tied down and be unhappy~ I really do hope someday that Homin make decisions that will make themselves happy instead of break apart inside their hearts just to be filial sons~ Barbara D. Bolton My question to all this talk of tradition is: Why was JYJ able to go against traditional values (so to speak) and break free when HoMin could not; they were all raised with these same values!?! @Barbara they were living in the same country were a very trasditional value is upholded.. but i think they dont share ALL the same traditional point of view. 1. Yoochun was raised in the US and was exposed to a broken home . He grow up assuming the father responsibility over Yoohwan and looking out for his mother.. and that for me, though his strong personality was because he have to grow and mature fast. And i think here his mother has so much respect on how Yoochun assumed the responsibility that she could just support his decisions career wise.. 2. JJ almost have the same “almost rebellious” character as Yoochun.. he run away from home to pursue his dream and didn’t bother living on the streets.. it was his own decision at his young age.. His the type of guy who chases his dream/vision and doesn’t stop even if circumstances tells him too…i dont know if his parents are traditional.. but i think they know that JJ can hold up a decision on his own… since he’ve been doing that even before debut.. 3. Junsu.. on the other hand has a very solid family relation and i think it just so happened that his parent have a practical and liberated view of the world plus they recognize how their son is so talented that it’s unbearable to see him mistreated .. i think Junsu’s parents fall to those type that would not settle any less for their talented son.. 4. Changmin’s and Yunho’s parents maybe the type of parents who upholds more to the traditional Korean values and would have not want to risk the stability…specially because there is this taboo Koreans have over scandals and lawsuits.. I would rather think that they just are very traditional than other people’s suggesting that they were bribed or threaten.. //sorry this was long.,. just my two cents.. @jenknight18 , @Barbara Jenknight, you read my thoughts… ^_^ Yoochun was exposed to a much different set of social rules in US at a young age, as much as he felt that the memories were tough ones he doesn’t want to relive again, without a doubt, he would’ve developed a different set of perspectives from pure Korean social values. He would’ve adopted certain western way of life which is reasonable to his standards… Add to that an innate artistic character that is free and without frames of limitations, which his members constantly emphasized in interviews, it is only understandable to see him arriving at the decision he made — freedom of artistic creativity ~ Of course, his experience of taking care of his family also instilled in him a strength to start anew, to battle odds and to protect himself from bully~ As for his mother, I trust she’s supportive of Yoochun’s decision anyhow, as a mother of the child who had seen what he has gone through, and also coz I’m sure he sought lots of advice before making such a big and important decision~~ For JJ, he has a stubborn streak inside his soft heart~ That has been clear all along, to me~ In DB5K time, he shows a quiet leadership that somehow balanced out Yunho’s occasional awkwardness as a front leader. He doesn’t grabs the spotlight, his leadership is more subtle and is sometimes mistaken as a submissive character because he leads by giving support. He’s very soft-hearted, but definitely not without his own mind of thoughts. He’s always curious and full of new ideas — a pioneering mind, he’s very persistent in reaching his goals, and has never stopped working hard to achieving them. I guess in a way, SM gave him limited space for realizing all his innovative thoughts and ideas, and limited authority for him to manage his own life, which is why he decided to leave. As for his parents, for 1 thing, he’s been away from the main family for a long time that they can barely control him, for 2 thing, I think his parents are not exactly very well-educated, in which case since he has proven success in the road he had previously taken, they have more trust and support in his decisions. Besides, as my Korean teacher puts it simply:”He feeds the family, if he can live a better life through a different choice, why not?” As for Junsu, I totally agree with Jenknight, his family is closely-knitted, and I believe the parents recognize their son’s talent, and they wish for a bigger performing stage for him~ I believe all of the JYJ members discussed the issue like more than 100 times before they finally make the move, and I’m sure Junsu’s parents were supportive of them all… I think his parents agreed the boys deserve better monetary gains (Asian parents mostly think from the money aspect in the decisions their children are about to make) for the workload they were on, as well as their need to have a more flexible and creative, bigger even, space to showcase their talents. As opposed to all rumours flying around on Homin’s parents suggesting they were bribed, I 100% believe that their parents were merely very traditional people. At the same time, I have previously mentioned that their fathers have very respectable social status, and it is an unthinkable thing for Asians to embroil the family in scandals, especially for Korean society which places so much emphasis on the confucius thinking of social honour, which is one of the big reasons why I think Homin stayed. There’s too much essence of Asian social values involved here that is too lengthy to explain. But I think that Homin were brought up in very traditional Asian families who look highly upon family honour. I think they were also taught to give way to family honour, filial piety and responsibility first before their own happiness and freedom. I do not doubt that Yunho must have gone through very deep internal emotional conflict when his members talked to him about leaving, if they really did discussed it. In the end, he made his choice, I guess, for his family, as well as for Changmin, and for the honour of TVXQ which he believes still exists and which he has responsibility to keep the torch alive. As for Changmin, I guess the bomb was dropped on him quite literally and he’s still trying to cope with the aftermath of it~~ Changmin has very similar upbringing with Yunho, and it’s not surprising to see them both ending up on the same stance in a situation. Woah, this is lengthy, but @Barbara, I hope you’re able to figure things out from here~~ Reasons that contribute to the split may sometimes seem far-fetched, but if you link them together 1 by 1, the reasoning is pretty understandable. Peace!! ^_^ “Maybe it’s because I’m so liberal, but it just seems really tragic to me. The whole respect he hierarchy thing is so backwards sometimes. And Homin have been raised with these ideals and now these ideals are making them suffer. Idk, this is just my theory.” And…. let’s see…. I wonder who “designed” the whole hierarchy thing in the first place? Could it have been… the people at the top? Hmmmm….. seems possible. Brainwash a whole culture that going against your wims and wishes is inherently and morally wrong, let a few centuries of reinforcement go by and voila! You and yours will be in charge forever! It’s not really designed by anyone, it’s the product and outcome of exploitation by some powerful people in a society which worships certain values and teachings, which in this case, is confucianism~~ The hierarchy may have play its role in establishing a respectful and harmonious order in the society in its early form, but as the society opens up to capitalism, a group of people who cashes in on capitalism, who at the same time is unscrupulous, may find it convenient to use this hierarchy ideology for their own selfish purposes~ And usually, the people living under the hierarchy itself does not know where are the limits of the hierarchy, or they could be afraid of the unseen future if they abruptly disrupt the order of society which has been as it is for all time, and thus continue to tolerate it, causing the exploitation to go even further~ Erm…. this looks like it’s serious sociology stuff.. hehe… but if you really want to understand in depth, you can look up on the history of the medieval age of Europe and the development of Christianity, the situation is quite similar to wat is happening here and now to our boys and their other brothers~ You can also look up on the crossover of religion from maternal-oriented paganism to paternal-oriented Christian church which includes dark background on how powerful royalties manipulated commoners during medieval times for more power, more money, in the name of religion~ Hehe… Sorry, I’m no Christian, but I was too engrossed with Da Vinci’s Code (the book) and all other similar books that I went and look up some history stuff…. both Eastern and Western…. The things that happened to TVXQ in this TVXQ/SM business echos eerily similar to wat I’ve read of before it gives me goosebumps as I watch the current events unfold themselves~~ Humans and their living society have so many same basic natures and characteristics, regardless of culture or race, that if you really do take the time to compare, you’d find history scarily repeating itself again and again, here and there in different cultures, different countries, different races…. It’s a natural cycle no one can break, definitely not mankind~ Sorry, couldn’t keep myself from doing long post again… 😛 nadiahanasoraya kind of agree with this. before i think only money’s ruling. i mean, with SM, you can guarantee heavy promotion and even if you’re not that popular again, you can strive to be next yoo young jin and so on. but when i think again, i guess they don’t have to worry very much with their huge popularity back then… i mean, shinhwa’s doing fine until now, or at least even after they leave SM they still promote pretty well for few years right? so why can’t tvxq do the same thing? that makes the hierarchy’s thing is one of the most possible answer. Hally my god I really hate SM, poor SNSD they’re their slaves now, I’m so happy that JYJ are so far the SM http://hallyudream.blogspot.com/ All I have to say is: SME; ¡SLAVERS, TRICKERS AND THIEVES! ¡Hello babe! imeanjyj this news resurface too late..they already break up.. on top of that JYJ moving on their own wing to better life. p/s:agree the saying “snsd doesn’t event comparable to this”.. SM trom outside truly a place that look like a heaven for a newbabies but at inside there are really became a truly hell in this world…. i hope SNSD fans became more aware n maybe more prepare for some thing that maybe will happen in the future like a lawsuit (if the girls has a courage) for a liltle things and for the worts scene is get hospitalized for long time n for the last things is (i hope it’s not gonna be happen ) get suicide coz right now even though phisically they look can throught it but their mental and their minds not can do that…..if u tired in mental in same time as your body then inconsiounous state you will choose to escappe from those problem and the easy way for someone who really tired (body and mental) is a suicide @Miaw Oh, that’s true. When young artists burdens theirselves to the point of exhaustion, either physical and mental, and they reach the point of no return, they ended up commiting suicide. Sad, very sad. ALL are FREE to choose a life they want. They are where they are because that’s where they choose to be. staying means assurance that there a big and influential management company to back up and maintain popularity. Getting out means a life of uncertainties and uphill battles. but what’s been said….For JYJ, they may live a life of “regrets” if they wont follow what their hearts desire. We can see from how they speak and from the songs they composed how our dear boys have become MAN arriving and making such life changing decision. Even when there are issues, the way JYJ tweets sort of to put things in order is proof that they have matured and can take responsibilities for their own words and actions. If there are parental influence as others are claiming, so be it..in a way its good influence, better parents have the greatest influence on them than “fake” father figures. There’s no expiration to being there for the children so parental influence will be forever. It will be such a pity if Soo Man will have greater influence than the parents…that’s a sad fate:( When JYJ are with each other, we can never doubt the bond. When they smiled and make fun of each other…it’s just sooo comforting how happy they are together, despite the cases in court, the barring of appearances, they have joy in their hearts being free. They decided to leave SM, no one should claim they love JYJ while wishing same time that they go back there just for the 5 to reunite. That’s plain selfish and opposite of the path JYJ is beginning to take. happy that inspite of limited opportunities JYJ has proven their worst as artists. so i hope some stop pulling JYJ back when they are already moving forward. ” better parents have the greatest influence on them than “fake” father figures. There’s no expiration to being there for the children so parental influence will be forever. It will be such a pity if Soo Man will have greater influence than the parents…that’s a sad fate:(” What you said above is such an alien concept to what we know here in the west, although I think I’m fluent enough in Asian cultures to know that for you, this is absolutely the norm, how children are raised there and consequently, how most well-raised children feel. But here is the danger: often parents don’t in fact know what is “best” for their children. They may be too conservative, they may be products of an earlier age when businesses acted more honorably, they may be conflicted because of deeply personal failings. I think Changmin may just turn out to be the poster-boy for the fact that often, parents fail grievously in advising their children, to those poor soul’s everlasting regret, anger and torment. Because what, for instance is CM supposed to do now?? Hate his father forever?? Accuse him of ruining his life?? In a very real way, that may turn out to be exactly what has happened to him. In the west, children are encouraged to choose for themselves, to have their own inner compass, to do what feels right for them. What JYJ has done was indelibly western in its innermost philosophy. They were thinking globally before they ever left home. 🙂 I applaud their decision. Remember, they have parents too, but their elders obviously said to them, “If you think this is the right thing to do, I’m behind you all the way. ” How wonderful. some parenting and family in Asian are like that. but not all family are like that. for example, i consider my family as traditionally inclined and my parents are very strict. but my parents give complete freedom for me and my siblings to do with our future and in any decision that need to be made. They were there for advice and support but what i decide to do with my life is definitely my choice. Yes I asked for my parents blessings but the decision is mine to decide. It varies I guess from one family to another. I think SoKorea is more traditional and conventional compare to my country. @9mmleftshinki Hi– I always love reading your comments so much. 🙂 Of course things are changing, they must. It is the way of things and of human cultural evolution. I kind of hesitated even writing what I wrote at first because I do not really approve of making generalizations based on nationality–it always seems like it’s just going to be wrong because there are always going to be exceptions, and exceptional circumstances. But in the case of the pitiable CM, this particular sort of Korean tradition to never gainsay your parent seems to have done him in. Actually, I hope I’m wrong about him. I hope he goes on to arrange a life for himself where he is fulfilled and happy. @Lilibaiyu, “In the west, children are encouraged to choose for themselves, to have their own inner compass, to do what feels right for them. What JYJ has done was indelibly western in its innermost philosophy. They were thinking globally before they ever left home. I applaud their decision. Remember, they have parents too, but their elders obviously said to them, “If you think this is the right thing to do, I’m behind you all the way. ” How wonderful.” I agree with you, and I think this also sheds light on some important observations we can make regarding the cultural issues involved. During the few months after they broke free from SM many people found it easy to label them as traitors simply because “disobedience” is very much frowned upon in any Asian society. Many people did not understand what JYJ were trying to do, which I agree, essentially embodies a very Western principle- that of finding one’s self regardless of the obstacles involved. It’s just that the process of them finding their own voices and seeking their own paths had to entail that they “disobey” their figurativ parent (SooMan). Second, this whole idea of “obedience” is also very much ingrained in their society, which focuses on the Confucian values of harmony and order. Thus, breaking free from SM was viewed as disturbing the peace or disrupting harmony within the ranks. Again, another very specific Korean ideal that JYJ supposedly violated. With this in mind, we can even surmise that this is what the two other guys valued too as they chose to stay in SM (I remember CM’s proclamation that they were not the ones who disturbed society). When SM labelled JYJ as greedy, many people found it easy to swallow this excuse since they cannot think of any good reason why good sons choose to disrupt order. However, as we all know JYJ was gunning for that Western ideal of being true “to thine own self.” If there was no court judgment on the whoel Crebeau incident, we all know that JYJ will still be labelled as greedy to this very day. Finally, the reason why JYJ are fast gaining popularity in the West (and Asians with Western ideals) is because their story resonates with the core principles upheld by the west: freedom, individuality, and creativity. By going against the norm and striving to tread the unknown path despite the ostracism they know they will receive (and continue to receive), these are what made JYJ truly daring. Exactly the reason why I got hooked in the very beginning (sorry this got so long) 🙂 “By going against the norm and striving to tread the unknown path despite the ostracism they know they will receive (and continue to receive), these are what made JYJ truly daring. Exactly the reason why I got hooked in the very beginning” this made me like a hooked follower of a true-to -life tv drama, or just like reading a very thick pocket book.. JYJ’s STORY… @ Jan People have to be careful when explaining two groups and their actions based on cultural differences especially when you think one group’s choice was better and you rain praises and the other side’s action as negative and needs pity. It can easily come off as saying that one culture is superior than the other. Its dredging on a fuzzy line that is open to misinterpretations. When you’re trying to explain people’s action based on culture you’ve to come from a neutral point of view ( not including in your statements that this side will be ruined because he choose to be filial son) so that someone’s opinion isn’t open to that misinterpretation. Thank you for the clarification @Vini, I understand where you are coming from, BUT I trust the people in this blog are able to discern and make those judgments for themselves. Besides, it does not matter whether we agree, disagree, or agree to disagree, what is important is that each of us are given equal space in this site to share ideas and opinions about things that matter to the fandom 🙂 We enjoy free discussions like this here at jyj3, otherwise, we might as well just visit those other kpop sites 🙂 @kris, you and I both 🙂 “this whole idea of “obedience” is also very much ingrained in their society, which focuses on the Confucian values of harmony and order. Thus, breaking free from SM was viewed as disturbing the peace or disrupting harmony within the ranks. ” Oh, thank you so much for your comments, I loved reading your whole post. And what a coincidence: JYJ’s remarkably brave and self-confident move to break out and pursue their artistic choices with true freedom is also what got me interested in following their career path more closely, although I always enjoyed their music, first as 5 now as 3, which to my mind represents the massive appeal, raw talent and smarts of the original group in its most concentrated form possible. I highlighted your quote above only to say that for my part, I wholeheartedly pray that JYJ’s stunning departure “disturbs the peace and thoroughly disrupts the harmony within the ranks” of SM now and forever after, until the whole corrupt enterprise collapses, never to rise again. We have to be careful when dredging cultural differences and not making it seem that the Western culture/ideology is superior or better than the Asian culture or making generalizations. The factors you’ve listed may not be necessarily wrong. Sometimes that can save a child’s life/future but it can also destroy them. We can’t speculate on those issues until you’ve seen the outcome because they’re relative and not absolute. Fact we don’t know what really happened, Changmin thinks or feels apart from speculations neither do we know how his future will turn out; therefore saying that his parents might have destroyed his life is too much when we don’t know the end result or his own thoughts on it. Personally, I think its wrong for people to pass judgements on their parents( both sides) when we know nothing about them apart from rumours. Out of due respect parents should be off limits. @Vini, Hey! 🙂 I wasn’t making a cultural judgment nor was I saying that Western principles are superior over Asian ones (I am actually an Asian myself). That would be far too simplistic a view of the whole issue being discussed. What I tried to point out was that such factors may have played certain roles in the decisions made by those who are involved in the issue- why JYJ was labeled as greedy traitors, why the other two chose to stay, and how segments of the fandom reacted in response to these factors. I am an Asian but educated in Western ideals I cannot help but sympathize with such ideas, which is why what JYJ did struck a chord in my heart. This is different from saying that East < West. 🙂 Sorry the comment was for Lilibaiyu My point is that the issue is relative; it may have a positive or negative outcome so am uncomfortable with the notion that just because you choose to go with your parents wishes or keep with the ideals of your society that its wrong. Each situation has a different outcome and unless we know the final outcome its too brush to make such strong judgements that his parents ruined his life. Am just uncomfortable with that. @vini “We have to be careful when dredging cultural differences and not making it seem that the Western culture/ideology is superior or better than the Asian culture or making generalizations. The factors you’ve listed may not be necessarily wrong. ” Well, as I said in a later post (and honestly I wish I’d thought to include it in my original post because making generalities is always a dodge-y business and the ground there should be trod upon carefully) these were my conclusions based on quite a bit of experience studying the culture. Of course, I would never say western culture is “superior” to Asian culture in any way! Also, as I said before, there are exceptions to all generalities (except maybe that one. lol) So yes, I agree that often a parent’s will on the direction their children’s lives take is a wise one. As far as never making assumptions and speaking only about things one has first hand knowledge of, I would say this: the JYJ3 list is a forum for reasonable discourse on a variety of topics. Speaking for myself, I will always try to be respectful of others and regarding CM’s parents in particular, I certainly meant no disrespect to them personally. However to say that I must not feel free to speculate on a topic where certain things appear to me to have occurred would quite literally shut down one of the things I find so stimulating and valuable about JYJ3–each ladies’ invariably intelligent take on various occurrences having to do with JYJ. When done in the spirit of reasonable discourse, not the shouting, swearing stupidity found on certain forums elsewhere, I feel that it is an important factor in why this is such a great place to come and share our thoughts and views for so many of us. I wouldn’t change the ground rules as I have found them to be in any way. So, yes, generalities are a dangerous business, yes, I will continue to try to speak respectfully about family members, and no, I will not be limiting my comments to what I absolutely know for a fact. But hey– two out of three aint bad… “But here is the danger: often parents don’t in fact know what is “best” for their children. They may be too conservative, they may be products of an earlier age when businesses acted more honorably, they may be conflicted because of deeply personal failings. ” I totally agree to this! I experienced deeply myself the conflicts of Asian and Western educating culture and struggled through a dark period of time where I felt like the world was coming to an end on me~ That’s why I feel so sad for CM, coz he’s obviously struggling just as I did~ He lashes out and can’t seem to control himself on showing how hurt he’s feeling~~ It’s just too sad for words….. Another thing I would like to add is, parents who are too well-educated can also pose a problem to their children~ In a way, they think that everything they do and think is correct and expect the kids to follow .. Whatever perspective that is not in-tune with their thinking, they reject and refuse to support the child~ On the other hand, parents who are not too well-educated often have worlds of mental support for their children, and this would make a vast difference on how the children will turn out~~ Just look at Jaejoongie, his parents may not be too well-educated, but in the end, the child turned out so fine the whole world loves him~~ @htwong – “Just look at Jaejoongie, his parents may not be too well-educated, but in the end, the child turned out so fine the whole world loves him~~” JaeJoong has had so many …I guess I’ll call them opportunites…for character building. Many people would have fallen-away in life based on the circumstances he was handed…but look at him NOW. He’s a testiment to what (I think) a deeply good person can accomplish. ❤ p.s. I’m sorry for you own struggles, I hope you’ve found some peace. (hug) your own struggles ….need.edit. button. heehee Myrosses Htwong, if I not mistaken jj real mother is a professor in one of Korean university. I not really know about jj adopted parents, they are in business…he has a loving sister, big loving family..all girls…and that build his soft hearted. coffee craze back in JJ’s hometown, his parents owned a local restuarants where it has only 3-5 tables in the house. The menus were of local style, very local/simple style if you get the drift..yeah, that’s how they were in business -_- I don’t know what they do now or what pop works in general… “Another thing I would like to add is, parents who are too well-educated can also pose a problem to their children~ In a way, they think that everything they do and think is correct and expect the kids to follow .. Whatever perspective that is not in-tune with their thinking, they reject and refuse to support the child~ ” I come from a whole family of doctors (doctorate doctors, not medical doctors.) I am far and away the least educated one. I was told repeatedly growing up that my brother and sister were geniuses. All I’m saying is that looking at the lives they’ve led: these people did some of the dumbest things imaginable! Just no common sense at all. Not particularly happy either. So, I hear you. And I love what sally_b said about Jaejoongie (OK, it’s official–I’m callin’ him Jaejoongie from now on!) Nobody should have the hand he was dealt as a child. And look at him now. The man is, in every sense of the word, extraordinary. He ~IS~ a prince and no one can tell me different. @Myrosses, JJ’s real mother did not participated in the important growing years of his youth… so however highly educated she is, I think it didn’t really had much significance in the formation of JJ’s character~~ Her appearance only accentuated the fact that JJ grew up in a large, strict but loving family who gives him enough doses of support that created an angelic heart of gold, well loved by almost everyone~~ @coffee craze Based on every TVXQ stuff I’ve randomly seen over the past 7 years, I think JJ’s huge adopted family used to lead a slightly adequate life, not too bad, not too good~~ And I think they were not very well-educated, as compared to a teacher and civil servant in the other two cases~~ I personally felt that they are people who believe in doing their best in any given situation, living the present to its fullest and leave the rest to fate or God~~ Usually simpler people comes up with surprisingly good wisdom, and I guess that was how Jaejoongie turned out~ of course, plus the fact the family is huge and loving… Wow, you must have felt very pressured growing up with prodigal brothers and sisters~~ In the end, I’m so glad you turned out the way you are, or we wouldn’t be able to enjoy your insightful comments here at all…. hehehe ….. hugs* I guess academic and career achievements are important, in order to survive in our current society, but happiness is equally as important, for us to keep our mental health intact~ hehe…. Peace!! I would like to speak up for Homin,esp Changmin although i m jyj biased. In korea teachers and lecturers are of high respected status and cm’s father is one. Can you imagine what would happen to CM’s father and his family if he were to sue sme? His’s father’s reputation would be ruined and his whole family would be affected (might include his extended familes due to korea’s cultural values). Don’t forget CM’s 2 younger sisters are still in school and his parents need to support the family. CM and his parents must ve taken into consideration : what would happen to his younger sisters if both his parents and cm’s career are ruined? who’s going to support them through the university and their daily expenses? In life, there’s always cases where you can’t make that decision even though u know that decision is good. yunho’s father is also a civil worker and has his concerns. JYJ’s families are businessmen so they don’t ve such worries. jaejoong has a whole family (both adopt and real) to take care, YC has his mother and younger brother. sorry but i dont agree with you, my english not allow me to discuss more about this, but if we talk about career ruined would affected the boys family. CM IS NOT the one who have it worse. thinktwice the reputation will ruin ,when you let your son step out and tell the truth ? you’re saying you ‘re JYJ bias,do you still remeber the song ” SONG WITHOUT A NAME”-Yoochun wrote it down…” the statement of accounts we received said we were at a deficit I thought I had seen the figures wrong so I checked again Everything was listed under expenses Damn it, how could all that money have gone towards paying expenses. What kind of expenses were there to make that much money vanish?…” So…,tell me ,where is the money for CM “TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY..?” And you said :”JYJ ‘s family are businessmen so they don’t have to worries …” Are you sure you are JYJ BIAS?You have to check back about the time the 5’re still together, who family already in bussiness…. you are not HM,or HM parent’s ,so you can not say anything about what really behind the scence,just let the time do the answer…We will wait and see… You trying to make HM ‘ve got their good reason ,now… @Jas,please ,don’t try to protect HM with the things you’re not so sure,and nobody can tell what’s really going on …. I agree with u on the family honour part~ It’s a very complex thingy to explain in brief words~ Even though it may not be the right thing to do sometimes, it’s unavoidably one of the aspects Asian people will think about most, especially parents with a rather traditional background… Sorry, I mean this is for @Jas~~ typo… I think it’s not about whose family will be ruin monetarily, it’s more about family honour, in CM & YH’s choice~~ It won’t become a career ruin, however the choice is made….. the world works in a mysterious way where when u kill or end something, opportunities appear somewhere else, and usually it’s for the better… In Homin’s case, I believe it’s more about consideration for family honour and respect for the hand that feeds you (so to speak, if you discount all the abuse and exploitation~), and of course Homin’s own personalities which put their responsibility and filial piety first place before personal satisfaction and happiness…. made a typo there ..should read “worth as artists” This makes me even happier that JYJ stood up for themselves. I’m so proud of these guys. To me the JYJ Fam pawns SM Town. I’m PROUD to be a JYJ supporter. There’s REAL love and support in this house! Welcome to you, Jacinta! welcome ^____^ people need to realize that busy schedules doesnt equal to no-time-to-breathe schedules. Yes pack schedules mean high demand, but this crazy pack schedules can also mean a form of bullying, as well means the artist just have take whatever people give them to do, never have the right to refuse. Honestly, Asian music market are so far behind compare to the west. Radiohead absent from music scene for like 7years before they release In The Rainbow and 3 years to prepare Kings of Limbs. With every release the number is beyond what Kpop land ever imagine of. But to compare Radiohead to idol music in Kpop land would be an insult to Radiohead. Well my point in, if the group is famous, no matter how many days the break they take fans will always support them. Well glutton is one thing, heartless is another I guess. Hey Shinki – ♥ absolutely agree that a packed schedule does not mean a death schedule ~ and for-freak’s-sake…fan-bases CAN wait for their artists to relax & recharge. But this is NOT the current business model for Korean music which is so densely saturated with idols right now it’s boggling. And there’s no sign of it stopping any time soon. The number of debutees every MONTH (wow) is adding to the already choking industry…I’d imagine that’s why all the companies keep pitching their artists over to Japan. I can’t help but think they’re going to wear out the welcome and thus make it impossible for any REALLY Good groups to inch their way into the Oricon. THEN…if you add in the practice of pitching Korean singers to the curb once they enter their 30’s….it becomes this crazy race to throttle as much money of of successful acts as is possible. A decade from now, I may only still care about what’s happening with JYJ careerwise – the idols of the Kpop factories will have little impact or interest in my life – I’m sad for them that their middle age years may leave them with only regrets ~. “But this is NOT the current business model for Korean music which is so densely saturated with idols right now it’s boggling.” Because of that, talented people like guitar prodigy like Sungha Jung never had his place and attention. The way I see it Kpop and its consumers were buying merely image and goods rather than appreciation of music and talent. How long will it takes to make the whole industry lost its footing and eventually fade…i wonder. I freaking love that kid. Did you see his cover of Hotel California? Awesome!!!! Agree with you… I’m a beyonce fan… That girl is AWESOME!!! and Junsu likes her too ^^…. She hasn’t come up with an album for almost 2 years… But heeeyyy!!!! I would most definitely buy her album the next time she release one… and I’m sure she’s gonna have some award for it… because I know I would get one GREAT album that she creates… I could hear HER music… Not her company’s music… That’s what lacking in Kpop… Creativity of the artists…. Its funny how in Kpop, the fans was like SME is great, YG is awesome, JYP rocks, Cube Ent is cool ….. where in elsewhere we never heard stuff like yay Sony Music, Warner Music, EMI etc …. its actually insanity how the fans was idolizing the company as much they idolizes their oppa and unnirs. This actually need a research study …… What’s up with this ideology???? LOL!!! totally!!! maybe because the company that produce and wrote all their songs… i mean for hallyu wave,what they got is only looks,body,some fake personality maybe…when u ask them to sing and write a songs…i doubt that they can do that..maybe only some exceptional person like GD from big bang…. the reason that dbsk was different (at least for me) is that they REALLY can sing and they performance during live even better than their recording…plus some bonus additional point is they’re super good looking,funny and humble personality…and amazingly they actually can write songs….they just talented!!so during my crazy time about them,i would never mention SME is great or anything….coz DBSK is just great as it is.. but now,it’s different… i can’t praised halyu stars for example snsd,that they’re great…No!! because i can’t lie to myself that their sucks during live..but i must admit their genie and run devil run songs is too catchy to be missed… so yeah.kudos to SME,YG,JYP “song writers” << emphasized on the song writers,not the management…. soeullee That is horrible. How could SM work them so hard? :((((( When the news first broke out about dbsk disbanding, some people were saying that jyj’s leaving because of “MONEY” Because they want more money. But I knew that wasn’t the thing. I trust them and theyre so innocent. Although I’ve never met them personally, I just get this feeling that they’re good people and they’re telling the truth. Of course it wasn’t for the moneyy.. this is totally abuse. I’m even tired from going to school everyday and that’s just sitting down most of the time; but dbsk had to continuously work, dance, sing, I can imagine how tired they were T__T it breaks my heart. But they still worked so hard even though they were tired. I wouldn’t have even been able to do that for even a week. They’re so hardworking 🙂 I’m so happy they decided to leave SM. They raised awareness of ‘slave contracts’ and now that they go to more countries and states. SMent only goes to CA but JYJ came to NY and I got to see them<33 If only Yunho and Changmin agreed to leave together it would have been better. But I'm proud of JYJJJJ~ love themmmmm forever! BRAT9 the industry is built on a model of exploitation… and the way SME runs its business makes that very clear… When there was the DBSK5 I adored the five, but now I have eyes only for JYJ, some of you I have mixed feelings, I am a mature person, maybe because of my age, it may be the mother of many of you, so the hormones do not rule me. In my very modest opinion, CH and YH, took the worst decision to their careers and in this life, what you planting your crops, yes, they’re famous for a moment, but gradually they will go down now, and when they will not serve to SM. The company then relegated to a corner; The evidence: the concerts that has done this company, they are not the main attraction, now a pseudo girls singers are the highlight of the company, is laughable, when they have better quality,. So as a follower in his time of DBSK, both CH and YH only cause me shame for not having thought a little more with the heart and surrendering to the pressures of others, to fear and lack of confidence in their value. For that and other things, I LOVE ONLY JYJ. @Mónica – re: ” …they are not the main attraction, now a pseudo girls singers are the highlight of the company, is laughable, when they have better quality…” The Grace. They have FANTASTIC voices…the kind I would support…I would even consider actually buying music from SM if they were to return to THAT kind of artist – but they’ve been abandoned…and it stuns me that HoMin couldn’t fore-see what happens among their co-workers will also happen to them – when SM is through with them. You are correct…they have TALENT on their staff list, they just choose to promote what rakes in money, and I guess that’s what companies do, but I hope The Grace’s contracts end and we get to see them again under a supportive banner. Second that, THE GRACE!! They are like the most talented girl group I’ve come across and it’s just sooooo sad they ended up no where~~ = = I’m right with you! 🙂 I understand why people are upset about them being over worked etc. but you guys seriously need to stop. If they weren’t over worked like this we wouldn’t have gotten some great music, laughs while watching them as guests on shows, etc. Yeah it really sucks that they were overworked but that’s their job. WORK. ( I know lines were crossed with the whole human rights thing but that’s the way SME and the KPOP industry in general has ALWAYS been (H.O.T for ex.)). That’s the way it supposed to be (not just to make money but to please the fans) and personally I’m proud of them for giving it this much for us ,THE FANS. Even if it is just work for them, I’d like to think they beard all of this because they love their fans and not because they were under contract/ it was their job/ to make (SM) some money. I’m glad JYJ isn’t being over worked as much as they use to (although I think they’re doing it by choice now) and as for HoMin, I will (for now) respect their decision for staying because I’m not them (and they’re much more tight lipped about everything). I’m pretty sure they’re (HoMin) are going through the best times right now and they don’t need another “basher”, “anti”, etc. b/c that just adds to the cluster fuck that this “situation” is. I meant bared That’s the way it supposed to be That is utter crap. An entertainer does not have to work to exhaustion in order to please fans, that’s exactly NOT how it’s supposed to be. It’s supposed to be a situation of mutual appreciation — the fans are grateful that the performers are sharing their gifts and the performers are grateful that someone wants to witness the performance. There is no sense of obligation other than for the performer to put their best into the performance. They do NOT have to entertain you on demand. That is the real evil that SME and their like have propagated — the idea that artists/entertainers exist to fulfill the whims of the “fans.” I love you babe!!! Utter crap alright!!! Someone’s still trying to justify the bullies eh?!!! @sanrio are you seriously saying that? so you are proud when Sunny attended to hospital due to exhaustion and then within hour she’s on stage smiling, and dancing, apologizing to the fans for the inconveniences while in plain view you can see bandage on her wrist … She was exhausted and she’s apologizing for falling sick just to satisfy her fans and you proud with that manner. Im not a fan of course I dont understand you. But if my JJ or Junsu or Yuuchun do the same thing as Sunny did I wont be mad, i will pissed off. I will beg them to leave the stage and rest. Missing one gig is better than shortening their life. Their health is my utmost concern. Who give a damn bout the WORK when the person can collapse any seconds on seconds. And I view this artists yes including SNSD as human beings not a products of admiration. I will be mad, i will pissed off* any seconds on stage I agree with @9mmleftshinki. I would be mad and it really happened during mirotic time. When i saw the fancam where yc was coughing badly and junsu looked worried, i couldn’t help but feel sad for him. When i found out that yc was hospitalised during this period due to his busy schedule i couldn’t stop blaming and hating sme. @sanrio – “I understand why people are upset about them being over worked etc. but you guys seriously need to stop.” I apologize to my fellow forum mates…but I found your comments so ludicrous I can’t reply in a civil manner. So I’m going to let my less hot-headed companions do the talking. —-►ಠ_ಠ# stank eye Haha^^ I would have type a dozen &$&#£{^%{€} if not for the fact that I’m using my phone and it’s freaking hard to do it!! Leny Giam® Verified✔ well, it’s probably fine if they over worked like that but the thing is, they don’t get paid of the hardwork they have put through, that’s the PROBLEM. they deserve to earn of how many they have overworked for. even though, it’s logical that a company wants to earn more, but they really have to balance the income. don’t make the artists feel unfair. that’s my opinion~ ”I’d like to think they beard all of this because they love their fans and not because they were under contract/ it was their job/ to make (SM) some money.” Yeah, I’d like to think so too. Unfortunately I’ve read the contract terms for TVXQ. I’m know they love their fans but I think that a big reason why they had to put up with the crazy schedule is because they had to pay a hefty penalty if they cancelled events – which SM unilaterally scheduled without any consideration for their health apparently. And even that would be kind of okay if they were getting their fair share money wise but they were being screwed financially too. And they weren’t allowed any artistic freedom either. So they were ruining their health, wasting talent, with no good prospects after military service unless Sooman decided to let them become board members (Not sure how much @ss kissing involved and I doubt Sooman is going to let all his idols become board members). I know someone who used to be a model in Korea and she has severe health problems which she believes were caused by the tough schedule and radical diet forced on her. I’m sure that SNSD are going through worse. I don’t believe in bashing and hating either but the only way that companies like SM are going to change is when fans start taking a more than superficial interest in the artists well being. HM going through the best time now?!!!! ROTFL!!! Little girl, are you living under the rock or something? Can’t believe it! ¡ROFLMAO! TBH, it’s people like YOU who justify all that sort of BS and those companies thrive on that blind and selfish thinking!! You = @Sanrio @Sanrio ,What Are You Talking About ,dear?Are you for real?you ‘re just a visitor ,right?If you’re a member of this JYJ FAMILY,You knew why we were getting together ,why we’re choosing to Stay with JYJ ,and we believe in our JYJ,believe in what they’re fighting for…But if you’re saying like that ,you’re really really not knowing anything at all,you ‘re talking just like a person who have some money go to the bakery or the market and asking for the best cake of the store or the best fish of the sea…You don’t even care in that bakery or that market ,the baker man already hurt his hand or the fisherman didn’t come back from the sea,yesterday…Don’t even say anything like “that’s their job”,if you’re still have a heart ,and you’re a human not an alien….. ” They don’t get paid of the hardwork they have put through, that’s the PROBLEM. they deserve to earn of how many they have overworked for. even though, it’s logical that a company wants to earn more, but they really have to balance the income. don’t make the artists feel unfair. “,one of our sister already said it out ,that is the fact,the truth ..why you couldn’t see it? You’ve gotta be kidding me… Seriously, this probably the theme from ppl who either haven’t worked to understand how it’s like seeing their own hard work being stripped shamelessly or ppl who….I can’t think of other types of ppl who can come to this … Do you think why we have a international/local laws to protect workers/labours in the first place? Because then the owners cannot take an advantages of workers just like what we saw in SM practices…Jesus, laws even protect workers from getting mental/emotional stresses…They can at least get a fair amount of vacation..time to breath…time to grow..time to appreciate friends and families…time to appreciate arts outside their work -_- and you just contradict yourself here.. “Yeah it really sucks that they were overworked but that’s their job. WORK. ( I know lines were crossed with the whole human rights thing but that’s the way SME and the KPOP industry in general has ALWAYS been (H.O.T for ex.)). That’s the way it supposed to be..” “Even if it is just work for them, I’d like to think they beard all of this because they love their fans and not because they were under contract/ it was their job/ to make (SM) some money.” and who says “That’s the way it supposed to be..” …This is definitely not the way it should be… and yeah, go on believe that HM are going through the best time, ‘cos I wouldn’t know or care anyway… @sally_b Hugs back Thanks for your support, I made it through and decided that my happiness was for my own keeping~~ Hahaha~~ That’s why I soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo support JYJ~~~ They gave me so much courage!! @htwong – Hurrah! so glad to read that ~ ❤ p.s. JYJ give me a Happy Boost everyday….I don’t think I’ve ever felt that way about any other musical artist. They just bring….joy. Yeap~~ I’m like 24/7 on JYJ3 just for my doses of JYJ~~ every little small thing here cheers me up!~ I used to follow DB5K’s music, but I’ve never fan them as I FAN JYJ now~ When JYJ decided to do something for their freedom and happiness, BOOM!!!! My heart just burst with admiration and love and I absolutely FAN them from then on~~ And they’ve proven time and again that they ARE worth all the love we can give!~ Yoohoo!! YYLamYinYee I only can say I agreed JYJ’s choice (leave SM) what they chosen was correct !!!! Now , they still working hard & very busy for their Ideal life but it’s worth for them !!!! May be it’s not easy but they can feel the Satisfaction on walking through their road ….. they can get back the incomes & good reactions which belong to themselves !! We all can see these feedback & they still got so many supporting from their fans & so many people in the same field of music & musical agreed their Outstanding performance . I’m so proud of JYJ and I will keep on support the boys until the end . Love JYJ forever ………… V@_^V lovefood when I first found out about their crazy schedule, I feel guilty for enjoying their photobook, DVDs, laughing when I watch their appearance on a variety show, spazzing when they appear in music program, because I realized behind those things they work their ass off and get nothing in return in the term of money… and I feel my hearts hurts I can never get tired saying this: I’m so glad that JYJ is out of that HELL now haha..i can feel that..but hey,i believe behind those bitter times..they’re is also sweet times… actually i think only after mirotic times they din get pay well…(or finally realized…) somehow after mirotic time i can feel that they doing they’re job unwillingly…they din looks as happy as before…u can see that during 2007-2008 (JJ blonde era) all they’re interview or tv show was so hype and funny…but after mirotic time, they no longer as funny as before….and they looks damn tired…=( @sanrio RE: Thanks to justify my comment about hormones, think and analyze a little about what was going to discussto avoide absurd comments. So what you’re happy about the excessive work of your idols to keep you satisfied? And what the HOMIN is in a better time than when it was part of DBSK? Thanks for the joke. i think they need to display 2vxq’s schedules too, since they’re CRAZILY appearing in every variety and music show since their promotion… well, it’s a bit scary… btw, this kind of thing makes me wonder whether that’s how things work in kpop… packed schedules, no sleep for artists… i’ve never heard about tvxq’s schedule in a day before, but even a rookie (well, in their rookie days) like t-ara have a packed schedule from 6am-3am and now i’m even more concerned about running man’s members (haha i know this is so random). sure thing, jyj choose the best by leaving sm, but it doesn’t mean for them to slack off. they’re even more hardworking than they’ve been before now, experiencing different jobs beside singer and so on… n now snsd look like a zombie~ imagine tvxq back then~ Leave a Reply to Bluefyre Cancel reply [NEWS] 110608 TVXQ wasn’t spared from a crazy schedule (via JYJ3) « xll3n [Haber] 08-06-2011 TVXQ inanılması güc çalışma programlarından sıyrılamamıştı. - TVXQTurkey – Turkish Cassiopeia ♥ Episode 14 – Wanna Be Loved \| Always Rational Kpop Podcast anna liza p m on [INSTAGRAM] 170927 Kim Jaejoon… ARCHIVES Select Month January 2018 (1) December 2017 (75) November 2017 (103) October 2017 (110) September 2017 (134) August 2017 (171) July 2017 (100) June 2017 (71) May 2017 (91) April 2017 (126) March 2017 (158) February 2017 (207) January 2017 (257) December 2016 (172) November 2016 (84) October 2016 (107) September 2016 (78) August 2016 (112) July 2016 (153) June 2016 (265) May 2016 (222) April 2016 (226) March 2016 (187) February 2016 (281) January 2016 (319) December 2015 (251) November 2015 (232) October 2015 (390) September 2015 (225) August 2015 (303) July 2015 (260) June 2015 (250) May 2015 (361) April 2015 (420) March 2015 (530) February 2015 (321) January 2015 (444) December 2014 (379) November 2014 (283) October 2014 (260) September 2014 (336) August 2014 (479) July 2014 (542) June 2014 (395) May 2014 (431) April 2014 (313) March 2014 (354) February 2014 (279) January 2014 (395) December 2013 (407) November 2013 (450) October 2013 (465) September 2013 (314) August 2013 (340) July 2013 (390) June 2013 (344) May 2013 (270) April 2013 (376) March 2013 (368) February 2013 (361) January 2013 (452) December 2012 (422) November 2012 (586) October 2012 (546) September 2012 (394) August 2012 (402) July 2012 (500) June 2012 (501) May 2012 (575) April 2012 (487) March 2012 (606) February 2012 (530) January 2012 (450) December 2011 (445) November 2011 (422) October 2011 (572) September 2011 (567) August 2011 (526) July 2011 (649) June 2011 (624) May 2011 (564) April 2011 (496) March 2011 (418) February 2011 (474) January 2011 (516) Enter your email address to and receive notifications of new posts by email.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396583
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Rating: R for language Warnings: A bit of grossness in describing the crime scene Spoilers: Anything that’s aired in the US is fair game Beta: N/A Disclaimer: Don’t own any of the recognizable character, just taking them out to play! Author's Notes: This fic was prompted by lanna_kitty , who wanted a Sanctuary/Castle crossover. Since he’d begun riding along with Detective Kate Beckett, Richard Castle had gotten the opportunity to see quite a few dead bodies. Many murdered in unusual, often gruesome ways. He’d thought he was becoming somewhat used to the gore (hell, it was part of his job to come up with horrible and interesting ways to kill people, but seeing it was another thing all together), while still retaining his essential humanity. Nothing he’d seen or imagined could have prepared him for the crime scene he just followed Becket into. The first hint that something was wrong should have been the cluster of nauseous looking uniformed officers standing in to hall. There was even a young kid losing his lunch and no one was harassing him about it. Usually, anyone who puked at a scene was mocked mercilessly. It was a cop thing. Even before stepping over the threshold, Rick found his senses assaulted by the heavy, copper penny scent of blood, lots and lots of blood, mixed with the sickly sweet eau de early decomp. Frankly, it looked like some kind of a wild animal (or a dozen) had been let loose in the room to savage (and that was the appropriate word) a person. Then perhaps take the time to toss random buckets of blood around, ‘cause damn there was a lot of the stuff visible. There were chunks of person everywhere, too. Lanie, Ryan and Esposito were inspecting different piles of meat, bone and viscera. Professionals that they were, none of them were getting sick, though Ryan was looking even paler than he normally did and Esposito hopped to the side to avoid being spattered by…yeah, that was an ear. It had been stuck to the ceiling, but had chosen to fall just as the detective was passing under it. Everyone stared at the offending ear before Esposito breathed, “Man, that’s just wrong.” “Anyone got an ID on our vic?” Beckett inquired, stepping carefully across the room, on her toes to avoid blood stains. “Uh, found a hand…Looks a little chewed on, but mostly intact, ” Ryan said, bending over to peer under a low table, “But, yeah, manager said he rented the room to an Erasmo Bullwinkle. I’m thinking that might be an alias.” “It’s not.” Rick felt his stomach lurch as he stared at the pitiful pile of remains that used to be a person. A man. A man he knew. “He’s an acquaintance. Fellow writer…his genre’s Urban Fantasy though….” Beckett gave him a concerned look and he nodded, indicating that he was all right. Sure, the gore of the room was even more horrible now that he knew it had come from Raz -- Erasmo’s nickname -- but he knew if he seemed too upset that would mean getting benched. “Take a look at this,” Lanie murmured to Beckett, crouched beside….oh, that was definitely a head. She was holding something she’d pulled from the pulpy, severed stump that was left of Raz’s neck. As the thought flitted through his mind, Rick winced, wishing he could turn off the voice in his head that always tried to word things like he was putting them down on paper. Beckett took the object Lanie offered and held it up to a light. “Is that…a tooth?” Ryan asked, scrunching up his face. “Please tell me that’s not a tooth.” It didn’t look like any tooth Rick had ever seen. It was more of a serrated fang. “This has to be a weapon,” Beckett said, sounding dubious. “Nothing has teeth like this.” Nothing normal anyway. “I need some air,” Rick announced, picking his way back out of the room and avoiding the concerned gazes of his friends. While the fresh air was good, it wasn’t why he wanted out of the room. No, a phone call had to be made and it wasn’t one Beckett and the others needed to know about. “I’m just saying, everyone’s heard about your crazy Bollywood dance number in India. How did you manage that if Wii DDR kicks your ass?” Kate Freelander asked, giving Will Zimmerman at teasing glare across the passenger area of the Sanctuary’s jet. His response was to toss his hands in the air and say, “That was the Macri, not me!” “Still,” Kate said with a sigh, “You could have warned me about your two left feet.” Looking up from his tablet computer, Henry Foss grinned at her. “You were the one who picked him for your team.” From his seat by the wet bar, Tesla came out of the brood he’d been in Magnus had disappeared into the cockpit. “Wait, you’re saying Team Furball beat the two of you? Oh, well that’s just sad.” “The Big Guy can be really agile when he wants to be,” Kate defended her TV buddy, who had stayed behind at the Old City Sanctuary to hold down the fort while the rest of them jaunted off to New York, answering an SOS from a friend of Magnus’s. At least, that’s what Kate thought they were doing. She didn’t know why the NYC Sanctuary couldn’t handle whatever had happened and Magnus hadn’t explained much, saying she’d brief them on the plane, but her powwow with the pilot had taken precedence. “Perhaps some innate Abnormal grace explains Big and Hairy’s skill, but what of Tiny Tim?” Tesla smirked, seeming to never tire of tossing short jokes at Henry. While Hank wasn’t the biggest guy around, Kate had never really thought of him as ‘tiny’…and it wasn’t as though Tesla was a giant like Druitt. Rolling his eyes, Hank said, “Keeping a rhythm is not that hard.” Huh. Kate knew that expression. Hank definitely didn’t want to tell them something. Glancing around, she saw Tesla and Will take note of this as well. “Secret past as a rave kid?” Will joked, sharp profiler eyes looking to see if he was on the right track. Leaning forward, Tesla prodded, “Frustrated yearning to be a ballet dancer?” That image made Kate giggle, but Hank scowled and sighed. “If you must know, Doc made me and Ash go to a whole bunch of classes when we were kids, trying to socialize us. Dance, gymnastics, music… of course, self-defense was kept in house. And contact sports were out after the Football Incident.” So much in that statement begged for further explanation. Surprisingly, it was Will who managed to voice his question first. “Socialize you? Trouble at school?” Hank gave him a look. “Home schooled till we were 12. As you can imagine, we didn’t get out much.” With a grimace, Kate tried to imagine growing up in the Gothic castle with Magus and Biggie as both tutors and caregivers. The thought was both nice ( she was sure the education was top notch and there would’ve been plenty of affection) and horrible (Oh my God, some of the residents looked like the stuff of nightmares and Magnus probably read them Grimm’s fairy tales, not the Disneyfied versions.). “Football or American football?” That question was from Tesla, who looked gleeful. “And you must explain the incident or I will hound you mercilessly.” Casting a pleading gaze towards the cockpit, clearly hoping Magnus would arrive, Henry sighed. “Football. Soccer. Ashley went through a biting phase when she was four.” A ghost of a smile crossed Will’s face, as he seemed quite capable of imagining Magnus’s daughter taking a bite out of someone on the soccer field. Before she got her own question out, Magnus chose to reappear, settling down in one of the plush seats and saying, “Sorry for ignoring you all. Now, as I said, earlier today I received a call from the son of a trusted friend. Richard works with the NYPD and happened upon a crime scene that calls for our intervention. . Erasmo Bullwinkle…” she paused when Kate couldn’t quite contain a bark of laughter, “… was murdered quite viciously. I made contact with some of our allies in government and have been assured cooperation from the NYPD. Henry, you should have received a file.” “Got it,” he replied, clicking at his tablet and cringing. “Guh!” He turned the computer so they could all view the display of grisly crime scene photos. When what appeared to be a really nasty tooth popped up, Magnus pointed at it. “I won’t be able to say for certain without a first-hand inspection of the tooth, but I believe that to be the incisor of a Liath, a particularly aggressive but savvy breed of Abnormal who often hire out as mercenaries.” Hank called up an index of known Abnormals and found an image of a Liath. It was a large being, more or less human looking, though the jaw was distended to make room for the fangs. Its torso was covered in an armor like series of scales, a protective shell around the vital organs, but, if clothed, it could probably pass for a particularly unpleasant looking men. “Bullwinkle himself was an Abnormal, a Herpandrite. Basically human, but two times a year he’d shed his skin. He was fully assimilated into society, a fairly popular fantasy novelist. At the moment, I have no idea why anyone would want him dead.” “This friend of yours, Richard? Do you think he’ll be able to help on the scene. Able to keep his people away from our… purview?” Tesla mused. “Not that I care particularly, but you do.” Magnus shook her head. “Unfortunately, Richard is not a police officer. He’s a novelist, shadowing a detective on whom he’s based a character….” “Wait. Richard…. You don’t mean Richard Castle?” Will asked and Magnus nodded. “I love his books.” “What’s he write?” Kate asked, knowing the name sounded vaguely familiar, but unable to place it. Shooting her disbelieving look, Will said, “The Derek Storm novels. Heat Wave. Naked Heat….Anybody? No? Mystery novels, people?” Magnus nodded a bit, though Kate was willing to bet she’d never read one of those books. Tesla just raised imperious brow and Hank shrugged. “Yeah, sounds sort of familiar.” “They’re making a movie out of one of the books, right?” Kate asked and Will seemed relieved by the hint that she and Hank were at least somewhat familiar with the books. Magnus and Tesla…. Well, let’s just say their idea of pop culture was vastly different than the rest of the world’s. Hers was random, at best and he seemed to harbor a marked distaste for anything that post dated the early 20th Century. Upon landing in New York, they piled into a large, chauffeured car that was waiting for them. Another ferried their luggage and equipment to Magnus’s home in the city, a lovely brownstone if Kate recalled correctly. Clearly, they weren’t going to the brownstone. Instead they arrived at the pricy building where Castle lived. Magnus led the way up to the penthouse, though she said she’d never visited before. The posh environment was clearly her element, in a way that Kate had no illusion she could fake. The door was answered by an elegantly dressed woman in her 60s, who smiled warmly at Helen and said, “My dear, you look as lovely as ever. I’m jealous!” “Hello, Martha,” Magnus replied, embracing the women, obviously an old friend. “How have you been?” Martha gestured expressively she waved them in. “Keeping busy,” she said. “I’ve opened a drama school. So that’s keeping me occupied.” The two women shared a chuckle and Martha sobered to say, “I heard about Ashley and dear James. They will be missed.” “Yes,” Magnus agreed, in that voice she always used when someone brought up Ashley. Changing the topic, she said, “You remember Henry?” Hank grinned and gave Martha a little wave and she smiled at him. “It’s been a long time,” she commented, then her grin grew teasing. “Didn’t you turn out well!” As Hank pinked up and made some polite response, Kate decided she was going to like Martha. “Kate Freelander,” she said, holding out her hand. “Charmed, dear,” Martha replied as they shook. When it was Will’s turn, the profiler politely smiled. “Will Zimmerman… and Mr. Lack of Boundaries who is poking around your fridge is Tesla.” “Nikola!” Magnus chastised the former vampire, but Martha simply chuckled. “Please, don’t encourage him,” Will moaned, but no one acknowledged her complaint. Turning toward the stairs, Martha called out, “Richard, Alexis, our guests are here.” Time to get down to business. Kate Beckett knew Castle had been behaving strangely (well, even stranger than usual) when he ducked out of the Bullwinkle crime scene. Then he made an excuse to leave the station and now, at 10:15 PM, he called and asked her to meet him at a large brownstone on the Upper East Side. When she rang the doorbell, it let out an ominous gong and, moments later, the huge doors swung open. Castle was standing there, looking serious and more than a little guilty. “Thanks for coming,” he said, ushering her into an entry hall that just shrieked understated, old money. “I know you’re busy.” “Busy waiting on some so-called specialists the governor’s ordered us to cooperate with,” she merely growled, then regretted her anger when he flinched. At least, she regretted it until he spoke. “Um, about that,” he said, then led the way further into the house and placed a hand on a wall, opening a hidden door… to a room that did not look like it belonged. A tall, dark-haired woman stood before a wall-mounted screen, reading aloud the data presented there. Martha was listening with interest as a wide eyed Alexis hovered by a man hunched over a computer, Bullwinkle‘s thrashed cell phone on the desk beside him. A lovely young woman of Indian descent was pacing and yelling into a phone, as was another young man. “Castle, what’s going on?” she asked, feeling like she was suddenly out of the loop. She hated that feeling. “Well, well, well, who is this?” A man had sauntered out of the shadows, giving her a blatant once over. Kate bristled, ready to deliver a verbal smack down, when the young man with the phone looked up. “Tesla, would you please…No, you know what? Go ahead and be yourself. I’ve read her file. Maybe she’ll do us all a favor and shoot you.” “Will,” the tall, brunette with Martha had abandoned the screens and nodded to Kate greeting. “Detective Beckett, I presume. Martha and Richard have spoken highly of both your investigative prowess and your discretion.” While that was all well and good, Kate was starting to get a little annoyed. Okay, that was an understatement. “Thanks. So, who are you people?” “Direct. Good,” the woman said. “Tell me, Detective, are you open minded?” Oh, this was not going to turn out well. Will had seen the tension and annoyance radiating off of the detective from the moment she stepped into the room. She had been unhappy about outsiders getting involved in her case before even arriving and her feeling of unease was compounded by being thrown into the midst of a group of (admittedly) odd strangers. Tesla being his usual, letchy self wasn‘t helping any, either. Seriously, the more Magnus talked, explaining who they were, what the Sanctuary was and how they were involved with her case, the more Beckett looked like she wanted to punch someone. It was either going to be Castle or Tesla, Will decided as Magnus summed up the situation. For a moment, Beckett was silent, then she said, “You want me to believe monsters killed Bullwinkle?” “Not monsters,” Henry corrected, looking up from the search he was doing on his computer. “Abnormals. And, in this case, a specific Abnormal…though he or she may have been working for someone.” Beckett blinked at him, then rounded on Castle. “How do you know these people, how do the crazy people have the governor convinced we should work with them, why are your mother and daughter here and… Step off.” That last comment was directed at Tesla, who quickly changed course and wandered back around the table to hover by Magnus. Will thought that was probably a smart choice on the ex-vampire’s part. “I know this is a bit much to take in, but, I’m telling you, they are for real,” the author attempted to reassure her, but stepped back under the force of her disbelieving glare. From across the room, Martha said, “Kate, dear, I’ve known Helen for many years and I can vouch for her and her people…and, as for Alexis, she’s old enough to know about this part of life, I think.” “Doc, I got a few locations of interest out of Bullwinkle’s phone,” Henry called out, then pointed to something on the screen. “See, that’s how you reconstruct the data from the SIM card.” “Cool,” Alexis uttered, her interested face illuminated by the LCD screen. “My contact won’t talk over the phone,” Kate said, angrily ending her call. It always amazed Will, how she could give the impression of slamming a call phone as though it was a hand held. “I need to go meet Twinkie. He sounds like he’s either tweaking or really nervous about what I was asking….” The doorbell rang and this time Alexis stepped out to answer, knowing it was the other two detectives that Castle had called. Magnus was already jumping ahead. “Right, Kate, you and Will speak with your contact. Take along a detective or two. Henry, Nikola, the same for Henry’s leads. I have a contact of my own….” “Hold on!” Beckett said, tossing up a hand to halt the proceedings as Alexis led two men into the room. The pair looked around, taking in the scene, doing a good job of masking their confusion. “We have our orders,” she continued, then shook her head, “But, I’m sorry, all this is too much. Monsters and conspiracies…I am not sending my people out into God knows what….” “We don’t have time for this,” Magnus said, picking up her jacket and glancing across the room. “I assume you will continue to refuse to believe us barring proof. Henry, if you would?” The tech stopped in the middle of shutting down some program and asked, “What?” “Beckett, what’s going on?” one of the detectives asked as Magnus turned to Henry. “These are the people we’re supposed to work with. They’re delusional,” Beckett muttered, making sure to keep an eye on them all. She seemed to think that one of them was about to snap and try to kill someone. Magnus and Henry were having a conversation without words and, as always, Magnus won. Looking extremely put upon, Henry heaved a sigh and tilted his head from side to side, cracking his neck. “Only partial, no nakedness,” he declared, stepping back from the monitors and waving a finger at the detectives. “DO. NOT. SHOOT. ME.” Will could never really classify the sound that accompanied Henry’s transformations. From a scientific point of view, he knew that the other man’s bones were breaking and reshaping themselves, muscles stretching and thickening, hair and claws bursting forth. The sound…some deep, instinctive reflex shuddered and the hair on the back of his neck rose.. Like, nails on a chalkboard. The visual…even a partial transformation, hands and head, so as not to burst out of his clothes, was something really cool to behold. At least, it was cool once you got used to it. To the uninformed, it was probably pretty damn creepy. After a minute, Henry shifted back to his normal form and took a breath, rolling his shoulders to loosen sore, abused muscles. “Proof enough for you?” Magnus asked and Will followed her gaze to those in the room whom had never witnessed a HAP in action. Martha’s brows were raised, Alexis’s eyes wide and Richard…well, he looked impressed and like he was biting back a million questions. The three detectives, on the other hand, were another story all together. Beckett was blinking, mouth opening and closing silently as Esposito took a step back, hand falling to his gun. Ryan, the youngest of the group, looked only mildly surprised. Of course they knew who they were going to be working with. It wasn’t paranoia to be overly cautious when someone was usually out to get you. “So…you folks from the Sanctuary or something?” Ryan asked, curious but not shocked like his colleagues, who turned to gape at him. Now, it was Magnus’s turn to look surprised. “You know of us? Good. That will be helpful.” The younger detective shook his head. “Not really. My gran knew a selchie your people helped out of a jam.” A selchie? Cool. Will had yet to meet one of those. Mostly, they hung out in Ireland, occasionally straying to Scotland and England, so the London Sanctuary handled dealings with them. As opposed to the general vibe of curiosity in the room, Ryan’s co-workers looked like they could use a stiff drink. “All right, we’re going to need to work together here, so why don’t we all….” “Are you a werewolf?” Alexis interrupted, clearly unable to contain herself a second longer. Henry scrunched up his face in distaste. “We don’t use that term. It’s Class 9 Hyper Accelerated Protean Life Form. HAP, for short.” “Cool,” Alexis and her father breathed, then the older Castle asked, “Okay, Helen I know, but any superpowers for the rest of you?” To sooth the frazzled detectives, Will said, “Sorry to disappoint, but I’m just a run of the mill human.” “Same here,” Kate agreed with a smile. Of course Tesla had to open his mouth. “I’m currently an ex-vampire with magnetic capabilities.” Lovely, Will thought with a sigh and stepped forward, a placating smile on his face. Time for Damage control. This whole case was screwy. From the moment he’d stepped into that blood bath of an apartment, to the high end brownstone (apparently the base of operations for the ‘specialists’ the governor wanted them to work with), to a dude that turned into some sort of monster movie wolf-man hybrid….. Javi had seen some shit in his day, but this was a whole new level of freaky. Still, they had a case to work somehow they’d wound up following a lead with the computer tech/not-a-werewolf and snaky Mr. Magneto. The latter of whom had complimented Ryan on his waistcoat then proceeded to let loose a snaky running commentary that hadn’t stopped since they entered the car. Maybe being super annoying was another of the man’s powers. Glancing into the rearview mirror, Javi caught Henry’s eye and asked, “Does he ever stop?” The scruffy guy snorted. “This is actually pretty well behaved for him.” If this was well behaved, then what was he normally like? Exchanging a glance with Kevin, Javi knew his partner was wondering the same thing. In the backseat, Tesla sneered, “You do know I can hear you.” “Like that’s ever stopped you from insulting me!” Harry muttered, then one of the seemingly dozens of electronic gadgets he carried beeped. Fortunately, it just seemed to be a phone, as he held it to his ear to speak. “Hello, vriend! Ek wou jouvra oor die Liath jy het in ‘n koshuis? Ishy nog steeds in kontak met sy volk?” Okay then. “So,” Ryan asked quietly, turning in his seat to face Tesla, “you guys do this sort of thing often?” Rolling his eyes, Tesla sighed. “Of late, yes. Heinrich’s been a white hat since Helen plucked him from the moor, but I previously chose to devote myself to my dual passions for scientific advancement and world domination.” Still conversing with whomever had called him, Henry gave Tesla a dark look. Ryan however laughed and Javi snorted, amused by how dry the man had managed to make that remark. Their amusement was cut short when Tesla grinned, joined in their laughter and commented, “You think I’m joking! How precious!” Creepy again. Hanging up, Henry looked a Tesla and said, “Just for once, stop! That was Marhee from the new Sanctuary in Kimberley. They have a Liath in residence, but he hasn’t heard anything about one of his own hopping the pond.” To Kevin and Javi, he added, “They prefer Europe to the US.” “Good taste,” Tesla remarked, causing Henry to sigh. Suddenly, a thought popped into Javi’s head and he had to ask. “Hey, so, are Chupacabras real?” “Yes,” Tesla replied in a bored tone, looking out the window. Henry looked up from whatever was beeping now. “Their reps are over hyped.” Said the dude who could sprout claws and fangs. “We’re here,” Javi announced, never so glad for the opportunity to get out of a car. And that included the time when he was a uniform and had to take in a skel covered in raw sewage. The address Henry had wrestled from Bullwinkle’s phone looked as abandoned as property records indicated it would be. The windows were boarded up and the fading sign indicated that, at one point, it had been a pet store. Pulling something that looked like a steam punk Game Boy out of a pocket, Henry let out a low whistle. “What the hell are they doing in there? Power consumption is in-sane!” “And no one would put a lock like that on a place like this without another motive,” Kev said, waving at the lock as he rapped on the door. When no one replied, Javi pulled out his phone. “I don’t think we’re going to get a warrant based on….” Henry squinted at the door then glanced at Tesla. “It’s electro-magnetically sealed.” The man made a dismissive gesture…and the door swung open, surprising Ryan. “We still need….” A warrant, probable cause, he might have said either, but was cut off as a bullet whizzed by his ear. Someone clearly didn’t want them in there. “How have you been, Helen? Honestly, now.” Sitting in the drivers seat of her parked car, Helen turned to regard Martha with a sad smile. Her old friend has insisted she accompanied her to meet her contact, Joey Foo Foo. Alexis had wanted desperately to go with one of the groups heading out, but had settled for exploring the Brownstone and its computers when every adult had issued a firm no. She might be old enough to know some things about the Sanctuary, but she was in no way trained for field missions “I miss her every day,” Helen said softly, eyes drifting out the window. “When you’ve lived as long as I have, you become accustomed to losing people but it doesn’t get any easier. Ashley… I had no idea it could hurt this much.” Sympathetically, Martha laid a hand on her arm. “I can’t even imagine,” she murmured and Helen knew her often overly dramatic friend was being very serious, as subject matter warranted. In some respects, Martha had been lucky, Helen knew. Until recently, the other woman’s child had been far removed from danger, unlike Ashley, who had been raised practically in the line of fire. Safety was one of the reasons it had been decided that Richard was not to know his father, as everyone assumed he wouldn’t be able to resist the intrigue dealing presented by the Sanctuary. James had followed the boy’s progress though, took pride in the clever mind displayed so well through his novels. But it wasn’t until taking up with Detective Beckett that Richard truly displayed some of his fathers affinity for crime solving. Helen knew James had been pleased as could be upon learning that Richard had begun shadowing the detectives, applying his aptitude to pursuits beyond pure entertainment. Shaking herself from her reverie, Helen nodded as a figure appeared in the shadowy mouth of an alley. “That would be Foo Foo,” she said, slipping out of the car to get down to business. “Magnus,” Joey hissed at her from under the cover of his hoodie, red eyes ticking over to Martha. “Thought you’d come alone.” “She’s a friend,” Helen said, in no mood for dillydallying. Knowing exactly how to get the conversation started, she held up a roll of bills. “Information?” The red eyes fixed on the money and Joey said, “Raz Bullwinkle. He’s been poking around the community. Talking with the local Abnormals and not always the ones who play nice with your little soldiers. Word is, he got into a long conversation with a Liath, who may or may not have said something about working with a group that used to be a big deal. You know them. The Cabal.” Helen felt her blood run cold. She thought John had…dealt with the remainders of that particular organization after Ashley’s death. “The Cabal?” she asked and to tell both Joey and Martha heard the dangerous note in her voice. “’S right,” Joey explained quickly. “There’s been some noise about a small cell of them left in the city. Just a handful of scientists and a few goons. All I know, hand to God!” Slapping the wad of money into Joey’s hand, Helen said, “You get double if you can find out where they’re based out of.” With a nod, Joey disappeared back into the shadows and Helen took a cleansing breath. “Do I want to know what The Cabal is?” Martha asked as they turned to head back to the car. Closing her fist, Helen replied, “A large, ancient organization whose goal is to harness power, including that of Abnormals, for their own use. They are responsible for Ashley’s death.” From Martha’s intake of breath it was clear that she knew things had taken a sudden, unpleasant turn. Ears still ringing from the near miss, Kevin dove for cover beside his partner, both of them drawing their weapons. Crouching behind another car trunk, Henry pulled out a strange looking gun of his own and Tesla flung up a hand… causing the bullets to freeze in mid-air. Well, that was actually quite useful. Henry, not surprised by the sudden lack of deadly projectiles, swung his weapon up and fired… what looked like pulses of energy into the doorway. Then he was up, darting into the building, Tesla on his heels. Having clear cause to enter, Kevin and Javi followed. “You hit?” Javi asked in a low tone as they passed through the door. “I’m good,” Kevin replied, though the tinnitus had yet to fade. The outside of the building couldn’t have looked less like the inside. The walls were stark white and the floors gleamed. The guards who had fired on them lay motionless, slumped on the ground and the detectives quickly checked for further weapons before binding their hands. Henry and Tesla were a few feet ahead, so they heard Henry order, “Don’t even think about it. A smirking Tesla was removing weapons from a black clad guard, commenting, “Only 3 of you? Well, that’s fairly pathetic.” The man glared as Kevin slapped cuffs on him. Eyes lighting on Javi’s badge, he actually snorted, looking relieved. “NYPD? Really?” “And Sanctuary,” Tesla gloated, watching the man’s amusement vanish. “And your employer is…?” Looking from Tesla to Henry to Ryan and Esposito, the man seemed to deflate. “Hell, they don’t pay me enough for this anymore. We’re Cabal.” Back at the Sanctuary’s bat-cave, Henry’s demonstration of his particular brand of Abnormalness had been impressive, but since then he’d been pretty unassuming. Good with the tech and his weapon, but not in a flashy ’look, I turn into a wolf-beast’ sort of way. Now however, as a loud, angry snarl ripped from his throat, Henry suddenly sounded quite scary. He advanced on the guard, who scurried back, bumping into Kevin in his attempt to get away from Henry. For a moment, he thought Javi was going to make Henry back off, but Tesla was shaking his head, indicating they should stand down. Hopefully, Henry wouldn’t actually…bite the guy or something. That would be a bitch to explain in the arrest report. Suspect injured when outside consultant chose to restrain suspect…with his teeth. Yeah, Montgomery wouldn’t like that. “Cabal.” Kevin could see anger in Henry’s face, muscles shaking and eyes taking on an ominous, gold cast. “How’d you outlast your friends?” “We’re just a satellite office! Nothing important ever happened here, it’s just storage….” the man babbled fearfully and a door behind them swung open. “Phillip, what’s…Oh, dear.” An older man in a lab coat froze when he saw them standing there. “Well, this isn’t good.” “Sir, can you tell us why your security team fired on officers of the NYPD?” Javi asked. Kevin hoped they weren’t going to have to dodge anymore bullets tonight. Before the man could answer, Henry stiffened. He tilted his head to the side and took a deep breath, eyes locking on the man’s lab coat before muttering, “No….” Then he shoved past everyone and barreled further into the building. “Oh look, Lassie’s got a scent,” Tesla quipped, sauntering after Henry without waiting for anyone else. Damn it! These guys were worse than Feds! Tags: castle, crossover, fic, sanctuary	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396585
__label__cc	0.532128	0.467872	kentandsussexpoetry Monthly Meetings with top poets The Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Competition Open Competition 2017 Adjudication Report – Catherine Smith Open Competition Judge’s Report 2017 It was a great pleasure and honour to be asked to judge the Kent and Sussex Open Poetry Competition – a competition that has been running for 30 years and to which, this year, over 1400 poems were entered. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who entered one or more poems, because entering a poetry competition is an act of courage; who amongst us enjoys being judged, with the real possibility of being ‘found wanting’? We have done our best, offered up a piece of writing we feel demonstrates not only our original idea and vision, but, perhaps, an actual, raw experience from our lives, as well as our skill with language, our choice of imagery, our knowledge and appreciation of rhythm and cadence…..and yet, very few of us will be publicly rewarded for that effort. So to put our work up for judgement is a risk, and it might be reasonable to ask – why do it? I don’t think it’s because every poet who enters a competition believes they are a genius; I think it’s more to do with a sense of community – we are poets, and poets take risks every time they write: risk being misunderstood, or ignored. But poets will carry on writing poems however few or far between the financial rewards or plaudits; for most poets, the act of writing a poem is an affirmation of their humanity, of their desire to place ‘the best words in the best order.’ So, thank you. Reading such a large number of poems can’t be done quickly, and my approach was to make sure I had a sufficient supply of tea, and to read each poem twice. In each case, I asked myself – what’s going on here? How does this poem use language, structure, tone and rhythm to reach me – how is this poem challenging me, and what is it teaching me? What fresh insights has it given me about the world? In terms of themes, certain subjects recurred frequently. Many explored death, particularly the deaths of relatives. Painful personal experiences can be difficult to explore in prose/non-fiction, and my feeling is that (with some honourable exceptions, such as the Death Café movement), contemporary Western society hasn’t got its head round encouraging people to talk about death – and so poetry, with its linguistic compression, its quest to find imagery to explore this inevitable but still oddly taboo area, is where many turn to reflect on their experiences and feelings. Other themes that cropped up regularly included difficult, often violent relationships; absolute poverty and homelessness; the plight of refugees; Nature, both benign and ‘red in tooth and claw’; monsters, hybrids and surreal creatures. My original ‘long list’ contained over 90 poems – poems which intrigued me for a number of reasons; often because I was struck by the originality of the idea, the skilful extension of a metaphor, the evidence not only of craft – but also something less easy to define – I came to think of it as ‘heart’; beyond technical competence, or even excellence; a sense, reading the poem, that the poet absolutely believed in their poem. It wasn’t a technical exercise; it was a necessity. I whittled 90 down to just over 60, apologising to each of the poems which didn’t ‘make it through’, and from there, to a more manageable longlist of 40 poems. Please be assured that this next phase was particularly excruciating, and caused me to stay up long into the night, wild-eyed and muttering. Why was I passing over a particular poem – what on earth had it done to be treated in this way? Well, sometimes, on third, or fourth, or even fifth reading, there was just one ‘wrong note’ – something a little forced – or an ending that too neatly ‘rounded off’ the argument, and provided a cute, ‘suitable’ final image/thought. (Even so, I felt mean.) So from a longlist of 40 to a short-list of 20. And for several readings, none of these 20 poems would let go; they were tenacious not just in terms of their technical strengths, but because they were so interesting. Each one was considerably bigger than the sum of its parts; each one took me somewhere I hadn’t been before – invited me into a new world, down a metaphorical rabbit-hole where anything – sometimes dark, scary things – could happen. Eventually, I arrived at my final list. Seven terrific poems. The ‘four fourths’ – each of which would, I’m sure, have risen right to the top in a competition where fewer superb poems had been entered: Dead Things I Have Seen While Walking. I was immediately drawn in by the high quality and originality of the imagery: ‘A colander of skull with leery grin,/a splay of raven like a flattened prayer.’ The poem uses a ‘list’ device to build up detail, but the ending is surprising – another character enters the narrative – ‘my love was there, beside me./He mustn’t know how very cold I am.’ A terrific ending, re-casting the poem. The narrator’s cool, dispassionate observations are secret; the narrator does not want her morbid fascination to be known to her ‘love’…so now, this becomes a poem about a relationship – how we hide ‘unacceptable’ parts of ourselves from others. The Confidant’s Shadow This poem – seeming to promise a mildly-told tale of suburban infidelity – rapidly becomes both strange and sinister; the use of repeated lines is so skilful and confident, so deftly stitched into the poem’s imagistic fabric and meaning, that each repetition forces the reader to consider a new slant, an increase in the narrative jeopardy. The dramatic tension builds steadily – despite, or perhaps because of, the salmon paste sandwiches (which made me think of Agatha Christie novels) the reader is aware that this the narrator is observing – and by the end, unable to escape – a viciously dysfunctional relationship. The Dream. As a poetic form, the dramatic monologue doesn’t always work. This poem, from the perspective of a grieving father reflecting on a dream of his tragically drowned son, could, in the hands of a less skilled poet, have been a clumsy appropriation of another’s grief, mawkish and arch. But from the first powerful and dignified stanza, with its emphasis on strong, unfussy nouns and verbs, I felt this poet was channelling an authentic voice. I loved the poignancy of the blunt, raw statements – ‘grouse and venison/left to ruin’ – and ‘so black you couldn’t see.’ This seemed to me to be a generous ‘reaching out’ across many decades, to give voice not only to one individual, but to ‘bear witness’ to a tragedy affecting a whole community, the repercussions of which were enormous, and which shouldn’t be forgotten. I’d love it to be translated into Gaelic, too. A Stone – What struck me immediately about this poem was its sureness of purpose; the language is plain, clear, the rhythm emphatic, sure-footed, without calling too much attention to itself. The reader is invited into a free indirect discourse – one woman’s modest hope – for a dog to accompany her on walks. But beneath the seemingly calm surface, the skilful and beautifully judged imagery leads us into deeper, more complex territory; ‘protected from the east wind’s bitterness’ is a marvellously compressed description of weather, but hints at personal vulnerability, and the introduction of the stone as an image was perfect – a stone that would hold ‘the scent of her hand’ which a loyal (and perhaps odd-looking) dog would search for and retrieve. This sensuous poem seemed to me to be about loneliness and longing, about unspoken pain, but ultimately hoping for redemptive joy – the dog ‘flying back to her alone.’ The need to be loved, to be thought worthwhile, is universal, and therefore difficult to write about in a fresh, original way; this poem’s subtlety in its clever and restrained use of metaphor impressed me at once, and kept drawing me back. Third prize – The Book of the Bones. From the first reading, this poem struck me as technically highly accomplished – I’d go so far as to say dazzling – with its relentless, forward thrusting meter, its extraordinarily assured handling of repeated lines within each stanza. It stopped me in my tracks; I had to read it aloud, three times. With its dark, murderous premise and a pitch-perfect unreliable narrator, it’s both a dramatic monologue and a demonstration of the power of carefully chosen form to unite the poem’s themes and to ‘box in’ the reader so that there’s no escape from the final message – ‘So they say. So they tell me. That that’s what I did.’ It’s too glib to describe a poem as ‘haunting’ but this is one I’ll never be able to forget. Second prize – The Sound of Hooves. This is, in many ways, a quiet, even ‘private’ poem, where the reader is invited to observe the subject of the poem – ‘you’ – but also to follow the actions of ‘him’ – who is he, who are you, why such a seemingly detached perspective? From my first reading, I loved the way the poem drew me deeper into the layers of the action – a child has left their bed and occupied ‘your mother’s spot.’ And then there are hints of a deep, lonely strangeness, where the sleeping child is framed by silver lines, and has dressed in their mother’s pyjamas. I loved the intriguing descriptions here – the ‘flaccid’ arms and the child’s ‘supplication to the mother God’ – a subversion of traditional imagery; and then, directly, the poem transports us from the domestic setting to the Iberian coast, where there are horses – symbolically complex and powerful. The final image seemed pitch-perfect to me; this is a poem, set at night, that hints of loss and absence, of what cannot be said or acknowledged. It works particularly well read aloud, as the imagery builds steadily, and the breath is tested. First prize – Braided Wire. This poem intrigued and unsettled me immediately – the narrator claims ‘I wasn’t there’ – and then refers to the ‘methodology’ by which dead calves are delivered. There’s no soft focus here; calves die in utero, and the consequences must be dealt with. But this is also a poem about the complex power dynamics within families, how knowledge is power and imagination is central to the human experience. This poem offers the most extraordinarily precise, authentic and unflinching imagery, and succeeds in playing off the parallel narratives against each other, the tensions building steadily; there are no false notes in this poem, not a word out of place and a viscerally powerful ‘last thought.’ Warmest congratulations to all the winners. Open Competition Results 2017 KENT & SUSSEX POETRY SOCIETY OPEN POETRY COMPETITION 2017 Catherine Smith (judge, centre) with prizewinners Janet Sutherland (L) and Sally Douglas (R) We are pleased to announce the results of our Open Poetry Competition 2017, judged by Catherine Smith. The competition attracted 1400 entries, and the prizes have been awarded as follows: FIRST: “Braided Wire” by Janet Sutherland, Lewes SECOND: “The Sound of Hooves” by Karen O’Connor, Co. Kerry, Ireland THIRD: “The Book of the Bones” by John Whitworth, Canterbury FOURTH: “The Dream” by Sharon Black, St André de Valborgne, France ” “Dead Things I Have Seen While Walking” by Sally Douglas, Exeter ” “The Confidant’s Shadow” by Simon French, Derby ” “A Stone” by David Wilson, Harrogate 1st Prize: Janet Sutherland Braided Wire I wasn’t there. I heard this second hand, much later, but textbooks show the methodology, the diagrams for several presentations and for monstrous deviations from the norm. For calves long dead in situ and for those just recently deceased. For calves too big or those whose odd shape makes their birth impossible. So, let’s return to games with butter at the kitchen table carving summer scrolls and corrugations, watching beads of sweat emerging from the surface. Look at the four of us, you’re telling the story. My chair on two legs tilted on the dresser, and yours steady by the Rayburn. You can’t remember much – was it by the cedar of Lebanon or in the beech wood? You mime the act of sawing. I wasn’t there but I recall the field which had that slope, so steep it made the little Fergie roar. The throttle out so far the blue smoke coughed in rapid puffs and plumes. The vet had laid his tools out in the field: two buckets full of lubricant, three of warm water, a hand pump, krey hook and a calving chain, a length of braided saw wire with its introducer. It was raining, water trickled through her hair. Your hand on her flank felt the fat she’d come to, her vulva swollen with two feet emerging. Hooves, dew claws, pastern joints all faded yellow, like the white rat I’d dissected in biology. She lay in the copse under the beech trees, I wasn’t there but beech mast crunched each time you moved your feet. I’ve read how it’s done. I know the technicalities, the rough dismemberment, and what that leaves you with. 2nd Prize: Karen O’Connor The Sound of Hooves When he went to say goodnight your bed was empty – duvet pushed as if you had just risen from a deep sleep and hidden somewhere inside the room of home. He found you sleeping, curled into your mother’s spot, announcing your missing – as if he needed to be told, as if the stars wouldn’t know your longing viewed between the slatted blinds, the cast of silver lines framing your waiting. Unwrapping you from the tangled sheets he found you dressed in your mother’s pyjamas, the flaccid arms and legs lying on the open mattress, your own supplication to your mother God, calling on her to lift the solidifying darkness and let you dream of Andalusian horses galloping on the Iberian coast, leaving salt spray kisses on your lips. Your image, this charcoal outline, stays with him long after you have returned to your own bed and your small core of heat has evaporated from the exposed sheets which he cannot bear to cover. 3rd Prize: John Whitworth The Book of the Bones They are digging my garden for human remains. And I’ve taken to bed with a terrible cough. There’s a sweet, sticky smell and a pattern of stains On the stones where they’re digging for human remains. They’ve dredged some unspeakable stuff from the drains And policemen in wellies have cordoned it off. They are asking me questions again and again. Where did they come from, the bones and the skulls? Who were the children who stayed in the den? They are asking these questions again and again. Who were they? What were they? Why were they? When? There’s a heap by the wall and a cluster of gulls. How can I think with the scream of the birds And the script of the skulls and the book of the bones. I don’t have the wit and I don’t have the words. There’s an ache in my head from the noise of the birds From the feel of their feathers, the smell of their turds, There’s an ache in my heart from the song of the stones And how can I think with the scream of the birds. The song of the stones in the dark of my heart, Is calling me, calling me, calling me back To the time of the children, the time of the start Of the song of the stones in the dark of my heart, To the clatter of cobbles, the creak of the cart The screech of the owl and the sigh of the sack And the song of the stones in the dark of my heart. I kidnapped the children to murder them all. That’s what they tell me. They say that I did. It’s so long ago that it’s hard to recall. Did I murder the kiddiwinks, murder them all? They say that I buried them under the wall, That I lured them with fags and a couple of quid To the den in the garden and murdered them all. So they say. So they tell me. That that’s what I did. 4th= Prize: David Wilson A Stone Was it too much to want a life where she might have her own dog, and once in a while climb Ingleborough on a winter’s day when the Irish Sea runs silver along the western coast; and rest at the top in a dry-stone fold, protected from the east wind’s bitterness, then choose a stone the colour of sea to skim across the summit plateau, her dog leaping after it and searching amid the thousand for that one holding the scent of her hand, then racing back to drop it at her feet and look at her with bright eyes, perhaps one green, the other brown? As she flung the stone again there’d be nothing but her tensed arm, Frost’s universal blue of sky and local green of valleys, and her dog flying back, to her alone. 4th= Prize: Sally Douglas Dead Things I Have Seen While Walking Mainly the monochromes of bone and skin. A ruff of fleece. A colander of skull with leery grin, a splay of raven like a flattened prayer. A wig of hedgehog spines. A sack of pelt. Vertebrae like knuckles, frost-heaved out of coarse moor grass. Cow’s teeth. My daily shrinking badger, unperforated until the crows got to its eyes, a pulsing and ebbing circumference of stink. And once (and such is still life – oily, vivid) the front half of a lamb – its blood a dark red semaphore stiffening the stroil. I’d wanted to look closer – examine mode and manner, smell the severing – but my love was there, beside me. He mustn’t know how very cold I am. 4th= Prize: Simon French The Confidant’s Shadow He didn’t walk out on her when she accused him of having an affair with the woman next door. He’d only gone round to tame the lawn but homemade lemonade was just the start. I took tea with them. They were a lovely couple. We sat in their cottage garden and ate salmon paste sandwiches. I felt uncomfortable on the wrought-iron chair and the sun burned. He didn’t leave her when she told him he was a paedophile after she’d found him watching a BBC holiday programme where young children splashed the Costas in pools of whooping fun. We sat in their cottage garden and crunched ginger snaps. She was as blonde as Cornish ice cream and melted close to my smile. I sipped tea with them. They were a lovely couple. He didn’t move out after she claimed he was alcoholic, the empty wine bottle waved under his nose before star-bursting across flagstone. I took tea with them, they were a lovely couple. She had skin as pale as Carrara marble. Her hand brushed my leg. He didn’t desert her when she shook with rage, hair like honeysuckle in a storm. When she slung his loafers out of the window and quoted the Bible, sliced a razor through her bloodline – when their doctor intervened. They were a lovely couple. I took tea with them. Her eyes were cloudy with dreams. She told me she’d like to paint my portrait. I felt uncomfortable on the fastened plastic chair and the room was airless. 4th= Prize: Sharon Black Lewis, 1919 I dreamed him floating in the bay – face to the seabed as if scanning for grilse and charr. Knew it was him from the red hair flailing on the waves, the shoulders broad enough to thatch a house in a day. No news since the ship went down – two hundred dead, the island a ghost, in every house the curtains drawn, buntings burned on the hearths, grouse and venison left to ruin. Six weeks since those forty lads were roped to shore, MacLeod on the hawser, another forty lifted from the freezing water twenty yards from harbour, night as black as peat-smoke, so black you couldn’t see the upturned hull, the roiling surge, the mothers, wives and sisters screaming on the quay. No sign. At first we thought he’d be on the Skye steamer, gone the long way round . . . I dreamed him floating in the bay, wind whipping up the shirt dregs on his back, his body jutting like stone. His arms were splayed cormorant wings. When they lifted his head his eyes were a seal’s. When he opened his mouth his song was a humpback’s soaring out across the Minch. In his grip was a lit torch, a lighthouse guiding him home. On 1 Jan 1919, HMS Iolaire was bringing servicemen home to Lewis and Harris when it hit rocks yards from shore. 205 men drowned. Six weeks later a farmer dreamed of a body floating in Glumaig Bay. His son’s body was recovered in exactly the spot he described. Catherine Smith and poetry competition – announcement of prizewinners We are delighted this month to welcome Catherine Smith back to the Camden Centre, on April 18th. Catherine will be announcing the winners of our Open Competition and reading from her own work. Catherine Smith is a poet and fiction writer. Her first pamphlet The New Bride, was a winner in the 2000 Book & Pamphlet Competition and shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her book, The Butcher’s Hands won the Aldeburgh/Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection. Lip, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Catherine teaches at the University of Sussex, is a Tutor for the Arvon Foundation, and a writer who will provide us with a stimulating and entertaining evening of poetry. The meeting starts as usual at 8.00pm. Come along and join us! 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__label__cc	0.685301	0.314699	80% Of Instagram Users Follow A Business And 200 Million Visit A Business Profile Every Day Tina Ahmed posted on 20 December 2017 Welcome to our Instagram growth and engagement study for the month of November 2017. This is your look at the latest trends on the platform. We also look at all the latest news and features that you should know about and take advantage of in your Instagram marketing. An increase in follower growth and engagement • Follower growth in November was at 0.07% of the total audience. This is an increase compared to the 0.05% growth in October. • Brands posted just over 3 times per day on average in November with 81% of all posts being images. • Post engagement rate was at 0.9%. This also is a jump compared to the 0.7% ER in October. Photo posts engaged 1% of the audience on average while videos engaged 0.7%. 25 million Instagram Business Profiles Several interesting stats have been released by Instagram during the month. Let’s take a look at them. There are now more than 25 million Business Profiles on Instagram. This is up from 15 million in July of 2017. An interesting fact is that almost 50% of all business profiles don’t link out to an external website. They are Instagram only and are natively born. Or these businesses have simply forgotten to include their website link? Make sure that’s not you. As we saw in our study last month, almost 5% of all profile views result in a website click. Adding a link is an easy way of getting a bump in your website traffic. More than 80% of Instagram users follow at least one business and 200 million users visit a business profile each day. Two-thirds of these visits come from people who don’t follow the profile. Remember that you can now view all your Instagram Business Profile metrics directly in Locowise. We can now even show predicted reach and impressions for profiles you do not own. If you haven’t converted your Instagram profile into a business profile yet, here’s why you should and how you can do it. Lots of updates to the Instagram stories Instagram has introduced a feature many social media managers have asked for. You can now add pictures and videos from your camera roll to your Instagram stories. You no longer have to use content created at the moment, but can post pre-edited content and content that’s older than 24 hours too. You can now also post stories from the mobile web. All this makes it a little bit easier to work on the platform and still reap the rewards of Stories. Now you can also keep your stories around for more than 24 hours by grouping them into Stories Highlights and featuring them on your profile. This is prominently presented on your Instagram profile and can serve as an archive of your best and most popular content. It’s also a great introduction to new visitors and can get them hooked on your content faster. Last but not least stories do not disappear anymore but get automatically saved in the Stories Archive. This feature can be turned off in the settings but will be very useful for all businesses. All the stories content can be kept after the 24 hours and can be viewed, added to the Stories highlights and even be reposted again at a later date. The ability to follow hashtags rather than people One test that’s being experimented with right now is the ability for users to follow hashtags rather than people only. By following a particular hashtag, you will get access to the top posts and recent stories relevant to the hashtag directly in your feed. This might be a really useful way of following events or other topics that you are interested in. And it brings even more value to hashtags. Businesses should choose them well and use them to further distribute their content. Ok this is new. What does this do @SimonSocialMM @BizPaul @NatalieTFG any ideas? I've followed 2 but can't find what that means!! pic.twitter.com/LlCBk4Wmfv — Pippa Akram (@Social_Pip) November 9, 2017 The native Regram button is being tested TNW has collected a list of several other new features that Instagram is working on right now. These may never be released to all users globally but are being experimented with and if found successful would see a wider rollout. The biggest of these is the native regram button. This has been on the wish list of social media managers for a very long time. It would make it so much easier for followers to reshare the best content to their friends and it may bring a boost to the organic reach of brands that post amazing content. The organic reach and follower growth have been decreasing over the last few months and this may just be a way to regain some of that without the use of paid advertising. 17 Facebook Video Facts And… Livestreaming 101: The Starter’s… How To Leverage The Mobile First… Facebook Engagement Drops By 42%… How To Optimize Your Landing… How To Know Which Facebook Posts…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396601
__label__wiki	0.548058	0.548058	Let it Be Us Staff Let It Be Us Mission Donors & Grantors Heart Gallery of Illinois Targeted Recruitment Program Wednesdays Children of Illinois Let It Be Us Initiatives About Foster Care Foster Care Stats What is Foster Care? Truth About Foster Care Adoption Waiting Children in Illinois Let it Be Us News & Blog Subscribe to “Wednesday’s Children of Illinois” – Children In Need of Homes Through Foster Care and Adoption Adoption , Adoptive Parent Education , Adoptive Parent Recruitment , Foster and Adoption Licensing , Foster Care , Foster Parent Recruitment “Wednesday’s Children of Illinois” is a Let It Be Us publication seeking families through foster care and adoption that reaches thousands of foster and adoptive parents in Illinois. Our publication features children in emergent need, those who are challenging to place, all ages and stages, and children of all ethnicities. Why would a child be in emergent need? “I just picked this child up from the emergency room,” says a Child Protective Services Investigator, “and he doesn’t have any family who can care for him. He is tired, he is hungry, and he is very afraid.” Why would a child be challenging place? “We have three children ages 8, 5, and 2 who have been a great support to each other and we need a home large enough to parent all 3 so that they can stay together,” says an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Caseworker. Subscribe to “Wednesday’s Children of Illinois” Here Let It Be Us recruits foster and adoptive parents for children in emergent need and those who are challenging to place. Through Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment Events and through our forward-facing public website potential parents sign up to work with a Let It Be Us Coach, they obtain a foster care license with one of our partner licensing agencies, and they are then matched with children in need. For those families who remain open to placements, they enter our registry of waiting parents. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) investigators and caseworkers are given access through our expert recruiters who utilize our proprietary registry of over 500 licensed and open homes for those children in emergent need and those who are challenging to place. Our recruitment efforts span from families who are initially interested in fostering and adopting, through licensure, and then through placement. Through the entire process we are tracking the parents skills and strengths, the locations of the homes, and other important attributes such as whether the family has a therapy dog or older siblings who want to help out. “We provide services that fill a gap and keep children off of caseworkers’ floors at night and keeps children out of shelters,” says Susan McConnell, Founder and Executive Director of Let It Be Us. “All Illinois parents with a foster care license are welcome to join our registry,” says McConnell. Let It Be Us works throughout the State of Illinois and focuses primarily in Chicago and the Northern Region of Illinois. Other ways to become involved: Work with a Let It Be Us Coach to learn about foster care and adoption and how to obtain a license. Attend a Let It Be Us recruitment event. Attend a Let It Be Us fundraiser. Arrange a “Lunch and Learn” at your organization or place of employment. Enter your email address to subscribe to our "Adoptive Parent & Foster Care Parent Alert Blog" and receive notifications of new posts by email. Sign-up to Our Email List. Wednesday's Children of Illinois - Awaiting Foster and Adoptive Parents Wednesday's Children of Illinois - Awaiting Parents Through Foster Care and Adoption Barrington, IL 60010 847-764-LIBU Let it Be Us is a 501(c)3 non profit organization under the US Internal Revenue Service Code and your donation is 100% deductible. ©2015 Let it Be Us. Designed by	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396605
__label__wiki	0.735475	0.735475	Emerging Artist, Engineer and Producer ron [k] Chosen as Winner of HARMAN’s Lexicon Endorsee Quest 2013 Recent Lexicon News HARMAN Professional Solutions Realigns Pro Audio Distribution in Indonesia HARMAN Appoints Ertekin Elektronik as a New Distributor to Support Customer Demand in Turkey Production Expert Spotlights Lexicon PCM Native Reverbs HARMAN Professional Solutions Delivers Stellar Sound and Versatility at the Alaminos Convention Center HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens New Experience Center, EMEA Headquarters in London HARMAN Professional Solutions Brings Performances to Life at the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Recently crashing onto the music scene, emerging artist, engineer, and producer Ron Kelly, better known under his pseudonym ron [k], has finally garnered the exposure he’s needed to launch his career. Today, Kelly was recognized for his achievements as one of two winners of HARMAN’s Lexicon ‘Endorsee Quest 2013.’ The contest was designed to recognize individuals who have experienced success working with Lexicon. As a winner, Kelly will receive $1,000 in credit towards the purchase of additional Lexicon gear and will be featured on the Lexiconpro.com homepage. Gravitating towards the world of engineering at an early age, in 2000 Kelly was first able to upgrade his home studio to the professional level with Lexicon’s Lexiverb reverb plug-in for ProTools and the PCM 81. Kelly proudly still loves and uses his PCM81 for intricate/otherworldly effects he crafts for his music. By 2005, his career had led him to enter the post-production world as a re-recording mixer and sound designer where he became well versed with the Lexicon 480L unit, using it on everything from film and television to theatrical trailers and video games. , Kelly’s recent single ‘Stripped’ will be featured in an upcoming film directed by Joel Soisson entitled ‘Cam2Cam.’ “I’ve done shoot outs with other similar high end pro audio reverb/multi-effects processors and not one of them touches the sonic quality that Lexicon produces or the unparalleled technology that is implemented in the design of all their products,” commented Kelly. “Lexicon pioneered digital reverb. They wrote the book on it, they know what they’re doing and they do it better than anyone else!” “We wanted to show our support for artists like ron [k], so we decided to let our Facebook fans make their best pitch on why they should get an endorsement. We looked at a lot of fantastic submissions, but Ron’s passion really shined through. We are excited to give him a chance to show everyone what he can and does do!” stated Noel Larson Market Manager, Portable PA, Tour and Recording, HARMAN Signal Processing. For his prize, Kelly has chosen the PCM Total Bundle reverb/effect plug-in. “Whether it's the PCM Total Bundle of plug-ins or Hardware, it will be put to immediate and excellent use for both studio and live effects processing,” explained Kelly. The quality and features are everything when it comes to the gear Kelly selects. For an up and coming artist like Kelly, price is also an important factor in every purchase. “This is another place Lexicon excels. In my opinion all of their products are well worth more than the price tag they sell for,” said Kelly “Whether you're on a smaller budget or you're at a level of blank check spending privileges, Lexicon’s product line is going to deliver the best bang for your buck, hands down.” Jason Kunz HARMAN Signal Processing Jason.kunz@harman.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396607
__label__cc	0.585307	0.414693	... +34 912 160 100 LINK Multi-channel LINK Coupon LINK Collect LINK Conversations Fax P2P LINK Mobile Invoice Digital Certification Certified SMS Certified eMail Certified Documentation From Safe Harbour to Privacy Shield: what is happening to our data? Home / From Safe Harbour to Privacy Shield: what is happening to our data? in: Actually Tags: database, legal From the very beginning at LINK Mobility we have always ensured that all our servers and data centres are based in Spain, under Spanish law, so that we can more effectively protect every single one of our clients’ communications. In spite of the fact that we are immersed in a world that is ever more globalized, our attitude and focus on the security of data in Spanish territory provides a genuine guarantee. To understand this you need look no further than the complicated situation that has arisen with regard to the protection protocols for transatlantic data flows. The cross border data transfer sector experienced a profound shake up when, in October 2015, the Safe Harbour agreement was declared invalid because it did not guarantee an adequate level of protection to the personal data transferred from the European Union to North American companies. The situation was serious, affecting more than 4000 businesses: from SMEs to giants such as Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, MailChimp, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, with enormous levels of data management. Since then, the USA and the European Commission have been in negotiations to come up with a new protocol setting forth stricter obligations and stronger oversight of American companies to ensure the security of the European citizens’ personal data. This protocol is known as Privacy Shield, a renewed framework which includes safeguards that are equivalent to the European Union’s data protection rules. Both parties already reached a political agreement last February, the key points of which are as follows: More and stricter obligations for companies, which may involve penalties or exclusion from the agreement if they are not fulfilled. Control and transparency in access to information by the US government. This means that US intelligence services cannot gain indiscriminate access to personal data. Access will only be gained if it is essential, subject to certain limitations and all kinds of safeguards. Protection of the EU citizens’ rights through several possibilities of redress. EU citizens may file their complaints to the companies themselves, which have to resolve them within 45 days. They can also approach national data protection authorities who will work jointly with the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and resolve them. Furthermore, there will be an Ombudsperson, who will hold responsibility for handling and processing complaints. Annual joint review: Privacy Shield will be a live mechanism that will be periodically reviewed by both parties. The European Commission and the United States Department of Commerce will review the mechanism on an annual basis to monitor the agreement’s development and scope to ensure that it works as foreseen. However, after including additional clarifications on mass data gathering, strengthening the Ombudsperson mechanism and setting forth certain more explicit obligations for companies regarding limitations on keeping and subsequently transmitting data when the protocol comes into force, it has not been reviewed to date. Thus, Privacy Shield will enter into effect in the EU as from July 2016 and in the USA as from August 2016. Once it is definitively approved, we will have to see where this new framework is lacking. Though it is an improvement on Safe Harbour, its predecessor, it has not fully managed to convince experts in security. 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__label__cc	0.656152	0.343848	Challenge of sharia business plan 2012 jeep An analysis of the setting in the fall of the house of usher a short story by edgar allan poe Banquet halls business plans Home parent help homework A summary of across five aprils a novel by irene hunt A summary of across five aprils a novel by irene hunt Civil War America Aflame: McPherson middle school Lincoln: Solving the Mysteries of the H. Ellen Creighton and her nine year-old youngest son Jethro are out in the fields planting potatoes. For this reason, Ellen favors Jethro and overlooks faults in him for which her other children would be punished. Everyone knows that the real reason he is going is to find out news about the war that is expected to break out between the North the Union and the South the Confederacy. Ellen dreads the possibility of war, but Jethro has been influenced by the excitement of his brother Tom and cousin Eb, who lives with them. Jethro then tells her about Copernicus, the astronomer who formulated the now accepted model of the universe that has the earth revolving around the sun. As he works, Jethro reflects on a terrible episode inwhen his sister Mary was killed by a drunken youth called Travis Burdow while returning home from a dance. Matt intervened and talked them out of taking revenge. He shares his thoughts about the President with his mother, who says that he faces a choice between two routes, either of which seems undesirable. The family gathers in the farmhouse and eats lunch together. Ellen and Jethro are back out in the field when they hear a wagon approach. The Creightons offer him a bed for the night, and he accepts. Wilse thinks it may, and adds that the river states which adjoin the Mississippi river, an important trading route will find it difficult if Missouri and Kentucky join the Confederacy. Wilse thinks that southern Illinois, where the Creightons are based, is closer to the South than the North. Matt says that his family are from Kentucky, but he feels that the Union must not be weakened by secession. One of the men asks Jethro about Bill and gets angry at the prospect of Bill's betrayal. Jethro stands by Bill, and, later, the editor of the town paper, Ross Milton, takes Jethro to lunch to apologize. Milton and Jethro begin a friendship that lasts throughout the book. Key Facts. full title · Across Five Aprils. author · Irene Hunt. type of work · Novel. genre · Young adult, fiction, historical fiction. language · English. time and place written · ; while teaching at a grammar school in Cicero, Illinois. Across Five Aprils Questions and Answers. The Question and Answer section for Across Five Aprils is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Wilse says it is only the North that has grown rich, and it does not care if the South starves. Ellen says that slavery is becoming increasingly acceptable, and a stand has to be made against it. Wilse argues that the South should be able to do as it likes. He thinks the South could fight a war for years if need be. Wilse challenges the Creightons: John replies that plenty of whites do not enjoy comfortable lives in the northern cities, yet they are still better off than slaves. Bill feels that the arguments over slavery have been exploited in order to drown out the issue of greed and close-to-slave labor in the rapidly industrializing North. Jethro realizes that his excitement at the prospect of war was premature. Ellen asks for the arguing to stop and Wilse apologizes. Shadrach arrives back from Newton. Jenny asks Shadrach if the war has started. Shadrach replies that as Congress is not in session, it cannot declare war, but President Lincoln has asked for seventy-five thousand volunteers to sign up to the army, so in reality, the war has begun. Chapter 3 By the summer, the Union has suffered another defeat at the battle of Bull Run. People no longer talk with bravado about a rapid victory for the North. Rallies are held to whip up patriotic feeling and to encourage men to enlist. John and Shadrach plan to sign up and leave for the war by mid-winter. Tom and Eb leave for the war in late summer.Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store. Across Five Aprils is a Newbury Honor-winning novel by Irene Hunt that was first published in Across Five Aprils study guide contains a biography of Irene Hunt, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About Across Five Aprils Across Five Aprils Summary. Download-Theses One of the men asks Jethro about Bill and gets angry at the prospect of Bill's betrayal. Jethro stands by Bill, and, later, the editor of the town paper, Ross Milton, takes Jethro to lunch to apologize. Milton and Jethro begin a friendship that lasts throughout the book. 'Across Five Aprils' is a coming of age novel written by Irene Hunt that takes place during the Civil War years. This lesson will provide an overview of the book as well as a timeline of events. The war strips away Jethro's identity. Tangibly, it takes away his brothers, his teachers, and his ability to enjoy the freedom of boyhood. Jethro must deal with this set of alien circumstances while at the same time growing up. 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__label__wiki	0.983458	0.983458	articles Incoming Eddie Murphy will star in a Beverly Hills Cop sequel for Netflix The popular police comedy is the latest ’80s movie to be strip-mined for its nostalgia value. Eddie Murphy has been out of the game for a minute, though his recent turn in Dolemite Is My Name heralds a possible comeback. All the same, Gen-Z movie watchers may be surprised to learn that at one time, Eddie Murphy was the biggest comedic talent on the face of the planet. But just one viewing of Beverly Hills Cop clarifies all. The film that shot Murphy to global superstardom and crystallized his clever, fast-talking charm for a generation spawned a pair of sequels, the most recent being released in 1994. But a new exclusive from Deadline reveals that after twenty-five years, Murphy will reprise his role of Axel Foley once again. But this time, he’ll do so at Netflix. Deadline announced that the fourth installment in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise will find a streaming home at the Big Red N, the studio also behind Murphy’s recent tour-de-force as Rudy Ray Moore, and that series producer Jerry Bruckheimer will also be on board. Plot details have yet to leak, but the mere existence of the project says plenty about the industry at large. Murphy’s already got a resuscitation of another classic vehicle in the works, with Paramount hard at work on a reboot of Coming to America, all of which fits into a wider trend of strip-mining nostalgia for the ’80s until it’s all been used up. That said, Murphy proved that he’s still got the magic with his latest performance, so he could very well elevate what certainly sounds like an IP-motivated cash-in. That’s the Murphy charm – he shows up, does the job, and makes everything around him that much better. Tags: Eddie Murphy Netflix Eddie Murphy struts his stuff in the Dolemite Is My Name trailer By Charles Bramesco He plays Rudy Ray Moore in this salute to the blaxploitation legend. articles Incoming Trailers Do Netflix’s varied playback speeds pose a threat to filmmakers? Brad Bird and Judd Apatow have spoken out against the streaming giant’s latest experiment. Has the Netflix vs Disney streaming war already been won? By Jack Kavanagh Disney’s plans for a Star Wars TV series could prove the Death Star to Netflix’s Alderaan.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396629
__label__wiki	0.517352	0.517352	Healing Music Kunio Tokiwa, a spontaneous and gifted pianist, has always been motivated by his desire to please his uncle, a piano tuner. When his uncle dies, Kunio is lost. The night he's about to give up the piano entirely, Kunio is stunned by the sound of a piano tuned and played by the beautiful Yui Hasegawa. Reminded of his beloved uncle, Kunio devotes himself to gaining both Yui's exclusive service and his approval. Healing Music: Preview Flower Shadow's Memory Soft-spoken butler Laurent loves plants above all else. But Laurent himself is the object of another's affection. Holding Hands Together Chiharu and his twin brother, Mahiru, are childhood friends with Akira. As kids, the three of them were inseparable. Akira, frail and cute, was always bullied by others. Chiharu, in turn, considered it his sworn duty to protect Akira. But now, the three of them are in high school, and Akira has grown into a tall, handsome young man. To top it off, he's dating Mahiru! Things can't remain as they on If The Wish Is Fulfilled If you could have anything, what would you wish for? If the Wish is Fulfilled explores different answers to this question in six separate one-shots. The Color of the Clear Blue Sky Sakae Sugiura working hard to become a teacher, gets an assistant teacher position at an elementary school. There he meets his old elementary school homeroom teacher, Ryuji Fukada. Fukada-Sensei was someone Sakae looked up to, someone who supported him. Now, Sakae is shocked by how different Fukada is and feels lost. But since he's no longer a student, will his feelings towards Fukada change...?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396630
__label__wiki	0.921263	0.921263	Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 12: Jumping To Conclusions Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 12: Jumping To Conclusions Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005) #45-48. The all-new, all-ages, all-action fun continues! It's wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring the nefarious DOCTOR OCTOPUS, The PROWLER and ELECTRO! 9+ Only Todd DeZago Roberto Castro Zach Howard Jonboy Meyers Children's Superhero Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005-2010) Marvel Adventures presents a new series of amazing stories of everyone's favorite web-slinger and new untold stories featuring the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. And we're kicking it off with a new version of the greatest tale ever told - The Birth of Spider-Man! Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2010) #1-4. To the public, he's a mystery. To the media, he's a menace. To the Torino crime family, he's a possible million dollar payday. To Gwen Stacy, he's the subject of her latest school paper, and a way to become a reporter for the Daily Bugle. He's Peter Parker, the amazing Spider-Man! Featuring SHANG-CHI, WOLVERINE & BULLSEYE! Marvel Adventures The Avengers (2006-2009) When global threats surface, they have to contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! Still, powers higher-up think their new computerized defenses will be even MORE reliable than our heroes. (Just wish they hadn't named the system ULTRON...!) Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes (2008-2010) Collects Marvel Adventures Super Heroes (2010) #7 and #11 and Marvel Adventures The Avengers (2006) #5 and #15. It's all-ages action in the Mighty Marvel Manner as the God of Thunder drops the hammer in four titanic tales! See how Thor came to our world, and what awesome adversities shaped him into a champion of man! Thunder gods! Lying gods! Father gods! Giant nasty monster dudes bigger than s Marvel Adventures Iron Man/Spider-Man Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #57, Marvel Adventures Iron Man #1, Iron Man #234 And Marvel Team-Up #9. The all-ages, all-action fun continues with four stories starring two of Marvel's most famous heroes! First, it's up to Spider-Man to save the day when a werewolf terrorizes Midtown High. And if that's not bad enough, Tombstone and the Torino crime family have put a price on his head!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396631
__label__cc	0.739366	0.260634	Macronutrient Ratio Studies ExRx.net > Weight Management > Tidbits Can Low-fat Foods Contribute to Obesity? A Cornell University study showed people ate an average of 28% more total calories when they ate low-fat snacks as compared to regular ones. Wansink, Brian and Pierre Chandon (2006), Can "Low-Fat" Nutrition Labels Lead to Obesity?, Journal of Marketing Research, 43:4, 605-17. Moderately High Protein Diet Findings > weight loss > loss of body fat > sparing of muscle protein > stability of blood sugar < triglycerides Layman DK et al. (2003). A reduced ratio of dietary carbohydrate to protein improves body composition and blood lipid profiles during weight loss in adult women. J Nutr.;133:411-417. Low Carb Diets -vs- Other Diets Very Low Carbohydrate diet have been shown to be more effective for short-term weight loss (less than 6 months to 1 year) than calorie restrictive diet and/or low fat diets. Improvements in blood pressure, lipids, fasting glucose, and insulin were also observed. Brehm BJ, Seeley RJ, Daniels SR, D'Alessio DA (2003). A randomized trial comparing a very low carbohydrate diet and a calorie-restricted low fat diet on body weight and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 88(4):1617-23. Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO, McGuckin BG, Brill C, Mohammed BS, Szapary PO, Rader DJ, Edman JS, Klein S (2003). A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity. N Engl J Med. May 22;348(21):2082-90. Samaha FF, Iqbal N, Seshadri P, Chicano KL, Daily DA, McGrory J, Williams T, Williams M, Gracely EJ, Stern L (2003). A low-carbohydrate as compared with a low-fat diet in severe obesity. N Engl J Med. 348(21):2074-81. Low Carb Diet Meta Studies Meta studies performed in 2003 could not find sufficient evidence to make recommendations for or against the use of low-carbohydrate diets (Bravata 2003). Meta analysis in 2006 found favorable data to support the efficacy of Low Carbohydrate diets (Krieger 2006). Krieger et al. (2006) also noted protein intakes of >1.05 g/kg were associated with 0.6 kg additional fat-free mass retention. Bravata DM, Sanders L, Huang J, Krumholz HM, Olkin I, Gardner CD, Bravata DM (2003). Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review. JAMA. 9;289(14):1837-50. Krieger JW, Sitren HS, Daniels MJ, Langkamp-Henken B (2006). Effects of variation in protein and carbohydrate intake on body mass and composition during energy restriction: a meta-regression 1. Am J Clin Nutr. 83(2):260-74. Low Carb Combined with High Protein or High Fat A hypo-caloric (1433 kcal) low carbohydrate (36% carbs) diet with either high protein (34% protein, 29% fat) or high monosaturated fat (18% protein, 45% fat) resulted in similar weight loss, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease risk factors. However, the high protein diet had less loss of the thermic effect of feeding. Neither diet had any detrimental effects on bone turnover or renal function. Luscombe-Marsh ND, Noakes M, Wittert GA, Keogh JB, Foster P, Clifton PM (2005). Carbohydrate-restricted diets high in either monounsaturated fat or protein are equally effective at promoting fat loss and improving blood lipids. Am J Clin Nutr. 81(4):762-72. Low Carb versus Very Low Carb Johnston et al 2006 found that a ketogenic low-carbohydrate diet (beginning with ~5% carbohydrate, 60% fat) and nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diet (40% carbohydrate, 30% fat) were equally effective in reducing body weight and insulin resistance. However, ketogenic group experienced several adverse metabolic and emotional effects such as higher inflammatory risk (arachidonic acid:eicosapentaenoic acid ratios in plasma phospholipids) and lower perceptions vigor. Johnston CS, Tjonn SL, Swan PD, White A, Hutchins H, & Sears B (2006). Ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets have no metabolic advantage over nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diets. American Society for Clinical Nutrition: 83, 5: 1055-1061. The A TO Z Weight Loss Study Premenopausal overweight and obese women (mean: age 41, 85 kg) who were randomly assigned to the Atkins diet lost significantly more weight (-4.7 kg) and had more favorable overall metabolic effects at 12 months than any other treatment group including Zone (1.6 kg), LEARN (2.6 kg), and Ornish (2.2 kg). Gardner CD, Kiazand A, Alhassan S, Kim S, Stafford RS, Balise RR, Kraemer HC, King AC (2007). Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial. JAMA. 297(9):969-77. Low Carb, Low Fat, or Mediterranean Diet Moderately obese subjects (86% male; Mean: age 52, BMI 31) were randomly assigned to one of three groups for 2 years. Adherence to a study diet was 95.4% at 1 year and 84.6% at 2 years Low Carb (-5.5 kg) 20g Carbs/day for 2 months 120 g per day for weight maintenance non-calorie restrictive, urged to use vegetarian sources of fat and protein Average weight loss was 4.7 kg Experienced most favorable effects on lipids Mediterranean diet (-4.6 kg) <35% Fat with olive oil and nuts Men 1800 kcal/day Women 1500 kcal/day Experienced most favorable glycemic control Low Fat (-3.3 kg) 30% Fat, 10% Saturated Fat Shai I, et al. (2008). Weight loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet. N Engl J Med. 359 (3): 229-41. Protein and Body Weight Regulation Protein is more satiating than carbohydrate and fat. Animal protein induces a higher thermogenesis than vegetable protein. High-protein diets affect body weight loss positively only under ad-libitum energy intake conditions, suggesting a resulting decrease energy intake. High protein diets improve body composition and metabolic profile. 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Category Archives: Our Organization Lost Dogs Illinois 2018 Income and Expenses This entry was posted in Our Organization and tagged income/expenses 2018 on January 25, 2019 by Lost Dogs Illinois. April 23rd is the Fifth Annual National Lost Dog Awareness Day On April 23, 2014, Lost Dogs of America created and launched the first National Lost Dog Awareness Day (NLDAD), a canine-focused day aimed to bring attention to all dogs that are lost each year, while also celebrating the thousands of lost dogs successfully reunited with their families. Lost Dogs Of America (which Lost Dogs Illinois is a partner) is an all-volunteer organization with the exclusive purpose of providing a free service to help reunite families with their lost dogs. The tenacious efforts of the combined states’ volunteers efforts, along with over 500,000 fans have helped reunite over 100,000 dogs with their families since 2011. Getting lost dogs back home reduces stress on owners’, staff at shelters/animal control facilities, other dogs in the facilities, and ultimately saves taxpayers’ money. It also opens up kennel space for truly homeless dogs. “When a dog goes missing, many families give up looking for their lost pet. National Lost Dog Awareness Day was created to give hope to the families still looking for their dogs and remind the public that “not all stray dogs are homeless dogs”. Click below to open and print press release LDOA Press Release 2018 This entry was posted in National Lost Dog Awareness Day, Our Organization and tagged National Lost Dog Awareness Day on April 12, 2018 by Susan. Lost Dogs Illinois 2017 Income & Expenses This entry was posted in Our Organization and tagged Income/Expenses 2017 on March 31, 2018 by Susan. Please Send Our Open Letter to Police Chiefs and Superintendents We would encourage you to email, mail, or drop off a copy at your local police district or headquarters. Thank you so much for your help! You, our fans, are the ones who help us to make small changes that benefit the animals and families. Don’t ever underestimate the power of one! Dear Police Chief: Thank you for helping reunite lost dogs with their families. As you well know, the status of dogs has progressed from the barnyard to the backyard to the home and now most dogs are considered a loved family member. Even though the status of dogs has been elevated to loved family members, they are considered property according to state law. Many times finders of lost pets are not doing their due diligence and keeping the pet as their own. That is theft of property as outlined in the state statute below. (720 ILCS 5/16-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-2) Theft of lost or mislaid property. It is a criminal offense and we are asking the police to help in these matters. Lost Dogs Illinois is encouraging owners to file a police report and bring their evidence of ownership to the police. Sometimes they are not taken serious at various police departments. We would like to see that change so this theft of personal property be considered as the serious offence that it is. Thank you for taking the time to read our letter. We hope that your department will take these situations seriously and help reunite dogs with their rightful owners. To find out who the Police Chief/Superintendent for your city or district, contact your city government website. This entry was posted in Our Organization and tagged dogs as property, Police department, stolen. on January 16, 2018 by Susan. 2017 Year End Celebration Together as a community, more than 5,100 dogs were reunited with their families this past year! This is truly a community effort with our fans, LDI volunteers, staff/volunteers at shelters, rescues & animal control facilities, police departments and veterinary clinics all working together to get lost dogs home to their rightful owners. The Lost Dogs Illinois Community Outreach program provided free microchips, ID tags and collars/harnesses/leashes to over 2,500 dogs. We also extended our outreach to Winnebago County, Lee County, McLean County and Whiteside County. We believe in the power of compassion for both humans and animals. Your financial support is vital for LDI to continue our community outreach program to keep four legged family members with their loved ones. Will you please consider making a gift now to help preserve the human/animal bond in 2018? Donate here: https://goo.gl/PGcNq5 Thank you and may your generosity and kindness return to you many times for a wonderful 2018. This entry was posted in Events, Our Organization, Reunions and tagged celebration, community outreach, Events, reunions on December 30, 2017 by Susan. Raise the Woof with Sarah Lauch interviewing Susan Taney, LDI’s Director “The hardest thing is the dogs that people do not know what happened to them. I know they are out there, but they just haven’t found them. ” The work that Lost Dogs Illinois Co-Founder and Director Susan Taneydoes is so important. There is no worse feeling than losing your dog. We go into great detail about her experiences and what you can do if you have lost or found an animal. Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/raisethewoof/susan.mp3 Stitcher:http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=128947&refid=stpr iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/podc…/raise-the-woof/id1197923184 Google Play:https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/…? Thank you Sarah Lauch for interviewing LDI’s Director, Susan Taney This entry was posted in Our Organization, Uncategorized and tagged Lost Dogs Illinois, Lost Dogs Of America on August 24, 2017 by Susan. City of Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) Return to Owner Rate for Dogs is Steadily Improving. For many years the CACC’s Return to Owner (RTO) rate for dogs was DISMAL. Six years ago we met with the then senior management staff to discuss what CACC could do to get more dogs home. It should be noted that 60% of the intake of CACC is stray dogs. That means many of these dogs are “owned”. These owned dogs need to go home; not have a new home or be euthanized. Lost Dogs Illinois believed that by implementing the ideas suggested below, CACC would increase their Return to Owner Rates, reduce euthanasia and relieve pressure on the rescues that are carrying the burden to save lives. Slowly CACC started implementing the following suggestions (which we have noted in red) and this year the RTO for dogs has been over 40% (June – 45% and July 42%). Just think how many more dogs could be reunited if they implemented more of our suggestions. Implement a Marketing Campaign to bring awareness to the public that your facility is where their lost pet has been taken. (Simply by having volunteers post flyers (other languages) in neighbor stores, etc.) Or place ads on Craigslist, newspapers, etc. Develop a Volunteer Pet Detective or Lost Pet Recovery Team to do some of the following tasks listed below. Use a dedicated email address for lost and found pets. Develop a lost pet report form on the website to enter information about lost and found pets. Use this to match against pets that are being held at other facilities or are posted on LDI, Craigslist or other internet sites. Tracing dead end microchip and ID tags (Lost Dogs Illinois has volunteers who trace dead end tags and will train other shelter employees/volunteers) HAVE OFFERED Door Greeter to help people with lost pets, post flyers on the board and give out lost pet information. Use Helping Lost Pets as a centralized database. IMPLEMENTED Volunteers can help individual lost dog families with lost dog recovery tips Make sure any adopted dog or claimed dog leaves with an ID tag on a new collar. (Apply for an ASPCA Grant to receive an ID engraving machine) Research shows putting the tag on the collar when the dog leaves a facility increases the likelihood of a reunion. Research shows that more than 80% of Good Samaritans who find dogs want to find their owners. If the tags are not being attached to the collar it is defeating the purpose. IMPLEMENTED Use AVMA Best Practices for Scanning for Microchips. WE HOPE Implement Field redemptions by having scanners and computers on the trucks. If the dog does not have to come into the shelter there is less stress on the dog, staff, volunteers, and other dogs in the facility. This reduces euthanasia and makes more room for truly homeless dogs. Negotiate or reduce fees so they are not punitive. IMPLEMENTED Install a big flat screen TV in lobby for people to view the “found animals” that are being held. Many people have phobias about entering the wards. INSTALLED KIOSK IN LOBBY Expand the hours of tours for stray wards. Expand website to include different languages or install translator. Provide tips on how to find lost pets on the website. Register microchip to the owner at implant. IMPLEMENTED Use found dog signs at the location where a dog is picked up by field officers STARTED BUT STOPPED Free or low cost microchip clinics along with ID tagging – HAVE BEEN DOING THIS This entry was posted in Animal Control/Stray holding facilities, Our Organization and tagged CACC, Lost Dogs Illinois, return to owner on August 10, 2017 by Susan. “Lost your pet? We can help!” A number of organizations and individuals are offering to help you find your lost pet these days, so what makes Lost Dogs Illinois different? For one thing, Lost Dogs Illinois is no fly-by-night organization. Susan Taney, who has more than 25 years of experience in shelter management, pet adoption counseling and animal rescue work, founded Lost Dogs Illinois in 2010. Taney saw there was a real need to help Illinois residents in the recovery of their lost dogs; many people don’t know where or how to start looking for their pets because of the haphazard network of agencies and procedures that exists for that purpose. People may also lack the money to pay for “pet detectives” or other professional services. As a result, Lost Dogs Illinois is designed to help pet owners find their pets by providing them with basic resources, instructions, suggestions and support – all for free. Lost Dogs Illinois is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization run entirely by dedicated volunteers whose only pay is the joy they experience when pets and owners are reunited. What else makes Lost Dogs Illinois different from other pet-finding organizations? Lost Dogs Illinois actively works at building relationships with local government-run and privately run animal welfare organizations to increase their Return-to-Owner (“RTO”) results. Lost Dogs Illinois is volunteer-driven. Responses on our Facebook page (@LostDogsIllinois) are not automatic or “bot”-driven. Our volunteers do all our postings manually and try to answer each question, comment and email on a timely basis. Jeanette, LDI volunteer, posting on LDI’s page In addition to email, Lost Dogs Illinois volunteers will reach out to owners and finders via text message and phone calls, when possible, to remain current on the status of each post. Volunteers can offer tips and advice when asked, as well as encouragement and emotional support. Lost Dogs Illinois creates online photo albums of lost-and-found pets for ongoing reference. In addition, helpful tips and blogs on how to get a lost dog home are available on both our Facebook page and our Website, www.lostdogsillinois.org. Lost Dogs Illinois promotes a non-judgmental approach to helping owners find their lost pets. We do not permit “owner-shaming” and other non-productive comments on our Facebook page that deter from our primary mission. Lost Dogs Illinois is a proactive, community-driven operation. We engage dog lovers and advocates across the state to help reunite lost dogs with their rightful owners. Lost Dogs Illinois is also a founding member of Lost Dogs of America, a network of 27 state-based organizations that offers like services. Lost Dogs Illinois gives back to the community by providing free engraved ID tags, collars/leashes and microchips to pet owners in conjunction with area pet wellness and health care clinics. Lost Dogs Illinois is in the forefront of working to change the accepted community mindset of “stray dog, no home” to “not all stray dogs are homeless.” Lost Dogs Illinois works hand-in-hand with Helping Lost Pets (“HeLP”) to establish one centralized national database of lost pets for pet owners and finders to reference in their searches. Lastly, Lost Dogs Illinois has two of the best-looking mascots around in “Chip” and “Scanner.” They routinely make road trips to pet health clinics and appear on Facebook to remind pet owners to microchip their pets and remind police departments, veterinary clinics and shelter staff to scan pets routinely for microchips, all to help the animals get back home. Lydia Rypcinski This entry was posted in Our Organization and tagged Helping Lost Pets, Lost Dogs Illinois, Lost Dogs Of America on August 7, 2017 by Susan. April 23 is the Fourth Annual National Lost Dog Awareness Day On April 23, the U.S. will celebrate its fourth annual National Lost Dog Awareness Day (NLDAD). This canine-centric awareness day was created by Lost Dogs of America to bring attention to the multitude of dogs that that go missing from their homes each and every day, while providing resources and hope to reunite them. The day and efforts to reunite lost pets with their owners is a tribute to the human-animal bond. In the world of animal advocacy, adoption efforts of “homeless” dogs in shelters and rescues is a major and public focus. National Lost Dog Awareness Day places a new focus on lost pets and the need for increased “Return to Owner” (RTO) results since many “strays” are actually lost pets. This is at the heart of LDOA’s slogan “Not All Stray Dogs Are Homeless”. When a pet goes missing, owners enter a frantic and difficult process to locate him/her. This is where Lost Dogs of America’s network of State specific volunteer efforts provide a free and valuable resource. Their years of expertise and dedicated volunteers provide a free support network for owners of lost pets. Increasingly, their efforts work in concert with a unique, free and integrated database of lost and found pets, HeLPingLostPets.com. This partnership provides a valuable complement to other lost and found pet sites and alerts offering unique exposure across State lines and searchable data vital for short AND long term missing pets. This year’s NLDAD hopes to engage shelters, groups, and even individuals in a variety of ways as outlined in their “toolkit” on the Awareness Day page (www.lostdogsofamerica.org/awareness-day) The tenacious efforts of the combined Lost Dogs of America states’ volunteers, along with over 459,282 fans, have helped reunite over 99,521 dogs with their families since 2011. Increased awareness of lost pets helps reduce stress on owners through hope and resources, and works towards reducing intake at shelters/animal control facilities which ultimately:  can save shelter costs and taxpayer money  minimize pets being placed at risk of euthanasia due to overpopulation or resources,  open up valuable space for truly homeless dogs “When a dog goes missing, many families give up looking for their lost pet. National Lost Dog Awareness Day was created to give hope to the families still looking for their dogs and remind the public that not all stray dogs are homeless” explains Taney. “One of our most recent success stories was finding a Chihuahua named Mista. He was missing for almost 7 days.. We never gave up, and neither did Mista’s family. Together, and with the help of our social media following, we successfully reunited him with his family. Testimonial from Mista’s family”: I was contacted by someone who saw my lost dog post on LDI and recognized my dog in an animal shelter website! I was able to reunite with my fur baby in a couple hours after being notified of his whereabouts. BACKGROUND: NLDAD was created by Susan Taney, Kathy Pobloskie, and Marilyn Knapp Litt – directors of Lost Dogs Illinois and Lost Dogs of Wisconsin, Lost Dogs of Texas respectively. The Lost Dog’s mission of all-volunteer organization created for the exclusive purpose of providing a free service to help reunite families with their lost dogs has steadily grown in scope and impact. The Lost Dogs of America website was created and is maintained by the two original founding members of the Lost Dogs network: Lost Dogs of Wisconsin and Lost Dogs Illinois. The site shares articles, ideas and resources developed over years of dedicated expertise.. Web: www.lostdogsofamerica.org \| lostdogsofamerica@gmail.com Social: www.facebook.com/lostdogsamerica \| www.twitter.com/lostdogsamerica This entry was posted in Events, National Lost Dog Awareness Day, Our Organization and tagged National Lost Dog Awareness Day, Not all stray dogs are homeless on April 22, 2017 by Susan. Update to the article – Welcome to the Cook County Animal Maze In 2015, The Chicago Reader published an article entitled “Welcome to the Cook County Animal Maze”. The text of the article is reprinted below. We wanted to update our fans on our progress since then. For the last two years, Lost Dogs Illinois has been using and promoting a centralized database called Helping Lost Pets (HeLP). LDI believes in the Power of One! If all of the entities used ONE centralized database it would make it much easier for lost pets to be reunited with their families. So far, only one stray holding facility in Cook County is using the HeLP system. That is the City of Chicago Animal Care and Control. The rest of the facilities do not use HeLP. The county remains a confusing patchwork of systems, with little to no cross-commuication between them. Some stray holding facilities, vet clinics and police departments post photos of impounded pets on Facebook or their websites. Some do not. We are frustrated and disappointed that more facilities do not utilize HeLP. It is FREE and has numerous features to enable owners, finders, employees and volunteers to make “matches” between missing and found pets. Together we could help more dogs get back home to their rightful owner. Welcome to the Cook County animal maze A patchwork animal-control system with no central database has made Chicago and its environs a place where lost dogs stay lost. Animal lovers and Commissioner John Fritchey want to change that. By Julia Thiel Last November, a yellow lab named Harley escaped from the yard of his home in Garfield Ridge, near Midway. As they searched for him, Harley’s owners checked both Chicago Animal Care and Control and the Cicero facility Waggin’ Tails Animal Shelter, with no luck finding him. But Harley had in fact been taken to Waggin’ Tails after his escape. From there he was transferred to the Animal Welfare League location in Chicago Ridge, which is where some volunteers with Trio Animal Foundation found him in early December. Chicago-based Trio pays medical bills for homeless pets, and the volunteers were looking for animals in need of help when they noticed a hematoma on one of Harley’s ears, both of which had become infected. Bridgid Nolan, Trio’s medical and rescue director, says that despite his condition, it was immediately obvious that Harley was no stray but a lost pet. “He was way too good not to have been someone’s dog,” she says. “He was well mannered, incredibly calm and affectionate.” The Trio volunteers took him to the organization’s vet, who treated Harley and was the first to inform Nolan that the dog was microchipped. Nolan got the information from the chip; the phone number was disconnected, but the address led them to Harley’s family, and soon after, Harley’s owners—a father and two young children—came to Trio’s facility to claim their pet. When Harley saw the family, Nolan says, “he jumped into the kid’s lap and started rolling around on his back. They were all on the ground in this joyous reunion pile.” Still, the owner (who declined to be interviewed for this story) was “pretty frustrated.” Nolan says Harley was held by Waggin’ Tails for 14 days before being transferred to AWL, during which time a letter was supposed to have been sent to the address associated with the microchip. But not only had Harley’s owner failed to receive a letter, he’d gone to the shelter and been told that his dog wasn’t there. Harley (and his owners) got lucky. But not all lost pets do, and Nolan says that Cook County’s lack of a centralized database to track recovered stray animals is a major part of the problem. “It’s a frustrating, dangerous situation,” she says. “Dogs get euthanized, cats get euthanized. They get transferred to rescue groups and then they’re adopted out. The whole system’s a bit of a mess here. I can barely navigate it sometimes, and I’ve been [working in the rescue community] for 11 years. For the general population, it’s super overwhelming. You have no idea what’s going on.” There’s no question Cook County has a decentralized, patchwork system. Chicago Animal Care and Control, in Little Village, takes in all the animals impounded within the city limits. But in the suburbs, each municipality is responsible for its own animal control, and with 135 municipalities in Cook County, there are a lot of places where a lost animal could end up. Most municipalities contract with shelters like AWL or private facilities like animal hospitals to care for impounded animals. (Cicero and Evanston, which have their own facilities, are the exceptions.) Cook County Animal and Rabies Control is responsible for unincorporated areas and the Forest Preserve District (which together total 234 square miles, just short of a quarter of Cook County’s 945 square miles of land), but doesn’t have a facility of its own either; all stray animals impounded by CCARC—on average about 500 a year—go to the AWL shelter in Chicago Ridge. From there, unclaimed animals may be taken in by other shelters, adopted by individuals, or euthanized. Yet there’s nothing to help owners find their missing animals amid this sprawl. Four years ago, Susan Taney started Lost Dogs Illinois to help people find their missing pets. She recalls an animal control director in central Illinois telling her, “Wow, you’re going to be surprised at Cook County. It’s a mess.” That warning turned out to be true. “It’s a maze to find your lost dog,” Taney says. She doesn’t believe that the current system is efficient or effective, and points out that the CCARC website doesn’t even list the stray holding facilities used in Cook County (her nonprofit’s site, lostdogsillinois.org, does, in addition to hosting its own database of dogs that have been lost or found by individuals). “Dogs have four legs, they can’t read signs. They can’t tell what municipality they need to stay in,” she says. “We’ve had dogs found in Wisconsin.” Last September, Dolton Animal Hospital, the facility the village of Dolton in Cook County contracts with to house its stray animals, was shut down after a police officer found four dead dogs, nine emaciated dogs, and a severely emaciated cat that later died. In the aftermath of the discovery, law student and animal rights advocate Sarah Hanneken started an online petition demanding that CCARC be held responsible for its handling of stray animals. In it, she questioned the department’s use of its $3.5 million budget, particularly the fact that the 24-person department has only six animal control wardens for all of Cook County. Hanneken sent the petition, which ultimately collected more than 3,000 signatures, to all of the Cook County commissioners, and at the county’s public budget meeting in downtown Chicago last October, she and Taney each outlined their concerns about CCARC. Cook County commissioner John Fritchey says that the issue was already on his radar—over the last couple years he’s received hundreds of complaints about CCARC. And he says that at the budget hearing Hanneken and Taney attended last fall, some of the answers given by Donna Alexander, CCARC’s director, “didn’t match up to some of the facts I had.” For example, he says, Alexander told him that someone is reachable 24 hours a day. But one evening during the 2014 polar vortex, Fritchey got a call about dogs being left outside in West Town and tried to contact CCARC. It took him several tries to reach anyone, and “when I did, I was told that nothing could be done until the next day, there was nobody they could put me in touch with and nothing they could do,” he says. “A number of questions [have been] raised about their budget, how they’re using their resources, salaries,” Fritchey says. And “I’ve had multiple instances where routine requests for information from my office to the department have been treated as Freedom of Information requests,” he adds. “That in itself raises red flags to me, and sets a very bad tone.” In January, Fritchey asked Patrick Blanchard, the Cook County inspector general, to conduct an operations review of CCARC, which is currently under way. (Because the investigation is ongoing, Blanchard was not able to comment.) “The Dolton case is one example of what’s wrong with the system,” Fritchey says. “It did not involve a facility that the county contracts with. But if we provided our services better, there’d be no need or opportunity for something like that to happen.” “Dogs can’t read signs. They can’t tell what municipality they need to stay in. We’ve had dogs found in Wisconsin.”—Susan Taney of Lost Dogs Illinois Fritchey thinks that, in addition to improving animal-control services, Cook County should operate its own shelter or shelters, centralizing the animals currently impounded by CCARC and municipal authorities. For examples of models to follow, he points to Los Angeles County, the only one in the U.S. with a greater population than Cook County’s (it has six shelters), as well as Arizona’s Maricopa County and Miami-Dade County, which are both larger than Cook County in square miles. “There’s no question it’s feasible,” he says. Asked about CCARC’s responsibilities and goals, department spokesman Frank Shuftan (who said he’d collaborated with Alexander, CCARC’s director, on the e-mailed answers) emphasized rabies control: “The department’s main goal is to protect the public health from rabies and other diseases transmitted from animals to people through vaccination, registration and education.” (This is essentially identical to the mission stated on its website.) The e-mail addressed the spaying and neutering of pets, but discussed stray animal control only in relation to the training in animal control techniques that CCARC provides for Cook County municipalities. That’s because in the department’s view the present system making each municipality responsible for its own animal control is the most efficient one. “Strays are most easily apprehended by local animal control or properly trained law enforcement who are familiar with the terrain and who can be deployed rapidly due to proximity,” wrote Shuftan. Moreover, CCARC maintains, placing lost animals in shelters close to their homes increases reunification rates with owners: “Best practice holds that a centrally located facility does not increase owner and animal reunification as well as locally based housing.” As for a central, searchable database, CCARC’s reply again focused on rabies: the department’s discussed creating a password-protected one to allow law enforcement officials to access rabies tag records, but it’s a “technical and capital issue” that hasn’t come to fruition, Shuftan said. He didn’t address the question of creating a database of animals impounded by CCARC that, like Lost Dogs Illinois’s, is publicly accessible. Fritchey, who owns a rescue dog himself, doesn’t think the “technical and capital issues” CCARC refers to are necessarily insuperable. He points out that Cook County has quite a few buildings that are currently standing empty; it might be possible to retrofit one as a shelter. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re able to do that for less money than we’re spending now, with better results,” he says. “If Cook County wants to say, hey, we are doing what we are supposed to do under the law, OK—that’s fine,” he adds. “But just following the law doesn’t meant that you’re doing things right. Can’t we do this better, even if we need to make legislative changes to do it?” Fritchey realizes that, especially in the midst of city and state budget crises, he may be criticized for focusing on animal control, but shrugs that off too. “When you look at animal welfare issues, it’s not just about the animals, it’s about the owners and families they came from,” he says. “People care about this issue. It’s not a frivolous issue. “There’s few people I like better than my dog,” he adds, “so this is an easy one for me.” Reprinted from The Chicago Reader This entry was posted in Animal Control/Stray holding facilities, Our Organization, Uncategorized and tagged animal control, animal shelters, CACC, City of Chicago Animal Care and Control, Commissioner John Fritchey, Cook County Animal and Rabies Control, Cook County Commissioners, Helping Lost Pets, lost dogs, Stray holding facilties on April 5, 2017 by Susan. 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__label__wiki	0.688484	0.688484	Prince William Opens Up About His Struggles With Parenthood, Calls George a "Little Rascal" Prince William's Quotes About Fatherhood 20 November, 2016 by Monica Sisavat Prince William may be royal, but when it comes to his kids, he's just like any other dad. During his two-day tour of Vietnam earlier this week, the prince made a stop by Talk Vietnam, where he opened up about his family life and what it's like raising Prince George and Princess Charlotte with Kate Middleton. "There's wonderful highs and wonderful lows. It's been quite a change for me personally. I'm very lucky in the support I have from Catherine, she's an amazing mother and a fantastic wife," he said. "But I've struggled at times. The alteration from being a single, independent man to going into marriage and then having children is life-changing. I adore my children very much, and I've learned a lot about myself and about family just from having my own children. It's amazing how much you pick up just in those moments." The royal also revealed that he's still getting used to "having a girl" in the family since he never had a sister growing up, adding, "Having a daughter is a very different dynamic. So I'm learning." As for little George, Prince William admits, "[He's] a right little rascal sometimes. He keeps me on my toes, but he's a sweet boy." Now that William is a husband and a father of two, he insists that his outlook on life has changed, saying, "I worry about the future more. When you have something or someone in your life to give the future to, I think it focuses the mind more about what you're giving them. I would like [my kids] to grow up with more simple aspirations. I think there's a lot of huge aspirations and people living with an enormous amount of stuff that they don't necessarily need. I would like George and Charlotte to grow up being a little bit more simple in their approach and their outlook, and just looking after those around them and treating others as they would like to be treated themselves." Well said, William. Well said. The Simple Reason Prince William Doesn't Wear a Wedding Ring Image Source: Getty / Karwai Tang Celebrity QuotesCelebrity BabiesPrincess CharlottePrince GeorgePrince WilliamCelebrity FamiliesThe Royals Ava DuVernay's Critics' Choice Speech About Prison Reform Deserves Its Own Billboard by Monica Sisavat 1 week ago Oh, Baby, Baby! These Are All the Celebrities Who Are Currently Expecting by Kelsie Gibson 1 week ago Brad Pitt Praises Leo DiCaprio Before Subtly Shading Him About That Titanic Door Again by Monica Sisavat 2 weeks ago Reese Witherspoon Scalds a Former Movie Exec Who Once Told Her Meryl Streep Was "Over" by Lindsay Miller 15/12/19 Camila Cabello Reveals Her Favorite Trait About Shawn Mendes: "He's Just a Very Pure Person" Billie Eilish Says Brother Finneas Is the "Reason I'm Alive" in Hitmaker of the Year Speech Jacob Elordi Breaks His Silence on Those Zendaya Dating Rumors Lizzo Really Showed Up to the AMAs Looking Like Wealth and Success Alexis Ren Opens Up About Her Relationship With Noah Centineo: "He Has a Heart of Gold" The Kissing Booth 2 Joey King Says Working With Ex Jacob Elordi on The Kissing Booth 2 Was a "Sacrifice"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396658
__label__cc	0.722998	0.277002	Mediacrank’s Weblog A conservative view on the world GLAAD Names Fox Most Inclusive LGTB -Inclusive Broadcast TV Network Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Fox, Gay lobby, GLAAD, LGBT \| The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has named Fox the most LGBT -inclusive broadcast network in its 16th annual “Where We Are on TV” report, which charts the number of LGBT characters in scripted, primetime programming across broadcast and cable networks. Fox dethroned longtime leader ABC with 6.8% of it’s series regulars being portrayed as lesbian, gay,bi-sexual or transgender. Fox leads the other broadcast networks with 8 LGBT characters out of 117 total series regular characters; the highest number of LGBT characters of any broadcast network for the 2010-2011 season. ABC is not in the lead for the first time in six years, and has significantly dropped in its percentage of regular LGBT characters, from 7.2% in 2010 to 3.4% for the upcoming season. NBC is in decline for the third year in a row, and will feature three (1.9%) regular LGBT characters out of 154 The CW has also taken a step back, and will feature only one LGBT series regular characters out of 67 (1.5%). CBS remains in last place for the fourth year in a row. Out of 134 series regular characters, only one will be LGBT (0.7%), but the network will include several LGBT recurring characters. Not surprisingly HBO led the cable networks in being LGBT friendly. For the second year in a row, HBO features the greatest number of LGBT characters on cable with 11; seven of which are series regulars. Also making a significant contribution to the count are Showtime with ten characters, ABC Family, FX and TeenNick with four characters each, and TNT and BBC America with three. For the second year in a row, HBO’s True Blood is one of the most LGBT inclusive programs on television with six characters and is tied this year with the Showtime series Shameless. Fox’s rise might shock some who align the network with it’s conservative cable news sister Fox News, but for those that have been watching Fox’s primetime programming over the years have noticed the gradual creep of LGBT characters and references over the years in an effort to deflect criticism from the powerful gay lobby. LGBT infused shows and characters are here to stay and if you are uncomfortable with this trend then turn off the television and read a book or spend some time with your family. It’s better for you anyway. Maxine Waters: “I Don’t Complain, I Work” Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Barack Obama, black unemployment, Maxine Waters, Wolf Blitzer \| Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) denied that she has complained about Barack Obama and she has actually been working for him. Waters appeared on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and was asked about her complaining at town halls in August to which she shook her head and Told Blitzer that “i don’t complain, I work.” Blitzer kept pressing Waters and she admitted that she didn’t know who Obama was talking t on Saturday night at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner when he told the audience to stop complaining, grumbling and whining and get in line behind him. Waters did admit that Obama hasn’t focused on black unemployment and predicted that it will rise from the current 16.7% to 20% but that she will continue to support the American jobs act and the president. Obama’s remarks have come under some scrutiny because he severely scolded the black community and with the exception of Waters no one complained that he was treating the CBC like a bunch of children that should just listen to their parents and not question authority. As for Waters’ denying that she didn’t complain about Obama she must have forgotten that she accused the president of paying more attention to electoral votes in Iowa than the plight of unemployed blacks in August. I guess that was then and this is now. Obama is Now the “Hopey Changey” Guy Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Barack Obama, hopey changey, Sarah Palin \| Speaking at a New York fundraiser President Obama channeled Sarah Palin when he used her ‘hopeychangey” phrase. All that hopey changey stuff, as they say? That was real. It wasn’t something …it was real, you could feel it. You know it. It’s still there. Even in the midst of this hardship. But it’s hard. When I was in Grant Park that night, I warned everybody this was going to be hard, this wasn’t the end it was the beginning. Nice try Mr. President. After campaigning on hope and change and raising the expectations that he would restore economic prosperity and jobs to a nation mired in a recession little has changed. Now even fellow Democrats are grumbling that Obama has largely failed the base and that with his plummeting ratings and an economy stuck in the mud his prospects for reelection are dimming by the day. By mocking Palin Obama has proven that he has failed in his campaign promise and is now telling voters that it will take awhile before they see any real hope and change. They may prove him right next year by voting to change the occupant in the White House. Fox News’ Jesse Watters Gets the Silent Treatment from Maxine Waters Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Jesse Watters, Maxine Waters, O'Reilly Factor \| Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) who had plenty to say about Fox News and the Tea Party during the August Congressional recess was strangely silent when confronted by Jesse Watters of the O’Reilly Factor. Could it be that Waters actually couldn’t back her her statements that Fox News lies and why she really thinks the Tea Party should go to hell? This may be the first time Waters was actually speechless. Say it ain’t so Maxine. Congressional Black Caucus Would March On the White If Obama Was White Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Black Caucus, Emanuel Cleaver, TeaParty \| Rep. Emanuel Cleaver exposed the racism of the Congressional Black Caucus when he said they would “probably be marching on the White House” if Obama wasn’t the president. Cleaver issued his comments Sunday in the Miami Herald: “If (former President) Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the White House,” Cleaver said. “There is a less-volatile reaction in the CBC because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president.” The 43 members of the CBC are concerned that Obama isn’t doing enough to help solve the rampant unemployment in the black community which was 16.7% in August and is at the highest level it has been since 1984. Rather though that target Obama some members of the caucus have turned their ire towards the Tea Party with Rep. Maxine Waters leading the way. Waters told attendees at one of her summer district meetings that the Tea Party “can go straight to hell” while Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) said they they were trying to hold Congress “hostage.” If anyone is holding Congress hostage it’s the Congressional Black Caucus which rather than facing the real problem is making the Tea Party the scapegoats for their own inability to do so. Accuracy In Media, the Tea Party and The Constitution Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Accuracy in Media, Ben Bradlee, Ronald Reagan, tea party, the Constitution \| Prepared remarks given by Accuracy in Media Chairman Don Irvine at Accuracy in Academia Constitution Day event. This is a very special week in America beginning with the 10th anniversary of 9/11yesterday and ending on Saturday with the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Tonight we are here to talk about the Tea Party and the Constitution. As you know, there’s a big difference between those who just complain about a problem and those who do something about it. More than 40 years ago, my father Reed Irvine made a bold move. He got so sick of all the biased media coverage that he decided to stand up toAmerica’s biggest and most powerful media companies and tell them they were wrong. In 1969 he launchedAccuracy in Media– the country’s first grassroots effort to counter media bias with the facts. The Big Media journalists were horrified. They shuddered to think that someone was looking over their shoulder to hold them accountable for their news product, and predicted he’d be out of business in a couple of years. They made no secret of the fact that they viewed him as a hack and a gadfly, who lacked the authority to critique their work, because he wasn’t even a JOURNALIST. In today’s environment, he might even be called a “terrorist” and probably a “racist” too – simply because he wanted the media to tell the truth. In fact, in June 1978 the former executive editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee got so disgusted with my father that he sent him a letter, calling him “a miserable, carping, retromingent vigilante.” The word retromingent by the way means to urinate backwards. Think about that. I wonder how long it took Bradlee to find that word. My dad viewed this name-calling as a badge of honor. He knew he had gotten their attention. He was a lot like all of you here today. He NEVER quit. He just became more determined. And the more he stood up for mainstreamAmerica’s right to know the truth, the more his work attracted legions of supporters who cheered him on every step of the way. He was Tea Partier long before we had a modern day Tea Party Movement. I think the same can be said of many of the early conservative leaders of that era like Phyllis Schlafly and Paul Weyrich. All of whom took an idea and at great personal sacrifice took on the liberal establishment to create some of the linchpin organizations of the modern conservative movement. Our elected officials and their lapdogs in the press are trying to dismiss the Tea Party movement’s effectiveness with a name-calling campaign. They resent the public challenging their “wisdom,” and believe they are powerful enough to ignore the will of their constituents. But this campaign is not working. After all, you and I know that the real power of America still lies with individual citizens who – time after time – have stood up for the principles and values upon which this country was founded – and who are not afraid to speak truth to power in order to protect America’s freedom. Let me close with the words of Ronald Reagan in his farewell address: We the people tell the government what to do. It doesn’t tell us. We the people are the driver, the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route and how fast. Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents of which governments tell the people what their privileges are> Our constitution is a document in which we the people tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the people are free. Democrats Ditch ‘Stimulus’ Posted by mediacrank under Politics \| Tags: Democrats, Job Creation, Nancy Pelosi, Stimulus \| House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and her fellow Democrats have quietly dropped the word “stimulus” from their vocabulary. Pelosi apparently feels the word has gone from being an asset to the party to nothing less than toxic as evidence has mounted that talking about the stimulus only raises voters ire and hurts the party. Even though the Democrats haven’t stopped working on an economic stimulus agenda, they have changed the terminology to use the words “job creation” rather than stimulus in an effort to distance themselves from the negative connotation the word has engendered in the last couple of years. According to The Hill Pelosi’s office issued more than 80 “fact sheets” highlighting media reports about local projects the stimulus law was supporting. In December one month after the Democrats were swept out of power in the House the stimulus releases stopped. The Democrats confidence in the nearly $800 billion stimulus package was high indeed, but as evidence surfaced of just how much taxpayers were paying to create new jobs and the limited boost the package gave to the economy touting it became an albatross around their necks. It doesn’t really matter what the Democrats want to call their economic stimulus package. It’s still the same plan just worded differently. Call it a brand makeover. Same stuff, new packaging. But the voters should be able to see right through this Democratic ploy which is comparable to putting perfume on a pig. Accuracy in Academia Battling free speech and pc on college campuses Accuracy in Media Conservative Media Watchdog Bluey Blog IC Arizona Spending (17) Taxes and Spending (10)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396660
__label__wiki	0.875501	0.875501	Author archive for Rebecca Hardiman Midlands Enterprise Universities > Articles by: Rebecca Hardiman National Postgraduate Student Mental Health Project Launched at the University of Derby A new national project aimed at helping postgraduate students deal with mental health issues has been launched in Derby... Coventry University and UHCW announce innovative partnership to improve patient care University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) and Coventry University have announced an innovative partnership to develop a... New facility at NTU to focus on production of medical devices and technologies Work is well underway on Nottingham Trent University’s new Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF) at the Boots site, which... New £4.8m health education facilities opened New £4.8 million nursing and health lab facilities have been officially opened at the University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall Campus.... Coventry University pledges support for armed forces Coventry University has signed a commitment to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the armed forces community both... First 3D-Printed Sensor-Operated Prosthetic Arm for Toddlers Prototyped by UK Engineers A prototype for the first 3D-printed, sensor-operated prosthetic arm designed for toddlers under two years-old has been developed by... New route into policing opens at DMU Leicestershire Police has teamed up with De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) to offer a new route into policing for... University’s Invest to Grow Funding Helps Derbyshire Firm Create New Jobs and Apprenticeships A Derbyshire business has secured funding from the University of Derby to install new equipment and create jobs. Ilkeston-based... NatWest launches its free business start-up course at DMU Banking giant NatWest has teamed up with De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) to help aspiring entrepreneurs. This month, the... Leading Mathematician to Deliver Talk on AI and Creativity One of the UK’s best-known mathematicians will deliver a public lecture about artificial intelligence and the nature of creativity...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396665
__label__wiki	0.675128	0.675128	20 Best Nintendo Switch Games Under 20 20 Best Nintendo Switch Games Under 20 Youtube In addition to its great aaa games, the nintendo switch has become home to a host of great indie games. if you're on a budget, you can still find a ton of great switch games for under 20 bucks. in. The nintendo switch has major hits in the "super mario" and "legend of zelda" franchises, but some of the console's best games are under $20. What can you buy on the nintendo switch for just $20 or the nearest regional equivalent? we've done some digging to let you know just that. forma.8 $9.99 overcooked $19.99 fast rmx $19.99. Best nintendo switch games under $20 not all of the best switch games cost an arm and a leg. russell holly, lory gil and jaz brown. 1 jun 2018 1 sure, breath of the wild will set you back $60 right now. it should, the game is massive and beautiful and the most fun you'll have exploring a game world this year. but that price tag is actually the. 10 must have nintendo switch games and accessories under $20 here are some games and accessories that won't break the bank! are there some amazing games or accessories for under $20 that we missed? i would love to hear about them below. we've gathered the best companion items for the nintendo switch lite. see what catches your interest. Best Nintendo Switch Games Under 20 N4g Besides its great aaa games, the nintendo switch also has plenty of cheaper options. here are some great nintendo switch games under $20, including some new versions of old classics. /r/nintendoswitch is the central hub for all news, updates, rumors, and topics relating to the nintendo switch. we are a fan run community, not an official nintendo forum. join our discord chat read the wiki / faq twitter twitch content filters. Find nintendo switch games for under $20 at www.gamefly.com. If there is one con about the nintendo switch it’s that there are way too many awesome games and not enough time to play them all. trying to narrow it down to a top 10 was difficult, so whether you have yet to dive into the ‘nindies’ titles or are new to the switchverse, here are 11 of our favorites as a start off point. 20 of the best nintendo switch games money can buy! duration: 29:25. eurogamer 843,999 views. 29:25. 15 of the best nintendo switch games you may have missed duration: 25:21. Top 20 Multiplayer Splitscreen Games For Nintendo Switch I'd agree that celeste is, hands down, the best game on nintendo switch at the $20 or under price point (and, in fact, it's better than most of the games available at higher price points). however, the precision platform genre is not for everyone, so i'm hesitant to recommend it to people who haven't shown at least some interest in it or the genre. 20 best nintendo switch games under $20. switch. 20 best nintendo switch games under $20. on may 15, 2019. 6. 1 facebook twitter google linkedin reddit whatsapp pinterest email print. what can you buy on the nintendo switch for just $20 or the nearest regional equivalent? we’ve done some digging to let you know just that. Shop for nintendo ds games under $20 at best buy. find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in store pick up. @gmacqb it's hard to beat stardew valley for sheer volume of playtime, but if you fancy a bit more action i'd throw in hollow knight. it is easily one of the best games on the eshop; it's huge. Here are the best 10 nintendo switch games you can buy for under ten bucks. 20 oct 2018 12:02 am. posted steamworld dig 1 and 2 are hands down some of the best games on switch and since. The Best Nintendo Switch Games You Can Own For 20 Or Less Switch games under $20 you should buy the messenger ( $19.99 ) the messenger is a hodge podge of inspirations, taking from ninja gaiden, metroid, castlevania and other groundbreaking titles of old. The nintendo switch eshop is filled with great games to play; here's a look at a bunch that you can get for no more than $20. the best nintendo switch games you can get for cheap (july 2018. Best picks; the best nintendo switch games you're not playing platformers to off the wall party games and often cost less than $20. if you're looking for something fresh to play on your switch. Check out the best sellers from the nintendo switch lineup of video games. released sep 20, 2019. $59.99. nintendo switch. nintendo switch games $9.99 and under. The 31 best nintendo switch games under $20. apr 4, 2018, 18:56 ist. slideshow one page 1. "celeste" "celeste" is a perfect blend of nostalgic gameplay — classic platforming, in the style of. Related image with 20 best nintendo switch games under 20 SAG) awards Crossfit Games Failed Drug Test Games Dress Up My Little Pony Games Published By Bethesda Games With Most Google Play Achievements Games For Xbox One Steering Wheel Video Games Deals Canada Reddit Download Games Yu Gi Oh Pc Crossfit Games Ganadores 2018 Best Ps3 Games At Gamestop Great Games For Couples Ps4	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396666
__label__cc	0.674109	0.325891	Beach House for Rent Amazon CD Series: The Beach House Series #4 Published by: Gallery Books Two women. One summer. One very special house. Two women from different generations are bound together by a beloved beach house. Cara Rutledge, 50, rents her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to Heather Wyatt, 26, for the summer. Heather’s anxiety keeps her indoors with her caged canaries until the shorebirds--and a man who rescues them--lure her out to the beach. As the summer progresses and Heather’s heart opens to the rhythms of the island, Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy. When their worlds shift like the sand under their feet these two very different women come together to discover their common bonds and unique strengths. So at summer’s end they, like the migrating shorebirds that come to the island every summer, too, can take flight. Reading Group Guide Add on Goodreads "Reading this novel feels like a long, luxurious trip to the beach. Mary Alice Monroe writes gorgeously, with authority and tenderness, about the natural world and its power to inspire, transport, and to heal. Readers will love this story of two unforgettable women–one reeling from an unexpected tragedy, the other drawn into a daring and passionate new love." —#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs “Readers interested in environmental fiction highlighting endangered birds, turtles, and lands will delight in this latest novel featuring women who need the healing power of nature.” —Library Journal, starred review “…a skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down…she makes Isle of Palms come enticingly alive, calling all readers to this garden of paradise which is just ripe for a visit. Mary Alice Monroe creates characters that you wish/hope could be real people so that they could become your friends. And you feel if you could visit the Lowcountry they would be there waiting.” —Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post "Mary Alice Monroe understands that a house is never just a house. As we revisit The Beach House we are immersed in the heartbeat and pulse of her South Carolina Lowcountry as never before. Monroe’s singular ability to blend the natural world with the emotional world allows for a gorgeous novel, wondrously both bittersweet and also life-affirming. The story reveals its secrets with shorebirds and human hearts at the center of its graceful axis. No one else tells an insightful and powerful story quite like Mary Alice Monroe—and in BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT, you won’t be able to stop reading --for even that glass of sweet tea.” — New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry Read full praise Isle of Palms, South Carolina THE BEACH HOUSE sat perched on a dune overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Small and yellow, it blended in with the waves of sweetgrass and sea oats and the delicate yellow prim- roses for which the cottage was named. For eighty-five years it had endured the fury of hurricanes, the rush of tidal surges, and the ravages of the salt-tinged air. It had withstood the test of time. The beach house was a survivor. Read the full excerpt	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396667
__label__wiki	0.752686	0.752686	Joey Ryan Signs With IMPACT Wrestling William Alicea First broken by SoCal Uncensored, Joey Ryan, who made his television debut with IMPACT Wrestling back in May 2012, has signed a multi-year deal with the company seven years later. Ryan, who is one of the most popular talents on the indie scene for being known as “The King Of Dong Style”, has wrestled all over the world and wrestling in major organizations such as Lucha Underground, IMPACT Wrestling, DDT, and more. Joey Ryan has since confirmed the report. It made the most sense. @IMPACTWRESTLING has been the most consistent wrestling program on TV for the past 2 years, I get to keep all of my indie dates and best of all, they let me be me. https://t.co/giuGvN8Qwt — Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) October 21, 2019 Ryan, a co-founder of Pro Wrestling Guerilla, and the owner and promoter of Bar Wrestling was reportedly being courted by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and WWE earlier this year and decided to stick with the indies instead. Ryan has made some appearances with IMPACT Wrestling earlier this year at United We Stand in a match versus Tessa Blanchard, at a co-produced show between IMPACT and House Of Hardcore where he faced Little Guido, and most recently, his match Sunday night at Bound For Glory. Shortly after SoCal Uncensored reported the news, Joey Ryan released a new shirt on ProWrestlingTees – “Tuesday Night Sleaze” – alluding to the night of his new home. 👨🏻🍭🍆 https://t.co/Huy3i10BcI pic.twitter.com/485x6AQt9Q It’s reported that his official return was back at the recent IMPACT Wrestling television tapings when he appeared in Melissa Santos‘ bachelorette party as a stripper dressed as a police officer. As IMPACT Wrestling comes to AXS TV, what will the master of the “Dick Flip” have in store for his opponents? Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Joey Ryan Previous article#AndNEW: Kenny Omega & DAGA Win Gold At AAA Heroes Inmortales Next articleBreaking: NJPW Announces New Japan Pro Wrestling Of America My name is William, I'm originally from Bronx, NY, but have been living in Northern NJ since 2010. I am a single father of a smart and beautiful 8-year-old girl who's been blossoming before my eyes. My full time day job is working as a Recruiting Account Manager for a Staffing firm. By night, I'm a hardcore pro wrestling fan who will read, listen and watch almost anything pro-wrestling.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396680
__label__wiki	0.846367	0.846367	About this humble little website Football: Wherever it may be ~ Laurence's football travels The Longest Mile Posted by laurencereade in M Birmingham, Keith Downing, Keith Lycett, Littleton, Midland Combination, Midland League, Mile Oak, Mile Oak Rovers, Mile Oak Rovers and Youth Saturday 8th May 2010 ko 15.00 Midland Combination Division One MILE OAK ROVERS & YOUTH 0 LITTLETON 3 (Baird 57 McKeon 81 Harris 90) Att 4 Entry FREE Prog NO Raffle £1 When you delve into football’s lower reaches, and you take the time to understand a club and what it stands for, the vast majority of the time it boils down to local pride, often against all good logic. Sometimes you see a club on the up, some are on the way down, but only once have I ever seen a club playing its last ever game. That horrible experience I witnessed at Mile Oak Rovers and Youth. Mile Oak is a suburb of Tamworth, the kind of place you tend to blast past on an arterial road. The football team were a typical Midland Combination outfit, with floodlights and a covered enclosure. Behind one goal was the changing rooms, and a social club. In the end, it was that social club that proved to be the death of the club. The club’s halcyon days were the mid-eighties, they won the Midland Combination in 1985, and had a disastrous 4-year stint in the Southern League afterwards, their best finish being 15th from 21. Here’s some footage of their FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie against Corby Town in 1983, Corby won 1-0. Mile Oak nurtured the talents of the likes of Kevin Francis (Birmingham, Stockport and Oxford), Tony Coton (Birmingham, Manchester City), Keith Downing (Wolves), and John Gayle (Birmingham, Northampton and Scunthorpe) but the production line dried up, and the inevitable relegation followed. The club returned to the Midland Combination, but the football split from the Social Club, depriving the team of its main source of income. The team struggled on, dropping into the Birmingham AFA League at one point, but the final death throes of the club were being acted out when I visited at the end of the 2009/10 season. A few weeks earlier Mile Oak’s management resigned, and the club were attempting see out the season run by one volunteer, Keith Lycett and the players. The problems were obvious, an attendance that I represented a quarter of, and Keith having to find £80 to £100 to pay a referee and two linesmen, Buying a raffle ticket or two felt like an act of mercy. The raffle was won by the Littleton chairman, who donated his £5 winnings back to the club to help pay for the officials. It meant that Mr Lycett was a little less out of pocket, but no more. Littleton won the game with the minimum of fuss, they did have the luxury of substitutes after all. The final whistle went, and I shook Mr Lycett’s hand and wished him and his team all the best for their final game of the season, away at, yes, Littleton on the next Tuesday evening. But the look in his eye spoke far more than words ever could, so it was of no surprise when Mile Oak failed to fulfil the fixture, which eventually was awarded to the hosts by the league. Any further sanction would have been both pointless and cruel. I kept an eye open for them, hoping they’d reform, perhaps in the Birmingham AFA League, but so far nothing. I hope I never have to experience anything like that again. Price Avenue, Mile Oak, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3NL, UK 2 thoughts on “The Longest Mile” ianmac55 said: John Gayle, eh? A bit of a legend in Northampton1 Pingback: Dark Times \| Football: Wherever it may be Look for stuff here folks! Damage In The Box Chris Powell’s travels across the UK and Europe. 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__label__cc	0.657627	0.342373	Category Archives: Santillana del Mar ¡España! GIJÓN Y ENVIRONS Tuesday-Wednesday, July 9-16, 2019 Marina Yates welcomed us onto the north coast of Spain Tuesday morning with Jésus, the marina manager, and his friend catching our lines. We had heard of the warm hospitality visiting yachts received in Spain, and Jésus and his staff proved it. He later came aboard to help us plan our exploration of Gijón and the surrounding area. His enthusiasm for this region of Spain was infectious, and we carefully noted routes and sites to see. But, we also had another treasure trove of information for this area, which we frequently consulted during our stay. Our friends Linda and Joel had traveled here resulting in several detailed emails providing excellent suggestions for a road trip. Another source came from my brother and sister-in-law who had just recently returned from a two-week road trip, which included both inland and coastal sight-seeing. Coastal because my brother managed to bring his wetsuit and surf several times :) Not only did Jésus assist in mapping out our itinerary but also served as transport to the local medical clinic. Furthermore, when we didn’t return until much later in the afternoon, we discovered he drove to the hospital (!) to see if we had been sent there. But, it was nothing that drastic. The clinic gave us an appointment and within two hours we had paid the 51 euro bill and obtained a prescription at a local pharmacy for 5 euros. The efficiency and low-cost stunned us (other times we’ve had to pay much, much more to access a country’s medical services), as did the concern and care from Jésus. Our marina sat on the outskirts of the city resulting in a 20-30 minute walk to reach the old town. Along the way we noticed some ugly graffiti mirroring what’s going on back home. Another reminder of how nationalism brings out the worst in people. But, that was one of the few signs we saw, hoping there weren’t more. When exploring Gijón we walked by a statue of a king named Pelayo holding aloft a cross. In reading later about this guy we discovered Asturias, a principality facing the Cantabrian Sea (Spanish name for Bay of Biscay) to the north, Cantabria to the east, Castile-León to the south, and Galicia to the west, served as the first area of this peninsula to reconquer lands from the Moors. Pelayo (d.737), whom they think may have been a page or a bodyguard in the royal court of Visigothic King Roderick (who died fighting the Muslims), led the revolt in the early 700s, becoming king in 717 after pushing the Muslims out of his country and reinstating the Catholic faith and Spanish independence, at least in this bit of Spain. Subsequently, Pelayo became a legend and is hailed as the savior of Christianity. One site describes his victory over the Moors as such: “Vastly outnumbered but armed with invincible faith, Don Pelayo’s heroic spirit attracted God’s blessing and changed the course of Spanish history” (www.tfpstudentaction.org). Yikes. Thus begins another religious righteousness that, to me, has poisoned the world. But, back to Asturias where prior to Pelayo evidence has been found of human habitation 100,000 years ago. Later, during the Iron Age, Celtic tribes arrived and settled in this area. By the 5th century B.C.E. the Castreña culture populated the area, living in fortified settlements called castros located on hilltops surrounded by a circular ditch. Next, the Romans arrived in the Iberian peninsula 219/8 B.C.E. They overcame their main rivals, the Carthaginians, in 205 B.C.E. and proceeded to push north and west, conquering tribes along the way – one being the Lusitanians. The Lusitanians lost to the invaders in 133 B.C.E. but only after putting up fierce resistance. Interestingly, some historians accredit the Lusitanians under their leader Viriatus (d.138 B.C.E.) as employing the first Spanish guerrilla tactics. The Romans continued their push into Iberia, now focusing on the Celtic tribes occuping northwest Spain, primarily in Asturias and its eastern neighbor, Cantabri. Only after ten years of fighting (29-19 B.C.E.) did Rome finally win the war. Then, 700 years later the Moors arrived, which brings us back to Don Pelayo (FYI: most of the rest of Spain remained under the Moors until King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I captured Granada in 1492). Okay, back to Pelayo (labeled ‘the wild ass’ in an Islamic chronicle). Since his reconquering of Asturia from the Moors soon after their initial invasion, this part of the Iberian peninsula remained independent with the title “prince of Asturias” being used by the Spanish monarchy to this day. And, in spite of the Roman and Moorish invasions, the native traditions still exist as we saw during several festivals. With time to explore the region we rented a car and headed south towards the beautiful Picos de Europa. For three days we oohed and awed over the glorious scenery laid out in front of us. Covandonga Within several hours we found ourselves in one of the Asturians’ most venerated sites: Covandonga. Here Pelayo began his reconquest of Asturias. Supposedly, the breath of the Virgin inspired Pelayo to win the Battle of Covadonga thus placing this spot on the history map. The cave, Cova Dominica, in which Pelayo and his soldiers sheltered became a holy site with the third king of Asturias, Alphonse I (693-757) building a chapel there. A masonry one was built on the spot in 1940. Not only does the Holy Cave enshrine the Ausurians’ patron saint, la Santina (the Virgin de Covandonga) seen below in a 1918 procession to the Holy Cave… but also Pelayo, his wife Gaudosia, and Alphonse I who are entombed here. Originally, pilgrims crawled on their knees up the 100 stone steps (Staircase of Promises) to reach the site, but now a tunnel connects it to the esplanade of the Basilica. And, overseeing the entire plaza is the iconic statue of Don Pelayo with his infamous Christian cross, la Cruz de la Victoria. The Basilica dramatically rises as you begin your approach to the plaza, passing the Collegiate Church of San Fernando. Commissioned by King Alphonse XII (1886-1941), the Basillica was completed in 1901. Walking back to our car we contemplated joining a long line waiting for the bus to see two magnificent lakes, Enol and La Ercina. It was tempting, as was taking the Fuente Dé cable car to the top of Picos Massif as my brother and his wife recently did; however, the heat won out with our choosing, instead, to avoid the crowds. We opted for an icy pop then slurped our way back down the hill to our car. We continued winding our way further south through mountainous countryside with a few stops at roadside adventure camps and miradors along the way. Our next destination was Cangas de Onis, capital of Asturias until 774 with its former Roman bridge reconstructed during the Middle Ages. We also took advantage of some other works of ‘art’. Posada de Valdeón Late afternoon we began our search for a place to stay, and we found the perfect spot in Posada de Valdeón: Hotel Rural Picos de Europa. We knew we were lucky because not a lot of accommodations populate these small towns, but our hosts said the high season had only just begun since earlier rainy weather delayed the typical onslaught of visitors. And, our room tucked up into the top floor made for a perfect ‘Heidi in the mountains’ feel. This tiny village offered several lodges, a few restaurants (one being so good we returned for our second feast the next night), and an outdoor adventure shop. That’s it, along with the incredible vistas. It’s also where we met and shared some wonderful conversations with two avid New Hampshire hikers who kindly suggested an easy stroll for us, starting in Cain, another small village further north. We drove a half hour or so to Cain for a morning trek alongside the Cares River, a riverbed chiseled out of huge limestone blocks. It also serves as a feed for hydropower, which is probably why such a well-established trail is carved out of the limestone, beginning with some short tunnels. We went to the mid-point, then turned to retrace our steps. But, not before we experienced a religious moment… Thanks to our friend Ellen, we started seeing Flat Jesus in odd spots, including on a trail sign, and in my back pocket. We felt a bit abashed when others noticed our Flat Jesus, but we hopefully allayed any disrespect by saying it was ‘for our church’. On our way back to our inn we stopped at yet another viewpoint (honestly, you can not not take photos of all this splendor) only to find when we got back in the car that we could only go in reverse (!) while in first gear. Not a good thing when on narrow, steep, winding roads. In other words, backing up all the way back was definitely not an option. After a few moments of wide-eyed concern of ‘how the hell do we get out of this predicament?!’, Max discovered he just had to really, REALLY gun it when starting on an incline. Problem solved but not without some rapid heart beating. The next morning we packed our bags and headed off for more exploring as we made our way back to the coast, heading north and east. The roads appeared well kept although still a bit unerving with steep drop-offs and potential fog banks ahead. With a full day ahead we decided to check out another popular pilgrimage site. Just outside the city of Potes in the Cantabria province east of Asturias, Turibius of Liébana and some Benedictine monks settled in the foothills of Picos de Europa in the 6th century. Several centuries later Don Pelayo’s successful campaign against the Moors resulted in a Catholic stronghold. Later, emigrating Christians from the north created a strategic buffer in the Valley of Liébana along the River Duer. Which is how the monastery Santo Toribio de Liébana came to be. It gets a bit confusing as this Turibius of the 6th century (who would become a Saint) gets mixed up with another Turibius of Astorga of the 4th century (also granted Sainthood). I believe it’s the latter whose bones found their way to this monastery. To me, what’s interesting is both championed Rome’s Catholicism versus Priscillianism, a form of Christianity developed here in the 4th century by, whom else, Priscillian (340-385).* And, one I had never ever heard about, which isn’t surprising considering my tiny knowledge of religions. *This doctrine is a mix of Gnosticism (the Christians’ God didn’t directly create the earth, an imperfect spirit did…) and Manichaeism (the good power of God opposed the evil power of the devil) with the underlying dualistic premise: material was evil and the spirit good, which, leads to the logical (?) belief that this denied Christ’s humanity. Priscillian didn’t sound like a fun guy as he has been described as a rigorous ascetic forbidding all sensual pleasures, marriage, meat and wine. He also has the distinction of being the first ascetic executed (he literally lost his head) for heresy by the Church. And, this is one of the rabbit holes I follow when something unusual catches my interest and, which I’m certain doesn’t capture yours! So, onwards to what we actually saw… We passed groups of orange t-shirted youth making their way up the long hill. I later spoke with several of them who explained they comprised a group of around 100 kids from all over Spain. Their week-long pilgrimage ended here, for which they appeared extremely thankful. We followed them into the church, built in 1256. The simplicity of the decor was refreshing after the lavishness of other churches and cathedrals we’d visited. Here we witnessed a short sermon (which we didn’t understand) and a song (which didn’t matter that we didn’t understand as it was lovely). Off to the left of the Apse an iron grill secured the Chapel of the Lignum Crucis. Eye roll not withstanding, peering through the bars we saw a glass encased, gold encrusted sacred relic. This was the Lignum Crucis or in lay terms, the largest known piece of the True Cross… left branch, mind you, of the cross Jesus died on. And, if you could look at it without the gold casing (created in the 18th century) you could see the nail hole for one of his hands, I mean, the sacred nail hole. And, how did this priceless piece of wood come to be here you ask? Well, Emperor Constantine’s mom, Helen (Saint Elena now) (246/248-330 C.E.) discovered it along with the crucifixion nails, the holy tunic, and the crown of thorns belonging to Jesus. Historians can’t quite pinpoint how Camaleño managed to get their hands on this artifact; but it most likey arrived in the 8th century along with the remains of Santo Toribio de Astorga. Which is why this ancient monastery is known as “The Sanctuary of the Lignum Crucis”. I didn’t see it but the monastery’s cloister has replicas of the “Commentary on the Book of the Apocalypse” by Beatus of Liébana (730-800). Drafted in 776 then revised twice over the next ten years, his work served as a rallying cry for his countrymen against the Moorish rule. Thus, it became a best seller, causing others to create over 34 versions (called “beatus”) from the 10th to the 16th centuries. In a small gift shop you could obtain a bunch of Christian items, including several versions of a baby Jesus, with price tags that probably pay for some good communion vino. As tempting as it was, we decided to not bring one aboard to keep our pagan doll company. Rgardless of who did what when, this stone grouping of quiet buildings nestled amongst the forested hill exudes peace. One we enjoyed in spite of our heatheness. Back down the hill we drove into another popular destination, Potes. We eventually found a parking spot and joined other tourists out and about enjoying a warm summery day. A tower offered some great views and a quick history of the region beginning with the Roman conquest of NW Spain and continuning through the rise of the Inquisition. And, remember the Beatus mentioned earlier? An exhibit featured replicas of these manuscripts, noting that a variety of institutions (Paris National Library, Madrid’s Royal Academy of History Library, New York City’s Morgan Library, etc.) hold the originals. Since the majority of text appeared in Spanish we deciphered what we could- not quite understanding the Beatus’ significance, but appreciating the illustrations, including some rather cartoonish expressions of Adam and Eve… While I perused the Beatus Max joyfully occupied himself scouting out various placements for Flat Jesus, the most notable relating to the Inquisition. An outdoor lunch (numerous sidewalk cafes mean very few choose to eat indoors) and people-watching ended our tour of Potes. We continued on our journey while every now and then gazing heavenwarads to thank the road gods for the nets above us. We stopped in at the 10th century church of Santa Maria de Liébana. Unfortunately, we had missed the confusing signage citing opening hours but did appreciate the setting, situated below a rock climbing school. Our last destination before Santander landed us in one of the quaintest medieval villages we’d seen in Spain: Santillana del Mar. Thankfully, Linda mentioned this otherwise we might have missed it, which would have been a real mistake. We paid a small entrance fee to access one of this village’s main sites: Santa Juliana Collegiate Church. Another fascinating religious structure educated us on the connection of the French King Luis IX (1214-70) to this region of Spain via his father’s (Luis VIII’s) marriage to Blanca de Castilla (1188-1252). A display describes this king as one of the most prestigious figures of the Middle Ages. No doubt this reverance came from Louis’ devotion to the Christian faith (he’s the only French king named as a Saint). He wanted to trade his crown for a monk’s robe but knew his duty was to lead his people, which he did in the 7th and 8th crusades while spending boat loads of public funds on Christian relics (he built Sainte-Chapelle to hold these special items). Considering he zealously suppported the Inquisition, his reforming of the French legal system and the presumption of innocence seems a bit hypocritical. Eventually Luis got his halo and became Saint Luis in 1297. For all his monkhood he certainly enjoyed the conjugal bed, for his wife Margaret of Provence (1221-95) popped out 11 kids. We wandered along the cloister noting elaborate columns decorated with religious scenes and an elaborate storyboard depicting the life of Christ, which jolted us when it suddenly sparked into animation. On our way to this site Max noticed a potential MDT (Max Disaster Tour), the Torture and Inquisition Museum. Oh boy. However, when we met at the cafe (I decided to sit this one out) he said the displays present these despicable practices in historical context, and notes which ones continue to the present day in particular countries. Another very historical site we unfortunately missed: the Cave of Altimira with its 14,000 year-old paintings. But, hey, yet another reason to return to this magical region of Spain. By 10pm we found ourselves standing in Santander’s small airport waiting for a special visitor to arrive. Soon we spotted my beautiful god daughter Maggie :) She had made the trek from Lyons where her French studies had just ended and was joining us for a too-brief visit. Back on JUANONA we fell into berths and woke Sunday morning for another day of sight-seeing. We made the short drive to the capital of Asturias, Oviedo, where we posed for photos in front of its famous cathedral in the Plaza Alphonse II El Casto, listened to traditional music while watching costumed locals dance, enjoyed some tapas and some of tapas including shaved slices of jamón, and appreciated one of the stunning sculptures scattered throughout out this city. A circular route back to Gijón included some back roads to another small church, again whose viewing hours we missed; but, we did see one of this area’s traditional hórreos or granaries. Raised onto mushroom topped stones, this design supposedly kept rodents out of the stored grain; however, I’d like to see a test run of this for all of us thought rats could scale those pillars pretty quickly if they’re anything like the squirrels at our feeders. A quick drive down to the small harbor of Cudillero found us amidst a flood of locals and tourists. Against a steep backdrop of homes, cafes, and shops locals and tourists alike basked in the hot sun with some getting a respite from the water. After a whirlwind of a visit Maggie boarded a bus to Bilboa to meet her friends as well as reacquaint herself with her luggage that hadn’t arrived on her flight to us. A quick provisioning at a huge supermercado and a wash down of JUANONA’s deck to remove coal dust from the loading port next door prepped us for our next adventure: Galicia, which, to say it properly, start lisping! I can’t leave this post without noting a favorite musician of mine who passed away July 16. Johnny Clegg, born 1953, was someone I discovered in the 1980s and followed ever since. Thanks to him, I have a wonderful memory of dancing my butt off with my cousin Cathy and friend Colleen in the early 1990s at a concert in Burlington, Vermont. So, here’s to Johnny Clegg and the beauty of his music. https://www.okayafrica.com/listen-to-ten-great-johnny-clegg-songs/ This entry was posted in 2019, Cangas de Onis, COUNTRY, Covandonga, Cudillero, Europe, Gijón, Oviedo, Picos de Europa, Posada de Valdeón, Potes, Santillana del Mar, Spain, SUMMER CRUISING and tagged Cangas de Onis on August 5, 2019 by margaretlynnie.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396698
__label__wiki	0.818192	0.818192	15 modern indie horror movies to put on your r... 20 Indie Horror Flicks To Watch In 2020 Ten Terrific Indie Horror Films That Flew Unde... Explore the haunt known as Hell House LLC Short of the Week: ‘Vesuvius’ by E... Despite gruesome special effects, the Rabid remake ultimately disappoints By Jon Cohorn • 1 month ago • Featured, Reviews At the best of times, the topic of remakes is a highly-charged one amongst horror fans. For every one that is highly lauded or successful, there are a dozen more ranging anywhere from divisive to unnecessary. I’ve never been one to outright dismiss a remake on principle, though I’ll admit to coming awfully close with last year’s update of Suspiria—and that would have been my loss. When a remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid was announced years ago, my immediate response was one of trepidation. It’s difficult remaking and modernizing a 40-plus year old film while retaining what made it stand out in the first place, and even more so when the original was made by a master of the genre. Jen & Sylvia Soska’s 2012 film, American Mary, proved they had a knack for disturbing physical horror. The sisters spoke with reverence about Cronenberg’s 1977 original, and buzz behind the film was positive. I went in hoping that we’d have a solid new entry in the body horror canon. “The Soska Sisters’ reimagining of Rabid sets the story against the backdrop of the fashion industry.” Rabid begins with a quick introduction, showing Rose (Laura Vandervoort) heading to work on her scooter, while dodging dogs and oncoming traffic. A voice offscreen delivers a series of extremely loaded questions. “Why do we keep remaking old trends? How are we breathing new life and soul? Are we adding something new? If there is no soul, there cannot be life. So, do we cater to the masses, or do we create art only for the few who dare experience it?” I immediately felt the film beating me over the head as it tried making its point. The Soska Sisters’ reimagining of Rabid sets the story against the backdrop of the fashion industry. Rose is a seamstress working at the “Haüs of Günter” [sic]. She’s a bit shy and unassuming, though she dreams of something more. Günter is a demanding taskmaster, and thinks nothing of humiliating Rose in front of her coworkers in an effort to drive home the theme of Schadenfreude, which is also the name of his latest line of couture. “Rose gets into an accident that leaves her battered and broken.” One of Rose’s coworkers, a photographer named Brad (Benjamin Hollingsworth), asks Rose to be his date to a party after a fashion event. Rose is surprised, but accepts. When she arrives at the party, Rose immediately feels out of place. She’s dressed for the occasion, but is hassled at the door and just doesn’t seem to fit amongst the glitz and glamor. After overhearing an unfortunate conversation in the bathroom, Rose leaves alone. She awakens in the hospital, with her coworker and friend Chelsea by her side. The attending physician, Doctor Keloid (Stephen McHattie, in little more than a cameo), tells Rose that she’s been out for a week. Her jaw has been wired shut, her face has been damaged, and a large portion of her intestines have been removed. She’s also lost her job, her place to live, and her independence. Upon seeing her face, Rose feels that she is “a monster.” Dr. Keloid mentions that it will be several weeks before she can leave, and recommends that she avoid mirrors. Rose’s world, and the world at large, begins crashing down around her. After being released, Rose moves in with a friend and struggles to come to terms with her new reality. Rose is referred to the Burroughs Clinic, run by the curiously named William Burroughs. Doctor Burroughs is an advocate of transhumanism, and a pioneer in experimental stem cell therapy. He offers Rose free experimental medical care, and a chance at a normal life. But this is a horror movie, and normal is not the order of the day. When Rose is released from the clinic, her physical damage has been erased. She no longer even needs to use her glasses. Soon strange appetites overtake Rose, and the avowed vegetarian begins craving meat… and blood. As Rose indulges in these new cravings, a strange sickness sweeps across the populace. The disease is supposedly similar to rabies, but it seems to cause strange mutations and reanimates the dead. Rose’s world, and the world at large, begins crashing down around her. When discussing the remake, the Soska Sisters stated that they viewed their film as “a continuation of the thoughts and conversation David started with his original piece and modernized through a female perspective.” Whether you feel they were successful will depend on a number of different factors. Ultimately, I did not. “[Rabid] injects more modern themes into the story but doesn’t fully explore them.” The 2019 version of Rabid is undoubtedly a strange beast. It injects more modern themes into the story but fails to fully explore them. The film has no likable or redeemable characters, leaving viewers without anyone to root for. The people populating the film are almost all some combination of vapid, conniving, or comically villainous. Laura Vandervoort’s Rose is the closest thing we get to a protagonist, but even she doesn’t carry the emotional weight that Marilyn Chambers brought to the role in Cronenberg’s original. Strange character choices abound, whether it’s Rose’s wallflower persona basically consisting of a Clark Kent disguise, or Mackenzie Gray’s portrayal of Günter as something of a cross between Jack White and Tommy Wiseau. The scope and vision of the film also left me scratching my head. Cronenberg’s film was made over 40 years ago on an estimated budget of $530,000 (Canadian). The reported budget for the 2019 version was $5,000,000. Cronenberg’s body horror effects were relayed in quick glimpses, and are still effective both for what they show and what’s left imagined. Some of the effects in the 2019 film, such as Rose’s post-accident visage and her surgery at the Burroughs Clinic, are noteworthy. But many of the more fantastical effects stretch the suspension of disbelief to its breaking point, often times missing the mark completely. Despite its tiny budget, Cronenberg’s film felt broad in scope. The story took place in numerous locales, from the Keloid Clinic, to quiet country roads, to crowded subway trains. The limits of Cronenberg’s budget never showed through on screen. By comparison, the entirety of the Soska Sisters’ remake feels small and limited. Many of the settings feel as if they’re all in the same studio. Aside from certain moments of language and gore, the whole affair feels like something that would be right at home on a mid-tier television channel, like Syfy or the CW. Perhaps the biggest betrayal of the source material comes at the film’s end, which trades the original’s grim gravitas for a twist that feels cheap and unearned. “… it all seems superficial and unnecessary.” Rabid contains a number of surface-level connections to Cronenberg’s filmography. A briefly-seen character shares the name of the original Rabid’s main doctor. A man in a Santa suit is gunned down. The red silk surgical scrubs from Dead Ringers make an appearance. Pictures on a shelf include Lynn Lowry, who starred in Shivers. The original film’s tagline (“Pray it doesn’t happen to you…”) is heard over a radio broadcast. Much like the fashion world setting slapped on the story, it all seems superficial and unnecessary. For some inexplicable and completely unrelated reason, the nurses from Silent Hill pop up in a dream sequence. Full disclosure: I struggled with this review. I’m not someone who automatically writes off remakes. I try to go into every movie wanting to find something to enjoy. I’ve been a fan of Cronenberg for many years, and was excited for a new take on the themes his earlier films explored. Unfortunately, I can’t classify the Soska Sisters’ Rabid as anything other than a disappointment. Rabid is available in limited theaters and on digital platforms as of today. Mediocre. Rabid proves just how difficult pulling off an effective remake can be. 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__label__cc	0.502146	0.497854	Talaash – Seeking the ‘real’ Posted: December 1, 2012 by fattiemama in cinema, film, Thoughts Everyone’s seeking something. Identity, most often than not. Some find, some sink. Bollywood happens to be in some sort of a no-man’s land in that respect. Most of the time we don’t even know it’s looking… What made me want to write this? Partly, a vague and naïve belief that our cinema can be saved. Especially by some who are in the very thick of commercial cinema’s circus ring. Not that it’s a bad thing, at all. But my expectations may be. And that brings me to lay them out and examine them. And with it, the reality out there, of our craven, exhilarating, diseased, infectious, addictive, inconsequential film world. Talaash is a good film. It is tight, engaging, dramatic and emotionally expressive. It has a superb theme at the centre manifested in multiple strands connecting it. For what I think must be the first time in my cine-conscious life, I had a good word for Aamir. I had sat through an Aamir film without cringing at his non-performance and I loved him for that. But it bothered me big-time. Why do we insist on the surface so much? Why can’t we, for once, scrape out the skin and lay bare the soul of a story for absolute, complete and total consumption? What are we so scared of? I kept getting distracted by the holes everywhere in the film that personify this superficial approach we take to things. Symptomatic of the entire sensibility of our hallowed Bollywood. And in so many ways representative of what the Excel world has come to embody. Somewhere in the mid 2000s, Bollywood began to see beyond its general upper class fetish. It began to set its stories outside perfectly manicured sets of lavish bungalows, choosing instead, a milieu its audience lived in. You see, a few stark films had been received well and Bollywood’s herd mentality swooped in. With classic insecurity, it then mixed this trend with populism and dreamy stuff. Meanwhile, the so-called parallel camps that really wanted to break-free were busy choosing style over substance or let’s say form over hard-core story-telling. Garish, loud, escapist stuff always won hands down, and stars were always less available for anything with a remotely realistic setting, the story notwithstanding. After all, she is a whore no one cares for in Bollywood. Hence, when a film like Talaash comes out of the blue it’s a delicious prospect. Funny, how the traditional suddenly seems out of the ordinary just because it is on the verge of extinction. From there began a worse kind of prositutionalising (if that’s a word) of the realist film. All you needed was your heroine in Fab India clothes, nude lipstick with lesser gloss and mascara-ed eyes without fake eyelashes, unclean-looking (‘looking’ only for that lived-in feel) houses, crowds made of junior artistes that rarely get work with Dharma and a little swearing. It didn’t matter if it was uttered with a convent-educated polish. It didn’t matter that none of it was convincing because it all looked so real. Looks after all is what Bollywood is all about, isn’t it? And there and that’s why we are able to overlook Kareena speaking in perfectly correct Hindi and classy accent when playing a prostitute. We hardly notice when Rani playing a woman so heart-broken she couldn’t care about her appearance, flicks a strand of unkempt hair off her face like a diva would to avoid spoiling her painfully dressed-up hair. We pass by an entire police force that is so upright and intent on its job when the fact alone removes all doubt of the film being realistic. We gulp down a suitably grungy red light area if its characters are duly wearing garish, ill-matched clothes. Nothing strikes us as out of ordinary when the police-prostitute relationship comes with no disgust, no statement and completely without any hint of the dirtiest power plays that informs that world. Our eye-lids don’t bat when a prostitute is put in the care of a really nice woman running a rehab/NGO and chapter closed all hunky dory. And so on. It all appears properly realistic so what are we cribbing about? Because appearances are not always deceptive. At times they are representative of what lies beneath. Excel Entertainment that began with the era-defining Dil Chahta Hain, has made an admirable reputation for making films with strong content. (Except of course, the Don films but then when you have SRK who’d bother with content anyway. He himself doesn’t anymore.) But why are they always so sanitised? Far-removed from going beneath the surface? Why is glamour suitably replaced with just-about pretty when upper class and just-that-much scruffy for any of the stratas below? Why aren’t emotions all-consuming, why do characters who even when behaving ordinary seem affected and why do the stories, although full of lovely moments, keep us at a distance? It’s as if an invisible glass curtain has fallen in between. There seems a desperate reluctance to approach anything that is extreme, anything that isn’t middle-line. What began as a fresh perspective on story-telling seems to be fast developing into some sort of a middle-of-the-road voice that’s saying nothing new, happy to simply tone down the intensity of what both extremes have been doing for ages. And so we have a dispassionate Rock On, a squeaky clean and naïve Lakshya, exotica pretending to be exploratory Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, an underwhelming Karthik Calling Karthik, a neither flaky nor deep Honeymoon Travels and now a funnily packaged thriller Talaash that simply cannot make up its mind about its physical or emotional landscape. I’ve really liked all these films (with the exception of Rock On, which I found extremely mediocre and too populist to have true merit.) because they have been well-told stories and refreshingly non-self-conscious. But through them all I have waited for a film from the Excel stables to max out its subject, take the juice out of it and compel me to go ah-a because their films do display a fresher approach. Luck By Chance is the only exception that takes a dangerously close look at its subject but its singularity as an example makes me regard it as one of those rare flashes of brilliance that talented people are capable of but some hardly show often. And Excel, despite its premeditated insistence on an extremely sanitized reality, has the potential to show that brilliance more often than it does. The other bigger reason I felt like writing this post. There were so many things going for Talaash but this insistence on a safe distance from any sort of crudity called out the entire game. If not for Nawazuddin Siddique and Subrat Dutta, the carefully-cultivated setting would have been faker than those pretentious Fuji apples. I didn’t write it off, despite the finale which I’d have readily bought had the film only set it up right. It had a beautiful, somber mood, carried through faithfully, successfully smearing the narrative with a blanket of bleakness that served it so well. It stayed away from incorporating formulaic elements and actually went so far as to have three top stars shedding all their vanity to actually serve the film, an almost unheard of feat, leave alone unachievable. It had Aamir Khan get into the skin of a character for a change, for God’s sake! Yet, it stopped short of the brilliance it could have been. The curious thing about it is that it’s out-of-the-box and extremely traditional at the same time. It mixes genres not in formulaic Bollywood style but to serve its own purpose. But having done that, it doesn’t create anything new. It is well-written, tight and engaging but stereotypical at more places than one, picking its people and places more out of tested territories than a kicking imagination. It is very well-directed yet unfinished…so many rough edges, so many moments where the lack of attention to detail shows through. And these become big holes in what informs an entire sensibility and ‘type’ of film Excel is fast becoming synonymous with. Despite an actively engaging two and half hours, these holes are all that remained with me. Bollywood abounds in horror stories more horrifying than Ramsay films so I accept that it is probably impossible to make an honest film and still earn money. But I do need to ask, if compromises (artistic, intellectual or of mere effort) are absolutely necessary, can we find a way to do them so they don’t come in the way of pure-blood story-telling and some really memorable cinema that surely we are capable of? Or we aren’t? Fatema Kagalwala inspector shekhawat says: few qstns (spoilers ) – 1- In Talaash Kareena can touch anything, like open a car door, then why didn’t she take a gun & shoot her killers? 2 -Aamir Khan’s dead son knew about their parents broken relationship, that means even after dying people can keep information abt you 3- In Talaash,Aamir and Rani are watching Golmaal 3 in a theatre.Was not Kareena there in Golmaal 3? 4 – Kareena the ghost can wear makeup, change cloths, talk to anyone but she waited 3 years with a long plan to take revenge? PLZ CAN SUMONE JUSTIFY THESE THINGS ? hope those who called ek tha tiger moron justify plot holes in talaash kushalashok says: Elaborate post. You have brought up a lot of good conceptions. drsapna says: I enjoyed the film too but it was not noir enough and it troubled me the entire time I watched it. As if the filmmakers were afraid to dig deep and portray uneasiness in spite of the packaging. Of course the loopholes in the script made it worse. The problem with Talaash is that it is a wannabe pretending to be real and true. To be able to tell a story in an honest way, within the parameters of ‘Bollywood’ is hard but I think we are getting there. I don’t have an answer as to how it can be done except by pushing boundaries. However the reality of commercial cinema is that it is dictated by financial forces-at the end of the day investors want their money back and more. So it is a fine balancing act. Besides no one can predict the outcome even with guaranteed star power, a good marketing machine and a decent script because there are other factors at play. 🙂 Oh and while I agree about Nawazuddin, Subrat and all the bit actors, I think Aamir totally failed to bring out the inner conflict of Suri. At no point did I see him close to breakdown or even trying to control it. The resolution at the end and his part therein was so contrived. (Let’s not even talk about the potential to write a moral dilemma into the story, with possible attraction to Rosie because then our hero would not be so upright, even if it would have added to the noir-ness.) @Rohwit says: This is what I have been trying to say since so long…Thank you fatema for putting right words in the perspective. Underwhelmed, always safe and basically decorated but leaving you with a feeling of hollow. Prasun Banerjee says: Thanks Fatema for bringing up quite a few things … Though i disagree with some assessment of yours (I absolutely loved ZNMD … there are some personal things that resonated big time) , but i am with you on your analysis of Excel films. The film goes the extra distance to keep it clean and away from reality. I could just count 2 “real” scenarios … Anand Murugan dying of AIDS and Shashi’s girlfriend being pulled back into the trade after Shashi goes “off”. Even Armaan Kapoor was not “into” the redlight area !!! And Fatema … i too think Excel needs to hand over their scripts (after making their movies) to another film maker who will make a darker version of the same. DCH with 3 slum youths … etc etc … aravishiva says: Idiotic writer! What was he/she trying to say? I didn’t get that even after reading first few paragraphs. First of all, learn to express your thoughts in a coherent & uncomplicated manner – that Talaash achieved better. Palash says: This is an absolutely brilliant piece of writing, brilliant brilliant brilliant! This is what I’ve felt with all those ‘Excel’ films, and continue to feel with Talaash, the weakest of the lot. And what is more disappointing is the reputed critics going gaga over it, and over rating it. Why do they lack such insight as shown by you Fatema? Any answers? In the age of despair even mediocrity will shine. That is the case with Talaash. I can’t believe that they’re still using the whole dead child angle as the inner turmoil of the character. So so cliched. ZMD was entertaining as any commercial film should be…it was never insightful…the fact that one experience can change one’s outlook to life is only the stuff of commercial cinema. Btw when i say commercial cinema i do not mean the brainless types that are parade in the theatres on a weekly basis and with 100 crore achievement tags….commercial cinema like Zanjeer still had a subtext to it…this new stuff is merely cotton candy. Leave a Reply to drsapna Cancel reply Life of Pi: Cause you gotta have faith The curious case of Talaash – works best when you know the twist	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396702
__label__cc	0.600885	0.399115	Mole's Genealogy Blog Beginners Guide: Servicemen Ancestors Under Sail to Natal Keeper of the Bluff Light Smiths of Northumberland: the origins of William Dixon Smith and family Bluff Light-keepers 1875: Gadsden and Bell According to the listing of the Port Office in the Natal Almanac, when my light-keeper great grandfather, Thomas Gadsden, was Head Keeper of the Bluff Light, Durban, he was paid a hundred pounds a year, 'with quarters'. This wasn't an enormous salary but he was doing better than the 'Native Assistant' at twelve pounds. And in comparison with the Port Captain, then Alexander Airth, who received 350 pounds, perhaps Gadsden's salary was fair. At this date, the Assistant Light-keeper was D W Bell, Gadsden's brother-in-law, the son of the late Captain William Bell who had died in 1869. Gadsden had married Bell's daughter, Eliza Ann, in 1873. So the lighthouse was very much a family affair. Douglas Bell took over as Head keeper in about 1880. This unique photograph, restored from its original damaged condition, shows various members of the Bell family including possibly the only surviving picture of Douglas Bell, left. He could be holding the Dolland telescope which previously belonged to his father, Capt Bell. Unfortunately, it was this portion of the original photo which was water-damaged and the figure may not be an accurate likeness of Douglas Bell - though the telescope was definitely visible in the original. Capt Bell and his Dolland telescope The ladies are 'Aunt Ellen' (Ellen Harriet Bell, daughter of Captain Bell, who later married Edward Baxter) and her niece 'Cousin Violet Bell' (Violet Amy, daughter of Sarah Scott Bell and Charles George Pay). The other little girl may be Natalia Beatrice Pay, sister of Violet. The identity of the bearded man, perhaps Assistant Light-keeper at the time, is not known. The photograph was taken by W E James who at that date, ca 1880, had a studio at the Point, Durban. Most interesting of all is the structure in front of which the group is foregathered. This is likely to be the current keeper's quarters near the Bluff Lighthouse. It has a corrugated iron roof over timber walls which are raised above the ground (against white ants). The windows with their top 'awning' detail are typical of the period. Note the plaited fence. For more about the Gadsden/Bell connection with the Bluff Light see: molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/08/keeper-of-bluff-light-thomas-alfred.html Photograph restoration: Hartmut Jager Photograph from Gordon Brown. Posted by Mole at 6:32 AM No comments: Labels: Bluff keeper's quarters ca 1880, Douglas Bell, Thomas Gadsden, William Bell Green Point Lighthouse, Natal, and its keepers Brought into operation in 1905, Green Point Lighthouse on Natal's South Coast was the second last SA lighthouse to use petroleum vapour burners and the first to be fully automated in November 1961. Light intensity was approximately 240 000 cd. The lighthouse had an added feature: a subsidiary sector light exhibiting a fixed red light over an arc subtending the extremities of the Aliwal Shoal. In the days when it was a manned light, Green Point, though not far from Durban, was a comparatively isolated and inaccessible light for lightkeepers and their families.The old South Coast Road to Port Shepstone was seven miles inland and was connected to the lighthouse by a secondary road running through the canefields. The old road was always in poor condition and the staff used the train from Clansthal to visit Umkomaas or Durban. When the new tarred road, running close to the sea, was built, a short access road was cut through the bush to the lighthouse. This enabled those members of the staff who were fortunate enough to own cars to travel to Umkomaas in a few minutes and to Durban in less than an hour. But lightkeepers no longer frequent the road in this area. Another era has gone. Names of the senior lightkeepers at Green Point before automation: C G Johnson E D Bayes J R Clingen D Hurley* C H Cornish T McInerney E L Andreasen J C Addison H H Hews W A Hews F C Miller * father of Archbishop D Hurley The last lightkeepers did not benefit from the electricity supply - it resulted in their permanent withdrawal. Read more in Harold Williams's authoritative volume Southern Lights, Lighthouses of Southern Africa (Published by Wm Waterman 1993) Labels: Green Point lighthouse Natal, Hurley Waratah 106th anniversary: links On Monday, 26 July 1909, at 8 pm from ‘C’ Shed, SS Waratah put to sea for the last time. As the ship turned south past Durban Bluff heading for Cape Town none on board would have believed that they would be sailing to their deaths. As they progressively headed into stronger winds, at around 6.30am on 27 July the following morning, Waratah‘s last communication from Latitude 31.36 degrees South and Longitude 29.58 degrees East, positioned her due East of Cape Hermes near Port St. Johns. Suzanne-Jo Leff Patterson tells the story: molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-woodchoppers-and-solicitor-lost-at.html molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-woodchoppers-and-solicitor-lost-at_25.html A must for Waratah enthusiasts, Andrew Van Rensburg's blog: www.waratahrevisited.blogspot.com Buy his book via Amazon now! www.amazon.com/Waratah-Revisited-Andrew-Van-Rensburg/dp/3710319447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438059962&sr=1-1&keywords=waratah+revisited Labels: Waratah, Waratah Revisited book Countdown to Waratah Anniversary 2 Waratah officers' signatures Western Times 19 August 1909 STILL NO NEWS OF THE MISSING LINER: The east coast from Durban southwards is still being vigorously searched for any trace of the missing liner Waratah. One hopeful view is that no signs of wreckage have been seen and it would seem impossible for a ship the size of the Waratah to go to pieces without wreckage being floated ashore. For much more on Waratah see www.waratahrevisited.blogspot.com Labels: Waratah anniversary 2015 Countdown to Waratah Anniversary A very poignant letter written by a crew member on 26 July 1909 from SS Waratah in Durban, was received by his sister in London. ‘Just a line to let you know we arrived here safely after a pretty rough voyage from Adelaide. For 13 days after leaving that place we had heavy seas and weather and a lot of the deck fittings were broken and carried away by heavy seas that swept over the vessel. The last five days however have been fine and we got here yesterday midday (Sunday) and we leave the Cape Saturday next on 31st July for London, where we will arrive on August 21st although we are not due until the 23rd….’ Those words still hang in the air more than a century later. The Waratah was destined not to reach London but to disappear off the southern coast of Africa after her departure from Durban for the Cape. The story of her mysterious final hours continues to haunt us and even now there are plans to search the coastal waters for her final remains. Was your ancestor on the Waratah's last fateful voyage. Check the passenger list at molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/07/was-your-ancestor-on-waratahs-final.html See: waratahrevisited.blogspot.com/ and Andrew van Rensburg's enthralling book of the same title, now available on Amazon. A must-read for all Waratah enthusiasts. Thanks to Waratah expert S J L Patterson for her input for this post. The crew of SS Waratah Posted by Mole at 7:57 AM 1 comment: Lighthousekeeper: Roman Rock Not an operation to be carried out in stormy weather. Roman Rock Lighthouse perches on an isolated rock in the harbour at Simonstown. It is the only lighthouse on the SA coast erected on a rock that is exposed at low water and awash almost continuously at high water. Joseph Nourse Commodore of the Royal Navy at Simonstown wrote to the Admiralty in London in January 1823 stressing the importance of the safety of HM ships entering anchorage at Simon's Bay at night. A plan was presented in February of the same year, with an estimated cost of 450 pounds, a low figure for the time. Nothing happened until 1838 when Rear Admiral Elliott urged the need for a lighthouse at the entrance to Simon's Bay. He repeated his request in 1839. Simon's Bay was still waiting for its lighthouse by 1843. Work finally began on a lighthouse in 1857, but it took four years for the structure to be completed. Delays were very much a part of the history of lighthouse building in South Africa. Despite adverse comments on the safety and stability of the tower in 1861, the same beacon is still in operation having defied the south-east gales and surging seas which engulf it every summer. Labels: Roman Rock Lighthouse Bluff Lighthouse, Signal Station and keepers' quarters Pre 1930 - as can be seen from the lack of the additional concrete with which the lighthouse was 'restored' by that date. This is one of the best photographs taken of the lighthouse and its environs between 1900 and 1930. (Note that the shape of the Bluff changes from photo to photo over several decades.) The concrete sheath was added due to concerns that the foundations of the old lighthouse were shaky: an earth tremor had unsettled the foundations and in a strong wind the tower swayed considerably, throwing the lens which floated on the mercury bath out of kilter. Lighthouse engineer Cooper's scheme encased the original lighthouse in reinforced concrete, which may have assisted its stability but did nothing for the aesthetic appearance of the landmark. Bluff Lighthouse with its concrete casing, taken ca 1935 Labels: Bluff lighthouse pre 1930 Lighthouse keepers at the Bluff Light, Durban Senior Lightkeepers 1867 - 1880 T A Gadsden 1885 Moffat 1898 J Stephenson 1.7.1898 B Shortt 1918 G Johnson 1922 L R P Daly 1927 - 1933 T F Addison 1938 G A Orchard 20.1.1941 - 1.4.1942 A Gray Lightkeepers 27.7.1889 - 30.6.1898 F B Shortt 1.7.1898 John Murphy 18.8.1931 - 16.7.1934 A Spring 16.7.1934 - 1.3.1941 E L Andreason molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-lighthousekeeper-ancestor.html Posted by Mole at 12:55 PM No comments: Labels: Gadsden, lightkeepers Bluff Lighthouse keeper's uniform 1920s: Agulhas Light My grandfather George Orchard in uniform at Cape L'Agulhas lighthouse where he was stationed from 1921 to 1924 (writes Edith Morris). This photo shows an interesting example of the keeper's uniform at that time. George Orchard in uniform, 1920s L'Agulhas Lighthouse, Cape, SA PJ Hannabus sends additional information on keepers' uniforms: The uniforms stayed the same until the 1980's, I think, when they stopped issue. However, our uniform (winter Issue) was the same as the Navy, except on the lower sleeve where the braid was, it was capped with a 'diamond', not a round whorl. This in fact depicted a Naval Officer, Lieutenant, Captain etc. Junior keepers had 1 & 2 braids, a senior keeper had 3. The summer uniform was white shorts and shirt, and white long socks. The rank was worn on the shoulders with epaulettes. From a distance it looked like a Navy Officer, as the caps were the same too. I remember my dad walking down Adderley Street, Cape Town, in uniform, and passing soldiers all saluted him! He returned the salute of course, with a 'Carry on soldier!' My mom said, 'But you're not an officer!' He replied, 'But they know what I should have been!' Labels: Agulhas lighthouse, keeper's uniform 1920s, L'Agulhas Light, Orchard, uniforms Lighthouse: Shelley Point, St Helena This unusual and classically-attractive lighthouse (strictly speaking not a lighthouse but a lead light), also called Stompneus Point light, was built privately by the owner of the estate (he was a lighthouse enthusiast) and later became official. Located at the northernmost point of the Cape St. Martins peninsula, marking the western entrance to St. Helena Bay, about 20 km northeast of Paternoster. Today the site is open but the tower closed. Harold Williams does not include this light in his volume Lighthouses of Southern Africa, hence he offers no lists of lightkeepers at Shelley Point. If anyone has further information on the topic please contact Mole via this blog. Input from P J Hannabus: it seems that the old beacon was a local structure to assist the trawlers. From that point, eastwards along that small piece of coast, is a residential area called The Golden Mile. Rows of palm trees line the access roads and properties. As the name suggests, it is a Millionaires Row with mansions resembling Beverley Hills in the USA. These folks were unhappy with the common wooden structure on their doorstep, and had the present structure built to resemble a Middle East minaret. [Mole is of the opinion that the dome looks more Italian than Middle Eastern.] Labels: Shelley Point Lighthouse, St Helena, Stompneus Point Lighthouse: Slangkop Poinr, Noordhoek, Cape Town Slangkop Point lighthouse, part of the Marine Protected Area of Table Mountain National Park, is a 34m-high giant of a lighthouse that has become the icon of Kommetjie. Visitors walking the 8km stretch of Noordhoek Beach often climb up to the top of the lighthouse for stunning coastal views. The tallest tower on the South African coast was established after the lighthouse commission of 1906, but it wasn't until 1913 that tenders were invited for the supply of a cast-iron tower, lantern, optical apparatus etc. It had been intended to be put up by 1914, but the Great War intervened and though the lighthouse was built by that year it had to wait five years to be commissioned. The cost of the original installation was 14 358.9.1. pounds. The lighthouse is now fully automatic but a senior lightkeeper is retained on the premises for security reasons. In 1914 the Senior Lightkeeper was J C Luxton, T F Addison taking over about 1918. Others in the earlier years were J Piper, A Small, H C Grieve, R W Gardiner. J F Hannabus (see other posts on this lightkeepeing family) was First Lightkeeper at Slangkop from 1963 - 1965, and C H Hannabus preceded him from 1929 - 1930. Other surnames associated with this lighthouse include: Bissel, Andreason, Linden, Stewart, Bruyns, Harty, and van Rensburg (F, 1970-1975). Slangkop Point lighthouse near Kommetjie At sunset, with low visibility, the captain mi That was not the end of the Kakapo, howe Labels: Hannabus, Kommetjie Lighthouse, Noordhoek light, Slangkop lighthouse, van Rensburg The Last of the South African Lighthouse Keepers: Hannabus family The strong Bird Island lens, with a view of the keeper's house to the right of the lens A series by Suzanne-Jo Leff Patterson - 2015 As we continue this series, recognition is paid to the Hannabus family. Their history of three generations in the lighthouse service, illustrated below, is a continuous contribution to providing safety to the numerous ships and their precious cargoes of passengers and crews which plied the long and rugged South African coastline. At various periods of their careers, all of the Hannabus dynasty were Senior Keepers of the Light: (a) A.E (Bill) Hannabus (1906 – 1945) Bird Island, Hood Point, Cape St, Blaize, Cape Point, Dassen Island, Cape Recife, Robben Island, Port Nolloth. (b) C.H. Hannabus (1929 – 1970) Slangkop, Cape Point, Danger Point, Green Point, The Hill, Cape St Lucia, Cape Hermes, The Bluff Cooper Light, Bird Island, Port Nolloth, M’bashe Point, Great Fish River, Hood Point. (c) J.F Hannabus (1946 – 1974) Green Point, The Bluff Cooper Light, Cape Agulhas, Diaz Point, Danger Point, Slangkop, Cape St Lucia, M’bashe Point. (d) P-J Hannabus (1972 – 1975) M’bashe Point, Danger Point, Cape St Blaize, Slangkop, Dassen Island, Robben Island. (1975-1990) Radio Technician - Robben Island, M’bashe Point and Hood Point Lighthouses. Bird Island with the guano collectors Our earlier story began with Bird Island, which was one of the most remote Lighthouses along the coast and it has a history of unusual mysteries. From Colin Urquhart’s book, ‘East to the Isles’, P-J Hannabus brings us this captivating story, which involved his uncle, Lighthouse Keeper, Charlie Hannabus. The story begins, when, Lighthouse Keeper, C.C. Hansen was stationed on Bird Island in 1908. The isolation depressed his wife Mrs Hansen in the extreme and one day she was found drowned in Newtons well near the Lighthouse. As time went by, rumours circulated and questions were raised as to whether it was suicide or something more sinister and Keepers and Guano staff believed that Mrs Hansen’s spirit haunted the island! When he was stationed there, Charlie Hannabus claimed the double-storey house on the island, just NW of the tower, was haunted! On certain nights it was said that "Mrs. Hansen" would run through the house as well as walk the island. Charlie claimed that whilst he was there in 1930, sleeping in the kitchen one night for warmth, he suddenly woke up to find himself being dragged by his ankles across the floor by, he was sure, "Mrs. Hansen!” The next night nothing would induce Charlie to sleep in the kitchen again and he slept upstairs with the door firmly bolted! Shortly after this episode on one moonlit night, Head Lighthouse Keeper, Fred Ball, with thirteen years spent on the island and his Assistant Edwards, clearly saw Hannabus stumble 200m, across the island from the house to the flag room - but when they checked on him, Charlie Hannabus was in his bed! Was that a ghost the two keepers had seen? What explanation could there be? Keeper Fred Ball said that Hannabus then recounted a similar incident some years earlier, when, on a stormy night, thought he had seen the Guano Headman strolling outside, but when the Keepers checked, the Headman was in bed ….. fast asleep! Once again, on a stormy night, some twenty five years later on, while Tommy was on duty, Mrs Addison, wife of Head Keeper Tommy Addison, heard footsteps come up those stairs! Terrified, Mrs Addison ducked under the blankets and heard the ‘ghost’ next to her bed, even to the extent of hearing the tick, tick, tick of a watch! Later, when she questioned Tommy, he assured her that he had been on duty in the tower all night and did not come home at all! The belief still exists today, that Bird Island remains haunted. After the house was torn down, burnt and replaced in 1979, it seems that ‘Mrs Hansen’ was never seen again. Even then, lighthouse maintenance crews did not like staying over, claiming that blankets have been pulled off beds as the crew slept and cold draughts blew through the rooms even when windows were tightly shut ………. I’m sure that many readers will be sceptical, but the question has to be posed – If you are a sceptic, would you be comfortable spending the night in the house on the island on a stormy night? A E Hannabus (Bill) the Patriarch L/H Keeper Left to Right: J.F. Hannabus (Babsie), Mr Slattery (Charlie’s father-in-law) and C.H. Hannabus (Charlie) at Danger Point Lighthouse 1961 P-J Hannabus, J.F Hannabus (Babsie) and C.H. Hannabus (Charlie) Christmas 1981 For Part 1 of this series go to: molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-last-of-south-african-lighthouse.html www.keri-harvey.com/2014/06/lighthouse-keeping-nostalgic-job/#comment-357 Posted by Mole at 8:53 AM 2 comments: Labels: Bird Island, Hannabus, last of the SA lighthouse keepers part 2 RFA Darkdale torpedoed St Helena 1941: list of those lost 22nd October 1941 at 00.15 RFA Darkdale was torpedoed by German submarine U68. Three of the four torpedoes made their mark. The ship exploded, turned over and sank. Reports vary as to who escaped, but all hands bar the Captain, Chief Engineer and Purser who were dining at the Garrison, two rankings in hospital and two rankings in the process of returning to the ship, perished. Memorial: RFA Darkdale www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-darkdale Labels: RFA Darkdale men lost 1941, St Helena Ulundi, Anglo-Zulu War: anniversary of the battle 4 July 1879 ULUNDI: A Study in Revenge? The Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi on 4 July 1879 and was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British army broke the military power of the Zulu nation by defeating the main Zulu army and immediately afterwards capturing and razing the capital of Zululand, the royal kraal of Ulundi. 'After half an hour of concentrated fire from the artillery, the Gatling Guns and thousands of British rifles, Zulu military power was broken. British casualties were ten killed and eighty-seven wounded, while nearly five hundred Zulu dead were counted around the square; another 1,000 or more were wounded. Chelmsford ordered the Royal Kraal of Ulundi to be burnt – the capital of Zululand burned for days. Chelmsford turned over command to Wolseley on 15 July at the fort at St. Paul's, leaving for home on the 17th. Chelmsford had partially salvaged his reputation and received a Knight Grand Cross of Bath, largely because of Ulundi; however, he was severely criticized by the Horse Guards investigation and he would never serve in the field again. Cetshwayo c 1875 Cetshwayo had been sheltered in a village since 3 July and fled upon hearing news of the defeat at Ulundi. The British forces were dispersed around Zululand in the hunt for Cetshwayo, burning numerous kraals in a vain attempt to get his Zulu subjects to give him up and fighting the final small battle to defeat the remaining hostile battalions. He was finally captured on 28 August by soldiers under Wolseley's command at a kraal in the middle of the Ngome forest. He was exiled to London, where he would be held prisoner for three years. Wolseley swiftly divided up Zululand into thirteen districts, installing compliant chiefs in each so that the kingdom could no longer unite under one ruler. Cetshwayo was restored to the throne of the partitioned Zulu kingdom in January 1883 shortly before his death in 1884.' For further information see: http://www.ianknightzulu.com/4th-july-ulundi-day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ulundi http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/ulundi/ Labels: Anglo-Zulu War, Battle of Ulundi Entrance of the Conch, Port Natal Click on the pic to read the story ... Bluff Lighthouse, Signal Station and keepers' quar... The Last of the South African Lighthouse Keepers: ... RFA Darkdale torpedoed St Helena 1941: list of tho... Ulundi, Anglo-Zulu War: anniversary of the battle ... 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__label__wiki	0.665935	0.665935	Category Archives: Pennsylvania Bad For Each Other (1953) I’ve got a chance at something better and I’m going to take it. After serving in the Korean War, Army colonel and doctor Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) returns home to Coalville, Pennsylvania, on leave where his mother (Mildred Dunnock) is mourning her other son Floyd’s death. Tom learns from wealthy mine owner Dan Reasonover (Ray Collins) that Floyd, a mine safety engineer killed in an explosion, had betrayed Dan’s trust by buying substandard equipment and taking kickbacks. Floyd was also in debt. Tom wants to pay Dan back, but Dan tells him to forget about the money. Dan’s daughter, the twice-divorced socialite Helen Curtis (Lizabeth Scott) meets Tom at a party and asks him for a date. She arranges for him to meet Dr. Homer Gleeson (Lester Matthews), who runs a fancy Pittsburgh clinic catering to wealthy women with imaginary health problems and he offers Tom a job. Tom hires nurse Joan Lasher (Dianne Foster, born Olga Helen Laruska!) an attractive and idealistic young woman who plans to become a doctor herself and is concerned at the way the practice is run. Dan warns him against marrying his daughter while her aunt (Marjorie Rambeau) cautions him once she finds out that Gleeson is a fraud having taken the credit for the lifesaving operation Tom performed. Tom discovers there’s an ethical price to pay for his compromises and finds himself envying Dr. Lester Scobee (Rhys Williams) who cares for the miners of Coalville and their families and then a disaster strikes underground … I sometimes remembered the hippocratic oath. A canny fusion of medical soap opera with film noir, with Scott terrific as the bad girl. Heston is fine as the conflicted doctor who initially chooses moving up in society until finally even he has to admit he’s being unethical. Smart writing about class from novelists Irving Wallace and Horace McCoy and smoothly managed by director Irving (Now, Voyager) Rapper. Gratitude is no substitute for what I want filed under 1950s, Architecture & Interiors, Army, B&W, Brothers, Cinematography, Class, Cliques, Corruption, Costume, Daughters, Doctors, Drama, Father, Femininity, Femme fatale, Film Noir, Financial, Identity, Irony, Lizabeth Scott, Marital, Masculinity, Medical, Melodrama, Military, Mining, Morality tale, Mother, Narration, Niece, Nurses, Office, Party, Pennsylvania, Post-war, Production design, Screenwriters, Small Town, Society, Soldiers, Soundtrack, Surgery It is what it is. In 1975 mob hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro) and his boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and their wives are on an east-west roadtrip, their ultimate destination Detroit for the wedding of Russell’s niece. An elderly Sheeran tells the story of their association as a meet-cute when he was driving a meat truck in the 1950s and his rise through the ranks, his appointment to a Teamster position under Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) the union supremo with deep Mafia ties. It becomes apparent that there is an ulterior motive to the journey and their role in America’s evolution particularly with regard to the Kennedy family is traced against a series of hits Sheeran carries out that reverberate through US history… What kind of man makes a call like that. Not so much Goodfellas as Oldfellas, a ruminative journey through midcentury America via the prism of a violent hitman who allegedly befriended and later murdered infamous Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. This is toned-down Scorsese, with muted colours to match the readjusted and very mature framing of Mafia doings in terms of the impact it has on family, chiefly Sheeran’s sensitive daughter Peggy (played by Anna Paquin as an adult) whose mostly silent presence functions as the story’s moral centre: her horror of Bufalino is a constant reprimand. Steven (Schindler’s List, Gangs of New York) Zaillian’s adaptation of Charles Brandt’s book I Heard You Paint Houses is not for the fainthearted: its overlength is sustained mainly by performance with a powerhouse set of principals (plus Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale et al) battling against a lot of unmemorable and somewhat repetitive dialogue (but when it’s good, it’s great), under-dramatised setpieces and a fatally bloated midsection (as in life, so in narrative), much of which is spent in courtrooms. Every time there’s a lull in the action someone needs Frank to off the source of their discontent and sometimes this is handled with straightforward exposition, sometimes in a montage of Frank disposing gun after gun off a bridge. That’s the story punctuation in this flashback within a flashback. Mostly however the issue is DeNiro’s dull and wearying voiceover. This is not the funny jive kick of Ray Liotta in the aforementioned 1990 classic, it’s a man utterly comfortable in his killer’s skin who doesn’t defend himself because it’s who he is and he is not given to introspection, a flaw in the amoral anchoring perspective. If we’re seeing it, we don’t need to be told too. The de-ageing effect is jarring because we don’t see the DeNiro of Mean Streets, rather a jowly preternaturally middle-aged man who shuffles in an old man’s gait with no visible difference between how he looks in 1950 and 1975. While Pesci is calm and chillingly content in his own position as a capo, it’s Pacino (in his first collaboration with Scorsese) who lifts the mood and fills the air with punchy, positive ions, giving the movie a much-needed burst of energy. But even he seems to be circling the wagons around his own self-satisfied persona as the same story/work-life issues repeatedly arise. It’s a big movie about nasty men who (perhaps) played a huge role in the shaping of their country and the hierarchies of cultures and ethnicities are regularly invoked in a tale which may or may not be true. There are some potentially amusing gatherings of men in black suits at family events. But funny they ain’t. It’s sad perhaps that Scorsese didn’t make this for cinema and after three weeks on limited release it is fated for eternity on a streaming service: a sign of the times and perhaps the swansong of a major filmmaker at the end of the 2010s. The nail in the coffin of an era? After this we might be asking not just who killed Jimmy Hoffa but who killed the mob movie. Late Scorsese, in more ways than one. They can whack the President, they can whack the president of the union filed under 2010s, Action, Adaptation, Airport, Architecture & Interiors, Auteur, Babies, Biography, Bombs, Bridges, Cars, Cinematography, Colour, Communication, Corruption, Cosmetics, Costume, Courtroom, Crime, Dance, Daughters, Death, Deception, Detroit, Divorce, Docks, Drama, Effects, Epic, Family, Father, Femininity, Financial, Fireworks, Flashback, Florida, Food, Funeral, Gangs, Gangster, Golf, Guns, Historical, Hitman, Irish American, Irony, Italian-American, Jewellery, Jewish, JFK, Landscape, Language, Legal, Mafia, Marital, Masculinity, Medical, Men on a mission, Morality tale, Mother, Murder, Narration, New York, Newsreel, Office, Parenting, Pennsylvania, Photos, Police, Political, Priests, Prison, Production design, Psychological, Publicity, Race, Radio, Restaurant, Rivalry, Road movie, Romance, Scorsese, Screenwriters, Shoes, Shop, Society, Songs, Sons, Soundtrack, Storytelling, Telephone, Television, Thriller, Titles, Travelogue, Trucks, True crime, Unreliable narrator, Violent, Wedding, WW2 Steel Country (2018) Aka A Dark Place. With a dead kid there’s almost always abuse first. In smalltown rural Pennsylvania garbage truck driver Donny Devlin (Andrew Scott) becomes obsessed with the death of local boy Tyler Ziegler when the police don’t want to investigate how he is found in a river and he is buried without an autopsy. Donny takes it upon himself to investigate, irritating his initially sympathetic co-worker Donna (Bronagh Waugh), getting an admission of suspicion of abuse from Mrs Ziegler (Kate Forbes), confronting a local police officer Max Himmler (Griff Furst), tackling the sheriff (Michael Rose), the paediatrician Dr Pomorowski (Andrew Masset) whose office has taken a lot of calls from Tyler’s mom and finally suspecting the boy’s father Jerry (Jason Davies). His own disordered personality almost puts him in the frame, until he digs up Tyler’s corpse and brings it to a coroner to prove his suspicions … Nothing ever happens around here. Brendan Higgins’ screenplay is equal parts character study and mystery. The noises in Donny’s head and his frankly unusual disposition are never truly explained, the grounds for his obsession left untapped other than a presumed autistic problem hence a rather narrow field of enquiry. The circumstances of how he conceived his beloved 11-year old daughter Wendy (Christa Beth Campbell) with Linda (Denise Gough) are rather seedy; his living situation with his disabled mother (Sandra Ellis Lafferty) kindly depicted. Marcel Zyskind’s cinematography peers into the American darklands but other than corruption, the kind of easy institutional conspiracy that seems ten-a-penny in child abuse cases and the interesting positing of a paediatrician as a paedophile (one is reminded of a case in the UK when subliterate vigilantes targetted a doctor’s office, presumably believing that child abusers advertise their predilections on their doors), it doesn’t really ring the narrative cause-effect that is required. However it is tonally interesting and Scott delivers a committed if distracting performance in this ironically titled story where industry has long departed leaving predators free to exploit their working class targets. The ending is jaw-dropping – just not necessarily in a good way. Directed by Simon Fellows. What are you trying to do? You trying to give your shitty life some meaning? filed under 'Social' media, 2010s, Action, Architecture & Interiors, Bars, Bereavement, Bridges, Brothers, Cars, Child abuse, Children, Cinematography, Class, Colour, Conspiracy, Corruption, Costume, Daughter, Death, Deception, Disability, Doctors, Drama, Father, Flashback, Guns, Illegitimacy, Irish American, Irony, Marital, Masculinity, Medical, Mental health, Mortuary, Mother, Murder, Mystery, Newspaper, Obsession, Pennsylvania, Police, Revenge, Rivers, Screenwriters, Small Town, Society, Sons, Soundtrack, Suspense, Telephone, Thriller, Trucks, Violent Never forget the victims of Islamic terror on this day 17 years ago, family and friends alike. filed under Arabs, Death, New York, Pennsylvania, Terrorists, Twin Towers We’re all happy that you’re going to live, John Book. After witnessing a brutal murder, young Amish boy Samuel (Lukas Haas) and his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis) seek protection from police officer John Book (Harrison Ford). When Book uncovers evidence of police corruption involving narcotics lieutenant James McFee (Danny Glover), Book must take Rachel and Samuel, and flee to the Amish countryside where Rachel grew up. There, immersed in Amish culture and tradition, Book and Rachel begin a cautious romance while he tries to fit in and the enemy closes in … I just don’t like the idea of my son spending all this time with a man who carries a gun and goes around whacking people! Great films tend to create a narrative fulcrum based on juxtaposition and opposites: here we have simplicity and purity versus corruption and violence, delicacy versus roughness, city versus country, child versus man. Written by Pamela Wallace and Earl Wallace and William Kelley, this was director Peter Weir’s entree to the American mainstream after a decade of extraordinary work in his native Australia. It also marked Harrison Ford’s acceptance into the acting world proper after a decade as action superstar courtesy of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. His relationships with Rachel and Samuel and his willingness to look silly – that sheepish grin when he’s in Amish clothing! – signalled a new level of sensitive and complex personification. With a barn-building sequence out of the Dutch masters, a romantic dance scene that is one of the sexiest ever made, and a conclusion that ratchets like a vise-like grip closing on the protagonists with an astonishing climax in a grain silo out of silent horror cinema, this is made by a master craftsman at his most cinematic and beautiful. Maurice Jarre’s score is legendary. An American classic. No. Try not. Do or do not filed under 1980s, Action, Alternative lifestyles, Architecture & Interiors, Atmospheric, Auteur, Cars, Cinematography, Colour, Community, Corruption, Costume, Crime, Dance, Daughter, Death, Deception, Detective, Drama, Editing, Etiquette, Family, Father, Favourites, Femininity, Fish out of water, Guns, Harrison Ford, Jealousy, Masculinity, Morality tale, Mother, Newspaper, Nudity, Pennsylvania, Peter Weir, Philadelphia, Photos, Police, Production design, Psychological, Race against time, Railway station, Religion, Rivalry, Romance, Rural, Scenic, Screenwriters, Sex, Sexism, Shopping, Sisters, Songs, Sons, Soundtrack, Thriller, Violent, Woman in jeopardy All the Right Moves (1983) Who in the hell gave you that power? You’re just a coach. You’re just a high school football coach. Steff Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) is the star player of his high school football team and desperately hoping that his football talents will earn him a scholarship. That’s his only chance to get out of his dying hometown of Ampipe, Pennsylvania where his father and brother and every other guy works at the plant before they’re laid off. When a heated argument with his coach Nickerson (Craig T. Nelson) gets him kicked off the team and blacklisted from college recruiters, petty revenge is taken on Nickerson’s house. Steff is blamed and then has to fight for a chance to achieve his dream and escape the dead-end future he faces while girlfriend Lisa (Lea Thompson) wants to study music but reckons she’ll never have the chances that he’s screwed up … From the roughhousing in the changing room to the nasty barroom exchanges and the explicit sex scenes and the unfortunate friend (Chris Penn) who knocks up his girlfriend and has to get married, this has the distinct whiff of authenticity yet never really makes you like it. The blue collar Pennsylvania milieu reminds you both of Flashdance and The Deer Hunter yet the narrative feels underpowered and even Cruise can’t really make this work. Risky Business was his slicker film that year and it’s a colder piece of work while fundamentally dealing with the same crap game of college entrance and kidding other kidders but it stays in the mind in a different way. Michael Kane’s screenplay was based on an article by Pat Jordan and this marked the directing debut of the great cinematographer Michael Chapman. filed under 1980s, Adolescence, Bars, Brothers, Cars, Cinematography, Class, Colour, Drama, Father, Football, Friendship, High School, Masculinity, Nudity, Parenting, Party, Pennsylvania, Pregnancy, Romance, Sex, Songs, Sons, Soundtrack, Sport, Tom Cruise, Wedding The Boys from Brazil (1978) Will I be plagued till my dying day by that infernal Jew? Keen young Nazi hunter Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) contacts the renowned Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) from South America with the startling news that Nazi war criminals are gathering in Paraguay under the aegis of Dr Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck). As he phones him a recording of a meeting detailing a strange plan he is killed and Mengele realises someone knows something they shouldn’t…. In Vienna, Lieberman opens a packet of photos Barry sent him and tries to make sense of what he’s heard – why must 94 sixty-five year old male civil servants in several different countries be killed by a certain date? After speaking to Nazi guard Frieda Maloney (Uta Hagen) in prison he finds out that several male babies were adopted in the Sixties by women who were 23 years younger than their husbands. After speaking with biologist Professor Bruckner (Bruno Ganz) he discovers that cloning is indeed possible and not necessarily from living donors: Mengele has bred mini-Hitlers and is having them raised in conditions akin to those in which his glorious leader lived (his father was a civil servant who died before the boy was 15). Lieberman must stop the plot to rekindle the Fourth Reich. Ira Levin’s speculative fiction is probably closer to happening now than it was in the Seventies – since which time IVF, cloning and three-parent babies are a mere thought away from what Mengele was doing in his horrifying twins experiments in Auschwitz. So this is a lot less like science fiction than it is science fact. It plugs into the real-life work of Simon Wiesenthal (with Olivier perhaps atoning for his sins in Marathon Man!) when real-life Nazis were still relatively young and of course a huge number of high profile SS men were known to be living freely in sympathetic countries like Brazil and Argentina (never mind running Austria and Germany). It also uses the Lebensborn project as a basis for what is now entirely feasible – apparently. James Mason plays Eduard Seibert, the man who comes to rain on Mengele’s crazy rainforest parade but not before Mengele makes his way to Lancaster Pennsylvania to murder Wheelock (John Dehner) the father of the fourth cloned Hitler (Jeremy Black) a child who is as obnoxious and snotty as his copies in London and elsewhere but has a crucially murderous nature which Lieberman discovers after the boy sets the family’s Dobermans on Mengele. There is a fight to the death – but whose? This is literally sensational and for connoisseurs of Nazi villains (in cinema) it’s bizarre to see the great liberal actor Peck have a go at Walter Gotell whom he thinks is betraying his plan for world domination. Didn’t they meet in The Guns of Navarone?! Bizarre also to see Bruno Ganz pontificating about clones when his own resemblance to Hitler meant he would play him years later in Downfall. Most bizarre is the fact that Mengele was still alive (for at least another year, possibly longer) when this was released. And for all we know all those Germans in South America (and Europe) have already got their fortysomething men waiting in the wings. Adapted by Heywood Gould and directed by Franklin Schaffner, this had 25 minutes cut for theatrical release in Germany. Poor things! When will everybody stop talking about the Third Reich already?! In the words of the great Dr Henry Jones Jr., Nazis, I hate these guys. filed under 1970s, Action, Adaptation, Adoption, Aeroplane, Airport, Amazon, Architecture & Interiors, Atmospheric, Austria, Babies, Brazil, Cars, Children, Cinematography, Cloning, Colour, Conspiracy, Costume, Cult, Dance, Death, Deception, Doctors, Dogs, Drama, Fascists, Father, Forest, Genetics, Gregory Peck, Guns, Hospital, Hotels, Identity, James Mason, Jewish, London, Mad scientist, Medical, Murder, Nazis, Parenting, Pennsylvania, Photos, Prison, Production design, Race against time, Revenge, Rivalry, Rivers, Science, Science Fiction, Screenwriters, Sex, Snow!, Songs, Soundtrack, Suspense, Sweden, Telephone, Thriller, Trains, University, Vienna, Violent Wonder Boys (2000) Michael Chabon’s droll campus novel of dejected one hit wonder creative writing professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) gets a funny and tender adaptation from the late Curtis Hanson and writer Steve Kloves. James Leer (Tobey Maguire) is the weird and ubertalented student whose work is stupendously impressive so when agent Terry Crabtree (Robert Downey Jr) arrives at a college event for aspiring authors he immediately transfers his affection from his transvestitite companion to this new kid on the block and a raucous weekend on and off campus ensues. At a party given by the Chancellor Sara Gaskell (Frances McDormand) – who happens to be Grady’s mistress – and her husband Walter (Richard Thomas) a valuable piece of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia is stolen, the family dog is shot and the body hidden in a trunk, and tension rattles when Sara reveals she’s pregnant by Grady, whose wife has taken off to her parents’. Grady thinks James is a suicide risk so keeps him with him – along with the dead dog. It eventually dawns on him that James is a compulsive liar and a total liability. His fellow student Hannah (Katie Holmes) has a thing for Grady but he’s not into her which makes life at his house tricky – she’s renting a room there. Walter sends the police for James when he figures where the MM goods have gone. What happens to Grady’s new book manuscript and the car is just cringeworthy … This is so great in every department – the very texture of the emotions is in every gesture and expression, something that occurs when writing, performance and staging are in perfect sync. Hilarious, compassionate and endlessly watchable. And for anyone looking to complete their picture collection of Michael Douglas’ abject masculinity on film, there’s the image of him standing on the porch in a woman’s dressing gown – something to knock that Basic Instinct v-neck into a cocked hat. Cherishable. filed under 2000s, Academic, Adaptation, Adolescence, Adultery, Alienation, Atmospheric, Bars, Books, Campus, Cars, Cinematography, College, Colour, Comedy, Costume, Cross Dressing, Dance, Deception, Dogs, Drama, Drinks, Drugs, Favourites, Guilt, Guns, Marilyn Monroe, Masculinity, Mentor, Midlife crisis, Narration, Office politics, Pennsylvania, Police, Pregnancy, Psychological, Publishing, Robert Downey Jr., Self-harm, Soundtrack, Student, Suburbs, Theft, University, Writers It’s no accident that weatherman Phil Connors shares his name with the beaver that surfaces (or not) every February 2nd to forecast the end of winter: Punxsutawney Phil is a metaphor for the crisis besetting a man whose cynicism needs a serious reboot. He relives the same day. Over and over again. The irony for the viewer is that the more often you see this film, the repetition becomes more meaningful, the karma more poetic, the lessons more refined. A work of utterly incomparable comic genius approaching philosophical brilliance, written and directed by the late, great Harold Ramis from a story by Danny Rubin. Simply classic. filed under 1990s, Allegory, Animals, Atmospheric, Auteur, Bathtubs, Bill Murray, Colour, Comedy, Dance, Editing, Fantasy, Hotels, Language, Musicians, Office politics, Pennsylvania, Philosophy, Prophecy, Restaurant, Snow!, Songs, Storytelling, Suicide, Television, Trains Concussion (2015) How ironic that a movie whose tagline is ‘Tell the truth’ should have coasted on a wave of controversy because Will Smith (a Black actor, apparently it’s not enough just to be an actor any more) wasn’t nominated for an Academy Award. The truth is, this part-biopic of a forensic pathologist who linked neurological disorders similar to Alzheimer’s in NFL players to injuries they sustained during games is hackneyed and dull. Smith is unconvincing and his accent is distracting. And the whole unfolding of the one man against the system plot is about as predictable as an episode of General Hospital. This could have been made as a thriller and it would have worked a lot better. Frankly I feel like I’ve been hit over the head with a broom. There are some good supporting performances but they’re only by actors, not Black actors. Hey – can I get an award for being Black? I do hope I am not discriminated against for being white! And hey, don’t let my being female put you off! I’m better than any man in the room! Sometimes you have to make a good film and give a good performance to be nominated. It’s not enough to show up.You know I’m right! It’s all in the title, really. Yawn. filed under 2010s, Adaptation, Biography, Drama, Football, Forensics, Medical, Melodrama, Pennsylvania, Suicide, Woman writer	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396706
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__label__cc	0.68596	0.31404	Tag: past tense Author Spotlight no.337 – Jim Sellers October 19, 2013 October 25, 2013 7 Comments Complementing my interviews, today’s Author Spotlight, the three hundred and thirty-seventh, is of multi-genre author and interviewee Jim Sellers. If you would like to take part in an author spotlight, take a look at author-spotlights. Jim Sellers is the author of the newly released YA book “Jacky the Brave”. Although he had written works in most genres, he was surprised and happy to see his first publishing success was in YA. His writing in that genre is based mostly on events in his own life with some inspiration from friends and other family members. “Jacky the Brave” is just such a collection of his experiences. Born in Edmonton in north-west Canada, Jim spent a lot of time reading and imagining exciting adventures as a kid. That was the favourite pastime of boys who didn’t play hockey and lived before the age of video games. Like most writers, he has been creating stories since his teen years and found the pen and paper to be a regular companion on long trips and quiet days. He also doubted that any of his work would be published – it seemed unlikely after watching other writers he knew trying so hard. So he set his sights on film and TV. During his 20 years in that business he learned the process of writing screenplays for drama and documentaries as well as advertising and corporate communications before retiring from that industry. For the last 10 years he has been working in communications management for non-profits groups and universities. He continued to write screenplays as show pilots or spec film scripts, most ending up in the rejection files. It was after he decided to get his Bachelor’s degree (at 50) that he learned to appreciate the sheer joy and freedom of writing fiction. It was this appreciation for fictional writing that caused him to re-evaluate all the abandoned stories he had filed away and all the adventures he had logged in his notes. In 2004, he made a project of writing a series of YA stories based on his previous writing. Each of these stories (4 in all) received different levels of interest from publishers and agents, with results ranging from boilerplate rejections to requests for full manuscripts (followed eventually by rejections). During this time he established a variety of websites about writing, posted his short stories and wrote a serial novel. After repeated rewrites and editing, his first Young Adult novel was accepted for publication in 2013. He is working on a sequel for the book, a short story collection and a novel. And now from the author himself: 5PM Fiction 285: The photo that no-one else can get Welcome to the two hundred and eighty-fifth in this series that is ‘5pm Fiction’. Late April 2011 I discovered StoryADay.org and the project that is to write 31 stories in 31 days. Anyone who knows me or follows this blog, knows how passionate I am about short stories so my clichéd eyes lit up at this new marvel. And just a few days later there I was, breathing life into new characters. This went on to become (with some editing of course) my 31-story collection eBook Story A Day May 2011. I have since published (as eBooks) the 2012 and 2013 collections, detailed on https://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/books-mine/short-stories/story-a-day-may. I was nearing completion of the 2012 project when I decided that I didn’t want to stop at the end of May so 5PM Fiction was born. I put a load of prompts on the 5PM Fiction page and today’s was to write a story in second person-viewpoint from the keyword prompt of ‘chase’. Here is my 356-worder. The photo that no-one else can get You’ve been chasing her for days, to get the photo that no-one else can get. She knows you’re there. There’s always someone there. It’s a lifestyle she’s had to become accustomed to, only you don’t think she ever will. It’s not one you’d want, except she’s become your job, your life. When she emerges out of the building, you reach over to your camera, on its dashboard tripod, and set it to continuous. You follow her car through narrow streets, wide streets – her executive to your jalopy, the only thing you could get at short notice. You’re used to this place, she’s been here a lot. Most of the shots are of the back of her head but you know she could look round. She has before. As her car gathers speed so does yours. It complains but it’s not yours so you’re not bothered. As she heads into the tunnel, she edges forward and you floor the accelerator, a little too close for comfort but you decide to go alongside, get level, no other cars in sight, so you swivel round your camera in anticipation, a momentary lapse in concentration. Flash Fiction Friday 109: Watcher by Angela Sturm Welcome to Flash Fiction Friday and the one hundred and ninth piece in this series. This week’s is a 467-worder by freelance writer, blogger and book reviewer Angela Sturm. This story will be podcasted in episode 34 (with two other stories and some 6-worders) on Sunday 1st December. I can see him making his way up the stairs. No one else appeared to notice. I called to him and he smiled. I took his outstretched hand and in an instant we were walking through the cornfield, talking laughing, knowing. I suspect this will be our last outing together. I want to cry but for some reason I can’t. I am strangely happy, content to say nothing. I know what he is doing and why he’s doing it. He loves me. He wants me to be the first to know. I can hear crying in the background and people talking in hushed tones, moving about, but I can’t see anyone. “Can you see them?” I ask. “Yes, I can,” he said. You will see them soon enough.” We continued to walk and although our lips weren’t moving, our conversation carried on. I am having trouble remembering much of anything said, I only know how peaceful this is and I never want to leave. I held tightly to his hand. Memories of early morning fishing expeditions, milk toast and that awful smell of head cheese he loved to make, filled my mind and made us both laugh. I remember him clothing and feeding the homeless and that silly dance he did every morning while singing the wake up song, pulling at his hair and making it stick up. I was laughing so hard I barely noticed that we’ve stopped walking. He is looking at me now, time standing still. He looks so serious, gently placing his hands on my cheeks, searching deep into my eyes. I think I saw a tear trickle down his face. I have only ever seen him cry once, and it was when he told me stories about the war and how no man should have to endure what he witnessed. War killed his spirit. I can feel my tears now. Our journey has come to an end. The fields have disappeared. He’s not holding my face anymore. Desperate, I call out his name. “I am right here princess, do not be afraid.” I can barely see him. I call out again, “Why are you so far away?” “It is time,” he said. “I am going home.” Then a soft white light… well, more like a white cloud, appeared. He drew closer and smiled at me for the last time, then disappeared into the white fog. A door opened somewhere, more crying. I hear my name. Something has my shoulder. “Ava, Ava, wake up, honey.” I turn to look at the clock. It’s after midnight. “Dad and I need to talk to you.” My room is filled with family. They are staring at me. “Grandpa died in his sleep,” they said, “in heaven now,” but I already knew this. I watched him go. I asked Angela what prompted this piece and she said… My grandfather and I were very close. I remember like it was yesterday when he passed. I was sixteen, eating a tuna sandwich watching the wheel of fortune. My grandma called and simply said, “I think Grandpa is dead. Can I talk to your dad please?” Calm as could be. I know now she was in shock, but back then, I kept wondering how she remained so composed. The flash fiction piece I wrote is based on actual events, but fictionalized. I miss my grandpa as much today as I did those many years ago when he died. I think about him often, the impact he had, and continues to have, on me, so I decided to memorialize him. “Watcher” was written with him in mind. Thank you, Angela. It was very moving, and having lost my father September 2001, I feel just the same. Angela Sturm is a freelance writer, blogger and book reviewer currently working on a novel. Angela lives in Minnesota, is mother to three children and one grandchild, and blogs at http://insideasanemind.com. If you’d like to submit your 6-word or 500-word max. stories for consideration for Flash Fiction Friday take a look here, or up to 1,000 words for critique on my Online Short Story Writing Group (links below). NEW!! You can now subscribe to this blog on your Kindle / Kindle app via Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com You can sign up to receive these blog posts daily or weekly so you don’t miss anything. You can contact me and find me on the internet, view my Books (including my debut novel The Serial Dater’s Shopping List, various short story collections and writer’s block workbooks) and I also have a blog creation / maintenance service especially for, but not limited to, writers. If you like this blog, you can help me keep it running by donating and choose an optional free eBook. As I post a spotlight or interview a day (amongst other things) I can’t unfortunately review books but I have a list of those who do. If there’s anything you’d like to take part in, take a look at Opportunities on this blog. I welcome items for critique directly (see Editing & Critique) or for posting on the online writing groups listed below: nonfictionwritinggroup.wordpress.com facebook.com/groups/335526669896374 novelwritinggroup.wordpress.com poetrywritinggroup.wordpress.com scriptwritinggroup.wordpress.com shortstorywritinggroup.wordpress.com 5PM Fiction 284: Once A Month October 17, 2013 October 5, 2013 Leave a comment Welcome to the two hundred and eighty-fourth in this series that is ‘5pm Fiction’. I was nearing completion of the 2012 project when I decided that I didn’t want to stop at the end of May so 5PM Fiction was born. I put a load of prompts on the 5PM Fiction page and today’s was to write a story from the one-word prompt of ‘yellow’. Here is my 163-worder. She’d been on before. Dan recognised her brooch, yellow like the bus, but it wasn’t until she handed over the £2 coin, that he spotted the bandages round each wrist. He handed over the change. He wasn’t supposed to – the rules were exact money only and it was only 40p, but it gave him an excuse to speak. “I like your sunflower,” he said, but felt it a lame thing to say. “Thanks,” she said, looking down at the coins and blushing. “Nice to see you again,” he continued. “You remembered?” Dan nodded. “Once a month,” she said, tears forming. Unsure of what to say, Dan felt as if he’d been let into a secret. A man behind the woman coughed and as she put the change into her purse, Dan was sure he spotted a hint of a smile. He watched her walk towards the back of the bus and hoped he didn’t have to wait another month before they spoke again. Photograph above courtesy of morguefile.com. November-deadline Writing Competitions October 17, 2013 October 17, 2013 1 Comment I still don’t have any guest bloggers (where are you all?) booked in until November, so I thought I’d bring you the competitions early (taken from this blog’s Competitions page) so you can prepare early, followed by regular (repeated) competitions and competition websites… Auto/biography: The New England Book Festival Competition – see below. Children’s: The New England Book Festival Competition – see below. Flash Fiction: Weekly challenge on theironwriter.com. Flash Fiction: Each month the Scottish Book Trust provides a prompt to get you started, but where the <50-word story goes from there is entirely up to you. Their favourite story will be published on their page and the writer will receive a lovely Novel Poster from The Literary Gift Company. You can submit your story in the body of an email or as an attachment and remember to include your full name with your entry. They also welcome entries in Gaelic or Scots. Flash Fiction: The New Writer 17th Annual Prose & Poetry Prizes launched April 2013. £2,000 in prizes. Closing date 30th November. Short stories, flash fiction and poetry. Flash Fiction: Indies Unlimited hosts a weekly 250-word max. prompt competition – see Indies Unlimited. Also see ‘Short stories’ below. Flash Fiction: Writer Austin Briggs runs a monthly 55-word competition (different theme each month). It’s free to enter and you can win $55 (of his own money!). Flash Fiction: Empirical Magazine started a monthly flash fiction (<1000-word) competition. Flash Fiction: The Writing Competition is a short story competition hosted by Jeni Durlston-Powell. This writing contest offers writers the chance to win cash and publication, and is currently run quarterly (late Feb, late May, late Aug, late Nov). Short Stories up to 500 words. Titles to be limited to 10 words. Open theme and genre. Entry fee: £4. Prizes: £100, £75, £50. See http://www.writingcompetition.org.uk and http://www.shortstorycompetitionhq.com/the-writing-competition-writing-competition for details. Mixed (novels & short story collections): iWriteReadRate and Cornerstones Literary Consultancy (voteformyebook.com) are offering a monthly social competition to members of the community – see ‘Monthly’ towards the end of this page. Mixed: Words for the Wounded (W4W) launching its first writing prize on Armistice Day, November 11, with a March deadline – see below. Mixed: The New England Book Festival Competition – see below. Mixed: Christian magazine Pockets has a different theme per month. Mixed: hud.ac.uk/mh/english/grist/competitions/index.htm (shorts & poetry). Mixed: The annual The New Writer Prose & Poetry Prizes: Short Story / MicroFiction / Non-Fiction / Single Poem / Poetry Collection. Closing date 30th November. You can enter at: thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm. Non-fiction: The New England Book Festival Competition – see below. Novels: societyofauthors.org/betty-trask. Novels: The New England Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition is currently accepting entries in the following categories: non-fiction, fiction, biography / autobiography, children’s books, young adult, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, photography / art, poetry, spiritual works, compilations / anthologies, gay, unpublished stories and wild card (for books that don’t neatly fit elsewhere). All entries must be in English. Books published on or after January 1, 2010 are eligible. Deadline submissions in each category must be received by Tuesday 25 November 2013. Playwriting: livetheatre.com.au/html/cms/35/one-act-playwriting-competition-noosa has an AS$6,000 prize pot and a mid-November deadline. Playwriting: Almost Random Theatre is running two competitions – 1. Wellbeing Playwriting Competition: We are seeking one outstanding 20 minute play to be put on in Oxford, England in January 2014. The play must be no more than 20 minutes long and require no more than three actors. CLOSING DATE 10th October 2013. 2. Retreats Playwriting Competition: We are seeking one outstanding 10 minute play to be put on in Oxford, England in January 2014. The play must be no more than 10 minutes long and require no more than three actors. CLOSING DATE 10th November 2013. See http://www.almostrandomtheatre.co.uk/competitions. My thanks go to Margaret Taylor for the info. Poetry: The Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition is a monthly contest for poems of up to 40 lines. Closing: Monthly. Entries arriving too late (after the 15th) for one month go forward to the next. Prizes: 1st – £100. Runners-up – A Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Entry Fee: £5 each, £3 each thereafter. Includes a critique (sae required if entering by post). Comp Page: writers-forum.com/poetrycomp.html. Poetry: The New Writer 17th Annual Prose & Poetry Prizes launched April 2013. £2,000 in prizes. Closing date 30th November. Short stories, flash fiction and poetry. Poetry: other November deadline poetry competitions include Cafe Writers, Countryside Tales, Cinnamon Press Writing Awards, The New Writer, Writing Magazine (WM: open to all theme: nostalgia), theploughprize.co.uk. Science-fiction: Aeon Award (quarterly), Writing Magazine. Screenwriting: Canada-based Wildsound run monthly screenwriting competitions. Short stories: The Erewash Writers’ Group competition website is running two free entry competitions and these close early November. One of our competitions has two categories of entry ie two age groups. We recently held our first competition open to entries from outside the group. It attracted all levels of writer from complete newbies to the professional. One of the successful entrants, their story chosen by our judge Keith ‘Carrot Nappers’ Large, told me they’d never even entered a writing competition before. I think it’s a good thing any writer will want to join in with a competition, whatever their experience and ability. In my opinion that’s what competitions are there for, to encourage us all to write and to give everyone an outlet for our short stories and other works. They’re also fun as they provide deadlines to work to and in some cases, themes to challenge us. Although one of our current competitions is already categorised so that entries from children will not be judged in competition with adult entries, we will consider this point you have raised when organising our future competitions. If I may add, we are in the process of putting a call out to seek a judge for an open competition we intend to hold in 2013. We are also seeking judges for mini competitions. At present, we are delighted Rosalie Warren author of ‘Coping with Chloe’ is judging one of our free entry competitions. If anyone reading this knows of anyone suitably qualified, please will they email Debbie at erewashwriterscomps@hotmail.co.uk to register their interest. Short stories: The Writers’ Forum Short Story Competition is a monthly no-theme contest for stories between 1,000 and 3,000 words. Closing: Monthly. Entries arriving too late (after the 15th) for one month go forward to the next. Prizes: £350, £150, £100 and publication in Writers’ Forum magazine (and possible anthology). Entry Fee: £3 per story for subscribers, £6 each non-subscribers. £5 extra for a critique (sae required if entering by post). Comp Page: http://writers-forum.com/storycomp.html. Short stories: The New Writer 17th Annual Prose & Poetry Prizes launched April 2013. £2,000 in prizes. Closing date 30th November. Short stories, flash fiction and poetry. Short stories: Short Sentences is a free-to-enter 1,000-word max competition run by Bloomsbury and has a different theme every two months (deadlines 30th September then 30th November) . Seehttp://www.shortstorycompetitionhq.com/short-sentences-crime-fiction-short-story-competitionand http://shortsentencecompetition.wordpress.com/rules-and-submissions for details. Short stories: Hayley Sherman runs a monthly short story competition for submissions on any subject up to 2,000 words. The winners are published on the website, promoted online and receive a £10 First Writer voucher. All entrants are also considered for publication in The New Short Story Annual at the end of the year. Deadline 25th of the month. Heather Marie Schuldt runs a similar contest, although 500-750 words max., but with the same deadline. Short stories: The Roy B Giv competition seeks 2,000-4,000 words on a colour. 🙂 Short stories: The FREE 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is being run by Commonwealth Writers, a cultural initiative from the Commonwealth Foundation. Cash prizes are on offer for the winning writers, and prizes for translation are also available. Short stories 2000 – 5000 words. Genre, theme and setting is open. Writers must be citizens of a Commonwealth country. Writers do not need to currently reside in that country. Entries must be original and unpublished with the exception of personal blogs and personal websites. English entires only. Translations of short stories written in languages other than English are eligible if submitted by the writer (not the translator) and provided the translator is a citizen of a Commonwealth country. One entry per writer. Opens 1 October 2013, closes 30 November 2013. Free entry. One winner is chosen from each regional category – 1. Africa, 2. Asia, 3. Canada and Europe, 4. Caribbean and 5. Pacific. One regional winner will be selected as the overall winner with four runners up from remaining regions. Overall winner will receive £5,000. Remaining four regional winners £2,500. If the winning short story is a translation into English, the translator will receive additional prize money: £2,000 for the overall winning story and £1,000 for a regional winning story. Details on: http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/prizes/commonwealth-short-story-prize/entry-rules. Short stories: The Bath Short Story Award opened October for entries – see ‘March’. Short stories: other competitions include Ashby Writers Club (Mary Gornell Memorial), Bridgehouse Publishing, Emerald Flash Fiction, Glimmer Train (different category each month), The New Writer, Writing Magazine (WM: open to all theme: flash fiction <500 words / subscribers only). NB. Don’t forget to check out the ongoing competition websites listed at the end of this page. Flash Fiction: Indies Unlimited hosts a weekly 250-word max. prompt competition – see Indies Unlimited. Co-run by interviewee Kat ‘K.S.’ Brooks. Also see ‘Short stories’ below. Flash Fiction: Each week on theironwriter.com, four writers agree to compose a five hundred word story involving the same four elements. Please remember to give your story a title. The stories can be in any genre except erotica. The writers will not know what the four elements are prior to committing to the challenge. There is a four day time limit to complete the story. I email the elements early Thursday morning, my time. The story is due at midnight, Sunday, your time. Each author retains full and complete copyright of their story submitted to The Iron Writer for this competition. However, it is understood each story will remain on this website indefinitely. The Iron Writer will not publish any submission outside this website without express permission from the author. So, if you are up to the challenge, please email me at HERE and we can schedule when you are willing to participate. Please include your main blog or website. I will link your story to your site. You may participate as often as you want. Mixed: Needle in the Hay runs weekly and monthly competitions (“awards”). See needleinthehay.net/submission-guidelines for their guidelines. Thanks to Jason Fink for pointing me in that direction. Poetry: Buxton’s Word Wizards slam poetry competition runs in the coffee lounge at the Grove Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK at 7:30pm on the last Tuesday of every month. Entry is £2.50. More info can be obtained by e-mailing Rob at: poetryslamUK@aol.com. Poetry: Well Versed is the weekly poetry column of daily UK newspaper the Morning Star, published every Thursday, in print and online. Poetry editor Jody Porter. Under the stewardship of the late and esteemed John Rety, Well Versed developed into a widely-read forum for new and established writers. Send submissions, with biographical information, to: wveditor@gmail.com. Poems need not be overtly political, but space is limited so they must be short to medium in length. Short stories: Flash Fiction Online occasionally closes to submissions (I guess because they’re overwhelmed), but they are currently open. Flash Fiction: Empirical Magazine runs a monthly flash fiction (<1000-word) competition. Mixed: iWriteReadRate and Cornerstones Literary Consultancy (voteformyebook.com) are offering a monthly social competition to members of the community; it’s a great opportunity to receive professional feedback as well as contribute to developing your profile and platform. The prize is a fantastic Cornerstones masterclass mini-critique on the winning writer’s first pages of their story, up to 2000 words. This is designed to give the writer a professional critique on how to improve the opening as well as hints to consider throughout their writing. Simply upload an ebook (novels or collections of short stories) to iWriteReadRate. Every month we’ll select five to take part in the competition. All the writer needs to do is promote it with their networks and aim to get as many votes for their ebook as possible. At the end of each month the ebook with the most votes wins the prize. Mixed: Pockets and Creative Print Publishing (both have different themes each month), Opening Editions (free). Novels: novelrocket.com/p/launch-pad-contest.html has monthly competitions (April-Sept) with a different genre each month. Scriptwriting: Scripped has a variety of script contests including a monthly one. Short stories: Hayley Sherman has a monthly short story competition. Short stories: Brighton COW (currently on hiatus), Coast to Coast, Glimmer Train (different category each month), Writing / Writers’ News magazines and Opening Editions. Short stories: Bound Off now take submissions via Submishmash. Short stories: Darker Times Fiction is a monthly short story competition for stories of 3,000 words and less in the horror genre or on the subject of ‘darker times’. It’s open to UK and international writers and ends on the last day of each month and costs £5 / $8 a time. Short stories: The Global Short Story Competition is a monthly event hosted by Inscribe Media. There is no theme or set genre. 2000 word maximum word count. Writers must be 16 years or over. Maximum 4 submissions per month. Closing Date: The last day of every month. Prize: Monthly first prize – £100, Monthly runner up – £25, Annual Grand Prize – £250. Entry Fee: £5 per story (up to 4 per month). Details from http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/global-short-story-competition.html. Short stories: Hayley Sherman runs a monthly short story competition for submissions on any subject up to 2,000 words. The winners are published on the website, promoted online and receive a £10 First Writer voucher. All entrants are also considered for publication in The New Short Story Annual at the end of the year. Deadline 25th of the month. Short stories: Heather Marie Schuldt runs a short story contest, 500-750 words max., on her blog, with the same deadline (25th of the month). Short stories: fivestopstory.com/write: competitions cost £4 per entry (2 for £7, 3 for £8, optional feedback £5) and have monthly prizes of £50. There is also a £150 prize for the overall winner of their 2013 league table and you can become a member for £25 which entitles you to 3 free entries per month (2013). Short stories: LinkedIn’s Aspiring Writers Group runs a monthly short story competition. You do have to be a member of LinkedIn (free) and the writing group itself (a closed group but you can ask to join) to enter the competition. Flash fiction: Wow Women on Writing and writingcompetition.org.uk. Poetry: Flash 500 Fiction Competition. Short stories: Aeon Award, Cheer Reader, Dark Tales, Emerald Flash Fiction, Five Stop Story, Flash 500 Fiction Competition, and Writers’ Village. Children’s: Dal Burns‘ children’s writing competition ‘Write Across America‘. Children’s: Little Star Writing is a site where you can “get published, enter competitions, win prizes, play games, improve literacy skills, receive certificates and HAVE FUN!”. Flash fiction: One Forty Fiction and Wow Women on Writing. Mixed: What The Dickens magazine lists “competitions and give-aways which are all free to enter”. Mixed: sterlingmag and sundayat6mag.wordpress.com Mixed: You can apply for a three-month residency on the Mslexia blog (women only). Non-fiction: tales2inspire.com/HOME.html (free 🙂 ) Novels: Novel Rocket runs an annual Launch Pad Contest: Boosting You Out of the Slush Pile. Entries will be accepted in all genres beginning mid-January. The deadline for submission is different for genre categories according to the following schedule. In each case, entries must be received by 11:59 PM EST on the 10th day of the month (April to September) listed on novelrocket.com/p/launch-pad-contest.html. They also post a new writing-related article seven days a week, from author interviews to marketing discussions to articles about the craft of writing. Poetry: Poetic Republic is an ongoing online poetry competition in which the entrants are also the judges. Scriptwriting: bbc.co.uk/writersroom/links5.shtml. Short stories: Creative Writers’ Circle competitions are open to all and are free. Short stories: Flash Fiction Online is a 500-1000 word site that is free to subscribe / read, free to submitto. Payment is via donations with 60% going to the author and 40% going to the site so there’s no way of knowing how much (if anything) you’d earn but another opportunity perhaps. Short stories: Author and columnist Lorraine Mace runs the Flash 500 flash fiction and humorous verse competitions. Short stories: on-going competition for submissions of 500 words or fewer on any theme. First prize is £100 plus publication on our website and promotion via our social media sites (twitter, google+ and facebook). Second prize is £75 and publication on the website, third prize is £50 and publication on the website. The judge changes quarterly and is currently BAFTA and OSCAR nominee, screenwriter, playwright and novelist William Nicholson. Entry is just £4. William Nicholson will be judging until 28th August when the competition will then continue with another judge.Entries would be very welcome and please tell your members that we just launched yesterday! (June 1, 2013) Thank you, Jeni. writingcompetition.org.uk Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/TheWritingCompetition?ref=hl Tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/writing_comp. Short stories: Short Funny Story wants humorous short stories or true-life events and pay $15 for every story published online with $25 extra for any story chosen for inclusion in their anthologies. Short stories: Penny Dreadfuls 21 commissions short stories. Short stories: Words Magazine short story competition guidelines. COMPETITION WEBSITES Flash Fiction: Creative Times has a list of their top 10 paying flash fiction competition sites. There are also some listed on nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/competitions.html. Flash Fiction: @ShortStoryCompHQ has great list of flash fiction and short story competitions on shortstorycompetitionhq.com/directory. Mixed: Be a Better Writer has a list of (mostly American) current and future competitions. Mixed: Book Marketing Maven has a list of a few. Mixed: Duotrope is a great resource for competition and submission opportunities. Mixed: FanStory lists a variety of ongoing competitions and is a site where you can “share your writing and learn from the feedback that you will receive on everything you write. That includes poetry, stories, book chapters and scripts. When you post your writing you will get feedback that will determine your place in the rankings. FanStory.com is a popular writing site for writers of all skill levels”. Mixed: Fiction Addiction lists a few competition sites. Mixed: firstwriter.com/competitions has a great list of competitions but you have to subscribe (not free) to the site to access the full details. Mixed: Ideas Tap has a great list of allsorts. Mixed: Jacqui Burnett’s Writer’s Bureau has a list of a variety of forthcoming and ongoing competitions. Mixed: Carole Burdock’s bi-monthly magazine Kudos. Mixed: Loquax.com lists thousands of competitions including writing comps. Mixed: The National Association of Writers Groups (based in the UK) lists their competitions on nawg.co.uk/competitions/open-competitions. Mixed: West Country Writers has a bijoux collection of competitions. 🙂 Mixed: Words Magazine has a variety of competition information. Mixed: The Poets & Writers website include contests, grants and awards. Mixed: prizemagic.co.uk has a variety of competitions. Mixed: Sally Quilford‘s competition calendar. Mixed: Trafford Publishing lists them a month per page. Mixed: free literary monthly magazine Words with Jam have regular competitions. Mixed: Write Link also lists forthcoming competitions. Mixed: Writers Reign lists short story, poetry, non-fiction, performing arts, rolling competitions, children’s writing competitions and book writing awards. Mixed: writingcontests.wordpress.com lists various competitions. Novels: apostrophebooks.com/fictionfasttrack. Poetry: Poetry Kit, poetrylibrary.org.uk/competitions, Writers Reign. Poetry: You might also like to take a look at Poet Laureate Alice Shapiro’s website. Alice kindly provided some poetry tips for this blog in August 2011. 🙂 Poet Scott E Green dropped by and left a comment on my me page to say that his blog has multi-genre competition and submission info. I checked it out and it looks really useful. Poetry: The Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition is a monthly contest for poems of up to 40 lines. Closing: Monthly. Entries arriving too late (after the 15th) for one month go forward to the next. Prizes: 1st: £100. Runners-up: A Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Entry Fee: £5 each, £3 each thereafter. Includes a critique (sae required if entering by post). Comp Page: writers-forum.com/poetrycomp.html. Scriptwriting: hollywoodscriptexpress.com/screenplay_contests.html, scriptfactory.co.uk/go/Default.html, writesofluid.co.uk/screenwriting-competitions.html, and thespiannet.com/writing_contests.shtml. Short stories: BookTrust has a wonderful list of over 50 short story competitions. Short stories: Christopher Fielden has a great list of multi-national short story competitions. Short stories: @ShortStoryCompHQ has great list of flash fiction and short story competitions on shortstorycompetitionhq.com/directory. Short stories: Writers Reign‘s short stories competitions page lists by deadline date. Short stories: other sites include Poetry Kit (“shorts & other comps”) and Words Magazine. Short story collections: apostrophebooks.com/fictionfasttrack. If you discover any broken links, closed competitions or know of ones that I haven’t listed here, please do email me with details. 5PM Fiction 283: The Reason Why Welcome to the two hundred and eighty-third in this series that is ‘5pm Fiction’. I was nearing completion of the 2012 project when I decided that I didn’t want to stop at the end of May so 5PM Fiction was born. I put a load of prompts on the 5PM Fiction page and today’s was to write a monologue from the prompt of ‘loveable rogue’. Here is my 496-worder. Like a dog with a bone. I’d always been like that. Take after my father. My mum’s the pushover. No, that’s not fair. Just softer, nicer really. On the inside and out. I’m just nice on the outside, when I feel like it… which is what got me in this position in the first place. I got greedy. One of the seven deadly sins. I’m working my way through them, not on purpose but just how life’s turned out. Adultery. Been there, a few times on both sides. Black eyes – given and taken. You don’t like me, I can tell. There’s not a lot to like, but you’ll get there. I do have some redeeming features, no black eyes at present. I’m fairly good looking without them. With them, the women feel sorry for me… like having a baby in a shopping trolley; I just put on my ‘not my fault’ face and they flock. So, you’ll want to know why I’m here. Or maybe you won’t, but you’re curious. Determined not to like me. But want to know why you might by the end of this one-sided conversation. Reserving judgement is a good thing. I’m a guns-blazing kind of guy, act before I think and suffer the consequences. OK, go back a couple of months, yeah, only just got here so it’s new to me too. I hit someone… in a van. They weren’t in the van, just me, but they were in the way so I kept going. Normally, I’d have stopped, but when you’re being chased, you don’t think straight, and the guy I hit – I’d have stopped for a woman, swerved at least, I’m not that bad. I knew him. Tommy Sandford, bad as me, worse, although you won’t believe me. I’m emotional bad, not really breaking the law, he’s a big-time crook… medium-time anyway. So far over the line, he can’t remember what it looks like. Didn’t take them long to find me, after hitting Tommy. I’d stolen the van. A publicity van – one that the council owns and a guy drives around the county changing their posters. Stupid git left the engine running. I hear an engine noise, no one in the driver’s seat, no one inside at all, I’m going to take it. Who wouldn’t? Invalidates their insurance, so it was his fault not mine. It was like a test, see who takes it first. I wasn’t the nearest, there were others but they were busy, or not paying attention. I pay attention so I thought, why not? How was I to know it had a tracking device? I did the world a favour, if you ask me. Tommy had always been on the wrong side; of the law growing up, of the road when I hit him. Made a mess of the van, as you would expect. I am sorry for that, I’m a taxpayer too. And now for the reason why you will come to like me… Book review – for readers and writers – no.16: Beryl Belsky reviews The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery October 16, 2013 December 12, 2014 3 Comments Today’s book review is brought to you by Beryl Belsky of The Writer’s Drawer. If you’d like your book reviewed or to send me a book review of another author’s book, see book-reviews for the guidelines. Other options listed on opportunities-on-this-blog. Synopsis of Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa Editions, 2008) Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, home to members of the great and the good. Over the years she has maintained her carefully constructed persona as someone reliable but totally uncultivated, in keeping, she feels, with society’s expectations of what a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renee: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manuela, Renee lives resigned to her lonely lot with only her cat for company. Meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future laid out for her, and decides to end her life on her thirteenth birthday. But unknown to them both, the sudden death of one of their privileged neighbours will dramatically alter their lives forever. By turn moving and hilarious, this unusual novel became the top-selling book in France in 2007 with sales of over 900,000 copies to-date Among the first things I learnt about Muriel Barbery were that she lived in Kyoto, Japan, in the years 2008-9, and that she and her husband Stéfane Barbery have been captivated by Japanese culture for well over a decade. As she said in an April 2009 interview with Times Union freelance writer Elizabeth Floyd Mair: Our fascination began mostly as an aesthetic one, and has remained so: we are fascinated by the ability to create pure beauty, at the same time refined and pure; the kind of thing you see in the slow, sweet sumptuousness of [Yasijiro] Ozu’s films, in the splendor of the Japanese gardens, in the discreet sophistication of ikebana … This intrigue is woven both subtly and directly into her book The Elegance of the Hedgehog,[i] which she dedicates to Stéfane, and who, it turns out, also cooperated in writing it. Both Renée Michel and Paloma Josse, the two main characters in the book, have a “Japanese side.” Renée is the concierge in a luxury apartment block in Paris. Superficially, she is the typical concierge, a drab, dour widow who lives alone in the small lodge allotted to such French “institutions” in the building. Underneath, however, she is an autodidact, a lover of Tolstoy and of Japanese aesthetics, which she has absorbed from watching numerous Ozu films. Paloma, a 12-year-old girl living with her upper middle class, socialist parents on the fifth floor, is also hiding a secret: her super-intelligence and her decision to kill herself when she reaches her 13th birthday. In the meantime, she searches for meaning to life by keeping two journals, one of “Profound Thoughts,” with each “thought” prefaced by a verse in Japanese haiku (3 lines) or tanka (5 lines), and the other of “the Movement of the World,” about “masterpieces of matter.” For light entertainment, she reads Japanese manga comics (she is studying Japanese at school). The thread that connects these two complex characters is Kakuro Ozu, who purchases an apartment in the building. (Interestingly, the apartment is sold to him after the death of Monsieur Arthens, the food critic, who appears in Barbery’s first novel, Gourmet Rhapsody.) Ozu suspects that Renée is not the uncultured person she pretends to be and shares his suspicions with Paloma. In her journal of “Profound Thoughts,” Paloma writes: I’ve had my own suspicions on the matter for a while now too… I’ve been watching her. .. Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she’s covered in quills… but my gut feeling is that on the inside, she has the same simple refinement as the hedgehog: a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary ‒ and terribly elegant. Renée is equally, but cautiously fascinated by Kakuro, and learns from him that he is distantly related to the filmmaker Yasijiro Ozu. When she discusses her feelings about life with the reader (her thoughts and Paloma’s journals are typeset in different fonts), you can see the extent to which she has been influenced by Ozu’s films. When drinking tea with her friend Manuela, the cleaner, for example, she ruminates: Today, because our ritual has been transgressed, it suddenly acquires all its power; we are tasting the splendid gift of this unexpected morning as if it were some precious nectar; ordinary gestures have an extraordinary resonance, as we breathe in the fragrance of the tea, savour it, lower our cups, serve more and sip again: every gestures has the bright aura of rebirth. Later, she discusses the Japanese use of space, which impressed her from the first Ozu film she saw, Flavour of Green Tea over Rice. She compares the closed or open door, which “disrupts continuity of movement, without offering anything in exchange other than freedom of movement,” with Japanese sliding doors, “which avoid such pitfalls and enhance space.” Her first visit to Kakuro’s apartment she compares to summer rain following a lifetime of daily toil: … pure beauty striking the summer sky, awe-filled respect absconding with your heart, a feeling of significance at the very heart of the sublime, so fragile and swollen with the majesty of things, trapped, ravished, amazed by the bounty of the world. In her struggles to find some meaning to life, at least intellectually, Paloma, too, is an observer and a philosopher. Her thoughts about cats, for example, she introduces with the haiku, The cat here on earth Modern Totem And intermittently decorative Following an incident at the dinner table in which she corrects one of her parents’ guests about the origins of the game go, which he attributes to Japan instead of China, she writes angrily ‒ referring to her own imminent death ‒ the tanka: To build You live These are A conversation with Kakuro about the works of Tolstoy, a love of which he shares with Renée, inspires her to write a haiku about the birch trees he describes in War and Peace: Teach me that I am nothing And that I am deserving of life. This precocious child, who understands that others see her as a brat, also wonders whether she is not turning into a “contemplative aesthete, with “major Zen tendencies.” Having witnessed the fall of a rosebud from a broken stem onto the kitchen counter, she observes: In that split second, while seeing the stem and the bud drop onto the counter, I intuited the essence of Beauty… a calm mind, lovely roses, a rosebud dropping… It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment when you see both their beauty and their death. I will not give too much away about this book, which deserves a second and possibly even a third reading to appreciate its multiple layers and views of life, not to mention its biting humor. And despite all the philosophizing, there is a story line. There is no doubt in my mind that Muriel Barbery, who is herself a professor of philosophy, wrote this book partly as a way to set down, in essay form, her own thoughts, which are strongly influenced by Japanese aesthetics, as well as to mock “high” bourgeois intellectualism and academic pretentions. Renée and Paloma are the ideal vehicles for this task; Kakuro is the catalyst who discerns their “Japanese side,” draws them out and leads them to understand that they are not alone in the world, but three kindred spirits. Whether the book ends on a tragic note because Barbery understands that Kakuro’s and Renée’s feelings for one another cannot go any further in a society where class boundaries continue to constrict, only she can say. But Paloma has the final word and in it there is hope and redemption. Finally, a word should be said about the translation. Translation is an art in itself, and credit should be given to Alison Anderson for her excellent and nuanced work. A novelist herself, she deserves a place among lauded translators such as Maureen Freely, who interpreted the complex works of Turkish author Orhan Pamuk so brilliantly, and Nicholas de Lange, who has produced from the Hebrew wonderfully fluent English renditions of several of the classic works of Israeli author Amos Oz. [i] Originally, L’élégance du hérisson (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2006). This review was originally posted on http://www.thewritersdrawer.net/barbery.html. A fascinating book. Thank you, Beryl. Beryl Belsky is a graduate in East Asian studies (Japanese) and political science from the Australian National University, and works as an academic editor. She was born in Eire, grew up in Australia, and currently lives in Israel. If you would like to send me a book review, see book-reviews for the guidelines. Other options listed on opportunities-on-this-blog.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396711
__label__cc	0.680394	0.319606	About Mortgage & Finance News Mortgage and Finance News Home Finance It’s Tax Time, and Millions Could Miss Sizeable Deductions for Long-Term Care Insurance, ACSIA Partners Says It’s Tax Time, and Millions Could Miss Sizeable Deductions for Long-Term Care Insurance, ACSIA Partners Says Suzee Quanta Mar 16, 2017 6:00 AM EDT If you’re considering long-term care insurance, or already have a policy, “Tax time is a good time to look for help from Uncle Sam,” says Denise Gott, CEO of ACSIA Partners, one of the nation’s largest long-term care insurance agencies. “And the help you get could be more than negligible.” KIRKLAND, Wash. /Mortgage and Finance News/ — If you’re considering long-term care insurance, or already have a policy, “Tax time is a good time to look for help from Uncle Sam,” says Denise Gott, CEO of ACSIA Partners, one of the nation’s largest long-term care insurance agencies. “And the help you get could be more than negligible.” Possible deductions range from hundreds to thousands of dollars per year, Gott points out. “Millions may qualify, but will lose out if they fail to apply.” For the taxable year beginning in 2016, the limitations under Section 213(d)(10) of the IRS tax code, regarding eligible long-term care premiums includible in the term “medical care,” are as follows: Attained Age Before Close of 2016 Taxable Year / Limitation on Premiums: * 40 or less: $390 * More than 40 but not more than 50: $730 * More than 50 but not more than 60 $1,460 * More than 60 but not more than 70: $3,900 * More than 70: $4,870 “If you’re covered now,” says Gott, “you should be sure to claim what’s coming to you. And if you’re considering a policy, why not get it while tax savings are on your mind?” For 2017 the limitations are about 5% higher than in 2016: “The limits have been increasing every year,” says Gott. “What’s more, they apply to every covered individual in a household. For example, a qualifying husband and wife filing jointly could deduct up to $7,800 for 2016, and up to $10,220 for 2017; and so on for as long as the legislation remains in force.” The original idea was to encourage Americans to protect themselves, according to Gott, “and we believe the Trump administration will support this philosophy going forward.” ACSIA Partners has hundreds of long-term care specialists in all parts of the country. “During tax season,” says Gott, “they’re glad to talk with consumers and financial advisors about policy costs and tax adjustments. They do not give tax advice, but can help explain the tax incentives. For tax advice, people need to consult their tax professional.” ACSIA Partners LLC — http://www.acsiapartners.com — is one of America’s largest and most experienced long-term care insurance agencies serving all states. The company is also a co-founder and sponsor of the “3in4 Need More” campaign, which encourages Americans to form a long-term care plan. Related link: https://www.acsiapartners.com/ This version of news story was published on and is Copr. © 2017 Mortgage & Finance News™ (MortgageAndFinanceNews.com) – part of the Neotrope® News Network, USA – all rights reserved. Information is believed accurate but is not guaranteed. For questions about the above news, contact the company/org/person noted in the text and NOT this website. 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__label__wiki	0.728092	0.728092	In the video for “Walker Texas Ranger,” Charlotte, North Carolina, MC DaBaby sports a weathered leather jacket and a cowboy hat while he drives a pickup truck clear off a cliff. This, along with the clip for “Suge,” where he can be seen dancing in a mail carrier’s uniform (“Pack in the mail, it’s gone”) and donning fake bodybuilder muscles, has led rap fans of a certain age to liken him to animated superstars past like Ludacris and Busta Rhymes. But to let DaBaby tell it, this innate wackiness is as much a part of him as the tattoos and jewelry he sports. “I'm not too serious for myself,” he told Apple Music’s Ebro ahead of the release of KIRK. This album comes seven months after Baby on Baby, the rapper’s breakout project and home to the aforementioned “Walker Texas Ranger” and “Suge.” “A lot of nggas are too serious for themselves, and that's not even them behind closed doors or off camera. As consumed as your time is in a business like this, being yourself got to be the smartest thing a person could do.” KIRK might be more DaBaby than he’s ever been: On “INTRO,” he gets deep into his family history, speaking candidly about losing his father in the midst of his rise. It’s a theme he revisits on “GOSPEL,” a song featuring straight-faced verses from Chance the Rapper and Gucci Mane as well as some R&B support from Florida singer YK Osiris. As past hits would attest, DaBaby is well-equipped to carry a song by himself, but he sounds great in tandem with voices like Nicki Minaj on “iPHONE” (“DaBaby and Da Barbie,” she quips), Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo on “TOES,” and Migos on “RAW ST.” DaBaby’s rap style in particular features the kind of endlessly amusing non sequitur most of these artists made their names on. Every verse is a chance to show off, and is usually rooted in some kind of nonlinear storytelling. The chorus of “VIBEZ” takes listeners on an abbreviated journey through a day in the life. “She wanna fk with me but I don’t got the time/I just hopped off a private plane and went and hopped on 85/Go call my chauffeur, bch, ’cause I don’t like to drive/We in Suburbans back to back and we gon’ fill em up with vibes.” An aim to come off well as a rapper is something the MC does not take lightly but is also, as DaBaby would claim, just another facet of who he is. “I let the music take me there, but at the end of the day, I'm just not no dumb ngga,” he tells Ebro. “I can walk into a building and have a conversation with somebody that went to school for 10 years and not miss a beat. And have them on the same frequency I'm on. And vice versa. Then, I go in the hood and talk to any ngga in the hood. I'm just a versatile person. And I got the brains to be able to play around with words.” KIRK DaBaby OFF THE RIP POP STAR (feat. Kevin Gates) GOSPEL (feat. Chance the Rapper, Gucci Mane & YK Osiris) DaBaby & Nicki Minaj TOES (feat. Lil Baby & Moneybagg Yo) REALLY (feat. Stunna 4 Vegas) PROLLY HEARD RAW S*T (feat. Migos) THERE HE GO South Coast Music Group/Interscope Records; ℗ 2019 Interscope Records More By DaBaby Baby on Baby Blank Blank Back On My Baby Jesus Sh!t	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396716
__label__wiki	0.555235	0.555235	Muzik Speaks Muzik Speaks Art Secret Notes 'louder than words' Tag: touch of my hand #EventSpeaks: Brighton Pride 2018 @ Preston Park, Brighton – 04/08/18 11/08/2018 11/08/2018 Matt Wright - Muzik SpeaksLeave a comment Follow @muzik_speaks Tweet to @muzik_speaks On Saturday 4th August 2018, Preston Park was brought to life with the UK’s largest, annual Pride Festival and this year was especially huge, with over 57,000 people partying the day away. This was, in part, due to the presence of the one and only Britney Spears, headlining the main stage. Also performing were Louise, MNEK, Mabel, Pixie Lott and Ella Eyre. The afternoon was utterly incredible and people had a truly unforgettable time…the best Brighton Pride yet! Relive the whole thing with our Brighton Pride Weekender playlist. Mabel‘s performance was great – considering she’s not released an album yet, I still knew most of the songs she performed (through their online presence and radio airplay), such as ‘Fine Line’, ‘Ring Ring’, ‘My Lover’ and ‘Finders Keepers’ (which can be seen in the YouTube video below). However, even those I didn’t know were captivating to watch due to her excellent live vocals and high energy. A lot of her songs have clear R&B and reggae influences which means her debut album (that she is currently working on) should be really interesting! It’s been a while since Pixie Lott‘s last album (the self-titled Pixie Lott in 2014) but she sure showed how sensational her voice and just how many massive hits she’s had with this fun-filled performance. Some of the stand-out performances included ‘Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)’, ‘Boys And Girls’, ‘Turn It Up’ and ‘All About Tonight’ (which can be seen in the YouTube video below). I’m just gutted she didn’t perform her summery 2017 collaboration with Anton Powers, ‘Baby’. Regardless, her vocals were flawless and she looked like she was having the time of her life…let’s just hope it won’t be long until a new album emerges! Considering she’s only had one album, Ella Eyre has had a lot of hits, not only through her own tracks but also through her incredible collaborations. The set was packed with notable performances and in fact I could mention them all for different reasons…she was just truly remarkable. ‘Good Times’ followed by ‘Together’ really got the crowd going; ‘LOV(E)’ had some great audience participation elements with a real Caribbean feel to it; her cover of Jermaine Stewart‘s ‘We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off’ was pure perfection and then her final tracks were all some of her most notable collaborations – ‘Waiting All Night’ (originally with Rudimental), ‘Answerphone’ (originally with Banx & Ranx) and it all came to a close with the monster hit ‘Came Here For Love’ (originally with Sigala). Her vibe is very dancehall meets drum & bass topped off with a touch of soul…it was the perfect summer sound to bop around to at this year’s Pride and get everyone warmed up for Britney! Her vocals were flawless and crowd interaction was top notch. The songs she performed were perfect – the audience pretty much knew them all and if they didn’t, she taught them to us. Her use of audience participation was brilliant, particularly on ‘LOV(E)’. The energy she pours into her performance is truly contagious and certainly got people moving! Good Times* LOV(E) We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Jermaine Stewart Cover)* Waiting All Night Answer Phone Came Here For Love* * These songs can be viewed in the YouTube playlist, below. BRITNEY. WAS. AMAZING! Sure, she didn’t sing a word live, but when you look past that, her performance was out of this world! It had everything you could want from a superstar of her calibre; it was fast-paced with high energy, superb choreography, several costume changes, interesting set pieces and video backdrops, a live band and it was packed to bursting point with hit after hit. Including some off her most recent album, Glory, which I was really pleased about! Her set was further diversified with different versions or intros to some of her hits, such as ‘…Baby, One More Time’ and Toxic’. With someone like Britney it’s very difficult to pick out favourite performances of tracks as it’s just one big, epic show that you can’t help but enjoy from start to finish but if I had to pick some; ‘Work Bitch’ was an incredible way to start the set and had the audience going wild, ‘Me Against The Music’ had some amazing set pieces just like the music video (cracked walls), ‘Slumber Party’ as the choreography was sexy and the song is just sensational and ‘Till The World Ends’ as the audience were loving every second of it and at the end, the confetti canon exploded with rainbow colours…it was magical! It is a shame that Britney doesn’t really sing live but there are so many other ways she makes up for it and I still can’t believe she headlined Brighton Pride…it was certainly a performance you did not want to miss! There really are so many highlights to choose from; the colours, the lights, the sounds, the movements; she is just a sensational performer that puts her every effort into what she does – she’s remarkable! Oh and Britney getting someone out of the audience to chain up and be a part of the choreography for a song was hilarious! BRITNEY (Introduction) Work Bitch* Womanizer* Break The Ice/Piece Of Me* Darkness (Interlude) …Baby One More Time/Oops!… I Did It Again If I’m Dancing (Interlude) Me Against The Music* Clumsy/Change Your Mind Scream & Shout (will.i.am Interlude)* Do You Wanna Come Over? Work It/Get Ur Freak On/WTF (Where They From) (Dance Interlude) Act V Get Naked (I Got A Plan) (Interlude) I’m A Slave 4 U Make Me…* Do Somethin’ Act VI Magic Circus (Interlude) Slumber Party* Touch Of My Hand Act VII Jungle Fever (Interlude) Stronger/(You Drive Me) Crazy* Till The World Ends* Finally, I want to say a massive thanks to the Brighton Pride organisers for putting together such an incredible line-up for this year’s Pride…it was amazing! Now…how the hell are you gonna top Britney next year?! Enjoyed this? Check out some of our other live reviews here: Muzik Speaks Live Reviews Matt – Muzik Speaks www.facebook.com/muzikspeaks www.twitter.com/muzik_speaks Please share this and help the 'Muzik Speak': Posted in Event Speaks, Live Review, ReviewTagged (you drive me) crazy, answer phone, baby...one more time, banx & ranx, bisexual, boys, break the ice, breathe on me, britney, britney spears, came here for love, change your mind, circus, clumsy, cover, dance, darkness, do somethin', do you wanna come over?, drake, ego, ella eyre, finders keepers, fine line, freakshow, gay, gay pride, gay rights, get naked (i got a plan), get ur freak on, gimme more, good times, i'm a slave 4 u, if i'm dancing, if u seek amy, interlude, jax jones, jermaine stewart, jungle fever, kojo funds, lesbian, lesbian rights, lgbt, lgbt rights, lgbtq, live, live music, live music review, Live Review, love, mabel, madonna, magic circus, make me, me against the music, my lover, not3s, oops!... 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__label__wiki	0.98096	0.98096	MovieChat Forums > Checkmate Discussion > Is Checkmate in the Public Domain? Is Checkmate in the Public Domain? posted 13 years ago by redstabby 3 replies \| jump to latest Is this Public Domain or does someone own the rights? Where do you find out who does own the rights to old TV series? [–] rusher-3 13 years ago moviesunlimited.com has a listing of "Checkmate" titles on VHS. [–] BobH-6 13 years ago It's possible that a few episodes may have slipped into the public domain due to issues with the original copyright registration or, more probably, due to failure to renew the copyright after the initial 28 year period. A few episodes have surfaced on DVD; one episode appears on Diamond Entertainment's "T.V.'s Lost Shows" while two other episodes appear on Mill Creek Entertainment's "The Best of TV Detectives." [–] denver-11 13 years ago Timeless Media Group has licensed Checkmate from NBC/Universal, and will be putting out a 12 episode DVD collection in the fall.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396724
__label__cc	0.676535	0.323465	Tag Archives: colinmoulding XTC: Skylarking Uncovered It’s only natural that a young(ish) man’s fancy should turn to Skylarking at this time of year. And though I must have listened to it tens of times (and recently wrote a detailed piece about it here), Steven Wilson’s instrumental mix uncovers many of the album’s sonic secrets. You might even say that it’s like listening to a whole new thang. Though lead songwriter/vocalist Andy Partridge had a somewhat ‘strained’ relationship with producer Todd Rundgren during the recording (in recent book ‘Complicated Game’ Partridge occasionally – tongue firmly in cheek, of course – refers to him as ‘Herr Rundgren’ and states that he would only allow one or two takes per overdub), this version demonstrates once and for all that Todd played a blinder on Skylarking, as arranger, sound designer, occasional keys player and backing vocalist. And the others (Dave Gregory, Colin Moulding, Prairie Prince, sundry guest players) weren’t too shabby either. Things to listen out for: the charmingly ramshackle 12-string guitars and Mellotron underpinning ‘Summer’s Cauldron’, the dramatic cello gracenotes that punctuate ‘Grass’, Partridge’s Stax-flavoured guitar and Todd’s synths on ‘That’s Really Super Supergirl’, Gregory’s superb piano on ‘Ballet For A Rainy Day’ and ‘Season Cycle’ and intricate guitar on ‘Earn Enough For Us’, the mad mariachi trumpets that kick off ‘Big Day’, Prairie’s subtle drums on ‘Mermaid Smiled’, and…well, you get the idea. It seems unlikely that this will appeal to any but the most hardcore XTC fans, but who knows? The top-notch songcraft and synaesthetic textures may even draw in some new punters. Posted in 1986, Album Reviews, Andy Partridge, XTC / Tagged colinmoulding, davegregory, skylarking, toddrundgren, XTC / 2 Comments XTC’s English Settlement: 35 Years Old Today Virgin Records, released 12th February 1982 Produced by Hugh Padgham and XTC Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, October/November 1981 Working titles: Rogue Soup, Motorcyle Landscape, World Colour Banner, Explosion Of Flowers, Knights On Fire Album Chart position: #5 (UK), #48 (US) Singles released: ‘Senses Working Overtime’ (UK #10) ‘Ball And Chain’ (UK #58) ‘No Thugs In Our House’ (did not chart) Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, co-composer): ‘We spent the summer of 1981 rehearsing at Terry “Fatty” Alderton’s Tudor Rehearsal Studio and it was very sweaty. All the Swindon heavy rock bands would rehearse there, drink cider and piss in the corner. Terry (Chambers) had forgotten how to drum. He had spent the early summer working on a building site and when he set up his drum kit it was more like scaffolding. He was just useless (but apparently improved pretty quickly… Ed.). I forced him to buy a new snare drum and timbale. I bought a Yamaha acoustic. It opened up possibilities for new sounds where the live arrangements mattered less. I’d become unhinged a couple of times on tour and wanted a break. The album cover (by Ken Ansell)? I think it was just that we were fascinated with the Uffington Horse. The Americans thought it was a duck…’ Dave Gregory (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals): ‘I’d always dreamed about owning a 12-string Rickenbacker but it had seemed like a frivolous folly until now. I fell totally in love with the sound. English Settlement was a watershed record for us. We’d made a couple of guitar records and then the acoustic side came out. It was definitely a progression. There weren’t too many songs, just not enough time…’ Colin Moulding: (vocals, bass, keyboards, percussion, co-composer): ‘I bought a fretless bass. I thought it would fit in with the acoustic stuff we were doing but it was impossible on tour. You have to have a flair for playing something without frets and I haven’t. As soon as the lights went out…the rest is history…’ For much more info on English Settlement, check out Neville Farmer’s book ‘XTC Song Stories’. Posted in 1982, Album Reviews, Pop, Rock, XTC / Tagged andypartridge, colinmoulding, davegregory, englishsettlement, hughpadgham, nevillefarmer, terrychambers, themanor, virginrecords, XTC / 5 Comments XTC’s Skylarking: 30 Years Old Today Virgin Records, released 27th October 1986 Recorded at Utopia Studios, Woodstock, upstate New York UK album chart position: #90 (!) US album chart position: #70 (!) Terry-Thomas in ‘School For Scoundrels’ 1. ‘Summer’s Cauldron’ Andy Partridge (composer): ‘Something about the words reminded me of Dylan Thomas. Not that I’m saying I’m a Dylan Thomas. More of a Terry-Thomas, really…’ 2. ‘Grass’ Colin Moulding (composer): ‘A lot of people think the song’s about marijuana – it isn’t. Todd said: “Don’t sing so deep. You sound like a bit of a molester.” So I just did the Bowie thing and added an octave above it…’ 3. ‘The Meeting Place’ Moulding: ‘Because the riff was a bit like “Postman Pat”, we were just figures on a Toytown landscape viewed from above. It was me meeting her (future wife Carol) at the gates for a sandwich in The Beehive pub, embroidered with the suggestion of a lunchtime quickie…’ 4. ‘That’s Really Super, Supergirl’ Partridge: ‘I’d go into his (guitarist Dave Gregory) little room, smelling of aftershave and guitar wax and dead mice, and he’d be rehearsing this solo over and over again. I can still see him playing it. I remember when we were recording the song that Todd was trying to master it on keyboard, and Dave whispered to me, “He’s got the chords wrong!” He thought the chords were major, and they’re not. I was hearing it a lot more clangorous…’ 5. ‘Ballet For A Rainy Day’ (Partridge) 6. ‘1000 Umbrellas’ Partridge: ‘There was very little time to do the strings. They had one run-through and then recorded it. Their balls were on the line but they turned in a pretty fine performance…’ 7. ‘Season Cycle’ Partridge: ‘I felt that I had maybe laid the ghost of Ray Davies ‘fore me and written a song that could stand up against “Shangri-La” or even, dare I suggest, “Autumn Almanac”.’ 8. ‘Earn Enough For Us’ (Partridge) 9. ‘Big Day’ Moulding: ‘I’d been messing around with the chords of Labi Siffre’s “It Must Be Love” and, with a little moving around, it became this sort of fanfare to a big event, a ticker-tape parade for a big day.’ 10. ‘Another Satellite’ Partridge: ‘I regret writing it because things turned out so marvellously with the person (Erica Wexler) it’s all about. The story had a happy ending because Erica and I finally got to express the emotional bond that was always there.’ 11. ‘Mermaid Smiled’ (Partridge) 12. ‘The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul’ Partridge: ‘It just says you’re born, you live and you die. Why look for the meaning of life when all there is is death and decay? Todd said, “Let’s do a John Barry thing” and, literally overnight, came up with his arrangement with brass and flutes. It’s bang on. Cod spy music.’ 13. ‘Dying’ (Moulding) It frightens me when you come to mind The day you dropped in the shopping line And my heart beats faster when I think of all the signs, all the signs When they carried you out your mouth was open wide The cat went astray and the dog did pine for days and days And I felt so guilty when we played you up When you were ill, so ill What sticks in my mind is the sweet jar on the sideboard And your multicoulored tea cozy What sticks in my mind is the dew drop hanging off your nose Shrivelled up and blue And I’m getting older, too But I don’t want to die like you Don’t want to die like you, don’t want to die like you 14. ‘Sacrificial Bonfire’ Moulding: ‘There was a touch of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and a bit of Arthur Brown’s “Fire” in it, I suppose. But I wasn’t moralising. It was just that this was an evil piece of music and good would triumph over it. (The strings) were a bit too Vivaldi for me, but it had to go somewhere, I suppose…’ Further reading: ‘XTC Song Stories‘ by Neville Farmer ‘Complicated Game‘ by Todd Bernhardt/Andy Partridge Posted in 1986, Album Reviews, Pop, XTC / Tagged andypartridge, colinmoulding, davegregory, toddrundgren, virginrecords, XTC / 3 Comments Aces Of Bass in Early-’80s Britpop Watching the superb reruns of ‘Top Of The Pops’ recently, it’s apparent how many great bass players stormed the UK charts during the early/mid-’80s. Everywhere you looked, there were hip, young four-stringers with good haircuts and some nifty licks (or ‘kids with a riff’, as Robert Palmer called them). Though very much under the twin influences of Chic’s Bernard Edwards and Jaco Pastorius, a whole host of ’80s players managed to forge some truly original sounds while clearly utilising the feels and techniques of both American bassists. Here’s a smattering of great British players of the period (more from across the pond soon) with a few of their enduring performances. Make sure your subwoofer is turned on… 9. Mick Karn By Japan’s 1979 Quiet Life album, the man born Andonis Michaelides had become one of the most original fretless players of all time, effortlessly bypassing the Jaco template. His lines were also absolutely integral to the band’s formula and eventual success. This minor hit demonstrates his melodic approach (though somehow he was denied a songwriter credit) and his playing reveals new discoveries even 35 years on. 8. Tony Butler Shepherds Bush-born Butler brought something very unique to ’80s rock and pop with his band Big Country. He also formed a key rhythm section alongside drummer Mark Brzezicki. Check out his bouncy, almost dub-style rhythmic approach on this beautifully structured bass part. 7. Derek Forbes The hyperactive Glaswegian just couldn’t stop coming up with classic early-’80s basslines. After his departure from Simple Minds in 1984, he also added some quality low-end work to Propaganda’s touring band. 6. Guy Pratt The Artful Dodger of the early ’80s bass scene, Guy cut his teeth with Icehouse before breaking out to play with everyone from Madonna to Pink Floyd. This quirky 1984 hit is a compilation of all his licks and tricks – producers seemed to like his ‘more is more’ approach… 5. Graham Edwards According to Pratt’s great ‘My Bass And Other Animals’ book, Edwards was always going up for the same gigs as him back in the mid-’80s. Now an almost forgotten name, he played some excellent stuff in Go West’s live band and also shone on this underrated gem: 4. Pino Palladino Pino’s highly melodic fretless style had already graced megahits by Gary Numan and Paul Young by the mid-’80s, but this always seemed like his most intense, distinctive groove, with more than a hint of Bernie Worrell/Parliament’s ‘Flashlight’ about it. 3. Mark King Mr King has to be in this list. Though best known now for his formidable slap technique, his crisp, fluid fingerstyle lines were just as distinctive, not least this Eastern-tinged salvo which really sums up the spirit of 1982 (though one wonders if he’d like another go at the vocal…). 2. Colin Moulding The XTC man’s flowing, melodic style showed that he was a worthy heir to Paul McCartney. No matter how ‘standard’ the chord changes, you could rely on Moulding to come up with something memorable. 1. John Taylor Like or loathe Duran Duran (I have to say I was usually of the latter persuasion), Taylor certainly came up with some memorable if somewhat samey grooves (as gleefully parodied by Mr Pratt), finding a pleasingly-understated style on this minor classic. Any more for any more? Posted in Bass Players, Derek Forbes, Guy Pratt, Japan, Level 42, Lists, Mark King, Mick Karn, Simple Minds, XTC / Tagged bernardedwards, bigcountry, colinmoulding, derekforbes, duranduran, grahamedwards, guypratt, jacopastorius, japan, johntaylor, level42, markking, mickkarn, paulyoung, pinopalladino, simpleminds, tintinduffy, tonybutler, wellred, XTC / 2 Comments Book Review: Inside The Songs Of XTC Books about songwriting are a small but fast-growing and fascinating subgenre of music journalism. Alongside such classic tomes as Paul Zollo’s ‘Songwriters On Songwriting’, Omnibus Press’s ‘Complete Guides’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘Chronicles’, we’ve also recently had Daniel Rachel’s excellent ‘Isle Of Noises’. And now here comes another cracker. XTC fans, however, may be slightly surprised about the publication of ‘Complicated Game: Inside The Songs Of XTC’, a gripping new book of interviews with mainman Andy Partridge, seeing as they may possibly feel that it would hard to better Neville Farmer’s ‘XTC Song Stories’. But, while obviously covering similar ground, ‘Complicated Game’ zooms in with forensic detail on a select group of Partridge songs, particularly ones that may well have been overlooked throughout his stellar career (‘Travels In Nihilon’, ‘No Language In Our Lungs’, ‘Beating Of Hearts’, ’25 O’Clock’ etc). He once said that XTC’s music explores the unexplored nooks and crannies of the guitar neck; this book does the same for their discography. Essentially, ‘Complicated Game’ is a transcription of over 30 interviews by American rock journalist/musician Todd Bernhardt. Though some of Partridge’s legendary West-Country repartee and clever wordplay occasionally get a bit lost in translation, these conversations are candid, detailed and never less than engaging. Discussions about a rhyming couplet can suddenly give way to painful memories of Partridge’s divorce, or asides about Swindon or 9/11. The ‘Dear God’ controversy gets a whole chapter. The thorny subject of record company wrangling is never far from the surface, and Andy’s troubled relationships with producers is also a constant theme, with Steve Nye, Todd Rundgren and Gus Dudgeon taking centre stage (the former being described as ‘possibly the grumpiest guy we’ve ever worked with’!) There’s just enough musical theory discussed too, and – not surprisingly, given that Bernhardt once interviewed Partridge at length for Modern Drummer magazine – a lot of emphasis on the role of the rhythm section, with much talk about Colin Moulding’s superb bass playing and many hilarious anecdotes about original XTC drummer Terry Chambers and later sticksmen Pete Phipps, Prairie Prince and Dave Mattacks. But, most importantly, Partridge is able to give detailed and fascinating answers about where he gets his songwriting inspiration, looking in detail at how unusual – and often completely accidental – chords can set off images and themes, and also how much he associates music with colours. There’s also a lot of advice for songwriters about how to develop initial ideas. Of course, the real measure of a great music book is how quickly one is drawn back to the records, and ‘Complicated Game’ works a treat in that regard – I rushed first to the CD and then to the guitar to try and nail down ‘That’s Really Super, Supergirl’ and ‘Church Of Women’. The orchestral arrangements and song structures of the truly singular ‘River Of Orchids’ and ‘I Can’t Own Her’ are also discussed in great detail. There are a few minor quibbles: some of the interviews have a slightly ‘flogging a dead horse’ feel to them, and also there’s a strange reluctance to talk about Partridge’s contemporaries – Sting, Weller, McAloon, Gartside et al go unmentioned, and Elvis Costello is only referred to once in terms of his huge bank balance… But hey, enough of my nitpicking. ‘Complicated Game’ is another fine book about songwriting, a good holiday read for ’80s music fans and a great companion piece to ‘XTC Song Stories’. I devoured it almost in one sitting and will definitely be reaching for it regularly. Posted in Andy Partridge, Book Reviews, XTC / Tagged andypartridge, colinmoulding, davegregory, davemattacks, nevillefarmer, stevenye, toddbernhardt, toddrundgren, XTC / 4 Comments	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396725
__label__wiki	0.591279	0.591279	<< NEWS LIST RM5 mln approved for riverbank protection works Posted on : 04 Nov 2019 Source of News: https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/11/04/rm5-mln-approved-for-riverbank-protection-works/ Dr Sim and Lo (standing, fifth and seventh left, respectively) join the top participants of a fishing competition in a group photo. Ahmad is standing at third left. KUCHING: The Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has approved RM5 million for the construction of riverbank protection at Kampung Rantau Panjang in Batu Kawa. According to him, the project is crucial due to the soil erosion that occurs there, causing the riverbank to fall off. “Technically, it (works) will start as soon as the designs and everything else have been done,” said Local Government and Housing Minister Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian when met by reporters after performing the closing ceremony for ‘Kampung Rantau Panjang Community Programme’ yesterday. Dr Sim, who is Batu Kawa assemblyman, said the project was part of the Wetland Waterfront Park development, with its first two phases currently under construction at a cost of around RM8.8 million. He said these two phases should reach completion by April next year. “The federal government is considering the construction of Phase III on the other side of the river. “Since we plan to construct the riverbank protection at this village, from here we will build a park (along the riverbank) and a bridge to connect it to Phase III,” he added. As such, Dr Sim pointed out that the villagers could walk or cycle along the riverside all the way to Batu Kawa Old Town. The project was previously committed by the government under the previous administration of Barisan Nasional (BN), but following the change in the federal government after the 14th general election last year, it had been plagued with uncertainties. In June last year, Abang Johari pledged to continue the project, wherein RM5 million was allocated for the first phase. Meanwhile in his comment about the community programme, Dr Sim said it was meant for people of all races – a way to unite Sarawakians. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang, who is also Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman, and MPP deputy chairman Dato Ahmad Ibrahim were also present.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396726
__label__wiki	0.895051	0.895051	HomeTop storiesLagos: False Prophet buried several persons in his home Lagos: False Prophet buried several persons in his home August 24, 2016 Top stories Premisis of Lagos false Prophet The police in Lagos yesterday claimed that shallow graves were discovered at the residence of 70-year-old Prophet Emmanuel Adeyemi arrested for chaining his son and 27 others. Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni who confirmed the allegation said the place was raided following a tip-off that the suspect traded human parts to ritualists. He claimed that Adeyemi who was arrested alongside his first wife on Friday, buried some dead persons in the swamps and three others at his residence. Owoseni said: “We got a tip-off that they were people he buried in that compound and he confirmed it during interrogation. “Because the area is swampy, the suspect had allegedly buried some people in the swamp and about three others in the house. “When we asked him of their identities he said it was some of his patients that were brought to his home from the hospital, after they were given up for dead, who finally died in his care and were buried in the swamp. “When we also queried him on the claims that he used the body parts of the deceased to sell to ritualists, he swore that he was only a traditional healer and not a human parts seller.” Owoseni said Adeyemi was earlier invited for questioning after it was discovered that he put his son in chains. The Commissioner said the suspect claimed he chained the teenager, Toba Adedoyin Adeyemi in order to cure him from stealing. He said: “When we got information that a teenager was locked up in a house, the area G Commander invited the suspect, who claimed that his son was known for stealing and so he locked him up in chains to cure him of stealing. “While we were still on that case, we got another credible tip off that there were other people chained up in that same house. Of course, we carried out a raid and confirmed the allegation to be true. “But before then, we had contacted the Lagos State Government because we don’t have the facility to keep the rescued persons. His claims now that he was arrested is that he is a herbalist, but why didn’t he tell us that when we first invited him to the station over locking up his stepson? He only told us that he wanted to cure his son of stealing.” It was gathered that one of the victims who was feeble and had sores was currently on admission at a hospital, while the others were moved to the state rehabilitation centre. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Giving Credit to Whom It is Due Lagos most wanted cultist in police net over sundry crimes Police arrest Fulani man with human skull in Ogbomoso March 7, 2019 Crime, Nigeria The Oyo State Police Command, on Wednesday in Ibadan, paraded a 30-year-old suspected Fulani man, Musa Ahmed, who was allegedly caught with a human skull in Ogbomoso. Ahmed and another […] India: Man stabs woman to death on busy street September 20, 2016 Crime Indians have reacted with outrage after passers-by watched a woman being stabbed more than 20 times on a busy street in the capital, Delhi. CCTV footage showed a man on […] Kidnapper who overdosed on Tramadol sleeps for 10 days, finally dies August 15, 2018 Crime, Nigeria About 10 days after he was arrested by the police in Ondo State for alleged kidnapping, a suspect said to have taken Tramadol died yesterday in his sleep. Since he […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396737
__label__wiki	0.980384	0.980384	Maser Consulting creates strategic change in leadership By: Linda Lindner From left, Joseph Dopico, COO; Kevin Haney, CEO and president; Richard Maser, founder and executive chairman; and Leonardo Ponzio, executive vice president and chief administrative officer.- MASER CONSULTING Red Bank-based Maser Consulting PA announced leadership changes on Monday. Founder Richard M. Maser will maintain his role as executive chairman of the firm, however, is passing chief executive officer responsibilities to company President Kevin Haney. Leonardo Ponzio will retain his position as executive vice president and chief administrative officer while continuing to administer the firm’s operational services. Joseph Dopico, the newest member of the leadership team, will assume responsibilities as chief operations officer. Dopico has been serving as the firm’s division director of civil and site development services for a number of years. “This is a planned transition to our leadership team,” stated Maser. “I’m not reducing my commitment to the company and will continue seeking opportunities that will strengthen and provide long term stability while driving the company toward success.” Maser Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of design disciplines and a staff of licensed engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape architects, and environmental scientists. It currently employs nearly 1,000 professionals through its 34 offices in 12 states nationwide. 3:43 pm Mon, January 13, 2020 NJBIZ Linda Lindner Linda Lindner covers real estate and is the managing editor for NJBIZ.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396751
__label__cc	0.630465	0.369535	Stourport Hour Website Build, Design As a proud Stouport-based business, we’re always keen to get involved with other local businesses and regional endeavours – we’re also members of the Worcestershire 1000! #StourportHour is a hashtag on Twitter used for networking and news for community and business in Stourport-on-Severn. You can join in every Wednesday from 7-8pm. This had been going on for some time, but interest had waned over several months due to a lack of concerted attention. Those familiar with the great success of #WorcestershireHour know how useful and valuable it can be to have a defined timeslot to get businesses, charities and individuals making meaningful connections. It works even better when people are putting effort into making it happen. Stourport Hour is based primarily on Twitter as a primary presence but was in need of this attention as well as its own ‘identity’ to make it memorable, immediately identifiable and obvious that it belongs to the community and not to any single business or individual. Noble Digital, along with another local business – The Impact Mentor – have put our time into the re-enlivening of this amazing online community. We started with the town crest and other local ‘logos’ and decided to create a modern interpretation that was a spiritual cousin to its inspiration. It had to belong to this family but also signify how the hour has its own identity and communicate a little about how it works. Then, we needed a website that explained everything in more detail and as a home for key additional information. Like most of our websites, we started off with sketches that illustrated the structure and design concept of the site, before we got to building. Sketching and rapid iteration allow much quicker, easier and cost-effective development of ideas. This site was one of our exciting ‘hackathon’ creations, with the entire website, media and content created in a single working day. This rapidly produced but modern and stylish site: Is fully responsive and compliant with all devices Loads fast Explains the concept quickly Features interactive elements – tweet the hashtag with one click or remind the user by adding to your calendar Dynamically highlights other relevant hashtags Pulls in a live Twitter feed using Twitter’s API Features a blog for news and more information Is based on a leading CMS to allow extensibility and multiple users to maintain it Need a new website for your business? Why not get in touch for a consultation, no obligation and no pressure. Find out more about our basic website package. If you’re interested in getting a website in a day, we can offer a hackathon website session to get you up and running in no time, Contact us for more information. © Noble Digital Limited \| Company 11827788 We use cookies to deliver the best experience on our website, and comply with GDPR. Our Privacy Policy contains more information.Ok	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396752
__label__cc	0.723289	0.276711	Students Faculty/StaffLocationsJagNet Blackboard A-Z Index South Texas College Small businesses to benefit from STC job training grant awarded by Weslaco EDC Click to show previous image Click to show next image High wage-high skill jobs are critical to improving regional prosperity and a better quality of life for Valley families, according to STC leaders who have announced a brand new partnership with Weslaco EDC to increase high skill, high wage jobs in the Mid-Valley region. At a check signing ceremony on Nov. 1, Weslaco presented STC with a $100,000 grant to be used by the college to provide customized training for small businesses in retail, manufacturing, and logistics. The funding period for the grant is from Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019. Guests in attendance at the check presentation included STC trustees Paul Rodriguez, Gary Gurwitz, Rene Guajardo and Weslaco EDC treasurer Stephen Charlton. “I can’t help but reflect, it was actually the Weslaco Economic Development Corporation that brought STC to Weslaco at the old TexSun fruit juice plant,” said South Texas College President Dr. Shirley A. Reed. “We are fulfilling the purpose of STC, which has always been to develop a competitive workforce. “We know that the only way out of poverty is with a job, and the only way to get a good paying job is by having that competitive workforce,” Dr. Reed said. “That has always been our mission and we have always been steadfast and dedicated to that mission.” “We are fulfilling the purpose of STC, which has always been to develop a competitive workforce. We know that the only way out of poverty is with a job, and the only way to get a good paying job is by having that competitive workforce.That has always been our mission and we have always been steadfast and dedicated to that mission.” STC President Dr. Shirley A. Reed The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (IAM) at STC specializes in building a manufacturing workforce through quality-customized training. Customized training involves over 300 courses at STC that have been tailored for the needs of local industry. The strength of the college lies in modifying, customizing, or developing new courses that companies need in order to thrive in the region. IAM also works with various manufacturers in the Rio South Texas Region to improve financial performance, create higher efficiency and productivity, and obtain greater employee engagement and lower turnover. “Workforce training is one of the biggest negotiators in today’s economic projects,” said EDC treasurer Charlton. “Before a company even considers moving to this area to grow their business, having a ready workforce means that employees are equipped with the right skill set for their needs. “This grant provides money for student training at no cost to the student or employer,” Charlton said. “On behalf of the Board of the EDC, we are honored to be a part of this partnership.” STC Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Tеl: 956-872-6197 Email: oleonel@southtexascollege.edu https://www.southtexascollege.edu/manufacturing/index.html Ray Pedraza Assistant Director of Public Relations & Marketing rpedraz2@southtexascollege.edu Dimitra Trejo Coordinator of Public Relations dhernandez_1713@southtexascollege.edu Joey Gomez jgomez_3436@southtexascollege.edu San Juan police chief earns his bachelor degree from South Texas College South Texas College celebrates Board Appreciation Month Making Racism History: STC Professor Trinidad Gonzales Back at it: Mother returns to continue education Conquering Fitness and Career Goals: New Personal Trainer Certificate Launches Healthy Careers Molding a passionate caregiver © South Texas College Privacy \| Notice of Non-Discrimination	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396753
__label__wiki	0.717881	0.717881	Stanford researchers study birds to improve how robots land Birds can perch on a wide variety of surfaces, thick or thin, rough or slick. But can they find stable footing if a branch is covered in Teflon? In the interest of making better robots, Stanford researchers found out. View video here. By Taylor Kubota Under the watchful eyes of five high-speed cameras, a small, pale-blue bird named Gary waits for the signal to fly. Diana Chin, a graduate student at Stanford University and Gary’s trainer, points her finger to a perch about 20 inches away. The catch here is that the perch is covered in Teflon, making it seemingly impossible to stably grasp. In order to better understand the versatile gripping abilities of birds, researchers at Stanford taught parrotlets – like this bird, Gary – to fly to perches made of different materials, including natural woods, foam and Teflon. (Image credit: Kurt Hickman) Gary’s successful touchdown on the Teflon – and on other perches of varying materials – is teaching researchers how they might create machines that land like a bird. “Modern aerial robots usually need either a runway or a flat surface for easy takeoff and landing. For a bird, almost everywhere is a potential landing spot, even in cities,” said Chin, who is part of the lab of David Lentink, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. “We really wanted to understand how they accomplish that and the dynamics and forces that are involved.” Even the most advanced robots come nowhere near the grasping ability of animals when dealing with objects of varying shapes, sizes and textures. So, the researchers gathered data about how Gary and two other birds land on different kinds of surfaces, including a variety of natural perches and artificial perches covered in foam, sandpaper and Teflon. “This is not unlike asking an Olympic gymnast to land on Teflon-covered high bars without chalking their hands,” said Lentink, who is senior author of the paper. Yet, the parrotlets made what seems almost impossible for a human look effortless. The group’s research, published Aug. 6 in eLife, also included detailed studies of the friction produced by the birds’ claws and feet. From this work, the researchers found that the secret to the parrotlet’s perching versatility is in the grip. “When we look at a person running, a squirrel jumping or a bird flying, it is clear that we have a long way to go before our technology can reach the complex potential of these animals, both in terms of efficiency and controlled athleticism,” said William Roderick, a graduate student in mechanical engineering in the Lentink lab and lab of Mark Cutkosky, the Fletcher Jones Chair in the School of Engineering. “Through studying natural systems that have evolved over millions of years, we can make tremendous strides toward constructing systems with unprecedented capabilities.” (Non)sticking the landing The perches in this research weren’t your average pet store stock. The researchers split them in two, lengthwise, at the point that approximately aligned with the center of a parrotlet’s foot. As far as the bird was concerned, the perches felt like a single branch but each half sat atop its own 6-axis force/torque sensor. This meant the researchers could capture the total forces the bird put on the perch in many directions and how those forces differed between the halves – which indicated how hard the birds were squeezing. After the birds flapped to all nine force-sensing perches of assorted size, softness and slipperiness, the group began analyzing the first stages of landing. Comparing different perch surfaces, they expected to see differences in how the birds approached the perch and the force with which they landed, but that’s not what they found. “When we first processed all of our data on approach speed and the forces when the bird was landing, we didn’t see any obvious differences,” Chin recalled. “But then we started to look into kinematics of the feet and claws – the details of how they moved those – and discovered they adapt them to stick the landing.” The extent to which the birds wrapped their toes and curled their claws varied depending on what they encountered upon landing. On rough or squishy surfaces – such as the medium-size foam, sandpaper and rough wood perches – their feet could generate high squeeze forces with little help from their claws. On perches that were hardest to grasp – the floss-silk wood, Teflon and large birch – the birds curled their claws more, dragging them along the perch surface until they had secure footing. This variable grip suggests that, when building robots to land on a variety of surfaces, researchers could separate the control of approaching landing from the actions required for a successful touchdown. Their measurements also showed that the birds are capable of repositioning their claws from one graspable bump or pit to another in a mere 1 to 2 milliseconds. (For comparison, it takes a human about 100 to 400 milliseconds to blink.) Birds and bots The Cutkosky and Lentink labs have already begun characterizing how parrotlets take off from the different surfaces. Combined with their previous work exploring how parrotlets navigate their environment, the group hopes the findings can lead to more nimble flying robots. “If we can apply all that we learn, we can develop bimodal robots that can transition to and from the air in a wide range of different environments and increase the versatility of aerial robots that we have today,” Chin said. Toward that end, Roderick is working on designing the mechanisms that would mimic the birds’ gripping form and physics. “One application of this work that I’m interested in is having perching robots that can act as a team of tiny little scientists that make recordings, autonomously, for field research in forests or jungles,” Roderick said. “I really enjoy drawing from the fundamentals of engineering and applying them to new fields to push the limits of what has been previously achieved and what is known.” Cutkosky is co-author of this paper and a member of Stanford Bio-X and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Lentink is also a member of Stanford Bio-X. This research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford and the Department of Defense. Taylor Kubota, Stanford News Service: (650) 724-7707, tkubota@stanford.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396755
__label__cc	0.693617	0.306383	The Write Channel nicola monaghan novelist and all that By: nicolamon September 2, 2019 September 3, 2019 Dead Flowers, Research, Uncategorized, Writingdeadflowers, loggerheads, newnovel, nicolamonaghan, nottingham, setting, theloggerheadspub, verve The Loggerheads Pub The Loggerheads is one of my major settings in Dead Flowers. In fact, more action takes place there than anywhere else in this Nottingham-set novel. The first reviews are in and they’ve been lovely, which makes me very happy. One of my favourite comments so far was from The Bookbag about the setting. “Monaghan’s other great skill is in making the city of Nottingham come alive, to the extent that it’s almost a character in its own right.“ Representing Nottingham fully and vividly is really important to me, which is why this particular comment means a lot to me. I’d like to think that the Loggerheads had a lot to do with that. The real version of the pub sat on Cliff Road, a small crescent of council houses almost in the centre of town. This street has always fascinated me; its closeness to the bustling city centre and yet its separateness from all that. Its strange position right at the bottom of a cliff, and under what used to be the city’s prison. Its history, previously as Narrowmarsh, a dirt poor, disease-ridden slum. Walking along Cliff Road to the pub I can almost feel the place bristle with all that history. The version of the Loggerheads in the book is my made up, fictional version of the pub. I did lots of research, but I’d never been there myself. I think this is better, in a way. I’ve invented two versions, two sets of characters hanging out there, the first in the 60’s and 70’s, when it was thriving, and a contemporary version where the pub is closed. I hope readers enjoy visiting my Loggerheads and, indeed, my Nottingham Posted by:nicolamon The Pitcher and Piano Nottingham, City of Crime September 5, 2019 Opportunity Knocks September 4, 2019 The Pitcher and Piano September 3, 2019 The Loggerheads Pub September 2, 2019 Elvis September 1, 2019 nicolamon on Nottingham, City of Crime James Walker on Nottingham, City of Crime paneles solares en g… on The Troll book 1: The boy with… Raj on Wishlist inspiratormotivator on Nothing new under the sun Dead Flowers Thesaurus inspired lyrical remixes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396760
__label__cc	0.510274	0.489726	Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction David F Mercer Transplantation, Nebraska Medicine Autologous reconstruction of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract refers to the surgical modification of a patient’s own existing small or large intestine to improve overall enteral absorption. In its simplest form, this represents basic general surgical principles that include restoration of intestinal continuity, repair of enteroenteral or enterocutaneous fistulas, resection of extensively diseased bowel segments, and repair or removal of fixed intestinal strictures. With these procedures, the surgeon seeks to optimize exposure of the mucosal absorptive surface to the nutrient-laden enteric stream. Within the field of intestinal failure management, however, autologous reconstruction has, in large part, come to be defined as surgical techniques developed to deal primarily with intestinal dilation. In this chapter, we outline the theoretical goals of autologous reconstruction, the indications and process of evaluation for considering surgical options, and the various surgical options which have been described in this regard. Short Bowel Syndrome Practical Approach to Management Intestinal Fistula Pathologic Constriction Mercer, D. F. (2017). Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction. In Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management (pp. 293-300). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b20188 Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction. / Mercer, David F. Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management. CRC Press, 2017. p. 293-300. Mercer, DF 2017, Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction. in Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management. CRC Press, pp. 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1201/b20188 Mercer DF. Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction. In Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management. CRC Press. 2017. p. 293-300 https://doi.org/10.1201/b20188 Mercer, David F. / Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction. Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management. CRC Press, 2017. pp. 293-300 @inbook{76d6b4d9b911477a81152b39fc4218ec, title = "Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction", abstract = "Autologous reconstruction of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract refers to the surgical modification of a patient’s own existing small or large intestine to improve overall enteral absorption. In its simplest form, this represents basic general surgical principles that include restoration of intestinal continuity, repair of enteroenteral or enterocutaneous fistulas, resection of extensively diseased bowel segments, and repair or removal of fixed intestinal strictures. With these procedures, the surgeon seeks to optimize exposure of the mucosal absorptive surface to the nutrient-laden enteric stream. 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AB - Autologous reconstruction of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract refers to the surgical modification of a patient’s own existing small or large intestine to improve overall enteral absorption. In its simplest form, this represents basic general surgical principles that include restoration of intestinal continuity, repair of enteroenteral or enterocutaneous fistulas, resection of extensively diseased bowel segments, and repair or removal of fixed intestinal strictures. With these procedures, the surgeon seeks to optimize exposure of the mucosal absorptive surface to the nutrient-laden enteric stream. Within the field of intestinal failure management, however, autologous reconstruction has, in large part, come to be defined as surgical techniques developed to deal primarily with intestinal dilation. In this chapter, we outline the theoretical goals of autologous reconstruction, the indications and process of evaluation for considering surgical options, and the various surgical options which have been described in this regard. U2 - 10.1201/b20188 DO - 10.1201/b20188 BT - Short Bowel Syndrome PB - CRC Press 10.1201/b20188	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396761
__label__cc	0.558579	0.441421	GACL celebrates 50 years with anniversary event The GACL organises cultural events to promote the arts in the Greek community of Australia. The Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) is celebrating its 50-year anniversary on Saturday, 17 August, 2019. For the past half century, the non-profit organisation has been working towards the advancement, support and dissemination of the creative endeavours of Greek-Australian writers and artists whose work primarily reflects the confluence of the Greek and Australian cultures and contributes to the enrichment of Literature, the Visual Arts and the Performing Arts. In pursuing these aims the League initiates, organises and participates in cultural, artistic, social and intellectual activities and debates. READ MORE: GACL celebrates literary works across the Greek Australian community The anniversary celebrations include the 2pm opening of an art celebration featuring works by students of this year’s art classes through to 18 August. The event will continue with a PowerPoint presentation highlighting 50 years of the GACL at 3pm, including a panel discussion with Kyriakos Amanatides, Dina Amanatides and Dr Chris Fifis. There will be an interlude featuring music by Anthea Sidiropoulos and her ensemble. MC of the evening will be John Milides, former GACL president. READ MORE: The Greek Australian Cultural League has your arts cravings covered The events will take place at the Panarcadian Association (570 Victoria Street, North Melbourne). Reserve a seat by 9 August by emailing infogaclm@gmail.com GACL to launch Antipodes periodical and announce Literary Competition winners The Greek Australian Cultural League has your arts cravings covered Antipodean Palette Exhibition – call for artists	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396762
__label__wiki	0.705671	0.705671	More Smart Lieberman Talk This time from Marc Ambinder, who makes a key point: It's true that he'll have subpoena power over the new administration, but the idea that he'll be a serious political player in the coming term is frankly laughable. If Joe Lieberman wants to wage a one-man crusade against President Obama, he can certainly do so, but it's hard to imagine him winning such a fight, or even making himself look good by losing. Most likely, Obama will bring Lieberman back into the fold graciously, and he'll vote with the Democrats, and occasionally go on Meet The Press to express his disappointment about something or other. He seems to enjoy being a scold, but there's no evidence he has the the belly to be Ken Starr. Of all the things Democrats should be worrying about right now, Lieberman isn't one of them. If he does keep his Homeland Security chairmanship, it's pretty doubtful he'll use it to cause major headaches for the Dems. For one, that's just not his style, as Ambinder points out. Secondly, it's not in his self-interest. Over the past eight years, Lieberman got cachet (and mucho TV appearances) from associating himself with a Republican president and a Republican presidential nominee. But with Obama in the White House, the incentive structure changes. Yes, Lieberman might be an occasional thorn in Obama's side, as he was in Clinton's during the Monica stuff. But that's very different from the stark vision some liberals are painting--of Lieberman using his subpoena power to torpedo Obama. Does Lieberamn deserve payback for taking the low road against Obama in this past election? Undoubtedly. But if payback is the best reason for stripping him of his chairmanship, that's not reason enough. P.S. I know, I know, it's not only payback but it's serving notice to other Dems not to do what Lieberman did. But, seriously, do you think there are any Democrats out there thinking to themselves, "Gee, I wish I could be like Joe Lieberman"? --Jason Zengerle The Plank, Business, Environment, Entertainment, Health, Politics, Joe Lieberman	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396765
__label__wiki	0.603754	0.603754	Home » vietnambreakingnews » Vân Long Lagoon a must-see destination in Ninh Bình Vân Long Lagoon a must-see destination in Ninh Bình By Minh Quang 9:56 PM To meet the increased demand the Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Company has revealed plans to launch a new aerial service to shuttle tourists throughout the province, allowing them to see more from the air. At a recent meeting with leaders of Ninh Binh province, company officials said they are seeking an operating license to open new sightseeing tours of the Cuc Phuong National Park, Trang An scenic landscape complex, Ninh Binh City and Yen Thang Lake. They will be using a Cessna Grand Caravan EX hovercraft with services to start as soon as the license is approved. There was no public announcement on what the prices for the tours would be. Hai Au Aviation boasts being the first to offer seaplane adventures in Vietnam and Indochina, and offers tourists the thrill of flying from low altitudes, showcasing the beauty of the region from a bird’s eye view.... [read more] Speaking at a workshop aimed at increasing inbound tourism to the province, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Dang Thi Bich Lien underscored the point that a refocused future strategy would be highly beneficial. She said given the importance of tourism to jobs and economic growth the priority should be to ensure that we have the right structures in place to maximise the benefits this crucial sector can bring. The province has seen significant growth in inbound visitor numbers and, more importantly, in tourism revenue over the last few years she said, adding that thechallenge is to maintain and build on that momentum and deliver a multimillion dollar thriving tourism industry for the province. Giovanni Boccardi, head of Asia-Pacific unit of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre in turn said the new image should be closely interwoven with nurturing its new UNESCO world heritage status globally. The province should capitalise on the designation of the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex as a UNESCO mixed natural and cultural heritage of the worldtorevamp its image through a highly coordinated effort, he added. The workshop was held by the Ninh Binh provincial People’s Committee in collaboration with UNESCO on January 22 at the Legend Hotel, Ninh Binh city as part of the festivities celebrating the province’s UNESCO selection.... [read more] PANO - The Egyptian Nile TV Channel specializing in culture on November 19th aired a special program about Vietnam for the second time. The 30-minute live coverage featured Vietnam’s world cultural celebrities and heritage sites honored by UNESCO. In a live interview on Nile TV, Minister Counsellor Vu Thien of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt proudly said that it is a great honor for Vietnam to have three world cultural celebrities recognized by UNESCO, namely national hero Nguyen Trai, great poet Nguyen Du and President Ho Chi Minh. He also introduced Vietnam’s world cultural and natural heritage sites awarded by UNESCO, including Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, the Complex of Hue Monuments, Hoi An Ancient City, My Son Sanctuary, the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty and Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex. The channel also aired short documentaries highlighting milestones in Vietnam’s history, the country’s unique culture and its outstanding achievements after 30 years of the Doi Moi (Renewal) process. Translated by Lan Phuong... [read more] Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex receives UNESCO title The Saigon Times Daily The Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex located in the northern province of Ninh Binh has been recognized as a world heritage site. The recognition makes Trang An the first heritage site of its kind in Vietnam. The acknowledgement of the Trang An complex is based on the principles of the Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritages including cultural, aesthetical, geological values, and the preservation of heritage. The result was unveiled at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar from June 15 to 25. The Trang An complex has become Vietnam’s 8th cultural and natural heritage site recognized by the UNESCO. The heritage site covers a large area of around 10,000 hectares, and is made up of three components within a single buffer zone, including the Trang An Ecological Area, the Tam Coc-Bich Dong River Landscape, and the Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel. The three areas share a common geological and ecological environment characterized by dramatic limestone karsts, permeated with a network of caves, and bound together by flooded inland waterways of high biological diversity. The 4,000-hectare Trang An ecological tourist attraction is the entire Trang An limestone area that is surrounded by 8,000ha, mostly consisting of rice fields. The site dates back some 250 million years and has hundreds of valleys and caves. Vietnam has five cultural heritage sites recognized by UNESCO including Hue Monuments Conservation Center, Hoi An Ancient Town,…... [read more] Van Long Lake: Ideal Destination for Weekend Hideaway Van Long Lake, situated in Gia Van commune, Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province, is the largest wetland nature reserve in the northern delta region of Vietnam. With a natural area of nearly 3,500 hectares, the lake is currently home to thousands of animals, plants and aquatic organisms, particularly the critically endangered Delacour langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) endemic to Vietnam. This is an ideal destination for short-time travel for it is only 80 kilometres from Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. To reach the Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve, travellers need to follow National Road 1A to reach Gian Khau fork junction in Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province. Then, they will go further 10 km to get to Van Long Lake. Boat is the most popular means of transport in Van Long Lake. While metal boats rest at marinas to wait for passengers in other tourist attractions in Ninh Binh province like Tam Coc - Bich Dong or Trang An scenic landscape sites, the image of Van Long Wharf is quite different. Here, there are only small bamboo basket boats silently parking close together in the wharf and in the vast river to give a sense of countryside gentleness and peace to tourists. The basket boats move along creeks, surrounded by high-standing reeds and sedges, toward the foot of a mountain. The most beautiful scene in Van Long is seen in the summer time when lotus blossom along the way. Under the clear…... [read more] PANO – On May 23rd, the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam - in association with the Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibition (DAPE) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism - opened its 1st exhibition, "Vietnam World Heritage Sites", at the Yoondang Art Hall in Seoul, Republic of Korea (RoK). The exhibition displays 100 photos of 16 Vietnam World Heritage Sites recognized by UNESCO. The photos feature the Hue Monuments Complex, Ha Long Bay, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Nha Nhac – the Vietnamese Court Music, the Space of the Gong Culture in the Central Highlands, Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi, the Giong Festival, the Art of Don Ca Tai Tu - Music and Song in the South of Vietnam, Trang An Scenic Landscapes, the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty, and Vi and Giam Folk singing of Nghe Tinh. According to Park Nark Jong, director of the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam, this is the first time images of Vietnam have been showcased in the RoK. He hopes the same event will be held more frequently in the future to promote cultural cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK. The event is part of the 2016 Vietnam tourism promotion program. Most of the photos were selected by DAPE through a contest about Vietnam Heritage Sites in 2011. The exhibition closes on May 30th. Translated by Lam Anh... [read more] While the Tam Coc – Bich Dong area in the UNESCO recognized Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex in the northern Vietnamese province of Ninh Binh has been known for its beauty during the harvest season, visiting the area in May during the green rice season offers a unique experience amongst the paddies. An ideal place for enjoying the green rice fields is the Mua Cave complex – an area composed of intricate cave systems and Limestone Mountains. No one knows the true story behind the complex’s name, but locals believe that it was in this area that King Tran enjoyed musical performances, lending itself to the name "Mua," which means "dancing." A winding road leads to the top of the Mua Mountain in the complex, where several towers are located, prompting visitors to take on the adventurous challenge to reach the peak. Few visitors accept the challenge, leaving the mountain as a quiet and peaceful sanctuary to enjoy the view of the mountain-flanked rice fields below. The Ngo Dong River weaves through the limestone mountains, dotted with wooden boats that glide slowly between the fields. By June and July, the area will change colors from green to yellow, marking the beginning of Ninh Binh’s harvest season. Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre : Tuoi Tre Tuoi Tre Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!... [read more] The Hanoitimes - State President Tran Dai Quang attended a ceremony and beat a drum to open the Truong Yen Festival 2016 at the Hoa Lu ancient capital historic site in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 15. Attending the event was Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue. Truong Yen Festival 2016 took place from April 15-17, aiming to commemorate King Dinh Tien Hoang who established the first centralised feudal state in Vietnam in 968. Addressing the opening ceremony, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Van Dien highlighted the great role and accomplishments of King Dinh Tien Hoang in quelling internal revolts 1,048 years ago. In 968, Dinh Bo Linh ascended to the throne and took the name of King Dinh Tien Hoang and reunified the country under the name of Dai Co Viet whose ancient capital is Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh province. The location of the kingdom was based on the favourable geographical conditions of the Ninh Binh province. During his 12-year reign, which ended in 979, King Dinh Tien Hoang built a strongly-institutionalised dynasty with a well-arranged administration and strong military force, and prioritised making use of natural land reserves while developing economy, culture and arts. With its salient and everlasting values, the Hoa Lu ancient capital was recorgnised as a national historic and architectural site by the Prime Minister. It is part of the Trang An scenic landscape complex, which was recognised as the world Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO. Truong Yen…... [read more] State President Tran Dai Quang beat a drum to open the Truong Yen Festival 2016 at the Hoa Lu ancient capital historic site in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 15. This year’s festival took place from April 15-17, aiming to commemorate King Dinh Tien Hoang who established the first centralised feudal state in Vietnam in 968. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dinh Van Dien highlighted the great role and accomplishments of King Dinh Tien Hoang in quelling internal revolts 1,048 years ago. In 968, Dinh Bo Linh ascended to the throne and took the name of King Dinh Tien Hoang and reunified the country under the name of Dai Co Viet whose ancient capital is Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh province. The location of the kingdom was based on the favourable geographical conditions of the locality. During his 12-year reign, which ended in 979, King Dinh Tien Hoang built a strongly-institutionalised dynasty with a well-arranged administration and strong military force, and prioritised making use of natural land reserves while developing economy, culture and arts. With its salient and everlasting values, the Hoa Lu ancient capital was recorgnised as a national historic and architectural site by the Prime Minister. It is part of the Trang An scenic landscape complex, which was recognised as the world Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO. Truong Yen festival has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. On…... [read more] VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Organization (VietKings) has nominated four special destinations among the top 100 most attractive destinations in the world. The top destination - Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, in the northeast of Vietnam, is 165 km from the capital of Ha Noi. Covering an area of 43,400 ha and including over 1,600 islands and islets, most of which are uninhabited and unaffected by humans, it forms a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and is an ideal model of a mature Karst landscape developed during a warm and wet tropical climate. The property’s exceptional scenic beauty is complemented by its great biological interest. The outstanding value of the property is centered around the drowned limestone karst landforms, displaying spectacular pillars with a variety of coastal erosional features such as arches and caves which form a majestic natural scenery. The repeated regression and transgression of the sea on the limestone karst over geological time has produced a mature landscape of clusters of conical peaks and isolated towers which were modified by sea invasion, adding an extra element to the process of lateral undercutting of the limestone towers and islands. Halong Bay is also one of the cradles of ancient Vietnamese people, with three prehistoric cultures in succession, from 18,000 to 3,500 years ago, including Soi Nhu, Cai Beo and Ha Long culture. With its unique value, Halong Bay has twice been recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural…... [read more] Bibica becomes official PAN Food subsidiary Vietnam builds first modern fishing ship for Canad... Japan funds construction of drainage system in Bie... NA Vice Chairman works with Can Tho city President conveys his best wishes for education se... Harvey to cost Texas US$58b in losses: Report Dollar and equities back in fashion Vân Long Lagoon a must-see destination in Ninh Bìn... 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__label__wiki	0.677747	0.677747	Fermilab in the news Subscribe to our public newsletter Interactions.org LBNF/DUNE Hours and site access Tours, programs and events Calendar of public events Fermilab Public Events Lederman Science Center Fermilab outdoor recreation Folk and Barn Dancing LBNF/DUNE newsroom Search photos and videos Subscribe to Fermilab Frontiers Internship in science writing How to capture ghost particles, featuring Don Lincoln From PBS Space Time, Jan. 6, 2020: Why is there something rather than nothing? The answer may be found in the weakest particle in the universe: the neutrino. In this 10-minute video, PBS Space Time host Matt O’Dowd and Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln explore the mysteries of the neutrino and how Fermilab is tackling them. The elusive neutrino may hold powerful secrets, from the unification of the forces of nature to the biggest question of all: Why is there something rather than nothing? Expanding a neutrino hunt in the South Pole January 9, 2020 \| Diana Kwon Underneath the vast, frozen landscape of the South Pole lies IceCube, a gigantic observatory dedicated to finding ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos. Neutrinos stream through Earth from all directions, but they are lightweight, abundant and hardly interact with their surroundings. A forthcoming upgrade to the IceCube detector will provide deeper insights into the elusive particles. Sanford Lab preps for excavation above and below the surface From Black Hills Pioneer, Dec. 13, 2019: Scientists at Fermilab and the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota are eager to begin collecting data from the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, which is hosted by Fermilab. But before the world’s largest neutrino experiment can begin producing results, more than 800,000 tons of rock will need to be removed from the 4,850-foot level of a former mine to make room for the detectors. From FAPESP, Dec. 20, 2019: Os físicos Ana Amélia Bergamini Machado e Ettore Segreto foram os ganhadores do DPF Instrumentation Early Career Award de 2019. High-resolution MicroBooNE detector provides new details in neutrino-argon interaction measurement December 13, 2019 \| Anne Schukraft and Marco Del Tutto Scientists on Fermilab’s MicroBooNE experiment have measured neutrino interactions on argon with unprecedented statistics and precision using data on the resultant muons — in particular, the muon’s momentum and angle. The experiment features the first liquid-argon time projection chamber with the resolution and statistics to carry out such a measurement. Researchers will use the result to improve simulations of neutrino interactions. These improvements are important for neutrino experiments in general, including the Short-Baseline Neutrino program experiments and the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, both hosted by Fermilab. Have scientists cracked one of the biggest mysteries of modern physics? From Forbes, Dec. 6, 2019: Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln gives a primer on neutrinos, neutrino oscillation and how studying neutrinos can help scientists explain the observed dominance of matter in the universe. And they’re doing just that with two Fermilab experiments, NOvA and DUNE. Probing boosted dark matter From UC Riverside, Dec. 4, 2019: The University of California, Riverside is participating in the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, which brings together more than 1,000 scientists from around the world to learn more about ghostly particles called neutrinos. Nobel Laureate Art McDonald gives the Colloquium on Dec. 4 in Ramsey Auditorium December 2, 2019 \| Pushpa Bhat Come and hear McDonald talk about how deep underground experiments help address fundamental questions about neutrino properties and search for dark matter, which makes up 26% of our universe. Fermilab cosmologist Dan Hooper – TMO Background Mode interview From The Mac Observer, Nov. 25, 2019: In this 30-minute podcast episode, Fermilab scientist Dan Hooper recounts how he caught the astrophysics bug as an undergraduate, landed a postdoc position at Oxford and was later hired at Fermilab. He chats about his interest in the interface between particle physics and cosmology, dark matter and what neutrinos can tell us about the early universe. Million-pound grant for Bristol physicists to investigate matter and antimatter From University of Bristol, Nov. 21, 2019: The University of Bristol will receive up to £1.1 million to research matter and antimatter as part of DUNE, a global science experiment hosted by Fermilab that will inform the debate about why the universe survived the Big Bang.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396769
__label__wiki	0.534209	0.534209	Inequality, Leadership, Self-Coaching Strategies, US Government A NYT Story Ruth McCambridge The story was cast was as follows: * Historically, white-led “charitable” organizations originally provided these services; * eventually, as city demographics changed, these organizations served more and more children of color; * leaders of color objected to this mismatch between providers and recipients of services — asserting that there were cultural considerations in serving the children of communities of color that could not be recognized adequately by organizations that were staffed and led predominantly by whites; * state leadership eventually accepted this proposition and began to shift funding to locally based foster care and adoption agencies led by people of color; * growth — sometimes enormous growth — occurred quickly but administrative and management capacity did not keep pace, particularly compared to older, better-financed, connected, and capitalized white-led institutions; * staff at these newly funded agencies began to drop the ball in their interactions with other state authorized systems and with the families — and children began to fall through the cracks — some died horrible deaths; * the boards of these organizations often stayed a step removed from the fray — either by their own or the executive’s choice; * the articles conclude that this “experiment” has largely proven to be a failure. Without excusing the failures in these agencies or minimizing the unconscionable neglect that was present in the situations as they were reported, much of this story rings familiar to us. The story conveys a negative judgment about the basic strategy of providing culturally-based service to children and a negative judgment about the capacity of people of color to run these types of organizations. Such conclusions should be spit out as racist poison. What probably happened in the organizations is something very different. Nonprofits groaning under the weight of too many public contracts are common, and they exist in every type of community. Those nonprofits that have grown large over time learn what they can do to survive, if not thrive in the face of low and late reimbursements (even without large endowments to offset shortfalls), and increasing application, reporting, and regulatory demands. Many of them have grown primarily if not exclusively on contracts with paper-thin and frail administrations that are sometimes propped up by staff’s willingness to work extraordinary hours . . . and sometimes not. On top of that, staff recruitment and retention in these agencies is almost always an issue and the technical concerns that have to be attended to are often enough to drive board members — particularly on a relatively unseasoned board — to take a step back in deference to professional staff. Further, managing the increased complexity of agencies with multiple, restricted funding streams requires building the overall management capacity of the organization, and ensuring that there is funding and support for managers who can take on the work of administering the necessary bureaucracy that comes from these contracts. Otherwise, the resulting organization is missing the essential support beams that hold up the house, creating a fundamental and major structural flaw that eventually puts the whole enterprise at risk. So when the state decided to fund this set of agencies which clearly had to ramp up quickly, mightn’t it have thought a little more about the capitalization and technical assistance needed to ensure their success? Especially in the field of foster care where there is clearly an assumption of shared responsibility between state contractors and the agency, and where there are such disastrous consequences for inadequate practice? It is easy to point the finger at the organizations that asked to be included in the funding loop and ultimately did not deliver. But the state shares responsibility in the failings of this “experiment.” This shift required a commitment to respectful, culturally competent practice that went beyond tossing money at the agencies. Years of under-funding and lack of infrastructure do not disappear overnight because a funder finally acknowledges that an organization has something important to offer the community. Both the agencies and the state should have realized that it would take more than government contracts to meet the needs of families and children in crisis. This situation needed a wholesale assessment of what was required to ensure that these agencies performed well and the necessary support for getting there. It also needed an honest conversation about the performance benchmarks that would be used, support for meeting them, and consequences for failing to deliver. The Times mentioned that there were many occasions when the state backed away from accountability conversations with these agencies. It is not clear why this happened, but organizations with clear culture-based strategies, and, more importantly, the people they serve, should not be subjected to such avoidances. So we walk away with two concerns: 1. We need to acknowledge the real capital needs of agencies, whether majority- or minority-led, that are, in all ways, primarily delivery mechanisms for the state where vulnerable populations are at risk. This is especially true in communities that have been marginalized and under-funded for years. We know of countless examples where agencies working under similar circumstances performed and delivered beyond what was expected. But that happens after a thorough understanding of what it takes to perform well and supporting organizations to take more than an assembly line approach to dealing with enormously challenging and very human tribulations. 2. Conversations with race as a central dynamic must be more than grotesquely stylized dances of unrelated parties. We need real, honest conversations, based on mutual respect and accountability, that seek to support and acknowledge the profound, gut wrenching work and enormous responsibility involved in dealing with people in crisis. It is not cheap or easy; the conversations should not be either. Let us be crystal clear, we do not believe that either the state agencies or the community agencies involved in this evidently badly-handled situation can be let off the hook. It would be nice, though to learn real lessons instead of false ones from something so horribly costly. We deserved more from the New York Times. Your friends, Lissette Rodriguez and Ruth McCambridge for the editors Ruth is Editor in Chief of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement. The Accountability Collision Course: An Interview with Tom Kochan By Nonprofit Quarterly Nonprofit Human Services Must Demand the Respect They Deserve Youth Climate Case Claims Constitutional Right to a Livable World By Karen Kahn Nonprofits as Agents of Tension and Democracy By Jon Pratt British Alarmed They’re Approaching US Levels of Inequality Mission Haiku: The Poetry of Mission Statements By Christopher Finney The Harm in Excusatory Nonprofit Narratives: The Real Deal... Three CEOs in Two Years: What’s Up (or Down) at National... Not Learning from Others’ Mistakes: A Workplace Campaign...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396771
__label__cc	0.683849	0.316151	Cruz, Simonelli, O’Hearn, Oliver, Scandalios and Braverman of JLL arrange $17 million sale of 65,970 s/f West Babylon shopping center September 03, 2019 - Long Island West Babylon, NY ShopOne Centers REIT Inc., a leading owner, operator and manager of high-quality grocery-anchored shopping centers, has acquired Hubbards Commons, a 65,970 s/f shopping center for $17 million. The purchase marks ShopOne’s first shopping center in New York, as it continues to grow its national portfolio within the densely populated markets along the I-95 corridor. ShopOne recently acquired properties in Philadelphia andWashington, D.C. Hubbards Commons, which will be anchored by one of the first Lidl locations (36,000 s/f) in Long Island when it opens in 2020, is home to a mix of national and local tenants including Orangetheory Fitness, Rite Aid, Subway and U-Need-A Bagel. ShopOne also has the opportunity to develop an additional 10,900 s/f of space on an existing pad. Jose Cruz, HFF Steve Simonelli, HFF “With fitness, restaurant and daily needs tenants, backed by a strong grocery anchor, Hubbards Commons creates a unique one-stop destination for the nearly 150,000 residents within a three-mile radius of the center,” said John Roche, CEO and CFO of ShopOne. “This acquisition presented us a strong opportunity to break into the competitive LI and suburban NY market. Adding Hubbards Commons to our portfolio helps exemplify our core strategy acquiring grocery-anchored shopping centers in fundamentally strong, densely populated markets.” Hubbards Commons is located along Sunrise Hwy., a commercial thoroughfare connecting Long Island to NYC. The property is 98% leased. JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Urban Edge Properties. ShopOne Centers REIT purchased the asset. The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller included Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Andrew Scandalios and Grace Braverman. This is an HFF legacy deal market prior to HFF being acquired by JLL on July 1st. “Hubbards Common’s location as well as tenant mix drew strong interest from local and national buyers. Grocery anchored centers continue to be highly sought after by the investment community,” Cruz said. “We are very pleased with the outcome of this transaction.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396777
__label__wiki	0.914979	0.914979	Silver city is ready for historic Baliyatra Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau On Nov 6, 2011 - 5:32 PM Cuttack: After setting up a filigree pavilion for the first time at the Baliyatra grounds here last year, the district administration is unsure about the same this time and claims that the city filigree traders are not cooperating with the endeavour. After mounting demands, the organisers set up an AC pavilion with 21 stalls last year to showcase the impeccable fine artistic dexterity of local filigree artisans. "Since the traders are engaged in internal bickering, we are not sure whether the filigree pavilion would come this year or not," district collector Girish S N said. Briefing mediapersons about the preparations for the historic mega event of the city this year, Girish said in case the traders reach an amicable settlement among themselves, the pavilion would come up. "We are prepared to extend all cooperation. The Baliyatra this year would start from November 10 and officially continue till November 16," he said. The administration has earmarked three grounds measuring a total of 37.103 acres for the mega festival, including two at Killa Maidan in front of the majestic Barabati fort. The adjacent riverbed close to the ancient river port of Mahanadi at Gadagadia Ghat would also come alive for the festival which would draw curtains to the six-month long puja festivities in the city. More than 1300 stalls, including 350 stalls of ORMAS and 150 stalls of Gandhi Shilpa Bazar would be set up this year which nearly 900 stalls more than last year. The district administration is likely to generate revenue of Rs 60 lakh towards the land cess and other collections from the stall owners and vendors during the festival. The entire festival has been insured for a whopping Rs four crore, which includes Rs one crore for the Ormas stalls, sources said adding that all the stalls on the festival ground are insured. Stalls stacked with household ethnic items, `Meena Bazars` with merry-go-round, `maut ka kuan`; giant wheels have all come up at the venues ready to make brisk business. Lakhs of visitors throng the festive site particularly in the evening hours and make wide-range of purchases till late into the night. The district council of culture is also planning in a big way to stage cultural nights on all days of the festival on a massive open-air stage. "At least 52 local troupes, including a troupe from Bangladesh will perform during this festival," council member Prof Kartik Rath said.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396782
__label__wiki	0.862612	0.862612	Listen to New Clips From a Unique Lineup of Artists for the Soundtrack of A Wrinkle in Time Crystal Nguyen We were already completely floored by the amazing cast and crew behind A Wrinkle in Time. And now we can also marvel in the iconic artists on the soundtrack! The score—featuring composer Ramin Djawadi—will take you on a journey beyond the stars with some of the biggest artists in the music industry, including Demi Lovato, Kehlani, DJ Khaled, Sia, grown-ish stars Chloe x Halle, and more. Check out the lineup of original songs for A Wrinkle in Time, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly: “Flower of the Universe” – Sade (plus a No I.D. Remix version) “I Believe” – DJ Khaled feat. Demi Lovato “Magic” – Sia “Let Me Live” – Kehlani “Warrior” – Chloe x Halle “Park Bench People” – FreeStyle Fellowship Director Ava DuVernay sure has a sharp ear for great talent! These artists received the Ava stamp of approval through a string of posts on her Twitter, each full of praise about why she felt their voices were a perfect fit: It’s time to announce some WRINKLE IN TIME news! Our soundtrack for a journey beyond the stars. So happy. pic.twitter.com/do0Yod5OAE — Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 20, 2018 Take a look at the rest of the announcements: I never thought she’d say yes, but asked anyway. She was kind + giving. A goddess. We began a journey together that I’ll never forget. Proud to announce that Sade has created an original song for WRINKLE IN TIME. It’s entitled “Flower of the Universe.” And it’s a dream come true. pic.twitter.com/FdXrZ1MFMO Sade is back after almost eight years, and she’s making her mark with A Wrinkle in Time. My hope was to gather dynamic women artists to craft a majestic soundtrack for Meg’s journey. Demi, thank you for “I BELIEVE.” With our brother, @djkhaled, you made magic. https://t.co/JyUYg1CMZ2 When we think “dynamic,” we think Demi. Ahhhh!! I'm so excited to finally tell you guys my new song #IBelieve with @djkhaled will be on the soundtrack for Disney's @WrinkleInTime 🙌🏻🙌🏻 See the movie and get the album on March 9th ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ZSe3QGP1FP — Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 20, 2018 And we’re excited to finally hear it! WRINKLE IN TIME was made w/ love for young people. To share ideas about being a light in this often dark world. The new song “Warrior” by the phenoms @chloexhalle often makes me cry – with joy for the future. They are wonderful young women who help me hope. Thank you, ladies! pic.twitter.com/IZMyL0oEnQ Oprah saying, “Be a warrior” is all the motivation we need in life. Chloe x Halle know what’s up! Ava also announced that Sia would be included in the soundtrack: Happy to share that WRINKLE IN TIME’s soundtrack also includes original music by none other than Sia. I remember being blown away by her SPEAKING VOICE ON THE PHONE. So when she shared the song she wrote for Meg, I was spellbound. It’s called “Magic.” And it is. Thank you, @Sia. pic.twitter.com/PioLASDipQ We see you, Sia. Sia wrote: Sia's new song “Magic" will be on the soundtrack for @Disney’s @WrinkleInTime! See the film & get the album digitally on March 9 ✨ – Team Sia pic.twitter.com/DUHDHaRFSk — sia (@Sia) February 20, 2018 So do her fans! Finally, Ava shouted out to Kehlani: Last but not least, I am in love with the music of a young woman hailing from Oakland. Her vibe. Her voice. Her vision for herself. It’s all beautiful. Kehlani’s original song “Let Me Live” is the first heard while watching WRINKLE IN TIME. It’s all about Meg’s inner life. A gem. pic.twitter.com/Slc3yuIyWQ “Bae-lani” is bringing her vision to A Wrinkle in Time. We like what we hear! This soundtrack is as surreal as the stunning visuals. We’re so excited for the full experience when A Wrinkle in Time hits theaters March 9!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396784
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__label__cc	0.54392	0.45608	Prevention First: A Conversation with Dr. Anand Parekh https://bit.ly/2PrUyXO McDonough 520, Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 United States + Google Map The O’Neill Institute is pleased to join with Business for Impact at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, and Georgetown University’s Global Health Initiative for a conversation with Dr. Anand K. Parekh, chief medical advisor of the Bipartisan Policy Center. In Prevention First, Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH, argues that disease prevention must be our nation’s top health policy priority. Building a personal culture of prevention, he writes, is not enough; elected officials and policymakers must play a greater role in reducing preventable deaths. Drawing on his experiences as a clinician, public servant, and policy advisor, Dr. Parekh provides examples of prevention in action from across the country, giving readers a view into why prevention-first policies are important and how they can be accomplished. Throughout the book, he demonstrates that, in order to optimize health in America, we must leverage health insurance programs to promote disease prevention, expand primary care, attend to the social determinants of health, support making the healthier choice the easy choice for individuals, and increase public health investments. Prevention First not only sounds the alarm about the terrible consequences of preventable disease but serves as a rallying cry that we can and must do better in this country to reduce preventable deaths. Regina LaBelle Distinguished Scholar and Program Director, Addiction and Public Policy Initiative, Bill Novelli Founder, Business for Impact Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Dr. Anand Parekh Chief Medical Advisor Bipartisan Policy Center Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by January 2, 2020 to the O’Neill Institute at lawoneillinstitute@georgetown.edu or 202-662-9844.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396794
__label__cc	0.68159	0.31841	Bodybuilding Documentary featuring IFBB Pro Manuel Romero – Part 1 The latest documentary on our very own IFBB Pro, Manuel Romero is finally here. This series that will show you the Manuel you have never seen before. You won’t just think of him as an up-and-coming star in the bodybuilding pro league, you’ll see what drives him and makes him such a unique character. Step inside his life in Miami, as MUTANT tells Manuel’s amazing story. PART 1 introduces us to Manuel, how he discovered bodybuilding, and his wife’s initial reaction. We take a look at what life is like for him in Miami, and learn about his goals for the future. Born and raised in Venezuela, Manuel never had it easy. His family had very little money, and he couldn’t even afford a gym membership. But that didn’t stop him. He walked dogs, worked in a nail salon, did manual labour at a cement factory, all in the hopes that he could save enough money to support himself and become a professional bodybuilder. manuel romero Edellinen artikkeliIFBB Pro Seth Feroce kertoo paluustaan ja AAR brändistään Seuraava artikkeliThe Process: 360° with Evan “Ox” Centopani, Volume 1 Johnnie Jackson ja Manuel Romero rintatreeni. Pumped Pecs and Sweeping Tris – Featuring IFBB Pro Manuel Romero Manuel Romero – Back & Biceps workout BACK ATTACK – IFBB Pro Manuel Romero Live @ FIBO – IFBB Pro Manuel Romero	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396801
__label__cc	0.691399	0.308601	Tag: hotline Bock receives international acclaim on guardianship front As problems with guardianship of seniors citizens and incapacitated adults make headlines, Palm Beach County’s Clerk & Comptroller Sharon R. Bock has been held out as an innovator in combating fraud in the arena. Now Bock has gone international. Sharon R. Bock, Clerk & Comptroller for Palm Beach County, will receive an award in Germany for innovation in combating guardianship fraud. The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship in Berlin, Germany to be held this weekend will recognize Bock for her Guardianship Fraud Program & Hotline. “The three-day conference provides guardianship advocates from countries around the world a rare opportunity to share problems and solutions,” Bock’s office said in a news release. “Organizers of this bi-annual, worldwide symposium encourage international exchange on the ideas, concepts and practices of the protection of vulnerable adults.” Bock said the exploitation of our most vulnerable citizens is not only an issue in the United States. “I have made it my mission to team up with leaders on a national and international level to strengthen guardianship laws,” she said. Bock’s Division of Inspector General has audited and investigated more than 900 guardianship cases since the inception of the hotline in 2009, leading to the identification of more than $5.1 million in unsubstantiated disbursements, missing assets and fraud. For more information about the Clerk’s Guardianship Fraud Program & Hotline, visit www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/fraud or call 561-355-FRAUD (561-355-3728). Author Staff WriterPosted on September 16, 2016 September 19, 2016 Categories bnblogs, newsfeed, Public Health, UncategorizedTags 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship, allpbc, award, berlin, bnblogs, Clerk & Comptroller, crime, fraud, germany, guardianship, health, hotline, law, life, news, newsfeed, Sharon Bock, taxon: allpbcLeave a comment on Bock receives international acclaim on guardianship front	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396802
__label__wiki	0.557058	0.557058	Power Struggle inside Sinaloa Cartel: El Chapo’s Children Ambushed, Injured MexicoDrug WarFeatured By Elena Toledo Last updated Feb 9, 2017 The Mexican “capo”‘s children pointed out in a letter that there is an internal struggle for power within the Sinaloa Cartel (Proyecto 40). EspañolInternal struggles within the Sinaloa Cartel have reached new heights, as the children of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán were wounded last Saturday during an ambush ordered by another leader within the organization. Dámaso López, one of the main operators of the Sinaloa Cartel, ordered an attack on the cartel leader’s children last week, in an attempt to gain power within the criminal organization. Last Thursday, El Chapo’s children sent a handwritten letter stating they were accompanied by Ismael “The May” Zambada, partner and presumed successor of the Sinaloa Cartel, during the attack. The letter has not yet been confirmed by El Chapo’s lawyers. When they arrived to the meeting place, Guzman’s sons noticed that Lopez was not there and the family’s personal escort was shot and instantly killed on the spot. Read More: Colombia President Santos Allegedly Accepted Odebrecht Bribes During 2014 Campaign Read More: Colombia Officials Search Odebrecht Offices for Evidence of Bribery According to the letter, when they realized that they had been victims of “treason,” El Chapo’s children and Zambada fled, but found people armed and ready to kill under Damaso’s orders. After traveling several miles, they were injured and aided by locals in a small town. It was not specified whether Zambada also was injured in the incident. Jose Refugio, Guzman Loera’s attorney, said that though he tried to detach himself from “many issues that do not belong in a legal environment,” he said he had learned about the letter because he was close with his defendant’s family. “It is of my knowledge that the letter is from Guzman’s children, but it is something that I do not have direct proof of,” the attorney said. Source: El Universal Sinaloa Cartel Elena Toledo 568 posts 0 comments Educator by trade, social-media apprentice, activist for a democratic Honduras, and free thinker. Follow her on Twitter @NenaToledo. FARC Again Accuses Colombian Government of Violating Peace Deal Despite Trump, Several American Companies Plan Mexico Expansion Subscribe free to our daily newsletter Sign up here to get the latest news, updates and special reports delivered directly to your inbox. What Does Soleimani’s Death Mean for the American Continent? Colombia Can’t Forget FARC Concentration Camps How a Lowly Monk Ended Rome’s Bloody Gladiator Duels Venezuelan Military Deserters Despair as Guaido Abandons Them Mamela Fiallo Flor Jan 15, 2020 Why Dollarization Is the Best Defense Against Politcal Instability Alberto Fernández’s Economic Plan Won’t Save Argentina	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396803
__label__cc	0.643968	0.356032	Hive 5.2 Coil addressed the room, “Then that’s our major piece of business concluded tonight. Anything else before we go our separate ways? Offers, announcements, grievances?” “I’ve got a complaint,” a man at the side of the room spoke. Heads turned to Kaiser’s group. Hookwolf. He wore a mask that was little more than a piece of sheet metal cut and shaped to resemble a wolf’s features, attached to his head with straps of black leather. He had a chain threaded through the belt loops of his jeans, sporting a heavy metal belt buckle. The buckle featured a wolf superimposed on a swastika – the same image he had tattooed on one of his biceps. The opposite arm simply had ‘E88’ on it. Outside of the mask and the belt buckle, you couldn’t really say he had a costume. He was shirtless, shoeless, and hairy. His blond hair was long and greasy, and he had thick hair on his chest, stomach and arms. Harpoon-like spears and metal that curled like fishhooks radiated out from his shoulders, elbows and knees, all bristling with barbs or wickedly serrated edges. Nobody, to date, had ever escaped the Birdcage, the name that had been coined for the supervillain prison in British Columbia. Hookwolf, though, had escaped on no less than two occasions while being transported there. He was a killer, and thought nothing of murdering people if they didn’t fit the Aryan ideal. He turned to look at our table, very pale blue eyes visible through the slits in his metal mask, “My complaint’s with her.” “What’s the issue?” Grue’s voice was calm, but it looked like he was generating a bit more darkness around him than he had been, making himself look a fraction bigger. I wondered if he knew he was doing it. “The crazy one, Hellhound, she-” “Bitch,” Bitch interrupted him, “Only the panty-ass heroes call me Hellhound. It’s Bitch.” “Don’t fucking care,” Hookwolf growled, “You attacked my business. Set your fucking dog on my customers. Lucky I wasn’t there, whore.” Grue gave Bitch a long look, then he spoke to Hookwolf, “That’s the kind of risk you run, doing business in Brockton Bay. Capes can and will get in your way, hero or villain.” Hookwolf glared at him, “It’s a matter of respect. You want to fuck with my business, and we’re not at war? You let me know if you’ve got an issue, first. Let me decide if I want to move shop.” “You mean give you a warning I’m coming,” Bitch spat the words, “That’s the dumbest fucking thing I ever heard. Just so you know, moving to a different neighborhood won’t be good enough. You open up another dogfighting ring, I’ll be visiting that one too.” Oh, that’s what she’d done. I glanced at Tattletale, then at Grue. I was getting the impression neither of them had known. Kaiser spoke, “Is that a declaration of war, Undersiders? We just agreed to a truce, if you recall.” He was utterly calm, a stark contrast to Hookwolf. Hookwolf was brimming with barely suppressed rage to the point that I could picture him leaping across the room and attacking us if someone so much as dropped a glass. Grue shook his head. I think. I couldn’t really tell with the way his darkness shrouded him, with his back turned to us. He answered, “Not interested in war, but I’m not going to stop my teammate from doing what she has to.” “You mean you can’t stop your subordinate,” Kaiser mused. Grue didn’t have a quick response to that. I suspected he couldn’t say Bitch wasn’t a subordinate without demoting himself in the eyes of the others at the table. Kaiser, Trickster, Faultline and Coil were all leaders. Grue took a leadership role when needed, but he wasn’t in charge of us. Not exactly. Grue clasped his hands in front of him, leaning forward with his elbows on the table. “It’s not so unusual for a cape to have a pet issue. You should know that as much as anyone. How would your people react if you forbid them from harassing or hurting gays, Kaiser?” “Exactly. Same with her. Word gets around that you’re someone who hurts dogs, she’ll fuck you up. It’s kind of common knowledge here.” “Not something I’d pay attention to. I’m more of a cat person.” The sardonic comment elicited a few chuckles from the room. “I think it’s worth paying attention to if it leads to situations like this,” Grue responded, his voice firm. “I delegate to my underlings and trust them to keep track of minor details. Hookwolf has been out of town until recently. He must not have heard.” The bullshit was so transparent I couldn’t help but wonder if he was baiting us. “I’d like to resolve this peacefully,” Grue reiterated. Kaiser shook his head with the sound of metal edges scraping on metal, “Peace is always preferable, but I can’t let an insult like this slide. We’ll need restitution before this can be put to rest. Money or blood. Your choice.” Bitch made a sound low in her throat. She and Hookwolf weren’t the only ones bristling. I looked at the table where Hookwolf sat with Fenja, Menja, Night, Fog, and Krieg, and everyone there looked visibly angry. “Then let’s sit on it until we’re freer to give the matter our full attention,” Grue spoke, “The truce is in effect, and we’ll meet again when things are more or less resolved with the ABB.” He looked to the others at the table for confirmation. “We will,” Coil replied. Faultline nodded. “What do you say?” Grue asked Kaiser, “Set this aside for now?” Kaiser nodded, once. “Fair. We’ll discuss the matter further at our next meeting.” “That’s settled then. Anything else?” Coil asked, “Issues, negotiations, requests?” Coil took that as answer enough. “Then let’s conclude the meeting. Thank you for attending. Faultline, could I have a word before you leave?” There was the sound of chairs scraping against the floor as the people at the table got up, Faultline and Coil excepted. Skidmark’s group headed out the door to leave right away, while Kaiser and Purity walked to the table where their underlings sat with their drinks. The Travelers loitered around their table, not quite settling in, not leaving. Grue returned to us, but he didn’t sit. Nobody argued. We stood and left Somer’s Rock. Skidmark’s group was taking their time leaving down one end of the street, so, unspoken, we headed in the other direction, just to be safe. There was no doubt those guys were spoiling for a fight. They were the diametrical opposite of Kaiser, Coil, and Faultline. Hotheaded, reckless, unpredictable. They would start a fight, even knowing they would set every other gang in the city against them for abusing neutral territory. We were a block away from the pub when Grue spoke, “Bitch. Do you understand why I’m pissed right now?” “Why we’re pissed,” Tattletale added. “I guess.” Grue paused, as if he was choosing his words carefully, “I want to be certain you know what you did wrong.” “Fuck you,” she snapped, “I get the idea. You don’t have to get on my case.” Grue glanced at the rest of us, then looked over his shoulder in the direction of the pub. We walked in grim silence past three different stores before he lashed out. He grabbed Bitch by the shoulder, then pulled her backward to break her stride and put her off balance enough that she stumbled. Before she could regain her footing, he forced her bodily into the recessed area at the front of an old bookstore and shoved her against the door, his hand gripping her throat. I looked towards the pub. There was nobody leaving, and nobody looking our way. Biting my lip, I joined Tattletale and Regent in stepping inside the alcove. I was praying Grue knew what he was doing. For several long seconds, he just held her there, leaving her to claw for a grip on his arm and glove, kick ineffectually at his leg. Twice, as she looked like she had enough leverage to hit him harder, he used his grip on her throat to pull her forward and then shove her back against the door again, hard enough to give her coughing fits. She didn’t stop fighting as he spoke, his quiet voice hollow with the effects of his power, “I hate this, Rachel. That you make me do shit like this. That when I say things like that, I sound like everything I hate most in this world. But that’s just the way you play things. It’s the only time you’re willing to listen. You hearing what I’m saying?” Bitch jabbed at the center of his stomach, but he used the length of his arms to pull his body back enough to avoid the worst of the hit, while still holding on to her throat. He slammed her against the door again. “You hearing me, Rachel?” She nodded sullenly, eyes darting in every direction but directly at him. He eased up a fraction, and she was able to gasp in a few breaths. “Look me in the eyes,” he intoned. She did. His visor was just an inch from her face, and she couldn’t actually see his eyes, but she stared steadily into the dark holes of his skull mask. I wasn’t sure I could have, and he wasn’t angry at me. “You made me look bad. You made us look bad. I’m not pissed because of what you did to Hookwolf’s business. That’s you. That’s your baggage, your shit. I get that it’s par for the course with you on the team. I can live with that. You following?” Another reluctant nod. Not breaking eye contact. I peeked around the corner to make sure this conversation was still private. The Travelers were outside the pub now, but they were taking their time leaving. Trickster was smoking a cigarette through the mouth-hole of his mask. Grue went on, “You know what you did wrong? You didn’t fucking tell us. You let me fucking go in there and talk to those guys and get caught with my pants down. I had to fucking defend the actions of my team without knowing what the fuck people were talking about. It made me look weak. It made all of us look weak.” “You want an apology?” “Would you mean it? I haven’t heard a honest apology from you since I met you, and believe me, an insincere apology from you would only piss me off more right now. So it’s your call. You want to try?” Bitch didn’t answer. I could see her square her shoulders, straighten her head, a change of posture that was subtly challenging. “Christ, Rachel. This is your second major fuckup in the span of two weeks. Do I need to talk to the boss and-” “Stop,” Tattletale cut in, “My turn.” Grue dropped his hand from Bitch’s neck and stepped away, folding his arms as he turned his back to her. What had he been saying before Tattletale interrupted? Do I need to talk to the boss and see if we can replace you? If that was it, I could see why Tattletale had stepped in. “You’re frustrated, I get it,” Tattletale spoke. Bitch was staring in the window of the bookstore, avoiding eye contact while she rubbed her neck. Tattletale went on, “You don’t feel like you did anything wrong, and if you had another chance to do things over, you feel like you’d do everything the same way… yet people are pissed at you.” Bitch met Tattletale’s eyes. Her tone was a combination of irritation and boredom, “And people are taking turns chewing me out and spewing psychobabble shit at me.” Tattletale waited, maybe to get her composure, to figure out another approach, or to use her power to dig for information she could use. Or maybe she was waiting to give Bitch time to think about how she wasn’t helping herself any with what she was saying. I wasn’t sure – I couldn’t read her expression. She wasn’t smiling or grinning like she usually did, though. Tattletale’s tone was more exasperated as she replied, “Fine. I’ll cut right to the point. Both of your screwups this past week had to do with a lack of communication. If you’d called to let us know you were heading out to the money early, maybe we could have anticipated the ambush. If you let us know you’d messed with Hookwolf’s dogfighting ring, we’d have been more prepared tonight. So open your mouth more. Talk to us, let us know what’s going on. Alright?” Bitch didn’t respond, tension standing out on her neck, posture stiff, hands in her pockets. “Think on it,” Tattletale suggested. I checked around the corner again. Trickster was still smoking his cigarette, but he was looking directly at us. At me. The gorilla-thing was too, but the others were looking at Trickster. I think he was talking. It was hard to tell. “I think it’s time to wrap this up,” I informed the others, “Eyes on us.” We left the nook, with only Bitch’s slumped posture giving any indication that anything had gone on. She trailed a few feet behind the rest of us. There was tension, and it wasn’t all directed at or coming from her. Grue and Tattletale were walking slightly apart from one another. He either hadn’t liked it when she cut in, or he was angry at himself, but something was bugging one or both of them. Regent had been quiet throughout. From what Lisa had said as she visited me earlier in the week, he was still getting twinges of pain from his arm. I suspected his current state was a combination of painkillers and a lack of a good night’s sleep. He hadn’t been a part of the recent dialogue, but his silence wasn’t helping the mood any either. I didn’t like this. This friction spoiling the camaraderie of the group, the undercurrent of tension. I liked these guys. Even Bitch, I dunno, I supposed it would be a stretch to say I liked her, but I could maybe respect her for what she brought to the table. I knew it would be hard to turn on them, to pull off that grand betrayal and turn their information over to the Protectorate, once I had the information I needed… but when I thought on it, I knew I could bite the bullet and do it. I would have less regrets in the long run. I could even be proud of it, in the grand scheme of things, maybe. More and more, I was seeing the day I turned that information over and said goodbye to the Undersiders as the day I wanted to transform myself. Start transforming Skitter into a hero in the public eye, doing what I could to repair my image, and redefining Taylor into someone confident and outgoing and brave. If I could cut ties with the Undersiders and take that plunge, I knew I could change myself. But, strange as it sounded, I would feel worse about handing their information to the Protectorate if this sort of negativity was what I was leaving behind when I did it. I knew it made no sense, but I wanted to be able to tell myself I’d had one successful set of friendships, before I severed ties for the sake of doing the right thing. I could only hope that the sore feelings would fade. Even when I’d had friends, it had just been me and Emma. I didn’t have enough experience to really know one way or the other, as far as how groups of friends handled these sorts of sore feelings and resentment. It sucked. As I glanced back at Bitch, it struck me that this had to suck worse for her. I felt a twinge of sympathy. I knew what it felt like, to be the one alone in the midst of a group of people. Slowing my pace until I was walking beside her, I found myself struggling to find words. Make small talk? I wasn’t sure how. Reassure her? I didn’t think I could say anything without seeming like I was siding with her on things, or opening a can of worms as far as getting the argument going again. Adding my own voice to Grue’s and Tattletale’s would only make her feel worse, and I had my suspicions she wouldn’t stand and take it from me the same way she had with the other two. “Hookwolf was running a dogfighting ring?” I asked her, my voice lowered, “Like, making dogs fight?” “Fight to the death,” Bitch answered, almost inaudible. When your only real companions or family in the world were your dogs, I could see where that hit home. I’d never had a dog, but the way I saw things, dogs were like kids. They were at the mercy of specific people, and if those people decided to abuse that, it was just flat out wrong. “You stopped them?” She turned her head my way, met my eyes. “Made them bleed.” I felt goosebumps prickle the back of my neck and my arms. I wasn’t sure if I would feel better or worse if she decided to elaborate. “Good,” I replied. We didn’t say anything more the rest of the way back. Probably for the best. This entry was posted in 5.02 and tagged Bitch, Coil, Faultline, Grue, Hookwolf, Regent, Tattletale, Taylor by wildbow. Bookmark the permalink. 37 thoughts on “Hive 5.2” Fiona on November 7, 2011 at 23:30 said: I wondered what happened to all the caged dogs Rachel rescued. When they all went quiet at the end, did they all die? Sorry if it wasn’t clear. Brutus isn’t the clearest of narrators. 😉 She took the living dogs out to a truck and lashed the cages together there. Then she went back inside to mourn the ones who had died. When she was driving off at the end, she had the rescued dogs in the back of the truck. Belial666 on November 8, 2011 at 07:53 said: So this means she now has way more than three dogs, all of them brutish, battle-hardened, big agressive types with lots of experience? Out of curiosity, how many dogs can she hulk-out at once? Well, it’s mentioned in passing, as they get ready for the bank robbery, that it tires her out to some degree, especially if she does it fast. So there’s a couple of factors. How fast is she pumping them up? How tired or hurt is she? It could be that she could do more, but it wouldn’t last nearly as long, or it would leave her too fatigued to do anything. THF on November 9, 2011 at 23:52 said: Well it might be like training or exercise or ahem leveling up. Her limits may expand with time. which is something I am sure you have already thought about yourself. Another very enjoyable chapter looking forward to your next installment. julesltdr on January 8, 2014 at 14:14 said: But since she doesn’t mind control the dogs, she’s better off hulking out more her trained ones than hulking out more dogs. Mostly. I’m curious to know how much EXP she can share at once in, say, the span of an hour. ⁣ on November 5, 2014 at 19:06 said: TRAINING unless she wants a repeat of serial manslaughter FatKid on September 20, 2012 at 22:31 said: I really love this story and I have so far. Thank you for it. I do have one strong dislike of this chapter, the comparison of children and dogs. As a dog lover and a parent, I see where those who do not have children make the comparison, but I actually find it very insulting. Sort of like telling a dog lover that you totally understand how they feel because you have a couple of goldfish. I think that comparison would make Bitch go totally insulted and angry. I feel similarly about my kids. but in bitches point of view they are like children. and to her children are less then what dogs would be to you. Martin Andreas Petersen on November 20, 2013 at 13:00 said: The comparison is made by a person who has neither dogs nor children AND it is a part of a thought process…. But of course you have the right to be insulted by the thoughts of Skitter. Dudeman on March 12, 2014 at 16:13 said: You don’t think that dogs are similar to children in that they are at the mercy of their owners/parents and that it’s a terrible thing when they’re abused? Because that’s the only similarity that Taylor mentions, and it’s not even out loud. name_not_required on December 17, 2012 at 17:00 said: At some point I wondered what they would do if the EEE would really declare war because of such business disturbance… And near the beginning I thought: What might Bakuda keep from bombing the place? She knew that their own people would not be there but she must have known of the meeting and must at least have been able to guess what it was about. And that her special new foes would be there. And given how reckless she is… From her side, the opportunity to kill the her special foes and the boss of the EEE together with his second and a good amount of her rivals would have been tempting. Would I have been in her shoes, I would have done it. Even it it was not 100% successful, the sheer terror would have been worth it. 😀 (Oh and: ” I didn’t have enough experience to to really…”) “to kill the her special” -> “to kill her special” Yeah, I’m the right one to find a misplaced word anywhere wildbow on December 17, 2012 at 18:37 said: Fixed the typo you pointed out. Thanks. Hydro Globus on January 27, 2015 at 04:00 said: She might not even know of the place. Remember, she is a newcomer from New York, and she hasn’t been a cape for much longer than Taylor anyway. Now Lung definitely does know of this, but I wouldn’t put it past him to be civilized about such things. Packbat on June 25, 2013 at 14:51 said: Heads-up: Trickster isn’t tagged. merdinus on October 3, 2013 at 01:10 said: “only the panty-ass heroes call me hellhound.” Pansy-ass? Panty-ass works. usermist2 on April 13, 2015 at 17:11 said: Perhaps panty-assed? greatwyrmgold on December 9, 2019 at 06:42 said: Bless her heart, she’s trying. Shame that Intimidate is Charisma-based. Pity Skittle doesn’t use her power for the magnificent spying tool that it is. I’m sure she could have gotten some nice info from the conversations around the bar after the negociations were done… Jason Fonceca (@ryzeonline) on March 17, 2014 at 21:10 said: Great point/idea! It’s worth noting that earlier on it’s discussed that she does best with ‘touch’ sensory from her bugs, as opposed to the awkwardness of ‘bug audio.’ Hmm, I wonder why she could use a moth to listen to some dude’s music then, right? 😉 nathencamino on June 24, 2014 at 19:13 said: Depends on the bug, maybe ? The NO POWERS policy might have played a part, too. she was concussed and on drugs. it makes sense that she could interpret some bizarre sensory information that is normally indecipherable to her. and identifying sounds as music would be much easier than making out words with bug senses. Thanatos on August 19, 2014 at 17:44 said: bombed places where they think we might operating –> where they might BE operating. This chapter was dark. Reminded me that in the end, they’re still villains. Aprion on September 7, 2014 at 12:17 said: The more i read this story the more i hope that skitter decides to stick with the villains. Because despite their flaws and their “dastardly deeds” I find them far more likeable than any of the so called heroes we’ve seen so far. Careful, Taylor. You’re getting close to realizing how stabbing your friends in the back is going to make you like Emma. sulli on December 6, 2015 at 18:19 said: “I hate this, Rachel. That you make me do shit like this. That when I say things like that, I sound like everything I hate most in this world.” Damn. I love that he acknowledges that he uses language that abusers utilize. Very uncomfortable and powerful. ThatFurryArtist on December 30, 2015 at 22:40 said: I honestly hope that Taylor stays with the villains and kicks the ass of Emma, Madison, the other bullies and Armsmaster. This is a great story, I haven’t stopped reading for a few days now and it just keeps getting better. It actually annoys me to see so many people going against you with some things (like the whole swearing debate in the last chapter, yikes) because this is just so good so far. Thanks, Furryartist, Criticism, be it valid, sane, or neither, is an aspect of putting any content online. The swearing debate is a silly (and old!) one, and relatively painless compared to some other issues people have raised. I Saw A Shark on March 10, 2016 at 14:11 said: Is it bad that I see fenja and menja as franky’s twin sisters from one piece? World Weaver on October 28, 2017 at 10:20 said: HEY HELLHOUND YOU WANNA BE A BITCH?! GET PUNISHED LIKE A DOG THEN! paulquiorra on November 5, 2017 at 03:27 said: The more I read the more I hate Taylor for still considering the thought of betraying them, as if it’s such a noble thing to do. Got betrayed by her bestfriend and now, here she is, planning to betray her only friends. But I love your story. 🙂 Tyrelliot on January 4, 2018 at 23:25 said: Agreed. Like, the Undersiders seem to be the most tame group out of all the villains here in the Bay. Like, holy shit, there’s literally the KKK and bombing terrorists right there. She’s better off selling info of those degenerates to the Protectorate. What Grue did with Bitch reminds me of how my dad handled my uncle’s pit bull. She was a rescue from a bad place, like Brutus, and my dad wasn’t taking any chances with her around two little kids. It worked, what can I say? Thankfully, Bitch understands English. She occasionally even listens. Anyone else noticing that Taylor’s back to making excuses to continue the status quo? Maybe someone should trash her backpack, that got her moving last time. Leave a Reply to Thanatos Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396804
__label__wiki	0.830269	0.830269	Redesigned Kia Sorento lineup to include hybrid, plug-in models Byron Hurd Autoblog 30 December 2019 See Full Image Gallery >> The next generation of Kia's mid-size crossover will be electrified, a company executive confirmed Friday. The redesigned Kia Sorento, due in 2020 as a 2021 model, will be offered in both hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants. Kia's European COO, Emilio Herrera, confirmed the new green models in an interview with Automotive News Europe. They will join the Niro (which is offered both as a PHEV and a pure EV) and the delayed 2021 Soul EV in Kia's stable of electrified crossovers. Details are still slim, and while the U.S. is the largest potential market for the Sorento, American buyers have been hesitant to jump on larger hybrid models. At this point, it's not clear whether the two hybrid models will be included in the variants available with the new Sorento launches, or whether they will be added to the lineup later in the crossover's product cycle. Autoblog has reached out to Kia for clarification on timing and availability and we will update this story if we learn any pertinent information. We do know that the new Sorento is due in 2020, and will share its fundamental architecture with sister brand Hyundai's new Santa Fe. Hyundai has not announced formal plans to offer hybrid variants of the Santa Fe here in the states, but electrified powertrains were hinted at for Europe when the crossover was originally unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show back in 2018. Like Hyundai, Kia has been working hard to overhaul its crossover and SUV lineup here in the United States, where customers are migrating to taller vehicles in droves. The introduction of the larger Telluride has made some room for the stretched Sorento to shrink back into its primary role as a two-row mid-sizer. Subaru plans to sell only electric cars by the middle of the 2030s Daimler Trucks' next EV will be a garbage truck Hybrid tech to headline Land Rover Discovery's mid-cycle update The Lamborghini Urus: A Driver-Friendly Supercar With an Endearing Lack of Logic Popular Mechanics First production 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette auctioned off for $3 million	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396812
__label__wiki	0.816549	0.816549	Look of the Week: Nell Fitts ’18 Channels Vintage Vibes with Eclectic Style PAshion Magazine to Express Fashion Enthusiasm ‘I Yell At Strangers’: Nell Fitts ’18 Connects With Other Students Through Podcasting Arts • Feb 23, 2018 Look of the Week: Claire Jungmann ’18 Finds Confidence through Thrifty Statement Pieces Arts • Jan 19, 2018 Sporting a pair of rainbow socks and sandals adorned with cat faces, Nell Fitts ’18 pairs her black cut-off jeans with a coral tank top layered on top of a black turtleneck. To finish off her vintage look, Fitts styles her hair into two mini “space” buns, allowing some of her wavy hair to fall across her shoulders. When asked about her style inspirations, Fitts said, “I’ve just always loved history. It’s always been my favorite subject in school, and so it just makes sense that when I’m reading books or when I’m watching movies, I just pull influence from that… I think seeing where our current style comes from is really interesting, and I like dissecting it. Our current style comes from many different places back in our country’s history of fashion, so I think that knowing our current style means knowing a lot about past styles.” For inspiration, Fitts tends to focus on fashion and beauty trends from older time periods, ranging from the 1960s to the 2000s, to add a vintage feel to her style. “Obviously I’m not pulling too much inspiration from like the Middle Ages, but I do like to look back to how girls were doing their hair in the 1960s and different things like that. So, I take those influences and I consider them while I get dressed and I like to throw those in there. Just looking at that has influenced how I dress,” said Fitts. A self-proclaimed television enthusiast, Fitts also draws much of her style inspiration from TV shows like “The Get Down” and “Fargo,” which feature fashion styles from the 1970s. “The 1970s is pretty in right now, so there have been a lot of TV shows coming out about [that time period]. It’s not one particular character that I find fashion influences from per se, but just like the particular way that they have their collars of their shirts or how women wear their tank tops and things like that,” said Fitts. Another time period that Fitts draws inspiration from is the 2000s. For Fitts, “Totally Spies,” a children’s cartoon about three teenage super agents that aired in the early 2000s, serves as another source for style inspiration. “It’s set in the 2000s and they just have the most ridiculous 2000s trends. [Their clothes are] kind of ugly, have a lot of bright colors, and are always paired with creepers shoes… It’s a weird kind of look that I don’t see around very often anymore, so I really like it. It’s lots of [chokers and] weird layering like tank tops over long sleeves and turtlenecks. Just that whole decade is really fun and very funky,” said Fitts. Through her everyday fashion, Fitts tries to convey a sense of authenticity and her personal beliefs. “If I were making any statement, it would be to try to express to others who I am,” said Fitts. “I think very much that your fashion is your self-expression; it’s the first thing people notice about you. That’s the first thing I notice when I’m looking at a person. I want my fashion to be very expressive of how I’m feeling and who I believe I am.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396813
__label__wiki	0.67276	0.67276	< SEPTEMBER > < previous month \| show all SEPTEMBER \| next month > 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 — tuesday Last Word Reading Series presents poets David Robertson, Vonn Anderson, and Mateo (Olmec) Sandyoung, Le Bateau Ivre, 2629 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 6:45 (510/849-1100) The Spiritual Ecology Book Shelf is a bi-monthly book club for those who are passionate about the earth and want to read about spirit and nature within stories, this month an anthology edited by Annick Smith and Susan O'Connor, Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place will be discussed, hosted by Kailea Frederick, drop ins okay, Point Reyes Books, 11315 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, free, 6:30 (kailea.sonrisa@gmail.com; 415/663-1542, www.ptreyesbooks.com) 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 — wednesday Emma Donoghue reads from her new novel Akin, book signing, Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, buy tickets online $10-$40, 7:30-8:30 (www.keplers.com) 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 — thursday Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Don Bogen, Immediate Song, and Katie Peterson, A Piece of Good News, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, wheelchair accessible, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com) Why There Are Words (WTAW) Press book release party for Anita Felicelli's new novel, Chimerica: A Novel, and Olga Ziberbourg's new collection of fiction, Like Water and Other Stories, both authors will read and discuss their books with WTAW Press Director Peg Aflord Pursell, book signing, cake and champagne, all welcome, Studio 333, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, free, 7:15 (www.studio333.info/local-events.html) 13 SEPTEMBER 2019 — friday Alley Cat Books poetry open mic plus a reading by Rachel DuPlessis and Beverly Dahlenhosted by Ariel Resnikoff, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:30-9:30 (www.alleycatbookshop.com ) Point Reyes Books and Black Mountain Circle present Irish psychologist and mythologist Dr. Sharon Blackie reading from her new collection of modern fairy tales, Foxfire, Wolfskin, and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women, Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, purchase tickets for $25 online at the Black Mountain Circle website, 7:00 (415/663-1542, blackmountaincircle.org/events/an-evening-with-sharon-blackie) The Poetry Connection reading series presents Terry Lucas, Marin County Poet Laureate, open mic to follow, light refreshments, The Fireside Room, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, free, 7:00-9:00 (www.terrylucas.com/schedule.html) 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 — saturday Queerbound Queer Open Mic, open to everyone, with vendors and artists selling their pieces, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:30-9:30 (www.alleycatbookshop.com ) Writers with Drinks presents featured readers Yangsze Choo, The Night Tiger, Fonda Lee, Jade City and Cross Fire, Molly Tanzer, Creatures of Will and Temper, Shelly Oria, Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings From the #Me Too Movement, and Peter Bailey, Trans Homo…Gasp!, hosted by Charlie Jane Anders, Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, $5-$20, 7:00-9:30 (www.writerswithdrinks.com) 15 SEPTEMBER 2019 — sunday Co-authors Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen read from their new self-help book, How Your Story Sets You Free, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00-9:00 (www.alleycatbookshop.com ) The 24th Annual Petaluma Poetry walk presents a full day of readings in a walk from venue to venue in downtown Petaluma: 11:00 a.m.: Barbara Swift Brauer, Rain, Like a Thief, Sonoma County Poet Laureate Maya Khosla, All the Fires of Wind and Light, and Camille Norton, A Folio for the Dark, Hotel Petaluma Ballroom, 205 Kentucky Street at Washington; Noon: Terri Glass, Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, Martin Hickel, and Erin Rodini, Body, in Good Light, The Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd. North; 1:00: Diane Frank, Canon for Bears and Ponderosa Pines, poet and translator William Greenwood, and Jeanne Powell, River Front Café, 224 B Street; 2:00: Arnoldo García, Poets Against War & Racism, and Nina Serrano, poet and KPFA producer/host, North Bay Café, 25 Petaluma Blvd., South; 3:00: Poet and fiction writer Maxine Chernoff, Camera, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Forrest Gander, Be With, Copperfield's Bookstore, 140 Kentucky Street; 4:00: Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California anthology reading, with co-editors and contributors Lucille Lang Day, Ruth Nolan, and contributors Susan Cohen, Jack Foley, and Barbara Quick, Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street; 5:00: Phyllis Meshulam, Land of My Father's War, presents students from California Poets in the Schools (CalPoets) and Poetry Out Loud, with bilingual poetry in English and Spanish and other languages, Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth Street; 6:00: Raphael Block, Strings of Shining Silence: Earth Silence: Earth-Love Poems, former Marin County Poet Laureate Albert Flynn DeSilver, Letters to Early Street, poet and visual artist Maureen Hurley, poet, translator, visual artist Michael Koch, Street Theology, and Gail Mitchell, Bone Songs, Aqus Café, Foundry Wharf, 189 H Street (this venue is far from the other venues, prepare for a longer walk or drive to this one); Petaluma, free, 11:00 a.m.-8:00 (707/347-9793, www.petalumapoetrywalk.org) 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 — monday Poetry Express presents a poetry reading by poet and KPFA radio host Dennis J. Bernstein, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, open mic before and after featured reading, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com) EAST: Writers On the Air (WOA), a Sacramento spoken word and word artists community that supports and encourages all writers, presents an open mic, five to seven-minutes, after each reading there will be a short positive critique on request, hosted by Todd Boyd, Creekside Cafè, 1750 Oaks Drive #170, Sacramento, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (www.meetup.com/Writers-On-the-Air) Lyrics and Dirges monthly reading series features emerging writers to highlight the diverse literary community in the Bay Area, hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/649-1320, pegasusbookstore.com) Marin Poetry Center reading by Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama and Matthew Siegel, Blood Work, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, free, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org) Poetry Center San Jose presents Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library, featuring a poetry reading by Ruth G. Mota, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, free and open to the public, 7:00 (408/808-3045, 408/266-1361, www.pcsj.org) The 17th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents Michael Young, the son of poet Al Young, reading Al's poems for the Invocation of the Muse to kick off the event, and featuring Barbara Jane Reyes, James Cagney, Anna Allen, Claire Calderòn, Natasha Dennerstein, Steve Fujimura, Ingrid Keir, Michelle Lin, James J. Siegel, and Kelechi Ubozoh; Milvia Street literary journal contributors reading includes Joseph Mendoza, Yohana Girma Gebre, Lisa Jacqueline Graves, Carla Schick; Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Nanette Deetz; Poetry/Flamenco Performance Vida Felsenfeld, hosted by Marguerite Muñoz, co-directed by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, sponsored by the City of Berkeley and Berkeley City College, plus open mic, book fair (Poetry Flash and other literary organizations exhibit), Berkeley City College Student Lounge, Fifth Floor, 2050 Center Street, downtown Berkeley, free, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 (sharoncoleman@comcast.net) Nick Lovett reads from his new poetry collection Twenty-One: A Book Reading Birthed From Trauma and Survival, dealing with rape, toxic relationships, and domestic abuse; Sloan Thompson, D'mani Thomas and Marabet Morales Sikahall join the conversation, E. M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, 410 13th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/679-4650, wolfmanhomerepair.com/storefront-2) The San Mateo County Arts Commission and the San Mateo County Libraries present an All-Star Poetry Reading featuring Camincha Benvenutto, Cynthia L. Bryant, Aileen Cassinetto, Poetess Kalamu Chache, Johanna Ely, Amy Glynn, Caroline Goodwin, Kevin Gunn, Dorsetta Hale, Maya Khosla, D. L. Lang, Juanita Martin, Connie Post, Lisa Rosenberg, open to the public, light refreshments, Millbrae Library, 1 Library Avenue, Millbrae, free, 2:30 (smcpoetlaureate@smcl.org) Poetry Flash presents a reading by poet and translator Jeffrey Thomas Leong, Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island, and poet Brian Komei Dempster, Topaz, East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, wheelchair accessible, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com) Poetry Express presents a featured poetry reading hosted by Gary Turchin, open mic before and after featured reading, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com) Timothy Faust reads from his new book Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next, East Bay DSA joins the discussions, E. M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, 410 13th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/679-4650, wolfmanhomerepair.com/storefront-2) Isabella Tree, award-winning British author, travel writer, and manager of The Knepp Wildland Project, presents her new book, Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm, Point Reyes Books, 11315 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, free, 7:00 (415/663-1542, www.ptreyesbooks.com) Alternative Exposure Round 13-Info Session Four is a grant program that supports independent, self-organized work of artist and small groups that play a critical and significant role within the San Francisco Bay Area, attendance isn't required to apply, E. M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, 410 13th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00-8:30 (510/679-4650, wolfmanhomerepair.com/storefront-2) The Racket monthly series presents Leland Cheuk reading from his new novel No Good Very Bad Asian, readers are Leland Cheuk, Jared Roehrig, Kirin Khan, Preeti Vangani, Yalitza Ferreras, Benjamin Bac Sierra, Vincent Chu, and Kim Magowan, there will be beer, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:00-9:00 (www.alleycatbookshop.com ) Performer and poet Trisha Low and poet Syd Staiti their poetry, The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 (415/338-2227, poetry.sfsu.edu) Saturday Night Special presents featured poets, hosted by Holly Hardy, three-minute maximum open mic on the theme of exploring boundaries between public and private, all creative work welcomed, must be twenty-one, Nick's Lounge, 3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley, free but one drink minimum, 7:00-9:30 (510/652-6425, nickslounge.com) Live Poets Society poetry reading by Francesca Bell, Bright Stain, and Melissa Stein, Terrible Blooms, plus open mic, hosted by Orinda/Lafayette Poet Laureate Amy Glynn, sponsored by Lamorinda Arts Council on the last Sunday of the month, Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, free parking, 1:00 (Amy Glynn, amyglynn@pastemagazine.com> Poetry Express presents a Maverick Night writing prompt open mic, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396814
__label__cc	0.641659	0.358341	Obesity as a chronic medical disease The Canadian Medical Association recognizes obesity as a chronic medical disease. Adoption of fracture-liaison programs The Canadian Medical Association supports the adoption of fracture-liaison programs at facilities involved with post-fracture care. National seniors’ strategy specifically addresses the needs of seniors in rural and northern areas The Canadian Medical Association will ensure that its national seniors’ strategy specifically addresses the needs of seniors in rural and northern areas. The Canadian Medical Association supports the inclusion of adequate, evidence-based support for family caregivers in a national seniors’ strategy. The Canadian Medical Association recognizes the participation, roles and valuable contributions of seniors The Canadian Medical Association recognizes the participation, roles and valuable contributions of seniors in our society. Guidelines and standards for the use of telemonitoring technology The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of guidelines and standards for the use of telemonitoring technology. National seniors’ strategy includes evidence-based hospital practices The Canadian Medical Association recommends that a national seniors’ strategy includes evidence-based hospital practices that better meet seniors’ physical, cognitive and psychosocial needs. Seamless transition through the continuum of care in a national seniors’ strategy The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of innovative and alternative models/partnerships that can provide services and resources for patients’ seamless transition through the continuum of care in a national seniors’ strategy. Consistent immunization policies The Canadian Medical Association supports consistent immunization policies, health and safety requirements and standardized reporting for all medical schools in Canada. National immunization registry The Canadian Medical Association urges the federal government to accelerate the development and implementation of a national immunization registry. Promoting and raising awareness of immunization against childhood diseases The Canadian Medical Association asks governments to step up their commitment to promoting and raising awareness of immunization against childhood diseases. Best practices to assist patients aged 16 to 24 transitioning from pediatric to adult health services The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of best practices to assist patients aged 16 to 24 transitioning from pediatric to adult health services. National strategy for Autism Spectrum Disorder The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a life-span broad national strategy for Autism Spectrum Disorder that covers research, prevention, treatment, education, support, funding and policies. Improved access to bariatric surgery across Canada The Canadian Medical Association supports improved access to bariatric surgery across Canada. Accredited standards for the management of life-limiting chronic disease The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and application of accredited standards for the integration of a palliative care approach into the management of life-limiting chronic disease. The medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization The Canadian Medical Association will provide information and tools to physicians to promote the medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization. Public health budgets The Canadian Medical Association will conduct a campaign to urge governments to restore and increase public health budgets. The Canadian Medical Association endorses the concept of a basic income guarantee	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396816
__label__cc	0.658419	0.341581	Non-Fiction Book Club - The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú Thursday, February 66:30—7:30 PMGround Floor Community / Meeting RoomMain Branch401 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA, 01852 February 2020 Selection: The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú The Pollard Library Non-Fiction book club meets at 6:30PM on the first Thursday of every month. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our events page for a full list of upcoming books and past discussions. Copies of books up for discussion are available for patrons to borrow on a first come first serve basis at the Ground Floor Check Out Desk. You may also reserve a copy by calling the Community Planning Department at 978-674-1542. Please have your library card ready. For more information about this group please contact Sean Thibodeau, Coordinator of Community Planning, at sthibodeau@LowellLibrary.org or 978-674-1542. © 2020 Assabet Interactive, LLC. \| Privacy Policy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396819
__label__cc	0.748734	0.251266	The Planning Jungle website Part 1 of the GPDO \| Consolidated Versions of Legislation Free Documents Benefits of Membership – Examples Cost of Membership – FAQ BECOME A MEMBER – LARGE organisation with a total of 20 or more employees BECOME A MEMBER – LOCAL AUTHORITY Membership Terms and Conditions, and Privacy Policy Our Registered Details, and Contact Us Updates by Email (weekly) Updates – Browse by Category Part 1 of the GPDO Part 1 of the GPDO – Visual Guide Part 1 of the GPDO – GENERAL Appeal Decisions Part 1 of the GPDO – PRIOR APPROVAL Appeal Decisions Part 1 of the GPDO – INCIDENTAL Appeal Decisions Part 1 of the GPDO – Summary of Amendments since 2013 Part 1 of the GPDO – Larger Rear Extensions – Guide Part 1 of the GPDO – Larger Rear Extensions – Background Information Part 1 of the GPDO – Official Documents All Other LDC Appeal Decisions Other Parts of the GPDO – Summary of Amendments since 2013 Demolition – Quick Reference Guide Part 3 of the GPDO – Information about Appeal Decisions Part 3 Class M of the GPDO – Appeal Decisions Part 3 Class O of the GPDO – Appeal Decisions Part 3 Class Q of the GPDO – Appeal Decisions Parts 3 and 4 of the GPDO – Official Documents Part 14 Classes A and B of the GPDO – Appeal Decisions Part 14 Class A of the GPDO – Solar Panel Guide Part 14 of the GPDO – Official Documents Part 16 Class A of the GPDO – Official Documents Consolidated Legislation Advertisements Regulations 2007 (Consolidated) Brownfield Land Register Regulations 2017 (Consolidated) CIL Regulations 2010 (Consolidated) Compensation Regulations 2015 (Consolidated) Compensation Regulations 2013 (Consolidated) (Superseded) DMPO 2015 (Consolidated) DMPO 2010 (Consolidated) (Superseded) EIA Regulations 2017 (Consolidated) EIA Regulations 2011 (Consolidated) (Superseded) Fees Regulations 2012 (Consolidated) Fees Regulations 1989 (Consolidated) (Superseded) General Regulations 1992 (Consolidated) GPDO 2015 (Consolidated) GPDO 1995 (Consolidated) (Superseded) LBCA Regulations 1990 (Consolidated) Local Planning Regulations 2012 (Consolidated) Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (Consolidated) Permission in Principle Order 2017 (Consolidated) Tree Preservation Regulations 2012 (Consolidated) UCO 1987 (Consolidated) Use Classes Order 1987 – Quick Reference Guide Appeals/Hearings/Inquiries Regulations/Rules, etc Enforcement Regulations/Rules 2002 Hazardous Substances Regulations 2015 Infrastructure Planning Order/Regulations/Rules, etc Listed Building Regulations 2014 Neighbourhood Planning [OTHER] Regulations 2012 Pre-commencement Conditions Regulations 2018 Section 62A Applications Order/Regulations/Rules 2013 Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016 Links to the Planning Acts How to login, and how to reset your password Check your access to this website Introduction to the main documents on this website How to search for appeal decisions on this website Renew your Membership – LARGE organisation with a total of 20 or more employees Renew your Membership – LOCAL AUTHORITY New Legislation – relating to permission in principle (01/06/2018) … The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 01/06/2018: New Legislation: June 2018: SI 2017 No. 1309 - The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017 (pdf) (link). The above SI includes amendments to the following SIs: - Permission in Principle Order 2017. The above SI includes consequential amendments to the following SIs: - DMPO 2015. - General Regulations 1992. - Hazardous Substances Regulations 2015. - The Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000. - The Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (England) Rules 2000. - The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000. - The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) Regulations 2009. The "Explanatory Note" (link) at the end of the above SI includes the following information: - "This Order, which applies in England only, makes provisions in relation to permission in principle. In particular it amends the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/402)(“the 2017 Order”) to allow local planning authorities to grant permission in principle for development the main purpose of which is housing development on an application to the authority in accordance with provisions inserted into that Order by this instrument. Permission in principle and its effect are described in sections 58A, 59A and 70(2ZZA) to (2ZZC) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) (those sections were inserted by section 150 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)).". - "Article 4 inserts provisions into the 2017 Order in relation to applications for permission in principle. Inserted article 5A provides that a local planning authority may grant permission in principle on an application made to the authority and prescribes the type of development for which permission in principle may be granted. Inserted article 5B excludes certain classes of development from being granted permission in principle under article 5A (in particular it excludes major development, habitats development, householder development and EIA development). Inserted article 5C provides that where the non-housing part of any development is specified wind turbine development then there is requirement to undertake consultation before making the application. Inserted articles 5D to 5T set out the procedure for making and determining applications for permission in principle – this procedure is similar to the existing process for planning permissions. (Article 8 inserts a Schedule 1 into the 2017 Order which includes related notices.) Inserted article 5U sets out the procedure for applying for a non-material change to a permission in principle. Inserted article 5V sets out the procedure for appealing against a refusal of permission in principle.". - "Article 5 substitutes a new article 6 (planning register) in the 2017 Order. The new article 6 requires the planning register to include details of each permission in principle, whether granted following an allocation of land in a register under section 14A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, or granted following an application for permission in principle.". - "Article 6 amends article 7 (prescribed period under section 70(2ZZC) of the 1990 Act) of the 2017 Order by prescribing (as 3 years) the period during which a technical details application must be determined in accordance with the permission in principle where that permission in principle is granted following an application to a local planning authority.". - "Article 7 inserts a new article 7A into the 2017 Order. This new article enables an applicant to notify the authority that it no longer wishes to be contacted electronically.". - "Article 8 inserts a new Schedule 1 into the 2017 Order setting out notices in relation to applications for permission in principle.". - "Article 9 and Schedule 2 set out a number of amendments to secondary legislation relating to permission in principle.". Other Sources of Information: February 2016: Technical consultation on implementation of planning changes (pdf) (link). - Note: For a summary of the above document, please view this post. March 2017: Government response to the technical consultation on implementation of planning changes - Permission in principle and brownfield registers (March 2017) (pdf) (link). December 2017: Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2017 No. 1309 (pdf) (link). Updates to the Planning Jungle website: The "Permission in Principle Order 2017 (Consolidated)" document has been created to incorporate the above SI 2017 No. 1309. 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__label__cc	0.579925	0.420075	GET MASTER LIST Submit Opportunity Playwrights: If a director wants you to edit your script, what’s the harm? by play8044 \| Jan 19, 2016 \| guest post, Play Submissions \| 0 comments Guest blog post by David Wiener The American new play sector has gone through so many dizzying changes over the past decade, it doesn’t even make sense to talk about a “New Normal” anymore. There is a running current among many playwrights that we are the master of our script, and if a theater wants to make edits, they should produce a different play instead. I agree that playwrights are the master of our scripts, and should have complete discretion as to whether to allow changes. However, what I suggest, is that when asked, we enthusiastically work with directors to combine their artistic visions with ours. Here are some examples from my own experience: A full-length play that was premiered in California, which led to additional productions elsewhere. The premiering theatre had some very challenging limitations. I tailored the script to suit their needs by cutting minor characters, combining scenes to simplify set changes, and worked with the director on lighting schemes and ideas that did the work of set pieces we simply couldn’t get. I also had to cut the last scene and entirely rewrite another. If you had told me before the play was in rehearsal that I would have to do all that just to get to opening night, I probably would have run screaming from the theatre. But it worked amazingly well – facing up to the limitations of that particular theatre created opportunities for collaboration, blurring the usual lines of separation between playwright, director, actors, and techs as everyone contributed ideas to reach the shared goal of putting the damn thing on stage in the best possible form. Later productions in London and Boston were mounted with fewer changes – those theatres had the resources to use everything on the page. One director wanted very much to deepen and expand a supporting character. By adding and incorporating active exposition into a number of her lines, I was able to build tension and shift her focus from a single-minded, desperate wish for revenge into a reflective resignation and acceptance of her past and present. It did alter the dynamic of the play but this version also worked. One act and short plays offer even more ways to be adaptable. I’ve been able to expand the productions of my one-acts by rewriting them for radio theatre. This is a great way to practice new writing skills. All the descriptions, business, stage directions, and so on – all this has to be turned into dialogue, transforming everything seen on stage into things clearly heard on the radio. I had a short play produced about 9,000 miles away from me at two separate venues. It featured a drunken woman who gets progressively more drunk through the play. The first venue was no problem at all – it was very well received. However, just a few miles away in the second venue, the local culture was quite different. Portraying a drunken woman on stage was a considered an outrage and, to make matters worse, the actresses’ mother happened to be in the audience that night to witness her daughter disgrace herself on stage. Fortunately, nothing happened beyond some vocal criticism but it could have caused real trouble for the actors. If I had known about these pronounced cultural variations, I could have had a wonderful opportunity to create a second version of the script, one that would have taken into account the feelings and sensibilities of that second audience. As the playwright, you will have to decide whether such alterations offend your artistic aesthetic. I know my answer, and am comfortable with it. I’ve been fortunate enough to see the changing face of modern theatre from many different angles: as a playwright with works produced in seven countries, and as a Literary Intern and Dramaturgy Associate, Special Projects Writer, and Board member, all at various theater companies. The value of flexibility on the part of playwrights becomes clearer to me every day — it makes your work as a playwright so much more interesting and it opens up whole new opportunities for you, your producers, your directors, and for your actors. David Wiener is a playwright produced in seven countries, has worked as a Literary Intern and Dramaturgy Associate (La Jolla Playhouse), as a special projects writer (San Diego Shakespeare Society, “Shakespeare for the Blind,” “Shakespeare’s Women,” and others), and as a Board member of the Horton Plaza Theatres Foundation (which oversees the Lyceum Theatre, home of the San Diego Rep). 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__label__wiki	0.5342	0.5342	Chandramouli Venkatesan Track Timing Genesis of the book (03:39) \| Turbocharging your growth – TMRR (09:01) \| Raising the game when it matters (18:13) \| Playing the 1st half of career to win 2nd half (21:04) \| Picking mentors thoughtfully (26:11) \| Decoupling quitting & joining decisions (33:09) \| Evolving views on the notion of success (41:09), Impact of Life on Work (46:25) \| Cultivating "Lodestar" values (55:09), Overemphasizing fit in a career choice (01:01:55) \| Winning the Second half of career (01:05:39) \| In Summary - Playing to Potential (01:07:53) \| Author \| FMCG Leader Chandramouli Venkatesan (Mouli) has a strong corporate track record of over 25 years. He is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and spent his initial years in Sales and Marketing in Asian Paints, GE Capital and Onida. He worked with Cadbury’s from 2005 till 2016. Over that time Cadbury metamorphosed to Kraft Foods and Mondelez and his last role there was Managing Director for India. In his decade-plus time there, he has worked across areas including Strategy, Marketing, HR and General Management across India and Asia Pacific. He now works with Pidilite Industries as CEO, Special Projects with the mission to create and set up a new business for them. Mouli recently authored the book - Catalyst which was published by Penguin RandomHouse. It is a synthesis of his reflections around how leaders should think about the two questions - Where to go & How to grow - as they go through their respective journeys. In this podcast conversation, Mouli talks about the notion of TMRR for leaders to turbocharge their personal growth, the concept of learning cycles when it comes to thinking about experiences, sowing the seeds for the second half in the first half, decoupling a quit decision and a join decision, impact of life on work and the role of values in personal growth and leadership. Published in May 2018. Nuggets from the Genesis of the book - CATALYST Mouli talks about the context behind writing the book which is a combination of him finding time across multiple flights to Singapore to pen down his thoughts given a Regional role and a desire to take a break and take stock of life. He also discusses how he wanted to contribute to social impact in a way that leverages his skills rather than do on-ground field work where he may not have any distinctive value to add. Social Impact Pursuing your passion Turbocharging your growth – TMRR Mouli talks the fact that the time people put in a job is not an appropriate indication of the experience they have gained. He outlines TMRR (Target, Measure, Review and Reflect) as a process through which people could derive a lot more experience than what the average person might get in that time period. He also talks about how people can build in the habit so that they practice it on a regular basis. Leadership Development Deliberate practice Excellence Habits Raising the game when it matters Mouli talks about the concept of Learning Cycles and how it is critical for people to focus on completing large learning cycles to build significant distinctive capability. He also makes the distinction between major and minor learning cycles and talks about how effective leaders often kick their game up a notch when it comes to a major learning cycle. The concept of learning cycle is also relevant when we think about processing opportunities that come along in our journey. Leadership Development Navigational principles Playing the 1st half of career to win the 2nd half Mouli discusses that a lot of the wins in the first half of the career are often on the back of low hanging fruit but the wins in the second half are often harder. He mentions that apart from solving for successes in the first half, we should all build the muscle and resilience to be able to go after the complex win or the high hanging fruit. And that sometimes might require us to go slow and learn than run fast and miss out on building this muscle. Mid Career Inflection Points Leadership Development Picking mentors thoughtfully Mouli underscores the criticality of having sound mentors in todays world where there are more forks in the road and several choices to be made for all of us. Mouli also talks about his framework for how we all should think about selecting the mentors that guide us. He talks about how Mentors should have seen some parts of the “movie” that you haven’t and should be completely vested in your success with no conflict of interest. Mentorship Navigational Principles Decoupling quitting & joining decisions Mouli talks about how people often mix up the two decisions and how they can end up over-appreciating what is right in the new context and what is wrong in the current situation. He brings it back to the point that careers are driven by capability and not by role/title. He urges us to think hard about the learning opportunity in the current environment and carefully evaluate the pros and cons of the current and the new opportunity before taking a decision. Navigational principles Evolving views on the notion of success Mouli talks about how the early years were often focused on achievement, which later gave way to an orientation towards Mastery and the last phase being driven by purpose. He talks about how he found his purpose along his journey and how it has impacted the choices he makes in everything he does whether it is a market visit or writing a book. Views on Success Impact of Life on Work People often talk about Work-Life Balance and the rhetoric is often around “Life” being the residual figure after work has consumed you. Mouli flips this argument around and says that there is a lot to be gained on the work front by organizing your “life” carefully. He talks about passionate striving hobbies that push you towards excellence at work and also talks about how some of the social impact initiatives he pursues enhances his empathy when he is at work. Work & Life Pursuing your passion Cultivating "Lodestar" values Mouli talks about the notion of Values as something that has a significant upside over the long run and challenges the current narrative which is often around showcasing the downside of people who display poor values and are punished. He also talks about the need for us to have an absolute view of this versus a relative view. Building trust Authenticity Overemphasizing fit in a career choice Mouli talks about how he has made some of his early career moves based on the notion of fit. He also acknowledges that there is often an information asymmetry here and uses surrogate sources (profiles of others who have gone there and succeeded) of data as a means of determining if he would belong. He also emphasizes the criticality of focusing on learning rather than earning to drive professional growth over the long-term. Early career Views on success Winning the Second half of career Mouli talks about how people need to consider evolving the metrics with which they measure their success as they move towards the second half of their career. He strongly advocates the notion of helping others succeed as a means of driving your own success. Views on success Mid career In Summary - Playing to Potential Mouli talks about the notion of Potential being an infinite term and not something finite and well-defined. He uses the phrase “you get what you deserve” to make the point we are better off focussing on the deserving than the getting. He also underscores the point about enjoying the ride and therefore playing (not necessarily working) towards our potential. Get in touch with Deepak Jayaraman (a) for planning a session for him to share specific insights from the podcast in your organization (b) for working with him as an Executive Coach / Transition Advisor (c) to share feedback or suggestions on the Podcast. 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__label__wiki	0.561564	0.561564	Electric Ballroom Knoxville, TN, United States map Shaggy Dog > Quinn The Eskimo Jam Sample In A Jar Guelah Papyrus Poor Heart Run Like An Antelope Punch You In The Eye Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove Sweet Adeline This show took place in a converted warehouse-turned-ballroom with a capacity of about 1,000. The soundcheck featured the 1st known performance of Quinn The Eskimo in more than five and a half years (since 8/10/87). Coincidentally, Quinn was not performed publicly for another five and a half years. Soundcheck also saw some banter about the Fishman late-for-the-bus bet and about “the new song” Sample In A Jar. Page dedicated Lawn Boy as it ended to his cousin Keith. Run Like An Antelope contained Fall Down secret language. Before Rift, Trey thanked the audience “for being here with us.” Trey dropped some lyrics during Punch You In The Eye, quickly recovered and shot out a “sorry” without missing a beat. Mike’s Song featured teases of the Inspector Gadget Theme and Another One Bites The Dust while the room filled with an overwhelming amount of smoke from Toph’s fog machines. Weekapaug Groove included some “Mike” testimony from the band. Starting in Weekapaug Groove and ending during Mound, the soundboard console shorted out due to condensation dripping onto it from the ceiling. After the soundboard started to fry, Trey and Mike continued playing electric through their monitors to end Mound as the board uttered a death shudder. Trey responded “oh my God!” and Page surmised that a drink spilled from the balcony. Trey then announced that the band had been taking barbershop quartet lessons and they would put them to use. Amazing Grace, Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones. Reportedly the band had a rubber band fight before Rocky Top before making the best of a bad situation by performing the song acoustic (without amplification) with Page on piano and Fish on trombone.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396827
__label__cc	0.749737	0.250263	Willie Nelson on the arms debate: "A lot of guns ... there's no need for civilians to own those ... those are for military" Coming up this evening at 9, Piers Morgan sits down with legendary musician and songwriter Willie Nelson for a primetime exclusive interview that covers everything from pot to politics. Two weeks removed from the 2012 general election, Nelson admits that he didn't make it to the polls, but is happy with the choice America made: "I'm glad he [Barack Obama] got reelected. I think he has a lot of things in his favor the things that he has ran on. The women all believe in the things that he's talking about. The blacks and the Hispanics and the women. And if you've got those three things on your side, you're going to win," says the author of "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die." "I really felt like Obama was going to win, that he didn't really need one more vote, that he had already had it sewn up." Five months from his 80th birthday, the man with more than 60 studio albums to his credit says he grew up around guns and has no problem with hunting. In his mind, however, high-powered assault rifles are an entirely different discussion: "I don't know what I would do with a gun that would shoot 100 times," Nelson tells the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host. "I don't agree with that. I think it should be more regulated. I think a lot of guns - there's no need for civilians to own those. Those are for military." Watch the clip, and listen to the interview with a man who doesn't identify with one particular political party, in part because, as Groucho Marx said "I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me in there." Perfect example of what smoking DOPE will do to you. You're the one called Tom "J", so who are you kidding?? wykehamrd I have read a number of posts that seem to equate gun regulation, waiting periods, background checks and the elimination of "military" style weapons and ammo clips holding 30 to 100 rounds with the Second Amendment. Yes, many people have a right to own a firearem (not an assault rifle), but that right comes with an asterisk that points out that only "qualified" (read sane, non-felon and trained) individuals can exercise that right. Why do blind gun proponents automatically feel that their right to bear arms is at risk if there is a ban on military grade weapons. An individual has a right to bears "arms" not machine guns, bazookas, morters, etc. The discussion here should be adult enough that they recognize that problems exist with the proliferation of guns in the wrong hands. Steps to insure that only qualified individuals have access to guns does no more mean "abridgement of second amendment" than the laws governing the right to own and drive an automobile. No qualified individual has ever been denied a drivers license or car ownership because of the process needed to own and drive. Give the second amendment a rest – an overwhelming majority of the NRA membership favors stricter control over gun ownership. None of those folks see the "phantom oppressor" taking away their rights as you apparently do. December 21, 2012 at 6:11 pm \| Report abuse \| Tom J : Not all dope smokers are as shameful as Willie. You don't vote don't complain( this is from local elections all the way to President). bczu Shameful? Please explain. You obviously dont have a problem with him smoking. He said people should be allowed to own guns. Except when you start talking about automatic rifles. Theres no need for citizens to own them. Shameful? Not one shoot was fire in New York City , Ok City , question how many went up in smoke when that bomb went off , or those planes crashed in to those buildings ! It's no the guns that is the problem it the owners , any taking of a life with a military weapon or the participation in take a life with those weapons should be a punishment of death , and if a person is found insane , they should be committed until found mentally Compton and then once that happens the should serve the rest of the life inn a prison and throw away the key !!!!!!!!!! Guns are not for hunting. Guns are to protect the people from oppression. heliocracy Do tell us about the last time you were oppressed and needed a gun to fix it. Sounds like an interesting story. That's why gun owners burst into crowded theaters to fight oppression? Terrance Wod If you live more than a femtosecond, on a cosmic scale, you'll have experienced oppression. Yet, some corruption is less magic, and more of a tragic fail, than others. And who needs to hunt for feed, indeeed? Let's all get on our knees and plant some seed. The enemy can breed as we go; while we get fat and slowly smoke weed. Here there is no true enimity between me, this tree, and our master; that derned steed. Now there is no need which complacency would not heed. Where it believes then too does its freedoms bleed. So smoke if you see, especially if you don't–even one toke. That's how you could know how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck should chuck wood. November 26, 2012 at 10:21 pm \| Report abuse \| Wow... Some great responses I'd like to address as well. Thor, in principle, I agree with you. So does the law (for now). So did our Founding Fathers, who knew, particularly after fighting the most powerful nation and army on the planet at the time, that citizens needed to always be able to protect themselves, in case the s** ever happened again. Guns, or any other weapons are necessary for self preservation, in the event of being attacked. I personally believe there should be no laws governing guns, or any other weapons that may, or may not, exist in the future. Now, I also feel compelled to comment in reply to others who have so gratiously done so. 1) helio.- Obviously, you have never been audited by the IRS!, 2) Buzz – Didn't you see the ticket prices? That's oppressive! and 3) Terrance.- What a masterpiece! The only thing I can say is I WANT THE STRAIN OF THE S0) YOU ARE SMOKING! I definitely want some of that! None made up either. I want to grow it too. Thor, Can I assume that you would agree that the people living behind the Iron Curtain were oppressed? They tried armed rebellion in the 40's and 50's – got them nowhere but dead. The Wall came down NOT by guns, but by the power of the people – peacefully protesting the state. Read Ghandi. @algol: The wall did not come down because of guns? Of course not! No Soviet citizen had a gun! "Strong" gun control policies were what prevented that. Not that it stopped organized crime in Russia from having firearms. Odd that lawbreakers didn't care about the law. Also, the wall didn't fall because of "peaceful protest." The wall fell because the Soviets LOST. They didn't have the money or influence to keep their empire under control any more, which allowed the people to finally succeed at rebellious action, despite being disarmed. Also, I believe Ghandi once said, "Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look on the act of depriving a whole nation of firearms as the blackest." @algol The fact that some* armed rebellions failed does not inherently make the concept of armed rebellion a false option. There are many armed rebellions that SUCCEEDED, too. Don't pick and choose anecdotes to support a pre-chosen bias because there are just as many to support the other side's claim as well. December 6, 2012 at 1:03 pm \| Report abuse \| @Buzz: Your anecdote of individual abusers of the right to bear arms does not actually counter the claim that gun ownership would be a good or valid tool to fight potential government oppression (which is the entire reason WHY the 2nd Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights–because the people just came off fighting an armed rebellion against government oppression). Darly314 A WELL ARMED MILITIA; yes, I am familiar with Heller, and not just the condensed NRA 'summary'. "Guns are for protecting people against the oppressor". Hey pal, that particular stance is not how the Second Amendment is written – it speaks of a well armed militia – look up militia in the dictionary and you will find no mention of groups of individuals self-appointed who are the last bastion of freedom. If the government wants to oppress you by using military force your little wienie firearms will be swatted away like a gnat. Get real. I'm sure you have a secret room with food and water enough for 6 months so that you can "hold out" against tyranny". The government has been adept at attacking the people without having to resort to the military, why would they bother. Please send me your address so that when the government invades its own country I can come live with you for a few months and feel protected. The 'argument' that guns would not be effective against government/military tyranny is not true. Look to what's happening in Libya – AK47's and pickup trucks against jets, bombs, tanks and all kinds of government military power...look who's losing. The goal of disarming the populace is the same as it has always been – no real means of resistance against the government. January 8, 2013 at 11:16 am \| Report abuse \| Brewtowner Uh Tom The only reason the rebels wo in Libya is because they had the assistance of a American/Eurpopean coalition that used their modern aircraft & military to enforced no fly zones on the very limited airforce that Qaddafi had. The rebels also got tons of rocket launchers & miltary weaponry from outside. Now who from the outside is going to assist the gun nuts who think they may have to rise up some day against the US govt? Yes, DOPE will do great things for you. Allow you to put out 60 studio albums (which is insane), write beautiful music (which not any ol' Joe can do) and just be an all around decent fellow. Right on, Tom J.! I couldn't care less why this old coot didn't vote. Why does he think anyone cares WHAT he does? I have not read the article or watched the video and do not intend to. I stay as far away from this POS as possible. tobiedenney Tom, maybe you should try it and we will see if anything intelligent flows from those lips. Apparently not smoking it hasn't helped you. Gene Brown I really don't care what Willie Nelson thinks about gun control! What makes his opinion any more important than mine? February 17, 2014 at 9:30 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply Roostah Katz Tom J YOU are uninformed Shame on you Willie! There are millions of people world-wide who give their lives every day to have the choices we Americans take for granted. freethinker321 You mean like the choice to speak one's own mind? Shame on you for calling shame on Willy for exercising his God-given rights. PraiseTheLard Which "God" did you have in mind? There have been so many... If the Government can take away the 2nd Amendment.. then the 1st Amendment doesn't matter much either.. so so much for his or anyone's opinion Freedom to vote = freedom NOT to vote. SkipperSam You should have voted Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Herb Party, Something Just having President Obama on your mind, does not count. Go back on the road ! Pamela Hunter Americans have rights.... and Yes and he has the right not to vote..... Washington John Ah, Willie....I'm disappointed. At least you could have voted for the green candidate..... Good for you Willie. Yes - one of the last of those icons the NRA likes so much liked automatic weapons too. Using one of those, he killed his ex-wife, her daughter, her daughter's boyfriend, and their 16 month old baby. J.T. Ready, a former Marine, was running for Pinal County sheriff and was a member of the U.S. Border Guard and the Minuteman Project, according to The Arizona Republic, which described the groups as anti-illegal immigration organizations. The paper said he also belonged to the National Socialist Movement, a group with white-supremacist views. Friends don't let friends buy automatic weapons. So he wouldn't have been able to kill those people with a non-fully automatic weapon? Right... He could have killed them with a knife. Should we ban knives as well? Bad people kill, not guns. They could do so with anything. Pritka A knife is not nearly as efficient as a gun and semi automatic weapons are even more efficient at killing folks than say a revolver. Banning semi automatic weapons is one step sane voters can take toward trying to slow down crazy mass killers in their pusuit of infamy. Lousy argument Shane. Cowards who commit mass murder prefer automatic weapons. With a knife they would have to get close to and face their victims. Look back in history of the cowardly reclusive rejects who have commited these heinous acts. Automatic assault weapons made it easy for them. Nobody ever got mad while drunk and shot someone when there was no gun around. Period. thomporter How far would James Holmes have gotten in that Colorado movie theater with a non-automatic firearm? Do you think just as many people would have died? There is no logical reason for civilians to have automatic weapons, and if banning them means that less people die in these crazy shootings, then banning them is the logical thing to do. And yes, I know guns don't kill people, people kill people, but our rights to own automatic firearms are not nearly as important as our lives. @pritka: Semi-Automatic: A firearm that fires one bullet per trigger pull, and utilizes some form of automatic charge (recoil operation, gas operation, or double action). A double action revolver (most modern revolvers) is semi-automatic. Additionally, modern revolvers tend to be chambered for magnum rounds, which prove effective at short range against unarmored targets. "Assault rifles" are chambered for rifle rounds, which are, if utilizing military ammunition, designed for long range engagement against armored targets. This actually reduces their lethality due to the non-deforming nature of the bullet. @thomporter: Holmes did not have an automatic weapon. He had a civilian model AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle chambered in .223, as well as a 100-round Century magazine. The 100 round magazine actually lowered his effectiveness compared to a standard 20 or 30 round magazine, as the notoriously faulty model of magazine jammed after 17 rounds. I would also like to hypothesize that the shooting would have been less lethal if he infact possessed a select-fire rifle. First, automatic fire from such a rifle increases the chances of jamming, especially with faulty magazines. Second, if he jammed on the same round as before (17), he would have had less than a second of sustained automatic fire; too little time to sweep anyone with it. Holmes was actually very silly about his firearm selection if he wanted to cause the most loss of life. Everyone is always scared of the black rifle, but .223 is not a high lethality round comparitively. Multiple shots will usually be needed to kill a human sized target. However, Holmes also had a 12-gauge pump action shotgun loaded with 00 buckshot, as well as 2 Colt M1911 Semi-Automatic Pistols loaded with .45 ACP. Both of these can cause massive cavitation and bloodloss with only one well placed shot, and a 12-gauge 00 buckshot actually puts out 8 or 9 projectiles, each about the equivalent of a .33 pistol round. In fact, the whole idea was a mess. He stepped in front of the theatre, popped smoke, fired a few rounds in the air, then attacked. He was a wide open target for a good 3-5 seconds; plenty of time to draw a weapon, chamber a round if necessary, acquire a sight picture, and squeeze the trigger. It seems the only "smart" part of his plan was to attack an area where law-abiding citizens were told to disarm. Hmm. trapmaster21 You guys are idiots, James Holmes Never used nor had access to an automatic weapons. please learn about somthing before you try and argue against them. If someone calls them a 100 round "Clip" again I might passout from laughing so hard it makes them sound so stupid and uneducated. I have no problem discussing issues but i will at least research the opposing arguments before hand. February 17, 2014 at 10:00 am \| Report abuse \| You can't buy automatic weapons in the US, only semi-automatic. An AR-15, which is the most commonly referred to "high powered" assualt rifle is actually relative "low powered", It is a .223 caliber. Most deer rifles are much more powerful, e,g., .270, .308 calibers are very common. If you are to complain about guns, please try to understand the issues. Most people who are against guns, have had absolutely no exposure to them, live in a city and watch Piers Morgan. Have you own opinion, but make it an informed one. I do believe you need to learn gun laws. You can buy automatic weapons. My uncle, who works as a civ for the navy owns several. You basically have to sign your life away to own them, but you can. Mike In the state of Utah, for $300 bucks you can buy a permit to own and purchase a FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPON! Just sayin............ Leo818 Converting a semiauto to full auto is a felony besides being difficult to do. As for hunting vs military rifles, virtually all rifle designs originate with military weapons. Bolt action, semi-auto, whatever it has a military history somehow and thEy can all fire 100 times. You just have to pull the trigger for every single shot. I have been a fan of Willie's music for years, but I think his use of weed and his politics are not good choices or examples. What you fail to mention is that there are AK 47's and every other kind of automatic/assault oriented gun AVAILABLE on street corners and in a neighborhood near you... I don't know where you live, but I live in Cincinnati where there are shootings almost every day! Do you really believe that your gun "regulations" have anything to do with all the guns the criminals have? ANYONE can get ahold of these military grade weapons, and they're being used somewhere in our country right now (one young man shot while shooting at police, another the day before during a home invasion – both now dead in the last few days) It's not the people who follow the rules that we have to worry about! DMG2FUN Go to the atf website and do some reading on what is legal to own. Guns are not for hunting. Guns are to prevent the police and the army from oppressing you. The only reason the people were not given the specific right to own a machine gun was because they did not have them in 1776. ...but... keep in mind, civilians could own cannon. So tell me again .... why should the government be the only ones to own guns? Really? You think guns are to protect ourselves from our own government? WE are the government in this Democratic Republic. That means that you are really talking about those of you who do not agree with the government (or the rest of US)... whom you intend to murder with semi automatic weapons if things don't start breaking your way? So what you are really planning for is a civil war which history teaches us destroys ourselves. No thanks, we need to ban those semi automatic weapons, the sooner the better and you need to educate yourself on what being an American really means....you lose some, you win some but we are all in this together. And you somehow think that some assault rifles are going to protect you from the government if he ever decides to go after you ? What planet do you live on ? Have you checked what kind of weapons the government has to face you ? Prikta Actually civil war is the only reason we have the United States of America and we arent ruled by someone else Makito Raton So basically, with that philosophy, does that mean everyone should or have the right to own a nuke too? Or any other weapons of mass destruction. I mean, let's don't stop at cannons! They're not going to nuke your house. Too much collateral damage to infrastructure. Ground troops with M4s? Yup. Ergo, that's the baseline for what we should have. The whole nuke straw man argument is retarded, has no bearing on the subject and is parroted by all liberals thinking they're clever. You're not clever. You sound like broken records. Shut up already. bobn48 Semiautomatic weapons. Automatic weapons are not sold without a specific license and are tightly controlled And semi auto assault weapons are very easy to convert to full auto. Either way auto or semi-auto, assault rifles are designed to kill people. You don't assault the dear you're after. You hunt them. Beg to differ, there glabby. Off-the-shelf semi-automatic weapons rrequire structural and cooling modifications for safe operation during the full automatic cycle. I strongly suggest you not attempt something as stupid as your comment suggests. @glab: Truly, most semi-automatic civilian models of popular "assault" weapons aren't used for hunting deer. Take the AR-15 for example, the gun Holmes used. Due to the small size of the bullet (.223), it's really not very effective against something as big as deer. It will do in a pinch, but that's not what it's for. .223 and the AR-15 shine as a varmint solution. Often used against small pest animals (that may or may not still be good eating), the .223 combines a relatively long range with a high velocity, and is large enough to handle most varmints such as prairie dog, coyote, and squirrel. The AR-15 allows a relatively stable platform for semi-automatic fire (if more than one shot is needed), as well as being small enough to bring to bear on a target as a reflex. Try shooting one. They're actually pretty fun, and very useful. I tend to prefer something chambered in 7.62x39mm, but to each their own. Dan Frain Lisa, I just read several accounts of Ready's final rampage. Not one mentioned the weapon used. Had it been an automatic rifle, I'm sure that would have been prominently mentioned. Please show us at least a couple of verifiable sources for your information. If you can't, a retraction is in order. then I guess semi automatic weapons are ok... right? JiminAlabama Senile old fk, we need to have the exact same weapons the military is using so that we can defend ourselves when they try to herd us into FEMA camps Have fun shooting down a drone, helicopter, missile, tank etc with your high powered rifle. Idiot... Outstanding point, BCZU. Watch some of the shows on the Military Channel and it becomes abundantly clear that no redneck militia armed with AK-47s would stand a chance in Hell of surviving an engagement with US troops. We can bring them down without rifles... although it IS possible .... other ways.... are much easier! disengaging from you lunatics Rednecks couldn't bring down a drone eh? I guess all those gun-totting rednecks in the Middle East just gave up when they saw the Mission Accomplished banner go up. The second amendment has nothing to do with the right to go hunting. It was a protection against an oppressive Government. While it is terrible there have been loons that have gone into theaters and schools killing innocent people, it's much less of a tragedy we shall face when the public is disarmed. As the 2nd goes, so shall the 1st amendment follow. qanerd Hey BCZU: So you really think that weapons in the hands of the citizenry cannot defeat a government? You have obviously never heard of Viet Nam or Afghanistan or a hundred other places where determined militias and rebels have kicked government @$$. What an uninformed dolt. qanerd: Vietnam and Afghanistan had terrain for them : either dense foliage or mountaineous terrain. So yep, I'm sure you'll be able to free Alaska and a few mountains in Colorado from our evil government's hands. Good luck doing the same in California, NY, Washington, Texas, ... where the open terrain will turn rebels into easy targets. @Steven: Really? California? Open space? Sure, there's some in California... but your concept of terrain advantage seems to only apply to mountains or jungles. I live in the frozen north, which applies its own terrain advantage. The swamplands of the southeast are a massive terrain advantage. And California is home to some of the biggest cities in the U.S.; if you don't believe urban terrain can be pressed as an advantage, you're sorely mistaken. Likewise, you assume we'd be fighting the entire military. At least 50% of the armed forces, from enlisted to officers, belong to an organization such as the Oathkeepers or the Three Percenters. These organizations believe in the military's role to defend the country against all threats, both foreign and domestic. They also recognize that the limiting of civilian ownership of firearms in any way is a potential threat. Remember, we have the most advanced military in the world, and we have been stopped dead cold by goat farmers using weapons that date back to the 1930s. I think I'd have a better chance than using a rock or a stick.. what do you think genius? Exactly, all civilians should be given tactical nukes... better than being a slave halo117 Proof that WEED FRY's your BRAIN. Funny, I just had a bunch and still noticed your spelling/grammar mistake.... Oooh aren't you smart?? Thanks J for your eloquent reply to the insanity of people like Halo117! rjt @qanerd...Don't know how smart he is. But, he IS smarter than you. * fries ritmocojo no apostrophe In my opinion, our country is founded on the basic principle that people should be free to do whatever they want so long as it doesn't infringe upon the freedoms of others. So, while I am not a gun owner, I cringe at the concept that a law-abiding citizen should have to justify their need for owning a rifle. I whole-heartedly agree with you! My mother once said, "You have every right in the world...but your rights stop at the end of my nose." My firearm selection is just that...MY SELECTION. No one should have the right to stomp on mine simply because they don't like it. I have a clean record, no mental incapacities, and am a productive member of society. Why should anyone be able to tell me what I may or may not purchase. Why should anyone be able to tell me what I may or may not own? Any reasonable person would acknowledge that there are some weapons not for public consumption, such as nukes,RPGs and bazookas, tanks or flamethrowers, while BB guns and shotguns are likely OK. The thing is, who draws the line and at what. I assume if my neighbor has an AR 15 with a large clip, I should be able to have one February 21, 2013 at 4:06 pm \| Report abuse \| JMorcan You're in the wrong country, Willie. Alan Degolmon @JMorcan, WIllie Nelson is free to say whatever he wants to say, and vote or not vote at his own discretion. If you suggest that this is inconsistent with Willie Nelson's civil rights as an American Citizen, then YOU are in the wrong country. What's wrong, JMorcan? Did Willie say "wrong things" about the election's outcome, and the rights of citizens to own automatic weapons? Yeah, he shouldn't be allowed to say those "wrong things" here in the USA. "America – love it or leave it.", Jmorcan Corwin7 I agree with everything except the not voting...you really should vote Willie. Isn't Willie a convicted felon? Tax evasion or something? If so, he can't legally vote anyway. Excellent point. Not only is a convicted felon ineligible to vote, a convicted felon can not legally own a fire arm. I love guns. I love to shoot them. I don't hurt people with them and I would not want to ever hurt anyone as long as no ones life is threatened. Hell if I knew all someone wanted to do was steal my money or my car I would just let them have it. But now days they not only want your material things but they want your life. I'm torn on this issue. I love AR-15's .223/s and other assault rifles. I love shooting them but I have to be honest I don't really need them. My .380 and .357 pistols will pretty much protect me from anything but a government assault and well if the government wants me they got tanks, and fighter jets and .50 caliber machine guns and, well, you get the picture. So as much as I love my assault weapons I don't need them. My hunting rifle does for big game. Good Day. Jim in Frankfort Hey Joe, maybe you can help Willy out ... how many rounds is the maximum number that can be fired on a single trigger pull by an assault rifle which is legally sold on the consumer market in the US? I believe the correct answer is either 1 or 3, but nowhere near the 100 rounds Willy implies. JJ Swiontek 'Only 1' is the correct answer. Anything more requires a tax stamp and paperwork. Thank you for this comment TonDef Your comments are truly refreshing, Joe. I'm torn on the issue of the assault weapons ban too, and I'm not a gun owner. I believe in upholding the second amendment, but it has to be taken into consideration that when it was written, these weapons didn't exist and the population was much smaller. Most gun owners are responsible law abiding citizens, and yet there are some weapons, like grenade launchers for example, that nobody advocates legalizing. I think what you and I have in common, Joe, is that we're both independent thinkers who realize that some issues are too complicated to simply choose a side and dig our heels in. On just about any subject, most Americans are all too willing to have their so called minds manipulated by those with one political agenda or another. It's much easier than thinking for themselves. Freefall1250 When the 2nd amendment was written. the people had the same firepower the government had. So it would be my understanding that as time progressed that the firearms progressed. Hence if the military has m16A1's that the legal and responsible gun owners should have these available to them in the case we become oppressed again. January 8, 2013 at 8:28 pm \| Report abuse \| There is not a single legal weapon in civilian hands that will fire 100 rounds on a single trigger pull, so what is it that Willy wants more regulated? The single greatest threat to the future of this country is ignorance. ...don't vote because something sounds cool, go out and figure out the reality and vote accordingly. Ha, hes talking about high capacity magazines. "A gun that can shoot 100 times" Learn to read and comprehend before talking about ignorance......idiot. I believe you are the ignorant one. You can legally purchase an automatic weapon right now. Expensive and a ton of regulation on them, but it is possible to own one as a civ. Fabjan Oh sure, take the assault rifles away from the general public, so when the day comes that the public has to defend itself FROM UN troops on US soil, they'll be disarmed and unable to fight back. You do know that "UN troops" do not actually exist, right? As in, the UN has no military, when the UN wants to put troops into an area they ask states to contribute national troops. The only major combat operation fought by UN troops was the Korean war, and the large majority of "UN troops" were American. How many U.N. troops do you think Europe would give the U.N. to invade the USA? Zero, Zip, Nada. You are ill informed. Mercury32 Somebody saw Red Dawn and didn't realize it was fiction. Heeksy And you genuinely believe that will happen? and can you guarantee that it will not..someone didn't read world history Willie, like clint, has earned the right to have an awkward opinion. As for voting, it only matters in a close district or state. Id only be mad if he lived in Ohio or Florida. Otherwise, voting is like recycling – it only makes you feel good. Let me clarify one thing. I support lawful and responsible gun ownership and would never vote for anyone who did not respect my right to own a gun. However I do believe their is a difference between protection and sport shooting and military grade assault rifles. Sorry I just think their is a difference. I love shooting assault rifles but most are not good for any practical purpose but killing people. Most assault rifles are either to powerful for most game hunting or to inaccurate. I use a .223 or 30/30 for dear hunting. Sure you can hunt with any gun but I don't know to many folks who hunt with assault rifles. Free Willie Where does the 2A say anything about sporting purposes? A military assault weapon is select fire, a politically defined assault weapon is semi automatic only. There is no difference between a semi auto Remington hunting rifle and a colt AR15, except one looks more dangerous to liberals. ...the second amendment does NOT protect your right to hunt. The second amendment protects your right to BEAR arms. ARMS! Not restricted to just pistols, or rifles, or semi-automatic weapons, or even just machine guns... the wording is very clear: ....the right to bear ARMS shall not be infringed.... The AR-15 is chambered in .223/5.56, the ballistics of an AK 47 are roughly the same as a 30-30. Next? Shall not be infringed. Period. The 2a speaks of the security of a free state, not the security against criminals or murdering deer. With the exception of my .22, every gun I own was designed as a tactical weapon. You Fudd's need to read the 2a and learn the spirit of it, it has nothing to do with killing Bambi. It's to keep a balance of power between the people and .gov and to repel invading forces. US code supports this. What you fail to understand is that if they take away the semiauto 'assault rifle', the next will be the semiauto pistol. You'll be down to a revolver to protect yourself in public. Then pump shotguns... Who could ever need 5 shells? You fools keep accepting the intrustion into our rights, we'll be in single shots and muzzle loaders again before you know it. Draw the line in the sand, knock it off, and don't throw my rights under the bus unless you're willing to lose yours, too. Who cares whether or not Willie Nelson voted for anything? Imnop, Who cares about your opinion about this article? BillK A lot of us fought wars so Willie could set on his butt, smoke dope and blather. He is over. Let the old bag of wind have his say. @BillK, A lot of us fought wars so you could set on his butt and blather about Willie Nelson. You are over. Let the bag of wind have his say. Whaaaa?? ...and then there were all those Venezuelans who didn't go to the polls in 2005 resulting in an overwhelming vote for that great Presidente Hugo Chaves. Exactly right Willy. If you smoked all the weed Willie does, you shouldn't have a gun. "Glad he got re elected?' Don't kid yourself, it isn't over till it's over!" "here's another guy who chose to go a beidge too far na won't last much longer.." Quote: Egypt's Leader Said to Agree to Limit Scope of Judicial Decree President Mohamed Morsi agreed Monday to scale back a sweeping decree he had issued last week that raised his edicts above any judicial review, according to a report by a television network allied with his party Unquote. Why would I care? @chill, Why would you care enough to read the article and post a comment about it? Just what we need, advice about guns from a guy who is legally barred from owning one!! Habitual drug users can not own firearms. It is a felony for them to be in possession of them. Yep, some people should not be allowed to own guns: Willie is one of them!! ...and bye the way Willie: I don't think you EVER actually delivered a cow, dug a fence post hole, cured a sick cow, mended a lame horse... you just wear that drugstore bought cowboy hat like some old senile fool in a Thanksgiving day parade to make potheads hold you in some glory position. Who ever heard of a pigtailed cowboy anyway? Well you know Willie's brain has been fried on drugs for such a long time that he cannot remember the founders put the 2A in the bill of rights so the citizenry could throw off a tyrannical government who would most likely try to use an army to put down the rebellion. Like they did in 1776. Bill From Long Island Let's be real. The Second Amendment is not about hunting or target practice. It's about defending yourself and your community from government run amok. No longer any need you say? That's the bleating of sheep. You still can't do that with assault rifles. You would need anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles at a bare minimum. Since most people can agree that private individuals should not be able to get those, the "defense against government" argument works poorly for assault rifles for private citizens. If you want to argue for a return to the days of "well regulated militias" and that those militias should have enough weapons to combat a professional military, that's a different story. Tthat's what the Second Amendment is really about.It's "the people's" right to keep and bare arms, not "each person's" right. You have not been keeping up with the decisions from the Supreme Court. Also the militia is defined as every able bodied male between the age of 17 and 45. Tanks, planes trains and everything else has one weak link they are manned by humans. Very easy to defeat humans they have to leave their protective cover some time. The weapons that come out of the ordinary household is all that is needed. The best weapon the fighting man has is his brain. DC vs. Heller affirmed the individual right to keep and bear arms. US Code defines any able bodied adult male citizen as militia. Next topic you'd like to be wrong on, and schooled on? Or are you done spouting fallacies? your rant means nothing, Simple fact; we based this country with the ability of an average citizen having the right to defend themselves from oppression from the government by the right to bear arms. We can't suddenly change this because of a few soft hearted, weak minded people that live off the government and expect the gov to take care of all their problems, grow up and be self sufficient. If now, you want to change the rules of the game, we aren't up for discussion on it, it was decided when we had a Revolution from Britian if you don't like it go to another socialist country and have a great time but we formed this country on the guise we have the right to bear arms if you aren't comfortable with is so sad too bad. "those that would sacrifice a little freedom for a little safety deserve neighter and will get neighter" Benjamin Franklin. Ever wander why Switz have never been attacked and been able to stay neutral all this time its because every famly is required to own, maintain, and know how to use an automatic weapon, and oddly they have one of the lowest crime rates. Its really the guns right??? its society. December 15, 2012 at 4:23 am \| Report abuse \| bluedogboy I thought hilbillies only voted for republicans? hillbillie does not equal pothead. Lord Toronaga How many violent gun based movies did this alcoholic pill popper make ? Plenty. He doesn't have an assault rifle or needs to vote because he has a felony conviction. Go back to sleep Willie. rockysfan Didn't vote? Your duty as a citizen of this country is to vote! Period! Don't care about your reason, it's irrelevant. Willy is irrelevant Like fifty years of drug abuse had not screwed up his tiny mind! Just another pathetic stoner! John Armstrong Citizen, III Piers Morgan and Mr. Piggy Tails deserve each other. If you don't like our Bill of Rights, why don't you move to England? Elaine Connelly Willie Nelson is a sad example of a man who has lost his mind and his sense of morality. I own a gun and if someone comes to do me or my family harm, it will be used. Brad76 Wow lol. You're saying WIllie lost his morality but you're talking about riddling people with bullets? All you need to protect yourself from intruders is a longarm rifle, you don't need all these crazy semi-auto's. Get real. Wow lol. You're talking about him riddling people with bullets and you don't understand the nature of firearms at all? All you need is the correct tool for the situation, which is variable based upon the threat, number of attackers, engagement range, terrain, number and nature of bystanders, and many other things, not just a "longarm rifle." Get real. P.S.: All rifles are longarms. Longarm in a modern usage defines any firearm that requires 2 hands to properly use. Many longarms are semi-automatic. Learn the definitions of words before you just throw them around. Please grow up I know why you didn't vote. You are a fool. My great grandpa, my grandfather, my dad and I volunteered for the army to protect people's right to vote. This is like crawling across a minefield to give a spoiled kid his birthday present. Then the little clown says he doesn't want it. You know what, Willie? You are that spoiled kid. TheLoneStar Willie was probably to high to find his polling place. Willie didn't vote because he got really high and forgot it was election day. Now he is just making excuses. Ithink he said no excuse i just didn't, dude are republicans deaf? Furthermore, the candidate he wanted to win, won. I want on my gravestone..."they did not DESERVE my vote" Donald in CA Man listen to the Willie haters when he speaks the truth. The right wing haters should smoke some of Willie's stuff to calm them down. Bobloblaw It is a myth that only the GOP supports the 2nd amendment. Congressman John Dingle-D use to be head of the NRA For those of you putting down WIllie: There isn't anyone more American than WIllie Nelson! Keep telling yourself that. I would stack up any uniformed service member against him any day. What has Willie done to secure the blessings of liberty? So, you would stack up the uniformed service members who urinated on corpses? You would stack up the ones who have been convicted of murder? You would stack the ones who forwarded pictures of unlawful torture? Do you remember Abu Ghraib? Really? I'd rather spend the evening with Willie. Even tho' I don't care for country music. I like Willie. There are also many US service members who I think are fine people, but 'ANY'? I think you are forgetting history, very recent history. Seriously, Willie (a tax evading pot head) is what you consider a good American? thank you Brad! See John Wayne I am a law abiding citizen Willie, I will keep my AR-10 thank you. I used to like you until I heard this crap fall out of your mouth. Keep smokin' your dope! Patrish INot a Nelson fan – while he's in my age group, I don't like country western music. Just because he made millions selling music doesn't impress me; neither does the fact that went bankrupt as he owed 16 million back taxes to the IRS. So why should I care what he thinks or says? The Obama campaign was not completely sure of victory. They could have used your vote, Mr. Nelson. They certainly got mine. jusme101 Boy didn't vote, he doesn't get an opinion. He didn't vote because convicted felons lose their right to vote, and to bear arms. And, technically, assult weapons fire a cartridge LESS powerful than a hunting rifle. He is NOT a convicted felon, you idiot. Where do you get this drivel? He has been arrested for pot possession and never have the been more than a slap on the wrist. The prosecutor recently asked that his punishment be that she sing a song in court in lieu of a fine. What the hell are you talking about. trublue007 Say whatever you Willie haters about him, he's a very down to earth person according to a friend of mine in Chicago when he ate in a restaurant he managed. Broken Patriot That's cool, my second cousin's aunt said Bob Hope was really nice when he bought some gas at her service station. January 9, 2013 at 6:10 am \| Report abuse \| Reply Silly Willie He didn't vote because he ate his ballot. USMale Kudos to Willie.. he's got brass ones to tell it like it is... I have no problem with Willy not voting. I wish more O supporters had made the same choice. Not voting makes no sense at all. Tell what like what is? The fact is that he did not vote, but complains. Makes no sense and he still have no voice. Moving on. Patrish...good point. He is a tax dodger, and I don't like his mentality or music, either. However, I do like some country music. ExWilsonFan "The women all believe in the things that he's talking about. The blacks and the Hispanics and the women. And if you've got those three things on your side, you're going to win," - these "three things" you are not Mr. Nelson. It sounds like they believe the president ... and you don't. This would be ok with me, but I would have expected you to have the courage of your opinions. I've respected you much more before this interview. Bayley0402 Who care if Willie didn't vote. Millions of others didn't vote either. What makes him special? Quit printing this garbage. If you're going to make an all-out assault on our rights, you're going to have no defense to the 1st Amendment which allows you to blither this tripe. Stay out of our gun cabinets, and you won't have to worry about us going after YOUR rights. slightly confused Lets see, the guy who doesnt follow the laws on using illegal drugs thinks we need more laws on guns. Does anyone else smell something funny here? Maybe if people followed the laws on illegal drugs we would have fewer law enforcement people KIA. fog of smoke ok, we got the official opinion from a pot head. How about tomorrow we get someone from the methadone clinic and see how they would have voted. day after, never mind, I'm going back to pulling hair off my back. Willie Nelson. Great country singer. Zero credibility about politics. Why is this considered news worthy by CNN? Willy Nelson is why I voted against legal weed. Look what it does to your brain. LI_Bri Legal OTC drugs kill more people than illegal drugs. Nobody has ever OD'd on pot.. And let's not even talk about what alcohol could do to someone. But I bet you're OK w/all that. Beekermeepmeep Willie, if you don't vote then you have no right to complain. He's not complaining the guy he wanted to win, won???? What do expect from a Tax Dodging, Dope Smoking, Know it All. Has a great talent but that doesn't make him or any of the other talking head entertainers experts. dscon I I think Willie is PO'd at Texas busting him for pot a while back......... PO'd? The prosecutor asked the judge to sentence him to singing one song in the courtroom as his "punishment". I don't think Texas is against Willie Nelson. They have a Willie Nelson Day, which is the 4th of July. And now that he's blacklisted in country music for saying things that go against what most country music is about... lol. You are a fool. The CMA just did an honorary lifetime achievement award for Wilie Nelson. Where do you get the stupid idea that he is blacklisted by the country music genre? Idiot. If you do not know the difference between a machine gun, an assault rifle and a semi-automatic sporting rifle; or understand the difference between an M-16 and an AR-15, which look identical; or do not know the 2nd Amendment was as much intended to protect citizens from their own government as from criminals or any other threat; or think any easily carried firearm packs 100 rounds of ammunition, then you should keep your opinions regarding firearms to yourself, as your ignorance regarding firearms is profound, which prevents you from making any kind of intelligent statement or decision regarding firearm ownership and firearm laws in this country. You'd do as well performing brain surgery. YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH IF YOU GIVE RESPECT WHERE ITS NEEDED IT WILL BE GIVEN BACK Wait, if you don't agree with any of the candidates... why would you vote? That doesn't make sense. I did not vote because I didn't agree with either of the two. I'm not going to vote for someone just to say I voted, that takes away from the purpose of a democracy. Others were running. Wasn't just them two. CommonSensed Guns, pot and country musak. What a hoot 'n hollarin' good time on Piers! You are all completely and utterly misinformed. Willie Nelson has voted almost every election and "didn't get to the voting booth this time". He has voted both Democrat and Republican. He has been a life long smoker of pot but doesn't drink any longer. He is not a convicted felon and can therefore vote like you or me. He has written some of the most long-lasting standards in the industry (most recorded by the likes of Patsy Cline and Frank Sinatra). He gives to charities and does a major fundraiser every year, for years and years, to raise the awareness of the plight of the American farmer. He donates to animal cruelty causes. He is not a cowboy, doesn't claim to be. He believes very much in a "live and let live" philosophy but he, like me, don't see where anything in the 2nd amendment would include the thought that some day, everyday citizens would need to have semi-automatic weapons or clips containing hundreds of rounds. If you can't do some research on people, please don't comment. RBSG Imagine if everyone exercised his philosophy that he felt (so and so) was going to win and didn't need one more vote. I nominate Willy Nelson for jerk of the year. bibleverse1 Not voting is unAmerican. Someone who has made money from Americans. How is not voting unAmerican? Seems the right to choose not to vote is included in the right to vote. Not voting can be a valid expression of will, as well. December 6, 2012 at 12:01 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply Look what drugs did to this man.As long he get his drugs it is ok with him. Right on Willie, voting is a privilege and all you really need is a bolt-action rifle to do some hunting. It is fortunate that enough other Americans chose to vote that one vote wasn't missed. And, frankly we don't make it easy for people always on the road or otherwise traveling to vote in elections. He should move to Washington state, which has easy vote by mail (or drop off at a designated ballot collect box) that doesn't even require advance registration for an absentee ballot because everybody votes by mail. The voters I worry about losing are those that have to move between the last day to register to vote and the election day and could be excluded from an election only because of not knowing the final address they will have by election day so they don't have a registered correct address. Jeff S I'm pretty sure almost every gun made can fire 100 times. I mean shooting a bullet was what they were made to do. If they can't do that, and repeatably, then it is useless. rare_earth Willie Nelson is a hero for the disparaged, the poor, and the working class. I'm 51 years old, work my butt off and smoke weed. So what. If more Americans emulated Nelson, we'd all be a lot better off. I want all the weapons technology can provide. Never know who you might be fighting someday. It wasn't home invasions and liquor store robberies they were thinking about when they drafted the 2nd Amendment. Elaine P Best people to push forward the gun debate. Do we really think the founding fathers actually thought people, without gun training or who had never shop a gun, should have access and possess semi-automatic riles and assault weapons. Really? Go Piers! Cerainly no one in Washington will touch it so they can protect their salaries. Speaking of - how can WE control how much Congress makes. I am paying for their salary. Shouldn't I be the one giving them raises? There are 300m guns in the USA. Probably more than 1/2 are semi auto types. You think we can ban and confiscate semi automatic weapons? Would love to burn one w/Willie someday. Love his music too. I'm confused. How does the view of Willie Nelson garner more attention than the person next to me in the bar after 3 beers? Sure...great music.....great drugs....great beer......but..... Well run for president Willie. We as a society are becoming MORONS. Shouldn't the majority of votes (GOP or Democrat) determine how we get "BIG" things done on the next 4 years?...Not whether Willie (or Waylon) can smoke dope? (like this will change the country or the world???) No he's not a politician, he's just a music legend having an interesting conversation with Piers. It's a talk show, not just a news show so I don't know why everyone is so uptight about it. Some of these comments are just intolerant. Live and let live. the_future Good thing this stupid senile old man isn't the voice of a nation. I won't be happy until I can own rocket propelled grenades and I'm faced with a ban on new automatics. Such a sad state for America. I feel like I need to post again there are so many people arguing over the internet.... I won't be happy until I can own rocket propelled grenades and I'm faced with a ban on new automatics implemented illegally by filthy Democrats in 1986. The Hughes amendment to FOPA never passed. Those belong to the military.... funny. We as a country of power don't realize that almost all of our Special Forces grew up with guns. What do you think would happen if we take them away? I don't know, but I bet they will be missing certain parts of being "special". Anyone that thinks that taking guns away from the civilian population, and leaving them in the hands of the government (military, police) is one step closer to being ruled, a pawn, or a subject to dictatorship. Kanageloa Unfortunately Nelson is getting old and soft. I think his brain is smoked up and his liver is shot. He'll probably live to 100 or more. November 27, 2012 at 11:15 am \| Report abuse \| Reply royalstar05 I like Willie. He has been active for a long time and he has seen the world like 99% of us havent. We dont have to agree with our elders all of the time but i think we should at least listen to them. I dont want to judge Mr Nelson. None of us should really. Rondele nicely put knock,knock,knock Penny For all of the people on here ripping Mr Nelson for being a pothead with no brain, come on the guy is 80 years old. Show some respect you losers. I am only interested in the book Willie is selling, not what Morgan is.... Period Woody W Woodward FYI – Willie Nelson is a veteran (USAF) I believe he has earned the right to vote, or not, as he sees fit and to exercise any other unalienable right as he sees fit. I do not agree with his opinion as to firearms, but he does have the right to state his opinion as do I. There are many items of personal property that are not necessarily "needed" (more than one guitar maybe) but neither you, nor I, nor Willie have any business telling another what he should or should not possess. [W3] Nameqb Woody, with all due respect when the public well being is at stake , we do have the right to control what people can have in their possession. ie , nuclear weapons, chemical capable of mass killing, and any number of others, l know these are extreme but you see my point. There has to be a line drawn , Nelson feels it is automatic weapons. I don't know where we draw that line , but it has to be drawn. Historically speaking, at the time the Const.itution was written, the line was "arms." And, at that time, that term had a pretty clear meaning–an extension of the arm, essentially. Guns, swords, knives, etc. Things like canons, mines, and other things that went "boom" were dubbed "ordinances." So in the modern context, things like nuclear bombs, fighter planes, etc would not fall under "arms" anyway. Granted, the arms themselves have become more powerful than what Colonials could have conceived, but that's why no one is realistically having an argument for personal nukes (or even hand grenades) and we are haggling over personal automatic weapons. December 6, 2012 at 11:47 am \| Report abuse \| Indiana Minuteman Color commentary from a pot-smoking libtard to a Redcoat collectivist snob... Epic Fail! Alzheimers Alert The media just loves it when some senile fool parrots one of their favorite positions. No Willy, those guns aren't just for hunting. They are to insure our freedom from a tyrannical government. Kinda like the one that is just around the corner. Kinda like the one that cleaned you out with taxes. Attacking Mr. Nelson personally, because of his opinion only shows your inability to form cognitive thought. If you disagree say why, otherwise shut the hell up! So was Willie Nelson stoned when he gave this interview too? http://boingboing.net/2010/04/16/willie-nelson-is-hig.html Trust me. Better citizens keep your guns. i live in former soviet Union, and mafia overtaking everything. Even politicians can't do anything. if we would have a guns, we could use them to chase them and bring to justice. Now, people are helpless. Thank you for your perspective. We in the USA are very bad at using history as an example of what not to do here, and also suffer from the hubris of 'It will never happen here'. Look at our venture into socialized healthcare, after the system in Europe is falling apart. Trust me, we're keeping our guns. They can make as many laws as they want, there's 268 million of them - AT LEAST. More than half are semiautomatics. GOOD LUCK ROUNDING THEM UP, WILLIE! Antipacket Nobody is saying take all the guns! The debate is over military, semi-automatic weapons. Most Americans believe in the right to protect yourself. the gun fanatics are causing this controversy and conspiracy over nothing. Dude, when you are dropping your show and going back to UK? You have no business over here. Your ratings are dismal and I can see why. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/usa/9361012/Piers-Morgan-brings-worst-ratings-to-CNN-prime-time-slot-in-21-years.html if a woman can kill her unborn baby i can smoke weed and if the feds could arrest god they would throw him in jail for growing a plant most weed is grown in the usa and every dollar there is taxes are paid any time that dollar is spent here in the usa get over people you anti weed people are mostly drunks, crackheads, and just losers i smoke and make 90000 a year and i pay taxes i have smoked since 1973 i dont know when i will die so let me live my life free ,free of dumb laws smoke on people they cant throw us all in jail screw the dea GOD BLESS WILLIE NELSON this is for the dea go find something better to spend our money on like every 19 mins someone dies from govt appoved drugs not weed you morons listen up DEA I always notice the side effects they acknowledge when pushing pharmaceutical on TV. Pot can't possibly be worse, and would be as good a source of revenue as booze. for all you dumb fools out there alcohol is the gateway drug and always has been just look how our govt parties on our money the secret service , the gsa i could on and on just think about the ones we dont know about but weed is big problem with the govt they need to clean their own house before they come too mine but people you buy as many guns as you can you just might need them one day too fight your govt Are you anti-American? Our country thrives on success not fear. Stop working your self into a frenzy and enjoy what we have as Americans. Your government isn't after you unless you are a convicted criminal. BUY YOUR GUNS THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY WITH YOUR BILL OF RIGHTS donot forget about your civil rights take a stand donot back down lets drug test all govt workers congress fed judges any elected person lets drug test and see how many smoke weed thats right they make the laws but dont have to live by them just us sheep "there's no need for civilians to own those ... those are for military"" Spoken like a true leftist aka progressive socialist. M. T. Willie? I've loved him and I have disliked him....I find it hard to listen to his liberal opinions on gun control or any other issue. He is a great songwriter and an entertainer, but his opinion on issues such as these is completely null and void. In other words his opinion is no better than mine. (which, btw are opposite his....) He has a platform, a good stage presence. Keep writing songs. and SHUT UP AND SING.... Wouldn't that make your opinions null and void there, too? December 6, 2012 at 11:29 am \| Report abuse \| Reply You will take my guns from my cold dead hands. Sure maybe Americans do not need AK-47's, but they should have the right to own them if they choose. All you anti gun nuts need to just shut up and deal with it. December 5, 2012 at 9:55 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply "I think a lot of guns – there's no need for civilians to own those. Those are for military." I think the historical argument from the Const.itution (remember, that Amendment was written on the back of a revolution against a government viewed as abusing its power unduly) is that while there is no general need for civilians to own guns that powerful, the one legitimate remaining need for civilians to own such hardware would be to defend themselves FROM the military. And while a lot of people don't want to believe that is a realistic possibility, I'm sure the Colonials didn't want to think they'd ever need to take up arms against England, either. I'm not promoting rebellion or anything va.guely like that, just playing Devil's Advocate on why some people think such weapons should be available to civilians. And one of those reasons is so that the military cannot totally out-gun the populace. Poor guy has been baking his brain in stupidity for a good long time. Screw the limey gun graber and the senile diaper waring fool. Not even going to debate their stupidity. Bottom line you can ever have my guns and if you try to take them be prepaired to die in the process. I may have missed it, but when did it become the Bill of "Needs"? Doc Collier "he grew up around guns and has no problem with hunting. In his mind, however, high-powered assault rifles are an entirely different discussion" I would rather be shot by an assault rifle or even a light machine gun any day than a hunting rifle. This guy has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to calibers and ballistics. Hunting guns are made to KILL, modern military weapons are made to WOUND. sid jones Winning Willie. How can he even be worth a say in the matter. Prob.doesn't even know how to shoot...Smoke some more Willie. go back to your pot and leave the gun problem to those who aren't senile. How is that "Short Man Complex " working for you? Nothing like getting a lecture on legal control of an item from someone who has been illegally using drugs for decades. No credibility. He really is a scruffy useful idiot. Getting a lecture on peace from a tree-hugging, hippy is exactly what our Nation needs. Don't forget a big part of the American culture is born of the hippy movement. It is as American as Apple-Pie. Perhaps I should proofread before I submit. I own a couple guns, a couple guitars and I am a Disabled American Veteran! Freedom of Speech-Go Willie! Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! Give ya 10 expect 5 get 2! Light 'em up put 'em out!!! And, that's another example of why we listen to Willie for music but not for anything requiring thinking abilities. The guns used in the CT shooting were not military. In fact the police often have more power hand guns than the type used in the CT shootings. Where are all these civilians with personal firearms when you need them? A crowded theatre, an elementary school, not one of these people were carrying a gun to take down these psychos, and even if there were dozens of civilians carrying their guns and they opened fire on the gunman, it would be a blood bath (how would you know who the shooter is when everyone's got a gun?). All you with the weak argument of "where were the concealed carry people to stop these things?" With the exception of one, all mass shootings in the last 25 years have been in a gun free zone. The answer to your question, which is weak at best, is they were probably there, only since they were law abiding citizens, they didn't bring their gun. There you have it. Someone like Holmes could have EASILY been neutralized by a remotely trained CCW holder. However, they followed the law and were unarmed. Guess I should stop listening to the law and carry everywhere illegally just in case, to appease you morons that don't understand that a failure in law doesn't mean a failure on the part of those of us that would gladly have it otherwise. cristo52 Hey Willie: Sing, smoke your dope, play the guitar, pay your taxes on time, otherwise, zip it. Willly, your living in a dream world! A pistol, a rifle used in WWI was an assualt rifle or pistol and they were ALL single shot. Assualt weapon is ANYTHING used to kill an individual. Whats going to happen next, are we going to loose our steak knifes, our forks, etc?? More people are killed in DUI or DRUG related accidents then killed, regretably, in incidents such as in CT. Lets not rule with our emotions but with our common sense. I feel great saddness about what happend but lets not get out of hand. Any country with dissarmed citizens is a DICTATORSHI[! Celebrities like Willie Nelson can babble about gun control for the masses all they want, but that won't change the fact that their own bodyguards are packing, and packing heavy. Nobody really values their opinions anyway. Shut up and sing. That's not Willie...........sorry nice try.....anybody notice how nervous He is in answering the questions? I'll bet they got something over Him or there is a taser attached to His balls under the table. Wouldn't put it past the Establishment Media to try something like this. After all they will try anything...I mean anything to rid us our rights to protect ourselves from the Tyranny. Elena Ollivier For those claiming Willie never lived the way of life he speaks of, you have no clue what you speak of. That man hunted on my Grandfather's property. Today's celebs may sit in Hollywood & Nashville all year, but when people like Willie were young, they continued their lives just like everyone else did. Yes the man smokes pot, does that have a lick of anything to do with this topic though? No. This is the first sensible interview I've seen. Hopefully there's a few more I haven't seen yet. December 19, 2012 at 11:16 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply movarth Thank goodness this old guy doesn't speak for the nation. willie drug addict pot head does not know the difference between FULLY AUTOMATIC(military version) and semi automatic fire arms 1He is a political crony for Obama! Set the dope down Wilie, and come to your senses....You have been stoned way to long. It is a different world out here now! T. De Santo An Assault Weapon - the US M-16 - is a firearm that is capable of "FULLY AUTOMATIC OPERATION." The AR-15, Bushmaster, and the M-16 look-alikes are not capable of fully automatic fire - they will only fire semi-automatic; that is, one pull of the trigger and only one bullet is fire. Weapons capable of fully automatic firing were outlawed to the general public by the Gun Control Act of 1934. Automatic weapons are not available for sale to the general public at a typical gun store. Automatic weapons classified as "collector items" like the Thompson Sub-machine Gun, are available for sale to general public after a thorough background check and a federal fee of $200, plus the cost of the gun which most likely will exceed $25,000; yes, $25,000.00 dollars. IIt is the high capacity magazines that need to be band. But you know, more people die from automobile accidents than guns - do we ban those cars that are capable of exceeding the 75 mile speed limit? Great points....The second amendment...why was it written? Anything to do with the fact that America had to fight a war to free its self from oppression, it would not be because they wanted to be able to fight the "Power/Gov" ???? so would you not need the same weapons as the "Man" to keep him Honest? Just a pondering point not suggesting anything but to me it makes an even stronger point of allowing semiautomatic weapons, not with out a little regulation, a waiting period and background check but that is as far as I feel we need to go. RedneckRuss American Citizens, Being a non citizen I have no right to tell you folk what to do. Obviously Gun control is a real point of contention. A suggestion, get the pollies to put some sensible (military grade restrictions) control conditions together and then put it to a citizens plebicite. If it passes or fails all sides accept it and get on with life. Loved seeing Piers get taken to peices by Platt the other day. Mr Morgan here is an news release about your England (highest violent crime rate in Europe) and other "Gun Ban" EU nations........http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5712573/UK-is-violent-crime-capital-of-Europe.html Don't you think you should know your facts before entering and Attacking a host??? Stormin Norman Why do any of you even listen to the moronic blather of Piers Morgan? Deport the idiot. I note that some members of the NRA would like to have PM deported. Well, if it interests them I have started a campaign to have NRA members banned from travel to Europe on the grounds that they are dangerous and often unstable individuals who would endanger the public in Europe. Visa requirements for US citizens should be reinstated immediately by European nations to enable us to protect our people fro these idiots Brain Washed libtard Do you have any evidence of how dangerous these people are? Or is it just the way you lie and pervert the truth to push your anti-freedom agenda? Seeing how these people pass FBI background checks they have a cleaner record than you! Maybe the Dr needs to up your fear of black metal things meds? Harold USArmy When the second amendment came into being, muskets were the state of the art assault weapons. When bolt action rifles first appeared, they were military weapons. Semi-automatic weapons were first developed for the military and were assault weapons. Modern hunting rifles that are semi automatic are now referred to as assault weapons. It was the founders of our country that wanted to assure that weapons were available for Americans if the need arrived. The shootings of children are not acceptable. But neither are the solutions presented to date. D Artagnan Instead of never ending debate and inaction, why not ask the people ? ...hold a referendum and ask whether any person should be allowed to possess a firearm Because it isn't a privilege, but a right. Shall we hold a referendum to see how many people think you should be able to speak? Robert Ducros It beggars belief that that the majority of citizens in a "so called developed" civil society do not understand that freedoms go together with the duty to care for the rights of others, including the right to life and the right to free speech. We are living one hundred and fifty years after a time when carrying a gun in the street was considered necessary as a personal protection in the USA. Can we justify this now and allow 20,000 people a year to be killed and murdered and to consider this as a feature of a civilised society. It's time for Americans to wake up and join the twenty first century. The US gun lobby sound more like fascists than democrats and are a million miles away from Christianity or any other religious ethic. If this view doesn't make sense, I cannot understand why America got so upset by 9/11 when only 2,500 innocent people were murdered. I would never in the present climate, even consider visiting such a country and put my life or freedom at risk. I am not a religious person but I say – God help America and protect us from your ignorance and folly. Please get your facts straight. Surely you know that almost half of the "death by firearms" statistics released every year are suicides. I think the American public would give up their firearms as soon as celebrities and politicians gave up their armed personal security guards. What arrogance of them (and you frankly) to think these people deserve more protection than the average citizen and their family does. Sharon Lampert Gun laws are not the issue. The failure to enforce the guns laws is the issue. Guns are sold without background checks to minors. http://www.ThisBookSavesLives.com WHAT ALL PARENTS NEED TO KNOW Somewhere in America, a New Massacre Will Strike Send Your Teacher a Lifeline THE SILENT CRISIS DESTROYING AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST MINDS This brilliant book has a new dedication to Principal Dawn Hochsprung who was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and I quote: "Educators need to reach out early to troubled children." This book will bear witness to her message and empower educators. Interview: (212)772-0326 5 Stars: Book of the Month, Alma Public Library, Wisconsin Piers take yourself and Willie to Britain now. No need to wait for them to not repeal the Second Amendment! You are not American so voluntarily deport yourself now. No need for you to unnecessarily have to participate in the freedoms we enjoy and you do not have back home. Kenneth Lecco I am a fan Piers .... But if one more night I tune in and see another program of repeat interviews I am probably gona loose ya .... Its too much .... get some new stuff too do . Its BORING daily to watch these same interviews ! come on ! auntmia Willie is a great artist, and deserves his own opinion as a US citizen, but is obviously brain-damaged from too much weed. Piers Morgan should be deported for subversion back to the surveillance state that is known as England! January 6, 2013 at 12:41 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply Resist Tyranny I watched a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called Schindler's List GLORIA SANFILIPPO Piers, bravo to you taking this issue of guns in America .It is a shame that there are people who disrespect you and quite frankly seem to be a bit unblanced. I stand behind you and applaud you for your talking out with clear facts in a very respectful way. Is he still around ? Well willie if guns are for the Military what is Marijuana for old farts ? January 8, 2013 at 11:23 am \| Report abuse \| Reply JJfool Seems like it is impossible to speak rationally to a gun lover. Ever notice that all the ones who speak in public turn out to be really weird or psychotic? If I was in a movie theatre and you told me someone was coming in with a knife to try to kill every single person in there I wouldn't be scared. If you told me he had and automatic weapon I would crap myself. Go ahead, point out the difference between automatic and semi-automatic, single action whatever. Who cares! You guys need your guns to feel like a man. Admit it. You dream about being that guy in the theatre, or the school who heroically pulls out his handgun and saves the day and gets the chick. Maybe everyone in the theatre should be armed you say. All teachers should be packing! Maybe you never thought that the average American mom doesn't want to carry heat in her purse so she can take her kid to the movies. Maybe everyone would like to be able to go to school without being shot simply to protect a law that is waaaaaaaay out of date! Teachers might like it if no one had assault rifles instead of being forced to keep an assault rifle beside the blackboard. Go ahead, point out a tiny flaw in my statement and you will be victorious in your limited views. Wait and see when you attend your five year olds funeral who was massacred on a bus, or in McDonald's, or at the zoo, by some equally ignorant fool who bought an assault rifle at gun show and got bored of target practice as well as life, so he took your kid with him. See if you're as comfortable with Arming everyone. Maybe, just maybe, in today's day and age, disarming might, maybe, possibly, have some merit. Or wait until next month when some half man, bushMASTER, rips apart 30 people at Disneyland. Sadly that isn't an exaggeration. Rickey Douglas Love J.J. your name fits, Yes, Willie was right only the Military needs Auto/Weapons, Unless of course they are hunting You, to drag Your @zz to a FEMA Camp or kill You ! Then what are You and the Ol' 80 year old Stoner going to do ? ? ? dig Your own grave probably ~ Offer them a Doo-Bee, the American Indians did,.,., Smoke Um' Peace Pipe,.,., see how that works out for Ya'~ Morons both ~ Willie Nelson is not anyone to be trusted on anything.He lost his manhood years ago to dope and is so brain addled i would not trust him if he said the sky was blue.DON'T GIVE UP MY RIGHTS BECAUSE YOU DON;T WANT YOURS,MILITARY PATTERN GUNS WERE EXACTLY WHAT THE FOUNDERS WERE PROTECTING WILLIE.DUHHHH SMOKE ANOTHER DOOBIE YOU DUMMY. May God Bless you Piers for all that you are doing. It is time for people to respect the power of guns. It is time for them to realize that "With great power comes great resonsiblity" and guns are wonderful tools but are now more than ever being used for the purpose of evil. When the law was written for the right to bear arms – guns had to be manually loaded and could not penetrate a cement building. So we need to consider the time it took one to load and shoot a person back in the 1700's vs. loading and using an assault rifle today, which can kill hundreds of people in the same time frame. The law worked well in its day but now private citizens have the privilage of using assault weapons,the laws need to change with the technology. Citizens should keep their privilage of the right to bear arms (but certain arms) and look on it as guidelines to follow instead of a disciplinary action. This makes you the bigger person protecting your fellow man from others with not so good intentions. Why has no one tried to ban fertilizer and racing fuel? Timothy Mcvaigh killed 168 people inwitch 19 were children and injured over 800 others. He destroyed a fedral building and damaged more than 300 buildings and he NEVER FIRED A SHOT? Come on people, guns don't kill poeple, but people kill people! L Carlos right on brother There is no need for the public to have weapons capable of extreme death. Do you assert that you should have the right to have a machine gun? And if so, why? Your implicit argument makes no sense, unless you want to be a killer of other humans, and I do not want that type of behavior in my society. Kill yourself, not others. Liblab Itis Willie is "your brain on drugs" ... a degenerative cognizance condition know as liberalism which is nearly 100% irreversible. Hi Mr. Morgan, I agree that no one has answer your question <> Another good way to grab the audience might be to ask <> Piers, you do know you are so hypocritical and ill-informed about the issues in our country. Yes, our country is no England, and it will never be. you need to get your terminology straight and understand the meanings. Very few Americans own an actual assault rifle/machine gun but none owns an assault weapon. if u want, please discuss on your show the meaning of such in a fair discussion with someone who is knowledgeable.... i know you won't. Broken English Brazilian Grace Americans don't seem to realise how violent their country is in comparison to other developed countries. In the EU there were just over 400 deaths from guns in 2008, in the US it was over 19,000. An inadequate mental health care and the ability of anyone to buy automatic weapons is bound to lead to carnage. There is no logical reason for civilians to have automatic weapons, and if banning them means that less people die in these crazy shootings, then banning them is the logical thing to do. LEAVE THE POWEFUL ARMS TO THE PROFESSSIONALS. IF YOU NEVER SERVE IN THE ARMY YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ONE. THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BE BLAMED, BECAUSE WHEN THE 2sc.AMENDMENT WAS CREATED automatic weapons DID NOT EXIST and non restriction was created to follow with the advances of technology in leaving the powerful weapons to be used only by the professionals in the war combat & trainning fields. Thank you Pierce Morgan for having balls (3) and stand up for what you believe, truth, conviction, and right. I feel so luck to watch you on CNN. I loved Larry King but you are the "BEST" YOU MAKE CNN PROUD AROUND THE WORLD. GooseGal I agree with Willie Nelson on the arms debate: "A lot of guns ... there's no need for civilians to own those ... those are for military"with Willi Nelson. As you grow older I love you more Willi, and I love you too Piers Morgan . Gabby “We the people” ask that you hear our voice. As responsible, taxpaying, law abiding citizens like you, we the people of the US are asking that our collective voice be heard. We understand your responsibility is complex and you are under enormous pressure from the public. Understanding the root cause of violence in America and “gun Control” is a key element. The root cause of the problem is derived from violent movies, violent video games and the media sensationalizing violence. Video game violence is a major factor if not the principal root cause of the criminal murderous behavior we are subjected to in the last several decades. Parents allow their children to play many violent video games for thousands of hours, thus desensitizing their emotions, retarding their social growth and glorifying gun violence. By the time a person is 21 they probably have seen 21,000 murders on TV. An emotional reaction to a tragedy does not warrant implementing additional illogical firearms laws in addition to what we already have in place. More importantly, emotional reactions by law makers do not prevent crime but logical laws and an improvement in the justice system improves the safety of the people. We, the good and responsible citizens, should not have to pay the price because of the actions of terrorist and evil individuals. The guns do not kill people. The bad and evil people kill people. As firearm enthusiasts and many war veterans of the United States of America, we are concerned that our rights as legal and responsible firearm owners are being infringed upon. Additional laws and regulations will only have an effect on the good people complying with the law, not the criminals. Nopinion I came here to voice my opinion on the matter then I realized that everyone has already made up their mind on the issue. Also ANY comment I submit will almost assuredly be distorted, misinterpreted, or "disproved" by a completely nonsensical argument. Someone will likely bring up England and then someone else will likely bring up Switzerland. More than a few people will bring up solid "facts and figures" from a poll conducted behind a walmart in North Dakota by a girl scout troop 20 years ago. All of this will be pointless because few people arguing on either side of the issue are logical enough to be persuaded by reason or sound arguments. So instead of wasting my time voicing my opinion or responding to others in order to show them how insanely wrong their opinion is and how obviously correct mine is; I decided to waste more of my time writing this paragraph. I guess I fit right in. Looking Thru The Smoke Screen!Why is there a law banning guns in and near our schools? As I reported a few weeks back, it was to try and make stronger the punishment for the war on drugs. This law did not work! All this law did was leave our children defenseless. It made them sitting targets for any psychopath that wants to go out in a blaze of glory. This law certainly did not stop the war on drugs! Now our president is using some of the childrens' letters to reach the bleeding hearts in order to get even more gun control. Have you stopped to think that he and his children are protected by guns, many guns, everywhere they go. Yet our children are unprotected and he does not even want us as adults to have guns for our own protection and the protection of our children? The NRA was even slammed for telling the truth. We, the people, need to look beyond the smoke screen and realize that more gun control is not the answer. History is a good teacher. We would do well to think about the past and learn from its teachings. Back when there were guns in our school, our children were not being shot at their desks. Maybe we should look at our judicial system. Criminals do not serve the time handed down to them for their crime. One can commit murder and yet get out for "their good behavior". What ever happened to tough judges that were not bleeding hearts or "politically" inclined? Timothy McVeigh killed over 168 people, nineteen of whick were children, and he injured over 800 more. He also destroyed several buildings and did property damage to over 300 other structures – all without firing a shot. Why are the bleeding hearts not trying to ban fertilizer or racing fuel? More smoke screens from the government as they are the ones who trained him. Speaking of more smoke screens, what about mandatory insurance – Obamacare? Did the major insurance companies pay for his campaign? Really makes you wonder! I think folks are really going to be surprised with this new law! Especially when the big insurance companies just get bigger and the small business owner goes out of business. We are forced to have insurance but that does not mean that we will be serviced by the insurance company. As an individual, we will have to have an attorney to even try to get service. I have recently witnessed this first hand so I know this to be fact! So who does that new law support – certainly not you and me, the taxpayers. Corruption only breeds more corruption. What has happened to our society – we allowed God to be taken out of our schools, we allowed guns to be banned from them, what next? I heard today that 50% of Americans are for more gun control. Can this be true? How many of these could pass a history test or is this just knowledge that they left behind when the left school. Do they really want to give up their right to bear arms? If they cannot remember their history maybe they should consider their future! What are they willing to give up next? Quite frankly, I do not plan to give up my guns and quite frankly if guns are going to be used to protect the president, his children and his political friends, then I feel I have that same right. God given inalienable rights Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those children in Newton were denied all three. 2nd Amendment you lose. ok - in honor of the Second Amendment–everyone line up - your personal 8-foot MUSKET, with instructions on how to make the lead balls to go in it and your damp leather bag of gun powder and no special site for aiming is ready fory ou - should take you 1-3 minutes to load it each time so you can attempt to get venison or turkey for the dinner table. Might want to have your fishing pole handy for an unfrozen creek. Jim Mapes Willie got this one wrong. Semi-auto rifles, and even full auto (you have to pass additional checks for the class III stamp) have direct bearing on the 2nd Amendment right as they are the weapons related to militia use. George Mason, co-authoer of the 2A stated that the militia was defined as all citizens capable of bearing arms for defense. robin lee compton Yea, That really means alot coming from this fine example of a Human Being ! LoL Where is the outrage and ban for the number 1 killer in the US? Between 29 and 31,000 a year over the last 20 have died as a result of a gun in the US.(murder, accident, suicide, law enforcement and self defense) Over 440,000 a year die from cigarettes and almost 50,000 die from second hand smoke, adults and children in the US. That does not include the millions that are hospitalized or become ill from smoking or second hand smoke. Jon Brodziak "I don't agree with that. I think it should be more regulated. I think a lot of guns – there's no need for civilians to own those. Those are for military." ~ Willie Nelson Williie speaks the big picture truth, there is no reason to have a gun that can kill dozens of people in a few minutes. Let's pray that this common sense becomes our USA operating procedure. The current USA standards allow for mass execution and need to be revised. What a bunch of morons. Americans posting on this site have no idea of what rational discussion is and assume that their opinion is fact without any rational verification. This lack of rational thinking is why the USA is in a bad economic situation despite strong resource advantages. Our people are mostly idiots, and are arrogant to boot. Pitiful, cowardly and destined to be surpassed by other nations. OrygunOkie @Jon – you don't get anywhere insulting people in mass like this. And, it's completely illogical to group a country of 300 million together and say we're all morons based on what a few people you disagree with say on a chat board somewhere. There are good reasons to protect the essence of the 2nd amendment, which concerns a right to bear arms and defend oneself. If you go back to the founding fathers, that means a pistol or a rifle. That's what the 2nd amendment was describing – that freedom that was set in that context. It did not however foresee the rise of automated weapons, shoulder-held rockets, etc, and should not be extended that far. If you take the radical NRA argument out to its logical extreme, they would probably protect the right of individual citizens to own nuclear weapons, which is of course absurd. Obviously there's a limit. And, I think the limit is the ability to own a handgun or a rifle, but no more than that. Anyway, that's my opinion. I'm not a moron for having it. I think it's a moderate, sane position. I don't agree with those on either extreme away from my opinion, but I don't think they are morons for having those opinions. Calling people names is also going too far. Mark Palmer Piers...YOU are not going anywhere...you are phenominal, brilliant and kind. You ARE and always will be a Part of THESE United States, My friend. ubdumb Hey Willie. Shut up and sing or be quiet and roll a fatty. Nobody except the chubby brit cares what your opinion is on the second amendment. The democrat that has guns. Here we go ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages! The great Willie Nelson sitting upon his throne telling you what you cannot have, addressing the millions of americans who safely and legally handle their firearms, shame on you for being such law abiding citizens! Shame on all of us who don't blast our Aks and ARs at innocent people! Just because he is famous does not mean he can tell us what we can or cannot have, what a communist Willie Nelson is. willie nelson is nothing but a wore out pot head that has never been able to sing and all he would know how to do with a gun is smoke pot through the barrel so go interviewa real singer named hank williams junior and then tell morganhe ain't never gonn get our guns down south This is what happens when a mentally deranged person goes on a killing spree in countries with sensible gun laws. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/02/01/bc-vancouver-stabbing.html Notice the difference in the death count? Looks like Willie Nelson can't make up his mind. Not 2 months ago he was interviewed with Jesse Ventura and he sang a different song about "sporting" rifles and Obama... he didn't have much good to say about him. Willie, you're a turncoat, son. Shame on you. February 19, 2013 at 11:26 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply C Lamb Two points – Dumb and dumber. Piers is so stupid, he uses the same Saul Alinski tatics over and over. Rule # 5 Ridicule your appointment and Rule # 3 “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. February 20, 2013 at 2:20 am \| Report abuse \| Reply NCHoward My American son in law, an ex-marine living in Chester England, owns guns and makes a valid point. The reason that many guns are accessable to be used in mass killings is that they are left lying around to be used . He tells me that he pays a fee which is used to facilitate inspectors to visit his home to inspect the security iof his guns. He is happy with this inspection and sees it as a major difference in gun control between his home in Pa and his home in chester England That's great, Morgan gets a celebrity to come on and echo his anti-gun rubbish...notice he didn't have Charlie Daniels, Chuck Norris, or Jesse Ventura sitting there with Nelson to contradict him. Willie is looking a little peeked these days...does he have Parkinson's or something? So Willie Nelson, an avowed user of illegal drugs, a person who has been found guitly of tax evasion, a man who has no respect for the laws of this country when it comes to him, is suddenly going to lecture everyone else on the importance of being law abiding citizens? What makes Willie Nelson an expert on anything other than getting high and writing crappy country songs? I have a great idea. Piers Morgan, Willie, almost all of Hollywood and the media, get the hell out of the country if you don't like it here. Expecially you PIers. You are not even an American citizen. This is none of your business. You tea drinking sods tried to take away the guns from honest citizens at another time, and you know what it got you. Get out of the country. We don't need or want you here. Cap GK WILLIE AND PIERS TWO MORE OF aMERIKA'S FINEST WHO HAVE OVER DONE THEIR DRUG ADDICTIONS. Send piers back to his turd world. Malik Handville Before leaving on your hunting trip, prepare yourself well. Never go to an unplanned location or take off on a spontaneous hunting trip. Let others know where you are planning to hunt and when you will be returning. If necessary, leave detailed directions to your hunting grounds with friends or family that will be staying home in case an emergency arises and they need to direct medical personnel to your location. Try to return home as close to your planned time as possible. If you are late checking in, your contact person can then know to set out using your directions to see if you need assistance. ^..: http://healthwellnessbook.comMy personal blog site May 19, 2013 at 12:27 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply MIKE JACKI KEEP SINGING WILLIE... STAY OUT OF THE GUN DEBATE That's just the bong water talkin' maybe he could use that gun with a hundred rounds to wake up his coma induced pot smoking ass!he`s obviously so stoned,he doesn`t remember we have a second amendment and that guns like that aren`t military! georgevreelandhill2010 Gun control or guns will continue to control us. Adults and children die in their homes, on the streets, in stores, workplaces, schools, playgrounds, and on and on from gun use. Being armed yourself does no good. Neither do background checks. America is out of control when it comes to violence. Guns only add to the problem. We need gun control now. The NRA and other gun groups never had an answer to the problem of gun violence and the causes. All they ever do is hide behind the Second Amendment for their right to bear arms. The Second Amendment is outdated and has nothing to do with the America of today. The Second Amendment must be amended. It is time to stop people from owning guns. The only right in this matter is the right to be free from gun violence. George Vreeland Hill Texas TopCat "high-powered assault rifles are an entirely different discussion" is a stupid statement. The ar-15 223 REM is much less powerful than most deer rifles. "Assault Rifles" are full auto or select fire, AR-15 is not, one trigger pull one bullet. So, maybe he has been around guns, but he certainly did not learn much. I suspect that he is more singer than anyone who had ever done anything meaningful. UNIT 14 KVCT Fully automatic-a gun can be fired until the magazine is empty. One trigger pull alone will do this act. Fully automatic guns require a Class 3 federal firearms license to legally own. since 1934. Semiautomatic-one trigger pull only does one shot. There is no federal license required to own or use semiautomatic weapons. AR-15s, Mini-14s, M1 carbines, SKS carbines, FALs, HK-91s, UZIs, and high capacity 9mm handguns are not fully automatic weapons. A pump action shotgun is NOT a good home defense tool. Since 1934, federal law requires that all pump-type guns have a disconnector. A disconnector is the stick out button that you have to push in every time you pump the gun before each shot. This leads to short stroking, which will jam a gun in a stress situation. This nearly got my Aunt Sharon killed in 1970. However, for reliable home defense, the pistol caliber carbine[PCC] is the best choice. When loaded with expanding -type ammunition, it handles as easily as an AR-15, but without the over penetration risks. Thirty rounds of 9mm JHP[jacketed hollow points]from a kel-tech SUB2000 with demolish a home invasion crew easily. Save the AKs and ARs for riots and like heavy emergencies. But if you must use a semiautomatic rifle for defense, use expanding-type ammunition and stick to .30 carbine, 5.45x39mm, 5.56mm[.223]. and 7.62x39mm only. Expanding-type ammunition is the following. 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__label__wiki	0.752966	0.752966	Pinnacle Music Group Nergal Discusses Download, Delves Into Behemoth History And Teases Future Australian Dates It’s undeniable that Behemoth are one of the most hardworking, dedicated acts in the entire music industry, and it’s been proven with the release of their latest magnum opus, I Loved You At Your Darkest. Recently, the band almost entirely sold out a European tour, completed a massive arena tour with Slayer, a huge run of European festival shows and the inaugural Merry Christless weekender, and the band shows no signs of stopping anytime soon; with a recently announced tour with Slipknot, Volbeat and Gojira. For the moment, the Polish 3 piece have finally come down to Australia after three long, dreadful years, playing the epic Download festival and again, supporting Slayer and Anthrax on two of the sideshows. Having landed in Brisbane on Tuesday, vocalist/guitarist/mastermind Nergal cannot contain his excitement for this upcoming run. ‘We’ve already had the privilege of supporting Slayer on our last run, and this is the third time we’re joining them; it feels amazing. We’ve become good friends with Slayer, Anthrax and the entire crew overtime and combining this with our biggest ever Aussie shows, it’s like a perfect combo, it couldn’t be better. We’ve done about 4 or 5 Aussie tours, but they were all relatively small club shows; some of the shows were quite big like 1000 people in Sydney, but still, now we’re doing arenas and it feels awesome.” Having been to Australia a few times now, Nergal has had his fair share of experiences down under. “I remember crashing with Dyson (Soundworks Touring) on our first ever run and we just crashed at his place, old school DIY, and he organized this Barbeque with Kangaroo meat, remember eating it and I didn’t like the taste of it. The next day they took us to a park with Kangaroos and I remember saying to him “Man, it should be the exact opposite of this, we shouldn’t be eating these animals.” Ever since then, I have never touched Kangaroo meat, not only because I didn’t like the taste, I don’t want to fucking eat kangaroo.” When it comes to having your profession as a musician, especially being in the stature of a band like Behemoth, it’s always important to take care of your physicality and mentality. Even being as dedicated of a worker as Nergal, it’s never a bad thing to take a step back and reward yourself. “Occasionally I get burnt out, I just try to rejuvenate the passion, and every now and then it comes in waves. I know how much I’ve worked the past couple of months, I didn’t really have much time off, so I’m rewarding myself with a New Zealand holiday; a proper holiday, and then disappearing onto one of the Japanese islands just to get some tranquillity back.” “Even though my schedule is very hectic, I try to balance it out. Life is joy and I’m very happy with what I do; this is the best profession and I’m living my dream, I’m very grateful for my life and grateful for all the consistent support, but I don’t want to end up just working. I don’t want to end up like a workaholic junkie; like a Duracell battery that just never goes off. I really need to live my life in between and it’s very important to do that once in a while.” When it comes to Behemoth’s artistry, it’s undeniable that each album shows growth, change and innovation in its own respect. “It’s much easier to describe my aging and maturing. I’ve got some extra wrinkles, more grey hair but when it comes to music and art, it’s there, that’s why I record it, that’s why I scream it out and I don’t need to explain myself to anyone. If you’re sensitive to art and to music, you definitely feel a progression, and I know there is progression, but it’s not as vast now as it was with my earlier records, where we make this giant, gigantic steps from one to another, but they’re not that vast anymore. We are pretty defined and well established, I don’t think you’re ever going to see us doing a super radical change. We always deliver the music we embrace and we love.” Behemoth have always been that band that shows intense progression, especially revisiting albums like From the Pagan Vastlands, and all the way up until I Loved You At Your Darkest. One theme that’s always managed to stick throughout Behemoth’s releases is the intense, artistic manner of shutting down the Catholic church and fighting the oppression on our lives and freedom. “I just hope that I’m way more mature and I’m using more mature ways to fight any oppressions really, not just religious; any system that tries to restrain us and limit us. I think the basic idea, the formula is the same, or rather very similar, but I feel the way I express myself and the maturity is what’s really changed in my time with Behemoth.” If you’ve listened to The Satanist and I Loved You At Your Darkest, there’s a lot of underlying themes between the two albums, such as the Solve et Coagula theme; the Yin/Yang of Behemoth. An interesting example of how the theme pops up, is the comparison between ‘Amen’ and ‘Havohej Pantocrator’ and their lyrics; the way they begin. “Hail Mary, full of disgrace”, “Our Father, who art in hell, unhallowed be thy name”. If you’re unfamiliar with the meaning behind those lyrics, both are the beginnings of Catholic prayers (modified), and Nergal’s simple use of changing the words to the solve et Coagula theme adds much more depth to both albums. “It’s always an intentional decision to write something, but I didn’t really think of links like the ones you’ve just mentioned, but I can see why you can treat both records like complementary; I can really see why, but they are also very different in their own ways. I Loved You At Your Darkest is a separate piece of art, and at the time I wasn’t really thinking or self-analysing myself whilst making The Satanist and I Loved You At Your Darkest, but every time is a fresh start for me and this time it’s no different.” Growing up Roman Catholic in Poland, it’s easy to understand the strength of the hand around the throat of the people, and Nergal is no exception to this. Many people these days ask why Nergal only attacks the Catholic religion and not others, but it’s easy to understand that Nergal grew up with this and uses his past experiences and drive to show Catholicism in its true form. “It just felt natural. The genres I was entangled in; black metal, death metal… it has the rebelliousness at its very source, it was deeply rooted. It felt natural just to question the ropes, and I wouldn’t think politics, I wasn’t ever involved politically, and naturally it involved religion, just deciding for yourself, thinking for yourself, picking up all the very universal messages and seeing for what they really are.” If you attended the Thou Art Darkest exhibition that Behemoth held during the release of I Loved You At Your Darkest, you definitely would have noticed the incredible sculpture that artist Tomasz Gornicki developed of a rendition of Jesus Christ, where he’d never been crucified for our sins. “Well I gave him the wheel; a free reign, and I told him “hey, you can go ahead and make your own interpretation of the record, but try to keep it as close to the album cover and the themes,” and he developed the idea and created his own concept of ‘uncrucified’; I didn’t tell him the stories. It was all his idea, he came up with the story. I really think each one of us can have our own interpretations of the cover, and I’ve heard so many, I never try to force my own. Every time I see it, I think of something new and he came up with something that he saw, his own vision of it, and it was beautiful.” Since it’s been 3 years that Behemoth have last toured, it’s only natural that all the Legions in Australia want to see the band do a full headline set and their own headline tour. “We won’t be coming back to Australia anytime soon, but we were thinking of doing a full cycle, and we want to come back again during this cycle again: maybe late 2019.” To all the legions of Australia: “Thanks for sticking around and being there for when we come back. Maybe it’s not a super big market for us, but it’s always felt very welcoming, very warm and beautiful place to come back. 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A supervised segmentation technique classifies pixels in sub-cellular microscopy images into biologically meaningful regions with associated model bias quantification. Our work focuses specifically on actin structures, and analyzes sub-cellular regions using optical confocal fluorescent microscopy images at 200 nanometer resolution. We present the… “Time-Lapse Image Data for Predictive Modeling of Cell Fate,” Michael W Halter, Peter Bajcsy, K. Bhadriraju, A. Plant, Joe Chalfoun Direct imaging of individual cells in the temporal domain provides critical information about events such as gene expression in the context of cell-cell contacts, cell cycle position, migration, etc, and allows the determination of direct relationships between cell fate and multiple cellular parameters. We have demonstrated that time-lapse imaging data… Versus: A Framework for General Content-Based Comparisons Peter Bajcsy, Antoine Vandecreme, Benjamin J Long, Paul Khouri... 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__label__wiki	0.797225	0.797225	The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts UFC Odds Watch today’s UFC 142 press conference LIVE on ProMMAnow.com at 10 a.m. ET January 12, 2012 by Pro MMA Now Staff Thursday’s UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes pre-fight press conference will stream LIVE on ProMMAnow.com from Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT). Categories video Tags Chad Mendes, featured, Jose Aldo, live stream, live UFC video, live video, UFC 142, UFC Rio, Webcast Watch today’s UFC 140 press conference LIVE on ProMMAnow.com at 1 p.m. ET October 12, 2011 October 12, 2011 by Pro MMA Now Staff The Ultimate Fighting Championship will hold a “UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida” pre-fight press conference today at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. 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__label__cc	0.632002	0.367998	Home / News / Cycling / PREPD TEST LAB – Bicycling Australia, Article Karen Forman BIKE RIDERS LOVE ‘NEW’ – new bikes, new kit and new products. But sometimes we find a product that we like, that works for us, and we don’t really want to change things up, especially when it comes to personal aspects such as hydration. Asked to review another new hydration product not so long after I spent a month drinking a brand that I liked enough to take it to France on a recent trip for Bicycling Australia, I wondered… really? Can there be anything better than this? What could be different about PREPD? Then I spent some time chatting with Nathan Hocking and his team and learnt a thing or two about this new product. Namely, it isn’t a hydration drink, but actually a hydration enhancer. So that idea is very new. It meant I didn’t have to quit drinking the product I had decided was ‘my’ hydration drink. I could still have it, but add PREPD to my before and after exercise regime. The theory was that PREPD, which tastes like a very nice fruit smoothie (the mango and passionfruit Prime is taken six to 12 hours before training or racing while the equally as flavoursome strawberry and kiwi Recover is taken straight afterwards) works with other forms of hydration in my body (including water), enhancing their absorption. And as most riders know, with better hydration, an athlete can minimise dehydration, sustain training/racing efforts, recover better and reduce the risk of heat stroke on super-hot summer days. With that information, I was keen to try some for myself and even hauled the road bike out of storage after a snowy winter to get out there, sweat a bit in the spring sunshine, and see if it worked. A MAJOR ADVANCEMENT Until recently, we have not seen any substantial advances in hydration technology since sports drinks were invented. PREPD professes to change this by significantly increasing the absorption of all fluids consumed by athletes. Backed by 20-plus years of research and testing through Flinders and Yale Universities, PREPD, as mentioned above consumed pre- and postexercise, has been proven to boost the absorption of leading sports drinks and water. Interestingly, the Prime is taken a minimum of six hours before you clip in and with its smoothie-like texture, minimal sugar and a pleasant flavour, isn’t bad as a night cap the night before a morning ride. So how does it work? Why is it so different? The team at PREPD explained they use patent-pending resistant starch formulations; this specific resistance starch has been proven through research to enhance fluid and electrolyte absorption in the gut. As many of us have experienced, often most inconveniently while trying to do a PB in a race or sportif, when dehydration sets in it is extremely difficult to rehydrate fast enough to avoid performance deterioration. Nathan from PREPD said the crippling sensation of fatigue towards the end of a long training session or in competition is caused as much by dehydration as from depletion of fuel stores as is commonly to blame. A recent hydration clinical trial of elite AFL players published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition acknowledged that fluid deficits exceeding as little as 1.6% could lead to physical and cognitive impairment in athletes. It found that sport drinks used by athletes were often hyperosmolar; this was known to be suboptimal for rehydration as it did not utilise the absorptive capacity of the large intestine which could be enhanced by fermentative production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) from substrates such as resistant starch – as utilised by PREPD. The primary outcome markers of hydration were hematocrit (the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood) and body weight. Across three time-points, hematocrit was significantly lower and body weight significantly higher in sports drinks compared to maize starch. The study’s conclusion was that the combination of the significantly lower hematocrit and increased body weight in the maize starch group represented better hydration not only at the end of training as well as following a recovery period but also at its commencement. “The magnitude of the benefit seems sufficient to have an impact on performance and further studies to test this possibility are now indicated.” There is strong research to back up PREPD’s claim of enhanced hydration along with a growing number of athletes using PREPD and experiencing improved hydration and performance benefits. Riding (and a bit of spring snow skiing) with PREPD for just a week, I wasn’t able to test my hematocrit and didn’t weigh myself, but I found that I didn’t feel as thirsty/obviously dehydrated as I usually do, particularly on the mountain. I am keen to try it again in the hot summer months when I spend hours coaching junior and master’s riders at mostly club level. WORLDTOUR TESTED Kevin Poulton is head coach UCI WorldTour Team Katusha Alpecin and has had long-term experience and is a strong advocate of using PREPD. With 20 years of coaching experience, victories in Paris-Roubaix 2016, Grand Tour stage wins, World Tour Classics and many podium places at World Tour level, Kevin understands the planning, science and training required to win the biggest cycling races. He was first introduced to PREPD at a pre-Vuelta training camp in Andorra during the height of summer last year, conducted his own research and knew what the supposed benefits were. “I wanted to trial PREPD without giving away what we were looking for from the product,” he said. “To my amazement, everything PREPD expected the athlete to experience with the product, he was conveying the same messages back to me. Most notably, he was strong in the final hour of training. I was monitoring pre- and post-exercise weight and I was very pleased with the minimal amount of fluid loss experienced despite the high temperatures. “PREPD complimented our existing hydration strategy. For the athlete, implementing the use of PREPD pre- and post-training into the daily hydration strategy was seamless. “The key difference we continue to see with pro cyclists using PREPD is less reduction in post-exercise weight through better hydration. This reduced fluid loss is resulting in a stronger performance by the athlete especially in the later stages of racing.” Another fan of PREPD is Australian rider Gina Ricardo, who rides for the Sydney Uni- Staminade Women’s Cycling Team. “I first trialled PREPD in training in January 2017 and then continued using it throughout UCI road racing events in the heat of summer,” she says. “I have to say that I truly believe in the product – my performance felt great after drinking Prime and I didn’t experience any cramping at all throughout the January racing calendar despite some really tough and hot conditions.”” PREPD comes as a bottled drink and the recommended retail price for 350ml is $7.50. Riders can order a starter pack online, 2 x Prime & 2 x Recover for $26 including freight. It is also available through a growing number of cycle and sports retailers. 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__label__wiki	0.874587	0.874587	Review: De La Soul, And the Anonymous Nobody Their best album since Buhloone Mind State. Maybe better. Nathan Wisnicki There’s no nice way to say this, but frankly the number of recording contracts thrown at shitty rappers with dark trap beats, trashy lyric vibes, and some dunce drawling vowels in front of it, has tested my fucking patience. It’s not even just the sound itself, which is already pretty depressing when it’s done badly (which it usually is, because it’s become very easy to make it), but also the addle and fervor with which all of it is thrown-in to the minute-by-minute dialogue for the attention economy, to extend conversations that, um, might not be worth starting in the first place. Like the stuff if you want, obviously, but don’t try to half-ass it to me that Gucci Mane or his many wannabes need an Academic Critical Dialogue. Even the underground that used to be operating in reaction to that kind of stupidity has no fangs at all; most of it’s in-jokey and insufferably distant in that “ironic” way that allows us to feel like we’re in the right without actually doing anything to prove it, and in trying to be smarter it often ends up losing some of the surface viscera that’s the only reason for the stupid stuff in the first place. To put it bluntly, while the original ideas in popular music are still overwhelmingly coming from the hip-hop sphere, most of it has still failed to account on compositional levels. And on the sheer fame/fandom plane, hip-hop has become the new indie rock, in terms how desperate we are to pump a new flavor-of-the-hour in order to convince ourselves that things can’t possibly be as dire as they might really be. Anyway, here comes De La Soul’s eighth proper album, and if you just want the skinny, here it is: it’s their most musically ambitious record ever and their best since Buhloone Mind State way back in ’93, eclectic with the beats and gnomic with the wit, and it serves as a heartening rejoinder to the emotional and intellectual thinness of most of even the best current hip-hop. It rewards repeated listens on both deep and surface levels, and though from song to song you might wonder what exactly they’re aiming for, there’s always, always, always a groove going. (Which of course is a noble aim in itself.) In a way, And The Anonymous Nobody reminds me of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, not so much in terms of tone but in terms of how it feels like a conscious reaction to its surroundings. At the height of the EDM that Daft Punk could be credited or blamed for super-sizing in the first place, they made a proudly organic record that was the opposite of what most would’ve expected. By the same token, De La Soul (and Prince Paul) helped set into motion the suburban pop-culture eclecticism that now so dominates hip-hop’s Bandcamp territory. So what do they do now, for their first proper album since 2004? They fund the album entirely through Kickstarter and piece the music together from hours of live jam sessions. The result is that Anonymous Nobody flows more like a great soul or rock album than a great rap album; indeed, you might be surprised at how little rapping there even is. Partly it’s the many R&B and rock-associated guests shoring things up: Jill Scott, David Byrne, Usher, Damon Albarn, Estelle, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, and others. This isn’t a bad thing by any means, ‘cause if there’s been a consistent problem with De La Soul, it’s that Posdonus and Dave — clever and on-point as they are — are so consistent with their flows that they don’t distinguish themselves; it’s still hard for me to tell their voices apart. This often results in the rappers’ actual content going past the point of quirkiness to end up not meaning anything at all, even when you get the feeling they’re supposed to. Thus their willingness to ease-up on their own voices lets them make the most of the different vocal colors of all these guests, to fascinating and often thrilling results. It’s not even that all these experiments work the whole way through: “Greyhounds”, a sad-sounding cautionary tale about a runaway falling into a pimp and back again, is a little syrupy when it gets to Usher’s chorus; “Here In After”, which serves as the album’s big climax toward the end, builds quickly to a big U2-style arena sweep with anthemic guitar chimes, except it ends up more on the Coldplay level than the U2 level. And yet even in those songs, you’re given other things to treasure. “Greyhounds” has these cloudy-blue faded horn sounds like trucks heard from a distant highway on a quiet night, and the almost chirpy but faded piano banging around on a few chords, both of which are good compliments to the naïve quality of the protagonist’s plight. “Here In After” seeps into psychedelic flute and rippling electric guitar prickles and washes of wah-wah and marimba-like percussion in the back half, and ends up really beautiful, especially with Albarn singing in his blissed-out opiate way; it’s a slippery oasis of a song. You end up being able to easily forgive the cloying parts of both songs, because, well, most songs stay on more or less the same level the whole way through. These ones take chances. Even when they fail, you’re interested why they fail, and you get a sense of what’s going on in the eyes of the creators’ minds. The eclectic ambition culminates in a three-track block of rockish cuts in the middle of the album. The very brief “CBGB’s” is a great little slinker with an almost punky lo-fi surf-guitar groove that I bet Jonathan Richman would love, working in a faded sample of “The New Style” that starts like random clicking and folds into a harmonic fragment, followed soon after by an outright tuneful bar of harmony of vocoder air that I didn’t notice until the third or fourth listen. I wish the song was longer. But it’s the ostensible centerpiece, “Lord Intended”, that’ll be most divisive. At seven minutes, it’s the longest track De La have ever released on a studio album, and it features the guys nonchalantly walking in to a deep throbbing classic rock groove, complete with a squealing blues-guitar hook. “The rock Megadeth,” they call themselves, which is already pretty genius-level (because it’s true; they’ve always rocked better than Megadeth), and that’s before the track unexpectedly seeps into a slow lighters-up piano part with Justin Hawkins spreading his ‘70s arena-rock falsetto all over the place. This in turn builds into a David Gilmour-style guitar solo (which is to say a Mick Ronson-style guitar solo), all of which sounded like an ambitious failure to me on the first few listens but now seems totally comfortable, and makes perfect sense as the big hedonistic centerpiece. Much more frustrating is the third of this rock-y triptych, “Snoopies”, featuring David Byrne, except “features” is inaccurate: it’s a groovy Byrne track and a more anxious chicken-scratch De La track, shoved together without any effort of transition or contrast. It just jolts back and forth between the two completely different grooves, and it’s not like the lyrics seem so follow or even comment on what the other party was saying. Both parts are fine on their own - especially Byrne’s, which is like a harder-grooving and more tuneful version of the stuff he was doing on his ’94 self-titled solo album (nicely-miked snare!) and a hell of a lot more fun than that tiresome art-school dilettante stuff he’s been doing with St. Vincent — but shoved-together like this, it’s like, why? And yet, again: how often do we even get to discuss pop music in these terms? But more than the guests, there’s the simple fact that De La have grown into thoughtful craftsmen, sonically. Contrary to what it might be nice to believe, hip-hop has often floundered with live bands in the studio — do people still pretend to like those early Roots albums? — but with Kendrick, Chance, Flying Lotus, and now this, there’s a definite maturity a-brewin’ in the way artists can really coalesce in terms of how they can manipulate organic sounds to result in music that sounds both “real” and “unknown.” While I’m of the very boring opinion that De La never got as potent since Prince Paul left, you can’t accuse them of not trying to grow up, and while that growing-up led to mixed results (Bionix was very good; Mosaic Thumpwas often awkward; Grind Date got mysteriously good reviews at the time and yet I’ll bet none of the fawners has played it once in a decade), here it finally pays off in spades. What’s so great about their maturity is that they know they don’t have to make a huge deal about it. Hell, they outright mock any expectations of pomp with their entrance, “Royalty Capes”, which at first seems to coronate their return with a big kingly horn hook, and then the horns become an afterthought and they just…start rapping, as if they never left. That’s the thing about them: they don’t feel the need to Announce themselves, they just open the fucking door and walk in, like, “Here we are, take it or leave it.” Soon the horns, which you thought were gonna be the focus of the song, just show up here and there amongst sax licks and a humble funky-bass line and plucked violins and glassy ambience low in the mix, all at a walking pace. They rap with s’s sounding like z’s, welcoming “crystal-carrying pixie peasants and warriors,” swallowed by barracudas, and more surreal imagery that you know you’ll wanna return to. The same feeling comes again on the lovely “Memory of… (Us)”, featuring Estelle and Pete Rock, which starts with more of the swoony violin part from the maternal Jill Scott intro four tracks ago, and you think it’s gonna be some big grand statement, but it falls gracefully into a daydreamy harp-cooing thing, with the always-lovable Estelle bending a wistful melody around French horns and dusky keyboard speckles and lavish strings. There aren’t enough adjectives for the word “wistful” to do the track justice: it’s a bleary love song with plenty of regret and even bitterness, but there’s plenty of love, too. Again the rappers’ stoicism comes into play, because they’re not intending anything in particular to change. It’s just like, “Damn. Sigh. Onward.” As for the words, De La have always been the kind of rappers who you have to read without actually reading them on the page, if you know what I mean; they’re so elusive that you end up digging-in to what they could possibly mean with all these apparent in-jokes and cryptic non-sequiturs, only to realize that it’s often just about the sound of the words themselves, and the surface pleasure the bizarro references and imagery afford. I’m gonna sound like some Conservative Politician here, but damn, it’s just so refreshing to hear a musically interesting contemporary hip-hop record without any douche-bro offhand mentions of fucking your bitch or living life on codeine. Quoting individual lyrics here almost seems pointless, because they can’t possibly read as good as they play when you’re actually listening and paying attention, but a personal favorite comes on the laid-back “Property of Spitkicker.com” (the non-existent site they referenced on the two AOI albums 15 years ago): “My tongue is forever under the weather, however, my heart was still lighter than a feather.” That song itself sounds like they’re rapping into an exaggeratedly small chamber, so you get this tinny echo sound around their voices, along with a relaxed organ loop that’s like an early-‘90s chill-out ambient house track, complete with a looped gull call for a hook and a low guitar note thrumming in and out like a lazy foghorn call from a boat. If I’ve made the album sound boring or overly-studious, let me assure you that there’s plenty of conventionally funky-fun stuff here. Take the infectious squirming bass/flute fits of “Trainwreck”, with the goofily-mopey verse from Pos and a bass tone reminiscent of Fresh-era Sly and the Family Stone — it’s such an easy, charming groove, it’s hard to imagine anyone in the world who could resist it. Or the 2 Chainz-featuring “Whoodeeni”, with its groovy minimalist quick-bleeping synth and a drum that seems to be stuttering even though it’s actually rock-solid the whole way through. And above all, there’s “Pain”, the closest thing to straight Neptunes-style funk on the album, with its 2001-style guitar twitch and fitting verse from Snoop Dogg, who turns in his smoothest and most lovable feature in quite some time: “Used to gang bang, used to love the clashes/Now cash is the only motivation, but not for me, G/I’m into public relations.” Oh, Snoop. Marry me. Goddamn, what an album. Aside from two throwaway miniatures, only the cluttered, awkward “Nosed Up” with its stupid gorilla verses and generic pseudo-funky bass line, is an out-and-out failure. For me, the kicker is the flat-out gorgeous “Drawn”, which comes near the end of the album and might be the best thing De La Soul have ever done. The rapping itself doesn’t even show up until the last 40 seconds, but the cumulative power of the track’s quiet confidence is quite powerful. Starting with a childlike upright bass and piano line cadencing softly but happily in unison, it’s almost shockingly low-key even for these famously laid-back guys, featuring the heavenly voice of Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon. And when I say “heavenly,” I mean “floating-above-the-clouds-in-whispy-white-light” heavenly. It sustains that dreamy atmosphere for what seems like quite a while, with wobbly synth and plucked violin slowly becoming more noticeable in the mix, like light seen through fog. Barely-audible pings of plucked acoustic guitars saunter in, sometimes at the ends of vocal phrases and sometimes just here and there. The synth ambience starts getting anxious as a militant-sounding snare rises up, and then funereal saxes and cellos disguised as horns (or vice-versa) seep over the horizon. You think it’s gonna come to a big climax of galloping engines…and then the initial childlike riff comes back again, humble and sunny as ever, and Nagano’s voice takes the form of these whispy backward loops decorating the original groove, which is now fuller, steadier. The drums pick up. A casual, funky bass line peeks out. The whole thing has has turned into a gentle head-bobbing groove right before your ears. Stunning. As I yammered about a couple of months ago in regards to Paul Simon, popular music doesn’t want to grow up, and hip-hop is no exception. But with the “Golden Age” rappers now settling into middle-age, Anonymous Nobody is an encouraging and even touching document of how the premier pop genre of the last 30 years is dealing with the fact that this will all, one day, come to an end. Look at the album cover: a bunch of shouting and fighting and booing and maybe cheering at someone who you have no reason to listen to except that they might be brilliant. As they say: “Saviors? Heroes? Nah. Just common contributors.” It’s hard to imagine this album enjoying any audience at all in a year’s time — it’s so casual, so stoic, so uninterested in impressing a culture that nobody can control. It’s studied; impulsive only in the sense that it’s their impulse to study. It sounds great while it’s playing and means nothing except that it sounds great and will sound just as great 10, 20, 30 years from now. The first great hip-hop album from the over-40 set — a heartening development. It’s closer to a farewell than a beginning. 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__label__wiki	0.518606	0.518606	Posts tagged “kindle” Curating Consumption More observations and stuff that Beth and Steve have assembled over the past few weeks. Can’t get there from here This is such a fundamental usability issue I have to think there’s something wrong with my iPad or the Kindle app. Which operation is not supported? Buying this book. That’s right…click on that inviting little link down there that says “Buy Now” and get this error. Okay, this is Amazon taking a swipe at Apple (“Mo way you’re getting 30% of our revenue for something on the Kindle!”) But I’m not sure the average user will get that. They’ve helpfully provided another link for me: “What? That Buy Now link that should take you to iTunes to purchase this book doesn’t work? Goodness! Well, how about you See details for this book in the Kindle Store!” Nope – no mas. That operation isn’t currently supported either. So two lovely, juicy links tempting me to buy this book with no way to act [Conceptual sidenote: This would be an ideal design for many vices if they could tempt you but never give you the ability to follow through…the beer that can’t be opened, or the hermetically sealed chocolate bar]. I imagine there’s a product team somewhere at Amazon scratching their heads wondering why sales aren’t tracking but see an astronomical number of clicks on their buy links.Hint: we users will keep clicking thinking we must be doing something wrong, thinking “surely both buy options aren’t dead ends”. When we realize that they are, we get frustrated and take our own stand, in this case simply not buying. /BT Two is better than one? In nearly every bathroom I’ve been in (in the US at least) there are at least two soap dispensers – one in use and the other over to the side like yesterday’s newspaper. They’re in all shapes and sizes, usually one (like this one) is discreetly attached to the sink while the other is mounted proudly on the wall. I’m guessing it was aesthetics that sold the sleek little bar peeking from the counter top, I just wonder how long it took for the folks who had to crawl under the sink and refill it to put up a silent revolt – leaving people to pump furiously at one sink, then another then another, to no avail – before management broke down and put the one on the wall. /BT Too soon or too late? Gangnam Style is the global sensation that ever your parents know about. I imagine the restaurant owners protest-too-much denial of cashing in on a (no doubt fleeting) trend by pointing to the district in Seoul over the song. But then why is the clucky poultry mascot doing such a distinctive little dance? Update (June 2013) – Church’s Chicken in Canada is doing something similar (thanks, Mom!)! /SP The remote control that gives you a lecture in virtue In a hotel in Melbourne, the staff have clearly become tired of people complaining. Sure it’s partly about delayed gratification but it’s also a well-understood usability problem when feedback is slower than we expect. If the elevator call light doesn’t go on, you’re going to hit it again. But the warm-up for hotel televisions is its own flavor of usability hell. Will the set turn on? Will an LED change color? And how quickly? Apparently this particular TV set is so far off of expectations than the solution was a lovely sticker appealing to your sense of decency. Whatever, that’s a multiple of 8 seconds I’ll never get back again. /SP amazon, apple, bathroom, buy, chicken, click, curating consumption, delay, dispenser, gangnam style, hotel, ipad, kindle, links, remote control, sign, soap, usability [from steve_portigal] Le Laboratoire des Nouvelles Lectures (LNL) – a community centered around the future of reading – This week Lift is launching a new project: Le Laboratoire des Nouvelles Lectures (LNL) – a community centered around the future of reading. LNL is an open platform designed to inspire and incubate new forms of reading experiences based on all the new technologies now available. The LNL is an initiative of the Salon du Livre et de la Presse de Geneve (the Geneva Book Fair), and is produced by LIFT, Edipresse and Bookapp.com. [from julienorvaisas] Tablets Rekindle Our Love of Reading–Books, Too [Fast Company] – [MFD is used here by the survey companies Brock Associates and iModerate Research Technologies – quite a name, that one! – to signify a Multi-Function Device which includes ebook readers as well as tablets. And possibly smartphones. You know, personal electronic devices. Mobile technology. We don't know what to call things anymore. In any case, here's more research to suggest that though people enjoy reading on and read more on their "MFDs," it's an additive effect, encouraging non-digital reading activity as well. Ereading does not replace non-ereading. Reading begets reading.] Despite the fact that the survey showed MFD users had great "affinity" for their devices, "struggling to to come up with significant shortcomings to reading ebooks on them" they were also inspired to read more old-school books. Perhaps they were reminded of the pleasures of reading, and were reluctant to haul their Kindle into the bath with them for a book-accompanied relaxing soak? digital, eBook, future, interviewing, kindle, lift, liftlab, mfd, quickies, reading, reading ahead, research, technologies [from steve_portigal] Lending Coming Soon for Kindle [Kindle Forum] – [This announcement from Amazon produced a lot of skepticism on the important caveat – that lending will be dependent on the publishers. Nice move that allows Amazon to raise their eyebrows innocently, "Oh, sure, we're allowing people to share eBooks. It's those greedy publishers that won't let you do it. But don't look at us!"] Later this year, we will be introducing lending for Kindle, a new feature that lets you loan your Kindle books to other Kindle device or Kindle app users. Each book can be lent once for a loan period of 14-days and the lender cannot read the book during the loan period. Additionally, not all e-books will be lendable – this is solely up to the publisher or rights holder, who determines which titles are enabled for lending. [from steve_portigal] Proposing a Taxonomy of Social Reading [Institute for the Future of the Book] – [Bob Stein opens the conversation on how we can further the dialog about what it means to be social in reading. The wiki-like format he's used allows for discussion but is pretty difficult to navigate. I've linked here to the overview page that summarizes the current entries in the taxonomy] In recent months the phrase “social reading” has been showing up in conversation and seems well on its way to being a both a useful and increasingly used meme. While I find this very exciting, as with any newly minted phrase, it’s often used to express quite different things…In order to advance our understanding of how reading (and writing) are changing as they begin to shift decisively into the digital era, it occurred to me that we need a taxonomy to make sense of a range of behaviors all of which fit within the current “social reading” rubric. [from steve_portigal] Cross-examining your interview skills [Slideshare] – [Discovered through Google Alerts since it quotes me, but shared here because it's a great reference for a lot of fundamental interpersonal (and other) aspects of interviewing] [from steve_portigal] Some crayons belong in kids’ mouths [Seattle Times Newspaper] – [Old news perhaps, but new news to me. A surprising brand name for a beverage!] In 2003, Seay bought the Crayons trademark for use with food and beverages from someone who had been tinkering with using it with juices on the East Coast. The crayons trademark is not the same as Crayola, a company that sells a popular brand of the colorful writing instruments known as crayons. Coincidentally, another local company — Advanced H2O on Mercer Island — uses the Crayola brand name for a bottled-water line called Crayola Color Coolerz. [from steve_portigal] HP’s Slate specs slated by bloggers [Boing Boing] – [As Homer Simpson said, it's funny cuz it's true] it's just a pretty keyboardless netbook. Its most interesting characteristic is a bizarre slide-out tray that exists only to display the Windows 7 licensing information. It's like something from some kind of screwball comedy about awful product design: HP was apparently obliged to do this because it didn't want to mess up the exterior with this compulsory information panel. amazon, beverage, books, color, crayons, design, digital, drink, eBook, ebooks, hp, interviewing, kindle, lawyers, lending, license, oz-ia, packaging, presentation, quickies, reading, reading ahead, sharing, slate, synesthesia, taste [from steve_portigal] ThatsMyFace.com – [Technology continues to trickle down, where image processing and digital printing previously associated with movie special effects and commercial printing now enable little businesses to crop up, offering fairly unique types of products] Gifts with personalized faces, including custom action figures, celebrity action figures, 3D portraits, masks, jewelry, papercraft, and ornamental heads. [from steve_portigal] How to Have an Idea [Frank Chimero] – [A little comic that amuses as it inspires and teaches, suggesting that creativity is tied to doing, not just thinking or (gulp) talking. Manifests so adroitly while we believe user research really comes alive when you use it to start generating concepts for things to make and do] No one crumples a blank sheet of paper. [from steve_portigal] The Medium – E-Readers Collective [NYTimes.com] – [A Kindle feature takes advantage of the inherently digital nature of the medium, but has consequences for the experience] But many writers don’t write aphoristically, and many readers don’t read for aphorisms. In a popularly highlighted world, we all may begin to. The dotted line, like the distinctive hue or underscore that signals a word is clickable on the Web, may be a new kind of punctuation that affects contemporary style. (Amazon's most heavily highlighted books include Gladwell’s “Outliers” and Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”) Readers coming to e-books freshly purchased from Amazon might be taken aback to find them already marked up. Stumbling on a passage that other people care about, framed as though you should care about it too, can seem like a violation of virgin text. It’s bad enough that vandals have gotten to your “new” edition before you have and added emphases unendorsed by author or publisher. What’s worse is that they invariably choose the most Polonius-like passages. amazon, comic, creativity, design, digital, ebooks, face, generation, gifts, highlighting, idea, ideation, interaction, interviewing, kindle, notation, photography, products, quickies, reading, reading ahead, thinking, uintended [from steve_portigal] newWitch Magazine – Cutting Edge Paganism – [Seen in a "magic" shop today during a post-fieldwork ramble] newWitch is a magazine dedicated to, featuring, and partially written by young or beginning Witches, Wiccans, Neo-Pagans, and other earth-based, ethnic, pre-Christian, shamanic, and magical practitioners. Everyone from Traditional Wiccans to potion-makers to Asatruar to eco-Pagans can find something in these pages. The one thing we all have in common is a willingness to look at the world, our magical and spiritual paths, and ourselves in new ways. We hope to reach not only those already involved in what we cover, but the curious and completely new as well. [from steve_portigal] Can the Kindle and Its Ilk Ease Textbook Inflation? [Village Voice] – [Thanks @dastillman] Pace offered the Kindle to students with course materials already preloaded on the device. Students had the option to buy the Kindle (at a discounted price) at the end of the course. Student complaints ranged from difficulties in taking notes to clumsy navigation controls. The electronic annotation feature was especially “slow and cumbersome,” requiring students to manipulate a tiny button to underline passages and type notes on the Kindle’s ergonomically unfriendly keyboard. The photos, pictures, and diagrams in the e-textbook were all black and white and image quality was not quite as sharp as in print….Soares found time eaten away by technical issues. Kindle books have no page numbers, so it was a challenge to get all the students on the same page. “It’s one thing to read a mystery or novel on the Kindle, but the way you read a textbook is different. You are flipping back and forth while reading, and navigation was cumbersome, even with bookmarks.” [from steve_portigal] Doomsday shelters making a comeback [USATODAY.com] – The Vivos network, which offers partial ownerships similar to a timeshare in underground shelter communities, is one of several ventures touting escape from a surface-level calamity. Vicino, who launched the Vivos project last December, says he seeks buyers willing to pay $50,000 for adults and $25,000 for children. The company is starting with a 13,000-square-foot refurbished underground shelter formerly operated by the U.S. government at an undisclosed location near Barstow, Calif., that will have room for 134 people. Vicino puts the average cost for a shelter at $10 million. Vivos plans for facilities as large as 100,000 square feet, says real estate broker Dan Hotes, who over the past four years has collaborated with Vicino on partial ownership of luxury homes and is now involved with Vivos. Catastrophe shelters today may appeal to those who seek to bring order to a world full of risk and uncertainty, says Alexander Riley, an associate professor of sociology at Bucknell University. [from steve_portigal] Market researchers get new tool in iPad [USATODAY.com] – [No doubt getting people to participate in surveys is an exercise in persuasion or seduction, but if there's a cool factor, something seems wrong to me] The gadget is luring curious consumers who've never seen one to participate in research projects conducted at shopping malls, primarily because they just want to see how it works. At many of the centers response was so good that survey takers collected the required information in about three weeks instead of the four they'd anticipated. The iPad presented its own set of research challenges. Some overheated in direct sunlight and shut down. In one case, a consumer at a mall in Rhode Island was so enamored with the iPad, he grabbed it from the interviewer and ran off. bias, culture, disaster, fear, gadget, intercept, ipad, kindle, magazine, preparedness, publication, quickies, reading, reading ahead, research, sample, school, shelter, shoppers, students, subculture, survey, technology, textbooks, witch E-books outsell hardovers What’s there to say but, “it’s happened?” At Amazon, e-books are outselling hardover books. Amazon hit a symbolic milestone last holiday season, when for one day its sales of e-books exceeded the number of dead-tree books it had sold. Now the company has hit a more significant milestone, selling 143 e-books for every 100 hardcover books sold over the course of the second quarter. The rate is accelerating: For the past month, Amazon sold 180 e-books for every 100 hardcovers, and it sold three times as many e-books in the first six months of this year as it did in the first half of 2009. [via Wired] Ironically, I just went to the Burlingame library and got myself a new library card. I loved libraries as a kid, and still do. The Kindle doesn’t have a place around it – it’s almost purely about content. But reading is so much more than the imbibing of content (see our Reading Ahead research for more about this). Amazon’s customer reviews start to bring in some of the social aspect of reading, and it will be interesting to see whether the company goes further into the total reading experience, or remains primarily a provider of content and devices. amazon, books, e-books, e-readers, kindle, library, reading, reading ahead [from julienorvaisas] Google Voice Now Available to Everyone in the U.S. [Fast Company] – [Spend a few minutes with this fun, fascinating, rich infographic describing A Modern History of Human Communication] Google Voice, which began as an app called GrandCentral before Google bought it back in 2007, is a difficult beast to explain. It's sort of like a phone management system–it gives users one number which, when called, rings however many devices that user wants (cellphones, landlines, work phones, whatever). It provides an alternate web-based voice mail system which transcribes voice (sometimes well, sometimes with odd and hilarious mistakes) and pops the messages into your email for listening or reading. It's also a mobile app for Android and web (that web app can be used by the iPhone and Palm's WebOS phones) that can place outgoing calls. [from steve_portigal] A Moleskine Cover for your Kindle? [Design Sojourn] – [Associating your analog experience with a digital product: sometimes it evokes relevance, sometimes it screams desperation. Moleskine?] The interesting question with this Kindle cover is whether people associate the Moleskine brand with the design of its product/cover and or associate the brand with the product’s function i.e. sketchbooks? Whether this Kindle cover makes sense or not, it is always interesting to see how brands with strong design languages leverage it on product extensions. They even have a cool design justification that does make sense: "The very idea of this new cover came from the Moleskine “notebook hackers”, who create their own custom-made accessories weaving together paper pages and digital tools. Throughout the web, hundreds of communities and discussions can be found where such Moleskine “hackers” publish their inventions. Dedicated blogs, Flickr pages, and even YouTube videos highlight the power and vitality of the Moleskine digital-analog connection." app, communication, company, design, extension, fast, google, kindle, moleskine, quickies, reading ahead, sketchbook, telecom, voice Brains, Behavior & Design: A toolkit by graduate students at IIT Institute of Design – In the real world, people are often irrational. Over the past few decades, researchers have codified many of the patterns that describe why people behave irrationally. As researchers, how can we be on the lookout for these patterns of behavior when we go into the field? As designers, how can we use our understanding of patterned irrational behavior to help people make better choices? We are developing tools that apply findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and behavioral economics to the design process. These tools provide a head start on framing research as well as developing new strategies for solving user problems. Reading on iPad before bed can affect sleep habits [Los Angeles Times] – Staring at the screen before bed could leave you lying awake. That's because direct exposure to such abnormal light sources inhibits the body's secretion of melatonin. Light-emitting devices, including cellphones and the iPad, tell the brain to stay alert. Because users hold those devices so close to their face, staring directly into the light, the effect is amplified compared with a TV across the room or a bedside lamp, said Frisca Yan-Go, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center in Santa Monica. Some say e-ink is easier on the eyes than the screen on a computer (tablet or otherwise). However, the Wall Street Journal published a report this month to the contrary. Yan-Go was eager to point out the advantages of books over e-readers. Paper books are often lighter; they can be dropped when you doze off holding them; and if they get wet, it's not the end of the world. And they won't mess with your sleep cycle…However, "Kindle is better for your sleep," Avidan wrote in another e-mail. A New Character in Archie’s Town [NYTimes.com] – A new man is moving into Riverdale, the home of comics’ perennial teenager Archie Andrews and his gang. His name is Kevin Keller, and he’s blond-haired, blue-eyed and gay. Kevin will be introduced in Veronica No. 202, in a story titled, “Isn’t it Bromantic?” The inclusion of the character meets twin goals, one real world and one in-story. “Riverdale has to reflect the diversity of the world today,” said Jon Goldwater, co-chief executive of Archie Comic Publications. “We want to be all inclusive.” Mr. Goldwater also said he’s not afraid of any repercussions. “We think everyone is going to enjoy the story,” he said. “It’s completely in the tradition of your typical Archie comic.” Dan Parent will be writing and illustrating the story of Kevin’s introduction. “Veronica is always chasing guys and getting what she wants. Who could we introduce that she could not get?” Mr. Parent said Kevin would be more than a one-off character with future stories already mapped out. archie, behavior, comics, culture, decision, design, digital, ebooks, gay, homosexual, IIT, influence, ipad, irrational, kindle, rational, reading, reading ahead, reflection, research, sleep, society Last supper ‘has been super-sized’, say obesity experts [BBC News] – The food portions depicted in paintings of the Last Supper have grown larger – in line with our own super-sizing of meals, say obesity experts. A Cornell University team studied 52 of the most famous paintings of the Biblical scene over the millennium and scrutinized the size of the feast. They found the main courses, bread and plates put before Jesus and his disciples have progressively grown by up to two-thirds. Based on the assumption that the width of an average loaf of bread from the time should be twice that of the average disciple's head, the researchers plotted the size of the Passover evening dishes. The main meals grew 69% and plate size 66% between the oldest (carried out in 1000AD) and most recent (1700s) paintings. Bread size grew by about 23%. Butch Bakery – Where Butch Meets Buttercream – "Butch Bakery was born when David Arrick felt it was time to combine a masculine aesthetic to a traditionally cute product -the cupcake. When a magazine article mentioned that cupcakes were a combination of everything "pink, sweet, cute, and magical", he felt it was time to take action, and butch it up." Flavors include Rum & Coke, Mojito, Home Run, Beer Run, Campout, Tailgate, Driller, and (ahem) Jackhammer Making Design Research Less of a Mystery [ChangeOrder] – Design researchers don't work exactly like professional detectives. We don't sit down with their users and start asking them point-blank questions regarding a single moment in time, such as, "Exactly where were you on the night of November 17th, when Joe Coxson was found floating face-down in a kiddie pool?" We don't consider the users as criminals, having perpetrated crimes against the state—our clients?—that must be solved. The crimes are the points of friction that go remarked (or unremarked) about the course of our subject's lives, in using the tools that surround them, and in the myths and beliefs that drive their everyday behavior. Our methods of detection are geared towards being sponges, soaking up both the large-scale and minute details that indicate layers of behavior that may have gone unremarked in the design and everyday use of various products, services, and interactive systems. The Medium – Shelf Life [NYTimes.com] – People who reject e-books often say they can’t live without the heft, the texture and the scent of traditional books. This aria of hypersensual book love is not my favorite performance. I sometimes suspect that those who gush about book odor might not like to read. If they did, why would they waste so much time inhaling? Among the best features of the Kindleis that there’s none of that. The device, which consigns all poetry and prose to the same homely fog-toned screen, leaves nothing to the experience of books but reading. This strikes me as honest, even revolutionary….Most of these books were bought impulsively, more like making a note to myself to read this or that than acquiring a tangible 3-D book; the list is a list of resolutions with price tags that will, with any luck, make the resolutions more urgent. Though it’s different from Benjamin’s ecstatic book collecting, this cycle of list making and resolution and constant-reading-to-keep-up is not unpleasurable. Human-flesh Search Engines in China [NYTimes.com] – The popular meaning of the Chinese term for human-flesh search engine is now not just a search by humans but also a search for humans, initially performed online but intended to cause real-world consequences. Searches have been directed against all kinds of people, including cheating spouses, corrupt government officials, amateur pornography makers, Chinese citizens who are perceived as unpatriotic, journalists who urge a moderate stance on Tibet and rich people who try to game the Chinese system. Human-flesh searches highlight what people are willing to fight for: the political issues, polarizing events and contested moral standards that are the fault lines of contemporary China. amazon, art, books, china, crowdsourcing, culture, cupcake, design, dessert, digital, ebooks, experience, flavors, food, gender, gratification, history, insights, justice, kindle, male, meal, men, mob, passover, portion, purchase, reading, reading ahead, research, revenge, satisfaction, scarcity, society, technology, user, user experience Klaus Kaasgaard: Why Designers Sometimes Make Me Cringe [interactions magazine] – [A response to Dan Formosa's piece about marketing research] There is no doubt that Formosa has been exposed to a lot of bad market research in his career. So have I. But I have also been exposed to a lot of bad design research, whether dealing with qualitative data or quantitative data. I cringe at both. And while we should point out when the emperor has no clothes in our daily work situations, it is not the bad research that defines a discipline. I have been exposed to both good market research and good design research as well and, more important, some of the most compelling and impactful research combined different research techniques for a more comprehensive and insightful outcome. That, I suppose, leads me to my conclusion. How many Kindles have really been sold? (And other interesting tidbits about ebooks) [Mobile Opportunity] – Some interesting numbers about the size and dynamics of the market: sales, usage, platforms, content. One highlight is the preferred device used to read ebooks -PC: 47% -Kindle: 32% (and rising in later waves of the survey) -iPhone: 11% -iPod Touch: 10% -Other smartphones (including Blackberry) 9% -Netbooks 9% -Sony Reader 8% -Barnes & Noble Nook 8% Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy [SF Chronicle] – Altruism is the whole idea behind the new charity, called the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy. It's the brainchild of Courtney Martin, a South of Market writer who dreamed up the idea four years ago in New York and has handed out a stack of her own $100 bills every year to select good-deed doers who agree to dream up unusual ways to use the dough. Jeremy Mende took a stack of cash to Union Square and offered pairs of strangers $1 apiece if they would have one-on-one conversations with each other. Then he videotaped the conversations and made a home movie. The strangers talked to each other about sex, fireworks, banana slugs, gin, orgasms and Marlon Brando. Some of the conversations were worth a lot more than $1. The best idea seemed to come from Martin's own mother. She used her $100 to buy 400 quarters and scatter them on a grammar school playground. R.J. Cutler: What I Learned From Anna Wintour [HuffPo] – Some principles of management from the director of The September Issue. We watched the film this week and highly recommend it. I thought about work as well; the film offers up lots of provocation around collaboration, artistic vision, managing teams of people, power, prototyping, and more. (via Kottke) amazon, books, business, change, charity, cnote, culture, cutler, design, digital, documentary, donation, ebooks, fashion, giving, industry, influence, iphone, Kaasgaard, kindle, magazines, management, marketing, money, philanthropy, principles, publishing, reading, reading ahead, research, sales, scam, society, storytelling, suspicion, trend, user experience, vogue, wintour In Reading Ahead, our recent self-funded study on books and digital readers, we saw how much people prize the physicality of books – the tactile and kinesthetic aspects of the reading experience. One of our design recommendations was to “include the sensual” in designing digital readers. One tongue-in-cheek example of including the sensual is this Kindle case by Busted Typewriter. Here is a recent iteration of the same idea; this time in a case for the MacBook. Artist Brian Dettmer creates “book autopsies” by carving away the pages of books to reveal the images inside. Talking about the growing popularity of digital readers, one of the people we interviewed for the Reading Ahead study said, “Someday there will be this cool retro thing called a book.” If she’s right, what else will people do with them? art, Brian Dettmer, Busted Typewriter, case, design, digital reader, interviewing, kindle, reading ahead, research, retro Lost Garden: Ribbon Hero turns learning Office into a game – If an activity can be learned; If the player’s performance can be measured; If the player can be rewarded or punished in a timely fashion, then any activity that meets these criteria can be turned into a game. Not only can you make a game out of the activity, but you can turn tasks traditionally seen as a rote or frustrating into compelling experiences that users find delightful. With Rival E-Book Readers, It’s Amazon vs. Apple – [NYTimes.com] – Ian Freed, vice president for the Kindle at Amazon, said he expected developers would devise a wide range of programs, including utilities like calculators, stock tickers and casual video games. He also predicts publishers will begin selling a new breed of e-books, like searchable travel books and restaurant guides that can be tailored to the Kindle owner’s location; textbooks with interactive quizzes; and novels that combine text and audio. “We knew from the earliest days of the Kindle that invention was not all going to take place within the walls of Amazon,” Mr. Freed said. “We wanted to open this up to a wide range of creative people, from developers to publishers to authors, to build whatever they like.” Pushing Military Styles to a New Level of Ferocity [NYTimes.com] – A stepped-up demand for vests, blazers and hoodies tough enough to deflect a .22-caliber blast but sleek enough for a night of clubbing suggests that body armor is not just for the security-conscious. Fake or real, it exerts a pull on those inclined to flaunt it as a flinty fashion statement. “The trend to protective gear is pretty strong right now,” said Richard Geist, the founder of Uncle Sam’s Army Navy Outfitters in downtown Manhattan. “It’s big with rappers, alternative types and even some women.” Uncle Sam’s sells protective gear to the military. But most of its clients are civilians who snap up authentic bulletproof vests for as much as $1,000 or trade down to look-alike versions stripped of their armored lining ($24). ComScore Calls Shenanigans on Gartner’s 99.4% App Store Figure [Maximum PC] – Gartner says 99.4% of app sales in 2009 were from Apple. ComScore disputes the figures but Gartner stands by its determination. Amazon launching Kindle Development Kit so third parties can develop apps – Active content will be available to customers in the Kindle Store later this year. Remember that unlike smart phones, the Kindle user does not pay a monthly wireless fee or enter into an annual wireless contract. Kindle active content must be priced to cover the costs of downloads and on-going usage. Voice over IP functionality, advertising, offensive materials, collection of customer information without express customer knowledge and consent, or usage of the Amazon or Kindle brand in any way are not allowed. In addition, active content must meet all Amazon technical requirements, not be a generic reader, and not contain malicious code. api, apple, apps, bulletproof, clothing, comscore, design, developers, development, experience, fashion, functionalty, game, gartner, gear, interface, kindle, market, meaning, office, protection, reading ahead, revenue, ribbon, sales, sdk, share, store, theory, user experience, utilities, windows Profile of Hollywood dialect coach Tim Monich – Until the advent of television news, we had little idea about how people spoke in other regions and so there was little expectation (or awareness) among viewers for authentic accents in film. Authenticity in languages for science-fiction films – Among discerning science-fiction movie fans, however, expectations are more sophisticated now when it comes to alien tongues, and for that we have the Berkeley-trained linguist Marc Okrand to thank. Okrand worked as a consultant on the “Star Trek” films, and his crowning glory is the development of Klingon, the most fully realized science-fiction language devised thus far. In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent – Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race with ridged foreheads. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. Deborah Solomon’s questions for Jeff Bezos – Q: What do you say to Kindle users who like to read in the bathtub? A: I’ll tell you what I do. I take a one-gallon Ziploc bag, and I put my Kindle in my one-gallon Ziploc bag, and it works beautifully. It’s much better than a physical book, because obviously if you put your physical book in a Ziploc bag you can’t turn the pages. But with Kindle, you can just push the buttons. Q: What if you dropped your Kindle in the bathtub? A: If it’s sealed in a one-gallon Ziploc bag? Why don’t you try that experiment and let me know. amazon, authenticity, bathtub, bezos, dialect, dialog, eReader, film, history, kindle, klingon, language, linguistics, reading, reading ahead, scifi, speaking, speech The Kindle 3 – Probably not new, but new to me. "I can't hear you, I'm reading!" The next obvious step in the evolution of digital reading. Pretty funny! collegehumor, digital, eBook, eReader, kindle, parody, reading, reading ahead, video Universities reject Kindle over inaccessibility for the blind – The National Federation for the Blind said Wednesday that while it appreciates the Kindle's text-to-speech feature, the "menus of the device are not accessible to the blind…making it impossible for a blind user to purchase books from Amazon's Kindle store, select a book to read, activate the text-to-speech feature, and use the advanced reading functions available on the Kindle DX." "The big disappointment was learning that the Kindle DX is not accessible to the blind," Ken Frazier, the University of Wisconsin-Madison director of libraries, said in a statement. "Advancements in text-to-speech technology have created a market opportunity for an e-book reading device that is fully accessible for everyone. This version of the Kindle e-book reader missed the mark." ‘Sesame Street’ Responds to Dispute – An executive for Sesame Workshop said a segment on the show that upset political conservatives was “equal-opportunity parody” that made fun of both CNN and Fox News. The skit featured Oscar the Grouch as a reporter for the Grouch News Network (or GNN). When his work upsets a female viewer and fellow Grouch, she tells Oscar: “From now on I am watching Pox News. Now there’s a trashy news show!” Some conservative bloggers called the comment a veiled shot at Fox News, and Michael Getler, the PBS ombudsman, wrote that “Sesame Street” producers should have avoided the joke. Miranda Barry, an executive vice president at Sesame Workshop, responded that “no political comment or comment about Fox News, subtle or overt, was intended.” Having the “grumpy, grouchy, contrarian Oscar” on “Sesame Street,” Ms. Barry wrote, “shows kids that you can listen to someone with a very different worldview, and even be friends with them, without losing your own perspective. The Media Lab \| Center for Future Storytelling – Storytelling is fundamental to being human: it's how we share our experiences, learn from our past, and imagine our future. With the establishment of the Media Lab's Center for Future Storytelling, the Media Lab, together with Plymouth Rock Studios, is rethinking what "storytelling" will be in the 21st century. The Center will take a dynamic new approach to storytelling, developing new creative methods, technologies, and learning programs that recognize and respond to the changing communications landscape. The Center will examine ways for transforming storytelling into social experiences, creating expressive tools for the audience and enabling people from all walks of life to embellish and integrate stories into their lives, making tomorrow's stories more interactive, creative, democratized, and improvisational. amazon, blind, books, controversy, future, grouch, kindle, media, MIT, muppet, narrative, News, oscar, parody, politics, reading, reading ahead, technology, textbook, university	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396853
__label__cc	0.71607	0.28393	Mallawi Museum in Egypt was Looted I’ve been meaning to post about this all week, but it has been a busy week. The Mallawi Museum was broken into and the artifacts were looted. They also killed the security guard/ticket taker. Almost everything was taken and what wasn’t taken was damaged. About 1,040 items were taken and to date 90 have been returned. Below you’ll find more information about the incident. The article below belongs to Yahoo and the Associated Press. To read the original article please click here. To view the salvaging of the museum click here To view the damage on 8/17 click here To view the list of stolen items click here Egypt’s devastating museum looting latest casualty AYA BATRAWY August 19, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — As violent clashes roiled Egypt, looters made away with a prized 3,500-year-old limestone statue, ancient beaded jewelry and more than 1,000 other artifacts in the biggest theft to hit an Egyptian museum in living memory. The scale of the looting of the Malawi Museum in the southern Nile River city of Minya laid bare the security vacuum that has taken hold in cities outside Cairo, where police have all but disappeared from the streets. It also exposed how bruised and battered the violence has left Egypt. For days after vandals ransacked the building Wednesday, there were no police or soldiers in sight as groups of teenage boys burned mummies and broke limestone sculptures too heavy for the thieves to carry away. The security situation remained precarious Monday as gunmen atop nearby buildings fired on a police station near the museum. Among the stolen antiquities was a statue of the daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled during the 18th dynasty. Archaeologist Monica Hanna described it as a “masterpiece”. Other looted items included gold and bronze Greco-Roman coins, pottery and bronze-detailed sculptures of animals sacred to Thoth, a deity often represented with the head of an ibis or a baboon. The museum’s ticket agent was killed during the storming of the building, according to the Antiquities Ministry. View gallery.” FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 file photo, Damaged pharaonic objects lie on the floor Under the threat of sniper fire on Saturday, Hanna and a local security official were able to salvage five ancient Egyptian sarcophagi, two mummies and several dozen other items left behind by the thieves. The museum was a testament to the Amarna Period, named after its location in southern Egypt that was once the royal residence of Nefertiti. The area is located on the banks of the Nile River in the province of Minya, some 190 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cairo. When Hanna asked a group of teenagers wielding guns to stop destroying the artifacts that remained, they said they were getting back at the government for killing people in Cairo, she said. “I told them that this is property of the Egyptian people and you are destroying it,” she said in an interview Monday. “They were apparently upset with me because I am not veiled.” After managing to chase them away, a group of men began opening fire to try to force her and the security official to leave. She said the men were apparently also in charge of the boys, who had burned one mummy completely and partially burned another, while pushing around a half-ton statue from the Old Kingdom of the third millennium B.C. “We were working and lowering our heads so they do not fire on us. There were snipers on rooftops,” she said. The two were able to salvage some 40 artifacts and thousands of broken pieces that Hanna said will take archaeologists years to put back together. The Egypt Heritage Task Force, a group of Egyptian archaeologists who use social media to try to raise awareness about illegal digging for artifacts and looting, said 1,050 pieces were stolen from the museum. The head of museums for the Antiquities Ministry, Ahmed Sharaf, said two statues were returned Monday. He told The Associated Press that police and ministry officials will not press charges or arrest anyone who comes forward with looted items and that a small financial reward is available for returned artifacts. He said that until now, police have been unable to secure the museum. He accused members of ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, who have been spearheading protests against the government, of being behind the looting and attacks on the nearby police station. Hanna said the looting was more likely carried out by heavily armed gangs of thieves who took advantage of the lawlessness to target the museum. FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 file photo, a damaged object lies on the floor of the Malawi … The chaos erupted Wednesday when security forces in Cairo, authorized by the new military-backed government, cleared out two Islamist-led sit-ins demanding Morsi be reinstated, igniting violence that has killed more than 1,000 people. The Great Pyramids west of Cairo and the Egyptian museum in the heart of the city were closed during the country’s bloodiest day last week. At least 30 tanks line the streets outside Egypt’s main museum in Cairo. Some looting occurred during the 18-day uprising in early 2011 against autocratic President Hosni Mubarak. More than 50 items were stolen from the Cairo museum, but Sharaf said around half have been recovered. Never, though, was the looting then or at any other time since on the scale seen last week, according to archaeologists and ministry officials. In the past two years of instability since Mubarak’s ouster, illegal digs have multiplied and illegal construction has encroached on ancient, largely unexplored pyramids. Also threatening sites is the view held by some hard-line religious allies of Morsi who view Egypt’s ancient history as pagan. The Malawi Museum was in many ways a tribute to the heritage of Minya and home to chests, coffins, masks and hematite stone with Hieroglyphic inscriptions used for measuring. The looters also made away with sculptures associated with the deity Thoth, who ironically, is known as an arbitrator of disputes. Categories: Egyptology, History, Mish Mash \| Tags: Africa, Artifacts, Egypt, Egyptology, History, Looted, Looting, Malawi, Mallawi, Mallawi Museum, Museum \| Leave a comment Help Fight for Idan I don’t normally do this, but this one hits home. Idan is the nephew of Ms. Jaffe-my favorite teacher, my HS math teacher, my NHS advisor, one of the reasons I survived a horrible senior year, and most importantly the teacher who made me want to become a teacher. Please help support Idan! Anything will help. Click the link to give and learn more: Help Fight for Idan \| Medical Expenses – YouCaring.com. Categories: Uncategorized \| Tags: Help Fight for Idan, Idan \| Leave a comment Trenton and New Brunswick We took Amtrak to the Trenton Transit Center. It was only a 25 minute ride. We crossed the platform to catch a 4:58pm New Jersey Transit train to New Brunswick. While we were waiting for our train we were listening to a woman who was trying to keep the Amtrak train from pulling out because her son was on the train without her. No idea how that happened. Our train pulled in early. It was a double decker. We sat in a 4 seater on the bottom level. We pulled out on time. We had a 30 minute train ride to New Brunswick. We pulled in, but the platform didn’t meet the train. We had to go to a different exit and they wheeled a platform to us. I was super hungry so we immediately went to Old Man Rafferty’s to eat. I ordered a grilled cheese and a side of garlic bread. My grilled cheese came with chips, which my mom had. My garlic bread was a bit burnt, but I was so hungry it didn’t matter to me. The grilled cheese hit the spot. We were in and out in 30 minutes. We headed up the block to the hotel. We normally stay at the Hyatt in New Brunswick, but the Heldrich was 50% off so we decided to try it. They accommodated our request for a high floor away from the elevators and ice machine. However, they put a $50 hold on your credit card as a security deposit. They release it once you have checked out and the room isn’t damaged. The room was average. Definitely didn’t feel like the 4 stars it was supposed to be. The TV wasn’t flat screen. The view was awful. My mom and I went out to shop. We explored the new grocery store called Fresh Grocer. It was quite large and the prices were reasonable. The cupcakes looked good. We went back to the room and ate our cookies from Philly. One more day in Jersey then back to work. 😦 Categories: Family Vacation, New Brunswick, Travel, Trenton, USA \| Tags: Amtrak, Cupcakes, Food, Garlic Bread, Grilled Cheese, Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Old Man Rafferty's, Travel, Trenton, Trenton Transit Center, Trip with Mom, USA, Vacation \| Leave a comment New Philadelphia Press a Pennies Got 3 new press a pennies while I was in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center. Categories: Mish Mash, Philadelphia, Press A Pennies, USA \| Tags: James Madison, National Constitution Center, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, press a pennies, Press a Penny, USA, We the People \| Leave a comment I woke up and got dressed while watching Scandal. We checked out of the Loews. They told us there was free coffee in the restaurant. My mom added to her cup. We left our bags with the hotel. We went straight to the National Constitution Center. I’ve been wanting to go to this museum since it opened. I never went because of time and the price. We decided to go this trip because there’s also a 1968 exhibit. So we felt like we were getting two museums for the price of one. I got in as a youth ($13). I always say I’m 17. My mom got in for the AAA adult rate ($12). The woman giving us our tickets was not nice and didn’t give us any info about the exhibits. I took all the brochures I could find (not knowing one of the items was a fold up constitution-if I had known I would have taken some for my students). We decided to do the 1968 exhibit first. I was happy that they allowed photography in the exhibit. I had just taught a 1960’s class so I was excited to see everything I just taught. My mom felt like she was looking at her childhood. The exhibit covered the assassination of MLK and RFK. It also covered Vietnam, the Black Panthers, moon race, music, toys, clothes, the Olympics, etc. I liked the Vietnam helicopter, the clothes, the items from the kitchen where RFK was assassinated, and the albums. After the 60’s exhibit we went upstairs to the We the People exhibit. It’s an interactive exhibit on the constitution. It focuses on the 3 different branches. There were sections where you could watch videos. You could be sworn in as the president. You can simulate the jury duty experience. There were election booths where you could vote on ideas and it would match you with a past president. They had judicial robes you could try on. There was even a jeopardy game you could play against people. I got all the questions right. There were little sections where you could listen to Paine, Jefferson, Adams, FDR, etc. I liked that they set up FDR’s audio section to resemble a fire side chat. My favorite part of the exhibit were all the artifacts. They had items from different presidents, judges, and other historical figures. They had items from the Dred Scott case, the Scopes trial, prohibition, Sandra Day O’Connors’ robe, etc. There was an old copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and one of the first public copies of the constitution. Our next stop was Signers’ Hall. The hall is the same size as the room where they signed the constitution. The room is filled with the delegates from the convention. The statues are very life like. My mom and I posed with several of them. We both signed the constitution. Supposedly you can print a copy of your signed constitution in this room. I didn’t see anyone doing that. You also can give people a link at home and they can watch you in the room. After that we took pictures of Independence Hall from the second floor. By the staircase they had plaques in the ground of when each state ratified the constitution. We headed down to the gift shop. I got some postcards. I wanted postcards from the 60’s exhibit but they didn’t have any. I got 3 press a pennies (that will be a separate post). We caught the 1:30pm Freedom Rising show. Sandra Day O’Connor called it the best 17 minute civics lesson. I couldn’t agree more. The show was extremely engaging and made me feel very patriotic. I just kept wishing I was rich enough to bring my students to see these exhibits. They would love them! We left and walked through the visitor center. I took a picture with Rocky. We crossed the street to the President’s house. I haven’t seen that area before. They found it in the last couple years when they were trying to build bathrooms for the liberty bell. We walked over to the Graff House, which is where Jefferson drafted the declaration. It was closed, which I knew but I still took pictures from the outside. My mom and I did some more shopping at Ross stores. We went back to the hotel to pick up our bags. We hopped on the train and had about 40 mins to kill at the 30th Street Station. We boarded our Amtrak train on time. We were able to get quiet car seats again this time we were facing the right direction. Time to head to New Jersey. Categories: Family Vacation, History, Philadelphia, Travel, USA \| Tags: 1787, 1960's, 1968, American History, Amtrak, Constitution, Declaration House, Declaration of Independence, Freedom Rising, Graff House, History, Hotel, Independence Hall, Loews, Museum, National Constitution Center, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Shopping, Sixties, Travel, Trip with Mom, USA, Vacation, We the People \| Leave a comment Eating and Shopping in Philly My mom and I caught a 2:10pm Amtrak train to Philly. We picked the quiet car and chose a two seater with a window. However, we chose seats that faced the wrong direction. I hate that!! I get motion sick. This meant I couldn’t read. I tried to sleep, but couldn’t. I closed my eyes and listened to music. We pulled into Philadelphia 30th st station around 3:45pm. We crossed the street and caught the train into the heart of Philly. We took the train to 13th st and walked the half a block to our hotel. We were going to try the Loews Hotel for the first time. Every time we come to Philly we either stay at the Hyatt at Penn’s Landing or the Hyatt Bellevue. The lobby was really elegant. We were checked in right away. The lady at the desk couldn’t have been nicer. They had free lemonade by check in. On our way to the elevator we noticed the giant vault door. We took the elevators to 22. We got upgraded to a deluxe double. We asked for a room away from the elevators and the ice machine and they actually listened to us. We had room 2212. Right away I noticed they left us gifts. There was a note welcoming us, a snow globe, and a mini LOVE sign. What a lovely touch! The room had a nice view of the bridge and the city. The decor was modern, but classy. The bathroom could easily fit two people at the same time. The shower was also roomy. They even gave us cotton balls and Q-Tips. They gave us two ropes made of silk and terry cloth. There was even a magnifying mirror. The windows seemed to be sound proof and the ceilings were pretty high. There was a coffee machine with coffee from Emeril. Everywhere I looked there were outlets. Finally a hotel that has a lot of outlets and in sensible places. The room had a flat screen tv with 63 channels. We dropped our stuff off and went out to shop. We went to Burlington Coat Factory and Five Below. We then dashed to Reading Terminal Market to catch our favorite cookies on sale. We wound up getting 7 cookies and a marshmallow cup from the Pennsylvania General Store. My mom got a blueberry fritter from the Amish. We then went back to Burlington. We also did Claire’s and Pay Half. We had 6pm reservations at Maggiano’s but I called and pushed it back to 6:15pm because we got stuck on line at Pay Half. The restaurant wasn’t too busy when we got there. We got the slowest waiter. We ordered a flatbread pizza, fried zucchini, and an apple crostada. I had the flatbread, which was yummy as usual. My mom had the fried zucchini. They usually give us 8 pieces of zucchini. We got about 5. I had one piece and it was good as usual. My mom had the bread and thought it was delicious. The apple crostada came and it was perfect. My mom had the ice cream that was on top. Dinner was great. We went back to shopping. We hit K Mart and Walgreens. We then headed back to the hotel to drop our bags off. Since it was still light out and we wanted to walk off our dinner we decided to walk around the Rittenhouse Square area. We window shopped at several closed stores. We stopped in H&M and Insomnia Cookies. At 9pm everything shut down so we walked back to the hotel. We came back to the room and ate our cookies. They never fail to disappoint. They are definitely the best cookies I’ve ever had. I had my chocolate dipped butterscotch cookie and my regular butterscotch cookie. My mom had her butterscotch cookie and her turtle cookie. We tried to watch TV, but the batteries in the clicker died. We called down and they sent a guy up with a new remote. We settled in and eventually went to bed. Categories: Family Vacation, Food, Philadelphia, Travel, USA \| Tags: Amtrak, Cookies, Doughnuts, Food, Fried zucchini, Hotel, Loews, Maggiano's, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania General Store, Philadelphia, Reading Terminal Market, Shopping, Summer, Travel, Trip with Mom, USA, Vacation \| Leave a comment Gifts from Holland, Belgium, and Colorado I have two friends that just got back from their vacations. One friend came back from abroad. He brought me back chocolate, postcards (yeah for adding to my collection) and a delft windmill. I have a lot of delft items from Aruba. It was nice to add something from Holland to the collection. I had some of the chocolate with my ABP crew and we all thought it was amazing. It was so light and creamy. I also love the bag it came in. I love gifts from abroad! The other friend got back from Boulder and took a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Factory. I got tea and a pen. Categories: Amsterdam, Europe, From Friends, Gifts and Souvenirs, Mish Mash, Postcards, Travel, USA \| Tags: Amsterdam, Belgium, Boulder, Chocolate, Colorado, Delft, Europe, Gifts, Holland, Postcards, USA \| Leave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396855
__label__wiki	0.5297	0.5297	US9720581B2 - Responsive image rendition authoring - Google Patents Responsive image rendition authoring Download PDF Nicholas A. Baldwin Mark C. Hampton Jon M. Harris Stefan A. Hepper Eric Martinez De Morentin 2014-09-08 Application filed by International Business Machines Corp filed Critical International Business Machines Corp 2014-09-08 Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION reassignment INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: HAMPTON, MARK C., BALDWIN, NICHOLAS A., HARRIS, JON M., HEPPER, STEFAN A., MARTINEZ DE MORENTIN, ERIC 230000004048 modification Effects 0 abstract claims description 24 238000006011 modification Methods 0 abstract claims description 24 230000000875 corresponding Effects 0 abstract claims description 6 238000003860 storage Methods 0 claims description 26 238000004590 computer program Methods 0 claims description 9 238000009877 rendering Methods 0 description 5 230000001902 propagating Effects 0 description 2 238000000844 transformation Methods 0 description 2 230000006399 behavior Effects 0 description 1 238000005034 decoration Methods 0 description 1 230000003068 static Effects 0 description 1 G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] G06F3/0484—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object or an image, setting a parameter value or selecting a range G06F3/04845—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object or an image, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web G06F16/958—Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking G06F16/972—Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation G06F17/00—Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions G06F17/20—Handling natural language data G06F17/21—Text processing G06F17/22—Manipulating or registering by use of codes, e.g. in sequence of text characters G06F17/2264—Transformation G06F17/227—Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSL-T) stylesheets, Omnimark, Balise G06F17/30893— G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL G06T3/00—Geometric image transformation in the plane of the image G06T3/40—Scaling the whole image or part thereof A method may include receiving a first input containing a markup language file, an image, and a style sheet file having breakpoints and image display rules for generating image renditions of the image. The method may further comprise displaying a first image rendition based upon the breakpoints and the image, the first image rendition having the first image and crop borders corresponding to the breakpoints. The method may further comprise receiving an input indicating modification of the image rendition, and displaying a second image rendition based upon the modification to the first image rendition. The method may further comprise amending the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the second image rendition, the at least one image display rule conforming to the first set of image display rules. Responsive web design can assist web page authors to create web pages that can be rendered by web browsers on computer devices with a wide variety of display sizes and resolutions. Markup languages, e.g., hypertext markup language (HTML) or Extensible Markup Language (XML), and style sheet files, e.g., cascading style sheet (CSS) files or extensible style sheet language transformations (XLST) files may contain page content and display instructions, respectively, that allow computing devices to display web pages to readers. Cascading style sheet files can include instructions that direct web browsers to render web page content using particular predetermined fonts, font sizes, colors, borders and other web page formatting, as well as formatting instructions regarding the display of images on web pages, including the position, orientation, and scaling of images. Cascading style sheet files may also contain media queries that have breakpoints (spatial limits such as display size or browser window size) to indicate that a particular set of formatting instructions should be used to display the web page within those spatial limits. When rendering a web page, a computing device may parse the style sheet file and, responsive to a spatial limit falling within a range of media query breakpoints, select the formatting instructions within the media query to render the web page. Web content management systems provide web page authors with a user interface to assist in the creation of web pages and cascading style sheets that direct web page rendition by web browser software on a computing device. Web content management systems may use templates with predefined display rules and may provide access to stored images in order to assist web page authors perform their work. Manual editing of cascading style sheets may present difficulties to web page authors when attempting to adjust the presentation of images on digital devices with a wide variety of display sizes and resolutions. The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for authoring web pages, and more specifically, to the use and application of rules within cascading style sheets to a rendered web page that instruct how to appropriately select and render various image representations on multiple displays having sizes and resolutions. A method of amending a markup language file to include page display instructions. The method may include receiving a markup language file, and a style sheet file containing breakpoints and at least one set of image display rules for generating image renditions of a first image. The method may further comprise displaying a first image rendition based upon the first image and the breakpoints, the image rendition having crop borders that correspond to the breakpoints. The method may also comprise receiving an input indicating a modification to the image rendition and displaying a second image rendition that includes the modification. Finally, the method may include amending the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the second rendition, the image display rule conforming to the set of image display rules. A system for authoring web pages may include: a computing device with a storage medium storing a markup language file, and a style sheet file containing breakpoints and a set of image display rules for generating image renditions of a selected image; a graphics processor configured to display an image rendition (corresponding to the breakpoints) for the selected image, having the image and crop borders corresponding to the breakpoints, and further to display a further image rendition that includes at least one modification to the image rendition received from a user input device. The system may also include a user input device configured to receive an input indicating the modification to the image rendition; and a processor configured to amend the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the further image rendition. A computer program product for authoring web pages may comprise a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, and first program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to: receive a markup language file, and a style sheet file containing breakpoints and at least one set of image display rules for generating image renditions of a first image; display a first image rendition based upon the first image and the breakpoints, the image rendition having crop borders that correspond to the breakpoints; receive an input indicating a modification to the image rendition; and to display a second image rendition that includes the modification. Finally, the first program instructions may cause the computing device to amend the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the second rendition, the image display rule conforming to the set of image display rules. The drawings included in the present application are incorporated into, and form part of, the specification. They illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure and, along with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. The drawings are only illustrative of certain embodiments and do not limit the disclosure. FIG. 1 depicts a web authoring system that can present images and crop boundaries for different size device screens to an author and apply appropriate rules from a cascading style sheet file configured to portray a web page on computer device displays with multiple sizes, according to embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 shows elements of an image rendition created by authoring software, according to aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 shows a method of using a web authoring system to apply rules from a cascading style sheet file according to aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 shows two image renditions that reflect a change in the size of a crop border, according to aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 shows two further image renditions that reflect a change in the size of a crop border, according to aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 shows two image renditions that reflect a change in the position of a crop border reference point with respect to the origin reference point, according to aspects of the present disclosure. While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to web page authoring, and more particular aspects relate to integrated development environments for web page creation. While the present disclosure is not necessarily limited to such applications, various aspects of the disclosure may be appreciated through a discussion of various examples used in this context. The process of authoring and formatting webpages becomes more complex with increasing numbers of device types that can access and display a web page. The difficulty of coordinating the clear rendering a single image on devices ranging from smart phones and tablet computers to laptops desktop computers with high resolution displays highlights the importance of scaling and cropping images included on a webpage. Responsive web design can somewhat simplify the process of authoring a webpage, but still involves human input to determine how best to crop and scale images on webpages. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward partially automating the presenting and manipulating of images to an author when creating a web page that can control the display of selected images on computer device displays according to various responsive web design breakpoint limits and image display rules. Various embodiments are directed toward a system that can provide a user interface that presents an author with a representation of how a set of image renditions for a particular image would be represented. The user interface provides options for the author to adjust how an image is displayed. In particular embodiments, the user interface can include a set of options (or ‘strategies’) that can be selected in order to change how the image is displayed. The user interface can also be configured to allow the author to select an alternate image. In certain embodiments, the set of options can be specified in an image style sheet that defines the image fitting strategies that can be applied. According to embodiments, each fitting strategy can have minimum/maximum sizes defined, as well as strategies for scaling (width vs. height) and cropping (left, center, right). The user interfaces can access the style sheet and enumerate the available strategies classes so that an author can view the ways the image might be presented (e.g., showing colored boxes overlaid on the image for different strategies). The author can then selecting an option which represents a ‘strategy’ for presenting an image (e.g. crop OR scale and then settings for the option). The system then uses the selection to determine which rules should be applied. The rules themselves, however, can already have been specified (by a designer) within the style sheet file (e.g., the system accesses the style sheet files or rules and the author does not create them during the selection process). For purposes of this application, discussion will refer to hypertext markup language (HTML) files and cascading style sheet (CSS) files, although other markup languages such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) and other types of style sheets such as extensible style sheet language transformations (XLST) files may also be used. In particular embodiments, the selected rules can be applied by modifying a hypertext markup language (HTML) file so that the file contains the selected rules. As discussed herein, the source of the rules can be a CSS file, and the system can automatically generate the relevant HTML code to apply the rules to the specific image being reviewed. For example, this could be done by using a markup pattern such as: <div class=“imageDecoration imageStrategy”><div class=“imageCrop”><img></div></div> In such an example, scaling and offsetting can be done on the img tag itself, cropping can be done on the imageCrop container tag, decoration can be done on the imageDecoration container tag and the “strategy” classes can define what type of image fitting strategy to employ—like auto-width, auto-height, left crop, etc. Accordingly, the base image rendition can be reused across multiple pages or even multiple spots on the same page by adjusting the resolution for the targeted device or for the different locations on the webpage. The image fitting strategy defines how a specific rendition will be modified between responsive breakpoints. By way of the user interface, the author can view a proposed set of strategies and either modify those strategies or create a new rendition for a specific usage. FIG. 1 shows a system 100 in which responsive image rendition software, or authoring software, can read and save formatting instructions that facilitate clear and legible display of web page images on a wide variety of networked devices according to aspects of the present disclosure. A computer 110 may amend hypertext markup language (HTML) markup specifying appropriate rules to apply from a cascading style sheet (CSS) file on a storage medium 125 in the computer 110, on a remote device 120, or on a web server 150 in preparation for providing web page content to a user on the computer 110 or a networked device 140 that requests such content. The web page content may include the HTML file, a cascading style sheet file, sound files, image files, and other page content. The computer 110, which may be a device such as a desktop computer, laptop computer, or a networked client terminal, may run authoring software that can receive images to be included in a web page. These images may be manually loaded into the software by, e.g., a manual file upload by a user using the computer 110, in response to a user-initiated file transfer from a networked computer device 160, or by a digital asset management system operating on the computer 110 or a computer accessed via a network 130. The computer 110 may contain a rendering module specifically configured to first, for a given web page and breakpoint (or set of breakpoints) within a media query, receive selected images and second, overlay crop borders onto each image rendition identifying how an image may be displayed at different screen widths for the associated breakpoint before thirdly, showing the image rendition to a user who may be authoring a cascading style sheet file on the computer 110. The system may then update and re-display both the selected image and crop borders, if it has received instructions to modify the image rendition, by creating an additional rendition or selecting an alternative image display strategy. The computer 110 can receive an input with relevant webpage data such as a hypertext markup language file, at least one image, and a cascading style sheet with breakpoints, an initial set of image display rules and image display parameters. Once received, the software may use media queries with associated breakpoints and image display rules in order to create image renditions for a user to select or to edit. The media query may provide an upper breakpoint and a lower breakpoint, within which limits an initial set of image display rules may instruct a computing device on how to render an image. Media queries in the cascading style sheet file may have breakpoints based upon common device display sizes, but the breakpoints and the image renditions based upon those breakpoints may sometimes be adjusted manually to accommodate particular needs of the web page design process. A web authoring system can use image display strategies to adjust the image rendition to accommodate the displays. For instance, the system can present an author with a preview of an image rendition and strategy for one or more displays. They author may seek to change the strategy by selecting from available strategies provided by a user interface. The strategies can result in changes to how the image is displayed (whether larger, smaller, different aspect ratio, or having a different resolution, etc. . . . ). The author may select multiple image display strategies to apply to a single image rendition; however, for ease of discussion various example scenarios are discussed herein as using a single strategy. Image display strategies may include various image display rules, not limited to: crop rules, image scaling rules, and image size rules that adjust how images are trimmed, scaled, and the size of images on a page. Image renditions may follow the rules of image display strategies in order to accommodate displaying the web page on displays with different sizes, resolutions or aspect ratios without having to perform an image rendition analysis for each individual display size available to users of computing devices that read web pages. One image display strategy may be to expand the border of a cropped image to show more of the image on larger displays than those that match the initial setting of the image display rules. The crop rule image display strategy may include instructions to expand the crop border of an image toward the left side of the image, toward the right side of the image, toward the top of an image, or to expand the crop border on multiple sides while retaining an origin reference point associated with the image constant relative to the other web page content. Other image display strategies may include displaying an image with a predetermined minimum or maximum size on the web page, or using a scaling rule that adjusts the width (only), height (only), or both the width and height of an image for displays with different sizes than the sized associated with the initial image rendition and breakpoint. If a user has changed an image display strategy, selected a new image, or both, the authoring software can then create a new image rendition and to amend markup within the hypertext markup language (HTML) file to include appropriate image display rules for the new image rendition. The amended HTML file may then be stored on a computer 110, an attached storage device 120, or a networked computing device such as a web server 150. A plurality of networked devices 140 may then access and display the final web page by downloading web page data that may include the HTML file, images, and the cascading style sheet file. The plurality of networked devices may include tablet computers 141, smartphones 142, notebook computers 143 and desktop computers 144 with displays that have different aspect ratios, pixel counts, and resolutions. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of an image rendition 200 as it may be presented to a user of responsive image rendition authoring software. The image rendition 200 may contain a selected image 205 that can be included with an HTML file and eventually displayed on a web page or rendered with other content in a page preview. A first crop border 206 and a second crop border 207 may at least partially overlay the selected image 205, indicating the portions of the selected image that can be shown on the page for devices with large and small displays that fall within the breakpoint limits of a device class. The selected image, the first crop border, and the second crop border may each have a separate length and a separate height that can be used to calculate the respective areas of the selected image, the first crop border, and the second crop border. The portion of the selected image 205 encompassed by the first crop border 206 may be used with image renditions associated with one breakpoint, while the portion of the selected image 205 encompassed by the second crop border 207 may be used with image renditions associated with another breakpoint. As described herein, crop rules may be among image display strategies that regulate how an image, as rendered on a web page, may alter as the device display changes size from an initial size, whether the changes are toward larger or smaller display sizes. Crop rules may indicate that a crop borders will expand on one side, two sides, or multiple sides, as display sizes used to render the image increase/decrease. Other image display rules may indicate how the displayed image is to alter between the image rendition associated with the first crop border/breakpoint and the image rendition associated with the second crop border/breakpoint. In other embodiments, image display strategies may specify that an image rendition associated with a single breakpoint may scale proportionally from a single image rendition associated with a single breakpoint as the image is displayed on displays larger or smaller than the device display associated with the initial breakpoint and image rendition. The selected image 205 may have an origin reference point 215 that may be located at a vertex of the image or at an interior point of the image such as the center point. The first crop border 206 and the second crop border 207 may have a first crop border reference point 216 and a second crop border reference point 216, respectively, that can be used to determine the position of a crop box relative to the origin reference point 215 as well as to adjust the position of a crop border relative to the origin reference point. The origin reference point and a crop border reference point may have a measurable offset, such as can be described using Cartesian coordinates or by measuring an angle (from a reference line on the selected image) and a distance of a crop border reference point from the origin reference point. The default configurations (i.e., sizes and relative positions) of crop borders and selected images in image renditions may not always product aesthetic results. Sometimes size mismatches or positional errors may occur that indicate user intervention to amend HTML files so that they can render cleanly on all desired device types. For example, under some embodiments, a first crop border horizontal edge 226 may be larger than the width of the selected image, causing the first crop border to extend past the edge of the selected image 205. When such a size mismatch occurs, it may be desirable for an author to select a new, larger image, or to adjust the size of the first crop border 206 until it does not extend past the edge of the selected image 205. In other embodiments, the second crop border 207 may have both width and height that are smaller than the width and height of the selected image 205, but may have a second crop border reference point 217 positioned such that the second crop border vertical edge 227 extends past an edge of the selected image 205. In such embodiments, it may be advisable to adjust the position of the second crop border reference point 217 in order to have the second crop border 207 remain within the area of the selected image 205. In some embodiments, user intervention may also be desirable in order to ensure the proper placement of a first picture element 236 or a second picture element 237 within a crop border, according to the wishes of a web page author. Accordingly, an author may position a first picture element 236 at a location within a first crop border 206, and a second picture element 237 at a second location within a second crop border 207 and, as described in FIG. 1, image display strategy rules may be selected to render the image for display sizes that will fall between the breakpoints associated with the first crop border 206 and the second crop border 207. For example, should a user or web page author choose to display an image with image scaling rules rather than image crop rules, a single crop border may be used in an image rendition to show the portion of the image that can be displayed as part of the web page. The user or web page author may be able position the crop border and to adjust its size and proportions for an initial image rendition at one breakpoint for the image on the web page. The user may then indicate the degree to which the image may scale as a percentage of the image size, as a fraction of the web page width, or with a numerical limit that would indicate a maximum or minimum size for the image, depending on whether the breakpoint used for the initial image rendition was an upper or lower breakpoint limit. FIG. 3 describes a method 300 of creating, manipulating, and saving image rendition instructions in HTML files according to aspects of the present disclosure. The method begins in block 301. The system or authoring software may receive a first input, as shown in block 310, that may include a hypertext markup language (HTML) file, a cascading style sheet (CSS) file, and at least one image. Other types of computer-readable files may also be used in web pages and may be included in embodiments of the invention. Examples of such other files may include Javascript™ or other computer language files and audio or video recordings. The HTML file, the CSS file, and the image may be received from a folder on a computer hard drive or other storage media, or from storage media on a remote (networked) computer, or from a portable electronic device such as a digital camera, tablet computer, or camera-equipped smartphone. The selected image may also be received from a digital asset management (DAM) system that can assist authors of web page content with finding and using stored images on a web page and ensuring that such images are used with appropriate credit to the image creator or copyright holder. Particular embodiments may include providing the HTML file, the CSS file and at least one image from a single source, such as the previously-mentioned digital asset management system, networked to the computing device where the authoring software is being operated, while other embodiments may receive individual files from different sources attached to or stored within the computing device. The CSS file may include breakpoints for transitioning between image display rules and image display strategies associated with the image (rendered as part of a web page) on computing device displays having different sizes. The CSS file and associated breakpoints, image display rules and image display strategies may be pre-programmed as part of the authoring software, may be stored in a digital asset management system, or on a remote computer, or may be manually loaded by an author. With the selected image and the applicable breakpoints, at least one image rendition for the selected image may be created based upon the breakpoints received in the first input to the system, as described in block 315. It may be possible to create image renditions for each breakpoint or set of breakpoints that may control display of the image. Image renditions may be displayed to an author or user of the software, as described in block 320. The software may present to an author a user interface that contains an image rendition based upon the contents of the first input. The software may also present information about the image rendition (such as the breakpoint limits that apply to the rendition) or that may be acted upon by the author. For example, the user interface may include information such as image display strategies that an author may select to apply to an image rendition between its associated breakpoint limits. Image display strategies may be presented in a user interface sidebar or a separate program window, with an option to select one or more image display strategy to be applied to the image rendition. The user interface may also include boxes or fields where an author can provide information to the program about limits that may apply to the image display strategies such as a maximum size, a minimum size, and a direction (such as for crop rules where the crop border shifts). The displayed image rendition may then be assessed by an author or user in order to determine whether a crop border needs to be resized, relocated, or left alone, and whether an image display rule or strategy may be applied to the image rendition. The system may further determine whether, in response to an input, a new image has been requested or selected (from the same source or a different image source), as shown in block 325. The user interface may provide an author with a separate window from which to browse among or to search and select a new image for creating new image renditions for a web page. The user interface may provide an author with fields where information about new images may be specified in order to improve searching and selection. Such information may include image size, color content, subject matter (especially if searching within a digital asset management system), and licensing permissions associated with images. In particular embodiments, a new image may be selected when the image received in the first input and one or more of the crop borders have a size mismatch problem or when the application of an image display strategy to an image creates an unaesthetic result. The authoring system may provide another selected image, as shown in block 330, before repeating the steps of creating an image rendition, displaying the image rendition, and the determining step, as shown in blocks 315, 320, and 325 respectively and determining whether another image should be selected and supplied, as described in block 325. Another image may be provided as described in block 330. When no other image has been requested, the software may determine whether an input to modify the image rendition has been received, as shown in block 335. Image modifications may come in several form, including: selecting or applying a scaling rule for an image, selecting an image size rule (i.e., a maximum size or a minimum size for an image as displayed on a rendered web page), selecting or applying a crop rule, and modifying crop borders. The software may read image display strategies and image display rules from a source such as the cascading style sheet received with the first input to display the image display strategies in a part of the software user interface. When an author has accepted an image for an image rendition, the author may select from the user interface an image rendition and apply a selected image display strategy to that image rendition. For example, when applying an image display strategy to an image rendition, an author may select an image crop border associated with the smaller of two breakpoints with an image rendition as the baseline image. The author may then select an image display strategy, such as “scaling the image,” to apply to that image rendition. The author may provide information to the software via the user interface specifying that the image can be scaled a certain amount before reaching the other breakpoint limit. Finally, the author may then approve the application of the image display strategy to the image rendition, whereupon the software may save the image display instructions. Image display instructions may include the image used to create the image rendition (or a link to the image), the dimensions of image crop borders within the image rendition, the image scaling strategy that applies to the image rendition, and HTML code that may be generated by the software that may be intended for inclusion in the HTML file. Direct manipulation of the image rendition may occur by making modifications to one or more of the image crop borders in the image rendition, including altering the width of a crop border, altering the height of a crop border, and altering the position of a crop border reference point, according to the user's request. Other embodiments of the present invention may also include crop borders with altered shapes (i.e., not rectilinear, but circular, oval, or some other shape). Modification of a crop border may trigger a second behavior loop in the method, prompting the creation and display of another image rendition and another determination of whether the crop border and selected image have a size mismatch problem or positional error, as described previously herein. When, for a given image rendition, there are no further image requests or crop border changes, the user may select or decline an image display strategy that may include at least one image display rule to regulate the rendering of the image on web pages. As described in FIG. 2, Image display strategies and image display rules may include crop rules, scaling rules, and image size rules to accommodate cropping, scaling, and displaying the image on web pages rendered for device displays between the breakpoint settings associated the image rendition. The software may identify the image display instructions, including the image file, crop borders, image display strategies and image display rules, associated with the image rendition, as described in block 336 and store the image display instructions, as shown in block 337. The storing of image display instructions may be in dynamic random access memory, in a file on a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or solid state memory. The steps of receiving images and breakpoints, creating and displaying image renditions, determining whether new images have been selected or crop border borders have been modified, and applying image scaling strategies and image display rules may be repeated multiple times, according to the number of breakpoints authoring software and the number of image renditions that the software is instructed to display to the web page author. Some embodiments of the method may contain an additional step of determining whether each image rendition that has been created using the breakpoints has been displayed to and approved by an author using the system or authoring software as described in step 340. If there remain image renditions that have not been reviewed by an author, the system or authoring software may then display another image rendition to the author and repeat the analysis loop. Finally, the authoring software may amend a hypertext markup language (HTML) file with image display instructions to render the selected image in web pages displayed on computing devices that fall into one or more categories covered by the breakpoints, and may further save the HTML file on a hard disk or nonvolatile storage medium, as described in block 345. The method may then end in block 399. FIG. 4. shows a pair of image renditions 400 and 450, before (400) and after (450) an author may request modification of a crop border according to aspects of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 contains a selected image 401, a first crop border 410, and a second crop border 420. The selected image 401 has an origin reference point 406 and an image bottom edge 408. The first crop border 410 has a first crop border reference point 416 and a first bottom edge 418. The second crop border 420 has a second crop border reference point 426 and a second bottom edge 428. The image bottom edge 408 has a first width, the first bottom edge has a second width, and the second bottom edge has a third width. While reviewing an image rendition, a user may provide an input to modify a first crop border 410 by, for example, moving a side of the crop border away from the first crop border reference point 416 in a first direction 440, making the first bottom edge 418 longer than before. The image rendition 450 shows the larger first crop border 410 with a fourth width, rather than the original second width. In alternative embodiments, the first bottom edge 418 may be shortened, or the bottom edges of both the first and second crop borders may be modified by increasing their widths, decreasing their widths, or a combination of increasing one width and decreasing another width. In other embodiments, the width change may be achieved by moving the side of the first crop border that has the first crop border reference point 416 at a vertex away from the opposite side of the first crop border in the first direction 440, or in the opposite of the first direction, as desired by an end user of the software. As previously described in FIG. 2, these width modifications may be useful to help position a picture element in a crop border to present the picture element more or less prominently on a web page containing the selected image. And, as described in FIG. 3, the crop borders may also show the limits of displaying an image as rendering device displays scale between the first breakpoint and the second breakpoint associated with a particular image rendition. FIG. 5 shows image renditions 500 and 550 that reflect the change in height of a crop border. The first image rendition 500, before a height change, may include the selected image 501 with an origin reference point 506, which may be located at a vertex of the selected image. Other embodiments may have the origin reference point located at an interior point of the image, such as the center of the image area. The selected image 501 may have a first vertical edge 507 with a first height, the first crop border 510 may have a second vertical edge 517 with a second height, and the second crop border 520 may have a third vertical edge 527 with a third height. Upon receipt of an input from an author, the system may perform a modification of the first crop border 510 by moving an edge of the first crop border in a second direction 540, elongating the second vertical edge 517 until it has a fourth length, as shown in image rendition 550. In alternative embodiments, the vertical and horizontal edges of a crop border may be adjusted independently. Similar to the edge length modification previously described in FIG. 4, the height of the third vertical edge 527 of the second crop border 520 may also be increased or decreased independently of the first crop border vertical edge according to requests made by the author using the system or authoring software. Edge length and height modification may also occur independent of any crop border reference point relocation relative to the origin reference point 506 as described for FIG. 2. FIG. 6 shows a first image rendition 600 and a second image rendition 650 that demonstrate a position change of a crop box relative to an origin reference point 606 of a selected image. Image rendition 600 contains a selected image 601, a first crop border 610 and a second crop border 620 and has an origin reference point 606, a first crop border reference point 616 and a second crop border reference point 626. Sometimes a crop border is the correct size to display the content a web author wishes to show on a web page, but the crop border is not in the correct position. The crop border may, for example, not include an important feature of the selected image within the edge of the crop border, or may only show part of the important feature. It may be possible to move the crop border to include more or all of the important feature by moving the appropriate crop border reference point (and thus the entire crop border) rather than sequentially adjusting the size of the crop border to correctly position the crop border edges around the important feature in the selected image 601. For example, a selected image 601 may have an origin reference point 606 located at a vertex of the selected image. This origin reference point may be reassigned by the authoring software to default to any vertex of the selected image, according to aspects of the present disclosure, or may even be located within the edges of the selected image, perhaps at the center of the selected image. A first crop border 610 may overlay the selected image 601, and the first crop border reference point 616 may have a first offset from the origin reference point 606. A second crop border 620 may have a second crop border reference point 626 with a second offset from the origin reference point 606 such that the bottom edge of the second crop border 620 is too far from the bottom edge of the selected image in order to fully contain an important feature of the selected image 601. Each offset may be characterized by a distance from the origin reference point 606 and a slope or angle of the line between the origin reference point 606 and the reference point of the respective crop border. Offsets may be characterized in Cartesian coordinates using pixels, or by some other measurement system that may be employed by users such as points (a unit applicable to published or printed materials) or metric system measurements (millimeters, centimeters, etc. . . . ). The slope of an offset may be expressed as a pure number, or may be described in terms of an angle measured in degrees from one side of the selected image. The system or authoring software may receive an input from a user to shift the position of the second crop border reference point 626 relative to the origin reference point 606, as shown in image rendition 650. This input may be received after a user types in a new position in a coordinate system for the second crop border reference point 626, or it may be received by the user using a mouse or touchpad device to select or “grab” the second crop border reference point 626 and move it to a new location by moving the cursor across the selected image using the mouse or touchpad. By changing the position of the second crop border reference point 626, a third offset is created, different from the second offset in length, slope of the offset or angle (relative to the bottom edge of the selected image), or both. Referring to FIG. 5, the selected image may have a first height, the first crop border may have a second height, and the second crop border may have a third height. However, unlike FIG. 5, the first height, the second height and the third height may remain unchanged after the crop border manipulation is complete. However, in alternative embodiments of reference image manipulations and as described in FIG. 2, the modification of a crop border width, a crop border height, and the repositioning of a crop border reference point relative to the origin reference point may each occur independently of each other, according to aspects of the present disclosure. Referring to FIGS. 1 through 6, the present invention may be a system, a method, and/or a computer program product. The computer program product may include a computer readable storage medium (or media) having computer readable program instructions thereon for causing a processor to carry out aspects of the present invention. The computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that can retain and store instructions for use by an instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of the computer readable storage medium includes the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such as punch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructions recorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construed as being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulses passing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through a wire. Computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded to respective computing/processing devices from a computer readable storage medium or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network and/or a wireless network. The network may comprise copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium within the respective computing/processing device. Computer readable program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, or either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++ or the like, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages. The computer readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider). In some embodiments, electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logic circuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), or programmable logic arrays (PLA) may execute the computer readable program instructions by utilizing state information of the computer readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, in order to perform aspects of the present invention. Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer readable program instructions. These computer readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that can direct a computer, a programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other device to produce a computer implemented process, such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus, or other device implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or acts or carry out combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions. The descriptions of the various embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration, but are not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein was chosen to explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application or technical improvement over technologies found in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein. 1. A system for authoring web pages, comprising: a computing device, having a storage medium storing: a markup language file; and a style sheet file containing breakpoints and a set of image display rules according to which image renditions of a first selected image are generated; a graphics processor configured to: display an image rendition for the first selected image corresponding to the breakpoints, the image rendition having: the first selected image; and crop borders for the first selected image corresponding to the breakpoints; and display a further image rendition that includes modification to the image rendition received by a user input device; the user input device configured to receive an input indicating the modifications to the image rendition; and a processor configured to amend the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the further image rendition, the at least one image display rule conforming to the set of image display rules, the processor further configured to present on a user interface via which the user input device receives the input, a first window on the user interface comprising an option to select an image display strategy to be applied to the image rendition, and receive an instruction associated with the image display strategy, the instruction comprising one or more rules for scaling the image within the breakpoints, the instruction saved with the markup language file, the processor further configured to generate a scaled image by applying the instruction to the image rendition, the processor further configured to determine a mismatch between scaled image and the breakpoints, wherein responsive to the mismatch being determined, present on the user interface via which the user input device receives the input, a second window on the user interface comprising an option to select a second selected image, the processor further configured to receive the selection of the second selected image, the processor further configured to replace the first selected image with the second selected image. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of image display rules include a crop rule. 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the user input device can move a reference point in the image. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of image display rules includes an image size rule. 5. A computer program product for authoring web pages, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon: first program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to: receive a markup language file, and a style sheet file containing breakpoints and a set of image display rules according to which image renditions of a first image are generated; display a first image rendition for the first image based on the breakpoints, the first image rendition having: the first image; and crop borders corresponding to the breakpoints; receive an input indicating a modification to the image rendition; display a second image rendition that includes the modification to the first image rendition; amend the markup language file with at least one image display rule based upon the second image rendition, the at least one image display rule conforming to the set of image display rules; present on a user interface an option to select an image display strategy to be applied to the first image rendition; receive an instruction via the user interface associated with the image display strategy, the instruction comprising one or more rule for scaling the image within the breakpoints, the instruction saved with the markup language file; and generate a scaled image by applying the instruction to the first image rendition, determine a mismatch between scaled image and the breakpoints, wherein responsive to the mismatch being determined, present on the user interface an option to select a second image, receive the selection of the second image, replace the first selected image with the second image. 6. 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__label__wiki	0.592296	0.592296	Justia Patents GlassUS Patent Application for BICOMPONENT FIBER WITH SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING Patent Application (Application #20150083659) BICOMPONENT FIBER WITH SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING Sep 25, 2013 - BHA Altair, LLC A bicomponent fiber is disclosed, in addition to systems and processes for making the bicomponent fiber. The bicomponent fiber can include a glass core and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheath circumferentially enclosing the glass core, wherein the bicomponent fiber has a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. Latest BHA Altair, LLC Patents: Filter and filter media having a fiber blend Devices and methods for aligning filters in a holding frame Filtration system for use in a gas turbine engine assembly and method of assembling thereof Variable Diameter Top for a Filter Element Gas turbine filtration system with inlet filter orientation assembly The present disclosure relates to a bicomponent fiber, in addition to systems and processes for making the bicomponent fiber. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to increasing the versatility of fibers and fiber products while reducing costs. Fabrics and fiber components serve important technical purposes in a variety of fields, including industrial and air filtration. Depending on need, fibers may be processed into a variety of materials. Fibers of different composition can be used to form selectively or “semi-permeable” substances. The physical properties of a fabric or fiber-based product depend from the substances used in each individual fiber. For example, changing the structure of a fiber can influence resilience to external factors or affect the costs of production. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A first aspect of the disclosure provides a bicomponent fiber comprising a glass core; and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheath circumferentially enclosing the glass core; wherein the bicomponent fiber has a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. A second aspect of the disclosure provides a system for making a bicomponent fiber, the system comprising: a container having an inlet and an outlet; an aqueous dispersion within the container, wherein the aqueous dispersion includes polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); and a heated surface configured to receive a core fiber coated with the aqueous dispersion from the outlet of the container, wherein the heated surface sinters the coated aqueous dispersion into a sheath. A third aspect of the invention provides a process of making a bicomponent fiber, the process comprising: passing a glass fiber through an aqueous dispersion including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to coat the glass fiber with the aqueous dispersion, thereby yielding a PTFE coat of the glass fiber; and contacting the PTFE coat of the glass fiber with a heated surface to form a PTFE sheath, wherein the PTFE sheath circumferentially encloses the glass fiber, thereby yielding the bicomponent fiber. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING These and other features of the disclosed system will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of the various aspects of the system taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings that depict various embodiments, in which: FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional diagram of a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a laminate made from a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a woven fabric made from a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional diagram of a needle felt fabric made from a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a filter bag with materials made from a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a pleated filter element with materials made from a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a system for making a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 8 is a schematic flow diagram of a process of making a bicomponent fiber according to an embodiment of the disclosure. It is noted that the drawings are not necessarily to scale. The drawings are intended to depict only typical aspects of the disclosure, and therefore should not be considered as limiting its scope. In the drawings, like numbering represents like elements between the drawings. In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part thereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific exemplary embodiments in which the present teachings may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present teachings, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be used and that changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present teachings. The following description is, therefore, merely illustrative. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a bicomponent fiber. The bicomponent fiber can include a glass core enclosed by a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheath. In some circumstances, the bicomponent fiber can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 depicts a bicomponent fiber 2 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Bicomponent fiber 2 can include a core 10 of a material that can substantially maintain its structural integrity by not failing or melting at temperatures exceeding approximately 250° C. Specifically, core 10 can include glass materials or derivatives. As one example, core 10 can be made from a texturized glass filament. Some materials used in core 10, such as glass, may not have a corresponding ability to withstand acidic environments. For the purposes of comparison, the properties of other acid-resistant materials such as polymers are discussed elsewhere herein. In some embodiments, core 10 can include a glass core with a coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to 4.0×10−6 meters over meters per kelvin (sometimes abbreviated as “m/m/K” or “/K”). In an embodiment, bicomponent fiber 2 can further include a sheath 12 circumferentially enclosing core 10. Sheath 12 can generally include any currently known or later developed material with acid-resistant properties, such as a polymer. The acid resistance of sheath 12 is discussed in further detail elsewhere herein. In some embodiments, sheath 12 can be a layer circumferentially enclosing core 10. Sheath 12 can be deposited according to systems and processes discussed elsewhere herein. Sheath 12 can include a polymer such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), with material properties that prevent sheath 12 from reacting, disintegrating, or otherwise failing when exposed to acidic environments. In some embodiments, sheath 12 can maintain structural integrity when exposed to an acid having a pH of approximately 2.0 or less. The acid-resistant properties of sheath 12 can also accompany resistance to high temperatures, such as temperatures above 250° C. However, sheath 12 need not maintain structural integrity over the same range of temperatures as the material used in core 10. Sheath 12 can also have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is significantly different from materials used in core 10. Where sheath 12 includes PTFE, the coefficient of thermal expansion of sheath 12 can be approximately equal to 135.0×10−6 m/m/K. Bicomponent fiber 2 can be customized to have desired size or shape. In specific applications such as air filtration and industrial filtration, bicomponent fiber 2 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. In more specific applications, bicomponent fiber 2 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and ten micrometers. The size of bicomponent fiber 2 can allow bicomponent fiber 2 to be deployed or used as a weavable fabric. Specifically, bicomponent fiber 2 can be used in filtration devices, such as filter paper materials or filter bags. Bicomponent fiber 2, by having a core 10 and sheath 12 with the properties described herein, can be deployed in a broader context of situations than each of the components used in core 10 and/or sheath 12 alone. In particular, the acid-resistant properties of sheath 12 can allow bicomponent fiber 2 to be applied in acidic environments with a pH value of at most approximately 2.0. Sheath 12 can remain structurally stable and may not react, disintegrate, or otherwise fail when exposed to acids. Thus, the properties of sheath 12 can also protect the structural integrity of core 10. Similarly, sheath 12 and/or core 10 can remain structurally stable when exposed to high-temperature environments. In some embodiments, sheath 12 can conduct heat. Due to its design, bicomponent fiber 2 can retain the temperature-resistant properties of both glass and PTFE. Both core 10 and sheath 12 can absorb heat or thermal energy from the environment. As a result, both core 10 and sheath 12 of bicomponent fiber 2 can be applied in environments having temperatures exceeding 250° C. This property reduces the risk of damage, structural breakdown, melting, or other temperature-related failure. As shown in FIG. 2, embodiments of bicomponent fiber 2 can be converted into a laminate 20. Bicomponent fibers 2 capable of conversion to laminate 20 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. In other embodiments, bicomponent fiber 2 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately ten micrometers. Bicomponent fiber 2 can be converted into laminate 20 according to currently known or later developed methods for weaving fibers or other weavable substances into a continuous fabric. The resulting fabric can be laminated to a membrane 21. Some examples of processes for creating laminate 20 are discussed elsewhere herein. Turning to FIG. 3, a woven fabric 22 is shown. Woven fabric 22 can be composed of bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1). Similar to conventional threads, bicomponent fiber 2 can be subjected to weaving via currently known or later developed processes for forming a fabric. The resulting woven fabric 22 may have some (or all) of the properties of bicomponent fiber 2. Woven fabric 22 can therefore be used in various applications and to form filtration equipment, as discussed elsewhere herein. In FIG. 4, a needle felt fabric 24 is shown. As known in the art, a needle felt fabric may refer to a material in which individual fibers are entangled with each other to form a fibrous structure. Similar to laminate 20 (FIG. 2), needle felt fabric 24 may include several bicomponent fibers 2 (FIG. 1) laminated to membrane 21. Needle felt fabric 24 may have some (or all) of the properties of bicomponent fiber 2. Needle felt fabric 24 may also be applied in this form or used to create filtration equipment, as discussed elsewhere herein. As shown in FIG. 5, laminate 20 of bicomponent fiber 2 (FIGS. 1, 2) and/or woven and needle felt fabrics 22, 24 (FIGS. 3, 4) can be used to form a filtration device. According to the example shown in FIG. 5, laminate 20 of one or more bicomponent fibers 2 (FIGS. 1, 2) can be used to form a filter bag 26 from laminate 20. Although filter bag 26 is shown to be made from laminate 20, filter bag 26 can also be made from woven and needle felt fabrics 22, 24 (FIGS. 3, 4). Filter bag 26 can be implemented in a variety of situations, including industrial or air filtration. For example, some substances can pass through laminate 20 of filter bag 26, while other substances will be stopped and retained within filter bag 26. In addition, filter bag 26 can include a retaining member 27, to which laminate 20 may be affixed. In the example of FIG. 5, retaining member 27 is substantially annular. In this manner, filter bag 26 can have a desired structure. FIG. 6 depicts a pleated filter element 28 which may also be made from laminate 20 of bicomponent fiber 2 (FIGS. 1, 2) and/or woven and needle felt fabrics 22, 24 (FIGS. 3, 4). Pleated filter element 28 is another piece of filtration equipment which may offer the acid resistance and temperature resistance of bicomponent fiber 2. Similar to filter bag 26, retaining member 27 can be affixed to at least one laminate 20. Several laminates 20 can be affixed to retaining member 27 to form a “pleated” filter structure of pleated filter element 28. Although FIG. 6 depicts a pleated filter element 28 with laminate 20 by way of example, pleated filter element 28 can also be made with woven and needle felt fabrics 22, 24 (FIGS. 3, 4). Through the use of bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1), pleated filter element 28 can exhibit the acid and temperature resistant properties discussed elsewhere herein. Laminate 20, woven fabric 22, needle felt fabric 24, filter bag 26, and/or pleated filter element 28 can be used in various filtration applications. For example, laminate 20, woven fabric 22, and/or needle felt fabric 24 can be used to make a physical filter such as a semi-permeable felt structure, filter paper, and/or woven fabric. In addition, each material made from bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can have some or substantially all of physical properties of core 10 (FIG. 1) and sheath 12 (FIG. 1), including resistance to acidic environments with a pH of approximately 2.0 or less and/or temperatures greater than approximately 250° C. In addition to bicomponent fiber 2 and materials made therefrom (e.g., laminate 20 (FIG. 2), fabrics 22, 24 (FIGS. 3, 4), filter bags 26 (FIG. 5), and pleated filter element 28 (FIG. 6)), the present disclosure also contemplates a system and process of making bicomponent fiber 2. Turning to FIG. 7, an embodiment of a system 30 for making a bicomponent fiber 2 is shown. System 30 can operate on a core fiber 32. Core fiber 32 can include materials discussed elsewhere herein with respect to core 10 (FIG. 1), such as a texturized glass filament. Core fiber 32 can be processed along the direction of phantom line A to enter a container 34, optionally with the aid of a first roller 36. Container 34 can be a tank, bath, box, or another equivalent structure for housing liquid and/or solid materials. Container 34 can include a reserve of sheathing materials 38 capable of contacting core fiber 32 and remaining thereon. In an embodiment, sheathing materials 38 can be in the form of an aqueous dispersion. In this case, sheathing materials 38 can be a powder of substances similar to or the same as those discussed elsewhere herein with respect to sheath 12 (FIG. 1), including PTFE. The powder of sheathing materials 38 can be added to a liquid to form an aqueous dispersion. In some embodiments, sheathing materials 38 is an aqueous dispersion that includes approximately 60% PTFE. System 30 can include one container 34 or multiple containers 34 arranged in succession. Increasing the number of containers may improve the deposition of sheathing materials 38 on core fiber 32. In an embodiment, container 34 can include an inlet 40 and an outlet 42 between the inside of container 34 and the environment. Inlet 40 can allow core fiber 32 to enter container 34 and contact sheathing materials 38. Outlet 42 can allow core fiber 32 to exit container 34. Thus, inlet 40 and outlet 42 can allow passage of core fiber 32 through container 34. Core fiber 32, following passage through sheathing materials 38 of container 34, can become a coated core fiber 44. Coated core fiber 44 contains a layer of sheathing materials 38 provided thereon. In some embodiments, core fiber 44 can include approximately 20% of sheathing materials by weight of core fiber 32. To form sheath 12 (FIG. 1) of bicomponent fiber 2, coated core fiber 44 can contact one or more heated surfaces as described herein. In an embodiment, coated core fiber 44 can pass over three heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C. Heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C can include, for example, an industrial roller currently known or later developed. Each heated roller 46A, 46B, 46C can be supplied with heat energy from a thermal source 48. In specific embodiments, heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C can be sintering rolls. Although thermal source 48 is shown to be one unit distinct from each of heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C, system 30 can include several thermal sources 48, each of which can optionally be directly coupled to heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C. Other embodiments of the present disclosure can, for example, include only one heated roller, or as many heated rollers as desired. Alternatively, other currently known or later developed heated surfaces can be used in system 30 to transfer heat to coated core fiber 44. System 30, through heated surfaces such as heated rollers 46A, 46B, 4C, can cause sheathing materials 38 to become a coated sheath on core fiber 32. For example, PTFE can sinter when subjected to heat. In an embodiment, heated surfaces of rollers 46A, 46B, 46C can be at a temperature of approximately 350° C. Therefore, heat applied from heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C can sinter sheathing materials 38 into a solid sheath circumferentially enclosing core fiber 32. Bicomponent fiber 2 is yielded from heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C along line B as a result. As discussed elsewhere herein, bicomponent fiber 2 can be processed, optionally along with other bicomponent fibers 2, to create derivative substances such as laminate 20 (FIGS. 2, 3) and filter bag 26 (FIG. 5). Turning to FIG. 8, a flow diagram representing an embodiment of a process 50 for making a bicomponent fiber is shown. Process 50 can use any of the equipment discussed herein with respect to system 30, and/or their equivalents. Process 50 can operate on a core fiber 32 (FIG. 7) in step S52, with core fiber 32 (FIG. 7) being provided from a user or machine. Core fiber 32 (FIG. 7) can be coated with sheathing materials 38 in step S54, for example, by entering a container 34 (FIG. 7) in step S54. Sheathing materials 38 (FIG. 7) of coated core fiber 44 (FIG. 7) can sinter in response to being passed over heated surfaces in step S56. Bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can be obtained in step S58 of process 50 as a result of contacting heated surfaces (e.g., heated rollers 46A, 46B, 46C (FIG. 7)). In some embodiments, bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) yielded from process 50 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. In other embodiments, bicomponent fiber 2 can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately ten micrometers. Bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can be further modified in additional, optional steps of process 50. As an example, bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can be weaved in step S60 into a woven fabric. Woven fabrics yielded from process 50 can include some or substantially all of the acid and temperature resistant properties discussed elsewhere herein with respect to bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1). Embodiments of process 50 can optionally include a further step S62 (shown in phantom) of making materials such as laminate 20 (FIG. 2) from the woven fabric yielded from step S60. As one example, a user or system can in step S62 laminate the woven fabric to an expanded PTFE membrane 21 (FIG. 2) of PTFE to form a laminate 20 (FIG. 2). A user can also form laminate 20 (FIG. 2) according to equivalent processes currently known and later developed. Laminate 20 (FIG. 2) can have some or substantially all of the same temperature and acid resistant properties described elsewhere herein with respect to bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1). A further option for processing bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) in process 50 can include chopping bicomponent fiber 2 into staple fibers in Step S64. Staple fibers in step S64 can be used to form a felted fabric by any currently known or later developed process, such as needle punching or hydroentangling, in step S66. The resulting felted fabric can include some or substantially all of the acid and temperature resistant properties of individual bicomponent fibers 2 discussed elsewhere herein. In addition, felted fabrics yielded from step S66 can optionally be converted into a laminate 20 (FIG. 2) by laminating the felted fabric to an expanded PTFE membrane 21 (FIG. 2) as discussed elsewhere herein with respect to step S62. Fabrics or laminate 20 (FIGS. 2-4) yielded from any of steps S60, S62, and S68 can be processed into filtration equipment. As an example, a user of process 50 in step S68 can form filter bag 26 (FIG. 5) by affixing a fabric or laminate 20 (FIG. 2) to a structural component. For instance, filter bag 26 (FIG. 5) can be formed by affixing fabrics and/or laminate 20 (FIGS. 2-4) to retaining member 27 (FIG. 5) according to any currently known or later developed process for forming a bag, such as adhesive bonding. In addition to the processes described herein, including the example flow diagram of FIG. 8, other methods of making a bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 2) are contemplated. As one example, a film of sheathing materials (FIG. 7) such as PTFE can be rolled circumferentially around core fiber 32 (FIG. 7). Core fiber 32 can be a glass filament core or a glass-based yarn. The rolled film of sheathing materials 38 (FIG. 7) and core fiber 32 (FIG. 7) can then be heated to a temperature of approximately 350° C. The heating can allow the film of sheathing materials 38 (FIG. 7) to form a continuous sheath about core fiber 32 (FIG. 7). In an embodiment, the film of sheathing materials can include PTFE. The resulting bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can have a diameter between approximately five micrometers and twenty micrometers, or between approximately five micrometers and ten micrometers. Making bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) according to the film coating and heating process described herein produces a component that can also be further processed into other materials or devices. For example, bicomponent fiber 2 can be chopped and pressed into a felt structure. In other embodiments, bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can be processed into a woven fabric. In additional embodiments, bicomponent fiber 2 (FIG. 1) can be woven into a laminate structure 20 (FIG. 2), a fabric (FIGS. 3, 4), a filter bag 26 (FIG. 5), and/or a pleated filter element 28 (FIG. 6). These resulting structures can have some or substantially all of the acid or temperature resistant properties discussed elsewhere herein. The various embodiments discussed in the present disclosure can offer several technical and commercial advantages. An advantage that may be realized in the practice of some embodiments of the described apparatuses is a fiber applicable to industrial filtration applications, such as air filtration, that includes both heat and acid resistant properties. Some potential applications for bicomponent fiber include use in hazardous waste generators, kilns, industrial waste incinerators, and radioactive waste incinerators. A further advantage is that bicomponent fiber 2 (FIGS. 1, 2, 4) can be deployed without an additional surface coating upon sheath 12 (FIG. 1). The ability to combine a core fiber of glass with a sheath of PTFE through the processes described herein is a departure from the art in that each of the combined materials may have significantly different coefficients of thermal expansion. Thus, system 30 (FIG. 7) and process 50 (FIG. 8) described herein allow the advantageous properties of each material to be present in a single fiber. Further, significant cost savings can be achieved with bicomponent fibers of glass and PTFE as compared to single-component fibers of PTFE alone. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal language of the claims. 1. A bicomponent fiber comprising: a glass core; and a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheath circumferentially enclosing the glass core; wherein the bicomponent fiber has a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. 2. The bicomponent fiber of claim 1, wherein the bicomponent fiber has a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately ten micrometers. 3. The bicomponent fiber of claim 1, wherein the bicomponent fiber is laminated to an expanded PTFE membrane, and the expanded PTFE membrane comprises a laminate. 4. The bicomponent fiber of claim 3, wherein the laminate comprises a portion of one of a filter bag and a pleated filter element. 5. The bicomponent fiber of claim 1, wherein the bicomponent fiber comprises a portion of one of a woven fabric and a needle felt fabric. 6. The bicomponent fiber of claim 1, wherein the bicomponent fiber remains stable in an environment having a temperature of at least approximately 250° C. 7. The bicomponent fiber of claim 1, wherein the bicomponent fiber remains stable in an environment having a pH of at most approximately 2.0. 8. A system for making a bicomponent fiber, the system comprising: a container having an inlet and an outlet; an aqueous dispersion within the container, wherein the aqueous dispersion includes polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); and a heated surface configured to receive a core fiber coated with the aqueous dispersion from the outlet of the container, wherein the heated surface sinters the coated aqueous dispersion into a sheath. 9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a roller configured to direct the core fiber into the inlet of the container. 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the system is configured to yield a bicomponent fiber comprising: a PTFE sheath circumferentially enclosing the glass core; 11. A process of making a bicomponent fiber, the process comprising: passing a glass fiber through an aqeuous dispersion including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to coat the glass fiber with the aqueous dispersion, thereby yielding a PTFE coat of the glass fiber; and contacting the PTFE coat of the glass fiber with a heated surface to form a PTFE sheath, wherein the PTFE sheath circumferentially encloses the glass fiber, thereby yielding the bicomponent fiber. 12. The process of claim 11, further comprising: chopping the bicomponent fiber into staple fibers; and forming a felted fabric from the staple fibers. weaving the bicomponent fiber into a woven fabric. laminating the woven fabric to an expanded PTFE membrane to form a laminate. 15. The process of claim 11, wherein the aqueous dispersion of PTFE includes approximately 60% PTFE. 16. The process of claim 11, wherein the PTFE coat of the glass fiber comprises approximately 20% by weight of the glass fiber. adding a PTFE powder to a liquid to form the aqueous dispersion. 18. The process of claim 11, wherein the bicomponent fiber has a diameter between approximately five micrometers and approximately twenty micrometers. forming a fabric from the bicomponent fiber; laminating the fabric onto an expanded PTFE membrane to form a laminate structure; and forming one of a filter bag and a pleated filter element from the laminate structure. 20. The process of claim 11, wherein the glass fiber comprises a texturized glass filament. Publication Date: Mar 26, 2015 Applicant: BHA Altair, LLC (Franklin, TN) Inventors: Vishal Bansal (Overland Park, MO), Jeffery Michael Ladwig (Overland Park, KS) Current U.S. Class: Glass (210/500.26); Artificial Fiber Or Filament (428/392); Including Strand Which Is Of Specific Structural Definition (442/189); From Synthetic Organic Fiber (442/324); Linear Or Thermoplastic (428/319.7); With Treatment Of Coating Material (118/600); Fiberglass Base (427/389.8); With Twining, Plying, Braiding, Or Textile Fabric Formation (264/103); With Weaving, Knitting, Braiding, Twisting Or Needling (156/148); Article (28/143) International Classification: D06M 15/256 (20060101); D03D 15/00 (20060101); B01D 71/04 (20060101); B01D 71/36 (20060101); D02J 3/18 (20060101); B32B 38/00 (20060101);	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1396863

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