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__label__wiki	0.915262	0.915262	Quality And Approvals Fire Cabinets, Reels, and Racks Fire Fighting Trailers And Skid Units Special Applications Extinguishing Units Fire Alarm, Mass Notification & Evacuation Systems Customer Care and Maintenance Fire Fighting School The Amazon in Brazil is on fire - how bad is it? Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly badly affected. Huge fires have also been burning across the border in Bolivia, devastating swaths of the country's tropical forest and savannah. So what's happening exactly and how bad are the fires? Russia says rocket explosion caused 16-fold radiation spike Radiation levels near the site of a deadly rocket explosion in Russia's far north spiked 16 times above normal, Russia's weather service has said. Russia explosion Five confirmed dead in rocket blast Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on an Arctic naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed. Rosatom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine. The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in the accident. Authorities had previously said that two people died and six were injured in the blast at the site in Nyonoksa. Notre Dame fire Millions pledged to rebuild cathedral Hundreds of millions of Euros have been pledged to help rebuild Notre-Dame after a devastating fire partially destroyed the French cathedral. The fire, declared fully extinguished some 15 hours after it began, ravaged the 850-year-old building's roof and caused its spire to collapse. But firefighters who worked through the night managed to save the Paris landmark's main stone structure, including its two towers. The cause of the fire is not yet clear. Paris public prosecutor Rémy Heitz said Notre-Dame de Paris Fire On 15 April 2019, just before 18:50 CEST, a fire broke out beneath the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. By the time it was extinguished 15 hours later, the building's spire and most of its roof had collapsed, and its interior, upper walls, and windows had been severely damaged; even more extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling, which largely contained the burning roof as it collapsed. Credentials \| © 2019 Bavaria Fire Fighting Solutions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404871
__label__cc	0.672629	0.327371	GARY RANDALL Rick Warren's Comments are Troubling Rick Warren seemed to be apologizing to Larry King Monday evening for supporting Proposition 8 in California. He said his supportive comments were only made at the last moment and in response to a question from someone who attends his church. There is no social issue that is more defining for biblical Christians than that of marriage and life. The Bible is incredibly clear on these two issues. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Gen. 2:24 "Each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband." 1 Corth. 7:2 "Thou shalt not kill." Ex. 20:13 It seemed that Pastor Warren was trying to distance himself from the marriage issue. I have had a great deal of respect for Rick Warren and his ministry, however his statements to Larry King are very troubling. His statements were equally troubling to the other side because they are now accusing him of lying and trying to mislead people. I have linked to Pam's House Blend. You can read his comments, their comments and see the video of his interview with King. You can watch the conversation and decide for your self. Martin Luther once famously said, "If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved." I am personally disappointed. Click here to add these blogs to your email inbox. Anonymous 10:37 AM, April 08, 2009 sad--it seems that Rick Warren is attempting to keep his popularity via going along with the world's view! How sad! He 'once' had a wonderful testimony! Prayerfully the 'average' person will see through this. People of faith to pray for him! "There is no social issue that is more defining for biblical Christians than that of marriage and life." How sad and small that Gary see's the ne plus ultra of his faith as denying women's reproductive freedom and ensuring second class status for gays (although in truth he would change the laws to prosecute and jail gays if he could). I think you know better than that. That is rediculous! We, with Gary, care for the unborn! We, with Gary, would never attempt to prosecute and jail gays! Let's be real! sigh! Peter Heck has hit the nail on the head: "Demonstrating the commitment the far left has to elevating the level of civil discourse in our society, belligerent homosexual Congressman Barney Frank recently resorted to name-calling in an interview with the website 365gay.com. Answering a question about the Supreme Court potentially overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, Frank dismissed that possibility saying, "I wouldn't want it to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court." How classy. In Frank's warped worldview, anyone who opposes the spread of homosexuality in our culture is a homophobe. This offensive misuse of the term is more than irresponsible. It is ignorant and slanderous. Homophobia is defined as a fear or hatred of homosexuals. To pejoratively label anyone who has moral objections to the practice of homosexuality a homophobe is such a blatant overreach that it effectively strips the term of any real meaning. There are homophobes in America today. But who they are just might surprise you. To illustrate this, let me first begin by asking a question. When someone you care about picks up a loaded revolver to play a game of Russian Roulette, what is the loving response? To pat them on the back and say, "Well, this wouldn't be my cup of tea, but go for it...it's who you are!"? Or would it be to rip the gun out of their hand and tell them how dangerous, irresponsible, and deadly their behavior is? If you're struggling to answer this question, please stop reading and seek counseling. Physically, the consequences of homosexuality are devastatingly apparent. According to the Omega Journal of Death and Dying, the median age of death for homosexual men is between 40 and 43. The median age of death for heterosexuals is between 74 and 80. In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control noted that homosexuals accounted for nearly 65 percent of all new HIV cases (keeping in mind that they make up only 2-3 percent of the entire population), and that cases of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A and B, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, and virtually every other sexually transmitted disease disproportionately affected the homosexual community. Psychologically, the effects of homosexuality on an individual are just as deplorable. According to the well-respected Archives of General Psychiatry in 1999, "homosexual people are at substantially higher risk for some forms of emotional problems, including suicid(e), major depression, anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, and nicotine dependence." Further, Dr. N.E. Whitehead from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuals stated, "Studies show homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems than do heterosexuals. We see higher rates of suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse." And contrary to the misconceptions advanced by the homosexual lobby, these psychological problems are rarely associated with a stigma they endure from society. Spiritually, an unrepentant practicing homosexual is engaging in an activity that is explicitly and unquestionably condemned by both the Old and New Testaments, and is completely irreconcilable with any biblical understanding of Godly living. In light of these realities, could someone explain to me how knowing these crippling physical, psychological, and spiritual consequences of the homosexual lifestyle -- and then encouraging a person to embrace it -- is loving? Urging another human being to engage in a risky behavior that will leave them dead at nearly half the age of the general population is an odd definition of love in my book. The truth is that the people who love homosexuals are the ones who have the courage to face the bigotry and slander from hate-peddlers like Barney Frank and stand up for moral truth. They are the ones who face the mockery and derision of fools in an effort to take the Russian Roulette pistol from the hand of the homosexual. So who is the homophobe, Barney? The gay rights lobby in this country works unceasingly to advertise and glamorize a deadly lifestyle. They celebrate behavior that tears families apart, wrecks homes, and sentences people to lifetimes of loneliness, confusion, disease, and heartache. And politicians like Barney Frank use their positions to make it easier for them to ensnare and attract hurting, confused people in need of love and help. Quite frankly, I can't think of anything more homophobic than that. I have never heard a clear statement from Gary or FFN that they don't think homosexuality should be criminalized. I seem to recall Gary joining the rest of the religious right in condemning the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence Vs Texas that said that laws criminalizing homosexuality were unconstitutional. Did he do this because he doesn't think homosexuality should be illegal? Clearly Gary won't push for criminalization of homosexuality in the current political climate, he would be too obviously exposed as a bigot, but given the right political climate, I have no doubt he would. Absent I clear statement from Gary or FFN that homosexuality should not be criminalize, I don't see how anyone can characterize this assumption as anything but realistic. If it is so unreal, where is the simple statement from Gary & FFN? Anonymous 12:13 PM, April 08, 2009 I constantly hear from your side that gay marriage would destroy traditional marriage, end procreation, and lead to the end of our civilization. You think letting gays out of the closet would do all that, and you're not homophobic? Get real. Frank was bit frank, but he was right. Maybe Rick Warren just figured he injured the Gospel in the way his beliefs were used by some , regardless whose side they were on , and also his comments . I enjoyed his book and it is obvious he has a heart for God , and wants to share the knowledge and love God offers to all those ask. No, gay marriages won't end procreation (it won't help, however)and it won't lead to the end of our civilization. We feel that it would 'harm' society, and we are thinking in the 'spritual' realm more than anything! Our future generation would be affected, and many confused children, especially the teen years, when they are impressionable anyway. 2:45 PM, So your arguing that we should deny same-sex couples and their children rights and benefits, which are undeniably real and concrete, because you feel that allowing them equal rights will "harm" this nation in unspecified ways in the unseen, unproven and unprovable "spiritual" realm. I've been reading this blog for a long time and I've not seen the nuance from Gary that you do. Gary's threats of dire consequences are much more specific. You don't need to be concerned about impressionable teens. Gay is not catching. If your teen is born gay they will know it, just as I have never been attracted to men even though I've been around gays extensively. The teens to worry about are the ones born gay who feel that something is wrong with them because the church and much of society tells them that their natural feelings are evil. Consequently, they have a very high suicide rate. ICor5:12,13 - It is God's job to judge those outside of the Church. The job for those in the Church is to judge the behavior of those in the Church. Frankly, with "the spirit of meddling" that is so strong in the Church - I doubt the Church will ever follow this vital Kingdom principle. Maybe they just like talking about homosexuality all the time.... strange indeed. anom 245 youths that kill themselves that are straight who find their sexuality and the world in general quite confusing and overwhelming are not your fault. To think gay marriage will stop gay suicide is quite a leap from any kind of practical understanding of gay suicide , or suicide in general . The fact that gays are bothered by their sexuality iis normal . To say it is not normal to feel different when you are different is a step into denial . How people treat gays or people in general I agree is something we all could work on . But your blame others for your own problems appear to be what ills this culture more then this issue . The data in the above comment is promulgated by anti-gay "researchers". Just do a little googling on the internet to confirm for yourself. Christians, any Christians, make a huge mistake wandering form the center in order to pander to the world. Mainly because they never find their way back to the center. The center is the word of God. "It is God's job to judge those outside of the Church. The job for those in the Church is to judge the behavior of those in the Church." Patrick that is quite the liberal take on scripture . God judges the heart . We as citizens better being judging BEHAVIOR . Are you telling me a gay Christian has no right to have an opion or advocacy for hate crime legislation . I am against it because indeed of the judging aspect , and treating people equally. But I would not pull scripture out of the hypocracy Book and use it to criticize a person Bibically . If course we are to judge behaviors that we see as harmfull or helpfull to society . I see no one here except the head of this Facts and Freedom who use scripture more to defend their own political and cultural moral values then you . Ever think about taking that plank out of your own eye . When you do this can be quite an interesting conversation among brothers . People are NOT born 'gay'--is't a choice--period! God 'makes us'--and He don't 'make mistakes'--we are either a Male or Female--period! Who said it was a mistake? People are born with chemical imbalances , people are born with all sorts of problems . I am sure homosexuals believe this is what they are, activists use it as a slogan , but it has merit never the less . Who would choose to be homosexual ? Health problems , Christian, Muslim, Jewish Bibles all put it in a negative light . You can be a generous ioving considerate person " the gays here don't show that " and be gay . Thank God for His grace . Figure its been hard enough just raising my kids in this culture. Oshtur Vishanti 8:34 PM, April 11, 2009 The gay rights lobby in this country works unceasingly to advertise and glamorize a deadly lifestyle. They celebrate behavior that tears families apart, wrecks homes, and sentences people to lifetimes of loneliness, confusion, disease, and heartache. And politicians like Barney Frank use their positions to make it easier for them to ensnare and attract hurting, confused people in need of love and help. Quite frankly, I can't think of anything more homophobic than that. Wow how twisted is that? A parroting of distorted propaganda from the cream of disreputable sources, Mr. Paul Cameron and Mr. Neil Whitehead, by someone pretending they have but love in their hearts. Totally charming. Of course even these problems are solvable by monogamous loving marriages, but who in the world should the state treat all citizen's marriages equally even if it would be good for them, good for their families, good for the state and good for society? Is there any wonder people like you are driving so many way from the churches you belong to? Please keep talking - you just will guarantee the future you are trying to avoid that much sooner. "I wouldn't want it to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court." Barny is a smuck for sure.. Helps keep the term limits idea alive . Mcdermott here In Washington state or Stevens up in Alaska . People don't want smucks in office , but we have a bad habit of supporting them if they are "our" smucks. Faith and Freedom welcomes your comment posts. Remember, keep it short, keep it on message and relevant, and identify your town. Listen LIVE from your computer? Click the mic. Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. GALLUP politics Anti-Trump Republicans Target Evangelicals A new anti-Trump Republican group has produced its first anti-Trump ad. And it targets evangelical Christians. The video is titled &quo... 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__label__cc	0.739676	0.260324	Soul Link Will Not Be Censored By Kouryuu December 11, 2009 December 4, 2015 Announcements After a lengthy and heated discussion, we have decided to release Soul Link and Higurashi uncensored with all CGs intact. As you all may know, the issues in Japan following the outcries of this past year have left many companies wary and overcautious when it comes to deciding what constitutes child pornography. With the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada cracking down and restricting content even more, we were no exception. As a company who hopes to offer our products to the entire English speaking world, we originally felt it necessary to take extra precaution to ensure that neither our company nor our customers would face prosecution or other action as a result of our products. This is why we originally felt it was necessary to remove Nanami’s CGs and replace Satoko’s naked sprite with the sprite where she covers herself with a towel. We wanted to ensure the safety of our staff, our consumers, and our ability to continue producing these games. However, as many fans have made it clear, we have to choose where we draw the line carefully. The images we have released in our games so far and the images in these games being released soon are acceptable under Freedom of Speech. Furthermore, our products are being sold to a mature audience who is capable of making responsible decisions about what material they buy. Also, as many have already said, if we wish to continue in this business, we must push for our own standards as well. Although it is impossible to say there will not come a time when we are forced to censor content in a game, we do intend to proceed selling our products uncensored. Tagged 07th Expansion, Higurashi, Navel, Soul Link. « Soul Link Opening Movie Translations About the release of Higurashi » Pirkaf I love you, Mangagamer!!! jyuichi THANK YOU! for standing up to those bullies (equality now) for us and for the sake of your product. I expect they might write to you to complain (you did use their name in the post) but the fandom stands by you. 🙂 kouryuu9 Just to clarify, I’m not saying that Equality Now was the reason behind the original removal. I’m saying it was the political climate that has recently developed. Most notably being the debate over the child pornography laws in Japan and the crackdown in countries such as the UK. Bochi This world still has hope. DarkFusion I can confidently say that I will buy Soul Link and the Higurashi series from you guys. You’ve officially secured my business in the eroge/VN area until further notice. Oh yeah, along with my thanks a very Merry Christmas to all of you who made this possible Somewhere, Peter Payne is seething. I know they haven’t attempted to interfere with manga gamer (or even navel) directly. But they are definitely responsible for the recent wave of paranoia in eroge companies. as long as it is not declared as illegal it shouldn’t be removed. any way, considering the local laws, of the countries, your customers reside in. Is there a chance a producing 2 version of the titles. One that include all images and a second that remove all lolis. This will let the individual worry about his/her own local law and decide for themselves which version to get (UK and Philippines). note, removing the CGs from the titles is censorship, on the other hand, ALLOWING the customer to get a version that remove the loli CGs is NOT censorship, but a move to help your customers enjoy the title while not worrying about falling foul of his/her local law. I did mention this idea to the company during our discussion and there was support for it, but in the end we felt it was more important to ensure these games are released uncensored than to develop a system to handle releasing dual versions at the present time. Specifically, we knew that we would not be able to develop such a system and still release Higurashi on time. However, this is an option we may consider in the future since we do hope to sell our products to all English speaking fans. Vatina It would be nice if it could be used to choose non-h versions of the games in the future, like with some fan patches… Although I know that may be asking too much 😛 I’m still rooting for you, looks like things are getting good at Mangagamer. No,your idea is stupid u_u When will be released ??? I am very impressed with your guys’ decision. It is certainly a gutsy move with plenty of risk, but I think it is for the best. There needs to be more companies like MangaGamer that are committed to Freedom of Speech in an era that is moving in the direction of suppressing it. I wish you guys a successful release for both your upcoming games. ManaYagami I appreciate your honesty on this matter and, above all, the fact that you are willing to consider the opinion of your fans. I just hope that you won’t have to be forced to censor any of your future releases because of such stupidity as “Think about the 2D children!”, when such people who claim to fight for women and children’s rights should be worried about actual human beings, but now we know that if it will happen, it’s because there was no other way to release them. Once again, thanks for taking the time to read our opinions and to actually care about them. Thank goodness. I wish we’d never have had to go through this at all but it’s great that it’s over! You did the right thing. Kouji they once said end of december Sir Wank-a-lot This is great news, and I hope it will reflect in their sales to support this decision. Mangagamer has gone a long way now, from a rather crappy small company to a way more professional small company. 😉 I think they understood that the feedback of their customers / fans of visual novels is important. I hope they keep up the good work, they are on the right track. Hmmm….douse fists. VDZ I guess I’ll be 37 euros poorer after all. >When will be released ??? Higurashi – December 15 Soul Link – December 28 KoiNoDensetsu Great move, MangaGamer. You really handle things better than JAST. 🙂 janai Excellent move, MangaGamer.com. It’s nice to see a company that’s not giving in to the pressure to censor their content. I hope you can continue to offer your products in their original intended uncensored form. Belgaesh I’m proud of the stance Mangagamer has taken in prol of the english otaku speaking community. Mangagamer BANZAI!!! I now intend to buy Soul Link. Just another post to voice my support here – it is fantastic to see a company standing up for freedom of expression, and not bowing to pressure from a vocal minority intent on butchering media that does not fit into their preconceptions of morality. Since I already intended to buy both of these games anyway, you sadly leave me with no choice but to pick some more games to buy to show my support! (…and so my as-yet-unplayed game backlog grows…) Well, if you like the translation for Soul Link, I’m also translating the sequels to Edelweiss and Kira Kira. So If you haven’t gotten the originals yet… Parame Thanks a lot mangagamer ! Thanks for drawing a line. In this you really distance yourself from concurents. You have my money for Soul link ! It’s great that Mangagamer decided to release the games uncensored after all, but I think it’s even better that they listened to public opinion, and changed their plans. This is amazing. Thank you MG, I’ll be buying Soul Link as well. DiGiKerot Fantastic news if you live in the ‘States, probably not so fantastic if you live anywhere else. This probably means I’ll have to be skipping Higurashi for the time being (as entirely innocuous as the content in question actually is), but given the majority of the audience for these games is probably in countries where this is fine, then I appreciate this is really the most sensible option here. I’m at least grateful about how open you’ve been about all this. That’s all too-often been missing amongst other companies working in anime and related industries over the years. Orophin I really doubt you could get into trouble for buying Higurashi. I live in Canada and I had no problem importing the japanese version. The scene where Satoko is naked only last mere seconds and is far from being sexual. Not to mention that the way the sprite is drawn is a joke. Heck, it never crossed my mind that MangaGamer would actually consider censoring it. I’m probably sure you’ll laugh about it when you’ll see the scene for yourself. Long story short, Higurashi is an all-ages title and considering that scene sexual is simply ridiculous. D.Meadows While I agree that the scene is pretty benign in and of itself, consider the fact that the supreme court, in a 7-0 decision, recently stated that any adult talking to a someone under the age of 18 over the internet, about ANYTHING, constitutes child Luring. They did this without making any distinction between age difference or situation. While it makes it easier to prosecute people who actually commit crimes, it opens it up for abuse to people who don’t and never even thought of it. At this point in time, if it involves children, real or fake, nothing is benign. It’s grounds for conviction if found in an investigation. It’s not likely to ever be the case… but it would be terrible if someone where to have their life ruined for simply enjoying a frankly awesome piece of modern literature. Supreme court decision: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091203/Luring_Charges_091203/20091203?hub=Canada Okay, I’m curious, if you live in some place like Canada, who’s going to know what you’ve downloaded to play/read in the privacy of your own home? Are the police allowed to randomly drop by unannounced and you have to let them in to search your computer if they ask you regardless of if they have a warrent or not? Or do they monitor the payments people make online or require credit card companies to tell them what purchases you’ve made with their cards? EvoSpace >DarkFusion Well in the case below, it was reported by a family member… http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/23/shotacon-twins-jailed-manga-victimises-children/ Glad to hear the news! Now if Edelweiss could just get a script makeover I’d be set… I fully intend on purchasing this to support you. Thank you! Glad to hear that, changed my “maybe” to “definitely”. PIGZIGPIGZIGPIGZIG Very good news, this is how it should be. Anyone who finds mangagamer is 18+ anyway or at the very least isn’t going to care about the rules. @DiGiKerot: It probably wouldn’t be too hard for MangaGamer to release two versions, an edited and unedited, and give the consumer their preference of which to download. I mean, they have the changed version already made, right? It might also offer them some interesting market data…seeing how many people go for the edited version as opposed to the unedited. Thx for listen all peolpe who adores you Mangagamer,I love you o Instead of a certain fucking JAST and G-Collections ^^ I hope you guys plan on releasing censored versions alongside the uncensored ones. I was looking forward to buying Higurashi. I also feel the criticism you received for your decision was undue. Seeing as how the distribution of child pornography is a serious offense, and the UK’s (as well as Canada’s) stance on lolicon makes absolutely no distinction between that and real child porn. Though I guess this comment came much too late. Good luck with future business! Have you seen Elfen Lied? You can buy the complete collection on DVD in both the UK and Canada yet it contains scenes that are 10 times worse than this. The characters in EL, for example, are a lot more detailed. You can’t even see the areolas on Satoko’s sprite for god’s sake. In case you are not familiar with Higurashi, this scene is not erotic at all and was featured in every adaptation of the series. In fact, it is a quite important scene. Anyway, like I said in my previous comment, I’m surprised that MangaGamer even considered censoring that scene. I’m familiar with Higurashi. I was not aware of such scenes in Elfen Lied, and that’s a more well known anime than Higurashi ever was. If such is the case, either it’s not well known, or I’m misinterpreting obscenity laws. gaudy6523 Keep in mind that you’re free to buy the game and download however you please, Manga Gamer likely won’t restrict you from such an act, but if you get caught, you’re on your own. @D.Meadows: I’m pretty sure that as long as it’s not of sexual nature, it isn’t considered illegal. If Higurashi is banned because of that sprite, than every painting or statue depicting naked children should be banned too. @gaudy6523: Caught for what? Having a single picture of a chibified naked 2D character that doesn’t even show genitalia or nipples? @Orophin Whether or not something is “sexual” is up to the beholder. It’s entirely possible that the image of Satoko can be construed as CP under UK and CA law and even if a conviction isn’t reached, there’s still litigation to deal with. shocking alberto There won’t be a problem with Higurashi in the UK. For an image to contravene the new law it must be deemed to be pornographic, designed solely for the purpose of titillation. Moreover, it must be “grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character”. If you can buy manga like Negima from Amazon, a partially nude Satako won’t land anyone in trouble. @gaudy6523 Which would be stupid considering that both countries were fine with Elfen Lied. Heck, according to wikipedia, not only was EL aired in the UK, but it was aired UNCUT. If something like that is acceptable, how can a sprite that contains nudity on the same level of the Nanoha anime be illegal? By the way, here a copy/paste of the law in Canada: “a photographic, film, video or other visual representation, whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means that shows a person who is or is depicted as being under the age of 18 years and is ENGADGED IN OR IS DEPICTED AS ENGAGING IN EXPLICIT SEXUAL ACTIVITY or the dominant characteristic of which is the DEPICTION, FOR A SEXUAL PURPOSE, OF A SEXUAL ORGAN OR THE ANAL REGION of a person under the age of 18 years” — Criminal Code of Canada, Section 163.1 Satoko’s sprite doesn’t fit the description. Nor does Elfen Lied. Bare in mind that the UK law criminalising porn of imaginary underage characters has, at this point, been in place for less than a month – that Elfen Lied has been available in the UK in the past or not is entirely irrelevant, as it was not illegal at that point. Infact, Elfen Lied continues to be legal, due to the clause in the legislation stating that anything which has a BBFC certification is exempt. ADV passed Elfen Lied through the BBFC uncut when they released the show on DVD, therefore it’s fine to own that. That said, the actual content of the UK law is similar to the Canadian one, if considerably more vague about it. Higurashi is almost certainly entirely fine. That doesn’t stop people being paranoid about these matters, though, particularly given that what seems commonplace for anime-types is often seen in an entirely different light by other. As I’ve said, those images might not bring out a conviction but they can still bring about litigation. If you take any of the nudity from Elfen Lied or the Satoko sprite, and just have a screen cap of it, taken completely out of context, there is bound to be someone within those societies that will think it to be on par with CP. Put a note that the characters in the images are underage and likely more will think it qualifies as CP. With laws that are as broad and overarching as the UK and Canadian one, then it is entirely likely that someone might end up in court for it. Malamasala Personally I think it makes a huge difference if it is 100% CP, or 5% CP. A picture will most likely always be 100%, because what you see is what you get. A game on the other hand is a lot of story and is the major part of the game, with some content that some would label CP. I’m pretty sure most judges would feel the same. If it is just a part of a bigger picture, it is not a problem. Release censored versions alongside uncensored versions is a dumb idea,after all who buys the censored versions??????I am not u_u suomynonA Did you even bother to read the responses? Believe it or not, other people have different circumstances than you. I says who major of people is says and thinking,not only me -.- The majority think that giving people who live in countries where the uncensored version is illegal a chance to enjoy the VN is a bad idea? Funny, I highly doubt that. Nor these people who lives in the countries wants censored versions u.u Hey Yagami, do you speak for all of the people from these countries? I seriously doubt that. Not everyone goes to these games for a shitty wank. Here in Brazil much people seeing pedophile even in stupid things like a father hugs your son,so I’m ever says fuck you to my shameful country ¬¬ Hexa-Flare Think about people who want to enjoy the games without ero-content.Of course I prefer uncensored versions,but a release of two version is a good idea for some people.Respect that and don’t be a fag. Don’t flames here,faggot is you who as in a lack ou argue goes on into offensive works to justify your pathetic act ¬¬ Nobody wants buy a VN with censorship,Hirameki got bankrupty in last year because of this, although you don’t know who as talked about this you fucking noob priest-line ¬¬ And I’m hate Brazil,the country with a lot of hypocrit and clumsy people -.- Naeght Oh god men, you cant be dumber. There are people who dont want to risk themself with the posibility of going t curt for something as dumb as a VN. If mangagamer can release a censored version as well as an uncensored one, great for them. And im pretty sure hexa-flare had more arguments than your “don’t flames here, faggots is you”. To be honest, i cant give a damn if i see satoko naked or covered with a towel, it will be a long way down the hole untill Ryuukishi07’s drawings manage to arouse me. PhantomZwei I always really like these kinds of stories that show that companies are actually listening to their fanbase. I think it will go a long way towards establishing a face of goodwill, too. While these minor acts of censorship wouldn’t have influenced my decision to play these games, there is certainly a sizable chunk of VN fans it would have. I’m sure it was a tough decision considering future issues, but I feel that it was the right choice for this point in time. Nice on you guys, Mangagamer. Lord Muffintop Well done, MG. Always good to see a company listening to the fans. You can’t see it but I’m giving you a brofist right now. SHITSTORM AVERTED Good job, I will buy this game after all. A wise decision. the key point in that case and like nearly all cases that go to court there’s a mix of real and virtual. “both for the minority of real images” I applaud you for this move MG. I will go and buy the two games after all. I support people like you. Just put a 18+ on all characters and everything is fine, as long as the females are not flat as a board, nothing to worry about. They did it like that since years and nothing happened. It’s going to be new years soon so to support Manga Gamer I’ve ordered Soul Link. Thank you for supporting uncensored bishoujo games in NA. 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__label__cc	0.660908	0.339092	However, it returned to shops after a clean chit from labs. Community storyteller, food enthusiast, runner, Ravenclaw. In 1897, Julius Maggi founded the company Maggi GmbH in Singen, Germany. We'd mix Maggi cubes and salt in tins of tomatoes. A single 5g serve provides 25% of the recommended dietary intake. I mean, you’ve grown up cooking with it all your life so how bad can it really be?. In the early spring of 2005, my body turned against itself. Top Ramen also lost out when Maggi repositioned itself in the health platform. It is most economical to use them as "hay extenders," especially if moderate-quality hay is available at a lower price. Lunch box: Mashed potato soup, pimento sandwich filling on cracked wheat bread, peanut-prune sandwich filling on soya bread, grapefruit sections. MSG means Monosodium Glutamate, it is commonly used as a flavor enhancer in various foods like noodles. To be honest, I’m convinced that nobody is perfect and we should all have the constant aim to improve our skills frequently regardless of our current skill level. What is wrong if your 3-year-old dog that throws up after drinking ANY water including ice cubes but when you feed her with no water she's fine?. William Davis is a New York Times #1 Best Selling author and the Medical Director of the Wheat Belly Lifestyle Institute and the Undoctored Inner Circle program. In India (year 2007), there was a massive recall of Maggi's instant noodles due to findings of outrageously high amounts of lead in their noodle products. We distributed food and household items to 544 households. MAGGI CUBE COULD BE DANGEROUS The above statement may sound very unbelievable to many because most people rely on Maggi cubes for seasoning. Should you choose, you may turn out to be vulnerable to a scam. 9499999999999993 9. I just found an old jar of Beef Bouillon cubes and although there is no expiration date, I'm a bit skeptical about using them - do they go bad? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 175 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow , the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and. People buy these stock cubes considering them healthy, but rarely anyone knows that the flavoring used on them contains one very dangerous ingredient – monosodium glutamate. Although some of the nutritional content is lost in the drying process, the powder remains an excellent source of vitamin A. Beef Bouillon Cubes: nearly every brand and every flavor is chock-full of MSG. Yet this popular diet in Kinshasa is not being swallowed whole. The artificial MSG flavor enhancer was discovered in 1908 by a professor at Tokyo University who isolated it from kombu seaweed. With the help of Logaster’s AI technology, you can get full branding designs with your own logo, including business cards, letterheads, envelopes, social media, etc. Jefferson has 352 books on Goodreads, and recently added Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George, The Stars My Destination. Like a mascot, Maggi is an iconic brand that symbolizes Nestlé's Character in India. With their newly acquired ship and confidence, Solo and Chewbacca began engaging in much more dangerous and risky criminal operations, eventually becoming smugglers. Actually, if I’m remembering correctly, it started gnawing at me. However, all floor bosses are changed to The Bloat, Stonies have a chance to be replaced by Cross Stonies, all Items and Pickups display an incorrect sprite, activated items and pickups never activate the correct effect, and Isaac's location is displayed as a random room on the map. Have you tried Knorr (my preference) or Maggi? Bovril and Marmite are good alternatives to stock cubes, but I don't know if there are Spanish equivalents. Sure, they’ll allow, there are a few sensitive people who get headaches or migraines when they eat it, but MSG doesn’t actually harm the rest of us. It's okay if some of the pieces are poking up through the sauce. Obviously, any cocktail strong enough to bring back the dead packs a wallop. In 1897, Julius Maggi founded the company Maggi GmbH in Singen, Germany. Note: some people like to skim the fat off of the top of their broth before they store it, but I prefer to leave it. Cha lua or gio lua (Vietnamese ham/sausage) is another common item on the traditional Tet menu. Nothing here should be construed as medical advice, but only topics for further discussion with your doctor. Typically, bouillon cubes are used in soup and sauce recipes where the cook needs broth quickly. Is this true?. Viv is the fun twin, the one who is a successful custom designer in New York and her family doesn't really consider her responsible and she and her twin Meredith are complete opposites so when Mer injures herself and has to get a cast she volunteers to help pick up her. So if she missed the target, which I would say almost certain to happen, it will be like a woodpecker getting its beak stuck on a wood and got stuck there like that. Lees AV, Gratton E. Is it dangerous to consume a lot of Maggi cubes? We're not doctors, but anyone checking the label can see these are sky-high in not only sodium—similar products in the States average about 1,000mg per cube or half cube—but also hydrogenated oils, monosodium glutamate (MSG), ammonia caramel (coloring), and potentially toxic preservatives. Instant Structures Mod lets you place structures like a house by only one mouse click. Beware Maggi Lovers : Cooking Maggi Noodles in wrong way is very dangerous for health. According to Food and drug administration, MSG is safe when you consume in ideal quantity. It could be from a cold or theflu. The top supplying countries or regions are China, Canada, and Turkey, which supply 64%, 9%, and 9% of maggi cube respectively. The entire country is up in arms, infuriated that they have been suckered into feeding a harmful, potentially dangerous product to their kids. 5 m from the device the electric field strength fell to 32 - 57 V/m and the magnetic field strength to 0. My jar of beef BTB contains: Roasted Beef and Natural Juices, Maltodextrin, Salt, Cane Sugar, Beef Stock, Beef Fat, Natural Flavor, Potato Starch, Celery Concentrate, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Carmel Color. However, Elephant and Tiger soon found they could free themselves by switching from Animal to Cube modes, with Eagle taking the opportunity to join up with them as. One bum-enhancing mixture includes C4 syrup and tablets, Maggi stock cubes and Tangawisi, a raw ginger juice. The outbreak of World War Two in 1939 affects virtually every market, but Nestlé & Anglo-Swiss continues to operate in difficult circumstances, supplying both civilians and armed forces. Knorr, Maggi, Ajinomoto, Kitano - all these brands have been highly popular and the favorite choice of stock for millions of people. All products were chosen independently by our editorial team. Usually, shallow gas is a term used to characterize the gas buried in shallow sediments [84,85]. Unfortunately — like bones, antlers, hard nylon chew toys, and other hard chews — ice cubes can actually be hard enough to break your dog’s teeth. More accurately, we would have never been born! So it's a good thing that our Sun has escaped some very close. I fervently pray that is not the case. MSG is derived from the amino acid glutamate, or glutamic acid. If too much lye is used the soap will be lye heavy, which can irritate or even …. “How bad is White Maggi on Humans Body?” a user posted. Maggi® World Foods Seasoning Cube Made in Nigeria, Maggi Seasoning cubes contain all the flavour you need to make a delicious dish! Used by generations as a cooking companion, you simply crumble 1 x Maggi seasoning cube into your pot of fresh vegetables and stir it all together to bring out the delicious taste!. Maggi Chicken Flavored Bouillon Product Details Maggi Chicken Flavored Bouillon oz Canister Expiration Date Always Fresh Maggi powder Maggi powdered chicken bouillon in jar for base in soups and sauces. 1 carrot - cut into 1/2 inch cube 12 pieces of fresh shiitake mushrooms - ,cut off the stem and drain drain 2 potatoes - cut into small chunks 1 head of garlic - crushed 1 tbsp of thick soy sauce 1 tsp of ground white pepper 1. People buy these stock cubes considering them healthy, but rarely anyone knows that the flavoring used on them contains one very dangerous ingredient - monosodium glutamate. 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The power of stock cubes One bum-enhancing mixture includes C4 syrup and tablets, Maggi stock cubes and Tangawisi, a raw ginger juice. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. However, it returned to shops after a clean chit from labs. Calories, carbs, fat, protein, fiber, cholesterol, and more for Chicken Bouillon Cubes (Wyler's). This release also includes a new Legendary Weapon, Verdarach; a new mount, the speedy Roller Beetle; and a new Fractal, Deepstone Fractal; in addition to new achievements and rewards. Delicious, Disgusting, Dangerous: Eating in a Time of Food Price Volatility is the third synthesis report, and this year it turns the spotlight on to changes in diet. Gumtree is the first site for free classifieds ads in the UK. Hoerr’s retiring. Mark Ruffalo wasn't too happy about Ellen's speech. Finally, patriarchal rule poses a problem in both Nigeria and London. Education reporter/asst. Research has shown that MSG, found in most popular processed foods, causes weight gain and obesity in lab animals by damaging the appetite regulation center in the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus, causing leptin resistence. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in October. Oh Maggi: Really, how dangerous is MSG Reports suggest that a lead concentration of 17. Knorr, Kitano, Ajinomoto as well as Maggi are all prominent supply brand names that are consumed every day by numerous people around the globe. Place your bouillon cube in the bottom of a soup or coffee mug. Maggi Chicken Flavored Bouillon Product Details Maggi Chicken Flavored Bouillon oz Canister Expiration Date Always Fresh Maggi powder Maggi powdered chicken bouillon in jar for base in soups and sauces. Because ever since maggi occupied the market, people bought it because they liked its unique taste given by the tastemaker. If You Love Maggi Masala, Here's What You Need To Make It At Home. Maggi cubes, cooks, ora (oha) soup serves 4, while the nigerian ora soup is cooked with ora leaves? Ground crayfish 4 lbs, add cocoyam paste. Crumble or cube the feta and press it down into the sauce. Why NOODLES are unhealthy for you \| Health and Fitness \| Guru Mann - Duration: 6:58. The good news is that it is simple to make your own healthy bouillon cubes to liven up the flavor of bone broth or to add to filtered water along with some veggies, legumes or meat to make a super fast soup in a pinch. Since there was no serious differentiation, Maggi was able to gain back the lost ground because it was the pioneer brand who built the category. When fried nicely, add the ground paste of garlic etc. you might be interested in this article, about how ramen has basically become the national dish of mexico, so much so that the nickname for mexico is "maruchan nation. With circumstances threatening the hive’s survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. This is done by placing the vodka in an open vessel (bowl, etc) in the freezer, and then after it has reached a temperature below the freezing point of water, adding one or more ice cubes, to which the free water within the vodka will crystallize, leaving a higher alcohol concentration behind. It is a lot less dangerous that way. The project report mainly deals with the impact of ban on NESTLE's financial results for the year 2014 and 2015. In 1947 Nestlé acquired the Maggi brand. When you want to use one, you just add boiling water. Maggie Q, Actress: Divergent. It's the 'secret' ingredient in my garlic noodles. A thoroughly delicious and fuss-free beef stroganoff for your slow cooker! Full of flavor with a creamy sauce you can enjoy over egg noodles or rice, this is a guaranteed family favorite! 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While the short (or long depending on your health) but steep trek may leave you short of breath, the crisp water that awaits your weary body is well worth it. Written, spoken, and famous as Chilli Paneer / Paneer Chilli / Chili Paneer – the tongue twister can go on, but cut short: these fried paneer cubes coated in spicy-tangy gravy, with capsicums adding crunch and color, is just as mouth-watering as the other amazing dishes in the Indo-Chinese cuisine. Of course, there are still there dangerous taxi drivers pulling off anywhere and driving eyes on me instead of the road. Can Drug Addiction Be Treated? What Are Treatments For Drug Addiction? How Are Medications and Devices Used in Drug Addiction Treatment?. It suggests MSG has side effects in case you consume in excessive amounts, which is originally known as the Chinese restaurant syndrome, are better introduced as the MSG symptom complex. Bioavailable forms that may be used for the fortification of foods include the carbonate, the chloride, the citrate and the citrate malate, the gluconate, the glycerophosphate, the lactate, the mono-, di-, and tribasic phosphates, the hydroxide, and the oxide (European Commission, 2009; Flynn and Cashman, 1999). Put the chicken on in. Monosodium glutamate is a chemical additive that can cause nausea, skin allergies, tachycardia, vomiting, headaches, irregular heartbeat, dizziness and depression when ingested. Dinner: Scrambled eggs and carrots with toasted bread cubes, creamed stewed tomatoes, cole slaw, evaporated milk dressing, whole wheat bread, butter or fortified margarine, assorted nuts and raisins. Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Send all claims to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada at the address indicated on the form. 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Make sure to provide all the requested info, including a photo of your government-issued ID. When I asked to know how it was done, I became aware of the ‘secret ingredient’ which everyone uses: Maggi bouillon stock cubes…However, as it boasts meat extract, it is very difficult for vegetarians to sometimes eat a veg. Source: Free Antivirus Help Post date: February 7, 2012 Honey bees are dying all over the globe. Maggi Cube Seasoning Cubes, 400 g, 100 Piece. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in Montreal, Canada on TripAdvisor: See 144,756 traveler reviews and photos of Montreal tourist attractions. So if she missed the target, which I would say almost certain to happen, it will be like a woodpecker getting its beak stuck on a wood and got stuck there like that. Maggi Seasoning Sauce has been a staple in many Asian kitchens for a long time. After that Julius Maggi introduced bouillon concentrates, first in capsules, then in cubes. Notå: Filmografia autorilor cuprinsi în acest INDEX nu este exhaustivå. The Maggi flavoring cube is 20 kz: it makes 100 CFA, four times the price in West Africa. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Research has shown that MSG, found in most popular processed foods, causes weight gain and obesity in lab animals by damaging the appetite regulation center in the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus, causing leptin resistence. The reason why I choose to sell my kids’ preloved clothes and shoes is because it is such a waste to just throw them. Maggi Chicken Stock Cubes 24 Pack X 2 Tablets by Maggi Customer Questions & Answers Find answers in product info, Q&As, reviews. Her parents, Naomi Foner (née Achs) and Stephen Gyllenhaal, are both filmmakers, and her brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The easy and delicious recipe for homemade stock cubes below uses the strong and flavorful herb lovage. Is it dangerous to consume a lot of Maggi cubes? We're not doctors, but anyone checking the label can see these are sky-high in not only sodium—similar products in the States average about 1,000mg per cube or half cube—but also hydrogenated oils, monosodium glutamate (MSG), ammonia caramel (coloring), and potentially toxic preservatives. By no means click on a link that directs you to a website other than the one you looked on. 2019-09-28T07:15:10Z http://citeseerx. Other partners include the Internet Archive, The Long Now Foundation, and Microsoft. Corporate Social Responsibility. Maggi seasoning cubes contain the caramel colouring that's also used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other food products that contain the artificial caramel color. The pale colored fish sauce is used as a condiment, in sauces or as a seasoning. Besides, they also give soda and lollipops to children before the age of one. Calcium salts suitable for use as food fortificants are listed in Table 27. Be skeptical of overdoing it. The butternut should be slightly blistered and tender. Thirty years may be pushing that limit, though, as they lose flavor over time. Lead and MSG contents in Maggi? Yes, Indian food inspectors have directed Nestle India to call back their recently manufactured batch of Maggi noodles from the shops across the nation stating that it contains dangerous levels of lead. In West Africa and parts of the Middle East, Maggi cubes. " An online forum frequented by Nigerian users contained questions about White Maggi. Net wrapper for OpenCV Brought to you by: canming. After that Julius Maggi introduced bouillon concentrates, first in capsules, then in cubes. There is a healthier choice. An Emerald Gem Plant or Homalomena is a slightly poisonousPlants are a great addition to homes and offices, but it’s important to know whether your plants are dangerous to children, pets, or even adults. Notå: Filmografia autorilor cuprinsi în acest INDEX nu este exhaustivå. Maggi cubes are high in not only sodium—similar products average about 1,000mg per cube or half cube—but also hydrogenated oils and monosodium glutamate, or MSG. In essence, the skin continues to "simmer. Corporate Social Responsibility. A thoroughly delicious and fuss-free beef stroganoff for your slow cooker! Full of flavor with a creamy sauce you can enjoy over egg noodles or rice, this is a guaranteed family favorite! I've always been a fan of rich and creamy sauces and beef stroganoff is a prime example. I can't live without Maggi sauce I eat whole maggi cubes. Add that extra hint of flavor you've been looking for and enhance your favorite dishes with Maggi's chicken flavored bouillon cubes. Stir it with spoon until the cube is dissolved. I would not recommend any other product be injected as it is not approved by the FDA. French pedagogue Pierre de Coubertin led the process, which was rife with heated debates. the animal fat is liqufied and added with other ingredients and thus its very dangerous for health. Please be sensitive to this fact when creating an account and contributing to the board. The traffic is organized and there are no street sellers. Stay healthy, eat healthy!. Pumping themselves with vitamins, ginger juice and stock cubes. If I could eat it for every meal, I absolutely would. Children are engaged as household servants and are also employed by hotels, service stations, food stalls, workshops, construction sites, carpet industries, etc. Wellness Iridology and Smart Nutrition - Barkingside, Redbridge, United Kingdom - Rated 0 based on 6 Reviews "Brilliant, informative session. Nestles Products: All refrigerated coffee creamers, Maggi Brand instant soups, bouillon cubes, ketchups, sauces, seasoning, instant noodles; And you need to know about Senomyx: “Senomyx’s products work by amplifying the intensity of flavors. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn StumbleUpon Pinterest WhatsApp Telegram. But the beloved condiment can be hard to locate outside of Chinese. You may think you are being cautious, but even the most savvy of travellers can get caught out. Make sure you cook food at the right temperature. I find some of the Spanish stock cubes quite strong and often only use half a cube. Ask anyone if MSG is dangerous, and you’ll get a myriad of responses. Different types of maggi recipes with vegetable, egg & cheese. Delicious, Disgusting, Dangerous: Eating in a Time of Food Price Volatility is the third synthesis report, and this year it turns the spotlight on to changes in diet. It is also important not to over-cook food, to avoid destroying the nutrients but also to prevent the formation of harmful substances. Find us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest @Tastemade. What does his religion have to do with that unless Marti is secretly hoping for lynch mobs or Krystal Nacht or some such. There is something worst, but often neglected because not only the carbon dioxide is dangerous at high concentration, also oxygen-poor at mospheres are deadly, independently by the presence of other gases. Armed with a deadly weapon, he is ready to declare war, and the Commander will have to travel to the Domain of Kourna to stop him. When I was younger, the only soups I knew were the chicken sweet corn soup served at chinese restaurants & the tomato & chicken clear soup that my mum used to make out of maggi stock cubes procured from the gulf (which was just once a year - so our stock of stock (hehe) lasted not more than 4-5 months - the rest of the year was soupless. Dinner: Scrambled eggs and carrots with toasted bread cubes, creamed stewed tomatoes, cole slaw, evaporated milk dressing, whole wheat bread, butter or fortified margarine, assorted nuts and raisins. Heat half the quantity of butter in a large saucepan, add turmeric and bell pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes. How is it going with your drawings? Do you like your result or do you think you could do with some improvements. When kept in a cool, dry pantry, your cubes can last for a year or more, although the flavor of the cubes may deteriorate over time. 2 parts per million (ppm), nearly seven times the permissible limit, was found in the noodles (the. “Maggi bouillon cubes and tablets were widely consumed across the region, making them an ideal vehicle for iron fortification,” she says. The power of stock cubes One bum-enhancing mixture includes C4 syrup and tablets, Maggi stock cubes and Tangawisi, a raw ginger juice. Long-stem, dry hay should be the main nutrient source for horses. Non-benzodiazepines [email protected] (a potential killer in the kitchen) A visit to Maggi cube website reveals that the product is made of the following ingredients SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, CORNSTARCH, AND LESS THAN 2% OF DEHYDRATED BEEF, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SPICES,. 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From the other hand, on the United Kingdom product’s website it says: “Knorr stock cubes are made with carefully selected herbs and spices to enhance the natural flavor of your fresh. Add the rice and cook for 10 minutes or until the rice is almost tender. Put the chicken on in. " An online forum frequented by Nigerian users contained questions about White Maggi. Children take noodles to school. Still, users are enthusiastic. One of my all-time favourite Egusi dishes is the Nigerian Egusi soup cooked with sprinkles of bitterleaf and eaten with Eba or Poundo (Pounded Yam). But you also land up at these strange charismatic meetings where people will start talking in tongues, acting all weird and freaking the shit out of you. How to Drink Bouillon Before a Meal to Lose Weight. Bouillon cubes can last for quite a while. We ask about what people on low and precarious incomes are eating now and how they are responding to the increasing commodification of food. Vito Maggi, Francesca Bianchini, Elisabetta Portioli, Silvia Peppicelli, Matteo Lulli, Daniele Bani, Roberta Del Sole, Franca Zanardi, Andrea Sartori, Roberto Fiammengo. Ask anyone if MSG is dangerous, and you’ll get a myriad of responses. Other partners include the Internet Archive, The Long Now Foundation, and Microsoft. Learn the good & bad for 250,000+ products. is maggi noodles harmful? my mom says that it is made of the fats of yak or any animal. Com, gidilounge radio (test mode), oha (ora) soup recipe for four servings requirements, beef 4 oz. Things will get better for her and she will move out. -- Created at 05/01/2019, 32 Replies - Hot Deals - Online -- India's Fastest growing Online Shopping Community to find Hottest deals, Coupon codes and Freebies. It is found in big, small and tiny sizes, exclusively in the Nether. Travel and food photography and videos. Nothing here should be construed as medical advice, but only topics for further discussion with your doctor. 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__label__cc	0.586358	0.413642	Audio: Hot Facts For A Cold Case Murder Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 ... , 45, 46, 47 Next The Next Level Forum Index -> General Discussion :: Previous topic :: Next topic eveknowsthetruth Current affairs can sometimes be a window into past history. I experienced that this week. The Mueller report was highly anticipated. I took some time to absorb the report. It was a bit of a deju vu experience for me. Here are my take-aways from the report. 1. The report had a definitive finding of no collusion, the underlying basis for the investigation. 2. The second part of the report enumerated negative perceptions. In my opinion, a prosecutor's job is to determine if there is evidence to indict or not, not to swirl speculation to sway public opinion. Mueller's team seemed to follow the latter to vilify their target. The bottom line is they did not have evidence to indict on obstruction. When authorities play ball this way, they put their thumbs on the scale of justice. Such abuses or impartiality will be evident in other known conduct of such authorities. Real justice means the underlying root of the investigation needs exposure, in my opinion. You are probably wondering how this has anything to do with Joan's investigation. 1. Case CR 85-010-S affirmed Paradiso's boat did not exist when Joan disappeared. It is a matter of law. Paradiso did not murder Joan on his boat. Authorities involved in Joan's investigation had knowledge of this case. 2. Deja vu for me was reading a court transcript following the findings in case CR 85-010-S. The report enumerated negative perceptions, citing unverified assertions. Authorities continued to maintain Paradiso's guilt. There are red flags. I go back to the July 13, 1983, call Paul Leary made. There was no basis for the call other than influence. I saw the same tactics in Joan's case that are evident in current affairs. Source documents in Joan's case identify the Paul Leary call and the individual contacted. There is a connection between players that touched Joan's case and current events, even all these years later. To understand what really happened to Joan means getting to the root of the lies. Where did this start, and who was the instigator? There is evidence to identify a suspect. When you strip away all of the impossible speculation, you are left with a harsh reality. Four people promoted a false explanation for Joan's loss; Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster. Getting to the root of the hoax will unmask the offender. Follow the trail. 1. The eyewitness description of the offender given to the police was concealed. Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster had this information in December 1981. The description is not Leonard Paradiso. The unidentified man seen leaving Logan with Joan was shielded. He is the offender; aided and abetted by Tammaro and Palombo. 2. In January 1982, Patty Bono, who grew up with Carmen Tammaro and Paradiso, placed an anonymous call implicating Paradiso in Joan's disappearance. She gave a 10-year-old unverified claim of assault against Paradiso, and no information supporting new allegations. Carmen Tammaro and Andrew Palombo were both familiar with Paradiso prior to Joan's disappearance. It is reasonable to conclude Tammaro and Palombo picked the target, Paradiso. 3. The following excerpt was published by a MSP trooper who was involved in aspects of Joan's case. He sometimes partnered with Andrew Palombo, and the two men co owned a sailboat. He is a reliable source for this information: The take-away here is George Webster called this meeting. This was about Joan. This was February 1982. Following the meeting, Burke and Palombo went after Paradiso for the murder of Marie Iannuzzi. The motive to go after Paradiso for Joan was concealed until January 1983. 4. Tammaro met with Paradiso on August 1, 1982, after his arrest in the Iannuzzi murder. This meeting is corroborated in another witness statement developed by Tammaro and Palombo. Tammaro alleged that Paradiso murdered Joan on his boat in August 1982. 5. State witness Robert Bond was transferred to the Charles Street Jail on December 8, 1982, awaiting trial for the murder of Mary Foreman. He was positioned in close proximity to Paradiso. The development of the Bond allegations will be covered separately. This is a key component to unravel who was responsible for a fabricated story about Joan's loss. Robert Bond was the state's star witness. He is a two time convicted murderer still in prison in MA. The parole board has found him deceitful and extremely dangerous. So just how is he considered credible by the four people who promoted the story? Bond's written allegations and his interview with the MSP are the foundational documents for Joan's case. Tim Burke got these documents sealed in the Marie Iannuzzi case. This was a dirty prosecutorial tactic. We are supposed to rely on what Burke says. It's unreasonable to think he had the only copy of the documents sealed with the court. Burke quotes directly from them in his so called true crime publication. The interview confirms Burke lied. Authorities did not have an unsolicited letter from Bond. That was produced AFTER at least two meetings with the MSP. Palombo and Tammaro can now be identified knowing the correct manner of Joan's death with correct detail more than 7 years before Joan surfaced. That was information only known to the killer of complicit in the crime. It is a reasonable conclusion Palombo and Tammaro were the culprits to confabulate this story and target a patsy. They are named in source documents. They both knew Paradiso and that he was vulnerable. They concocted a story that explained not having a body. Why? This was so complex and took a lot of orchestration. It is unreasonable Palombo and Tammaro cooked this up on their own, for their own purposes. The effect of their conduct shielded the offender, the man seen leaving Logan with Joan. The eyewitness description did not fit either Palombo or Tammaro, they were much bigger men. The four people promoting this were Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster. The focus is who was behind soliciting a false story from Bond. There is evidence for the who in source documents. Tim Burke also identified the offender in his tome, even though he may not realize that he did. Next step is examining the evidence to identify the man at Logan. That can be accomplished by identifying who was behind the false story funneled through an unreliable snitch. Who benefits from a fabricated story? The obvious answer - the offender(s). Andrew Palombo and Carmen Tammaro worked with Robert Bond to confabulate and promote the Paradiso boat story. Tim Burke was brought in and ran with it. George Webster was the fourth person to promote this explanation. It is a given, George worked closely with Burke, Tammaro, and Palombo during the investigation. All of them were in possession of evidence contradicting their story. Where does George Webster fit into this scheme? 1. Source documents confirm the Websters knew about the eyewitness lead in December 1981. The description was NOT Leonard Paradiso. 2. Tammaro's friend Patty Bono placed the anonymous call on or about January 20, 1982, implicating Paradiso for the 1979 Marie Iannuzzi murder and Joan's disappearance. 3. A MSP trooper involved in aspects of both cases, described a meeting called by the Websters at Harvard in February 1982. Burke and Palombo were paired to go after Paradiso in the Iannuzzi case. Note: This meeting would have been about Joan. 4. Robert Bond was moved to the Charles Street Jail on December 8, 1982, and positioned close to Paradiso. 5. Source documents confirm Tammaro and Palombo met with Bond. A letter was solicited. The letter was mailed after a meeting with Tammaro on January 10, 1983. The letter had not arrived when the MSP interviewed Bond on January 14, 1983. 6. Tammaro dangled the Webster reward money in front of Bond. 7. George Webster was quoted frequently in the papers touting Bond's credibility. 8. Source documents confirm George Webster knew about case CR 85-010-S, affirming the boat did not exist when Joan disappeared. There was evidence of high level supervision influencing this case. 9. According to Robert Bond, the Websters visited him in prison during the winter of 1987. 10. Authorities attempted to bring Paradiso to trial regarding Joan. Bond would not cooperate. When Joan surfaced in April 1990, efforts stopped to try the case. 11. George Webster had Joan cremated on July 13, 1990, violating Massachusetts General Law, MGL, Chapter 38, Section 14. A body can only be released for cremation only when no further examination or judicial inquiry is necessary. This is an unresolved homicide. 12. The Websters made public statements supporting the Paradiso boat explanation. Some examples: a. Parents of Murdered Children http://www.pomc.com/mw_stories_1-19/joan_webster.html b. Garden of Peace https://gardenofpeacememorial.org/stories/27/joan-lucinda-webster c. Boston Herald November 28, 2006 13. Burke announced his tome after a visit from the Websters during the summer of 2005 and dedicated it to the Websters. The Websters were unquestionably an influence to publish this explanation. 14. George Webster replied to my email on December 25, 2012. I asked questions about the discrepancies in source documents. At the end of a very hostile rant, George wished me to "Die." There is zero question the Paradiso boat theory was the explanation George wanted the public to believe. I have a report in my possession of a meeting between a PI, attorney, and Robert Bond. Bond made a stunning revelation; George Webster sent people to see him. Bond statements need corroborating evidence. The above list supports George's interest to promote the Bond allegations ignoring evidence to the contrary in his possession. Source documents contained a police report scheduling a meeting that coincided with Bond's transfer to the Charles Street Jail. The entry in the police records is prior to the transfer and prior to any allegations attributed to Bond. Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:33 pm Post subject: It is a reasonable conclusion, the man seen maneuvering Joan into the blue car at Logan was the offender involved and/or responsible for Joan's murder. That is the person to look for. Source documents exposed things about the investigation I did not know at the time. Actions of the authorities and the blood family are inexplicable to me in any effort to seek justice. I substituted the man seen with Joan at Logan for the identified individuals in source documents. The question is would the man seen with Joan at Logan behave in the same way in an effort to avoid detection. George Webster and the MSP concealed the eyewitness description of the man seen with Joan at Logan. The offender would conceal a lead that would expose his identity. The Webster reward money and other enticements were dangled for Bond to cooperate with the state's story. The tactic is called projection, blaming someone else for crime. The man seen with Joan at Logan would support efforts to divert attention and avoid detection. Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster were all frequently quoted in the media supporting the Bond allegations and Bond's credibility. The man seen with Joan at Logan would support a false narrative to avoid detection. George Webster wrote multiple letters to the DOJ in MA regarding case CR 85-010-S, the case affirming the boat, the alleged crime scene, did not exist when Joan disappeared. The letters were entered as evidence during the sentencing hearing. The man seen with Joan would use any influence available to him to perpetuate a false narrative, According to Bond, the Websters visited him in prison during the winter of 1987. This was during the time authorities made several attempts to urge Bond to cooperate in taking Paradiso to trial for Joan's murder. Source documents support other claims Bond made during this same time frame. The man seen with Joan at Logan would encourage a snitch making allegations that would help him avoid detection. Authorities and the Websters stopped all efforts to prosecute Paradiso after Joan's remains surfaced. I don't think a loving parent would ever stop looking for the truth and justice. The man seen with Joan at Logan would pull back from allegations against a scapegoat out of concern the fraud would be uncovered. George Webster had Joan's remains cremated violating MGL, chapter 38, section 14. The man seen with Joan at Logan would dispose of evidence that contradicted the fraudulent explanation. The Websters made numerous public statements after Joan's recovery still supporting the Paradiso boat theory. The man seen with Joan at Logan would continue to support a false narrative. The Websters influenced Tim Burke to publish a graphic description of rape and murder on a boat that did not exist when their daughter disappeared. The man seen with Joan at Logan would support a published confabulation that would help him avoid detection. George Webster wished me to "Die" in an email on Christmas night 2012. The man seen with Joan at Logan would vilify and devalue any potential witness who could expose a fraudulent story. There are a lot more examples of behaviors that are very distressing coming from the authorities and the parents investigating Joan's loss. I have endured a lot of personal attacks because I have raised legitimate questions about Joan's murder. I have received anonymous letters, emails, and harassment. I have also been harassed by identifiable individuals. There has been a concerted effort to derail justice for Joan Webster. The tactics are familiar - shoot or smear the messenger, a witness that can expose the malfeasance and those responsible for Joan's loss. This is a broader problem. I am posting a letter that was mailed anonymously in 2009, as I was beginning to get to documents. This letter was not mailed to me, but a recipient in MA who knew the Paradiso boat theory was a fraud. I did block out anything that might identify this person. The harassment in Joan's case has gone on for a long time and far reaching. Some are still vulnerable. I have also added the post mark. The town is about 15 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the area where George and Eleanor Webster lived in a retirement community at the time. It is really important to resolve Joan's case. "which permitted him to go on killing innocent women, who trusted him enough to get into his car or cab whichever he was driving at the time." What an interesting comment to make. Considering that the question of whether Joan would travel in a cab or take a car was a key issue in her disappearance. As if the writer -under the cover of this anonymous attack- is trying to bolster the case in the mind of the recipient of the anon letter that Paradiso must be the perp in Joan's murder. The anon letter author is saying: "If anybody is thinking about whom Joan would have trusted, then a fake cab driver fits the bill. Ok. It could have been anyone, but let's not go there - this Paradiso guy has a matching MO!" "He's the guy. A slime ball who abused her trust to murder her. Imagine that, he abused her trust to murder her." Yes she could have trusted someone close But that doesn't apply. He broke her trust. Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open. Hi Fintan, Let me give you a little background about this letter. You can see from the date and postmark, the letter was sent in late August 2008. I had just started to dig into Joan's case. I had recovered some documents, but still had a long way to go. Regardless, the discrepancies were obvious even in the early stages of researching this case. A few people knew I was looking into Joan's case, but I don't think it was too widely known. The recipient of this letter might have been a source of documents and/or information. However, I did not obtain anything from this person. Even this letter was obtained from another source who knew I was asking questions about Joan's case. This letter was mailed from South Jersey, NJ, very near Philadelphia. This area did not have all the publicity about Joan's case. The publicity at the time was in Boston, New England, and the NJ area that was close to NYC. The anonymous author seemed to be a fervent supporter of Burke and his theory nevertheless. The post mark was very concerning to me; George and Eleanor lived in a retirement community on the Philly area. Did they mail it? I doubt it. The pattern in the family was to get someone to do a task for them. I experienced this many times, including an incident mailing a letter for Steve, Joan's brother, that I later learned was an anonymous smear against a co worker. I can make a reasonable guess who mailed it based on the date and location it was mailed, and the tone of the letter. I received an anonymous letter the following January 2009. It was hand delivered to my mailbox. That means it was delivered by someone in my vicinity who knew where I lived, either by the anonymous author or someone on their behalf. The tone of that letter mirrored gossip spread by a known individual. In 2010, I received a string of anonymous emails. They were delivered to an email address I used exclusively to communicate with George and Eleanor. They made the same insinuation as the January 2009 letter. I was able to trace them and know exactly who generated them, Anne Webster, Joan's sister. That is verifiable. Then in 2012, on Christmas night, I received the very demeaning email from George Webster wishing me to "Die." It was in a response to an email I sent a few days before requesting to discuss the discrepancies in Joan's files in a proper setting. I believe the letter posted above was a form of intimidation, don't talk or share records. The recipient of this letter knew the Paradiso boat theory was a fraud. The sender may not have known that if influenced by the Websters. There is an abundance of evidence that the Websters supported Burke's explanation despite having evidence to the contrary in their possession. The bankruptcy fraud case was part of what appears to be an "insurance policy" to maintain a false narrative. The case was instigated by Tim Burke. Source documents confirm that. Source documents confirm the boat, the alleged crime scene, did not exist when Joan disappeared. Source documents also expose someone who supervised or had influence over this case at a high level. Part I is the transcript of the case itself, CR 85-010-S, in the Federal District Court of RI. Judge Bruce Selya affirmed, based on undisputed evidence, the boat did not exist when Joan disappeared. The crime promoted by Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster did not happen. Leonard Paradiso did not murder Joan on his boat. Paradiso did not match the eyewitness description of the man with Joan at Logan. Part I of the recent Mueller report reminds me of Part I in Joan's case. It is a legal document, the evidence is presented, It is conclusive. Allegations were a fraud perpetrated on the courts and the public. Part II is the transcript of the sentencing hearing for CR 85-010-S. That presentation continued to promote Paradiso murdered Joan. The prosecutor submitted three letters from George Webster. Allegations against Paradiso were presented as fact such as the allegations from Patty Bono. This was innuendo, "she said" with no corroborating evidence to support her accusations. Evidence that conflicts with her allegations has been uncovered. The 1984 conviction in the Iannuzzi case was brought forward to influence Paradiso's guilt. Court records exposed hidden exculpatory evidence, false witnesses, and support a wrongful conviction. The transcript goes on and on about Joan, and Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster continued to promote the Paradiso boat theory. Part II reminded me of Part II of the Mueller report. A lot of "he or she said" statements that are subject to interpretation. There was no indictment. However, the impression or perception of guilt is left to fester. Paradiso was never charged with Joan's murder, but the perceptions were left dangling while the facts were kept hidden. After Joan's remains surfaced, any effort to take Paradiso to trial was abruptly dropped. This began with a fabricated story to wrongfully go after Paradiso and deflect attention away from the offender. The eyewitness description of the offender was hidden shielding him from detection, The boat, the alleged crime scene did not exist when Joan disappeared. Authorities influenced perceptions with high level oversight. Efforts to prosecute the man they accused of Joan's murder stopped when her remains surfaced. Who is the offender(s)? It is a matter of going back to the origin of the fabricated story. It's obvious that Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, and Carmen Tammaro were instrumental crafting Robert Bond's allegations. They were the ones in the front line and filling in details, including the correct manner of death. It is pretty hard to fathom, they did this on their own initiative and were able to pull it off without getting found out. The man with Joan at Logan was the one shielded, the beneficiary of a false story. Is there evidence of influence in the investigation? Yes, George Webster's name is visible on several fronts. I cited one example above with his letters influencing perceptions of CR 85-010-S. Is there evidence of George Webster involvement in the Bond statement? The answer is yes. Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 10:40 am Post subject: In the previous post, I made some comparisons between source documents in Joan's investigation and the Mueller report. I have a very specific reason to make a comparison. On July 13, 1983, first ADA Paul Leary placed a call to the DOJ in MA. Leary was the #2 in the Suffolk County DAO, a high level position. His call was regarding the bankruptcy fraud investigation the DOJ was conducting against Paradiso. A central component of the case was the boat, Tim Burke's alleged crime scene. Leary did not call the prosecutor who was handling the case, Marie Buckley. Tim Burke instigated this case contacting SA Steve Broce on May 3, 1983. The tactic reminded me of how the special counsel forwarded cases outside his jurisdiction to other offices. Suffolk County had no authority to go after a bankruptcy fraud case. However, there was an interest in the outcome since Burke claimed Paradiso murdered Joan on the boat listed in the case. Part I, the trial transcript affirms the alleged crime that Joan was murdered on Paradiso's boat, did not happen. The boat did not exist when Joan disappeared. Part II, the sentencing hearing, spewed all the unverified innuendo alleged against Paradiso. The prosecutor presented three letters from George Webster. The transcript reveals the push to accuse Paradiso of murdering Joan. Tim Burke, Andrew Palombo, Carmen Tammaro, and George Webster continued to promote Paradiso murdered Joan on his boat. The Leary call indicates a high level of influence for a desired outcome. The person he called is identified by his initials. And the prosecutor gathered information from Burke and reported back. This document was contained in certified court records. Note: The USA in MA at the time was William Weld, yes the same Weld that went on to be governor, and more recently a presidential candidate. The #2 in the office in 1983, was RSM, Robert Swan Mueller. It looks like the Paradiso/boat gang wanted an insurance policy to influence perceptions. Need I say more. Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:30 am Post subject: Malfeasance is obvious in the source documents. Innocent people have been harassed and threatened. One obstacle is the mindset of current authorities to shield misconduct. Their agenda denies justice for Joan. Now I want to look at another obstacle, the Websters. On October 15, 1982, George Webster was involved in a dramatic extortion incident. I knew this as part of the immediate family. Joan's brother Steve told me about this. This incident was never reported in the media. The current custodian knew nothing about this incident. They did not have any of the records in their files. It is a very good example of how information in this case was fractured. Below is an audio clip. The second speaker is Joan's brother Steve Webster. Steve denies anything like this happened. The conversation continued suggesting the incident is my imagination, that I'm delusional. Telling someone what they experienced is their imagination is certainly controlling. There is a term for it, gaslighting. Other people might call it brainwashing. Steve used this tactic in other incidents I will go into later. http://fintandunne.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/gsw_denial_10-15-82_incident_mp3.mp3 Joan's case was very sensational. This incident did not help find Joan. The importance of this is how family members are trying to discredit. There is a two page FBI report below. This incident was viewed at a very high level. The report is initialed by the Director of the FBI in 1982, William H Webster. It is also initialed by the #2 in the FBI, Oliver Revel. This was not my imagination. The final excerpt is from a police report documented by an officer who was involved in this incident. George Webster was indeed wired, as well as the vehicle they travelled in with known felon who is identified in other reports. His name was Harvey Martel. Members of the Webster family still promote Leonard Paradiso murdered Joan on his boat. That is an impossible crime; the boat did not exist when Joan disappeared. Steve Webster lied about an incident surrounding his missing sister. That's a problem. Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:13 am Post subject: There is another documented incident of gaslighting, telling someone their experience was their imagination. Joan's brother Steve was in Hilton Head with our girls. They caught him in very bad behavior. He lied about it even as the woman almost ran over them leaving the condo. My girls called me to tell me about it. Steve called in at the same time accusing them of making up stories. He continued to lie about it in counseling when they got back. I had not recovered the written accounts of the incident to help sort it out at the time. The first clip is just how painful and damaging this was for my girls. The second clip is very distressing. Joan's brother Steve is telling his children something they witnessed is their imagination. The next line is even more upsetting that the harassment incident was their imagination. This relates to a letter I found that had very serious allegations. I sought help, but our system is very deficient. Instead I got pummeled. The final clip is the mantra of the Websters, "dont't tell." My child was afraid of consequences just for witnessing something Steve wanted hidden. After this episode, things got very chaotic. I ended up in the hospital near collapse. The Websters only concern was image. Even George and Eleanor got into the act sitting down with family counselors and painting me as a bad person. This does relate to Joan's case. This shows behaviors of the Websters. The Websters have been very hostile toward me for the questions raised by the source documents. They have actively and destructively suggested it is none of my business, and incidents I knew about were my imagination. You have to understand my experiences to see why I am so concerned. 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__label__cc	0.640965	0.359035	Language at Work Series Editors: Jo Angouri (University of Warwick, UK) Rebecca Piekkari (Aalto University, Finland) Language At Work is a new series designed to bring together scholars interested in workplace research. The series aims to create space for exchange of ideas and dialogue and seeks to explore issues related to power, leadership, politics, teamwork, culture, ideology, identity, decision making and motivation across a diverse range of contexts, including corporate, health care and institutional settings. Language At Work welcomes mixed methods research and it will be of interest to researchers in linguistics, international management, organisation studies, sociology, medical sociology and decision sciences. All books in this series are externally peer-reviewed. Proposals for the series are welcome and should be submitted to Anna Roderick. Please read our notes about how to submit a book proposal. Exploring Politeness in Business Emails A Mixed-Methods Analysis Vera Freytag Objects, Bodies and Work Practice Dennis Day, Johannes Wagner Reflective Writing in Medical Practice A Linguistic Perspective Miriam A. Locher Medical Discourse in Professional, Academic and Popular Settings Pilar Ordóñez-López, Nuria Edo-Marzá Exploring Politeness in Business Emails: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Format: Ebook(EPUB) - 240 pages	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404913
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Governments Change, the Corporatocracy Endures The Paper Waist Test (and a July 4th Message) Brexit and the Crisis of Capitalism What If the Consensus on Small-Scale Toolmaking and Agriculture Is Wrong? The idea that food is globally incredibly cheap right now doesn't compute in the mainstream narrative. In the consensus view, agriculture is only profitable on a mega-farm corporate scale, and tool-making has been offshored because it's unprofitable to manufacture stuff in the U.S. But what if both of these "obvious" consensus opinions are flat-out wrong? What if small-scale farming and toolmaking are both potentially profitable? Perhaps we should be asking: what if the highest future profits will belong to small-scale agriculture and manufacturing, not Wall Street or Silicon Valley?This idea is so far out of the mainstream that it is widely considered "impossible:" nothing could be more profitable than politically sacrosanct "too big to fail" Wall Street banks or quasi-monopoly tech giants. As for agriculture--nothing could be more profitable than large-scale corporate production, all watched over by machines of loving grace (as per Richard Brautigan and Adam Curtis). All of these presumed "truths" may be melting into air if small-scale machine tools and software technologies enable highly efficient and productive small-scale agriculture: Drew Sample and I discuss these nascent but potentially revolutionary trends in a new podcast, Small Scale Farming, Small Scale Manufacturing (1:08 hrs). Critics will quickly point out that large-scale production of grains such as corn and wheat and crops such as soy beans cannot be profitably grown in small plots. While that's currently a financial reality, that does not imply it's a permanent truth: large-scale agriculture consumes vast quantities of fossil fuels (currently cheap, but maybe not cheap forever) and huge quantities of minerals such as potash that are non-renewable. Should essential non-renewables skyrocket in price, large-scale agriculture becomes a lot more costly to operate. There's also the question of sustainability. Typical large-scale practices such as tilling cause soil loss that cannot be "fixed" with conventional methods. Then there's the decline of water tables as aquifers are drained by conventional agricultural practices. In typical Wall Street fashion, the perspective on what's sustainable currently extends about one quarter (three months). Few observers ask what will be sustainable in 20 years. The idea that food is globally incredibly cheap right now also doesn't compute in the mainstream narrative. The idea that basic foods could double, triple or quadruple in price as large-scale crop failures become more common and input costs soar is rejected as "impossible." But this mainstream faith that food will remain cheap forever ignores the vulnerabilities in global stores and supply chains and the potential for catastrophic crop failures as global rainfall and climate patterns shift or become erratic. The idea that tomorrow's hotshots will not be attorneys or coders or bankers but makers and growers appears improbable in the current era of glorifying financiers and techies. But if these centralized, largely abstract profit centers have reached the apex of the S-Curve, then their days of dominance are numbered regardless of what analysts project. Right now such a decline in the dominance of centralized corporate farming, banking and technology is viewed as "impossible." Maybe the wiser view is that such a decline in both inevitable and healthy for the nation, though not for Wall Street. New podcast: Small Scale Farming, Small Scale Manufacturing (1:08 hrs) My apologies to correspondents: due to various family demands, I have zero time to respond to email, Facebook posts, etc. Thank you for your understanding. My new book is #14 on Kindle short reads -> politics and social science: Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform ($3.95 Kindle ebook, $8.95 print edition) For more, please visit the book's website. Thank you, Marty N. ($100), for your outrageously generous contribution to this site-- I am greatly honored by your support and readership.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404914
__label__wiki	0.54367	0.54367	plea-bargain (v.) : To make an agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor in return drops more serious charges. plea-bargain "Cherokee County Texas style" (n.) : A deal struck with a court-appointed defense attorney in which a defendant pleads guilty to a more serious charge and the prosecutor offers adjudicated probation. Rusk, TX: In 2006 the Cherokee County District Attorney's office offered a plea bargain deal of probation to a Rusk, TX resident after his arrest for molesting a 1-year-old baby girl. Kenneth Dexter Folmar, age 45, accepted 96 months deferred probation in 2006 for the Felony sexual assault of the female infant. Refer to Cherokee County, TX Criminal Docket case 16209 (2006) State v. Kenneth Dexter Folmar, 2nd Judicial District. Folmar continues his employment in neighboring Anderson County. The Cherokeean Herald ran the picture of the Rusk, TX registered sex offender Kenneth Folmar in their August 2007 local sex offender update. However, because Kenneth Folmar is related to too many people operating the Rusk, TX courthouse, the actual molestation was never reported by the local media. And of course Elmer Beckworth's plea offer of 8 years probation was not reported either. The question is why are convicted child molesters in Cherokee County, whose victims are younger than 6 years-old, being put on probation? And their crimes not reported? Because it is more efficacious for the Cherokee County District Attorney's office and local media to protect the extended family members of the offender from embarrassment than it is to protect the community. Perpetuating the psychotic paranoid small town mentality by covering up the incest. There are 79 registered sex offenders residing in Cherokee County, Texas according to a 8/15/07 Cherokeean Herald posting. In a 1/24/07 Cherokeean Herald article, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department released the names of the registered sex offenders living in the county. As a 'public service,' local Cherokee County newspapers refuse to print the ages of the victims under 16 years-old. Nor the fact that EVERY offender on the local offenders list who was arrested by the Cherokee County Sheriff Department were on superficial probation and their 2nd degree Felony jail sentences suspended by District Attorney Elmer Beckworth- putting the county at risk. The Cherokeean Herald's policy is not to print the ages of local victms in cases incest, to keep their identities hidden from ostracism and ridicule. In 2003, the Lufkin Daily News was smart enough to print the names and addresses of all registered sexual offenders in the area, including the ages of victims, charges and date of judgment. The Sheriff Department pretends to be doing the community a service by notifying the public (on a slow news day) of the identity of local child molesters. However, the offer of probation for the violent rape of a small child tells the true story of the criminal justice system operating in Cherokee County Texas. Especially when defendants are related to members of law enforcement, attorneys and clerks employed at the Rusk, Texas courthouse. They want to keep the high incident of East Texas incest under the radar because of their "vested interest in their little communities." So the district attorney gives probation to Kenneth Folmar of Rusk, Texas for sexual assault of a 12 month old. Molesting a defenseless infant must not be that big of a deal for Cherokee County's District Attorney. Kenneth Dexter Folmar Similary, Rusk Texas native, dairy hand and registered child molester James Christopher Schlater, age 51, was given deferred adjudication in 2007 after violating a local 6-year-old girl back in 2004. Refer to State v. James Christopher Schlater (2006) Cherokee County, Texas Criminal Docket Case No. 16630. James Schlater had originally been charged with Felony sexual assault child, according to Cherokee County, Texas Criminal Docket Case No. 15724, State v. James Christopher Schlater (2007). The incident was never reported and of course his picture is not available because Cherokee County has not verified his current sex offense registration. James Earl Holt, age 52, Jacksonville Texas given 6 years probation in 2007 for the 2003 assault of a 14 year-old girl. Also never reported. No picture available. Donald Wayne Thurmon, age 40 from Jacksonville Texas given 10 years probation in 2007 by District Attorney Elmer Beckworth for possessing and distributing child pornography. No need to call the feds in on this one; why waste their time even though it is a federal offense? Donald Thurman Manuel Enrique Huerta, age 21, given 10 years probation in 2007 for sexual assault of a 13 year-old Jacksonville Texas girl. Cody Allen Whiteley, age 22 of Jacksonville, arrested in Cherokee County in 2006 and pled 7 years probation for the sexual assault of a 13 year-old girl. Cody Whiteley Bobby Ray Vines, Jr. age 41 from Jacksonville Texas. Given only 4 years probation for the sexual assault of an 11 year-old female in 2001. Bobby Vines, Jr. Ollie Ray Grogan, 65 year-old Rusk Texas native given 10 years probation for 2 counts of molestation of a 5 year-old and an 8 year-old. Ollie Ray Grogan Dale Joseph Tylich 65 year-old Rusk Texas equestrian given 6 months probation by Cherokee County for sexual contact with a child. 6 Months because he related to just about everybody in town. Dale J. Tylich Marin Otis Pitts, age 54, Troup Texas. Arrested by Cherokee County Texas authorities in 1991 and given 10 years probation for 2 counts of sexual assault on a 7 year-old girl. Martin Pitts Chenney LaVaughn Carter, age 43 in Troup, Texas. Arrested in 2006 for aggravated sexual assault of a child. The victim was a 15 year-old girl. Elmer Beckworth's office offered Carter 10 YRS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION, despite Chenney Carter's local and Smith County priors. Cheney L. Carter Joyal Lee Lackey, age 63 Jacksonville Texas, given 10 years probation in 2005 for Indecency and Sexual Assault of a 13 year-old girl. Joyal "Muggs" Lackey Robert Michael Lane, age 36, Jacksonville Texas; offered 10 years probation in 1993 for the sexual assault of a 10 year-old girl. Lane was sent to Bootcamp for 90 days according to the DPS registry and the Cherokee County Court Docket records, Case 11818 State v. Robert M. Lane; Felony-Indecency/Sexual Assault of child-Filed 02/11/1992 - Disposition: 04/16/1993 Conviction-guilty plea or nolo cont-no jury, in the 2nd District Court, Cherokee County TX. Robert Lane Guadalupe Lora Vera Lara, age 56, given a paltry 5 years probation in 1996 for having sexual contact with 2 Jacksonville Texas girls, one 11 years-old, the other 13 years-old. No picture available. Patrick Brian Norsworthy age 45, from Jacksonville Texas. Arrested in 1994 for Indecency with an 8 year-old girl. Given 10 years probation in 1999. Patrick Norsworthy Kevin Wayne Patton local businessman, age 40 from Jacksonville, Texas. Given 10 years probation for Indecency with a 14 year-old girl. No picture available. Robby Lee Buffalo , age 35 Jacksonville, Texas was arrested in 1995 by Cherokee County and a 10 year probation deal accepted in 1999 for sexual assault of a local 11 year-old female. Robby Buffalo Donnie Wayne Crippen , age 39 Rusk, Texas. Arrested in Cherokee County in 2006 and given 5 years unadjudicated probation by Elmer Beckworth's office for the sexual assault of a 16 year-old female. Donnie Crippen Jose Ramon Galan, age 53 Jacksonville, Texas given 10 years probation in 1998 by Cherokee County after molesting a 9 year-old girl. Jose Galan Nicholas "Nicky" Noel Harwell, age 33 Jacksonville, Texas, given 10 years probation in 2003 by Cherokee County Texas prosecutors for 2 counts of sexual assault on a 12 year-old girl. "Nicky" Harwell Kevin Lyn Hawes, age 45 from Jacksonville, Texas. Arrested in 1999 by Cherokee County authorities for sexual assault on a 15 year-old girl. Hawes was offered 10 years probation. Kevin Hawes William Lee Hershiser, age 51 Jacksonville, Texas resident given 10 years probation for sexual assault on a local 15 year-old female. William Hershier This only scratches the surface of the convicted sex offenders (still residing in-county) arrested by and registered with the Cherokee County Sheriff Department. These are the sex predators registered with the State and given probation as 'punishment' by District Attorney Elmer Beckworth and his predecessors. Plea offers comparable to a slap on the wrist. What about the offenses passed on by the Sheriff Department and Beckworth's office? The ones the public will never know about? Even if some of these men are innocent, the District Attorney's office prosecuted them under the penal code which is crystal clear on the punishment assessment for Indecency with a Minor. INDECENCY OR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD: An offense under Texas Penal Code Sections 22.011 (Sexual Assault) or 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault) where the victim is a child (younger than 17 years), and an offense under 21.11 (Indecency with a Child). § 12.33. SECOND DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT. (a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the second degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 20 years or less than 2 years. (b) In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the second degree may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000. That is why there are no reports of the child molesters' probation in the local Cherokee County papers. Only the fact there are registered sex offenders living in the county. Of course the typical excuse of the Cherokee County District Attorney's office et al is that the law would not allow jail time for a 2nd degree Felony. If you're stupid enough to believe it, print it and repeat it. The Texas Penal Code and Constitution do not tie the hands of state prosecutors, only those of the patently corrupt. The remainder of current registered sex offenders given probation without jail time in Cherokee County Texas: Roy Joe Bailey, age 65, Wells TX: arrested in 2007; 10 yrs. probation/ 12 year-old female victim. Richard Dean Davis, age 50, Rusk TX: arrested in 1996; 10 yrs. probation/14 year-old female victim. J.E. Monroe Martin, age 85, Rusk TX: arrested in 1997; 3 yrs. probation/ 12 year-old female victim. Dale Joseph Tylich, age 53, Rusk TX: arrested in 1996; 6 mos. probation/ female victim unknown age. Tommy Junior Allen, age 51, Jacksonville TX: arrested in 1991; 10 yrs. probation/ 11 year-old female. James Travis Barker, age 25, Jacksonville TX: arrested in 1999; 24 mos. city jail/ 6 year-old female. Roger Hunter, age 75, Jacksonville TX: arrested in 1997; 10 yrs. probation/ 14 year-old female. James L Wells, age 55 , Jacksonville TX: arrested in 1998; 8 yrs. probation/ 2 counts sexual assault on a 5 year-old and a 6 year-old. Gary Michael Morrison, age 51, Alto TX: arrested 1991; 10 yrs. probation/ sexual assault of 12 year-old female. Wesley Boyd Mohr, age 63, Bullard TX: arrested by Cherokee Co. in 1997; 10 yrs. probation for sexual assault of 10 year-old girl. The summary of every one of these registered sexual offenses is readily available on the Texas DPS Sex Offender Registry website and Cherokee County Texas court docket. However, not one of these rapes, molestations or incidents of child pornography has been NOR ever will be reported by the Cherokee County newspapers. Unless the perpetrator was born out of town. Then they'll throw the book at him. This blog posting covers only a partial list of the registered sex offenders that actually reside in Cherokee County, TX and on probation for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child; there is no known count of those child molesters given probation and registered/relocated in other states or counties. Regardless, Elmer Beckworth's and the Cherokee County District Attorney office's pattern of lenient plea bargains going back decades to resident child molesters related to members of the local 'establishment' is crystal clear. They are sheltered and not reported. A far cry from the more recent sentencing of out-of-towner Gordon Neal Mathis. The former US Army reservist pled guilty in January 2008 to 6 counts of sexual assault of a 12-year-old Rusk, TX girl and on Monday, February 11, 2008 was sentenced to 40 years State time. Mathis had been convicted in federal court and was beginning his 8 years in federal prison for child porn possession. The 2/17/08 Tyler Paper article gives the impression that former the Army reservist Gordon Mathis was "prosecuted" by an Assistant Cherokee County District Attorney, instead of the fact Mathis threw himself at mercy of the district court, claiming post traumatic stress syndrome. And since his offenses were widely reported by the Tyler Paper, the district court got a little busy and decided Adult Probation wasn't appropriate for Mathis' sex crimes. And the Cherokeean Herald quickly dropped their policy of not printing the age of the victim. Gordon Neal Mathis was sentenced on 6 counts of molesting the child for over a two year span. View the remainder of Cherokee County's bonafide child molesters living in the area on the Texas DPS Sex Offender Registry located at: https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DPS_WEB/Sor/index.aspx Do a comparison of sex offenders convicted in other counties by prosecutors following the intent of the law. They put child molesters in prison even for statutory rape. Athens, Texas: Athens Fire Chief Dan Barnes and Athens Fire Marshall Waylen Padgett were recently placed on admistrative leave and Chief Barnes resigned Monday January 28, 2008 amid an investigation led by the Assistant Fire Chief. The Athens Texas city council has been hush hush regarding the internal affairs review of alleged "allegations." Longview, Texas: Gregg County Justice of the Peace clerk D. Donna Wallace pled guilty on Wednesday February 13, 2008 to government records tampering. Wallace used an alias to work at the JP office and continue to draw Social Security disability benefits. Troup, Texas: Dale Lowry and wife Brenda Lowry of Troup, TX were indicted in a Tyler Texas federal grand jury during the first week of February 2008 for allegedly stealing over $28,000 of Social Security disability benefits. The couple had claimed a child as a dependent, even though the child was no longer living with them. Gregg County, Texas: Sheriff candidate Billy Ray White was sentenced to 6 months deferred probation for falsifying the employment record of one of his employees. White operated a security service; the security guard did not have a firearm license when White hired him. Jacksonville, Texas: The Jacksonville, TX police department convinced itself from an in-house generated report that racial profiling by its officers was completely imaginary. On Tuesday February 12, 2008, the mayor read the results to the city council that the JPD had ZERO complaints filed regarding discriminating traffic stops and ZERO incidents of racial disparity. Probably because people of ethnic backgrounds and skin coloring are too afraid to drive to the grocery store at night, by fear of being framed, raped or worse. The city of Jacksonville, Texas is the largest economic center in the county and it is still reeling from the civil suit settlements resulting in the Jacksonville police department starting a race riot at the 2004 Tomato Bowl homecoming game. And for each rape complaint against its decorated patrolman Larry Pugh, sentenced to 17 years in federal prison. When a Cherokee County woman would come forward with an allegation of Pugh raping her, the benign police officer and family man got accommodations by the Jacksonville police department. Until he was caught dragging a complainant into a van by her neck. And despite Officer Pugh facing federal indictment, the County Attorney tried Larry Hinton of Jacksonville, for interfering with Officer Pugh's racial profiling during the 2004 Tomato Bowl riot. But that's "nonexistent." Jacksonville, Texas: Not only does the Cherokee County Criminal Docket give a peek into the machinations of the district court, the Civil Docket shows the ongoing get rich schemes of relatives planted on Bodily Injury cases. Large companies from out of region foolish enough to set up shop for the cheap local labor are the target of 'slip-and-fall' and other concocted lawsuits. Two major employers in Jacksonville, Texas, Astro Air- a heating and cooling coil manufacturing plant and Alliance Data- a support tech call center, will be closing their doors permanently in 2008. These firms' relocations will be putting hundreds of locals out of jobs. A sad series of inevitable events for the already destitute county. However, this is probably the first of many wise corporate decisions to vacate the county known for the lack of competitive bidding when it comes to issuing government contracts. And its newspapers not advertising a prescribe method of identifying qualified bidders. The contracts underhandedly going to relatives, even those good ol’ boys with offenses (like those listed above) involving moral turpitude who would otherwise be ineligible to work under any state, county or city job. For example, city School Board Trustees awarding school renovation projects to their cousin’s construction company. And Billy Bob’s Construction allowing registered sex offenders on the school property to work during class time. Or instances of county equipment being used as personal property, at the taxpayer’s expense to dig catfish ponds, pave private roads and driveways; including the use of probationers and government employees to work “outside the fence” on private land. The locals know it’s been going on for decades, but these duped companies’ Board of Directors contemplating doing business in Cherokee County don’t find out until it is too late. The Cherokee County civil docket can attest to the exorbitant amount of lawsuits these remaining companies are facing, and the excessive payouts they are going to pay by summary judgment. There is no such thing as an unbiased juror in a town that small. And they see the flashing dollar signs when a big company makes the mistake of trying to set up an office there. What better way to get a little extra spending money than extorting a company via a bogus lawsuit, with a biased Cherokee County jury chosen before the case is even heard? For board members of these departing companies, there is no plausible way to estimate the pecuniary damages to the local Cherokee County economy this type of collusion causes. There is no way to compete and/or get a break when the court system is used as a means to wring out their bottom dollar. Certainly these businesses have gotten sick of the Personal Injury suits filed on them; the same cases that backlog the Civil Docket. Moreover, these corporations’ insurance premiums are bound to have skyrocketed after being targeted by the local ‘slip-and-fall’ con artists. Of course, a sympathetic civil jury related to the victim is readily available for the milking of their profit shares. Cheap labor or not, it is apparently smarter for IT companies and their subsidiaries to avoid the distrustful small town job market. Manufacturing plants owe it to their shareholders to do business where their profit earnings don't line the pockets of East Texas trial lawyers. Even Cherokee County’s versions of ‘professionals’ are waiting in line to file a claim against these industries. These companies are only attempting to branch into the rural market. However, once the firms set up shop within the county, they can expect to be lambasted with frivolous lawsuits. And they can expect to pay through the nose because everybody wants a piece of the pie. Then these companies venture elsewhere and leave the honest hard working Cherokee County Texas citizen unemployed, bringing the county's economy back to the pre-Reconstruction era. According to the 2000 US Census, Cherokee County Texas has a median income 30% lower than the national average. The fact is the only economic development Cherokee County Texas has to offer the region is its apparent contribution to the illegal drug trade and prison population. The worst corporate decision a CEO can make is setting an office up in a county whose local government officials have reputations of collusion and conflicts of interests. Labels: 2nd Judicial District, Cherokee County, child molester, child pornography, Donald Thurmon, elmer beckworth, Gordon Mathis, James Schlater, Kenneth Folmar, Rusk Texas, sex offender District Attorney gives probation to Rusk, TX infa...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404915
__label__wiki	0.593897	0.593897	Chinese Numismatic News, Articles, Books » Topic: In Dubai, the allure turns stronger Author Topic: In Dubai, the allure turns stronger (Read 1291 times) In Dubai, the allure turns stronger The sharp drop in gold prices is driving consumers in droves to outlets selling the yellow metal in Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of shoppers queuing up in front of jewellery stores, mostly in the Meena Bazaar and the gold souk (market) areas in Dubai, are Indians, with a sizeable segment from Kerala. “Unlike the Chinese-driven Singapore, the Dubai market is dominated by Indians,” says Sanjeev Jain, president of the Jain Social Group, a conglomerate of gold and diamond traders. Dubai merchants say their sales have shot up by 400 per cent after the recent price plunge. Unsurpringly, the consumption pattern reflects typical Indian preferences. The majority of Indian consumers in Dubai do not prefer paper gold in the form of Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), despite its obvious advantages — greater security because physical transactions are not involved, as well as the convenience in trading the yellow metal on exchanges that are spread worldwide, including Mumbai. Gold coins and bars have also been sold, but the bulk of the purchasing since the prices fell has been in the form of jewellery. “The sharp drop in prices has coincided with the marriage season in Kerala that starts from July. That is one of the significant contributory factors driving up demand,” says K.V. Shamsudheen, director, Barjeel Geogit Securities. Mr. Shamsudheen points out that large quantities of gold from the United Arab Emirates are flowing into Kerala. “Though it has only 3 per cent of the population, Kerala consumes 20 per cent of India’s gold,” he says. The lustre of gold jewellery bought from Dubai has been a factor that has persistently boosted sales. “Unlike many other places, Dubai gold is reinforced with silver during the manufacture of diamond jewellery, which explains its lasting lustre,” says Mr. Jain. The restrictions on individuals bringing gold into India have apparently not dampened the spirit of the shopping binge. The random security checks Customs officials carry out at most Indian airports hardly seem to deter passengers from arriving with fairly significant quantities of gold. Nevertheless, the Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust in the UAE is running an online petition that is seeking tax exemption for 100 gm of gold brought in by male Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). NRI women, it says, should be allowed to bring home double that quantity. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/in-dubai-the-allure-turns-stronger/article4637493.ece	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404917
__label__cc	0.704836	0.295164	Home Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency Republic of Texas $96.00 (ninety-six dollars) auditor's certificate Republic of Texas $96.00 (ninety-six dollars) auditor's certificate Title Republic of Texas $96.00 (ninety-six dollars) auditor's certificate County of Origin Travis County Place of Issue Austin Currency Type Audited Draft Handwritten Value $96.00 Bank/Issuer Republic of Texas Imprint Whiting's Press, Austin. Date October 2nd 1840 Notes This audited draft was issued in Austin by the Republic of Texas. Austin was the capitol of the Republic from January 19, 1840, until September 1842 and from June 1845 to the present. A diamond pattern decorates the top, right, and bottom edges of the note. An ornate decoration comprises the left border; the imprint 'Whitings Press, Austin.' appears within the border. The abbreviation 'No.' is printed towards the upper-left corner of the note; the number '57' is handwritten adjacent to it. A dollar sign is printed towards the upper-right corner; the amount '96.00' is handwritten adjacent to it. The following phrase appears beneath the top line of the note: Redeemable by investment in the Funded Debt of Texas, or in payment of certain Dues to Gov't. The month, day, and last two digits of the year are handwritten; the first two digits of the year, 18, are printed. The word 'Cancelled' is written vertically across the face of the note. The note is payable to James Izod for signing the president's name to promissory notes. It is signed on the recto by Musgrove Evans, Second Auditor, and James B. Shaw, Comptroller. It is also endorsed on the verso by Izod. Evans was a second auditor of the Republic of Texas under Mirabeau B. Lamar's administration (1858 Texas Almanac) and later a judge (Texas State Gazette). Shaw was comptroller from 1839-1859, was often acting secretary of the treasury during Sam Houston's second administration, and represented Texas in Washington D.C. in 1850 to collect $5,000,000.00 from the government as payment from the Compromise of 1850 and the sale by Texas of parts of News Mexico and Colorado (TSHA). The phrase 'AW2' is written in pencil on the verso, although it is not original to the note. CR: AW-2 Rarity R.4 Signatures Recto: Musgrove Evans 2d Auditor.; James B Shaw Comptroller. Verso: Jas. Izod Dimensions 9 x 14 cm Bibliographic References Medlar, p. 4, no. 12; Criswell, AW-2. Digitization Process Digitization process: scanned as 1200 ppi, 16-bits per channel, RGB.tif; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge, 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg. Upload File Name rowe_barr_traviscounty_austin_0000020_opt.jpg Archival File Name(s) rowe_barr_traviscounty_austin_0000020r.tif; rowe_barr_traviscounty_austin_0000020v.tif Rowe Catalog Number 12.01 Digital Collection Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency Rights Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. Add tags for Republic of Texas $96.00 (ninety-six dollars) auditor's certificate	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404920
__label__cc	0.638511	0.361489	The NIDS Submitted by disoundsoflife on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 01:38 NIDS is a controversial identification scheme that will be implemented in Jamaica in the coming years. Every Jamaican citizen must be a part of NIDS. As the years go by and NIDS becomes more infused into the daily experience of the ordinary Jamaica citizen, it will evolve into a component which Jamaicans will need for just about anything. This recording gives an example of Jerome, trying to use his NIDS to get to work on a hot morning in Kingston on Wednesday March 8th 2034. Nothing matters Nothing matters is the latest nu-music release from dj afifa. Nothing matters is the name of a poem and a collection of haikus, poems and writings published by dj afifa earlier this year. Power of the Pussy Our first release for 2019 is the "Power of the Pussy" mixtape curated and produced by Dj Zanj Rracc. The mixtape features an exclusive selection of current female hip hop and fusion artists. Church Wars CHURCH WARS, is a soundscape documentary produced and curated by DJ Zanj Rracc. Church Wars feature details about behaviours and ideas that find themselves in one of the world’s most influencing spaces, a church, despite being contradictory to its ideals. The soundscape documentary takes its listeners/audience on a journey that explores the mob mentality of congregations and their leaders in the houses of the lord. Soundscapes: A series dedicated to Netlabels Soundscapes is a project by dj afifa for Sounds of Life. Each soundscape features material from her favourite netlabels, original nu-music tracks and field recordings. The most recent release features tracks from bump foot, a netlabel based in Japan. Submitted by disoundsoflife on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 00:12 Flies is a nu-music track produced by dj afifa for Sounds of Life. Flies is a poem written by Zanj Rracc. It is performed by him and recorded in the Zanj Radio Studios in St.Andrew Jamaica. “ I was sitting at my doorway one day and there was a lot of flies, flies were attacking me and there was no water because of a water lock off. I was thinking about politicians in Jamaica and how we shouldn't live on an island surrounded by water and be without water...it was just a poem that came to me….” Dj Zanj Rracc Voice notes and Soundclips Voice notes and sound clips is a soundscape produced by dj afifa. The is a 5:55 length composition of voice notes and sound clips collected by dj afifa featuring music by Sheibo Sekito Voice notes and sound clips is the first in a series for the music and memory project by dj afifa. The History of ganja in Jamaica Submitted by disoundsoflife on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 23:56 This is a project by dj afifa. It was created for the Whitenoise mixtape in 2018. It was also featured on the Umbalembe project curated by Zanj Rracc in 2018. Your browser does not support the audio element. “Almighty God” features 5 recitals of the Jamaican Parliamentary Prayer. African Tuilip About Sounds of Life	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404923
__label__cc	0.652219	0.347781	iPhone Invitation Confirms Oct 4. iPhone 5 Launch Apple has officially announced the launch date for its next iPhone (or iPhones). The big day? Next Tuesday, October 4th. The Cupertino, California-based company will reveal the eagerly anticipated iPhone 5 from the Town Hall auditorium on Apple’s campus. Apple sent this simple invitation to the press to announce the event. The invitation Apple sent to the media doesn’t reveal much else beside the date and location of the event. A Google maps icon pinpoints Apple’s campus location at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino. The date and time are also communicated. What is intriguing is the the red notification “1,” which on the iPhone indicates a message or call. Many industry insiders have speculated that Apple will introduce not only one iPhone but two new iPhones – including a smaller, cheaper and faster iPhone 4. iPhones for Everyone It’s also been rumored that Sprint will also carry the iPhone. That partnership, if a reality, will most likely be announced at the event, too. The various iPhone options (including a new iPhone 5) has been the source of many industry rumors. Most believe Apple is offering different types and price points for the iPhone in order to be more competitive with Google’s Android phones. If you’re considering a new cell phone, we recommend waiting until after the release of the iPhone 5, as the release of the iPhone 5 and different types of iPhones will most likely dramatically affect the plans offered by smartphone providers like AT&T & Verizon. iPhone 5 Apps & Features In addition to the new iOS 5, a number of other features and updates are expected along with the iPhone 5 announcement. Among them, Facebook and Twitter may be more closely intergrated into the phone. According to Ben Parr of Mashable, an unnamed source informed him that a new Facebook iPhone app, a new Facebook iPad app and, possibly (if that isn’t enough to have you updating your status by now), an HTML5-based mobile app store. Neither Apple or Facebook have made any comment confirming the above rumor. Instead, Apple just quietly sent an invite for the October 4th event to press and select app developers. DMAC has been tracking the status of the iPhone 5‘s release for some time. Join us next Tuesday for a full report on the iPhone’s launch, including price and availability. SIGN IN TO LEAVE A COMMENT – or – SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH OTHERS: posted by DMA Jordan in iPhone News & Tips,News Blog and have No Comments App of the Month: “Frisbee Forever” (Review) Game: Frisbee Forever Developer: Kiloo Games Summer is here and if you can’t get to your local park to toss the Frisbee around, you can still enjoy the sport from the comfort of your couch, thanks to Wham-O’s new game and app: “Frisbee Forever.” Developed by Kiloo Games, the colorful, arcade-style game plays a lot like a Wii game. The object is simple: Navigate a mini-golf-like obstacle course with a Frisbee for coins. Coins can then be used in a Frisbee shop to buy better flying discs or special upgrades. “Frisbee Forever” runs on the iPhone and iPad and uses those iDevices’ accelerometer to control the Frisbee (players tilt the device left or right to guide the flying disc through the course). A gameplay trailer of “Frisbee Forever.” Frisbee Flicking Fun It’s as easy as flicking your finger across the touchscreen to send the disc on its way. Gameplay is super-responsive and the graphics rival anything you’ve seen on the Wii. “Frisbee Forever” includes 10 different worlds, and each world (or area) features 10 levels…for a total of 100 challenges. The courses and environments are inventive and fun, and while, at times, some of the obstacles seem impossible, patience and a well-practiced tilting technique will get you through. Flying through hoops and triangle checkpoints on the course maintain the Frisbee’s momentum, and as you fly through each course, you’ll collect stars along the course. The medal you are eventually awarded is based on how many stars you collect. Purchase “Frisbee Forever” through the Apple App Store. As mentioned, as players advance through the game, they earn coins for clearing each level and receive a trophy rank of silver, bronze or gold. Be warned that patience is necessary, however, because even for the best player it will take a while to collect enough coins for the better discs. But you can also buy coins to purchase items through the App Store. Overall, “Forever Frisbee” is an extremely well-made app and will provide you with hours of fun – all for free. Make Your Own Mobile App – at Summer Camp Want to make your app or game for the iPhone or iPad? You can, this summer at Digital Media Academy computer and digital arts summer camps. Spend an exciting week learning 3D Game Development for the iPhone or App Development for Apple iDevices. Before you know it, you’ ll be on your way to making your dream app a reality…and that’s how careers get started. Find out more about Digital Media Academy app development summer camps and how they can help you create the future. DMA – where video-game dreams get transformed into reality. posted by DMA Jordan in App Development,Featured,News Blog and have No Comments Making Magic with Your iPhone We love technology and we love magic, so when we see something that brings both of these great subjects together – well, we just have to share it. Check out this video by Marco Tempest. You will be amazed. Marco is an award-winning illusionist with a flair for presenting magic in a unique, technology-enhanced setting: See? We weren’t kidding; the guy blends technology with magic to jaw-dropping effect. From interactive card tricks (using digital card images projected on an iPhone) to placing his head or hand magically inside a video monitor, Marco dazzles crowds all over the world with his incredible feats of magic. (We’re still trying to figure out how he got butterflies to appear on his iPhone and move them, magically from one phone to another.) Marco is a Swiss-born magician who resides in New York City. While he’s been performing magic for some years, he gained widespread fame with an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Since his appearance in 2006, he’s gone on to produce an entire show, which is called “The VIrtual Magician” and is based around interactive technology-themed magic. He also issued a “Phonecam” challenge, to encourage other magicians to post a video-taped magic trick done in one take, using no cuts or edits. Want to catch this amazing magician on the road? Check out Marco Tempests’ Tour Schedule. We first found Marco showing off his talents when the original iPhone launched back in 2007. Here he uses the iPhone to X-Ray his hand. Make Magic with Your iPhone To create many of the illusions Marco performs on stage, he produces his own apps that run on devices like the iPhone. Want to make magic on your iPhone like Marco? Then make a magic app or game for the iPhone or iPad. You can do it. Spend an exciting week learning 3D Game Development for the iPhone or App Development for Apple iDevices. Before you know it, you’ ll be on your way to wowing crowds…just like Marco Tempest. posted by DMA Jordan in App Development,News Blog and have No Comments Cool New App “Leaves” All Other Apps Behind Apple’s list of apps keeps growing – and now there’s a free app for the iPhone that lets you identify trees by analyzing their leaves. The app is so downright cool, it might turn you into a nature lover without you even knowing it – even if the closest you usually get to greenery is the lettuce in your taco. ID that tree…with LeafSnap! Called LeafSnap, the app puts an entire botanical library on your iPhone. Here’s how it works: Imagine you’re out for a walk and you spot a tree. Is it a maple? An oak? Perhaps a Himalayan birch? You can find out, simply by snagging a leaf off the tree. Place that leaf against a white piece of paper and snap a photo of it with your iPhone camera. LeafSnap analyzes the shape and texture of the leaf by comparing it to a database of leaf images supplied by the Smithsonian Institution and Finding Species, a natural photography group. The app also guides you through follow-up search efforts that may be necessary until you can figure out exactly what tree produced your leaf. After you’ve identified what you’ve found, you can even choose to add your discovery to the growing database of leaf data, just like a genuine botanist. LeafSnap was developed by scientists at Columbia University and the University of Maryland and uses facial recognition technology to identify leaves. So far, only the trees of the New York City and Washington, D.C. areas have been covered in the database, but the app will eventually cover species of trees native to all of the U.S. LeafSnap also keeps a map of your collection, so you can find that special maple tree you love napping under. LeafSnap is free and available for download through Apple’s App Store. It’s also coming soon to the Google Android. Creative and amazing apps, like LeafSnap, don’t just happen by accident. They’re only developed through the hard work of well trained, expert professionals. Do you want to be an app developer? You can get professional training from leading industry innovators by attending a Digital Media Academy App Development Summer Camp. DMA offers not only Game Development Summer Camps for Apps & Apple iDevices but also App Development Summer Camps for the Google Android platform. Learn how to bring your ideas to life on today’s hottest mobile platforms with DMA. posted by DMA Jordan in News Blog and have No Comments What You Should Know If You Buy a White iPhone 4 Apple has unveiled a new iPhone. The white iPhone 4 finally answers Apple iPhone fans who have eagerly been asking, and waiting years for an iPhone available in any color besides black. Q: Which color iPhone 4 would James Bond carry? A: Both. (White with dinner jacket. Black with wet suit.) Thinking of buying a white iPhone 4? Here’s what you should know: 1. You’ll want to protect that new phone, so what kind of cover will you choose? Independent reports from web sites such as TiPb confirm that the new white iPhone 4 is slightly thicker (about 0.2 millimeters) than the conventional black model. The reason? The white paint slightly increases the thickness. Another web site, Engadget, ran iPhone cover tests and found that some “rigid” covers still fit the white iPhone while others did not. (Check first with the manufacturer of the cover you’ve purchased or are considering buying, and you shouldn’t encounter any problems.) 2. Size has no bearing on the white iPhone 4 performance – and the thicker coating of paint not only protects but will help your iPhone keep working and looking great over time. Apple’s Senior VP Phil Schiller explains, “It’s not as simple as making something white. There’s a lot more that goes into both the material science of it – how it holds up over time…but also in how it all works with the sensors.” 3. The white iPhone 4 makes you look more attractive, appeals to a younger audience and women love it. According to Cult of Mac, the new white iPhone not only enhances your image, but naturally appeals to a younger demographic, and more specifically – women. The fact that the popular iPhone has never before been available in the creamy white finish certainly adds to this model’s desirability. Like with a select few other products (such as red sports cars or green M&Ms), the color of the product seems to register with consumers on a deep psychological level. How deep? One industry analyst quoted in “The San Jose Mercury News” speculated that the extra mystique of the white model will directly translate into sales of approximately 1 million to 1.25 million phones per business quarter – until the anticipated September release of the iPhone 5, when Apple will unveil its latest model. It’s the same iPhone 4 – there’s just 0.2mm more of it to love. 4. The iPhone 5 is on the way. Sure, it looks cool, but the iPhone 4 has been out for a while and now it’s time for Apple to refresh the hardware. Mac enthusiasts and those in-the-know have already stated the iPhone 5 could be available as early as June of this year. The world’s ongoing infatuation with Apple products – such as the iPhone, iPad and iTunes is stronger than ever before. And the more that love affair grows, the more iPhone apps will need to be created to feed that demand. Maybe you’re looking to develop an app for your new white iPhone 4? Digital Media Academy understands Apple iPhone app development and teaches people of all ages how to make apps. Take, for example, DMA’s summer camp for App Development and iDevices. DMA even offers a two-week Academy for Mobile Device Programming. To learn more or register for a summercamp, visit Digital Media Academy. What is the sum of: 12 + 9	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404929
__label__wiki	0.798329	0.798329	Home » The Singer The Singer Elley, Derek Daily Variety;5/31/2006, Vol. 291 Issue 42, p14 The article reviews the motion picture "The Singer," directed by Xavier Giannoli and starring Gerard Depardieu and Cecile de France. The Singer. Vincendeau, Ginette // Sight & Sound;Oct2007, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p71 The article reviews the motion picture "The Singer," directed by Xavier Giannoli, starring GÃ©rard Depardieu and CÃ©cile de France THE SINGER. Mowe, Richard // Boxoffice;Sep2006, Vol. 142 Issue 9, p109 'The Singer'. Honeycutt, Kirk // Hollywood Reporter -- International Edition;5/30/2006, Vol. 394 Issue 31, p21 THE SINGER. Elley, Derek // Variety;6/5/2006, Vol. 403 Issue 3, p36 The article reviews the motion picture "The Singer (Quand J'Etais Chanteur)," directed by Xavier Giannoli and starring Gerard Depardieu, Cecile de France and Christina Citti. The Singer. Elley, Derek // Variety Movie Reviews;6/ 5/2006, p1 The article reviews the film "The Singer," directed by Xavier Giannoli, starring Gerard Depardieu, Cecile de France and Mathieu Amalric. 'In the Beginning'. Honeycutt, Kirk // Hollywood Reporter;5/22/2009, Vol. 409 Issue 46, p15 The article reviews the film "In the Beginning," starring Francois Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos and Gerard Depardieu, directed by Xavier Giannoli. LA DIVA. NOH, DAVID // Film Journal International;Apr2016, Vol. 119 Issue 4, p12 An interview is presented with Xavier Giannoli, director of the opera film "Marguerite." Topics covered include the film's release in the U.S. by Cohen Media Group in March 2015, socialite Flora Foster Jenkins as the inspiration for the film, and actress Catherine Frot's performance in the lead... CECILE DE FRANCE. Saval, Malina // Daily Variety;11/18/2010, Vol. 309 Issue 34, pA2 The article focuses on the preparation of Belgian actress Cecile de France for her part in the film "Hereafter." Life in a big glass. Corliss, R.; Foote-Greenwell, V. // Time;2/4/1991, Vol. 137 Issue 5, p68 Profiles French actor Gerard Depardieu, 42, a glutton for adventure who embodies the primal male caged in modern society, ever raising the ante on his own anarchic instincts. His first Hollywood film, `Green Card,' a featherweight comedy with Andie MacDowell, directed by Peter Weir.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404933
__label__wiki	0.519613	0.519613	#Holiday Gift Guide: Romance, Romance, #Romance For dozens of books in many genres, visit N. N. Light’s Holiday Gift Guide. Romantic Adventures for Adults Are you buying a gift for a romance lover? Or would you like a quick vacation in the pages of a book, to get you through the busy holiday season? Try one of these Kris Bock titles. The Mad Monk’s Treasure – a romantic adventure When a quiet history professor uncovers a clue to the legendary lost Victorio Peak treasure, she prepares for adventure. But she’s not the only one interested. Is the handsome pilot who rescued her a hero or the enemy? “The story has it all—action, romance, danger, intrigue….” The Dead Man’s Treasure – Rebecca Westin’s grandfather left her a buried treasure – if she can decipher a complex series of clues leading to it. Her half-siblings are determined to reach the treasure first. Good thing Rebecca has help, in the form of a green-eyed charmer determined to make their desert adventure sexy and fun. But a treacherous enemy will do anything to get that treasure – and revenge. Action and romance combine in this lively Southwestern adventure, complete with riddles the reader is invited to solve. The Dead Man’s Treasure is book 2 in the New Mexico treasure hunters series. In book 3, The Skeleton Canyon Treasure, sparks fly when reader favorites Camie and Tiger help a mysterious man track down his missing uncle. (Each book features a different hero and heroine, and stands alone.) Counterfeits – Jenny returns to her grandparents’ art camp in a remote New Mexico town after her grandmother’s sudden death. That night, staying alone in the empty house, she wakes to the noise of intruders. What do the strangers want? As more bizarre events unfold, Jenny starts to realize the people she thought she knew are not what they seem – least of all Rob, an old friend and the camp cook, whose past may be coming back to haunt them all. What We Found – When Audra stumbles on a murdered woman in the woods, more than one person isn’t happy about her bringing the crime to light. She’ll have to stand up for herself in order to stand up for the murder victim. It’s a risk, and so is reaching out to the mysterious young man who works with deadly birds of prey. But with danger all around, some risks are worth taking. Whispers in the Dark – Kylie Hafford craves adventure when she heads to the remote Puebloan ruins of Lost Valley, Colorado, to excavate. Romance isn’t in her plans, but she soon meets two sexy men: Danesh looks like a warrior from the Pueblo’s ancient past, and Sean is a charming, playful tourist. The summer heats up as Kylie uncovers mysteries, secrets, and terrors in the night. She’ll need all her strength and wits to survive—and to save the man she’s come to love. Read excerpts at www.krisbock.com or visit the Kris Bock Amazon page. Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter for announcements of new books, sales, and more. If you prefer an inspirational title, try Alone, a romantic suspense, by SM Ford: Ready for adventure in the snowy Colorado mountains, Cecelia Gage is thrilled to be employed as the live-in housekeeper for her favorite bestselling author. The twenty-five-year-old doesn’t count on Mark Andrews being so prickly, nor becoming part of the small town gossip centering on the celebrity. Neither does she expect to become involved in Andrews family drama and a relationship with Simon Lindley, Mark’s oh so good-looking best friend. And certainly, Cecelia has no idea she’ll be mixed up in a murder investigation because of this job. Will Cecelia’s faith in God get her through all the trouble that lies ahead? Visit SM Ford’s website or find her on Amazon. If you’d like to journey to the past, try one of the historical romance novels from Mariana Gabrielle. You can check out her writing with the free prequel novella Shipmate: The heavy hands and sharp tongues of Bella Smithson’s family have left her almost too timid to converse with a gentleman, much less conduct a husband hunt. Unfortunately, her overbearing aunt and managing cousin are determined to help her escape her black-hearted father and brothers. Thanks to the Prince of Wales, retiring shipping magnate Myron Clewes has an ever-growing fortune, a fresh-minted peerage, a brand-new flagship, and an impossible set of requirements for a bride. Not least, she must be willing to leave England and everything she knows, possibly for good, in less than two months’ time. Or for something different, try La Déesse Noire: The Black Goddess: Kali Matai, London’s most famed Indian dancer and courtesan, harbors a lifetime of secrets, as more lives than hers depend on it. Sired by a British peer, born of a paramour to Indian royalty, she has been destined from birth to enthrall England’s most powerful noblemen—though she hadn’t counted on becoming their pawn. Finding herself under the control of ruthless men, who will not be moved by her legendary allure, she has no choice but to use her beauty toward their malicious and clandestine ends. When those she holds most dear are placed in peril by backroom political dealings, she enlists some of the most formidable lords in England to thwart her enemies. But even with the help of the prominent gentlemen she has captivated, securing Kali’s freedom, her family, and the man she loves, will require her protectors stop at nothing to fulfill her desires. check out her Amazon page. If you prefer contemporary romances, check out Deanna Roy’s Forever Innocent series: Corabelle doesn’t feel like any of the other college girls. On what should have been one of the happiest nights of her life, she and her boyfriend Gavin watched a nurse disconnect the ventilator from their seven-day-old baby. During the funeral two days later, Gavin walked out and never returned. Since then, her life has been a spiral of disasters. The only thing that has helped is her ability to black out whenever the pain gets too hard to bear, a habit that has become an addiction. When Gavin shows up in her astronomy class four years later, he is hell-bent on getting her back, insisting she forgive him. Corabelle knows she can’t resist the touch that fills the empty ache that has haunted her since he left. But if he learns what she has done, if he follows the trail back through her past, her secrets will destroy their love completely. And once again, she’ll lose the only person who always believed she was innocent. A New Adult Contemporary Romance Visit Deanna’s website or Amazon page. Prefer a bit of paranormal in your Romance? Check out Marion Croslydon’s titles. Oxford Whispers Madison LeBon is dead set against the dead. Her fresh start at Oxford University is a brand new beginning. She finally has a chance to turn the page on her psychic powers and cumbersome voodoo heritage. Snakes, dolls, ghosts, and spirits: Farewell… When the tragic lovers in a painting—the subject of her first history class—begin to haunt her, she must accept her gift before life imitates art. The lovers warn her against their own nemesis, a Puritan from the English Civil War. Unfortunately, said nemesis is now going all homicidal on Madison. College becomes more complicated when she falls hard for Rupert Vance, a troubled aristocrat and descendant of one of the characters in the painting. With the spirit of a murderer after her, Madison realizes that her own first love may also be doomed… To learn about this and her other books, visit Marion’s website or Amazon page. You can see my earlier posts for Great Books for Middle Grade and Teen Readers, Picture Books for Children, and Nonfiction – Writing, Cooking and More! #Holiday Gift Guide: Picture Books for Children #KidLit Picture Books for Young Children If you have young readers – or pre-readers – on your shopping list, consider some of these adorable picture books from Lori Mortensen: Cindy Moo One night on the farm, the cows overhear a fantastic tale. “Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon!” Inspired by this classic rhyme, a plucky cow named Cindy Moo sets out to prove that cows really can leap over the moon. The other cows laugh, but that doesn’t stop Cindy Moo from trying night after night. Could a cow really jump over the moon? This delightfully silly picture book will have readers of all ages cheering for its determined heroine. Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg What’s Cowpoke Clyde to do with Dawg, covered in mud and not smellin’ so sweet? Pop him in the tub of course! But Dawg will have none of it, setting off a commotion that has all the critters on the ranch dashing every which way to stay out of range. It’s not till Clyde is ready to throw in the towel, that he discovers the secret to bathing Dawg. Rollicking verse with page-turn surprises makes this uproarious tall tale a rootin’ tootin’ read-aloud. Cowpoke Clyde Rides the Range Cowpoke Clyde learns to ride a bike in a story of perseverance and friendship, with plenty of Western flair and a big dollop of humor. Mousequerade Ball Counting up to ten and back again, dancing all the while, this delightful story invites readers--and dancers--to the event of the season: The Mousequerade Ball! Chicken Lily Chicken Lily may be a lot of things--a careful colorer, a patient puzzler, and a quiet hide-and-seeker (she never makes a peep!)--but brave is not one of them. When her teacher, Mrs. Lop, plans a school-wide poetry jam, Lily is terrified. She doesn’t want to stand in front of everyone and sound like a bird brain! With encouragement from her friends Baabette and Pigsley, Lily decides to hatch a plan. Can she put her best claw forward and prove that even chickens aren’t chicken all the time? Check out all her titles on Amazon. Or here’s a fun picture book from Amy Houts: What Do Moms Do? In this picture book, charming illustrations by award-winning artist, Lisa Thiesing, tell the story of a newly-hatched duckling who asks her friends, “What do moms do?” Using humor in everyday situations, animals describe how mothers show their love. Perfect for bedtime or anytime a soothing story is desired. Available in paper book or as an ebook for $2.99. See all of Amy Hout’s books at her website or on Amazon. Do you want to share some nature nonfiction instead? Here’s another title from Lori Mortensen: In the Trees, Honey Bees! Peek inside this tree and see a wild colony of honey bees. It hums with life. Look at the thousands of worker bees--each one doing her job. Some are making wax. Some are feeding the hungry brood. Some are storing sweet honey. Look at all the combs, filled with honey and pollen! And there’s the queen, laying eggs. It’s all very organized, like a smoothly running town. A honey bee colony is a remarkable place, and you will never look at bees in the same way again Find it on Amazon. Or try this one from Cindy Trumbore: Prairie Dog Song, co-written with and illustrated by collage artist Susan L. Roth, has received three starred reviews and was a Junior Library Guild selection. Aimed at children in grades 1-4, it tells the history of the prairie dog and its role as a key species in the North American grasslands ecosystem. The text is a combination of a song to the tune of “The Green Grass Grew All Around,” with fact boxes giving more information about each spread. The music is at the back of the book and is available as a free download from the publisher’s website. Find this title at Amazon or learn more about Cindy’s books at her website. Finally, the following is Fun for All Ages! The Twelve Days of Christmas: Starring The Chickens Chickens peck. Chickens peep. Chickens do not take over Halloween. Or do they? In this world upside-down story for all chicken lovers, silliness and a clucking good time leads to a surprise. (The Chickens previously starred in Chickens Do Not Take Over Halloween.) Visit Molly’s website or her see all her books at Amazon. You can see my earlier posts for Great Books for Middle Grade and Teen Readers, Romance, Romance, #Romance, and Nonfiction – Writing, Cooking and More!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404938
__label__cc	0.664637	0.335363	Christie Communications Creating interactive media and custom eLearning Introduction to Business Continuity Management CBRN/HazMat for First Receivers highly interactive, media rich, intensely tested programs. We thrive on working with clients to solve new challenges for program design, technical deployment, and project logistics. We are in this business because we love it and that makes us very good at what we do. eLearning Creation 3D Immersive Development They've Always Loved Working Together: Two Edmonton companies join as one on Valentine's Day Christie Communications First to Win Three CSTD Awards in One Year Christie Lunch Update from Alexis Bob Christie passed away January 1, 2013. His heart ached every day since his wife, Carolla, passed away in August. Although grieving, he found joy with his family and especially his grandchildren. In his last week of life, Bob played Santa (along with one of his grandsons who was an elf) to give presents "to the old folks" in his new extended care living facility. Bob was always taking up the cause of the worker and the people in his life. His cogent and passionate arguments were legendary and many a strategist, bureaucrat, and politician had no choice but to come around to see his viewpoint of an issue. During his last week and with limited mobility, he personally handed out 40 packages of chocolates to all of the facility staff, commenting that they worked so hard to make life better for him and other residents. Bob founded Christie Communications in 1978, actively doing inventive and leading edge multimedia projects starting in 1980. Bob was a brilliant writer, marketer, and producer. He loved to spark new ideas and create something people had never seen before. Bob and Carolla's life work is the foundation of our company and made us what we are today. Bob was very proud of our current work and our team. Bob and Carolla will both be missed very much. ***There will be a special "Christie lunch" celebrating both Bob and Carolla's lives and work at the Christie Communications offices on Friday February 22, 2013 at noon. We would love to share memories and stories with Bob and Carolla's friends and colleagues. Please RSVP maryanne [at] christie [dot] ab [dot] ca Alexis MacMillan will be speaking at the Bennett Jones and MacEwan University "Plugged into Business Speaker Series: The Changing Face of Business" November 7, 2012 at the MacEwan University. She will be focussing on why Christie Communications has chosen to be based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada even though they work with clients around the world. Saying Goodbye to Carolla Christie This week we lost someone great. A woman with a scientific mind and a fiercely caring heart. She loved her husband and family, and they were everything to her. She knew how to work hard into the wee hours of the night, and also how to burst into laughter during tough moments. I was lucky to spend two decades with her as my business partner, along with Bob. She mentored many of our team and helped shape our business. She will be missed. - Alexis Carolla's memorial service will be held in Lethbridge this Saturday (Aug 18) at the Bowman Arts Centre in Lethbridge from 1-3PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Carolla's honour to the Allied Arts Council or the Galt Museum. Local Interactive and Multimedia Company Achieves National Business Ranking for Third Straight Year, News Release October 12, 2011 PROFIT W100 2011 Virtual Edmonton on Alberta Primetime Christie Communications Receives Alberta Export Award! Alexis MacMillan quoted in Nov. 2010 issue Alberta Venture in article about government contracting Bob Christie founded Christie Communications in 1980, and retired starting in 1997 (as President and then fully a few years after). Enable JavaScript to browse even more company facts! © 2020 Christie Communications Christie Communications supports the UN Global Compact on human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404939
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__label__cc	0.713912	0.286088	And That's a Wrap Typed on Morticia, the Olympia SM-3 File under: lessons learned, morticia, nanowrimo, olympia, sm3, typecast (from U.S. Patent #2486473, "TYPEWRITER RIBBON AND SPOOL" by H. J. Hart (1946) On my Royal's ribbon spools, there is a small hook that drops down: the ribbon holds it in place when it's wrapped around the core, but when you reach the end, the hook lowers and trips the reverse mechanism, and what was now the end of the ribbon becomes the beginning. (This is a snip from the patent drawing, above.) We're ending week two of NaNoWriMo, and maybe you're feeling a little at-the-end too? Like you've typed all you can and have run out of ideas? Time to invoke the Hook: make a change, kill a character, summon those monkey ninjas from the ninth dimension. Do something dramatic and you'll have a whole fresh story all laid out before you. All the way to 50K, people. You can do it. File under: cheerleading, come to me my fighting typewriter brigade, forced analogies, inspiration, nanowrimo, patents, ujtu Today was a difficult day: my lunch was interrupted by a minor crisis, and while fixing that, was interrupted by another more major crisis, the two of which conspired to keep me away from my afternoon NaNoWriMo session. I'd been especially looking forward to this one, as I'd literally been on my feet all day -- I'm using a new standing desk, and am in the adjustment period where my back is happy but my feet are protesting. Sitting in a padded chair for forty-five minutes in the middle of the day sounded pretty damn good. But instead what I got was a gulped-down lunch and two hours mired in the depths of financial software. By the time the fog lifted, it was too late to skulk away with the Skyriter under the arm. This made me bitter. And then the lights went out. For the second time in a month, we lost power to our building, and after the wails of despair died down ("I didn't save!") and casual conversation broke out in the hall, I realized that life had turned my lemony day into novel-ade. Out came the typing pad and the Skyriter, and for the next forty-five minutes or so, I typed by the fading daylight, boosting up the word count. Someone even stopped by and jokingly suggested that I hand out spare machines to anyone needing to finish up their work. I said, "I am doing work!" This made me smug. I took the sudden work stoppage as a sign that Dramatic Action was called for in the novel, too. I've been languishing a bit, wallowing in the flabby and ill-defined section in the middle of my outline. When the lights went out in the office, though, the lights came on in my brain, and whether it was the unexpected opportunity of a writing session, or the endorphin rush from finally sitting down, I think I've got a title for the story, and even a decent synopsis I can put up on the site. Very smug indeed. File under: blogging in the dark, flickr view whoring, inspiration, nanowrimo, skyriter Well, it happened this morning. The first morning when I hit the alarm button a couple of times, and actually resented getting up at some ludicrous hour to write terrible fiction. This was taken at the end of the session, just before my kids woke up. I started at 5:30, and I've been starting at 5:00 since Monday. Needless to say, I'm very much looking forward to the time change this weekend. It's far too dark to warrant getting out of bed, much less getting up to attempt to string together a contiguous storyline. But it's also one of the few times of day when I'm truly left alone -- since all sane people are still abed -- and so I take advantage of the quiet and solitude to work. (Since starting this post, for example, I have made two breakfasts, fed and let out the dog, defused a tantrum, and watched a parade of plastic dinosaurs and cows.) Reluctance is part of the NaNo game, of course, and much as I try to suppress the Inner Editor, he is known to perch on my shoulder and make murky comments in my ear while I'm trying to work. "This is crap." "Why didn't you figure out the character names in advance? My God, this is lame." "You got us up for this?" Sadly for the Inner E, I don't hear so well at 5:00 AM, so most of these complaints go unheeded. And during my lunchtime writing sessions at work, the coffee-cart guy has Fox news turned up too loud on his TV, which I've found to be an effective drone to dispel all rational thought. NaNoWriMo thrives in pockets of irrationality, and in the very heart of those pockets lies magic. Around the same time that the Inner E wants to start smacking "snooze", the Muse also starts kicking in. For me, writing is best tackled at regular times: I think it fools my brain into being creative, because, hey, we're sitting at that damn typewriter again and we're not getting up, might as well write. And it's in those oh-what-the-hell-just-move-those-fingers moments that the unexpected starts to creep in. The characters start talking to each other and reveal Big Personal Secrets. Scenes I had not anticipated appear, and the story is better for them. User "munk" on the Typewriter Brigade topic compared the feeling to a silvery thread connecting the subconscious to the typewriter. Yeah, I totally get that. It's the magic. There was an anti-NaNo article on Salon lately, and then an anti-anti-NaNo article in the LA Times blog. You can search them down if you like, but it's the same arguments and defenses that have been trotted out every year, and I feel like it boils down to a slobs versus snobs distinction. I don't listen to the argument much, though I do savor some of the more nasty comments from both sides. I know the self-imposed suffering of writing regimen will end in three weeks, and I know that what I'm writing is not High Art. But gives me a chance get in touch with the magic, and that feeling makes it worthwhile. But even more when we turn the clocks back. File under: advice from the intertubes, come to me my fighting typewriter brigade, groggy, inspiration, may your muse be cooperative and generous, nanowrimo Your Arsenal For Twitterites, there's a #DailyArsenal hashtag and a corresponding flickr group, highlighting what's in your writing/creating space for the day. Although it's not limited to NaNoWriMo, you can still use it as a way to do a little shameless self-promotion. I arranged my afternoon-writing setup and took a quick photo before heading down to the building lobby to type. At the risk of sounding like a hokey credit card commercial, what's in your arsenal? File under: flickr view whoring, nanowrimo, shameless self promotion, skyriter Cheering Section We're doing some remodeling, which required that I put my main NaNo typewriter away for a while, after I'd brought it out and given it a cleaning up. I'd forgotten that my middle child had "helped" with the process, making sure that the keys worked and the ribbon was properly inked. She wrote this up, and then a day later the contractor came, so her work was hurridly tucked away in my box of paper. When I sat down this morning to start NaNoWriMo, I found it again. It's never a bad thing to kick off with your own personal cheering section. File under: fatherhood, nanowrimo, poetry, typewriters in art	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404944
__label__wiki	0.54789	0.54789	Feminist Carnival: 1970s Feminist Thought Submitted by Clancy on 14 November 2005 - 10:49pm Yes, I know I've blogged these photographs before. But this time I'm doing a little something extra for the Feminist Carnival. I don't have any grand arguments to make about 1970s feminism, but I find it very interesting how, during the 1970s, before the backlash, feminism seemed almost celebrated. (Thumbnails go to larger photographs.) Advertisement for Hour after Hour deodorant, Mademoiselle magazine, 1973 Advertisement for Secret deodorant, 2005 The 1973 ad says: How do you rate as a 1973 woman? It used to be a man's world. But you've changed it. How much? Check a box for every yes. In the past year: Have you taken an active part in an election campaign, bond issue, school budget, zoning question? Have you expressed your opinion in areas where you used to just smile and nod agreement? If you manage a home and family, does it upset you when someone says you're "just a housewife"? Do you have -- or do you want -- a job in what was once considered a man's domain? Do you pay more attention to news, comments, editorials? The more "Yes" answers you have, the more involved, concerned and active you are. But now that you're tough enough to dish it out, you should be tough enough to take it. Frankly, you sweat. That's why you need an anti-perspirant that's tough enough to take it . . . Hour after Hour. It fights odor and all 3 kinds of wetness. From heat, tension and exercise. That's powerful protection. Yet it has a new fragrance that tells you you're still utterly feminine. Hour after Hour. Protects against 3 kinds of wetness. So you dish it out. We're tough enough to take it. My secret: I send myself flowers to make him jealous. Our newest body sprays give you such a rush of long-lasting Lavender and Passion Flower freshness, you'll be tempted to pluck a handful. See also these other ads from Mademoiselle for more context. It isn't that I feel nostalgic for the 1970s -- I was only a tot then, but I know it was no Herland -- but I would like to see some of this Hour after Hour kind of pride right about now. Irony and flippant humor are great, but so are sincerity and earnestness. UPDATE: I just discovered this list of Tips for Strength on Secret's site, which, much to my relief, makes the scale a little more balanced, though it lacks the agenda-like specificity of the 1970s ad. I'd love to hear any other thoughts about this if you have them. If anything, these images can be a jumping-off point or prompt for further discussion. As an aside, check out this ad for Chomsky's American Power & the New Mandarins from a 1969 issue of The Nation. Technorati tag: feministcarnival 70's Feminist Sweat Submitted by joanna on 15 November 2005 - 9:17pm. 2 Board Alley The 70's also gave birth to the delightful line: "I'm not a feminist, but. . . ." Or, "I'm not one of those crazy feminists, but. . . . " followed by a list of ideas that sounded very feminist. Submitted by Clancy on 17 November 2005 - 5:58pm. This post is getting more response than I was expecting (which is to say, I expected none at all). Check out what students in a Gender and Communication class are saying about the ads. funferal Household Opera jill/txt Long Pauses Rad Geek the chutry experiment tonari no shibafu Charlie Lowe Clay Spinuzzi Collin vs. Blog Community College English Dennis Jerz Earth Wide Moth Kairosnews Samantha Blackmon Steven Krause The Blogora Thinkery This Public Address vitia Copyright/IP Copyfight Creative Commons Weblog Free Culture Blog Frank Field Infocult Napsterization I'm Clancy Ratliff, an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where I am also the Assistant Director of First-Year Writing. I'm married with three children. See my vita to find out more about where I've been and what I've done. Email me: clancy.ratliff, gmail Essays/Research Clancy Ratliff.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404945
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__label__cc	0.693522	0.306478	daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics Daveberta Podcast Best of Alberta Politics Tag: Ivan Boles Alberta Politics NDP nomination meetings sprouting up ahead of spring 2019 election Post author By Dave Cournoyer 2 Comments on NDP nomination meetings sprouting up ahead of spring 2019 election Peter Mueller, Kelly Mandryk, Jessica Littlewood, and Colin Piquette Photo: Peter Mueller, Kelly Mandryk, Jessica Littlewood, and Colin Piquette With candidates nominated in 34 districts and less than two months until the official fixed-election period begins, the New Democratic Party has now scheduled nomination meetings in 23 additional districts between now and February 7, 2019. It is expected that more candidate selection meetings will be announced shortly. The latest meetings to be announced will be held in Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North and Grande Prairie on February 3, 2019 and Edmonton-Whitemud on February 7, 2019. Kelly Mandryk is seeking the NDP nomination in Calgary-North. Mandryk is a Senior Service Representative with Great West Life and is a former journalist and editor, having worked at the Barrhead Leader and Calgary Herald. A candidate selection meeting is scheduled for February 3, 2019. MLA Jessica Littlewood has announced she will seek the NDP nomination for re-election in Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville. Littlewood was first elected in 2015, earning 45 percent of the vote and unseating one-term Progressive Conservative MLA Jacquie Fenske. She has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade since October 2017 and was recently voted Up and Coming MLA to Watch in 2019 in the Daveberta Best of Alberta Politics 2018 Survey. A candidate selection meeting has been scheduled for February 2, 2019. NDP MLA Colin Piquette will seek his party’s nomination in the newly redrawn Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock district. Piquette was first elected in 2015 in the Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, earning 40 percent of the vote. He is the son of former NDP MLA Leo Piquette, who represented Athabasca-Lac La Biche from 1986 to 1989. If nominated, Piquette will face current Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock United Conservative Party MLA Glenn van Dijken in the next election. This will be the third race in which two incumbent MLAs are challenging each other in a newly redrawn electoral district. The other races are Central Peace-Notley, where NDP MLA Marg McCuaig-Boyd and UCP MLA Todd Loewen are running, and in Chestermere-Strathmore, where UCP MLA Leela Aheer and Freedom Conservative Party MLA Derek Fildebrandt are running. Retired teacher Peter Mueller will seek the NDP nomination in Cypress-Medicine Hat. Mueller is a columnist in the pages of the Medicine Hat News where he has been a vocal and persistent critic of local UCP MLA Drew Barnes, who he plans to challenge in the next election. A nomination meeting has been scheduled for February 9, 2019. Amanda Chapman is seeking the NDP nomination in Calgary-Beddington, which is scheduled to take place on February 3, 2019. The Alberta Party has announced that Jason James will run for the party in Grande Prairie-Wapiti and Ivan Boles will run in Spruce Grove-Stony Plain. Boles was president of the PC Party association in Spruce Grove-St. Albert and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert from 2010 to 2017 and endorsed Richard Starke in the 2017 PC Party leadership contest. Putting an end to the rumours, Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer announced that she will not seek the UCP nomination in Red Deer-South. The UCP announced in early December that the party was would delaying the selection meeting until 2019 in order to give time for a “high profile individual” run join the contest. Four candidates are already contesting the nomination. It remains unclear who the mystery star candidate will be. Here is a list of upcoming candidate selection meetings: January 8, 2019: Bruce Hinkley was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin. As I wrote in my previous update, Hinkley was first elected in 2015. January 10, 2019: Shawna Gawreluck is seeking the NDP nomination in Morinville-St. Albert. Gawreluck is a lab technologist and a resident of Sturgeon County. She was the federal NDP candidate in the 2017 by-election in the Sturgeon River-Parkland district where she earned 7.7 percent of the vote. January 10, 2019: MLA Annie McKitrick has officially filed her intention to seek the NDP nomination for re-election in Sherwood Park. McKitrick was first elected in 2015 with 52 percent of the vote and has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education since 2017. January 10, 2019: MLA Erin Babcock is seeking the NDP nomination in the new Spruce Grove-Stony Plain district west of Edmonton. Babcock was first elected as MLA for Stony Plain in 2015, earning 38 percent of the vote and unseating PC MLA Ken Lemke. January 17, 2019: MLA Ricardo Miranda is seeking the NDP nomination for re-election in Calgary-Cross. He was first elected in 2015 and has served as Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Tourism since February 2016. If you know any candidates who have announced their intentions to stand for party nominations, please send me an email at david.cournoyer@gmail.com. I will add them to the list. Thank you! Tags Alberta Election 2019, Alberta Election Candidate Nominations, Alberta NDP, Alberta Party, Amanda Chapman, Annie McKitrick, Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, Best of Alberta Politics 2018, Bruce Hinkley, Calgary-Beddington, Calgary-Cross, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North, Candidate nominations, Central Peace-Notley, Chestermere-Strathmore, Colin Piquette, Cypress-Medicine Hat, Derek Fildebrandt, Drew Barnes, Edmonton-Whitemud, Erin Babcock, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta, Glenn van Dijken, Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie-Wapiti, Ivan Boles, Jacquie Fenske, Jessica Littlewood, Kelly Mandryk, Ken Lemke, Leela Aheer, Leo Piquette, Marg McCuaig Boyd, Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin, Morinville-St. Albert, Peter Mueller, Red Deer-South, Ricardo Miranda, Richard Starke, Shawna Gawreluck, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove-St. Albert, Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, Sturgeon River-Parkland, Tara Veer, Todd Loewen, United Conservative Party Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. 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__label__wiki	0.90362	0.90362	Business News›Markets›Stocks›Top NSE companies will have to take 336 women on board Corporate governance experts see this as a positive development in ensuring gender diversity. Rica Bhattacharyya Updated: Mar 31, 2018, 10.07 AM IST BCCL MUMBAI: Nearly 33% of the top 1,000 listed companies on the National Stock Exchange will have to appoint a woman independent director to meet new norms, following the decision by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to accept the Uday Kotak committee’s recommendation on the matter. Prime Database data, shared exclusively with ET, show that 336 of the top 1,000 NSE-listed entities by market capitalisation will have to appoint a woman independent director by April 1, 2020, while 155 of the top 500 will have to do so by April 1, 2019. Corporate governance experts see this as a positive development in ensuring gender diversity. “It is an important step forward to improve gender balance at the board level. This is likely to open up at least 100 more board positions for independent women directors in the next 12 months,” said Arun Duggal, chairman of ICRA. “We now start to advocate for 2-2020, i.e., at least two women directors from 2020,” added Duggal, cofounder of the Women on Corporate Boards mentorship programme, which has produced about 100 boardready women. Women from this programme are serving on about 150 board positions. In October, the Uday Kotak-led Sebi panel on corporate governance had recommended the inclusion of at least one “independent” woman director at all listed companies. On Wednesday, Sebi accepted many of its recommendations, some with modifications, while rejecting others. Sebi, in compliance with the Companies Act 2013, had previously made at least one woman on a board compulsory from October 2014. Many companies picked a woman from the promoter family to meet the requirement. That’s led to a growing view that such a director should be independent, so that observing the rule doesn’t become mere lip service. “This will encourage companies to bring at least two women directors on boards of companies. It can make the board atmosphere so much more positive,” said Shailesh Haribhakti, chairman of audit and accounting firm Haribhakti & Co. Corporate governance experts said there are enough qualified women to join boards, rejecting contentions to the contrary. ‘ENOUGH BOARD-READY WOMEN' Naina Lal Kidwai, the chairman of the India Advisory Board of Advent International Private Equity, said: “Every guy who gets on to a board for the first time is also a first-timer. But that question is never asked.” There are enough board-ready women at senior levels in corporates but not enough companies are approaching them, said Kidwai. “Indian promoters are being extremely lazy in finding women for boards,” former Sebi chairman M Damodaran said at a panel discussion on the issue at the ET Women’s Forum earlier in March. “In a country which has our kind of population, where we are talking about the power of half a billion people, finding a few hundred women to be on boards can never be difficult.” There is a need to widen the search pool. Kidwai said senior professional women in top roles such as head of legal, HR, marketing, etc, who are ready to join boards, should be looked at. NSE companies Kotak Panel ‘TCS, Kotak Bank among NSE companies not to have fully spent CSR money’ No independent woman director at 40% of NSE companies FIIs' stake value in NSE companies up at Rs 20.13 lakh crore in Q2 Retail stake in NSE companies zooms to 6-year high at 21.35% As deadline ends, 12% NSE companies yet to get women directors	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404956
__label__wiki	0.929721	0.929721	نستخدم ملفات الكوكيز لنسهل عليك استخدام مواقعنا الإلكترونية ونكيف المحتوى والإعلانات وفقا لمتطلباتك واحتياجاتك الخاصة، لتوفير ميزات وسائل التواصل الاجتماعية ولتحليل حركة المرور لدينا...اعرف أكثر +MENU Honduras becomes latest to officially declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization There’s nothing diplomatic about Twitter war between US and Iran leaders Khalifa Haftar shows diplomatic skill as Libya conflict sucks in world powers The Philippines looks for safer homes for volcano residents Soleimani killing ‘act of defense’ against Iran: Former Italian foreign minister Al-Motaqadimah Schools Company in Saudi Arabia plans on going public: CEO Davos 2020: The World Economic Forum opens its 50th session IMF cuts global growth estimates to decade low on slower Indian growth Jim O’Neill Specter of war in the Middle East rises as America retreats Bernard Haykel Iran has retaliation options beyond Hormuz in hitting Gulf oil supplies Cyril Widdershoven ‘Desert X AlUla’: Cultivating new audiences for contemporary art Louvre reopens after being blocked by strikers Nigerian artist makes dark skin prosthetics to boost patients’ confidence Kim Kardashian shrugs off critics, reveals law school progress Iran’s only female Olympic medalist moving to Germany: Coach Asian Football Federation bans Iranian clubs from hosting season matches Golf: Westwood captures 25th European Tour title in Abu Dhabi Liverpool goes 16 points clear by beating Man United 2-0 Hong Kong protesters call for boycott of Communist Party Lebanese court charges singer Nancy Ajram’s husband with ‘intentional’ murder Sainz wins Dakar Rally for third time as American Brabec makes history 10 minutes ago in Economy 1 hours ago in Middle East 1 hours ago in World Iran’s IRGC appoints new Quds Force deputy commander Erdogan says Turkey not yet sent troops to Libya, only advisers: Report 3 hours ago in Economy 3 hours ago in Variety Easing of strike brings relief for Paris commuters Human Rights Day and Iran’s indifference to another UN resolution Activists act out human rights abuses as they gather outside the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2017. (AP) By Reza Shafiee Special to Al Arabiya English Friday, 8 December 2017 Human Rights Day is celebrated across the world on December 10 every year. This day means nothing to Iran, which is among the leading violators of human rights. On November 14, UN General Assembly’s Third Committee condemned the Iranian regime for the 64th time. The international community gave the Iranian regime a dress-down for its human rights record. The resolution is a detailed document and calls on the Iranian regime “to address the poor conditions of prisons, to eliminate the denial of access to adequate medical treatment and the consequent risk of death faced by prisoners”. It speaks of ending, “widespread and serious restrictions, in law and in practice, on the right to freedom of expression, opinion, association and peaceful assembly, both online and offline”, as well as “the harassment, intimidation and persecution of political opponents, human rights defenders, women’s and minority rights activists, labor leaders, students’ rights activists, academics, film-makers, journalists, bloggers, social media users and social media page administrators, media workers, religious leaders, artists, lawyers and persons belonging to recognized and unrecognized religious minorities and their families”. It calls on the Iranian regime to “to release persons arbitrarily detained for the legitimate exercise of these rights” and to “to consider rescinding unduly harsh sentences, including the death penalty and long-term internal exile, for exercising such fundamental freedoms and to end reprisals against individuals, including for cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms.” The Resolution also wants the regime “to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against women and girls” and “against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities.” Immediately after the resolution was adopted; Iran’s UN Representative-present at the session- called it a “politically motivated resolution”, like 63 other resolutions coming before it. Although, it is a noble gesture on the part of the international community to come up with such a resolution against the theocratic regime every year, but such a non-binding and toothless document will get us nowhere with this cruel and inhumane regime. If it could be backed up by the UN Security Council’s reprimand, then it would be something the Iranian regime could not ignore. The average Iranian citizen has to put up with an array of security forces once he sets foot on the streets. People are policed everywhere and hardly any personal space is off limits. Constant fear of being watched is runs deep in every individual’s soul. People protest against executions and human rights violations in Iran on a square near the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague March 25, 2014. (Reuters) Highest rate of executions per capita Ironically, the charges of human rights allegations are backed by reports emanating from statements by members of Iranian parliament themselves. As reported in the state run news agency Mehr on November 23, member of Iranian parliament Hassan Norouzi in a shocking confession said: “5000 inmates aged 20 to 30 years old are on death row. Most of them are first-time drug offenders”. Mohammad Hazratpour, another member of the parliamentary Legal and Judicial Committee, reportedly stated about death row inmates on August 21, 2016: “Presently, there are 4,500 death row inmates whose cases remain undecided. To resolve the problem, we must work out a solution.” Meanwhile, speaking at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 11th, Zaid Ra’ad al-Hussein said “Iran also remains the country with the highest reported rate of executions per capita. Many of those executed are drug offenders not guilty of ‘most serious crimes’ under the terms of international law. Since the beginning of the year at least four children have been put to death, and at least 89 other children remain on death row.” Some in the West hoped that with nuclear deal signed with the Iranian regime called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) there also would be improvement in its human rights record among other things. President Hassan Rouhani tried hard to appear as a champion of “moderation” and diehard human rights defender, but he failed miserably. His first term’s legacy turned far worse than his predecessor’s as the tally of executions has topped 3,500 so far. In its latest report, stated: Amnesty International states, “Iran vilifies human rights defenders as ‘enemies of the state’.” It reveals that under Rouhani’s first term human rights abuses intensified at an unprecedented rate. “Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious crackdown against human rights defenders since Hassan Rouhani became president in 2013, demonizing and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights.” The average Iranian citizen has to put up with an array of security forces once he sets foot on the streets. (Reuters) Massacre of political prisoners The massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1988 in the regime’s prisons has left an indelible mark in the hearts and minds of Iranians. Years after the 80s massacre of political prisoners in Iran, some families of victims mustered the courage to come forward and share their chilling stories of how some had to bury their children in their back yards after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) handed over their bullet- riddled bodies. Last month, Voice of America aired video clips of recently found families in northern Iran who had to bury five of their sons belonging to Iran’s opposition-Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)- in their back yard because IRGC stopped them from laying them to rest in public cemeteries in 1983. Asma Jahangir, UN’s Special Rapporteur for human rights situation in Iran picked up for the first time the 1988 massacre case and twice in her reports this year stressed the need for an investigation into the killings and a “closure for families of the victims”. In a bold move, Amnesty International kicked off a new campaign for 2018: “Justice for Iran.” It calls for an investigation into 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. Holding the Iranian regime accountable for crimes committed in the 80s, including some of its highest ranking officials (some still hold influential positions) – would send out a clear message that crimes against humanity will never go down unpunished. It has to be understood that hangings, many in public, have become common place in Iran only after execution of political prisoners in the 80s attracted very little attention worldwide. An independent fact finding commission into political prisoner’s mass executions of the late 80s is the right place to begin. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei no doubt should have a special seat in the front row in an international criminal court. Reza Shafiee (@shafiee_shafiee) is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Last Update: Friday, 8 December 2017 KSA 11:31 - GMT 08:31 Europe must not turn a blind eye to Iran’s human rights abuses Amnesty International has just published a 94-page report entitled “Caught in a web of repression: Iran’s ... Iran’s corruption and human rights overlooked While Iran’s nuclear deal continues to hold the spotlight, two other critical issues demand much more attention ... Hundreds of EU parliamentarians condemn Iran’s human rights abuses Hundreds of members of the European Parliament have strongly condemned human rights violations by the Iranian government ... Iran’s human rights record is spiraling downwards The latest findings which were revealed this week to the United Nations General Assembly highlight the increasing alarm ... 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__label__wiki	0.86542	0.86542	04/14 Links Pt2: Anglo Jewry confronts Labour anti-Semitic surge; The Soviet Campaign to Eliminate Passover From Ian: Fred Maroun: Why the BDS Movement is Destroying a Future Palestinian State From the moment Israel declared its independence, one of the main Arab tactics has been to exploit the Jews' Achilles heel – their highly developed culture, which respects and values life, and their support for human rights. Of Arab origin, I have long known about the Arab stereotype of the West and Israel -- that they are weak because they care about the lives of their own people and they are eager to respect the human rights of their enemies. Golda Meir is reported to have said, "We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children." Until now, Israel has conformed to that Arab stereotype -- such as with "knocks on the roof" in Gaza to warn residents to leave buildings being used for military purposes before they are targeted -- but in conversations with Zionists, it seems that this attitude is changing. While Jews will always value life, their determination to minimize enemy casualties and to respect their human rights at almost all costs might be unraveling, and it is the Palestinians who are likely to pay the price. During the War of Independence, the Arab side ensured that not a single Jew was left on the Arab side of the 1949 armistice lines, but a large number of Arabs were allowed by Jews to remain on the Israeli side. Today those Arabs constitute 20% of the Israeli population. Israel's respect for the human rights of Arabs living in Israel has been used by Arabs against Israel. The idea of any Jews on the Arab side is demonized and any "normalization" with Jews is aggressively discouraged Isi Leibler: Anglo Jewry confronts Labour anti-Semitic surge Ten years ago, I was accused of pandering to hysteria when I praised Melanie Phillips’ groundbreaking book, Londonistan, detailing the alarming growth of anti-Semitism in the UK and predicting further deterioration unless the British government drastically altered its approach. Many British Jews, especially those living in Jewish enclaves, were in denial, simply unwilling to face reality. Their attitude is brilliantly portrayed in Howard Jacobson’s 2010 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Finkler Question, which satirically portrays a British Jew desperately seeking to become socially acceptable. The Anglo Jewish establishment has frequently been referred to as “trembling Israelites.” They were “shtadlanim” (court Jews) who, to quote a former president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, crafted a policy based on “Why must one shout when a whisper can be heard?” Their overriding concern was to avoid rocking the boat by minimizing public protest wherever possible. Merciless London Musical Skewers Jeremy Corbyn Just when Jeremy Corbyn thought it couldn't get any worse, a rollicking stage musical has debuted in London openly mocking the Labour Party leader's intellect, his terror-loving friends and his sexual performance. The entire run of Corbyn the Musical, which first previewed on Tuesday at the Waterloo East Theatre, is already sold out. On stage, Corbyn is mercilessly lampooned as a hapless Communist wannabe—rejected by the Soviet Union, and unable to get it up. Perhaps most worryingly of all for Corbyn—who is overshadowed by wicked caricatures of Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin—you leave the theater feeling sorry for the beleaguered left-wing leader. This extremely camp musical is set in the early months of Corbyn's first term in office. He has taken power after a freakish turn of events render current Prime Minster David Cameron and his heir apparent Boris Johnson unable to win the election despite Corbyn's historically low approval rating. (h/t Alexi) Israeli group Who Profits spearheading BDS efforts An Israeli left-wing organization calling itself Who Profits is spearheading the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, according to a new NGO Monitor report. Who Profits maintains and updates a database of more than 500 Israeli and foreign companies, businesses and organizations that have ties to or financial investments in Judea and Samaria, east Jerusalem and the Golan region. This "blacklist" has effectively become an invaluable resource for the BDS movement and anyone seeking to impose economic sanctions on Israeli businesses. The report, put together by NGO Monitor expert Itai Reuveni, details Who Profits' funding sources, which prominently include European church-affiliated organizations that receive money from European governments. For example, Dutch aid group the Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation, which provides funding to anti-Israel website Electronic Intifada, also transferred more than a million shekels (about $264,000) to Who Profits in 2014 and 2015. Typically, Who Profits sends a letter to a company that it intends to include in its database, giving the company three weeks to respond. Among the companies that have been targeted by Who Profits are SodaStream, mobile phone service provider Partner Communications Ltd., Israel's national water company Mekorot, cosmetics giant Ahava, and multinational security company G4S. Ben Shapiro: Trump Should Be A Nonstarter For Jewish Voters The rest of his [Trump's] Mideast policy is similarly self-centered and principle-free. While Cruz and Kasich abhor the Iran deal, Trump says he’ll leave it in place and simply “enforce” it – nonsensical verbiage, since the deal itself does not contain any serious provisions for consequences snapping into place. Why not just kill the deal outright? Trump put on his dealmaker hat to explain: “I love to buy bad contracts….I will make that agreement so tough and if they break it, they will have hell to pay.” This is verbal detritus. But that’s just the start. Trump suggested this week that the way to stop Iran from utilizing its $150 billion windfall to fund terrorism would be to sell the Iranians defective missiles. Yes, really. He has suggested that the United States rely on the Russians to handle ISIS, then reversed himself and said he’d put thousands of troops on the ground, then reversed himself again. Trump has a Jewish daughter. So what? Barack Obama had a Jewish chief of staff, and he’s the most anti-Israel president in American history. Meanwhile, Senator Cruz is the most pro-Israel candidate in American history. Cruz has repeatedly stood up for Israel’s moral right to defend itself, has castigated Israel’s enemies as genocidal Jew-haters, has attempted to kill the Iran deal repeatedly, has pledged to move the American embassy to Jerusalem on the first day of his administration, has vowed to cut off all American aid to the Palestinian Authority, and says we should defund the United Nations and withdraw federal funding from any institution boycotting Israel. Dershowitz: Ted Cruz 'One of Best Students I Ever Had' Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was one of his best students – even though the two don’t agree on much. "He came into my class, literally his first day in law school with his right had up – not his left hand, his right hand," Dershowitz said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "The Kelly File." Cruz challenged his professor on everything, which made his job easier, Dershowitz said. "I was against the death penalty, he's in favor. I was in favor of the exclusionary rule, he's against it," he said. "And he made such brilliant arguments that I never had to play the devil's advocate." Cruz "was one of the best students I ever had," Dershowitz said. "Jews for Bernie" - really? Honest, I don’t know if it’s ever been this bad. Every day I read something that makes it seem like American Jews have lost their minds. Listen to this: “What he stands for is what my Judaism has been about my whole life,” Jeff Marker, a Jewish Renewal rabbi from Brooklyn, said in an interview at the brunch. “Social justice, and understanding that peace and security for Israel only comes when there is peace and justice for Palestinians.” That came from a “Jews for Bernie” brunch in Manhattan, covered by JTA, and typifies what was being said at an event that could have been named “Jews for Farrakhan.” Consider me in the dark as to what the heck is going on with my landsmen here in America. Obviously there is something I’m not getting when I hear “peace and justice for the Palestinians” as if it’s Israel’s fault for every Arab stabbing attack. PreOccupiedTerritory: Nutjob Racists Side With Us. Checkmate, Zionists (satire) By Ali Qawasmeh Until now, the ravings of Louis Farrakhan, of David Duke, of other extremists, could be waved away as unrepresentative and of marginal importance. But as anti-immigrant sentiment has come to the fore unfiltered, other haters have become emboldened. Numerous Trump supporters proudly anticipate the day their leader will deal with the Jews controlling this and that. The willingness of these brave people to step out into the open and embrace an element of our cause may well tip the balance in our favor. Zionists, the lunatics are against you. You have been warned. It matters not that these Trump supporters seem not to realize, or care, that his daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism and married a Jew, making some of Trump’s grandchildren Jewish. The point is that they are willing to trumpet (see what I did there?) their true feelings, and their true feelings dovetail with ours. It is only a matter of time before the increasing numbers of deranged bigots form a critical mass that finally enables us to wrest control of the Jews’ future from the hands of the Jews themselves. So to the Jews and Zionists, I say, prepare for the end. The moonbats on both ends of the political spectrum have been unleashed as well as unhinged. The end is nigh. To deny that would be, well, crazy. Morgan Freeman caves into BDS pressure? One day after the actor posted a photo of himself, Freeman erases ‘Israel’. Actor Morgan Freeman on Wednesday posted a Facebook profile photo in which he was smiling against the background of Jerusalem's OId City, captioned as "Jerusalem, Israel". However, on Thursday the actor appeared to cave into anti-Israel attacks and removed “Israel” from under the photo description. Freeman is currently promoting his National Geographic Channel series, "The Story of God with Morgan Freeman" which has been setting record ratings for the network and is the fourth most-watched telecast of all time for the US network. ‘Vote Was About Denying Israel’s Right to Exist,’ Opponents Say After BDS Passes at U of Chicago The student government at the University of Chicago (UC) passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel Tuesday, The Algemeiner has learned, with eight in favor, four against and three abstaining. UChicago Coalition for Peace, a group that had spearheaded efforts to oppose the resolution, immediately stated on its Facebook page that the vote was “a stain” on UC, and did not “represent the values of this University, including freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and commitment to intellectual curiosity.” The statement continued: Our council representatives had the chance to accept a resolution stripped of explicit connections to the global BDS movement and also had a chance to affirm their belief in the right of the Jewish people to self-determination. This alternative resolution was soundly defeated, sending the message to students on campus that this resolution is not about human rights, but about the vilification of the Jewish state and denying its right to exist in any form. Did Steven Salaita Just Lose His Job at American University of Beirut? Some bigots just can’t catch a break. Having been jettisoned from a tenure-track position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for expressing vile and violent anti-Semitic sentiments on social media, Steven Salaita found refuge at American University of Beirut, where he was hired as the Edward W. Said Chair of American Studies. But Salaita’s views, it seems, are too unpalatable even in Lebanon. A petition circulated today and signed by students of the university argues that the official search procedure designed to award Salaita his position was cancelled on March 30 by university president Fadlo Khuri, citing “procedural irregularities.” Which, the petitioners argue, is just code for political persecution. “We fear,” the petition continues, “that AUB is reproducing the trend of persecuting scholars who condemn the injustices committed in Palestine.” Even if you ignore for one minute the rich irony of this statement—given the absolutely abysmal way Lebanon has treated its sizable Palestinian population, denied access to basic resources like housing, education, and employment for the past six decades—you have to savor the thought of Salaita, who fashioned himself into a martyr wronged by a shady Zionist cabal for criticizing Israel, being now slammed a second time by a university few can accuse of abundant love for the Jewish state. UK Secular Society head urged to resign over 'anti-Semitic rant' Following remarks by The National Secular Society’s Executive Director on LBC Radio last week about government’s attempts to close Jewish faith schools, leading UK haredi community figure Rabbi Avrohom Pinter has called on Mr. Porteous Wood to resign his position. Wood claimed the classic anti-Semitic trope that ‘there is a very, very strong Jewish Lobby which actually undermines – of which the government appear to be frightened – and allows the rule of law to be undermined.’ Pinter - a haredi rabbi who lives in Stamford Hill, London, acts as a spokesman for the Orthodox Jewish community, represents haredi interests on the London Jewish Forum, and is also a school principal - responded by noting the "blatant anti-Semitism" in that statement. "The National Secular Society has now moved from promoting a secular lifestyle to blatant antisemitism," Pinter said. "With Mr Porteous Wood at its CEO, the NSS can no longer claim any form of legitimacy in the political sphere when we know their opinions are based on prejudice and hate." Horowitz Freedom Center Targets BDS Supporters with Campus Poster Campaign The David Horowitz Freedom Center claimed credit today for posters that appeared on the campus of UC-Santa Barbara attacking the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as a “Hamas-inspired genocidal campaign to destroy the world’s only Jewish state” and naming individual students and faculty members who promote BDS on the Santa Barbara campus. David Horowitz, President of the Freedom Center, commented, “We’ve decided to get up close and personal with merchants of Jew hatred on our campuses.” Several versions of the posters were hung on campus late last night in a guerilla campaign to draw attention to the problem of Jew hatred at UCSB. In addition to defining the BDS movement as a genocidal campaign to wipe out Israel, one poster names a number of prominent campus BDS activists and states, “The following students and faculty at UC Santa Barbara have allied themselves with Palestinian terrorists to perpetrate BDS and Jew Hatred on this campus.” A second poster displays a photo of armed Palestinian militants with the caption “BDS: The Final Solution to the Israel Problem,” while a third features an enlarged photo of retired UC-Santa Cruz professor Angela Davis who is known for her anti-Israel activism emblazoned with the words “Communist Anti-Israel BDS Supporter.” All three posters contain the hashtag #StoptheJewHatredonCampus, a reference to the Freedom Center’s campaign and website of the same name, and also include a link to the HorowitzFreedomCenter.org website. Bipartisan Anti-BDS Bill Passes California Committee On Wednesday, the anti-BDS Act of 2016 (AB 2844) passed the first of many steps in California’s legislative process, thanks largely to the support of three Republicans and two Democrats on the state’s Assembly Accountability Administrative Review Committee, whose votes pushed the legislation over the top. BDS stands for “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions,” and is a core element of a global strategy by anti-Israel activists to isolate the Jewish state. Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) authored AB 2844 along with Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach). The bill prohibits California from contracting with businesses that engage in boycotts against Israel. “It is great to be moving forward as result” of the bill’s passage, Bloom told Breitbart News on Wednesday. He added that “the bill still has a long road ahead of it,” noting that it passed “by just the bare minimum number of votes needed” to do so. “That tells me there’s a lot of work that needs to be done,” he said. AB 2844 will be presented to the Judiciary Committee next Tuesday and will eventually make its way through the Appropriations Committee before heading to the Assembly floor where, if it passes, can then proceed to undergo the same process on the Senate side. Ultimately, it must receive Gov. Jerry Brown’s blessing. US Senator: Investigate German bank for anti-Semitic BDS support A leading US Senator called on Wednesday for an investigation into Germany’s second largest bank, Commerzbank, because of possible violations of the Illinois State anti-BDS law that seeks to stop boycotts of Israel. “I am alarmed by reports that Commerzbank, a German bank headquartered in Frankfurt with branches in Illinois and New York, may be one of several German banks facilitating accounts used by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic BDS [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] groups, and I urge the Illinois Investment Policy Board to investigate these reports under our state’s first-in-the-nation anti-BDS law,” US Senator Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois, told The Jerusalem Post in a statement. Kirk, who played a critical role in crafting Iran nuclear and human rights sanctions legislation, is the first Senator to weigh in on German banks enabling BDS groups to wage economic warfare against the Jewish state. Kirk added “Recent reports of pro-BDS German banks further underscore the need for Congress to pass the Combating BDS Act of 2016, a bipartisan bill to authorize state and local governments to follow Illinois’ lead and divest public taxpayer money from companies engaged in anti-Semitic BDS conduct.” Israeli Jordan Valley Farmers to EU: We Will Not Label Products Israeli Jordan Valley farmers told European parliamentarians on Wednesday that they would not label their products as coming from “the occupied territories,” despite European Union guidelines that may require them to do so. A conference held Wednesday in the Jordan Valley was attended by a number of European representatives, including the leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache. David Elhayani, the head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, said at the conference, “They are demanding that we label agricultural produce. I want to say to everyone who seeks to harm us: Your hope will not be realized….We have no intention of doing what you ask. We will not label our agricultural produce. We are determined to fight this phenomenon and to struggle against this unethical and discriminatory [demand] that has remnants of a dark time.” Guardian letter by Gilad Atzmon ally blames ‘100 years of Arab hostility to West’ on Zionism [Karl] Sabbagh ostensibly sets out to correct a claim about the Sykes-Picot agreement in an article by the Guardian’s Giles Fraser, but quickly pivots to ‘setting the record straight’ on the broader historical record concerning Britain’s “unjust treatment of Palestine”. His letter begins thusly: Giles Fraser makes one small but significant error in his piece on the Sykes-Picot agreement (Loose canon, 8 April). He says that the agreement “gave … Palestine to the British”. In fact, Britain and France each wanted Palestine and, as will be revealed in an al-Jazeera documentary on which I am a consultant, to avoid coming to blows Sykes and Picot agreed that it should be put under international administration. This avoided the intolerable situation for each country of seeing its long-term rival control Palestine. However, in 1918, at a meeting in 10 Downing Street with the French prime minister, Georges Clemenceau, Lloyd George asked for – and got – Palestine for the British. The British then, of course, set in motion a process that made the country Jewish, even though its population was 90% Arab. First, “Palestine” prior to 1948 was not a “country”, but a large territory with a uniquely Jewish historical connection. At no time in history was there an independent Arab state of Palestine. This is why, on July 24, 1922, the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (recognizing this historic connection) laid down the Jewish legal right to “reconstitute their national home” by settling “anywhere in western Palestine between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea”. Also, in light of the Partition Plan of 1947 (accepted by the Jews, but rejected by the Arabs), it would of be more accurate if Sabbagh were to say that British control of Palestine “set in motion a process” that offered independent states to both Jews and Arabs. BBC report on assassination in Lebanon fails to provide context Neither are they informed that the same agreement (which was annulled in 1987 by the Lebanese parliament) allowed the PLO to establish military bases in Lebanon and to conduct cross-border terrorist operations against Israel. Both the Taif Agreement (1989) and UNSC resolution 1559 (2004) called for the disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias but neither Hizballah nor the various Palestinian militias complied with those conditions. Obviously that missing historical context is crucial to audience understanding of the background to the story reported in this article. Human Rights Groups: Neo-Fascists, Islamic Extremists Behind Rise in Antisemitic Hate Crimes in OSCE Countries The number of antisemitic hate crimes in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region are rising and neo-fascist and Islamist groups are the cause, a human rights report published on Tuesday claims. The report, issued jointly by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Human Rights First (HRF), found that OSCE states, which include the US, under-report hate crimes and fail to live up to their commitments to fight them. The report was published days before an OSCE conference in Vienna aimed at promoting tolerance and nondiscrimination. “In some OSCE countries there has been a rise in antisemitic hate crime,” the report stated. “This alarming development can be traced to both incitement from neo-fascist groups and the growth of violent Islamist extremist groups. Antisemitism is a virulent thread that runs through the ideologies of many extremist groups, even though their worldviews converge on little else.” The governments of Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and France were specifically named in the report for the rise of “openly antisemitic, anti-Muslim, racist and homophobic far-right political parties.” Dutch Protestant Church Issues Official Condemnation of Martin Luther’s Antisemitic Teachings The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) denounced on Monday the five centuries-old antisemitic teachings by founder Martin Luther, the NL Times reported. The first-of-its-kind condemnation from the PKN states that the church “absolutely disagrees” with Luther’s antisemitism, adding that it is reflective of the “dark pages” in Lutheran history. In 1543, Luther wrote a treatise titled On the Jews and their Lies, in which he advocated labor camps, the burning of synagogues and Jewish schools and the confiscation of Jewish property and money. Referring to Jews as “poisonous envenomed worms” and “base, whoring people,” Luther said Jews should not be shown mercy or kindness. Rabbi Raphael Evans, of the Dutch Jewish umbrella organization NIK, hailed the PKN’s declaration, but said it may not be enough. “I sometimes get the question whether the excuses now are still necessary, given the declaration by the Lutheran World Federation back in 1983. However, I fear that warning against antisemitism is never sufficient,” he was quoted as stating by the World Jewish Congress. Holocaust scholar who said Poles killed Jews grilled by police Gross, a professor based at Princeton University, told The Associated Press he was questioned for five hours Tuesday in Katowice but does not yet know if he will be charged with the alleged offense, which can carry a prison term of up to three years. Poland’s case against Gross, which also involves a presidential threat to strip him of a state honor, has raised questions about the conservative leadership’s commitment to the freedom of scholarship. Law and Justice, a conservative and nationalistic party that controls both the presidency and parliament, is also centralizing power in a way that has raised concerns about its commitment to democracy more broadly. Gross was questioned after multiple complaints were filed with prosecutors by Polish citizens over an article published last year in which Gross said Poles killed more Jews during the German occupation than they killed Germans — a claim that challenges a widespread conviction in Poland that the Polish response to the German terror was almost exclusively honorable. Dumping Israel love-fest, Dubai security chief embraces anti-Semitism The Dubai security chief who made headlines last month by calling for an Arab coalition with Israel has since made numerous anti-Semitic comments online, apparently backtracking on his congeniality toward the Jewish state. Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, deputy head of Dubai Police and General Security, embarked on a days-long Twitter screed in mid-March calling for open ties with Israel and accepting the possible failure of an independent Palestinian state. He also said Arabs should not treat Jews as enemies However, later in March, he appeared to pull an about-face, predicting the destruction of Israel and lashing out at what he called “Jewish control” of the US. “Israel will fall on its own evil actions. I suggest to my Jewish cousins to give the Palestinians a state on 1947 borders,” Tamim wrote on March 29, referring to the year before the creation of the State of Israel. Louis C.K. is coming to Israel for some quick cash Comedian Louis C.K. is coming to Israel sometime soon, apparently to supplement his income after he blew all his savings on a self-financed TV show. C.K. told radio host Howard Stern Tuesday that he will do the show at a large venue such as a soccer stadium, and would “get as much money over there as I would here at home.” No other information is currently available as to the date of C.K.’s show, and his website does not list any future tour dates in the US or Europe. According to several recent news pieces about the comedian, he’s broke because “Horace and Pete,” his self-financed TV show, distributed on his own website, has not earned what he expected. C.K. told Stern that his plan was to spend two million dollars of his own money on the first four episodes before financing the remaining six with profits made from the first episodes. Google gives $700K to Israeli disabilities technology initiative The search engine giant’s grant to Tikkun Olam Makers, or TOM, was announced Tuesday as part of the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities campaign. Google’s funding will “underwrite TOM’s plans to support a global movement of innovators creating extremely affordable solutions to neglected needs of people with disabilities, with the goal of improving the lives of 250,000,000 within a decade,” according to a statement from The Reut Group, the Tel Aviv-based nonprofit think tank that started the initiative. Tikkun Olam Makers holds three-day innovation makethons in which engineers and technologists come together to invent products for people with disabilities — like a bionic hand and a walker that helps disabled people climb stairs. It claims to have created 120 product prototypes since 2014. Motorola Solutions to set up Israel innovation center American technology giant Motorola Solutions has announced it will be establishing an innovation center in Israel that will deal with cyber, analytics, mobile and the Internet of Things. On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown in Jerusalem, where the decision was formally announced. The move will be a boost to the Israeli economy, providing jobs and helping to encourage future investments in the Jewish state. Motorola Solutions noted that it views its Israeli branch "as a strategic asset and that the establishment of the aforesaid center expresses its continued long-term commitment to Israel and Israeli industry, which began in the 1970's with the establishment – in Israel – of the company's first development center outside North America. "The new development will entail the recruitment of additional workers from Israel's talent pool and express the deepening of the company's commitment to the start-up nation. To this end, the company intends to increase its investment in Israel by establishing the innovation center that will produce new technological developments for export to the entire world. What Did Americans Know as the Holocaust Unfolded? Quite a Lot History Unfolded is an initiative of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which is using crowdsourcing to scour newspapers across the country for articles that ran between 1933 and 1945 on the plight of Europe's Jews. Some were shocked to see how much news had been printed on the Holocaust. "My prevailing notion about this period in time was that a lot of what had happened with the Nazis during the '30s and '40s was not that well-known," said Sandi Auerbach, 62, a retired IBM financial manager who is a member of the museum and has contributed more than two dozen articles to the project. "I am amazed, quite frankly, at the coverage that there was in a lot of different papers," Auerbach said. "For example, in 1933 there was a huge rally in Madison Square Garden with 20,000 people in attendance to protest the persecution of Jews in Germany." Contributors say they have been struck by detailed accounts of the Nazis' persecution and slaughter of Jews. Tayte Patton, 17, whose English class in Lexington, Ky., is participating, said he was shocked at the U.S.' inaction. "I never knew that we didn't want to let Jews into the country," he said. "I always thought that we would let anyone in, that we would be a refuge for the Jews." BBC Passover Documentary to Highlight Plight of French Jews Amid Rising Antisemitism A BBC documentary scheduled to air during Passover will explore the plight of French Jewry. The program, Never Again: Fear and Faith in Paris, will examine “the decision of 8,000 Jews to leave France in 2014, concerned about the recent terror attacks and rising antisemitism in the country.” The program will feature interviews with families affected by antisemitism, as well as “insight” from Lassana Bathily, a Muslim from the suburbs of Paris who saved Jews during the Hyper Cacher supermarket attack in 2015. Among the notable figures who appear in the documentary is Rudi Leavor, president and chairman of the Bradford Reform Synagogue, and Jani Rashid, the first Muslim to be appointed to the congregation’s executive board. The Soviet Campaign to Eliminate Passover By 1930, the notoriously antisemitic Soviet leader Joseph Stalin lost patience with the quixotic and typically unsuccessful propaganda efforts of the Yevsektsiia. Under his influence, the attacks on Jews and Judaism grew far more vicious and deadly, and celebrating even Sovietized Passover Seders became dangerous, entering a phase of persecution that is unfortunately familiar to students of Jewish history. The Red Haggadahs of the 1920s, however, testify to an unusual period when overt government discrimination was milder. In her research Dr. Shternsis transcribed the childhood memories of Samuil Gil, who recalled how the Komsomol (Communist Youth) movement organized distribution of forbidden hametz on the first day of Passover: “We were given the task of going to Jewish homes and throwing a piece [of bread] into the window of ten different houses. The one who was fastest would receive a prize. We enjoyed the game very much, especially when the old, angry women ran out of their houses and ran after us screaming ‘apikorsim![heretics]' We felt like heroes of the Revolution and were very proud. In the evening, though, we would all go home and celebrate the traditional Seder with all the necessary rituals.” Gil’s experience, specific to the unusual conditions of 1920s Ukraine, is also illustrative of the eternal pattern of Jewish history: “In every generation, someone rises to destroy us – but the Holy One rescues us from their hands.” Just as this truism is affirmed, so too may the conclusion of the Haggadah become our collective reality – next year in Jerusalem! IsraelDailyPicture: Passover: Whoever Is Hungry, Come and Partake of this Yemenite Seder Passover is one of the three pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the Bible along with Sukkot and Shavuot. Historians and rabbinic literature refer to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who filled the streets and alleyways of Jerusalem, bringing sacrifices to the Temple. The Temple Institute's depiction of a Passover seder at the time of the Temple. Note the pascal lamb on the table. Today as well, Jews from all over the world and from all over Israel make their pilgrimages to the holy city. The Library of Congress photographic collection includes a series of photographs of Yemenite residents of Jerusalem celebrating their Passover seder in 1939. Note their low table and compare it to the painting of a Seder during the time of the Temple, taken from the Passover Seder Haggadah of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. The Passover story featuring Adele and Justin Bieber Featuring Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Pharaoh. You have to see it to believe it. 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__label__cc	0.663932	0.336068	This story contains a completely impossible crossover, given the respective time periods of the shows involved. But then, given the basic premise of the story, I'm not sure anyone complaining about realism has a leg to stand on, now do they? My partner's a dog; he's always been a dog. But this morning when I woke up, he had four legs and a tail. My name's Illya Kuryakin. I'm a spy. I work for the U.N.C.L.E., which actually makes me more of a high-rent policeman than a spy. But it's easier just to say I'm a spy. With the accent, if I tell people I'm an international policeman, they think I'm a spy and turn me in to the authorities. If I say I'm a spy, they think I'm merely touched in the head. Saves a lot of time and effort, especially my boss's. He was getting tired of bailing me out of jail. Actually, bailing Napoleon and me out of jail -- Napoleon takes the bit about 'wither thou goest' a little too literally. Then there's the partnership bit of keeping me out of trouble, which generally just means we're in the drink together. Partnership, partner, Napoleon -- there, you've got it now. Yes, Napoleon is his real name -- if he was born anytime this decade, I'd suspect drug use; as it is, his parents have no excuse -- and no, people don't believe that any more than they believe I'm really a spy. Anymore, probably, than you believe Napoleon was really a dog. I woke feeling pleasantly tired and stretched luxuriantly. There's nothing better than waking up with my lover. Unless it's waking with my lover and the prospect of two whole days off. I smiled, thinking of what we could do with the time. Hot breath fanned the back of my neck. "Hm... Napoleon..." I rolled over and yelped. So did he. Thinking back on it, I was probably on his tail. At the time, however... Imagine finding yourself unexpectedly in bed with a large Newfoundland. And no, I don't mean that Newfoundlands are a large breed -- which they are -- I mean a large Newfoundland. I swear Napoleon hadn't lost any of his stature; just a great deal of his savoir faire. I know what you're thinking: why leap so precipitously to the conclusion that my partner had somehow been transformed into a dog? Isn't that a little... outlandish? Even crazy? And I didn't so leap. Not entirely true. I did remove myself from the bed somewhat... precipitously. I did not scramble back until I fell out, no matter what Napoleon says. Just because I've never felt particularly sanguine about canines is no reason to imply any foolishness on my part. Anyone who's been chased by dogs as often as I have is entitled to a few qualms about the species. In hindsight, snatching my gun from the bedside table might have been unnecessary, but at the time... Did I mention how large he was? The dog just looked at me. His eyes flicked to my gun, as if it had some meaning to him, then back to rest soulfully on my face. I kept the gun trained on him and sidled around the bed to check the door. No hotel room can be as secure as our apartment, but this one came close, with the additional U.N.C.L.E. locks. Not to mention one of my own devising -- keeping out the enemy is imperative; keeping out one's friends is, at certain times, just as desirable. No change to the locks. No one had gone in or out during the night, and there was no place to hide. The door to the bathroom was open, the peptobismol-pink shower curtain drawn, and the tiny mint-green room was clearly empty. Hideous, but empty. From under the bedcovers, the large black dog watched me patiently. The blankets stirred to the beat of a thump thump thump which sounded like my heart but was probably his tail. So you see, I didn't jump to any conclusions. Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must-- Oh, you've heard that one. Regardless, what had happened to Napoleon was clear. Besides, those eyes watching me... it couldn't be anyone else. They were his eyes. I know Napoleon; know his face better than my own; know his soul better than anything in this world or the next. Most especially, I know his eyes. I know how the corners crinkle when he's concerned, how they gleam when he's happy, the dark velvet depth of them when he's... well, you get the idea. It wasn't some sort of fuzzy-headed, soft-hearted anthropomorphizing on my part. That dog definitely had my partner's eyes. "Napoleon?" "Shh!" I shot a glance at the door, as if I expected hotel management to materialize outside in instant response. Foolish. It would take them at least a few minutes to call in animal control. "Wuff." Quieter this time. I put the safety back on the gun and put it on the bedside table. I'd have felt safer with it on me, but I didn't exactly have any pockets. Nudity isn't something that bothers me. Nudity with my partner especially doesn't bother me. Suddenly, however, I was finding the experience decidedly disconcerting. "Stop looking at me like that." Now I know what a steak feels like. He drooled. No, that didn't remind me of Napoleon. Well, perhaps when he's deeply asleep. Or when-- But I digress. "What the hell happened?" Do dogs shrug? Never mind. It was useless to ask him anyway. Trust me, if Napoleon had had any clue he might end up like that, he'd have done anything to stop it. Not that he made a bad dog, as dogs go. His coat was thick and glossy, and he was actually quite attractive, in a furry sort of way. Nonetheless, the initial statement stands -- Napoleon couldn't have known in advance that this would happen. He'd have killed someone first. And if he didn't know anything about it in advance, he certainly didn't know anything now. I really needed to sit down. I perched gingerly on the edge of the bed, and not entirely because most of it was occupied by a large dog who used to be my partner. I was trying not to think about last night's activities. Activities which now took on a decidedly immoral cast. Not that they weren't rather pleasingly immoral to begin with, but not like this. Napoleon was looking at me again. And panting. Second thoughts got me back on my feet and into my pants. Napoleon whined. "Hush." I sat back down and tried to think. "I don't suppose you've recently been bitten by a werewolf?" He gave me a look. Okay, so it wasn't remotely near the full moon. Not that that would have made any difference with the sun streaming through the windows. "It was just a thought." Napoleon somehow insinuated himself between my arm and body. I stroked the soft fur absently. When he responded by leaning into me, I had to brace myself to avoid falling over. "What are we going to-- oh ick." I've always liked what Napoleon can do with his mouth. Have I mentioned that yet? Perhaps not. Trust me, dog slobber is in no way comparable. I pushed his massive head away and tried to think. Somehow, I doubted calling headquarters would help matters. We weren't supposed to report in until the weekend -- two days. With any luck I could get things sorted out before I had to tell someone that Napoleon was missing. I was certainly not going to report his transformation. I'd find myself in Medical, talking to a shrink, and Napoleon... I seriously doubt he'd take well to being neutered. As if he could follow my train of thought, Napoleon lay down next to me and put his head between his paws. And sighed gustily. I patted him. "Maybe Mark and April could--" Napoleon growled. And let me tell you, it took guts to stay put with that base snarl rumbling up through the body of the animal next to me. I knew it was Napoleon, and I knew he wouldn't attack me -- at least not in that way -- but there's a visceral threat in a dog's snarl that's hard to ignore. I kept my hand on his head by force of will, and a half-felt concern about losing it if it came in range of his mouth. "Got any better ideas?" He whined again. "I didn't think so." April started checking my arms for needle tracks and feeling my forehead five minutes after we got to her apartment. She usually works out of New York, but circumstances requiring an extended stay in Los Angeles had come up, and April had courageously volunteered. None of the other New York agents would have taken our lives in our hands that way. "Are you sure you're-- Blast, I wish Mark was here." "Where is he?" I shoved Napoleon off the couch and sat down. He glared at me, and drew his lips back from his teeth, but stopped when I put my hand on my gun, and went to sulk under the coffee table. "I never saw you as a dog person. Hm? Oh, Mark -- he's making the weekly run to New York... Illya, where did you get the dog? And where's Napoleon?" "April," I sighed wearily, "we already covered that." "And it was very amusing too. Where did you get such a big dog? I didn't know they came this large, outside of Saint Bernards." She knelt to rub Napoleon's head. He listed slowly over onto his side and she switched to rubbing his stomach. Heavy-lidded brown eyes looked smugly into mine, filled with a remarkably familiar look of pleasure. "Ah, April, you don't want to do that." "Why not? He's sweet." "He doesn't like it." Napoleon groaned and rolled further onto his back. April laughed and stepped up the rubbing. "And," I added, "I haven't had a chance to check him for fleas." Her hand lifted, Napoleon snarled at me, and I quickly added, "or rabies." April stood nonchalantly and brushed her hands off on her trousers. "I think the coffee might be ready." She went into the kitchen. Napoleon rolled back over, put his head between his paws, and gazed mournfully at me. "Serves you right," I hissed. "What was that Illya?" "Nothing." I took the cup of coffee she handed me. "So," I said after taking a sip for politeness sake, my stomach far too disturbed to appreciate even coffee just then -- which was saying something, "when do you expect Mark back?" I honestly don't know why I thought he could help, except... Mark knows the oddest people. "Sometime tomorrow," April said, her eyes on Napoleon. "What's his name?" "Wh--, oh, ah... Leo." She grinned. "Short for Napoleon, no doubt. Honestly, you two. How did he rope you into whatever game he's playing now? You really ought to know better, Illya," she added without waiting for me to answer the unanswerable. "So, really, where is he?" "Napoleon? He's... ah..." "Back at the hotel?" "No." I rubbed the back of my neck and tried not to notice Napoleon snickering at me. Yes, dogs can snicker. Trust me on this one. "No, we... we got thrown out." "Illya." April would make a good mother some day. She's got the tone down -- maybe it comes from working with Mark. "Not again. You two weren't--" "No!" I know when I'm turning a particularly vibrant shade of red: my skin tingles unpleasantly. "No, we certainly weren't," I said decisively, to stop the speculation before it got any worse. I told Napoleon we shouldn't do that anyplace that isn't soundproof and very, very private. It is, indeed, desirable to keep one's friends outside locked doors at certain... important junctures. Even better to keep them out of earshot. They tend to jump to all the wrong conclusions-- "Good. I'd hate for you two to be fighting again." -- which is sometimes a good thing. "Ah, no. It was..." I cocked my head at the furry black lump under April's coffee table. He looked asleep. "The hotel didn't allow pets." Her brow crinkled. "Where are you staying tonight?" Unfortunately, she can read my expressions all too well. "Oh no! No. Definitely not. My landlord does not allow pets, even temporarily. If he weren't out visiting his mother -- or more likely his bookie -- you'd never have gotten in here." "April..." "No. You'll break my lease." Apparently, Napoleon is better at the lost puppy look than I am. Especially now. She did look contrite, however. "I'm sorry, Illya, but I really can't risk it." "That's all right." I scratched my neck, and wondered how much of a lie that bit about fleas was. "I think our best bet is a campground. I don't think any hotel is going to accept me with a dog." "Trust Napoleon to saddle you with one and take off. Where is he, by the way?" she asked again. I took refuge in my coffee cup. April sighed and shook her head, but her gleaming eyes gave the lie to her prim-faced disapproval. "Napoleon is such a dog." The sound of his name apparently waking him out of a sound sleep, Napoleon stood up under the coffee table. "Look, you're just going to have to stay in the car." I winced. I swore I could feel the car shake when he did that. "I know you don't like it, but you can't sit out here and bark hysterically like you did in front of the army surplus store. I almost got arrested for animal abuse and disturbing the peace." Napoleon half-closed his eyes and panted. "Oh, don't look so smug. You sounded like your balls were being squeezed every fourth bark. Is your voice changing?" I made my tone as sweet as honey. He retaliated by slobbering on me. "Gah! Look," I said as I reached surreptitiously for the door handle, "the windows are down and you'll be fine. I'll only be gone a minute." With that, I pulled the handle and slipped out with all of my much-lauded agility. Almost made it. Let me tell you, it's not easy to shut a car door with 175 pounds of determined Newfoundland on the other side. I had to put my shoulder to it. "Now stay." I instantly regretted it. I could feel his eyes on me all the way into the small grocery. At least he didn't start instantly barking -- yelping, actually -- as he had last time. But I think I felt even more guilty under that silent regard. I dithered in the pet aisle for a while. I doubted that human food was good for dogs, but doubted even more that Napoleon would agree with me. Although an imp still tempted me to get a bag of dogfood, I had a feeling it could prove unhealthy for me. Just then, Napoleon's bite was definitely worse than his bark. I did pick up a leash and choke chain, however. There were laws, and I'd had enough of the authorities already. I was picking up buns to go with the several pounds of hamburger -- and wondering whether to bother getting any for Napoleon -- when I heard it. A car horn. Mine. Don't ask how I knew. I just did. The sound continued in an unbroken wail of complaint. He was standing on the horn. I grabbed the necessities off the shelves as quickly as possible, wondering how long I had before another officious policeman showed up to threaten me with charges. Mustard, pickles, coffee, crisps -- chips, sorry -- apples, a package of cupcakes with alarmingly-colored frosting which caught my eye-- The noise stopped. So did I. What could have-- A noise suspiciously like a woof. A skittering sound. A lot of running footsteps and a stifled scream. Then Napoleon rounded the end of the aisle, a stock clerk in hot pursuit, and a policeman not far behind. His nails scrabbling wildly on the linoleum, Napoleon failed to come to a complete stop before sliding into me. My groceries went everywhere, and he yelped when the jar of instant coffee landed on his paw. The stock clerk slipped on the cupcakes and fell against a display of canned string beans. For a minute or so, we were all too busy dodging beans to say anything. "Awright, what's the meaning of this?" The cop gave me what he probably thought was a menacing look. It was nothing compared to the look I knew I'd get from Mr. Waverly if Napoleon and I were dragged in for causing a nuisance. Again. I picked myself up and dusted off my pants. "Yes, officer? Is there a problem?" "A problem? Yes, Mr, ah...?" "Kur...tz." "Mr. Kurtz. We have laws in this community." "I'm certain you do, officer...?" "Seilig," he supplied. "Now, for this dog of yours..." I was tempted to say he wasn't mine. But that would only get Napoleon hauled off to the pound, and I'd have to break him out somehow before they... altered anything. I'm rather fond of him the way he is -- well, at least the way he was. Besides, it would be a hard lie to carry off with Napoleon pressed up against the back of my legs. "I'm very sorry, officer," I said, trying to put as much England in my voice as I could manage, "I thought he would be safe in the automobile." "Well, he isn't in the car, now is he, sir?" "No, I'm afraid not. I suppose he squeezed out the window." I shook my head. "I knew I shouldn't have brought Rufus along on this excursion. I told my sister, the duchess of-- but you don't want to hear about that, and rightly so. Dashed difficult doin' business with this lad hanging on my heels all day. And now I've made your day difficult as well. Jolly bad show, that." Now that was laying it on thick, but the cop seemed to fall for it. "Well, sir, I guess that could happen to anyone. But really, sir, he ought to have a collar on him." The stock clerk was, by now, scurrying around gathering my scattered shopping from the sea of canned vegetables. I reached into the untidy pile and plucked out the choke chain and leash. Napoleon even stood still while I put them on him -- eyeing the policeman all the while. "Will that do, officer?" The man jerked his eyes up to mine, looking unnerved. Napoleon looked smug. "Ah, yes sir. Yes, that'll do fine. You just... ah, finish your shopping and, and see that you keep that animal under control." "I'll do that, officer." But he was already walking away, with a -- no doubt unconscious -- quick touch to the brim of his cap, as if he'd just come from Scotland Yard. I shook my head -- Americans are strange. Holding the leash lightly in one hand, I picked up the re-filled shopping basket with the other and thanked the clerk. I prudently waited until he'd wandered off, leaving the green beans where they lay, before trying to head for the front of the store. Napoleon balked. He lowered his head and pulled against the chain. My feet slipped on the linoleum, but so did his claws. After a moment, he stopped pulling and hacked violently. "Then stop choking yourself," I told him, somewhat less than sympathetic while the memory of the policeman was still fresh. "Can we get out of here now?" He walked politely by my side, and even made up with the girl at the checkout, the source of the scream. He'd apparently leapt over the counter and startled her badly, but she wasn't inclined to hold a grudge. She alternated between cooing at him and making eyes at me, and somehow managed to take fifteen minutes to total up our meager supplies. The campground was sparsely tenanted in what was, thankfully, the off-season. The army surplus tent only took a few minutes to put up, once I convinced Napoleon to stop trying to help me. That, at least, was familiar. I laid out the tarp and blanket and collapsed for a few minutes. A sleeping bag would have been more comfortable, but I wasn't about to spend the money. No chance Waverly would reimburse me for camping supplies. Or, most likely, for the campground fees. Not if I couldn't explain why we'd opted for this over the nice inexpensive hotel the Travel Office had arranged for us. (If, that is, the hotel hadn't already called to complain about the dog.) "Why is it you always cost me money?" I asked Napoleon. He lay down next to me and put his head on my chest. And sighed. I put my arm around him and burrowed my fingers into his fur. "Oh well, what are partners for?" It was cosy and quiet in the tent. After a while, even Napoleon's bone-shaking pant could no longer keep me awake. Last night had been... active, and the events of the day more stressful, it seemed, than even the most harrowing of missions. Sleep proved a temporary relief from worries over my partner. My lover. Somehow, I couldn't see spending the rest of my life with a dog. I woke rolling to a crouch, gun in hand. The growl sounded again and I realized it was Napoleon. I poked him in the ribs with my gun and he jerked awake. "For god's sake, Napoleon, was that your stomach?" He looked hopefully at me. I never could resist a pleading look in those warm brown eyes, though it wasn't usually food he wanted. I sighed and crawled out of the tent to see about feeding us. The fact that my stomach felt remarkably empty as well had nothing to do with it. "Are you sure?" Napoleon whined. I put the hamburger I was eating on the paper plate with the other two and set it aside. "Don't eat that." He gave me a look which clearly said what he thought of that. "I can't believe I'm doing this." I picked up the plate I'd put on the ground for him, and set about fixing up buns for his hamburgers. Only when they were sufficiently dressed with condiments, pickles, tomatoes, etc, did he deign to do more than sniff at them. They disappeared in three bites, and he came sniffing around me again. "Oh no! That's quite enough. This is mine." Just then, my communicator started beeping. I put my plate down and pulled out my pen. "Open Channel D, Kuryakin here." "Mr. Kuryakin, you have a communication coming in on Channel A." I told the cool impersonal voice thanks and switched over. "Kuryakin." "Illya? That you?" "Mark!" Thank god. "What's this cock and bull story April's on about?" "April told you everything I told her?" "Every blessed word. Do you really expect me to believe that--" "I don't really have time to go into specifics, Mark." Especially not on an open channel -- the Communications personnel were absolutely trustworthy when it came to preserving U.N.C.L.E.'s secrets, but that didn't mean they didn't gossip. "Just do me a favor and see if you can't find someone who can help." "But--" "Mark, please." There was a long pause. I rarely plead for anything, and I knew that was a deciding factor when he reluctantly said, "All right. But if you two twit me about it later..." "We won't, promise." "All right, then. I think I know a bloke who can help. Problem will be finding him. Last I heard, and some years ago it was at that, he was running around London, going by some unlikely name or other. Crusher? Mauler? Stripper! No, that's not it." "Anything you can do to help, Mark." "I'll get right on it. Probably won't know anything until morning, though." After giving him my location, I signed off with a sigh, and looked down to find Napoleon licking the last traces of hamburger off my plate. "Glutton. Anyone would think you were me." Why didn't anyone tell me it got cold at night around here? The blanket was woefully inadequate, and the fire had gone out long ago. I could have gotten up to coax it back to life, but I'd already been out of the meager warmth of the blanket twice, putting the tent back up. I don't know why they call them pup tents. If Napoleon stood up inside one more time... So I lay in my blanket and shivered, until something large and furry curled up next to me. Napoleon wiggled in close, bringing with him an abundance of warm fur and large, panting dog. It was heavenly. I wrapped my arms around him and started getting warmer at once. Just as I was finally falling asleep, I felt a cold nose against my neck. Napoleon washed my face thoroughly with his tongue, and I was too tired to do more than rub it dry against his fur. Maybe it wasn't so bad to have a dog for a partner. "Get your nose out of my crotch." Napoleon whined. I thought about doing the same. I was never particularly highly-sexed, until Napoleon and I became lovers. Now... Well, one has certain expectations. At least, one's body does. But waking up at the ready, so to speak, does not argue a willingness to take care of the matter with just anyone. I rolled over and buried my face in my arms. "Sorry, Napoleon. I'm not into bestiality." I yelped as Napoleon took rude advantage of my position. When I rolled back over, he was grinning his wolfy grin at me. I glared at him. "Do that again, and I'm going to chain you up outside." He growled at me. I growled back. I've never been much of a morning person. "Ah, anyone home?" "Mark?" I scrambled to untuck my already rumpled shirt and pull it down to hide my condition. With a final glare at Napoleon's furry, laughing face, I crawled out of the tent. "Good morning," Mark said, far too cheerfully, in my opinion. But then he handed me a styrofoam cup of steaming coffee and a bag of warm doughnuts, and things began looking up. "So," Mark said, his voice a little high, "this is the dog..." "Napoleon," I said without looking up from wolfing down my breakfast, "be nice." Napoleon stopped sniffing around Mark and came over to beg a doughnut from me. I ignored him. For a moment, there was silence -- the waiting kind of silence which hints at thoughts of rubber rooms. "You, ah... you really believe that's Napoleon." I shoved Napoleon's furry face away and ate another doughnut, stuffing it whole into my mouth. He made a huffing noise, then whined engagingly. Mark knelt next to Napoleon and patted him gingerly. "Illya?" "It's Napoleon, Mark. Just look at his eyes." "I, ah, can't." I pulled Napoleon's head out of the empty doughnut bag, brushed flakes of frosting off his muzzle and shoved him around to face Mark. Looking like he felt every bit as stupid as I would have under the circumstances, Mark looked the dog in the eye. Napoleon stared amiably back, panting. Mark blinked. Napoleon didn't. "Napoleon?" Mark's voice broke. Napoleon barked happily and gave his face a lick. "Gah." "Yeah, I know the feeling. What are you looking at me for," I asked Napoleon, "you just ate half a dozen doughnuts." "So did you," Mark said, but he sounded distracted. Realizing that one of your fellow agents is a dog will do that to you. "Mark? Mark." "Hm?" I don't blame him for being distracted. He was watching Napoleon lick himself in a... well, a delicate place. I was trying not to notice. "Well, do you have anything for me?" "Wish I could do that." He blinked. "What? Oh, yeah. I managed to reach that bloke I told you about." He fished in his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper. "He wouldn't say whether he could help -- under the circumstances, I don't blame him. Fellow might end up in the nut house for saying he can fix things like this. But here's the address and directions. He's expecting you." "Thanks, Mark." He shook his head sharply and got up. "I... I hope he can help." He brushed down his pantlegs. Napoleon got up and pushed his nose against Mark's hand. Mark patted him awkwardly on the head. He shook his head again. "April's never going to believe this." "No." She'd already opted not to. Smart girl. "I don't care whether you like the leash or not, you're going to wear it. We're going into a school, for heaven's sake. Now close your mouth." I tried to get the choke chain over his muzzle again. He waited until I had the top of it over his nose, then opened his mouth and acted surprised when it got caught. I let go of the chain and he spit it out. Again. "Napoleon, if you want to go back to being human, you'd better let me put this on you." He pawed at my arm, raising welts with his dull claws. "Stop that! You're going to scratch my watch." He did it again. "Okay, I get the point." It was after three. "I don't care if the place is empty. If I take you in there without a leash, it's a given we're going to run into a janitor or, worse, an overzealous principal and end up talking to the police again." He growled. "Napoleon, if you don't let me put this leash on you, I swear, even if you do somehow become human again, I'm never going to sleep with you again." He whined. "I mean it." Napoleon hung his head and let me put the choke chain and leash on him. "That's better. Now lets go see if Mark's friend can help." And pray god he could -- I honestly didn't know how much more I could take. Napoleon pushed open the door to the library with his nose, ignoring my hiss of 'impatient.' His U.N.C.L.E. training, not to mention native intelligence, was losing the battle with doggie enthusiasm. Being dragged willy-nilly through a deserted high school did nothing to reassure me about my partner's mental state. A lot could be excused in the pursuit of a return to the proper shape, but Napoleon was nothing if not cautious. Usually. And he didn't usually drool that much. The man and girl who looked up, startled, at my precipitous entrance appeared to be the only people in the library. The redhead was pretty in a petite, jailbait sort of way. Not that I was interested. Now the man -- the librarian, I guessed -- was another matter. Oh, he needed a few lessons on how to dress. Which is rich, as Napoleon would say, coming from me. But even I know that an outfit consisting entirely of tweed is probably a bad idea. But despite that, there was definitely something about him. He could have rung my bells, if I wasn't so sweet on my partner. He stood up from the table he was leaning over, pushed his glasses back on his nose, and regarded me uncertainly. Mark's friend wasn't exactly the bruiser I was expecting from his nickname. Either that, or I was in the wrong place. Napoleon put on the brakes rather suddenly, coming to a halt so quickly I nearly lost my balance, and sat, acting as if he had some clue as to the meaning of obedience. Since he'd never had any before he became a dog, there seemed little chance he'd discovered it now. I retrieved my foot out from under his fuzzy butt and seriously considered kicking him. He turned to look at me and whined, shaking his head until the chain jangled, nearly shaking my arm off in the process. "Excuse me, are you--?" With a rising growl, Napoleon expressed his irritation at being ignored. "All right, Napoleon. Stop that." I pulled the choke chain off, not nearly as gently as I would have if I'd known it would catch on his ears. He whined, and I tousled his ears guiltily. "Mr. Kuryakin, is it?" the librarian asked, pronouncing it right, for a wonder. His accent was as British, and as out of place here, as mine. Which is funny, given that I'm Russian. I inclined my head. We sized each other up. He probably didn't look like much to most people -- a little stoop-shouldered, bland face, eyes peering studiously from behind glasses -- but I haven't lasted this long in my chosen profession by being stupid about these things. This man was formidable. "Mark called you about our..." I looked at the girl, who'd knelt to scratch behind Napoleon's ears. "...problem." He spared a glance at the oblivious teen himself. "Yes. I believe I should be able to... assist you." Before I could ask him what he could do, and what it was going to cost me, two more teenagers breezed into the small library. The boy was talking a mile a minute, throwing comments over his shoulder at the blonde. She answered vaguely, and clearly wasn't paying much attention, a fact he appeared cheerfully oblivious to. They stopped when they saw me and, interestingly, glanced at the librarian, as if for guidance. He removed and began cleaning his glasses. The blonde stepped around her companion, and in a flash Napoleon was in front of me, ears back, head down. His hackles rose as a growl rumbled from his throat. "Napoleon," I said under my breath, laying my hand on his head. For once, his base growl didn't arouse visceral fears in me. Except for the safety of the others. "That's enough." I dug my fingers into his fur and projected as much calm as I could, given that something about the girl raised my own hackles too, though not as obviously as Napoleon's. She was, if anything, even more dangerous than the man. "Everything is fine," the librarian said, and the blonde's stance relaxed. Napoleon quieted at the same moment, and I patted him awkwardly. "Just someone an old friend of mine sent to look me up." He put his glasses back on. The blonde rolled her eyes. "Not more red jackets." He frowned. "That's redcoats. And British will do just fine, thank you." "And you do. Fine, that is." She stood on tiptoe to kiss him playfully on the cheek. "Ha bloody ha." Unchastened, she grinned at him. The dark-haired boy laughed. He sat down and leaned his chair precariously back on two legs to put his feet up on the polished library table. He looked inclined to stay. Napoleon would have known what to say to shoo them off, in good moods, no less; and he'd have figured out how to get a word in edgewise. All I could do was worry that they would never leave. "What's the plan for tonight, G-man?" "Don't call me that." He swept the boy's feet off the table. The chair made a controlled descent back to four legs with the ease of long-practice. "Don't you three have studying to do?" "Where better to study than a library?" The boy fidgeted under the librarian's stare for a good sixty seconds before adding. "Except maybe the park. Or the mall, or..." He got up and grabbed the blonde's arm. His tugging utterly failed to budge her. She was looking at the librarian with a thoughtful expression at odds with the frivolity of her dress. "Go on," he said with a tilt of his head. I ferverently hoped they'd obey, and let us get down to the business of returning Napoleon to his proper shape. "What about patr--" She broke off, shooting me a suspicious glance. I pretended not to notice the byplay. "You can pa-- party later." "You hear that?" the boy exclaimed, "we can party later!" She elbowed him. "Oof! Oh yeah... party..." He looked rather less excited about that than most teenagers I've had the dubious pleasure of meeting. Two of the three young people took their leave, which I found a great relief. I've never felt particularly comfortable around teenagers. Especially pubescent females. Speaking of which. The cute redhead was lingering. In fact, she seemed not to have noticed her friends' departure, or for that matter their arrival. After he finished growling at the blonde, Napoleon had slunk back over to have his ears scratched some more. She was rubbing his head slowly, staring into his eyes with the most peculiar expression on her face. The librarian's gaze followed mine. A line of concern appeared on his brow. "A-aren't you going with them." She ignored the non-question, glancing up brightly at him as he went to her. "He's not a werewolf. Daylight and all. Besides, he doesn't look like a-- not that I'd know what a werewolf should look like," she added suddenly, her eyes wide. "Quite." He knelt next to her and let Napoleon sniff his hand before reaching to pet him. I shifted my weight, but Napoleon just half-closed his eyes and panted. He normally wasn't fond of being touched -- oh, he's not a misanthrope, far from it -- but with people other than friends, it was always Napoleon who did the touching. The librarian looked up at me, and in the flicker of his gaze, I could see his understanding and evaluation of my stance. I relaxed quite deliberately, and he offered me a small smile and quick nod. "It's a spell," he said, more to me than her, though neither of us was unaware of her rapt attention. I nodded, though I felt foolish for agreeing with such an incredible statement. But how much more incredible could it be than waking up next to a Newfoundland who used to be my lover? "Do you know how this happened?" "I'm afraid not." I told him all I knew -- for the sake of innocent ears, making it sound as if we were sharing a bed due to a stingy boss -- which wasn't much. "Very well. I'll have to research this." He stood decisively, and glanced around at the books with an expression both vague and thoughtful. "Not knowing the source will slow things up a bit, but I should know how it was done and the counterspell in a few hours." "I'll help." The redhead's expression became stubborn in response to him. "Research girl, remember? It'll go faster." "I rather suppose it will. Very well." He turned to me. "If you'd like to leave him here and..." He smiled suddenly. I suspect my lip was curling as obviously as Napoleon's. "No, I didn't think so. Well... it is a library..." "I'm sure I can amuse myself." He nodded, and went into a cage which clearly housed the rarest of the books -- and an overlarge locked cabinet. Interesting. Before long, the two of them were poring over stacks of volumes, and the large table was covered with books. From time to time, they spoke quietly to each other -- the girl pointing something out, the librarian shaking his head. I wandered into the stacks and entertained myself by reading book titles. Soon I became engrossed. The library was turning out to be as interesting as the librarian. I would have to remember to ask Mark how he met this fellow. And it might not come amiss to use some of U.N.C.L.E.'s vast resources to keep an eye on this place. How many high school libraries had such old and obscure tombs mixed in with the Shakespeare and Melville? Practical Demonology. Werewolves for Dummies. One Thousand and One Everyday Curses. Life After Armageddon. I snorted. Napoleon whined. He'd been following me around, brushing against my pantlegs, occasionally tripping me. I knelt in front of him. "We'll get this fixed," I told him softly, not particularly wanting to be caught talking to a dog, even by these people. "I want you back as much as you want to be back." I looked around quickly, but we were in the back of the stacks, well out of sight. I wrapped my arms around him, and buried my face in soft, thick fur. He leaned into me. "Mr. ah, Kuryakin?" the librarian called. I pulled away, feeling unaccountably better, and Napoleon licked my face. "Ugh. Coming." The librarian was standing by the now-cleared table, a book open in his hand. "We, we think we've discovered the proper counter spell. It's, ah, Sumerian, actually." "Pretty unusual," the girl said, coming out of the cage with an armful of objects. They began arranging things on the floor in front of the table, alternating with each other as they explained it to me. "You see, spells leave signatures. Like fingerprints." "Your... friend has the signs all over him, to an experienced eye. Thus it's possible to track down the spell which was used and find the proper counterspell to reverse it." "Can we use the 'signature' to identify who did this?" I rested my hand on Napoleon's head as we both watched the preparations. The pentacle, drawn on the floor in white chalk, though expected, gave me a chill. I felt uneasy, as if I were watching the preparation of an operating room for a procedure which might or might not prove deadly. The girl giggled as she poured water into a bowl. "We don't have to. That's what so interesting about this." The librarian looked on indulgently. "It's the spell that was used, you see. The only extant counterspell will throw the curse back on the original practitioner." "Your enemy -- whoever he is -- will get back what he gave out." "In spades," the librarian added under his breath. I shared a look with Napoleon. It wasn't as satisfying as cornering him in a dark alley with a knife, but I had to admit that it seemed like perfect justice. "What do I do?" To my surprise, it was the girl who answered. "Just... just stand back and, well, be quiet while I'm casting?" The librarian accurately divined my response to that. "It's a r-relatively easy spell. She's quite, quite good at these things. Really." She beamed at him. He scowled unconvincingly and gestured for her to proceed. It didn't seem that an objection would get me anywhere, so I kept my mouth shut. It was an effort, as Napoleon obediently moved forward to sit in the middle of the pentacle, not to lay my hand on my gun. When he looked back, forelornly it seemed, I would have gone to him if the librarian hadn't stopped me. The redhead began chanting, pouring liquid from one bowl to another, then lighting the whispy contents of a third bowl. The language was unfamiliar to me -- which is saying something -- though I occasionally caught a word which I thought might be Latin. Definitely not the scientific Latin I'd learned in graduate school. I also thought I caught a few Romanian phrases, but it might have been just my Slavic imagination working overtime. Napoleon sat in the middle of everything, panting quietly. When, finally, she seemed about to draw to a close, he began whimpering, and pacing in the pentacle. I tensed against the librarian's restraining arm. Before I could say or do anything, a blinding flash of light threw me to the ground. I blinked, disoriented, and found myself enveloped in cloth. With a growl, I fought free and looked around. The enormous black dog inside the chalk lines stood, quivering, then bounded toward me. With a hiss, I rushed up the tall man next to me and clung to his shoulder. The dog stood up on his hind legs to get a closer look and I hissed again, digging my claws in. I could feel my fur standing on end. That was when I knew things were getting weird. "Oh for heaven's sake." "Sorry," the girl said, not raising her eyes from her hands. The man took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Get down," he told the dog, and brushed the animal off without dislodging me. "Needless to say, this isn't exactly the result I was anticipating. Your claws are in my shoulder." I realized he was talking to me and carefully extracted them. The dog sat at the man's feet and stared up at me. I found the steady regard unnerving. And oddly pleasing. On impulse, I leapt from the man's shoulder to the table and pussyfooted closer to the edge. The dog walked up and sniffed me over gingerly. I put up with it until he tried to lick me -- I draw the line at dog slobber. The dog retreated, licking his nose and looking needlessly hurt -- I didn't even have my claws out. "What are we going to do now?" the girl asked in a small voice. "Turn them both back, of course." He put his glasses back on, picked up the book next to me on the table and started paging through it. "But what if..." "What if what?" He didn't look up from the book. "Um, what if turning him back..." and here she nodded at me for some reason, "well... what if it turns me into a cat?" Silly girl, as if that was a bad thing. He smiled. "It won't. You didn't transform him with the same spell the original caster used, but with an error in the counterspell, so it won't backfire on you when I change them both back, all right?" "All right." Silence for a moment as he flipped pages. "Um..." "What is it?" He really was remarkably patient. She looked at me nervously. "Well, you remember Amy, of course you remember Amy, and we haven't been able to... I mean she's... well, we still haven't de-ratted Amy, and..." "This, at least, I should be able to manage," he said drily. "We'll need some new ingredients. Get me--" I stopped paying attention. That stupid dog was nosing around again. There are certain things a respectable cat doesn't put up with, and being molested by a dog is one of them. I put my paw on top of his nose and let the claws slide out slowly. He blinked cross-eyed at me. I honestly think he would have let me sink all five of them into his tender nose without even yelping. I slowly retracted my claws and removed the paw. We stared at each other for a time. There was something remarkably familiar about his eyes, though I can't remember ever being on, shall we say, close terms with a dog before. After a carefully measured time, during which the humans chattered incessantly in the background, I put my paw back on his nose. He held perfectly still as I put a second one there, then a third and fourth. His head was wide and flat, perfectly suited for a short stroll. I contemplated my situation for a moment, during which he proved he wasn't likely to go suddenly bounding about. He was warm and soft. I sat down between his ears and curled my tail around myself. There was a commotion outside the room to match the growing one the two humans were making inside. Two more young people came bursting into the room at the same moment that the other humans somehow produced an unnecessarily loud burst of lightning. I found myself on the floor, sprawled across my partner. Never has that been a more comforting feeling. He blinked up at me, and smiled. My complacency came to an abrupt end when I realized I could distinctly feel a breeze across my backside. Just beyond arm's reach I could see a pile of clothing that was unmistakably mine. "Oh my," someone said in a small voice. Marion Raven sat back on her haunches and sent up a sad little howl to the moon. Now she'd never get Napoleon out of the way and have Illya to herself. "Stop squirming." "It itches." "More than fur does?" I didn't bother to take my eyes from the road. Napoleon's silence made my point for me. "What's that American expression about beggars?" I asked when he grimaced and pulled at his borrowed shirt. "You're lucky he had a change of clothes in his office." He made a noise remarkably like a growl. Of course, he'd had a lot of practice at that lately. I doubt what he muttered was an answer to my admittedly rhetorical question, but decided not to call him on it. Finding yourself naked in front of four strangers -- three of them open-mouthed, and then openly appraising, adolescents -- is not an experience for the fainthearted. I had it better than Napoleon, though. At least my clothes were near at hand. In a way, I was grateful for the... excitement which heralded our return to human shape. Embarrassing as it was, it would have been even more embarrassing to give in to my relief at having my partner back in the proper form. Emotional displays are better reserved for behind closed doors, if at all. I let myself look at him for a minute, drinking in his familiar features. Much better. Napoleon might be a dog, but I much prefer him without all that fur. He scratched dolefully around his neck, and I smiled to myself. I doubt he was itchy so much as self-conscious. And on that, I had to agree with him -- Napoleon does not look becoming in tweed.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1404977
__label__wiki	0.585863	0.585863	Ottoman campaign medals Forum Eerste Wereldoorlog Forum Index -> Andere landen Actieve Topics Geregistreerd op: 2-2-2005 Geplaatst: 01 Feb 2009 10:42 Onderwerp: Ottoman campaign medals The military campaigns of the Ottoman Empire are a chronicle of the decline and fragmentation of the Empire. The medals issued for these campaigns, however, offer only a partial view of the events. Those campaigns which were looked upon as successful (if not altogether victorious) had medals issued to record them, but campaigns that ended in failure, such as the Balkan wars of 1911-1913, had no official recognition other than to the crew of the successful battle cruiser Hamidiye. Most Ottoman campaign medals were issued in multiple classes - usually gold and silver. As a rule, the gold medals were for officers, and silver or bronze went to enlisted men. This, combined with the temptations offered by the value of gold over the many intervening years, results in a far greater rarity among medals issued in gold. In many cases, there were various sizes of jeweled gold medals representing even higher classes, and these are sometimes considered orders rather than medals. Theses jeweled pieces were awarded in very small numbers. Ribbons used for Ottoman medals vary widely, not only in the variety of replacement ribbons used, but even in the exact configuration of older ribbons that are commonly seen on these medals. This is not because the statutes of these medals were not specific - most Ottoman campaign medals have very specific statute ribbons. As the originals wore out, however, they were replaced with whatever ribbon was on hand. It has become very difficult to ascertain what the original ribbon colors were supposed to be on many of these medals, and some are simply not known, but by far the most commonly used ribbon was red with green border stripes. To the best of my knowledge, what follows is a complete list of all military campaign medals issued by the Ottoman Empire. Zie verder op: http://www.turkishmedals.net/ Met hart en ziel De enige echte https://twitter.com/ForumWO1 Forum Eerste Wereldoorlog Forum Index -> Andere landen Tijden zijn in GMT + 1 uur	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405000
__label__cc	0.743292	0.256708	Friar Gate Bridge Derby. A dedicated blog to this structure and its maker "Andrew Handyside" This blog is dedicated to Andrew Handyside & Co Ltd, the creator of Friar Gate Bridge in Derby. The aim of this blog is simple, People do not realise just how well renowned the work of Handyside was to Victorian life, I intend to show just how much impact he had on the world and why its important that we restore Friar Gate bridge in his honour. I am a Trustee member of "Friends of Friar Gate Bridge", aiming to get this bridge restored. A Handyside pillar box in Oakwood, Derby. A King Edward VII model. Did you know that Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge also made thousands of Englands iconic red pillar boxes? I doubt many people are aware of this fact that they were made right here in Derby at the Duke Street Foundry "Britannia Iron Works". There is a great looking one in Oakwood, Derby. Perhaps you have driven past it and never given it a thought. It looks like it was probably restored at some point in the past as the paint is in very good condition. This one would have been manufactured between 1901 and 1910. Here is a photograph I took of the King Edward VII model Handyside Pillar Box in Oakwood, Derby. There are only three pillar boxes made by Handyside left standing in Derby (as far as I know). If you spot one in Derby that is made by Handyside then please leave a comment to this post. If you would like to learn more about Pillar Boxes then I found a very good little video about this which in included in my Andrew Handyside Video Playlist here. Posted by Andy Savage at 09:00 Labels: Andrew, Box, Derby, Handyside, Oakwood, Pillar, Post Caroline 11 December 2011 at 20:48 There is one just like this on Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. 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The Derby firm Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge in Derby also made many hundreds of other bridges of many different sizes arou... Did you know that Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge also made thousands of Englands iconic red pillar boxes? I doubt many people a... Handyside Fountain in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, South America. Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge also made lots of decorative fountains, they were renowned for their high quality and much ... Fountain in Pearson Conservatory, St. Georges Park, South Africa, Made By Andrew Handyside about 1882. Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge also made lots of decorative fountains. These fountains were made right here in Derby at ... Restored Andrew Handyside Fountain at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, Australia. Today, 28th May 2011 marks the First anniversary of the unveiling of a restored fountain at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, Australia. This... 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__label__wiki	0.776217	0.776217	Colts Rugby Youth Rugby - Policies and Guidelines "Rewarding Rugby" Welcome to the Youth Section of Hastings & Bexhill Rugby Club Rugby Football is one of the fastest growing team sports in the UK. This growth is expected to continue and to accelerate in the run up to, and after, the 2015 Rugby World Cup which is taking place in England. The Hastings area is fortunate that four of the match venues selected are within easy reach - Twickenham, Wembley, and the Emirates Stadiums in London and St Mary's Stadium in Southampton. Hastings and Bexhill RFC have been successfully running youth rugby for over 30 years and currently has one of the largest youth rugby sections in Sussex. We are committed to continue to encourage youngsters of all ages and both sexes to play rugby football. The quality of our coaching is can be seen by the number of our players that are regularly selected for Sussex County representative matches. The club has an ongoing programme of Child Protection and general Child Welfare policies to ensure that the junior players are in the safest hands they could possibly be. Details of these policies and guidelines can be found by going to the Youth Rugby Policies and Guidelines section. The Junior Rugby and Mini Rugby headings above will direct you to both levels of Youth Rugby within the Club and give contact details of the each squad's Coach and Manager. You will also find details of fixtures and match reports. Below you will find an outline of Youth Rugby and how and when you can become involved. The youth game is divided into two sections: Mini Rugby (under 7 to Under 12), Youth Rugby (under 13 to Under 16)and Colts Rugby (Under 17 and Under 18). As the players progress through the years new game laws are introduced and any new techniques required safely taught. This allows both girls and boys to learn Rugby Football in a safe and enjoyable way. New players of all ages are welcome at the club, our coaches will soon bring new players at intermediate levels up to speed with the game laws and skills. Hastings and Bexhill RFC follow the Rugby Football Union's "Continuum" training programme which was developed to introduce the many aspects of the game in a progression through each of the age groups. In the Under 7 and Under 8 age group they are taught "Tag Rugby". At this level there is no physical contact between the players. The tackle is replaced by the defender removing a ribbon from the attacking players belt and shouting "tag". This still allows the neccessary development of ball handling, evasion, vision and team skills. A guide to Tag Rugby can be found at http://www.coachingrugby.com/tag/laws/laws.htm. There are 7 players in a tag rugby team. Under 9 and Under 10 age groups play "Mini Rugby". The more physical aspects of rugby are introduced at this level with tackling, mauls, rucks, line-outs and scrummages included in the game. Line-outs and scrummages are uncontested at Under 9 level. There are 9 players in a mini rugby team. Under 11 and Under 12 age groups play "Midi Rugby". This is the full game of rugby but played with only 12 players in each team and on a smaller sized pitch. Under 13's and above play 15-a-side rugby on a full size pitch. Age groups are determined by a players age on the 1st September of each season. All of the Club's Lead coaches, and the majority of assistant coaches have attended and passed the RFU Level 1 Coaching Qualification. This is an intensive 15 hour training programme which culminates with the coach having to show that they have the ability to coach rugby in an effective, fun and enjoyable manner. It is easy to join our growing and exciting club. The season starts on the first Sunday in September each year. 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__label__cc	0.650096	0.349904	Newspaper Reporting: Subtle as a Brick You can’t stop reality, but that doesn’t mean those currently in power won’t try mightily to keep the racist xenophobes in their place. This newspaper article from The Local, considering the rise of the Sweden Democrats echoes in tune with the New York Times when it comes to talking about Republicans. Everyone knows that the Right in America is racist. They're simply crypto-Nazi types just waiting for a Hitler to emerge and give a spanking to those freedom-loving Pink Code ladies. Don't believe me? Ask anyone. Hey, Hillary, got a minute? How about you, Rev. Jackson? The Swedish population’s support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has gained the crucial mass necessary to enter parliament. Translation: the yokels have picked up support. Be worried. According to polls by Demoskop and Expressen newspaper, 4.2 percent of the population would vote for the Swedish Democrats if there was an election today. The Christian Democrats, a partner in the governing coalition, got only 3.8 percent of votes. Well, maybe things will change before the elections. Maybe the Swedish Democrats will have been chased from the country by then. You can always hope. In prior polls, only 3.1 percent of the population supported the party. The recent rise in popularity may be due to the party’s annual conference meeting in Karlstad in western Sweden a week ago. Or it could possibly be due to the reality on the ground. Or a low-pressure system. Whatever… nothing to see here. Move along. The Sweden Democrats’ chairman Jimmie Åkesson is convinced that the party now has a real chance of entering parliament at the next election. “If we can keep up this support level of 3 - 4 percent until the next elections, then this is a good starting point. I am sure that we will get into Parliament at the next elections,” he told news agency TT. Demoskop’s CEO Anders Lindholm confirmed this view. “It isn’t really a surprise. More a case of when, not if. This is a development that has been coming for quite a while,” he told TT. Ah, no big deal. We’ve seen them coming. Nothing to worry about because, as the Local notes: However, should the party make it into Parliament in 2010, they might find it a difficult arena in which to air their policies. Most other political parties do not want anything to do with the Sweden Democrats who are viewed as xenophobic and sexist. Speaking to Expressen newspaper, the Left Party’s Secretary Anki Ahlsten went so far as to describe the Sweden Democrats as outright racists. And so they are “outright racists” in Sweden. Why, they have the nerve to suggest limiting immigration and demanding more local control. Tch, tch. Barbarians, obviously. Otherwise, they would get quietly in line with the overlords, right? The polls questioned 1,008 people during the period from April 29th to May 6th. Support for other parties is as follows: The Social Democrats 44.1 percent The Moderate Party 21.9 percent The Green Party 6.8 percent The Liberal Party 6.3 percent The Centre Party 6.0 percent The Left Party 5.9 percent The Christian Democrats 3.8 percent Go to the main page of The Local, here. Scroll down and notice how conveniently this article about the SD landed between one story about public masturbation and another concerning a serial rapist. This is as subtle as a brick over the head. Obviously, they do take their cues from the Old Grey Lady’s playbook. Posted by Dymphna at 5/10/2008 12:08:00 AM christian soldier said... I can't give up on Sweden--some of the best hockey players in the world come from there! Just look at my Detroit Red Wings!! The team has many Swedish players. Stanley Cup anyone! svenskamerikan said... May I suggest that you're taking 'The Local' far too seriously? I dont get the sweedes. With all the problems they have with the immigrants, why doesn't Sverigedemokraterne have more than 4.2%. I just don't get it. In Norway we have a party that is very similar to Sverigedemokraterne, called FrP (Fremskrittspartiet), and it has been the second largest party for some time now, currently at 23.4%. It almost seems that the sweedes are only too happy sending their country down the toilet. Grue said... Fremskrittspartiet are a bit different, more liberal, a little less nationalist. Sverigdemokraterna are more inspired by Dansk Folkeparti. Sweden are more of a consensus society than Denmark and most other European societies. That is the main reason why Swedes vote like they do. For many Swedes who are strongly opposed to immigration, it still seems strange to vote for Sverigedemokraterna. They don't want to "to the wrong thing". When one of the established parties, Folkpartiet (social liberals) signalled a tougher stance in integration policies, demanding that immigrants learn Swedish, they trebled over a matter of months, from 4,5 to 13 % (in 2002). Thus, there are certainly strong anti-immigration sentiments in the country. People are just too timid to vote for Sverigedemokraterna. That is slowly changing, though. Let us hope sd make fine elections 2009 (the EU-parliament) and 2010 (local and national parliaments). Formerly Arch said... It'll be a case of cultural inertia as well. Sweden has been governed by the Social Democrats for nearly the whole of the 20th century, so much that it's become almost unthinkable to vote for anyone else. There's the same attitude around where I live, where people have voted Labour since the party first formed, and voted for the various predecessors of labour in the previous century. They vote for that party because their parents and grandparents voted for that party. That sort of traditional voting needs a lot of energy to overturn. James Higham said... Sounds total confusion over there. spackle said... What a laugh! As I was reading this a woman on PBS from "reporters without borders"stated that Scandanavia tops the list in countries with the best freedom of the press. Update and OT Now there is a Muslim woman on who wrote a book with John Esposito called "Who speaks for Islam". Did you know that only 7% of the one billion Muslims hate the west? And by the way they would not commit terrorism only support it AND their problem with the west has nothing to do with Islam. Its political. OY my head. Conservative Swede said... In the other thread, Armance described how modern liberalism is a backlash to the lack of ethics and the fatalism of the primitive cultures, only more unethical. Here Graham just described how democracy is the least flexible of all political systems, making it virtually impossible to change the way a country is governed. There are so many layers of processes cementing the rule to be identical to what it always was. First of all the invariable voting patterns, as described by Graham. But more importantly, the fact the no matter what under what label the government governs--liberal, socialist, Christian democratic, compassionate conservative--you get exactly the same output. Exactly the same lemming march toward cultural, moral and economical breakdown. The Democracy itself is the high and mighty God, the politicians are merely temporary caretakers and can do nothing to change the course. In the old monarchies there were checks and balances. A king had a personal and lifelong relation to his rule. A democratic country is common property, and common property nobody really cares for. And since it belongs to nobody, you can give it away to anybody (masses of migrant foreigners and/or superstate empires). In a monarchy it's very clear that a country is private property, to the king and by extension to the people, whom the king is representing. Even a responsible politician does not stand a chance in a democracy. There's nothing you can do really to change the course of a country, the way it's ruled, in a 4-5 year time span. In the old monarchies a king could look some 20-30 years ahead, and thereby get things done. Each king put his personal impression on his way of ruling. That was a truly pluralistic system, as opposed to the conformistic democracy. And a really bad king would be toppled. But in a democracy there is no way to get rid of the oligarchy of politicians. It's built into the system that they will stay there forever, until they have destroyed the country and it no longer exists. The mixed constitution--monarchy with both a democratic and an aristocratic component--has always been the height of civilization, all since the time of the Romans, and up until our 19th century. The 20th century has been the century of death and destruction, in the name of French Revolution slogans. And the 21st century is reaping time, when this civilization will finally eat itself up. Archonix said-- Sweden has been governed by the Social Democrats for nearly the whole of the 20th century, so much that it's become almost unthinkable to vote for anyone else. There's the same attitude around where I live, where people have voted Labour since the party first formed... Your observation made me think of the Church of England. In times past, people belonged to it becaue of inertia. Then they slowly abandoned the pews. Perhaps that will happen to Labour also, i.e., it will slowly be abandoned. Of course this analogy limps somewhat since those leaving the church didn't necessarily go to another one. Following the analogy to its logical conclusion, were the same phenomonen to occur, people simply wouldn't vote because participatory politics would have lost its meaning, too. I suppose that makes things easier for the ruling, unregulated elites. Con Swede said -- A democratic country is common property, and common property nobody really cares for. And since it belongs to nobody, you can give it away to anybody (masses of migrant foreigners and/or superstate empires). I respectfully disagree. The influx of immigrants here in the US is being contested in nearly all the states, and they are passing laws making it harder for big businesses in their area to so easily exploit immigrant labor. That is one reason John McCain is looked upon with suspicion; he favors open borders. If he wins, citizens across the spectrum will be watching him carefully. I expect to see a further rise in anti-immmigrant groups. How this will affect the so-called "sanctuary cities" remains to be seen. They can be neutralized by their states if the various legislatures are leaned on. Anyway, there are too many unknowns, too many forks in the path, for us to be able to predict what will happen down the road. It really is a chaotic system; all we can do is guess and speculate. Spackle -- John Esposito is owned -- lock, stock and barrel -- by the Saudis. Jihad Watch calls him another Lord Haw-Haw. Indeed he is. "John Esposito Responds" A good comparison, especially since much of that change happened when one generation died off and the next one couldn't be bothered getting up on the Sunday. The Whigs disappeared within a single generation, and the Liberal party (now the libertarian half of the Liberal Democrats) went the same way within a single decade. Since the general election is about two years away it's possible that Labour will end up as the failed third party next time around, with the tories in power and the lib dems in opposition. The party is falling apart the same way the tories did under Major. There's already been a veiled threat to 'overthrow' Brown from a prominent backbencher. Interesting times. Dymphna, I respectfully disagree. The influx of immigrants here in the US is being contested in nearly all the states The US is further in the development than any European country, only 2/3 of the original demos left. And yes, now there is some hand-waving going on. But the influx continues without interruption. and they are passing laws making it harder for big businesses in their area to so easily exploit immigrant labor. If passing laws would have solved the problem, then the problem would already have been gone. The necessary laws are already in place. Do I need to remind you that the influx we are talking about is mainly illegal aliens? The problem is that the laws are not being enforced. That is one reason John McCain is looked upon with suspicion He was recently appointed the Republican candidate for President with overwhelming majority. That's how much this suspicion matters. The other guy is Obama. Doesn't look like things are going in the right direction to me. Con Swede-- That's a dystopian view of the US and I don't think it's accurate. I have seen much evidence -- which doesn't make it to the MSM -- that the liberals are being fought on this issue. John McCain got the nomination because it was "his turn." The Republicans have a bad habit of playing by their rules. That's how Bob Dole got the nomination even though everyone knew he would lose. As I've said before, people whose lives are affected are beginning to make noises on the local level. That percolates up to the state legislatures, who have more control than you realize. I am taking a wait-and-see attitude on this one. BTW, parts of Arizona and New Mexico have made the illegals' lives so difficult that it is easier to return to Mexico. In fact, the biggest complainer about this state of affairs is the Mexican government. I've often thought that the best solution to this would be to pay the illegals whatever it was that they would be sending home in remittances for the 5 years or so they're here. It would go to them directly, not to Mexico. And the currency would be in pesos, not dollars. That way, Mexico would still get the remittances it needs for its economy, the illegals could go home (which they want to do anyway), and it would be cheaper all around for the US. Big business would fight it, but they can be gotten 'round. We could also organize some type of Peace Corps for Mexico to build hospitals and schools. Again, cheaper in the long run. The necessary laws at the local level are not in place...yet. Think local, Con Swede. It's good to see ordinary people react in he US (including the local level), quite as there are efforts in Europe. I followed it closely regarding the S.1348. But these efforts have been steamrolled by your establishment. Even if the US is a better functioning democracy on paper than the EU, I don't see that much difference in practice. Now your next president will be McCain or Obama. And your states have less power vs. the federation, than a European country has vs. the union. I think we can expect your next president to push through the shamnesty. What could the states do then? Even if the US is a better functioning democracy on paper than the EU, I don't see that much difference in practice. I could, and maybe should, rephrase that to say: Even if the US is a better functioning democracy in practice than the EU, I don't see that much difference in effect. The result is still the same. Afonso Henriques said... Well, it is a great debate going on and as such I have to crawl into the conversation. But first let me say the following: A poll was realised here recently in Portugal and at the light of the events on the Italian elections and what happened in Spain, I have to agree: Portugal and Spain are not really Europe, Europe seems to start when one cross the Pyrenees. The hard left (and I don't mean, hard like Labour, I mean really hard.) got 20% of the votes and the "Socialists" (the local Labour or the local PSOE (from Spain), being the PS, Socialist Party) got some 40%. The hard left is composed of Communists (The PCP, Portuguese Comunist Party, allied with the Greens) and the Left Block, an Anarchist block. Communism is for the elder and the Block is for the youth. You get it. 20%!!! Politically, we in this Peninsula are worst than anywhere in Europe but, maybe Macedonia or Belarus. Also, the poll talked about the possibility of some minor parties getting their first chance into the government. The only two with real chances are: 1) The PCTP-MRPP, or the Communist Party of the Portugese Workers - Revolutionary Movement for the Portuguese Proletariat is the most probable to make it to pairlmant. It is the last standing MAOIST party in Europe! It has been gaining support of some hard left youth who doesn't trust the Leftist Block and the old hard leftists who are sad with the PCP. 2) The far right. They have been infiltrated many minor political parties and may be capable of uniting all of them in a coalition. Probably a Monarchist will be the head of the far right if they want it. The coalition is not stupid after the Socialists with a majority (an almost absolute power) edited a law in which all parties with less than 5 thousand militants would be forced to cease to exist. Portugal is alomst the same size as Sweden so, 5 thousand militants is a great deal. So you can see how it is bad down here in the South West of Europe. With 10% of "ethnics" that can not be confirmed and a non stop immigration and all the problems of the European countries, I think we are worst than Sweden, politically, despite the fact that we have some latin machism that makes some things I heard happened in Sweden impossible to happen here. But this new generation has no culhões (cojones, in Spanish) so... I've already heard of a fourteen year old black guy robbing a ten year old Portuguese boy in a bus full of people. No Portuguese men was capable of help the children. The fourteen year old was scared by a seventy years old black lady so you can see where the culhões are going... Now the debate: "They vote for that party because their parents and grandparents voted for that party. That sort of traditional voting needs a lot of energy to overturn." Yes indeed. Here, the two most heard arguments for voting the left is: The right wing people are bad fascist folks who have no love for humanity and fascism never again! My mother was leftist, I am leftist and my children will be lftist. As long as they do not vote PP... a minor (they say) right wing party, the far right in the parliament but they have only six men there, one of whom is an "ethnic", and the the name of the party has "Centrist" in it. They are populists from the centre, not right wing... That is simply stupid because, even if one wants to be Traditionalist, the ideas of the parties in question do change. It makes not sence at all. Conservative Swede. Great post! Have you ever talked about that Roman thing to anybody else? I came to the same conclusion six months earlier and all I could hear from other people, even some I consider more intelligent than I am, was screaming it is wrong and no argument. People take democracy as a good thing per se. I do not agree at all. Are you sure you are Swede? I advise you to read Julius Évola, he says some great things, despite the fact that he is to right wing for me. "The mixed constitution--monarchy with both a democratic and an aristocratic component--has always been the height of civilization, all since the time of the Romans, and up until our 19th century. The 20th century has been the century of death and destruction, in the name of French Revolution slogans. And the 21st century is reaping time, when this civilization will finally eat itself up." Or maybe, the XXI century will be the return to the Roman root aftr a great, great war in which "civilization will finally eat itself up". The concepts of Imperium, Maximum Pontifex and other words are astonishing... I know you speake a barbaric language, but in my Latin language we have the word "Revolução" to Revolution. It comes directly from the Latin, "Revolutio" meaning, "restoring the old order". Nowadays, it is used in its opposite sense, it means, "destroying the old order". It is incredible how our world has been killed by the left. Conservative Swede, are you anti deomcratic? Do you have a sense that only a dictator can make a "Revolutio", or you don't care about it at all? "Your observation made me think of the Church of England. In times past, people belonged to it becaue of inertia." It's difference Dymphna, it is not inertia, it is Tradition. Something that can not be applied to politics. That is also why we comemorate Christmas, because of inertia? I don't think so. That's also why I consider myself an "anti-Church cultural Catholic" despite the fact that I was only baptised as such. It is tradition, it is part of our culture. Politics is different, it was suppose for us to protect our culture trough politics. Or so I think. "I respectfully disagree. The influx of immigrants here in the US is being contested in nearly all the states, and they are passing laws making it harder for big businesses in their area to so easily exploit immigrant labor." Also Dymphna, I may be wrong, but I think Con Swede was talking of a sense of union and nationalism that the U.S.A. has never known. The U.S.A. has gradually been giving the country to anybody: Non Anglo Europeans, blacks, indians and now even Asians and Mexicans. I think the U.S.A. is the most perfectly example of what Conservative Swede meant. "Since the general election is about two years away it's possible that Labour will end up as the failed third party next time around, with the tories in power and the lib dems in opposition." The Labour will not fall because it has an "ethnic" base. If it goes down there, it can perfectly become an anti-English/Brittish party, advocating for the cause of ethnic minorities in the U.K. "The US is further in the development than any European country, only 2/3 of the original demos left." Conservative Swede? Two Thirds? The United States is 75% white; 66% non hispanic white of which, according to wikipedia: 10% Latin (Italian, French, Portuguese, Spaniards are considered Hispanics); 11% Irish; 15% German. So, it is only 15% Anglo at best. The United States was not for Europeans, it was for English people. Brazil at least stills 30% Portuguese and Argentina 50% Spanish. Dymhpna, the cheapest way to stop mass immigration is to put the army in control over the border, shooting at who wants to come in. Here, in the Algarve we have it for centuries because the muslims of North Africa used to capture people in the cost and sent them to North Africa, men and children and slaves, women as slaves or concubines. It only stoped in 1830s when France conquered Algeria. It also stopped when Portugal controled North of Morocco and the Gibraltars's Straith in the XV century. Despite all. I would like my country to adopt the model of the U.S.. I think they have a superior model in what regards the European Union, but again, they are a super power, they can do as they want. At least the United States still is an elitist capitalist meritocracy, isn't it? Afonso, You are really full of enthusiasm today. Portugal and Spain are not really Europe Thanks to Franco/Salazar you are some decade behind. You had the '60s delayed and so on. The euphoria about universal liberalism and the illusion of a positive development and bright future has been going on longer for you. You are closing up however, but are still some five years behind. But you are definitely Europe -- of course! Yes, and there would be posts in my blog about it. And thanks! Supposedly intelligent people say so many stupid things. No, I think the records might be wrong :-) I advise you to read Julius Évola Thanks for the advice, but I didn't read him and I don't need to. I'm in favour of a mixed constitution with a democratic component, so that's hardly anti-democratic. But I'm all against democratism, i.e. dogma that mass democracy is the only legitimate political system -- not the least because democratists consider me an evil heretic. Democratism is truly totalitarian in nature. I represent an open mind, keeping it open for a plurality of different solutions. "Dictator" is democratism speak (as you said, words change), and implies that the ruler has stolen the country. I would prefer a king, which implies that he's the rightful owner of the country. But yes, only a strong leader can, with the consent of the people, turn around the situation. Let's hope it will also be a good leader. Also Dymphna, I may be wrong, but I think Con Swede was talking of a sense of union and nationalism that the U.S.A. has never known. I was speaking of democracies in general. The United States was not for Europeans, it was for English people. No, United States was for a mix of protestant Europeans. Here, here and here are places where I discuss the importance of our Roman heritage. As you'll find, our Roman values are the last thing I stick to, when I have lost belief in everything else. "You are really full of enthusiasm today." Or probably rage... "But you are definitely Europe -- of course!" Yes, but we are "peculiar". If you really look into our History: 1) The Romans had great difficulties in "Civilising us". They had fight us for two hundred years (France and Belgium were conquered in twenty or something). And the more they went to the North and West, the more Celtic it was, more difficult it was for the Romans. Especially in the Northwest that was "less Civilised"; 2) We had the first functional Germanic kingdom of Europe, especially the Suabian, operating in the Northwest; 3) Than, we had to fight the muslims for five hundred years (in Portugal) to eight hundred years (in Spain). Also, the same pattern, the muslims never touched the Northwest and went essentially to the Southeast; 4) When "real Europe" takes the Crusades to the fire, we here, simply change their names (Order of Christ, for example, whose cross you can see in the Portuguese Football team, the Air force ane many more are a new Name to the Knight Templars) and became a paradise for such orders; 5) We went on to colonise the world when "real Europe" were sleeping. We went to Morocco, than Africa, than America, than India, than Asia, than the whole world but Australia; 6) When Hitler was to be born, we already had something called the Inquisiton and "Aryan purity laws or something" called "Limipieza de sangre/Limpeza de sangue/Cleaness of blood" to find out an exterminate Jews, muslims, and whoever was to please the church and the nobility. Also, before the E.U, the U.S. or any other multiculturalism were to be enforced, we already had a multicultural society with blacks, indians, and muslims (North Africans) as slaves, especially in the South. 7) In the XIX century, thanks to the evildoers of Europe, I mean, France and the United States, with their stupid revolutions and declarations of independence, we go from one of the richest of Europe to one of the poorers. Because: a) Napoleon, the guy that was worse than Hitler, invaded us and destroyed our wealth and power. b) Because of the French Revolution we start to have people with those riciculous ideas of egalité, liberté et fraternité which lead to civil wars that putted us to our lower levels in centuries in what international credibility is concerned. c) Because the Americans think it is cool to be independent, despite the fact they are in Indian's lands, our colonies in America, that were where we were getting our wealth from (it was like today Middle Eastern resaurces on oil), start getting independent. And once we gave all our Asian colonies to other powers: We, Portuguese gave India to the Britts, Indonesia to the Dutch and Taiwan to the Japs, and the Spaniards would in the XIX century give the Philipines to the Americans. We got even poorer. We only suck with our African colonies (which were half of what we had in the XVI century). I think that this is the great problem. The XIX century, not Salazar or Franco. The XIX century and the muslims because the Visigoths were a bit stupid... But it continues... 8) We start to have leftist governments, the Republic in Portugal and in Spain. 9) Than we got the Fascists (fortunateley we didn't had the war the Spaniards had, but we also are a Nation, and that is one of the benefits of being a Nation. The civil wars are rarer) untill the mid 70s when Europe got it untill 1945 at best. 10) And now we are part of that great Empire called the European Union and dark times are ahead. We are peculiar, aren't we? Our History is somewhat more Hispanic than European and, especially in the Northwest that was the nucleous of this country. "I'm in favour of a mixed constitution with a democratic component, so that's hardly anti-democratic." I agree with you 100%. I am your fan. I just wanted to ask you two more things: 1)Would that system be elitist but meritocratic and where all the equality is in regard with oportunities? " But I'm all against democratism, i.e. dogma that mass democracy is the only legitimate political system -- not the least because democratists consider me an evil heretic. Democratism is truly totalitarian in nature. I represent an open mind, keeping it open for a plurality of different solutions." Indeed my friend, indeed... ""Dictator" is democratism speak (as you said, words change), and implies that the ruler has stolen the country. I would prefer a king, which implies that he's the rightful owner of the country." A Dictator can be legitimate. He does not have to "stole" the country. In Roman times, the Dictator was viewd as in intermediary between degradation and the "Revolutio" and as so was only temporary. You can see to Franco, for example. He fits this traditon. Salazar or even Fidel Castro (I hope) also, but Franco is the best exapmle in my opinion. "But yes, only a strong leader can, with the consent of the people, turn around the situation. Let's hope it will also be a good leader." "It is our duty to create an order of great men who can put a "good leader" in power to fight all this situation" This could have been a quote of Julius Évola. One think that always striked me, after the 9/11 and I being interested in all this events was the Nazi slogan: "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher" And Hitler saying the Reich would last 1000 years. What was it? Was Hitler planning to live a millenia? "No, United States was for a mix of protestant Europeans." Maybe you're right. I heard that there were many Swedes, Germans and Scottish there also but I thought they were there to be the "lower classes". It will not surprise me that you are right. Anyway, Catholic Irish, Eastern Barbaric peoples like Poles and swarthy Italians, Spaniards, Greeks or Portuguese or even stinky French were not wellcomed. So the American demos is less than 66%. I would say, some 35% tops... That is why the "white" word is so important over there. It is the new pathos. I really hope America never to become like Mexico or Brazil, with a "brown" demos and a white ruling elite. It certainly leds to situations like Venezuela. Afonso -- Your post was too long for me to work my way through. However, if you are interested in our roots in Romanity, here's the book: Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization The original is in French. The author is Rémi Brague. If you find French easier to read than English, I suggesst googling for that one. Con Swede: We haven't even begun to fight. There are more ways to skin a cat than simply having the Imperial Congress pass laws, pushed by the President. At the state level we have referenda options, and at the municipal level, several communities have been successful in preventing the bankruptcy of their social services by passing laws re illegal immmigrants. So far, they haven't made it to the Supremes yet, though last I heard, Hazelton PA was waiting their turn. That was in Jan. or Feb. S.1348 is not the last word on the subject of immigration. The more pressure that individual senators feel from their constituents, the more likely they are to act. It's the only antidote to incumbency, and Senators know it. So do their voters. It may come down to a duel between the Congress and the Supremes, but this is by no means a closed subject. We'll see what McCain has to say about his position, depending on whom he needs to persuade. And after that, in 2010, there are congressional elections. Depending on how out-of-hand the lawlessness has become, there may be a real turnover in seats. This fight is going to go on for a loong time. Maybe not in time to save California, but that was always Mission Impossible anyway. As for the Joos, you and Afonso can go at it till you get tired. I will continue to celebrate Israel's birthday at least until the 14th, and maybe beyond. Now that Hezbollah has taken over Lebanon for all intents and purposes, that area will definitely hot up. Dead Bambi forgot to send her regards. I'm sure it was an oversight. Once a shamnesty is in place that's check mate, all the aliens are legal, and there's nothing the states can do about it. As for the Joos, you and Afonso can go at it till you get tired. I can honestly say that I didn't expect this sort of haughty comment after defending you. I will leave Your Highness alone from now on and only mingle with the filthy populace. I agree with you 100%. I am your fan. Sorry, no autographs :-) You need to ask the king :-) But yeah, that could be a good system. But a system is not just constructed like that, it will always be based on the history of the country. And I wouldn't use the word "elitist" to describe what I see as a good society. But an important thing is to have many competing elites. This is the best guarantee for de facto checks and balances. In an egalitarian mass democracy all intermediate elites disappear and there is only the one distant political oligarchy against the people, and the people becomes more powerless than in any other system. In Roman times, the Dictator was viewd as in intermediary between degradation and the "Revolutio" and as so was only temporary. Quite as "revolution" has changed its meaning since then so has "dictator", and when we use them today this is not the context. Not until the day we would adapt Roman constitution again. Conservative Swede: You're right. I jumped without looking. I apologize for presuming your present behavior would be the same as your past. That limits another's possibilites. BTW, the populace isn't filthy, just very, very tired. You're seeing weariness, not dirt. I apologize for presuming your present behavior would be the same as your past. My present and my past have been a constant. You rudely jump to conclusions about my past actions. As I pointed out to the Baron, it's mainly been Dead Bambi and Esther who have been obsessing about the Joos and created oversized threads about it. I think Your Highness didn't look too closely that time either. Thank you Dymphna, for the advise concerning the book. But, didn't Fjordman made a presentation of the book? I thought the book to be really anti-Rome. Saying that Europe is a mixture of Jewish and Greek culture. And saying that all the Romans did was propagate the culture. I do not agree with that at all. Concerning the Jewish question, my objective was never to restrain you from celebrating the Jewish State. Conservative Swede, I look at Franco and, he was really a "Roman Dictator". Anyway, I would just like to know what are you refering to when you say "competing elites". Is it, Ministers vs Judges? Also, don't you feel that the "place" of the women should be completeley reverted? 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__label__cc	0.722989	0.277011	Chapter 48 – Page 39 └ Tags: Bandit, Sundar, Taro Iwatani September 29, 2017, 12:06 am \| # \| Reply Honey, I toppled the kid! Hmm. I may be paranoid, but I’ve got a bad feeling about this. (And not the “leaving Taro alive” bit.) biggmac Same here. Bandit looks as if she’s about to bite the big one. As I said a few pages earlier, that would tick me off (unless she gets resurrected again). Alice Macher Yeah, she’s not looking (or sounding, judging from her slurred speech) too good. That may be why she decided not to kill him; that she senses it may be curtains for her (again) and if so she doesn’t want a second death weighing on her wherever she goes next. Um, I think Bandit would make sure the blighter’s dead if she suspected she would soon be unable to stop him less permanently. S’wise, too. LookieLouE1707 Hey, at least she’s going to get an afterlife, unlike all her friends who are about to be eaten by corruptor beasts. Maybe letting Taro escape here is a more fitting punishment after all … Same here; agree. It need not be Taro waking up and killing Bandit. To me, Bandit’s line in the last panel sounds more like she’s about to lose consciousness- then worse. Rules_Lawyer I better stay classy on this one. I hope the tractor works, on the farm she just bought. (perfect) Kamino Neko That’s some good alt text. I don’t get it. The alt text, I mean. http://howtoreallypronouncegif.com/ Armagrodden There’s an ongoing, toe-may-toe/toe-mah-toe style internet debate over whether the .gif picture file is pronounced “guh-iff” or “juh-iff”. Ah. I was aware of that, and even thought of it when I read the alt text, but I didn’t realize they were making a deliberate reference to it. Where’s the “uh” come from? Also thought it was just g-iff. But as to the comic I’m more worried about the kid waking up before Sundar gets back. September 30, 2017, 12:54 pm \| # \| Reply I’ve never heard anyone anywhere pronounce it with an “uh” in it, and two syllables would be pretty strange in itself. You’re off your rocker. @ Jack & Hornet: I’m pretty sure Armagrodden was just “sounding out” the consonants for emphasis, not suggesting that he/she actually pronounces it with two syllables. That’s what I was going for; I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. jpnuar1 Or . Or hyeef: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gif Hyes! HandwashBigpan Bandit, you hit an undeveloped human skull so hard there was a loud “KRAKK!” and Taro fell unconscious. That kid is totally dead by hemorrhaging. Or skull chips to the brain. Or both. Both is good. nightsbridge Let’s remember that this is a work of fiction, where ‘non-lethal’ force actually exists. There is no such thing as non-lethal force. Only varying degrees of injurious force. Any act of power carries with an attendant act of injury. Gnomes ought to know. There is no created order without disorder. And this is why you invent bulletproof vests. Taxil No, it IS Jiffy! Deedes Doubt that she is going to die, but she will pass out soon. Oh, he’ll kill her if she passes out, after a little more speechifying. https://youtu.be/U7XVcqZodAM Lord Hideous Wooooo, war crimes trial! Bailoroc I know, right? Given that kid’s ego and entitlement issues, that would be a fun circus to watch. Kennerly The Mandella effect! soloran Have we ever figured out if she’s an actual player character or something native to Arkerra? She’s not one of the tubed players, if that’s what you’re asking. We still have to figure out how exactly the game and its players interacts with the magicked copy of the real Arkerra and its inhabitants, but she IS Chrissie’s character somehow. We know that when players log off, their characters go on doing stuff autonomously (gonna have to look up where exactly this is stated). So it makes one wonder how exactly a player “creates” what is actually a PRE-EXISTING character and how (much) they control them. I’m pretty sure it was stated in re: Rachel, and it’s been shown re: Scipio since the death of his player. October 1, 2017, 11:59 am \| # \| Reply Yes, but I was specifically thinking of the non-tubed players in Sepia World actually talking about their characters doing stuff while they’re logged off as if it was a design game feature. I mean they literally had a discussion about that specific topic. IIRC, they also talked about the tubed players as a hardcore bunch who NEVER broke character in that same conversation. (Sorry, still haven’t looked it up in the archives; busy weekend!) On characters behaving autonomously: http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-39-page-10/. On the tubed 5 being hardcore never OOC players: http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-39-page-8/ Passerby Really, Bandit? You slaughtered your old boss in a rage and he wasn’t even in control of his actions, just a vector for contagious magical mental illness. You know for a fact this kid can manipulate with an absurd degree of effectiveness and actually putting him on trial would be difficult to believe to most and an embarrassment to cover up for the people who DO know what he’s capable of and want to maintain some level of political credibility in the world. Who would even try him? The very people he’s got under his thumb? The ones who let him run roughshod for no good reason? Don’t Anakin out on us, that didn’t go to plan for him to say the least. I think that the reason she did not is precisely because of the earlier incident. r2d2go I think she wants to use his capture for morale, since she does say they’ll parade him around. Parading around a child-king’s unconscious body is possibly better than parading around a child-king’s dead body, and it’s easier to execute him than resurrect him if the more politically-minded people decide it’s preferable. Disloyal Subject I think giving the politically minded a chance to spare his life is exactly what we want to avoid when we advocate just finishing the little turd. Yeah but that’s not what the guy above is saying. They specifically were afraid of a) manipulation, b) pointlessness of a trial c) no reasonable judge/jury. If he’s brought, unconscious, to people who have more knowledge of the political climate (syrnj, penk, whatever), those points of contention are a) irrelevant/b and c) left to someone with in depth world knowledge to decide. Trying to argue Bandit’s making a mistake as a comic viewer is an emotional commentary at best, and the above comment wasn’t even that. 100% agree with you here. Slaughters her boss/teammate/friend? without hesitation. Suddenly has a moral crisis when it comes to the guy who nukes his own subjects. MAKES SENSE Lexible She killed Byron because of what she felt would have happened to many other people if she didn’t. Taro’s not a beserker, and she lives in a world where there is a unifying dread of berserkers. Upshot: very different situations. I don’t normally like to weigh in on these things but if you recall, Bandit attempted all available means of non-lethal defusing of Byron’s berserk before she resorted to killing him. raven0ak it makes quite sense, berserkers capacity has been shown already few times (first time byron went berserk he killed two of his closest friends, 2nd time he went berserk he slaughtered peacekeepers team, 3rd time he killed army, and 4th time it was town) bandit did last resort that was available … kill it because it cannot be disabled nor controlled (cases how byron recovered were: it wore of after long while, 2: he killed himself, 3: syrjin has medicine that subsides state, 4th: medicine is not available so bandit kills him) drealm2459 war crimes trails are held by the winners not the looser’s.. the Germans didn’t run the trials at Nuremburg the allies did. Americans British French and Russians. no Germans other then defendants. Along with all of the people who let this mini Hitler/Napoleon run amok. They get their own trial for allowing him to do all the crazy crap he did. Along w/ all the crap they did before he got into power. so yes a trail so you have nice neat line of pikes w/ heads on them that all legal. World’s Rebellion trials so far are by combat so technically that was his trial and he just needs sentence carried. It would just be the little jerk getting his face kicked in a second time but with the added opportunity to manipulate the crowd into feeling outrage at a child being thrown into a pit of death and probably not up against somebody his own size. His dying breath used to discredit the idea the “savage” races would stand down and honor a diplomatic solution after such a brutal display and making a last ditch attempt to get history to remember him differently. And I think the little butthole could pull it off. Dying in combat, in his stupid tank that everyone watched fire on his own forces? Wraps things up a little cleaner, both sides have a chance to see who was driving while it’s fresh rather than waiting for judges who might only have secondhand knowledge of the battle. Gastonia can’t spin it, anyone Taro might be able to subtly threaten with secrets won’t be working for him because he can’t hurt them anymore, his legacy is that of a mad child, and there isn’t an opportunity to work any propaganda concerning Taro’s age or yet another round of delays as anyone works up the nerve to actually perform an execution. Not that I’d shed half a tear if she introduced Taro’s insides to the outside, but the situations are not, in any way, comparable, and the differences quite intensely make killing Byron (even accepting that it was her, not Brother Tom, who actually killed Byron) more defensible than killing Taro. Even aside from the point Phil made above concerning her attempting to subdue him non-lethally, she killed a mindless embodiment of rage and violence, in battle, as he was spreading the berserk to others. That is a totally different thing than extrajudicially executing a subdued child. It’s the difference of putting down a rabid dog, and a poorly socialized one. It’s arguably the right choice to put down the latter. It’s inarguably the right choice to put down the former. It is much easier to make soldier stand down for a live leader held as a hostage then for them to stand down for a dead body.. she being practical.. they can always execute the little monster AFTER the war crimes trial. Let’s have a vote! 5-tons-of-flax If the Gastonian/Iwatanian system is anything like the Savatian one, Bandit just elected herself Queen. Yanno I said earlier that Bandit was in her rights to kill Taro where he lay… But I’m rather glad she didn’t. Just wanted to say that. I agree. At first I was all “KILL IT!” and then I realized I’d really like to see someone else get him. Bandit’s decision here seems fitting based on her past, so I think it shouldn’t be her to do it. Wise choice. zophah It really is a good thing Bandit chose not to kill him. Otherwise her name would be ‘King-Killer Keynes’. wraith_ferron The story of her life would be “The Kingkiller Keynes Chronicle”, and would take forever to actually get released. Timelost Well, the first two volumes would come out within a few years of each other, but that third book… Anvildude See, most of the time in fiction this sort of action would be seen as a show of strength. Strength of character, strength of convictions, etc. But I can’t help but feel, in this instance, that Mercy actually is a sign of weakness. Because in this case, we have Bandit, who’s killed before (not a ‘kill or murder’ thing), against Taro, who’s killed hundreds by his own hand (not an ‘innocence’ thing), and she doesn’t kill him. The only reason I can see that she doesn’t, is that he’s a child. Which means it’s merely an age thing. And that’s NOT a good reason to let him live. The only other reason I could see to leave him alive right now is to torture/humiliate him to death later- which is definitely not a ‘strength of character’ thing. Mercy is not a sign of weakness here. It is just Bandit seeking justice. Killing him would not be justice. It would be vengeance. It would provide a rallying cry against the Gnomes, the World’s Rebellion, the Adventurers, by those who would seek to use or abuse the power of Iwatania. By keeping Taro alive, so he can be held accountable for his crimes in a court of law, it creates a far greater opportunity to build peace. To ensure that no one can use the little shit as a rallying cry. Plus, if she killed him? She’d be no better than that little bastard. And honestly? I think that’s probably why she stopped. To be the bigger woman. MidnightDStroyer Hmmm…Maybe Taro’s punishment should involve “turning him into a little girl.” Then as a “woman,” Taro is already about as big as Bandit is anyway… I fail to see how disposing of an egomaniacal mass-murderer while she has the chance would make Bandit as bad as him. Because she would have done what brought her satisfaction in the moment, much like Taro, rather than setting aside that immediate satisfaction for the knowledge that justice was actually done. Eeeexcept that Taro kills people because they don’t fold his socks right. Bandit would be killing Taro to stop more killing, including the design, creation and deployment of Weapons of Mass Slaughter. This is why I don’t like Batman’s whole “No Killing the Joker” thing. It’s all well and good to uphold Justice and Law and Due Process, but there ARE some situations where said tenets of society are a hindrance to the survival of the society itself. Such instances are rare, and it is very dangerous to tr and determine them, but they do exist. Consider the biological body as a metaphor for a functioning society, in this case. The Justice system (courts, arbiters, juries, jailers and executioners) is the equivalent of the Immune System- rooting out and isolating or destroying bad cells. Now, normal day-to-day reactions- a sneeze, extra mucous, etc, is normal by-the-book stuff. Then you get the Fever- an immune reaction meant to do a total wipe of infection from the whole body. Your body only breaks these out in severely threatening cases- we could call the Fever a War Trial, perhaps. Normally, a Fever is something to let run its course (it’s a major Trial for a major figure- say, the deposed head of state after a successful invasion). However, in some cases, the Fever is dangerous to the body itself- namely, when it runs long, or runs too hot. So too, can a Trial be dangerous. I feel that any trial that Taro is the subject of has just that sort of chance to run Hot and Long, and possibly kill the potential nation that might grow out of his defeat, before he’s taken care of. bakelf Bandit is just so beautiful… I love the first panel. I also love the hovertext. I’m conflicted about the third panel and worried about the sixth. I love the first panel. The second’s pretty good too. But I love the first panel. Oh shit I forgot this, how could I forget this, where’s an edit button when you need one, right? I forgot to write this: I. LOVE. THE FIRST. PANEL. You know, “I wish our hero brutally murdered that young boy,” was never a sentiment I expected to express, but life is a funny old thing, ain’t it? Well, maybe a trial would be for the best after all, even if he’s judged by Gastonian Law. After all, in a pseudo-medieval setting like that, what’s the usual punishment for crimes such as mass murder of the Crown’s soldiers, the Crown’s subjects…Oh, and let’s not forget Patricide & Matricide of the previous rulers? Probably the only choice Taro might have when it comes to execution time would be for the method Iarei Hm, can me make that all one word? Patregicide? … I predict his mode of execution is going to be ‘eaten from existence by a corrupter beast’ though. Well while you debate that I’m going to go make myself a bitmap and jelly sandwich. Oh, could you bring back a side order for Taro? He’ll probably get a big helping of .exe Nah, they were just having a tiff. Taro played a silly jape, egging Bandit on to give him a bump on the head. That nose is probably going to feel raw tomorrow, though. lordofthedance Two adventurers, neither of whom has rope or a healing potion on-hand? What is the world coming to? Seriously, what a way to run a railroad. I mean the healing potions, they might have just run out (they are in the middle of a fight after all) but no rope? And she’s a ROGUE? Come on, man. minando Hmmm…this fancy ‘mordhau’-move works as advertised it seems. Reply to Iarei ¬ Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405026
__label__wiki	0.691709	0.691709	Talk:love poems Revision as of 22:52, 28 May 2008 by Particleman24 (Talk \| contribs) 1 Easter Eggs 2 Gerly Werly? 3 Green Tongue? 4 Homestar's poem 5 Email Deuce Aught Aught 6 R&B Jam speculation 7 The Rub [Doctor] 8 Sky Mall 9 It's a Ham Jam 10 Release Date 11 Homestar singing 12 Garfunkel outfit? 13 poem at the end? 14 Brother Girl 15 Kimberlian? 16 Shakespeare 17 Homestar's grocery list 18 Mary Ann? Well pretty good but I only found one Easter Egg it's when you click at the end "Love poems" There's actually two by my count. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 05:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Speaking of Strong Sad's easter egg, I don't get it... Why is Strong Sad waiting for "him" to call him??? Gerly Werly? "I herly perly on gerly wurly" is a reference to a lyric in the Manfred Mann song "Blinded By the Light." The lyric is "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly." I'm not sure if this is right or not. It seems like its more of a a stereotypical unintelligible British-style statement (no offense to those across the pond). Can I get a witness? DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 07:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I don't quite follow. Maybe if you could give an example of something ... similar? OptimisticFool 07:17, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I'm not quite sure, but I swear I've heard that type of speech 'fore. And I'm PRETTY DANG SURE of it. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 07:19, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Ditto. --75.8.93.33 10:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I clearly remember that type of speech being used in Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, in the song Honey Bun: Her hair is curly-whirly, her curls are hurly-burly, her lips are pips, I call her hips, twirly and whirly! BBG 19:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Since the guy says "Shakespeared," I find it most likely to be referring to "Macbeth," where the witch speaks the line "When the hurly burly's done. Maybe so, given the context, but I too thought it was a reference to "Blinded by the Light". I thought it was pretty blatantly that--the whole line sounds like the lyric, not just the two words that match Macbeth. Probably it's a play on both references? Hurlyburly is a relatively common expression; just because it happened to be used in Macbeth doesn't mean that this is a reference to that particular usage. The Manfred Mann reference seems more likely (although it's not perfect). 86.10.202.209 09:29, 28 May 2008 (UTC) It's pretty obvious to me that the only joke is based on the girls' names. Meredith puts a "th" at the end of several words, and Kimberly takes it a step further by putting a "berly" at the ends, making her speech unintelligible. I think both the Manfred Mann and the Shakespeare refs are coincidental. Wear a Bikini 12:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC) It makes sense to me as a reference to Shakespeare, as immediately afterwards, they get SHAKESPEARED! so i think the joke is connected. Why else would shakespear appear right after a line from his own play? — Defender1031Talk 16:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Green Tongue? Anyone else notice Tenerence Love's green tongue?— Bassbone (TALK CONT) 09:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah. But then again, I'd expect that from a PBTC-done clip. Color inaccuracies like the purple boxing gloves and underwears. --75.8.93.33 10:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC) It could be a reference to the Cartoon Network show Ed, Edd n Eddy because in that show, the characters have multi-colored tounges. --Particleman24 22:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Homestar's poem I know it's a type of poem, I just forgot the name. Can anyone remind me? --75.8.93.33 10:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC) It's an acrostic poem. —Shwoo 10:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Oh yeah! Thank you. Now I can put that reference in Not X --75.8.93.33 10:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Email Deuce Aught Aught Sooo, email 200 right around the corner. What's a possible theme? Who's birfday it is? And I KNOW the KB ain't the plaice for speculation. --70.108.2.233 11:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC) R&B Jam speculation Doesn't it kind of sound a bit, melody-wise like Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles? -Alex H. ~I thought it sounded like the beat from Grumble Cakes, actually. --EMOBUBS 23:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I totally agree- definitely the Buggles. -MCA There must be some version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Barry White, because I don't hear anything in the Buggles' version in that song. Stev0 20:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC) The Rub [Doctor] The entry currently says that the blackboard has the word 'Rub' and an arrow pointing to Strong Bad. I thought the arrow was just pointing down, so that the board reads 'Rubdown'. Geddit? Noted and fixed. Thanks! DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 22:14, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Sky Mall I know this is already in the reference section, but I believe Homestar mentioning that he buys all his groceries from Sky Mall is a further reference to comedian Jim Gaffigan. One of his famous jokes is about the cereal on the bottom shelf without a box, "like it's homeless." So then he doesn't want to admit he's actually buying this ceareal to the cashier, so he says he's "holding it for a friend," and that he "buys all his groceries from Sharper Image, you know, uh, Sky Mall."--ItalianBallerina 9:37, 26 May 2008 (CT) Sorry, thats way too much of a stretch... quite the coincidence tho -Jdhannan It's a Ham Jam This is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight jam! My name is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight ham/jam! Everyone seems to agree that "jam" is the word the first time, tons disagree about the second. Let's put our heads together. OptimisticFool 17:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I am confident that the second line (not the first!) of Tenerence Love's song describes an overweight ham, rather than jam. People keep trying to change it to "jam". Do other people actually hear "jam" there? --Jay v.2020 (Talk) 17:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I hear "ham". (There's definitely no /dj/ sound.) It also makes sense, as hams are five, ten, or even twenty pounds. (Incidentally, I listened to it closely before even knowing what the specifics of this discussion were, and without being told what to listen for.) — It's dot com 17:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC) As the guy who transcribed it, I'm not sure. I can't hear any consonant clearly, though I suppose "h" would be easier to hide, meaning it's a bit more likely to be "ham". Heimstern Läufer 19:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I heard "jam", then "ham" before I knew there was disagreement about it. It's certainly a jam, and then "ham" is somewhat of a random word that happens to rhyme. Just listened to it again, and the second one definitely sounds like "ham". -- Mithent 21:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Definitely "ham" — Defender1031Talk 22:12, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Smell that. Smell it! Tell me that's not ham. Stev0 20:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC) This was on at some point before 10:30 last night, that would be the 25th. 20X6 GEM 17:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC) It was released just after midnight, if I recall correctly, in EST (TBC's timezone as well as mine). So it was on Monday. --DorianGray 18:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I woke up at 2 AM this morning (CDT, UTC -5) and this was up when I checked at 3 A. At about 5:30 I looked at Google's only result for sbemail195, and it said "5 hours ago." It's cutting it close (very early toon), but it was right around the break of Monday. --75.8.93.33 18:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC) The file modified date is Monday, May 26, 2008 12:40:13 AM (EDT). — It's dot com 18:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC) I live in Arizona, so it could be a time zone thing. I believe there is a three hour difference between me and the Chaps, so that would explain it. 20X6 GEM 19:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC) Homestar singing Homestar's singing sounds to me like a reference to "Jam On It" by Newcleus. The way he performs the "This mo'nin'! This mo'nin'! This mo, re-mo, re-mo-mo'nin'!" rythmically sounds like "Jam on it! Jam on it! I said jam on-on-on, jam on it!" from that song. Huh. I just listened to the song and it did sound a bit like Homestar's "Mo'nin" song. And it would make sense knowing TBC's common references to 80s hip-hop songs. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 21:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC) It's defitely the Beastie Boys track "Do it"--24.251.208.71 07:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Newcleus released "Jam On It" long before the Beastie Boys even existed. Furthermore, "Jam On It" is considered a classic of hip hop, meaning that it is very likely that the Beastie Boys were imitating them. Garfunkel outfit? The first thing I thought of when I saw Strong Bad's outfit was Garfunkel from Simon & Garfunkel. The blonde curly hair and black turtleneck are exactly the same; it's uncanny. Did anyone else notice this? Or is it possible the style was borrowed from somebody else? Il Cartographer 00:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC) I see a slight resemblance but it wasn't backed up with any other context such a lyric. By the way, I found it amusing that you qualified him as "Garfunkel from Simon & Garfunkel" as if there was another Garfunkel out there that people knew about :-) I R F 03:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Black turtlenecks are a cliche uniform of poets. Stev0 19:32, 27 May 2008 (UTC) poem at the end? At the end of the email, SB writes My Homeless Roma'ic. Oh the hearts you will win. Like this lavender scented plug-in New paper, come on and get some! Is that that a specific type of poem structure? I first thought it was a haiku, but it doesn't follow the tradition 3 line 5-7-5 pattern. You poem gurus out there, please chime in. I R F 03:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC) First of all, you left off a line: "So there you ha' it". Secondly, haikus generally don't rhyme (although SB's poem doesn't have the BEST rhyme scheme ever...) It might have an official name, but it just looks to me like a rhyming couplet with a smaller rhyming couplet in each line. --Jay v.2020 (Talk) 05:06, 27 May 2008 (UTC) I think that it is just a standard AABCCB rhyme. It may be an attempt at a Sextilla, which uses that formula, but that needs eight syllables in each line. It is vaguely limerick like, but there is a line to much, roma'ic doesn't rhyme with 101, and it doesn't really scan. I think that it is just supposed to be a generic rhyme. Lord-z 10:32, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Brother Girl Aside from the whole jam/ham discussion, can i get an opinion on another line in the r&b jam? namely the last line: does anyone besides me hear "welcome girl to sweaty town"? it makes more sense than what currently written: "welcome brother sweaty town" --Zatchman (Neumannz) 06:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah, it's definitely "girl to."76.71.6.230 22:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC) No,I just listened to it w/my volume on high, and I heard "brother". Or, it maybe "girl to", knowing how Tenerence usually under or over pronounces words. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 22:13, 27 May 2008 (UTC) I don't think your one opinion overrides that of three others. I'm sure it's "welcome, girl, to" myself. OptimisticFool 04:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I think so, too, even though I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was when I transcribed it. Heimstern Läufer 04:42, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Kimberlian? 'nother Q: does "kimberlian" refer to anything related to writing styles, or is it just a segue to the kim character? --Zatchman (Neumannz) 06:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC) It and "Meridithian" are just jokes on "Elizabethan". Notice how all three have women's names in them? The Meredith and Kim characters came out of that. --Jay v.2020 (Talk) 16:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Which is no coincidence, of course - "Elizabethan" describes things pertaining to the reign of Elizabeth I of England. -- Mithent 19:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Of course. But there was no Queen Kimberly or Meredith that I'm aware of, and thus, no Kimberlian or Meredithian era. --Jay v.2020 (Talk) 19:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC) No, they'd have been rather.. un-royal names. I was just commenting on it being natural that it has a women's name in it :) -- Mithent 19:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Does anyone else think there are enough references to Shakespeare to warrant an article? Stev0 19:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC) In a similar vein, are there enough instances of characters who are normally bald wearing false hair to warrant an article? I can think of several instances.— Bassbone (TALK CONT) 20:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC) StevO, I do think Shakespeare deserves an article. Bassbone, your suggestion already became the article wigs. BBG 20:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Its a dream come trueeeeee! DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 03:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Homestar's grocery list There appears to be something written on the back of the shopping list homestar has with him (with the basic things on it).. can anyone see what it is? If you zoom in on it while viewing the .swf, you can see its just what H*R says: amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 22:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Mary Ann? That Mary Ann line has got to be a reference to something. My first reaction was Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island, but I'm not a big enough fan of that show to know if that really makes sense. SB seems to be using it to imply that Homestar is naïve about romantic matters. Is that what her character was like? Anyone know? Ot maybe the joke is supposed to be that he was just on a roll from talking about girl names. LikeAsItself 01:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Or it maybe just Strong Bad insulting Homestar by calling him a girls name. Mary Ann doesn't even need a [not a boy] thing to show its a chick's name. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 03:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I doubt it. If you say crap, it's probably not a reference to Strong Bad, just saying the word. Same instance here. — MichaelXX2 (Talk \| contribs) (left unsigned)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405029
__label__wiki	0.758599	0.758599	TagAnimalsChildhoodCrimeCriminal JusticeFathersHousingLegal SystemMusicTerrorismTheater : Jack Hitt ContributorJack Hitt Year201620152013201220102008200720062005200420032002200019991998199719961995 Jack Hitt Jack has done some of the funniest stories we've ever run and also some of our best investigative stories. In the funniest camp: 61, 145. On the investigative side: 218, 310, 331, 15, 38, 229. Both: 253. There are 5 results for "Jack Hitt" 343: Poultry Slam 2007 Act Three: Chicken Diva Yet another testimony to the power chickens have over our hearts and minds. Contributing editor Jack Hitt reports on an opera about Chicken Little. 332: The Ten Commandments Commandment Five: Honor Your Father And Your Mother When Jack Hitt was 11, he did the worst thing his father could have imagined. Neither Jack nor his four siblings will ever forget the punishment. 331: Habeas Schmabeas (2007) Act One: There's No U.s. In Habeas. Jack Hitt explains how President Bush's War on Terror changed the rules for prisoners of war and how it is that under those rules, it'd be possible that someone whose classified file declares that they pose no threat to the United States could still be locked up indefinitely—potentially forever!—at Guantanamo. Act Three: We Interrogate The Detainees Although more than 200 prisoners from the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay have been released, few of them have ever been interviewed on radio or on television in America. Jack Hitt conducts rare and surprising interviews with two former Guantanamo detainees about life in Guantanamo. 323: The Super Act One: The Super Always Rings Twice Reporter Jack Hitt tells the story of how he helped organize tenants and threaten a rent strike in a New York City building back in the 1980s. Before long, Bob, the building super became his enemy. The situation got pretty ugly.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405033
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__label__cc	0.560941	0.439059	This Bollywood Movie Ready For Released in This Month Captain Virat Kohli Congratulated Saurabh Ganguly New Poster of The Salman Khan Movie Dabangg 3 Released Mary Kom’s Dream Broken With Loss in Semi-Finals Hrithik-Tiger’s War Earned So Many Crores in Eight Days Latest News \| Breaking News \| Headline News \| India Frontline Congratulations to Modi on his Birthday, These Leaders Wish September 17, 2019 September 17, 2019 xeh1ru 0 Comments Amit Shah congratulated Defense Minister also tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned 69 today. Prime Minister Modi is in Gujarat on birthday on Tuesday and will take his mother’s blessings. On the occasion of the birthday everyone is congratulating the Prime Minister. Among them, Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah also congratulated him on Twitter. Apart from Amit Shah, other Union ministers, BJP leaders also congratulated the Prime Minister on Twitter. Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Amit Shah tweeted and wrote, ‘Heartiest birthday wishes to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the country’s most popular leader, a symbol of strong will, decisive leadership and tireless hard work. A new India emerging under your leadership has made its mark as a strong, secure and reliable nation in the world. The Union Home Minister wrote, ‘Along with development, Modi ji has an unprecedented contribution in further enriching Indian culture. Modi as a reformist not only provided a new direction to politics but also made everyone proud by finding a permanent solution to the problems that have been going on for decades along with economic reforms’. हर भारतीय के जीवन को सुगम बनाने के लिए आपका परिश्रम व संकल्प भाव हमारे लिए एक प्रेरणास्त्रोत है। एक जनप्रतिनिधि, एक कार्यकर्ता और एक देशवासी के रूप में आपके साथ राष्ट्रीय पुनर्निर्माण में भागीदार बनना सौभाग्य की बात है। ईश्वर से आपके स्वस्थ जीवन व दीर्घायु की कामना करता हूँ। — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 17, 2019 Congratulations to the foreign minister Heartfelt birthday wishes to our Prime Minister @narendramodi. Your leadership in building a #NewIndia has been an inspiration to all of us. Pray for your long and healthy life as we all work together towards achieving this vision.#HappyBdayPMModi — Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) September 17, 2019 Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. The External Affairs Minister wrote that a new India is being formed under the leadership of PM Modi, which is inspiring for everyone. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also congratulated the Prime Minister on his birthday on Twitter. He wrote that under the leadership of PM Modi, the name of India has been illuminated around the world and has taken India forward on the path of development. Greetings and warm wishes to PM Shri @narendramodi on his birthday. He has been instrumental in building and strengthening India’s position in the comity of nations. His visionary leadership has helped India in scaling new heights of glory. I pray for his good health & long life. — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 16, 2019 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy also tweeted and congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday. Warmest birthday greetings to our hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. Wishing him a long, healthy & successful life ahead in the service of the Nation. — YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) September 17, 2019 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also tweeted and congratulated PM Modi on his birthday. Birthday greetings to Prime Minister @narendramodi ji প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদিজী কে জন্মদিনের শুভেচ্ছা — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 17, 2019 ← Bigg Boss Season 13 Start on This Date Today Releasing Three Movie in Box Office → प्रधानमंत्री के शपथ समारोह में शामिल होंगे ये मेहमान May 29, 2019 xeh1ru 0 World’s Most Dangerous Apache Helicopter Reached India July 27, 2019 xeh1ru 0 23-Year-Old Indian Origin Bhasha Mukherjee Becomes Miss England August 3, 2019 xeh1ru 0 India FrontlLine India FrontLine is update latest News From All Category Copyright © 2020 Latest News \| Breaking News \| Headline News \| India Frontline. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405053
__label__wiki	0.778657	0.778657	Whitley Strieber \| The Communion Enigma, OffPlanet Radio, March 28, 2012 Labels Randy Maugans, Whitley Strieber / Source: offplanetradio.com, unknowncountry.com Aliens and dead people...hybrids and human-like dimension trippers...implants that move to avoid extraction...the strange world of Whitley Strieber...a terror wrapped within a wonder: the enigma. March 28, 2012–Whitley Strieber's latest non-fiction work, "Solving The Communion Enigma" brings his post-communion experiences and observations into a tighter focus and wider perspective. The "enigma" deals with the paranormal events that are woven into the present reality...the lifting, so to speak, of a veil between worlds, dimnensions, and time lines. It is very much a spiritual journey with some very bizzare side effects. Whitley, as always, is expansive in spinning the stories that inform the paranormal experience from a deep personal persepctive. He recalls of his own youth spent in a dark government pilot program for intelligent children; the connections to the military from Randolph Air Base to Roswell to Wright-Patterson ...the connecting points between childhood trauma and later encounters with non-human entities with extreme invasions into the body and mind of the subjects. This conversation reframes the entire spectrum of the paranormal into a marvelous sense of wonder...the sense that humanity is being stretched, pushed, and pulled to evolve beyond our present concepts, outside of our traditional models, and forward towards something that he defines as "divine". New World Next Week \| Trayvon Tragedy, Supreme Court v. Obamacare, World Banksters, March 29, 2012 Labels James Corbett, New World Next Week / Source: corbettreport.com, mediamonarchy.com Story #1: Trayvon Tragedy Exploited for Social Engineering, Class Warfare Related: Trayvon, Kony Demonstrate Impotence of Misguided American Rage Related: Ron Paul Mocks Rivals Over Distractions Story #2: Obamacare Reaches Supreme Court, Appears Doomed Related: High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents Background: Nullifying Our Way Out Story #3: World Bank Nominee Kim Tied to Gates, Soros Related: Soros Criminal Conviction Exposes 'Human Rights' Scam Background: Meet George Soros Dolores Cannon on TMRN, March 30, 2012 Labels Dolores Cannon / Source: timemonkradio.com, dolorescannon.com Information Machine Website Promo Intro Labels Information Machine / Source: Information Machine Just finished the first Website Promo Intro for Information Machine. Special thanks to all regular visitors & friends. You keep me up sorting out the best for you. Information Machine provides you with the latest radio & video Interviews, reports on Alternative News New Science \| Geopolitics \| World Events \| Extraterrestrial Contact \| Paranormal Sorted & updated daily The Underground - A Hidden Reality and The True Story of Phil Schneider, March 29, 2012 Labels Phil Schneider, Underground Base / Phil Schneider died in 1996. Previous to his death he had been on tour across the United States speaking out about various subjects including his involvement with building a secret underground base in Dulce, New Mexico for the military. During this time, he said to have had an encounter with a violent E.T race in the late 1970's which would change his whole world reality immediately after. This documentary explores some of the information Phil Schneider spoke about to the public in the 1990's by examining each claim in detail with expert opinions from Richard Dolan, Richard Sauder, Neil Gould and Cynthia Drayer (Phil's Ex-Wife). Lucy Wyatt \| The Bronze Age City Builders, March 29, 2012 Labels Lucy Wyatt, Redicecreations / Source: redicecreations.com, approachingchaos.co.uk March 29, 2012–Lucy Wyatt and family live on an unspoilt farm by the east coast of England. The farm was derelict but had 600 year-old oak trees, woods, hedgerows and old buildings. The Wyatts restored it using mostly eco-materials and now share this special place with many animals. Lucy, studied International Relations and Italian at Sussex University. As well as researching the ancient past, Lucy is also interested in Earth energies and now leads local Gatekeeper Trust pilgrimages on equinoxes and solstices. She is the author of Approaching Chaos which examines an alternative, an ancient archetype dating from the Bronze Age that helped cities exist in harmony with nature. This archetype influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans, often mistakenly admired as examples of civilized societies. In the first hour, we'll explore the origins of farming, domestication of animals and cities. She explains the intention of the original civilizations, in contrast to the Roman way. Lucy challenges the accepted view of progress since the end of the Ice Age. We'll also touch upon migration, catastrophe and the shadow version of cities. ~Red Ice Creations David Icke "This is Not a Bloody Game!" March 29, 2012 Labels David Icke / Source: infowars.com, davidicke.com Dimitar Sasselov, Ben Goertzel \| Exoplanets / AI, March 28, 2012 Labels A.I., Ben Goertzel, Dimitar Sasselov / Source: coasttocoastam.com, lifeofsuperearths.com, wp.goertzel.org March 28, 2012–Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University, Dimitar Sasselov, discussed the unprecedented breakthroughs in exoplanetary astronomy, and how they will shed new light on our place in the universe. He coined the term "super-Earth," which refers to rocky planets like Earth, only much larger. A number of such exoplanets have been discovered in the last few years, and recently there's been speculation that there could be billions of such super-Earths in our galaxy alone. While the Kepler Mission has excelled at discovering planets, they tend to be too far from Earth to adequately study their atmospheres and surfaces, he noted. So the next big step will be to discover planets that are closer to us and to look for signatures of life, he continued, adding that there's a proposal for a survey satellite called TESS which could locate planetary targets amongst the nearest stars for detailed viewing by the James Webb telescope (the successor to Hubble). Sasselov also talked about the transit of Venus on June 5th, the only time this planet will be seen moving between the Earth and the Sun this century. During the last hour, Dr. Brian Goertzel spoke about his work on artificial intelligence (AI) and its various applications. AI machines will excel in deciphering our modern economy and coming up with solutions, in a way that humans weren't evolved to do, he commented. Robot/AI nannies and housekeepers may be among the first machines people will have in their homes, he said, though the military could also use the technology to develop super soldiers. Goertzel, who moved to Hong Kong to work on AI projects, also talked about the "technological singularity," which he described as a point in time "when the progress of science and technology becomes so rapid that from the point of view of the human mind, it's essentially infinite." Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has predicted that this transformative point could occur by 2045. New segment guests: Dr. Leonard Coldwell, Terry Lee James Corbett \| US Using Kissinger "Food As a Weapon" Plan to Starve North Korea, March 29, 2012 Labels James Corbett / Source: rt.com, corbettreport.com The US has suspended food aid to North Korea after the country refused to cancel a scheduled rocket launch. Washington says this breaks the deal in which North Korea agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment program and nuclear missile tests in exchange for humanitarian support. Pyongyang says the launch is merely intended to send a satellite into space. Kissinger's NSSM 200 depopulation plan: http://wlym.com/text/NSSM200.htm Robert Schoch \| The Mystery of the Sphinx, March 25, 2012 Labels Redicecreations, Robert Schoch, Sphinx / Source: redicecreations.com, robertschoch.com March 25, 2012–Robert Schoch, a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies at Boston University since 1984, earned his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics at Yale University. In the early 1990s, Dr. Schoch's geological analyses of the Great Sphinx of Egypt demonstrated that the statue is thousands of years older than the conventional dating of 2500 BCE, bringing him worldwide fame. In his new book Forgotten Civilization Robert reveals scientific evidence of advanced civilization predating ancient Egypt, Sumeria, and Greece, as well as the catastrophe that destroyed it nearly 12,000 years ago and what its legacy can teach us about our own future. In the first hour we discuss the weathering of the Sphinx, its origin, the chamber underneath and the mysterious Sphinx temple. We also discuss Edgar Cayce' s Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) and the current situation in Egypt. ~Red Ice Creations The Age of Transitions (full length documentary) Labels The Age of Transitions / Source: theageoftransitions.com The Age of Transitions is a documentary about converging technology, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, life extension, brain implants, social science, propaganda, nanotechnology, eugenics, geopolitics, world revolution, and more. Featuring: Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Newt Gingrich, Nick Bostrom, Aubrey de Grey, Ray Kurzweil, Anders Sandberg, Michio Kaku, Hugo de Garis, Kevin Warwick, Marvin Minsky, Charles Galton Darwin, Julian Huxley, Aldous Huxley, William Shatner, Alex Jones, Jordan Maxwell, Cathy O'Brien, Alan Watt Richard Dolan - A.D. After Disclosure, University of Leeds, August 7th, 2010 Labels A.D. After Disclosure, Disclosure, Richard Dolan, Ufo / Source: exopoliticsgb.com, keyholepublishing.com In "A. D. (After Disclosure) - How the World Will Look After the Great Change" Richard Dolan looks at how, after over six decades of quiet revolution that UFOs herald, we can now see the outlines of a reality that's been sneaking up on us one step at a time. The issue that got hushed up by one generation and turned into an object of derision by another now demands to be heard straight up in ours. Presented at the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo at the University of Leeds on August 7th, 2010. Jack Abramoff \| Secret Weapons Inside Capitol Hill, March 27, 2012 Labels Jack Abramoff / Source: itsrainmakingtime.com, abramoff.com March 27, 2012–We like to think our Congress represents us – but does it? When they first arrive on Capitol Hill, new Congresspeople are immediately sought out and mentored by lobbyists. With over 20,000 lobbyists in Washington D.C., the role of lobbying in U.S. politics is a critical key for understanding how our government works. This segment explores lobbying and the systemic issues that can stem from it. Jack Abramoff – former lobbyist, convicted felon, and the author of Capitol Punishment – joins us with an insider’s perspective on the political processes that corrode truth, leadership, and the ethical representation of “We The People”. Jack offers a rare and candid glimpse into the complex political realities surrounding legislation – how it’s drafted, voted in, killed, and largely unread by our representatives – and a deeper understanding of Congressional hearings, political immunity for insider trading, lobbying-related conflicts of interest, and high-level bribery. In order to change our political system, we have to understand it first. Join us as Jack Abramoff, Washington D.C.’s most notorious former lobbyist, shares his insights into how it works – and what we can do to reform it. ~Kim Greenhouse Mack Maloney \| UFOs in Wartime: What They Didn't Want You to Know Labels Mack Maloney, Mel Fabregas, Veritas Show / Source: veritasradio.com, mackmaloney.com In the course of researching his novels, military fiction writer Mack Maloney discovered startling historical records of an increase of UFO sightings near pivotal military events. He discussed a variety of incidents from World Wars I & II, as well as Viet Nam and other battle zones. One of the earliest cases he found dated back to the time of Alexander the Great, when his army was planning a siege on the city of Tyre, and "flying shields" let out a lightning bolt that destroyed one of the city's walls, which allowed Alexander's army to get in. Proceeding WWI, "scareships" were reported by British newspapers in 1909. They were described as dirigible-like craft that emitted huge searchlights and could travel as fast 200 mph. In World War II, there were reports that crews of allied bombers would see fantastic aircraft flying just 100-200 ft. off their wing. These strange craft, which became known as "foo fighters," would not take action or interfere with the bombings. One of the foo fighters was described as an enormous cigar-shaped, brightly lit craft that flew in formation with the bombers. Incidents such as these led Maloney to theorize that rather than ETs, the UFO occupants were time travelers who came back to observe significant time periods, such as during wars-- to see history as it was being made. In the "ghost rocket" sightings of 1946, which took place in a remote area of Sweden, hundreds of long tubular objects flying in formation were seen. While they resembled cruise missiles, this was years before that technology was developed, he noted. Maloney also detailed bizarre incidents that took place in Viet Nam, such as when a bright object came down on top of an American base, illuminating the entire area, while all electricity was knocked out; and a UFO that hung over Hanoi for a period of two hours, while the North Vietnamese shot at it to no effect. Pepe Escobar on GRTV \| Responsibility to Protect: Exposing the "Humanitarian" War Lie, March 26, 2012 Labels James Corbett, Pepe Escobar / Source: grtv.ca, atimes.com As the world recovers from one humanitarian peace bombing in Libya, and braces for another possible intervention in Syria, many are now asking how it is that the so-called liberal left have become cheerleaders for the very wars of aggression they once pretended to deride. As long-time investigate reporter Pepe Escobar explains, an obscure international doctrine called Responsibility To Protect or R2P has been the main tool for shaping this new paradigm for the continuation of NATO's imperial power grabs around the world. Henrik Palmgren interviewed on The Vinny Eastwood Show, March 23, 2012 Labels Henrik Palmgren, Redicecreations / Source: thevinnyeastwoodshow.com, redicecreations.com Vinny’s NUTShell: Henrik Palmgren www.redicecreations.com Feels like the world is changing and changing fast, it also appears that the people around us are under the control of a sinister scheme hatched in the very bowels of scumbaggery. But we can all wake up and do what is right, not because we have to, but because we want to. ~Vinny Eastwood Sgt. Clifford Stone \| Eyes Only: The Story of Clifford Stone and UFO Crash Retrievals Labels Clifford Stone, Disclosure, Mel Fabregas, Ufo / Source: veritasradio.com This is video segment 1 of 2. Segment 1 is being provided as a courtesy of Veritas Radio. To watch Segment 2 of this exclusive interview, subscribe at www.veritasradio.com. Veritas is censorship and commercial free and survives on your voluntary subscriptions. Thank you for supporting our work. ~Mel Fabregas This interview with Sgt. Clifford Stone was filmed at the 2012 International UFO Congress. "My name is Sergeant 1st Class, US Army, Clifford Stone. I had a secret clearance with nuclear assurity. I was called in on special operations, I participated in crash recovery missions. There were bodies involved. Some were alive. While we were doing this, we were telling the world there was nothing to it." Wow. It's great to hear from someone who's actually worked with crashed UFOs, and the ETs found on board. Retired from the U.S. Army after 22 years, Sgt. Stone has been revealing what he saw and knows since Dr. Steven Greer's 2001 National Press Club DISCLOSURE PROJECT conference. You've seen the YouTube footage (over a billion views, Mel says). Stone is the guy whose answer to a question is that the government has catalogued at least 57 ET species. Stone was trained to be an ET first responder. He had a kind of field guide to ET types and how to keep them alive until medics arrived. Stone was also an interfacer, brought in to communicate with live EBEs; telepathically, of course. Like so many whose lives become entangled with ET realities, Stone hints that he was probably cultivated from a young age for future assignments. He talks about one strange "training mission" to "Florida," where they came upon Grays at a gently placed, but shrapnel spewed B-52 in what was likely a Cambodian jungle. "CLIF-FORD. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" He is asked, telepathically. We hear about a downed craft in Virginia, of all places, where Stone was brought in to interface with an EBE. The little guy exuded fear. He asked Stone for help. Said there was a big problem ahead. Stone got ET home, safe and sound. Why are we seeing so many UFOs these days, Mel asks. "I think they know something we don't, and that's the part that worries me," says Stone. Stone has amassed over 500 million pages of documents in support of his case that the U.S. has been involved with ETs since the early 40s, if not before, and he's still at it. He's got a new book out that he hopes will encourage others to reveal their ET experiences. "Our visitors have rogue elements with access to technology," Stone says. "But with that said, if any of these rogue elements were to threaten us, others would come to our aid and neutralize that threat. That may be what's happening out in space. Something is. "Someone needs to come and say: 'First of all don't panic, but here's the facts.' That will be the start of disclosure. Otherwise some event is going to happen that thousands of people will witness. A lot of people will panic and we'll be our own worst enemies. "I want my message to be one of enlightenment, and hope for a new beginning and a brighter future. Yes they're here. They're not hostile. They are very spiritually and technologically evolved. They mean us no harm." You'll want to catch Mel's 2009 interview with Sgt. Stone in the Veritas archives. Whitley Strieber \| The Communion Enigma, OffPlanet... New World Next Week \| Trayvon Tragedy, Supreme Cou... The Underground - A Hidden Reality and The True St... Lucy Wyatt \| The Bronze Age City Builders, March 2... David Icke "This is Not a Bloody Game!" March 29, ... Dimitar Sasselov, Ben Goertzel \| Exoplanets / AI, ... James Corbett \| US Using Kissinger "Food As a Weap... Robert Schoch \| The Mystery of the Sphinx, March ... Richard Dolan - A.D. After Disclosure, University ... Jack Abramoff \| Secret Weapons Inside Capitol Hill... Mack Maloney \| UFOs in Wartime: What They Didn't W... Pepe Escobar on GRTV \| Responsibility to Protect: ... 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__label__wiki	0.85042	0.85042	Len Ziehm On Golf Daily Herald Columns Chicagoland Golf Morning Read Hall of Fame, etc. RYDER CUP: Donald’s fast start was the key to Europe’s comeback Luke Donald did his job perfectly for Team Europe on Sunday. With his team trailing 10-6, captain Jose Maria Olazabal sent former world No. 1 and Northwestern alum Donald out first in Sunday’s singles in hopes of building some quick momentum for his team. Donald didn’t disappoint. His opponent, long-hitting Bubba Watson, had been a momentum generated for the U.S. the first two days of the 39th Ryder Cup, but not on Sunday. Donald won Nos. 2, 4 and 11 with birdies and No. 12 with a par to go 4-up. Watson got two holes back with birdies at the 15th and 16th, one with a chip-in, before Donald closed him out with a sand save par at the 17th for a 2 and 1 win. That stage for Europeans’ epic comeback. “It was a big honor for me that Ollie (Olazabal) had enough trust in me to go out and get that first point for Europe,’’ said Donald. “I did what I had to do.’’ This Ryder Cup, Donald’s fourth, was a strange one. His first two matches, in foursomes, were blowout losses. One ended on the 12th hole the other on the 15th. Just a few minutes after the second loss things got better in a hurry. Donald, teaming with Sergio Garcia, put up a 1-up victory over Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker – the first indication that Team Europe wasn’t dead even before a singles match was played. Prior to the competition Donald was hopeful that his popularity in Chicago would at least partially defuse crowd partisanship for the Americans. At least he was not quite viewed as the enemy throughout. “It certainly helped having some local support,’’ said Donald. “I felt a lot of love from the crowd, and it was just a feeling of relief when the game was over. Bubba pushed me hard at the end.’’ It was Donald’s job to set a positive tone for his team after a largely dismal first two days. “Our spirits were low halfway through the afternoon (on Saturday), and when we won those last two matches we really had a pep in our step. We still had an opportunity to make history. We felt that Seve (the late Seve Ballesteros) was watching down on us.’’ Ballesteros played his last Ryder Cup match in 1995 and captained a winning European team in 1997, so Donald was never his teammate, but all the Euros used golf bags emblazoned with Ballesteros’ likeness. Donald’s unique position as a hometown player competing for the visiting team produced only mediocre results. Point-wise it was his worst Ryder Cup. Donald made his first Ryder Cup team as a captain’s pick in 2004 and went 2-1-1. He was more successful in the next two, going 3-0-0 in 2006 and 3-1-0 in 2010. He didn’t play in 2008. In his four Ryder Cups Donald played two on American soil and two in Europe. “It’s always tough to play away from home in a Ryder Cup, but I actually felt somewhat loved this week – even though I was playing for the Euros. It was nice to hear all the cheers.’’ Category: Tournament Reports Playoff loss doesn’t cool Inbee Park’s enthusiasm for the Olympics Seven didn’t turn out a lucky number for Small, Wu GOLF TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: Myrtle Beach is going after golfers — from Alaska?! While we have occasionally used photography provided by outside sources, the bulk of the pictures produced by Len Ziehm on Golf have been taken by Joy Sarver. We have travelled extensively to develop this website and her well-received photos have enhanced most all the pieces on these pages. Golf Now Chicago – Cheryl Justak, based in Indiana, will be celebrating the 16th anniversary edition of her printed golf guide in 2018 and she also delivers periodic newsletters.. 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__label__cc	0.661775	0.338225	Haunting Memories (Fox Book 1) - CHAPTER TWO Audrey opened her eyes on that first day of her nightmare, ten years in the past, to a throbbing—well, everything and a foggy memory of what had happened for her to get that way. She was heavier then, not fat but at the same time not thin, and a couple inches shorter. She was sixteen years old and her pale, jade-green eyes often flashed with gold flecks in merriment and good humor. Easy going and while she was not overly popular she still had plenty of friends, her life was filled with fun and her parents tended to shelter her a bit. She was naïve. That would change drastically over the course of the next several days as she got a look into what evil existed in the world. And little, innocent Audrey Grace Lambert would cease to exist. Audrey’s throat felt incredibly dry. She realized with a start that she was gagged. The cry that escaped her was muffled. At the same time she noticed she was unable to move her arms or legs. Lifting her head and looking up Audrey saw her arms stretched above her - her wrists were bound together with thin wire wrapped around them very tightly several times and then around a wooden pole. She pulled her arms in a downward motion to try and free herself of the wire, but only made her wrists hurt even more than they already had. Giving up on that task, Audrey looked downwards and found her ankles bound in a similar fashion. A whimper escaped her lips and tears threatened to spill out of her eyes as she squeezed them shut, fear seeping into her pores. What is going on? Question after question raced through her head, one of which being where am I? Focusing on that thought Audrey cracked open her eyes to try to find out its answer. The first thing she saw made her eyes widen in surprise and another muffled cry escaped past the gag in her mouth. There, bound to a pole similar to hers in front of the dirt wall directly across from her, was her mother and on a pole in front of the wall to Audrey’s left was her father and in front of the wall to her right was her brother. Audrey attempted to get their attention, tried calling out to them; but with the gag in her mouth, her calls came out muffled. They did not stir and their heads hung down. She realized that they must be unconscious as she had been moments before. At least she hoped they were just unconscious. She felt sick with fear and dread at the thought that they be-. No. She wouldn’t think like that. They were just unconscious, but why? What could all this possibly mean? What would someone want with her whole family? What were they planning on doing to them? Who would do this? Audrey’s thoughts drifted to the last moments she could remember before waking up from her unconscious state. It had been morning and she had eaten breakfast with her brother, Jacob. Jake, to his close friends and family. He had taken a weekend trip away from his college and had come home to their small town of Conrad in Montana for her sixteenth birthday. Her birthday was still four days away, but that Saturday was the only time that both her brother and his best friend could get off together in order to celebrate it with her. Gabriel. Audrey’s heart had raced a little faster as she thought of him. She had constantly tagged along with her brother and his best friend on as many of their adventures as they would allow her too for as long as she could remember, and she had been in love with Gabriel Reinhart since she was twelve years old. Not that it mattered. He would never feel the same. Gabe was five years older than she was, a year older than her brother even; but besides that he would probably always see her as his best friend’s younger sister, the tagalong little brat who refused to leave them alone. She was sure that he at least cared a little bit about her. Audrey had rolled her eyes to herself. Of course he cared about her; they were practically family with as much time as their families spent together. He probably thought of her as his own sister since he didn’t have his own. Now that was a frustrating thought. She probably wasn’t pretty enough for him anyway. Gabriel Reinhart was gorgeous. Chiseled face that looked like it was carved out of marble, deep, honey brown eyes, a head of chestnut brown hair that lightened with gold highlights in the summertime. Tall, broad shouldered, narrow hipped. Every inch of him was covered with sinewy muscle from hours of working out. A sigh escaped her lips at just the mental picture of him. Her brother, sitting across from her at the small table in their kitchen, paused with a spoonful of honey nut cheerios halfway to his mouth. Looking at her, he had grinned. “What was that for?” he asked her. Audrey had immediately burned red and she squirmed in her seat. “What was what for?” “You know what I’m talking about,” he had said, chuckling. “I’m not so sure that I do,” Audrey had shot back. Jake’s grin had widened. “That,” he had heaved his shoulders and let out a deep breath, imitating her sigh, “What was it for?” “Nothing.” She had answered quickly, wincing as she realized probably too quickly. “Yep. Uh huh. Absolutely nothing.” Her face had probably been about the color of a ripe tomato by this point. “That’s not what I think.” Jake had persisted. “Well, maybe I don’t care what you think.” Jake had huffed, looking at her incredulously. “Yeah right, like I’d believe that. I am your older brother. You absolutely adore me. You worship the very ground that I walk on. You…” “Jake!” Audrey had warned, though she was having trouble keeping a straight face. “Fine. Have it your way young lady, but I will have you know that I am on to you.” Audrey had made a face and stuck her tongue out at him. Jake had just smiled, shook his head and went back to his cereal. They had eaten in companionable silence for a few minutes. Audrey missed having her brother around; he didn’t come home very often. But she understood that he was busy with school and his job, plus it’s not like he didn’t have a social life. They had always been close and she could always talk to him about anything. Well, almost anything. She never talked to him about Gabe. She missed him too. Gabe worked for the Sheriffs Department in Billings and didn’t come to visit unless Jake was going to be home. And why would he; he was Jake’s friend, not hers. Audrey glared at the clock on the wall above Jake’s head for probably the tenth time that day, willing it to move faster. “What time is Gabe going to get here again?” She asked without thinking. Jake’s gaze shot up to meet hers, a grin slowly sliding across his features. “Aha!” He said, shaking his empty spoon at her. “That’s what I thought.” Audrey gulped, heat stealing up her cheeks again, “What are you talking about?” “Come on Audrey,” Jake rolled his eyes at her, “I’m not stupid or blind, not to mention you have asked me that same question four times since I got home yesterday afternoon. I know you have a thing for Gabe.” She was probably way past the color of a tomato at that point. Of course he knew. Everybody probably knew. Gabe probably even knew. Audrey had never been any good at hiding anything. She was an open book. “Jake I don’t really want to talk to you about this.” Jake’s expression turned suddenly serious as he put his spoon down on the table, pushing it and his bowl to the side. “Fine. Don’t talk. Just listen. I just don’t want to see you hurt and you’re going to end up hurting yourself if you wait for something to happen that in all likelihood is not going to happen. You need to be looking at guys more your age. Like guys that you go to school with. Don’t get me wrong. I love Gabe; he’s like a brother to me. But Audrey, he’s five years older than you and more experienced…” “Five years isn’t really all that much.” Audrey had interjected. “It is when you are still in high school.” “I won’t be in high school forever.” She had mumbled, squirming uncomfortably in her chair. Jake held up his hand, “I know that, but that is still two years away. And as much as you would like him to feel differently, Gabe will always see you as the younger sister he never had.” Audrey heaved a resigned sigh, “I know.” Jake was probably right, but that didn’t make hearing what she already believed to be true from someone else any easier. She had a sinking feeling deep in the pit of her stomach. Audrey had glanced at the clock again; this time for a different reason. She had somewhere she needed to be. Getting up to put her dishes in the sink, she explained her plans to her brother, “I’ve got to get going, Jenny and I have a project to work on for class. I’ll only be gone a few hours and should be back by the time mom and dad get back. Can you live without me for that long?” He had made a face at her. “I think I can manage brat, besides I still need to go buy your birthday present, I guess.” She had thrown a kitchen towel at him that was lying next to the sink. “You mean you haven’t got it yet?” Audrey asked in mock anger. “I’m just kidding, geez. Now run along and go work on that project.” Jake said, shooing her away with his hands. “Okay, okay I can tell when I’m not wanted,” she teased, grabbing her keys off the table and walking across the kitchen to grab her denim jacket off the coat rack. She had been heading through the doorway when Jake’s voice made her pause. “Hey Audrey, you’re a great girl. I’m sure you’ll find some guy your age who is better for you than Gabe is because he will feel the same way about you as you feel for him. It’ll all work out, you’ll see.” “Yes, I’m sure it will.” She had thrown him a smile and a wave over her shoulder, putting on a happy front that she didn’t really feel. Audrey had spent the next three hours at her friend Jenny’s house working on their class project. Then she headed out to walk home so she could be there in time for a late lunch with her family - and Gabe since she remembered now that he was supposed to be there by then. Her heart started beating a little faster as she thought about seeing him again, even after the talk she had with Jake. She knew Jake had been telling the truth, but she couldn’t help it. Just two blocks from home she had been passing by an alleyway when she heard a noise that sounded like a whimpering animal. Audrey had a soft spot for strays and often brought them home with her, which usually left her parents exasperated, but they still let her do it. Peering into the alleyway she hadn’t seen anything, but the sound had come again so she had cautiously gone to check it out; determined to rescue whatever it was that needed help. She had just passed a dumpster that was pushed up against the side of the local burger joint when she saw something out the corner of her eye. Before she could turn around someone had grabbed her from behind, covering her mouth with a big, calloused hand. She had felt a stinging sensation in her shoulder and then nothing. So that was it. She must have been injected with something that knocked her out, but she hadn’t seen who had grabbed her. There must not have been an animal in that alleyway at all. Someone had lured her there. But why? Now Audrey knew how she had come to be in her current situation, but she was still just as confused as before. She tried to keep herself focused on answering the questions racing through her head in order to stop from panicking. Her head was just throbbing too badly to remain focused on much of anything for very long. Not to mention the rest of her limbs were beginning to ache even more. She wished she had some water. She wished her hands and ankles were not bound so tightly. She wished that her family was conscious so she could at least draw some comfort from them. She wished…she wished that she wasn’t there, that this wasn’t happening to her, to her family. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the panic consumed her. Audrey was struggling, but failing to calm herself down when she heard a muffled groan to her right. She swung her gaze in that direction. Jake! He stirred and his shoulders straightened as his head came up and he shook it as if to clear it. Jake probably had been injected with the same drug she had been and his head most likely felt just as foggy as hers had when she had come to. His eyes fluttered and then opened wide as he, like she had, looked upwards and downwards to both his bound wrists and ankles. Unlike Audrey, the confusion in his eyes quickly turned to anger instead of fear and panic. His gaze turned towards the rest of the scene before him. Seeing their parents in the same situation he was in an angry cry came out past his gag. Probably a muffled curse if Audrey knew Jake at all. Not that she could blame him; Audrey herself really felt like cursing. Jake hadn’t seen Audrey yet so she tried to get his attention; calling out to him around the gag in her mouth. Her muffled cries must have reached his ears because his head whipped around in her direction. Shock at seeing his younger sister also there was written all over his face as their gazes met. The shocked expression turned to concern as Jake visibly kicked into protective big brother mode. Are you okay? He seemed to ask with his eyes. The brother and sister, despite the four year difference in their ages, had always been very close and could usually tell what the other was thinking. It was no different now. Tears still fresh on her cheeks; she shook her head, answering his silent question honestly. Anger mixed with his concern. Have you been hurt? His eyes asked. Audrey knew he was asking not specifically if she was in pain and hurting but if someone had been in and physically harmed her and she shook her head in response. Not yet anyway. He would already know that she was in some pain because he had to be too since he was bound the same way she was and had likely been that way for awhile. He would also only need one look at her to be able to tell that she was scared out of her mind. And she was most definitely scared. She fought to control her body; to calm it and her racing thoughts down. Audrey’s hands trembled, she had broken out in a nervous sweat, her heart pounded so fast it threatened to burst out of her rib cage, she was just barely holding her tears in check. She was sick with fear. With Jake now conscious, she began to calm a bit. Her pulse slowed to a more manageable pace, her hands stilled and she no longer felt as though she was on the verge of bursting into tears. She was still scared witless of course, but his presence soothed her. Audrey felt slightly ashamed, guilty about that fact. She couldn’t help it. At that moment in time, she was glad for his presence. Relieved she was not alone. It was probably wrong of her to feel that way, but with his steady gaze on her, she felt some measure of peace. Right now his eyes were telling her not to worry; that everything would be okay. Although she had no idea what he could possibly do to help them out of their current situation, Audrey had the utmost trust in Jake. She would be okay with him there to protect her; take care of her, just like he had done her entire life. Jake had always taken his role as big brother very seriously and had continuously watched out for her. In fact, most of the time he was more than a tad over-protective. When she had been twelve a couple of her friends and her had tagged along with Jake, Gabe and some of their friends - after she had begged them to let the other girls go along too - on a trip to the ice skating rink. She was skating around the rink with her friends when a boy named Mark, who was two years older than her, went whizzing past her. Except that he didn’t exactly go past her, but had rammed into her instead, sending her crashing hard into the ice. It had really been a mistake; the boy hadn’t meant to bowl her over. He had just been going way too fast and had been unable to stop or move out of the way before he had hit her. Unfortunately for Mark, her brother had not seen it that way and had skated over to him and started beating the living snot out of him, poor guy. Always the calmer, more rational of the two, Gabe had skated over to her first and lifted her to carry her off the ice in his powerful arms. After setting her down on a bench, telling her to stay put and sending one of her friends running for an ice pack when he had determined Audrey had just sprained her ankle and her wrist and gotten a few bruises, he went back out on the ice to pull Jake off Mark. Before following Jake off the ice Gabe had leaned down to say something to Mark who turned frighteningly pale. Audrey never found out what Gabe had said to him, but whenever Mark had caught sight of her in school, he would practically run in the other direction. Apparently they were both a little over-protective of her. Right now she was glad of her brother’s protectiveness towards her. He would take care of her. Gabe would too, she realized. Once he realized the entire family was missing and a report was filed, she was sure that he would insist on helping in the search for them even though he worked in Billings and not in Conrad. The little town would probably have to ask for help anyway; they were not really equipped to handle a kidnapping. Gabe would find them. Or Jake would somehow get them out. She was sure of it. Jake was looking around the room now; probably trying to find some way to get out. If they could get out of the metal wire binding them to the poles anyway. Audrey looked around the room again herself, since she had been mainly focused on the sight of her family before. There wasn’t really a whole lot to look at. The room was bare except for the poles against each wall that she and her family were bound to and a lantern hanging by a hook in the middle of the ceiling. She was surrounded by dirt. The floor, walls and ceiling were all made of dirt. Her forehead wrinkled as she frowned. They must be underground. A shiver of fear made its way up and down her spine. Maybe an old cellar that hadn’t been finished off or a storm shelter. That didn’t really narrow where they were or who had brought them there down at all since there were lots of those all over the state of Montana. She could see only one door, which was on the wall her pole was up against so she didn’t have a good look at it. From the frustrated scowl on Jake’s face though, she figured the situation was not looking good. Who knew if they could get free of the metal binds anyway. Both the binds around her wrists and the ones around her ankles seemed extremely tight and secure to Audrey. She could barely move her wrists or ankles so she doubted she’d be able to wiggle them free of their constraints. As Jake swung his gaze back to her, he schooled his worried expression into a more relaxed one for Audrey. Of course it was a little late for that since she had already seen the look of frustration that had passed over his features moments before, but she appreciated his efforts to keep her from panicking. She could still see the questions in his eyes. They were the same questions she asked herself upon regaining consciousness; the same questions that lingered, remaining unanswered. Where were they? Why were they there? Who had done this to them? Why their whole family? And the question that caused an icy fist of fear - brother or no brother to keep her calm - to clench around her heart every time she thought it: What was the person or people who had taken them planning on doing to them? A thought struck her; her eyes widening, heart thumping into overtime. Whoever was doing this wouldn’t kill them would they? Why would they do that? But then again, why wouldn’t they? Why else would they have kidnapped and tied them up? A strangled sound rushed out past Audrey’s gag. A thumping sound from Jake’s direction sent her eyes back to him. He was hitting the back of his head against his pole to get her attention. His gaze stern, he shook his head at her. Keep calm. Whatever you do, do not panic his eyes told her. Nodding in response, Audrey struggled to calm her breathing and racing pulse yet again. No, they wouldn’t kill her family. There had to be some other logical explanation, didn’t there? Just as the thought entered her mind, there was the sound of a dull thud in the distance. Audrey and Jake shot each other looks, her gaze panicky and his reassuring, before they craned their necks in the direction of the door. The seconds seemed to tick by and Audrey chanted over and over to herself, matching the rhythm of her beating heart. It’s going to be okay. Do not panic. Maybe if she told herself it enough times, she’d actually start to believe it. Maybe if she told herself enough times, it would actually come true. The thud was followed by a blaring silence and Audrey tore her gaze away from the door to throw a questioning look at Jake, but he was still staring intently at the door. Then suddenly she heard it. Footsteps. Her eyes going back to the door, her heart beat and mantra chanting sped up. The seconds waiting for that door to open seemed to pass on into eternity; each footfall echoed through her head as they drew closer, seeming to seal the lid on her fate. Closer and closer they came. Then, suddenly they stopped. Audrey struggled to breathe as she realized that whoever they had heard was right outside the door. The sound of a key in a lock, then a chain being moved. Another key in another lock and a bolt being moved. A brief moment of silence stretched out - too brief in Audrey’s opinion - before the door creaked slowly open. Audrey barely had time to take a calming breath and repeat her mantra to herself again before a man swept through the door and into the room. The man stopped to set something on the ground and turned back to shove the door closed with a click. Turning back into the room, the man placed his hands on his hips, seemingly surveying the room’s occupants. He stood at around six foot and was of average build; not muscular but not overly wiry either. He wore blue jeans and a blue button-up denim shirt. Nothing that made him stand out in anyway. Audrey’s gaze traveled to his face, but all she could make out was a faceless, fuzzy blob on the top of his neck. What was wrong with her? Squinting, she tried again but all she still couldn’t make out his face. She could see everything else in the room just fine, but try as she might, she could not make out a single feature on his face. She drew her eyes to Jake to see if he was just as confused as she was, but the expression on his face was one of burning rage directed towards the man. It was just her then. Why couldn’t she see him? Her confused thoughts were interrupted when the man spoke. “Oh, good, you’re awake,” his tone was even, expressionless, as if this were a normal everyday occurrence, “We’ll just have to wake up you’re parents and then we can get this show on the road.” Picking up the object he set down, Audrey realized now it was a big bucket like what would be used for mudding in construction, he strode over first to her father and then to her mother, tossing the contents of the bucket at them. As they both sputtered from the water he said, “All right, let’s get started.” Haunting Memories	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405064
__label__cc	0.712709	0.287291	CIETAC Conference, London LMAA Monthly Notes On 6 September 2019 the President took part with representatives of CIETAC, the LCIA and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce in a London conference organised around CIETAC to discuss best practice in international commercial arbitration and to compare experience. The President drew attention to the preference for ad hoc arbitration in the maritime field and the large number of arbitrations conducted in London on this basis, compared to the considerably smaller numbers in all sectors reported by leading international arbitral institutions (including the ICC). He suggested that, in devising international standards and rules defining “best practice” in "international commercial arbitration", the experience of the LMAA and other bodies concerned with ad hoc arbitration needed to be properly taken into account by the IBA, ICCA and other arbitral institutions. Dr Li the Deputy Secretary General of CIETAC expressed satisfaction that the English courts had recently shown willingness to recognise CIETAC arbitration awards and spoke of the high procedural standards applied by CIETAC. Audley Sheppard QC chairman of the Board of the LCIA, referring to the Prague Rules, and Mr Johan Gernandt of the SCC, spoke of the need to recognise the differences between English adversarial procedures and the different procedures applied in civil law systems in relation to pleadings/memorials, disclosure and witness evidence and for the positive features of each to be recognised and implemented in international commercial arbitration practice. View Photo from the event here.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405071
__label__wiki	0.835379	0.835379	Portada del sitio > Comunicados > A sixth caravan of displaced persons arrested in Metapa - November 21, (...) A sixth caravan of displaced persons arrested in Metapa - November 21, 2018 UPDATE ON THE MIGRANT EXODUS by the Grupo de Observación Monitoreo de Derechos Humanos en Chiapas (Observation and Monitoring Group of Human Rights in Chiapas) Tapachula, Chiapas - November 21, 2018 Today, a group of approximately 200 displaced persons entered the territory of Mexico from the city of Tecún Umán, Guatemala, through the La Canastilla pass on the Suchiate River. The group was able to advance as a caravan, walking from Hidalgo city towards Tapachula, but it was intercepted by security forces at the junction of Highway 200, on the crossing to Metapa. The control operation was made up of riot police from the Federal Police (10 vans), the National Migration Institute (INM, two vans), and municipal police of Suchiate (one van). The Civil Protection was also identified. Between 10:30 and 11:30 in the morning, the Federal Police and INM operation surrounded the caravan through a strategy that encircled it to a point in which people had no possibility of escape. The operation tried to prevent observer groups from seeing the caravan, and gave verbal instructions to the media to move away. Various agents issued shouts, threats, and messages to misinform people on immigration and asylum procedures. The Consulate of Mexico in Tecún Umán, who appeared in the operation, gave interviews declaring that the operation was carried out according to the law, and shouted things to people in the caravan such as “Don’t believe those who bring the deceived” or “According to the law, you can’t be without documentation." The people in the caravan organized with men and young people to move forward in a human chain to resist, and behind them women and children, some of whom agreed to surrender. The members of the caravan had information about the asylum procedure and they demanded humanitarian visas which would allow them to cross Mexico. The Federal Police and the INM told them that "the arrest and transfer to the Migration Station is part of the process to obtain safe passage." The strategy of misinformation used, and the deception on part of the security forces, making people believe that they came to protect and offer regularization to people, worked, and the group was mostly handed over to authorities. Another strategy has been to separate families. There was a moment of tension between the Federal Police and the INM, because the Federales tried to reinforce the physical containment and the detention of the displaced persons, while the INM agents intended to take charge of the detentions by themselves. Among the people who resisted arrest, about 50 people, was a pregnant woman who fainted. Seven minutes later, while her classmates stood aside to give her space, the police loaded her and took her to an INM van without medical attention. The truck left while the woman was still lying unconscious. The INM refused to inform us of the location to which she was transferred, although we know that she finally arrived at the immigration detention center in Tapachula. A group of the National Human Rights Commission arrived at 11:20 a.m. They did not make any kind of intervention in the field, maintaining an observation role in a discrete place. As a result of the operation, the entire group of people who made up this caravan have been detained and admitted to the immigration detention center in Tapachula. From the Observation and Monitoring Group of Human Rights in Chiapas, we denounce that the Mexican State remains in an position of submission to the United States government, assuming the role of controlling what the US considers its external border, which becomes the violation of the fundamental rights of displaced people who, in these exoduses, are arriving in Mexican territory in search of international protection. We urge the Federal Government of Mexico to redirect its migratory management and border control policies, prioritizing respect for the international law of human rights, especially regarding the protection of refugees, the principle of non-refoulement, and facilitation of migratory traffic through national territory. 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__label__wiki	0.591922	0.591922	Rhetorical Precision and Clear Communications — Stress Substance Over Style Rhetorical Precision and Clear Communications… Rhetorical precision suggests that words reflect meaning, much like illustrations, symbols, and numbers. Challenging the fixed meaning of words, our languages reflect dynamic qualities and change constantly. For example, today there are more than one million words in the English language. Additionally, each word represents multiple meanings. Therefore, clear communications can be seen as an oxymoron. Rhetorical Precision — What is an Occurrence? Was the situation on 9/11 involving New York’s World Trade Center destruction one “occurrence” or two “occurrences”? Reportedly, the World Trade Center was insured $3.5 billion per “occurrence”. A solid example of rhetorical precision, what is an “occurrence”? Be reminded that $3.5 billion was at risk since the property was insured per occurrence. By 2005, insurance settlements totaled $4.6 billion, a far cry from what the owners originally wanted ($7 billion). However, clearly much more than what many pundits thought they would recover ($3.55 billion). Rhetorical Precision and Clear Communications — What is an “occurrence”? “‘Occurrence’ shall mean all losses or damages that are attributable directly or indirectly to one cause or to one series of similar causes. All such losses will be added together and the total amount of such losses will be treated as one occurrence irrespective of the period of time or area over which such losses occur.” Many of use would argue that for most people insurance policies do not represent clear communications. Another compelling discussion on this topic and rhetorical precision may be found in “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” by Steven Pinker. Clear Communications Rely on Language Both as an Instrument and an Environment: Therefore, do not forget in your project, meetings, and workshops to provide a cultural glossary. Similarly, enforce rhetorical precision and ensure consensual definitions and clear communications among your meeting participants. Yet always keep in mind the dynamic nature of language: Some words do not survive Others mutate into existence (eg, Google, when used as a verb) Unlike French or Italian, English is not a fixed or static language. The meanings of English words “are not established, approved, and firmly set by some official committee charged with preserving its dignity and integrity.” The “capacity for foxy and relentlessly slippery flexibility” best characterizes the English language. Clear communications ??? “Enron’s document-management policy simply meant shredding. France’s proposed solidarity contribution on airline tickets is a tax. The IMF’s relational capitalism is corruption. The British solicitor-general’s evidentiary deficiency was no evidence, and George Bush’s reputational problem just means he was mistrusted.” — Economist, (Blog, July 7, 2010) Hence, the English language in particular represents a mashing of words from most major languages, for example: National Origin Term Original Meaning Greek Criterion Means of judgement Latin Fact An act or feat Italian Ditto Already said Malaysian Amok Rushing in a frenzy Persian Caravan Traveling company Turkish Kiosk Pavilion Dutch Cruise To cross Hindi Guru Weighty grave Cantonese Ketchup Tomato juice Arabic Sofa Seat Japanese Shogun General Gaelic Trousers Pattern of drawers North America Herstory Female perspective Mayan Hurricane Mayan god, Huracan A Rich Heritage Challenges Clear Communications The English language is particularly rich because it has been provided with a heritage of diversity—a basis in many languages. Most noteworthy, three languages in particular contribute numerous synonyms, or words that means something similar. Unfortunately, a synonym does not imply pure equivocation. Hence, group consensus may be challenged by the similar, yet different meaning of terms borrowed from Anglo-Saxon, French, and Latin/ Greek origins as shown in the following chart. Anglo-Saxon French Latin/ Greek Ask Question Interrogate Dead Deceased Defunct End Finish Conclude Fair Beautiful Attractive Fast Firm Secure Fear Terror Trepidation Help Aid Assist Time Age Epoch Dictionaries Alone Do Not Ensure Clear Communications Dictionaries alone are insufficient because they provide a description of what something has meant and not a prescription of what it should mean. There are eight parts of speech in the English language (not true for all languages). The parts of speech explain the position of a word, but not how it is being used. Consequently, the only way to distinguish among the various meanings of words is from looking at the usage, or context. In language, the context is provided by grammar. Single terms, without comprehensive context, challenge people. Since the buildings were insured per “occurrence”, the word “occurrence” added nearly $5.0 billion of risk for the insurance companies of the World Trade Center Towers. Similarly, even the term “country” is a surprisingly difficult term to get everyone’s agreement. US Homeland Security offers 251 choices for the “country where you live”, a number not agreed to by other countries. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, for example, has only two buildings in Rome but has diplomatic relations with over 100 countries. The Vatican is only four hectares in the middle of Italy’s capital and is but is only an observer at the United Nations. Israel joined the world body in 1949, but 19 of the 192 United Nations members do not accept the Jewish state’s existence. In like manner, your organization may have similar cultural differences when defining common terms like “customer.” Grammar Does Not Ensure Clear Communications Oddly enough, context alone does not ensure consensual meaning. Because, the English language includes contronyms, or words that mean the opposite of themselves, in context. For example, “to bolt” can mean to fix securely or to run away; or, “to clip” that can mean to fasten or to detach, etc. Context and standards help dictate common usage and enable us to arrive at a framework where all the participants share common meaning. Therefore, a prepared facilitator will determine many of the common usage definitions, before the meeting begins. 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__label__wiki	0.751249	0.751249	* Review: A Volatile and Dangerous CABARET Invades ... * Review: The Gorgeous World of ALADDIN Comes to th... * MUSICAL NEWS: Get Your Year Started Right with th... * Happy Holidays from Musicals in LA! * Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Proves Too Ambitious... * Review: Chromolume Theatre Presents Memorable Rev... * Review: A Noise Within Rings in the Holidays with... * Review: The Wallis Searches for THE HEART OF ROBI... * Review: Tyne Daly Deals with Loss in CHASING MEM'... * Review: Hamilton Who? SPAMILTON Reigns Supreme at... Review: It's Party Time for The Hypocrites in PIRATES OF PENZANCE All photos by Jenny Graham Say what you will, The Hypocrites have found a way to transform traditional theatre into a form of entertainment that appeals to folks who’d rather go to a party than sit in a theater. And they’ve done it using Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta The Pirates of Penzance. No joke. Gilbert & Sullivan were the satirists of their day, parodying everything from politics to grand opera (the pop music of the Victorian era) so it isn’t surprising that the Chicago-based company would choose to reinvent their comic operas to fit the taste of current audiences. (They’ve also given the Hypocrite treatment to The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore.) From the production design to the adaptation and style of the performance, their novel approach is a stimulating example of how to deconstruct a classic and put it back together again in a fresh, fun, and thoroughly engaging manner. Trimmed down to a tidy 80 minutes (plus a one minute intermission) the ensemble tells its pirate story of love and adventure amid a beach party setting. Tiki torches and overhead strands of lights cast an inviting glow, a central winding boardwalk is shared by actors and audience, and an island bar sells drinks throughout the show. Most of the audience is seated “in the water” on colorful folding chairs atop risers painted Caribbean blue, proving that scenic designer Tom Burch knows how to be funny too. A fair number of general admission attendees experience the show promenade style, sitting or standing around the boardwalk’s central playing area. They’re encouraged to get up and move around, and the actors have a system in place to indicate when they are about to move into a space occupied by an audience member. It’s great fun whether you’re part of the boardwalk milieu or watching it from the risers and if you see the production multiple times, you’ll never get the exact same show twice. (Note: don’t get general admission tickets if you’re not prepared to change seats frequently and interact with the cast.) The fun begins the moment you round the corner to the stage where Burch has built a new floor extending out over the Playhouse’s theatre seats. It’s somewhat similar to the way Stephen Dobay reconfigured The Broad Stage for The Hypocrites’ production of Our Town starring Helen Hunt in 2012 (which was terrific) but much more colorful. The good-natured cast, directed by the company’s artistic director, Sean Graney, immediately indoctrinates you into the fun-loving atmosphere. They are a welcoming bunch, accompanying themselves on instruments like guitar, ukulele, clarinet, violin, spoons, and even a musical saw. Graney finds plentiful opportunities for humor in his playful approach and, in one particularly sly scene, he also uses the instruments to add to a joke. Doug Pawlik When Freddy (Doug Pawlik), a naïve but duty-bound pirate apprentice, meets Mabel (Dana Omar), a fetching young maid, the two fall instantly in love. The scene contains one of the show’s most popular songs, “Poor wand’ring one” sung by Mabel, and accompanied by Mabel on banjo and Freddy on guitar. Eventually, their infatuation leads them off-stage, though the song continues. Upon their return, the flushed pair has swapped instruments, and presumably a whole lot more, during their giddy romantic tryst. It’s a small but genius detail that merrily amplifies the subtext. Look for saucy touches like this throughout the show. Adapted by Graney and his co-adaptor Kevin O’Donnell, the story stays true to the original but takes judicious liberties with its construct. We meet young Freddy on the day he believes he will be released from servitude to the pirates who took him in as a boy. The mix-up occurred when his nurse, Ruth, (also played by Omar) mistakenly apprenticed him to a group of pirates instead of pilots, as originally intended. What follows is a whimsical story of boy meets girl, pirates stealing daughters, police clashing with pirates, and a pardon in the name of Queen Victoria that grants a festive happy ending to all. Pawlik is as fresh-faced as Omar is quirky. Matt Kahler gives a devilish spin to the buffoonery that is the Major-General and Shawn Pfatsch’s Pirate King is a congenial bad guy who’s really a pushover at heart. The absurd twists in the story provide hearty laughs, often prompted by choreographer Katie Spelman’s amusing moves. Though the cast is precise in action and intent, the new theatre configuration isn’t always conducive to hearing every line. It’s a shame to miss any of the humor in Arthur Sullivan’s lyrics but when the party descends into a noisy free-for-all, it can’t be helped. Musical richness also comes second to comic effect but, in this setting, it doesn’t seem to matter. The gist of the story always comes through and the fun of the experience makes up for any artistic shortcomings. Go ready to jump into the silliness and you’re guaranteed to have a blast. Should you need assistance at any time during the performance, just look for one of two stage managers roaming around the edges of the boardwalk decked out as lifeguards. It’s yet another comic touch, courtesy of costume designer Alison Siple, who gets the last meta-theatrical laugh. The Hypocrites at Pasadena Playhouse 39 South El Molino Avenue www.pasadenaplayhouse.org Dana Omar as Ruth Labels: pasadena playhouse, the hypocrites	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405083
__label__cc	0.566531	0.433469	Best Christmas wishes and looking forward to welcoming you in the new year. Oh - and don't forget to give this year's Christmas puzzle a try to win a copy of Maximum Mini volume 2 (click here). Also: if you have not yet voted for 'Best Find of 2012' do choose your favourite on the top right hand side of my blog! The Christmas crackers - Navajo - Scamp Mk1 - Ranger Pick Up - Siva Mule Christmas puzzle 2012 Regulars out here know that I always cook up a little puzzle when Christmas nears and this year is no exception to that tradition. The only difference is that I based my puzzle not on front or rear bits of Mini derivatives like I did in 2010 and 2011. This year the theme is 'faces and places' with not one but two puzzles. It's has the same simple principle though. There are 9 faces and 9 places, and all of them can be associated directly to a Mini derivative. The question is which face/place belongs to which car. I'd like full names and model designations of the cars and the first who cracks it wins a copy of Maximum Mini volume 2 as soon as it is there (yes, yes, it will be there in the end). Send your answers via the comments below up until December 31 of this year. Good luck! UPDATE 2 January 2013: Well well, this proved to be one step too far! I received little answers, of which Paul Wylde (via email) once again had most right, but with just 7 out of 18 it was not enough to win (he did so last year, so never mind). Next year's puzzle will be slightly simplified again! Anyhow, the right answers would have been: 1. Christopher Lawrence - Deep Sanderson 105 and -301 2. William Towns - Hustler, Minissima, Tracer, Elswick Envoy 3. Ralph Broad - Broadspeed GT 4. Ferris De Joux - De Joux Mini GT 5. Bill Needham - Coldwell GT 6. Gianfranco Padoan - Minimach GT 7. Desmond 'Dizzy' Addicott - DART 8. Jem Marsh - Mini Marcos 9. Keith Lain - Phoenix and McCoy 1. Peel shipyard, Isle of Man - Peel Viking GT 2. Ogle Design & Development, Letchworth - Ogle SX1000 3. Custom Moulds, Andover - Nimbus Coupe 4. Paynes Lane, Nazeing, Essex - Butterfield Musketeer 5. Nostalgia Cars UK Ltd., Taunton - Nostalgia NC1000 6. Whitby Engineering Ltd, Haslington, Crewe - Whitby Warrior 7. 12 Aintree Road, Perivale, London - Unipower GT 8. BMW Testcentre Nurburg (former BMW Martini garage) - Mini Martini 9. Siva Engineering, Enefco House, The Quay, Poole - Siva Buggy Faces... (click for a bigger view) ...and places (click for a bigger view) Labels: Christmas puzzle Is underground Wood & Pickett '50 MAR'? Much ado about a Mini, as Wood & Pickett afficionados have united after a video was posted on youtube yesterday (shown here too). What's the story? Well, the connoiseurs believe the car in question - registered '111 UN' - could be long lost '50 MAR'. Yep, that's the one that I mentioned as its sister car. Danish Wood & Pickett fan Jens Christian Lillelund wrote: "If you go through all the details you will notice that every detail on the car matches 5OMAR - the 3 roof aerials, the sunroof, the rear screen, the modified boot lid, the front wing antenna, the wheels and spinners, the exhaust, the steering wheel, the rear view mirror, the 4 spot lights. There have never been two Wood & Picketts that match so many details. It has to be the same car that's been back to W&P for a Landau conversion and Mercedes grill. I have many articles regarding W&P, and one thing they all mention are that the owners keep coming back to have more stuff done to their cars." Meanwhile, I have been sent over some more pictures of the W&P Mini Margrave - looking rather sorry for itself in the Medditerranean underground parking. So we can now better check the similarities. I guess Jens Christian has got a point here. But I'm not yet convinced. Only if I see the interior of the car (including a television and not one but two telephones...) I'd dare to be sure. Furthermore I know there was another W&P conversion that looked pretty similar to '50 MAR', even in its colour. That one was registered '777 ACE' and hasn't been seen for decades either... Wood & Pickett fans say this is most probably one and the same car that has been converted once more Pictures Jeroen Booij archive/Bart Vanreusel Aerials, rear window, exhaust, spinners, locks - all the same. Landau roof, grille and red pin stripes aren't The car's interior should provide the answer. Trouble is the windows are pitch dark... Pictures Jeroen Booij archive Labels: Coachbuilt Minis, Wood and Pickett Rare coachbuilt Minis turn up in southern Europe Just when you think you've seen all the amazing discoveries of this year, a bunch of rare coachbuilt Minis turn up in southern Europe. In the first place there's a Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave that's been given the full treatment. Forget about the Mercedes-Benz grille, turning it into a caricature of itself if I may say, but this is one desirable car. It looks to be a sister car to '50 MAR', that was built for one sheik Omar and which is often considered to be the ultimate in W&P conversions. This car, registered '111 UN' in 1973 (on sorn since 1999), turns out to live in a Monte Carlo underground garage. And recently somebody spotted it with his videocamera. See the video here. UPDATE 22 December 2012: more pictures and insights here Hidden under Monte Carlo streets: a 1973 Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave in two tone paint Picture courtesy youtube.com Its infamous sister car '50 MAR' did the trick without the hideous Mercedes grille Also from Monte Carlo, some pictures have arrived here of a white beach car with a red interior and unusual chrome figure heads on the sides. The car is left hand driven and comes with a telephone in white bakelite and white wall tires - very groovy indeed. There's also a picture of the same car, shot in Cannes in 1967, where it comes with a canopy roof with more chrome ornaments and a Paris registration. But perhaps the canopy was simply put on top of the roof, who will tell? I understand it is currently owned by a man from Switzerland who lives (part time) in Monaco. I'd be delighted to get in touch. This beach car has turned up in Monaco, too. It was formerly registered in Paris Last but not least there's what appears to be one very original Crayford 'Mini Sprint' convertible in Barcelona. It's based on an 1967 Austin Cooper, also left hand drive, 'BRG' in colour and with hydrolastic suspension and 998 engine. It's also... for sale! 24.000 Euros will buy you this very cool Christmas present. Click here for the ad. Oh, speaking about Christmas - don't forget to vote for the best find of 2012 (here in right hand column). On Monday I will bring you the traditional Christmas puzzle. For now: enjoy the weekend! Austin Cooper based Crayford has all the period bits it should have and... is for sale Picture via Ivan Classics Labels: Beach cars, Coachbuilt Minis, Crayford, Wood and Pickett The Fletcher files (3) It's funky Fletcher time again. With part 3 of the Fletcher files, describing each car known separately. After having taken over the manufacturing rights of the Ogle SX1000 in 1966 and having raced his own car - this one - boat builder and racing driver Norman Fletcher found it time to market his car as the Fletcher GT. The production version was unveiled at the Racing Car Show of 1967 - where it shared a stand with a selection of Astrali steering wheels. It's the first time the fully redesigned car is shown in public, as the Fletcher has a redesigned front and rear compared to the Ogle. The headlights were now fitted in recessed Perspex cowls and the rear was sharper styled and came with light clusters from the Austin 1800. After the show orders for road going Fletcher GT’s came in, and a Swiss dealer is even said to have ordered 30 cars (who can confirm this?). However, supply from BMC turned out to be a problem and Fletcher chose to concentrate on boat building rather than on his cars. The show car changed hands several times and was transformed into a race car later. It was fully restored in 2009 and made it to the Spa 6 hours race that summer, but was crashed and seriously damaged. I understand it is restored, but it hasn't been seen on the track lately. January 1967. It's showtime! Fletcher GT shares London stand with Astrali steering wheels Picture Jeroen Booij archives It's the first outing of a Fletcher GT with both the modified rear as well as the modified front Rare flyer of the Fletcher GT, handed out on 1967 Racing Car Show, shows redesigned car Picture courtesy Paul Stanworth In the late 80s the car looked as if it was raced by Evel Knievel. By 1990 restoration was needed Four years later the patriotic paint scheme has come off, revealing the original white It's then repainted blue. Roll bar and reversing lights must have been fitted at one stage The new owner decided to built it up as a racing car and paint it maroon with silver stripes Ouch! The first race after the restoration meant serious trouble at Spa; body broken in two Picture courtesy Claus Ebberfeld Labels: Fletcher GT 'Deepy' prototype for sale... again I wrote about the Deep Sanderson 301 prototype so many times before - and posted so many pictures of the cool little creature, that you would hardly believe me to find another excuse to bring it up here. Well, here you go: over a year after its auction it is once again for sale. Interested? Get in touch! Cool car, cool scene. Just after the Deep Sanderson was first painted - Primrose Yellow Labels: Deep Sanderson Ah! Another real mystery this time. All I know about this creature - aprt from that it's Mini based - is that it comes in one very bright yellow colour! The front, with low head lights and square bonnet may be reminiscent of a Scamp Mk1 but the rest of it is certainly different. Help me out if you can! UPDATE: Help recieved within minutes! Chaz Ing writes: "I know this car as it is from Lincoln. It IS a Mark 1 Mini Scamp. The owner has always insisted that it is a Moke and would never listen to any member of the Scamp Owners Club that tried to tell him differently. There are not two Scamps the same as they are altered by theirs owners to suit specific needs. This one has been modified quite heavily to include a boot and the round arches..."Thanks for that, Chaz! Could the base of this car have been a Scamp Mk1? The front has some similarities But that's where the similarities end. Screen, sides, roof and especially the rear are, erm, different Labels: Mystery Mini derivative And the nominees are... It's time to introduce you to the nominees for the 'Best Find of 2012'. There were 9 cars suitable for a nomination - I picked out 5 of which I believed they are the best. Now it's up to you to decide which one wins the title. There's a poll on the right side of this blog and you just have to tick the box of your favourite find. The one with the most votes wins - it's simple as that. Now over to the candidates. 1. The lost Maya GT. This was a matter of time, with several reports of its sighting made clear and appearing on these pages. In March this year it was finally found, still in Ashford, as the earlier findings suggested. It is being restored at the moment. Click here for its story 2. The Radford Traveller. Radford's coachbuilt Minis were sold to the rich and famous back in the 1960s, and every once in a while one finds its way to a dealer or an auction house. This very rare Radford Traveller spent most of its life in France. Click here for the story 3. The farm yard Mini Marcos Mk1. This is one car I would have liked for myself. In fact I arranged to pick it up with the farmer who'd had it in his yard for ages. Problem was that I couldn't make it in time for him to clear his grounds, and so it went to a friend. Story of its discovery here 4. The last of the Triads. If you are into three-wheelers and Mini derivatives, this has to be your choice. It is the 11th and last Triad ever built and came in the shape of an unfinished chassis and body, found in Evesham, complete with all its mechanical (period) bits. Full story here 5. The German Deep Sanderson. Another long-termer, as it took me years to find out about the whereabouts of this car, gone to Germany in the early 1980s. It, too, is currently under restoration while many people have now sent more informations about its background. Full story here The mystery Maya GT that languished in Ashford, Kent for many many years Picture courtesy Josh Willis A rare Radford Mini Traveller, even unknown to the coachbuilt Mini experts! Picture courtesy RM Auctions An early Mini Marcos Mk1 that had been lying in a farm yard for God knows how long The last of the Triads reappeared in Evesham, totally complete but never finished Picture courtesy Mosquito-Triad register The Deep Sanderson 301 that resurfaced in Germany after years of sleuthing Labels: Find of the Year Snow fun with Heinz Hornets What the hell? What is this joker doing walking over the roofs of all these snowy Wolseley Hornets? And why is this odd picture posted here? Well, yes, there's a story attached to it. The cars you see here are in fact parked at Crayford Engineering in Westerham, Kent, probably in early 1966. That year, the Crayford company signed a deal with Heinz (which famously made their sauces in 57 varieties) for one cool competition. To promote Heinz soups they gave away no less then 57 Wolseley Hornet MK2's in 'The Greatest Glow on Earth Competition'. All the cars were specially converted into convertibles by Crayford's, and I reckon it must have helped putting the Kent company on the map, too. I understand that 41 of these 'Heinz Hornets' survive to this day. That's quite a lot. Anyway: there's no need to worry. This picture was taken just before the roofs were cut off. Thanks Mike Corbett for sending it over. And enjoy the snow this weekend (when you are in this part of the world)! UPDATE 10 December 2012: Heinz Hornet owner Bill Bell knows more about this particular picture: "That's David McMullan on the roofs, (one of the two Crayford owners) at Tatsfield nudist camp tennis court where they stored the cars over the winter of '65/'66." Never mind the roofs. These Wolseley Hornets are waiting to be converted Picture via Mike Corbett And that's what a Heinz Hornet looked like once finished by Crayford Engineering Picture courtesy flickr.com Labels: Crayford Urban Legend 6: the Kileen K16 Let's have a look at another car that has reached legendary status among afficionados and anoraks out here. It's the Killeen K16, also known as the Springbok K16 and it is one of many projects by Tom Killeen, a former Jensen engineer and draughtsman who passed away in 1991. And a very ingenious man he seemed, too. All the information that I have comes from Robert J. Allan, who runs the spares department of the British Imp Club (Killeen designed some Imp based cars, too) and who made an incredible effort on tracing Killeen's history (most of it can be seen here). I wrote to him years ago, and he replied: "Hi Jeroen. I have been doing a lot of research into the Killeen cars and have some original photographs of the K16 that have come from Peter Hardy, who is Tom's nephew." Bob's research led to the following (and I'm now richly quoting): The K16 was a mid-engined open two seater sports car using the 1275cc Cooper S engine transversely mounted slightly ahead of the rear wheels. In Killeen's own words 'The concept of the K16 is the antithesis of the modern production car and intended to cater for a neglected minority.' He meant the advocates of small sports cars which were of minimalist design in terms of driver aids (no brake servo or power assisted steering) but could provide exceptional fun to drive as they are of light weight and have superior handling to most other road cars. The basic structure of the car consisted of two steel diaphragms flanges, a centre backbone tunnel, two high sill pieces and two pieces at the top of the door recess. This frame was covered with a steel skin spot welded onto it and was designed to collapse progressively in the event of an impact. A square section tube frame was attached to the rear diaphragm to support engine and transmission unit and to carry the rear suspension. The body of the car was designed to be symmetric in shape both top to bottom and front to back. Only four moulds were needed to produce the panels, and the estimated coefficient of drag was 0.27, an incredibly low figure. Killeen's earlier cars used a flat Kamm back, but he believed this one to be better. However, he returned to a Kamm tail for the later K18 and K19. The K16 was a registered design and production was by Springbok Engineering of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. At least one car was built, registered YUE 896J, but there is no vehicle currently registered with this number. Bob concluded: "Unfortunately I have been unable to locate the car, perhaps together we can make some progress?" That seemed like a good idea, and I tried a thing or two, but without any success so far. However, it would not surprise me if the K16 was still hidden somewhere, and so perhaps this little piece may help too. Who knows... More Urban Legends here Killeen K16: 'The antithesis of the modern production car' or so said creator Tom Killeen Picture courtesy Robert J. Allan MX5 anyone? But the Killeen K16 dates back to 1971. Registration is unknown to DVLA Picture courtesy The Motor via Robert J. Allan A remarkably basic car concept: mouldings for front and rear are one and the same A 1275 Cooper 'S' was used. Note rear suspension fitted to square section tube frame This picture shows the car with a different exhaust system. The Mini (?) tank is gone now, too Only 4 moulds were needed to produce all panels. The estimated coefficient of drag was 0.27 Picture courtesy The Motor, via Robert J. Allan Engine at rear, radiator and petrol tank at the front. Weight distribution must have been good Labels: Killeen K16, Urban Legends Minus Maxi - who knows one? It's been seen here before: the odd Mini based Matra Rancho lookalike that's also known as the Minus Maxi; designed and built by Keith Lain in rural Norfolk. I've been looking for one to photograph for ages now, but still without anything like a hint. Last year one was offered for sale on eBay, but I missed out on that one. Now Nimbus Coupe owner Wil Ker sent me a scan of an article about the Maxi that I didn't know. It's a cool write-up with some nice pics, too. I noticed the registration on the red car on the accompanying images was different from the cars that I have seen in pictures. The Q-number is also very close to this car, made by the same group of men at around the same time. Anyway, does anyone know this car (registered as a Minus; date of liability April 1991), or another? The three cars that I now know of are (or were) registered: BOC 493K (blue) Q685 HEX (red) YHH 459K (red) UPDATE 5 February 2013: another Maxi Minus appears on eBay, it's registered TPE 838S and is white in colour. British scene. A chat, a horse, soggy weather and one strange kit car. That's Keith Lain on the right Picture courtesy Kit Car magazine, via Wil Ker Labels: Estates, Minus Maxi Snow and a Swedish Ogle SX1000 Yes. It's that time of year again. The last month of the year has arrived, and so has the first snow. Over here at least. December also means it's time to start looking for the 'Maximum Mini Find of the Year'. In 2010, I chose the prototype Beach Car that was found in a Greek scrap yard; last year you guys voted for the Cheshire Cox GTM. What it will become for this year? I have made a provisionary list of cars that have come to the light in the last 11 months or so, and will make a selection from these in a week. These will make it to a poll, where you, as a reader, can choose your favourite once again. Now, if you do know of another resurfaced Mini derivative that belongs here, drop me a line and it may be just in time to get included, too. Meanwhile, the snow reminded me of an Ogle SX1000 that made it to Swedish motoring magazine 'Teknikens värld' in 1963. They tested the car and even put it on the cover in very Swedish surroundings. Is there anyone here who knows what happened to that car? If not do you guys happen to know if the registration number 'A5191' is retraceble? Now this could be another excellent 'Find of the Year'... This Ogle SX1000 clearly made it from the UK over to Sweden. Question is where it is now... Picture archives Jeroen Booij Labels: Magazines, Ogle SX1000, Sweden	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405085
__label__cc	0.615542	0.384458	Tax Blog IRS Collection IRS Criminal Investigations IRS Procedures Chicago tax lawyer Home » Chicago tax lawyer Robert McKenzie FRESH START INITIATIVE 2012- Fresh Start Initiative For offers in Compromise 1.10 On May 21, 2012 the Internal Revenue Service announced another expansion of its "Fresh Start" initiative by offering more flexible terms to its Offer in Compromise (OIC) program… Free Seminar on Criminal Tax Issues at Arnstein & Lehr "Know The Process, Know Your Rights" Criminal Tax Issues The IRS Criminal Investigation Division has increased its efforts to prosecute dishonest taxpayers over the last few years. Although every client who becomes the subject of a CI investigation should be… Listen: Immigrants Caught up in the New FATCA Law IRS Audits, IRS Criminal Investigations Not everyone is intentionally doing something wrong when it comes to filing taxes. In some cases, it is simply a lack of understanding of U.S. rules and regulations. If an immigrant has been in the U.S. for 180 days, they… 2014 IRS Representation Update IRS Audits, IRS Collection, IRS Procedures, Offshore Bank Accounts By: Robert E. McKenzie 1. A CHANGING IRS IRS Workforce 1.10 Because of Congressional cuts in IRS budgets its workforce continued to shrink until 2008. In 2009 and 2010 the IRS had its budgets grow and its workforce grew. In… 7 Million Taxpayers Fail To File Their Income Taxes Featured, IRS Audits, IRS Collection, IRS Criminal Investigations, IRS Procedures This article by Robert E. McKenzie was originally published in Forbes. Robert E. McKenzie’s Expert Testimony Results in Closure of American Tax Resolution The Washington Post is reporting on the results of Robert E. McKenzie's expert testimony in the closure of American Tax Resolution. "Congratulations to the Federal Trade Commission for its latest action that resulted in the closing of a company that… U.S. Taxpayers With Secret Offshore Money Face New Risks And Options IRS Collection, IRS Procedures, Offshore Bank Accounts Taxpayers with offshore bank accounts might be in trouble. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) went into effect on July 1 requires that foreign banks report to the IRS about the accounts of U.S. taxpayers. As a result, more… 77,000 Foreign Banks to Share Tax Info With IRS IRS Criminal Investigations, Offshore Bank Accounts The IRS is cracking down on money hidden in foreign offshore banks accounts. The Associated Press is reporting that more than 77,000 foreign banks have agreed to share information about U.S. account holders. "The list includes 515 Russian financial institutions. Russian… Quoted in Forbes on Jail Terms for Offshore Accounts Featured, Media, Offshore Bank Accounts Chicago tax lawyer Robert E. McKenzie worries those with still secret offshore accounts may be less likely to disclose because they figure that if they’re found out and prosecuted, they’ll avoid jail as Warner has. But McKenzie tells prospective clients the same thing he wrote recently on Forbes: “Many other less lucky offshore depositors have been sentenced to prison by other judges. One distinguishing factor for Warner was he was a billionaire whereas those sent to prison were merely millionaires.” Quoted By Random House on Offshore Bank Secrecy Hazlitt - The End of Banking Secrecy Robert E. McKenzie Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP Robert.E.McKenzie@saul.com 161 North Clark Street As featured on... Robert McKenzie Books Robert E. McKenzie is a Chicago tax lawyer who represents people with IRS problems. If you need help, contact him today, (312) 876-6927. Your communication through this website, or by other means, does not create an attorney-client relationship between us. Please do not disclose any confidential information to us through this website, or otherwise, because we will have no obligation to keep that information confidential unless and until a formal attorney-client relationship is established with you. Disclaimer © Robert E. McKenzie	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405087
__label__wiki	0.644987	0.644987	nixbit Linux Apps Q 7.3 review by rbytes.net on Thus, a Q program or "script" is simply a collection of equations which are used to evaluate expressions in a symbolic fashion File size: 0K Developer: Albert Graef Thus, a Q program or "script" is simply a collection of equations which are used to evaluate expressions in a symbolic fashion. The equations establish algebraic identities and are interpreted as rewriting rules in order to reduce expressions to "normal forms". For instance, here is how you define a function sqr which squares its argument by multiplying it with itself: sqr X = XX; Note that, as in Prolog, capitalized identifiers are used to indicate the variables in an equation, which are bound to the actual values when an equation is applied. 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__label__cc	0.544181	0.455819	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Preview, Predictions, Pairings The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic will be without its 5-time champion, Se Ri Pak, due to injuries both nagging and recent, as well as without the new world #1 Cristie Kerr, #2 Ai Miyazato, #4 Suzann Pettersen, #5 Ya Ni Tseng, #6 Anna Nordqvist, and #7 Karrie Webb, and #9 Michelle Wie, all of whom will be resting and preparing for the U.S. Women's Open. But former #1 and current #3 Ji-Yai Shin will continue her comeback from an emergency appendectomy less than 3 weeks ago with the sherbet that Highland Meadows Country Club will be compared to the majors at Locust Hill and Oakmont that, uh, sandwich it, along with former champions Paula Creamer (herself on the comeback trail from recent wrist/thumb surgery), Laura Davies, Mi Hyun Kim, Eunjung Yi, Brandie Burton, and Meg Mallon, not to mention a group of golfers who have been playing great of late like Song-Hee Kim, Inbee Park, Angela Stanford, Azahara Munoz, and Amy Yang, or who have been coming on recently like In-Kyung Kim, Seon Hwa Lee, Stacy Lewis, Jeong Jang, Meena Lee, and Na On Min, or who will have something to prove like Na Yeon Choi (who missed the 1st cut of her LPGA career last week), Mika Miyazato (who wilted under major pressure and a Cristie Kerr onslaught last weekend), and Morgan Pressel (who lost in a playoff here last year to Yi). So who in the field will break -20 this week? Here are my entries in this week's PakPicker: 1. Kim Song-Hee 2. Pressel 3. Choi Na Yeon 5. Park Inbee 6. Kim In-Kyung 7. Lewis 8. Creamer 9. Miyazato Mika 10. Lee Seon Hwa 11. Hull 12. Stanford Alts: Kim Mi Hyun; Yang, Amy; Jang As for the pairings, I'm most interested in the groups in the late-morning front-side prime-time quadrant: In-Kyung Kim Maria Hjorth Leta Lindley Morgan Pressel Brandie Burton M.J. Hur Meg Mallon Na On Min Seon Hwa Lee Azahara Munoz Mi Hyun Kim Well, it would be prime time if the event were being telecast! Anyway, their peers going off the back in the late morning are no slouches, either: Catriona Matthew Karen Stupples Kristy McPherson Eun-Hee Ji Katherine Hull Paula Creamer Inbee Park Na Yeon Choi Angela Stanford Jeong Jang Karine Icher Sandra Gal The rookie closest to ROY race leader Azahara Munoz will be going off the back in the early afternoon, in the same quadrant as the defending champion: Eunjung Yi Jee Young Lee Katie Futcher Haeji Kang Amanda Blumenherst Ji Young Oh Sherri Steinhauer Janice Moodie Sun Young Yoo Candie Kung Heather Bowie Young Hee-Won Han Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Laura Davies That leaves the early afternoon front-side quadrant: Kyeong Bae Christina Kim Vicky Hurst Jimin Kang Meaghan Francella Meena Lee Hee Young Park Stacy Prammanasudh Amy Hung Song-Hee Kim Gwladys Nocera Other pairings of note include the 1st off the 1st tee: Mikaela Parmlid Mariajo Uribe And these off the 10th tee: Pernilla Lindberg Mina Harigae Audra Burks Jane Park Tamie Durdin Julieta Granada Paola Moreno Beatriz Recari *Jessica Korda I'm also interested in seeing how Futures Tour money-list leader Cindy LaCrosse (#10, 1:25 pm), not to mention former ROY Angela Park (#10, 8:40 am), NYers Moira Dunn (#1, 8:20 am) and Danielle Downey (#10, 8:00 am), and Mallory Blackwelder (#10, 7:40 am), who's playing her 1st LPGA event and has her dad on the bag, all do this week. Word has it that the Farr will take a year off to avoid conflicting with a men's event, but return with a multi-year contract in 2012. We'll see. But more important, let's see who takes advantage of the absence of many of the LPGA's hottest players! [Update 1 (5:10 am): David Barrett has a well-informed account of why Americans no longer dominate the LPGA and why some of them may be threats to join Cristie Kerr in the winner's circle soon. Of them, probably Morgan Pressel has the best chance this week, although Stacy Lewis may be due to break through soon. The biggest story for me, though, would be the Pink Panther picking up another Farr title this week. As it would be for onechan!] [Update 2 (5:15 am): Terrible news for Nicole Castrale. She aggravated a shoulder injury at the LPGA Championship and will require season-ending shoulder surgery.] [Update 3 (5:36 am): Hey, I finally beat Hound Dog to the punch on our previews!] Posted by The Constructivist at 12:00 AM 1 comment: Links to this post Labels: golf On Following Mi Hyun Kim, Mina Harigae, and Ai Miyazato Last Sunday morning at the LPGA Championship, I followed, in turn, Mi Hyun Kim (and Juli Inkster), Mina Harigae (and Stacy Prammanasudh), and Ai Miyazato (and Brittany Lang), for the 1st 4 or 5 holes of their final rounds before I had to leave Locust Hill to pick up the Full Metal Archivist, onechan, and imoto from the hotel to eat lunch (at a great Korean place) and return to the course Sports Zone/Wegmans tent area. I'm happy to report that onechan learned both the dog paddle and a rudimentary backstroke that weekend at the hotel pool, but that's not the subject of this post. No, what I want to get at is how small the differences are between a bad (Harigae), good (Kim), and great (Miyazato) round and to share some insight I gained into Ai-sama's mental approach to the game from what I observed and what I asked her (embarrassingly incoherently) at the media center after her round. Let me make clear from the start that I didn't see anything all that amazing from anyone in those early holes. I saw a lot of routine pars, some great par saves, several bogeys, and a few good birdie putts. Inkster was the only player under par in the holes I watched; Harigae was the only one over par. Of course, as soon as I left, Ai-sama rattled off birdies on 4 of her remaining 5 holes on the front and Kim birdied 4 of her last 11 holes. But it's not so much the results I want to focus on here as it is on how they came about. There were definitely similarities in the ways the players attacked each of the 1st 4 holes, along with some subtle differences. I got to the course early enough to watch Mi Hyun Kim, Shanshan Feng, and Chella Choi on the driving range until Kim left for the putting green. Choi was hitting hybrids like a hybrid-hitting machine, but having a little difficulty losing drives to the right every so often. Kim was working up from hybrids to fairway woods to driver. I noticed that her left wrist was lightly wrapped, that she wasn't using a golf glove, and that every so often she's be looking at and touching the tip of her left thumb, like it was bothering her or something. But she was still hitting the ball consistently well. Feng was working on irons. I wasn't as impressed with her swing as I was with Choi's; it seemed to be too compact in a way, as if she wasn't extending her left arm in her initial takeaway as much as I would have expected. The scene at the 1st tee was pretty cool, although it would have been cooler if the starter hadn't butchered Kim's name ("My Hoon") and had remembered to mention she's an 8-time winner on the LPGA! Miyazato actually took the time in the minute before she was due to hit her drive to hug a male fan she recognized and get introduced to his wife--she was the only player I saw that day who interacted with individual fans right before starting her round. As you may have read in my scouting report of Locust Hill, I expected most players to be able to fly their tee shots on the downhill 1st hole past the corner of the dogleg and give themselves a good look at the green and pin, despite the hole having been lengthened by about 30 yards. But to my surprise, Kim couldn't reach the corner, Harigae and Miyazato were only right at it, and even Inkster and Lang didn't go far past it. So the shorter hitters I was focusing on, who all ended up on the left side of the fairway (or in Harigae's case, the 1st cut of the left rough), faced fairly intimidating 2nd shots with fairway woods from downhill lies, with the left pond definitely in play and perhaps even some overhanging branches from the trees to their left interfering with their lines to the green. It looked to me that each of them attempted the same shot--start the ball at the right bunker and draw it back toward the back-left pin--although in retrospect, it's entirely possible that Kim and Harigae were intentionally laying up short of the right bunker to give themselves a neat little angle on their chips. In any case, that's where they ended up, whereas Miyazato's ball failed to draw and she ended up in the back of the right trap, almost pin high. Kim chipped to about 6 feet and surprisingly missed her par save. Harigae fluffed her pitch a little, ending up about 11 feet short right of the cup and forcing herself to make a tough little comebacker for bogey. Miyazato seemed to leave her shot from the sand behind and to the right of the hole on purpose (unless it just slipped away from her a little), perhaps because it gave her a straighter and flatter par putt. In any case, she sunk the 9-footer. Of everyone, the only player to really attack the 1st was Inkster. She overcooked a hybrid from the right rough and ended up on the back left fringe, a little past pin high, from where she just missed chipping in for birdie. Prammanasudh and Miyazato were the only players to save par. The 1st was definitely playing tough for this group of 6 players. Although the 2nd was theoretically a birdie hole, the front left pin position, right behind the deep trap guarding that side of the green, was not only tough to get to, but presented the players with tricky birdie attempts from just about every angle. The only ones not to give themselves a good look for birdie were Prammanasudh, who flared her tee shot into the right rough and did well to hit the green from there, and Kim, who fluffed her approach shot a bit and ended up on the false front to the right of the trap, from where she easily got up and down. But everyone else was within 20 feet, Harigae about 11 feet above the hole after nearly holing her approach and Miyazato about 12 feet to the right of the cup. And everyone except Inkster found a way to miss her birdie attempt. It looked to me like Ai-sama pulled hers from the start, although she might have been fooled by the way the ball refused to break right from the mound behind the trap. In any case, whereas the sixsome was +3 on the 1st hole, they were -1 on the 2nd, but it felt like being over par to me. To my surprise, the 3rd hole gave up the most birdies of any that I saw. Except for Inkster, who ticked some leaves on the trees overhanging the right side of the tee boxes and ended up short right in the fairway, and Lang, who pulled her drive into the left rough, everyone was in prime position to attack the back-left pin. The only one of them not to hit a good approach shot, sadly, was Miyazato, who had needed a ruling because she and her caddie were uncertain what to do when her ball had plugged in the fairway. (Since everyone was playing lift, clean, and place, they wanted to clarify whether they could do that as usual or whether they had to first take relief from the plugged lie and then do LCP.) Coincidentally, while waiting for the rules official to arrive, Ai-sama was able to watch Sakura Yokomine's tee shot on #2. After that delay, which gave Lang a chance to walk to the green and survey her putt from the back fringe, Miyazato left her approach shot in the front right corner of the green, about 35 feet from the pin. Whereas Kim sank a 20-footer from almost pin high to the right of the cup and Harigae and Prammanasudh each made great 15-footers from the center of the green, Miyazato knocked her birdie attempt almost off the green, maybe 7 feet past the cup. But she calmly sank the uphiller as if there were no doubt in the world that she was destined to save par. The group ended up -3 on the 3rd. Not bad! At that point, only Lang was over par and Inkster was under par. On the 3-shot par-5 4th, a pond to the left of the fairway about 220 yards out that I hadn't noticed in my scouting report added an extra wrinkle to the drive. I had been focused on the big trees overhanging the right side of the fairway about 225-265 yards out from the tee, thinking that you could play a small draw to take them out of play. But instead Kim couldn't even reach them with a drive that Inkster outhit with a hybrid, Harigae blocked her drive into the deep right rough underneath them (after being left her 1st 3 drives, although no worse than 1st cut on her 1st 2 holes), and Miyazato played what appeared to be a fade to end up on the right side of the fairway. From there, everyone's strategy diverged. Inkster, Miyazato, and Lang attacked with their 2nd shots, trying to get up the fairway as far as they could and as close to the left rough as they could to get the best angle into the front right pin. Kim and Prammanasudh laid back a bit, just trying stay in the fairway. Harigae looked like she was trying to play a low draw under the trees with a hybrid, but instead hit a grounder and had to punch out to about 190 out. Everyone from farther out kept their approach shots below the pin (and sometimes short of the green, where Inkster's shot from the left rough ended up, as well). Maybe the fact that it started drizzling while Kim and Inkster were teeing off and actually got raining pretty hard for most of the hole had something to do with their inability to hit the green. In any case, the only really good approach shots I saw were from the twosome who started latest. Lang stuck her approach about 8 feet below and to the left of the pin, while Miyazato put hers inside Lang's, about 3 feet to the left of the hole. But whereas Lang's putt was more uphill, Miyazato's was on a sidehill, and after Lang made hers, Ai-sama couldn't follow up on it, missing on the short side. Kim and Inkster just missed chipping in for birdie, Prammanasudh made a routine par, and Harigae saved her bogey, so the group was again a rather disappointing E on the hole. I was able to stick around for all of Harigae's 5th hole, where she stuck her approach on the uphill par 3 7 feet right of the pin, after just barely carrying the front right bunker, and missed the birdie putt, forcing herself into a little tester to save par (Prammanasudh failed to get up and down from that trap)--and see her drive on the downhill 6th, which again found the left side of the fairway--before heading back toward the 1st tee to catch Ai-sama's pairing. About an hour later, I saw Miyazato hit a great approach shot to #5, but couldn't stick around to watch her putt, as it was time to make my way to the other side of Jefferson Road where my car was parked near the driving range to check out of the hotel (the fact that the walk from tee to green was probably the sharpest grade on the front had absolutely nothing to do with that decision!). But I came away feeling that Miyazato was in total command of her swing, had amazing distance control, and was so due to start making birdies, while it felt like Kim's round could go either way and Harigae was having small problems with both her driver and her putter. After lunch and some time at the Sports Zone (onechan chose the golf simulator over the bounce house, maze, and climbing tower while I was there [yay!] and was almost impressed when I put my wedge on Pebble's tiny downhill par 3 5 feet from the pin), I made my way back to the 18th just in time to miss Michelle Wie and Haeji Kang finish out their rounds, and was pleasantly surprised to see on the hand-lettered scoreboard that Kim had shot a 69, but disappointed by Inkster's 74, Harigae's 75, and Prammanasudh's 77. I was shocked to see that Miyazato had turned in a 31 on the front, and even happier when I made my way to the 9th-green scoreboard to see that she had gotten to -5 on her day through 14, then -6 through 15. I didn't get to see that she had gotten to -7 through 16 until I had made my way back to the Sports Zone to let the ladies know what Ai-sama was up to and see if they wanted to watch her play 17 and 18. But they were having fun and I didn't want to jinx her, so after the Full Metal Archivist got the girls to the Wegmans tent, I headed to the 18th green, where I was too late to see her finish. Still, I was in time to watch her get interviewed by Rich Lerner live on Golf Channel, to eventually decide to cross the ropes and join the Japanese media interviewing her afterwards (in the sense that I tried to tape the conversation and stay out of the way of the photographers), to find out from Heather Daly-Donofrio that she would be interviewed at the media tent in English, to stupidly leave for it too soon and lose everyone, to wander back to the putting green trying to find them, to find out from a Japanese reporter in line for an autograph from Paula Creamer that she had only shot a 66, to chat with her caddie for a bit, and after all that to return late to the media tent, where her interview was already in process. And that's when I got to ask Ai-sama my Embarrassing Question that Inadvertently Revealed Something Important about Her Mindset. What was going through my head was something a lot less coherent than this: if I had started my reign as #1 in the world with a 5-bogey 76, fought my way back to +3 to make the cut (but still offset my 5 birdies with 4 bogeys that day), hit the 45-hole mark at +3, and after making 2 birdies in a row to start my Saturday back 9, followed them up with 11 straight pars to remain at +1, I would have been, well, the slightest bit impatient--ok, frustrated and worried--wondering when I would see results from my improved play. So I wanted to know what she was thinking and how she was feeling before she began her birdie barrage. What came out of my mouth was something even less coherent, although somewhat more so than LPGA.com's transcript (my corrections/additions are in [square brackets]): Q: Ai, when those birdie putts were[n't] dropping earlier in your round what were you thinking? AI MIYAZATO (via INTERPRETER): Earlier in the round today? Q: Yes, the second and fourth holes. AI MIYAZATO: [Um...] [long pause] Did I have birdie putts on the first few holes? Maybe the fourth, [no,] 3. [No,] I think I made a good [par] putt[s, actually,] the first few holes. I had a good opportunity on No. 5, I guess, on the par-5. After that, but I made birdie, and... (via INTERPRETER) Up until that hole it didn't feel like I had that many chances. She was genuinely confused enough by my question that some people in the room laughed nervously after that long pause, during which she had been looking at me in a sympathetic but taken aback kind of way. She literally could not remember anything except her par saves from early in her round! Come to think of it, that's probably one of the keys to her success. Although she missed a birdie chance at 17 and bogeyed 18 for the 4th-straight day, she played her last 27 holes in 8 under par and her last 14 holes in 6 under par. I suppose she's realized that your chances of going on birdie barrages like that are reduced if you remember the putts that got away or worry about when they'll start dropping. She simply knew she was hitting on all cylinders and that the birdies would come. In her interview with the Japanese media, she emphasized how important her par saves on 10 and 11 were, in terms of keeping her momentum going. I guess that's the way she was thinking about those saves on 1 and on 3--they allowed her to extend what would end up being a 26-hole bogey-free run. When I contrast Miyazato's finish with Harigae's (+2 over her last 13), Inkster's (+3 over her last 14), Prammanasudh's (+5 over her last 13), and Lang's (birdieless 42 on the back after a bogey-free 33 on the front), I'm so impressed by the results of that calmness and that confidence. But when I consider that fellow Okinawan Mika Miyazato was 3 shots behind Cristie Kerr after 47 holes but ended up losing to her by 18, I'm blown away by Ai-sama's resilience, persistence, and patience. (And I'm even more impressed with Kerr's week: she put together bogey-free streaks of 8, 28, and 22 holes on a tough Locust Hill layout when she wasn't even hitting that many fairways--12 fewer than Miyazato in all!) Another key factor in Miyazato's performance was how committed she was to her pre-shot routine. Here the contrast to Harigae is telling. I've already noted how great Harigae's routine is for her full swings. But what became clear during the 5-and-a-half holes I watched of her in actual competition is that she doesn't have as effective or repeatable a pre-shot routine for her putts. In contrast to Kim and Miyazato, whose minds were clearly made up before even approaching the ball to begin taking their stances, Harigae seemed to be still deciding on her ultimate strategy even as she was taking her stance. There was a lot more twitching, setting and resetting of her feet and hands, even stepping saway from a putt from the rookie. Whereas Kim's and Miyazato's routines and rhythms never varied, Harigae's did. Plus, she never seemed as locked in on the speed of the greens as the more experienced professionals. Even when Miyazato rocketed her birdie attempt on 3 down the slope past the hole and almost ended up attempting her par save from the fringe, I got the impression that she had taken a calculated risk in an attempt to jump-start her round. Finally, I'll reiterate the importance of pacing and rhythm that I noted the 1st time I followed Miyazato a couple of years ago at the Wegmans: When I asked the FMA later what stood out to her about Ai-chan, what she focused on after her leanness and fitness was her rhythm. She was surprised to hear that Ai-chan had been talking about just that in her interviews the 1st 2 rounds. What I realized was that her emphasis even extended to the way she walked on the course, not just her rhythm on her full swings, pitches, and putts. She has a very long stride for such a short person, sets a brisk but effortless-looking pace, and kept to it on every hole. Even though she was struggling a bit while we watched her, she projects a lot of confidence and determination on the course. Harigae was paired with a very fast-walking player in Prammanasudh, and she may just have picked up her pace a little, perhaps even unconsciously, in an effort to avoid slowing down the long-legged Okie in Tulsa orange (take that, Rickie Fowler!). It may just be a coincidence, but Harigae's timing on her tee shots was off that Sunday compared to the Monday pro-am when I had followed her. 4 of her 5 drives went left, and the one that went right was clearly an overcompensation, where she was protecting against going left and flirting with the pond. I wonder what the result would be if Harigae were to find her own pace and stick with it all round, every round, like Miyazato clearly does. What I took away from the little time that I spent Sunday morning with Mi Hyun Kim, Mina Harigae, and Ai Miyazato was how big a difference all these little differences can make. While I was watching her, Kim was unfazed by her opening bogey, getting up-and-down easily when she missed the green and making her only birdie attempt. Even though she wasn't hitting the ball all that great by her standards, she was hanging in there and giving herself chances for good things to happen. Harigae was leaking oil on her tee shots, letting birdie opportunities slip away, and forcing herself to work harder than she needed to when it came to saving pars and bogeys. And despite my worries for her, Miyazato was actually this far away from getting into the zone. I think to a casual observer the differences between their starts wouldn't have been that noticeable. They were generally hitting the ball about as far and to about the same areas, after all. But the cumulative effects of those tiny differences--and what they did with their starts--make a huge difference in terms of strokes taken per round and dollars won per tournament. [Update 1 (7:56 am): Check out Ruthless Golf for some interesting thoughts on getting out of your own way, something both Kerr and Miyazato did very well last week!] [Update 2 (6/30/10, 4:46 am): Very kind words from Mike Southern, but one word of warning about trying to implement any of his advice or my speculations. Don't try for the first time on a cool day in a 2-club wind! I couldn't even break 85 on the Easiest Course in the World yesterday, and I never gave up on a single shot. Seems like I was remembering all my good putts on the Locust Hill putting green, which meant that I left a lot of birdie and par putts really short at tECitW. But the greens there were harder and faster than I remembered when it came to accepting approach shots, pitches, and chips, so I was going long all day on those. The wind didn't help with that, either, in my defense. So memories are all well and good, but actually adjusting to the reality of the conditions on the ground is highly recommended, as well!] Posted by The Constructivist at 7:54 AM 3 comments: Links to this post Labels: A-Team, coulda woulda shoulda, embarrassing incoherence, golf, juxtapositions, mightabeens, take your blog to the course, technical LPGA Championship Sunday: How Scary Was Cristie Kerr's Win? By now, you know the news: Cristie Kerr absolutely dominated the field and the course at the LPGA Championship, garnering her 2nd career major, 14th career victory, and becoming the 1st American ever to sit atop the Rolex Rankings in the process. With an amazing 4 rounds under 70 and a winning total of -19, Kerr made a tough Locust Hill track her own personal playground, finishing 12 shots ahead of Song-Hee Kim to establish the largest margin of victory in a modern LPGA major. And it's not like people weren't taking runs at Kerr all week. Kim made 8 birdies and an eagle in her last 27 holes, Azahara Munoz went -6 in a bogey-free stretch of 22 holes on Friday and Saturday, and Amy Yang made 8 birdies in a 28-hole stretch on Thursday and Friday. But Kerr posted the lowest score of the day 3 times this week to crush the spirits of everyone trying to keep pace with her. Munoz played her last 23 holes in +4. Yang played her last 36 holes in +4. Jimin Kang played her last 16 holes in +3. But perhaps the most telling example is Mika Miyazato: midway through Saturday's round, she had pulled within 3 shots of the lead, but she played her final 24 holes in +7! Ai Miyazato, whose 66 yesterday brought her into a tie for 3rd with Ji-Yai Shin, 14 shots off the pace, said it all when asked about Kerr's scoring this week: I mean almost that's too good, I guess. Me and my caddie was talking about earlier this week winning scores going to be maybe 5- to 8-under or so. So she played really, really good and she had such a solid round on her second round, I guess. But she is just amazing. I played really good, too. But she is just better than me. Even though Kerr found only 55.4% of her fairways, she hit the green in regulation 80.6% of the time from some very thick and usually wet rough and putted the lights out (taking only 110 strokes in all on the greens, tied with Song-Hee Kim and only 3 more than Ai Miyazato, who hit 16 fewer greens than she did on the week). Imagine how low she could have gone if she had been only slightly more accurate with her driver! Kerr's victory this week puts me to mind of what turned out to be Annika Sorenstam's last LPGA win at the Michelob Ultra in May 2008. That was very nearly the perfect tournament, but it was also a kind of swan song, as she announced just 2 days later that she would be stepping away from competitive golf. Just as Annika's probable retirement robbed LPGA fans of a showdown between her and the new #1 Lorena Ochoa, so, too, did Ochoa's this season rob us of a showdown between her and her lead chase pack. Well, Kerr isn't going anywhere, Miyazato and Shin aren't backing down, Pettersen and Tseng are still in the hunt, and there are probably a dozen more players with a legitimate shot at the #1 spot before the season is out. But right now Kerr and Miyazato have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the contenders for the various crowns the LPGA awards. Kerr's win pulls her with $60K of Miyazato on the money list, 17 points in the Player of the Year race, and helps bring her scoring average down to 69.40 (over a third of a stroke lower than her nearest competitor for the Vare Trophy, Song-Hee Kim). We'll have to wait to see them again at the U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont, where each has a great chance to become the 1st player in 2010 to break the $1M barrier. Neither is playing the Se Ri Pak Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic next week (like Suzann Pettersen, Anna Nordqvist, and Michelle Wie, they're resting and preparing, but Pak, who got clocked on the leg by an approach shot during a practice round at the LPGA Championship, will be missing the tournament she's won 5 times), so there's a big opportunity for Ji-Yai Shin, Ya Ni Tseng, Song-Hee Kim, and Na Yeon Choi to make up some serious ground on them, as well as for Paula Creamer, Angela Stanford, Morgan Pressel, Inbee Park, In-Kyung Kim, Jee Young Lee, Amy Yang, Stacy Lewis, and Seon Hwa Lee to turn up the notch on their seasons. Stay tuned! [Update 1 (11:18 am): Not only is Kerr #1 in the Rolex Rankings (.12 ahead of Miyazato), she's also #1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index (.07 ahead of Ji-Yai Shin)! Here's Hound Dog and Jeff Skinner with more!] [Update 2 (11:42 am): Here's Ryan Ballengee and Jason Sobel.] [Update 3 (6/29/10, 10:50 am): Here's a very interesting follow-up from Ryan.] Labels: A-Team, golf, superlative watch LPGA Championship Final Round Pairings Wow, even if the final result of the LPGA Championship is probably not in that much doubt, the final round pairings combined with the great weather should really bring out the crowds tomorrow. They're finally able to actually go out in pairs--and the tournament organizers couldn't have scripted them better. Consider the following precision player/bomber dynamic duos: 9:52 am: Michelle Wie and Haeji Kang 11:20 am: Morgan Pressel and Ya Ni Tseng 11:28 am: Na On Min and Brittany Lincicome 11:44 am: Suzann Pettersen and Lindsey Wright There will also be some serious distance differentials in the following pairings: 8:08 am: Juli Inkster and Mi Hyun Kim 9:44 am: Mariajo Uribe and Jeong Jang 10:56 am: Ai Miyazato and Brittany Lang 11:36 am: Stacy Lewis and Seon Hwa Lee 11:52 am: In-Kyung Kim and Inbee Park 12:24 pm: Song-Hee Kim and Ji-Yai Shin 12:40 pm: Cristie Kerr and Jimin Kang In these pairings, you'll get to see how players of similar length handle Locust Hill: 9:20 am: Mina Harigae and Stacy Prammanasudh 10:16 am: Chie Arimura and Anna Nordqvist 10:40 am: Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis 11:12 am: Christina Kim and Sakura Yokomine 12:16 pm: Karrie Webb and Catriona Matthew 12:32 pm: Azahara Munoz and Mika Miyazato If I can get to the course by 9 am, I can follow Mina and Stacy P for awhile and circle back to the 1st tee in time to pick up Ai-sama and Brittany. If I'm really motivated, I could do 3 rotations on the front before the girls are out of the pool and start with Juli and Peanut.... Decisions, decisions! [Update 1 (6:37 am): Here are Mike Southern and Jeff Skinner on Kerr's chances of getting her 2nd major and becoming the 1st American to ever reach #1 in the Rolex Rankings.] Posted by The Constructivist at 10:37 PM 2 comments: Links to this post LPGA Championship Saturday: Can Cristie Kerr Keep It Going? This week at the LPGA Championship, Cristie Kerr's driver has not been kind to her, finding the fairway less than 50% of the time through her 1st 43 holes. But it's not been mean to her, either, as she's managed to hit the green in regulation at an astounding 83.7% rate. That's why she's made only 2 bogeys all tournament, with 28 holes between her 1st and her latest. And that's why she's maintaining a 5-shot lead on Mika Miyazato so far today. But take a look at Vicky Hurst's scorecard from yesterday--her errant driver cost her 2 triples in her 1st 3 holes. If someone were to get as hot as Hurst got after that (she made 7 birdies in her last 15 holes) or as hot as Azahara Munoz has been lately (she's -5 over her last 18 holes of bogey-free golf) and Kerr's driver were to get her in some serious trouble, the entire atmosphere of this major could change very quickly. We'll see if it does. Well, those not stuck in Buffalo for another few hours will. Here's hoping our hotel gets Golf Channel! John Goldstein informs me GC is extending their coverage an extra hour: 4-8 pm! [Update 1 (11:31 am): Gotta head out for violin practice for onechan soon, so I'll turn you over to Beth Ann Baldry's live-tweeting.] [Update 2 (8:03 pm): Took advantage of the GC coverage at the hotel to avoid the internets today and root for Mika Miyazato. Except for a break at the pool, I saw every shot that mattered since I wrote my last update. Despite a few pulls off the tee, Cristie Kerr extended her lead. Although she couldn't match Morgan Pressel's low round of the day--a 68--she hung in there and made a lot of putts down the stretch when it seemed like the wheels were starting to come off a bit midway through her round. Mikan's double on 18 gave Kerr an 8-stroke cushion. Here's Hound Dog's overview (he must have signed off before Mikan's double was posted). And here's LPGA.com's notes and interviews. Looking for Ai-sama to go low tomorrow. Hope to follow her while the Full Metal Archivist entertains the girls at the pool.] Posted by The Constructivist at 11:23 AM 2 comments: Links to this post Labels: golf, not-quite-live-blogging T-Joh in da Huuuuunt! Tiffany Joh birdied 6 of her 1st 7 holes after making the turn in the City of Hammond Classic, which helped her to a 69 that put her 2 shots behind leader Lisa Ferrero. Mariajo Uribe, who's so sweet that when I asked if she's a friend of T-Joh's, she automatically assumed I was, too (instead of just being someone who pesters her on the internet), will be happy to see that! As will Jane Park! The sooner T-Joh gets out on the LPGA, the better for all of us. Interesting that the 2-time WAPL champion gets hot just as the WAPL is being played this year.... Posted by The Constructivist at 3:31 AM No comments: Links to this post Anyone Want to Give My Girls a Ride to Buffalo This Morning? Anyone? See, they have Japanese school from 9-12 and then onechan has a violin lesson at 12:30. But the pairings for the 3rd round of the LPGA Championship have been moved up. And there are some players I'd love to follow, even though they're back in the pack. Like, say, going off the 10th tee. OMG! Or these folks going off the 1st: Shanshan Feng Not to mention the leaders: Michele Redman Cristie Kerr If we're lucky, we might be able to make it to the 18th-hole grandstands to see a little bit of live action tomorrow. But more likely it'll be Sports Zone, driving range, hotel, pool. If I'm lucky, our hotel will get Golf Channel.... I'm assuming they'll show moving day tape-delayed from 4-7 pm as planned, but who knows? Labels: golf, odd optimism, pure nonsense, rhetorical questions These Girls Rock--and They're Pretty Darn Nice, Too! Picture this: a six-and-a-half and a four-year-old are at the end of their respective ropes as a dad and his parents are trudging from the Sports Zone back toward the clubhouse in the late afternoon yesterday at the LPGA Championship. A rookie on the driving range who's just shot a 40 on the back 9 at Locust Hill to drop from -2 to +1 for the tournament sees that the younger sister is about to implode (and the dad isn't doing so well carrying her, either), rushes to her caddie, grabs two golf balls, signs them with her Sharpie, and swoops down the hill to the walkway to give them to the pair of girls and talk with them for a couple of minutes. That's Mariajo Uribe for you. Picture this: a Hall-of-Famer is trudging through the parking lot looking for her courtesy car with her caddy's help, after shooting her 2nd-straight frustrating 72 when she hears a 4-year-old yell her name. She probably doesn't want to do anything more than get back to her hotel, take a shower, and grab some dinner, but she chats with the suddenly tongue-tied girl and her older sister for as long as humanly possible (which turns out to be about 10 seconds longer than I would have tried). That's Karrie Webb for you. (Little could she have known that she's one of the older sister's favorite players!) I could tell similar stories about Heather Daly-Donofrio of the LPGA communications office (who got her kid fix when she ran into us by the 9th green) and John Goldstein of Golf Channel (who invited the girls into the Golf Channel tv booth but was probably as relieved as I was to find they would rather play in the Sports Zone instead). Or the dad of one of the Korean players I didn't recognize (she was dressed almost all in orange), who gave the girls a banana in the parking lot right after we said goodbye to Webb. Even at a major, everyone we've met goes out of their way to be nice, from the servers off the 10th tee to the folks in the Wegmans tent. If you've never been to an LPGA event, and if you have kids, I can't recommend it strongly enough. You bump into players and caddies almost everywhere you turn, there's plenty to entertain them besides the golf (which I saw almost none of yesterday, to my initial frustration), and there's always the chance of special moments like these. I'm sure my girls will remember Uribe's act of kindness for a long time. They still talk about the time Morgan Pressel gave onechan a signed ball a couple of years ago at the putting green! Now imoto has one of her own--and that matters a lot to her. Labels: cuteness, golf, kawaii LPGA Championship Friday Morning: We're Back! Checking in real quick at the medis tent while my parents are watching the girls by the putting green. Would have been here earlier except imoto spilled a bunch of beads right before we were supposed to leave. A half hour later, we hit the road, and 3 fights later, we were in Pittsford. The girls were psyched the lot by the driving range was full, so we had to take the shuttle bus in. Saw JJ, Kimmie, Inbee, Song-Hee, and M.J. as were were looking for my parents. Got a quick update from them: they saw Moira Dunn miss a short putt on one hole, then dump a shot in a pond after a great drive, so they figured they'd better leave and change her luck (she's now +4 with 5 to play). They also saw Mika Miyazato make a birdie and she smiled at them when they clapped for her drive on the 1st tee. As for the rest of the action on the course, Jimin Kang is making a huge move--she just eagled the par-4 2nd to get to -6 on her day and -4 overall. Ya Ni Tseng has fought back to E after her opening 75. She did 9 shots better on the front today than yesterday! Also -3 so far today are Shanshan Feng (E) and Amy Yang (-2). More later! We're off to the 18th bleachers to watch Mina Harigae and Sakura Yokomine come in, then have to decide if we're going to walk a few holes with Ai Miyazato's threesome or not.... [Update 1 (6/26/10, 1:52 am): That's a definite not! While I was hanging out with onechan, imoto, and my parents near the putting green, 9th and 18th greens, 10th tee, and particularly the play area Sports Zone (sponsored by the University of Rochester!) at Locust Hill--seeing players like Mina Harigae (74, +2, T36), Sakura Yokomine (73, E, T18), and Teresa Lu (73, -1, T14) finish their rounds (but not Mika Miyazato because imoto was so restless and onechan was so cranky even though they had just eaten), seeing Laura Davies (69, E, T18), Natalie Gulbis (75, +3, T48), Azahara Munoz (69, -3, T6), Juli Inkster (74, +1, T23), Paula Creamer (72, -1, T14), Ji-Yai Shin (70, -2, T10), Ai Miyazato (71, +3, T48), Morgan Pressel (76, +4, T60), and Michelle Wie (74, +2, T36) tee off, and introducing the girls to Vicky Hurst (74, +1, T23; fortunately, she didn't see me go thin-thin-shank-shank-thin-decent at the swing analysis/golf simulation area--I hope!)--Cristie Kerr was opening up a 5-shot lead on Inbee Park and Mika Miyazato on the strength of a 5-birdie closing 32 that gave her a bogey-free 66 on the day and brought her to -10 for the tournament. Even though Kerr is hitting the fairway off the tee just less than half the time, she must be missing in good spots, as she's made only 1 bogey in 36 holes and missed only 5 greens in regulation. She's -2 on the front and -8 on the back and has shot the low score of the day each of the 1st 2 days of the tournament. If she can keep this up, it'll go down as one of the best performances in an LPGA major ever. But given Kerr's history at majors last season, it's a little too soon to hand this one to her. 4 players figured out how to go low at Locust Hill: 67s by Amy Yang (who caught Brittany Lincicome at -4), Jimin Kang, Michele Redman, and Na On Min (who all kept within 7 of Kerr) showed everyone else that there are any number of ways to go low at Locust Hill. If Kerr's going to get caught, someone's going to have to do on the weekend what she and this gang of 4 was able to accomplish. But I sincerely doubt that Kerr will come back very far to the field, if at all. The odds of her stalling, however, are way greater than her odds of break 70 all 4 rounds. But if she breaks 70 tomorrow, that probably won't matter. Even though 8 players broke 70 and 25 went under par in Friday's comparatively benign conditions (it was only 6 and 18, respectively, on Thursday), Locust Hill still had plenty of bite. Check out the scorecard of Karen Stupples, who missed the cut badly, for a representative example. Hitting 67.9% of her fairways and 72.9% of her greens, and averaging 30.5 putts and 3.85 birdies per round coming into this week, her comparable numbers at the LPGA Championship were 60.7%, 55.6%, 32, and 1.0 (she birdied the short 12th hole both days--and that was it!). An even more telling example is Na Yeon Choi, who had never missed a cut in her LPGA career--until this week. This season, her normal numbers coming into the LPGA Championship had been 74.2%, 68.8%, 28.61, and 4.37. At Locust Hill, they were 50%, 66.7%, 32, and 2.5 'Nuff said.] [Update 2 (2:00 am): Here's Jeff Skinner on Cristie Kerr and LPGA.com with notes and interviews from the 2nd round.] [Update 3 (2:30 am): Seoul Sisters.com's IceCat has the inside story on Grace Park's WD--her back started acting up again, dammit.] [Update 4 (11:28 am): Here are Hound Dog and Mike Southern on where things stood at the halfway point.] Posted by The Constructivist at 11:35 AM No comments: Links to this post What Is It with North American Golf Writers, Anyway? Lorne Rubenstein has a talent for taking each positive the LPGA Tour has going for it and framing it as a negative. The LPGA is the best tour in women's golf, attracting the top golfers from around the world (except for a few who decide to play only in Japan). It features the closest and toughest competition of any professional tour, with nearly half the field having a legitimate shot at victory every week they play. And five players--Ai Miyazato, Ji-Yai Shin, Ya Ni Tseng, Suzann Pettersen, and Cristie Kerr--have broken away from the lead chase pack and will probably be trading the #1 spot in the world rankings all year and duking it out for Player of the Year. All of them have great personalities, interesting back stories, and devoted fan bases. It's like a season-long pennant race, but where it's hard to root against any team. What's not to love about where the LPGA is now? According to Rubenstein, lots. What a niche sport like the LPGA needs, in his view, is a dominant superstar whom "the masses" can identify with like Annika or Lorena. And apparently Rubenstein is going to stamp his feet, whine, and pout until Michelle Wie or Paula Creamer fulfills that role. The bottom line is that somebody has to emerge, and it would be best for the LPGA Tour if that were an American player. This from a guy who can't even be bothered to spell Miyazato's name correctly. Why does anyone listen to this nonsense? How can "the masses" be expected to identify with the LPGA's new global superstars if golf writers can't be bothered to make the effort to do so themselves? Isn't their job to report on what's actually happening, not what they wish were happening? Shouldn't their writing draw, even compel, interest and attention, no matter who is demonstrating excellence in the sport they're covering? I've been asking myself these questions for a long time, because obviously Rubenstein isn't alone in thinking and acting this way, so when I recognized USA Today's Steve DiMeglio during the rain delay on Tuesday morning at Locust Hill and realized he was just as trapped in the media tent as I was until the storm ended, I took the opportunity to get his take on these issues. DiMeglio's an absolute pro. His profile of Ai Miyazato is the best single story I have ever seen on her and his take on the best on tour without a major was excellent. Not only is he deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the LPGA, but he also holds forth on one of the biggest stages in golf writing, so I first wanted to find out how he deals with the pressure to boil down all he knows about the state of the LPGA to the biggest stories, the ones that will get the most people's attention. He replied, It's been tougher because of the cutback in space, so there's not as much opportunity any more to write as much--PGA Tour or LPGA Tour. I don't think it's rocket science. Obviously the biggest story coming into this week is Ai Miyazato. We'll concentrate on her--I'm writing a big piece on her for Thursday. It's a major championship, that's big. How the course will play--the course part. And if you look at the weather forecast, that's going to play a part. I imagine I'll probably write for Friday's paper about how they deal with the weather delays: the course is going to be wet, the rough is going to be wetter, so.... He was obviously bothered by the space issue, because he interrupted his own train of thought to return to it: Unfortunately, there isn't more space to write on the LPGA, because they deserve it. If you're a golfer and your handicap is anything higher than a 10, you can learn more from watching women--the best women players in the world--than you can from watching the men--the best men players in the world. The swings out here aren't going 120 and that's what most people who can't break 100 should be doing, slowing their swings down. Plus they're the most successful athletes I've ever been around, they're the most forthcoming, they'll sign more autographs and pictures in one day than most players outside of Phil Mickelson will in a week. So I asked him what needs to change for the LPGA to get more space and command more attention. His reply was very interesting: That's a tough one. The only person that moves the needle, unfortunately--not unfortunately because it's her, but because nobody else is doing it--the tour right now could use Michelle Wie to win 5 straight, or 4 out of 5, or at least be in contention in the last group every week. Right or wrong, and I think it's wrong--again, not because of who she is, but because there are other players out here that should be getting the attention, a lot more attention--but right now the LPGA tour could use an extended uptick in the economy and Michelle Wie to win 4 or 5. I followed up on his own qualifications, admitting that I've been one of many criticizing the overfocus on Wie. He was all over that one: We get criticized. You know, "Why do you always write Michelle Wie? Why do you always cover her?" Well, whenever we put a story on Michelle Wie on the website, it gets 50 to 100 times more hits than any other story we put on an LPGA player. I acknowledged that here at Mostly Harmless, the only player who's ever moved the needle more than Wie was Cheyenne Woods, specifically when I was the 1st to make easily searchable the news that she had gotten a sponsor exemption into the Wegmans. DiMeglio pointed out that that was "Because of Woods. Because of Tiger." Our conversation then turned to alternate audiences and media. When I suggested the LPGA should focus its efforts on growing fans among girls, he replied, "TV ratings are driven by adults. And most male adults will only watch Michelle Wie." When I suggested that TV may not be the answer for the LPGA, that streaming video online might make more sense, he pointed to the digital divide and the fact that "nobody reads the internet on Saturdays--our traffic just..." and he made the plane-going-down-in-flames gesture. A la carte cable? "Ain't coming." In short, DiMeglio is so tied to a system where success is measured by hits and ratings that he can't imagine any other system emerging. Maybe it's just because I taught Amanda Lotz's The Television Will Be Revolutionized so recently that I'm thinking differently. Or maybe it's because my livelihood isn't dependent on my golf writing that I can afford to wait for the records of the LPGA's Young Guns and New Blood generations to speak for themselves. Because in one sense, Rubenstein and DiMeglio's prescription for the LPGA is dead on. If a dominant American superstar were to emerge on tour this season, the attention she would garner in the United States would have more than a trickle-down effect: once there were a spotlight on the LPGA, then it could be moved around, widened, and so on. Right now the golfy media must feel like they're stumbling around in the dark, hoping to find even a candle. Pros like DiMeglio and Randall Mell will soldier on and do their part to strike up some sparks, while in their weaker moments folks like Rubenstein and Sal Maiorana will vent about how unpleasant it feels to be in the dark. When I get to Locust Hill later this morning, I want to talk to some of the Japanese media to find out their take on all this, and follow up with DiMeglio and Maiorana. More later! Labels: blogging, globalization, golf, non-bloggy media, odd optimism, tv LPGA Championship Thursday Afternoon: A Tale of Two Favorites Cristie Kerr and Ya Ni Tseng entered the LPGA Championship with high hopes and great expectations. And they both came out charging from the early-afternoon back-side prime-time quadrant, each getting to -4 through her 1st 8 holes. But from there their fortunes diverged. Kerr cooled off, but hung in there to match the 68s by co-leaders Seon Hwa Lee and Stacy Lewis from the morning pairings. Tseng, meanwhile, played her last 10 holes in 7 over par, thanks to 4 bogeys in a row midway through the front and a double on the par-5 8th to put an exclamation point and a question mark after her opening 75. By contrast, the top JLPGAers in the field made strong comebacks in their opening rounds. Sakura Yokomine started on the front and was +3 by the time she reached the 11th tee, but from there made 4 birdies, including a walkoff birdie on the tough 18th, to fire an opening 71. Chie Arimura bogeyed 3 holes in a row early on the front, but made 3 birdies in her last 11 holes to fight back for a 73. Neither could match Mika Miyazato's 69, however, which put her at T4 with Inbee Park and Lindsey Wright. Mikan hit 15 greens, way above her career norms. Fellow 20-year-old Mina Harigae made a pair of consecutive birdies on the back (her front) and the front (her back) and parred the rest of her holes for a solid 72. While I'm putting the girls to bed, you can head on over to Hound Dog's place for more on the 1st round of the LPGA's 2nd major of the year. I'll be back! [Update 1 (6/25/10, 4:39 am): Here's Mike Southern's overview of the 1st round!] Posted by The Constructivist at 9:15 PM No comments: Links to this post LPGA Championship Thursday Morning: The Eagles Have It! How tough is Locust Hill playing for the Thursday morning pairings in the LPGA Championship? Well, the only players to have broken 70 (or have a great shot at doing so) had to make an eagle somewhere in their round to get there. With play suspended for the moment, co-leaders in the clubhouse Stacy Lewis and Seon Hwa Lee at -4, theirs came on the par-5 11th and par-4 12th, respectively. For Inbee Park, who trails them by only 1 shot, it came on the par-5 17th. Another commonality among the leaders was how well they played the par 3s, as each of them went -2 on those 4 holes. But for most of the field, Locust Hill could strike back at a moment's notice--and often did. Birthday girl Juli Inkster and Heather Bowie Young both got to -4 late in their rounds, but each made a pair of bogeys to drop back to -2 (although Inkster has some attackable holes left to play when the storm delay ends). Jeong Jang was -2 on her 1st 9, the back, and playing bogey-free golf through her 1st 10 holes, but had to settle for a birdle-less front and a 71. Na Yeon Choi was -1 with 3 holes left to play, but finished bogey-par-bogey for a 73. And don't even ask about Ai Miyazato--she's hasn't made a birdie all day and is +4 with only a few holes left to play. Now that the golfers have returned to the course, this is as good a time as any to sign off for the moment. After I pick onechan up from her last day of school, I may be able to get back to not-quite-live-blogging, but we may head out to the Easiest Course in the World for a few holes while the weather is decent here in Dunkirk! [Update 1 (9:09 pm): Amazingly, onechan chose to hang out with the baby, 1-year-old, and 2-year-old (along with imoto) at day care after school rather than play golf with me. So I headed out alone, played 2 balls, and scraped together a 78 in pretty heavy winds, despite several skulled wedges and a hat trick of 3-putts. So you can bet I would have had trouble breaking 85 at Locust Hill. And that's just with the usual 40-year-old aches and pains. Can you imagine shooting a 71 a few months after wrist surgery? Or a 72 a couple of weeks after an emergency appendectomy? Hats off to Paula Creamer (T11) and Ji-Yai Shin (T20)! They're certainly applying the pressure to Ai Miyazato, who could only manage a 76 today. Her playing partners, Morgan Pressel and Michelle Wie, both hung in there for 72s of their own. At T97, Ai-sama has her work cut out for her to avoid missing her 3rd cut of the season. Not so Juli Inkster (who by the way is now officially twice Ai-sama's age): a birdie at 17 helped offset her 4 late bogeys and salvage a 71 for herself. She's right in the thick of things, despite her stumble down the stretch.] [Update 2 (6/25/10, 4:36 am): How awesome is Juli Inkster? This awesome: Q: About this tournament in general, are you thinking of this as a Major? Do you forget sometimes because you have played this course? JULI INKSTER: I'm trying to think of this tournament as a Major. Because when it's not a Major, I play like crap here. So I am saying this is a new golf course. It's a Major. It's a Major. I bet you if guys were to look up all of my missed cuts, I would say the most is this tournament bar none. I don't know what it is. I spend 90 percent of my time chipping out under these trees. I grew up on a golf course just like this. But something about this golf course just gnaws at me, I don't know. That's pretty awesome!] [Update 2 (4:53 am): If Amanda Bremer really did walk the course with Ai Miyazato, Morgan Pressel, and Michelle Wie, why so little detail in her story? I could have gotten just as much from checking their scorecards online!] Labels: awesomeness, golf, not-quite-live-blogging OK, Stephanie Wei's Media Tent Was Cooler Than Mine LPGA Championship Media Tent 062110 Originally uploaded by the_constructivist18 You be the judge. But can Steph honestly say she was the 1st person in the U.S. Open media center on Monday morning that week? 'Cause I was this week. Mostly Harmless for the win! Labels: blogging, golf, photo A Pink Panther Sighting at Locust Hill's Tuesday Pro-Am Paula Creamer on 2nd green 062210 I have to admit, I'm shocked that Paula Creamer is coming back so soon after surgery, but she gave herself a chance to win the ShopRite last week and if she can avoid the rough may well do it again this one. I'm even more amazed that Ji-Yai Shin is coming back after an emergency appendectomy only 2 weeks ago. Right now, both are -1 through 3 holes of the LPGA Championship, although neither birdied this hole. Labels: A-Team, awesomeness, golf, not-quite-live-blogging, photo, superlative watch A Hitchhiker's Guide to Locust Hill Country Club In her op-ed on the future of the LPGA Championship, former Rochester champion Dottie Pepper asserted that "Locust Hill is a fabulous members['] track, but the facilities are challenged and the layout can't be expanded to counter today's power players." As anyone who's followed the PGA Tour in the era of "Tiger-proofing" knows, though, making courses longer simply plays into the hands of the tour's bombers and the big boppers. The last thing the LPGA needs is to homogenize their majors by selecting primarily for power and making length the tour's gold standard. Having walked Locust Hill inside the ropes on Monday and Tuesday and scouted it for my own purposes (so I can have a clearer mental picture when I'm following the live scoring today, figure out which holes I want to focus on on Friday and Saturday, and be prepared if the club hosts any New York State Golf Association qualifiers down the road), I think I'm in a good position to evaluate what difference the changes to the course have made. At 5'6" and around 150 lbs., I'm not that much bigger or taller than most of the players in the field. Depending on the conditions, my drives usually end up in the in the 235-to-265-yard range; I hit my wedge about 90-100 yards, my 7-iron 145-155, and my 3-hybrid 185-205 (it's new; I'm still figuring it out). If I actually played enough to be accurate, I'd be a precision player in my taxonomy, bordering on a straight shooter, so I'm looking at the course through those kind of eyes. But I did keep an eye out for holes where a bomber could take a risk and gain an advantage on the field. All in all, without having played the course, I can still give my take on how tough it's going to play. Between the lengthening of the holes, narrowing of the fairways, thickening of the rough, and speeding up of the greens, I'm confident that Locust Hill will provide a fair test and a real challenge to all kinds of golfers. With trees bordering just about every hole, anyone who gets wild with their driver is going to have a very long day. Even the most accurate players off the tee will be challenged to hit more than 75% of the fairways. And since even the narrow 1st cut of rough will grab clubheads, players will find it quite difficult to hit even 67% of the greens. That means everyone is going to be scrambling a good deal. There'll be a lot of knee knockers and testers, whether for birdie or to save par (or worse). With all the elevation changes on the course and undulations on the greens, this course will weigh on everyone. Ad it'll get heavier the longer into the week they go. At the same time, though, the greens are so true that 10 footers will feel like 3 footers to good putters, if the putting green is any indication. When I practiced on it Monday in the vain hope someone would drop out of the pro am to free up a slot just for me (yeah, right!), I was getting annoyed if I missed anything. One cool subtlety was that you could feel the way slight differences in slope affected the speed of putts. It's not enough to think "uphill" or "downhill," but what kind of uphill or downhill. This may be old hat to those who don't play the Easiest Course in the World (which has gotten a little less easy since they narrowed the fairways, lengthened some holes, and even added in a new pond, but that's another story), but it's been a long time since I putted on fantastic greens and I just loved the experience! My favorite part was putting downhill to a cup in the middle of the green right on the edge of an even more downhill slope. It was like like trying to putt right up to the edge of a cliff without falling off it. Heaven! But I digress. My point is that if you can actually find enjoyment in your adventures on Locust Hill's greens and go in with the attitude that you ought to be making everything from everywhere, no matter how far from the cup your previous putt ended up, I imagine you can make a lot of putts. Or at least take a lot. What do I know, right? Sorry I don't have cool photos to share like Dave Pelz (who noticed the same thing about the #3 tee as I did and wrote it down 1st, dammit). And of course what I was able to see and figure out is probably about 1% of what your average caddie takes note of. So take this for what it's worth--a scouting report from someone who was once a decent amateur. #1 414-yard Par 4 This is one of the holes that was lengthened in a serious way--by about 30 yards, according to the media guide. The idea was to force most players in the field to think more about the trees on the left of this downhill gentle leftward dogleg and keep their drives on the right side of the fairway. However, the only trees you really have to worry about are only about 225 out, so with the increased elevation of the new tees, even the shortest hitters should be able to fly their drives past the corner to a fairway that's wider than it looks from the tee. Since the pond that guards the green on the left is about 300 out and the fairways will be wet, not even the longest hitters will have to worry about reaching it. Given how small the green is and how surrounded by ponds it is, I'd say it's worthwhile to try to be a little aggressive off the tee and draw your drive as far down the dogleg as you can. The green is guarded by 2 traps and surrounded by mounds (a Locust Hill signature), so approach shots hit to the edges of the green will bounce and roll accordingly. Looks like there might be a little funnel effect to the middle of the front of the green. The pond to the right of the 1st green and the pond in front of this green frame a kind of island fairway that you want to leave your drive a comfortable distance for your approach shot to this elevated, 2-tiered green. Anything longer than about 250 runs the risk of running through the fairway, but as the fairway is fairly sharply uphill and the green is elevated still further, a good number of players may want to stick with their driver to make sure they get a wedge in their hands on their second shot. I saw Inbee Park fly her drive right to the edge of the fairway. The green is protected by a deep bunker in the front left, but its real defense is a sharp tier that runs kind of diagonally back left to front right across the green. Although the bottom tier is relatively flat, there's a false front between the traps, shots short of the pin will kick forward off the mound at the top of that front left bunker, and the tier is so steep that it's not easy to use it as a backstop. And that's the easier tier to get to. So while this may look like a birdie hole on paper, and there will be plenty of them, the players will really have to work for them and there'll be a number of disasters each day. The media guide notes that this downhill dogleg right "has been lengthened 21 yards" and recommends a "left-to-right slider" off the tee, but fails to note that this is because of the huge trees overhanging both the old and new tee boxes more than the trap that sits on the left corner of the dogleg right in the 230-250 yard range. As Pelz pointed out, if you tee off from the left side of the new tee box, you can afford to hit a high baby draw. I personally like that shot better than a fade on this hole, because there's room on the right side of the fairway if you block it and if you pull it or snap you can still recover from that, whereas if you try to hit a fade and block it or slice it, you're likely to be smacked down by the trees on the right, or worse, hit the cartpath and bounce OB. But that's probably just me. The key thing to remember is that the fairway is actually much wider than it looks from the tee. Oh, and a bomber may take note that the fairway pinches a bit around 275 out. This green, too, has a false front, traps guarding the front with mounds that kick shots forward, mounds guarding the back, and a front left-to-back right diagonal tier that's much gentler than the one on #2. This hole has also been lengthened, which brings trees on the right from about 225-265 yards out more into play for most in the field. The fairway's very narrow and pretty flat, perhaps with a slight left to right tilt, but about 310 yards out it begins climbing toward the green, eventually so sharply that most players will have a blind approach shot for their 3rd, with only the pin in view. I didn't get a good look at this green this year, but I do remember Ai Miyazato missing a short birdie attempt here last year. The media guide say it slopes left to right but from my angle it looked like some shots might funnel to the middle of the green and actually stay there. This is a sharply-elevated par 3 with sunken bunkers to the left and right of the 3-tiered green. It's pretty much a blind shot, and there are shaved areas to the front of the front tier between the 2 traps and behind the middle tier to the right of the left trap, which leads me to believe that it's easy for even slightly misjudged or mishit shots to trickle into them. Pretty diabolical little par 3, it seems to me. Oh, and if you miss way right or long right, your ball will end up in someone's back yard, OB. No pressure. This one is as downhill as the previous hole-and-a-third were uphill, but since Locust Hill's normally soft fairways were saturated Tuesday and probably took more rain (or are about to) this morning at least (a thunderstorm rolled through Dunkirk around 2 am), players can't expect much of that sweet, sweet roll, so it'll be hard for most to reach the relatively flat area about 280-300 yards off the tee. That's too bad, because there's a pond behind this back-to-front sloping green with a big mound in the back, so you don't want your approach shot going long, but it's pretty easy for it to happen from a downhill lie. I didn't get a chance to walk this hole this year and last year onechan needed to go to the bathroom right around the time we got here, so all I remember is that it's very uphill, the green is small, the ground was hard around the green, and the grass was thin. Sorry for the verb tense shifts there, but I can't say how the green is. I've never seen the 2nd half of this hole, because of the whole onechan-bathroom thing last year and the need to get to the media tent for my interview with Mika Miyazato this year. All I can say is that this hole is severely uphill for your drive and twin bunkers pinch the fairway from about 210 to about 235 yards off the tee. Advantage to those who can carry their drivers more than 240 yards uphill and even more of an advantage to those who can get far enough up the left side of the fairway that they don't have a blind shot or have to deal with the overhanging trees on the right. Somehow this plays as the easiest hole on the front, according to the media guide, but you'd better trust your fairway wood, hybrid, or long iron on that blind 2nd shot! You can't be long on this sharply downhill hole, and I don't just say that because there's something like a little cliff behind this back-to-front sloping green. No, it's because of the bleachers and tv tower only 10 yards down that cliff. Those who try to play it safe still have to avoid deep bunkers on each side of the green guarding the front with mounds that kick shots that just clear them sharply forward, not to mention the false front between them. There's some sort of narrow little top tier, but I can't imagine putting a pin on it; I think its main function is to serve as a backstop/funnel for players who want to spin their shots back to the relatively flattish area right in the middle of the green, where I'd be happy to end up any time. Picking the right club here is obviously of prime importance. #10 413-yard Par 4 Another big lengthening effort, this time by creating a new, sharply elevated tee 30 yards back, right near the entrance to the clubhouse and behind the walkway all the spectators use to get from the front to the back and players and caddies use to get from the putting and chipping areas to the driving range. So you're always going to have a crowd waiting for you to hit the damn ball, you're always going to have traffic noise from Jefferson Road, and now you're hitting into a downhill, right-to-left sloping fairway that pinches from about 215-230 yards out due to a well-placed trap on the left. The media guide says it's "now in the player's landing area," but I think that's true of only the shortest hitters on tour. In any case, the green is 2-tiered vertically, with the right tier the upper one and deep bunkers guarding the front R and L of each side. There's a blind tee shot (you can just spot the tops of the bleachers by the green from the tee) and a creek about 310 out, but OB right is much more dangerous and the trees on each side of the fairway seem to funnel in on you but really funnel out. If you hit your drive past about 240, you're going to have a downhill lie on your attempt to reach the green in 2, which isn't necessarily a bad thing b/c you're likely to get some extra roll to compensate for the slight uphill grade to the slightly elevated green. But with traps guarding the false front, a ridge behind the green, and a bump on the left side that looks designed to shoot balls off the green, it might be a smarter play for most in the field to treat this as a 3-shot hole. It's almost a blind tee shot; you can usually just see the tip of the flag from the tee. With both overhanging trees and OB right pushing you leftwards off the tee, but with some trees on the left interfering with the left side of the elevated, right-to-left sloping green and a huge and deep trap after a creek that runs beneath it, you have to be very accurate with your driver or 3-wood to have a good shot at a pin on this hole. Tee balls between 220-240 and 260-280 will find the flattest parts of the undulating fairway. Balls that land past the trap but on the very front of the green will kick forward, while there seems to be a collection area on the left (a "false side," if you will). The little creek looks a little farther out there from the elevated tee than it really is--it's only about a 200-yard carry--and the fairway is wide, so players have a big incentive to go after their drives and climb the uphill slope past the creek as far as possible. They'll be hitting into a long, relatively narrow, and sharply-tiered green (kind of like a shelf in the very back of the green). There's a small bunker to the front right of the green that you can't see from the fairway (at least it was a surprise to me when I got far enough up the hill to spot it!) and 2 deep ones on either side more even with the middle-back part of the green. The narrow fairway slopes right to left at first, but the hole curls slightly to the left at the end, where overhanging pine trees and a creek guard the front of a green with a false front and a collection area in the front left and bunkers on either side guard its middle and back. I saw Ai Miyazato make a great birdie putt on this big, 2-tiered green. The back tier bulges a little, especially on the left, but there's a relatively flat area in the front left of the green on the lower tier. Expect a lot of birdies when the pin's down there. But with an elevated tee and a relatively open feel around the green compared to most holes at Locust Hill, look for any wind to affect approach shots more here than usual. The fairway here slopes left to right and is uphill until about 200 yards out, but stays relatively flat until about 270. The green slopes severely back to front, tilts a little left to right, and is protected by 4 bunkers surrounding it and a mound behind it. Odds are you're going to have a downhill putt on this hole. Mentioned by many players in the media guide as their favorite hole on the course, this is one of the few tee shots where the longer hitters may have a slight advantage. The uphill, left-to-right sloping fairway seems to feed into a bunker on the right side of the fairway that's sitting about 230-250 yards from the back tees. If you can carry it past this trap with a slight draw and keep it on the right side of the fairway (where there's a little more room than you might have expected from the tee), you'll have a great view of the dogleg left, from a flat area that extends from about 220 to 100 yards from the green. There's a little depression between 60 and 100 yards from the green, which I'd try to avoid, but trying to get past it brings the 2 huge, deep, and long traps that guard both sides of the green and extend well in front of it into play. This is the hole I most wanted to play because I wanted to see if I could carry the trap and hit a good fairway wood or hybrid to the green, which is 2-tiered horizontally, with some weird subtleties that I couldn't catch from a distance. You can still make a birdie staying short of the trap, keeping at least 100 yards away from the green, and hitting an accurate wedge or 9-iron, but what's the fun in that? This looked like the longest par-4 on the course to me from the tee and for a hole where water doesn't really come into play (unless you spray it way right toward the 2nd green), it's probably the most intimidating drive on the course. That's because the narrow fairway seems to go straight up toward the clubhouse and get narrower as it goes. All I know is that the hole doesn't flatten out until you get to the long, narrow green that's guarded by 2 front traps on either side of it. The 1st third of the green seems flatter than the rest, which (you guessed it) slopes from back to front. Now surrounded by grandstands, this green is probably even tougher to hit (at least in your head), because you have to worry about an errant shot ending up someplace weird. I would not wnat to have to par this hole to win the tournament. So that's my scouting report. Frankly, I have no idea what I'd shoot at Locust Hill, given how rarely I'm playing and how volatile my scoring has been. (I sandwiched my best score in 6 years--a 73--between my 2 worst scores in that same time span. And, no, I'm not telling what they were. And that was on the Easiest Course in the World, which now plays to a par-37 on the front, which is the only side left after some kind of dispute with the people who were leasing most of the back to them. Long story, and I don't know the half of it. All I know is that my days of striving to break 70 there are probably over.) If I were in mid-season form, I'd be licking my lips, but honestly I'd be happy just to break 80 there under LPGA Championship conditions--and shocked if I broke 75. And that's assuming I hit my driver as straight as I usually do. If I had problems there or with my chipping or putting, or let myself get frustrated or rattled after making a big number, breaking 90 would be a challenge. That said, although the changes to Locust Hill could lengthen it to as much as 6500 yards, it still has the feel of a short course to me. I would argue that its elevation changes and slopes will present even more of a problem than the deep, wet rough. They'll really test your ability to club yourself and shape/control your shots. If the winner goes under -12 I'll be super-impressed, but I'd be somewhat surprised if we don't have anyone getting into double digits under par. The greens would have been much more intimidating if they were firmer, but from the weather forecast today and the weekend, along with the water they've already taken, I expect them to stay pretty soft all tournament. If players are getting a lot of 10-20 footers, a few people each day will find themselves making more than their share of them, due to how true the greens are. That's why I think breaking 70 twice and keeping it close to 70 the other 2 times should put you in the hunt at Locust Hill. Labels: golf, scouting reports A Tale of Two Twenty-Year-Olds: Mina Harigae and Mika Miyazato Over the last few years, I've been keeping my eye on Mina Harigae and Mika Miyazato, both of whom were top junior and amateur golfers in their respective countries (the U.S. and Japan) and are now relatively new professionals at age 20 on the LPGA Tour. Harigae rocked the Futures Tour last year, while Miyazato had a solid rookie season on the LPGA. I've enjoyed reading their respective rookie blogs (here are all Miyazato's posts from last season and Harigae's first from this one) and following their experiments in social media, so one of my top priorities when I visited Locust Hill as an accredited member of the golfy media on Monday and Tuesday was to snag interviews with each one of them. I followed Harigae on the back during the Monday pro-am and interviewed her off the 9th green after her group finished, while Mike Scanlan of the LPGA hooked me up with Miyazato's interpreter/manager, Kie Ito, who set up an interview (during a thunderstorm, as it turned out) on Tuesday morning in the media tent. If I had been really prepared, I would have made sure to ask similar questions to each player, but there were commonalities between what they told me, so I'll focus on those here. Both 20-year-olds have their sights set firmly on the LPGA. One of my 1st questions to Mika was about her decision to bypass the JLPGA and head straight to the LPGA's Q-School in 2008. She told me that having played with Ya Ni Tseng in the Junior World Championship in 2006 (she was too modest to mention she won with a -16 total, beating Tseng by 3 shots!) and seen what kind of success her friend had in her rookie season, it's been her own dream to play here also. She's proud that she's come from her small island of Okinawa to this big place and appreciates the warmth that galleries in the U.S. have shown her. She doesn't know, however, if other young Japanese players will aim for the LPGA and wasn't sure why comparatively few have tried (at least relative to the dozens of Korean golfers who have followed in Se Ri Pak's footsteps). To my knowledge, she's the 1st-ever female Japanese golfer to begin her professional career on the LPGA. Unlike Ai Miyazato, Momoko Ueda, Ji-Yai Shin, Inbee Park, Young Kim, Seon Hwa Lee, and Teresa Lu, she isn't even maintaining dual membership on both tours. Mina, too, doesn't want to play full-time or even part-time on the JLPGA. While she may play a couple of events in Japan a year, she doesn't plan to shoot for dual membership, reasoning that "this is where you have to make it big." A California girl through and through, she hasn't been to Japan since she was 13 and understands more Japanese than she can speak, so there doesn't seem to be much of a cultural or linguistic gravitational "pull" toward the JLPGA. So whether the path is via Miyazato's global mindset or Harigae's American one, the end goal is clear for both 20-year-olds: make their marks on the LPGA. As you might expect, both had interesting perspectives on life on tour, as well. Both had big adjustments to make from what they were accustomed to. For Mika, of course, it meant learning how to navigate in a new country, language, and culture, but both players spoke to on-course differences, as well, particularly in layouts and setups. Mina noted that the quality of the competition and the courses was a huge step up from the Futures Tour and amateur golf. With the greens being much firmer than she was used to, she quickly realized that "you can't just go at everything" on the LPGA and have to think your way around the course much more. Similarly, Mika pointed to the greater length and difficulty of many LPGA courses. Neither player is satisfied with her progress to date. Harigae has made only 2 cuts in 5 starts and has yet to crack the top 50 this season. Her transition to the LPGA, she said, Hasn't been quite as smooth as I wanted it to be. All these girls can play. It was a lot harder than I expected. I think it's a good thing, you know? It just shows that these players are really good...they really are the best in the world. Whereas Miyazato has missed only 1 cut in 9 starts this season, she's cracked the top 20 only once. Having been the 54-hole leader in the '09 Japan Women's Open until enduring a Dustin-Johnson-at-Pebble-like final round and finished T11 at the Women's British Open that season, she has high expectations and seems disappointed that even though she's more familiar with the tournaments and travel routines on the LPGA, she's not on pace yet to improve on her rookie season's results. Each player is focusing on a different aspect of her short game right now to get her season going. For Miyazato, who finished T4 at last year's Wegmans event at Locust Hill, but who hadn't yet been out on the course this year at the time of our interview, her top priority was her chipping. She hit about 69% of her greens in regulation at Locust Hill, which meant she had to play recovery shots around the greens 22 times that week. And she knows with the course lengthened and the rough up, it's going to be much tougher to hit greens, even for someone who's been hitting the fairway off the tee almost 76% of the time and averaging almost 250 yards off the tee. So clearly her strategy has to do with taking as much pressure off her putter as possible (although she did keep her cards close to her chest during the interview itself). Harigae, by contrast, thinks the best way to get her season on the right track is by focusing on the flat stick. She thought this week might end up being a "putting contest," plus she's looking ahead to the rest of the season and the fight to keep her card and get into the Rookie of the Year race. As she told me, A lot of it has to do with confidence. You know, getting off to a tough start is a little hard to come back from, but my game is there. It's all in my head. I just need to believe in myself more.... I think everyone has some sort of things that they have to fight. Right now [for her] it's putting. My ball-striking is generally pretty good. A lot of it has to do with putting and having confidence with those short putts. She's being modest about her ball-striking, hitting the fairway just over 76% of the time and averaging almost 241 yards off the tee. Although her GIR percentage, like Miyazato's, is low for a precision player (both are hovering around 65%), I would say that from what I observed of Mika last year at the Wegmans and Mina in the Monday pro-am this year, both have great swings. (I particularly like Mina's pre-shot routine, where she first aligns her club to her target, balancing the end of the grip on one hand as she does so, then aligns her body to the club as she takes her grip and stance, readies herself, and uses a small knee bend to trigger her backswing.) Harigae's swing is maybe a little smoother and rhythmic than Miyazato's--I saw her rush her downswing only once off the tee and once from the rough all 9 holes I watched--but both keep the ball in play and put themselves in good positions to attack pins. Given the similarities in their ball-striking, it's striking that Harigae is taking more putts per green in regulation than Miyazato (1.83 to 1.80) and is averaging more putts per round (30.6 to 29.5), as well. That combination of stats suggests that she's absolutely right to be focusing on her putting. That, and the fact that the few times her team missed a green on the back nine, she nearly chipped in every time. My sense is that both players have the games and attitudes for long-term LPGA success. By my count, Harigae was easily flying her tee shots 240 yards and ending up in the 245-260 range on Locust Hill's soft fairways. She's not at all concerned about distance, saying, I think more distance will come as I get older. Getting stronger, keep working out. I'm not going to change my swing. I'm already plenty long.... In general I don't feel that long players have an advantage, because you have to keep it in the fairway. Unless they're hitting it straight, they don't have that huge of an advantage. It's refreshing to hear a 20-year-old be that confident in her game and her future. I think so many great players ran into trouble when Annika upgraded her distance and messed up their swings or their bodies trying to keep up with or catch up to her. The point is to learn how to play your own game to the best of your ability, not someone else's. I think Miyazato, who counts both Tseng and Ji-Yai Shin as her closest friends on tour (she calls Shin "onechan" [big sister] and "sempai" [kind of like leader-mentor, used as a term of respect for someone a little older than you whom you look up to and who takes care of you]), understands this, as well. Tseng is a bomber while Shin is a precision player. Miyazato's game is much closer to Shin's than Tseng's. She knows what it takes to close the gap yet further, what it's like to deal with nerves on the final day of a major, and that no matter what you do travel across the U.S. and around the world will always be "taihen" (difficult/challenging). Of course, compared to where Ai Miyazato was at age 20, both Harigae and Miyazato are unpolished, both on and off the course. (It didn't help that I was absolutely no polish as an interviewer, either!) But, then, neither of them have had quite the level of early success--and media attention--as Ai-sama. I'm confident that 5 years from now, when they're the age Ai-sama is now, we'll have moved from seeing them as diamonds in the rough to gems of the LPGA. Posted by The Constructivist at 5:25 PM 2 comments: Links to this post Labels: A-Team, golf, juxtapositions Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Preview, Predicti... On Following Mi Hyun Kim, Mina Harigae, and Ai Miy... 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__label__cc	0.509219	0.490781	Wegmans LPGA Championship Special Report: On Mina Harigae, Jennifer Song, Danielle Kang, Tiffany Joh, and Jane Park With Danielle Kang 5 behind So Yeon Ryu at the Canadian Pacific Women's Open, Jane Park continuing to play well for the 2nd week in a row, Mina Harigae and Tiffany Joh making charges yesterday to make the cut, and Jennifer Song missing the cut by a single stroke thanks to a walkoff bogey, now is as good a time as any to report on what I saw of their games during last Sunday's final round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship. Basically, I wanted to see how some of my favorite Asian American golfers on tour compared to the Japanese players I primarily followed the previous days. Mina Harigae: I got to Pittsford later than I hoped and could follow her only for the 16th through 18th holes, so I didn't get to pay as much attention to her game as I did 4 years ago when I focused on her and Mika Miyazato in "a tale of 2 20-year-olds." Just as I predicted back then, Mina's made steady improvements each year, tweaking rather than rethinking her precision game. She's putting the best this season of any year on tour and has a scoring average below 72 for the 2nd-straight year. However, she was seriously steamed (by her laid-back Californian standards) by the time I got to interview her at the end of her round. Despite nearly making a tough sandie on the tough par-3 16th, giving herself a great birdie chance on the tough par-4 17th, and nearly chipping in from all the way across the long 18th green, she was very disappointed in her play that week. She told me she had been hitting the ball great coming into Monroe Golf Club, but had a terrible ball-striking week by her standards (I saw a microcosm of that in just those 3 holes, as she sandwiched a perfect 260-yard drive on 17 between a right miss on 16 and a left miss on 18). Although she thought the course was set up fairly all week, she definitely bought into the narrative that it advantaged the long hitters on tour, with its generous fairways and relatively benign rough to either side of them. Clearly she was tired of hitting 4-hybrids in when others were hitting 7-irons. But think about how far she's come to be talking like that: 1) she's got the confidence as an established veteran to be criticizing the way the majors have been set up this year; 2) just making the cut at a major does not satisfy her (she's done that in her last 5 in a row); 3) she's playing consistently well enough to raise her expectations on herself. So I'd venture to predict that 2014 will be the best season of her career and that we should see her back in the top 10 soon. Jennifer Song: I backtracked to the 6th green and followed her until the 12th green. Most of that time, she and her playing partner Stacey Keating were on the clock, so they would jog between shots and generally play as fast as they could. Even so, she displayed great touch around and on the greens, making a fantastic sandie from the very deep bunker to the right of the 7th green by using a backstop to pull the ball back within 3 feet of the cup, knocking down a 20-footer to save par on the par-3 8th after catching a bad lie from the right rough, making a tester to save par on the par-5 9th, and just missing a tester for birdie on the par-5 12th. Her key performance stats are very similar to Harigae's--the most important area of their games both ought to focus on improving the most would be hitting greens in regulation--but she's struggling to stay in the top 80 on the money list because she's missed a lot more cuts and hasn't broken into the top 20 yet this season (her T30 last week was tied for her 2nd-best finish of the season thus far). She's definitely pulled herself out of the depths of last season and has a good chance to make this her best year on tour, but she's going to need to get out the gates faster from here on out. With only 3 more starts until the limited-field fall Asian swing, the clock is ticking to get into the top 50 on the money list and guarantee herself spots in those events. Danielle Kang: I spent the most time with DK of anyone today, catching up with her and Laura Diaz on the 10th fairway and staying with them the entire back 9. And I got to see the most fireworks from her, too, as she pitched in for eagle on the par-5 12th, made a 40-foot sweeper for birdie on the tough par-3 13th after her approach stuck on the front-right portion of the green instead of falling off the cliff and ending up 70 yards away from the green, and followed it up with a delicate 10-foot downhiller for birdie on the par-5 14th after frankly chopping it around for most of the hole. At that point, she had fought her way back to -2 for the week, and she stayed there after just missing a birdie on the par-4 15th and making a fantastic 20-foot par save on 16, but she just couldn't keep the magic going as she finished bogey-bogey on the 2 tough closing par 4s at Monroe Golf Club. She found Death Valley to the left of the 17th green and left her 35-foot par attempt dead center but 5 inches short, and she got too aggressive on 18 after blasting her drive 20 yards past Diaz, going over the green, trying to chip in, having it run by into tester range, and just missing the par save. But at least she was going for it and trying to keep her run going. She ended up with her 2nd-best finish of the season and clearly left Pittsford with a lot of confidence. In London, Ontario, she's been driving the ball great, hitting a lot of greens, and putting well. Can't wait to see how she handles playing in the final threesome with So Yeon Ryu and Anna Nordqvist today. She's made over $200K each of her 1st 2 seasons on tour but so far this one has barely made over $100K. But I'm thinking she's turned a corner! Let's see what she can do over the weekend with her great start to the week! Tiffany Joh and Jane Park: T-Joh was in the group ahead of Park, so I kind of tried to keep an eye on both UCLA grads from the 12th through 17th holes, but by the end of the day my focus shifted to Lydia Ko and Inbee Park. Jane Park was in Chie Arimura-style lockdown mode, making 6-straight pars while I watched her. Meanwhile, T-Joh stuck a little wedge to 2 feet on the 12th, but missed her birdie attempt right after her playing partner Azahara Munoz made her longer try to get to -9, then bogeyed the 16th after missing it pin-high left and failing to convert a 6-footer after a great pitch after just missing medium-length birdie attempts on the previous 2 holes. Both were playing really solid golf, with Park the more consistent ball-striker and T-Joh the more artistic player around the greens. T-Joh has clearly pulled herself back from the brink after 2 forgettable seasons in a row; if her putting were as improved as the rest of her performance stats are this season, she'd be having more rounds like Friday's than Thursday's and be much higher on the money list. She made 8 cuts in a row to start the season and is on a 4-event-and-counting run right now, so I expect her to give herself a good shot at qualifying for the Asian swing this fall. Park has been fighting injuries all year, wrist sprains early on and back spasms that forced her to withdraw from the U.S. Women's Open. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur on a Donald Ross course, so she was very disappointed not being able to compete at Pinehurst and very pleased with her near-top 10 in Pittsford. This week she's making her 3rd solid start in a row, which has been a long time coming, as she's been driving the ball great all season, hitting the fairway 80% of the time while hitting it about 11 yards farther than last year, the 1st year she was that accurate off the tee. And she's hitting greens in regulation at a higher rate than at any time in her career (71%), so it's really just a matter of getting those putts to drop. With 8 birdies in her 1st 2 rounds in London, Ontario, I'd say that's just what's happening. With Michelle Wie and Christina Kim the most prominent faces of Asian-American golf on the LPGA, I decided to focus my attention on lesser-known but quite promising Asian-American players during the tour's last stop in Rochester for at least awhile. I'd followed T-Joh several times on the Symetra Tour at their Syracuse stop in recent years, so it was neat to see her in one of the final pairings in a major. It was nice to check in with Harigae and watch her compete in person instead of just playing in a pro-am. While I had my most embarrassing interview ever with DK a few years ago in Rochester (it started off with my referring to USC even though I knew damn well she went to Pepperdine and went downhill from there--but at least she could joke about it when I ran into her later at Waterloo), it was fantastic to actually get to see her play close to her potential. And I came away impressed with Park and Song, whom I've been following online for quite some time but rarely saw on TV. I'm happy to report that Ai Miyazato, Harukyo Nomura, Ayako Uehara, and Chie Arimura all made the cut this week and seem to be playing well. So 9 of the 10 players who I followed at Monroe Golf Club who haven't been setting the LPGA on fire in 2014--and actually 12 of 13 if you add Laura Davies, So Yeon Ryu, and Lizette Salas into the mix!--are getting something of a Mostly Harmless bump in Canada. 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__label__cc	0.682292	0.317708	National Fitness Hall of Fame Museum & Institute Home-Directory Scholars Sign-up Scholar Listing (DSF) eNews-Magazine NFHOF Museum Fitness Warrior Challenge Fitness For All NFHOF Inductees Special B-Days Professional Members 2019 Jim Everroad 2011 NFHOF Inductee “Healthy American Fitness Leader” Website: www.flattenyourstomach.com A frail child, Jim began learning the effects and values of exercise at age six. His brother, Bill, began his early training in running, calisthenics and various sports. Such training continued under many excellent coaches, including Duane Barrows and Max Andress at Columbus H.S. (Indiana). At Indiana University, Jim lettered on the amazing I.U. Swimming team under legendary coach, James E. (Doc) Counsilman. Hobie Billingsley, “the world’s greatest diving coach,” tutored him to an AAU National Junior Diving Championship. Jim also lettered in Gymnastics under Dr. Otto Ryser. His trampoline coach, Arthur J. Canning, helped him win the L G. Balfour award for gymnastics. The values of exercise eventually turned his interests toward fitness. His first venture into the field of fitness was his book How to Flatten Your Stomach. It sold 2,000,000 copies world-wide, going to #1 on every best-seller list. Three media tours included radio, TV, and newspaper interviews in each of 10 major U.S. and Canadian cities. Tom Brokaw interviewed Jim on the Today Show and both he and Jack LaLanne appeared together on the TV show Omelet, interviewed by Hugh Downs. Jim’s Belly Burner commercial played consistently on various network and cable channels for a year, selling 100,000 units. His jump rope program, the Lope Rope, was featured on the cover of Family Circle magazine. His programs appeared repeatedly as cover features in Family Circle, Reader’s Digest, and other major periodicals. Jim wants to help people make exercise a pleasant, productive part of their lifestyles. ABOUT US \| INDUCTEES \| HOME \| 2016 NATIONAL TOUR \| DONATE The National Fitness Hall of Fame (NFHOF) - All Rights Reserved - Copyright 2005-2020 The NFHOF is a registered 501C3 non-profit educational organization Educate * Motivate * Inspire	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405101
__label__cc	0.635091	0.364909	What might Rabbi Yisrael Salanter have looked like? Pt. ii Thanks to Neil Harris of the Modern Uberdox blog who kindly emailed me a link to a Lipkin (Salanter) geneology site called Branches of Mussar. Below are two photographs of Rabbi Yitzchak Lipkin (d. 1905), son of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter: This follows up an earlier post which contained a younger photo: In addition, please see a great post by Neil, where he really pulled out all stops to present a translation of a German biography from 1899. Posted by Mississippi Fred MacDowell at 5:00 PM shimon 6:59 PM, March 02, 2010 Oy, quickly photoshop it, the buttons are on the wrong side! Neil Harris 7:48 PM, March 02, 2010 S. 8:41 PM, March 02, 2010 No, Shimon, he was a misnaged. Of course he's dressed like that. I mean a tie? looks like he's blind in one eye..? shimon 11:34 PM, March 02, 2010 1. So what? The Chareidi world of today doesn't differentiate! 2. And the Alter of Slobodka was Chassidish? As was the Netziv, Rav Chaim Brisker or Chazon Ish (and countless others)? james@israel 7:00 AM, March 03, 2010 for some reason i have thought he looked totally different... Anonymous 8:05 AM, March 03, 2010 I took a mechanical engineering class at GA Tech. The class was all about linkages. The professor was Harvey Lipkin. Rav Salanter's son, Yom Tov Lipman, also was into linkages. I thought that was such a great coincidence, I had to find out if they were related. Unfortunately, he was unable to find any connection, and it is unlikely that Yom Tov Lipman even had any children. Not sure what good a picture of my prof will help, but here it is anyway: http://www.me.gatech.edu/faculty/lipkin.shtml S. 11:49 AM, March 03, 2010 Anon, yes, it looks like he was blind in one eye. Shimon, I have never heard of a hakpadah on the part of non-Chassidim to only wear clothes with the buttons on the left side. Anon, I don't think Yom Tov married, but your professor could have been anyway. Or not. Neil Harris 12:26 PM, March 03, 2010 I, too, don't recall reading that Yom Tov had married. The first two pictures don't resemble the third picture at all! Maybe it's not the same person? S. 6:41 PM, April 15, 2010 I completely disagree; look again. The first two pictures look just like the man in the third picture aged a couple of decades. In addition, you can see that the man is blind in the left eye in both (which anon pointed out above). I did, and still don't see the resemblance. The shape of the eyes in the first two, is different than in the third, and so is the nose. Also note the slightly curly hair in the third, versus the straight hair in the first two. Though aging a few decades changes the features a bit, the basic features stay the same. They don't become remarkably different. Another important point. Rabbi Yitzchok Lipkin moved to Yerushalayim in his later years. There he (re?)married and bore a son R' Aryeh Leib, whose son was R' Chaim Yitzchok. The dress in the 2nd picture definitely doesn't fit the typical way of dressing in Yerushalayim in those days. Food for thought. I browsed in the Salanter site that you posted above, and I'm almost sure that it's actually two different people. I'll try to e-mail you my proofs. I sent. What do you say? Aaron Werbel 10:34 PM, May 03, 2010 Hello all...I am the owner of the Branches of Mussar site. While it is nice to find such a man as Rav Salanter in your ancestry...I am more interested in MY ancestry than in being his descendant. The two pics of the older Yitzchok Lipkin are indeed of Yitzchok Lipkin...but, are they of a different Yitzchok Lipkin? I would be very interested in seeing the proofs you speak of about these being two different men. Zalman Alpert 4:37 PM, November 17, 2010 The EJ 1971 has apicture of Lipman Lipkin a son of rav Yisroel. S. 4:58 PM, November 17, 2010 The Lipman Lipkin portrait is from the first volume of He-asiph pg 263 (link. 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__label__wiki	0.55155	0.55155	IndyLights – Pocono: The Cost of One Mistake July 7, 2014 Doug Patterson Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach and Belardi Auto Racing’s Gabby Chaves were tied for the lead of the IndyLights Presented by Cooper Tires 2014 Championship as the series headed to Pocono Raceway for their second oval race of the year. With six races left after Pocono, the outcome of last Saturday’s race wasn’t necessarily going to make or break Veach’s or Chaves’ chances at the title, but it would yield an advantage to the race winner, and a potentially large advantage if either driver had an incident. Schmidt Peterson Motorsport’s duo of Jack Harvey and Luiz Razia were well within striking distance if the leaders both had a bad day. The big difference between racing at the Tricky Triangle versus at the other superspeedway on the schedule, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is that passing is far more difficult. A good qualifying run could be the difference between winning or being relegated to an also-ran. Unfortunately, the series continues to struggle for participation, and this weekend the IndyLights grid only consisted of eight drivers. Fully half of the grid was the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports drivers of Luiz Razia, Jack Harvey, Juan Piedrahita, and Juan Pablo Garcia. The rest of the grid included the two drivers from Andretti Autosport Zach Veach and Matthew Brabham, Belardi Auto Racing’s Gabby Chavez, and Fan Force United’s Scott Anderson. Unfortunately, Zack Meyer of Team Moore Racing elected to not participate in the Pocono race citing personal reasons leaving the #2 machine at Pocono Raceway without a driver. The car count is disconcerting, but that’s a topic for another day. Zach Veach would gain a slight edge over Gabby Chaves by qualifying on pole and earning a bonus point. Chaves would only manage to qualify P4 with Harvey and Razia in P2 and P3, respectively. This put Chavez at a distinct disadvantage at the start of the race, but with significantly more experience on ovals, it wasn’t an insurmountable obstacle. Lap 1 saw a lot of shuffling as Razia took the lead from Veach before they reached Turn 1! Jack Harvey, with this being his 2nd ever oval race, dropped back quickly as Chaves took over P3 and closed in on the leaders. Veach reclaimed the lead in Turn 2, but on Lap 6 he missed a shift that allowed Razia to close the gap that Veach had built and challenge for the lead. Chavez would move to the front after a failed attempt by Razia to pass Veach. With Razia and Veach running side-by-side down the front stretch, Chaves was able to get a huge draft on the two and easily make the pass in Turn 1. “Overall, for what we had, I think we did a good job with it. I think we had a second-place car and we got second. I’m just a little disappointed; we were fighting with some issues with the dash(board). You have your shift lights that tell you which gear you can run, and just on that restart, I managed to get around Gabby (Chaves) on the exit of Turn One and my dash glitched out. I thought I could down shift, and when I did, I was already on the limiter for the lower gears. That gave him the pass and kind of set our fate. The RePLAY XD guys really worked their butts off this week, and I think Toronto will be our weekend.” — Zach Veach, #26 Andretti Autosport The inexperience of Razia would end up biting him as the field came out of Turn 2. As his teammate Harvey moved to his outside, Razia remained a little too low on the track and put his left-side tires below the yellow stripe and onto the apron. That unsettled the car and caused him to hook the car into the inside barrier bringing out the only caution of the 40-lap race. On the restart, Veach pulled the same maneuver that Razia pulled on him on the race start to take the lead from Chaves in Turn 1. Mimicing the race start, Chaves reclaimed the lead in Turn 2, a lead he would retain for the remainder of the race. “Overall a great day of racing. We were really quick in practice but we missed our qualifying setup which was very disappointing because I really believe we were the car to beat. It definitely showed in the race. We set a faster lap time than we did in qualifying and we were really consistent. We almost improved every lap until the last lap of the race so you can’t be much happier about that because the team gave me a great car and I was able to use it to perform to my top level. “I knew that I had the better car so I knew I had to make my move early and make it count so when Luiz [Razia] got a run on Zach [Veach] and they went almost two wide in Turn Three, I was able to just have a clear run through there and have a much better exit than they did off of [Turn] Three. Luiz gave me enough space but there wasn’t much more because we were already three wide so I just managed to squeeze by and grab the lead there. The safety car came out shortly after but I knew if I could keep the lead on the restart, we would be good. I definitely had an awesome car.” — Gabby Chaves, #5 Belardi Auto Racing With a second-place finish and qualifying on pole, Veach would minimize the damage done by that one mistake and Chaves’ win, but he still goes to Toronto 11 points behind his rival. Toronto is known for carnage, and the championship could turn in a heartbeat with one poorly placed wheel. Harvey, Brabham, and Razia aren’t within striking distance yet, but one bad weekend for the championship leaders like they had during the Indianapolis Grand Prix and they could be. Toronto could be the setup for a huge championship fight during the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio. The field may be small, but the competition level in the IndyLights series is huge! 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We love to contribute to the community, from our work on testing React components to our new Android framework. This challenge involves Palantir setting up a server that isn't functioning optimally. phpstorm has two very useful features to work with remote servers. So we go deeper. - History of cutting perks such as the housing subsidy which in many cases are pitched by recruiters as a significant component of the compensation package. Best Companies for Work Flexibility. With the conveyed forecasts, the user can more effectively gauge both the level of increased crime threat and its potential duration. Wennberg, for his part, was the CEO of The High Value Healthcare Collaborative, a consortium of 15 healthcare delivery systems, before co-founding Quartet. Also, JS on your resume is a gold ticket, much better than Palantir. No one at Palantir dreads going to IT to ask a question because each member of the team is genuinely excited to help employees solve their computer-related problems. 21% of candidates had a negative experience at their interview. Identify event volume of images loaded from non-Palantir remote resources. They want people to enjoy coming in to work, and by and large they do. A World-Changing CompanyAt Palantir, we’re passionate about building software that solves problems. We believe in a working culture that supports teamwork, empowerment, flexibility, integrity, innovation, and feedback. Work remotely from anywhere. TRANSCRIPT Allison Manley [AM]: Hello and welcome to The Secret Sauce, a short podcast by Palantir. Companies with distributed teams that believe in remote work. This also includes work on detecting various impression and click padding techniques by unscrupulous publishers. When Windows log files are stored locally on each server, you have to individually log into each one to go through them and look for any errors or warnings. Palantir Technologies is a privately-held software and services to track patterns in roadside bomb deployment and worked out garage-door openers were being used as remote detonators. To do anything with a file or directory, you need a Path. These services include, but are not limited to, architectural, engineering, mapping, cartographic production, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and related services. Daniel has 4 jobs listed on their profile. View job description, responsibilities and qualifications. Wennberg, for his part, was the CEO of The High Value Healthcare Collaborative, a consortium of 15 healthcare delivery systems, before co-founding Quartet. The IVAS is still in development and still too large to work with standard helmets. 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It was founded by Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Alex Karp (now CEO) with the idea of “creating the world’s best user experience for working with data, one that empowers people to ask and answer complex questions without requiring them to master querying languages, statistical modeling, or the command line. One of the projects was an SMS Subscription Management Platform, which was part of a bigger Turkcell SDPA (Service Delivery Platform). In this week's episode of The Secret Sauce, we share some strategies for making remote work - well, work. We make good, inside and out. At Art in General, a Video Work Foreshadows How the Internet Will Destroy Us By Margaret Carrigan • 01/29/18 10:00am A still from Zach Blas’s Jubilee 2033. Raytheon and Palantir may compete for subsequent phases of work on the program. Be sure to be as clear as possible while maintaining the flexibility that remote work offers. Effectively juggle multiple projects. Palantir works closely with their clients, wherein engineers map and integrate all of the important data, regardless of volume or type, into a single, intelligible model. Applicants must be located in and legally able to work in the United States. Of Days Remote by Gandalf says he would like to test his will on the Palantir and see whether he could make it show Feanor at work during the Years of the Trees. Incorporate remotely. Palantir looking for Remote Senior User Interface (UI) Designer. Cloverleaf helps build great teams and improve employee engagement using existing employee data and assessments to provide insight into increased team productivity. We make good, inside and out. At Palantir, he managed to put together a team of over twenty highly-driven and talented people who, like him, believe in Palantir’s mission and work to the point of obsession. New remote illustrator careers are added daily on SimplyHired. 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An Adobe Flash zero-day that would have taken advantage of an action script vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer/Edge, Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Opera’s Windows and Linux browsers. In this week's episode of The Secret Sauce, we share some strategies for making remote work - well, work. com - Spreading Pinball, Connecting Pinheads Worldwide! Get information about your favourite pinball machines, show of your game collection, connect to other pinball fans around the globe and share knowledge about the silverball game!. Work-life balance, remote and part time jobs at Palantir Join our community to see what women say about working at Palantir Women employees at Palantir on their work-life balance, and whether Palantir offers remote-jobs, part-time jobs or is a flexible place to work. Remote-first thinking isn’t a way to be a distributed company. Posted: February 14, 2019 Application Deadline: March 31, 2019. The Los Angeles Police Department has used Palantir to predict who will commit a crime by swooping Minority Report-style on suspects. While 43% of employees work remotely at least part of the time, only 22% work remotely full-time. Also, JS on your resume is a gold ticket, much better than Palantir. Jeremy: There are some very smart people who believe that remote work, doesn't work. Kongregate free online game Palantir - Lots of multicolored balls on the playing field are scattered in mess. co) defines and launches digital products millions of people love using every day. One of the projects had been already running when I joined and the technology stack had been already given: NodeJS, HandlebarsJS, jQuery, SASS, Heroku. It is correct as mentioned, phpstorm needs the local copies of the code aswell. 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We love to contribute to the community, from our work on testing React components to our new Android framework. Palantir provides IT managers on shore with easy access to individual vessels or entire fleets for remote support and management of on board IT networks. Palantir calls its work with the LAPD “improving situational awareness, and responding to crime in real time”. Apply now for Cloud Operations Engineer, New Grad job at Palantir Technologies in Washington, United States. Run Rake task : add a Rake task to be executed prior to running or debugging. You asked for the gritty details — how I make it work from halfway around the world — check out the list at the end of this post for my ninja tricks. Work life balance is devalued and the cultish feel is a detractor. Simply put, Kodi is an open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub that has successfully migrated from from the domain of HTPCs (Home theater PCs) to the Android TV platform. 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__label__cc	0.591112	0.408888	Philosophy \| Red Zambala Milesian Six Darshanas Vedic Scriptures Śrī Vaiṣṇavism Sikhi Gauḍīya Śankara Dvaitādvaita philosophy of Nimbārka Vaiṣṇavism Darśana: Vedānta Dvaitādvaita Dualism and Non-Dualism Bhedābheda Difference and Non-Difference with Brahman Nimbārka Āchārya Unknown,3096 BCE or 7th c. or 11th c. Commentaries on Brahma Sūtras, Bhāgavad Gītā & Upaniṣads Theology: devotional worship of the divine couple Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa as One Supreme God About Nimbarka: 1. The life of Nimbarka Ācārya 2. Dvaitādvaita philosophy of Nimbārka Śrī Nimbārkācārya, the founder of Nimbārka tradition, is generally supposed to have flourished in the eleventh century A.D. after Rāmānuja. Like other Vaiṣṇava Vedāntists, Nimbārka, too, admits three coeternal, equally real substances(tri-tattva), i.e. Brahman, cit or the sentient and a-cit or the non-sentient. The highest Reality, or Brahman, he calls “Kṛṣṇa” or “Hari.” The word “Brāhman” literally means “one which possesses greatness” (from root. vṛh + man). That is, that alone is Brahman which is the greatest Being, which has no one superior or equal to it, which is beyond all limits of space, time and the like, whose nature, attributes and powers are unsurpassed and incomparably great. Brahman alone is the cause of this vast universe of souls and matter. The universe is originated from Brahman, sustained in Brahman and dissolved in Brahman. Thus Brahman alone is the material (upādāna) and efficient (nimitta) cause of the world. Ordinarily, the material cause of a thing is different from its efficient cause, as the lump of clay is from the potter. But Brahman is both the material and the efficient cause of the universe: It is the material cause because it transforms itself into the form of the world, just as the lump of clay is transformed into the form of the clay-jar. Again, it is also the efficient cause, because it is its own self which transforms itself into the form of the world. Thus, the universe is a real transformation (pariṇāma) of Brahman. Like other Vaiṣṇava Vedāntists, Nimbārka, too, propounds the doctrine of pariṇāma or real transformation of the cause into the effect. Brahman being the material cause of the universe is immanent in it. Just as in a clay-jar there is nothing but clay, so in the universe, the effect of Brahman, everything is Brahman through and through. All the various sentient and non-sentient objects, as found in the world, though apparently different from Brahman, are, as transformation of Brahman, nothing but Brahman in essence. That is why, it has been said in the Upaniṣads “All this, verily, is Brahman.” The fact is that although Brahman is transcendent to, yet it is immanent in the world. Brahman is not a mere external creation of the world, as a potter is of the pot: On the contrary although Brahman is not absolutely identical with the universe, although Brahman is higher and greater than it, as it cannot fully and completely manifest Brahman, yet Brahman abides in the universe and pulsates it as its inner soul and controller. Several objections may be raised against this doctrine of the causality of Brahman. The first question is: Why should Brahman create the world? All the philosophical systems of the world have to answer this important question at the outset. The acts of a rational being must be due to a definite motive or an end. Now, creation is an act; hence this, too, must be due to some motive on the part of Brahman, the supremely rational Being. But what possible motive can God have in creating the world? Our acts are due to some wants or imperfections, some unfulfilled desires or unattained ends. But Brahman is eternally perfect, eternally satisfied, eternally blissful—there can never be any incompleteness or insufficiency in it. Hence the creation of the world cannot be for God's own sake, as He lacks nothing. It cannot be also for the sake of individual souls, for the world, admittedly, is full of pains and sufferings, and the salvation of the souls consists in getting rid of this miserable mundane existence forever. This leads to a second difficulty, no less formidable, i.e. Why should merciful God create the world and thereby plunge the souls into such infinite and intense sufferings? If He cannot prevent pains and evils on earth, then He is not all-powerful; if He can, but does not, then He is not all-merciful. Again, people undergo different circumstances in the world. The honest and the good often suffer; the wicked prosper. Hence, if God be the creator of the world, He must of necessity be charged with cruelty, partiality and unjustness. In solving the first problem, Nimbārka, like other Vedāntists, has propounded the famous Vedānta doctrine of “līlā” or creation in sport. According to this view, the creation of the world by God does not imply any want of imperfection on His part, as it is but a mere sport to Him, just as a king indulges in sports, not because he is in want of anything, but, on the contrary, because, as a king, he has all his desires fulfilled and can therefore indulge in pastimes at will. In the same manner, God, the ever-perfect, ever-blissful Being, creates the universe out of the fullness of His nature, out of the abundance of His bliss. That is why Scripture describes the world as originating from bliss (ānanda), sustained in bliss, dissolved in bliss. This līlā-vāda is, indeed, an ingenious attempt at explaining the motive of creation. The dynamic conception of Reality as becoming (e.g. Hegel's) finds no difficulty in explaining creation because according to it the very nature of Reality is to transform and manifest itself constantly, so that the Absolute and the world mutually involve each other from all eternity —it being the very nature of the Absolute to evolve itself into the form of the universe. Thus the Absolute is not a static, unchanging, ever-complete Being, but is essentially dynamic, ever-changing and ever-evolving. Such "becoming" is the very nature of the Absolute. The Absolute is neither unchanging Being nor non-existing non-being, but the synthesis of Being and non-being, i.e. becoming. An object that becomes or is transformed into another object is neither pure Being nor pure non-Being, but both, e.g. the seed becomes the sprout—it is existent as seed, but non-existent as sprout, yet must of necessity, from its very nature, become the sprout. In the same manner, the Absolute must by nature become the world, there being no question of any motive on its part. But the conception of Reality as an ever-perfect Being accepted by the Vedāntists, cannot avail itself of the above explanation, and thus is faced with the above formidable difficulty regarding the motive of creation. If God be unchanging and self-sufficient by nature from all eternity, then why should He again create the world? Here the Vedānta līlā-vāda does, indeed, afford an explanation: It denies the common view that all acts are due to some motives, wants or imperfections. Some acts, like sports, are not of this kind. Sports do not aim at any gain, not even at the attainment of joy or pleasure. For they are rather due to the exuberance of joy than to any lack thereof. When one's heart is full, when one's happiness is complete, then only does one safely relax and indulge in pastimes, for happiness has a natural tendency to overflow and express itself in external actions. Thus creation, too, a sport on the part of God, is but an external expression of His eternal perfection and infinite bliss, and not an indication of His insufficiency or incompleteness. If we accept the view of ever- perfect Reality, this is the only way out, and credit must be given to the Vedāntists for having thought of it. But another question remains here to be solved. The creation of the world may be a spontaneous sport, and not a necessity, on the part of Brahman, but to the poor souls it is not so. How can God be called a merciful Being if He thus plunges the souls to infinite sufferings for the sake of sport only, not even for any essential necessity? The answer is that God’s indulgence in this cosmic sport, though not serving His own purpose is not altogether arbitrary or motiveless, as it serves the fundamental purpose of justice. Justice or morality demands that every person should undergo the results of his own actions (karmas), good or bad. This is the famous law of karma of Indian Philosophy. But as an individual cannot experience the results of all the karmas he does in one birth, he has to be born again for undergoing them, and in that new birth he performs many new karmas, and is born again—this goes on and on until he gets rid of all karmas by moral and spiritual perfection and is free. So the world, though ultimately rejectable, has yet a moral purpose—as it affords opportunities to the individuals to experience the results of their past karmas and thereby attain freedom, provided in that new birth they no longer perform new karmas in a selfish spirit, but in an altogether unselfish way—for the fruits of the sa-kāma-karma or selfish acts alone are experienced, leading to further births, and not of the niṣ-kāma-karmas or the unselfish ones. Hence God creates the world according to the past karmas of the individuals, and so cannot be held responsible for their suffering and varying circumstances—it is the individuals themselves who are really responsible through their own karmas. As against the Advaita doctrine, Nimbārka takes Brahman to be sa-guṇa or possessing numerous auspicious attributes, which are of two kinds: attributes of majesty, such as omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence; and attributes of sweetness, such as beauty, bliss and mercy. Thus Brahman is transcendent yet immanent, all-powerful yet all-merciful, all-pervading yet abiding within the heart of man, ruler yet helper. God’s supreme might and majesty constitute no truer aspect of His nature than His infinite love and sweetness. The nature and attributes of Brahman being thus determined, the next question is: What is the proof of the existence of such a Being or Brahman? The answer is that Scripture alone is the proof of Brahman. Hence Brahman is described in the Vedānta as one which can be known through Scripture. The entire Scripture, though apparently concerned with a variety of topics, really depicts Brahman and Brahman alone. Brahman cannot be known either through ordinary perception or through inference. No senses can perceive Brahman; no inference can prove it, as inference is based on the similarity between things, e.g. when we argue: All men are mortal. Ram is man. Ram is mortal, Ram is taken to be similar to all other men, and that is why we can conclude that he too, like them, is mortal. But Brahman is unique and incomparable—so no inference is possible with regard to it. Nimbārka frankly admits the limited capacity of ordinary human reason. Ordinary human beings, like ourselves, can infer or reason about ordinary, mundane and empirical objects only. But what is extra-mundane and transcendent is beyond the scope of reason. It is here that Scripture becomes our sole guide. But what is Scripture? It is nothing but the product of the sustained thinking and mature reflection, superb inspiration and profound realization of saints and prophets. To them, to those extraordinary minds, minds that are wiser and purer than our own, nothing is a sealed book, and even transcendental truths are known directly through intuition or super-developed power of reasoning. Thus Nimbārka does not deny that God can be known directly. He only draws a distinction between ordinary and extraordinary individuals. In the former case, of course, the reasoning faculty, being immature and imperfect, naturally fails to grasp God; as such, individuals have to rely on the Scripture, which, as pointed out above, is but the record of the elevated thinking and direct realization of wiser and maturer minds. In the latter case, however, the reasoning faculty having attained its full development and culminating point has the intuitive power to realize God directly; and so here God can surely be known by reason or its super-developed form, intuition. Hence it will be totally wrong to accuse Nimbārka, and for the matter of that, other Indian philosophers, of dogmatism—of a blind uncritical faith in authority or revelation alone. In the first place, the Indian philosophers are frank enough to recognize different grades of human reason—its undeveloped and super-developed forms. In ordinary life also, we have to admit this: what is intelligible to a father is not so to his son, and the son has to learn it through reliance on the father; what is simple and easy to a scientist is not so to a layman, and the latter has to gain scientific knowledge only through the help of the former. In the same manner, without the help of the sages who themselves directly realized the truth, ordinary individuals can never hope to learn of God. In the second place, even in the case of ordinary men, the Indian philosophers insist on the need of manana or reflection and logical reasoning, after śravaṇa or acquisition of philosophical truth from Scripture. After that, there should be nididhyāsana, constant meditation for direct realization of that truth, first acquired, on trust, from Scripture and then logically tested. Conscious and Non-Conscious Reality The second reality, cit the sentient or the soul, according to Nimbārka, -is consciousness in essence and a conscious knower, a doer of deeds, and an enjoyer of the fruits thereof. Against the Advaita doctrine of the soul's unity and universality, Nimbārka propounds the doctrine of the plurality and atomicity of souls. According to him, the infinite number of infinitely small souls are identical neither with one another nor with Brahman. Even the freed souls retain their individuality or separateness, and are not merged into God. Thus according to Nimbārka, salvation does not imply any annihilation of the personality of the soul; on the contrary, it means the full development of its real nature and attributes. When the soul acquires such a state of supreme self-development, it acquires the nature and attributes of God and is similar to Him. Such a state of salvation is attainable only after death, and not here and now, as held by the Advaitins. As regards the way to salvation, Nimbārka points to the straight and narrow path of virtue which alone, according to him, can lead us to our cherished goal. Nimbārka speaks of five sādhanas or spiritual means, i.e. work (karma), knowledge (jñāna), devotion and meditation (bhakti and upāsanā), self-surrender to God (prapatti), and self-surrender to guru or spiritual preceptor (gurūpasatti). Works by themselves do not lead to salvation, but when performed in an unselfish spirit, they purify the mind and help the rise of knowledge and devotion in it. Of these five sādhanas, the first three are meant for those who are confident of reaching the goal through their own efforts by hard study, deep meditation and ceaseless activity. But the last two are specially meant for those who are too timid to place any reliance on their own efforts, but must constantly be led and helped by someone, God or guru, to whom they completely resign and dedicate themselves. The third reality, a-cit, the non-sentient, according to Nimbārka, is of three kinds: 1. prākṛta or what is derived from prakṛti, the primal matter, the stuff of the world; 2. a-prākṛta or what is not derived from prakṛti, but from a non-material yet a non-sentient substance, the stuff of the world of Brahman; and 3. kāla or time. Bhedābheda – Difference and Non-Difference with Brahman The above is a very brief account of the fundamental tenets of the Vedānta system of Nimbārka. There are five main Schools of the Vedānta, i.e. 1. Śankara’s “Kevalādvaita-vāda” or strict Monism, 2. Rāmānuja’s "Viśiṣṭādvaita-vāda" or qualified Monism, 3. Nimbārka’s “Dvaitādvaita-vāda’' or Dualism-Monism, 4. Madhva's “Dvaita-vāda'' or Dualism, and 5. Vallabha's “Śuddhā dvaita-vāda" or pure Monism. The main question here is as to the relation between Unity and plurality, God and world: Whether there is a relation of absolute non-difference(abheda) or absolute difference(bheda) or both(Bhedābheda) between them. Briefly, according to Śankara, Brahman alone is true, the world is false, so that the latter is absolutely non- different from the former. According to Rāmānuja, the world is real like Brahman, and both non-different and different from it, but here the stress is more on non-difference. According to Nimbārka, too, the world is real and both non-different and different from Brahman, but here stress is equally on both non-difference and difference. According to Madhva, the world is absolutely different from Brahman. According to Vallabha, the world is real and non-different from Brahman. The system of Nimbārka is very similar to that of Rāmānuja. Still, it has been given a separate place and ranked as one of the five main Schools of the Vedānta because of its new approach to the fundamental philosophical problem of the relation between the One and many, God and the world. Nimbārka insists on taking both bheda or difference and a-bheda or non-difference between the two to be equally and simultaneously true. This may sound self-contradictory. But Nimbārka’s brief yet entirely logical explanations dispel the doubt. He takes his stand on the cause-effect or whole-part relation: The cause-effect relation is neither a relation of pure identity, nor that of bare difference, but one of identity-in-difference. Thus the effect is different from the cause because it has a peculiar nature and many peculiar functions of its own. The clay-jar, the effect, for example, has a peculiar nature and form as a jar, and special functions, like fetching water, etc., not found in the lump of clay, the cause as such. Again, the effect is also non-different from the cause because it being a modification of the cause is nothing but the cause. The clay-jar, for example, is non-different from the lump of clay, for it is, after all, nothing but clay and depends on it for its very origin and existence. The cause, on its side, is different from the effect because it is not fully exhausted in it but something over and above. The lump of clay, for example, is different from the clay-jar, because it is not only the jar but a hundred other things, like clay plates, etc. Still, the cause is non-different from the effect because it is the effect, so far as it goes, and permeates it through and through. The lump of clay, for example, is non-different from the clay-jar because, after all, both are equally clay. Thus, the cause-effect or whole-part relation is one of identity-in-difference. In the same manner, the universe of souls and matter is different from Brahman, as its attributes (i.e. impurity, grossness, finitude, etc.) and activities (i.e. selfish works, etc.) are quite different from the attributes (i.e. purity, omnipresence, etc.) and activities (i.e. creation, etc.) of Brahman. But the universe is also non-different from Brahman because they, as modifications of Brahman, are Brahman in essence. Again, Brahman is different from the universe because it is but one among its infinite powers and elements, and Brahman as a whole is not exhausted in a single world. Brahman is no less non-different from the world because it permeates the world through and through as its cause. Thus, according to Nimbārka, bheda or difference means: 1. difference in attributes and activities from the standpoint of the effect; 2. transcendence over the effect from the standpoint of the cause. A-bheda or non-difference means: 1. non-difference of essence, from the standpoint of the effect; 2. immanence in the effect, from the standpoint of the cause. If we understand difference and non-difference in this sense of transcendence and immanence, no contradiction will be involved in taking both of them to be equally real, natural and compatible. Here, non-difference does not mean absolute identity like the complete merging of a drop of water into the ocean; it simply implies sameness of essence and the immanence of Brahman in the world. And difference does not mean absolute separateness or distinction, like that between a man and a table, but it only implies the difference of forms, attributes and activities, and the transcendence of Brahman over the world. This is Nimbārka’s famous Svābhāvika-bhedā, bheda-vāda or Doctrine of Natural Difference and Non-difference between God and the universe. Thus from the philosophical standpoint, Nimbārka can well claim to have contributed something new to the history of philosophical speculation as regards the vexed question of the relation between the One and the many. In some other respects, too, Nimbārka’s solutions regarding the fundamental problems of philosophy are really praiseworthy, especially his doctrine of “power” (śakti-vāda) which enables him to unravel many a knotty and seemingly insoluble problem of philosophy. From the standpoint of religion, too, Nimbārka’s contributions are no less noteworthy. What he repeatedly emphasizes is the essential need of a sweet, personal, intimate relation of love and comradeship between God and man. Reverence for and awe at the grandeur and majesty of God constitute only the beginning of religion. But religion must of necessity consummate itself in a closer and sweeter personal relation of voluntary submission in place of external compulsion and coercion, of love and trust in place of fear and mere blind obedience. Although one may at first be overwhelmed by the grandeur and majesty of the Lord, yet one cannot remain at a distance from Him for long, but is irresistibly drawn nearer by a bond of mutual love and living fellowship. Thus Nimbārka, the first Vaiṣṇava philosopher to emphasize mādhuryya-pradhāna bhakti or devotion springing from love at God's infinite sweetness, in place of aiśvarya-pradhāna bhakti or devotion due to reverence at His incomparable greatness as emphasized by Rāmānuja and Madhva. From the ethical standpoint, Nimbārka emphasizes not empty external ritualism but the inner cultivation of the spirit—the acquirement of the ethical virtues of self-control, simplicity, purity and the rest. According to Nimbārka, one need not give up the life of a householder to become free. It is the spirit in which one performs one’s duties that counts. If a man performs the duties incumbent on his stage of life in a disinterested spirit, he is sure to reach his cherished goal of salvation whether he be an ascetic or a householder. Thus the Vedānta doctrine of Nimbārka is indeed a valuable contribution to the history of thought from the philosophical, religious and ethical standpoints. The most noteworthy feature of Nimbārka’s system is its spirit of compromise and adjustment. Perfectly equipoised and tranquil in his deep and comprehensive insight into the many-sided nature of Reality and into the multifarious impulses, inclinations and capacities of mankind, Nimbārka is ever eager to avoid the extremes and work out a happy synthesis between the conflicting claims of rivals and opposites. That is why, in the sphere of philosophy, he tries to reconcile difference (bheda) with non-difference (a-bheda) or plurality with unity, by taking both to be equally real and compatible. In the sphere of religion, again, he strikes a happy balance between the rigid intellectualism of Advaita- vāda which denies a personal relation between God and man— and the impetuous emotionalism of later Vaiṣṇavism which over-emphasizes such a relation—by giving a proper place to both reason and feeling, but not over-emphasizing one at the expense of the other. In the ethical sphere, no less, he manifests the same well-balanced judgment, the same commendable spirit of adjustment and broad-mindedness by providing for the manifold inclinations and capacities of the various types of human beings—scholars or workers, ascetics or householders, self- confident or timorous. It is this emphasis on the golden mean, this spirit of toleration and accommodation, this open-hearted generosity and catholicity that has made the doctrine of Nimbārka one of the popular philosophic-religious creeds in India. Plato (c. 428 – 348 BC) \| Dialogues \| Index Socrates \| Know thyself Pythagoras and Early Pythagoreanism Christian Non-Violence and Pacifism Philosophy \| Index Milesian School of Philosophy Milesian School Philosophy \| Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes \| Index Thales of Miletus \| Milesian school George Berkeley \| Philosophy & Biography \| Index Leo Tolstoy \| Works & Biography \| Index Leo Tolstoy \| Philosophic Views Thematic Fronts: 1. Sikh 2. Buddhism 3. Vedic & Hindu Scriptures 4. Religious Philosophy 5. Śrī Vaiṣṇavism 6. Guru 7. Hinduism 8. Christianity 9. Devi & Ramakrishna 10. Śaivism & Śiva Holy Humanity (C) 2013 Buddhism and Religions / Red Zambala	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405117
__label__wiki	0.569434	0.569434	2 Year Old Provision Welcome to our FS1 Page Welcome to our Year 1 Page Safety at School Parent/Carer Engagement Parent/Carer Views Sunshine Club Working with separated parents School Sports Partnership office@normanby.org.uk 01642 469529 Tina Hart "Enjoy , Believe , Achieve" Our Curriculum FS1 There are seven areas of learning and development. Three areas (prime areas) are crucial for igniting children’s learning, for building their capacity to learn and form relationships. The other four areas (specific areas) include essential skills and knowledge for children to participate successfully in society. Below are links to a PDF version of FS1 iBook. If you would like one of the iBooks downloaded onto an apple iPad please speak to a member of Foundation Stage. Foundation Stage 1 iBook For younger children in Foundation Stage further details of our School Curriculum can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/early-years-foundation-stage Personal, Social and Emotional Making Relationships Self-confidence and self-awareness Managing feelings and behaviours Children develop a positive sense of themselves and others. They make good relationships and develop respect for others. They learn how to manage their feelings and to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities. Listening and Attention Children are given opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations. Health and Self-care Children are given opportunities to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. They are helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food. Children link sounds and letters and begin to read and write. They are given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest. Shapes, space & measure Children are provided with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures. Children are guided to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment. Exploring and using media and materials Being Imaginative Children explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. Opportunities are provided for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, dance, movement, role play, and design and technology. "Nothing within teaching gives me greater pleasure than when a child exceeds their targets - seeing the pride in their face and setting the next challenge with them is extremely fulfilling. Within school, I look after 'Normanby University' which provides children with the opportunity to extend their learning outside of the school day." Mr Drage, Year 6 "It's brilliant to see the children develop the confidence and skills needed for their next journey on to Secondary School." Mrs Brallisford If you asked me what makes me proud about working in Year Six, I would say - the satisfaction of seeing how much confidence they have by the time we reach SATs ; going on and seeing how much they enjoy our specially designed 'Island ' residential with them in Summer term and the end of year show where I get to pretend to be a director!" Mrs Pentney, Year 6 "Year Six is my second home! I enjoy the challenge of teaching our children in their last year of Primary School and making it their most memorable. Mrs Brallisford, Year 6 "Working in Year 6 is a real privilege. I feel very lucky to be able to help the children leave Normanby Primary School having achieved their full potential and ready to start secondary school." “Learning about World War 2 was great. We found out what it was like to be an evacuee and even had a World War 2 Christmas party where we flipped the kipper and rolled the potato!” Year 6 Pupil “Our teachers get us ready for Secondary School” “All the children take care of each other here. Words cannot describe how good this school is!” “Normanby Primary School is great – we have the best teachers in the world. One of our fantastic P.E. coaches was even a professional footballer!" “Year 6 is truly unique and fabulous – we use amazing technology like iPads to help us learn at home and in school” “I got a sticker because I came in all by myself and that makes me happy!” FS2 Pupil “I always want to be here; we build bat caves and learn letters and sounds.” “I’m happy because I can play with my friends.” “It’s good because we have nice food and fresh water and some people in poor places don’t.” “I like it because it’s fun. We read a book and grow plants and flowers.” “I like my teachers; they play with me and learn me numbers.” “It’s the bestest place because we get to learn every day!” “I’ve got my teachers. They’re nice and help me to learn.” “You get to play every day… and build; I like building!” “We go to Rainbow Room to learn to read letters” “I love working with our children in FS2! Seeing them excited to learn and succeed at new challenges is an experience I feel lucky to be part of every single day!” Miss Clayton, FS2 “I enjoy having lots of fun with the children and staff in our Foundation Stage environment and visiting places like Build-a-Bear and Normanby. It’s fantastic to see how much the children grow in confidence and independence and are ready to start Y1” Mrs May, FS2 "At the fire station we got to sit in the fire engine and we learnt lots of things." "I liked going to Grangetown Fire Station and learning about keeping safe. It was funny watching the fireman go down the pole." 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__label__cc	0.516148	0.483852	Home » Drugs and antibiotics » FDA approves antibiotic, Zerbaxa: Fourth new antibacterial drug approved this year FDA approves antibiotic, Zerbaxa: Fourth new antibacterial drug approved this year The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zerbaxa (ceftolozane/tazobactam), a new antibacterial drug product, to treat adults with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI). Image/CDC Zerbaxa is a combination product containing ceftolozane, a cephalosporin antibacterial drug, and tazobactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor. Zerbaxa is used to treat cUTI, including kidney infection (pyelonephritis). It is used in combination with metronidazole to treat cIAI. Zerbaxa is the fourth new antibacterial drug approved by the FDA this year. The agency approved Dalvance (dalbavancin) in May, Sivextro (tedizolid) in June and Orbactiv (oritavancin) in August. “The FDA approval of several new antibacterial drugs this year demonstrates the agency’s commitment to increasing the availability of treatment options for patients and physicians,” said Edward Cox, M.D., M.P.H, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “We must continue to help foster the development of new antibacterial drugs and encourage prudent use of existing treatments to conserve their utility.” Zerbaxa is the fourth new antibacterial drug product designated as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) to receive FDA approval. Under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) title of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act, Zerbaxa was granted QIDP designation because it is an antibacterial or antifungal human drug intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection. As part of its QIDP designation, Zerbaxa was given priority review, which provides an expedited review of the drug’s application. The QIDP designation also qualifies Zerbaxa for an additional five years of marketing exclusivity to be added to certain exclusivity periods already provided by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Zerbaxa’s efficacy to treat cIAI in combination with metronidazole was established in a clinical trial with a total of 979 adults. Participants were randomly assigned to receive Zerbaxa plus metronidazole or meropenem, an FDA-approved antibacterial drug. Results showed Zerbaxa plus metronidazole was effective for the treatment of cIAI. The efficacy of Zerbaxa to treat cUTI was established in a clinical trial where 1,068 adults were randomly assigned to receive Zerbaxa or levofloxacin, an antibacterial drug approved by the FDA to treat cUTI. Zerbaxa demonstrated it was effective in treating cUTI. The Zerbaxa label includes a warning about decreased efficacy seen in patients with renal impairment. The most common side effects identified in the clinical trials were nausea, diarrhea, headache and fever (pyrexia). Zerbaxa and Sivextro are marketed by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Dalvance is marketed by Chicago-based Durata Therapeutics, and Orbactiv is marketed by Parsippany, New Jersey-based The Medicines Company.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405123
__label__cc	0.518204	0.481796	Sobre Histórico Submissão Sumário Vol.32 Número 1 / 2019 Acesso aberto Revisado por pares Relato de Caso Evaluation of Response Rate to Resynchronization Therapy: the Super-Responder Avaliaçao da Taxa de Resposta à Terapia de Ressincronizaçao: o Super-Respondedor Izaias Marques de Sa1,*; Jose Carlos Pachón Mateos1; Juan Carlos Pachón Mateos1; Remy Nelson Albornoz Vargas1 DOI: 10.24207/jac.v32i1.441_PT Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) emerged as a therapeutic modality for patients with cardiac insufficiency (CI) refractory to pharmacological treatment. Over the last 20 years, several clinical studies have sought to establish their benefits in different populations. The review of the results of these studies has shown that in patients with advanced CI (functional class (FC) I, II, III and IV of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) CRT produces consistent improvements in quality of life, FC and exercise capacity, as well as reducing hospitalizations and mortality rates. Up to 70% of patients submitted to CRT evolve as responders. The criteria adopted in the evaluation of the CRT response rate will be elucidated in this article, in which the main objective is to highlight the concept of the CRT super-responder. Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Respondent; Super-responders. A terapia de ressincronizaçao cardíaca (TRC) surgiu como modalidade terapêutica para pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca (IC) refratária ao tratamento farmacológico. Ao longo dos últimos 20 anos, vários estudos clínicos buscaram estabelecer seus benefícios em diferentes populaçoes. A revisao dos resultados desses estudos demonstrou que em pacientes com IC avançada [classes funcionais (CFs) I, II, III e IV da New York Heart Association (NYHA)] a TRC produz melhorias consistentes para a qualidade de vida, CF e capacidade de exercício, além de reduzir as hospitalizaçoes e a taxa de mortalidade. Até 70% dos pacientes submetidos à TRC evoluem como respondedores. Os critérios adotados na avaliaçao da taxa de resposta à TRC serao elucidados neste artigo, no qual o objetivo maior é ressaltar o conceito do super-respondedor à TRC. Palavras-chave: Terapia de ressincronizaçao cardíaca; Respondedor; Super-repondedores. Citation: Sa Junior IM, Mateos JCP, Mateos JCP, Vargas RNA. Evaluation of Response Rate to Resynchronization Therapy: the Super-Responder. Arq Bras Cardiol 32(1):43. doi:10.24207/jac.v32i1.441_PT Received: Outubro 24 2016; Accepted: Julho 07 2017 Cardiac insufficiency (CI) represents a major public health problem worldwide. In Europe and the United States, it represents an important cause of hospitalization in patients aged 65 and over1,2. This disease has a great social, economic and, above all, human impact, since it imposes important physical limitations on patients, resulting in early retirements, with high governmental costs3. Despite advances in available pharmacological therapies, they do not fully meet the needs of patients with heart failure4. Non-pharmacological therapies, such as mechanical left ventricular assist devices and cardiac transplantation, are reserved for a small group of patients with CI5,6. In addition to these, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators appeared as a good option for patients with CI refractory to drug treatment4-7. The pathophysiological basis of CRT is the presence of dyssynchrony associated with conduction disturbance. With the implantation of electrodes in the right atrium (RA), left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV) and adequate device programming, atrioventricular and ventricle-ventricular resynchronization would be achieved and expected patient improvement. CRT is indicated in patients with CI with conduction disorder, mainly with left bundle branch block morphology (LBBB), functional classes (FC) II, III, IV NYHA, and optimized clinical treatment8,9. The CRT response rate historically approaches 70% of cases. With improved patient selection, ie QRS duration> 150 ms and LBBB morphology10, absence of fibrosis by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the posterolateral region11, as well as total fibrosis load <20%12, improvement of the surgical technique, adequate programming of the device, a recent and considerable increase in the response rate to CRT was observed. The following is the case of a patient considered to be a CRT super-responder. We will also discuss the important variables in the selection of these patients, as well as the criteria to be considered super-responders. MJS, 72 years old, born in the state of Paraíba, a patient with CI since 2010, without other comorbidities. Admitted in a tertiary hospital in 2015 for optimization and investigation of CI etiology. In this period, FC III, doses of carvedilol, enalapril, and furosemide were optimized. The patient had a significant improvement in FC, now FC II. All the necessary exams were done to elucidate the etiology of CI (Chagas, echocardiogram, MRI of the heart, myocardial scintigraphy), and, as definitive diagnosis, idiopathic CI. Because he was an LBBB patient and still symptomatic despite clinical treatment, he was referred to the pacemaker team to decide on CRT. Based on the current evidence, we opted for the implantation of the cardiac resynchronizer, performed 12/13/2015. Five essential steps for success in using CRT as a treatment modality were defined. They were followed strictly. According to the current evidence, HF with ejection fraction <35% and LBBB with QRS duration> 150 ms may be one of the only indications considered to be FC IA de CRT8,9. In the present case, those criteria were satisfied. Surgical technique The cardiac dyssynchrony generated by LBBB has the slowest and most delayed region on the conduction in the posterolateral wall of the LV13. This should be the implant site of the LV electrode. The cardiac vein of choice should be the one that is directed to the posterolateral region of the LV (Fig. 1). In addition, performing an MRI of the pre-implanted heart discards the presence of fibrosis in this region, thus avoiding possible stimulation in a non-viable region11. In the present case, all such care was observed. Figure 1. Coronary sinus anatomy. X-ray and comparison of electroencephalograms (ECGs) (<one month postoperatively) The correct position of the electrodes, especially the LV coronary sinus electrode, can be verified in the posterolateral region (Fig. 2). In the case of a dislocation, it should be surgically resubmitted for repositioning. In the present case, the LV electrode was stable in the postoperative period. Figure 2. Electrodeposition LV posterolateral wall. In addition, a considerable reduction in pre and post-implant QRS duration provides good prospects regarding the chances of responding to CRT (Fig. 3). In the present case, there was an 18.75% reduction in QRS duration. Figure 3. (a) Pre-ECG and (b) post-implantation ECG. Proper Resynchronizer Programming Biventricular pacing should be confirmed (> 90% capture by telemetry, ideally 100%)14 (Fig. 4), as well as the stimulation thresholds. Special attention is given to other factors that reduce the CRT response, such as the presence of atrial fibrillation and frequent ventricular extrasystoles and others associated with worsening of the quality of life, namely phrenic stimulation (absent in the case reported). Figure 4. 100% LV capture. It is suggested that the atrioventricular interval (AVI) be adjusted around 120 ms15 (Fig. 5). The programming of the pacing interval between the ventricles (VV) should be the one in which the lowest QRS is produced in biventricular pacing on the 12-lead ECG, in general, VV interval programmed between 0 ms or -30 ms LV> RV 5). In the present case, these concepts were adopted. Figure 5. IAV 120MS and VV-30MS. Evaluation of the CRT response rate Finally, it will be assessed whether our patient actually responded to CRT. According to the main studies, six months would be enough time to have this answer. By means of clinical (FC), echocardiographic criteria [ventricular function (VF), end-systolic volume (ESV)] and others we can conclude about this. In the present case, after evaluation, it was concluded that it is a super-responder. From the echocardiographic data, the VF of 28% was 55% (normalization), the ESV from 173 to 79 mL, a reduction of 54.4%, reaching LV reverse remodeling. Finally, FC II was for NYHA FC I, remaining practically asymptomatic. Concept of super-responder to CRT Patients without structural heart disease and with LBBB when compared to those without structural heart disease and without LBBB present, on average, 7% less of the VF, considering both within the range of normality16. In about three years, approximately 16% of patients with normal heart and LBBB may develop with CI17. This condition will be defined as a primary electrical cardiopathy18-20. When we work on the cause of heart disease in question, we generally have the best rates of response to treatment. It is believed that these patients are the ones with the highest CRT response rate - the super-responders. It is clear that many other patients, with the most diverse etiologies of CI, can progress with LBBB and benefit from CRT, but it is believed that response rates are more modest. Although there was no consensus regarding the best criterion to be considered in the evaluation of CRT response rate, clinical parameters with improvement of at least one of the FC NYHA, 10 to 15% increase in the six-minute walk test, elevation of 10 to 15% of peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) in ergospirometry, improvement of the Minnesota life questionnaire, and echocardiographic findings, such as improvement of LVEF> 5% and reduction of ESV greater than 10 to 15%, are the most used. Other criteria, such as improved blood pressure and natriuretic peptide reduction, may also be considered. Likewise, because there is no consensus in the medical literature regarding the concept of the super-responder, some of the main echocardiographic criteria used in the large studies on the subject are listed in Table 1. Table 1. Parameters and cut-off points used in the superresponder definition. Ventricular Function19 > 50% and functional recovery Ventricular Function20 > 2x the baseline function or > 45%and > 1 Functional Class NYHA End-Systolic Volume21 Reduction > 30% End-Dyastolic Volume21 Reduction > 20% Ventricular Function21 Increase > 10% Volume Sistólico Final22 Reduction > 30% Ventricular Function23 > 50%, reduction End-Systolic Volume> 25% and > 1 Functional class NYHA An increasing selection of CRT candidates, correct surgical technique, adequate device programming, and regular follow-up have all contributed to the increased CRT response rate. In this context, the super-responder concept stands out. 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__label__cc	0.739205	0.260795	MPV Principles This past week I've been working on the MPV Statement of Principles. It's pretty much done. Here's a sneak peek. 1) We accept as Muslim anyone who identifies as such. The veracity and integrity of that claim is between the individual and God, not a matter for the state, nor an issue which other individuals can or should judge. 2) We affirm the equal worth of all human beings, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, creed, sexual orientation, or ability. We are committed to work towards societies that ensure equality of social, political, educational, and economic opportunity for all. 3) We believe that freedom of conscience is not only essential to all human societies but integral to the Qur’anic view of humanity. As such, we resist the legislation of morality and endorse the separation of religion and state in all matters of public policy. We believe that secular government is the only way to achieve the Islamic ideal of freedom from compulsion in matters of faith. 4) We support freedom of expression and freedom of dissent, even when that expression may be offensive and that dissent may be blasphemous. In particular, we believe that concepts of patriotism, orthodoxy, or loyalty to one’s faith group must not be used to silence dissenting voices in the political, artistic, or religious spheres. 5) We support women's agency and self-determination in every aspect of their lives. We believe women’s full participation in society at every level and equality among genders is enshrined in the Quran. 6) We endorse the human rights, civil rights and civil liberties of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-sexual individuals. 7) We affirm that justice and compassion should be the guiding principles for all aspects of human conduct. We repudiate militarism and violence, whether on an individual, organizational, or national level; we support efforts for universal health care, universal public education, the protection of our environment, and the eradication of poverty around the world. 8) We call for critical inquiry and dynamic engagement with Islamic scripture, traditional jurisprudence, and current Muslim discourses. We promote interpretations and rulings that reflect basic Qur’anic principles of tolerance, inclusivity, mercy, compassion, and fairness. 9) We recognize the danger of religious extremism in all faith groups. We view the politicization of religion and the intrusion of religion into politics as twin threats to civil society and humane civilization. We will resist the intrusion of religion into politics and the exploitation of religion for political ends. 10) We affirm the diversity of inspirations that motivate people to embrace a commitment to justice and compassion, including a profound faith rooted in religious traditions, ethical imperatives developed throughout the centuries, and secular and humanist values shared by many Muslims today. As such, we will to engage with and contribute to other philosophical and spiritual traditions and progressive movements in pursuit of the aforementioned goals and principles. ¶ 11:55 PM Sounds like a philosophical approach that could, dare I say should, be used by all religions and governments. Good work! # posted by Anonymous : 11:34 AM Name: Pamela K Taylor Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Progressive Muslim, feminist, mom, writer, mystic, lover of the universe and Doug Schmidt, cellist, theologian and imam. 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__label__wiki	0.906501	0.906501	Egypt's President is no Sissi To settle this debate among editors at Western news outlets I looked at the website for the Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C. This on the theory that the embassy should know how their own President's name and honorific form of address (Al vs. El) are spelled: President, Abdel Fattah El Sisi Granted, his full name is Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El Sisi (Wikipedia) but there you have it. The President is no Sissi. He's Sisi. And the proper form of address is "President Sisi." Calling him President El Sisi would be like adressing Barack Obama as President Mr Obama. Thank you. Good night, Chet. The Nation report on Bangkok Bombings provides information other news sources haven't Kudos to The Nation, a Thai news site that from the looks of it covers regional as well as Thai issues. I've highlighted passages in the following report that contain information about the police investigation I hadn't learned about from other news sources. But before The Nation report, I want to mention a big and important discrepancy in reports filed today by Thai news site Khaosod English and The Washington Post. From KE (Soldiers, Police Sweep Southern Home of Thai Bombing Suspect, last updated 18:24:00 GMT): At around 2pm today soldiers and policemen arrived at Wanna’s family home [in Phang Nga province] and conducted a search of the property for any suspicious material. No illegal items were found in the search, police said. Her family members told police she has not been back home for three months. According to a reporter on the scene in Phang Nga, a police officer told one of the relatives to use the Line chat application to contact Wanna and ask where she was, at which point Wanna allegedly replied that she is in Turkey. From WP (Thai police seek 2 new suspects in Bangkok bombing probe, timestamped 6:25pm EDT, which is considerably later than the KE report's publication): Police Maj. Gen. Chalit Keawyarat said the woman’s relatives told police that she had been away for more than three months and that they thought she was in Turkey because her husband is Turkish. “The relatives are trying to contact her so that she could prove her innocence to the police. The relatives believe she is not involved,” Chalit said. I saw the Khaosod English report early this morning (EDT), so maybe The Washington Post reporter(s) -- not credited in the report -- would want to do a little more checking before running with a story from a foreign country. I think there's always a home team advantage but just because of this, American reporters and their editors need to pay very close attention to the local reports berfore filing their own. As to whether the Post's version might actually be the correct one, there was most definitely a local reporter on the scene. Here is a photograph that Khaosod English obtained of police and military investigators chatting with Wanna's family members: Wanted woman 'in Turkey' September 1, 2015 - 1:00am [local time] Thai woman flew out of Phuket in July; bomb materials found in flat she rented, police say; relative claims she will return to deny any role in blasts THE hunt for those behind the Erawan Shrine bombing two weeks ago has narrowed, with arrest warrants issued for two more suspects - one of them a Thai woman from the South. However, police have been unable to clearly pinpoint the motive for Bangkok's worst bomb attack. They have come up with the theory that the culprits may have been human smugglers angered by the government's crackdown on the illegal trade, a source familiar with the ongoing investigation said yesterday. Previously, possible suspects included political rivals, organised criminal gangs, Islamic militants, southern insurgents and sympathisers of Uighur refugees. Four arrest warrants have so far been issued in connection with the two blasts - the male shrine bomber seen wearing a yellow shirt and a man in a blue shirt who dropped an explosive device at Sathorn pier. That device exploded the day after the shrine attack but no one was injured. Meanwhile, police investigators have found footage from closed-circuit TV cameras near Hua Lamphong Railway Station that shows the shrine bomber receiving a backpack similar to one used in the bombing from a man in a white shirt, another police source said. Min Buri Provincial Court yesterday granted a police request to issue arrest warrants for Phang Nga resident Wanna Suansan, 26, who is also known by the Muslim name Maisaloh, and a man of an unspecified nationality. Police said Wanna rented an apartment in Min Buri in eastern Bangkok for the man. A sketch of the unidentified man, who looks to be a foreigner, was issued along with the arrest warrant. The wanted woman left Thailand on July 1 from Phuket airport for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, according to a police source. Video footage showed her with a man who looks like the man in the police sketch. However, there is no immigration record of him leaving Thailand. A search of Wanna's rented room found gunpowder, urea fertiliser and other bomb-making materials, Royal Thai Police spokesman Lt-General Prawut Thavornsiri said. Police searched her house in Phang Nga yesterday afternoon. A relative of Wanna at the house said she was in Turkey, the country of her husband. The relative said Wanna had insisted she was not involved with the blasts and would come back soon to turn herself in to police. [See excerpts from a CNN report, below] But Prawut said: "We are confident that these two people are in the same group of people responsible for the blasts at the Ratchaprasong intersection and the Sathon pier." He said more arrest warrants would be issued soon but declined elaborate. The foreigner of unknown nationality arrested on Saturday at an apartment in Nong Chok is still denying involvement in the blasts, a source said. However, substances found on his clothes were similar to what was used in the bombs. Police will conduct a DNA test in a bid to confirm his link with the blasts, the source added. The man, who held a fake Turkish passport, is being detained at the 11th Military Circle in Bangkok's Dusit district, where security has been increased. No media are allowed to take photographs or do video recordings at the agency. Prawut dismissed a report that police were detaining four Palestinians in connection with the investigation. But he could not confirm or deny they were being detained by the military. The spokesman said police were conducting searches in many locations but declined to discuss the operation in detail. He urged owners of apartment buildings with foreign tenants to prepare copies of CCTV recordings of the tenants for police examination. National police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang met Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House yesterday to report on progress in the investigation. The PM told reporters afterwards that the mass media should avoid making wild speculation about the case or they could further complicate the probe. In the government's newsletter for September 1 (today), General Prayut wrote: "I and all the Cabinet members promise that we will do the best of our ability to prevent such an incident from happening again. And we will find all the perpetrators to be punished in accordance with the law." From CNN report today updated 3:55pm EDT: Wanna herself has denied any involvement, according to the police official. She admitted renting an apartment room in Bangkok, though she claimed she gave it up almost a year ago. The 26-year-old said that she's in Turkey with her baby and husband, who is Turkish, according to Saharat. The police colonel added that he believed Wanna would willingly come back to Thailand and answer authorities questions "if the government would help her come home." Despite her denials, Saharat said Thai police still consider Wanna a suspect. Police images of suspects Wanna Suansan and unidentified man who may be her husband Egypt gets lucky with "massive" gasfield find off its coast It will take an estimated 5 years for the gasfield to come online -- although with President Sisi at the helm, it could take 2. He is absolutely incredible, almost a force of nature. Anyway, this is great news for the Egyptians. Massive Gas Find Promises to Ease Egypt's Fuel Crisis CAIRO — Aug 31, 2015, 4:42 PM ET By BRIAN ROHAN Associated Press via ABC News The discovery of a huge gas field off Egypt's coast promises to ease a long-running fuel crisis and boost the economy after years of unrest, but it will take years to develop and won't bring Gulf-style riches to the Arab world's most populous country, experts said Monday. The new "supergiant" offshore Zohr field, revealed a day earlier by Italy's Eni SpA and billed as the "largest-ever" found in the Mediterranean Sea, could alleviate Egypt's need for gas imports in the coming years, when a booming population will lead to a spike in domestic demand. The latest discovery — potentially 30 trillion cubic feet of gas — represents about half of Egypt's current needs, and would add to its current 65 trillion cubic feet, cut its trade deficit and bring in tax revenue when it comes online in some five years, said Angus Blair of investment advisory firm Signet. "It's a very useful positive economic factor in Egypt," he said. "Obviously it will help President (Abdel-Fattah) el-Sissi and the government, but to look at it very practically, and economically, it has just come at a very good time." Plenty more in the report. Bangkok bombings: Police release images of 2 people sought; 2 arrest warrants issued UPDATED UPDATE 10:00am EDT From CNN report today, updated 8:19am EDT: Wanna Suansan [see below] originally from Phang Nga, a province in southern Thailand, [police spokesman] Prawut told CNN. She is the only suspect Thai authorities have identified by name to date, but her mother has told police that she left Thailand two months ago "to stay with her husband in Turkey," Col. Saharat Saksilapachai said. "Arrest warrants were issued this afternoon for 26-year-old Wanna Suansan, a Thai national; and an unidentified foreign man, a police sketch of which is at right. Images: Royal Thai Police" The photo of Wanna is taken from a national identification card. The two images and following report were published at Khaosod English. Before featuring an excerpt from the report I want to mention that in an earlier post, which I've since corrected, I wrote that the forged passports found by police in the arrested suspect's apartment were blank. Some of them were blank, according to the police spokesperson. However, one report mentioned that the Thai police were trying to track down the people who are named/ photographed on the passports. This means at least some of the 200+ passports were filled in. Bangkok Bombing: Warrants Out for Thai Woman, Foreign Man 31 August 2015, last updated at 13:13:00 GMT Khaosod English BANGKOK — Arrest warrants for a Thai woman and a foreign national suspected of involvement in the bomb attacks earlier this month were issued this afternoon following a second raid conducted in the capital’s Min Buri district. Following the arrest of a foreign man in Bangkok’s eastern suburbs and a second raid elsewhere turned up a large quantity of bomb-making materials, a court this afternoon issued fresh warrants for two more people suspected of involvement in the 17 Aug. Erawan Shrine bombing. “We would like to ask owners of apartments, dorms or rental houses that have foreign residents whose appearances match these descriptions to immediately contact security officers, because these individuals may have materials that could be dangerous to the buildings and other residents,” Lt. Gen Prawuth Thawornsiri, police spokesman, said this afternoon in a televised address. One warrant is for 26-year-old Wanna Suansan, a Thai woman said to have rented out a Min Buri room raided Saturday night, where authorities said they found bomb-making materials. The other suspect is an unnamed man whose nationality has not been confirmed. In a photograph of what authorities said is Wanna’s national ID card, she is shown wearing hijab. The other suspect is an unnamed man whose nationality has not been confirmed, Prawuth said. Forty soldiers and police officers converged on a Min Buri apartment building where they believe Wanna was staying. They discovered illegal materials including two bags of fertilizer, gunpowder, bolts, remote-controlled toys, electric bulbs and digital watches, according to Prawuth. The building is located in a Muslim enclave near a mosque and shops selling hijab and halal food. According to Police Col. Susak Parakmakul, a senior officer with the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, previous arrests were made in the same district two years ago of suspected bomb makers. He declined to conclude whether the fertilizer and gunpowder found in Saturday’s raid was related to Erawan Shrine bombing. “We have to wait for the forensic police to investigate the evidence in details to determine whether these [evidence] are related to the bomb incident at Ratchaprasong intersection,” Susak said yesterday. Bangkok bombings: Police hunt for Thai woman believed to keep safe house for suspects UPDATED 5:15=am EDT Police have released a photo of the woman and a sketch of another suspect, an unnamed foreigner, and issued arrest warrants for them. See this report at Khaosod English. The following report includes a helpful review of the police investigation up to this point. See the Bangkok Post website for links to related reports and photographs. Also see the Bankgok Post's August 30 report by Terry Fredrickson Police arrest Erawan bomb suspect (Updated Sunday) for a lengthy discussion about the breaking of the case. By the way events are revealing that the Thai police, who've been the brunt of jokes and complaints about their investigation of the bombing and muddled statements to the press, have been quietly inching their way through a textbook example of thorough police work. From various news reports, I think they've been getting a lot of help in recent days from American intel analysts and hi-tech surveillance equipment, Interpol, and possibly the British MI6, in a case that by now clearly has a big international component. But gathering and interpreting clues from a complex crime always comes down to old-fashioned slog work..... Thai woman sought for bomb attacks August 31, 2015 - 3:47 [local time] The Bangkok Post Police believe a Thai woman kept a second safe house for the bombers to assemble explosives Authorities are hunting for a Thai woman after materials believed to be used for bomb-making were seized from her room at an apartment in Min Buri district. She was believed to know the perpetrators thought to be behind the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier bombings, according to police sources. The group was thought to be planning more attacks. The woman is identified as "Misaloh", and rented room No.9106.at Maimuna Garden Home, an apartment in Bangkok's Min Buri district. On Saturday night, a combined police and military force searched the room and confiscated several items which can be used to make bombs. Found in the room include urea-based fertiliser, six 12x7cm bottles of flash powder, black and blue electrical wiring, four wristwatches, a table clock, a pack of bolts, decorative tree lights, an empty box for a walkie-talkie, a radio-controlled toy vehicle and a rucksack containing books. Police seized the items for examination. The search was based on information gleaned from the foreigner suspect detained on Saturday in a raid at the Pool Anant apartment in Nong Chok district, where authorities seized bulk supplies of materials for making bombs, sources said. The suspect is now being detained at the 11th Army Circle in Bangkok. Following the Saturday night search, a team of 40 police and military officers went back Sunday to to Maimuna Garden Home and searched the entire apartment again. A welding tool was found in one room and seized for examination. Deputy national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said police were deployed to five areas to track down more suspects. He declined to disclose the locations. Police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said Sunday a network of foreign nationals is thought to be behind the Erawan shrine blast. Pol Lt Gen Prawut said significant quantities of bomb-making materials including detonator cords and fuses seized from the suspect's room during Saturday's raid point to the possibility the suspect and his accomplices had several more targets in mind. "There were large quantities of bomb-making materials including 10 detonator cords," said Pol Lt Gen Prawut, also assistant police chief. The evidence has been sent for forensic examination and the findings will confirm if they are linked to the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier explosions, he said. The police spokesman said the detained suspect, who cannot speak Thai, has so far denied any involvement in the Erawan shrine bombing, he said, adding authorities cannot confirm his identity or nationality. "He gave a certain amount of cooperation, saying where he travelled from. But we don't believe everything he said. So far he has made no confession," he said. Investigators are not ruling out any motives at this stage and it is too early to conclude what role the suspect played in the attacks. It is believed many other people, some of whom are likely to be Thai nationals, are involved, said Pol Lt Gen Prawut. He did not give a number. One of the possible motives is the blasts [was] an act of personal revenge after police recently cracked down on foreign criminals including those running fake passport syndicates. It is possible the suspect is involved in a syndicate that makes counterfeit passports for nationals who entered Thailand on the quiet and wanted to travel to a third country, he said. More than 200 fake passports were seized from the suspect's room, which lends weight to this theory, he said. Police investigators have [also] confirmed the two attacks [Erawan shrine and Sathon pier on August 17] are linked based on the type of the explosive devices used. Bangkok bombings: Thai police find bomb materials in second apartment UPDATED 2X UPDATE 5:20am EDT Police have released a photo of the Thai woman and a sketch of another suspect, an unnamed foreigner, and issued arrest warrants for them. See this report at Khaosod English. The Bangkok Post's August 31 report on the discovery of the second apartment (Thai woman sought for bomb attacks) is far more informative than the AP one shown below (home team advantage), but while I've featured the entire text of the BP report in the next post, I'm leaving this post up for the record. Events have been moving fast since there was a break in the case on August 29 with the arrest of a suspect in the bombing case; his apartment was loaded with bomb-making material. The Latest: Thai police find bomb-making materials in raid of 2nd apartment The Associated Press via Fox News [which forgot to add a time stamp thanks guys!] BANGKOK – (AP) The latest on the investigation in the Bangkok shrine bombing (all times local): 10:30am [Monday August 31] Thai police probing Bangkok's deadly bombing say they have discovered bomb-making materials during a raid of a second apartment on the outskirts of the capital. National police chief Prawuth Thavornsiri said Monday that police found fertilizer, gun powder, digital clocks and remote-controlled cars whose parts can be used for detonation, among other items, during a raid over the weekend at an apartment in Bangkok's Min Buri district. Prawuth said "these are bomb-making materials" and added that police are looking to issue three or four arrest warrants but declined to give more details. Min Buri is near the neighborhood where police on Saturday arrested an unnamed foreigner and seized a trove of bomb-making equipment that included detonators and ball bearings. Prawuth said Saturday the man's nationality is still not known. He said "we are very certain he's part of the network" that carried out the Aug. 17 bombing at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine that left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured. Erawan Shrine Bombing: Thai police believe nabbed suspect part of people-smuggling gang This could be the explanation for the large number of forged passports found in the suspect's apartment. The forgeries are so crummy that this is one reason police have tentatively ruled out that the suspect is part of an international terrorist organization. Thailand bombing suspect 'part of people-smuggling gang' Deutsche Welle with combined reports from Associated Press, Reuters, dpa The foreign suspect reportedly refused to answer any questions or provide details about whether he played a role in the bomb attack that killed 20 people and left scores wounded, Thai officials said Sunday. Police spokesman Prawuth Thawornsiri also said the detained suspect may have been part of a people-smuggling ring helping illegal migrants obtain forged documents. The spokesman added it was possible the attack was in retaliation for a recent Thai crackdown on the trade in the region. "They (the gang) are unsatisfied with police arresting illegal entrants," he told Channel 3 in an interview. "The interrogation is not making progress because the suspect is not really giving useful information," army chief General Udomdej Sitabutr told AFP. "We have to conduct further interrogations and make him better understand so he will be more cooperative - while we have to be careful not to violate the suspect's rights," he added. The 28-year-old foreigner was arrested on Saturday at a flat in Nong Jok on Bangkok's eastern outskirts. Police allegedly found bomb-making materials as well as a stack of fake passports at the property. Police spokesman Prawuth said the materials were similar to those used in the bomb that went off at the Erawan Shrine in the heart of the Thai capital on August 17. He added, however, that the detained man may only be linked to the attack, not the bomber himself. Identity unknown The suspect, whose identity is yet to be verified, is being held at an army base north of Bangkok on charges of possessing illegal explosives. Local reports suggested he could be from Turkey, but the Turkish embassy has denied the claim. Following the blast, images were circulated of a yellow-shirted individual who was captured on camera leaving a bag at the scene of the explosion. It's not clear whether the man arrested Saturday is the same man in the video footage. Thai police on Sunday were monitoring about 1,000 mobile phone numbers and checking photographs used in some 200 seized passports to track down other people who may have been involved in orchestrating the strike. Who's responsible? No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which mainly killed tourists from across Asia. But local officials and experts have put forward a number of potential perpetrators and motives. Some experts have suggested southern ethnic Malay insurgents, opponents of the military government, and sympathizers of Uighur Muslims may be behind the bombing. Thailand forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighur refugees to China last month, prompting an international outcry. [Pundita note: From all my readings on Thailand, I don't give weight to the Uighur and Malay theories.] Nature is not a human rights advocate The headline for an August 29 report at CBS News San Francisco reads, Lost Hiker With 2 Broken Legs Survives 9 Days Crawling In Wilderness That hiker is a 62 year old woman. I had a broken leg once, in my 20s, which couldn't be treated right away. The pain was so awful that after a couple hours I was pleading for someone, anyone, to kill me. I do remember making the plea but I also remember that I was almost out of my mind from delirium. That must have been the case with the hiker; at some point she must have experienced delirium from the pain. Yet she had the presence of mind to decide that there was no way she would survive a long search for her unless she got to a water source. So she starting crawling She crawled until she found a creek. The decision -- and the whistle she carried -- saved her life because the search was slowed by a forest fire that broke out in the area. So while she went 9 days without food, she had potable water. Now why would a 62 year-old go hiking in the wilderness? Of course the question sounds silly to a nature lover, but I'm not one. My idea of trekking through the wilds is driving through Rock Creek Park here in Washington, DC. And I'm never comfortable until the car is out of the woods. The road through the park is a heavily traveled vehicular thoroughfare yet my view is that one never knows what can happen in the wilds. But from a nature lover's viewpoint, she was in good health and she wasn't alone; she was part of a hiking group but somehow got separated from the group, then sustained a bone-breaking fall that prevented her from returning to the group's base camp. However, the scariest part of the story is the words uttered by the man who headed up the search: “When you’re nine days into it, you’re really starting to wonder if the dividends are going to pay off for you and then have such a success story is utterly amazing,” CHP Chief Jim Abrams. “It just tickles us all to death that we have good news at the end of nine days because that is rather amazing survival for that length of time.” Yes. At some point mathematics has to take over a search for the missing. But there is a place math can't go, and one must always strive to mentally reside in that place. Miyuki Harwood, Survivor YouStink gives government 72 hours to meet their demands: Latest on Lebanon crisis Aug. 30, 2015 \| 10:35 AM (Last Updated: August 30, 2015 \| 11:04 AM) [times are local] 19 arrested in Beirut protest: 'You Stink' campaign The Daily Star (Lebanon) BEIRUT: The civil society group 'You Stink' said 19 people were arrested by police in Downtown Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square late Saturday night. You Stink said on its official Facebook page the detainees were from various Lebanese regions who represent different political groups. The Internal Security Forces had acknowledged making “several arrests” after protesters succeeded shortly before midnight in crossing the first barbed wire fence erected in front of the government headquarters known as the Grand Serail in Downtown Beirut. The massive rally organized by You Stink Saturday was mostly peaceful until a group of young men began to throw bottles and set off firecrackers near the Serail around 8:30 p.m. after organizers had said protesters were free to go home. They set trash on fire next to the barbed wire and pulled it down in an attempt to get closer to the Serail. You Stink, which distanced itself from any protesters clashing with security forces, had vowed to escalate its campaign next week if the state failed to meet the group’s demands within 72 hours. "On Tuesday our demonstrations will not only be held in Beirut but in different areas across Lebanon," a You Stink member told thousands of demonstrators who flooded into Martyrs' Square in Downtown Beirut Saturday to join the anti-corruption rally. "Our battle is long and will continue until the executive and legislative authorities return to citizens... and the election of a new head state... but we will be victorious," she added, reading from a statement. You Stink Sunday warned political leaders that “your hour has come” in a new hashtag added to their current one: “we will carry on.” Thousands of citizens waving the Lebanese flag and holding banners to denounce corruption and the politicians' failure to manage the state converged Saturday on Martyrs' Square in Downtown Beirut. Protesters shouted slogans against politicians and denounced Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk as well as Environment Minister Nouhad Machnouk for failing to deal with a protracted trash crisis that saw garbage spilling out of dumpsters in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The campaign has demanded that authorities transfer the responsibility for waste management to the municipalities and follow through with Thursday's Cabinet decision to hand over owed funds to them. In an updated post on Facebook, You Stink said that while they believe in the need to elect a president as soon as possible, it also sees that the main priority is for the election of a new Parliament that would represent the people so that a Lebanon's new president would not be elected by an illegitimate legislative body. This man is 90 years old? What's his secret? Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends the protest rally in Kuala Lumpur August 29, 2015 The photo is at Asia Times to accompany its posting of an August 29 Reuters report, Pressure mounts on Malaysian PM as protests spill into second day. The man could be in his 60s, but Reuters says he's 90. Lemme visit Wikipedia just to make sure. [taptaptaptap] Yuppers, he's 90; born July 10, 1925. Wow. That is the most well-preserved 90 year old I've ever seen. He seems to be a perfectly awful man in some respects, from my glance at the Wiki article, but I still want to know what he eats and what face cream he uses. And the name of his plastic surgeon, if he has one. I wonder if those are his own teeth, too. The Reuters photo is not a fluke, from a 2007 photo of him at Wikipedia: And here's another photo of him at the rally yesterday. Somehow I don't think he brought a makeup artist with him. He doesn't seem to be in a wheelchair. As to whether he's using a cane -- the rally photos don't show, but clearly he could stand without one in his early 80s. Look at that posture in the 2007 photo. And it seems he was standing for quite some time at the Saturday rally. Well, his surprise attendance at the rally did not make the ethnic Malays happy, at least according to The Malaysian Insider, which posted the above photo. But from what I read at Wiki Dr Mahathir has always been highly controversial. Clearly he's thrived on it. He is a medical doctor. Maybe he concocted a special nostrum. All right, Pundita, let's let it go. Now I wonder if he's ever had a sick day in his life. Pundita! For the moment Bangkok Post has the most authoritative report on captured Bangkok bombings suspect UPDATED 4:25am EDT UPDATE 4:25am EDT August 30 From a BBC report, 3:55am EDT Aug 30: Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said the man "is a culprit in the same network" as those behind the blast. 'Personal feud' But national police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang downplayed any suggestion that the suspect was connected to terrorism. "He is a foreigner, but it's unlikely he is an international terrorist. It's a personal feud," Mr Somyot told a televised news conference. "He got angry on behalf of his friends and family members," he added without elaborating. Police arrest Erawan bomb suspect (Updated Sunday). http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/673540/police-arrest-erawan-bomb-suspect I'm not going to bother to quote the extensive report, which conflicts with other news sources in various details including how the police nabbed the suspect. But this does look like the most informative and authoritative report to be published so far. A Reuters report filed at 12:07 EDT August 30 adds a few details that can be thrown onto the pile of data bits. Captured suspect in Bangkok bombings NOT the suspect in police sketch OR shown in CCTV footage UPDATED 2X UPDATE 2:00 AM EDT August 30 For the moment Bangkok Post has the most authoritative report on the captured Bangkok bombings suspect: "However, he is not the man in a yellow T-shirt and dark-framed glasses who was identified from surveillance video as the chief suspect in the bombing, Prawut said. "The man we have is not the man in the sketch, but we believe he is part of the network which carried out the two bomb incidents," he said." Well. That explains why the captured suspect looks nothing like the police sketch OR the person in the CCTV footage. More from the CNN report: "Prawut initially said the suspect arrested Saturday was a Turkish national. But he subsequently told CNN: "At first we thought he is Turkish. But we just found out two Turkish passports he is holding are all fake. "We also found many empty fake passports, also various kinds of evidences." Prawut said investigators hunting for clues had "also found the same type of ball bearings in this man's apartment." [that were packed into the bombs] High ranking police officers, forensic experts and army personnel were all seen outside the building shortly after news of the arrest broke. The apartment is in the Nong Jok suburb, an area known to house a large Muslim community." The Sydney Morning Herald contains the following information in addition to its backgrounder on the Grey Wolves, who are now suspected of possible involvement with the Bangkok bombings (Bangkok bombing: Who are the Turkish terrorist group the Grey Wolves?): Thai police have been searching for Turkish nationals who arrived in Thailand in the 15 days before a blast tore through foreign tourists and Thais at the Erawan shrine on August 17, killing 20 people and injuring more than 120 others in an unprecedented attack. But their breakthrough in the investigation came when residents of a predominantly Muslim district of Bangkok on Saturday reported to police the suspicious activities of a non-Thai speaking man renting five rooms in a seedy, four-storey apartment block. After more than 100 police surrounded the building they found a man believed to 28 years old in a room with a stack of false passports and bomb making equipment similar to that used in the shrine bombing, including ball bearings, pipes and fuses. The bearded man with short cropped hair has been charged with possession of bomb making material and is being held in a Thai military base pending further investigation. Anthony Davis, a respected Bangkok-based security analyst with IHS-Jane's, said last week the Grey Wolves were likely to be behind the bombing because they had both motive and capability, although he did not rule out other possibilities. "They are violent and operate below the radar," he said. Mr Davis also said the group had "latched onto in a big way" Uighur Muslims in western China who claim they have suffered years of persecution from Beijing. Thailand infuriated the Uighur movement in July when the country deported to China 109 Uighur men who had been separated from their wives and children. Ethnic-Chinese tourists appear to have been targets of the shrine bombers. Mr Davis described the Bangkok attack as potentially the nightmare that has worried security agencies, a link-up between terrorism and organized crime. " The Grey Wolves as the report explains, are strongly linked to organized crime. Tony Cartalucci is probably still very suspicious of the Grey Wolves theory, which he lambasted when it was first published, on Aug 25 (BREAKING: Jane's Analyst Implicates NATO Terror Group in Bangkok Blast), along with the Forbes magazine report on the Grey Wolves theory. From Tony's analysis it does seem there are a few holes in the Grey Wolves theory, and in particular this: The [Erawan shrine] bombing also follows a February double bombing just down the street in the popular Siam shopping district - both incidents involving nearly identical bombs and using identical means to put them in place before they detonated. Forbes' attempt to portray the "Grey Wolves" as being behind the blasts in Bangkok include several obvious omissions. First, the Siam bombings in February occurred months before the alleged slight the "Grey Wolves" supposedly attacked Bangkok for last week. Uyghurs Thailand detained were extradited to China in July, months after the Siam blasts. Forbes and the "experts" they cite never so much as mention the Siam bombings. But we'll just have to wait and see. Monsanto hits on a clever plan to kill off the human race "This is not theoretical. A lack of genetic diversity in Irish potatoes in the 1800s, for example, likely exacerbated the potato famine that killed an estimated one in eight Irish. "More recently, the widespread corn blight in the US in 1970, estimated to have reduced yields by 20%-25% across the country, is largely attributed to the fact that approximately 85%-90% of the corn grown in the US at that time had a gene that made the corn easier to breed, but also — unbeknownst to farmers—made it susceptible to a fungus that until then had been considered a minor disease." I always knew Monsanto's heart was in the right place; by gum they're gonna save the planet from the human scourge if it's the last thing they do -- and it looks as if it will be the last thing. And there are still people who refuse to believe we're descended from monkeys. But no, no, it's not from monkeying around in the lab although there's plenty of that disscussed in the report. You have to read past the passages about the designer broccoli to get to the really interesting part. It's the Monsanto business model that is on track to put the human race out of commission. However, the most annoying aspect of the apocalypse is that there will be nobody left alive to launch a class action law suit against Monsanto. Well, a big thanks to Deena Shankar for the report although in this case forewarned won't stop Monsanto. Monsanto’s super-broccoli shouldn’t scare you, but its plans for global vegetable domination might by Deena Shankar By helping farmers multiply their yields of corn and soy—and restricting the kind of business they could do with its competitors—Monsanto turned itself into a grain superpower. Doing the same in vegetables will not only give the company even greater economic and political clout but could also limit genetic diversity and global food security. Monsanto likes to downplay its size. “We sometimes get a lot more credit for being bigger than we are,” Fraley said, drawing comparisons to market dominators like Apple in technology or Coca-Cola and Pepsi in soft drinks. “We’re probably way less than 10% of the global seed market.” Other estimates say Monsanto’s share of that market is about one quarter or as much as one third (paywall). Whatever the size of its share, though, Monsanto’s increasing influence in that market is undeniable. A 2009 investigation by the Associated Press said the “world’s biggest seed developer” was “squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops.” It found Monsanto’s patented genetics were in 95% of the US’s soybean crops and 80% of its corn. (Monsanto told Quartz that “competition is extremely robust in the seed industry” and that it “must work to earn a farmer’s business each and every year.”) The company tamped down its anticompetitive practices once attorneys general in states like Iowa and Texas started investigating them in 2007 (with the US Department of Justice following their lead in 2009), as Lina Khan of the New America Foundation wrote for Salon in 2013. But, Khan told Quartz, “the damage is already done.” As its recent SEC filing explains, the framework for Monsanto’s sales is now set. Much as it did with commodity crops, the company says its plans for vegetables are to “continue to pursue strategic acquisitions in our seed businesses… expand our germplasm library, and strengthen our global breeding programs.” Thanks to the “multiple-channel sales approach” it has used for corn and soybeans, it says, it has a built-in advantage in this market. “This is an industry that used to be very competitive,” Philip Howard, who does research on the food industry at Michigan State University, told Quartz. “In the 70s there were thousands of seed companies,” he said, but now, as his chart on the Seed Industry Structure shows, a few large companies own nearly all of the small ones. [See Quartz website for chart.] Control through IP One way that Monsanto has exerted and benefited from its increasingly consolidated control is through intellectual property. When Monsanto patents a seed, the Associated Press showed, it gets a say in nearly everything a farmer wants to do with it. Monsanto contracts, for example, “effectively lock out competitors” from adding their own patented traits to any crops with Monsanto’s genes, which for corn and soy in the US, is nearly all of them. “What gives me pause about [Beneforté] coming from Monsanto is their approach to intellectual property,” said Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at Oregon State University. “I’m an old-school breeder and what I see is that when people start using patents and business models like this to tie up the germplasm, it prevents the overall progress in a particular field.” Fraley, unsurprisingly, disagrees with Myers’ assessment, arguing that Monsanto has actually helped progress. “We license our technology to well over 200 companies around the world,” Fraley said, referring to all of its technology, not just its vegetable seeds. “We have gone way out of our way to build a business based on open architecture and broad licensing.” But Monsanto does patent its vegetables and their traits, as it does for its genetically-modified soy and corn. (Licensing for vegetable seed technologies is actually available through an online portal.) And the company confirmed that at least some of those restrictions will be enforced with vegetables like Beneforté. “The Beneforté broccoli seed that growers plant is a special hybrid seed,” a Monsanto spokesperson told Quartz over email. “It is not standard practice for commercial vegetable farmers to save and replant seeds, especially not with hybrid seed.” Why genetic diversity matters “Most of the food for mankind comes from a small number of crops and the total number is decreasing steadily,” agronomist Jack Harlan wrote in his book Crops and Man in 1975. “More and more people will be fed by fewer and fewer crops.” Forty years later, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences quoted those lines and agreed: “The rate of movement toward homogeneity in food supply compositions globally continues with no indication of slowing.” This increasing homogeneity is often traced back to the Green Revolution, a period between the 1940s and 1960s when high-yielding varieties of grains —and other advents of modern agriculture like synthetic fertilizers and modern irrigation systems — completely changed the way food was grown. While it is often credited with saving a billion people from starvation, the Green Revolution also preceded a fall in diversity in crop production. (Other causes, like an increasingly globalized food system, are also thought to have contributed.) In 1991, the New York Times warned (paywall) that “the diverse varieties of traditional crops and wild plants they need to breed more productive new strains are in jeopardy.” By 2000, when the loss of genetic diversity was considered a given, the UN said the main reason for it was “the replacement of local varieties by improved or exotic varieties and species.” In 2005, the US Department of Agriculture published a report attributing the decline to several factors, including “the dominance of scientifically bred [crops] over farmer-developed varieties.” If Monsanto repeats the domination it has achieved in corn and soy with broccoli and other vegetables, restrictions on breeding and a loss of genetic diversity seem inevitable, even with Monsanto funding seed libraries and licensing its genetics. This might not sound like a major problem, but it could be one day. “Everybody in the country growing the same variety of broccoli because it’s the hot new thing may not be a good long-term plan,” said Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food and Water Watch, a non-profit organization that advocates for healthy food and clean water. Different varieties, she said, “might come in handy if the climate changes.” A 2010 UN report agrees with that assessment, as do other experts. “Less diversity in seeds makes us more vulnerable to drought and pests and any number of factors,” said Howard. Or, as Tony Sarsam, CEO of Ready Pac Produce, described agriculture: “God is very active in our business.” This is not theoretical. A lack of genetic diversity in Irish potatoes in the 1800s, for example, likely exacerbated the potato famine that killed an estimated one in eight Irish. More recently, the widespread corn blight in the US in 1970, estimated to have reduced yields by 20%-25% across the country, is largely attributed to the fact that approximately 85%-90% of the corn grown in the US at that time had a gene that made the corn easier to breed, but also —unbeknownst to farmers — made it susceptible to a fungus that until then had been considered a minor disease. Even without an act of God, diversity is important for the food industry. Bulk buyers rely on it to find the best varieties, depending on their needs. While one might be looking for the best apples for cutting, another might be looking for the longest lasting, while yet another wants the apple that is the sweetest. Reducing the available varieties of a kind of produce will necessarily limit how that produce can be sold. Monsanto doesn’t appear to be worried that Beneforté will cause the variety of broccoli seeds to dwindle. Its plant breeders “breed in natural resistance to certain pests and/or diseases” and the company “sells dozens of different broccoli products to meet the needs of different growing regions and consumer preferences around the world,” a Monsanto spokesperson said. “We are also one of many other vegetable seed companies that develop broccoli seeds. Farmers have many choices when it comes to the broccoli seeds they purchase and plant.” The spokesperson also pointed to Monsanto’s investment in gene banks, including one in Woodland, California that preserve “rare and extensive collection of vegetable seeds from around the world.” Beirut: You Stink campaign, Round 2. "If we stay home they will rule for another 25 years" "It is seen as the biggest protest movement in Lebanon's history organized independently of the sectarian parties that dominate politics." The YouStinkers lost Round 1 but they came roaring back for the second round. Thousands rally today in anti-government protest in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut Photo: REUTERS/JAMAL SAIDI Thousands rally in Beirut against political leaders, rot BY SYLVIA WESTALL in Beirut Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:37pm EDT Thousands of protesters waving Lebanese flags and chanting "revolution" took to the streets of Beirut on Saturday for an unprecedented mobilization against sectarian politicians they say are incompetent and corrupt. The "You Stink" protest campaign, ignited by a waste crisis, has widened to reflect anger at widely-perceived graft in the political class and the state's failure to provide basic services. It is seen as the biggest protest movement in Lebanon's history organized independently of the sectarian parties that dominate politics. "We need a revolution to free ourselves from these politicians," said Hani Abu Hamdan, a 23-year-old unemployed civil engineer. "We want power, we want water, we don't want rubbish in the streets. We want these politicians to get lost." Protesters mobilized after the government failed to agree on trash disposal, leaving piles of refuse stinking in the summer sun. Protesters say the crisis reflects the rot inside Lebanon's political system. Similar protests descended into violence last weekend and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign, a move that could tip the state struggling with political deadlock and spillover from Syria into deeper turmoil. Protesters, including families and people of all ages marched, played music and sang as they protested in areas around Martyrs' Square, the scene mass demonstrations in 2005 after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. By nightfall the area took on the atmosphere of a huge street party as soldiers watched the crowds from newly-erected barricades. "People want the downfall of the regime" chanted groups of marching protesters, employing the slogan of mass movements that shook the Arab world in 2011. Campaigners are calling for the environment minister to resign, for snap parliamentary elections and a resolution to the garbage crisis. They want better public services in a country with daily electricity cuts and summer water shortages. They are also frustrated with the parliament that has extended its own term until 2017. Lebanon has been without a president for more than a year and the last parliamentary polls took place in 2009. "YOU FAILED" One protester held aloft a sign showing pictures of leaders of six of the main Lebanese factions reading: "We will not elect you again, and all of you means all of you." Another sign read: "You failed in running the country, you failed in running worship, you succeeded at theft and corruption." The garbage crisis has exposed wider political deadlock in Lebanon, where sectarian and power rivalries have been intensified by the Syrian conflict next door, more than two decades after Lebanon's own civil war. Salah Noureddine, a Lebanese national who traveled from Britain to take part in the protest, said it was time to remove "the corrupted system we inherited after the civil war". "If we stay at home, they will rule for another 25 years or more," he said. Amnesty International said on Saturday Lebanon should investigate allegations that security personnel used excessive force to disperse protesters in Beirut last week, calling for restraint ahead of the new rally. Organizers blamed last weekend's violence on "infiltrators" linked to political movements. Security forces last week fired water cannon and tear gas at demonstrators, some of whom threw stones and sticks at riot police. Amnesty, quoting figures from the Red Cross, said at least 343 people were treated for injuries and 59 more were hospitalized last week. (Additional reporting by Tom Perry, Ali Abdallah and Ahmed Bayasli; Editing by Andrew Roche and Raissa Kasolowsky) Now is all this citizen foment leading anywhere? Well, yesterday Lebanon's Daily Star reported that the country's PM had asked his Turkish counterpart for help in resolving the garbage crisis. So Turkey is sending some of their technocrats to Beirut to ponder the situation and make recommendations. Now for a recap of Round 1, which I wrote on August 27: Residents cover their noses as they walk past garbage piled up along a street in Beirut, Lebanon August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir A reporter for the Daily Beast wrote a few days ago that the garbage had been cleaned up in Beirut. Maybe briefly and in some parts of the city but anyhow it's baaaaaaack. So I don't know what happened to the new contract the government signed with a company to clean up the garbage although the problem would remain the same no matter which company was hired: where to put the garbage once it's collected. I just know this is a great photoshopped picture: Translation courtesy of the Beeb: "The tweet reads 'This is what planes will look like at the Rubbish International Airport #YouStink'" The rest, I'm afraid, is terribly unclear to me and I'm not sure it's terribly clear to the Lebanese, either. This on account of they don't want to deal with the fact that they have a fundamental problem if they want a functioning government. So even without the control that Iran's military exerts over the government, they can't get there from here. The BBC spelled it out in an August 19 analysis by Carine Torbey, filing for BBC Arabic from Beirut (Lebanon wracked by political dysfunction): Lebanon's political system Political office in Lebanon is divided by a power-sharing agreement to ensure that the three major religious blocks - Shia, Sunni and Christian - are represented The National Pact of 1943 established this division, declaring that the president must be Christian, the prime minister Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shia Muslim The president is chosen by a two-thirds majority of parliament, or 85 of the legislature's 128 members Several attempts in parliament have failed to agree on a consensus president, some of them because of a boycott by MPs It's even more convoluted than she explains in her crash course. From a Wall Street Journal report filed late this afternoon from Beirut by Matt Bradley and Dana Ballout (Anger Over Garbage in Lebanon Blossoms into Demands for Reform): Even on the best of days, Lebanon’s government, made up of seven main political parties grouped in two opposing blocs, barely operates. The country hasn’t had a president for more than a year. Legislative elections haven’t been held since 2009. Parliament is rarely able to achieve a quorum to conduct business, yet has renewed its mandate until 2017 on what many Lebanese say are dubious legal grounds. The current government paralysis is partly the result of a political system constructed by quota. Each cabinet position and parliamentary seat is distributed among Lebanon’s 18 officially recognized religions and sects, including Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Maronite Christians, Greek Orthodox Christians and followers of the ancient Druse faith. “You have 18 different dictators, represented by the sectarian community,” Ms. Nassar said. “It’s by nature dysfunctional.” As Torbey goes on to explain, the above means a vicious cycle is always in effect -- one that WSJ report makes very clear the Lebanese have been willing to live with up to this point because they've seen the only alternative to be civil war. It's just that the garbage crisis has made it impossible for Beiruters to improvise their way through the worst, as they've done with the city's water and electricity shortages. Thus, a grassroots protest, a genuine grassroots protest by all accounts, which cuts across all the religious and political divides and is united under the banner of the "You Stink" campaign. The problem is that just because this is a non-sectarian protest led by the city's 'liberals' in the Western sense; i.e., people more concerned with good government than divvying up a political - religious pie, its influence is feared by the hyperpartisans -- and thus, feared by the elites and probably also by the external players (e.g., Iran) who've found the country's perennial political deadlocks to be useful. The upshot: YouStink's massive peaceful street protest last weekend was co-opted by violent renta-mobs, hired by whom -- the finger pointing is still going on. And I wouldn't automatically assume the guilty party was Hezbollah. But there's no doubt about the government's response to the violence: Workers unload concrete barriers to increase security, a day after protests against the government turned into violent clashes with police, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 24, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR Spray-can artistes fought back by decorating the blast walls installed at Riad al-Solh Square to contain protesters. (Photo: The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban). But it was a defeat, or at least a setback for the grassroots campaign. They called off another planned large-scale protest, although a few hundred congregated on Monday to commemorate those wounded in the weekend protests: Hundreds return to Downtown Beirut after weekend violenceThe Daily Star (Lebanon) BEIRUT: Several hundred people gathered in downtown Beirut Monday in honor of those wounded during weekend clashes with security forces and to demand authorities be held accountable for police violence. But the gathering was not a protest officially called on by the You Stink group, which organized Saturday and Sunday's evening rallies at Riad al-Solh Square. Rather, the citizens who gathered in the square Monday appeared to have gone on their own initiatives, and it was unclear if the rioters who stirred violence at Sunday's rally would attempt to return. You Stink wrote on its Facebook page that its supporters would gather at Riad al-Solh at 7:30 for a candlelight vigil, but the gathering did not resemble the massive protests that descended into violence over the weekend in which they demanded the government's resignation. "We do not want to topple the government, nor are we calling for parliamentary elections. We just want electricity, water and to live in a clean environment," one man told Al-Manar TV from the protest square, in a dramatic shift of demands heard the previous two nights. Another man had his head wrapped in a bandage, telling reporters that he was wounded during Sunday's protest. He said his injury did not deter him from returning. "As much as they try to scare us, they [will fail]," said another man. A couple hundred people from a group that called itself "Demanding Accountability" marched from the Justice Palace to Riad al-Solh. A woman from the group told MTV that their march was organized to hold accountable those who were involved in the attacks that took place over the weekend. The activists said they would march silently and light candles to support the wounded protesters. The movement also demanded the release of all detained demonstrators. They also urged citizens to attend a separate protest Tuesday at Riad al-Solh Square at 6 p.m. Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters at Riad al-Solh Saturday. Protesters, angered by the police response, turned out in force again Sunday, in a largely peaceful protest that moved itself to Martyr's Square after some elements within the crowd began provoking police. A smaller group, denounced by You Stink, remained in Riad al-Solh Sunday evening, hurling stones at security forces, setting fire and damaging property. What now? Unclear. The government has won round one, whether or not it was the culprit in the mustering of renta-mobs. Round two is supposed to unfold this weekend in a large protest, although how the organizers plan to keep away the renta-mobs, I don't know. A guess would be that they get help from Hezbollah, which while very busy these days fighting in Syria for their Iranian paymasters is good at organizing and overseeing street protests, and from Daily Star report is supporting the YouStink campaigners, although whether this was the case earlier I don't know. I also want to mention a passage from the Wall Street Journal report that caused me to raise an eyebrow: The latest crisis began in July after residents near a large landfill south of Beirut, worried about possible environmental hazards, blocked garbage trucks from unloading trash. Unable to locate an alternate dump site, authorities allowed trash to accumulate on Beirut’s streets. That is not my understanding of what happened; I thought the landfill had been filled up, and that this was the reason the collectors tossed the garbage into the streets. But I'll have to look into the situation further when I scrape together the time. I should also mention that the consensus from people the WSJ reporters interviewed is that at most the YouStink campaign it will bring about some reforms but not enough to repair the system: But even as Lebanese complain about their sectarian system, the country’s political establishment hews to it, said Firas Maksad, a Lebanese political analyst and founder of the Washington-based consultancy Global Policy Associates. Even widely popular secular movements such as the “You Stink” campaign are unlikely to persuade voters to support candidates outside their own sect, Mr. Maksad said. “I actually think that Lebanon’s archaic sectarian system is deep in patronage and corrupt, but it’s also an accurate reflection of Lebanese society,” he said. “I think the Lebanese with the garbage crisis are being forced to face their own rotten reality.” Veteran activist Gilbert Doumit said he still plans to attend “You Stink” protests, though he said he is heartbroken by decades of failed overhaul efforts. “I don’t have high hopes anymore for such movements,” he said. “I literally failed in every movement that I’ve been involved in. One of the symptoms of the political environment we’re living in now is my failure, and the failure of the people of my generation.” We'll just have to wait and see how Round 2 goes. But this August 27 report from Reuters, also filed late in the afternoon, doesn't bode well for real change. Lebanon's Hezbollah, Christian allies boycott government meeting The Lebanese group Hezbollah and allied Christian politicians will boycott a cabinet meeting on Thursday, deepening a political crisis that has paralyzed Prime Minister Tammam Salam's national unity government. Media run by Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) of Christian politician Michel Aoun, the Shi'ite group's main Christian ally, reported that Salam had been informed of the decision, but did not immediately give a reason for it. Ministers from Hezbollah and Aoun's FPM walked out of a cabinet session on Tuesday. They are in dispute with other members of the government over issues including decrees passed without their approval. The political conflict has obstructed efforts to find a solution to a crisis over waste disposal that has fueled public anger and triggered anti-government protests that brought thousands of people into the streets at the weekend. The Salam government, formed last year, groups parties at opposite ends of the Lebanese political spectrum, including the Future Movement led by Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri, and Christian rivals to Aoun. With the presidency vacant for more than a year, the Salam government has spared Lebanon a vacuum in the executive arm. But it has struggled to take even the most basic decisions. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Toby Chopra and Dominic Evans) The Nation report on Bangkok Bombings provides inf... Egypt gets lucky with "massive" gasfield find off ... Bangkok bombings: Police release images of 2 peopl... Bangkok bombings: Police hunt for Thai woman belie... Bangkok bombings: Thai police find bomb materials ... 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__label__cc	0.55141	0.44859	Back To Latest NewsPure Gold Begins Definitive Feasibility Study on Madsen Gold Project December 11, 2017 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Pure Gold Mining Inc. (PGM – TSX-V) (“Pure Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) on its 100% owned Madsen Gold Project (“Madsen”) with the objective of making a positive production decision by Q4 2018. The DFS, based on a mineral resource supported by approximately 1.1 million metres of diamond drilling with an overall average drill spacing of 6.3 metres in high grade zones, will determine the optimum mine plan, underground mining methods and mining rate, while leveraging the existing mine infrastructure and 36 years of continuous past production history. Concurrent with the DFS, exploration drilling will continue to be focused on delineating near surface mining shapes and delivering new zones to expand the overall mineral resource along the Madsen Mine trend. In addition, project financing discussions will be initiated with select lenders. The Company’s recent Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) outlines a very low capital intensity project and the modest capital hurdle and high margins of Madsen set it apart from any other near term producer in the gold space today. Expected to refine the PEA assumptions the DFS is a key milestone in the Company’s goal of rapidly advancing the Madsen Gold Project to become Ontario’s next gold mine. Key Development and Exploration Program Plan Highlights complete a definitive feasibility study to provide an economic assessment of the Madsen Gold Project, including mine, process, and infrastructure design, putting the project firmly on the path to a production decision in the shortest timeline possible; complete rehabilitation of Two Level from the Madsen ramp and drive an exploration drift to allow for infill drilling of initial stope shapes; 5,000 metres of resource definition drilling from the Madsen ramp and new exploration drift, designed to infill and confirm upper portions of the current mineral resource; advance the ramp approximately 300 metres to provide access to new mineralization; drift along the mineralized structure, with both lateral and vertical development designed to demonstrate continuity; an underground chip sampling program to improve geologic understanding and demonstrate continuity and thickness of mineralized zones; extraction of a 7,200 tonne bulk sample to validate the resource model, provide material for metallurgical testwork, and provide pre-production mineralized inventory; 28,000 metres of exploration drilling from surface with the goal of identifying and extending new zones of gold mineralization close to existing mine infrastructure, including up-dip of the 8 Zone and down dip of Russet South; continue baseline environmental work and file all necessary applications to modernize mine permits; and release an initial mineral resource estimate for Madsen’s satellite deposits in the fourth quarter of 2017. “With the recent completion of a significantly expanded mineral resource, and a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment outlining a robust 14-year underground mining operation with highly attractive economics, we are aggressively pressing ahead to advance Madsen towards production” stated Darin Labrenz, President and CEO of Pure Gold. “There remains today a scarcity of near-term, high grade, quality gold projects in friendly jurisdictions and Madsen is extremely well placed with existing infrastructure including a mill, tailings facility and underground development. Our calendar 2018 exploration and development plan will continue to de-risk the project and bring Madsen one step closer to becoming Ontario’s next gold mine.” 2018 Development and Exploration Program Given the positive results delivered in the recent PEA, Pure Gold has contracted and engaged JDS Energy and Mining Inc. (JDS) to lead and complete a Definitive Feasibility Study on the Madsen Gold Project. Project partners include Nordmin Engineering Ltd., Knight Piésold, and MineFill Services. The PEA (see news release September 14, 2017) outlined a robust 14-year underground mining operation, with base case parameters of US$1,275/oz and an exchange rate (C$ to US$) of 0.80: Pre-tax NPV5% and IRR of $365 million and 54% respectively with a 2.7 year payback of initial capital; After-tax NPV5% and IRR of $ 258 million and 47 % respectively with a 2.8 year payback of initial capital; Mine life of 14 years with a 12 month pre-production period; Life of mine (“LOM”) diluted head grade of 10.3 g/t gold; Average annual gold production in years 3 through 9 of approximately 75,500 ounces, with peak annual production of approximately 85,000 ounces; LOM direct operating cash cost(1) is estimated at US$595 per ounce of gold recovered; LOM operating cash cost(1) plus sustaining cost is estimated at US$714 per ounce of gold recovered; Pre-production capital cost estimated at $50.9 million which includes a 15% contingency; and LOM sustaining capital costs estimated at $134.7 million which includes a 5% contingency. (1) Cash cost includes mining cost, mine-level G&A, mill and refining cost The DFS commenced with a kick-off meeting at site in December 2017 and will begin with trade-off studies to better define project concepts as outlined in the PEA. Trade-off studies will aim to optimize the components of a mine plan, including the mining rate, mining methodology, and mine development options. The DFS, a key milestone in the development of a new mining operation at Madsen, will be based on an updated mineral resource estimate incorporating all diamond drilling completed since April 11, 2017 and is scheduled for completion in Q3 2018. To support the DFS initiatives and promote further resource expansion, Pure Gold is currently rehabilitating Two Level from the Madsen Ramp, and will drive a 50 metre exploration drift in the hanging wall of near surface gold mineralization to allow for infill definition drilling. This underground drilling will commence in January 2018 with approximately 5,000 metres of drilling to be conducted from the newly developed drift. Following the infill drilling, Pure Gold will drive the Madsen Ramp to Three Level and will develop along the mineralized structure of one of the near surface planned stopes. The development will allow for close spaced chip sampling to establish geologic and grade continuity and for validation of the current resource model. The development will include approximately 7,200 tonnes of mineralized material which will provide an opportunity for additional metallurgical testing and will be retained as pre-production mineral inventory. Recent drilling in the area of the proposed bulk sample includes3: 15.4 g/t gold over 4.0 metres from hole PGU-0024; 19.4 g/t gold over 9.8 metres from hole PGU-0028; and 13.7 g/t gold over 6.8 metres from hole PGU-0033. In addition to the underground drilling, the 2018 exploration program includes 28,000 metres of surface diamond focused on resource expansion and discovery. A key component of the surface drilling program will be to target the Russet South – 8 Zone corridor with the goal of expanding known mineralization up dip from the 8 Zone and down dip from Russet South, as well as testing the 1.6 kilometre gap between the two gold deposits. The 8 Zone, containing an indicated resource of 253,000 ounces at a grade of 20.8 g/t gold in 379,000 tonnes, and a further inferred resource of 74,000 ounces at 16.3 g/t gold in 142,000 tonnes, is a high grade component of the Madsen Mineral Resource and remains open for expansion. Russet South, located near surface, shares similar characteristics to the 8 Zone and is scheduled for a first-time mineral resource estimate in Q4 2017. Exploration at site is ongoing, with two rigs currently active on surface. A planned break will commence in mid-December with drilling from both surface and underground set to resume in mid-January. Pure Gold will also continue ongoing environmental baseline studies to support permitting activities and will file a new project definition for the Madsen Gold Project in early 2018. This Project Definition will outline the operational components of a new Madsen mining operation with a goal of modernizing existing permits for production. ABOUT MADSEN The Madsen Gold Project has historic production of 2.5 million ounces of gold and remains one of the highest-grade, undeveloped gold projects in the world.1 With an indicated resource of 1,648,000 ounces gold at 8.9 g/t gold (in 5.79 million tonnes) and an inferred resource of 178,000 ounces gold at 9.4 g/t gold (in 0.59 million tonnes), the Project benefits from existing infrastructure including a mill and tailings facility, paved highway access, and access to power, water and experienced labour.2 The initiation of a feasibility study in 2017 has put the Madsen Gold Project firmly on the path to becoming Ontario’s next gold mine. (1) Sourced from the Natural Resource Holdings Global Gold Mines & Deposit Ranking of 2013 (2) See the National Instrument 43-101 technical report entitled “Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Madsen Gold Project for Pure Gold Mining Inc., Red Lake, Ontario, Canada” with an effective date of September 14, 2017 for complete details, available on the Company’s website at www.puregoldmining.ca or Sedar profile at www.sedar.com. (3) See news releases dated September 26, 2017 and November 16, 2017. QA/QC and Core Sampling Protocols Drill core samples are bagged and sealed and submitted to SGS in Red Lake, Ontario for sample preparation by crushing to 75% less than 2mm, a riffle split of 1kg, and pulverization of the split to better than 85% passing 75 microns. Gold analysis is completed in the SGS Red Lake lab with a 30g fire assay and AAS finish (code GE-FAA313). Samples returning >5 g/t Au are re-assayed with a gravimetric finish (code GO-FAG303). Mineralized zones with visible gold are also analyzed by a 1kg screen fire assay with screening to 106 microns (code GO-FAS51K). Two 30g fire assays are conducted on the screen undersize and combined with an assay of the entire oversize fraction. Control samples (accredited standards and non-accredited blanks) were inserted on a regular basis. Results are assessed for accuracy, precision and contamination on an ongoing basis. Qualified Persons and 43-101 Disclosure Phil Smerchanski, P. Geo., Vice President, Exploration for the Company, is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same. ABOUT PURE GOLD Our mandate is pure and simple. To dream big. To colour outside the lines. To use smart science and creativity to unlock the next major discovery at the Madsen Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario. And become Canada’s next iconic gold company. Additional information about the Company and its activities may be found on the Company’s website at www.puregoldmining.ca and under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD "Darin Labrenz" Darin Labrenz, President & CEO Investor inquiries: Adam Buchanan, Manager, Investor Relations info@puregoldmining.ca All statements in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking information" with respect to Pure Gold within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to statements with respect to those that address potential quantity and/or grade of minerals, potential size and expansion of a mineralized zone, proposed timing of exploration and development plans. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "planned", "expect", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intends", "believe", "potential", and similar expressions, or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "should", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices of gold and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, favourable operating conditions, political stability, obtaining governmental approvals and financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licences and permits and obtaining required licences and permits, labour stability, stability in market conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral resources, successful resolution of disputes and anticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Pure Gold and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking information, involves known and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, risks related to the interpretation of results at the Madsen Gold Project; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; current economic conditions; future prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; the costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; the timing and success of exploration activities generally; delays in permitting; possible claims against the Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals, financing or in the completion of exploration as well as those factors discussed in the Annual Information Form of the Company dated June 16, 2017 in the section entitled "Risk Factors", under Pure Gold’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Although Pure Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Pure Gold disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required by law. Download PDF (81.42 KB)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405156
__label__wiki	0.825729	0.825729	Byte Into IT - 10 July 2013 On this week's Byte: Facebook have started rolling out Graph Search, a search engine based on your own input to Facebook (and prompting a chorus of privacy concerns). While we're talking about privacy, it seems that people who have downloaded Jay-Z's new album via the dedicated Samsung Android app may have broadcast more than just their taste in music to the world... The OECD has announced that Australia is the cheapest of 12 surveyed countries in which to own a mobile phone (hard to believe, we know). MIT has developed Immersion, an app that will search through your Gmail metadata to form an infographic of the people most important to (or at least most contacted by) you. Ben give us his wrap-up of Pycon Australia 2013, which he attended last week in Hobart. Dropbox is widening its capabilities from syncing just files and folders, to a whole lot more of your digital information. Michael Woods of Media Saints phones the team to discuss the new Create Explore Learn app that has been developed for the Royal Children's Hospital. The City of Melbourne's Smart Start City is an entrepreneurial program designed to help start-ups create profitable new business models that address urban challenges, Monday July 22, Melbourne Town Hall. Mobile Monday Melbourne's "Mobile Wearables - Is The GOOGLE GLASS Half Full?", 6pm, Monday July 15, European Bier Cafe, Exhibition St, Melbourne. Free Software Melbourne's monthly Discussion Group, Thursday July 18, VPAC Head Office, 110 Victoria St, Carlton. Presented by Vanessa Toholka, Ben Finney, and Keren Flavell. http://profiles.google.com/byteintoit http://twitter.com/byteintoit http://friendfeed.com/byteintoit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405158
__label__wiki	0.914713	0.914713	Chemapol Trophy Czech Open Title: Chemapol Trophy Czech Open Subject: PGA European Tour, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Jonathan Lomas Czech Open Course(s) Prosper Golf Resort 7,452 yards (6,814 m) Tour(s) Month played Tournament record score 237 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1994) -20 Bernhard Langer (1997) (European Tour events only) Current champion Oliver Fisher The Czech Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour which was held annually in the Czech Republic. The tournament first appeared on the European Tour schedule between 1994 to 1997 as the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, and was the first European Tour event staged east of the former Iron Curtain after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first three of those events were held at the Golf Club Mariánské Lázně in Mariánské Lázně, before moving to the Prague Karlstein Golf Club, overlooked by Karlštejn Castle, just outside Prague. Germany's former World Number 1 Bernhard Langer was much the most distinguished of the four champions. The Czech Open was cancelled in 1998 at the request of the sponsors, following flood disasters in the Czech Republic the previous year, and lost its place on the European Tour schedule as a result.[1] In its final year, the prize fund was £804,788, which was above average for a European Tour event at that time. Having been contested on the satellite Alps Tour in 2008, the Czech Open returned to the European Tour schedule for the 2009 season, when it was played at the Miguel Ángel Jiménez designed Prosper Golf Resort in Čeladná towards the end of July with a prize fund of €2.5 million.[2] It was titled as the Moravia Silesia Open in 2009, and retitled again in 2010 to the Czech Open. The 2011 Czech Open was the last one held, with the 2012 version being scheduled, but ultimately cancelled due to a lack of funds; however, there is a possibility for the Czech Open to return in 2013.[3] 2011 Oliver Fisher 275 (-13) 2010 Peter Hanson 278 (-10) Moravia Silesia Open presented by ALO Diamonds 2009 Oskar Henningsson 275 (-13) Czech Golf Open 2008 Clemens Prader 203 (-13) 1997 Bernhard Langer 264 (-20) 1996 Jonathan Lomas 272 (-12) 1995 Peter Teravainen 268 (-16) 1994 Per-Ulrik Johansson 237 (-11) Coverage on the European Tour's official site - current event Coverage on the Alps Tour website - 2008 event Coverage on the European Tour's official site - 1994–97 events European Tour events The Open Championship (British Open) Other Race to Dubai The Nelson Mandela Championship Volvo Golf Champions Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Joburg Open Africa Open WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Tshwane Open WGC-Cadillac Championship Avantha Masters Maybank Malaysian Open Trophée Hassan II Open de España Ballantine's Championship Volvo China Open Volvo World Match Play Championship Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI Nordea Masters Lyoness Open Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open BMW International Open The Irish Open Alstom Open de France Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open M2M Russian Open WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles ISPS Handa Wales Open Italian Open Lindt ISPS Handa Perth International The Final Series BMW Masters WGC-HSBC Champions DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Mission Hills World Cup Vivendi Seve Trophy Royal Trophy European Tour Qualifying School Former events All events listed in chronological order. PGA European Tour England, Scotland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson PGA Championship, Sweden, England, European Tour, PGA Tour	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405162
__label__cc	0.585109	0.414891	Gayo people Title: Gayo people Subject: Dance, Gayo, Aceh, Batak, List of Indonesia-related topics, Central Aceh Regency, Acehnese people Template:Infobox Ethnic group For other uses, see Gayo. The Gayo are an ethnic group living in highlands of Aceh Province, Indonesia, Sumatra. Gayo means nice.. Gayo may also be a variant word of Goyim, originally means non Jewish or non Roma, a name given by outsiders in the coastal area for the interior people and later taken up as the tribe's own name. This is comparable with the case of Badui tribe in West Java, in which their name comes from Bedouine, originally a name given by urban Arabs for interior Arabs. Most Gayo live in three regencies in Aceh: Central Aceh, Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues regencies. Some of them live in several subdistricts in other regencies, such as Serbejadi Subdistrict, Simpang Jernih Subdistrict in East Aceh Regency and Beutong Subdistrict in Nagan Raya Regency. Their homeland lies in the Barisan Mountains which has elevations of over 12,000 feet and extends more than one thousand miles. The Gayonese language has four dialects: Lut, Serbejadi-Lukup, Lut and Luwes. Their language does not have a writing system, but folk tales, stories and poetry are passed down in oral tradition. The traditional house of the Gayo is called Umah. After initial Dutch resistance, which many Gayonese and Dutch were killed, the Dutch occupied the area from 1904-1942. During this time, the Gayonese developed a thriving cash crop economy in vegetables and coffee. Since the Dutch colonization, the Gayonese have gained access to higher levels of education, and participated to some degree in the Islamization and modernization of their homeland.[1] The Gayonese practise a local form of Islam. It is worth mentioning that the first Sultan of Aceh Darussalam was a Gayonese: Sultan Johan Alam Syah bin Adi Genali. In ancient times, the Gayonese believed in good and bad spirits and in holy men, both dead and alive. They would regularly give ritual offerings and sacrifices to the spirits, to holy men, and to their ancestors.[1] Bowen, J. R., Sumatran Politics and Poetics: Gayo History, 1900-1989, Yale University Press, 1991 ISBN 0300047088, ISBN 978-0300047080 This Indonesia-related article is a stub. You can help World Heritage Encyclopedia by expanding it. Music, Ballet, Modern dance, Figure skating, Opera Gayo K-pop, Gayo language, Gayo people, Gayo Lues Regency, Gayo (poem) Banda Aceh, Indonesia, North Sumatra, Provinces of Indonesia, Lhokseumawe	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405163
__label__cc	0.607739	0.392261	Social Goal Our company organizes and manages corporate sports leagues all over Europe and Asia, with a social mission of giving back to local NGO's in the cities we operate. We have been inspired to create an organization which brings colleagues and peers together to have fun, play sports together, give back and create community. We identified a need amongst Milan, London, Luxembourg, Zurich young professionals for better organized sports leagues and more natural social interactions outside of the workplace. We are currently also opening in Singapore, Amsterdam, Bruxelles and soon Copenhagen and Stockholm. In 2018 we have 200 teams involved in 8 different cities, from London to Singapore: PWC (9 teams), Google (4 teams), Samsung (2), Nike, Facebook, Swarovski (2 teams), Infront, Cembra Money Bank, LA Prairie Group, Deloitte (5 teams), Alstom, EY (4 teams), Amazon (5 teams), Vistra (2), Docler Holding (3), SES, ARHS (2), Microsoft (2), Goodyear (3), Wavestone (2), Aztec Group (2), Valuepartners, BRE Europe, Eurizon, Intertrust (3), Citi, Adstream, Uber, Rabobank, ABN Amro, JLL, ING, IAG, Decathlon, Xaxis (2), Shell (2), Mckinsey, Shopee, Salesforce, BGC Partners, Mediobanca, Red Bull, Taboola, Akabi, Business and decision, Edouard Franklin, Traxys (2), Schuler, Ericsonn, Wealins, Foyer, AG2R, Intesa Sanpaolo, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, Misterfoot, ECA, Victor Buck Services, BIL, Credit Suisse, Elvinger Hoss & Prussen, TMC, Procter & Gamble, IBM, Siemens, H&M, Tobania, Michael Page, Dentsu Network, Altran, Sodexo, Loyens & Loeff, Grant Thornton (3), Societe Generale, John Zink, Camille, Citco, BDO (2), Alleataly, Luciole, Fidelity, Liberty Pharma (3), Huxley, R&R solutions, Fundrock, BCP Banque, Link group, Colony Star, Equinix, KPMG, Global Foundries, A come A, Lazard, Gruppo Proedi, Credito Emiliano, Forma Italiana, Subito.it, Celgene, Autogrill, Credimi SPA, Valtur, Huawei, Objectway (2), DentalPro, JP Morgan, Ferrero, Immochan, Maison Moderne, Cardif Lux Vie, Vodafone (2), Oracle, Get in touch with us to receive more information about our locations and conditions. If you would like to contact us in a matter other than registration, please write us on our contact page. REGISTER YOUR TEAM NOW Team * Select your location Luxemburg Milan Rome Singapore Tel Aviv Zurich Haifa Turin Miami Amsterdam Berlin Bruxelles Buenos Aires London {{{locationDesc}}} Select your league {{opt.name}} {{{leagueDesc}}} Our company organizes and manages corporate sports leagues all over Europe and Asia, with a social mission of giving back to local NGO's in the cities we operate. Sport is a world in which the pursuit of perfection is the result of teamwork, dedication, flexibility and determination. Teamwork makes the real difference,but for a team to be succesful, each individual has to realize his or her full potential, day after day, match after match, race after race. It's not a secret that every succesful company is the product of great teamwork. We organize recreational sport meetings for companies and their employees. We take care of every single detail, from live updates to video highlights, to make each and every game a great moment to live together with colleagues, customers, partners or other professionals. Sign up to receive monthly news about the latest developments in your league! “ For the last years we have played in the corporate football league from Michele and always enjoyed the sporty evenings (even when the results let us down a bit :)) . Everything is always tip top arranged and he also took care of our outfits perfectly. We are looking forward to more seasons in the league! ” “ IWI is playing since 2014 the Futsal Social Club, in Luxemburg. All of us in the futsal team are really satisfied with the organization of Futsal Social Club, and of all their support during the whole season. 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__label__cc	0.641323	0.358677	Commentary/Letters, Sports Commentary: Hot Knights in the winter by jgoralski • March 22, 2019 • 0 Comments Kevin Roberts, KRoberts@SouthingtonObserver.com My first full season of winter sports at Southington High School had plenty of highs, along with some lows, plus some new experiences. First, we’ll start with the highs: I watched as Jacob Cardozo, Billy Carr and Trinity Cardillo all realized state championship dreams. Cardozo and Carr battled their way to first place on the wrestling mats of Trumbull High School, while Cardillo did the shot put better than the rest of her Class LL competition at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. For me, there was nothing better than the joy displayed by Cardozo when he jumped into the waiting arms of coach Derek Dion for a celebratory hug following his championship victory. Cardozo had worked his entire high school career for a state title, and he finally got it as a senior. Carr was also excited about his win, and he’s got a chance to do it all over again next winter as a senior. There was nothing better than seeing the big smile on Cardillo’s face after she wrapped up her state championship in the shot put. The scary part for Cardillo’s competition is she has her outdoor track and field season to come, plus her indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior. I can’t wait to see what she does next. Boys basketball won a division title for the first time since the 1997-98 season, a sign of how far the program has come under the watch of coach John Cessario and his staff. After beginning the season 4-6, the Knights ripped off eight straight wins and showed what teamwork can do. Boys swimming showed what strong work ethic and camaraderie can bring when they finished third at the CCC West Division meet. There were struggles during the season, but the boys and girls were loudly cheering each other on at the Cornerstone Aquatics Center in West Hartford that day. There were tough times for some Southington squads. The Lady Knights struggled on the basketball court, but it wasn’t due to lack of effort. Southington was a very young team, and an injury to talented sophomore Ali Carr didn’t help. The Knights took their lumps this season, but the lessons they learned will only help them next season. Hall-Southington ice hockey had a season of what-ifs and missed out on a state playoff berth. The Warrior-Knights got a second life in the CCC South playoffs, and pulled off an exhilarating overtime win in the semifinal round. My heart broke for Hall senior captain Michael DiPietro, who couldn’t play in the final because of a dislocated shoulder. You want seniors to finish their final seasons on the ice or on the court, not on the bench. As for new experiences, I covered gymnastics for the first time in my career. There weren’t a lot of gymnastics teams in my former coverage areas, so it was an exciting and nerve-racking jump into the deep end for me. Happily, first-year Cassidy Chamberland was gracious and always willing to help me understand the sport. Few teams cheered more energetically for each other than the Southington gymnastics team did. It was a great to see and hear. I also immersed myself in diving. Diving was always a hard event to get to during championship season at the dailies, but I have more time at The Observer, and I’m glad I do. Though I still can’t tell the difference between certain moves in diving, or how the intricacies of the scoring work, I have a better understanding of how hard our divers train. They don’t have a home diving board, meaning they must travel to Plainville High School six days per week to get their workouts in. That’s not easy, but Southington’s divers showed that hard work pays off when E.J. Suski finished second at the CCC West Division championship meet and Chase Galayda finished fourth at the Class LL state meet. The winter season was fun, but I’d be lying if I said I can’t wait for spring sports. With 10 varsity sports, it will be crazy, but at least it will be warmer out! See you all out there. To comment on this story or to contact staff writer Kevin Roberts, email him at KRoberts@SouthingtonObserver.com Tags: Kevin Roberts Observer Southington ← Obituary: Jean Miriam Groundwater Town to use housing grant for phase 2 at Zdunczyk Terrace → Caring for the troops Letters: Registrars urge independents, unaffiliated to register if they want to vote in primaries Commentary: Prevention partners with the police Library names 2020 Southington Reads author: Spencer Quinn will discuss his writing at the Aqua Turf on March 18 GOP legislative update Jan. 29 Social Marketplace Real Estate – For Rent Copyright © 2020 Southington Observer. All Rights Reserved. The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405168
__label__wiki	0.504576	0.504576	Crawley Town (@2.75) vs Plymouth (@2.5) Plymouth will win Crawley Town vs Plymouth Crawley Town – Plymouth Match Prediction \| 17-09-2019 14:45 Portsmouth vs Crawley prediction comes ahead of the EFL Trophy round 1 match. The venue is Fratton Park, in Portsmouth. My opinion is that the teams will score more than 2.5 goals. In this match preview, I will try to provide the best betting tips and correct score predictions based on my analysis of these two teams. This game will be played on the third of September. Their defence has shipped 36 goals so far and is the 21st worst in the division. Visiting Home Park is a Crawley side who have struggled at the back this season. The head to head record also suggests that we should be in for some goals as even though we expect them to lose, Crawley havent failed to score against Plymouth in the four times they have faced off. The Red Devils have also been involved in plenty of high scoring games and their last eight games have seen 33 goals scored, which averages at 4.125 goals per game. They are going to rely on Ollie Palmer to score for them in this game. Crawley are currently a solid, mid-table team in the English League 2. They are playing against a side who is in the higher league than them so they are by default underdogs in this match. They are going to be trying their best from the counter-attacks in this game. England League 2 Predictions Plymouth have won 63% of their away matches and they have scored in 89% of their away matches. 66% of Plymouths conceded goals were conceded at home and they are undefeated in their last six away matches. Crawley have lost 37% of their home games but they have conceded just 38% of their total conceded goals at home. Plymouth have scored in each of their last 8 away matches. Argyle have an excellent record on home soil and their 21 points at Home Park is the envy of many sides in League Two. With 58% of Argyles matches at Home Park resulting in over 2.5 goals this season Plymouth fans are used to being entertained and with a game at Anfield to look forward to the players have plenty of reason to impress their manager. Plymouth were knocked off the top spot when they were held to a 3-3 draw against in form Wycombe on Boxing Day but they are only in second place on goal difference so they will be keen to keep up the pressure. With this, we always try to provide gratis all the tools you need to bet responsibly and we hope winning! Under you found the prediction processed by our proprietary software and reviewed manually by our editors of the football match Plymouth Argyle-Crawley Town, match of the championship England League Two. Even stats, standings, news and information on the football league England League Two and on teams Plymouth Argyle and Crawley Town.The prediction 1x2 or under/over or goal/nogoal, with odds of bookmakers comes complete with the correct score. Whilst they can still mathematically still go down it looks extremely unlikely that they will be dragged into the bottom two. That safety will be welcome news to boss Dermot Drummy, especially as his side have just one win in their previous eight games and have racked up just six points over the same period. Crawley seem to be coming to the end of the season with a bit of a whimper after securing their place in the Football League for another season. Crawley Town vs Plymouth (17 September 2019) Both teams are looking to secure as good as possible results in order for them to achieve their domestic cup goals this season. Portsmouth are in good home form this season. They are undefeated in three games played. The main thing is that in each game there were more than 3.5 goals scored. Their overall form is not so good as they are currently lying on the 16th place of the English League 1. Portsmouth have won the last 7 games they played against Crawley. They have won twice and have drawn once. Crawley on the other hand, have not lost any of their last three games played away from home. Boss Derek Adams will be keen for his side to bounce back at the earliest possible opportunity and he will take confidence in the fact that the Pilgrims have the best away record in the division. Plymouth also have one of the most reliable defences in the division so they will be confident of being able to shut out their hosts. After claiming a vital three points over title rivals Doncaster a few weeks ago, Plymouth handed the initiative back to Darren Fergusons side when Accrington left Home Park with all three points last weekend. For our correct score tip we think the recent trend of low scoring Plymouth games will continue and we are backing the visitors to go back to Devon with a 1-0 win, which is priced at 11/2 with the same site. Theres just six games left for Plymouth Argyle to overturn a six point deficit to league leaders Doncaster Rovers if they are to claim the League Two title and we are backing them to add three points to their tally this weekend. The Pilgrims are priced at 21/20 to claim the victory over Crawley Town with bet365 on Saturday. Christian / Cerretani / Stosur / Ram Prediction Collins / Monroe / Carter / Withrow Prediction Davis/Sanchez / Hsieh/Strycova Prediction Demoliner/Inglot / Krawietz/Mies Prediction Duan / Demoliner / Siegemund / Mies Prediction	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405187
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__label__cc	0.60437	0.39563	Tag: border crossing Robots to Help Border Patrol Capture Illegal Activity in Tunnel Systems Between Mexico, U.S. Tunnel systems that run between the U.S. and Mexico border are used to transport drugs, people, weapons and other illegal material. Now, Border Patrol agents are using robot technology to detect tunnels, the Associated Press reports. Agents in Tucson, Ariz., plan to demonstrate the “tunnel robots” Tuesday. According to CBP, tunnels are becoming increasingly popular for criminal organizations. More than 75 tunnels have been found between the border since 2008, the AP wrote. Tags: Arizona, border crossing, Border Patrol, Mexico border, robots, tunnel, Tuscon, US and Mexico Border Patrol Agent Finds 2-Year-Old Boy Left Behind in Desert in New Mexico Federal authorities are trying to figure out the identity of a 2-year-old boy who was found in the desert, the El Paso Times reports. A Border Patrol agent spotted the child and a man between Anapra and the Santa Teresa point of entry in New Mexico. The man fled back to Mexico and left the boy behind. Authorities said the boy appeared to be in good health, the El Paso Times reported. D.C. Mayor: Washington ‘Effectively Ineligible’ to Land New FBI HQ Is Obama Administration Stacking DHS with Pro-Open Border Agents? Arsonists Strike Outdoor Art Project in Detroit for 5th time in 2 Months Virginia Politicians Lobbying Hard for FBI HQ in Springfield Contractors Busted for Trying to Steal Wire from FBI Construction Site Posted: December 9th, 2013 under News Story. Tags: abandoned child, border crossing, Border Patrol, CBP, Mexico Unruly Group of More Than 100 Migrants Attacks Border Patrol Agents at Mexican Border Border Patrol agents came under attack by more than 100 people throwing rocks and bottles, CNN reports. No serious injuries were reported. The unruly group ignored stop orders from a Border Patrol agent and attempted to cross from the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California. Not even fire pellets with pepper power stopped the group. “The crowd became increasingly unruly and began throwing rocks and bottles,” the agency said. The group eventually retreated and escaped arrest, CNN reported. Tags: border crossing, Border Patrol, CBP, rock-throwing, San Ysidro Port-of-Entry Border Patrol Prepares More Monitoring of Canadian Border in Detroit with New Office DETROIT — In an effort to prevent terrorists from crossing the Canadian Border into the U.S., Border Patrol agents are gearing up for a new $17 million facility in Detroit, WWJ reports. Agents gathered for a groundbreaking this week. “We share intelligence, anything that’s got a nexus to the border and through the sharing of this intelligence we’re not working in silos so can coordinate efforts and basically maximize operations (and) security as a result of that,” Serge Cote, the officer in charge of the Windsor Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told WWJ. The new building will offer more office space and parking and will provide new training facilities. About 100 Border Patrol employees are expected to work there. Posted: August 29th, 2013 under News Story. Tags: border crossing, Border Patrol, Canadian border, Detroit, ICE Sen. McCain Says Border Patrol Doesn’t Need Additional 20,000 Agents Sen. John McCain, who is taking the lead on immigration reforms, said the Border Patrol doesn’t need an additional 20,000 agents, Politic365 reports. What it needs, McCain said, is “use of technology that has been developed where we can survey the border more effectively.” McCain spoke at an AFL-CIO immigration forum Wednesday. The Senate in late June approved an immigration bill amendment that cost $40 billion, largely to hire the 20,000 agents. It’s unclear whether McCain will be able to convince his colleagues that the bill is overkill. Posted: August 1st, 2013 under News Story. Tags: AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO immigration forum, border crossing, Border Patrol, immigration reform, John McCain, Senator John McCain, technology Mystery Continues Over Cause of Border Patrol Agents’ Illness in New York Authorities are not sure how six U.S. border agents became ill after inspecting a vehicle at a crossing in northern New York, The Associated Press reports. The officer became ill Saturday morning while examining a 2002 BMW at the Champlain crossing. The officers, who were decontaminated on site, have been released from the hospital, The AP wrote. The driver of the car was charged with marijuana and meth possession. Homeland Security Office in Vermont Infested with Bed Bugs FBI Searches for Body Connected to Late ‘Goodfellas’ Mobster in New York City Airline Passenger Arrested After Screaming Poison Was Aboard Newark-Bound Plane FBI, Local Police Bust 22 Female Escorts in Metro Denver More than 190,000 Firearms Sold or Lost in 2012, According to ATF Posted: June 18th, 2013 under FBI, News Story. Tags: BMW, border crossing, Border Patrol, mysterious illness, New York Homeland Security Considers Charging a Fee to Cross Border to Finance Increased Costs of Protection Posted: April 23rd, 2013 under News Story. Tags: border crossing, Homeland Security Court: Border Patrol Must Have Reasonable Cause to Conduct Thorough Search of Electronic Devices Border Patrol is prohibited from conducting a thorough search of an electronic device like a computer or cell phone unless there is reasonable suspicion of a crime, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, the Inquisitr reports. But the ruling does not prevent Border Patrol from making cursory checks of electronic devices without reasonable suspicions. The case involved a convicted sex offender whose laptop was seized at the US-Mexico border. After performing a comprehensive forensic audit, agents found child pornography, the Inquisitir reported. Judges ruled that Border Patrol overreached its authority in that case. “A person’s digital life ought not be hijacked simply by crossing a border,” the ruling reads. Posted: March 11th, 2013 under News Story. 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__label__cc	0.546482	0.453518	Russ, Renegades and a Review This begins our dark introduction into the world of Star Trek: Renegades, the trailer descends on what appears to be a jail cell; a lone woman chalks her words onto a wall... As this trailer unfolds it becomes very clear that this will be more than your average Trek. Tim Russ definitely intends to take us to the outer edges of the Federation, and possibly beyond. This is just the beginning of both the teaser trailers, click here to see them both in full length, plus some very fascinating interviews with cast members! Maybe it's the unexpected all star cast? It's quite one thing to have Tim Russ directing this, let alone reprising his role as Tuvok (Voyager). Then we look at the caliber of actors all along for the ride, the mix of talent available to this production is truly impressive. You'd be forgiven thinking that this is your run-of-the-mill fan fiction. Don't be fooled however, as we have truly seasoned Star Trek actors involved... Tim Russ - That's right, he's not only the director, but he'll also be slapping those pointed ears back on (and likely slapping down some more ensigns too!). Logic has never been so dark. This will be Tuvok's first on screen appearance since 2001 and Voyager's finale, Endgame. No pressure then. In the intervening years it's good to see Mr Russ has been honing his skills on such wonderous TV programmes as I, Carly... Seriously, should be awesome to see him back in action as the joint lead with... Walter Koenig - It's nice to see him beyond commander, but whatever you do, please don't ask him to say Nuclear Wessels or he vill haf to stun you. Yes, the original Chekov will be back on screen for the first time since 1994 (Star Trek: Generations) because officially we don't class his appearance in Phase II ...although we probably should if we're talking about another fan-made production. Oh, hang on. We are. Robert Picardo - Stop the press... He won't be playing our neighbourhood EMH so we won't get to know the nature of the medical emergency this time around. Instead, he'll be reprising his brief role as Dr Lewis Zimmerman, a character not seen on our screens since 2000 in Lifeline from season six of Voyager. Actually Zimmerman wasn't around that much at all - fleetingly in the first few years - Projections, The Swarm to name a few before he turned up in Deep Space Nine's Doctor Bashir, I Presume as an actual real person. How Zimmerman is going to fit into what looks like Star Trek mixed with Rambo is up for discussion. Now I imagine at this point you're thinking "Great, but why am I going to bother with ANOTHER spin off?" Well, as the full teaser suggests, the Federation is faced with yet another threat, however this new nemesis is beyond the reach of the Federation's typical 'good will politics'. Tuvok, now head of Section 31, is tasked with answering this unknown enemy head on. Not an easy job considering this adversary has the ability of cutting the Federation off from dilithium, and also appears to be annexing planets from space and time. Nice. As you peruse through the library of information on the Renegades website, the trailers, masses of interview footage, promo videos, even the new comedy segments. You definitely get an idea of the work that has gone into making this a reality. Although I was a little disappointed with the second trailer if I can be honest. How can I put this... it was a Transformers take on Star Trek. The deep soundtrack behind it, the transforming title at the end, the mash of apparently random scenes. I was intrigued, but not satisfied. It felt, incomplete. Now, as you can tell, I watched both trailers in completely the wrong order, something in fact I recommend as an introduction to Renegades. The first trailer, whilst it lacks the 'epic' text segments, does trump the second. There is better introduction and explanation, they haven't tried to mash it together and hope for the best. The structure is very well done for this, a short briefing, melding into an invigorating and progressive background sound piece, with the scenes building up into... enter transforming title sequence. So what's exactly in the trailers? What can we take from the limited glimpse? Well, you have some curious segments from Chekov and Tuvok, setting the story, it leads us to believe that this new threat could provide a tipping point in the Federation's affairs. The fact they have resorted to bringing Section 31 in to deal with the crisis I believe is meant to portray the seriousness of the situation. So what of moving forward? At present, we know of this new enemy the Syphons, we don't know anything of them other than one Syphon in particular, Borrada, has a serious grudge with the Federation for an incident with portals? This is the full detail at present, other than this new species appears to be particularly aggressive. I guess we'll have to wait and see as more information feeds through. When +Clive Burrell and I were discussing Renegades (amongst many other upcoming titles), it became clear from the outset that this was something special. It immediately gave you a 'Where No Man has Gone Before' thrill. Sure, you can throw many examples of promising fan fiction at us, but there is something quite different about Renegades - something I'm yet to put my finger on. To say that these are just the tip of the iceberg would be quite an understatement, having looked at the accompanying cast, we can see echoes of other popular shows.. Stargate SG-1, Charmed, ER, That 70's Show, CSI: Miami, this list is endless and well worth a click here for the full cast listing, we think you'll be surprised and excited (Edward Furlong?!). It's a unique situation, which requires a unique crew. Cue the Renegades (would have screwed the title if this wasn't the case...). A rag-tag crew whose abilities - and lack of restriction to Starfleet regulations - are just the right kind of crazy to possibly get the job done. Even the audio wasn't up to scratch, with imbalances between the background and the scene audio. Not to say it wasn't good, I was thoroughly hooked on the first scene. It certainly teased my curiosity. If this is their worst, then it would appear promising. But I can't shake the feeling that Tim and Walter's involvement in this story will actually be quite limited, the Hors d'oeuvre to the Renegades crew. I can certainly understand though, given how much time Tim must be putting in to direct this as well as acting in it. Captain Lexxa Singh (Adrienne Wilkinson pictured left) on the other hand... she appears to have quite a major role and back-story in this. Even from the first trailer it is clear she will be a lead role as (the sexy) captain of the renegade starship, her appearances in this trailer alone are quite a few. It's curious to find from the website and trailers, this character delves once again into the Eugenics Wars sub-story that has been present throughout canon Trek. However, this time there's an interesting twist - her character is apparently a direct decendant of one Khan Noonien Singh. I certainly hope moving forward, there is good explanation for this, as at present there is no evidence that Khan had any siblings or indeed lineage (being genetically engineered). For the moment, I'll stick to saying Kirk would be crushed to hear this... Hang on a moment, surely if Admiral Chekov knew of this, he'd never let her out of that cell in the first place? Wow, the explanation had better be award winning to explain away this curve-ball! One other thing I have noticed even though principle photography finished in October 2013 is the lack of CGI - ships, planets...or anything aside from a glowy globe (trailer one) and the title effect...I suspect that's being kept under wraps and will need to be pretty impressive to beat Axanar's CGI tests and the work of Phase II among others. All of this leaves me (I'm almost ashamed to admit), priapic with anticipation. You can blame the influences of one Jeremy Clarkson for that... But where does this leave us? I'm sure by now you've watched both the trailers, and have come to your own conclusions. But it would be very remiss of me not too provide my own thoughts, in true SKoST tradition. We aren't however, above reproach. If you feel there's even more than meets the eye, why not get involved? Drop us a comment below! All images taken from the Star Trek: Renegades trailers available on YouTube. No infringement of copyright is intended. 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__label__wiki	0.694949	0.694949	Fulton County residents reminded to vote on Election Day Submitted by AprilMajors on Sunday, May 18th, 10:00 am FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- On Tuesday, May 20, registered voters in Fulton County are reminded to cast their ballots at their designated precinct. Due to county redistricting, residents were mailed new voter registration cards indicating precinct number and poll location. The Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections encourages all registered voters to call 404-612-7020 if they have questions regarding the new cards. “Registered voters need to remember that their voting precinct and poll might have changed based on the new redistricting map,” states Richard Barron, Director of Fulton county Registration and Elections. “They should check their cards to make sure they know where to vote on May 20. 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__label__cc	0.723667	0.276333	Mining and distribution of flint by the tribes of Cucuteni-Trypillian community Pichkur Yevhen Having quite a massive and diverse source of raw materials tribes of Cucuteni-Trypillian community begin its active exploitation and utilization already from the early stages of their existence and continue throughout all their following history. Flint industry of Cucuteni-Trypillian community centers around two main scenarios: extraction – processing – distribution and/or extraction – distribution – processing of flint materials. There were a few completely different ways of flint extraction. First one (opened) was the simplest, did not require special skills and hard labor, being a simple collection of stones directly on the surface of the ground or in basseting areas (such as screes). Second one (closed) was the most complicated, requiring special tools, skills, hard labor and correspondingly more complicated organization of the community. This way implies flint extraction deep in its deposits that are often invisible from the surface crust. But it proved its value: flint miners obtained excellent high-quality materials for further processing, providing mineral wealth not only for their own communities, but also for close and remote related as well as non-Trypillian communities. We distinguished ‘close’ and ‘remote’ radiuses of obtained flint materials distribution. First term describes self-sustainment of separate communities with raw materials and products of its` processing that were necessary for functioning of these collectives. Second term refers to directed massive production (extraction, processing) not only for internal needs, but mainly for exportation of obtained raw materials or finished wares, made of these materials. Also a question was raised regarding massive supply of regions that had no qualitative mineral wealth (Bug and Dnipro regions, Bug–Dnieper interfluve area) with flint from the proximate microregion in the Velyka Vys’ basin in contradiction to widespread belief about a more remote ‘donator’ – Volhyn’ territory. Presence in Cucuteni-Trypillian community of flint-mining shafts, functioning of which required special skills and hard labor, specialized flint-processing workshops, transportation of raw materials and products of cleavage to remote territories became a basis for defining in this community a collective occupation, associated with flint mining and processing. Consequently, questions connected with this occupation, taking into account its` versatility, complexity and scale should be among the basic ones in the complex study of trypillian economics. Key words: Chalcolithic, Cucuteni-Trypillian community, flint, mineral wealth, extraction, distribution and processing of flint UDK: 903.2(477)”636”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405215
__label__cc	0.691017	0.308983	Blue and Gold Goes Green By MC2 Tyler Caswell Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house Feb. 3 celebrating recent upgrades to the U. S. Naval Academy Water Treatment Plant. The event marked the completion of the Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) water conservation project with Baltimore Gas & Electric at NSA Annapolis. The $7.7 million project will save money by reducing disposal costs, chemicals, electricity and groundwater. “I'm very excited about the project,” said Paul A. Bianco, water and wastewater plant engineering technician with Public Works Department Annapolis. “The project will drastically reduce operational costs, $1.5 million annually, through an improved sludge removal process, recapturing of filter backwash, reduced energy consumption and a reduction of chemical treatment. My colleagues and I have been working hard to bring this project to fruition.” In 2016, as part of the Department of the Navy’s Great Green Fleet initiative, U.S. Navy shore installations will highlight energy conservation methods that aide the transformation of the Navy’s energy culture and enhance energy security. The Navy’s goal is to produce 50 percent of its shore-based energy requirements from alternative energies. “Part of the Great Green Fleet mindset entails a number of energy conservation measures,” said Capt. Logan Jones, commanding officer of Naval Support Activity Annapolis. “Making better use of our tax payer dollars allows us flexibility and the ability to contribute that money toward our operations and presence overseas.” The project is the first in a series of Naval District Washington’s regional contributions towards the Great Green Fleet initiative. Within five years, the facility will have recouped upgrade expenses and will continue to save the U.S. Navy money every year after. “Often conservation projects like this one are realized by local subject matter experts who take the initiative,” said Jones. “The members who worked on this put their best efforts forward with great energy and brilliant ideas. It’s an opportunity that was made by their dedication to doing the best work they can.” Naval Academy Midshipmen Compete in 75th Annual Br... 5 Mids Spend Semester Abroad in Beijing Letter to My Former Self: LTJG Tyler Farrar (’12) Director of National Intelligence Visits USNA for ... Mids Win International Military Academy Sailing Re... Brigade Commander Encourages Fellow Midshipmen to ... Astronaut Convocation Educates Midshipmen on Futur... Naval Academy AMODS Program Granted $200,000 to Bu... Naval Academy Service Assignment Dinner Honors Fut... Letter to My Former Self: ENS Bobby Nefzger ('14) Submarine Force Commander Welcomes Future Officers... Naval Education and Training Commander Visits USNA... USNA Fencing Team Takes on Alumni Army-Navy Football Legends Honored	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405220
__label__cc	0.622172	0.377828	Vidlyf community Compose Odianew The shocking truth about the universe It’s mind-blowing to think about the multitude of animals that exist in this world. by Team VidLyf An thrilling new avenue of analysis has opened up that might assist us unlock the secrets and techniques to the universe itself. It’s the age previous query about our universe, and that’s the reason there exists something in any respect. It’s a query that has vexed philosophers and scientists alike for the reason that starting of time, and now researchers suppose they’ve provide you with a somewhat disturbing conclusion: we should always not exist in any respect. There may be one main downside with that conclusion, in that we do exist, and that’s the reason the query is so intriguing. Whereas every bit of proof means that the universe must be a very featureless expanse of nothingness, it’s full of stars and planets and even life varieties able to considering their very own existence. And that’s the place we get to the most recent breakthrough. Scientists took 65 kilos of germanium, a uncommon isotope, and cooled it to extraordinarily chilly temperatures a couple of mile underground in some gold mine that has lengthy sing been deserted. They name it the Majorana Demonstrator, and it’s situated in South Dakota on the tremendous secret Sanford Underground Analysis Facility. Scientists consider the important thing to understanding the fact of existence in any respect lies in our understanding of the matter and power that make up our universe. They at the moment function on the Customary Mannequin of physics, which claims that each one matter within the universe ought to have an equal quantity of antimatter counterbalancing it. However we have now been unable to detect this antimatter, which is unusual. The query of why the universe is made totally of matter is a really unusual one. The place does this antimatter exist? And that’s the key downside: scientists do not know. One intriguing clue that scientists are following are issues referred to as neutrinos, that are kind of nculear radiation that occurs when an atom decays, forsaking a proton, an electron, and a neutrino. These neutrinos are weird in that they virtually don’t work together iwth matter, passing straight via the Earth with out slowing down or interacting with something. That makes them onerous to check. But it surely makes them very intriguing for understanding the very idea of existence. So are neutrinos the important thing to know the very idea of our existence? Take this evaluation from CNN, which could assist illuminate the idea a little bit extra. “Nonetheless a thriller to scientists is whether or not there’s a distinction between neutrino matter and neutrino antimatter,” CNN states. “Whereas we all know that each exist, we don’t know if they’re totally different subatomic particles or if they’re the identical factor. That’s a heavy thought, so maybe an analogy will assist. Think about you will have a set of twins, with every twin standing in for the matter and antimatter neutrinos. If the twins are fraternal, you may inform them aside, but when they’re an identical, you may’t. Primarily, we don’t know which type of twins the neutrino matter/antimatter pair are.” If we have been to search out that neutrinos have been primarily their very own antimatter particle, it might assist us perceive antimatter. And that’s the reason scientists are so laser centered on it. And that’s the place one thing referred to as the Majorana Demonstrator is available in. Wish to be taught extra about it? The complete assertion from the Sanford Underground Analysis Facility follows beneath: If equal quantities of matter and antimatter had shaped within the Massive Bang greater than 13 billion years in the past, one would have annihilated the opposite upon assembly, and at this time’s universe can be filled with power however not one of the matter wanted to kind stars, planets, and life. Which means the very existence of matter suggests one thing is flawed with Customary Mannequin equations describing symmetry between subatomic particles and their antiparticles. In a research printed March 26 in Bodily Evaluate Letters, nuclear physicists from a number of establishments engaged on the Majorana Demonstrator experiment have proven that they’ll protect a delicate, scalable, 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity. The experiment is led by Oak Ridge Nationwide Laboratory (ORNL). This accomplishment is vital to growing and proposing a a lot bigger future experiment – with roughly a ton of detectors – to check the character of neutrinos. These electrically impartial particles work together solely weakly with matter, making their detection exceedingly tough. “The surplus of matter over antimatter is likely one of the most compelling mysteries in science,” mentioned John Wilkerson of ORNL and the College of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilkerson leads the Majorana Demonstrator, which includes 129 researchers from 27 establishments and 6 nations. “Our experiment seeks to watch a phenomenon referred to as ‘neutrinoless double-beta decay’ in atomic nuclei. The remark would reveal that neutrinos are their very own antiparticles and have profound implications for our understanding of the universe. As well as, these measurements might present a greater understanding of neutrino mass.” Sanford Underground Analysis Facility constructed the laboratory area that homes the experiment and supplies help for the every day operations. Majorana, the primary physics experiment to start operations on the 4850 Degree, started rising ultrapure copper for its extremely delicate experiment in 2011. “That is nice information for the Majorana Demonstrator collaboration,” mentioned Mike Headley, government director for South Dakota Science and Know-how Authority and laboratory director for Sanford Lab. “Their belief in us helped cleared the path for us to change into a world-class physics analysis facility.” Headley famous that Sanford Lab Workers members are accountable for serving to with every day logistics that maintain the experiment clear and operating. “I’m very pleased with the work this workforce has achieved to assist Majorana attain this main milestone.” In a 2015 report of the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee to the Division of Power and the Nationwide Science Basis, a U.S.-led ton-scale experiment to detect neutrinoless double-beta decay was deemed a prime precedence of the nuclear physics neighborhood. Almost a dozen experiments have sought neutrinoless double-beta decay, and as many future experiments have been proposed. One among their keys to success is determined by avoiding background that might mimic the sign of neutrinoless double-beta decay. That was the important thing accomplishment of the Majorana Demonstrator. Its implementation was accomplished in South Dakota in September 2016, practically a mile underground on the Sanford Underground Analysis Facility. Siting the experiment beneath practically a mile of rock was the primary of many steps collaborators took to cut back interference from background. Different steps included a cryostat manufactured from the world’s purest copper and a fancy six-layer protect to eradicate interference from cosmic rays, radon, mud, fingerprints and naturally occurring radioactive isotopes. “Should you’re going to seek for neutrinoless double-beta decay, it’s vital to know that radioactive background just isn’t going to overwhelm the sign you search,” mentioned ORNL’s David Radford, a lead scientist within the experiment. There are various methods for an atomic nucleus to disintegrate. A typical decay mode occurs when a neutron contained in the nucleus emits an electron (referred to as a “beta”) and an antineutrino to change into a proton. In two-neutrino double-beta decay, two neutrons decay concurrently to provide two protons, two electrons and two antineutrinos. This course of has been noticed. The Majorana Demonstrator Collaboration seeks proof for the same decay course of that has by no means been noticed, during which no neutrinos are emitted. Conservation of the variety of leptons—subatomic particles reminiscent of electrons, muons or neutrinos that don’t participate in robust interactions—was written into the Customary Mannequin of Physics. “There isn’t any actually good motive for this, simply the remark that it seems that’s the case,” mentioned Radford. “But when lepton quantity just isn’t conserved, when added to processes that we expect occurred through the very early universe, that might assist clarify why there may be extra matter than antimatter.” Many theorists consider that the lepton quantity just isn’t conserved, that the neutrino and the antineutrino—which have been assumed to have reverse lepton numbers—are actually the identical particle spinning in several methods. Italian physicist Ettore Majorana launched that idea in 1937, predicting the existence of particles which might be their very own antiparticles. The Majorana Demonstrator makes use of germanium crystals as each the supply of double-beta decay and the means to detect it. Germanium-76 (Ge-76) decays to change into selenium-76, which has a smaller mass. When germanium decays, mass will get transformed to power that’s carried away by the electrons and the antineutrinos. “If all that power goes to the electrons, then none is left for neutrinos,” Radford mentioned. “That’s a transparent identifier that we discovered the occasion we’re searching for.” [0]The scientists distinguish two-neutrino versus neutrinoless decay modes by their power signatures. “It’s a typical false impression that our experiments detect neutrinos,” mentioned Jason Detwiler of the College of Washington, who’s a co-spokesperson for the Majorana Collaboration. “It’s virtually comical to say it, however we’re looking for the absence of neutrinos. Within the neutrinoless decay, the launched power is at all times a specific worth. Within the two-neutrino model, the launched power varies however is at all times smaller than for neutrinoless double-beta decay.” The Majorana Demonstrator has proven that the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of Ge-76 is at the least 1025 years—15 orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe. So it’s not possible to attend for a single germanium nucleus to decay. “We get across the impossibility of watching one nucleus for a very long time by as an alternative watching on the order of 1026 nuclei for a shorter period of time,” defined co-spokesperson Vincente Guiseppe of the College of South Carolina. Possibilities of recognizing a neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge-76 are uncommon—not more than 1 for each 100,000 two-neutrino double-beta decays, Guiseppe mentioned. Utilizing detectors containing giant quantities of germanium atoms will increase the chance of recognizing the uncommon decays. Between June 2015 and March 2017, the scientists noticed no occasions with the power profile of neutrinoless decay, the method that has not but been noticed (this was anticipated given the small variety of germanium nuclei within the detector). Nonetheless, they have been inspired to see many occasions with the power profile of two-neutrino decays, verifying the detector might spot the decay course of that has been noticed. The Majorana Collaboration’s outcomes coincide with new outcomes from a competing experiment in Italy referred to as GERDA (for GERmanium Detector Array), which takes a complementary method to finding out the identical phenomenon. “The Majorana Demonstrator and GERDA collectively have the bottom background of any neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment,” mentioned Radford. The Majorana Demonstrator was designed to put the groundwork for a ton-scale experiment by demonstrating that backgrounds will be low sufficient to justify constructing a bigger detector. Simply as larger telescopes accumulate extra mild and allow viewing of fainter objects, rising the mass of germanium permits for a larger chance of observing the uncommon decay. With 30 instances extra germanium than the present experiment, the deliberate one-ton experiment would have the ability to spot the neutrinoless double-beta decay of only one germanium nucleus per yr. The Majorana Demonstrator is deliberate to proceed to take information for 2 or three years. In the meantime, a merger with GERDA is within the works to develop a potential one-ton detector referred to as LEGEND, deliberate to be in-built levels at an as-yet-to-be-determined web site. LEGEND 200, the LEGEND demonstrator and step in direction of a potential future ton-scale experiment, shall be a mixture of GERDA, Majorana and new detectors. Scientists hope to begin on the primary stage of LEGEND 200 by 2021. A ton-scale experiment, LEGEND 1000, can be the following stage, if permitted. “This merger leverages public investments within the Majorana Demonstrator and GERDA by combining the very best applied sciences of every,” mentioned LEGEND Collaboration co-spokesperson (and long-time Majorana spokesperson via final yr) Steve Elliott of Los Alamos Nationwide Laboratory. Funding got here from the U.S. Division of Power Workplace of Science and the U.S. Nationwide Science Basis. The Russian Basis for Primary Analysis and Laboratory Directed Analysis and Growth Packages of DOE’s Los Alamos, Lawrence Berkeley and Pacific Northwest nationwide laboratories offered help. The analysis used assets of the Oak Ridge Management Computing Facility and the Nationwide Power Analysis Scientific Computing Heart, DOE Workplace of Science Person Services at Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley nationwide laboratories, respectively. Sanford Underground Analysis Facility hosted and collaborated on the experiment. 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With a clear strategy to future growth, we are working closely with joint venture partners, regulators, governments, landowners and communities to ensure long-term, mutually beneficial outcomes. The Joint Venture consists of Dragon Oil 55%, Cooper Energy 30% and Jacka. Blue chips propelled the Dubai index higher. 5536 a-a-associates Active Jobs : Check Out latest a-a-associates openings for freshers and experienced. At the end of July, the same vessel VF Tanker-20, carried crude oil produced by Dragon Oil, arrived on roads of Baku port, Azerbaijan. 9 billion (Dh66. (Ecofin Agency) - Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote's Dangote Cement continues to face difficulty in its expansion journey in Africa. An agreement was achieved that future financial support for the museum’s environmental events would be provided by some oil companies operating in the region (e. There is currently 1 active director according to the latest confirmation statement submitted on 26th May 2019. 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Following the acquisition of Wellstaff (in April 2016) and three years after that of Fortiori (in July 2013), SeaOwl today announces the acquisition of Ogas Solutions, an oil and gas services group created in 1999 by Bernard Pailler with headquarters located in Bangkok. olive oil, sweet potatoes, salt, red onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper and 1 more Easy Oven-Roasted Vegetables Yummly cayenne, maple syrup, brown sugar, bacon, black pepper. The second phase of Dubai Design District (d3)’s masterplan has been put “on hold”, Gerard Evenden, head of studio at Foster + Partners confirmed. The board of Dragon Oil, a subsidiary of Dubai-government owned ENOC Group, appointed industry veteran Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan as the new chief executive officer. For centuries, Dragon's Blood has been used to help heal and regenerate the skin by causing rapid cellular turnover. But in truth, it's much worse than that, because fund managers don't disclose turnover fees upfront. 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(A&A) is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting firm offering consulting services in the fields of site assessments and cleanups (ESA Phase I-IV), water resource studies, indoor and outdoor air quality studies and permitting, and landfill design. Tomar previously worked in management roles in India, Syria and Turkey with agri-multinationals. Premier Oil plc is a leading independent exploration and production company with oil and gas interests in the North Sea, South East Asia, the Falkland Islands, and Latin America. The Company is principally engaged in the business of exploring precious and base mineral properties in Canada. and the independent Caspian Sea oil producer Dragon Oil. From 2008 to 2012, pepper was the commodity with the highest turnover in 2011, up 4. Welcome to Dräger UK Dräger is an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology. I am one of the first to try preview samples of the soon-to-launch, Okoko Cosmétiques elevated formulations. Dragon reports that well LAM 10/111 on the refurbished LAM 10 platform in the Cheleken Contract Area, offshore Turkmenistan, has tested oil from Zones 4, 5 and 6 at a combined rate of 2,586. 5 billion into the development of Turkmenistan Cheleken block over. Dragon Oil is an upstream oil and gas company, a privately held and wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) L. The Agreement composed of two different parts; a sale of 8. DRAGY Total Inventories explanation, calculation, historical data and more. Dragon Oil, SNOC. As a premier provider of land development engineering and environmental consulting services, Langan brings more than four decades of expertise and experience to challenging projects around the world. Dragon Oil (LSE: DGO) has completed the initial testing of two Dzheitune development wells, A/142 and 13/143, at its Cheleken operation in the Caspian Sea. 04/11/2013 by Gemma Mackenzie. 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MEPO technology and associated workflows enabled Dragon Oil to generate history-matched models in two months, compared to the six to eight months using conventional methods and provided the customer with a higher level of confidence in its development plan. 00 (Saved $1 Dragon Herbs, Young Lungs, 500 mg, 100 Veggie Caps the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures. 0m, a rise of 62pc, while. There are no standing charges for oil heating and modern electronic oil tank contents gauges such as an oil watchman, allows for monitoring of the amount of heating oil used. 6M in 2017/18. 5m the previous year. “Our focus remains clear and consistent in delivering on a three-point strategy: to accelerate the development of the Cheleken Contract Area; to develop opportunities for gas; and to. 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A while back I was watching an episode of Dragons Den (called Shark Tank in the USA) that reminded me of the confusion that abounds around the words: turnover, gross profit, net profit, profit margin, EBITDA and a bunch of other terms that have everything to do with how you view the profitability of a business. Oil prices little changed but set for big weekly loss on November 1, 2019 at 8:20 am Oil prices were little changed on Friday but set for a slide of about 4% on the week hurt by rising global supply and concerns about future demand. London October futures for world benchmark crude oil Brent Blend fell to dollars15. 43% interest as settlement of a dispute with Dragon Oil. Oil prices inched up today with November Brent Crude DNX) lost 2. Drilling Group. Energy industry recruitment specialist Spencer Ogden has shrugged off the recent oil price crash to report surging turnover and profit. Just completed a engine rebuild. 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(COMPANY PROFILE, Company overview) by "Indonesian Commercial Newsletter"; Business Business, international Fertilizer industry Hotels and motels Natural gas exploration Offshore oil fields Offshore oil well drilling Oil and gas exploration Oil and gas leases Oil field services Oil well drilling, Submarine Petroleum in submerged lands. Get unstuck. Dragon Oil increasing hydrocarbon production in Turkmen sector of Caspian Sea. Profit was £22M - down 8% from £23. 01 billion in 2015 and is expected to experience significant growth over the forecast period, primarily owing to the rising need for transportation and supply infrastructure in O&G industry. Use the Baton V2 and experience the superior taste of refillable pods. There are no standing charges for oil heating and modern electronic oil tank contents gauges such as an oil watchman, allows for monitoring of the amount of heating oil used. Since 1910, Ghazanfar Group has been committed to serving its clients. 99000001 16 672741692. This ETF invests in stocks of oil sector companies. Raven General Petroleum LLC (Dubai) is a member of the Raven Resources Group. Dragon’s Blood Bioactive Mask addresses your main skin concerns, effectively fighting adult acne and the signs of premature aging. Datafeed and UK data supplied by NBTrader and Digital Look. Five premier tonic herbs have been optimally extracted together, resulting in a thick concentrated syrup. This high-margin business is growing turnover at between 5% and 7% a year. The company was founded on 3 August 1961 as Oil Refinery, Ltd. Dragon Oil Revenue per Share Calculation Revenue per Share is the amount of Revenue per outstanding share of the company's stock. SEI Industries is an award-winning designer and manufacturer of innovative, quality industrial textile products for aerial firefighting and fuel transport. Search the history of over 380 billion web pages on the Internet. They took into account a fall in realised oil prices from $108 to $50 a barrel, partly offset by an 11 per cent rise in production from 38,000 to 43,000 barrels of oil a day (bopd), of which nearly 28,000bopd (21,000bopd) was attributable to the company. Search Information on the The Irish Times Top 1000 companies. Dragon Oil Shareholders. Industry Sector Turnover (m) Profit (m) EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap (m) Oil & Gas Producers. View summary of company credit check, director search and other financial reports. Following the lifting of sanctions in January 2016, Iranian crude oil production quickly rose to a pre-sanctions level of 3. Dragon fruit and aloe are known to contain vitamins, minerals and fatty acids. Dragon Oil Srl Romania tax code 15381043 is a company from Sectorul 2 city, Bucuresti county. Johnson Gabriel / Fake Job Scam Fraud; Rogers and Family Company / Fake Job Scam Fraud. For centuries, Dragon's Blood has been used to help heal and regenerate the skin by causing rapid cellular turnover. Chairman David Sigsworth said: "In the face of weaker oil prices, the Company has shown resilience by continuing to grow its client base across the globe. Utilize keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Dragon Oil shares soared after the Turkmenistan-focused explorer accepted an improved £3. Oil giant Statoil ASA (Norway) has approved by the annual general meeting the new name Equinor ASA on Wednesday, 15 May 2018. Find Companies By Postcode using Endole Explorer. The second and third wells, 10/111 and 10/112 were completed in 2005 as dual producers. Dragon said its turnover rose by 18% to $97. Velath Engineering is a premier engineering company from UAE with a 27 year old history to work with Oil & Gas Companies like Total, TAKREER, BOROUGE, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Gas, Petronas, CCED, Essar Oil Ltd, Dragon Oil, Kyrgyz Petroleum, Equate Petrochemical, Canadian Nexen etc. 6 billion ($8. Estimator about company: established in 1991, inter ocean ship. HSE Drilling Officer Offshore Operations at Dragon Oil Turkmenistan Limited. Dragon Herbs has developed a special Super-Infusion process. 5 million - up two per cent from £57. Serendeputy is a newsfeed engine for the open web, creating your newsfeed from tweeters, topics and sites you follow. Emas reports rise in profit, drop in revenue zoom Singapore’s EMAS Offshore Limited reported net profit of $9. Improved the project turnover time by 20% within 4 months and completed over 30 projects on time Worked as Manager on consultancy projects for the oil & gas and Pharma companies in India ** Responsible for conducting external safety audit, HAZOP, HAZID, energy audit, feasibility/economic study and illumination study. The firm has reported a rise in turnover for its financial year ending 31 July 2019, posting an annual income of £58. You can be terrible at numbers, but all you need for this is a good memory, not numeracy. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International was the subject of an ultimately abortive bid by Dragon Oil, and analyst Werner Riding is convinced a takeover could still be on the cards should. The higher this ratio, the more efficiently a company is utilizing its equity. See phone, email, contact, financial data and more. 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Dragon Oil "Our focus remains clear and consistent in delivering on a three-point strategy: to accelerate the development of the Cheleken Contract Area; to develop opportunities for gas; and to explore value-enhancing acquisitions within our diversification strategy. The performance improvement plan, as it is sometimes called, identifies performance and/or behavioral issues that need to be corrected and creates a written plan of action to guide the improvement and/or corrective action. Find detailed figures from Turnover in oil and gas, manufacturing, mining and electricity supply Additional information The variation in manufacturing turnover can be related to changes in volume and price indices in different industries and also production to stocks and sales from stocks. Hedge funds looking for the low in the oil market: Kemp Hedge funds and other money managers were net buyers of 22 million barrels of petroleum futures and options in the week to Oct 22 59% of EMEA factor investors 'plan to raise allocation'. Dragon said its turnover rose by 18% to $97. - Pre-Commissioning / Commissioning of mechanical equipment and process systems: Flange management, piping, flushing, blowing, re-installments, equipment lube oil flushing, mechanical equipment inspection, turnover documentation completion, punch points closing. Main threats and opportunities for the energy industry. High Times has been the world's leading source for daily cannabis news, weed information, and marijuana culture since 1974. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly. The same Lasmo and Dragon Oil companies deliver raw material produced in Turkmenistan to the Iranian port of Neka on the Caspian, and then, according to the scheme set forth in the contracts “on repurchase,” obtain the equivalent amount of oil at the Persian Gulf ports. Agencies make millions from £120-an-hour doctors Dozens of medical "temping agencies" are making millions of pounds in commission providing part-time doctors for the NHS. Global Parts Enterprises(L. Ghazanfar Group is the leading Oil & Gas Company in Afghanistan with direct investments in exploration, production, transportation, marketing, storage, refining and related services. Welcome Note. Serendeputy is a newsfeed engine for the open web, creating your newsfeed from tweeters, topics and sites you follow. Turnover was $56. Crane Court, Hesslewood Country Park, Ferriby Road, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire HU13 0PA. THE STORY SO FAR. The wells were drilled to 3,961m and 3. The board of Dragon Oil, a subsidiary of Dubai-government owned ENOC Group, appointed industry veteran Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan as the new chief executive officer. Genuine New. Profit at the firm was £22m, down eight per cent from £23. You can enjoy your favorite flavors by filling our easy-to-use pod system that hold up to 1. Search for jobs and send your resume straight to recruitment agencies and employers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan and the UAE including Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha, Dammam, Manama, Muscat, Beirut, Amman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The firm recently expanded its products and services into the liquid, cryogenic, chemical and acid tank business with the acquisition of Argon Isotanks in November 2008. and Dragon Oil, based in the. In early afternoon, the market was little changed. If you have an emergency delivery requirement, please don’t hesitate to call us. The Top 10 The Financial Times 500 (FT 500) is an annual ranking of the largest companies in the world by key criteria. oil and gas company Exxon Mobil was ranked fifth among the biggest oil and gas companies. A performance improvement plan is a formal process used by supervisors to help employees improve performance or modify behavior. The move will bring both Aberdeen operations together, giving customers in the oil and gas, maritime, aviation, construction and energy sectors market-leading learning and competency systems and services. INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION SERVICES (P) LTD. Dragon Oil has reported operating profits of $388. See phone, email, contact, financial data and more. Try searching for some other symbol on Yahoo Finance. 2 February 2015 Â· Significant turnover increase in 2014 for Marine business Dragon Oil PLC share price was +14. In November 2015 the IMF projected an almost 29% decrease in foreign trade turnover from $34. 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This banner text can have markup. Browse Harley-davidson Motorcycles. Former legacy Herbert Smith finance chief Jason Fox was profiled in The Lawyer's Hot 100 in 2007 after beating the firm's revenue target for the group by a wide margin in the second year of his tenure. Turkmenistan. Overall, Dragon's first-half 2009 results were respectable. Oil prices fell more than 50 cents a barrel to their lowest level in three years but recovered slightly after a Saudi Arabian official said a freeze on its production would be acceptable. Press Release - 21-Oct-2019 oil and gas. This metamorphosis penalizes the evolution of the company, which recently decided to refocus part of its activities towards renewable energies. GulfTalent is the leading job site for professionals in the Middle East and Gulf region. Dragon's blood is rich in antioxidants and is known to increase collagen production. We cook with 100% soybean oil. new markets. Dragon Oil Acquires BP's Stake in Gulf of Suez Egypt >> 10/21/2019 - As a part of its ongoing drive to be among regionally and globally ranked Oil and Gas companies, Dragon Oil Ltd. Issue 474 \| June 2019 Iraqi Stock Market wakes up from its Slumber 06-06-2019 08:25:45 AM By Ahmed Tabaqchali, CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. A second newly built MUC, and the CS Marina and the Sara Maatje XII and Sara Maatje elf have also been added to the Company's fleet in connection with the Saipem charter. Oil prices little changed but set for big weekly loss on November 1, 2019 at 8:20 am Oil prices were little changed on Friday but set for a slide of about 4% on the week hurt by rising global supply and concerns about future demand.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405228
__label__cc	0.50191	0.49809	Syria: Satellite photos show 13 destroyed targets at Army base (Damascus) So despite the so called fantastic anti-aircraft missiles systems that Syria has in place, which apparently shot down almost 71 out of 103 US/British and French missiles the other week, on Sunday it was found lacking when somebody decided to strike 3 military targets inside Syria which were: The 47th Brigade base in the southern Hama district. A military facility in north-western Hama. A facility north of the Aleppo International Airport. At the 47th base at least 13 buildings were struck and destroyed along with 200 newly delivered surface to surface missiles which had just arrived from Iran, analysts presume they would have been used by Iran (or its acolytes) in any future attack on the Jewish state. The huge ensuring secondary explosion was not only caught on film Another video of the huge explosion at 46 Brigade arms depot in #Hama, rumours of Israeli Strikes, could be sabotage as well. pic.twitter.com/ZnmYUTq4W7 — Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) April 29, 2018 But was captured by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre as a minor 2.6 magnitude earthquake. As mentioned above two other sites were struck . The initial response from Syria was they had been attacked by the US and UK from inside Jordan. However the duty rumour is it was IDF F15i aircraft using the GPS-guided Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) one of the most accurate bombs in the world. It has the same penetration capabilities as a normal 900-kg. bomb, although it has only 22.7 kg. of explosives. Due to its pop out wings it has a stand off range of around 68 miles. The F15 can carry 20 of them. Labels: IDF, Syria IDF\|Syria\|	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405229
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__label__wiki	0.766236	0.766236	HomeDecisionsDD2248 Busk in London & London Music Fund DD2248 Busk in London & London Music Fund Type of decision: Director's decision Decision by: Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Executive Director of Development, Enterprise and Environment This decision seeks approval to continue delivering the London Music Board and Busk in London and expenditure related to these projects, as well as providing grant funding to the London Music Fund, of which the Mayor is a Patron. The music industry is valued at £4.1billion in the UK. Many of the organisations that make up the music industry are based in London. Music tourism contributes nearly £1 billion every year to the capital’s economy, attracting 3.59 million music tourists. The Mayor has already implemented a number of initiatives to protect London’s music infrastructure, support musical talent, champion London as the global music capital and unlock the potential of London’s music history and heritage. Working with the Night Czar and the London Music Board, further initiatives and programmes will be developed. That the Executive Director of Communities & Intelligence approves: • Expenditure of up to £55,000 to continue to deliver the Busk in London programme. • Grant funding of £24,000 to the London Music Fund • The receipt and expenditure of sponsorship/funding in relation the activities listed above. Part 1: Non-confidential facts and advice Introduction and background 1.1 Busk in London 1.1.1 Busking and street performance provide vibrancy and animation to many of London’s spaces. Research by Westminster University in 2016 found that 86% of tourists and 62% of residents were in favour of busking, which was perceived to enhance visitor experience and make a cultural contribution to the capital. 1.1.2 Busk in London was launched in 2015 to help make busking in the capital as easy as possible by cutting red tape and tackling misconceptions about street performance. It provides practical resources and advice for performers, boroughs, audiences and residents via a one-stop-shop website. 1.1.3 It encourages private landowners to open up spaces where street performance can take place to showcase the wealth of talent London has to offer. The programme provides 7,000+ hrs of live performance in the capital each year through its curated busking schemes, with paid gigs providing £70,000 of direct earnings to performers. 1.1.4 Busk in London runs International Busking Day, a worldwide celebration of busking which reaches over 100 locations across six continents. It also delivers Gigs, the Mayor’s annual busking competition for aspiring musicians. 1.1.5 The Busk in London project was previously approved on MDl397 and subsequently MDs 1603 and 2127. GLA funding of £55,000 is proposed to enable the continued delivery of Busk in London by consultants Found in Music. The programme leverages additional revenue through commercial activity, such as busking schemes on private land and curated performances. 1.2 London Music Fund 1.2.1 The London Music Fund is an independent charity with the Mayor as Patron. 1.2.2 The fund supports nearly 400 young Londoners from families with a low income to learn musical instruments and develop their potential through four-year scholarships. 65% of scholars are from BAME backgrounds. 1.2.3 It also funds 1,500 young Londoners per year to learn and perform with top musicians in iconic venues through its Partnerships Fund. 1.2.4 The main delivery partners are the 32 London borough Music Education Hubs. They work with schools, community music providers and professional musicians across London. Since it was founded in 2011, the Fund has given £1.6m in grants to London’s boroughs via their music education hubs. 1.2.5 Participation in funded activities helps young Londoners develop skills for employment, gain confidence and access social networks and vital skills that will set them up for life. 1.2.6 Grant funding of £151,000 was approved in 2017-18 in MD2127. Additional grant funding of £24,000 in 2018-19 will enable to the Fund to continue its work supporting hundreds of young musicians across all London boroughs. Objectives and expected outcomes 2.1.1 Approval is sought for expenditure of up to £55,000 to deliver year three of the Busk in London delivery plan. The consultant, Found in Music, was appointed following competitive tendering via the Official Journal European Union (OJEU) in 2016. They will continue to deliver the project as per the terms of their three-year contract. 2.1.2 The objectives of Busk in London include to: • Ensure that the Buskers’ Code is widely used by buskers and those who manage public spaces. • Deliver International Busking Day in 100 worldwide locations. • Deliver a busking competition showcasing 100 performers. • Support, advice and job opportunities provided to performers. • Up to 10 private organisations or landowners pay for the services of Busk in London. • At least £250,000 income leveraged from LAs, BIDs, private companies and sponsors. 2.1.3 The GLA investment will help ensure that: • More public spaces are animated with performances, increasing London’s attractiveness as a tourist, retail and leisure destination. • Public perception of busking is improved. • Busk in London supported buskers develop their careers. • London is perceived as a busker friendly city, attracting new and exciting talent. 2.2.1 Approval is sought for grant funding of £24,000 to the London Music Fund to support its ongoing work supporting young musicians in the capital. • Young people from families with a low income are given the chance to learn a musical instrument • Young musicians can benefit from working alongside professional music organisations to further develop their skill and experience Equality comments 3.1 Under Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, the Mayor of London must have ‘due regard’ of the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation as well as to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between people who have a protected characteristic and those who do not. 3.2 Through the development of the Mayor’s draft Culture Strategy, Culture for All Londoners, the policies and commitments set out have undergone an Integrated Impact Assessment to identify the impact of these on a range of objectives for sustainable development including equalities, health inequalities and community safety. The assessment found that all policy and commitments had a positive or neutral impact on these areas. 3.3 The GLA contribution to the activities as set out in this report will enable the continued creation of both positive social and economic impact in the capital. The GLA funding of these projects will also foster community cohesion and improve the wellbeing of Londoners through a continued and substantial cultural offering. 3.4 All the programme activities set out in this report will be accessible to all. London Music Fund provides opportunities for young people from low-income families, whilst the Busk in London programme will continue to give all Londoners the opportunities to show case their musical abilities in many of London’s world renowned public spaces. 3.5 The Busk in London programme continue to ensure that public spaces are animated with performances, increasing London’s attractiveness as a tourist, retail and leisure destination, resulting positive economic and social impact where the busking pitches will be located. 4.1 The activities and programmes outlined in this report link to Mayoral strategies and priorities including: • A City for All Londoners, wherein culture is seen as the golden thread, key to our future success, both for integrating and strengthening communities and supporting more liveable and successful places. • The Mayor’s vision for Healthy Streets, which are more welcoming to people and encourage them to make active and sustainable travel choices, for example by contributing to the healthy streets aspiration of ‘things to see and do’. 4.2 In terms of both social and economic development, the programmes will help the GLA work with businesses and individuals to improve productivity and growth. The aim is that all Londoners progress and reach their full potential and that London’s businesses can access the skills they need to succeed. 4.3 The programme activities set out in this report provide opportunities for linking with the London Plan’s strategic policies to support London’s cultural offer and its diverse range of arts, cultural, and entertainment enterprises. The activities will cut across various Mayoral policy areas and will be carried out in collaboration with other GLA teams which include: Regeneration, Events, Education, Volunteering and Communities & Social Policy. Financial comments 5.1 Approval is being sought for the expenditure of up to £79,000 to continue to deliver existing music programmes within the Culture and Creative Industries Unit. The breakdown is as follows: Busk In London London Music Fund 5.2 £24,000 will be issued as a grant to the London Music fund charity whilst £55,000 will be paid to Found in Music to continue to deliver the Busk In London programme as per their current contract terms. 5.3 The expenditure for this was agreed in the Mayor’s 2018/19 budget which was published under MD2268. Legal comments 6.1 The foregoing sections of this report indicate that the decisions requested of the Director fall within the statutory powers of the Authority to promote and/or to do anything which is facilitative of or conducive or incidental to the promotion of economic development and wealth creation and social development within Greater London and in formulating the proposals in respect of which a decision is sought officers have complied with the Authority’s related statutory duties to: (a) pay due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people; (b) consider how the proposals will promote the improvement of health of persons, health inequalities between persons and to contribute towards the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom; and (c) consult with appropriate bodies. 6.2 In taking the decisions requested of him, the director must have due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty; namely the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010, and to advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic (race, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity and gender reassignment) and persons who do not share it and foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it (section 149 of the Equality Act 2010). To this end, the director should have particular regard to section 3 (above) of this report. 6.3 Officers must ensure that any external services required for the project be procured in accordance with the Authority’s Contracts and Funding Code (the “Code”) and with the assistance of Transport for London’s procurement team. Furthermore, officers must ensure that appropriate contractual documentation be executed by both the Authority and the relevant contractor prior to the commencement of the required services. 6.4 As regards the receipt of sponsorship income, officers should ensure that the Authority enter into sponsorship agreements with the relevant sponsors. 6.5 As stated in paragraph 1.4 and 2.3 of this report, the beneficiaries of the proposed grant of £24,000 to the London Music Fund will be young London-based musicians. There will be no direct benefit to the Authority. To this end, the payment may be viewed as a grant rather than a contract for services. 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__label__wiki	0.936838	0.936838	ID: Commission on South Sudan - 36th Meeting, 34th Regular Session Human Rights Council 14 Mar 2017 - Interactive dialogue with: - Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan A/HRC/34/63 Item:4 - Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention 34th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. HRC extranet (information on daily updates, draft documentation, copies of oral statements etc.) Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan South Sudan, Mr. Paulio Wanawilla Unango European Union, Mr. Carl Hallergard Unicef, Ms. Myriam Wischnewski Slovenia, Mr. Klemen Ponikvar France, Mr. Thomas Wagner Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvorák Germany, Ms. Antje Leenderste Denmark, Ms. Lone Thorup Switzerland, Mr. Lukas Heinzer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite Japan, Ms. Mitsuko Shino Belgium, Mr. Thomas Stevens Australia, Ms. Renée Arian China, Ms. Wang Yi Netherlands, Mr. Rochus Pronk Egypt, Mr. Mohammad Elshahed Algeria, Ms. Ahlem Sara Chrikhi Cuba, Mr. Luis Amoros Núñez United State Of America, Ms. Mary Beth Leonardo Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane Sudan, Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail Elamin The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Mr. Ljupcho Gjorgjinski Norway, Mr. Paul Ø. Bjørdal Ireland, Ms. Nuala Ní Mhuircheartaigh Portugal, Ms. Ana Helena Pinheiro Marques Albania, Ms. Filloreta Kodra Slovakia, Mr. Juranj Majcin Spain, Mr. Victor Puigdollers De Balle Morocco, Mr. Saïd Ahouga East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Ms. Veronica Almedom International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Sonia Tanicic International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Mr. Mutua Kobia CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Ms. Teldah Mawarire Human Rights Watch, Ms. Laila Matar Amnesty International, Ms. Tandi Pilani Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme, Mr. Amock CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et d'Iniatives pour le Dialogue ), Mr. Abouzar Elligai Mr. Kenneth Scott, Member Of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Concluding Remarks) Dr. Godfrey M. Musila, Member Of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Concluding Remarks) Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson Of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Concluding Remarks) 34th Regular Session Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Introduction) 00:01:31 Mr. Paulio Wanawilla Unango (Concerned Country), South Sudan 00:16:43 European Union, Mr. Carl Hallergard 00:22:21 UNICEF, Ms. Myriam Wischnewski 00:24:10 Slovenia, Mr. Klemen Ponikvar 00:26:14 France, Mr. Thomas Wagner 00:28:23 Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvořák 00:30:09 Germany, Ms. Antje Leenderste 00:32:11 Denmark, Ms. Lone Thorup 00:34:14 Switzerland, Mr. Lukas Heinzer 00:36:16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite 00:38:33 Japan, Ms. Mitsuko Shino 00:40:42 Belgium, Mr. Thomas Stevens 00:42:58 Australia, Ms. Renée Arian 00:44:54 China, Ms. Wang Yi 00:46:32 Netherlands, Mr. Rochus Pronk 00:48:28 Egypt, Mr. Mohammad Elshahed 00:50:22 Algeria, Ms. Ahlem Sara Chrikhi 00:52:37 Cuba, Mr. Luis Amoros Núñez 00:54:45 United State of America, Ms. Mary Beth Leonardo 00:56:23 Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane 00:58:23 Sudan, Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail Elamin 01:00:28 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Ljupcho Gjorgjinski 01:02:04 Norway, Mr. Paul Ø. Bjørdal 01:04:01 Ireland, Ms. Nuala Ní Mhuircheartaigh 01:06:12 Portugal, Ms. Ana Helena Pinheiro Marques 01:07:52 Albania, Ms. Filloreta Kodra 01:10:02 Slovakia, Mr. Juranj Majcin 01:12:07 Spain, Mr. Victor Puigdollers De Balle 01:14:04 Morocco, Mr. Saïd Ahouga 01:16:13 East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Ms. Veronica Almedom 01:18:01 International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Sonia Tanicic 01:20:10 International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Mr. Mutua Kobia 01:22:22 CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Ms. Teldah Mawarire 01:24:32 Human Rights Watch, Ms. Laila Matar 01:26:07 Amnesty International, Ms. Tandi Pilani 01:28:31 Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme, Mr. Amock Alikuleti 01:30:38 CIRID (Centre Independent de Recherches et d'Iniatives pour le Dialogue ), Mr. Abouzar Elligai 01:32:41 Mr. Kenneth Scott, Member of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Final Remarks) 01:35:08 Mr. Godfrey M. Musila, Member of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Final Remarks) 01:37:49 Mr. Kenneth Scott, Member Of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Concluding Remarks) 01:43:50 Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson Of The Commission On Human Rights In South Sudan (Concluding Remarks) 01:48:54 01:27:41 30 Chapters Original 13 Mar 2018 ID: Commission on South Sudan - 33rd Meeting, 37th Regular Session Human Rights... Original 17 Sep 2018 ID: Commission on South Sudan - 16th Meeting, 39th Regular Session Human Rights... ID: Commission on South Sudan - 14th Meeting, 42nd Regular Session Human Rights... ID (Cont'd): Commission on South Sudan - 15th Meeting, 42nd Regular Session... Enhanced ID: Human rights in South Sudan - 15th Meeting, 36th Regular Session... 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__label__cc	0.73618	0.26382	Asian Online Recipes (Cooking Guide) Using Pressure Cookers Practically anything that is cooked in liquid can be cooked faster in a pressure cooker. A special, airtight, locking lid makes a pressure cooker different form an ordinary pot. The lid forces pressure to build inside the pot as the liquid inside comes to a boil. The trapped steam causes the internal temperature to rise beyond what it would be capable of under normal pressure, decreasing cooking times by two-thirds or more. The increased pressure also softens the fibers in foods, which makes pressure cookers ideal for cooking tough cuts of meat. While early-model pressure cookers sometimes exploded under pressure and were considered dangerous by some cooks, current second-generation pressure cooker designs include safety features that make such explosions next to impossible. To choose, buy a pressure cooker that has a minimum 6-quart capacity. Since safety precautions demand that pressure cookers never be completely filled, anything smaller will be too limiting. When using, never fill the cooker to more than one-half to two-thirds of its capacity, depending on the design of the cooker and the type of food you're preparing. Most cookers have maximum-fill lines marked inside the pot. In general, pressure-cooked foods will cook in one-quarter to one-third of the time that it would take using a conventional cooking method. Reduce the amount of liquid by 20 to 40 percent to compensate for the lack of moisture evaporation in a pressure cooker. Also, look in the pressure cooker's instruction booklet for a similar recipe that will give you general cooking guidelines. Once you've combined the ingredients inside the pot, seal it by locking on the lid. Set the pot over high heat to bring it up to pressure as quickly as possible. Once the desired pressure level is reached, reduce the heat to maintain the pressure without increasing it or letting it drop. Begin calculating the cooking time at the moment that the pot reaches high pressure. Once the timer goes off, reduce the pressure completely before removing the lid. To speed the time it takes for the cooker to reach high pressure, boil any liquid before adding it to the pot. In order to prevent overcooking tender foods like chicken and vegetables, quickly release pressure by holding the pressure valve down with a long-handled spoon until all of the pressure has been released. Then, move the cooker to the sink and let cold water run down one side of the cover. Tilt the pot slightly to keep the water running away from the pressure vents or regulator. To release pressure naturally, remove the pot from the heat and let the pressure drop of its own accord. Use this pressure-release technique for foods such as beans and potatoes, and for other foods that have a skin that you wish to keep intact. Also use it when cooking beef, which will toughen when pressure is released too quickly, and to preserve the creamy texture of puddings. More Cooking Guide Copyright © 2003-2020 Asian Online Recipes. All rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405290
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__label__cc	0.631609	0.368391	Death once had a near-Sarah Palin experience. Monday - October 26, 2015 EU DECLARES TAMPONS ARE A TAXABLE LUXURY ITEM … What else would you expect from the schmucks at the EU? And so far, due to their membership, this country now has to convince the mucky-mucks at the EU, that this tax isn’t right. Lots of luck with that. There are any number of things that in the view of the EU, are essential but apparently tampons are thought to be a luxury. Any guess as to how many women were available at the EU to vote this tax in? Actually, it is in but the argument is, the EU notified the UK that it was not complying with their tax law and must increase the ( VAT ) tax to what they believe it should be. Being as how tampons are after all, a luxury denied to men. Tory Eurosceptics Are Uniting With Labour Against The Tampon Tax “This is yet another reason why we should vote to leave the EU,” Tory MP Steve Baker told BuzzFeed News. posted on Oct. 26, 2015, at 2:21 p.m. Emily Ashton BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK Tory Eurosceptic MPs are using a campaign to abolish the “tampon tax” to push for Britain to leave the EU. Eleven backbenchers have put their names to a Labour amendment in the House of Commons that would force the Treasury to challenge Brussels over the tax. VAT is currently charged on women’s sanitary products because they are categorised as “non-essential, luxury” items. The 5% rate is the lowest possible under EU law. But campaigners say the rate should be zero – and a petition to “stop taxing periods” has so far been signed by more than 250,000 people. Labour MP Paula Sherriff has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill – set to be debated on Monday evening – demanding that chancellor George Osborne negotiates a zero rate with the EU. The Conservative rebels hope that by joining forces with Labour, they will pile pressure on David Cameron and convince more voters to support leaving the EU in the upcoming referendum. BuzzFeed News understands that Tory whips were desperately ringing round backbenchers on Monday morning to convince them not to back the amendment. In an attempt to ward off an embarrassing rebellion, the Treasury is expected to declare in Monday’s debate that the “tampon tax” is wrong and should go, acknowledge that the UK parliament can’t do anything about it, and pledge to talk to the European Commission and other member states about the issue. read all of it here And from the Daily Mail Ministers facing revolt over EU’s ‘tampon tax’: Tory MPs to vote with Labour against VAT rules imposed by Brussels Politicians joining forces to make PM renegotiate so-called tampon tax Eurosceptic Tories teaming up with Scottish Nationalists and Lib Dems Women pay 5% levy on tampons because EU says they are ‘luxury item’ Campaigners say average woman spends £492/year on sanitary products By Gerri Peev and Claire Duffin For The Daily Mail REAL LUXURIES EXEMPT FROM TAX Luxury items ranging from ostrich meat and alcoholic jellies to boats and even helicopters are exempt from VAT. But sanitary products qualify for the tax because they are said to be ‘non-essential, luxury’ goods. There are three VAT rates in the UK: the 20 per cent standard rate, which applies to most goods and services; a reduced rate of 5 per cent; and zero-rated, which includes food and drink. In 2000 the rate on sanitary items was dropped from the old top level of 17.5 per cent to 5 per cent following a campaign by Labour MP Dawn Primarolo. But the Government has said it cannot go any lower because of EU rules which forbid scrapping VAT once it has been imposed or introducing new zero-rated items. Five per cent is the lowest rate allowed under Britain’s agreements with European partners. A wealth of luxury groceries fall among zero-rated items because all food and drink is exempt. They include candied peel, herbal tea, exotic meat such as horse, ostrich, crocodile and kangaroo, and ready meals. Also on the zero VAT list are slimming meal replacement products, savoury snacks and alcoholic dessert jellies. Helicopters and aircraft used for passenger and freight transport – but not private use – and boats also qualify, although vessels used for recreation or pleasure do not. Other 5 per cent items include products to help people stop smoking. Posted by peiper on 10/26/2015 at 02:05 PM Filed Under: • Taxes • UK • • Comments (2) • Trackbacks(0) Permalink • Thursday - March 12, 2015 ho-hum for you …. buried in paper for me If I told you guys what some of the bother I’d been up to lately, you would not feel too sorry for me cos some of it has been caused by ... meself. Inattention to little details like .... taxes and file of same and late and oh boy I fear this is gonna cost. No fines because we aren’t talking about anything like evasion or criminal activity. It’s a tedious story so I won’t bore with details, and there really are factors involved but, I have to consult via pc and loooong phone calls to USA accountant. I said I wouldn’t bore and I won’t but there is one little detail you might find stupidly amusing. See .... we were under the impression (because I do not check often enuff) that we had not made any money. After all, we’re old and collect SS. But .... (clears throat) ummmmm. Seems the folks at our bank who handle our meager investments have. And they aren’t too meager to escape the notice of our home state. Oh ,,, and I forgot. I bought and sold MSFT a few yrs ago. Did you know they pay dividends? Yeah well, we got that too. I forgot. Anyway ... strategy worked. You buy before dividends declared and hold for some short period and then sell. Of course the stock went up too so bingo. Now I am not talking millions or even hundreds of thousands so don’t get that idea. Ummmm ... I also sold out of our position in the Q’s, which is the Tech Index, QQQ. Made a little there. The bad news? Both Qs and MSFT hit the hundred mark. I’m too embarrassed to tell you where I got worried and sold. So anyway .... color me embarrassed and cowardly. Cowardly because I knew from years of past experience, that both the Q’s and MSFT are sure fire speculations. Well, maybe not at today’s prices for us. But they are solid and I know that personally, and so in addition to being a bit of a financial coward cause we don’t have a money tree anymore, pretty damn stupid along with all the rest. But hey ..... There’s good news too as Drew is witness to. Finally after weeks of searching ..... We bought a brand new washer/dryer combo, top of the range too. Because they don’t have tilt drums in washers here anymore, and since there isn’t any room for side by side top loaders, which are not easy to find anyway, I had a 14 inch platform specially built that with our bad backs, we would not have to bend down to floor level to load and unload. Now .... about those tax filings ..... We have to show the last 6 years activity of our use of ..... our local bank here in the UK. ???? And that’s for the USA tax folks. Posted by peiper on 03/12/2015 at 08:51 AM Filed Under: • Taxes • Thursday - June 26, 2014 Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS Among those excuses: 1. The dog ate my tax receipts 2. Convenient, unexplained, miscellaneous computer malfunction 3. Traded documents for five terrorists 4. Burned for warmth while lost in the Yukon 5. Left on table in Hillary’s Book Room 6. Received water damage in the trunk of Ted Kennedy’s car 7. Forgot in gun case sold to Mexican drug lords 8. Forced to recycle by municipal Green Czar 9. Was short on toilet paper while camping 10. At this point, what difference does it make? May I point out that I use those excuses anyway. Posted by Christopher on 06/26/2014 at 12:40 PM Filed Under: • Big Brother • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • Taxes • Tuesday - April 15, 2014 Happy Tax Day Get to work proles. Fill out those forms. Send in your money. You OWE it to the government. They NEED it. Because poor Harry Reid can’t get by on $175,000 a year plus all the graft he can skim from the ChiComs. Because the IRS needs your money to continue their campaign of harassing Conservative groups. And don’t ever forget how much guns and ammo cost, that entire alphabet soups of government agencies need to keep you in your place; why I hear now that the hundreds of soldiers, cops, FBI agents, and BLM snipers around Cliven Bundy’s ranch didn’t even have bullets in the hundreds of guns they were aiming at the unarmed citizens engaged in peaceful protest, while threatening to shoot those same protestors. Probably because those folks had the audacity to NOT have their protest within some BLM specified “free speech” zone. But those are really only very minor examples of what your government needs your money for. The very largest need they have is to give it to other people, often disguised as a political favor to ensure their reelection. But income redistribution, “spreading the wealth around” is what the government does. Assisted by hundreds of thousands of very well paid workers with no oversight and no accountability and no chance of ever losing their jobs. And so many of these people have a political agenda that silently guides them, an agenda you would never even think of. But most of what’s left after it flows through the sticky fingers of “management costs” goes to our poor. Folks who live better than 90% of the rest of humanity worldwide, but this is America. But hey, they don’t have jobs, so we’ve got to extend a hand. Another enormous chunk of your taxes goes to funneling money to foreign governments, these days mainly countries who are what the kids call “best frenemies”. Friendly enemies we’re always nearly ready to have a war with, but in the meantime let’s buy every last product they can produce or dig out of the ground, and while we’re at it let’s borrow trillions from them at usurious interest rates. So in essence we’re paying fat interest to borrow our own money back, to hand it out to our people who don’t have jobs, because the jobs they might have had are now in these “frenemy” nations employing their ever growing population while ours declines. Meanwhile, hundreds of islands right off the coast of the US are chock full of unemployed or underemployed foreigners, many of whom would cherish the chance to grow or build something to sell to those rich Americans right next door. Screw them. We’ll send all our cash to the absolute opposite ends of the earth before we build up the economies of our own little neighbors. Happy Tax Day. Posted by Drew458 on 04/15/2014 at 09:17 AM Tuesday - November 05, 2013 this just may be the dumbest thing you’ll have read this year. they really are down the drain Please tell me it’s April 1st and the newspaper is just having me on. These schmucks are seriously f****d! What kind of system, what sort of country would allow this? Over the past year we’ve seen all sorts of dumb judgments and read about the insanity. But this really does take the prize I would think. If anyone out there reading this has something to top it, I’d sure like to know. Or wait ... maybe I wouldn’t. Look at this arrogant scum, this insect with his negro gang signs. Oh how cool a pose. Oh, and his brother apparently is covered by Brit largess also. That 10,000 in our dollars is over $16,000 and that is only the beginning. You won’t believe what ur about to read. And there’s more at the link below. Taxpayers’ £10,000 bill to teach failed asylum seeker to fly: Ethiopian given lessons despite Government saying he must leave country next year Yonas Admasu Kebedemm will also get up to £10,000 in living expenses Court rules council must meet his education costs after leaving school Critics call decision ‘blank cheque’ which is ‘deeply unfair’ on taxpayers Council also funding his younger brother to start a degree in Manchester By Eleanor Harding Taxpayers face a bill of tens of thousands of pounds so a failed asylum seeker can train to be a pilot. Yonas Admasu Kebede will be given flying lessons costing £10,000 even though the Government says he must leave the UK next year. The 21-year-old from Ethiopia will also get up to £10,000 in living expenses. A council is being forced to pay up after a court ruled it must meet Mr Kebede’s education costs after leaving school. Critics called the decision a ‘blank cheque’ which is ‘deeply unfair’ on taxpayers and questioned whether learning to fly should be paid from the public purse. The council is also funding Mr Kebede’s younger brother, Abiy, 20, to start a degree at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Kebedes came to the UK with their older brother and father in 2004. Their asylum application was refused but they were granted discretionary leave to stay in the UK until November 2014. Shortly after their arrival, they were abandoned by the older family members. They were placed in council care in Newcastle and attended a local comprehensive, where they attained GCSEs and A-levels. By law, local authorities have a duty to help meet training costs of those with no parents so that they can enter the workplace. Usually, these costs are living expenses for apprenticeships and college courses – not the enormous sums associated with a degree or professional qualification. But the brothers’ lawyers argued that the council should pick up the bill as their immigration status barred them from applying for a student loan. Labour-controlled Newcastle city council fought the claim in the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal, but lost, in a ruling likely to set a precedent for other claims. It now faces providing loans of up to £20,000 per year to each brother, with the amount to be repaid once they start work. The brothers plan to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK but there is no guarantee it will be granted. They may be able to transfer to a normal student loan arrangement if their application is successful – which could see them repaying some of the cost of their education. Mr Kebede is taking the lessons at Flight Training London at Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, and hopes to then apply for a degree in aviation. The training for a private pilot’s licence involves a minimum of 45 flying hours and seven theoretical exams as well as a flight test. The flying school charges £165 per hour-long training session, while a flight test costs £185. READ THE REST OF IT HERE the amount to be repaid once they start work. Yeah right. Good luck with that. You’ll have to catch em first and you know, it’s like Jimmy the Greek once said about these ppl They run real good because .... Filed Under: • CULTURE IN DECLINE • Illegal-Aliens and Immigration • Insanity • Taxes • Tuesday - October 22, 2013 I Doubt This Is A Ruse IRS Shells Out An EXTRA $4,200,000,000 To Illegal Aliens In USA While harrying and stalling tea party groups seeking nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service mailed $4.2 billion in child-credit checks to undocumented immigrants. Critics say midlevel IRS bureaucrats continue to abuse the Additional Child Tax Credit program by dispensing $1,000 checks to families in this country illegally. “The law needs clarification that undocumented immigrants are not eligible,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told Watchdog.org in a statement. To make Congress’ intent clear – that only legal U.S. residents are entitled to ACTC credits — Grassley co-sponsored a clarifying amendment with Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wy. “Unfortunately, the majority leader (Harry Reid, D-Nev.) cut off debate, so we weren’t given the chance to offer our amendment,” said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The IRS’ practice of paying out billions to undocumented-immigrant families never received full congressional scrutiny, said David North, a fellow at the enforcement-oriented Center for Immigration Studies. “I’ve been in government and I know kind of how these things work out,” North told the Washington Times. “It struck me that (GS) 15s and 16s got together at some point and decided this is how we should handle it, and it stuck,” said North, who wrote “Paying Illegals to Stay,” an analysis of how benefit programs increase illegal immigration. The IRS has said it doesn’t believe the ACTC law allows the agency to deny payment to undocumented immigrants. First of all, who the hell does the IRS think it is, choosing to have their own understanding of the law? The law is what is written, and is executed as Congress says it shall be. If (and that’s a big IF) it says this is only for citizens, then IMO every IRS agent who allowed one of these checks to go out is personally responsible to the government for that money. Personally. Responsible. Pay up amigos. You, and every manager above you up to the big shots who made this decision. Then you’re fired. Second, illegal aliens you craven suck-putz. Not undocumented immigrants. Yes, in the broadest terms they are immigrants in that they have come here. But the term implies some tacit permission, which they do. not. have. Thus, and always, they are ILLEGAL ALIENS. But why am I hoping it’s a ruse? Because 4.2 billion, a thousand bucks at a go, is 4.2 million. Given how them there illegals love to pair up and breed, and breed and breed and breed, this means that the IRS now unequivocally now has the address for at least 12.6 million illegals. Probably 15 million. And fraudulently filing a tax return is a felony. And a felony is a deportable offense. And we know where they are. Trial? 10 seconds: we have the forms, we have the bank record that you cashed the check. Guilty. Gotcha. Round ‘em up, move ‘em out, rawhide. Drewtopia is sneaky that way, which is why my dream country doesn’t have an illegal alien problem. But I doubt the US government is that slick. Or that they even want the illegals, our new slave class, to be gone. Um, no. Filed Under: • Government • Illegal-Aliens and Immigration • Taxes • Tuesday - May 14, 2013 That IRS Scandal Who me, a cynic? I have not yet begun to Cyn! I haven’t written about the latest scandal to come bubbling up out of the DC cesspit. I’m not sure that I want to, because I instinctively feel it’s a set up. A sucker’s bet. Smoke and mirrors, although it doesn’t seem to be throwing the slow-to-awake hound dogs of the media off the Benghazi scent. But I feel it’s a con. Somehow. That the whole thing will be traced to a small number of mid-level “rogue” employees, amorally doing what they “thought” would “benefit” their Big One. And that’s why the “scandal” broke in the first place. Because all the i’s were dotted and all the t’s crossed and all the records and emails cleansed before this was allowed to be news, so that the chain of evidence goes only so high and does NOT reach the top. A half dozen or so IRS agents will take the fall. All of them will be near to retirement anyway, and they’ll just step down. Oh, there will be talk, endless talk, of criminal prosecution ... which will go nowhere. And yet somehow, behind the curtain, those agents who are dismissed will somehow be taken care of. Once out of the limelight for a month or so, they’ll get jobs in other departments. Or they’ll find themselves as consultants, earning some ultra fat salary for a year or two in some sinecure job that makes up, more than makes up, for the wages from the old job and any benefits lost. If, and it’s an unlikely if, those that get the axe are stripped of their bennies and retirement accounts. If. Don’t bet on it. In other words, the fix is in. Before the game even begins. And even though the running dog media is currently in high dudgeon, red hot and seething that the phone and email records of their brothers over at Associated Press were illegally seized by another branch of the dictatorship, not a single one of them will push. Not really push. Because the truth is out there, somewhere. Somehow. And you know as well as I do that this whole “scandal” was just Business As Usual to this Regime. With their full knowledge and consent. And direction. And approval. All the way to the very top. All the way up to former Secretary of the Treasury “"turbo tax” Tim Geithner, and beyond. You’ll hear “Nixon’s enemies list” half a million times (because no matter how big a Socialist Nixon was, and he advanced the Socialist Agenda at least as much as any other president, the MSM will forever have it in for him because he was the guy who put Alger Hiss away. An actual communist spy, who just happened to be the media’s and society’s darling), but you won’t hear a word about “Obama’s enemies list” even though you yourself can easily find video of him referring to his political opponents AND a vast number of Americans, as his enemies. On multiple occasions to boot. Don’t ever forget that your own government considers you a potential terrorist and a threat and has since the early days of this president’s “rule”. A word he himself used when His Arrogance began the transition from the never-before-seen-in-the-history-of-The-United-States “Office of the President Elect” to his actual inaugural empowerment. Nor will the press ever recall that Slick Willy Clinton also sicced the IRS on people and organizations he didn’t like. Down the memory hole. Forgotten. Ignore that such a thing shows that harassment by the tax man is SOP to the Left. The truth? If there is a truth in here somewhere, it’s that any (and every?) branch of the government can be (is?) a running dog apparatchik for the party in power. Assuming that the branch was properly “cleansed” when the party took power, which Evil Booosh never did at State. Or at EPA. Or at Energy. Or at Education. But which Clinton did, so all those branches are filled with Progressive types. And each and every one of those branches has been, and still is, used to further the agenda of the Left. The Far Left. And it never ever is news. At least not until the top players have moved on from their appointed positions and a deep impenetrable moat dug around the godkings at the top. And some elected-for-an-entire-career DC Dimwit is yaddering away on last night on TV about how this IRS scandal destroys people’s faith and trust in government. HAH! And now, back to your daily show. Flip on the boob tube, and watch both sides of the aisle in DC get all frumpety, and start blowing the trumpets of righteousness and resentment with every breath, because everyone hates the IRS. Because this is their perfect “me too” moment. And it will go nowhere. So have a ton of links. It’s a terrible tale, and in an honest world it would result in firings and arrests for the larger part of the upper reaches of an entire branch of government. The same way that Benghazi should be a blood purge over at State. The same way that Fast And Furious should have been a blood purge over at Justice and at Homeland Security. Three out of many, all of which should have resulted in impeachment. And none of them will. Because the fix is in. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/13/irs-scrutiny-went-beyond-tea-party-criteria-broader-than-thought/ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-began-targeting-conservatives-in-2010/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/12/irs-targeted-groups-that-criticized-the-government-ig-report-says/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324715704578478851998004528.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/us-usa-tax-irs-criteria-idUSBRE94C03N20130513 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/14/irs-timeline-shows-dc-officials-in-loop-on-tea-party-targeting/ Filed Under: • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • Government • Corruption and Greed • Taxes • An Extended Time Waster I’m spending today doing my taxes. Oh joy. Now let’s see ... take the line 64 amount from Form D and copy it to the line 37 amount on Form C, then subtract the allowable 15.392% of Form 1040W line 81 and enter that amount on Form 1040A line 87, unless you were born on an alternate Tuesday in which case use Form 198X and enter 27.19% of the amount on Form 87 line 17 on Form A and multiply it by 31/79 of the amount found by subtracting the sum of lines 53 to 68 on Form .... GAAAAHH!!!! Here’s a pair of cute red twins. Clicky biggy. See More Below The Fold Dayum!! GET ME OUT OF HERE ... Filed Under: • Eye-Candy • Taxes • Tuesday - March 12, 2013 This Can’t Be Right I read a post at SBPDL today that referenced an article at The Hill, wherein Barbara Lee (D-CA) is almost saying that the Sequester is raaaaacist because it will have the strongest impact on the Black community, because 20% of their workforce works for the government. That got me thinking. And then I saw last year’s report from The Heritage Foundation that shows that 20% of our entire population is dependent on government handouts, and that does NOT include the people who work for the government. Then I looked around a bit, and finally found what seems to be a fair answer to that old chestnut “How many people work for the government?” And the answer, when all is said and done, sub-contractors included, is 40 million people. And this is last year’s answer, m’kay? 40 million. 17% of the labor pool, and since Wikipedia pegs the overall population at a hair under 309 million, that’s also 12.944% of the total population. Do the tiniest bit of rounding up to bring the data up to date, and we’ve got 33% of America either working for, or getting a check from, the government. This includes the federal, state, and local levels. But still. 33%. A solid third. 103,000,000 people. One in three. 1/3 of the American population, supported by the government in one way or another. Which means the taxes paid by the workforce that represents the other 2/3, plus whatever trillions gets borrowed from the rest of the world. And, as you’ve heard a hundred times, half the population neither pays taxes nor is represented on a tax return by people who do. Don’t forget that all those 40 million government workers are theoretically part of that income tax paying group NOT in the above graph. And it’s a really easy argument to posit that they don’t really pay income taxes except on their investments, since their income is derived from tax redistribution. That makes the bite that much sharper for anyone with a job that actually contributes to a real GNP. This is all rolled together and called “Spreading the wealth around”. Every two citizens who pay income taxes are supporting a third citizen to a greater or lesser extent. We are Greece. Or at least we can see them from our house. Just something to keep in mind when the Left and the Media tear into Paul Ryan for the next several days for his utter horrible intransigence in delivering a budget plan today that would eventually reel in some amount of excessive government spending. In a few years. And pay off the national debt in another 2 generations. House Republicans unveiled an ambitious cost-cutting plan Tuesday that would balance the budget in 10 years without raising taxes, while repealing ObamaCare and overhauling entitlements—a document Democrats are sure to reject but could be used as a negotiating tool in talks with President Obama. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, is sticking by controversial proposals, including one to give future Medicare retirees the option of using government payments for private health care plans. The plan warns of a looming debt crisis, and endeavors to pay off the debt by 2050. “We are addressing the most predictable debt crisis in this country’s history,” Ryan said Tuesday. “Our plan will balance the budget and pay off our debts.” In response, the White House issued a statement complaining that the plan does not include tax increases for top earners and said the president believes it is the “wrong course for America.” The wrong course for America? Hey butthole, what other course do we have left? Total bankruptcy and complete insolvency? 70% of federal spending is for handouts. Entitlements. Spreading The Wealth Around. A third of that money is borrowed from abroad. But never mind that, you silly wage earners. It’s time to get out your 1040 forms and Pay Your Fair Share. Too bad you can’t get a deduction for your 103,000,000 dependents. Here is some more info on the “2014 Ryan Budget”. Yes, he’s keeping Obama’s tax hike. DUH. That’s the only sane way out of this morass. “Take less, spend nothing” works, but it’s too damn drastic. “Take more, spend less” works too, and also raises the value of the money that you have left by reducing the currency supply. This is the only approach that will work, whether it’s “fine tuned” up or down a bit. But if it gets “tuned down” to the zero point, then it’s another pile of worthless crap, and the proverbial can gets kicked down the road again. Problem is, the end of the road is in sight. And it isn’t very far away. If anything, the Ryan budget needs to be made fiercer. Bigger cuts, faster. And then, perhaps in 10 years when there is clear evidence that things are improving, then we can cut the taxes severely. Granted, I would like to see two alternates, one that throws out Obamacare and ALL it’s additional taxes, and another that throws out Obamacare and HALF it’s additional taxes. Run the numbers and see where either one pushes the horizon to. Because it’s going to be hell dealing with a massive tax increase right now. Which is EXACTLY what the Democrats are planning. Give Obama a nickel, and he’ll cry for a dollar. It’s only your fair share after all, right? That’s happened already. It’s not an anecdote. Too much is never enough for Teh Won. Posted by Drew458 on 03/12/2013 at 02:50 PM Filed Under: • Economics • Government • Taxes • Friday - January 11, 2013 Jindal Makes His Move Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Calls For Use Tax: NO Income Tax, NO Corporate Tax Will it work? I don’t know. But at least he’s willing to give it a try. If it goes in, and LA starts creating jobs all over the place, then we’ll know it’s a hit. And somebody has to have the balls to actually try and do some real tax reform in this country. Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to eliminate Louisiana’s income and corporate taxes and pay for those cuts with increased sales taxes, the governor’s office confirmed Thursday. The governor’s office has not yet provided the details of the plan. “The bottom line is that for too long, Louisiana’s workers and small businesses have suffered from having a state tax structure that is too complex and that holds back economic prosperity,” Jindal said in a statement released by his office. “It’s time to change that so people can keep more of their own money and foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create good-paying jobs.” Jindal said the plan would be revenue-neutral and that the goal would be to keep sales taxes “as low and flat as possible.” “Eliminating personal income taxes will put more money back into the pockets of Louisiana families and will change a complex tax code into a more simple system that will make Louisiana more attractive to companies who want to invest here and create jobs. “The bottom line is that for too long, Louisiana’s workers and small businesses have suffered from having a state tax structure that is too complex and that holds back economic prosperity. It’s time to change that so people can keep more of their own money and foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create good-paying jobs.” You go, Bobby. Go go go! Sunday - December 30, 2012 near empty pockets but govt. answer is always take more and then give away some I have no personal idea if this boring ass actually believe this crap, or if he is merely sucking up to the left and trying to gain votes. How can this jerk lecture his country as the Prime Schmuck Minister with regard to spending and belt tightening, and still find the damn money to toss into a sinkhole, never to be seen again. You wanna help the poor of the world? Fine Dave. Send them your salary every year. Foreign aid is nothing more than forcing a population to dig into their pockets to send their money to people they do not know and perhaps care nothing for. And all so that a govt. can feel good about itself while spending other ppl’s money. The NHS is operating on the fumes from an empty petrol tank, there are genuine poor right here, homes for the aged have closed in some areas, benefits are awarded to the undeserving and failed amnesty hopefuls, thugs rule the streets, programs are being short changed in the name of austerity, but you somehow have managed to find pirate treasure so it’s all just found money. Is that it? Cameron: UK has a ‘moral obligation’ to help world’s poor David Cameron has defended Britain’s £11bn foreign aid bill saying the UK Government has a “moral obligation” to help to the world’s poorest people. NO, it does not and you sir are full of political bull shit. Up to your ears and the rest is all toilet paper. It has NO obligation moral or otherwise. If folks feel strongly on the subject, let those who give a shit spend their own money and donate till it hurts and then donate more again. But please do lets stop all this talk about morals cos it isn’t that. It’s politics and it’s phony and most can see through it all. The Prime Minister acknowledged that the Coalition’s commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on overseas aid was not a popular policy. Development spending will rise next year from £8.7 billion to £11.3 billion as a result of the promise. But he insisted that the British people were “incredibly generous” and appealed to the nation’s “heart” to help alleviate poverty in the developing world. “It can sometimes be a difficult argument because we are having tough times at home and we are having to make difficult decisions,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “But Britain is an incredibly generous country. The British people are incredibly generous.” There is “an argument of the heart” and of the “head” in favour of continuing to supply aid to the developing world. More bullshit. More smoke and mirrors. If the people are generous in the way the PM puts things, it is because THEY HAVE NO FUCKIN CHOICE! Pretty damn easy to be generous when the money is taken from your pocket like it or no, approve it or not. “The argument of the heart is even when things are difficult at home we should fulfil our moral obligations to the poorest of the world. There are still more than a billion people living on a dollar a day,” Mr Cameron said. “There are also good arguments of the head,” he said. “This year we have helped vaccinate 13 million children against killer diseases … we have distributed 12 million anti malarial bed nets.” Details help the public “visualise” that taxpayers’ money is going to “save lives”. Aid also helps prevent countries collapsing, causing Britain “problems of mass migration, pandemics and climate change”, he said. Climate change? How’d that get snuck in there? Mass migration? To where? Here? Ever think about defending your shoreline with guns if necessary and screw what the EU might think about it? Right. We didn’t think so. So you have you say, saved 13 million children. Yeah? For what? So they can add to the over-breeding of whatever country they are in, thus insuring a starving population? Malarial bed nets. Good play there Dave. How much do you suppose the natives made selling them off? Charitable giving by govts. is nothing more than an industry devoted to making politicians feel warm and fuzzy and worthwhile. Screw the poor in other countries. The job of govts is to insure the peace and safety and well being of it’s own citizens. First! Once you have solved ALL your domestic problems and the problems of the poor at home, then you may mount your white charger and play benevolent knight. But only with the money of people who care and who are willing to volunteer to have their pockets picked. Mass migration..... Don’t let them in.... Pandemics............Don’t let them in Climate change.....SCAM Here’s the part that will .... OF COURSE ..... Include the USA. The Prime Minister said Britain would use its presidency of the G8, which begins on January 1, to call on the richest countries to launch “a major campaign on the issue of hunger, and making sure there aren’t people going hungry every night”. “There are far too many children in our world growing up stunted, who aren’t having proper brain development and we are going to see a big campaign on that.” New global development goals will also be discussed in talks at the UN next year. Mr Cameron said one key area would be tackling political corruption in developing countries and whether citizens have access to justice. Right Mr. Prime Jerk. Sure thing. Lets insure that corruption is ended. Just like here as in that MP who stole thousands and was allowed to get away with it AND, paid almost nothing back. And that’s only one. This one. Remember? A judge admitted today that Margaret Moran, the former Labour MP, may be perceived to have “got away” with fiddling her expenses by avoiding a criminal conviction and jail. Moran, who was judged too ill to be jailed for her parliamentary expenses fraud, was last month found guilty of fraudulently claiming £53,000 from the tax payer. She escaped a criminal record after a judge ruled that she was “not fit mentally to defend herself”, having heard that she was suffering from severe depression. Uh huh. I’d be depressed too were I caught after stealing $85,645. And then there’s “justice.” Like this? Despite the police having “good evidence” from a member of staff at Bradley & Brown in Bridge Road, who claims she saw the alleged incident, the CPS will not be pursuing the case against the suspect because she has already been jailed for similar offences. Oh that’s okay then. Justice served. Want more examples? Just go into BMEWS archives. Filed Under: • Government • Taxes • UK • Saturday - July 28, 2012 last weeks news. are kids being encouraged to grass tax avoiders? PUPILS are being encouraged to rat on tax dodgers to their teachers by HM Revenue & Customs. That’s what is being reported on lately. Apparently, tax officials have developed teaching modules for schools where kids are asked if they know about anyone in their local area who isn’t paying what they should. The tax folks say that isn’t true as reported. They say they don’t use children to gain info about tax dodgers or cheats. What is known, say the reporters following this, is that the tax ppl have drawn up these modules to teach children at secondary schools about the pay as you earn plan and also national insurance. They use video games and facts and have quizzes teaching things about finance and citizenship issues. Like. “What do you think of those who refuse to pay tax or try to defraud the benefits system? Can you think of any example you may have heard of in your local area?” One module, headlined “tax responsibilities of a good citizen”, aims to help teenagers “understand the obligations if being a good citizen and discuss what should happen to hose who are not prepared to work under such obligations”. One lesson plan – targeted at 14 to 16 year olds – requires students to “discuss whether it is good to pay the tax we do, considering the benefits we receive. If it is good, then why do people try not to pay?” It continues: “Show class the remaining factfile slides on tax evasion. What do students think of those who refuse to pay tax or try and defraud the benefits system? “Can they think of any example they may have heard of in their local area?” A further “plenary session” asks: “What do students now think about paying taxes? In what other ways can we contribute to working together for a better society? “What do students think about people who try to avoid paying taxes? Is it a victimless crime? What kind of penalties should such people be given when they are caught?” (quotes from The Telegraph) Here’s the issue that brought this conversation on. It is people who pay for services with cash, to avoid the tax that might normally be charged. For example, for years and years and years the late MIL paid a man to cut the lawn. He still does. She always gave him cash. We continue that practise. After all, whose gonna write out a check for say five dollars. Or eight dollars once a month when the window cleaner guys come over. Or the lady who used to come over and help the wife with odd garden jobs she no longer can easily do. All mostly local people who’ve been here even longer then my wife. And this was her home before we met 40 some yrs ago. There was a storm raised in the last week or two, by some officials and I can’t even remember who now, that claimed it was morally wrong to avoid even those taxes where the law allowed you to. So they were NOT merely speaking of tax cheats in the legal sense. They were speaking of those who have LEGAL accounts offshore and who take advantage of the LEGAL LOOPHOLES the law allows. Well as you would expect there was this bru-haha with some ppl naming names and some newspapers, all of em actually, naming names and reporting on folks who paid less tax then the “people” thought they should. And the left was on the issue like ducks on a June bug you bet. There it was. Proof positive how awful and immoral capitalism is. Sure, it doesn’t look good when some can manage to avoid paying much on huge incomes but hey, then change the law covering off shore accounts and close the loopholes. But don’t castigate the people taking advantage of something perfectly legal. Who would want to pay more when they can pay less? Right. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. But besides those guys. I don’t actually know for certain if either wants to pay more. But I think I read that Buffet said he’d be happy to. Or willing. Something like that. Easy for anyone who has enough and can make low interest loans to god. Always seems to be a lynch mob out to do in the wealthy. The baying mob of have nots in a world of never wills. Filed Under: • Economics • Taxes • Monday - July 09, 2012 John Galt Leftists? Golly, what a coincidence. The Mighty Obama makes a big speech today about raising taxes on the “rich” - people with a gross income over $250,000, which means most somewhat successful small business owners - and today in the news we see a leftist billionairess taking her cash and splitting. Denise Rich gives up U.S. citizenship, will save millions in U.S. taxes Denise Rich, songwriter, socialite and the former wife of a pardoned billionaire, has given up her U.S. citizenship, and will reportedly thus save millions in U.S. taxes as well. Rich appeared under her maiden name, Denise Eisenberg, in a quarterly listing of Americans who renounced their U.S. citizenship, Reuters reports. Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin made headlines when gave up his U.S. passport and became a citizen of Singapore, just before the social networks’s May I.P.O. Rich wrote songs for Aretha Franklin and Jessica Simpson, but she’s best known as the ex-wife of Marc Rich, who fled the country in 1983 after being indicted for tax evasion, racketeering and trading oil with Iran. President Clinton pardoned Rich, a big Democratic donor, on his last day in office in 2001. A House of Representatives committee concluded that Denise Rich helped bring about her ex-husband’s pardon through donations to the Clinton library and campaign. The Riches had divorced in 1996. Denise Rich was born in Worcester, Massachusetts but has Austrian citizenship through her deceased father ... she was making the move “so that she can be closer to her family and to Peter Cervinka, her long-time partner.” Cervinka is an Austrian national, but his main residence is London. Austria gives tax breaks to citizens who spend half the year abroad, Reuters reports. You can’t tax the rich if they flee the country and take their riches with them. Those super wealthy Citizens Of The World have no nationalism anyway. They’re only citizens of their own exclusive nation of godlike privilege. The rest of us working stiffs can’t afford such a graceful exit, so we’re stuck here paying the bills. Filed Under: • Democrats-Liberals-Moonbat Leftists • Illegal-Aliens and Immigration • Taxes • Tax day! Get all your forms together and get to the Post Office. Time to pay your fair share. Just be glad you’re getting off so lightly this year ... 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__label__cc	0.667551	0.332449	Namibia Pitt Jolie EXCLUSIVE Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie talk exclusively about the birth of their baby girl Story No.: 486096 Restrictions: Check script for details Source: APTN (including transcript):- ALL RIGHTS AP 1. Arrival Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie 2. Wide of Pitt and Jolie 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie, Actress: "Well I had been here years before on a film and loved the country and loved the people here. And when we found out we were pregnant and thinking about where we would want to go we thought we wanted to find a place that was, a beautiful place that our other children would enjoy. And we knew that this had so many wonderful sights and also the things to do here for them things that we wanted to show them, and places we wanted to spend time with them. And they have had an amazing adventure and have made many friends here. Our son has friends here now so that was why. And also we just love this part of the world. Our other daughter was born in Africa and so this is a special continent for us." AP PHOTOS/NO ACCESS CANADA/INTERNET 4. STILL: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie listening to Marlene Mungunda, Namibian Minister of Child Welfare 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie, Actress: "June 20th is refugee day and absolutely, I celebrate it every year. And I say celebrate because I think refugees it's not, it is a very difficult thing to be, it's a tough thing but I celebrate refugees because they are the strongest people I have ever met and I think they are remarkable, what they go through, and the refugee families and the children, and how much they overcome. So I usually am in Washington and depending on where we can be now because of travel restrictions and the new baby but I may be able to make it to Washington, if not I'll be delivering a statement from Los Angeles. But just a statement of hope and hope that people stay focussed on all the refugees in the world and hope that they continue to give them to aid and support that they need." 6. Pan Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie "We had somebody that was working with us to go to the day hospitals and to see what hey were missing, what might be useful. We wanted it to be a practical donation, it wasn't just an idea of money, but to understand what the doctors were needing, or requesting and what the patients were requesting, so I think with the people we have worked with and the local people here we have been able to make some very practical decisions and do some very substantial things." 8. STILL: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie posing with Penexupifo Pohamba, Namibian First Lady 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brad Pitt, Actor: "I'd just like to thank the people in Namibia, they have been so gracious to us and made our stay here very special and because of that we have had an incredible time with our family exploring the country and a truly peaceful birth of our daughter, and that we are eternally grateful for and we will certainly be back." FOLLOWS ON TO SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie, Actress: "Yes, just thank you to everyone in Namibia for allowing us this time in your country and we hope to return. Thank you." 10. Pitt and Jolie standing up and exiting room PITT AND JOLIE THANK NAMIBIA FOR PEACEFUL BIRTH Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have thanked the people of Namibia for the "peaceful birth" of their daughter and said they hoped to return to the country. AP Television News has acquired the worldwide rights to the exclusive first television interview, conducted by Nambian Broadcasting Corporation in the coastal town of Swakopmund. The couple arrived at the interview smiling and looking relaxed and happy. Angelina explained why they chose Namibia as the birth place for their new daughter: "Well I had been here years before on a film and loved the country and loved the people here. And when we found out we were pregnant and thinking abut where we would want to go we thought we wanted to find a place that was...a beautiful place that our other children would enjoy. And we knew that this had so many wonderful sights and also the things to do here for them things that we wanted to show them, and places we wanted to spend time with them. " Angelina Jolie is a frequent visitor to Africa and serves as goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She said she will mark Refugee Day on 20 June, and described refugees as "the strongest people I have ever met." "I usually am in Washington and depending on where we can be now because of travel restrictions and the new baby but I may be able to make it to Washington, if not I'll be delivering a statement from Los Angeles. But just a statement of hope and hope that people stay focussed on all the refugees in the world and hope that they continue to give them to aid and support that they need." She went on to describe the ways in which she and Brad have given their thanks to the Namibian community in return for the hospitability and warmth that the community has shown them: Brad Pitt expressed how much the couple had appreciated the warmth of the Namibian people during their time there, describing how their experience had impacted on the birth of their baby Shiloh Nouvel: "I'd just like to thank the people in Namibia, they have been so gracious to us and made our stay here very special and because of that we have had an incredible time with our family exploring the country and a truly peaceful birth of our daughter, and that we are eternally grateful for and we will certainly be back." Jolie also expressed her own heartfelt thanks to the people of Namibia: "Thank you to everyone in Namibia for allowing us this time in your country and we hope to return." Jolie and Pitt had powerful help protecting their privacy from the government of Namibia, which refused to grant entry to reporters seeking to cover the birth without the actors' written permission. The government arrested photographers, confiscated film, ringed the couple's hotel with heavy security and set up large green barriers on the beach to shield their family. Todays interview was the couple's second public appearance since Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born May 27 at a private clinic in Walvis Bay. Delivered by Caesarean section, the baby weighed 7 pounds (3.15 kilogrammes) and was said to be in good health. The couple had sought a place where they could spend some special time with her two adopted children, 16-month-old Zahara, from Ethiopia, and four-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia. Jolie has two adopted children: toddler Zahara, from Ethiopia, and four-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia. Both had their surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt announced his intentions to co-adopt the children. Pitt, 42, and Jolie, 31, were first linked romantically after appearing together in the 2005 movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." CLEARANCE DETAILS CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: Restrictions for NAMIBIA - AP TELEVISION - STRICTLY 48 HOUR NEWS USAGE ONLY FROM 1930 GMT JUNE 8, 2006. NO ARCHIVE OR LIBRARY USE FOR ALL FURTHER USE OR LICENSING ENQUIRIES CONTACT THE AP ARCHIVE ON + 44 207 482 7482 MUST CARRY MANDATORY AP ONSCREEN CREDIT IN THE UNITED STATE AND ONLINE PLEASE NOTE: ENTERTAINMENT CLIENTS WITH 1 WEEKLY PROGRAMMES MAY USE THIS MATERIAL ONCE ONLY SHOTLIST(including transcript):- Celebrity children , International adoption , Political refugees , Celebrity causes , Individual giving , Health , Travel restrictions and advisories , Travel laws and regulations , Celebrity , Entertainment , Arts and entertainment , Adoption , Child welfare , Human welfare , Social issues , Social affairs , Adoption , Family issues , General news , Political refugees , Philanthropy , Travel safety , Travel , Lifestyle , Government regulations , Government and politics Brad Pitt , Angelina Jolie Namibia , Southern Africa , Africa	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405303
__label__wiki	0.546641	0.546641	April 21, 2013, 03:05:27 PM by kailhofer Who Could Love a Monster Challenge Insatiable desires... Zhu Anji could truthfully say he now possessed everything he had ever desired in his life: the thirty-year-old Chinese building contractor was incredibly rich - part of the most modern towns in his country had been entirely built thanks to his business; he was undoubtedly handsome; and he was bursting with good health. His body was slender, well-proportioned and he had an attractive face topped-off by a full head of black hair. There was almost nothing that he wished for that seemed to be out of range for him: sports, car races, games of chance, he had everything at hand. But instead of simply having a good time and savouring his life, one thing was always on his mind more than everything else: sex! He was a playboy well-known throughout his country and also internationally. There was not a renowned actress or beautiful model he hadn’t already spent one night with. After dating all the most notable and most wondrous women in China, the man had finally turned his attention to the most renowned and loved women abroad, so he had begun collecting several love affairs with many famous women from the world of fashion. There was apparently no kind of girl he didn’t like or didn’t search for: Indonesian TV announcers, Swedish dancers and Venezuelan hot babes. But he proved to be never satisfied, he wanted more and more, so his unending lust made him go abroad, always looking for new beautiful women. Brunettes or blonde, fair-skinned or tanned, of northern or southern birth, not one of them appeared to be unreachable to him. Many said he had a sexual addiction, and the newspapers usually called him by many other names like degenerate or mad about deep lasciviousness and the worst excesses. But the man didn’t care; he liked to live as he thought best and to have a good time under any circumstances. Until one day Zhu, who was now 38, decided he was fed up of all those brief love affairs, he needed more! And something new which would renew his appetite, certainly... It happened one day when he was inspecting a new structure built in Guilin, in the northeast region, that he noticed an ancient but still flashy mural painted in a religious palace. It represented a slim, spectacular woman with long curls and a wonderful face. Such a wondrous image seemed just to protrude out of the wall itself! Zhu soon asked the monks what that painting was about and they told him it was a work of art: it had been built to honor a legendary Huli jing who was thought to be capable of assuming human form and was endowed with immortality. She was said to be living in the jungles around there since the oldest times and was a representation of love, lust and attractiveness, even though others simply thought of her as a dangerous monster. The playboy immediately asked if they thought that such a creature was true and those simply smiled in return, revealing that she used to appear before anyone who really loved women or was looking for a true love. Since that moment, Zhu had been aching for an encounter with her, desiring to meet that beautiful woman, and finally it happened! One night a soft wind was fondling the meadow outside the window of his refined hotel room when suddenly the glass door opened. The man saw a slender figure on the balcony, it was a female presence, better, she was the most beautiful woman Zhu had ever seen. Her body appeared to be half-naked, enveloped in a transparent light gray dress that let him imagine everything. The female figure entered the room, approaching the bed he was lying on and reached him. Before Zhu could even speak or object the woman shook her head to silence him, then simply touched his chest and kissed him vehemently. The man soon responded to her gesture and kissed her deeply. It was only after they had made love all night that Zhu dared to ask her, “Who are you really? Why are you here?” She told him: “I’m the Huli jing called Gui. Your yearning invoked me yesterday and here I am, with you!” The answer pleased the man, but before she said anything --in his heart-- he already knew the answer. It was only early in the morning that the woman arose from the bed,went towards the glass door again and exited the hotel room. “Will you be back, my love?” Zhu asked her. “Every night, for as long as you stay here, my dear…” the other smiled. So the man was reassured and stayed in bed for a while. The Huli jing moved away from the hotel, completely unseen, and walked into the jungle nearby. She followed a hidden path through the undergrowth that only Gui seemed to be able to see. Then she entered a clearing where she found another older Huli jing, just like her. The Elder’s hair was darker, and the head of the other one looked more slender and pointed. “How is that love interest of yours going?” “Not bad, he’s already mine! You know, humans are narrow-minded. After all, he should be glad that I’m not a profiteer or a gold-digger who would waste all his resources by always asking for more and more, for gifts like precious stones, necklaces and expensive dresses…” “It’s very good for him, after all, that you’re not that kind of creature.” “No, I’m not…I just satisfy my senses by draining all of his life energy, day by day, slowly, until the moment comes when he will only be an empty shell in the end…” “So the story goes, he gets what he thinks he needs…” “…and I get all the rest, as usual,” Gui sneered. “Precious stones and expensive gifts would have cost him much less, for sure…” the other Huli jing considered. The Green Grass of Home Michele Dutcher “Darn it Daisy Dukes! Why do they make those commercials so loud?” The woman holding the cleaver stopped chopping the meat on the counter, putting her arms over her ears. “Buzz, Buzz, buzz,” blared the sound coming from the living room. The small dog sitting on a chair in the corner whimpered and the irritating sound subsided. “That’s better,” said the woman, returning to chopping up the chicken, separating the wing from the breast. She floured the portion and dropped it into the hot grease in the frying pan. She looked out the small window over the sink and marveled at the gently rolling hills in the distance. “I never knew how much I missed Virginia until you convinced me to move back home.” She looked over at the medium-sized border collie who perked up her ears. The pair happily listened to the sound of the chicken sizzling in the pan. “Daisy Dukes, could you go out to the back room and get some more meat from the freezer?” She looked at the dog who cocked her head sideways, inquisitively. The woman chuckled at her joke while washing her hands. “Oh that’s right – you’re just a widdle biddy puppy, aren’t you?” She walked over to the dog and scratched behind its right ear. “Who’s mama’s good dog? Who is it? Who is it?” “It’s me,” replied the dog. “Yeah, that’s right – it’s Miss Dukes.” The woman walked to the back door, held her breath, and opened it. She stepped through the air lock, into the domed, silver room – grabbing a chunk of meat before going back inside her kitchen. Maggie threw the frozen meat into the sink and began running hot water over it, hoping to quick-thaw it. She looked out over the darkening hills in the distance, where a crescent moon was rising. “That’s odd,” she said with wonder. “Where’s the other moon? Oh, that’s right, this planet only has one satellite.” She looked over at the dog that watched her with huge brown eyes and chuckled nervously. “I’m so silly. Of course Earth only has one moon. What was I thinking, silly me.” She turned off the burner on the stove and began putting part of the fried chicken into the dog’s food bowl, who immediately came over to eat up the tasty meal. She put a plate full of fried chicken and lima beans on the table and began to enjoy the meal as well. “I had the strangest dream last night, Daisy. I dreamed I was living on Mars – yes Mars! I was in a tiny dome and there were other people there who were running and – well, then I was the only one left.” “I had that same nightmare,” said the dog. “And in my dream, I came to rescue you – making sure that the rest of those bad people didn’t hurt you. And then you saved me by making sure I had plenty to eat.” “That’s right. And doggies need meat to keep them strong.” The woman was busy now cleaning up the kitchen, loading her dishwasher. “I’m so glad you helped me get back home. I was so unhappy, waiting, waiting for those other people to arrive – and they just didn’t come. You know how much I hate to wait on people. It’s just as easy to be ten minutes early as ten minutes late!” Why hadn’t more humans come to Mars as planned? Why hadn’t the colonists heard from Earth in over two years? Had the people of Earth finally killed each other off? Had there been a plague? More than likely the funding had been cut as people simply lost interest, leaving the ten people on Mars to live out their lives alone, with no hope of rescue, in their very expensive prison. The dog looked up for a minute, and the woman began laughing. “Imagine me back on Mars! What a nightmare! I’d much rather be right here with my widdle biddy Daisy Dukes.” She leaned over to pet the black and white furry animal on the back and noticed the dog felt like cold wet leather. She pulled her hand back quickly, but softened, as she stared into the dog’s big brown eyes. “I love you Miss Dukes. If you eat all that I’ll fix you some more.” Maggie went over and sat down at the table to finish her supper. While the human was busy eating her supper, the Glasathon finished and sat down on its behind, curling its six legs around it. He looked at the woman that some would have called a monster for killing others of her species in this tiny outpost of humanity. But no one could have known how lonely she was with only the other humans for company. No one could have known how much she longed to look out a window and see the rolling green hills of her cozy home. The small creature still marveled at the depth of what she labeled ‘homesickness’, and her love for the tiny, furry animal she had left behind on Earth. But that was okay. Soon the swarm would come and the Glasathonians would pick him up on their way to Earth, and they would all profit from the borrowed images inside Plunth’s mind. He looked again at the delusional woman and realized that somewhere, deep down, he loved this monster who cared so much about him. And she really was an excellent cook. He hoped his comrades would come soon, so he wouldn’t have to drag her down and rip her apart, devouring her like they had devoured every member of the colonists of Mars Won. Superhero Bob Challenge The challenge was to tell the story of a superhero named Bob or Bobbi. I. Verse The girl checking tickets at the gate is very pretty. She has jet black hair in a perfect bob cut. I can’t take my eyes off the way it moves with the tiny motions of her head. When I get to the front of the line and hand her my ticket, I smile broadly at her. I get a tiny smile in return, the kind that comes without teeth. I take my ticket stub and walk away down the gantry with an irrational feeling of disappointed. If she knew that I was saving the world maybe she’d like me better. Maybe it was her hair, I can’t stop thinking about it. Maybe my wife’s hair looked like that. “Why are you so sure you were married?” Doctor Cob said when I asked about my wife. It’s wasn’t his real name, just like Bob Howard isn’t mine. I showed the Doc my ring finger and the circular indentation around it. “She died,” the Doc said, his voice flat. “Everyone in the programme is alone, no family, no connections. That’s how it has to be. That’s why you volunteered.” I can’t remember anything before they made me a superhero, I can’t even remember my wife, so how can I be sure I volunteered? I never asked the Doc that. You don’t become a superhero if you haven’t got the right attitude. I’m in business class for a change, which is good because it’s long haul to Toronto. Saving the world means flying all over it. I find my seat, settle in. Nothing to see folks, no need to thank me, just doing my job. Breath in, breath out. They turn the lights up bright about two hours before we land. I watch the news. There are food riots in Spain and France, diplomatic relations between Russia and Finland have broken down again. There’s more on the famine in Africa, There’s always famine in Africa but never this bad, images of babies with swollen bellies and flies drinking from their eyes. The world’s on a knife edge, too many people and not enough resources. World war three is just around the corner, nuclear Armageddon. It’s my job to stop that happening. As I walk out of the gate at arrivals, a cute blonde detaches herself from the crowd. “Bob! Bob!” She waves energetically, face lit up with a huge smile. She grabs me in a fierce hug when I get near. “Oh, it’s good to have you back. I’ve missed you so much,” she gushes for anyone close enough to hear. “Come on, I’m parked in short-term.” I’ve never met her before, or maybe I have but I don’t remember. Maybe she’s my wife. When we’re away from the crowd, marching across wet concrete towards the parking structure, she drops the act. “I’m Andi. You’ve got a fourteen hour stop-over and then tomorrow you’re flying to Beijing via London.” I should do the challenge and response thing but I’m too tired. She drives me to a hotel, it’s mid-range, non-descript. Up in the room there’s a double bed and it makes me wonder if I’ll be alone that night. Andi’s got a whole new set of luggage for me, new clothes, new passport. “You’re a tourist, going to see the sites,” she tells me as I change out of the dark grey business suite and into jeans and a cotton shirt. She sits me down, puts one of those big, fluffy hotel towels around my neck and cuts my hair. Then she tints it a shade lighter. I check my new passport, look at the picture inside. It’s me but I don’t recognise myself. I never do, even when I look in the mirror. I look average, bland, unassuming. It’s one of my superpowers. My new name is Bob Holborn. It’s always Bob something. “Are you staying?” I ask, when she’s finished drilling me on my new identity. She doesn’t say anything but she leans in and kisses me. I’m not sure it’s what I want but I don’t like to offend her, she’s only doing her job. She doesn’t know I’m a superhero or about my mission. She doesn’t know about the programme that’s plotting my routes, directing me on flights through the major transport hubs and population centres all over the world. Sometimes, I like to think I’m the only one but I know there are other superheros like me. She might even be one. She might have the same superpower. I hope so because otherwise she’ll probably be dead in a couple of months. That makes me feel bad so I hope that maybe she’s one of the lucky ones instead. I hope that Andi is one of those who gets sick but don’t die, whose body can destroy the lethal virus I carry. That’s my main superpower, I can carry the virus in my body without getting sick and without my immune system destroying it. In the morning, I grab a paper from the lobby as we leave. The headline says that even though the population has topped ten billion, the new Pope still refuses to allow Catholics to use contraception until they’ve had at least two children. We’re killing ourselves, we’re sucking the planet dry, but I’m going to save us. I’m going to save the world by killing ninety percent of the human population before we get a chance to nuke everything back to radioactive slime. Andi kisses me as she drops me off in front of arrivals and waves goodbye through the open window as she drives away. It’s a nice touch. I hoist my backpack and walk into the crowded lobby, checking the information board. I’m a superhero, I’m saving the world. This is my mission; breath in, breath out. The Tale of Bob R. Tornello The Village Idiot Press Once upon a time, almost before recorded history, but not quite, in the time of Gilgamesh there lived a weaver of cloth named Gorfflemychu. Gorfflemychu, which means bright flame, is also the meaning of the name Bob. In order not to make things too confusing to our modern readers and listeners who have no passing conversational ability in Babylonian, we’ll keep his name as Bob. Now as I mentioned, Bob was a weaver of cloth, as was his father, and father’s father before him, and even so down before recorded time. They made a decent living. Bob had a wife and many children. His skill as a rug maker was known locally and throughout the Fertile Crescent. Bob was a content human. One day while teaching his number one son, also named Bob, the secrets of the trade, the boy-man who would inherit all that was his, primogeniture being the custom and law of the time, there came a stranger to the entrance of Bob’s establishment. Bob the father, not the son, greeted the visitor with respect, as was his wont, whether or not the person in front of him was wealthy or not. “All people deserved respect,” the father would tutor the younger Bob. Bob welcomed the man in. “Sir some drink, wine, beer, dates and other fine eatables as you might like after your trip. For surely sir, I would know if you were from these parts. Please rest. We’ll talk business only after you’re rested and fed.” This was the custom and Bob adhered to it. The guest was very pleased. He displayed no trapping of wealth and was delighted that this rug maker, this worker of cloth treated him as a though he were a king. “Your honesty, generosity and fairness are known far beyond anywhere you can imagine,” said his guest. “You are too kind. I am honored,” answered Bob. Finally after food and drink a plenty the guest began,“ I come to you, maker of rugs because of your reputation, ability, skills and fairness which I have seen enough to know is as true as has been proclaimed. I would like you to make me a carpet of the best materials known in the world. Spare no expense.” And so saying dropped 7 bags of gold. “This should be deposit enough,” declared the guest. “Sir, I’m not sure I am up to what I believe you might be looking for, and were I,” he said pointing to the seven bags of gold continued, “your deposit is more than I would charge.” The guest laughed and said, “It might be more than you would charge but consider this my payment for your future efforts and current hospitality. When do you believe you will have it completed?” Bob was quiet for some time thinking about some of the dreams he had had and the designs that had run through his mind. He would wake up from his dreams and press his cuneiform stylus onto the wet clay he kept by the bedside for his ideas. “It will be months at best.” He hoped this would not upset his guest but this was a tall order. The guest said with a smile, “I will return in a half a year’s time.” He rose to his huge full height, which in our day would be reckoned as close to seven feet tall. He bowed and left. Bob stood there wondering what, how and when this task could be completed. His son witnessed the whole proceeding. His wife, when she heard the story and saw the gold as proof of the guest’s sincerity said, “You’ve trained a number of people in the art. Hire them to do the basic work. You can put the finishing touches. You can afford to pay them and work this project. You have six months.” Six months pass: To the day the guest arrived and was treated in exactly the same manner. After the formalities, Bob said, “Please come with me and let me show you what I have made for you. I prayed to the gods for inspiration. I hope this meets with your desire and approval.” He pulled a curtain back away from a large loom that was specially fabricated for this project. The guest looked, walked around the item, nodding all the while inspecting the thread count, the weave, the colors, seven times. At the end of the seventh time he stopped and looked down at Bob. He said, “This is the work of a god, not a human. I am blessed and for such a work I will impart a secret to you and you alone that you may impart to your first born only, and he to his, for ten generations.” He whispered in Bob’s ear. Bob turned a shade like that of alabaster. Bob stood there quietly as his guest left, sitting upon the rug which flew off. Bob made more rugs with the flying skills but only for guests who showed the proper identification that his first guest indicated would be a sign. Many years later: Bob was old and dying. His son now ran the business in the same manner and fashion as his father had done. One day just before Bob’s passing to the great unknown, his son asked him, “Father, you promised to tell me how you did this. What is the secret of the flying rugs?” Bob motioned for his son to come closer. He whispered most of the secret. The effort was too great and in his final breaths said, “You must name the one who will inherit your business with the name Bob, for not only is it in the magic I just passed on to you, but it’s also in the magic of the name Bob. Son, you have to be both a Bob and weaver.” As Bob said these last words, in the heavens the thunder rolled and the lightening flashed and crashed. Georgia on Their Mind Wangombe was a bit pensive that morning. The middle-aged African man sat on a sturdy plastic chair in the airport lounge, waiting for the next flight which had been delayed to 10:30 A.M. Many thoughts were on his mind, mainly worries about the things he had to do that day, along with several duties to be accomplished before returning home. But what troubled him most was the fact he was unable to remember some of the events that had occurred the previous week while he was staying in Boston. Actually, he remembered very well that he had encountered a very beautiful, local woman with dark curly hair, her name was Georgia, and they had had a brief love affair. But most of the recollections of that short relationship seemed to have been lost. How was that possible? ‘Am I becoming ill?’ he asked himself. ‘Is something affecting my mind?’ The only thing he had decided so far was to have a full check up as soon as he got back to his country in Africa. He remembered some whispers, words spoken at night, his mouth descending on Georgia's neck as the two danced all night. The man would say that there was something more than those wondrous eyes, those moments he experienced, those beautiful features, but he simply couldn’t remember the rest. What a strange fact that such a brief love affair had left such sensations in him, that Georgia could make such feelings arise in him, while wavering on his mind so deeply. Maybe it was true what many said, ‘Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.’ Or maybe it was just that Georgia had left a very good impression on him, and the memory of her would stay in his mind for a long time. Sitting on a chair in the same Airport Lounge, opposite the one where the African middle-aged man was, the slender blonde curly-haired young woman was reading the daily newspaper on her tablet, glancing from time to time at the foreign individual who was waiting for his flight. She was clearly able to see that Wangombe didn’t recognize her, he didn’t remember her true features. All he knew were the false ones she had engraved upon his memory. But she was also a bit sorry, not just for him but for herself. Among all the many men she had previously encountered because of her job, and that she had made fall in love with her for a short time, that African stranger held a special place in her heart. On the other hand, she knew she would never see him again. “I could drown into your eyes…” he had told her the last night. “The same for me…” she had replied. “Would you come to visit my country” the man had asked the woman. “I’ll do, one day or another…” she lay. It was strange to think that Wangombe would always remember her as Georgia, and Georgia’s false features would stay on his mind for as long as he lived, exactly as she had wanted them to be, thanks to her psychic abilities. Actually, her name wasn’t Georgia at all, but Bobbi Roberts and she worked for the government Special Missions Committee One. Being endowed with special powers, the same as all the others enlisted as agents in the office, she considered herself one of the real superheroes defending their homeland, even though she was unknown to the common people. Individuals like Bobbi were working throughout the entire country, searching for the targets they were assigned to, making those people love them and acting as hidden spies in order to know all the secrets that those people had: all in the service of the foreign diplomatic corps. Of course, in order to accomplish their tasks, agents endowed with special powers like her had to stay in close vicinity with the subject they had to study, and there was no better way than to initiate a love affair. Afterwards, the woman took out of his mind the memory he had of her, and instilled into his head the false features of the lover he thought he had been with during that time…that was all! At times, however, things proved harder than usual, as today was going to be. This was exactly the case with Wangombe, as he was a very handsome man from the diplomatic corps of an African country which was involved in many ongoing espionage activities and bloody wars. But as the middle-aged man would forget her true features forever, it wasn’t so easy for her. On the other hand, she thought she had really fallen in love with him, and she was unable to use her ability on herself to forget the feelings she had for him. How ironic it seemed! He would never remember her real face, no matter how hard he tried, while Bobbi couldn’t forget his features, not now or for the future, of course. Previously, Bobbi had done the same to Frank, the Antiguan businessman; to Prokhor, the Russian showman and to Takeo, the Japanese CEO, anyway. Also on their mind there was a Georgia at present… Bobbi had willingly put her superpower at the service of her country, because she really believed in homeland security, but everything had its price. So this morning she sat in that Airport Lounge, in front of that man, in order to make sure that her job had been successful. Sad to say that it really seemed to be so, as Wangombe didn’t even recognize her, nor did he remember her true eyes and her blonde hair. He could only remember the false memory she had given him. And the woman knew that no means existed in the world to reverse such a mental process. Sad, unfortunately, was also the saying of that famous American author: ‘What is once well done is done forever...’ davidsonhero October 14, 2013, 05:15:46 PM by davidsonhero Huntsman's Family Challenge The challenge was to tell the story of the family of a simple huntsman trying to get along with each other. The Kay-Ram-Glossi The broad flat back of his axe hit the table. That got their attention. Silence filled the once raucous dining hall. All of the animals held their collective tongues. The Alpha Cat, known as Big Cat, surveyed his clan with his bright yellow sparkle eyes. The young ones were in front as was planned. They had been trained in hunting, but social manners and way of the world, were they lacking. From below he heard: “He’s touching me.’ “Am not.” “He poked me.” “You’re crazy. I’m 5 paw lengths away. Big Cat would have seen that.” Big Cat waited staring straight into the face of the two that he knew were soon to lead the hunts, the two he knew who caused the most trouble. He had a few other things he wanted to impart besides simply getting along with your siblings and neighbors. He was concerned about their young impressionable minds. “He just shoved me off the bench,” she wailed, as all 4 paws hit the floor, razor sharp claws extended and ready to strike. Any other time he would have looked the other way and let her haul into her antagonist, just to teach a lesson in “manners”. But PSYOP techniques and defense against other predators was on the agenda today. “The two of you knock it off or I will make sure neither of you reach adulthood,” he bellowed. They knew he was both serious and kidding. But they also knew the time for picking on each other was about to end. “You two, future leaders of the clan and hunters, this is no way to behave. It’s time to put your rivalry and bickering behind and work together. The world is dangerous. You are the future leaders. At home you will sort out problems and decide the proper rewards and punishments as I have, and those before me have done.” “But today I have more to relate to you than proper family behavior. As you know there are other things besides metal traps, and weapons that can slay you.” “What do you mean?” asked a young voice from the back of the pack. Big Cat wanted them to learn how to work with and for each other. That would take time. Up until then they were taught only to hunt. Hunting reinforced the strong while unfortunately eliminated the weak who could not find other gainful tasks in and for the clan. There were also highly intelligent young ones that were removed from the daily exercises and trained in techniques such metallurgy. Big Cat wanted to impress upon the new little ones and reiterate what had been stated in previous meetings. “I have a bit a poem-story for you all. Listen and take heart and repeat each line after me.” The slippery speaking slithering snake upon your mind will hold and take with words of love and warm delight, “Repeat,” he commanded. will into your soul there alight and with time and words so fine gain your confidence and in bind you must watch for flatterers near especially when you’re young my dears. Experience you have not in the world and this the snake knowingly entraps, unfurls slippery smooth and words so kind your youth and your wealth will soon you’ll find gone and spent and when you cry for your dearest friend nearby? Well no he’s gone and slipped away to do it again, another day. They all repeated every word. He handed a copy of the poem-story to all of them and said, “memorize this, think about today when you hear that smooth silky voice, and you know in your heart of hearts that there is something amiss, not right that doesn’t add up to the reality as you sense it. Most of the time this will come from an outsider looking for power, advancement and many times,” and Big Cat hesitated for a second or so for effect… “YOUR LIFE.” Some of you may have met other animals like this. It can be a snake, or a mole or a weasel or even one of our own. But most of the time it will be someone attempting to gain your trust, that doesn’t deserve it. Rely on your family. Check with them first, or call me or best yet, the new leaders.” He pointed to the two in front that up until today had been at each others throats. He noticed they were now sitting closer to each other, paw in paw, claws retracted. Yes this is what he was hoping for. For if the little ones saw these two come and work together, then they would mimic them. Peer pressure and the desire to be like them would help to bring this new group together. He looked around and saw their faces. It was working. He walked down among them and gave a hug to the two New Leaders to be. He patted them both on the back and looked to all the others and stated, “These are your new leaders, trust them. Come to them with your questions, ideas and anything else. They will maintain confidences, protect you and help you grow to be big strong hunting cats that will make our clan, The Kay-Ram- Glossi, the leadership clan that we have always been.” Big Cat knew that the two were beginning to awaken to the responsibility that they held in their paws. He saw it in their eyes, and he noticed they had separated themselves from the others, and were scared. It still scared him he thought. But look, they were not fighting or squabbling. That was the beginning he had hopefully anticipated. He thought of his old partner who was laid to rest some time ago and the effort they had undertaken to make this clan come together. “Those two will bring the little ones along just fine,” he whispered to himself as if she were still there. A Tale Well Told The six children trudged along through the forests of Dumersil, leaving their schooldays worries behind them, heading towards a small cabin they called home. “That’s a dogwood tree, Catfish,” said the teenage boy to his younger sister. “No it’s not, Firebird,” she insisted. “That’s a pear tree in full blossom.” Stanza could not help himself but jump in. “If it’s a pear tree, where are the pears Sissy?” Lionhearted was the next to enter the row: “It is not yet time for the fruit to come forth. First the promise of Spring and then the wealth of Summer and Fall.” “You might be wrong about the tree, Lionhearted,” said Target. “But you’re certainly a poet who don’t know it.” This made half of the brood chuckle, but the other half wasn’t satisfied. The young boy who prided himself in making all things even out – Justice - said, “Perhaps we can ask our parents when we get home and they will inform us, so we won’t need to argue about this again.” “Even if mama says what we saw was a pear tree, I know what I know, and I know that I’m right,” said Firebird, beginning the entire disagreement again. And so they quarreled long after they had passed the tree in question, never truly coming to any agreement. As they approached the house they could clearly see their father returning from the hunt, a dead deer thrown over his shoulders as if it were a cloak. The children ran through the front door and the huntsman entered through the back, throwing the carcass of the deer onto a wooden table. He took off his red hat and scratched at his full, white beard. His wife rushed to see the kill exclaiming: “What a beautiful creature, she will feed us for a fortnight.” The children peeked around the corner. “I can see the story of the stars written in her silent eyes,” said Lionhearted. Justice said, “Mother deer, we thank you for dying so that we may live.” Chester, the oldest boy who had just come in from chopping wood said, “I’m so hungry that I could tear it apart and devour this deer right now.” “That might prove to be a mistake,” laughed the mother. “Raw meat can be dangerous.” Target laughed, “Sometimes bad decisions make good stories!” Catfish pushed her way into the conversation. “I just checked, Chester, and mama already has supper ready to put on the table – so leave the poor deer as it is.” “That sounds like an excellent idea,” said Papa, and the small family went inside to eat. After a delicious meal of what mama said was sea monsters and Khalkotauroi (but may have been eels and puppies, because in a stew no one knows you’re a dog) the huntsman stoked the fire and the boys went in to join him. “Don’t you think you boys should help clean up?” asked the father, puffing on his pipe. “Catfish knows how to do all that,” said Stanza. “Catfish and mama can do all that – they’re the girls.” “You’re telling me you don’t know how then,” asked the huntsman, crossing his arms over his round belly. The boys all shook their heads ‘no’. All except for Chester who knew where this was headed and left go enjoy the night air. “Then Catfish can tell you boys what to do and you fellas can do all the work.” The girl straightened up as if the dark grey sash she wore around the middle of her dress had been pulled tight and – with obvious delight – she gave her male siblings orders. “Stanza, you need to get wood to stoke the fire in the stove so we can heat the water. Lionhearted can draw three buckets of water from the well – pouring the first one into the sink, the second into the pan on the stove, and leaving the third bucket by the sink.” She waited for the boys to get busy, wiggling her fingers to shoo them out of the house. “Justice, you can clear the table, scraping the leftover food into the slop bucket for the pig. And Firebird can stack the dishes neatly beside the sink, so they’ll be ready for Target to wash them.” The dark-haired boy, the one called Firebird, nodded his head towards the dinner plates that Justice was scraping and the plates began to stack themselves – but papa stopped him immediately. “Whatever gifts you possess, this time use your elbow grease instead of your magic.” So the boy shrugged and began to bustle towards the kitchen. The parents smiled at each other as their children went about their assigned tasks, getting the job done in harmony (finally!). When the dishes and pots had been cleaned and put away on sturdy wooden shelves, the family gathered in front of the warmth of the fireplace. “Who wants to tell a story?” asked mama. Target’s had shot-up with delight and he sped into his tale. “A deer, a priest, and a rabbit walk into a bar and…” “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” said papa chuckling. “I think we’ve all heard that story before. Why don’t we let Justice tell us one tonight?” The smallest of all the assemblage got up from his stool, thought for a moment and began. “Many years ago, in a magical land far beyond the brightest stars that we see in the deepest night sky, there lived a huntsman and his small family, who were in fact much like us…” As Papa silently looked around at his children, drawing his wife closer to him, he realized that in spite of all their quarrelling, what the children really wanted was to simply sit beside the fire and hear a story well told. A Sustainable Development The sun was going down among the trees and the usual hurly burly had begun inside the small wooden house in the forest. It was the huntsman’s home and it seemed to happen every single day, late in the evening, when the father was getting ready to go to work. Elvew, his daughter, was a bit aggressive, which was always the case with her, and that was mostly due to her being a teenager and going through that awkward period of life between being a child and before becoming an adult. He had undergone that, too, when he was younger, twenty years before. But there were other issues with her, different from the ones he had faced. Elvew was so different from him, not only because she was a girl and he was her middle-aged father. If only his dead wife were still with them to help him constrain his unruly daughter! But that wasn’t possible anymore. “Why can’t you accept what I do for a living? Why must everything always be so difficult?” the tall, blonde-haired man asked the pale, slender girl in the kitchen when darkness began filling the air outside the window. The fair-haired girl looked angrily at him for a short time, then she retorted, “You know why! But you don’t care about it…” “There are jobs worse than mine, even before your young-but-still-too-pretentious eyes, my darling…” “Stop it! You know that it’s thanks to people like you that the local land-barons are able to increase their property and their wealth. Their manors grow from small castles to enormous palaces, and then those become towns, capitals and so on. Eventually nothing will be left of this land, no forest, no meadow, no free space for the commoners… And then the only thing left will be a paved terrain, a built-up area with no wilderness at all.” “You would be right if I resulted to be a common logger, or if I were a peasant who was going begin farming despite the woods. Actually, I never tried to wipe every piece of nature out of existence. I hunt, I do it on behalf of the Lord of the Realm, and I have always done it since I was much younger. Moreover, I will do it until I'm knackered, because it’s due to my job that our family has been allowed to possess a small house here, with a yard and have the provisions we need to live.” The daughter gave her parent a very nasty look. “You never heard of sustainability, certainly!” “No, you haven’t! All of us should do all that we can in order to ensure long-term sustainability of natural resources and wildlife around us. But you destroy nature; you wipe out wild vegetation and damage the surroundings!” “But I’m not a logger, I told you, I’m a huntsman!” “No, what is much worse is that you’re both!” “What do you mean?” the man cried out, surprised. “Your actions contribute to turning this world into a modern land, full of buildings, without animals or any creatures, and if it continues this way, in a very short time nothing will be left of the wilderness in the whole area.” Being unable to discuss his daughter’s controversial viewpoints any longer, the middle-aged parent turned his back on Elvew and went outside, slamming the metallic garden gate in the middle of the enclosure. While walking across the nearby undergrowth that night, he considered the many things on his mind. The man understood the deep sense of ecology his daughter had, which addressed the full scale of life, from tiny insects to processes that spanned the entire realm. The ones like her, the ecologists, studied many complex relations among species and Elvew was very interested at the interdisciplinary field that included biology and Earth science, but maybe she was going too far now, at least from his point of view… As far as his job, it wasn’t as bloody or terrible as the girl thought: he didn’t hunt poor birds, hares nor bucks. The huntsman wasn’t even a killer of common wild animals. He just entered that secluded part of the forest at night, when those creatures -- he was searching for -- had already settled down on a certain site and were asleep, so he only had to sneak up on them in silence and then begin killing using a good ax. Maybe it wasn’t a fair method, but that was the easiest one… Dryads were female creatures of nature who presided over that part of the forest, and he simply hunted them. That was all! Each one was born with a certain tree over which the dryad watched: as they were made of wood, should the trunk that enveloped their essence perish, then they died with it. Having to deal with such beings when they were awake was very dangerous, and there were so many of them in there - too many for a single human huntsman like him. On the other hand, going near them and killing them at night when they were asleep was as easy as cutting dead branches, with no time for those to react appropriately. The father could comprehend his daughter’s motivations, if he were only a man destroying common trees or removing plants from the ground - but he was only hunting for those legendary living beings who could move and fight vehemently over the course of the day, removing them forever from the Lord of the Realm’s land to keep it clear. 'It's hard job but someone has to do it!' the man thought, choosing the first target of tonight’s work and preparing to deliver the first cut of the day. As he went on mowing and destroying the spleeping wooden creatures around, he considered that his daughter’s words just cut him to the heart, in a way… October 23, 2013, 12:22:12 AM by davidsonhero I Wish I Could Have... Challenge The challenge was to be inspired by or to take an unfinished story idea from a previous challenge, change the requirement that kept the story from being realized, and finish the piece. A Distillate of Exceptional Flavor… Inspired by June 2009 Steampunk The huge metaplane was soaring across the sky as if an incredible magic was driving it. It couldn’t be classified as a common airship, like the few that currently flew over the cold lands of the Empire of Sweden in 1879, because it was very different by all means. The extraordinary vehicle used static lift generated by a pocket filled with lighter-than-air gas, and was characterized by a lowered weight center due to its long wings. Such a design allowed the plane to obtain absolute stability. Additionally, the lowered position of the propulsion system made the direct control of its energy much easier and offered high maneuverability. The airship had been named the Lindegren 1 by its proprietor, Mrs. Lindegren. She had ordered it to be built and be ready for duty within one year, as the sixty-year-old woman clearly wanted to profit from it immediately, in order to pay off the many debts she had incurred. Such an innovative air vehicle was able to perform low cost aerial captures, silently and safely, and in fact two more units had already been ordered by the military of the Empire. Her purpose, however, was mainly to use it for air tours for wealthy people who could afford its high cost, so they could see from above the southern coasts of Sweden and its surrounding scenery. Lindegren 1 had a wide copper structure attached to the upper part that accommodated up to 15 passengers, night or day. Furthermore, the workers had equipped it with some refined furnishings and expensive tableware, along with gold-trimmed tea-sets to satisfy the needs of the important individuals on board. While walking across the hardwood floor, Mrs. Lindegren -- dressed in a grey evening gown with wide sleeves, her long golden hair secured in a low bun at the back -- went on slowly, looking at the tasteful customers who were admiring the wondrous scenery below from the circular windows that completely encircled the structure. Things were going very well and everyone aboard appeared satisfied and enraptured by such a luxurious trip. This wasn’t a slice of life that commoners could currently experience, sure thing… After waving to her guests during her stroll, the woman headed for the rear of the structure and then disappeared out of sight. As she reached the last copper bulkhead, Mrs. Lindegren went down the stairs in order to reach the lower level that was a forbidden area to everyone but her. Down there you could find the kitchen and, beyond that, the secret distillery where her faithful servant Axel was at work. The time for aperitifs was approaching upstairs and she had to know if today’s bottles were ready. As she opened the metallic door with a key, she could see a graying man who was collecting liquid coming out of a cruet dangling from a wooden plate above. As she looked to the right, Mrs. Lindegren was able to see the long brass piping which connected the glassy cruet to the rest of a huge steamy machine, where a clear duct came out and entered the chest of an individual tied to a sort of operating table. As the gray color of the skin and the overall features immediately indicated, that was not a common person, resembling a strange creature more than a man. He was no taller than a child, but his bulbous eyes revealed that he wasn’t human at all. “Well then, Axel, it’s almost time. Are the bottles for today’s aperitifs already prepared? Our guests are waiting…” “I’m extracting the last drops of liquid from the body of the alien in order to add it to the final bottle.” “Alright,” she stated. “But hurry up! You know how much I care about this moment. I like to make a favorable impression on my customers.” The servant bowed and acted accordingly, maneuvering a hose to quicken the process. He happened to notice a jolt in the creature’s chest but it didn’t matter. The only important thing was to please the owner of the air vehicle, the person who had saved him from poverty, raising him up from being a simple servant by showing interest him and the incredible, futuristic devices he invented. The ingredient he was siphoning off was an unusual one: part of the blood of the space creature imprisoned aboard. Six years ago Mrs. Lindegren had happened upon a strange vehicle that turned out to be, incredibly, a crashed spaceship with a short alien inside, and everything had changed. The woman was already rich, but the new technologies she discovered had been put to use thanks to her servant’s abilities - even though many of those devices from another world were still incomprehensible to him as well. Those discoveries had made the construction of a metaplane possible, one that was much more advanced than other airships of the time. Then, one day she happened to taste some drops of the alien’s blood, that was trapped and concealed in a hidden reinforced shed. During an interrogation to discover more about how the spaceship functioned, blood had spurted into her mouth. If only it had never happened! Since then, the woman had told him to add the incredibly tasty liquid to the wine sold in her shops, as she was sure it would turn it into a very valuable product. Mrs. Lindegren had a real nose for business, and she was correct: the resulting wine was the most exquisite in the country! And so, from time to time, when the Lindegren I was on duty, the servant attached the machine to the alien they took along in order to extract the distillate he needed to improve the wine. He himself had tasted a drop of it once and could confirm that the taste was incredible! So, as the rich guests upstairs were used to saying before drinking, the man looked at the alien tied up nearby and simply exclaimed, “To your health!” Inspired by April 2012 Seeking Redemption Ben drummed his fingers on the table at lunch at MarsBase Retirement Home, nicknamed the Dino Zoo. In was formerly a luxury facility for Valuable Professionals - medical researchers, geophysical mine engineers, solar flare techs, etc. But MarsBase related Politics back on Earth, called PlanetSide, had swung again towards Local-ism in the Twenty Second Century. Now the Dino Zoo was as creaky as its residents. Ben couldn't get a decent kelp curry in under an hour, let alone the roasts they served back in the Old Days. But then his placid day screeched to a halt with the blaring of the emergency klaxon and the building's Chief Administrator over the loudspeaker! "Attention: Emergency! This is not a drill! Will Pilot First Class Benjamin Macklin please report to the Administration Office. Ben, get here now!" Ben stared at the remains of his vegetarian curry in utter disbelief. No one had used his old formal title in over a decade! He muttered, "Give them credit for one thing in this rot zone, they don't cry wolf. Not like this. This isn't PlanetSide where the President gets a bruise and they call it an emergency. So this is bad. Because the one thing we never do here anymore is hurry!" He walked to the Chief Administration office slowly because of his bad knees. Chief Administrator Don Marsden was his head in his hands. "It just can't be like this, Ben. It just can't." His voice was soft. In the Space Service, screaming cost lives. "What's going on Don? And what's with getting all fancy with my old title?" "Plague Outbreak on MoonBase." "Yeah? Bad news for them, but what are we supposed to do about it? And what's the story from PlanetSide?" "Because early word on this is foul play, of the worst kind. Let's assume it is. Whoever let this buggie loose also sabotaged all four quarantine zones on MoonBase. The MoonBasers can't go Planetside because the gravity will kill them. Ours is close enough - they're sick already and the modest difference in gravity will make them feel like zombies, but they can live here. We're supposed to do a full scale evac of MoonBase." "With what? Planetside took our SuperFreighter back home under some typical Politico lie like they always do. We only have twelve SuperHoppers and two are in the shop... oh God no!" Chief Administrator Don Marsden sank his head back into his hands. "Yep. They want us to use MoonBase's old Mitsu Freighter. And remember the sabotage angle. That cuts out a lot of the easy options. Scramble time, population evac size, and so on. And because of typical Politico stupidity PlanetSide, they don't have anything Deep Space rated the right size down there. Just the beat-to-hell Mitsu' freighter on MoonBase. But has it hit you yet? The real problem?" And then it did. Ben almost completely lost control over his already bad nerves. "No, no, no, no, no! We're talking about the hell spawned Blackburn Engine aren't we? The one everyone said was named by its nature and not the inventor." "Yep. The Black Death, the Black Hole, all the old names. Wait for it... you're the only one left alive on either base who knows how to fly that Devil-in-a-can. And the only other pilot 'certed to fly it under "Hostile Conditions" like this sabotage situation is under intensive medical care somewhere down on Planetside. " "Don, that ninety ton piece of junk is a safety hazard on a good day. Sure, that cauldron of hell is faster than a girl running off with your alimony, but just about as bitchy too. They stopped making them because five percent of flights ended up in explosive disasters that killed part of the crews. And I'm supposed to fly one that is already old and out of shape, and somehow fix some bastard's sneaky tricks on it? Ten percent faster than rated speeds before the MoonBasers die of the plague?" "Yep. Okay, time for us to go back into Space Dog mode, the old way! Someone yelled at the Politicos down on PlanetSide so we get to use a couple of their best 'Dogs. They do have a couple of really good ones that we'll need. I'll make the calls in the morning after I go over all the stuff we have so far on our side." "Sure, see you tomorrow Don for the briefing." Back in his quarters, Pilot First Class Ben Macklin heaved a deep breath while gazing into his holo photo of MoonBase. But when he tried to sleep, the nightmares came! Ben had been the pilot on that last flight before they mothballed the Blackburn Drive. The tolerances were just too tight. He had missed the hourly calibration setting adjustments required for that engine. But before he could fix it, they had to dodge an asteroid that had somehow eluded the scanners! He couldn't switch all the settings over in time, and the engine had shorted out! That led to a fire in the notoriously bad wiring, and the engine room had caught fire! Someone making a sleazy buck had registered more passengers than the lifepods could handle! They held a vote and then a drawing of straws, and twenty men gave their lives to go down with the ship. They officially Condemned the Blackburn Engine after that. There were other pilots who could fly the newer engines. Ben wound up in the Dino Zoo, something nearly extinct. But now this damned plague had happened, and the only ship was the old Mitsu Freighter, as broken down as he was. But the time for laments was over, now. It was time for him to show them how it was done in the old days. It was time to save MoonBase. Jay Hill Inspired by Jan. 2013 What If “Can we pull over at the next gas station?” Rod asked Kristin as they crested the next hill. “You gotta go potty?” she teased him before flipping the turn signal to move into the exit lane. Three different options lay before them in the valley ahead, all brightly lit with fluorescent signs proclaiming their brand names, a wide swath of unnatural blues and reds and yellows stabbing the dusky Arizona skyline. “One too many cervezas back at that Mexican restaurant.” “Just one?” Kristin slowed the ’09 Accord down and pointed it towards the closest of the three convenience stores, turning in by the row of gasoline pumps positioned alongside the painted cement building. “We should probably fill up while we’re here. It’s a long way back to Flagstaff.” Rod sidled out of the car and started the fuel, positioning the nozzle in the tank, setting the stopper and then hurrying towards the Men’s Room door on the far side of the gas station. Kristin made her way inside the store, cruising down the candy aisle, looking for a chocolate bar and a diet soda. Drumming her fingertips against her lips, she eventually found a combination she liked, paid the attendant and headed back out. “Let’s cut across the back roads,” Rod said on returning to the car. “I don’t want to get back after midnight. It’s just too depressing.” Kristin had moved to the passenger seat and sat there nibbling her candy, the soft drink cradled between her thighs. “I don’t know. It’s dark and…” “But Flagstaff is just over that way,” he interrupted her and pointed in a southwesterly direction. “191 goes all the way down to I-40 before cutting over. We could head across at an angle and be there much quicker with the satellite navigation thing in your car.” “We don’t even know what’s over there,” she motioned with a nod towards the long expanse of rolling hills and scrubby brush outside the passenger window. “Those roads might not even take us back to Flagstaff.” “Of course they connect,” Rod dismissed her. “It’s the only real town between here and Phoenix.” She gave him a look that expressed her doubts in a succinct and direct manner, but at the same time, it showed how tired she was, revealing her shrinking resolve even more clearly than the long sigh she added to it. “Come on,” Rod assured her, “It’ll be fine, and we’ll be home in an hour instead of two.” The best Rod could tell, he lost control of the car when the front tire on the passenger side hit an uneven spot on the shoulder of the road. By simple reflex, he jerked the wheel in the opposite direction. However, it was not hard enough to pull the car back onto the pavement. The rear tire followed the front and the entire vehicle careened down a steep embankment, hitting an outcropping of rock and rolling over into a ditch. “Kristin,” he mumbled, “Kristin, honey I think I dozed off, and now…” He reached out with his right hand and felt the sticky blob of blonde hair, mixed with warm blood beside him. “Kristin,” tears welled in his eyes as he patted the dry side of her face. A long section of the guard rail stretched through the shattered front windshield, skewering the plastic soda bottle and carving its way through the side of Kristin’s rib cage. “Honey,” he said again. “Honey, I can’t feel my legs.” Rod fought his way back to consciousness. There was a light, and at first, he thought it was a good light. Then there was a voice, and he heard scattered fragments of the conversation taking place around him. “Must have cracked the steering column,” the first person said as they shuffled around in the dirt beside the driver side window. “Probably would have been paralyzed from the waist down,” the second agreed. In his mind, in the most optimistic manner of wishful thinking, Rod assumed these were paramedics. He opened his mouth to speak, but found he couldn’t. He tried to raise his arm to grasp the thing that covered his mouth and realized that he was restrained. That’s okay, he thought. I’m probably tied down for a reason. On a gurney or something like that. To keep me from doing any further damage to my spine or neck area. The owner of the two voices had pried the car door open; he could see the sky from the angle his body was positioned. He saw the artificial light again, and realized it was a heavy duty flashlight, bobbing up and down as its bearer ambled back and forth across the inclined terrain. Then Rod experienced a tingling sensation that seemed to be coming from somewhere in his lower extremities. He felt a tickle and then heard the sound of cutting, a jagged noise, something closer to a wet ripping sound, like a serrated blade sawing through tough skin and tendons. “Now that’s the quad muscle,” the speaker paused. “That’ll make a good steak. Cook that on the grill with some onions. Mmm-hmm!” There was another pause, and Rod strained his eyes to see the speaker’s face. He caught a glimpse of a shoulder, saw the repeated motion of an arm moving back and forth, an arm wearing a red and grey plaid shirt with the sleeve rolled up past the elbow. “And the hamstring, that’s the best part,” the voice continued. “You’ll want to get that too.” Rod rolled his eyes toward the soft grey light of the desert sky brightening just before dawn. He trembled once as he cried, while the blood ran out of his femoral artery and down onto the light brown upholstery. The Kiss of the Gill Fish J. Davidson Hero Inspired by April 2011 The Knowing Iaera snaked in and out of the kelp bed, a flourish of curves and muscles. Even with all the aquatic gear, Lorcan struggled to keep up. He fired his water jet and shot forward like a brick, while she swam from side to side like an underwater butterfly. He marveled at her nearly naked body which he caught glimpses of through her train of long brown hair. Obviously, she wasn't affected by the cold the way he was. Lorcan couldn't help but wonder at the diversity of the human race. "Watch there," she signed to him and pointed to one side of a large rock formation. He readied his camera as she swam off in the opposite direction around the hulking mass and disappeared into the darkness. As he waited listening to the mechanical click of the diaphragm in his rebreather, Lorcan felt a pang of claustrophobia. Moments later she flushed out her quarry, the rare Steller ursinus, or whale-bear. At first it bolted into the open, and Lorcan, surprised, thought he would miss his opportunity. But it wasn't completely spooked, and after a moment, lumbered to rest in the kelp. Sure enough, Lorcan could make out the symbiont covering the muzzle of the beast, an air bladder on either side of its neck. Lorcan almost forgot to record; the whole thing was much larger than the one attached to Iaera's face. When Lorcan's branch of the human family tree discovered their cousins on Steller's Planet, they had already been there for 3000 years. The first immigrants left old Earth the same time Lorcan's people had, both fleeing an overpopulated and dying planet. They spread out into the galaxy, gambling everything on one-way generation ships looking for any habitable planet. 95% of Steller's Planet is covered by water. And it was inevitable that humans would take to the seas. They made what changes they could to prepare themselves for their new world, but what really secured their survival was a single stroke of luck, the discovery of the mammalian whale-bear and its symbiont, the gill fish. Iaera ran her fingers through Lorcan's hair. He involuntarily winced, but then looked at her apologetically and smiled. It was good to be out of the wetsuit, breathing fresh air. The awkward sound of the exhaust of hydrogen from Iaera's gill fish reminded him that she wouldn't be able to stay long. He was seated at a console and bringing up the footage he had shot of the ursinus. As it started, she let out a muffled squeal of excitement. "Will I see myself too?" she asked, speaking instead of signing. Lorcan had her repeat the question. As an anthropologist and a polyglot, he prided himself on being able to master a language quickly. But even after months he still struggled. The primitive ceremony of placing a young gill fish on the face of a newborn fascinated Lorcan. How could it be anything but traumatic? Over time the gill fish integrated itself into the human face. Human lips and the skin and cartilage of the nose atrophied. Bilabial and labiodental sounds like p and f which required lips to make were absent from Iaera's language. "Yes. There," he said pointing at the screen. There she was in the background watching the ursinus with triumph in her eyes. Lorcan felt embarrassed as the ursinus fell out of frame and the camera auto-zoomed in on her. Iaera's arms folded around his neck and she hugged him close with excitement. "Wonderful," he heard her say as the mouth of the gill fish opened near his ear. Gill fish was a misnomer. In its symbiosis with the ursinus the gill fish evolved the ability to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen. Much like the mechanical rebreather that Lorcan used, the gill fish scrubbed the air exhaled by the ursinus of carbon dioxide, and replaced oxygen. And since the ursinus had to pass its prey through the mouth of the gill fish to reach its own, they shared food as well. "You should go back." he said with concern, pulling her arms from around his neck. There was some danger of the gill fish drying out in the air-conditioned base. She pressed her lithe body against his and ran her finger along his upper lip. Instinctually his hands encircled her waist and he pressed his forehead against hers. "Come with me," she signed. There was a pleading look in her eyes and then something seductive. He knew she meant forever. He heard the mouth of the gill fish gasping and gently he pushed her away. "I have work," he said, still shaken by her closeness. Lying in his sterile bed, Lorcan plugged in, dropped into REM sleep and awoke in a virtual dream. There he stood before the Temple to Camelopardalis and there Philomena waited in white robes, only her face exposed. They saluted. Long ago, in another corner of the galaxy, the real Philomena had been his mate. In a sterile laboratory, they had watched as their comingled DNA was programmed to produce a single perfect offspring. In all their time together their skin never touched. This was not her, only a virtual representation, programmed to give him comfort. "Have you presented her with the proposal yet?" she asked. "I don't know if she can understand the consequences." Lorcan allowed himself a moment of arrogance. "They are so primitive." "But she will learn and see so much, maybe even old Earth. The exchange will benefit everyone." He looked at Philomena's lips and wondered what they felt like. "This is goodbye," Iaera signed. Disappointment was in her eyes; she never understood his rejection of her offer. She touched his forehead with hers and brushed his lips with the gill fish. Her village would send someone else to work with him now. She would return to her people under the sea, forever. Someday he would return to his people too, forever alone. Inspired by Oct. 2011 Murder Should Be Personal The Schamb twins had always seemed a bit odd to those living in their small community. Even when they were young, townspeople considered the pair eccentric. Now that the sisters were in their sixties, those who knew them thought them downright weird. “I’ll be leaving you behind soon,” Mabel Schamb threatened her sister over breakfast. “I doubt it,” replied Camilla with a raised eyebrow. “No, I mean it. I had a dream a few nights ago that my life is going to change for the better.” “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’re psychic, I know. You’ve been telling me you can tell the future for sixty years now.” “I am psychic,” screamed Mabel, pounding her fist on the table. “Well if you’re so psychic – why ain’t you rich?” “You say you can move objects with your mind, Camilla – so why ain’t YOU rich?” "Okay, Mabel, I'll bite. What was your dream about?" “I dreamed I was watching the 10:00 news and I saw the Lotto numbers fall.” “Really,” huffed Camilla. “Really! I even wrote the numbers down when I woke up.” She took a slip of paper from a large pocket on her flowered dress. Camilla unfolded the paper, looked at it, and rolled her eyes. "25, 26, 27, 28 and 29? And the Lottoball is 30?" She handed the paper back to her sister. "This will never happen, they'll never fall like this." "Yes they will - tomorrow night - you'll see." "No they won't." "Yes they will." "No they..." The twins were shouting at each when the table started shaking, rising briefly off the floor. Both ladies stopped screaming for a moment. The table fell back to the floor. "I did that," said Camilla crossing her arms. "I made the table rise with the power of my mind!" "No you didn't. It was just a coincidence.” They looked at each other quietly for a moment, the clairvoyant and the telekinetic. "I'll prove I’m psychic, once and for all, tomorrow night, Camilla. Just you wait and see." There was a knock at the side door and Mabel got up to answer it. "That's probably the man from Sears. I ordered a freezer." "You did what? We don't need a freezer and we sure don't have the money," said Camilla. "I'll have plenty of money when I win the Lotto," said Mabel with a sneer. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Schamb twins sat on their avocado green couch peering into their 19 inch TV. "I have the winning ticket right here," announced Mable the physic, reaching into a pocket on her faded blue bathrobe. "No, dear sister, I - in fact - have the winning ticket right here!" Camilla took a lotto ticket from her faded yellow bathrobe and flashed it briefly in front of her twin's eyes. "Here it comes," whispered the sisters in unison. "And now the Lucky Lotto numbers are..." The ping-pong balls began to drop, one by one. "25...26...27...28...and 29." The host of the show seemed incredulous. "This is a first! This is amazing! And now, for the winning Super Lotto Ball..." There was a close-up of fifty red ping-pong balls shooting around inside the large plastic container. One ball fell into the transparent tube. It was the #30, halfway down the tube by now. Suddenly the #30 ball seemed to be sucked back up into the swarm of balls inside the container and the #31 ball dropped into place at the bottom of the TV screen beside the other winning numbers. "Ah, too bad, Mabel," sneered Camilla, waving her ticket under the physic's nose. "I happen to have ALL those numbers right here, on this ticket - the winning ticket - MY ticket!" "You did that! You made my ball go back up so you could get the money! You've never let me win anything!" "It's like I've always told you, my dear sister, I'm able to move things with the power of my mind..." Mabel grabbed Camilla by the throat. Her eyes got huge as she squeaked out a plea to her twin. "They have a surveillance camera at the Quik Stop, Mabel. You'll never be able to cash in that ticket. They'll know I bought the winner." But the intuitive's hands only tightened around her sister's throat. "This is the first time in my life when I'm actually happy we were born identical twins." The ad in the newspaper seemed a bit bizarre, but since a Schamb twin had penned it, the clerk at the Times Tribune figured it was par for the course. 'House-sitter Wanted: Need lazy person to live in my home for free. Liberal allowance will cover food costs and auto expenses. Must be able to make a ten-year commitment.' Mabel and the first person to answer the ad were standing now in the garage of the cozy Schamb home. "So you'll be traveling, Ms. Schamb?” "Oh yes, dear," answered the sweet old lady. “Just keep the grass cut - and make sure the electricity stays on. You can always reach me on my cell if you have any problems with the house." The old woman handed a ring of keys to the house-sitter. "Is the key to the freezer on here," asked the girl, nodding towards the newly installed appliance in the corner. One very formidable lock had been welded into its white frame. "In case I want to buy some meat and cook it." "Don't be silly, dear heart. Order a pizza or go out! Enjoy your life. Don't concern yourself with that freezer," said Mabel smiling. "It holds the top layer of my wedding cake and a few other useless memories. I'm leaving them all behind - starting now." "Thanks," shouted the girl from the open door connecting the garage to the rest of the house. "You are more than welcome," sung Mabel, stepping into the cab that would carry her into the world. November 09, 2013, 12:59:52 AM by davidsonhero Twin Foil Challenge The challenge was to write a science fiction story where the protagonist has a twin and the twin is the protagonist's literary foil. Example story: The Bagholder John David Rose "So, you want me to take… what is it?" Gabriel scrutinized his twin brother, a mirror image of himself, except for the designer suit and expensive haircut, sitting on the sofa across from him feeding sections of a clementine to a monkey-like creature that was seated on his shoulder. "Manticore is a simian," Michael said with a tinge of arrogance. "He's a synthetic organism roughly based on the genome of a squirrel monkey, with some bits of cat and... I don't know; I forget the specifics." Michael let his finger trace the silver filigree of the sapphire-adorned coronet that crowned the simian's head. The creature looked toward Gabriel with black eyes and smiled before continuing to devour the orange slice. Gabriel found the creature's vaguely human face and the way his brother fawned over the thing a little unnerving. "And yes, I'll be going on an extended business trip, and I need someone to take Manticore for me; someone who will take care of him properly." Gabriel was still in shock. He hadn't seen his brother in eight long years except for those times Michael's face had surfaced in the financial blogs as the smirking mask of the one percent, Michael the corporate raider, Michael the billionaire. Gabriel was always confused at first, thinking it was his own face before realizing it was another celebration of Michael's success taking over and dismantling biotech companies. What makes two people with identical backgrounds, and identical genes, end up in completely different places in life? During the last recession Gabriel had barely managed to keep his job, and the stress had torn apart his relationship with Ava. Meanwhile, Michael's success moved him into the upper echelons of society, with its fashion models, mansions, cybernetic implants and, apparently, synthetic pets. "I don't think I'm allowed to have pets in my apartment." "Manticore is not a pet. No one will ever know he's here, if you don't want them to. And you'll find he's very useful." "He does tricks?" Gabriel watched as a familiar look of contempt skittered across Michael's face. He wondered if the same expression, which he despised, ever crossed his own without his knowledge. "No tricks; he's not a dog." Michael handed the simian another section of orange which Manticore snatched greedily. Its eyes darted between the brothers. "He's very intelligent, and… listen, I don't have time to explain it all. He's much more than a pet." Michael surveyed his brother and Gabriel got that creepy feeling that Michael could read his thoughts. "Try this," Michael said with a sigh. "Think of the saddest thing you can think of. Seriously. But, please, don't tell me. Just bring up a depressing memory." Gabriel gave in. A vision of Ava formed in his mind. She was slamming the door in his face at the end of their last fight, and she was never coming back. "Okay, now focus that memory on Manticore," Michael said, as he slid forward with anticipation. Gabriel looked at the simian who was finishing the orange. He let the memory play over again in his mind, with all its weight, but this time he projected it at the simian. Suddenly, alert, Manticore looked at him, its shiny eyes penetrating. Cat-like it jumped down to the sofa, the floor, and up onto Gabriel's lap. And with its eyes still fixed on Gabriel's, it reached up with its front paw and placed it on Gabriel's cheek. Its expression saddened, and it began to purr. Gabriel smelled a thick scent like balsam and then he was relaxed, and relieved, the most he'd been in a long, long time. "What just happened?" Gabriel said pulling away from the gaze of the simian as if he'd just come out of a trance. Michael smiled triumphantly and leaned further forward. "It's all quite complex," he assured with animation. "In response to your emotional state, Manticore administered a dose of antidepressant via pheromones. He can deliver other drugs the same way, stimulants if you're tired, narcotics for pain. His body is a bio-factory." "And it's all geared toward my… well… our genetic profile. You and I are the only people that Manticore's features work for. He was programmed with my DNA." "But how could he… I mean, it was a memory, I was thinking…" "Well, that's more complicated than I can explain. He's sensitive to certain physiological cues. Using a sad memory is the way I learned to trigger that feature. Here." Michael reached into his breast pocket and tossed Gabriel a memory card. "There's a manual on there that will show you how to care for him and how to take full advantage of his features. I expect you to take good care of him. I guess this is the closest thing you'll ever get to a nephew. I think I'll actually miss him." He handed the simian the last chunk of orange and ran his hand along its back. "So, where are you going?" "Well, it's a bit of a secret, but if you can't tell your twin, who can you tell? Am I right? You've followed the news about the interstellar ships being sent to systems with habitable planets? Well, it took some finagling, and a fortune, but I managed to get myself on the Flambeau bound for Gliese 581." Standing, Michael put his hand on Gabriel's shoulder and patted. The simian had climbed up to Gabriel's other shoulder and seated itself there. It rubbed his cheek with its paw, and Gabriel smelled the balsam again. "Don't worry; I'll be back… some day. And I'll think of you whenever I look in a mirror," Michael said with his signature smirk. He turned to leave, but at the door he hesitated. "Someone might come looking for me and they'll probably tell you I did some horrible stuff. But you know I'm innocent, right Gabe?" Gabriel doubted it. This wasn't the first time his twin had tried to leave him holding the bag. The Creator Twins Richard Tornello In the beginning there was Alpha & Omega, anode & cathode and plus & minus, presently known by their modern names as Marsha & Terry, THE TWINS. Marsha the more creative of the two felt a bit bored and was tired of playing with her twin in all the universes and eternities that they possessed. Marsha was the first to pop into existence by a femtosecond before Terry. So by primogeniture, she was entitled to all the rights, privileges and obligations associated therein. “I’m going to make some new play things,” she declared. Terry took this as an insult, pouted and asked, “What’s wrong with me? I’m your sister. You don’t love me any more?” “Sis, really, come on, don’t you want to have something a little different and new for eternity,” as she pointed to absolute nothingness. Terry looked about and said, “Nothing is wrong here.” “EXACTLY. No thing IS wrong. We need some thing.” Terry retorted, “You have me and & I have you. We’re perfect. What could be better than perfection?” Marsha thought for a second. “Yes you have a point, BUT, this perfection stuff is B-O-R-I-N-G. I need to do something, anything to liven this entire nothing up. I feel it deep inside me.” “Maybe it’s gas,” said Terry “Gas…my ass. You drive me nuts,” said Marsha. “See, aren’t I even better than no thing?” Marsha gave her THE LOOK, a god like zap and then declared, “I’m going to do something we’ve never done, create a creature in a brave new world. I’m not too sure how to go about it, but what do you think, any ideas?” Terry looked at her twin and said, “ I think you’re certifiable, wasting infinity, and will screw this up. We’re happy here with no things. Now you desire something, so then what happens?” Marsha wailed, “You never want to do anything new.” Her eyes swelled with tears and in a red rage. She said, “I’ll show you.” As she said that a tear dropped from her face. In her anger Marsha shot a small god like zap at her sister. That zap managed to energize the tear as they passed each other. From that tear came a singularity. And now having the angry energy embedded within it, inflated so rapidly and to such an expanse that both sisters just stood and watched with awe. They both asked aloud, “Now what do we do?” After a period of time they laughed. Terry aid, “Wow, would you look at that? Who would have guessed?” Marsha had been thinking about all this and had a flash of insight. “Let’s make some dolls, animated dolls, and we can play with them.” Terry said, “You make one and I’ll make another one and we can make them do funny things. Why didn’t we think of this before? You know Sis, sometimes you aren’t so dumb.” “Me, dumb? You little shit. Watch this.” Marsha made an exact replica of herself. “I’ll call her Lilith. I don’t know why, I just will it.” Terry watched and was about to do the same but hiccuped. Instead of a doll with YY chromosomes, one of the Y’s legs became extended during the hiccup and became an X. Marsha looked at her creation and said, What the…?” What do you call that?” She pointed to the XY’s penis. Terry looked with wonderment. “I have no idea. Let’s leave them alone for a bit and see what happens.” Lilith was bright, strong and beautiful. Hormones being what they are, XY was immediately attracted to her. She was a willing partner but a bit bossy. You have to remember from whom she was copied. Terry watched all this and decided to stir things up. While her sister wasn’t looking and Lilith was away running some errand, Terry made another XX but one having a more passive personality, and nowhere near as smart as Lilith. XY was attracted to this one too. XX didn’t know how to say no and gave in to any suggestion XY made. He liked her a whole lot more. He just couldn’t stand some doll smarter that he was, and being told what to do. Marsha came back to survey the situation. “Who is this doll and what is it doing in my world?” Gravity waves rocked the universal boat. “Terry you bitch, you mucked up my doll world with that dumb-as-rocks interloper. You couldn’t just leave things alone. You never could. I’m just going to destroy this whole mess.” Terry shot back, “No you won’t. You like all the drama. You said so yourself, you were BORED. Now sit back and enjoy the action.” “Oh yeah, just watch me.” And into the garden where XX and XY were frolicking about, Marsha made her presence and her being known. “Hey, you two,” she bellowed. “What’s that,” asked XY? “Don’t know,” replied XX. I’ve never seen one before. I just thought it was just me and you and that Lilith doll. It looks a lot a lot like me but not quite.” XY, being what he was, was immediately attracted to Marsha. He said, “Hi,” as he fondled one of her boobs. “Nice ones,” he said. Marsha had enough. She pointed to XX and XY. “You are both OUTOFHERE, Be Gone especially you, you pig.” What’s a pig and where did that come from Marsha wondered. It just felt the right thing to say. Wit a snap of her fingers and a wrinkle of her nose they were gone. Terry watched and laughed. “Yep you screwed up again just like I said you would. Now those two lost souls are going to wander forever. I’m not even able to fathom what comes next.” Marsha heard every word. She said to herself, “You come next you smart ass. You’re just a devil of a sister.” The Mainstay of the Brotherhood... The exploration of space had been gratifying and very interesting, full of great possibilities with new colonies started on various worlds outside the Solar System that Earthlings had once been forced to stay for long inside of - before the appearance of the FTL drive 50 years ago. Then, problems had arisen as a starship had stumbled onto a small asteroid that was seemingly only a bare rock next to a small gas planet. However, aliens had built a mining facility on that rock in space, and it was reputed to be very useful for their needs. How the war actually started is unknown, as there were many things the armed forces wouldn’t tell the general population, of course. But in a matter of months the battles became fiercer and the main location of the confrontations became two Earth-like planets that were full of luxuriant jungles and mountains, without any other living creatures - apart from soldiers and massive manned mecha. One of the worst problems humans had while in combat was that the aliens seemed ready to deploy millions of troopers in every single battle, while the Earthlings were only able to thwart such continuous assaults by using their robot-like vehicles. As a matter of fact, the technology level of the two contending parties was almost the same, but the number of troops that the aliens threw on the battlegrounds was incredible. A few weeks after the first heavy fatalities, the humans discovered where such large amounts of enemy soldiers came from: every family of that species was capable of giving birth to at least forty sons and daughters! On Earth, science did its best to solve the problem, but humans didn’t have the technology to create cyborgs, nor could they clone soldiers or troopers - so Mankind was easily going to soon be outnumbered. The only thing that they were able to come up with was inducing multiple pregnancies in most women to make them capable of giving birth to duodecaplets, that is twelve babies at a time. Other than that, thanks to new accelerated procedures (the same way humans had once made chickens become adults in a matter of one month) the humans scientists made children grow into adulthood in the matter of only one year! Then that new generation could give birth after only one year. Of course, the offspring that were quick-raised in such way weren’t very smart or very notable, but what the military needed was simply more and more cannon fodder, so to say, as that war had already become a survival game, and the ones who lost were doomed to extinction. Anyway, at times, strange things happened and among the incoming generations of duodecaplets a few of the children displayed extraordinary intelligence and capability. So, they were soon chosen as the leaders of the troops that were made up of their own brothers and sisters. As the soldiers were lining up, all dressed in their bluish utility uniforms, endowed with a digital camouflage that was the same color as the azure/light-blue stones that covered the planet they were presently fighting on, their communication devices resounded with a hodgepodge of orders and data flowing into their ears. Andrew, having blond curls under a heavy helmet with two wild eyes and a small nose that just looked exactly like the features of the other 11 men behind him, checked his energy rifle and then remained ready for action. As soon as all the systems were online and the details of the incoming attack had arrived, they all froze and looked at the main desk for the orders to come. Up there, on the pedestal, their high-ranking brother Spencer stood. His eyes were even colder than Andrew’s and the look on his face reflected the heavy responsibilities he had to undergo under such difficult conditions. It was he who was in charge of the deployment of the troops, he who was responsible for everything needed in order to begin combat in the best possible position on the battleground. “Do you see him?” a voice coming from the left asked. “I admire his self-control when he is in the lead.” Andrew turned to the young-man who had spoken. It was Daniel, his brother of the same age, who also looked like he was 18-years-old, even though he had been born only one year ago like all the others. “Yes. He is a shining example to us all, reminding us that at least one among our brothers can rise to a top-level position on the battleground.” “Yes, we are just soldiers, but he is much more…” another brother added. “The data say that this will probably be a suicidal assault. Perhaps none of us will survive…” Daniel pointed out. “We’ll die for our Earth, for our Empire in space!” another brother exclaimed nearby. “Will Spencer be able to send us to fight in this suicidal mission without thinking too much about how we are his brothers?” “He will, certainly, as he is a professional leader.” “Would you like to be just like him…?” Daniel asked Andrew. At first, he almost misunderstood that question, as it could be interpreted as a criticism of their high-ranking brother who was ready to coldly send all of his siblings to their deaths today. Or perhaps it was just a wish to be the one that remained safe in the computer control room... But Andrew quickly thought of it in a different light and understood the true significance of it, or so he thought. “Yes, but only if I were able to do exactly what he’ll do. And I couldn’t do it, probably…” he finally replied. After speaking, Andrew told himself that his statement could also be seen as criticism, but such cunning traits and malevolence towards their brothers resulted just something that was not part of the way those ready-to-die soldiers were really built to be, in the end… Robert Moriyama Terry took a deep breath, or tried to -- the air, thick with sulfur, ozone, and stale sweat, caught in his throat and set off a coughing fit that burned all the oxygen he had managed to extract from it and more. On the vidscreen, his twin brother Clarence (who preferred to be called Bill) raised one eyebrow and cleared his own throat. "Hey, now, Ter, I thought you gave up smoking. What's with the hack attack?" "I did give it up," Terry gasped. "Spending money to inhale crap seemed like a waste when there's more than enough crap in every breath I try to take." Bill raised his hand in protest. "Now Terence, you know that the air quality in your Zone meets or exceeds all current standards. The oxygen -- nitrogen -- carbon dioxide balance is well within the range needed to support life..." Terry hawked and spat into an already-grimy tissue. He held the sodden mess up closer to the vidscreen where the glow of the display would give the camera a clear view. "And the particulates and noxious gas content is well within the range to shorten it," he said. "The Corporation Department of Public Communication leaves that part out for some reason." Bill worked for the DPC and was often the one who appeared on camera to deliver reassuring pronouncements. Terry found this to be hilarious at times, revolting at others -- and occasionally both at the same time. Bill grimaced. "Put that thing away, Ter. It's disgusting." "Try breathing it," Terry grunted. But he let the tissue fall into the overflowing re-recyclables bin, where it joined dozens of others. Three people used a lot of tissues in a day, if they wanted to expel as much crud as possible from their lungs. Bill frowned. "You don't have to live there. You could get a job and housing here in the Corporate Zone -- your test scores were the same as mine, and I know people who could get you an interview tomorrow, if you would just -- " Terrry moved a few inches to the left, allowing the camera to capture the scene behind him. On a narrow cot against the far wall -- only a meter away -- a woman lay in a tangle of sheets, a small child cradled in her arms. Aside from the bed, there was very little furniture in the tiny apartment -- a small table with two chairs and a highchair that was old enough to be called an antique, but was just plain old, a cheap plastic dresser with translucent drawers. Shallow cupboards were inset into one wall near the table. Terry nodded toward the woman and child. "I could move to Corporate Zone, if I would just leave them?" Bill's face flushed. "I don't want to be the villain here, but you know it's true. She'd never qualify to take the standard aptitude tests, let alone score high enough to be allowed into Corporate Zone." Terry shook his head. "I can't abandon them. We barely get by as it is. Without my income, such as it is, they would -- " "Come on, Terry. The kid's not even yours. You don't owe either of them anything." "Owe them? No," Terry said quietly. "Love them..." Bill shook his head. "You could do so much better, man. You know my wife, Jan. She's smarter, better looking, and better educated than your -- your -- I don't even know what to call her." "Jan's great," Terry said. "She's perfect, and perfect for you. Perfect for you," he repeated. "Allie is -- she sees things in a way that you never could, in ways that I barely understand. She's plenty smart about people and the way things work in the real world, but she chooses to be kind when you or Jan would just -- walk away." "'Plenty smart'", Bill said. "Maybe it's too late for you to climb out of that cesspool. Maybe you've already lost your edge." Terry laughed. "'Cesspool'? But the Corporation assures us that conditions meet or exceed all current standards!" "I give up," Bill said. "Have a nice life, Terry." The vidscreen went dark, then lit up with an animated commercial for Maximan, 'guaranteed to increase sexual potency and to protect against pregnancy and most sexually-transmitted diseases. "It's the exceptions to that ‘most' that will kill you," Terry said. He tapped the controls to minimize the volume and brightness -- there was no way to turn the ‘free' vidscreen off -- but it was too late. Allie was out of bed, supporting her sleeping son Marcus on one hip while she rubbed the grit from her eyes with her free hand. "Was that Bill?" "Yeah," Terry said. "We had the usual exchange. I was telling him about how conditions keep getting worse, and he was telling me that they ‘meet or exceed all current standards'. Then he told me to ‘have a nice life' and ended the call." Allie stifled a laugh, glancing down to be sure that Marcus was still asleep. "The usual exchange, indeed. Whenever I see Bill on the screen, I tell myself that I can be sure that you would clean up nice..." "...If I ever cleaned up," Terry finished. "Hardy har har. That one never gets old." "He told you to leave us, didn't he?" Allie said. "To go up to Corporate Zone, be like him." Terry smiled. "Like I said, we had the usual exchange." She smiled back, but he could see worry in her eyes, the fear that some day, Terry would follow his twin's advice, leave her and Marcus to fend for themselves, be like Bill, the Corporate Zone vidwall boy. He moved closer, pulled her into a one-armed hug, and kissed the top of Marcus's head. "Quit it..." Marcus mumbled. "I'd rather be like me," Terry said. Battle for Europa, Day Four The pale blue flesh above Lynce’s elbow erupted in a splatter of dark violet blood as the 7.62mm round tore through it. The sound – a sickening crunch – sent shivers through the spines of his squad mates, left and right. "The humans are coming!” Second Lieutenant Thesus called out. “Lere reiman vekt stommen! Lere reiman!” A barrage of gunshots filled the Europan skyline; all-terrain vehicles poured over the barren plane before them. Overhead, modified F-14 Tomcats and F-18 Super Hornets tore through the sky, Gatling guns whirling. Explosions boomed around the Reinkard army camp, booming and resounding like thunder in an angry storm. Just twelve miles away, amid fighting equally severe, Captain Jiad Tyndareu slapped his right arm just above the elbow, wincing in pain. “What is it?” the sergeant standing next to him asked. “I don’t know for sure,” Jiad answered. “Get my brother on the com link.” The sergeant hesitated a minute. “My brother!” Jiad shouted. “Now!” Lynce piled bandages over the open wound with his left hand, literally shoving them into the rugged maw of flesh that had been his bicep. His long straw blonde hair hung in sweaty ribbons, strands of it inevitably tangled in the bloody bandages and strips of flesh. “It won’t stop,” he told the Lieutenant, standing over him. The medical officer arrived, a sanitized packet of dried and crushed tobacco leaves, dangling from his clinched teeth. He knelt and parked his first aid kit next to Lynce’s prostrate body, ripping the packet open and pressing the fine powder into the wound, stopping some of the bleeding. Lynce gritted his teeth in pain. “Tobacco,” the medic said. “It burns like Ilinferno, but it’ll help stop the bleeding.” The com receptor on the Lieutenant’s utility belt chirped and vibrated. “Just think,” the medic continued. “The humans roll this stuff up in thin little pieces of paper and smoke it to relax.” “Barbarians,” Lynce said. “Bekarteng,” the Lieutenant repeated the word in the Reinkard dialect, grinning as he said it. “It’s hard to believe our DNA was ever used to seed theirs,” the medic opined. “And yet, they’re beating us in this war,” Lieutenant Thesus responded. The com announced itself again. “It’s probably Jiad,” Lynce said, motioning for the Lieutenant’s handset. He winced in pain as the medic worked his fingers through the wound, assessing the damage. Lynce’s soft blue skin grew more and more grey, translucent in places as the pool of violet blood spread ever wider on the Europan hardpan beneath him. The tips of his long blonde hair were turning black and crumbling away like ash in the cosmic breeze. “What’d you do?” Jiad shouted over the sound of battle raging between them. “Nothing, little brother,” Lynce answered. “You get back to winning your battle, and I’ll –“ “You went and got yourself shot in the arm, didn’t you?” Jiad interrupted. “It’s nothing,” Lynce said. “Just a scrape. The medic’s got me all patched up.” The Lieutenant exchanged glances with the medic, who shook his head very slightly. Thesus frowned at the results. “I’ll never understand that telepathy thing between you twins,” the Lieutenant remarked. A Reinkard fighter careened into a nearby bluff. The explosion was deafening, the black plume of smoke shrouded everything in a billowy gloom. Around the perimeter, a series of automatic fluorescents snapped on, creating a ghostly atmosphere. Dust and smoke swirled in a malevolent wind. Gun shots ripped through the surface clouds. It was difficult to aim and return fire, impossible to see where the volleys originated. The medic grabbed Thesus by the arm, yanked him down to a sitting position. “I need you to pinch this spot here,” he placed the Lieutenant’s fingers over the exposed artery in Lynce’s arm. “You’ll have to hold it tight or he’ll bleed out.” “Guys?” a thin voice called over the com. “Guys!” “Whatever you do,” the medic worked for his next breath of air and Thesus realized that he’d been shot too. The bullet had punctured a lung at least, most likely broken a few ribs. “Hold on tight,” the Lieutenant finished the sentence for him. “I got it.” “What’s going on over there?” Jiad’s voice rang over the handset again. “Someone tell me what’s going on. That’s an order!” The com was just out of Thesus’ reach. If he stretched across their dug in spot to pick it up, he’d have to release Lynce’s artery. If he did that, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to find it again. He looked over at the medic, who was busy pouring another packet of sanitized tobacco powder into the sucking wound in his own chest. Twelve miles away, Captain Jiad Tyndareu decided to continue the discussion anyway. The bombs raged and the howitzer fire answered. Mortars flared and anti-aircraft rounds filled the sky. “You know, Mom said I was the one born first,” he told Lynce, not knowing if his brother could hear him or not. “That makes you the little brother.” The first tear peeled away from his lids, running in a tiny stream down his smoke stained cheek “Not you.” Back in the dugout, another roar of machine gun fire leveled the bivouac. Thesus’ body collapsed across Lynce’s shoulder. The pain was incredible, but worse, he felt the pressure point in his arm release, sensed the blood escaping in a steady flow again. “Whatever’s happened over there,” Jiad continued. Lynce heard the words, almost a whisper over the distant com set in the background noise of war. “You’ll always be my brother.” “Mitn bronkerne,” Lynce answered just as his eyes fixed on a random point in the foreign sky. His blue skin became fully transparent, his blonde hair completely black. His chest rose and fell and stopped. Mitn bronkerne. A Prayer To the Child God Mark Edgemon I observed them from birth; so identical and yet - there was something very odd, very strange about them. The one with the dark spirit would occasionally show a flash of coal black eyes, black as the expansion of space, when the ill spirit took hold of him. His brother had a vacant face, as if he was a shell and nothing more. I gave the name Michael to the darker one and the one with no expression, I named Christain. But when I received the birth certificates, the word Michael was incorrectly written Moloch and his brother was spelled Christian. I tried to have the names changed to my original choice, but each time the certificates returned unchanged. I decided to leave it alone. Their father would not acknowledge them and instead, left town. I would raise them alone. It was hard to make a living from home. Phone solicitation for a telemarketing company was the best I could manage. Moloch was crafty with knowledge of the way of things. Christian seemed innocent, naive to a fault and fearful of his twin. Moloch entered the beige living room with blonde hair in his hand. I looked at his head, every hair intact. I was startled for a moment. I ran into every room until I opened the bathroom door and found my five-year-old son hanging by the neck from the shower rod. I grabbed him by the waist and tried to untie the knot around his neck. I pulled the rod down with a sudden jerk. His head was shaven and his face was turning blue. I did everything I could do to revive him and in a few minutes he was breathing more smoothly. There was no expression on his face with the exception of his fearful eyes, which I had seen all of his young life. "Moloch!" I screamed. He did not come. I laid Christian on his bed and went into the living room to find Moloch setting the hair he cut on fire. I stomped it out. "Why did you do this, son?" I demanded. He sat there paying me no mind. "Why in the hell did you do this...answer me?" I screamed. He smiled and repeated the word, "hell" under his breath. "He is entering his destiny," Moloch said. "What?" I said loudly. He became quite. He was only five years old. How did he know to say these things? It was remarkable that Christian lived through his early childhood. There were dozens of attacks upon him, each time someone intervened to save him. One day when the boys were around seven and having dinner at our rickety aluminum table, I happened to look up to see Christian passing out, foaming at the mouth. I hurriedly went to his chair, grabbed him and yelled at Moloch, "What did you do to him?" I glanced at the dingy kitchen cabinet and found an array of household cleaners on the floor. Knowing I had not placed them there, I rushed him to the hospital leaving Moloch at home unattended. He almost died. I knew I couldn't watch out for him any longer. I tried to place Christian for adoption. It had to be him; I couldn't risk someone getting hurt because of the other one. When the children services came to make a preliminary report, I chickened out. I couldn't part with him - with either of them. I looked up the name Moloch online and was shocked to find it associated with child sacrifice and devil worship. There was even a reference to the name in the Bible. In Leviticus 18:21: "And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moloch". This instilled even more dread in my heart. Christian never took up for himself...never. When they were twelve, I told them I had to leave for a day to talk with a psychiatrist. I believed this was my only remaining chance. I've talked with the police, but as I suspected, they would do nothing on merely intent to do harm. While I was gone, Moloch entered into Christian's bedroom and stood in the darkened hallway. "You will worship me," Moloch whispered. "You will," he said louder. "What makes you so sure?" Christian responded emotionless. "You're just a weak shell. You're nothing," Moloch said squinting as he spoke. "Mom will be gone all day”. Christian looked around the room. "There is nothing here that will save you," Moloch said walking towards the bed. Christian turned his back to him with his hands under his pillow for support. "I will scald you with water or maybe..." Moloch said trying to find a way to make his victim feel terror one more time. "Or maybe I will stick you with this knife," he said continuing to taunt. As promised, the boy pulled out a sharp knife and began to place it towards Christian's right eye. Beginning to insert it, Christian removed his right hand from underneath the pillow and rammed it into Moloch's stomach. The boy began to shake in coincidence with the buzzing noise coming from the stun gun in Christian's hand. Christian rose up continuing to hold the stun gun in place until Moloch fell to the floor. As he fell, the mother walked in witnessing what Christian had done. She just stood there - watching. As Moloch lay on the floor, Christian walked to his desk and pulled out an already filled syringe. He jabbed it into Moloch's arm and released the poison. Moloch died moments later. Christian looked up at his mother, paused for a moment and said, "Thank you...thank you for your help!" The mother nodded. The Hunger of the Dead “So what do you have for me today?” asked the casually dressed chief medical officer as he walked through the police station on Bernard 3. “It’s a citizen from one of the geo-spheres, GS34,” answered the lieutenant. “We think it’s Cotard’s Delusion, which is why we wanted you to see her.” He stopped before a glass wall and nodded towards a woman sitting in a chair inside a small room. “GS34? –is that where all those homeless people have been dying suddenly? Have the police figured out what’s killing them yet?” “Not yet. In fact a cop on the beat was investigating the murders, going door to door, and he noted that she hadn’t used her food replicator in two weeks. So he brought her in.” The medic looked over the woman sitting in the other room. “That certainly explains her emaciated appearance, but why do you think it Cotard’s? Someone actually believing they are dead is so rare.” “She keeps insisting that she’s not alive. And she refuses to eat anything. Her file gives her name as Debra Hubble.” The two men entered the interrogation room, the doctor taking a seat across from the subject and the cop standing beside the door. “Hello. My name is Doctor Ishim. How are you feeling today?” The woman on the other side of the metal table barely moved. “I feel today the same as all other days – I feel nothing because I am dead.” “But I can hear you speaking, Miss Hubble. How can you explain that?” The doctor leaned in a little. “Perhaps you are dead as well.” The woman looked at the men with dark, empty eyes. The tall, lanky doctor walked over to a wall and said, “Sweet rolls, four, assortment.” Instantly a tray of baked goods appeared inside a recess in the wall. The doctor placed the tray on the table in front of the woman. “May I offer you a sweet roll, Miss Hubble?” He picked one up and took a bite. “They certainly are delicious.” The woman glanced down at them before returning to her corpse-like stance. “You’ll excuse me for a moment?” asked the medic, quickly exiting the room, with the cop following. “Let’s take a look at what’s going on inside her mind,” said the doctor, standing before a round table in the other room. “Computer: 3D scan of Miss Hubble’s brain please.” A 3D image appeared above the table, in various, bright tones. “That’s amazing! The rest of her brain is operating fine, but the part that controls her entry level consciousness is essentially flat-lined. For all intents and purposes, that woman should be completely comatose – unable to speak or move.” Suddenly the cerebral cortex flashed bright green, as though a switch had been thrown. The doctor and the cop looked into the room and the woman’s face seemed to be in pain. Her mouth was trying desperately to say something. The muscles in her neck strained forward as though screaming although no sound was coming out. “Computer! What is she mouthing?” demanded the cop. “She is saying ‘help me’,” the machine informed them. The two rushed into the interrogation room and the woman returned to her death-like state. “Miss Hubble, Debra…” began the physician. “Not Debra. I am Denise. Debra is the other,” said the woman. “The other?” asked the doctor. “She is the meurtriere. She believed she was doing all those people a service by killing them, but soon she will be dead, as dead as I am.” The policeman by the door signaled for a uniformed officer to enter the room, and Desman moved closer to the table, to protect the doctor. “She believed she was helping them?” the doctor echoed. “Yes. They were always begging for food, so Debra gave them biscuits laced with poison. That way they died quickly, instead of slowly starving to death.” The woman quit talking suddenly, as if her mouth had been clamped shut. She seemed ready to faint. “She’s losing strength. Computer, explain any abnormality that would interfere with this woman being fed intravenously.” “Intravenous feeding is recommended, but she does have an unusual abnormality: Fetus Fetu.” “Fetus Fetu? Definition of term please.” “Fetus Fetu occurs when twins are in vetro and one twin envelops the other, absorbing the second twin’s body.” “So it’s possible that although Denise was never born, her skeleton calcified and some of her brain cells crossed over into her sister’s brain – living there all these years.” The doctor lifted the chin of the woman so he could see her, eye to eye. “Was that what happened, Denise? Are you the twin that died?” The woman took a gasp of air. “Yes doctor. I had to watch in silence all those years as my twin killed those people. I finally had no choice, I had to take over the mind and kill her. I decided to starve her to death,” the woman said without flinching. “I have never been hungry – so I simply didn’t let her eat.” “Flawless logic,” said the doctor. “However, if we prosecute your sister, she’ll never hurt anyone again.” The dead sister sat thinking for a moment. “Will it be necessary for me to testify?” she asked. “Not really. We have today’s recording and we’ll search the video files on the planet for footage of her supplying food to the homeless, and we’ll check those bodies for poison.” The doctor leaned back in his chair and motioned to the food on the table. “But you’ll need to let her eat, so she can stand trial.” “Goodbye, doctor,” said a very weak voice. “Goodbye Denise – and thank you,” replied Dr. Ishim. Suddenly the woman’s continence changed drastically. Anger and disgust appeared on her face, followed immediately by overwhelming hunger. The policeman rushed forward to protect the doctor, but the woman was too busy devouring the pastries to attack anyone. The Good Image Identical twins are often un-distinguishable to others. Yet they may be very different ---but in ways that only the twins themselves can see. A thick wire-enforced glass separated the twin brothers. One, a convict, and the other a free man, looked at each other with unwavering eyes. If both looked into separate mirrors, the same image would appear to each. "Well, Mon always thought that you were better," Eddy said. "Why did you come? " Eric said. "You're my brother," Eddy said. "Mon, Dad and sissy will have nothing to do with you--ever!" Eric said. "I don't know why----I'm not the criminal. Oh-- they still think you are innocent, don't they?" Eddy said. A guard approached Eric from behind, but stopped just short of him. Another guard moved around to Eric's side, and a third guard watched intensely from behind a thick-glass window. The two guards with Eric studied his every move and gesture. Finally, they withdrew a few feet but continued to watch, sharply. "You did it! Everybody knows you did it--it wasn't me!" Eric said. " You killed Marcus! " Eric said. Eddy shook his head, and with well a practiced puppy-dog- eyed look, said. "Bother, dear brother. I do feel so sorry for you. How could you come to this?" "Your own brother! " Eric said. Eddy folded his hands in prayer, and said," Let us pray for your soul..." But before another word slipped past Eddy's lips, Eric stood up. A guard came over and said to Eric, "You know the rules---sit down!" A heavy-set guard on Eddy's side of the glassed window, said, "Don't get your brother riled up---if you do, you'll have to leave, understand?" The guard then walked back to the rear wall next to his assistant. Eddy waited a few second, then his eyes narrowed. His face contorted with sinister frowns and his mouth molded itself into a menacing sneer. He looked at the guard that just spoke to him. Then he looked at that guard's chest, and his eyes became two darkened-red embers. An instant later, that guard dropped to the floor, dead! "Get a EMT", the other guard yelled over his radio. "Jack's had a heart attack!" During the confusion that arose , the prison ordered an immediate lock-down, and all visitors had to remain still. Eddy didn't seem to care, but now Eric, setting back in his chair, started to grin. And grin even more than Eddy ever remembered him doing. "Eddy, why do you think you can get away with--this? " Eric said "Oh, you know why. Now don't take a hissy-fit again. Really, Eric--when you do the crime, you must do the time. Always loved that old cliché, or---let me think. Oh yes, that old TV program but I seemed to have forgotten the name of it. No problem--you never liked it anyhow! Just like me! You never liked me, you never supported me, and you never were my friend. Just a twin brother, a clone of myself as far as looks go. But, we are different, aren't we?" Eddy said. "Remember, I was the first to come out! Heh, heh. So you might say---I was first born!" "But I didn't do the crime, you did," Eric said. "Oh, please dear, dear brother. Now don't make it any harder that it is already. They say Lethal-Injection is the way to go!" Eddy said. "Do you remember how everybody got us confused when we were younger? Do you?" Eric said. "Identical twins always confuse others," Eddy said. "Yes, but how should I say it--our unique-extrasensory talents, as some would say--- are not identical? In fact, you never knew of mine, did you?" Eric said. "You have nothing! Nothing!" Eddy said. "I was the one born with it--you never had it!" "Then how do you explain it when you found yourself in the wrong classroom, or the wrong area of the playground at times when we were younger. Or, like that time you dated Susan, but when you looked at her later, she was Michelle and you two were in a movie, and not the dance you took her to. How do you explain that?" Eric said. "Oh, your little talent only works on weak people. Like that guard that must of had a bad heart, or that old-senile lady that you made walk in front of a bus that time. If they are very sick and weak, then you can do harm, but in my case it only works between us!" "You have nothing---nothing," Eddy said. Eddy calmed down some and a big grin replaced the frowning face that Eddy had for the last few minutes. "Really dear, dear brother, why all this drama. Have you been in a prison play?" "Oh, I've had first-hand practice at being someone else for years," Eric said. A warm feeling overcame Eddy. He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them up, he was on Eric's side of the glass. He looked at his sleeves , looked at his shirt, looked at the handcuff connect to his ankle, then shook his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them again he repeated his stares; his eyes started moving faster and faster until he stood up, looked around, then shouted, "He's the one! It's not me--he switched places with me---somehow he did---you must have seen it..." Two guards grabbed Eric or should we say Eddy now. He kept screaming "He switched places with me---he can do that! I know that now ---look--that's Eric ..." They had to drag him out, and he still kept screaming. Eric a free man now, felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and the assistance guard said, "You can go in a few minutes. November 23, 2013, 12:19:40 PM by davidsonhero Science Fiction Pirate Challenge The challenge was to write a science fiction story involving pirates. To Starboard and Eden Chad looked up the inner wall of the crater, a vast stone curtain that was the backdrop for his life. Near the rim was a permanent bank of clouds and it was there that he trained his eyes. When a ship came in, it was always at the same trajectory so that it could avoid the yellow spires to the north and safely put down in Sulfur Bay. "Still nothin'?" Dirck asked half-heartedly. He sat on the ground and lazily pulled clumps of the coarse marsh grass out to throw over the embankment into the water. Chad didn't answer. He just kept scanning the sky and tried not to second guess what they were about to do. He certainly didn't need Dirck's apathy feeding into his already growing doubts. Then all at once, a big one came in, a Banzi pirate frigate. At first as it dropped into the crater the ship was clothed in a gown of clouds with a trailing train of white vapor. But then its gray jagged edges started to poke through. With excitement, Chad counted the cannon batteries that lined the gun deck. Along its hull from stem to stern were two rows of pulsing blue-flamed retrorockets that fought against gravity and inertia. Finally it set down in the murky water and columns of steam billowed up from its superheated hull. Several supply boats set out from Port Calm toward the frigate in a slow procession. "Come on, it'll be a long swim, but we should be able to get there right before the sutler's loaders," Chad said. He took off his shirt and wrapped it around his head like a bandanna. "So ye're surely goin' then?" Dirck asked, lazily getting to his feet. His smirk and persistent squint at once suggested both indolence and flippancy. "Aye, there's nothin' fer me here anymore: a life in my da's field or workin' in the anorthite mine." He looked across the bay at the only way out of the crater, now floating in her steamy bath. But Port Calm was there in the corner of his right eye. The only city he ever knew. And in the governor's villa, he envisioned Neave, beautiful, spoiled Neave, who was also probably lazing in a steamy bath. It had been her choice. She was sure to be much happier with the vintner's son. Chad spat on the ground. "Do ye still want to come or not?" he growled at Dirck. "The glory of the stars's got my head turnin' too. B'sides, I hear them Banzi lasses 'ave four…" Dirck motioned over his chest as he grinned. Pulling themselves onto the gangplank unseen was easy enough. The loaders, older men doing a job but keeping their eyes down so as not to meet the gaze of a Banz, didn't notice the two young men slip into line and march along into the strange cold and stale air of the hold. The first Banz they saw was two heads taller than a man. He had gray leathery skin covered with sinister looking tattoos and a wide mouth with stray teeth protruding. He wore a dark red bandanna that was similar to the style popular in Port Calm. But he also wore a black jumpsuit, adorned with valves and hoses, switches and knobs, that Chad rightly assumed was designed to protect against the rigors of space. "E's a gruesome one!" Dirck whispered as they walked past. Chad wanted to slug his friend. He knew now it was a mistake bringing Dirck; it had reduced his chances of success. It wasn't until they were sneaking down a corridor leading further into the ship that Chad realized it was his own lack of planning that had actually doomed them. Shortly after, the rough hands of the quartermaster presented them to the captain. "A woman is cap'ain?" Dirck didn't whisper this time. "What smells of rotten eggs?" the captain asked. Her voice was lilting and slightly seductive. She lounged on a wide bed propped up by embroidered pillows. Her legs were crossed in a business-like manner. She looked at them with derision. "Found 'em slinkin' in the engine room Cap'ain," the quartermaster said. He was as big as a bulkhead, the most imposing Banz among imposing Banz. "You," she said pointing at Dirck who hadn't stopped grinning since they entered the cabin. "What were you looking for? Were you trying to scuttle my ship?" Chad thought about driving his heel into Dirck's foot before he could speak. "She does have four," Dirck muttered. Too late. "Quartermaster, where is shore in relation to the ship?" she asked. "Off port, Mam," the quartermaster replied. "Then throw him off starboard." The quartermaster grabbed Dirck by the shoulders and dragged him down the hall. Chad cringed as Dirck screamed his name in desperation. "Now, you," the captain said. "What did you hope to find aboard my ship?" Chad looked down at the floor afraid to raise his eyes. He could feel the fierceness of her gaze penetrating him. His mouth was dry. Now when it came to it, he could hardly speak. "The… the stars, Mam. There's nothin' for me here." "I see," she said. She got up from her bed and walked across the cabin. Like the other Banz she was taller than Chad, but not nearly as large as the males of her species. "Long ago we brought your people here from another planet to maintain this port for us. From time to time we establish new ports as we expand our territory. It just so happens that we have been planning a new port on the third planet in a yellow star system 4.37 light years from here. Do you have a mate, Chad?" "A… a mate? N… Neave, I love Neave, but she's chosen someone else." "We're pirates," she said with a reptilian smile. "We take what we want. And I want you, Chad, and Neave to be the first humans to settle Port Eden." Captain Paul de la Mere drummed his fingers on the worn-out upholstery of the arm of his command chair, watching the system drop-in point for ships inbound to a fuel depot located another two light-minutes in-system. Paul's ship, the Irrational Object, was a stripped-down old freighter with no registration, no home-port, and no lawful business, hidden well away from the main route behind an asteroid, her engines and weapons at standby. The scan officer turned and looked at him. "Captain, they're running pretty late -- " A rainbow torus appeared at the drop-in point. Paul's fingers quit drumming and clenched. "There! Scan, confirm target; engineering, shields at full, engines to ready. Navigation, you have a course – ?" "Aye, sir; ET to intercept, forty-six minutes." Scan reported, "Target confirmed; Orion Foods flight 9062." Paul grinned. "Excellent. Helm, engage course." He pushed the button for all-ship on his comm-pad. "Attention, crew – our meal ticket has arrived. Those of you on duty have about forty minutes to prep for action, and if all goes as anticipated, tonight we can have a Thanksgiving dinner!" He could hear the cheers right through two pressure-doors. "Engineering – ?" "Weapons are charged, and the shields are still at full." "Good. Signals, hail the freighter for me, please." "Responding – " The screen showed a worried-looking woman in an Orion Foods captain's uniform. Paul had the information from the auxiliary screen. "Good day, Captain Frazier. I am Captain Paul de la Mere of the Irrational Object, and we are here to relieve you of some of your payload. We just want some of your cargo, not all of it, and we'll leave you with the cash you're carrying to pay for the fuel you need. If you would be so kind as to come to a stop, we can proceed with the transfer and no one will be harmed. Please respond." Frazier clenched her jaw, then sighed. "Very well." She turned to someone offscreen and said, "Helm, full stop." Within moments, both ships were at a standstill, side by side. Paul said, "Thank you. Now, if you would, please open the second and third payload bay doors opposite us and push out two freight containers of foodstuffs from each. Let them drift clear and you can be on your way." Frazier said, "All right . . . " She turned again and said, "Do it." The external camera showed the payload bays opening on the near side of the Orion ship. Paul said, "No, Captain, the other side of the ship – " The Orion Foods ship's payload bays did not hold freight containers. In the other screen, Captain Frazier stepped out of view, replaced by a stern-faced man in a Concordiat major's uniform. "Captain de la Mere, I am placing you and your crew under arrest for piracy. You will lower your shields and power down your weapons and engines at once, or be fired upon. Prepare to be boarded." Paul sank back in his command chair in shock. "Aw, crap! " The scan officer looked at him and said, "Our informant sold us out – " Paul nodded, slack-faced, feeling much older than he had moments ago. The Concordiat officer was saying, "Captain – how do you respond – ?" Paul looked around the bridge at his crew. He waved a hand indistinctly. "Do as he says." They didn't even handcuff him. He sat across the desk from the major, who was looking through the Irrational Object's history file. The major sat back and looked at Paul. "Your father ran a legitimate operation with this ship . . . what happened?" "Got run out of business by the big conglomerates . . . after the Concordiat gave them a monopoly, of course . . . " "I see . . . and, most of your crew are related – uncles, aunts, cousins – " Paul shrugged. "It was a family business. Dad couldn't pay much. Nobody complained. It was doing all right. We were happy . . . then – " "Yes. And your father refused the offer of a buyout, from – Consolidated Freight – ?" "Yes. And three months later, he died." "I'm sorry. And you're known for avoiding violence . . . " Paul shrugged. "I don't think anybody should have to die just because we're hungry." There was a knock, and the major looked up. "Yes, Chief – ?" The CO stepped in with a data-pad. "The report you wanted on the pirate vessel, sir – " "Thank you Chief. Is there anything else?" "They're a pretty sorry lot, sir . . . water recycler's about shot, and . . . there's a lot of chronic malnutrition. Clean ship, though, sir, and – they've done an amazing job of keeping her maintained." The major nodded. "Thank you, Chief; that will be all." Paul spoke out of turn, his lower lip trembling. "That ship's our home . . . was . . . " The major glanced at Paul and then studied the data-pad for a while. "Hunh . . . who's your engineer?" "My uncle . . . he trades off with my daughter; they're both about equally good – he trained her." "I see here she's married . . . " "Yes sir . . . I wanted her to get out of this business and find a legitimate job, but . . . " "She's not credentialed . . . tell me, Captain – could she pass a test?" "Hell – she keeps that boat running – " "Well. It seems to me you're a little behind on economic policy, Captain . . . " "Sir – ?" "Consolidated's monopoly's been broken up – there are trade routes open, looking for haulers. You could get your wish for your daughter . . . " "Oh, gods . . . but – sir – ?" "Yes – ?" "Could we all just get a decent meal first?" Tandoristé Sunset S’bana heard a Spanish guitar playing in the background, felt the warm desert wind drift across her arms, tousling her hair. “I’m home,” she said out loud, but there was no one there to hear her, no one there to answer. Gently, she opened her eye and squinted to bring the image she received into focus. Two of her fingers lay just inches from her. They were burned and bloody stumps and suddenly their former homes, the raw knuckles where they’d been attached before the blast, throbbed with pain. “I’m not home,” she corrected her former assessment, noting the sweet sound of guitar playing was gone, a snippet of a dream left behind in her unconscious rambling. She brought her left hand up and stared at it, noting the missing ring and pinkie fingers, thinking to herself, at least it was the left hand. With a heavy grunt and a string of curses, she sat up and stared at the debris strewn all around her: sheets of metal, smoking machine parts, something that looked like a carburetor, something else that looked like a detached piston, wires, bolts and nuts, a whole field of metal pieces, reduced to scrap. Smoking, bent and misshapen scrap. “Cap’n,” her ear piece crackled to life. “Captain S’bana!” S’bana touched the earpiece and responded with a clipped, yeah. “We’re picking up your signal over on…” the voice tapered off while its owner, her first mate, Jory Culhun consulted the computer screen, “Over on the desert moon, Tandoristé. What’s your status?” “My ship’s blown to Gehenna!” S’bana answered. “What do you think my status is?” “I meant your physical status,” Culhun said. S’bana looked down and noted a deep gash in her chest, just above her left breast. She felt the wound with her intact hand, felt the breast and observed that other than the cut, everything seemed in order. From there, she checked her arms. They were sunburned, dried and ashy from exposure, but they seemed to be working fine. Her left hand hurt – and was missing two fingers – but other than that, her upper torso was good. She pushed herself into a seated position and began examining her legs. The left one was scratched and scraped in several places, but also in working order. The right, her artificial was leaking oil from the hydraulic supports around the knee joint, but it supported her weight when she stood up on it. “Capt. S’bana?” the voice pried again. “I’m okay,” she sneered. “Lost a couple of fingers. That’s all.” “And the shuttle?” “Scattered all over the horizon,” she added. “Who shot me down?” There was no answer for several seconds; so she repeated the question. “Culhun!” she tried again. Still no answer. “Over the next hill, you will find a container filled with enough food for one moon cycle,” the first mate said. “And enough rum and whiskey to drink yourself into a stupor for nearly all of those days…” S’bana gritted her teeth as she realized what the message meant. “You can’t leave me here!” “Assuming your weapons are intact, then you –“ “Culhun!” S’bana screamed. “Can end your stay on Tandoristé sooner.” “I will kill you for this,” the captain spit into the tiny plastic microphone wrapped around her right cheek. “I will find you and I will kill you!” “Maybe,” Culhun responded. “But you’ve got to find a way off of Tandoristé first.” S’bana looked around and saw the endless sea of golden sand stretching for miles in every direction. Dunes and hills drifted into more rolling dunes and hills with no land markers to plot a direction towards any point on the horizon. “The Alliance moved its shipping routes to run parallel with the Ke’elan system,” Culhun continued. “Seventy light years away…” His voice trailed off leaving a disturbing silence, interrupted only by the dry gusts of wind whipping through S’bana’s hair. “And with the shipping,” Culhun finished, “The intergalactic pirates; with the pirates, anything resembling a patrol vessel. Your earpiece radio is a short-range and you said it yourself, the shuttle is ruined.” S’bana furrowed her brow and clinched her fists. She was furious and she sensed that Culhun knew it, even from his vantage point back on board The Cutlass, the light cruiser that until just hours before, had been her ship. “You are marooned, my dear,” Culhun stated the obvious. “I am captain of The Cutlass now.” “Not for long,” S’bana said. “Like you can do anything about it,” Culhun laughed. “Not even pirates tolerate mutiny,” S’bana answered him. “And make no mistake, this is mutiny. You will die for this. Somewhere there is some person left who is still loyal to me, and when he or she hears what you’ve done, they will exact my vengeance.” “Maybe,” Culhun agreed, “But that day will come long after your skeleton is rotted dry and covered with sand.” The earpiece chirped and she knew the signal had been broken. S’bana cussed and flung the thing from her ear. She surveyed the damage, noted the location of a few of the larger pieces of sheet metal, good-sized scraps that would make a lean-to shelter. She separated them from the rest of the debris, and in time slowly wandered over the hill, thinking about rum and hoping desperately that there was something, anything in the container to read. It would be a long thirty days if there wasn’t. As she walked, she remembered the images from her dream, the barely lucid thoughts she had before she regained consciousness. She imagined the dusty outskirts of the little town near Monterrey, the place on Earth, where she first learned to fight, first learned the treacherous ways of men and boys. In her reverie, she heard again the guitarist picking the lines. Sweet lines filled with soft notes. “O Marisa” was the name of the song. She hummed it to herself as she trudged over the dunes in the direction of the life-preserving container. THE XEBEC, Lettre de Course, A PRIVATEER’S VOYAGE RdotTornello 2013 © “The laws of heaven are the laws of nature, thus the laws of physics.” TeknoRex “Where the hell are those three contracts? They’re due for collection. I can’t do shit without them,” screamed The Big Boss. His eyes were fiery red. “Boss, they were here a few days ago. I have all the others you wanted to review. The three you want are missing. The systems administrator says they were never inputted,” answered the leggy accountant in her thigh high boots and not much else, which is the way he liked her. A dog, sleeping under the desk, opened one eye to see what all the noise was about. “I inputted them myself. One was special, the best kind. It would make an angel cry. Damn,” cursed The Boss kicking the dog. Wooooo,” it wailed. “Why me?” “Cause you’re here and you’re my whipping boy. That was the deal.” Captain Kassyopia shot her navigator-gunner Venus a look and said, “Let’s get The Xebec out of here ASAP. We know where this soul is. His kid is safe and healthy. The tumor is gone. I don’t understand why we have to do this.” She pointed in an upward direction. Venus stated the obvious, “We’re understaffed. There are so few of us that make the cut for soul-pirate-cum-privateer duty. Have you seen the shit that passes for moral behavior?” The Letters of Marque specified only certain types of contracts were to be pirated from The Big Boss; these were special. His ship, The Soul Scupper, was on the weapons screen of The Xebec. There was one soul in particular that they had to rescue from the Scupper. The two soul-pirates, working under Letters of Marque and Reprisal, issued by TeknoRex, fired up The Xebec, passed instantly FTL, and then to hyper-tachyon speed. They had stolen the contracts with assistance from The Bosses’ dog, a bribe of dispensation. It was their duty to present the contracts and allow the intended victim to burn it. Most contracts were signed under extreme duress. “Keep us cloaked and the Scupper’s com systems jammed until we come alongside,” commanded Kassyopia. “We have to make it quick and get out.” “Eye sir,” Venus her mate acknowledged. They both loved the chase, and under Letters of Marque they had a legal basis for their “piracy”. They would still be fried by The Big Boss, if he ever caught them. This was better than sitting around working the gate with that bore Petra. Besides, they would be traded for one that The Big Boss wanted……..maybe. TeknoRex loved them, this they knew, for their Letter told them so. “We’ve got to grab this guy before the Boss’s accountant or systems admin figures it out. Even without a contract he could convince a rock to bleed.” Venus said staring at the cross hairs of her weapons pod. “We have three of these special contracts. I took care of it,” stated Venus with her coy smile that made Kassyopia just weak in her knees. “The guy with the kid with the brain tumor is our priority. We’ll free the others later. They’re on another ship.” Looking at the crosshairs, and closing fast on the Scupper, which had not taken any evasive action, Kassyopia relaxed, just a bit, and continued, “We stole these documents. We erased the hard drive. If we’re caught it will worse than hell, Letters of Marque or not. I’m sure the data was backed up.” Venus laughed, “I deleted that, and put a bug into the system that will freeze all hell up.” Kassyopia said, “We have the contracts signed in blood. They override all. Once they’re burned the souls will be free. We have to get to this one now.” “Closing on them,” reported Venus Kassyopia gave her first mate a pat on her tush and kept her eye on the screens. “BOSS, a fast privateer has been detected leaving our control area. It seems to be flying a Letter of Marque from The One Above.” “They stole our property. They’re pirates! What type of craft? I’ll fry their damned souls!” The Big Boss wasn’t going to let them get away with this. He didn’t care where in hell that LOM came from. “It’s The Xebec, the fastest craft in all eternity. Boss, maybe we can NonLocalCom the Scupper and set a trap?” The Big Boss grinned, “Yes let’s do that. We’ll surprise them and capture them too. There is no need to chase. But for the fun of it, send a pursuit anyway. Make it look like we are after them. They’ll never suspect. Go to the document back-up system. If we get there first the blood oath won’t matter. I’ll make sure of that.” “Throw a few more million souls into the fires. I feel a bit chilly and it just warms my heart to think we’ll get these pirates.” With a grin that took over his whole face, he pointed to his accountant, “Sweetie, come here.” The accountant smiled. She punched all the new orders into the computer, but the whole system froze. She decided not to say anything to The Boss. She’d reboot it after she did him. He’d be mellow for a while. What the hell was one soul or three? There was time. She worked her talents. Kassyopia ordered. “Uncloak.” Then ship-to-ship nonlocalcom Kassyopia radioed, “This is the Captain of The Xebec to The Soul Scupper. Heave to and prepare to be boarded. We fly with a Letter of Marque and Reprisal from TeknoRex. Heave to or have your black hole propulsion imploded.” The locked up computer and jammed com systems prevented The Big Boss’s minions from setting a trap. The Soul Scupper was boarded and the lost soul retrieved. The Scupper was set adrift. The pursuit vessels arrived too late for the capture. The Xebec, recloaked, transmigrated the soul to TeknoRex for eternal rest or rebooting. “Captain?” Kassyopia turned and saw her gunner in boots and a tie. Gatcom Creek Vellingham WA June 6th, 1999 It was no surprise when Sergio fell in love with Angelina Fellini with one glance, as she was the most beautiful woman in the world, and had been since her birth in 1721. A multitude of men had fallen hard for her over the past 278 years. What was surprising was that Angelina immediately fell in love with Sergio as well – much to the chagrin of her centuries-year-old father, Pepe’. Of course she tried to keep her feelings under wraps as she and her father bought their coffee and sat down at a small wooden table with an inlaid chess board, but the truth was evident as soon as the father and daughter began to talk. “This seems like such a nice little town,” she told her father. “Are you certain it will happen here?” “Of course I’m certain. Mathematically, statistically, this town is out of luck.” He reached into his satchel and brought out a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings. “In the past two years, three people have become multi-millionaires by winning the State lottery. That’s out of a town of 60,000.” He began pointing to the individual columns. “You know how it works – wherever there’s a glut of good luck, it sponges up the luck from everyone else around. “I know! I know!” whispered Angelina. “That’s when we usually swoop in and take advantage of the ensuing disaster, stealing the survivors blind like pirates of the freaking Gulf Coast or something. Does it need to be this town – does it need to be now? It’s so quiet and peaceful here.” “Too quiet, too peaceful for too long! We’ll be here to plunder whatever is left – so suck it up, Angie!” Suddenly a man was standing beside the table, his arms at his side with open palms. “I don’t know how they treat women where you come from,” said Sergio, “but where I come from we talk to women quietly and with respect.” The daughter’s face seemed to glow slightly. “I wasn’t aware that I was talking so loudly,” said Pepe’, slowly looking up until he recognized the face of the interloper and sneered. “Ah Sergio! I should have known!” The slightly overweight man with a full head of thick, curly hair pulled up a chair. “Pepe’ – how can you greet me in that tone of voice? There are only a few hundred like us in the entire world.” “Angelina, this is my nemesis – Sergio Amdranica.” “Pepe’. Nemesis?” sighed Sergio. “ Perhaps business rival would be a better term. We have sailed the energy of the lei lines for centuries, plundering what we could. But nemesis, Pepe’? Why pollute my image before your lovely companion…?” “This is my daughter!” “She is absolutely delightful, Pepe’. Perhaps the three of us could go hiking sometime. There are amazing parks nearby.” The father was rabid. “You know I can’t – because of my bum leg!” “How true, my old friend.” Sergio was quick to turn to the girl. “But this lovely creature might accompany me sometime. Preferably before the disaster.” “How do you know about that, Sergio?” “There’s a vacuum pulling in the most evil of souls. Honestly, I merely followed the wolves. There have been two serial killers arrested in this county in two years…amazing for a town of 60,000. It’s similar to the Albion Colliery explosion of 1894 – where your father and I first met. All I did was follow the wolf – they called him the Ripper – and wallah! – disaster.” “Both of you are heartless pirates!” fumed the woman. “I’m not appalled by the term, pirate, my dear. I take it as a badge of honor to be more cunning than the hapless souls around me.” “And you may stick your nose in the air,” said the father, “but you’ve lived a comfortable life so far off the bounty I’ve provided, Angie”. June 10, 1999 4:45 PM Gatcom Creek Love had blossomed as love is ever apt to do, and Angelina and Sergio had spent every moment together in the past four days. Today was to be no different as the two escaped the watchful eye of her father by hiking at Gatcom Creek Park. On the way back from their hike, Sergio smelled something odd. “Something’s wrong, Angelina. We’d better hurry,” shouted Sergio. They hurried across the creek and were ascending the opposite side of the canyon when Angelina’s shoe got caught in a muddy branch. “Leave it behind, my love,” begged Sergio. “Just pull your foot out and I’ll carry you up!” Angelina did as directed, but she had twisted her ankle. The creek was turning a rainbow of colors as Sergio grabbed his love in his arms, carrying her upwards, although nearly passing out from the fumes. They were nearing the top when they saw Pepe’ standing on the caverns edge. “Hurry! The disaster is upon us!” Within 10 feet of the summit, Sergio began to pass out. He checked Angelina’s face, but she was already unconscious. “Give her to me, Sergio! It’s time! If you love her – hand her to me!” There was a desperate exchange of the precious cargo, and Pepe’ turned, running away from the site with his daughter in his arms. Sergio grabbed for a branch to pull himself over the edge of the cavern, up to safety. He felt air rushing upstream as if the cavern were inhaling, and then the fireball caught up with him as it raced 1.5 miles along the path of an underground gas line. Angelina awoke in the arms of Pepe’. The look on her father’s face told her Sergio was gone. “Such is the life of pirates, lovers, and other fools,” he told her, stroking her hair. “We’ll leave this place soon, my lawyers are flying in as we speak. Soon, my dear, soon.” Angelina could do nothing but fall into tears. Challenge Across the Sea of Monsters ‘The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates’ , so an old proverb went. And space, too, held many opportunities for piracy. Take Glox and Tlkox, for example. They were both pirates, space pirates, and they had been challenging each other for a very long time. The two took every opportunity to assault merchant starships that were in distress and never lost the chance to boast about their plunder - especially when the other fellow had been left empty-handed. Each of them also bragged when the other was forced to flee the imperial armed vessels that followed their energy traces across the asteroid belts - the authorities continuing to vow to bring their crews to justice, once and for all. From ramming at FTL speed to maneuvering across the highly magnetic moons of Klotn, the two continued to try to best each other, in order to be seen as the most proficient space pirate captain. Now, after trying to prove for so many years that one or the other was more skilled by flaunting which prey was richer and more valuable, they seemed to have finally found a way to demonstrate their courage, and clearly reveal before their crewmembers’ eyes that only one of the two was the more capable pirate. It’s uncertain if the original proposition came from Glox or from Tlkox, but the two captains eventually agreed on the terms. Actually, what had contributed to this final resolution was the fact that Glox had contracted a deadly illness because of a wondrous Klotn prostitute - so his days were numbered and there would not be much time left to resolve their ancient competition. The choice of battlegrounds had not been easy, but one day they decided on their homeplanet, a distant world whose surface was made up of 90% water. This was because both of captains were Hatlox: very tall, greenish, three-fingered hairless reptilians with wide teeth, both hailing from Hatloxtev. Maybe there was no more satisfactory way to discover who the greatest pirate was, than to return to an old challenge the ancient sailors used when there was some dispute about their abilities and they wanted to know who the more courageous captain was. So, they had landed their deft FTL pirate starships not far from an island that the earliest pirates used when on the run from the authorities. They had readied two archaic traditional wooden scows like those that had put to sea whenever such challenges took place during ancient times on planet Hatloxtev, before space travel was possible. Tiny sailing scows like these had been used mainly by the ancient pirates, and had significant advantages over the traditional deep keel sailing vessels that were common at that time, as keelboats were incapable of moving into shallow bays and rivers. On the orther hand, these smaller boats could be loaded and unloaded under different circumstances, as piracy needed versatility, certainly. And the best location to have their race was in the middle of the Blue Ocean, where the so called ‘Sea of Monsters’ stretched. This was an area on Hatloxtev that was exactly what the name expressed: a small portion of that watery expanse that was full of many incredibly enormous water monsters living beneath the surface of the wave-filled area. These were really huge and very deadly to all the vessels that dared to cross that part of the Blue Ocean, because of the expansive caves that were hidden below the surface. These caverns were the best and only hiding place for their yearly egg-laying. So, what better place could there be to host a challenge like the present one? A week after they chose the place, they were ready to begin and the selected five-member crews were onboard each scow and they were heading for the starting point, by means of the wide sail. “See ya there!” Glox cried out in the distance, standing on his boat’s main deck. “Only after I get there first!” the pirate captain named Tlkox replied in an unfaltering tone. While the two boats sailed across the dangerous waves, a lot of monsters began surfacing, raising their heads out of the water and looking at the two small vessels. Now things were going to really become difficult. And interesting, too. As his opponent’s scow was going further ahead and outdistancing Tlkox’s scow, there was a gurgling among the many waves, and then a Fldev, one of the most massive of those seemingly unending sea creatures, moved over the surface and got to the first small boat, quickly eating its hull in one bite! And then the scow disappeared before the unbelieving eyes of the remaining crewmembers of dead captain Glox, who were watching the race on holoscreens. On the other side of the room, Tlkox’s men were enjoying the win, clearly. On the main deck of the only boat left, an old gray-greenish seaman thought about a substance he had seen inside a container in the captain’s room, and thought that he knew what had happened: it was Jtnl! That was a substance that was produced by cleaning the tails of the most appealing and tastiest fish of all the creatures living in the water of the oceans throughout the whole planet. So, that was it! This was why his captain had won the challenge, he was sure Tlkox had put some of that substance under the hull of his opponent’s scow so that it became an irresistible prey for those monsters. As his eyes turned to his captain, he raised a colorful finger showing some pieces of that liquid he had taken out of the container and he asked his superior, “Cheating?” The winning captain stared at his old trustworthy crewmember and simply sneered at him in return. “This challenge between pirates had gone on for too long, you know… There’s always a bigger fish, ” Tlkox replied “and there always will be one somewhere, you know…”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405304
__label__wiki	0.935323	0.935323	Home » national news » BSP leader shot dead in UP's Amroha BSP leader shot dead in UP's Amroha News Agencies \| Updated on: 18 May 2017, 13:52 IST A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha on Thursday. BSP leader Kailash Thekedar who used to live alone was shot by some unknown assailants. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Amroha Narendra Pratap Singh, the servant of the 40-year-old found out about the unfortunate incident and informed the police. "Mr Kailash was a 40-year-old man. He used to live alone. His servant found his dead body in his room. The servant found that he was lying on his bed and a bullet had hit him. We have called for the forensic team to investigate the matter," Singh said. According to reports, it is suspected that the BSP leader was shot while he was asleep. Thekedar, before joining the BSP, had contested for Nagar Panchayat polls from the Samajwadi Party. A bullet of 315 bore has been found enbedded in the pillow kept under Kailash Thekedar's head. The investigation into the matter is underway. -ANI First published: 18 May 2017, 13:52 IST BSP Amroha shot dead Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party Sad couldn't meet Reema Lagoo, says Mahesh Bhatt Subrata Roy skips SEBI court trial on medical grounds READ NEXT >> Subrata Roy skips SEBI court trial on medical grounds	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405307
__label__wiki	0.541073	0.541073	Celtics need to deal with defensive switches that create size mismatches The NBA playoffs expose a team weaknesses. Terry Rozier's play cannot be labeled a weakness, but he is young and he is only 6'2" tall. The Cavaliers are making a habit of setting screens that will force the smaller Rozier to cover Lebron, and in many cases it appeared the Celtics were too willing to let it happen. The same dilemma also occurred, but less frequently, with Tristan Thompson being defended by T-Ro. Cleveland is feasting on that strategy. Marcus Smart has not been effective offensively against Cleveland, and having him start the game defending The King may be a tactic that Brad Stevens will consider. A 6'4"/6'7" backcourt of Smart and Jaylen Brown will not suffer nearly as much from mismatches, and Marcus has the passing skills to get his teammates untracked early without the miscues that plagued the team last game. James and Thompson will not be able to take advantage of Marcus as they did with Terry. Celtics don't win this series without Tatum and Brown playing high-level ball at home. If you want a lineup change in Game 5, I'd swap Smart in for Rozier. Set an early tone, let Terry come in with a green light. — Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) May 22, 2018 Marcus Smart said he asked to guard LeBron down the stretch: "Our job was to make it as hard as possible for him. I felt like I could do that. You saw that he didn't want to bring the ball up against me, to save energy, which we expected." — Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 22, 2018 A number of our readers commented this morning about the obvious mismatches that happened in last night's game and added their thoughts on solutions. Here is one comment from 4Kau11: 4Kau11 Yes, Smarty Pants shot and missed too many 3 point shots, but he was open. What he did do that was great was guard the King in the second half, (by request), full court. That effort took the ball out of LeBron’s hands in bringing the ball up court and assessing the conditions. I think we will see a lot more of the Celtics attacking the ball, full court, and a lot more of Smart guarding LeBron in the back court. Let’s see who can play hard full court basketball, in your face, for 48 minutes You’re looking tired LeBron, you’re looking tired Game Five is at TD Garden tomorrow night. Boston showed real grit coming back from an early 19-point deficit and cutting the lead to nine points to end the game. I believe that toughness will carry over into Wednesday's contest, and I believe that Marcus Smart can supply the needed spark to help get the Celtics their third win of the series. Follow Tom at @TomLaneHC Photo via Maddie Meyer/Getty Images North America Tom Lane 5/22/2018 02:33:00 PM Tweet Edit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405309
__label__wiki	0.868521	0.868521	Thor 3: “A Marvel Buddy Movie?” There is one glaring thing missing from this summer’s first major blockbuster; Captain America: Civil War. For a comic book movie that seems to do everything right they seem to have done it with out their big green hero and the demigod with long flowing locks. Marvel Studios has announced the third installment of the Thor standalone movies; ‘Thor: Ragnarok.’ Both Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemswoth will be reprising their roles as The Hulk and Thor respectively. Ruffolo was recently interviewed Entertainment News was asked about the upcoming film: “It’s an intergalactic buddy road movie with Banner and Thor,” Ruffalo told Entertainment Tonight at a press junket for his latest movie, Now You See Me 2. Ruffolo would also go on to say that we would see “a lot more Hulk” in the upcoming film. Which is great news seeing how we really haven’t seen a lot of Ruffolo’s Hulk. Sure there is a little back story with the Hulk with the previous movie with Edward Norton but all this has been kind of ignored with the new Hulk. So lets all hope that Marvel will shed a little more light on Bruce Banner and The Hulk. The studio has also confirmed the return of Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Tom Hiddleston as Loki. the film has also cast Cate Blanchett as the villain Hela, who is the Asgardian of death based on the Norse goddess of the same name. Karl Urban has also been announced to be be a part of the production playing the part of Skurge: The Executioner. ← Netflix gets Exclusive Rights to Disney ‘Wolverine 3’ Production Looking for Military Types →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405311
__label__cc	0.748718	0.251282	Print / Film Reviews Back Door Joanie and Other People with Big Brains by admin \| Nov 17, 2014 \| Current Affairs \| 2 comments “Money and corruption are ruining the land Crooked politicians betray the working man Pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep And we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep.” —Ray Davies, ‘The Kinks’. I know that I’ve harped on at length in various publications about this, but I really don’t feel that I can emphasise it enough: keep your own notes on who is saying what (and when!) as this continuing Irish Water fiasco rolls on. Mary Harney once famously said that voters have short memories and of course you need only look at the chancers who reappear time and again to know that she’s right, so this time make sure that you never make the same mistake again. Most of them have sat on the fence waiting to see how this would fare out. Some are off it at last, backsides hurting now that they see the protestors represent the winning side. I’m not interested in them; I’m not interested in the Mary Lou’s and the Adams’s who did a U-turn last week. I’m disappointed in McDonalds’ case, but that’s politics. I’ve rarely met any of them who haven’t ultimately let me down. I’m more interested in the Hogan’s and the Noonan’s who just continue to speak down to us as if we are going to go away. They think that our defiance is an aberration – and in fact they’re right about that, because we haven’t been very good at defiance so far—but the more that they dismiss us this time, the less that we will compromise. As far as I’m concerned now, no compromise is possible. The latest to show that she simply doesn’t get it is former FG Justice Minister Nora Owen who came out with a statement this week that is so bizarre that one is hesitant to even attempt to interpret it. Commenting on a survey that estimated how much a household would spend this Christmas, the generously-pensioned one said: “It’s interesting that this survey should come out this week when 120,000 people were marching on the streets saying they were really up against paying water charges. I’m assuming we’re talking about a different category of people who are going to be spending all this money on toys.” I’m sorry, I don’t get that. Has Christmas been declared a holiday that only the wealthy elite like Nora and her friends are allowed to celebrate? Are the rest of us supposed to huddle around a single flame and give our blessings that austerity has made the world admire us (and what a crock that is!)? Are we supposed to have handed over any spare cash we have to the government rather than give our families a fraction of the Christmas that Nora and her well-heeled friends will have? It’s just another of those strange utterances, like Joan Burton and the expensive phones, that points out to us just how disconnected they are from the struggling person in the street. Talking of Tánaiste Joan Burton, she was in Galway this week, sneaking in through the back door of the House Hotel, for all the world like a skulking criminal. Well, maybe when she’s away from the company of her fellow politicians that’s the way that she really thinks of herself. Perhaps deep down where she lives she is ashamed that she is supporting proposals which are corrupt and immoral. Either way, it really has come to something when a public representative can’t face the voters but instead slime their way in through the tradesman’s entrance. [Of course, an excellent Late Late Show two weeks back let us see- as if we needed any convincing—how cowardly this government is. There was a major presence needed on that panel to represent the government side. Dare I say it, but perhaps Enda Kenny himself could have come out of his bunker. No; who did they send? Big, likeable-seeming Andrew Doyle, TD for Wicklow and East Carlow. Talk about being on a hiding to nothing. No wonder he was personally congratulated at the next parliamentary meeting by Kenny and given a round of applause by a group of sweating politicians who were murmuring Thank Christ he didn’t send me! Mind you, anything to do with Back Door Joanie is confusing at the moment. She reckons that a family of four will run up less than €200 a year in water charges. Also, that herself and Enda Kenny are ‘on the same page’. That had Kenny letting out a yelp! Jesus wept; he’s in enough trouble as it is. Joan is only speaking ‘in a personal capacity’, he says. ‘In a personal capacity’? In the Dail chambers? On the record? That’s a new one even for the Make It Up As We Go Along Brigade! Leave it to the man himself however to come out with my personal Favourite of the Week. Last Tuesday the 5th Enda was declining to rule out chances of the Revenue Commissioners becoming involved in collecting the water charges. They’ve since put a bee up his ass by wisely ruling themselves out, but at the time Enda said: “The machinations of the involvement of Revenue would take some working out at this point. I don’t understand how it would work, but I am sure there are bigger brains than mine.” Loretto on November 18, 2014 at 3:50 am Joanne Learned the Going in the back door trick from some of our Galway city councillors. They did the same at a very small protest at one of their meetings. If you talk the talk I believe you must walk the walk. No time for cowards Charley on November 26, 2014 at 2:12 pm You know the answer to those creeps who I’ve been hearing so much about (and I’m sure it’s not only Galway by a long way): keep a list of them, don’t forget about them- as they count on you doing– and have your answer ready when they come slithering around your doorstep some time in the very near future! Reviews Blog I also maintain a print / film review blog. This in turn balances my anger levels. Go to Reviews ! I’m Social. Really, I Am! Happily Self-Segregated in my Rainbow-Coloured Safe Space Welcoming Trump…and Other Words We Mustn’t Use An Informal Chat with Tony Slevin, former U.S. Marine Corps: 2 IAN : An Informal Chat with Tony Slevin, former U.S. Marine Corps. Tea, Sympathy and Donkeys	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405314
__label__cc	0.695427	0.304573	Staff & Ministry Contacts Music and Choirs Worship Teams Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals Healing Ministries This week at Saint Boniface Center for Spiritual Transformation Boniface Outreach Please click here and choose the group you would like to get more information from, and a group leader will contact youl Home > Adult Education Adult Education and Programs ADULT CLASSES are usually held on almost all Sunday mornings and after dinner on Wednesdays from October through Easter. Special programs are announced. The following classes or meetings are also available: BONIFACE CENTER SERIES brings the best and the brightest to our parish and community. Over the years we have enjoyed the visits of distinguished theologians, authors, musicians and others key to our understanding of what it means to be a Christian in the world. Each year the format and focus is a little different, but the speaker is always engaging! DREAM GROUP Our Biblical forebears looked to their dreams for God's guidance and presence in their daily lives. This facilitated discussion group continues the ancient tradition, incorporating modern-day insights in interpreting the underlying meaning of our dreams. We use these implications to help us grow spiritually and personally. Strict confidentiality is maintained. For more information contact Candace Boyd at 941-312-9062. EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY Looking for something deeper than a Bible study? Something that helps to connect your life with your faith and theology? Sign up for Education for Ministry (EfM)! This program for lay people is preparation for the ministry to which we are ALL called when we pray at the end of the eucharist: “send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart, through Christ our Lord.” Though a four year program you sign up one year at a time! The first year studies the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament); the second year centers on the New Testament; the third year works on church history; while theology, ethics and interfaith encounters constitute the fourth year. Through study, the process of theological reflection, and prayer participants in the program begin to see the world through “theological glasses,” how their lives and faith connect with the culture around them. The group consists of six to twelve members who meet with a trained mentor for two and a half hours weekly for nine months. EfM was developed by The University of the South School of Theology nearly 40 years ago and is constantly updated. The program educates and empowers us to provide ministry in the world around us. Be prepared for reflections and friendships that will create a powerful, life-enriching experience. The EfM group has a Suggested Reading List that they have found useful for their study & growth that they wish to share. To learn more about Education for Ministry, click here or contact Sandy Wilbur. FRIDAY MORNING MEN'S BIBLE STUDY The Men of Boniface hold a breakfast Bible study on the lessons for the coming Sunday each Friday morning at 7 a.m. at the Serving Spoon Restaurant on Osprey, just north of Hillview. New members are welcome. Contact Matt Smith for information. THE LIBRARY TEAM meets weekly during the season to facilitate the smooth running of the St. Boniface Library, a space filled with books related to church teaching and studies, books of meditations, contemporary issues, self help and religious novels. All are welcome to join the Library Team as they sort and organize, stop by on Tuesday mornings (in season). For more information, contact Dor Brown. LITERARY LADIES This intimate gathering of literary-minded women meets mid-morning the second Thursday of the month on the Boniface campus to discuss group-chosen books. Contact Rita Dadzis at 941-349-5870 for info. MONDAY WOMENS' BOOK GROUP Meeting on Mondays in different homes, this group chooses, reads and discusses a different book each month. New participants are welcome. Watch the newsletter and Sunday leaflets for announcement of monthly meetings. Click here for a list of books to be discussed. SUNDAY CLASS: BIBLE STUDY OR FORUM One of the clergy will use the lessons of the day and contemporary issues to help us think theologically. Occasionally a guest speaker or special forum will be announced. Sundays, 9:00 am in the Library or Community Center (except summer). Coffee is served. pilgrimage to Portugal & Spain June 16 - 25, 2020 Following the path of pilgrims old on the road to Santiago De Compostela on the Portuguese Camino Route Led by the Rev. Jonathan Evans, St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL in partnership with Worldwide Journeys. CLICK HERE for the intinerary and full information, contact Fr. Jonathan by calling (941)349-5616 x313 or email. Please join us for an informational meeting on Sunday, February 17. St. Boniface Episcopal Church on Siesta Key \| 5615 Midnight Pass Rd, Sarasota, FL 34242 \| Phone: (941) 349-5616	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405320
__label__wiki	0.512934	0.512934	Bradford City 1999-2018 Current Issue # Previous Issue #173 Nakhi Wells Issue #166 Michael Wood on Nahki / Armstrong There is a cycle of rumours that take Nakhi Wells to Newcastle United and Adam Armstrong from The Magpies to Bradford City who are struggling to find a striker that fits within the Rahic Development Plan outline in the Summer and so have started looking at player who do not fit within that plan. The Byline Nahki / Armstrong was written by Michael Wood on Wednesday August 24th, 2016 at 10:12 which is 4 years ago, at the end of August and has had 2 comments RSS. Posted in Articles on Wednesday August 24th, 2016 at 10:12. More about Adam Armstrong, Adam Le Fondre, Edin Rahic, Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp, Greg Abbott, Huddersfield Town, Josh Cullen, Julian Rhodes, Mansfield Town, Mark Lawn, Matt Green, Nakhi Wells, Newcastle United, Oli McBurnie, Phil Parkinson, Reece Webb-Foster, Stuart McCall. Permanent link to Nahki / Armstrong. Nahki / Armstrong has had 2 comments. Add to the 2 comments and follow comments using an RSS feed. Issue #2 Michael Wood on What could have been done when Wells decided to join Huddersfield Town? What could have been done when Wells decided to join Huddersfield Town? was written by Michael Wood on Wednesday January 15th, 2014 at 3:20 which is 6 years ago, mid-January and has had 9 comments RSS. Posted in Articles on Wednesday January 15th, 2014 at 3:20. More about Julian Rhodes, Liverpool, Luis Suarez, Mark Lawn, Nahki Wells, Nakhi Wells, Newcastle United, Yohan Cabaye. Permanent link to What could have been done when Wells decided to join Huddersfield Town?. What could have been done when Wells decided to join Huddersfield Town? has had 9 comments. Exciting times ahead, but perhaps we want more Bradford City play Bristol Rovers At Valley Parade in League Two, 2011/2012 Exciting times ahead, but perhaps we want more was written by Michael Wood on Friday September 9th, 2011 at 7:30 which is 9 years ago, mid-September and has had Comments Off on Exciting times ahead, but perhaps we want more RSS. Posted in Match Previews on Friday September 9th, 2011 at 7:30. This is a match preview on the game against Bristol Rovers at Valley Parade in League Two, 2011/2012 More about Bristol Rovers, Chris Mitchell, Fabio Capello, Guy Branston, Jack Compton, James Hanson, Jamie Devitt, John Hartson, Kyel Reid, Liam Moore, Luke Oliver, Mark Stewart, Matt Duke, Michael Flynn, Morecambe, Nakhi Wells, Nialle Rodney, Phil Parkinson, Richie Jones, Robbie Threlfall, Ross Hannah, Sir Bobby Robson, Wales. Permanent link to Exciting times ahead, but perhaps we want more. Beyond revival, and revival Bradford City play Oxford United At Kassam Stadium in League Two, 2011/2012 Beyond revival, and revival was written by Adam Hepton on Friday August 12th, 2011 at 9:00 which is 9 years ago, mid-August and has had a single comment RSS. Posted in Match Previews on Friday August 12th, 2011 at 9:00. This is a match preview on the game against Oxford United at Kassam Stadium in League Two, 2011/2012 More about Chris Mitchell, Chris Wilder, David Syers, Guy Branston, Jake Wright, James Hanson, Lee Bullock, Liam Moore, Luke O'Brien, Luke Oliver, Mark Steward, Michael Bryan, Michael Flynn, Nakhi Wells, Nialle Rodney, Oxford United, Paul McLaren, Richie Jones, Robbie Threlfall, Simon Ramsden, Steve Williams. Permanent link to Beyond revival, and revival. Beyond revival, and revival has had a single comment. Write a second comment and follow comments using an RSS feed. The road from Falkirk to Bradford and on Bradford City 1 Aldershot Town 2 At Valley Parade in League Two, 2011/2012 Martin Hansen \| Liam Moore, Lee Bullock, Guy Branston, Robbie Threlfall \| Chris Mitchell, David Syers, Michael Flynn, Jack Compton \| James Hanson, Mark Stewart \| Naille Rodney, Nakhi Wells The road from Falkirk to Bradford and on was written by Michael Wood on Saturday August 6th, 2011 at 18:34 which is 9 years ago, at the start of August and has had 16 comments RSS. Posted in Match Reports on Saturday August 6th, 2011 at 18:34. This is a match report on Bradford City 1 Aldershot Town 2 at Valley Parade in League Two, 2011/2012 The team for the game was: Martin Hansen \| Liam Moore, Lee Bullock, Guy Branston, Robbie Threlfall \| Chris Mitchell, David Syers, Michael Flynn, Jack Compton \| James Hanson, Mark Stewart \| Naille Rodney, Nakhi Wells More about Aldershot Town, Alex Rodman, Anthony Straker, Chris Mitchell, Danny Hylton, David Syers, Falkirk, Guy Branston, Jack Compton, James Hanson, Lee Bullock, Liam Moore, Liverpool, Mark Stewart, Martin Hansen, Michael Flynn, Michael Rankine, Naille Rodney, Nakhi Wells, Opening Day, Robbie Threlfall. Permanent link to The road from Falkirk to Bradford and on. The road from Falkirk to Bradford and on has had 16 comments. Add to the 16 comments and follow comments using an RSS feed. 2011/2012 II/IV: The players 2011/2012 II/IV: The players was written by Michael Wood on Tuesday August 2nd, 2011 at 14:00 which is 9 years ago, at the start of August and has had 2 comments RSS. Posted in Season Preview on Tuesday August 2nd, 2011 at 14:00. More about Adam Robinson, Alex Flett, Andrew Burns, Chris Mitchell, Darren Stephenson, David Syers, Dominic Rowe, Guy Branston, James Hanson, Jon McLaughlin, Lee Bullock, Leon Osbourne, Lewis Hunt, Luke Dean, Luke Oliver, Luke O’Brien, Mark Stewart, Michael Flynn, Nakhi Wells, Nialle Rodney, Patrick Lacey, Peter Jackson, Ritchie Jones, Robbie Threlfall, Ross Hannah, Scott Brown, Simon Ramsden, Steve Williams, Tim Dittmer. Permanent link to 2011/2012 II/IV: The players. 2011/2012 II/IV: The players has had 2 comments. Too much pre-season Bradford City play Albion Sports then Carlisle United At Horsfall Stadium then Valley Parade in Two Friendlies, 2011/2012 Too much pre-season was written by Michael Wood on Friday July 29th, 2011 at 7:00 which is 9 years ago, at the end of July and has had a single comment RSS. Posted in Match Previews on Friday July 29th, 2011 at 7:00. This is a match preview on the game against Albion Sports then Carlisle United at Horsfall Stadium then Valley Parade in Two Friendlies, 2011/2012 More about Albion Sports, Archie Christie, Carlisle United, Carlos Valderrama, Darren Stephenson, Dominic Rowe, Guy Branston, Jamie Green, Luke O'Brien, Luke Oliver, Mark Stewart, Martin Hansen, Nakhi Wells, Nialle Rodney, Paul Jewell, Peter Jackson, Simon Ramsden, Steve Williams. Permanent link to Too much pre-season. Too much pre-season has had a single comment. Following the prevailing narrative Bradford City play Bradford PA then Bolton At Horsfall Stadium then VP in Two Friendlies, 2011/2012 Following the prevailing narrative was written by Michael Wood on Friday July 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 which is 9 years ago, at the end of July and has had a single comment RSS. Posted in Match Previews on Friday July 22nd, 2011 at 7:00. This is a match preview on the game against Bradford PA then Bolton at Horsfall Stadium then VP in Two Friendlies, 2011/2012 More about Adam Robinson, Alex Flett, Andrew Burns, Apperl, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford (Park Avenue), Chris Mitchell, Darren Stephenson, David Syers, Dominic Rowe, Guy Branston, Iain Turner, James Hanson, Jon McLaughlin, Lee Bullock, Leon Osbourne, Lewis Hunt, Luke Dean, Luke Oliver, Luke O’Brien, Mark Howard, Mark Stewart, Michael Flynn, Nakhi Wells, Nialle Rodney, Omar Daley, Patrick Lacey, Peter Jackson, Peter Taylor, Ritchie Jones, Robbie Threlfall, Roger Owen, Ross Hannah, Scott Brown, Simon Ramsden, Steve Williams, Stuart McCall, Suits, Tim Dittmer, Woodhouse Grove. Permanent link to Following the prevailing narrative. Following the prevailing narrative has had a single comment. Spit, polish Work is being done on BfB. If you have comments or questions mail mail@boyfrombrazil.co.uk.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405325
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The first written version of the fables, probably made by Demetrius of Phalerum, a pupil of Theophrastus, appeared about 300BC and thereafter there were many further versions and imitations up to the end of the Roman period. Even at this early date at least some of these versions were illustrated since Philostratus in his Imagines specifically comments on illustrated fables. Another strand were the Libyan fables which may have been composed by one Aristides of Miletus, Aristotle describes ‘Libyan stories’ and Aesop’s fables as two separate but similar genres. The story of Cupid and Psyche is presumed to be the only Libyan fable to have survived since Apuleius in the Golden Ass calls it a 'Milesius sermo'. A further genre was the so-called Fables of Bidpai derived from the Indian Panchatantra written in Sanskrit about the 4th century AD and coming to Europe via Persian, Arabic, Greek and Latin translations. They were rendered into several European vernacular languages in the 16th century and the first English version was by Sir Thomas North in 1570 and called the Moral Philosophy of Doni after the Italian author from whom in turn it was translated. La Fontaine acknowledged that he owed a number of his fables to Bidpai. The fables of Aesop passed into the medieval tradition in two threads: the Latin version by Phaedrus a Roman slave from the 1st Century AD and the Greek version by Babrius. Phaedrus’ work was particularly popular during the Renaissance and included stories which had little relationship to fables since they included anecdotes about famous people, witty aphorisms and jokes. During the Middle Ages little or nothing is heard of Aesop until the 14th Century when Maximus Planudes, who also rediscovered the Greek Anthology, published a collection of the Fables and a life of Aesop. This biography, which describes Aesop as a deformed monster, is generally regarded as a complete fabrication and caricature. The principal source of Planudes collection is now known to be the collection of the 220 fables written in Greek by Babrius in the early Christian era and recently rediscovered in a manuscript in the library of a monastery on Mount Athos. Babrius’ collection is now known to be the origin also of the fables which were used as reading material for medieval students as a part of the study of rhetoric which were transmitted through the Middle Ages through the poetry of Avian composed about 400 AD. Aesop’s fables were translated by Lorenzo Valla and printed widely including in an edition by Caxton in 1485 which he had translated himself. Such was the fascination with Aesop that there was even a maze in the gardens of the Chateau of Versailles, the palace of Louis XIV, in which were placed statues and inscriptions that illustrated the Fables (Perrault 1675). Aesop’s Fables is generally regarded as the most widely circulated book of all time after the Bible and no lesser an authority than Luther himself accorded them the same prestige as books of the Bible. ‘We will make a Zion…..and we will build there three tabernacles, one for the Psalms, one for the Prophets, and one for Aesop.’ There were other other influential collections. Marie de France who has been described as the greatest woman writer of the Middle Ages wrote a book of fables in the 12th Century which was very popular; some 23 manuscripts of the poems survive. In the 15th Century fables were composed by contemporary writers such as Laurentius Abstemius and Filelfo. Gilles Corrozet published in 1542 his fable book, Les fables d’Esope Phrygien, Fables of Aesop the Phrygian and according to Landwehr, some 300 fable books were published just in Holland during this period testifying to the popularity of the genre. In the late 17th century, La Fontaine was the most celebrated of all contemporary fable writers of the time. His output reminds us of the oeuvre of Phaedrus since he started by emulating Aesop and then expanding into general satire of contemporary life and human folly. The fable is obviously a naïve form of allegory with its emphasis on stories of animals which behave like human beings. The personification and caricature of animals enabled the less savory extremes of human character to be described in a summary and simple manner which in turn emphasized the moral of the story. Early fables also recounted tales of gods, men and inanimate objects of nature but fables can be distinguished from allegory and parable by their combination of wit and morality. They are essentially lighthearted, often merely jokes whose subtle references could be fully appreciated by the listeners of the time. Many of the fables in the form we now have them end with the moral of the story being summarised in a single sentence called epimythia (or afterword) and these may very well have been added by later anthologists as a quick identifier for exercises in Rhetoric. These summaries were the origin of the commentaries which were added first to the emblems of Alciato with the French edition by Aneau of 1549 and then to subsequent editions and texts evolving themselves into the essay form pioneered by Montaigne in 1580. See also: Emblems, Allegories, Jokes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1405330
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