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Drinking Up Eisel, Or,
the Oddest English Spellings (Part 9)
Bishop John Wilkins (1614-1672), a renowned man who regularly preached before the king himself, had multifarious sensible ideas, as one can judge by reading his works. A discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove that ‘tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon: with a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither… (we, postmodernists, love “discourse,” don’t we?) and Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance (this is what I do every Wednesday with the help of this blog). However, our readers are probably familiar only with his treatise Of the principles and duties of natural religion. Bishop Wilkins believed that English spelling is an appendix to the curse of Babel, and many wise and learned people shared his opinion. The very spelling shewing proves him right. (Shew survived the 19th century. Among the famous modern writers G. B. Shaw never wrote show. The reason for this strange spelling will be explained at some other time).
English has several diphthongs and a considerable number of digraphs. A digraph, it will be remembered, is a combination of two letters designating one sound, for instance, th, sh, ch, ee, and ea. Some English digraphs are particularly charming because they designate nothing: neither sound nor fury. Such is gh in eight: eit and ate would render the same pronunciation, but that would be depressingly easy. Eight is not an isolated example. Before gh, ei is the norm: consider weigh, neigh, inveigh, and their ilk. It also occurs before gn (with its useless g), l, m, and nt (in deign, feign, veil, vein, feint, and so forth), but there it has competitors, as way, whey, Dane, ordain, fain, fane, avail, vane, and faint “shew.” We can add obeisance (akin to obey) and sheik (a homonym of shake, transliterated from Arabic) for good measure: in both, ei turns up for a reason. Eisel is “vinegar” and is remembered, if at all, only because Hamlet asked Laertes what he would have done for Ophelia: “Woo’t drink up eisel? Eat a crocodile?” Eisel turned up in written English three centuries before Hamlet, and if it had survived, it would have been the only word of its structure with ei; but it did not.
Real trouble begins elsewhere. Why heifer, if it is pronounced heffer? In Old English (the earliest recording goes back to the year 900), heifer was spelled heahfore, heahfru, and heahfre. The word must have been transparent to those who coined it, but it is not to us. Later heyfer ~ hayfor (the continuation of heahfore) alternated with hekfore (apparently, its doublet, extant in nearly the same form in modern British dialects) and heffre, the result of vowel shortening. As far as I can judge, the most reasonable hypothesis explains heah– (from hag-, allied to hedge, and haw-, the first component of hawthorn) and heck– (still occurring in vernacular English) meaning “enclosure” and “rail” respectively, and –fore “occupant.” Allegedly, young female cows were kept separately from bulls. Be that as it may, the modern form reflects the pronunciation of heffre but the spelling of heyfer. Other monsters that combine the pronunciation of one dialect and the spelling of another are busy, bury, and build. Heffre is the product of vowel shortening. The same sound change happened in leisure, borrowed from French, but not universally. That is why in British English, leisure rhymes with pleasure, whereas in American English it still has the vowel of lesion. To the shortening of the old diphthong we owe the modern pronunciation not only of says, said, and again ~ against (in which ai is spelled) but also of Leister and nonpareil.
The digraph ei is familiar in French words ending in –ceive. Their redeeming quality is that the related nouns—reception, deception, etc.—tell us that we should spell ei, not ie in them. But when hearing sieve, with its unpredictable short vowel, and frieze, one would as lief write sive (on the model of give, live, talkative) and freeze. We have to reconcile ourselves to the difference between perceive and believe, though they have the same vowel under stress. Ceiling is a Romance word, but its origin is obscure; it has not always been spelled with ei (the earliest recorded forms are celing, siling, seeling, sieling, and others). Ceiling looks as though it were derived from French ciel “sky,” but this derivation is far from certain.
Perhaps the most vexing word with ei is either (neither is either with a negation), for ei seldom has the value of “long i.” It occurs in a few borrowed nouns and coinages by individuals (for instance, in eider, as in eiderdown, and eidolon “unsubstantial image,” Carlyle’s invention), and once again before gh (in height and sleight). Either is a special case. It started as a compound made up of three elements, a fact made especially clear by its Old High German cognate eo-gi-hweder. They correspond—element by element—to English ay “ever,” the extinct prefix ge– (one can see its obliterated remnant in the Chaucerian past participle y-clept “called,” a favorite of thick dictionaries, as well as in e-nough: compare it with German ge-nug), and whether. Later those elements grew together: the diphthong was monopthongized (“smoothed”) and the long vowel was sometimes shortened. Several variants emerged. The American one is, as usual, more archaic. The two pronunciations of either are among the best-known shibboleths of the main regional varieties of English. At present, some people in the United States use the British variant, but most do not. In 1870, an American linguist wrote of either with the vowel of I that it is “an affectation, and in this country, a copy of a second-rate British affectation.” We have come a long way from such strictures.
Thus we have ei in eight, height, ceiling, and heifer. In each case, it has a different value. This is why, when foreigners come across ceiling, Leister, and either, they cannot guess their pronunciation, and, conversely, if they learned the language by word of mouth, they have no idea how to spell veil, avail, vale, sleight, weight, and the rest. Poor foreigners, but poor native speakers.
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Review and photos: Haley Bonar goes big with new music at Sociable Cider Werks
by Hannah Hron · September 26, 2016
Cults Haley Sociable Cider Werks Contributors 1
Photos by Bridget Bennett for MPR
Summer’s last sigh found its perfect soundtrack on a blustery late September night in Northeast Minneapolis this past weekend. Sociable Cider Werks threw the last in their series of Sociable Summer concerts, a show that also doubled as Haley Bonar’s local album release show. Bonar released her latest, Impossible Dream, back in August, and while she’s been touring behind it, she hadn’t quite made it back to Minnesota before the show Sunday. It’s only fitting that her victory lap continued at Sociable Cider Werks with food trucks, a DJ set from Jake Rudh, flowing cider (including the State-Fair-inspired Caramel Apple flavor), and a national-level opener — Cults.
Doors opened at Sociable Cider at 3 p.m., and many folks, including quite a few families, arrived early to soak in the block party atmosphere and some got lucky enough to score coveted picnic bench seating for the night. The term “summer” in the name of the event applied only in the loosest of terms — while some brave (or perhaps just misinformed) souls were spotted with exposed calves or shoulders, most of the crowd were dressed in the usual Minnesota fall regalia of red plaid, warm vests, and ski vests. The wind kept things pretty chilly all day, and while the navy sky did threaten rain on a few occasions, there was no follow-through.
Cults’s Madeline Follin was one of those aforementioned souls rocking exposed skin once she arrived on stage around 5:30 p.m., but if the cold fazed her at all, she either staved it off with her doo-wop dancing or the warm reception of the crowd helped her ignore it. Cults are widely regarded as one of those success stories of the internet propelling bands to new heights. Their first few releases were uploaded anonymously online, with core members Follin and Brian Oblivion securing their identities at first with promotional photos obscuring their faces with their hair. It felt almost peculiar seeing the band after they’ve transcended both the hype machine and their anonymity, but that doesn’t detract from their live performance at all. They perform as a more rounded-out five-piece now, able to fully integrate their ’50s-style sing-song vocals together with sound bordering on the beautiful side of distortion.
Cults’ last release was three years ago, and while their setlist had no new material, but the crowd didn’t mind at all. More than a few audience members could be spotted mouthing along almost the entire set, from early hits like “Go Outside” and “Abducted” to 2013’s Static bass-driven highlight, “High Road.” The band showed a flair for audience interaction: they bantered about the Vikings, gave a shout out to The Current (which they commended for playing “very weird, very cool” music and for being “a rarity in America”), made the claim that Minneapolis could potentially be the best music city in America (the competition named was Austin, Texas), and were able to rouse the audience into chanting the drummer’s name repeatedly until he ended their set with a drum solo at the end of closer “Oh My God.”
Haley Bonar and her band took the stage right after a gorgeous sunset to greet a packed parking lot with “Hometown,” the opening song to Impossible Dream. “Hello Hometown,” she said and smiled as the song ended. Though her current hometown is technically St. Paul (past homes include Duluth, Minn. and Rapid City, S.D.), the sentiment still rang true with the audience. Haley Bonar is both a golden girl and a resident weirdo in the Twin Cities music scene, continually evolving and expanding her sound to keep things interesting. The adoration is mutual, and Bonar was eager to gift us by performing all of the tracks off her new album, plus some extra thrown in for good measure.
Her performance included all the elements that make her unique: alt-country vocals dripping in honey, a few synth riffs, indie-rock drive, brief detours into white noise, poppy lyrics, and heart-wrenching emotionality. The hushed vulnerability of “I Can Change” stands strong next to the synthy cry of “Stupid Face,” and “Better Than Me” sounds like the best song Fleetwood Mac never got around to recording. Her studio sound translated seamlessly into her live performance. Material from 2014’s Last War held its own next to the newer stuff. “From a Cage,” a song that Bonar recorded in collaboration with Justin Vernon, managed to captivate and silent the crowd for a time.
Bonar’s stage banter was limited, but she let her performance speak for her and her band. When they returned to the stage to do an encore that included “Bad Reputation” and “Called You Queen,” she beamed and channelled Sally Field: “You like us, you really like us!” There’s a reason why the local scene really likes her so much, and it’s not just because she’s another pretty face. She embraces the messy underbelly of everyday life and the contradictions that come with it, occupying a space where she can be impossible and beautiful at the same time. She can be to be a punk, a mother, a country singer, a performer, and a pop star at the same time, and the she radiates obvious gratitude towards her hometown for allowing her to live her impossible dream.
Writer Hannah Marie Hron is a junior at Hamline University who hopes to continue a career in music journalim after graduation. Along with Iggy Pop, some of her other idols include Patti Smith, Ezra Koenig, Kendrick Lamar, and Kim Gordon. Photographer Bridget Bennett is a student at the University of Minnesota — Twin Cities.
Cults setlist
Always Forever
You Know What I Mean
Never Heal Myself
Were Before
I Can Never Make You Mine
Rave On
Go Outside
Haley Bonar setlist
Your Mom Is Right
I Can Change
Kismet Kill
Stupid Face
Jealous Girls
Skynz
From a Cage
Silver Zephyrs
Kill the Fun
No Sensitive Man
Heaven’s Made For Two
Blue Diamonds Fall
Called You Queen
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Between watching the nail-biting Warriors games and presidential primaries, our team has been listening to hundreds of customer stories and user feedback to build a better and more useful Truebill. We’re focused on transforming the Truebill experience so that you can make wiser decisions about your paid subscriptions, and we’re excited to share our latest developments with you in this month’s round-up.
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Freeman Essay #88: “Possibilities vs. Reality”
by Don Boudreaux on February 16, 2018
in Freeman, Reality Is Not Optional
In the April 2003 Freeman I argued that we shouldn’t allow mere possibilities to cloud our assessment of plausible realities. My column is below the fold.
You are visiting a museum, admiring a marble statue of Julius Caesar. Suddenly, you’re shocked to see his arm and hand extend outward toward you and wave. You rightly suspect that the statue is not really marble at all—that it is a machine more appropriately displayed in an amusement park’s haunted house than in a museum.
But don’t jump to conclusions. It is in fact possible that the molecules which form Caesar’s statue will arrange themselves such that the arm and hand reach out and wave.
Possible, but not likely.
The range of events that are possible is vastly larger than the range of events that are even remotely likely. In fact, almost everything that is possible will never happen. Recognizing this important fact is crucial when evaluating proposals for government action.
For example, it is possible that a firm that slashes its prices will, by doing so, bankrupt all of its rivals and also scare off all potential future rivals. As a result, this firm would secure monopoly power and use it to enhance profits at the expense of consumers. A further possibility is that a wise and well-intentioned government could take steps that would protect consumers from this possible monopoly—either by prohibiting the price-cutting or by breaking up the firm once it achieves monopoly power.
Likewise, it is possible that a new industry that promises enormous economic benefit in the future will today be bankrupted by competition from foreign firms—and possible that astute and upright politicians can enhance their citizens’ wealth by protecting this new industry from foreign competitors.
Also, it is possible that an incredibly wise (or incredibly lucky) government of an industrialized nation can provide financial aid to governments of developing countries and watch as that aid is prudently used to make the citizens of that developing country freer, wealthier and, as a result, less hostile to Western commercial values.
And, to pick a final example, it’s possible that if each American is not forced to contribute a portion of his or her income to the Social Security Administration that millions of us will put too little aside for retirement, or invest our retirement funds foolishly.
Economic journals and textbooks swell with elaborate theoretical models portraying these possibilities. The nature of modern economic research is such that a premium is put on the discovery of remote, esoteric possibilities. The logical and formal structures of the models that prove these possibilities are valued far more than exercises of judgment necessary to reveal the significance (or insignificance) of these models.
Auburn University economist Roger Garrison calls this unfortunate state of things “the morbid miasma of maniacal model mongering.” Its worst consequence is that it validates, by the authority of Ph.D.-possessing college professors, widespread government obstruction of the voluntary choices of private persons. And it does so without taking account of the costs (in resources and in human freedom) of such interventions.
Precisely because almost anything is possible, possibility is far too lenient a standard by which to judge the merits of public-policy proposals. If every undesirable possible occurrence justified government intervention, then—because the range of the possible is colossal—we’d exist in a totalitarian hell, tormented at every moment and every turn by some prohibition or command aimed at protecting us from exceedingly improbable occurrences.
Sadly, too many people have forgotten the truth that government is a human institution. Government officials can see the future no more clearly than can employees of Westinghouse or Wal-Mart. Nor do politicians and civil servants possess any special talent for judging for others which risks are worth taking and which are worth avoiding.
Therefore, government ought to be governed by rules that confine its role to protecting citizens from only those ills that experience shows to be sufficiently likely in the absence of government action. Moreover, the ways in which government should be permitted to act ought to be only those ways that experience shows are unlikely to encourage government to use its powers illegitimately.
Protection from Physical Coercion
In my view, the proper scope of government action consists, at most, of protecting its citizens from physical coercion initiated by others. Not only is it possible, it is likely that some people will seek to harm or to confiscate the persons or property of others. It is also likely that sanctions against such destructive action will reduce its frequency. No elaborate formal models are required to prove that the initiation of coercion against innocent people is both likely and harmful enough to justify public policies to guard against it.
But too much of what government now does—such as policing against price-cutting or running a national pension system—is justified only by showing that such government intervention might possibly generate net benefits. The likelihood, however, of the actual existence of any of the problems supposedly addressed by these policies is infinitesimal. Therefore, there’s no good reason to empower government to police against these problems that are merely possible.
A great irony is that the same theoreticians who rush to recommend government intervention to prevent every possible problem resulting from freedom are inexplicably blind to the very real problems that, experience shows, result from government intervention. For example, while reality offers no examples of price-cutting leading to consumer harm, it does offer numerous examples of consumers harmed by firms using predatory-pricing statutes as shields against vigorous competition.
Economist Deirdre McCloskey calls this curious obsession “the Samuelsonian Vice”—after Paul Samuelson, the economist who led the way in elevating formal abstractions over real-world experience and understanding. As McCloskey explains, “The Samuelsonian Vice is staying always in a world of theory, spending an academic career imagining alternative worlds in which the sea is boiling hot and pigs have wings.”
If I may be allowed a bit of self-congratulation, the most distinguishing feature of my colleagues at George Mason University’s department of economics is their tenacious insistence that economics must be about reality and not about blackboard models or textbook theories. And when economics teaching and scholarship are done with reality foremost in mind, one unsurprising result is ever-deeper appreciation of the remarkable properties of free markets.
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Volume 7, Issue 20; May 16, 2007: Virtual Termination with Real Respect
Virtual Termination with Real Respect
When we have to terminate someone who works at a remote site, sometimes there's a temptation to avoid travel — to use email, phone, fax, or something else. They're all bad ideas. Terminating people in person is not only a gesture of respect. It's good business.
A TSA Officer screening a passenger. The "cost" of travel includes more than cash. Inconvenience, hassle, and time away from home are also factors that tempt us to avoid travel. But these annoyances are exactly the source of the value of the gesture of respect that travel implies. Photo courtesy U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Here's a question. Let's say you manage a dispersed team, and it becomes necessary to terminate someone at a remote site. It's not a RIF — perhaps the issue is performance, or something even more difficult. And let's say that traveling there probably would be a two-night stay, because of the flight schedules and time required "on the ground." You're tempted to do it by phone, or videoconference, or something not involving travel. Is that OK?
It's probably not OK. Actually making the trip is better for the employee, better for the company, and probably better for you.
The temptation to find an "easier" way comes about because we don't usually have budget to cover such travel. But the root of the problem isn't a shortage of money. If you suddenly found an error in projected materials prices, you'd find the money somewhere, right?
Rather, the root of the problem is a mistake in setting priorities. When the budget was first approved, someone failed to allocate for the cost of distant terminations. Now, facing unplanned expenditure, that error isn't seen as important enough to put right.
Choosing to find a more "cost effective" method of termination only makes it possible for the company to continue to act irresponsibly. By taking responsibility for this problem now, and by refusing to export the penalties for the error onto the person terminated, we help the company to mend its ways.
Even if The root of the problem
is a mistake in
setting prioritieswe do decide to travel to carry out the termination, we might be tempted to do it on the cheap. For tricky and possibly hostile terminations, it's common to have an HR representative "sit in," but for remote terminations, we sometimes don't take HR with us, to save money. Foolishness. If anything, it's more important to have HR present for a remote termination.
The most important reason to travel is respect. How would you feel if you were terminated by phone, fax, or carrier pigeon? Not good, I suspect. The effect on other staff is also important. Everyone is watching. If you do it remotely, some bystanders might feel disrespected, too. Some might start looking for alternative positions, while others might become demotivated. It's a lot cheaper to buy the airplane ticket than to replace people you didn't want to lose.
Often, the person terminated wants to vent. Usually, through the anger, there are at least a few nuggets of truth, and as the supervisor, you're the person best able to convert those nuggets to real value for the company. By listening — in person — you'll do much to calm the waters, and perhaps emerge from the meeting having done some good — for the person terminated, for the company, and maybe even for yourself. Top Next Issue
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Amsterdam’s poor traffic performance continues, but better news ahead?
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol reported another weak set of traffic figures for Jun-2009, handling 3.9 million passengers, down 12.4% year-on-year. Cargo volume was down 24% to 100,226 tonnes – a similar result to the previous month. Cargo volume for the six months ended 30-Jun-2009 is down 26.7% to 589,072 tonnes, while passenger numbers are down 11.2% to 20.1 million.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol passenger number growth and cargo volume growth:
Source: Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation & Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Some new entrants
The only bright spot is the introduction of some new services to the airport this month. Belavia is launching three times weekly Minsk-Amsterdam service on 10-Aug-2009 with CRJ100-200/B737-500 equipment, while KLM added a fifth weekly St Petersburg frequency on 17-Jul-2009 with A320 equipment.
Air Arabia Maroc launched three times weekly Casablanca-Amsterdam service on 03-Aug-2009 with A320 equipment. Encouragingly, the airline plans to increase am frequency to daily by the end of Oct-2009.
But on the other side of the coin, OpenSkies is suspending Amsterdam-New York service (with B757 equipment) on 16-Aug-09, citing weak premium demand.
It is a case of one step forward, one back for Schiphol. As traditional markets and customers languish, the continued development of new routes to emerging markets will be crucial.
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"Stop Kiss"'s lovely gay romance is hindered by a choppy structure
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Boho’s “A Little Night Music” is Outstanding
Posted May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 Karen Topham
Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Liz Lauren.
Like most theatre people, I have a huge passion for the shows of Stephen Sondheim. (No pun intended, Sondheim-philes out there enjoying holiday company. OK, I intended that one, and I’ll stop now.) Whether it is Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Assassins, or whatever, I try not to miss one of his musicals if it is at all possible. Done well, they are among the best that the theatre world has to offer. And Boho Theatre Company, with its excellent new production of one of Sondheim’s masterworks, A Little Night Music, certainly does it right.
A Little Night Music, a beautifully crafted musical comedy with a book by Hugh Wheeler, is one of the playwright’s finest tributes to love in its many forms. It takes place in early 20th Century Scandinavia during one of those high-latitude summers when the sun simply never sets, leaving plenty of time each day for…whatever might happen. And plenty happens in the endless day that comprises the play’s second act that changes almost all of the relationships that the first act sets up. A philandering husband rediscovers his wife, unrequited love is requited, and a couple who seemed to have missed their chance gets a second one.
The most significant of these relationships belongs to Fredrik Egerman (Peter Robel) and Desiree Armfeldt (Kelli Harrington). Fredrik has recently become married to Anne (Rachel Guth), who is much younger than he. (In fact, his son Henrik (Jordan Dell Harris), an overly pious person, is in love with her.) Anne has a problem: in eleven months of marriage, she still has not been able to bring herself to sleep with Fredrick. This has driven him into the accommodating arms of Desiree, an actress who once was his lover. Desiree, meanwhile, has been carrying on an affair with a married man, Count Carl-Magnus (Christopher Davis), a proud, pretentious, highly jealous man of dubious intelligence, who takes his wife Charlotte (Stephanie Stockstill) for granted. All of these intertwining pieces come together at the chateau that Desiree’s mother (Marguerite Mariama) and daughter Fredrika (Isabelle Roberts) call home when they all show up for a “Weekend in the Country” along with Anne’s maid, Petra (Teressa LaGamba). (The company’s rendition of this song, like their work throughout the evening, is wonderful.)
Robel is a strong choice for Fredrik, as he captures both the middle-aged infatuation with youth (“You Must Meet My Wife”) and the confusion that it causes (“It Would Have Been Wonderful”) with equal aplomb. He also handles some of Sondheim’s best rhymes and tricky patter rhythms beautifully, as he shows us in his opening number, “Now” (part of an opening triptych with “Later” and “Soon”):
Now, as the sweet imbecilities tumble so lavishly onto her lap… Now, there are two possibilities: A, I could ravish her; B, I could nap.
As for Harrington, she embodies Desiree, whose exhausting schedule with her touring company has long prevented her from developing any lasting relationships (even her daughter lives with her mother). Unlike some other Desirees I’ve seen, Harrington really punches the frustrations of her difficult life while allowing her character to maintain the happy appearance she displays to the world. Harrington’s “Send In the Clowns,” the show’s signature number, is heartbreaking in its world-weariness.
Robel and Harrington, though, are merely at the front of a group of performers that shines throughout the evening. Not only the various lovers, but the five-person chorus as well (Nicole Besa, Rachel Klippel, Emily Goldberg, Lazaro Estrada, and Ross Matsuda) sing some of Sondheim’s most beautiful songs with subtlety and nuance, thanks to music director Tom Vendafreddo. The chorus especially shines in “Night Waltz” and “The Sun Won’t Set,” and Goldberg and Besa have some of the most expressive moments in the show.
Guth’s energy and upbeat attitude is a perfect contrast and complement to Harris’s moody, angry Henrik. Like the cello that he plays, (and director Linda Fortunato handles that in a clever way), Henrik can be very expressive and deeply disturbing, and his emotional instability challenges any actor playing the role. Harris handles Henrik beautifully. And Guth’s Anne is all youthful enthusiasm and insecurity. Both actors also have lovely voices; in fact there isn’t a dissonant note in the whole ensemble. Davis (having great fun playing the buffoon) and Stockwell too are brilliant in their own numbers, and Stockwell’s “Every Day a Little Death” is, in its way, as powerful and compelling as “Send In the Clowns.” Madame Armfeldt’s “Liaisons,” too, is an homage to the past tinged with regret, and Mariama is perfect as the regal matriarch reminiscing. Finally, Petra, the production’s embodiment of pure bisexual passion, has a glorious opportunity to shine in “The Miller’s Song,” and La Gamba nails it.
I had my doubts about how this show could fit on the small Greenhouse Theatre Center stage, but it works effectively thanks to a simple, versatile Evan Frank set that the chorus alters theatrically several times during the show. Fortunato delivers an A Little Night Music that compares well to versions done by much larger theatres and companies, and there is even something about the more intimate production that helps the characters to come more alive. The onstage musicians (Vendafreddo, Mike Matlock, Sarah Kim and Magdalena Sustere) work magnificently together and not only handle the score outstandingly but allow Fortunato a way to vary her stage pictures on a small stage. She uses them in many ways, from creating an unobtrusive upstage crossing path for the actors to allowing Sustere to stand-in for Henrik’s cello.
Boho’s A Little Night Music is a stellar show. I went in hoping it would be and I wasn’t disappointed in any way. It’s one of Sondheim’s finest works, and this company delivers with one of the best ensemble performances I’ve seen this year. Don’t miss it.
A Little Night Music is a Boho Theatre production now playing at Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 Lincoln Ave, Chicago, until July 8. Performance times vary; check the website at Greenhouse Theatre Center. Find more information about current plays on our Current Shows page and at theatreinchicago.com.
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Smartphone app aims to prevent burns in children
A collaboration between injury prevention researchers at The University of Queensland and digital health company iPug has resulted in a 21stCentury approach to tackling childhood scalds.
A team from the Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research was looking for a way to reduce the number of hot drink burns in young children.
Burns researcher Jacquii Burgess said the team contacted iPug, which had developed apps using game design elements for recruiting and engaging people in public health campaigns and clinical trials.
The partnership led to the Cool Runnings smartphone app designed to educate parents about how to prevent hot drink and other burn injuries, and about correct first-aid treatment.
Ms Burgess said Cool Runnings was the first app to use gamification strategies to help prevent injury.
"Scalds from hot drinks account for 20 per cent of all burns in children, with those under two at highest risk,” She said.
“Babies and toddlers grow and develop so rapidly that it’s sometimes hard to recognise they can now reach that coffee mug on a benchtop.
“Our research has found that burns treatment has improved significantly over the past 20 years or so, but there has been no decrease in the number of children presenting with hot beverage scalds.
iPug CEO Steve Huff said being able to use world-first technology to combat childhood injuries was an amazing opportunity.
“iPug’s patent-pending technology chooses the right message for the right person on the right device, then rewards them for engaging in the message,” Mr Huff said.
"In the spirit of gaming, parents are rewarded with points and badges when they demonstrate what they have learned."
Ms Burgess said the primary aim of the app was to increase parents’ knowledge and motivate behaviour change to prevent hot drink scalds from occurring.
If successful, it could be applied to other injury prevention campaigns.
The Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research is part of the UQ Child Health Research Centre within the Centre for Children's Health Research – a partnership with Child Health Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology.
iPug is a digital health company that uses innovative technology to effectively deliver real-time quality research results and public health campaigns.
Media: Kim Lyell, UQ Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, k.lyell@uq.edu.au, 0427 530647.
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China-defense.com proudly recommends a new book “China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing’s Maritime Policies” Edited by Garbiel B. Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and William S. Murray. Joint publication of the China Maritime Studies Institute and the Naval Institute press.
It is safe to say that China’s energy policy is no longer a topic for the (highly paid) oil executives or (under paid) academics and military professionals; it has an impact every time you stop by your friendly neighborhood gas stations and fuel up that huge SUV of yours. Now, news about energy, climate changes and China's impact on the world filled news airwaves, some of those news are well produced, others are nothing but sensationalism to boost sales or one’s political agendas. However, there are complex issues such national military and energy strategies that short newspaper articles simply cannot cover and require a more in-depth reading. If you are looking for something that are in-depth and authored by authorities in the field, then this book is for you.
To quote Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, UNS (ret), former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
“Comprehensive, diverse and essential for national security professionals…. A subject we must understand clearly for our Asia-Pacific future”
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Type052 DDG spec, Photo taken inside of DDG 113
some update on the Sino-Russian military relations.
http://www.kommersant.com/p895011/The_first_visit_of_President_Medvedev_to_China/
Representatives of the President’s Administration and the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) hope that the talks about direct supplies of Russia ’s Sukhoi Su-33 and Su-35 jets will be fostered. An official with the corresponding department confirmed that negotiations with China regarding Su-35 have been conducted for a long time. For all that, only one aircraft contract may be signed during the current visit – that on supplying four Kamov Ka-32 helicopters, which will be followed by two Kamov Ka-226 machines. Besides, according to a source with Rosoboronexport , China will start assembling Mil Mi-171 helicopters using Russian machine sets in 2008. The opening of Kamov and Mil service centers in China is also negotiated. At the same time, representatives of Rosoboronexport’s press-service said to Kommersant, “Director General of the FSUE Rosoboronexport Anatoly Isaykin will go to China , but you shouldn’t expect
signing concrete contracts.”
“They want to produce everything themselves – by either purchasing licenses or duplicating technology.”
Strategic Simulation
Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to China is likely to be challenging
Today starts Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to China , which is meant to prove Moscow ’s assertion that the People’s Republic of China is Russia ’s crucial geopolitical ally, and that they can challenge the West together. But Dmitry Medvedev will have to discuss problems in Beijing mainly. These include a drastic decrease in military and technical cooperation, the vague prospects of the energy alliance of Russia and China , and the Chinese government’s reluctance to back Moscow in its struggle against NATO expansion.
Friendship permit
China has been deliberately chosen as the second country of Russian President’s first foreign policy tour (the first destination was Kazakhstan ). Apart from the 4.2 km of mutual border, Moscow and Beijing have preached the same political principles in recent years. The key ones are aversion to the unipolar world headed by the USA , fight against color revolutions, and the beloved provision of Moscow and Beijing that local peculiarities are to be taken into account when developing democracy. During Mr Putin’s presidency Russia and China did much to defend this stance: They jointly supported Uzbekistan ’s President Islom Karimov after the revolution attempt in Andijon, objected to the imposing of tough sanctions against Iran , and defended Sudan and Myanmar in the UN Security Council.
It’s likely that Dmitry Medvedev intends to continue pursuing the same line on China . For example, it has become a kind of tradition to adopt joint declarations during summits of Russia and China . According to the President’s Aid Sergey Prihodko, another declaration is to be signed after the talks between Dmitry Medvedev and Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China . A high-ranking official with Russia ’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that the draft has been almost coordinated, but there are still important details to be thrashed out during the negotiations.
The joint declarations of Moscow and Beijing usually feature issues of current importance. According to the information of Kommersant, this time Moscow is going to include the following problems in the document: the U.S. deployment of anti-missile defense systems, NATO’s approaching the border of Russia , and Kosovo. Officials with the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Kommersant that Moscow and Beijing have practically the same positions on several issues. For example, the Chinese government is concerned with Washington ’s AMD plans: Some of the elements can be deployed closely to Chinese borders – in Japan , or even Taiwan .
Nevertheless Moscow and Beijing have a different approach towards some other matters, for example the expansion of the UN Security Council. Both countries approve of the expansion, but Russia insists on the “limited extension” formula, whereas China promotes a broad expansion of the UNSC admitting LDCs. It’s no surprise – many potential members are loyal to Beijing . For Russia , the admission of a number of new members to the UNSC will only mean the elimination of its influence.
As to NATO’s expansion and the alliance’s plans concerning Georgia and Ukraine , the situation is the same. According to the information of Kommersant, the Russian party is going to include a strong condemnation of military and political alliances’ unjustified expansion in the final document, which will show NATO that a mighty partner supports Russia . But Beijing is not going to engage in a conflict with the alliance – it has sought to lift the embargo on military supplies from the EU to China , which was put 1989, so, Beijing needs to have friendly relations with NATO. This said, China is likely to suggest a milder wording.
Problems between Moscow and Beijing go beyond sheer diplomacy. Sergey Prihodko said that the Russian delegation is going to thrash out aircraft and naval technical equipment issues. Also, the intellectual property matter will be addressed. According to Mr Prihodko, the latter “is especially acute, because the agreement on legal regulation of this sphere has been violated.”
There are a lot of problems in military and technical cooperation between Russia and China . Konstantin Makienko, Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Expert, points out that the major problem lies in the drastic reduction in Chinese military orders. Besides, the Russia-China Committee for Military and Technical Cooperation hasn’t convened since 2006. China refers to the failed contract over its purchasing of 38 Ilyushin Il-76MD and Il 78MK strategic airlifters, as well as defects in the supplied naval equipment. “Actually if we had fixed everything, they would have made up another pretext,” an official with the corresponding government department told Kommersant. “They want to produce everything themselves – by either purchasing licenses or duplicating technology.” Because of this position talks on several aircraft supplies contracts have been stalled.
“As to military aircraft, we supply the Chinese party with spares only. Beijing has suspended purchasing finished machines from Russia ,” Alexey Fedorov, President of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, explained to Kommersant (Mr Fedorov accompanies Dmitry Medvedev during the current visit). “Political decisions may be taken in the course of the forthcoming negotiations. They will allow for concluding contracts on supplies of finished planes.”
According to the information of Kommersant, Dmitry Medvedev is planning to persuade Hu Jintao to hold another session of the Committee for Military and Technical Cooperation this fall. In his turn, Hu Jintao is expected to bring up the issue of purchasing surface-to-air missile systems whose characteristics exceed those of the S-300PMU-2 Favorit – the S-400 Triumf. Russian diplomats don’t rule it out that Dmitry Medvedev will approve of it, basing on the FSMTC estimation. The President will suggest that experts hold corresponding consultations, but only after the Committee for Military and Technical Cooperation finally convenes.
Energy contradictions
With this said, energy issues remain the most challenging ones. In the course of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing in March 2006 Russia and China agreed to set up an unprecedented energy alliance: Russian and Chinese state corporations drafted big contracts on Russian energy carriers supplies to China . Then the construction of the Eastern Siberia–Pacific ocean pipeline followed, which will soon have a branching to China from Skovorodino. But in recent years the realization of many of these projects has bogged down in disputes between Russia ’s Rosneft and China ’s CNPC over the price.
“Rosneft calculated that it loses $40 on each ton supplied to China , rather than the West,” Mikhail Krutikhin, RusEnergy analyst says. “Sergey Bogdanchikov (Rosneft CEO – Kommersant) has already appealed to the government urging that it decide whether the price is negotiated or the contract is broken, with the Russian party paying a forfeit.” In this case talks about signing a contract on supplying 50 mln tons of oil from 2010 to 2015, which are held by Rosneft and the CNPC, will be jeopardized. The arguments of the Chinese counterparts boil down to the fact that the CNPC helped Rosneft buy the assets of YUKOS, so, the Russian company now owes the Chinese one.
As a result, constructing the Chinese branching of the Eastern Siberia–Pacific ocean pipeline has been jeopardized as well. Mikhail Barkov, Transneft Vice-President, doesn’t rule it out that Dmitry Medvedev and Hu Jintao will discuss the matter personally, but he adds that no representative of the company has gone to Beijing with the President. “We have accomplished project works on the Skovorodino–China’s border section,” Mikhail Barkov told Kommersant. “But it is the government that will decide on the future of the branching.” Mikhail Krutikhin presumes that the Russian government will have to take a decision in no time. “If the pipeline goes further to the Pacific ocean coast, the project will have to be altered urgently: the carrying capacity will need to be boosted, and terminal and oil ports projects will have to be changed,” Mr Krutikhin argues. It’s quite probable that Dmitry Medvedev will have to address these contradictive
issues, with Rosneft CEO Sergey Bogdanchikov accompanying him.
There is barely any hope to negotiate gas contracts. According to Gazprom representative Sergey Kupriyanov none of those on the board of the gas giant has set off for China with the President.
To conclude with, the current visit to China will be a real trial for Dmitry Medvedev. His reputation in the eyes of his Chinese partners will much depend on his ability to succeed in addressing the challenges. By the way, Moscow has already secured itself against a failure. According to the information of Kommersant, Vladimir Putin is going to pay a visit to China this fall. And if Dmitry Medvedev’s visit doesn’t turn out that fruitful, Russia ’s Prime Minister will have to address the issues on the Chinese front.
Alexander Gabuev, Alexandra Gritskova, Konstantin Lantratov
SPM-2 GAZ-233036
According to Chinese press, People's Armed Police is to import 100 copies of the GAZ-233036 4x4 armored security car. It is odd, considered China is exporting a similar type of vehicle to many third world nations. There is no western report on this sales so far.
首批“虎”式装甲汽车将于下月以整车的形式交付中方，而其余的将按照双方合同约定，由中方利用俄方提供的部件在本国进行组装。
SPM-2 GAZ-233036型“虎”式警用特种装甲汽车由俄罗斯军事工业公司下属的阿尔扎马斯机器制造厂生产，既可用于在反恐行动中运送特警，也可执行国土防御任务和协助边防部队执勤。
“虎”式装甲汽车的车体由厚度为5毫米、经过热处理的防弹装甲板制成，可有效抵御轻武器和爆炸装置的攻击。其车体两侧开有射击孔，可用于进行对外观测和射击，另外，车顶部也设置了两个舱盖。车舱内可容纳9人，根据不同的需要，还可安装无线电台和遥控爆炸装置阻断设备。
该车装备一台功率为205马力的涡轮增压柴油发动机、机械式六级传动箱和轮胎压力自动调节系统。虽然自重达6吨，但其最高速度仍然超过了125千米/小时。(北斗）
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Division of Shenyang MAC uses Kriegspiel to test new fighting methods
english.chinamil.com.cn 2008-05-07
A division of the Shenyang Military Area Command (MAC) held a Kriegspiel of infantry battalion in attack on May 4. In the course of carrying out trial training in compliance with new Outline of Military Training and Evaluation, this division has developed a Kriegspiel system for command training at division-, regiment- and battalion-levels or at multi-levels, and a Kriegspiel training approach with computer-aided judgment has come into shape in this division.
Division Commander Gao Guanghui who was giving guidance to Kriegspiel told the reporters: "With scientific calculation, Kriegspiel has turned the qualitative analysis in sand-table exercise into quantitative analysis. Thus it is more prudent and more scientific. For example, each piece is marked with important information, such as designation, fighting power, and mobile capability, etc.
After each round of battle, the controllers of the two belligerent sides had to fill in combat, casualty, and ammunition and POL consumption, etc into a judgment form. Gao also said, "In the past, the difficulty of confrontational training lay in the judgment of the losses of two belligerent sides after battles. For Kriegspiel, you can simulate casualties and equipment losses in the battlefield completely, making the judgment more specific and precise."
Two hours later, the "red" and "blue" sides completed the exercises of three different operational plans. The results showed that under same conditions, the first operational plan could achieve the tactical goal with the shortest time. Gao Guanghui said, "Kriegspiel is an ideal training tool to enhance the strategic sense of commanders, and it also offers a new platform for testing new fighting methods."
By Shi Binxin and An Puzhong
(May 7, PLA Daily) Editor: Dong Zhaihui
FYI, CDF is back.
CMC issues outline for PLA commanding officer evaluation
With the approval of Chairman Hu Jintao of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the Central Military Commission recently issued the Outline for the Examination and Evaluation of Commanding Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The General Political Department of the PLA issued the Implementation Measures of Examination and Evaluation of Commanding Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Standards of Examination and Evaluation of Commanding Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(for trial implementation) to coincide with the issue of the outline.
The stipulation of the three documents is an important measure taken by the PLA to deepen the implementation of the essence of the 17th National Congress of the CPC, carry out the scientific outlook on development and improve the quality of commanding officers, marking that a system of evaluation of commanding officer which gives substance to the scientific outlook on development has taken initial shape and the evaluation of commanding officers has embarked on a scientific, systematic and standardized road.
By Shi Xiaofeng and Sai Zongbao
(Apr 30, PLA Daily) Editor: Ouyang Dongmei
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Terrell Brown Wilfried Lakayi Jemarl Baker Shunn Buchanan Jabari Rice Trevelin Queen Zeke Nnaji A.J. Harris Clayton Henry Josh Green Nico Mannion Sports College basketball Basketball College sports Men's basketball Men's sports Men's college basketball
New Mexico State WAC Arizona Pac-12
No. 19 Arizona runs past short-handed New Mexico State 83-53
By JOHN MARSHALL - Nov. 17, 2019 05:02 PM EST
Arizona guard Nico Mannion (1) drives against New Mexico State guard Shunn Buchanan in the second half during an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona big man Zeke Nnaji is starting to get noticed around campus, coffee shops, almost everywhere he goes in Tucson.
The rest of the college basketball world is paying attention now, too. Not bad for a player who didn’t get the same acclaim as freshman teammates Nico Mannion and Josh Green.
Zeke Nnaji did not miss a shot for the second straight game while scoring 19 points, Jemarl Baker added 16 points and No. 19 Arizona rolled over depleted New Mexico State 83-53 on Sunday.
“Zeke’s off to a really good start,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said. “You didn’t hear his name as much maybe before the year as some of the other guys we have here, but for a four-star recruit, he’s doing exceptionally well.”
Arizona (4-0) took advantage of the short-handed Aggies (2-2) from the start, scoring the game’s first 10 points and using another big run to lead by 22 at halftime.
The Wildcats were at their free-flowing offensive best, shooting 53%, and shut down a New Mexico State team missing three key players.
“Even people who are playing have injuries,” said New Mexico State’s Trevelin Queen, who had 12 points. “Even when we’re full strength, we’re still going to face adversity, but I feel like we’re stronger when everyone is healthy, but we can’t do anything about it.”
Baker provided Arizona with a nice lift off the bench with his confident shooting and Mannion added 15 points.
Nnaji dominated the first half before New Mexico State started collapsing on him in the second.
The 6-foot-11 freshman made all seven of his shots after going 8 for 8 against San Jose State and is 32 for 38 in four games this season. He’s made 17 straight shots, dating to the second half of last Sunday’s game against Illinois.
“I always have confidence whenever I shoot the ball,” Nnaji said. “I wouldn’t shoot it if I didn’t have confidence in it and it’s shot that I work on in practice.”
Outside of a Dec. 14 game against No. 8 Gonzaga, Sunday’s game against the Aggies was expected to be the Wildcats’ biggest remaining test before the Pac-12 season starts.
One problem: New Mexico State came to the desert short-handed.
The Aggies were without point guard A.J. Harris (finger), guard Clayton Henry (thumb) and big man Wilfried Lakayi (knee). Terrell Brown also has been struggling with a strained hip flexor and Rice suffered a sprained left wrist against Southern on Thursday.
The attrition hurt the Aggies at the start against Arizona.
New Mexico missed six shots and had two turnovers before making its first shot 5:20 into the game.
The Aggies fought back with an 8-0 run, but Arizona answered with a 15-2 spurt to start the rout. The Wildcats made 18 of 31 shots to lead 43-21 at halftime.
The Aggies shot 8 of 26, had 12 turnovers and were the latest team unable to stop Nnaji, who had 15 points and made all seven of his shots in the first half.
“They’re a lot bigger than us, stronger, more athletic, so it did kind of bother us,” said Jabari Rice, who led New Mexico State with 14 points. “We just have to play harder, play better and get off to a better start.”
New Mexico State might have had a chance to push Arizona at full strength. The injuries made that a near-impossibility.
Arizona did not get the test it expected due to New Mexico State’s injuries, but it still kept up its high level of early-season play.
BAKER’S LIFT
Baker had a quiet start after transferring from Kentucky, scoring 20 combined points the first three games. He played confidently against New Mexico State, hitting 6 of 9 from the floor and 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
“Felt like a rhythm, just from warmups,” Baker said. “People were giving me the ball when I was open and I wanted to do everything I could to be aggressive and help the team win.”
MANNION’S T
Mannion spent most the afternoon trying to fight through New Mexico’s aggressive defense and the occasional trash talk by the Aggies’ guards.
Mannion plays with a fiery intensity and it boiled over in the second half, when he was called for a technical foul for trash talking New Mexico’s Shunn Buchanan after a made basket.
“I don’t think he really wanted to pick up a technical as much as the guy was really challenging him,” Miller said. “He met the challenge. Sometimes that happens. He’ll learn from it.”
New Mexico State hosts rival New Mexico on Thursday.
Arizona hosts South Dakota State on Thursday.
More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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St.Francis (PA) Red Flash
Braxton leads St. Francis (Pa.) over Sacred Heart 72-65
LORETTA, Pa. (AP) — Keith Braxton had 24 points and 10 rebounds as St. Francis (Pa.) defeated Sacred Heart 72-65 on Saturday night. Isaiah...
Saint Francis tops reigning NEC champion Fairleigh Dickinson
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Braxton lifts St. Francis (Pa.) over Wagner 80-62
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Blackmon powers St. Francis past Central Connecticut, 93-69
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Isaiah Blackmon knocked down eight 3-pointers to score 28 points and St. Francis of Pennsylvania used 14 players in a 93-69 rout of...
Blackmon, Braxton send St. Francis (PA) past William & Mary
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Isaiah Blackmon scored 17 points and Keith Braxton scored 15 with six rebounds and St. Francis beat William & Mary 78-72 in the DC...
St. Francis (Pa.) routs Franciscan University 115-66
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Tyler Stewart had 15 points off the bench to lead St. Francis (Pa.) to a 115-66 win over Franciscan University on Tuesday night. ...
Blackmon, Braxton lead St Francis (PA) past UMBC 63-60
BALTIMORE (AP) — Isaiah Blackmon scored 21 points, Keith Braxton added 17 and both players grabbed six rebounds to help St. Francis (PA) hold off Maryland...
Braxton leads St. Francis (Pa.) over Lehigh 77-69
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Keith Braxton had 18 points and 10 rebounds to carry St. Francis (Pa.) to a 77-69 win over Lehigh on Wednesday night. ...
Braxton helps St. Francis (Pa.) break away to 79-63 win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Keith Braxton scored 11 of his season-high 26 points as St. Francis (Pa.) blew past a late tie to secure a 79-63 win against Saint Joseph’s...
Pope helps Bethune-Cookman past feisty Francis (Ill.)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Cletrell Pope scored 22 points with 17 rebounds and Bethune-Cookman won its fourth straight by beating NAIA-member St. Francis (Ill.) 74-70...
Wilkes scores career-high 14 points in Florida St. rout
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State teammates had seen Wyatt Wilkes show off his jump shot in practice for years. But he had never done it in a game until...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Wyatt Wilkes scored a career high 14 points while Trent Forrest added 13 points and five rebounds as Florida State defeated Saint...
Davis carries Incarnate Word past St. Francis (IL) 68-44
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bryce Davis registered 14 points as Incarnate Word routed St. Francis (Ill.) 68-44 on Saturday. Dwight Murray Jr. had 13...
Dixon carries Eastern Illinois past St Francis (IL) 87-47
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Darling’s 28 lifts Delaware over St. Francis (Pa.) 79-64
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Nate Darling scored 28 points as Delaware beat St. Francis (Pa.) 79-64 on Tuesday night. Justyn Mutts had 15 points and...
Blackmon carries St. Francis (Pa.) over American 79-76
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Isaiah Blackmon had a career-high 28 points as St. Francis (Pa.) narrowly defeated American 79-76 on Saturday night. ...
Denley, Brown lead St. Francis (PA) in rout of Wagner, 42-8
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Joel Denley ran for three touchdowns and Jason Brown threw for three more, all to EJ Jenkins, as St. Francis of Pennsylvania walloped...
Braxton leads St. Francis (Pa.) past Morgan St. 71-65
BALTIMORE (AP) — Keith Braxton had 20 points as St. Francis (Pa.) defeated Morgan State 71-65 on Wednesday night. Braxton hit 14 of 15 from...
Jaworski scores 23 to carry Lafayette past Princeton 72-65
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Justin Jaworski had 23 points as Lafayette topped Princeton 72-65 on Wednesday night, spoiling the Tigers’ home opener. ...
Cayo's OT layup lifts Richmond past St. Francis (PA) 100-98
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nathan Cayo scored at the basket in the final minute of overtime to give Richmond the lead and the Spiders held on to beat St. Francis of...
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It’s not too late!
April 2, 2019 / Clare L. Martin / Leave a comment
Write Now! Find Your Creative Fire
6 sessions, ( only 4 spaces left ) Wednesdays from 6-7:30 p.m. April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 8, and May 15. $75/per person, (Age 18+)
Sign up at this link: https://form.jotform.com/90645763971165
Need a boost to your creative life? Do you want to harness the power we all have as creative beings through the learned skill of creative writing? Think it’s impossible? Don’t doubt it. You have something to say and can say it beautifully with knowledge, experience, and practice.
Teaching Artist and Poet Clare Martin will lead a six-week course that offers inspiration and instruction, time to write, and professional guidance as a practiced poet and editor whose considered feedback is an integral part of this course.
Each week, Clare will present her own original “experiments” –prompts and challenges that lead to creative breakthroughs and deeper, more effective creative writing. Each week’s session will explore a different theme for focus and inspiration.
The course will culminate with a public reading by participants on the stage at Teche Center for the Arts.
• April 3— A Blank Page is Freedom
• April 10— Memory as Muse
• April 17— What Dreams Can Inspire
• April 24— For the Love of Nature
• May 8—Visual Art as Inspiration (Ekphrastic Writing)
• May 15—6 p.m. Open
Participants will build “writing muscles,” and emerge from the course sharper writers. Continued writing outside of the course is highly recommended.
While the focus may lean on poetry, prose writers are welcome to attend and will find this guidance and instruction valuable, as it pertains to any genre of writing.
It’s preferable that we not use laptops or computer tablets. Notebooks and pens will be provided.
Clare L. Martin’s third book of poetry, Crone, was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2018, and produced as a dramatic reading at Teche Center for the Arts in January 2019. Her second full-length collection of poetry, Seek the Holy Dark, was the 2017 selection for The Louisiana Series of Cajun and Creole Poetry from Yellow Flag Press. Her widely-acclaimed debut collection of poetry, Eating the Heart First, was published by Press 53.
Clare’s poetry has appeared in Avatar Review, Blue Fifth Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Melusine, Poets and Artists, and Louisiana Literature, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web, for Best New Poets and Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net. In 2015, Clare founded the online poetry magazine, MockingHeart Review. She is a lifelong resident of Louisiana and works as the Executive Assistant to Executive Director Sandra Sarr at Teche Center for the Arts.
March 8, 2019 April 2, 2019 / Clare L. Martin / Leave a comment
Sign up at techecenterforthearts.com Only 10 spots available for this course! Contact me for more information.
Contact Clare
Participants will build “writing muscles,” and emerge from the course sharper writers. Continued writing outside of the course is highly recommended. Suggested reading lists will be provided for further study and inspiration. While the focus may lean on poetry, prose writers are encouraged to attend and will find this guidance valuable, as it pertains to any genre of writing.
It’s preferable that participants not use laptops or computer tablets. Notebooks and pens will be provided. Registration is now open at techecenterforthearts.com.
For More information contact Sandra Sarr or Clare Martin at info@techecenterforthearts.com or (337) 366-0629.
BIO NOTE: Clare L. Martin’s third book of poetry, Crone, was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2018, and produced as a dramatic reading at Teche Center for the Arts in January 2019. Her second full-length collection of poetry, Seek the Holy Dark, was the 2017 selection for The Louisiana Series of Cajun and Creole Poetry from Yellow Flag Press. Her widely-acclaimed debut collection of poetry, Eating the Heart First, was published by Press 53.
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The Claremont Group of companies is a framework of international financial planning entities. The groups foundation is in assisting private individuals and companies with financial structuring and asset protection. We provide astute, independent financial planning attuned to our clients particular circumstances and personal considerations.
Claremont Wealth & Claremont Arabia are Financial Advisers in Saudi Arabia and are two subsidiaries of a three-company global partnership that consists of firstly Claremont Group Ltd, Licence Number 1859115, the holdings company for the Claremont franchise globally. Click on the logos below to learn more about each entity.
Claremont has open access to international institutions that lead the industry. We are not a tied brokerage and can work freely and openly with the entire international marketplace. Our independent structure ensures that we provide unbiased advice that is solely based on the requirements of each individual investor. This in turn means our customers are at the center of everything we do.
For more information on the group of companies please contact admin@claremontwealth.com
Providing impartial and independent advice is at the core of everything we do. Reach out to us today by submitting the form to the right or send us an email to the address below.
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The Claremont Group of companies is framework of international financial planning entities. The groups foundation is in assisting private individuals and companies with financial structuring and asset protection. We provide astute, independent financial planning attuned to our clients’ particular circumstances and personal considerations. Claremont Wealth & Claremont Arabia are two subsidiaries of a 3-company global partnership that consists of firstly Claremont Group Ltd, Licence Number 1859115, The holdings company for the Claremont franchise globally.
Claremont’s Strategic partner in the United Kingdom is Grafton Wealth Management, GWM is an FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) registered firm in England and Wales Number 09277136 and is run from our global administration base in West Grafton UK. Claremont Group clients, that return to be resident in the UK will be transferred and serviced by this UK partnership. Ensuring on the ground advice is always available.
Our partners that cover and service our EU based clients are Knightsbridge Management International SRO (KMI Consultants), who are authorised and regulated in the Czech Republic under the 2005 European Savings Directive by the Czech National Bank. Company/license number: 033377PM. KMI Consultants are regulated to operate in (but not limited to) the following jurisdictions: UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, France (inc Monaco), Hungary, Portugal, Netherlands, Romania, Malta & Bulgaria, for transactions that fall under the remit of their license.
Claremont has open access to international institutions that lead the industry. We are not a tied brokerage and can work freely and openly with the entire international market place. Our independent structure ensures that we provide unbiased advice that is solely based on the requirements of each individual investor.
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CGUK is not a financial advisory entity and therefore is not an FCA registered practice, if regulated advisory service is required, inside the UK, please contact our partners @ www.Graftonwm.com.
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Our aim is that, in providing high quality information, we earn the right to have personal conversations about our services with those who attend our events.
Claremont Arabia is the trading name of Claremont Wealth’s registered presence within the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). Claremont Arabia’s Primary objective in Saudi Arabia is to provide a series of educational seminars on the ever-changing landscape of financial planning and the effects of such changes on expatriates in the region. The company formally launched with an event at the British embassy around the consequences of the BREXIT vote on the 17th of October 2016.
Claremont Arabia has been established to fill the large gap in advice & structuring in the Kingdom. Claremont Arabia have a valuable on the ground presence with a Head Quarters in Al Sahafa District, and a satellite office at the Granada Business Park, generally used for client meetings.
A 14-month process of incorporation, which started in October 2015, is a testament to Claremont’s dedication to the region, with the company now fully functioning, we are fulfilling our objective in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, providing reviews for individuals and companies. With analysis and reviews conducted, we then approach major global institutions with a mandate to assist our clients achieve their goals.
Claremont will continue to host a series of events in 2018 and 2019, highlighting issues such as International Property Purchases and ownership, UK & European Pensions Schemes, Education fee funding, Australian Superannuation’s, Global Taxation for South African Nationals, Tax efficient Savings for American Nationals, saving money when sending your salary home and the effects of Saudization.
Please connect with our Global Head of Events, on LinkedIn to be added to our invitation lists for upcoming events. Connect here.
Our partners that cover and service our EU-based clients are Knightsbridge Management International SRO (KMI Consultants), who are authorised and regulated in the Czech Republic under the 2005 European Savings Directive by the Czech National Bank. Company/license number: 033377PM.
KMI Consultants are regulated to operate in (but not limited to) the following jurisdictions: UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, France (inc Monaco), Hungary, Portugal, Netherlands, Romania, Malta & Bulgaria, for transactions that fall under the remit of their license.
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Bird's-eye view of Holladay Hall and surrounding buildings on North Carolina State College campus.
Brooks Hall
Brooks Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Guskin [i. e. Gusken] loom -- double shuttle plush, Tompkins Hall.
Tompkins Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Horse drawn carriages on Hillsborough Street, looking east toward Tompkins Hall
Hillsborough Street (Raleigh, N.C.), Tompkins Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Roving machines on the second floor of Tompkins Hall
Section of weave room showing new Draper looms and jacquards.
Spinning laboratory in Tompkins Hall, producing woolen yarn
Syme Residence Hall decorated for football game
Syme Residence Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
1911 Building landscape renovations, Page Hall in the background
1911 Building, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.), Page Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Actor performs scene in a play
Thompson Theatre, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Actors perform scene from a game show
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Addition to 1911 Landscape
1911 Building, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.), Page Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.), The Court of North Carolina, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Advertisement for the play The Boyfriend
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Aerial view showing Riddick Stadium parking lot and vicinity, North Carolina State University
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Albert H. Grimshaw and others in dyeing lab
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Back entrance to Holladay Hall, North Carolina State College
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Becton Hall, North Carolina State College
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Polk Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Announcing DC/OS 1.11: Edge & Multi-Cloud Operations Now a Reality
DC/OS 1.11 includes a unified control plane for multi/edge cloud operations, multi-layer security, and production Kubernetes-as-a-Service.
Edward Hsu
We are proud to announce the availability of Mesosphere DC/OS 1.11, which makes DC/OS an even better choice for deploying and operating all of your applications and data services with ease. This latest release adds three exciting new capabilities:
Seamless Edge and Multi-Cloud Operations — Unifying multiple cloud providers and private datacenters has been the holy grail for infrastructure and operations teams since the birth of cloud computing. Gartner estimates 9 in 10 enterprises will adopt Hybrid Infrastructure Management within two years. Enterprises want the flexibility to choose where to run their applications based on cost, speed to market, and security & compliance considerations. Distributing today's applications and a growing set of data services across multiple infrastructures (including private and edge computing environments) helps guarantee quality of service and uptime. Bursting workloads to the cloud, disaster recovery across locations, and simplified management of edge compute and remote offices is now effortless with DC/OS as your unified control plane. DC/OS 1.11 allows you to pool public cloud, private datacenter, and edge compute resources into a single logical computer and intelligently schedule workloads anywhere from a unified user interface.
Production Kubernetes-as-a-Service — Development teams around the world are flocking to Kubernetes as their preferred platform for containerizing and deploying applications. But as an operator, your options for supporting these teams are less than ideal. Installing, operating, and upgrading Kubernetes on your own infrastructure can be challenging, and the loss of control and high cost of using cloud hosted container services can trump their convenience. DC/OS provides a third way: operations teams can deploy, scale, and upgrade pure Kubernetes for all of the teams in their organization with one click, and run their stateless applications alongside the stateful services that underpin them. Following a successful beta release of Kubernetes on DC/OS 1.10, during which the technology was tested by many users and customers, DC/OS 1.11 makes Kubernetes on DC/OS generally available.
Enhanced Data Security — Every company's most valuable asset is its data. However, that data is also constantly under threat from bad actors around the world. To retain the trust of their customers, partners, and shareholders, every business needs to protect their data and applications. This latest DC/OS release adds multi-layer security features to help you secure your entire application stack.
Since our first release of Mesosphere DC/OS nearly 3 years ago, we have focused on automating the best practices of cloud-native infrastructure and operations, so that you can accelerate your time to market, eliminate mundane operational tasks, and reduce your costs. Our customers and user community rely on DC/OS to deliver data-intensive applications like personalization, IoT, and predictive analytics. Our latest release continues our mission of making cloud native tools and infrastructure easy to deploy and operate, so that you can focus on creating the next generation of applications that will help you and your company succeed.
With Mesosphere DC/OS 1.11, mainstream companies can deliver personalized and data-driven experiences with far less specialized expertise. They can focus on their customers, not their infrastructure.
You can sign up for our online demo to see DC/OS 1.11 in action. Ready to get started? Try DC/OS 1.11 for yourself today. DC/OS Enterprise users can upgrade here.
Keep reading to learn about the new features of DC/OS 1.11 in detail.
Unite Cloud Providers and Your Datacenter for Elastic, Truly Hybrid Infrastructure
For a long time, technology leaders have searched for a way to seamlessly pool resources from multiple-cloud environments. Mesosphere DC/OS has always provided a cloud-like operational experience by pooling cluster resources and automating applications services based on their unique operational requirements. Examples include all components of the SMACK stack and other popular data services on DC/OS. This means an automated and highly consistent management experience on any infrastructure where DC/OS is deployed.
Now with DC/OS 1.11 a single DC/OS cluster can pool resources from multiple public or private clouds at once, and operators can distribute workloads across multiple fault domains. This means that in addition to application-aware automation, DC/OS 1.11 adds cloud-aware automation that unleashes powerful new hybrid and multi-cloud operations capabilities, and helps to address enterprise-wide resourcing requirements.
Edge and Multi-Cloud Federation
An operator using his or her DC/OS credentials can manage multiple clusters on different clouds from a single DC/OS interface by linking these clusters. This means operators can focus on the services they're running, not the differences of the underlying infrastructure. Whether it's an on-premises datacenter, cloud compute on Azure, AWS, or Google, or any other mix of resources, the underlying infrastructure is transparent to the operator - simply use the dropdown menu to switch to the cluster you want to manage.
DC/OS operators can also run clusters that are stretched, where the agent nodes (the servers that do the work) can be in a remote location away from the master nodes (the brains of DC/OS). This means operators can minimize complexity of their infrastructure by deploying only agent nodes in edge datacenter or remote offices (where they are needed), while still having a single unified operating experience across their entire infrastructure.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Keeping applications highly available is another key challenge for infrastructure operations. Outages can occur at multiple levels including server, rack, datacenter (e.g., AWS US-EAST-1), region (e.g., AWS US-EAST) or the entire cloud (e.g., all of AWS).
DC/OS 1.11 allows operators to intelligently define fault domains and recover against this hierarchy to maximize service survivability. For example, within a region, stateless services can recover automatically from failures at the node, cluster, rack, or even site level. For stateful services, Mesosphere has partnered with Portworx to provide persistent storage for containers that is fully integrated with DC/OS, so users can easily run stateful services with highly available storage, bare-metal performance, and built-in data protection.
DC/OS allows operators to easily deploy workloads to multiple regions (e.g., to AWS, and also on Azure), to enable multi-cloud high availability.
Scale applications across multiple clouds (or from local datacenters to public clouds) to accommodate rapid demand spikes and reduce infrastructure spend. Companies worldwide spend over $60 billion annually on cloud capacity they don't need. By creating a DC/OS cluster composed of agents from multiple clouds, operators can elastically scale by adding and removing nodes as needed (using Terraform or other basic scripts). DC/OS's cloud-aware scheduling capabilities can then schedule workloads to take advantage of the burst capacity.
Read more about DC/OS's Hybrid Cloud capabilities here.
Give Your Development Teams Kubernetes-as-a-Service on Any Infrastructure
DC/OS and Google Cloud Platform both provide pure Kubernetes by using a underlying platform to supply resources and automate operations. Unlike public cloud providers, however, DC/OS is agnostic to the infrastructure it runs on top of, so your Kubernetes-based applications, developer tools, and backing data services are all completely portable.
Production-Ready Kubernetes On Demand, Anywhere
DC/OS makes it effortless to set up highly available Kubernetes for production — it automates 20+ steps and many hours (or days) of work into a single click, resulting in a fully functional deployment in minutes.
Scale Kubernetes up or down for a seamless cloud-like experience.
DC/OS automates Kubernetes installation on any infrastructure — AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure (using Terraform templates).
Pure Open Source & Always the Latest Version, Automatically
We use the pure, open source version of Kubernetes - and always will.
Count on the latest version of Kubernetes as soon as you're ready for it. Upgrade your Kubernetes deployment to the latest version in-place, without disruption, due to DC/OS application-aware automation.
Kubernetes, Dev Tools, & Data Services Happy Together
Teams typically run Kubernetes with other tools to facilitate operations and support a delivery pipeline. Examples include Prometheus for monitoring, Jenkins for continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and Elastic, Logstash, & Kibana for logging. All of these services run elastically together on a shared DC/OS cluster.
The same DC/OS Kubernetes cluster also runs backing data services and machine learning tools such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, & TensorFlow.
Read more about how DC/OS delivers Kubernetes-as-a-Service on any infrastructure here.
Enhanced Protection for Your Data-Rich Applications with Multi-Layer Security
Modern data-intensive applications have many components, and securing all of them can be hard. Containerized microservices are dynamically scheduled, discovered, load balanced, killed, and restarted by design, compounding security challenges even more, and making security strategies highly error-prone.
DC/OS is already secured with an encrypted control plane, and role-based access controls (RBAC) with integration with authentication providers to ensure that only authorized users with the right roles or privileges are provided access to services running on DC/OS.
DC/OS 1.11 adds additional layers of security for data services, which simplifies regulatory compliance by enabling transport level encryption for sensitive information in transit. DC/OS also simplifies data services integration with authentication, authorization, and access control mechanisms such as Kerberos, LDAP, and Active Directory. Secrets management in DC/OS has also been enhanced.
Secure Communications Within Distributed Data Services
Transport layer security (TLS) ensures only trusted services can communicate with each other (server-to-server), and their client communications are also encrypted (server-to-client). For example, TLS ensures that two nodes of a Cassandra or Kafka cluster can communicate securely, by encrypting the network traffic between those nodes.
Internal certificate authority automatically generates and dynamically distributes the required encryption certificates and configures the associated application.
Encryption keys and certificates are securely stored in DC/OS's encrypted secret store and dynamically loaded only for authorized services or clients, providing an additional level of security for your sensitive data.
Control Which Applications Can Access Data Services
By enabling client authentication for connections to application or data services, you can control which applications can read or write to those data services. Authentication mechanisms can include Kerberos, LDAP, or Active Directory protocols.
Fine-grained client authorization and control over read and write operations. For example, you may decide to have only certain applications read or write to a specific topic within the Kafka service on DC/OS.
Secrets Management
DC/OS provides a centralized encrypted and access-controlled location for sensitive application credentials such as username/password, certificates and configuration files. Applications are automatically loaded with the right credentials at launch.
DC/OS 1.11 adds a hierarchy, and multi-team isolation to the DC/OS secrets store, making it easier to manage which secrets can be accessed by various applications or teams.
Read more about DC/OS's multi-layer security.
To get started with DC/OS 1.11, go to dcos.io. Sign up for our next webinar to see DC/OS in action.
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‘Need reforms in SBP and FBR to prevent money laundering,’ officials inform finance minister
Minister Asad Umar was informed during a session on Monday that there was a dire need to introduce reforms in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) in order to prevent money laundering.
The recommendations were given in a session held on the FATF chaired by the finance minister on Saturday. Finance ministry officials complained to the minister that the Federal Board of Revenue was not forwarding the detected money laundering cases to the FIA. According to sources, officials informed the minister that the selection criteria of bank presidents lacked transparency and people who did not have clean records of handling transactions were often chosen for the post.
The officials told the minister that private banks sent records of over a thousand suspicious bank transactions to the SBP. They added that approximately Rs 218 billion worth of transactions had been detected from 284 fraudulent accounts. Reportedly, the officials informed the finance minister that Omni Group was involved in laundering Rs 94 bn through 235 bank accounts. They added that Rs 73 billion were laundered abroad via 25 bank accounts of a commercial bank based in Punjab, while Rs 25 billion via 25 other accounts.
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Modern Apps Killing Monogamy. Stick With A Dinosaur
Sometimes I will happily stand up and be called a dinosaur. Called myself one plenty of times before. Someone actually called me a killjoy today. That’s going too far. Old fashioned. Yes. Out of step with modern living. Yes. Sometimes. And yes, this is one of those times when I am happy to be walking at a different pace.
It was the headline that got my attention. Are modern dating apps killing monogamy? Apparently the answer is yes. And proof positive of this development was offered by way of a case study. Let’s call her Jessie. That’s what the article called her so who am I to contradict. Before online dating, before her two kids, before the Big Conversation with her skeptical husband, Jessie’s inkling was that she wasn’t quite like the ladies she saw at church. The sexual taboos of life in the affluent burbs weren’t for her.
Her first marriage when she was in her early 20s, ended after she had an affair. Her second marriage, starting shortly thereafter, was “happy – very happy,” but as her children grew up, moved out and on, she was left….well…. bored.
Thoughts turned to cheating on her husband of 20 years, we are told, as if this was perfectly normal behavior. She considered bars, parties, and a return to the good old days of her mid-20s. All care and no responsibility.
But Instead, Jessie sat her husband down for a deep and meaningful so we are told. Here’s the kicker. We are told she told him something that more and more “progressive” couples are beginning to realise. They love each other and want to stay together – but in the age of Tinder, Ashley Madison and OkCupid, well…they have other options.
Options, that are just a click away.
“Interesting, introspective, happily married professional,” reads Jessie’s profile on the newly non-monogamous dating site Open Minded. “I’m into building deep and loving relationships that add to the joy and aliveness of being human.”
Bollocks Jessie. You are into sex, Nothing deep. Certainly, nothing meaningful, and only the truly naïve would call it loving.
Let’s just pause and refect for a moment. Open Minded is a dating site that isn’t quite like Ashley Madison, the unapologetic dating-for-cheaters service that expects a billion dollar valuation when it becomes a publicly listed company you can buy shares in.
How sad is that?
There’s money to be made in every kind of human exploitation including adultery. Open minded also isn’t quite like mobile hook-up app Tinder, where – according to one recent report – as many as 40 per cent of “singles” are secretly … not single. Open Minded, according to its founder, yet another tech savvy hustler, is a new kind of dating site for a newly “mainstream lifestyle” where couples, we are told “form very real attachments” just not exclusively with each other. He expects the app to be used by swingers, polysexuals and experimental 20-somethings. But he guesses that most of his 70,000 users are people just like Jessie. In committed, conventional relationships, who realize that, statistically speaking, few modern couples stay with a single person their whole life. Can I just say I have no problem with that at all. In fact, can I say, I have been that person. All I am saying is, if you are going to do that, don’t stay married and act like a single person.
“If you look at marriage, it developed as a survival strategy and a means of raising kids,” the founder of Open Minded says. “But relationships are no longer a necessary component of life. People have careers and other interests – they can survive without them.”
This is a classic example of people just talking without saying anything at all. And of course we have an academic to give the whole thing credibility. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and one of the world’s leading relationship researchers, ( I bet she is the only one to call herself that) is in the same dark camp as the Open Minded app entrepreneur. She says in caveman days, humans teamed up in non-exclusive pairs to protect their children. Later, as people learned to plant crops and settle in one place, ” marriage became a way for men to guarantee kids, and for women – who couldn’t push heavy ploughs or carry loads of crops to market – to eat and keep a roof over their heads.”
So is Fisher seriously suggesting this is the only reason why people enter into relationships? What about love? And commitment? What about it ? says Fisher. There’s a long history of married men sleeping around, Fisher says. You can forget about romantic notions or thinking that relationships are anything other than transactions and the social expectation that both people partner for life, to the exclusion of everyone else. Is just that, an expectation.
In fact, given the history and prevalence of non-monogamous relationships throughout cultures, it’s not scientifically correct to say the human species mate or pair for life, Fisher says. Dogs mate for life. Beavers mate for life. Humans have one-night stands, lovers and a 50 per cent divorce rate.
Fisher dubs it a “dual reproductive strategy”: We’re biologically programmed to form pair-bonds, yes, but some people – many people – are also programmed to seek out variety.
I couldn’t possibly disagree more. Deep down human beings want romance in my view. They want something long lasting. They want friendship, companionship. Love. Yes they want sex. Don’t we all. But that comes at the end of the long chain of all of the other.
See I told you. I am a dinosaur.
June 2, 2015 September 15, 2017 Damien Comerford
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AFEM and CI publish music meta-data guide
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 17 July 2019
The Association For Electronic Music has teamed up with digital music delivery company CI to publish a ‘Meta Data Best Practice Guide’.
It’s no secret that good music rights data is necessary for a functioning digital music market. Good data ensures fans can find tracks, helps streaming services develop better recommendation tools, and means that the right artists and songwriters get paid when their music is played.
But not everyone in the music community is always providing the right data in the right format. Or, indeed, in some cases, any data at all. Hence the guide, which aims to educate the dance music community in particular – but also the music community at large – about the key data points, what to do with them, and how to avoid getting data wrong.
AFEM says that “understanding metadata is crucial to getting tracks discovered by fans and paid for by broadcasters, streaming platforms and stores”. The guide aims to ensure, it adds, that “every stream, play or download is accounted for accurately” so that “creators, labels and publishers are making the most of the opportunities the digital music ecosystem has to offer”.
Introducing the guide for its side, CI’s Tomas Pali?nas adds: “Being in the digital music market for more than fifteen years, CI has accumulated the best knowledge and expertise in the independent music market when it comes to digital music and metadata. We are very happy to work with AFEM and share some of the best and most effective metadata management practices that will help our community and beloved dance music thrive in the digital environment”.
You can download the guide for free here.
READ MORE ABOUT: AFEM | Association For Electronic Music | CI
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‘Karwaan’ - मस्ती ka Pitara 😎 Emotions Ka सफ़र ❤ Aa rahe hai yeh तीनों 🤩
Release date: Fri 3 Aug 2018
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3 lost souls. 2 dead bodies. A journey of a lifetime.
Two friends go on a journey from Bangalore to Kochi—the reserved Avinash and his friend, Shaukat, who has a lighter take on life. When they pick up chirpy teenager Mithila on the way, it becomes a road trip to remember.
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan, Mithila Palkar
Directed by: Akarsh Khurana
Music: Anurag Saikia
Produced by: Ronnie Screwvala, Priti Rathi Gupta
Country / Year: India, 2018
A slice-of-life comedy-drama, directed by Akarsh Khurana and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Priti Rathi Gupta. The movie stars Dulquer Salmaan, who makes his debut in the Hindi film industry with this film, along with Irrfan Khan and Mithila Palkar.
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ISA through an era of dramatic change
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When I first became involved in the ISA (now International Society of Automation), it was already facing a major challenge. It's name was then the Instrumentation Society of America, but not only was it rapidly being pushed into international engagement, but the field of instrumentation was undergoing such dramatic change that computers and software were becoming the pivotal technologies in automation.
The name change hints at some of the internal and programmatic changes that were required of the organization, but it also faced financial challenges. I served for a while on the board of ISA Services, a for-profit subsidiary of ISA, which at the time generated substantial funding (around $20 million annually, as I recall) for the organization through a massive trade show and several print publications that carried advertising.
Needless to say, these activities suffered shocks with the advent of the Internet and related changes in the way people receive information.
ISA, as with virtually all professional societies, has had to reinvent itself through this period, most recently culminating in their new strategic direction. You can read (and hear) more about it on their website, featuring three short videos by their Executive Director, Mary Ramsey:
https://isaautomation.isa.org/isa-mission-statement-strategic-goals/
Even in the early days, with pneumatics and traditional control panels, some built with boiler plate for safety, one of the engineers commenting on instrumentation, mentioned that it was a continually evolving field...
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[CONCERT PREVIEW] All Day I Dream World Tour @ Golden Gate Park SF 6/22
All Day I Dream • Tickets
The brainchild day-into-night event of the legend Lee Burridge makes its way to one of the biggest and most beautiful metropolitan parks in the country. After starting on a Brooklyn rooftop nine years ago, this experience has garnered a cult following of people who want to get away from their day to day for the outdoor party of the year. Having been hosted in Ibiza, Moscow, Dubai, New York, London, Mykonos, Tulum, and more, it’s no secret why they choose these special locations for such a unique vibe. Be sure to get tickets from the link above and listen to Lee Burridge’s Essential Mix that came out a couple months ago.
All Day I Dream//
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[Concert Preview] Treasure Island Music Festival 2018
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The amazing, wonderful, glorious, view-tastic, no-set-overlaptstick festival is back! You’ll have to excuse our excitement. After a two year hiatus, while on the hunt for a new location that could shed a light on the beautiful views of Treasure Island, the easily lovable festival returns. This is also despite hitting unruly waters in 2016 that unfortunately left a bitter taste in many mouths, even though it wasn’t the festivals fault at all. Those who were in attendance will forever remember the unique experience of everyone coming together literally in puddles and rivers, in sorrow over cancelled acts, or rejoicing over surprise DJ sets (Thanks Tycho!).
In 2018, they’re back with a vengeance of a lineup that has everyone over the moon to return to their beloved festival, regardless of the location. While TIMF boasts the most wonderful feature of staggered set times so attendees never have to miss an act, there’s still much else to do by way of exploring or silent disco-ing. That said, we highly recommend you find a good spot for the following acts. Also, remember to bring a jacket or a thick beer coat – it gets windy past sundown.
[Future Beats] Nabi Air – I Already Judged You
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San Francisco has always been a hot bed of creatives working to break through the intimate music scene. One way or another, every creative can (and should) find themselves learning about or embracing other parts of the industry. For Nabi Air, it started by hosting their own event series called Blank Cassette. Stationed in a gallery, it’s immediately evident how important all mediums of art are to these two.
Nabi Air’s infatuation with art extends into their music. In their debut, you’ll find theatrical synths, impactful breaks, and the powerful vocals of Yoonha Jeong coming together with the angst of a production duo wanting to be heard. Though this is just the beginning, there is much promise in their direction, and we look forward to their development in the next few years.
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[RECALL] Polo & Pan / Jean Tonique @ The Independent SF
All Photos: Geoffrey Smith
If you’ve been keeping up with us over the past 8 years, our love for French Touch and disco is no secret. Something in the water in France is enabling producers to churn out the funkiest, danciest tunes the world has to offer. The French flavor got a little bit more interesting over the past couple years as a result of the union between Polocorp and DJ Peter Pan to form: POLO & PAN.
With a genre dubbed “Space Jungle,” you know that I am IN. They use these tribal and elemental sounds mixed with a futuristic and airy touch which comes together in an eclectic way I’ve never heard before. They also dabble in circus music samples that just adds to their weirdness which I can’t get enough of.
The show itself had all the aspects of a perfect 2 person live show. 4 CDJS (2 each), a mixer, 2 keyboards, and 2 mics. They would switch off between mixing, playing the keyboard, and singing. Simple. Effective. Elegant. They couldn’t have had a better crowd either (see video below). The show sold out almost instantly so all the passionate fans were ready to give them love and were properly warmed up thanks to nu-disco behemout Jean Tonique, who I also had been dying to see. You better keep an eye on these guys, because big things are guaranteed in their future. They’ll be back to SF for Treasure Island Music Festival in October!!
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[REVIEW] Desert Hearts Presents City Hearts Block Party
It’s been a long time coming for me to experience a Desert Hearts party for myself. For years, my tribe has been a part of the movement, and the movement has since made its way to the bay. I don’t think they, or anyone for that matter, could have dreamed up a better inaugural entrance to the city of fog. Everything about the Desert Hearts crew and the fans they attract remind me of raving before it broke into. Not trying to come off high-nosing, but it felt very different ten years ago…I felt those feelings on the block party they threw for us, and they have a fan in me because of it! See for yourself below:
[PREVIEW] Desert Hearts Presents City Hearts SF @ The Great Northern 6/10
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One of our favorite crews and vibe setters are ditching their desert dwelling ways for one night, and that night is this Sunday at the Great Northern in San Francisco. Over the years, the Desert Hearts family has blazed a trail of pounding bass lines and beautiful people. As their cult following continues to grow, so do their parties. This Sunday will be no different. In their words:
The music, theme camps, art installations, performers, the food, the people, the LOVE ???? – taking over the FULL BLOCK where the iconic The Great Northern sits (plus the main and upstairs rooms).
This is going to be a party for the books at the Great Northern. The whole place turns into a proper block party, and there’s not a chance we’d miss it. Peep the Desert Hearts crew closing their fest below:
[Concert Preview] Jordan Rakei @ The Fillmore SF
Jordan Rakei, UK’s multi-instrumentalist young gun, is making his way to the Bay Area next week to flood the halls of The Fillmore with his sultry jams. Having accolades which include collaborating with Tom Misch and Disclosure while being a Nina Tune label mate of Bonobo, who he also toured with, you know something special is-a brewin’.
He has all the flavors of UK dance music and garage, but mixes it with R&B, jazz, and soul in a way that has us confidently awaiting his booming success. Rakei reminds me of the potential I saw in Sam Smith, but less poppy, more edgy, and ready to be discovered by the masses.
Take this special opportunity to see him at one of the world’s most storied and magnificent venues next Thursday on March 8th. Be sure to listen to his latest album Wallflower, which I included below. My favorite song is “May.” I get the chills just thinking about it…He’s able to take such a beautiful, uplifting chord progression into a booming, bass-filled chorus that has me closing my eyes and getting lost every time. Seriously can’t wait for this show.
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With encouragement from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer Science and Engineering (CISE), the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) proposed to develop and administer a short-term program that would provide postdoctoral positions for about 60 Ph.D.s – called Computing Innovation Fellows, or CIFellows – for one to two years.
Participants in the CCC Early Career Researcher Symposium Met Potential Collaborators for Future Research
By: Heather M. Wright, Associate Director of CERPIn: October 2018, Vol. 30/No.9 /
CERP evaluated the CCC Early Career Researcher Symposium held in Washington, D.C. during August 2018. Evaluation findings showed that participants of the symposium gained potential collaborators for future work. These findings highlight a key feature of the symposium, which was to encourage networking and discussions among peers and leaders from the field.
2014 Computing Innovation Fellows Workshop: Research, Innovation, Impact
By: CRA StaffIn: June 2014, Vol. 26/No.6 /
The Computing Innovation Fellows (CI Fellows) project, was a program that granted short-term postdoctoral fellowships to help keep recent graduates in the field during the economic downturn. Between 2009 and 2011, 127 PhD graduates in computer science and related fields were awarded CI Fellowships. The program has ended and the former CI Fellows are now in the early years of their formal careers.
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By: Jane Stout, CERP DirectorIn: April 2014, Vol. 26/No.4 /
Applicants who applied to the Computing Innovation (CI) Fellowship Program in 2009, 2010, or 2011 were recruited during the fall of 2013 to complete CERP’s survey of postdoc experiences. We asked a sample of CI Fellows (n = 66) and non-fellows who had other postdoc experiences (i.e., Non-fellow Postdocs; n = 117) to reflect on their career aspirations upon completing their PhD and their career aspirations upon completing their postdoc. Both groups reported the same level of interest in pursuing a tenure track academic career upon PhD completion. Among those who had aspired to a tenure track position at upon completing their PhD, CI Fellows reported greater aspirations for being a tenure track academic after completing their postdoc relative to Non-fellow Postdocs, p < .05. These findings suggest that the CI Fellows postdoc program helped individuals maintain interest in a tenure track academic career.
CI Fellowship provides higher, more livable postdoc salary in academia relative to conventional postdocs
By: Jane Stout, CERP DirectorIn: March 2014, Vol. 26/No.3 /
Applicants who had applied to the Computing Innovation (CI) Fellowship Program in 2009, 2010, or 2011 were recruited during the fall of 2013 to complete CERP’s survey of postdoc experiences. We compared the responses and outcomes of CI Fellows (n = 66) to non-fellows who had other postdoc experiences (i.e., Non-fellow Postdocs; n = 124). CI Fellows reported higher salaries than Non-fellow Postdocs for academic research postdocs, but lower salaries than Non-fellow Postdocs for industry research postdocs, ps < .01. In academic settings, CI Fellows found it easier to live on their postdoc salary and were more satisfied with their pay than Non-fellow Postdocs, ps < .01. In industry settings, there were no group differences in perceived adequacy of pay.
Career Paths Shaped by Computing Innovation Fellowship
By: From the CCC BlogIn: October 2013, Vol. 25/No.9 /
Last month, Google announced the recipients of its Summer 2013 Research Awards, and two former Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) were among the winners: Mohit Tiwari and Katrina Ligget. These awards are made to researchers in computer science which cover tuition for graduate students and provide the opportunity to work with Google scientists and engineers. Tiwari was a 2011 – 2013 CIFellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is now an Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Austin. He discusses his path as a CIFellow and his Google Research Award below.
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By: Xiaojuan Ma, Noah’s Ark Lab - Hong KongIn: August 2013, Vol. 25/No.7 /
During the economic downturn in 2009, Xiaojuan Ma was one of the many new PhDs in computing who considered delaying or abandoning a research career because of insufficient funding. From 2009- 12, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) developed and administered the Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) project, a short-term initiative that addressed this problem by providing funding for 127 postdoctoral positions throughout academia and industry.
CCC Launches New CIFellows Project Website
By: Erwin P. Gianchandani Director, Computing Community ConsortiumIn: September 2012, Vol. 24/No.4 /
In early 2009, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), launched the Computing Innovation Fellows Project, a short-term initiative providing recent Ph.D.s with one- to two-year postdoctoral positions at academic institutions and industrial organizations with fundamental computing research and education programs. Three years later, we have developed a new website: https://cra.org/ccc/cifellows to establish a permanent record for the program.
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By: Cindy BethelIn: September 2011, Vol. 23/No.4 /
Entering the workforce following the support and protection of graduate school can be challenging. These challenges were compounded by a difficult economy with limited prospects for research and academic positions in 2009.
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By: Susan P. WycheIn: May 2011, Vol. 23/No.3 /
During his presentation at the CIFellows Research Meeting & Career Mentoring Workshop in December1, Microsoft’s Peter Lee shared his motivations for creating the program. Beyond giving recent PhDs an opportunity to remain in academia during a time when obtaining an academic job is more difficult than usual, he saw the program as a way to “create a cadre of highly independent computing researchers.”
CIFellows Descend on Washington
By: Erwin P. GianchandaniIn: March 2011, Vol. 23/No.2 /
Nearly 80 Computing Innovation Fellows (http://cifellows.org) descended on Washing-ton, DC, in mid-December for the 2010 CIFellows Project Research Meeting and Career Mentoring Workshop (http://cifellows.org/network/agenda). Funded by the National Science Foundation and run by the Computing Research Association and Computing Community Con-sortium, this meeting provided the 2009 and 2010 CIFellows with opportunities to network with one another and to receive career advice from leading experts in the field.
Cross Flow Among the 2010 Computing Innovation Fellows
By: Erwin P. GianchandaniIn: November 2010, Vol. 22/No.5 /
For a second straight year, this summer the Computing Research Association, with fund-ing from the National Science Foundation, extended offers of one- to two-year postdoctoral fel-lowships to new Ph.D.s, in an attempt to retain recent graduates in computing research and teaching during difficult economic times (see 1,2 for details). A key requirement of the CIFellows Project has been to support intellectual diversity in computing fields at U.S. organizations.
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Freshman Feature: Natalie Ziebell
Gabby Petruzzello
It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s Natalie Ziebell flying through the air doing back handsprings. Freshman Natalie Ziebell has big dreams of college gymnastics, dedicating over twenty hours a week to this grueling sport.
Since she was seven years old, Natalie Ziebell had a passion for gymnastics. After trying dance, tap, and soccer, she realized her true passion lay in gymnastics. Ziebell loves the team atmosphere of the sport and the potential for growth that came with her motivated personality. Eight years later, Ziebell still carries that same fire for the sport and is now a Level 9 gymnast.
Ziebell’s schedule would give many students a headache just thinking about it. Monday through Thursday, she goes right from school to Lake City Twisters in Madison, doing her homework in the car, not getting done with practice until about 7:30. Ziebell even spends her weekends at the gym, from 4-6 on Friday and 8:30-11:00 on Saturdays, with Sunday being her only day of recovery. With her relentless dedication, Ziebell has developed strong friendships with many of the Level 9’s, who encourage her to try new skills.
Those three hours a night are not a piece of cake either. Ziebell spends only ten minutes of warm-up for each event, with 45 minutes of practice on each event with fearless intensity. Ziebell works hard year-round, getting only a month off in total throughout the year with one week for Christmas, three days for Thanksgiving, one day off for Halloween, and one week off for Spring Break. Ziebell spends up to two years perfecting her routine and even choreographs several of her teammate’s floor and beam routines.
Ziebell’s competition season typically runs from December to March, with the rest of the year focusing on mastering and learning new and current skills. March is the state competition, which you must have a 32 all-round to qualify for. In order to move onto regionals, one must get a 34. To put that into perspective, that is 8.5 for every event. Top 7 all-around at Regionals go to Westerns in California, which is the highest competition for Level 9’s.
Ziebell’s dedication to the sport has paid off in her numerous accolades. Two years ago, she won floor at Regionals and was first on beam, floor, and all-around at state. Her greatest accomplishment on floor is the front handspring, front layout, front layout tumbling pass. Her greatest accomplishment on vault is the yurchenko layout. On bars, the overshoot toe shoot (high to low bar, swing around the low bar and straddle to the high bar) is the most difficult skill that Ziebell has learned in her routine. On beam, Ziebell has mastered the back handspring back-tuck combo.
“If I have my mind set on something, I am going to do it no matter what,” said Ziebell.
Ziebell notes the people who have made her successful as her mom and her coach who help her to overcome mental blocks. Ziebell believes her ability to be self-driven has allowed her to grow as a gymnast over the past seven years. With a little support from her parents and coach, Ziebell uses her dedication to push through every obstacle in her path.
Ziebell also finds inspiration in former Olympic Gymnast Nastia Liukin who offers competition tips to all levels of gymnastics. She sponsors the Nastia Liukin Cup for some of the best athletes in the country. Ziebell hopes to participate in this prestigious competition over the next four years.
Ziebell plans to be a college gymnast, potentially at Lindenwood University in Missouri, or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and plans to attend both gymnastics camps this summer to make a favorable impression on the coaches. Ziebell has also attended multiple other gymnastics camps, namely at UW-Whitewater, University of Iowa, and the University of Nebraska. At these camps, the coaches watch you practice and learn new skills, and scouts for nearby colleges also come to observe.
Ziebell’s dedication to her sport and her desire to always improve are inspirational. Her dedication to overcome mental blocks through positivity and acceptance truly shows her inner strength. The future is unclear, but one thing is certain: Ziebell will continue to be a shining athlete at Craig High School, despite any adversity that may come her way.
“I always have something good in each practice and something I can work on,” said Ziebell wisely.
Gabby Petruzzello, Chief Editor, Photographer, and Reporter
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Notoungulata
The evolutionary relationships of most notoungulates are not entirely clear. This is particularly true for notoungulates that diverged prior to the split between typotheres and toxodonts (basal notoungulates) and early members of the Typotheria (basal typotheres). Basal typotheres are generally placed in the families Oldfieldthomasiidae and Archaeopithecidae, but although some phylogenetic analysis have found these to be members of the Typotheria (e.g., Cifelli 1993; Billet 2011), others have not (Vera 2016).
Left: Reconstruction of the skull of Oldfieldthomasia debilitata in lateral view. Right: Left upper P1-M3 (above) and left lower p4-m3 (below) of Oldfieldthomasia debilitata in occlusal view with anterior to left. Both figures are from Simpson (1967).
The geologically oldest typotheres come from the early Eocene of Itaboraí, Brazil and are placed in the family Oldfieldthomasiidae. The species from this site, Colbertia magellanica, is one of the more abundant mammals in the fauna and is known from limb bones in addition to teeth and jaws (Bergqvist and Bastos 2009). It was a medium-sized animal that was probably 1-2′ long (30-50 cm), similar to a Virginia opossum. A closely-related species from northwest Argentina, Colbertia lumbrerense, is known from a mostly complete skull that has provided detailed information about the anatomy of the skull base of these notoungulates (García López 2011). Lorente et al. (2014) described limb bones of an oldfieldthomasiid from western Argentina, Allalmeia atalaensis, and estimated its body mass at about 6.5 lbs. (3 kg).
The family name Oldfieldthomasiidae is based on the genus Oldfieldthomasia, which has been found in middle Eocene (Vacan and Barrancan) strata in Argentina. This unusual name was coined by Florentino Ameghino to honor the English zoologist Oldfield Thomas. Some well-preserved fossils of Oldfieldthomasia have been found, including a skull that Simpson (1936) sliced into 55 four-millimeter-thick pieces in order to describe the anatomy of its cranial cavity. Nowadays, such studies are done virtually using computed tomography (CT scanning). Oldfieldthomasiids are less specialized than later typotheres and characterized by a complete, closed dentition (i.e., they have 22 teeth in their upper and lower jaws with no spaces among them) in which the premolars and molars are low-crowned (brachydont). López and Bond (2003) suggested that some species currently referred to the family Oldfieldthomasiidae should be placed in a separate family. However, that family has not yet been formally named nor defined.
Upper (left) and lower (right) dentition of Acropithecus rigidus (from Simpson 1967). The specimen on the left is a left maxilla in occlusal (upper) and labial (lower) views. The specimen on the right is a left mandible in occlusal (above) and labial (below) views.
The family Archaeopithecidae is only represented by two uncommon genera from the early and middle Eocene (Archaeopithecus and Acropithecus). They were relatively small animals, like many early typotheres, and are characterized by their more conical incisors and canines and certain aspects of their cranial anatomy. Their cheek teeth are almost identical to those of the early interathere Notopithecus. Florentino Ameghino thought that these and other small, early notoungulates were the ancestors of apes and monkeys. For that reason, he named them Archaeopithecus (“ancient ape”), Acropithecus (“topmost ape”), and Notopithecus (“southern ape”).
Classification: Order Notoungulata: Suborder Typotheria
Stratigraphic Range (Oldfieldthomasiidae): early Eocene (Itaboraian) to late Eocene (Mustersan)
Stratigraphic Range (Archaeopithecidae): early Eocene (Riochican) to late Eocene (Mustersan)
Recognized Genera (Oldfieldthomasiidae): Acoelodus, Allalmeia, Brachystephanus, Colbertia, Dolichostylodon, Kibenikhoria, Maxschlosseria, Oldfieldthomasia, Suniodon, Tsamnichoria, Ultrapithecus, Xenostephanus
Recognized Genera (Archaeopithecidae): Acropithecus, Archaeopithecus
References Cited:
Bergqvist, L. P., and A. C. F. Bastos. 2009. A postura locomotora de Colbertia magellanica (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de bacia de São José de Itaboraí (Paleoceno superior), Rio de Janeiro. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12:83-89.
Billet, G. 2011. Phylogeny of the Notoungulata (Mammalia) based on cranial and dental characters. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9:481-497.
Cifelli, R. L. 1993. The phylogeny of the native South American ungulates; pp. 195-216 in F. S. Szalay, M. J. Novacek, and M. C. McKenna (eds.), Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals. Springer-Verlag, New York.
García López, D. A. 2011. Basicranial osteology of Colbertia lumbrerense Bond, 1981 (Mammalia: Notoungulata). Ameghiniana 49:3-12.
Lorente, M., J. N. Gelfo, and G. M. López. 2014. Postcranial anatomy of the early notoungulate Allalmeia atalaensis from the Eocene of Argentina. Alcheringa 38:398-411.
Simpson, G.G. 1936. Structure of a primitive notoungulate cranium. American Museum Novitates 824:1-31.
Simpson, G. G. 1967. The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part II. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 137:1-260.
Vera, B. 2016. Phylogenetic revision of the South American notopithecines (Mammalia: Notoungulata). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:461-480.
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Hegetotheriids (also known as hegetotheres) were small to medium-sized mammals that ranged from the size of a rabbit (probably about 12-16″/30-40 cm ) to a beaver (about 3 feet/1 m long). Some hegetotheres were very rabbit-like in both their skull and skeleton (pachyrukhines; see below), whereas others had proportions more similar to a large rodent such […]
The evolutionary relationships of most notoungulates are not entirely clear. This is particularly true for notoungulates that diverged prior to the split between typotheres and toxodonts (basal notoungulates) and early members of the Typotheria (basal typotheres). Basal typotheres are generally placed in the families Oldfieldthomasiidae and Archaeopithecidae, but although some phylogenetic analysis have found these to be […]
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Notoungulates – literally “southern ungulates.” – may be the most emblematic of all extinct South American mammals. Notoungulates were the most abundant of the native South American ungulates, and probably more species of notoungulates have been named than all other groups of endemic ungulates combined. The group includes more than 150 extinct genera in around a dozen families. Notoungulates lived […]
Basal Notoungulates (Henricosborniidae, Notostylopidae)
The basal notoungulate families Henricosborniidae and Notostylopidae are mainly known from Eocene fossil sites. Henricosborniids have also been identified from at least one Paleocene site (Tiupampa), and notostylopids survived into the early Oligocene based on a recently named species from Chile, Chilestylops davidsoni (Bradham et al. 2015). The cheek teeth of notostylopids are rather distinctive (see Simpson 1948 for […]
Mesotheriidae
Mesotheriids, more commonly known as mesotheres, have been known to science longer than almost any other group of notoungulates. The first mesotheriid, Mesotherium, was named by Serres in 1867. At that time, only the toxodontids Toxodon and Nesodon had been named and described. Mesotherium was named “middle beast” in reference to Serres’ belief that it represented an evolutionary intermediate […]
Interatheriidae
The Interatheriidae (interatheres) are perhaps the most successful group of notoungulates; they are the longest-ranging of all notoungulate families, and nearly two dozen genera have been described (though it is unclear how many of these are valid). Moreover, interatheriids are often very abundant in the faunas in which they are found, suggesting high population densities; […]
Archaeohyracidae
Archaeohyracids (“ancient hyraxes”) are in no way related to true hyraxes (order Hyracoidea), nor do they closely resemble them. They have traditionally been one of the most poorly known groups of notoungulates; they tend to be rare in most faunas, and only a single skull (the holotype of Archaeohyrax patagonicus, at left) had been described until […]
Coming Soon. Classification: Order Notoungulata; Suborder Typotheria Stratigraphic Range: early Oligocene (Tinguirirican) to early Pleistocene (Marplatan) Selected Genera: Hegetotherium, Hemihegetotherium, Paedotherium, Prohegetotherium, Propachyrucos, Pachyrukhos, Tremacyllus Selected References: Cerdeño, E., and M. Bond. 1998. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata) from the late Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate […]
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Isotemnidae
Isotemnids were the common large (relatively speaking) notoungulates of the Eocene, and are last recorded in rocks of early Oligocene age. As originally conceived, they do not constitute a natural (monophyletic) group; rather, they include a collection of early-diverging members of the suborder Toxodontia and perhaps one or more other traditionally-recognized families (see Billet 2011). Given […]
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REVIEW: Beating Ruby by Camilla Monk
JayneB- ReviewsAssassin Hero / computer programmers / Contemporary / first person protagonist / OCD / romantic-suspense / thriller/suspence7 Comments
Life hasn’t been quite the same for computer engineer Island Chaptal since March, an OCD-ridden professional killer, burst into her life to clean her bedroom and take her on a global chase for a legendary diamond. Sadly, the (hit) man doesn’t just break bones; he breaks hearts, too.
Since then, Island has found solace in Alex—the perfect boyfriend—and Ruby, a software project about to revolutionize online banking security…for the worse. When Island’s boss is found dead after allegedly using Ruby to steal a vast fortune, it’s up to her to clear his name and recover the money. Someone else wants answers, though, and this time, Island might be in over her head.
From New York to Zürich, it’s going to take the return of a cleaning expert, a mini-octopus, and Island’s wits to beat Ruby. All while deciding whether to trust a man who already jilted her, or one who may have his own deadly secrets…
Dear Ms Monk,
Well after the bang up start to this series last year with “Spotless,” I’ve been eagerly waiting for the follow up. What would Island be doing after the life altering events she raced through and where would March wash up? There’s a ton of unfinished business between the two of them as well as with Island’s family and the crime syndicate for whom March once worked and for whom he still has obligations.
The fun starts before the book even kicks off. Read the chapter headings and see. Then start in on the book and catch the horribly fantastic spoofy excerpts of lines from “romance books.”
The initial brief synopsis of first book (We spent five days racing from Paris to Tokyo in search of a two-billion-dollar diamond . . . and I got abandoned in a hotel room with my underwear still intact and my heart broken in a zillion pieces.) here reminds me of the highlights of book one while the little nuggets of backstory sprinkled along the way in the early chapters finish catching me back up.
But … but … I guess I expected March to make an earlier appearance. Instead, Island’s job and new boyfriend are explained and we watch her attempt to discover the truth behind both only to learn how they intersect. Yep, it’s a love triangle spoof. Island’s comparison of Alex’s and March’s chest hair patterns is hilarious. Frankly, after the events of “Spotless” I was surprised that she seems as clueless as she does about it all. Did she learn nothing from the events of that book?
While the book might kick off with a “suicide” which is questionable at best, as soon as March arrives on the scene it’s car chases though Times Square in NYC complete with dancing M&Ms cavorting on the sidewalks waving checkered racing flags quickly followed up with death defying cable car antics (like the movie “Night Train to Munich”) ..and a baby octopus.
The middle section of the book seems to focus more on the romance triangle than on the suspense plot. After Island learns what she does about her boyfriend Alex, I wondered how she could even consider continuing a relationship with him. Then Island stops and considers something that is revealed earlier in the story which makes me stop and really think about it as well. It’s actually a rather amazing bombshell once it’s put together with what we know about March both from the first book and from what we see again about him in this one. Oh yeah, he’s fallen hard for her and Island is heartened to realize he hasn’t totally given up even if he still thinks he’s not worthy.
Island starts the book with a bit of agency – when her boss dies and her job goes pear shaped, she doesn’t just sit there and do nothing to try and get the truth. But she also gains more as she goes along. She’s got not one but two alpha males trying to protect her but also use her for various reasons – including pissing contests – yet she’s the one who cooks up a strategy to solve the mystery and begins to see it through. Part of me is happy that she hasn’t reached the point where the violence is ho-hum to her or that she has hardened herself to ignore even an enemy in desperate peril. The cause of that peril had me racing over to research their defense mechanisms and diet. Well … I’ll be damned. Here I thought they were relatively harmless looking aquatic mammals.
The story ends with some justice done, some things accepted and allowed for The Greater Good – or maybe because that was the way to keep Armageddon from starting. There’s a new player along with the other people from Island’s complicated past but finally! the situation with March moves forward even if only an incremental bit. The pace is perhaps a teensy bit less rushed than in “Spotless.” The secondary characters not quite as colorful and the language lessons are German rather then French. What is to come for all these people? Well, only you know but I’m eagerly waiting. B-
~Jayne
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Darlynne
The first book is languishing in my TBR and your review has reminded me to get going on this. Thanks!
Alarm bells ring for me at the “OCD-ridden”. One of my pet peeves/campaigns is to stop people using serious mental health issues in a superficial way (and as anyone who has OCD, or has a loved one diagnosed with OCD, knows, it can be a serious and debilitating condition).
So, is the OCD dealt with as a mental illness in the book, or is it, for example, merely a humorous plot device used to describe the idiosyncrasies of a killer who likes everything clean and tidy? If it’s the latter then I will obviously give the series a miss. If it is more the former then I will definitely want to give the series a go.
I have checked the original review and comments for “Spotless”, but can’t see that this was discussed.
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Great review! Thank you for reminding me that there are plenty of lovely books published every day, and I should really read a lot to be able to read best of them.
@Emma: I can’t remembet if they refer to it as a mental illness but its definitely a problem for them, and at times it causes him distress.
The best part? Book one and two are available on Kindle Unlimited if you’re a subscriber. :) I keep cancelling my subscription and then re-subscribing b/c of books like these.
Camilla Monk
@Emma,
hi this is Camilla Monk. To answer your question on this touchy subject, I chose the middle way, because my entire writing always tends to balance drama with idiocy. Overall, the OCd in Spotless is not portrayed in a fully realistic way, to allow for March to be functional and for the whole thing to work as a thriller rather than a drama. In regards to this, Neil Hilborn’s poem moved me to tears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKZ4pdSU-s), but I clearly did not portray OCD to be as debilitating as Neil shows us it truly is.
At first, March’s OCD comes across as humorous, because Island, and the reader too, have no idea that this more than just a pet peeve to him, and that it is his way to function. So what we have, is like you say “the idiosyncrasies of a killer who likes everything clean and tidy”. I won’t lie, I totally play that card. However, as the book progresses (and in book 2 as well), I try to give glimpses of what it really is, that while his condition has improved over the years and he appears as this functional, albeit obsessive to the point of douchey guy (I know in reality most people never improve and suffer continuously as a result), when something is amiss in March’s perfectly ordered life, he struggles to function.
I tried to show to the reader that the various cleaning habits are in fact a ritual. Toward the end of the book, I make one reference to a really dark event, where his OCD really no longer seems funny at all.
I used the same pattern in Beating Ruby, where we think it’s funny, until March tells us that it’s in fact not, and that he’s worried no one could really bear living with him in the long run .
So, I certainly didn’t do justice to OCD as a condition, as it wasn’t my primary goal, and as you remarked, there are greats books about OCD as mental illness which isolates you and makes every single daily task a challenge.
As I said in introduction, I tried to find a middle way between Felix Hunger and Neil Hilborn. And I realize it’s a tight rope to walk … :)
*Unger, sorry.
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Chapter 0290: Sanctions against Ning Cheng
As to the Mirage Stone, no one dare to even enquire about it, which was still within Ning Cheng’s expectations. Although everybody here wanted the nine-coloured Mirage Stone, but all of them were aware that it was akin to a hot cake. Moreover, they wouldn’t even be able to put a price on it anyway, as an object of this level simply did not have a clear price tag attached to it.
Ning Cheng felt a bit contended as he collected his things before he patted Zhang Qian’s shoulder and spoke, “Junior Apprentice Brother Zhang, I’ll be taking my leave now. See you around in the academy. Good bye.”
Originally, Ning Cheng wanted to let Zhang Qian pass a message to Elder Bei asking for some help, but thinking that Zhang Qiang might not have the qualifications to seek an audience with someone of his level, he simply chose to omit those words.
As Ning Cheng walked out of the Exchange Hall, Ying Kongchan and Xu Yingdei also immediately followed him out just behind him. As to Jiang Jun, who had clung onto the side of Yin Kongchan, he unexpectedly did not chose to continue following them, causing Ning Cheng to feel somewhat strange.
As Ning Cheng came out of the Exchange Hall, he immediately sped up, but although he was fast, Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei, these two people, still closely followed behind him.
Ning Cheng was just about to step out of the Heavenly Dao Public Square, when he finally stopped, as he looked back to the two female cultivators following him and spoke, “The two of you, bright people like you must not speak obscure words, otherwise this nonsense would go on incessantly without much of a justification. It would be better if you came out and spoke what you want before we separate. Yin Kongchan, I will be going into secluded cultivation currently, it would be best if you did not follow me. As for going out to drink coffee, I will ask you out for a drink some other time when I’m free.”
“And Xu Yingdei, I saved you once, while you also allowed me to obtain some advantages from you, with this regard we are even with each other, so whether we meet or not after today is irrelevant. Moreover, every scrap of Spiritual Enhancement True Nectar on me was sold out, as such, there is nothing extra with me to spare for your dowry. As for the Mirage Stone, if you really want it, then you can come to the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect to purchase it, in any case, I will not be able to run off with it. Now, I’m going to ask the two of you to go out and find a good home to marry into if you are only interested in marrying, just please don’t follow me, okay?”
If not for these two women, he would have already used his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Cloud to escape, before using an Escaping Talisman. But now that these two women were following him, as such he had no way to escape from this place without attracting attention.
Yin Kongchan replied in a soft voice, “Now is not the time to be discussing this, you should be looking for a way to deal with the imminent.”
Yin Kongchan’s voice had just fell, when Ning Cheng found himself surrounded by a number of cultivators, moreover as more and more cultivators arrived to surround him, he found that even the space around him was sealed up.
Ning Cheng’s expression finally changed. As he looked into the eyes of Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei, no longer having that easy going look.
Xu Yingdei seemed to know what Ning Cheng was thinking about and spoke, “Even if we did not follow you, you would still not be able to escape far. With Jiang Jun’s personality, if he allowed you to safely exit the Heavenly Dao Public Square, it would truly be a strange thing. However for you to have stopped here, for you, it can be considered as a good thing.”
However, it had to be said that Ning Cheng was also not much worried in his heart. Ding Liang ending up dead against him was completely normal for a challenge. If the Red Star Sword Faction used this fair and square challenge as a kind of reason to persecute him, then it would only serve to prove that the Heavenly Dao Academy was simply too weak.
But for some reason Ning Cheng also couldn’t help but feel that something was wrong, as more and more cultivators gathered around him. It was as if he was being treated as the No. 1 fugitive. When did the Red Star Sword Faction enjoy this kind of appeal?
“You do not have to feel surprised about it; it is because Ding Liang is ranked within the top hundred in the preliminary round of Profound Core Realm Group in the Tian Continent’s Great Meet of the Academies. At this time, if any one of those cultivators ended up dead, all the academies of the Tian Continent would get involved in a meticulous investigation. Otherwise, the Tian Continent’s Great Meet of the Academies would become completely messed up after the preliminary round.”
Yin Kongchan’s words immediately caused Ning Cheng to sober up, if the academies, in order to secure a better ranking, specifically engaged in assassinating the strong cultivators of their opponents, it would indeed turn the tournament into a chaotic mess.
“Ning Cheng, last time you saved more than a hundred True Inheriting and Core Disciples of the Tian Continent. For that, many of the Tian Continent’s Academies are thankful to you. But why did you kill the cultivator participating in the Tian Continent’s Great Meet of the Academies?” When this voice fell, Ning Cheng immediately felt his surroundings to be filled with a powerful imposing aura, to the point that he couldn’t even move.
Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei who were tightly following behind him till this moment were now behaving as if they were mute, unexpectedly not one of them decided to stand up and speak out to help him. At this Ning Cheng couldn’t help but curse at them in his heart, it seems that he can only rely on himself to explain in detail the events that transpired within the Exchange Hall.
“Humph, complete nonsense. In the Heavenly Dao’s Cultivator Exchange Hall, even if a duel were to break out, no one would be as vicious as you. I’m sure that this is a conspiracy concocted by your Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, using ten drops of Spiritual Enhancement True Nectar to anger my Red Star Sword Faction’s Profound Core Cultivator, and then use that opportunity to kill my Red Star Sword Faction’s Profound Core Cultivator who had qualified the preliminaries. Since this place already is presided over by the Heavenly Dao Public Square’s Deacon, as well as fellow friends from the major academies, for someone who uses such despicable and dirty means, what do you all suggest on how to deal with this situation?”
When Ning Cheng saw the cultivator speaking those words, he immediately knew that his old enemy was coming back to haunt him. It was none other than the Red Star Sword Faction’s sickly looking Elder Tang Gongxi who had initially tried to force his secrets out of him, at this time that Tang Gongxi’s face had a murderous look on it. While at his side, Jiang Jun kept staring at him with a sarcastic look on his face.
“Kill him…..”
“Pinch him to death……”
Tang Gongxi, as the Red Star Sword Faction’s Crucible Transformation Elder, was immediately supported by many of the cultivators present there.
“Well, let’s just do this, I won’t kill him, rather I’ll just take out his Golden Core, as a recompense and comfort to the departed soul of my Red Star Sword Faction’s Cultivator Ding Liang. With Ding Liang’s loss, my Red Star Sword Faction’s results in the Great Meet’s Profound Core Group would surely drop by a large margin……” As Tang Guangxi spoke, he had already raised his hand to grab Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng, at this moment, could help but feel a bit anxious in his heart, as at this time, he really was not able to move at all.
“Haha… That Red Star Sword Faction’s Ding Liang was killed, killing him was good, truly good…..” At the place where the Rainbow Fall Sword sect was temporarily stationed, a Crucible Transformation Elder could be seen laughing heartily.
Bei Youfa, who was sitting on the side, gave a sigh, “Alas, although one of the cultivators of the Red Star Sword Faction who passed through the preliminaries was killed, but it would still not bring much of a benefit to our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect. The overall strength of our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s Profound Core Realm Group is truly a bit low.”
That laughing Crucible Transformation Elder disagreed, “Although those words are the painful truth, but if I looked at that prideful look on that Red Star Sword Faction’s Tang Gongxi one more time, it would only make me feel even more uncomfortable. I don’t know who killed this Ding Liang, but I have to say that their courage is truly quite high……”
This Crucible Transformation Elder’s words had not finished, when the communication pearl on Deputy Academy Head Tantei Fei, who was also sitting on one side, immediately lit up. As Tantei Fei’s spiritual consciousness fell onto the communication pearl, his face immediately changed as he stood up immediately.
“What’s the matter? Senior Apprentice Brother Tantei?” Elder Bei on seeing the expression on the Deputy Academy Head knew that something was wrong.
Tantei Fei spoke with a sinking voice, “It seems that a Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s disciple is involved in this matter, I just now heard that Ding Liang was killed by someone from our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect.”
“What? Who was it?” The laughing Crucible Transformation Elder also stood up in shock, since when did our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect have a disciple this powerful?
“I don’t know yet…..” Tantei Fei spoke, but his communication pearl once again lit up, as his spiritual consciousness swept over the communication pearl, he immediately spoke up with urgency, “It seemed that our Inner Sect Disciple Zhang Qiang was being bullied by Ding Liang in the Cultivator Exchange Hall, seeing this, the Inner Sect Disciple Ning Cheng who had just arrived at the Heavenly Dao Public Square immediately moved to show an unyielding stance towards Ding Liang. Finally, it ended up in them battling it out in the Exchange Hall’s Battle Ring, where Ning Cheng killed Ding Liang. Currently Ning Cheng is entrenched by the Heavenly Dao Public Square’s Deacon and the cultivators from the Red Star Sword Faction, and is in heavy danger……”
“Who is this Ning Cheng, to be able to defeat Ding Liang? Since when did we have such a powerful Inner Sect Disciple in our Rainbow Fall Sword Sect? Wait, I remember, was it the one from the last time……”
That laughing Crucible Transformation Cultivator’s words were immediately interrupted by Bei Youfa, “Elder Ying, I and Senior Apprentice Brother Tantei will be leaving immediately to save Ning Cheng, and you should hurry up and inform the Academy Head of this matter. That Red Star Sword Faction’s Tang Gongxi and Ning Cheng have an enmity between them, I’m afraid that he would not be showing the self-respect of an old person in this scenario……”
At the same time, a ‘bang’ sounded out; as a crater was blasted open not far from Ning Cheng.
Even if the Heavenly Dao Public Square had extremely terrifying restrictions covering it, the exploding true essence caused even the space above the restrictions to shake violently. Those with poor cultivations were also affected by the shaking restrictions, and almost caused them to vomit out blood. Even the surrounded space that was sealed up had loosened up because of the impact.
Ning Cheng also gave out a sigh of relief; unexpectedly someone did come forward to help him, which was something that he hadn’t thought of.
“Dao Friend Hu, what is the meaning of this? Not only was my Red Star Sword Faction’s cultivator killed in the Heavenly Dao Public Square, but you also want to help the murderer?” Tang Gongxi’s face was extremely ugly to look at. He found that his cultivation was not as good as the other party, as such he could only ask for accountability from the other party.
The one who had helped Ning Cheng was a middle aged cultivator with a beard, as he nonchalantly clapped his hands and spoke, “This Ning Cheng had saved the life of my disciple Li Lingfan, even if you want to lay his hands on him, you can only do so after these matters are cleared by a thorough investigation? Or is it that you are afraid that this matter is something different than what you are portraying, and would ultimately turn bad for your side?”
Ning Cheng then saw Li Lingfan, who was standing next to the bearded middle-aged cultivator, as he gave a nod in his direction. He immediately realized that it was Li Lingfan who had asked him to intervene. This man was quite slick, but at the same time he realized that he was also a person who knew how to show gratitude. Ning Cheng also cupped his fists towards Li Lingfan who was still quite far from him, as a token of gratitude.
“Hump, Tang Gongxi, I knew you would be shameless enough to bully a junior with your status. Did you think that my Rainbow Fall Sword Sect would tolerate your bullying?” A familiar voice arrived, causing Ning Cheng to feel even more relieved, as he realized that it was Elder Bei who was coming. In any case, as long as Rainbow Fall Sword Sect’s Crucible Transformation Cultivators came out, the sickly looking man would not dare to make a move on him.
Tang Gongxi’s face contorted with extreme rage as he roared out, “Bei Youfa, this is the public square where the Tian Continent’s Great Meet of the Academies is being held, did you think that your Rainbow Fall Sword Sect can hoodwink all the people present here? There is nothing else to say that it was Ning Cheng who took a life. As for why Ning Cheng killed him, I think that the deacon here can investigate it clearly……”
“The investigation is clear.” Tang Gongxi’s words had just finished, when the Crucible Transformation Cultivator who had stopped Ning Cheng initially spoke up.
At this time, there were more and more cultivators gathering around, apart from the ones from the major academies, even some of the rogue cultivators gathered around to watch the lively spectacle. Although many of the cultivators did not understand as to what was going on, but they were still paying attention to the words of the Crucible Transformation Cultivator in order to find the specific reason behind all this.
This Crucible Transformation Cultivator flew over and landed in between them, before he first held up his cupped fists in greeting and then spoke up, “All the Dao Friends present here, the Tian Continent’s Great Meet of the Academy is something that has always been one of the biggest events hosted in the Tian Continent, as such we will absolutely not allow anything or anyone to cause trouble. It can be said that we have the task of protecting every cultivator here, moreover under our eyes no one can make a move to kill the cultivators competing in here without any valid reason. Anyone who would dare to take the initiative to make a move and kill the cultivators participating in the competition would be killed without mercy irrespective of their background.”
A warm applause washed over following those words, as the words spoken by the Crucible Transformation Deacon resonated with the on looking cultivators.
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Kerguelen Fabrication Facility (Languedoc) - Montluc Advanced Engineering - 12-04-2019
Kerguelen Fabrication Facility, Languedoc
Kerguelen Fabrication Facility was deployed on 4th December 742 A.G.S. next to the wreck of Remoulins Station in Languedoc as the primary fabrication facility of Montluc Advanced Engineering. With the use of scrap from the nearby debris field and the raw materials delivered from planet Quillan, the company constructs new ships, equipment, ship parts such as hull plates, et cetera.
Kerguelen serves Montluc Advanced Engineering for a number of purposes aside from fabrication. The station is intended to serve as secondary headquarters in space, as the commercial hub for raw materials, and as a place to sell the product of the company. Proximity to the wreck of the Remoulins Station opens possibilities to expand the station into the modules left in space as debris without significant investments and construction efforts, slowly turning the station into a large space city.
The station is also designed to revitalise the economy of Languedoc that fell into disarray following the collapse of the monarchy and is implemented with the feasibility of large expansion with different modules - from extra living space to fortifications.
RE: Kerguelen Fabrication Facility (Languedoc) - Groshyr - 12-07-2019
Charles Moreau
This is a construction log of Kerguelen Fabrication Facility provided by me, Charles Moreau, the Chief Logistics Officer of Montluc Advanced Engineering. The following information is available for all MAE employees and other authorized personnel and remains the intellectual property of Montluc Advanced Engineering.
The first stage of a station's construction has started on 4th December, 742 A.G.S. We have informed GMS and local provisional government about our project and have no aversion to the idea itself from their side.
MAE Logistics Division has been ordered and they have prepared all resources for a structure's core and so we started: pre-hired crew was ready to proceed to work right after deploy of the very skeleton. Our "Taureau"-class transports have no enough cargo capacity to supply our station effectively but we handled it and with the number of recourses our men have brought station repairs should not take a while.
At the late evening by New Paris time on 4th December of 742 A.G.S., Kerguelen Fabrication Facility was deployed next to Remoulins Station wrecks in Languedoc and after a few hours, hidden debris was found stuck in the hull. It blocked docking bay number 2 and reduced the docking capacity of our installation. Our repairs team have met a truly challenging mission and spent about 10 hours to remove this debris or find another solution to this problem. The team decided to remove the portion of the remains and use it as an alloy to repair with for the station after.
I shall oversee this project personally: this station is an important matter and a proof that Montluc Advanced Engineering is ready to enter the Gallic-wide market with more fabrication capacities than we had at the very beginning of ours path.
First of all, we were going to increase the hull structure to by a possible 10% and only then start to construct a shield generator module at the very heart of the station. Unfortunately, we have to change our plans and start the construction of the generator immediately. The good news is that there is no need to have a license to obtain the required resources thus we will have no problems with this part but, as already mentioned, our Logistics Fleet cargo capacity is not enough to complete the construction in such a limited time.
Regardless, we have started construction and our "Taureau" transports are on course from Tau-23 with loads of niobium ore to Abbeville Production Facility in Picardy and industrial hardware from Romorantin Space Port in Orleans, all required for the project. Meanwhile, another transport with a light escort was deployed to Rheinland with a load of molybdenum ore to planet New Berlin and have to get fusion diodes at the route back to Gallia. What's good for us is also good for Gallia et al, oui?
Charles Moreau,
Chief Logistics Officer, Montluc Advanced Engineering
A few days later after the station has been deployed, we have set a shield generator and fueled with Promethene. Kerguelen facility is under protection now: the passive mode of shield generator provides the station with a kinetic defence which protects it from small nor big debris of the field. The passive mode requires a minimum fuel. Meanwhile, an active defence mode, it provides the station with improved protection from any kind of weapon for six hours as a minimum.
Our next step after the shield generator is a cargo module. Remoulins wreck has a few well-saved cargo bulks which our logistics division are going to unmount from a wreck, repair and set with our station. This should not take a while and soon our cargo capacity will be increased before we start to improve our station's hull.
As you can see - the construction is going as planned. The station is slowly repairing and prepares for further development. Its hull is ready for 20% and this is only in a week of work. But I am afraid we will not finish it before 743 A.G.S. - even with alloys from debris field we still have no enough working hands. Fortunately, we have no reason to rush, is not it?
Kerguelen facility cargo capacitive has been increased: one cargo module was set.
14th December 742 A.G.S. at 09:42 AM MAE engineers began the unmount of cargo module from Remoulins station's wreck. One "Rock Barger" platform has been equipped with equipment for unmounting labour has removed welding between module and wreck itself. Fortunately, the cargo module has suffered minimal damage when there was an explosion and can be used with minimal repairs from our side.
Next few hours our men spent in preparing our station and module itself for merging: removing part of hull panels around mount fixture, etc.
The cargo module itself has been set at 01:15 PM of 14th December and currently is fully operational. We use 1/3 of its cargo capacity for our water tanks extension to be less dependent from regular supplies from the planet Quillian.
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REVIEW – Pink Torpedoes @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes – Saturday 28th December 2019
Andy Fawthrop
Only a week after John Coughlan’s Quo’s rousing set, it was back up to Long Street Blues Club for another great gig. If you needed the Christmas blues blowing away, this was the gig to do it.
Support act for the night was Jamie R Hawkins, aided and abetted by his sometime collaborator Phil Cooper. I suppose you could say that this was two thirds of the newly-formed Lost Trades, but we’ll have to wait until later to hear their new songs. This set was Jamie and Phil classics from their back catalogues, taking it in turn to take centre stage with mic and guitar, then to drop back onto cajon to provide backing beats and vocals. Of the two, Jamie’s presence and performance is the stronger, and his songs stand up much better. And it was great to hear Jamie belting out his rather non-PC “Hope You Have A Bloody Good Christmas”, with enthusiastic audience participation, to finish up with.
Then an amazing, raucous almost two-hour set from the The Pink Torpedoes. Fronted by ex Dr Feelgood Pete Gage, backed up by former Hoax drummer Dave Raeburn, with guitarist Paul Hartshorn and bassist Pete Lowrey, this four-piece really delivered the goods in this one-off gig.
Keeping the chat to an absolute minimum, the boys launched straight in and played their way through an enormous song-book of rock, blues, R&B, boogie-woogie – you name it. Sounding as tight and professional as if they were gigging every night of the week, the set was full of excitement, raw power and incendiary licks. Pete, on vocals, harmonica and keyboards was the dominating presence up front, but the rest of the band absolutely played their parts.
At times there was a definite “feel-good” factor in the room, and the dance-floor filled up number by number. There was no tin, but if there had been a tin it would have said “open with care – raw, undiluted and powerful”. And the band did exactly what that tin would have said. Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Pride and Joy”, Muddy Waters’ “Hoochie-Coochie Man”, Little Richard’s “Lucille”, Bob Troup’s “Route 66” and Albert King’s/ The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues” all came tumbling out, one after the other. This was R&B at its very best.
And it was clear that the band thoroughly enjoyed their outing playing together again – the smiles and the laughs, and the audience rapport were great to see.
Another amazingly good gig, another bargain night’s entertainment at Long Street Blues.
Future 2020 gigs at Long Street Blues Club:
• Saturday 25th January Kirk Fletcher (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• Sunday 26th January Billy Bremner’s Rockpiles
• Saturday 7th March Ian Parker Band
• Saturday 4th April Mike Zito Band
• Saturday 18th April Mark Flanagan Band
• Saturday 30th May Antonio Forcione Quartet
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REVIEW – John Coughlan’s Quo @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes – Saturday 21st December 2019
Deeper And Down
By Andy Fawthrop
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This one was billed as Long Street Blues Club’s Christmas Bash, and it turned into a rare old party.
Support act for the night was the irrepressible George Wilding. As usual, he was witty and engaging, a bit sweary, but always charming and completely entertaining, finishing his set with the inevitable singalong crowd-pleaser of “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”.
Then two sharp sets from Status Quo’s original drummer’s John Coughlan’s Quo. This four-piece featured the set-up of John on drums, Rick Chase on vocals/ bass, Mick Hughes on vocals/ guitar and Pete Mace on guitar/ vocals. John was a member of Quo from 1962 until 1981, and the set-list mostly featured material from that early “classic” period.
They’re not a “tribute” band in the normal sense of the word, more interested in keeping alive the spirit of the classic early line-up. But they certainly looked the part – long hair, head-bands, Marshall stacks, and satisfyingly loud, complete with demon drumming and catchy guitar breaks. They kicked off with “Something About You Baby I Like”, and the dance-floor was immediately full. Thereafter we were taken through the early back catalogue from 1972’s “Piledriver”, 1975’s “On The Level” and 1976’s “Blue For You”, including the song they first appeared on BBC’s Top Of The Pops with – “Pictures Of Matchstick Men” – a period when the band were still toying with psychedelia, before settling into their now more familiar rock groove.
The sound is not complicated, nor sophisticated, but simple and effective and emotive. It does exactly what it says on the tin – good, down-to-earth rocking – and you can’t help dancing and singing along. We had all the early hits – “Paper Plane”, “Caroline”, “Roll Over, Lay Down”, “Without The Rain”, and a rollicking version of The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues”.
It was going well, and the crowd were having a party. Then John decided to come out from behind the drums to talk to the crowd and to reminisce. Personally I think this was a bit of a mistake, because the band lost impetus quite late in the set. Whilst it was interesting and amusing, it might have fitted better much earlier in the set.
Fortunately the band quickly got back into gear again to finish with John Fogerty’s “Rockin’ All Over The World”, followed by a well-deserved encore of “Down, Down”, nicely seguing into “Johnny Be Goode”. The dance-floor was full and the crowd were happy.
Another memorable gig.
Future gigs at Long Street Blues Club:
• Saturday 28th December Pink Torpedoes
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REVIEW – Big Dez Blues Band @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes – Saturday 2nd November 2019
Nearly Got My Mojo Working
Your intrepid reporter had been on the sick/ injured list for most of the past week, and only received his clearance to enter the field of play at the 11th hour after a very late fitness check. Having felt ill, and having suffered the misery of watching England fail to win the RU World Cup, I was feeling pretty low. So what sort of music did I need to fit my mood? Of course there was only one place to head for, and that was Long Street Blues Club.
Not as large an audience as some gigs, but still a very respectable showing. Playing support were acoustic blues guitar duo Mojo Hand, who entertained with a whole string of classic blues covers, including Crossroads, Smokestack Lightnin’, Let’s Work Together, Little Red Rooster, Walkin’ Blues and the eponymous Got My Mojo Working. This was all classic blues stuff from across the spectrum from Chicago right down to the Delta, played straight-up, undiluted and with little fuss and not much chat. Good set from a great pair of musicians.
The main act were Paris-based Big Dez Blues Band, an extremely tight, competent blues outfit. Of course it was a big notch up on the volume front from the support act, but all the better for that. A great four-piece of drums, bass and twin guitars, this was full-fat, leaded R&B. Both vocals and lead-guitar parts were shared, adding more depth and dimension to the set, which consisted of both originals and covers, again delivered with minimal inter-song chat. The accent was on letting the music do all the talking, and it spoke well. The sound was clean and uncluttered, and the audience certainly warmed to it. The joint was certainly jumping.
Unfortunately, lack of match fitness (and alcohol) on my part led to major fatigue and I didn’t quite make it to the end of the gig, and I had to retire from the field of play. However I certainly felt I’d had my money’s-worth, and wandered off happily to my bed.
Upcoming gigs at Long Street Blues Club are:
• Friday 8th Nov Ian Siegal Unplugged
• Saturday 30th Nov Gerry Jablonski Band
• Saturday 21st December John Coughlan’s Quo (support from George Wilding)
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REVIEW – Jon Amor @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes
Triumphant Home-Town Gig
I think it’s fair to say that both Jon, and a lot of the audience last night, had been looking forward to this gig for quite a long while. No surprise then that a packed room was there to witness one of the gigs of the year.
Support act was Thomas Smurthwaite, an artist I’d not seen before. But it didn’t take the guy long to impress me and the rest of the room. An imposing, grizzled and bearded figure, he seemed slightly dwarfed by all the equipment set up on stage around him. But sound-wise he punched well above his weight with voice, guitar, harmonica and stomp-box. His set was confident, laid-back and bluesy. In a short 30-minute set he won the crowd over, finishing with a great singalong version of Janis Joplin’s “Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz?”
Then on with the main act, and the reason we were all there. Jon, stick-thin and suavely suited & booted, was there to tour his latest album “Colour In The Sky”, and he was joined on stage by an impressive band of old friends and great musicians – Jonny Henderson on keyboards, Mark Barrett on drums, with Little Geneva’s Dave Doherty on guitar, and brother Chris Doherty on bass.
From the first number, “Faith Reborn” we were in for a treat. Thereafter Jon picked his way through several numbers from the new album, carefully interspersed with many favourites from his back catalogue of albums and bands. The rhythm section, as you might have expected, was solid and strong, laying down a great platform for Jon to let rip with some great solos. The keyboards added that bit of extra depth and texture to the songs. And they were proper songs too, not just excuses for long rambling improvisations, with clear beginnings and endings, Jon’s vocals stringing it all together. This gave the band plenty of opportunity to show off different styles, moving from rocky to bluesy and back again.
Jon was on great form, clearly relaxed, laughing and joking with the crowd between numbers. There was no doubt that this was a home-town gig, and there was plenty of love in the room. And deservedly so. Jon is a world-class artist, and deserves it for the crowd to let him know it.
Highlight of the night for me was “Juggernaut”. This was the first time I’d heard it played in full-band format, and it was worth waiting for – heavy, driving, and really solid – a real classic.
Absolutely great gig, wonderful night out.
If you haven’t yet bought Jon Amor’s album “Colour In The Sky”, you need to get a copy!
And if you haven’t yet made it to Long Street Blues Club (at The Conservative Club), it’s time you made the effort – world-class blues & rock entertainment in a great atmosphere at an absolute bargain price. Tickets for future gigs from Devizes Books, Sound Knowledge (Marlborough) and from the club itself.
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Author Darren WorrowPosted on October 13, 2019 Tags blues, Colour in the sky, devizes, jon amor, live music, Long Street Blues Club, music, music live, Thomas Smurthwaite, wiltshireLeave a comment on REVIEW – Jon Amor @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes
The Malone-Sibun Band and Joe Hicks at the Long Street Blues Club
A cracking night for our blues club last night, which I managed to finally appear at!
After publishing a run of awesome reviews from our man Andy, and with a flimsy hunch he wasn’t going to make it Saturday night (though he did,) I figured it high time and a good opportunity to break my Long Street Blues Club cherry; can’t let him have all the fun.
If I only popped my head around the door towards the end on a previous occasion, it was plentiful to note in our preview of their new season that, “there’s a lack of background noise at Long Street, the audience don’t chitter-chatter through the act like the backroom of a pub, it’s a fully entrancing appreciation society.” In fact, upon entry I was thanking Ian Hopkins the organiser, only to be shushed by a member. Who shushes at a gig? At least one in a hall chockful of blues aficionados captivated by the music, that’s who!
After pondering out loud, feasibly too loudly for this attendee, if this blues club needs a review at all, being it’s marked with exceptionally high-regard on our music scene and the hall of the Cons Club is bustling, I took heed of Ian’s reply, “any publicity is good publicity,” and tiptoed to the bar as if in a Christian Science Reading Room.
With family ties to Devizes, we’ve mentioned the support act on Devizine in the past, and it was good to finally meet him, even better to hear him perform live. Newbury-based answer to David Gray, Joe Hicks is wonderful, simple as. At ease with his surroundings he chats enough only to tune and give a modest synopsis of the following song, or to praise Livewired, for his last gig at the Electric Bear in Bath. He delivers his original songs with appetite but no strain, and aptitude which he makes look like child’s play. Among others, we were treated to his new single, Swim and another spellbinding comfort song called Rest Your Head. Mildly dreamy rather than sombre, his chants sublime, making a perfect cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere so apt for a finale.
Now for the main act, you know how levels of cool range? I mean, there’s that mate in the pub with the amusing party-trick, he’s pretty cool, right, but compared to someone like Hendrix, he’s a total nerd. Smoothly Detroit’s Marcus Malone frontstages, oozing cool from his gaze to his fingertips like the lovechild of aforementioned Hendrix and Lenny Kravitz. His talent replicates his persona, and combined with a tight band, and Devizes-own electric blues guitar-legend, Innes Sibun, this is loud, proud and quite simply, mesmerising.
I realise now, witnessing the brilliant Beaux Gris & The Apocalypse, and Mr Amor, I was only a fraction engulfed into my epiphany of contemporary blues, the Malone Sibun Band completes it. Innes may appear more like that air-guitar playing headbanger at school who was asking for bullies to pick on him, drawing metal band logos on his army surplus bag in biro and all, but this guy wows and visually loves that he’s wowing, probably sighting a said school tormenter in the crowd, rocking out! The quality of this duo, this collective, is second-to-none, and their music takes no prisoners.
It was rock, harking back to times of yore, when the blues influence was prevalent, yet more refined than psychedelic sixties, edging more towards traditional Delta or jump-blues than even Cream and Hendrix did. In contrast it was gritty, persistent and never waived from its ethos. Whether leisurelier tempo or all-out detonation, it was not experimental, rather a tried and tested formula. It neither clichéd or borrowed from previous works, it never waited for you to compare it, it was entirely unique, and it was full on in your face. There was no sing-a-long section, popular covers, there was no idle chatter; they came, they saw, they blasted their labour and treasured every minute of it.
I was left entranced, my jaw hanging low and my mind whisked away, as said noise restrictions of the club crumbled, and its preconceived barriers collapsed, there was no associating the Long Street Blues Club to a library any longer. In all, this club may attract an older majority, but if you’re thinking fuddy-duddies you’d better think again! Next up, Jon Amor, his full band, on the 12th October, but you’d have known that if your read our preview! Yep, in it I did speculate The Long Street Blues is “simply addictive. Hook line and sinker,” I feared, “they’d have me in the palm of their hands.” It’s confirmed now.
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Author Darren WorrowPosted on September 22, 2019 Tags blues, devizes, Joe Hicks, live music, Long Street Blues Club, Malone Sibun Band, music, wiltshireLeave a comment on The Malone-Sibun Band and Joe Hicks at the Long Street Blues Club
The Twelfth Season of Long Street Blues Club
With the dependability our gallant roving reporter, Andy will attend The Long Street Blues Club and send us a review to make me jealous, I ponder if I’ll ever make have to make it down there. Thing is, the Club which is about to launch into its incredible twelfth season at the Devizes Conservative Club this Saturday, is simply addictive. Hook line and sinker, they’d have me in the palm of their hands.
Yet there’s good reason to succumb, I did pop my head around the door once, to find a hall chockful of blues aficionados captivated by the act. This is nothing rare, there’s a lack of background noise at Long Street, the audience don’t chitter-chatter through the act like the backroom of a pub, it’s a fully entrancing appreciation society.
Enough said to state, these guys know their blues, claiming for their opening night on Saturday 21st September with the merger of two forces of nature Marcus Malone and Innes Sibun, “we’ve been inundated with requests to get them back.” Coveted by Motown records, Detroit-born Marcus worked on demos with some of the biggest names in the business, before being moved to LA by Ike Turner’s management team and signing with United Artists Records.
He opened for Bob Seger and Iggy Pop, now adding BB King at the Albert Hall to his impressive résumé. Marcus has written, produced and recorded seven albums on the Redline Music Label since relocating to the UK, the magnum opus being “A Better Man.” In all, it was hearing BB King which inspired the twelve-year-old Innes Sibun to pick a guitar. Legendary producer Mike Vernon produced his first band, Blues Explosion’s debut album. By 1993 he joined Robert Plant’s band for his “Fate of nations” tour, spurring a prolific musical career.
Joe Hicks
I’m glad to hear incredible Newbury singer-songwriter, Joe Hicks will be supporting, blending his pop, blues and folk influences which Linda Serck at BBC Introducing critiques as “absolutely smashing it!”
If I needed to bio these musicians, you’ve not been indoctrinated into the contemporary blues scene, something Mr Hopkins and his crew will be able to help you with. But the name of the second night at Long Street needs no introduction. You can source blues on an international market, as they do, but Saturday 12th October is owned by the man who put Devizes on that map, Jon Amor.
Jon, image by Nick Padmore
He brings the group; Mark Barrett of the Hoax, the Doherty Brothers, who’ve been enjoying a successful run as the band I can’t get enough of, Little Geneva, and keyboard genius Johnny Henderson. The Jon Amor Band, out to promote the critically-acclaimed album Colour in the Sky, will be a homecoming gig after his national tour, and you can rest assured they’ll be on top form.
Like Jumping Jack Flash, the blues club steps on the gas with a duo of gigs within a week. Saturday 2nd November Larry Miller band’s bassist Derek White joins the Cinelli Brothers, a project born form of a common passion for the electric Chicago and Texas blues from the sixties. It comprises of brothers Marco and Alessandro, Music Republic Magazine nominated Marco Cinelli as Best Guitar Player of 2018.
The following Friday, 8th November the club presents a solo, unplugged show from Ian Siegal, who Mojo credited as “one of the most gifted singers & writers in contemporary blues,” and Long Street claim it’s “simply a must.” The date unfortunately squashes a huge blues-related clash in our bustling town, with Chippenham’s Triple JD Rock Band playing the Southgate, The London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra at The Wharf Theatre, and the highly-anticipated arrival of Georgie Fame as a special Devizes Arts Festival evening at The Corn Exchange. While it’s clear, Devizes has an appetite for the blues, and the choice we have of live music is astounding for a town our size, this is one overloading Friday night. I only hope the best for all these great bookings, and that we have the capacity to fill them.
But business as usual for the Long Street Blues Club, it has a truly dedicated following, and this season’s line-up of shows confirm it’s standing as a benchmark for our county’s blues scene.
Author Darren WorrowPosted on September 18, 2019 September 18, 2019 Tags blues, devizes, live music, Long Street Blues Club, wiltshire1 Comment on The Twelfth Season of Long Street Blues Club
REVIEW –Watermelon Slim – 28th June 2019 @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes
A Fruitful Night
Final gig of the current season at Long Street Blues Club, and we went out with a bang with two great acts.
First up was local bluesman Andrew Bazeley. Having made this style of music his life-long hobby, I’d go so far as to say that what this guy doesn’t know about Delta Blues just ain’t worth knowing. He lives and breathes this stuff, and this is reflected in his playing – soulful, bluesy, stripped-back, atmospheric. His introductions and between-song patter are a delight for anyone who wants to know something about the songs they’re listening to – informative without being preachy. He told me before the gig that he was nervous, but it didn’t show one little bit. And afterwards said that it was probably the biggest audience he’d ever played to. No worries – the boy done good.
Then the main act. Two sets of howling, rasping blues from the trio fronted by Watermelon Slim. We started off, very unusually, with the main man introducing his band – before a note had even been played! But after that it was down to business. Slim himself alternated between playing his guitar lap-style on a table and his trusty harmonica, but always ably supported by solid drums and bass. The vocals were howling and husky-voiced, the playing effortless. The banter was self-mocking (“almost 50 years now”), drawling and laconic, betraying the man’s Deep South origins. Frequently Slim came off stage and into the front of the crowd to let his howling harmonica do the talking. And he talked a lot, and with laid-back humour. At times the performance felt a little hammy and hackneyed, pushing all the usual I’m-a-great-bluesman buttons but – hey – he IS a great bluesman, so who’s complaining? The audience certainly weren’t, lapping up both the chat and the music.
The start of the second set was my highlight – leaving his buddies backstage for a while, his opening number featured just acapella voice and that screaming harmonica – absolutely sublime.
It was a great finish to the current season, and I’m already looking forward to the next one. Ian Hopkins was very happy to discuss his forward booking plans and mentioned a few names, but I won’t steal his thunder until the new season is announced in full later in the year.
Great club, great venue, great artists and superb entertainment. A real advert for live music in our town.
Author Darren WorrowPosted on June 29, 2019 Tags blues, devizes, devizes blues, live music, Long Street Blues Club, music, wiltshireLeave a comment on REVIEW –Watermelon Slim – 28th June 2019 @ Long Street Blues Club, Devizes
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Property Industry Alliance Property Data Report 2015
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1 Property Industry Alliance Property Data Report 2015
2 PIA Property Data Report 2015
3 Introduction This document sets out key facts about commercial property, a sector that makes up a major part of the UK economy in its own right. Commercial property is the physical platform for virtually all the UK s other major industries and enterprises, as well as providing places in which people can work, shop and enjoy leisure activities. Similar in size to banking and larger than the telecommunications and transport sectors combined, commercial property is also an important component of how the nation s savings pensions, insurance and other formats as well as overseas capital, are productively invested in the UK economy. This latest Property Data Report has been fully updated and includes information on the size of the private rented residential sector. Drawing on the detailed analysis presented in the IPF Research Programme s regular reportage on The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market, the report also presents a long time series of the value of the UK commercial property market and other comparative data. The Property Data Report 2015 has been produced on behalf of: The Association of Real Estate Funds; The British Council for Offices; The British Council of Shopping Centres; The British Property Federation; The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Europe; The Investment Association; The Investment Property Forum; The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; The Urban Land Institute. All nine bodies are members of the Property Industry Alliance, which seeks to achieve a more co-ordinated and effective approach from leading property bodies on policy, research and best practice issues. PIA Property Data Report
4 1 Commercial property: size by comparison to other assets The definition of commercial property includes retail, office and industrial (warehouses and most forms of factory), plus other commercial types of real estate typically used for business purposes such as leisure (cinemas, fitness clubs and gyms, leisure parks, etc.), hotels, petrol stations and other miscellaneous types. The worth of the UK s stock of commercial property rose to 787 billion in The 15% increase over the year largely reflected a rise in property prices, driven by the willingness of investors to pay more for a given rent as the UK economy recovered and confidence returned. The stock of commercial property represents 10% of national net wealth. Privately rented residential property accounts for a further 12% of the UK s net wealth. 2,500 2,000 1,500 2,307 2,219 bn 1,000 1,525 1, * 0 London stock exchange UK government bonds Privately rented residential property Commercial property Plant, machinery, vehicles etc. End 2013 End 2014 * End-2014 = estimated Commercial property s value is comparable to the country s stock of machinery, equipment and vehicles and is the equivalent of 35% of the value of the UK s stock market and 44% of government bonds. 4 PIA Property Data Report 2015
5 2 Commercial property: size in the built environment Commercial property accounts for 13% of the value of all buildings in the UK. Other non-domestic buildings mainly healthcare and educational facilities constitute a fraction of the value of commercial property. The UK s commercial property floorspace in total measures 7.35 billion square feet. 146bn 4,997bn 787bn 960bn 929bn 4,068bn Infrastructure Commercial property Other non-domestic buildings All residential Residential: private rented Residential: owner-occupied and social housing Residential property dominates the built environment, being over six times greater in value than commercial property. Within the residential sector, the private rented sector (PRS) accounts for 929 billion. While the PRS is dominated by smaller private landlords, many institutional and large corporate investors are showing increasing interest in it as a sub-sector of commercial property. PIA Property Data Report
6 3 Commercial property in detail Retail (comprising shopping centres and out-of-town retail warehouses and parks, as well as food and department stores and high street shops) is the largest sub-sector, accounting for 43% of the total value of commercial property in In the office sector, London dominates, with the capital s offices representing 64% of the sector s total value but only a quarter of its floorspace. Hotels form the largest part of the fast-growing other commercial property sub-sector. distribution of all (owner-occupied and invested) commercial property 2014 % of bn total RETAIL Shopping centres 66 8 Retail warehouses 52 7 Other retail (incl foodstores) OFFICES London South Eastern 28 4 Rest UK 57 7 INDUSTRIAL London and South Eastern 58 7 Rest UK OTHER COMMERCIAL 65 8 Hotels 29 4 Leisure 16 2 Miscellaneous other commercial 20 3 TOTAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY of which London Note: Figures do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding Overall, London accounts for 36% of the total value of UK commercial property, compared to its 23% share of GDP. London s share of commercial property has grown from 26% in 2004, mainly because its property values have risen by almost three-quarters, whereas values in the rest of the country are broadly unchanged, despite the rising market in the period leading up to the financial crisis of the late 2000s. 6 PIA Property Data Report 2015
7 4 Commercial property: value trend Since 2000, the value of the UK s commercial property stock has grown at an annualised rate of 3.2%, slightly ahead of inflation. All other parts of the built environment have grown at a faster rate than commercial property. In particular, the value of the stock of residential property has grown much more quickly, at 6.2% per annum, reflecting greater increases in both values and the stock of housing. Notably, the number of flats and houses in the UK has grown annually at more than twice the rate of commercial floorspace. 250 Nominal value, index 2000 = Commercial buildings Residential buildings Plant machinery Other non-domestic buildings Inflation (RPI) The value of machinery, equipment and vehicles in the UK has, over the cycle, grown at a similar rate to commercial property. PIA Property Data Report
8 5 Renting versus owning Over half of the UK s commercial property is rented by occupiers, in contrast to residential property, where almost two-thirds is owner-occupied. With many businesses increasingly reluctant to commit capital and management time to the owner-occupation of their property and with investors having a healthy appetite for commercial buildings, renting grew significantly during the last decade. The proportion of commercial property that is rented has stabilised since the late 2000s downturn in the economy Proportion of total (%) Rented (2004) Rented (2014) Commercial (by capital value) Residential (by number of dwellings) The renting of homes declined in the period leading up to the early 2000s but since then it has been growing, reflecting in particular a doubling in the proportion of those who are renting privately. Privately rented housing now accounts for 19% of the value of the UK s housing stock, according to the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update. Commercial property investors are increasingly interested in residential property as an investable asset. 8 Property Data Report 2015
9 6 Commercial property: leases The average length of a new lease has fallen substantially over the last 15 years, most so during the first half of the 2000s. Before accounting for tenant break options (which were included in the 2014 report), the average length is now 6.8 years, compared to 9.6 years in This change is most pronounced in the retail sector, and reflects the preference among many, especially smaller, occupiers for greater flexibility in their property arrangements. Other tenants, particularly bigger businesses and those in better quality buildings, continue to prefer longer leases because of the security of tenure and high fit-out costs. This in turn is encouraged by investors seeking income security and inflation protection over the long run. average new lease length* Years All property *including short leases but excluding the effect of break clauses (Note: previous reports took account of breaks) 27.5% of leases signed in 2014 incorporated break clauses; including these breaks reduces the average lease length by about a further two years. Break clauses tend to be most common in properties with leases of 6-15 years length but are less likely in those with longer lease lengths emphasising the continuing importance some tenants place on security of tenure. Property Data Report
10 7 Commercial property as a business cost Rents account for a relatively low proportion of business costs. Office rents, at 15 billion, are low (7%) relative to staffing costs. The rental costs to retailers, of 18 billion, are a third of the level of staff costs. They represent a small fraction (about 5%) of retailer turnover. 250 Total costs, bn Offices 7 18 Retail 54 Business rates Rent Employment costs Business rates on average add some 40% to the cost of renting retail and office property, although the burden across occupiers has become uneven in recent years. Business rates have become a more significant property cost in recent years, as described in Section PIA Property Data Report 2015
11 8 Commercial property as a business cost: inflation Rental values, on the whole, have increased at a much slower rate than other business costs over the last 10 years, well below the rate of retail price inflation. There is a contrast, however, between the retail sector, where rents have barely changed over the last 10 years, and offices where (because of the buoyant London market) rents have grown relatively quickly, albeit still below inflation. 10 year average change per annum (%) Office sector Retail sector 3.1 Business rates Rental values Earnings RPI Business rates have increased at a faster rate than rents and, on average, in line with inflation. In the retail sector, the divergence with sluggish rental growth is substantial; business rates have also grown by far more than the rise in sales turnover recorded in retail property. PIA Property Data Report
12 9 Investor ownership of commercial property 449 billion (i.e. 57% of the total) of commercial property in the UK is owned by investors rather than occupiers. UK institutions (insurance companies and pension funds) were traditionally the biggest investors in UK commercial property but now account for less than one-fifth of the total, down from almost one-third in Overseas investors now own a quarter of UK commercial properties held as investments (but still well below the 50%+ level of overseas ownership in the UK equity market). Their commercial property holdings have grown rapidly over the last decade. These estimates exclude residential and student accommodation. Large (commercial/institutional) investors own about 24 billion of such property. However, more than 900 billion is in the hands of small private property companies and private landlords. ownership of commercial property by investor type bn 2014 % change total % of Overseas investors UK institutional (Insurance companies & pension funds) UK collective investment schemes UK REITS & listed prop companies UK unlisted prop companies UK traditional estates / charities UK other UK private investors TOTAL VALUE OF BUILDINGS IN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS Note: Figures do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding In aggregate, UK and overseas collective investment schemes now own over a quarter of the amount invested in UK commercial buildings and, collectively, represent the largest owner type, according to recent research for the IPF. 12 PIA Property Data Report 2015
13 10 UK institutional investor exposure to commercial property Property, in one form or another, accounts for around 6% of the 3 trillion in total invested by UK institutions (insurance companies and pension funds). Property s share grew in 2014, mainly because values increased more rapidly than in other asset classes. Until the 1990s, these institutions tended to obtain their exposure to commercial property almost entirely through direct ownership of buildings. Today, although direct ownership (in accounting for almost 3% of their total investments) remains dominant, investors deploy a wider range of approaches. Investments in collective investment schemes have grown as larger investors have used them to complement their direct holdings and gain access to specialist skills, while they have enabled smaller pension funds to gain an exposure to an asset class previously accessible only to big investors. insurance company and pension fund exposure to property in relation to total assets 2014 bn total % of Total assets (equities, bonds, property, etc.) Directly-owned UK property Investments in collective investment schemes Total property UK & overseas property company shares Note: Figures do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding Institutions have also traditionally invested in property through their equity investments in REITs and listed property companies. Another growing form of investment is debt, which insurers have increasingly been providing to other property investors. Estimates by De Montfort University indicate that such lending by insurance companies and their (largely institutionally-backed) fund management arms increased by almost 40% between the end of 2012 and 2014, such that the amount invested now rivals their exposure to REITs and listed property companies. PIA Property Data Report
14 11 Commercial property lending Most investors, other than institutions, and many occupiers acquire commercial property using a combination of their own capital (equity) and external debt. UK banks and building societies were traditionally the principal lenders but their dominant position has been rapidly eroded in the years since the financial crisis. They now account for only 39% of new lending and half the value of outstanding loans. A broader range of debt providers (such as insurance companies and debt funds) has emerged over the last five years. They accounted for 25% of new lending in 2014 and a fifth of all outstanding loans, compared to only around 5% of outstanding loans in Outstanding loan value, bn * * UK banks and building societies Overseas banks Insurance company and other non-bank lenders *2008 split between UK banks and building societies and Insurance company and other lenders estimated on the basis of further information provided by the authors of the DMU report. De Montfort University s latest survey suggests that lending secured on commercial property investment (as defined in this report) is approximately 150 billion, indicating that about one third of the capital invested in commercial property takes the form of debt. This compares with around two-thirds five years ago, a change that resulted partly from deleveraging and partly from the recent recovery in property values. 14 PIA Property Data Report 2015
15 12 Commercial property: investment performance Directly-owned commercial property returns further improved to 17.9% in 2014, from 10.6% in 2013 and 3.3% in 2012, and outpaced the FTSE and the gilt market. Direct property s five year record is now superior to equities and gilts. Property company shares delivered relatively high returns in The five-year record is also comparatively good, although property company shares tend to be much more volatile than directly-owned property and other asset classes. 25 Annual average total return (%) N/A Number of years to December 2014 UK direct property UK property shares FTSE all-share UK gilts Over the longer term, directly-owned commercial property performance at 10.8% per annum since 1971 (IPD s earliest data point) lies between the returns of gilts and equities. This ranking is in line both with surveys of investors longer-term expectations and with the historic pattern of risk commercial property returns being less volatile than equities but more volatile than gilts. PIA Property Data Report
16 13 Commercial property: economic contribution The commercial property industry contributes to the UK economy in many ways. It provides the finance for and undertakes the construction of new buildings. It invests in and manages the accommodation needs of retailers, businesses, distributors, manufacturers, hoteliers and many parts of the public sector. Other bodies within the industry maintain these buildings or facilitate the buying, selling and letting of such property on behalf of owners. In total, in 2014 these activities (excluding those of owneroccupiers) directly contributed about 63 billion to the economy representing 3.9% of Gross Value Added. This is comparable to the combined size of the UK s telecommunications and transport industries, highlighting the sector s importance to business and to people s everyday lives. commercial property industry gross value added 2014 Whole economy 1,595 bn 1,532 bn Commercial property 63 bn 7 bn 3 bn 63 bn 25 bn 27 bn Property investment Transacting, financial and professional services Management and care of buildings Construction, development and repair of buildings Alternatively, representing commercial property s economic contribution as the rents paid by tenants and the imputed rents of owner-occupiers, a similar estimate of 3.6% results, rising to 6.2% when privately rented residential property is included in the calculation. 16 PIA Property Data Report 2015
17 14 Commercial property as a major employer Nearly a million people are employed by the commercial property industry about one in every 35 jobs. Most activity involves the construction, development, repair, care and management of buildings. The commercial property investment sector (and this of course is before taking account of owner-occupiers) is a small but high value-added part of the industry, and the largest in Europe. It generates around 330,000 value-added per employee almost eight times the average for the economy as a whole. employment in the commercial property industry 1200 Employment ( 000) December 2014 Property investment Transacting, financial and professional services Management and care of buildings Construction, development and repair of buildings Across the industry, value-added per person averages around 65,000 40% higher than the national average. PIA Property Data Report
18 15 Taxes paid to the National Exchequer The commercial property industry is taxed both directly and indirectly. The direct contributions from some of these taxes including Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), VAT, PAYE and National Insurance contributions can be calculated with reasonable accuracy and are illustrated below. Such taxes amount to around 15 billion in total, representing almost a quarter of the commercial property industry s Gross Value Added. This is a greater proportionate tax burden than in the economy as a whole, reflecting the taxation of property transactions through SDLT. Recent research undertaken for the British Property Federation indicates that commercial property is taxed more heavily than residential property % 1% % 15 bn bn 7% 4.5 bn 10 % of GVA bn 11% 15% 0 Tax paid by commercial property industry bn (left hand scale) Stamp Duty Land Tax VAT PAYE and NICs Taxes paid by commercial property as % of its GVA (right hand scale) Taxes paid in the whole economy as % of its GVA (right hand scale) Other taxes directly paid by the industry, ranging from Corporation Tax to business rates on empty property and the Community Infrastructure Levy, are much harder to assess. In addition, occupiers of commercial property paid over 20 billion in business rates, some of which is, effectively, borne by property owners through lower rents. 18 PIA Property Data Report 2015
19 16 Commercial property: regeneration The commercial property industry, on average over the last decade, has been adding about 54 million square feet of new space every year, i.e. about 0.7% of the total stock of commercial property. This reflects a value of around 12 billion contributing almost 1% to the UK s GDP each year. Activity over the last five years, however, has been running at half the previous rate. This lower rate applies to all the three main sectors retail, offices and industrial. 30, ,000 27, , sq. ft. 15,000 14,267 10,000 5, , bn Offices Retail Industrial Completions ( 000 sq. ft., 10 year average) Value bn (End-2014 prices) The new building is barely covering the loss of stock through demolition and change in use to residential. The net amount of commercial property floorspace has increased in total by only 0.7% over the last 10 years, according to the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update. PIA Property Data Report
20 17 Energy consumption Commercial property accounts for about 8% of the UK s energy consumption. Other non-domestic buildings, mainly schools, colleges and hospitals, and the heating and lighting needs of factories bring the total used in non-residential buildings to 15%. By contrast, almost a third of the UK s energy consumption occurs in the home. Transport is the country s biggest consumer of energy. Energy consumption in commercial properties fell in 2014, helped in part by the milder winter. By contrast, the use of energy increased in the transport sector. energy consumption by end-user, million tonnes oil equivalent, Activities in commercial property (excluding industrial) Activities in other non-domestic property Industrial buildings heating and lighting Industry industrial processes, etc. Domestic consumption Transport Other Shops are the largest consumer of energy in the commercial property sector, reflecting not only a larger amount of space but also greater energy requirements per square foot. Shops, however, tend to be better at conserving energy, having better than average Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). 20 PIA Property Data Report 2015
21 18 CO 2 emissions About 12% of CO 2 emissions are directly and indirectly (i.e. emitted in the production of power) associated with consumption by shops, offices, warehouses and other commercial buildings (occupied by both the private and public sectors) with a further 3% accounted for by the heating and lighting of industrial buildings. Retail outlets, in line with their higher energy consumption, are the biggest emitters within the commercial property sector. Domestic buildings and transportation are by far the largest emitters of CO 2 in the UK. million tonnes co2 emissions by building type/ end-use, Retail, office, warehousing and other commercial buildings (excluding industry) Industrial buildings (excluding industrial processes) Other non-domestic buildings Domestic buildings Transportation Industry industrial processes, etc. Other Direct and indirect emissions from commercial buildings fell in 2014, even after taking into account the unusually mild winter. PIA Property Data Report
22 Definitions Commercial property is primarily made up of the core sectors of retail, office and industrial (warehousing and factories) that dominate investors portfolios. Cinemas and leisure parks, hotels, pubs and restaurants, and garages and petrol stations are also seen as commercial property. Commercial property activity covers: the construction, development, design, and care and management of buildings; the fund, investment & asset management of investment property; and, transacting (e.g. investment and letting agency). The contributions made to commercial property by the legal and property banking sectors are also included. All forms of residential property and activity are excluded throughout from the measures of commercial property. However, it is worth noting that any clear line between property with commercial and residential uses has become increasingly blurred in recent years, as investors focus is on the investable nature of land and buildings with long-term income streams in the form of rent. For many commercial property investors, the three main sub-sectors have in recent years been supplemented by alternatives like primary healthcare facilities, student accommodation and the private rented residential sector. 22 PIA Property Data Report 2015
23 Sources and methodologies 1 The estimate of commercial property value is from the Investment Property Forum s (IPF) The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update undertaken as part of the IPF Research Programme The estimate is made by updating the latest (April 2008) rateable values to end 2014 market values (using IPD rental growth) and capitalising these by IPD yields adjusted to reflect the more secondary nature of average property (full details are available in the IPF report). Plant & machinery from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Blue Book 2014; 2014 figure unavailable at time of preparation so updated to 2014 by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd; government bonds from the Debt Management Office and equities from the London Stock Exchange. 2 Commercial property, residential property and private rented residential sector from the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update. In making these estimates, total residential is based on the 2013 figure in ONS s Blue Book 2014, updated to 2014 by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd. The privately rented residential sector is calculated from the product of the number of privately rented residential dwellings (from the Department of Communities and Local Government) and the average value of a privately rented dwelling (full details are available in the IPF report). Other non-domestic property is a Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimate, made by updating the latest (April 2008) rateable values to end 2014 market values and capitalising these by yields, which are assumed to be 200bps below those of average commercial property. Infrastructure corresponds to that quantified as other structures (mainly civil engineering, such as roads, bridges, airports, pipelines, etc.) by ONS in its Blue Book; latest data is for 2013, hence estimated to 2014 by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd. This measure of infrastructure is not comprehensive with ONS incorporating some elements of infrastructure in its estimates either of buildings or of plant & machinery. 3 All estimates from the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update (see 1 and 2 above for further details). 4 Commercial property from the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update, are Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates using the same methodology as the IPF report. Residential property is from The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update / ONS s Blue Book 2014 as described in 1 above. Other non-domestic property are Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates, made by updating the April 1998, 2003 and 2008 rateable values to the relevant year s market values and capitalising these by yields, which are assumed in 2013 and 2014 to PIA Property Data Report
24 0 Heading be 200bps below those of average commercial property and which, in previous years, are assumed to be 75% of the level of the average commercial property yield. Inflation (RPI) is from the ONS. 5 Commercial property is based on the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update, with the commercial owner-occupied stock estimated as the residual of the total stock and the investment stock; note that the previous estimates have been restated in light of the new IPF report. Housing is from the Department of Communities and Local Government s Table 101 Dwelling Stock by Tenure, other than 2014, which is a Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimated update to end 2014, using the latest available DCLG figures for April British Property Federation: IPD Annual Lease Reviews and IPD Lease Events Report Rental payments are based on the rental value estimates in the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update (note that retail is adjusted to exclude pubs and restaurants). Business rates are based on the total receipts presented in the Office for Budget Responsibility s March 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (and estimated to be 27.2 billion for calendar 2014), pro-rated according to retail and office shares of total rateable value (estimated at 28% and 23% respectively note that it is assumed that any reliefs are distributed proportionately across sectors). Employment costs derived from the ONS (retail relates to SIC(2007) 47 less non-store trade, offices to SIC(2003)s J & K). 8 Rental growth from Investment Property Databank Ltd Business rates are derived on the basis described in 7 above. For 2004, total business rate receipts of 18.6 billion are pro-rated according to retail and office rateable value shares (estimated at 26% and 23% respectively). To control for the effect of floorspace growth on business rate receipts, changes in business rates between 2004 and 2014 are calculated on a per square foot basis. Earnings are derived from ONS s Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey. RPI is from the ONS. 9 All the estimates are from the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update, which, in turn, drew on data from IPD, ONS, Property Funds Research, and Real Capital Analytics/ Property Data, and analysis by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd; further details are available in the IPF report. 10 Insurance company and pension funds direct property are as estimated in 9 above; indirect and listed property exposures are Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates, drawing primarily on the research undertaken for the IPF s The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market: A Decade of Change. Total insurance company and pension fund assets (long term) are derived from the ONS s MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts latest estimates for 2013, updated and estimated to 2014 by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd. 24 PIA Property Data Report 2015
25 0 Heading 11 Debt secured on commercial property is from De Montfort University s (DMU) The UK Commercial Property Lending Market 2014 Year End report. Estimate of 150bn debt secured on commercial investment property derived from DMU report but adjusted by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd to exclude both private residential and social housing and other non-commercial property types; includes the DMU s estimate of CMBS. 12 Investment Property Databank Ltd 2015 and FTSE. Commercial property returns exclude Residential Specialist Funds. 13 Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates mainly based on ONS s data on employment and Gross Value Added (GVA). General approach is to apportion employment and GVA in property as a whole between commercial and non-commercial. The two main industry sectors are Construction (SIC(2007) Section F) and Real Estate Activities (SIC(2007) Section L but excluding the imputed rental value of owner-occupied housing) for which GVA is available from ONS s quarterly national accounts series. For construction, the ONS s Output in the Construction Industry Tables 4 & 5 indicate that around 25% of construction output is related to commercial property sectors, so this factor is implied to Construction GVA to derive the amount relating to commercial property. For the Real Estate Activities sector, the indicators used vary according to the specific sector (for example, commercial property s share of total property transactions is applied to SIC68.31 Real Estate Agencies ); overall, 47% of the Real Estate Activities sector (excluding the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing) is estimated to be commercial real estate. Part of SIC(2007) Section K (Finance and Insurance Activities is incorporated for commercial property, this covers property banking, fund management, REITs, stock broking, insurance companies and pension funds). For these areas, estimates of employment relating to commercial property are mainly derived from a survey of company accounts and from fund manager websites (grossing these up to the industry as a whole through the relationship between employment and funds under management), while GVA for REITs, fund managers, etc., is also based on company information relating to employment costs and profits, defined to be consistent with the national accounts measures of GVA SIC(2007) Section M (Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, mainly relating to legal services, architecture, and quantity surveying), and SIC(2007) Section N (Administrative and Support Service Activities, mainly relating to facilities management). In these sectors, commercial property s share and size tends to be small. Alternative measure of value-added based on rental value, based on research for the British Property Federation by Toscafund, updated to 2014 using the same methodology by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd. 14 As above. PIA Property Data Report
26 15 Draws on the approach outlined in the IPF s The Role of Commercial Property in the UK Economy. Based specifically on HMRC Tax Statistics and relating to the commercial property industry as defined in section 13. Total taxes derived from June 2015 HM Revenue and Customs receipts. PAYE, NIC and VAT for commercial property estimated from the corresponding HMRC estimates by broad industry, pro-rated according to commercial property s share of these industries. VAT for commercial property and all-economy relates to Home VAT only (i.e. excluding VAT on imports). SDLT estimated by pro-rating HMRC estimates for non-residential, according to Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy s 2014 estimate of commercial property s share of non-residential property transactions. Comparison of commercial s and residential s tax burdens based on the Toscafund report Britain s Valuable Property Credentials. 16 Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates derived from estimates of 10-year average floor space completions, generously supplied by Property Market Analysis, and, also, Department of Communities and Local Government data and from 2014 investment values of completed development. 17 Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates derived from the Department of Energy & Climate Change s statistics on energy consumption by final user 2014 and earlier data published by BRE. For information on EPCs, see UK National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, Department of Energy & Climate Change, 2014 and Mapping the Impacts of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Real Estate, The Green Construction Board, Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd estimates derived from the Department of Energy & Climate Change s provisional estimates for 2014 of emissions of carbon dioxide and 2014 end-user estimates presented in the Committee on Climate Change s Meeting Carbon Budgets 2015 Progress Report to Parliament. 26 PIA Property Data Report 2015
27 Acknowledgements Data compiled and estimated by Paul Mitchell Real Estate Consultancy Ltd. The estimates of the total stock of commercial property and the amount in investment portfolios draws heavily on The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market End 2014 Update, which was undertaken as part of the IPF s Research Programme Supporting property market data generously supplied by Investment Property Databank, Property Funds Research, Property Market Analysis and Real Capital Analytics/Property Data, none of whom bear any responsibility for the estimates in this document. Office for National Statistics data is used directly or adopted under the Open Government Licence v.2.0. PIA Property Data Report
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Help:Vandalism
Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure, a symbol, or information against the will of the owner/governing entity. In the context of an online community project, it is a usually deliberate attempt to damage the usefulness of content for other viewers.
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Editor Says
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Tag: writing for adults
Language! Language! A Guide to Profanity in Literature
What’s appropriate when it comes to using “inappropriate” language in your writing? It’s a question that has divided readers, defined writers, and given librarians more than a headache or two.
Over the past few decades, we’ve seen a societal swing toward the normalization of expletives in our culture. (Just think of what used to get bleeped out on the radio 15 years ago vs. what’s played today.) It’s no longer taboo to have swearing in most types of writing, though the frequency and the type (e.g. “hell” vs. an f-bomb) can vary greatly depending on the audience and the subject matter.
When writers ask, “Can I include a swear word in my novel?” the answer, usually, is yes. Below, I’ve put together a quick guide for different age groups using movie age ratings (G, PG, PG-13, etc.) to give you a guideline for go-to language. And at the end of the post, you can read up on what other folks think about cursing in literature.
Rule of thumb: G
My two cents: Keep it G rated. Period. If your picture book is intended for children (see the exception below), you’re writing for kids ages 0 – 8. Most parents and grandparents don’t want to introduce cursing to kids at that age, and I honestly can’t think of a single picture book that would be improved with a dash of swear-word salt. So skip the seasoning and keep on writing.
The exception: Go the F*** to Sleep. It’s technically a picture book, but it’s definitely not for kids. If you haven’t already, listen to Samuel L. Jackson read it here. (You’re welcome.)
Rule of thumb: PG, sometimes PG – 13
My two cents: Kids are exposed to all kinds of language in late elementary school and middle school, but middle grade writing remains relatively curse free. While the occasional swear word isn’t out of place, you’re still writing for a younger audience, and oftentimes even younger kids will be reading up. If using a swear word is important to the plot or a character, use it. Otherwise, I’d stick to more PG turns of phrase. (Also, keep in mind the parents and teachers who may be reading your story aloud. They probably don’t want to have to dodge too much profanity.)
Rule of thumb: PG-13
My two cents: Teens swear…sometimes more than adults do. Creating an authentic teen voice often involves swearing, and plenty of amazing stories would earn an R rating at the movies. At the same time, great novels can be written with “clean” language for this age group. In the end, it comes down to the writer’s preference and the characters’ voices. I wouldn’t recommend writing a YA novel the way you would an HBO script, but don’t feel like you have to censor yourself either. (And then get a real teen reader to tell you if you’re doing it right or wrong.)
Rule of thumb: anything goes
My two cents: It’s the wild, wild west out there. I never recommend using swear words like they’re a one-size fits all adjective—that’s just lazy writing—but you get to create your own rules for your own work.
The exception: If you’re writing academic nonfiction, I’d keep the sailor talk off the page. Unless, of course, you’re directly quoting an individual or source with colorful language. Otherwise, it just feels out of place.
The best ways to know if you’re on the right track with your language are A.) to read a LOT of books in your genre, and B.) to get beta readers from your intended audience to test your manuscript out. There may not be hard and fast rules when it comes to using expletives, but your readers will always help you stay on the right path.
“How to Use Profanity And Other Raw Talk In Your Fiction”: Writer’s Digest
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“Is It Okay to Curse in Middle Grade Books?”: From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors
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Suspects believed to be users of ByLock, encrypted cellphone app used by FETO coup plotters
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At least 20 military personnel were arrested on Friday for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 deadly defeated coup attempt in Turkey, writes Anadolu Agency referring to a security source.
Prosecutors in the Aegean Izmir province had issued arrest warrants for 52 serving commissioned officers of the Turkish Air Forces, who were allegedly serving as FETO’s “covert imams” -- senior FETO figures -- said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
The suspects are accused of using ByLock, an encrypted smartphone app linked to the group.
Izmir police also found that one suspect was in contact with senior FETO members -- Adil Oksuz, a theology professor, alleged to be the “imam” of FETO members in the air force and a key link between U.S.-based FETO leader Fetullah Gulen and coup plotters in Turkey, and Kemal Batmaz, the accused second-in-command of the FETO terror group.
Police have so far rounded up 20 suspects in simultaneous operations launched in 12 provinces across Turkey.
A hunt for the 32 remaining suspects is underway.
Separately, Istanbul prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 68 suspects accused of using ByLock, according to security sources.
In simultaneous operations in 17 provinces, the security forces’ organized crime branch has so far arrested 28 suspects.
Operations continue to capture other suspects, said the sources.
FETO and Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup attempt of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
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February 3rd, 2011, 10:40 am
Blythe talks about TLO and Zac
From Marc Malkin:
Danner recently wrapped The Lucky One, the drama in which Zac Efron packed on 18 pounds of muscle to play a war veteran. "I remember the first day not really knowing who he was because I'd only seen him as, you know, 'little Zac Efron,'" she said. "It was, 'Who is this guy?'
"They wanted us all to gain weight," Danner continued. "It was the strangest thing. I don't know why. I guess because we were country folk?"
Maybe not the most diplomatic way to put it, lol.
blythe, the lucky one, what other people say
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Tabalumab development for lupus stops because of mixed phase III results
By: KARI OAKES, Rheumatology News Digital Network
The injectable investigational biologic tabalumab met its primary endpoint only at higher doses, and failed to meet secondary endpoints in phase III clinical trials for moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus. A heterogeneous patient population, intensity of background therapy, and endpoints that set a relatively high bar for efficacy all contributed to the mixed results of the ILLUMINATE-1 and ILLUMINATE-2 trials, according one of the study’s lead authors.
“This is a complex set of data,” Dr. Joan T. Merrill, professor of medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, said in an interview. “Clinical trials are very hard to conduct,” she said, especially in an era where the standard of care already promotes aggressive treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The fact that SLE is such a heterogeneous disease entity and the range of severity is so broad further complicates study design and data analysis, she said.
Tabalumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that targets B-cell activating factor (BAFF), a ligand in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family that is necessary for B-cell development and survival. The elevated BAFF levels seen in SLE are associated with increased disease activity. Tabalumab binds to and neutralizes both soluble and membrane BAFF.
Dr. Joan T. Merrill
For ILLUMINATE-2, a tabalumab phase III clinical trial, 1,124 patients with moderate-to-severe SLE who were maintained on standard of care therapy were randomized 1:1:1 to receive tabalumab 120 mg subcutaneously every 2 weeks, the same dose every 4 weeks, or to receive placebo. At the start of the trial, each group received either a 240-mg loading dose of the study drug or placebo. Patients were stratified according to anti-dsDNA status and according to African ancestry (Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Aug 20. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207654).
Patient characteristics were balanced across study arms, and 872 patients completed the study period of 52 weeks.
The composite SLE Responder Index 5 (SRI-5) was used to identify the primary outcome measure, the proportion of patients who attained an SRI-5 response at week 52. This threshold was achieved by improvement of at least five points in the Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus National Assessment–SLE Disease Activity Index (SELENA-SLEDAI) score; no scores of A and not more than one B score on the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group 2004 index (BILAG); no worsening on the Physician’s Global Assessment (PGA); no added or increased antimalarial or immunosuppressant treatment; adherence to corticosteroid-dosing requirements; and enrollment in the study through week 52.
The study identified multiple secondary endpoints, including the time to the first severe SLE flare, reduction of at least 25% in corticosteroid dosing (to an equivalent of 7.5 mg or less of prednisone per day) for at least 3 consecutive months during the second half of the study period, and the increase or decrease from baseline score on the Brief Fatigue Index (BFI) at week 52.
For the group of patients receiving tabalumab every 2 weeks, the primary endpoint was met by 38.4%, compared with 27.7% of the placebo group (P = .0002). Of the group on the 4-week injection schedule, 34.8% met SRI-5, but the difference from placebo was not significant (P = .051).
Although the tabalumab treatment arms did not meet secondary endpoints, “active treatment had better outcomes than placebo on some measures,” including the corticosteroid-sparing endpoint, Dr. Merrill and her colleagues wrote.
Depression and suicidal ideation, though rare, were reported more frequently in the treatment arms than in the placebo arm: A total of 32 of 745 patients receiving tabalumab reported depression, compared with 3 of 376 receiving placebo. Furthermore, 19 tabalumab patients reported suicidal thoughts, compared with 1 receiving placebo. Injection site reactions were more common among those on tabalumab. Other adverse events were similar between treatment arms, or more common with placebo.
In discussion, Dr. Merrill and her coauthors wrote that the effect of the background standard of care therapy on BAFF signals is not known, and the large corticosteroid-dosing adjustments that were permitted may also have had an impact on BAFF levels. “Whether forced steroid tapering or withdrawal of background treatments would increase tabalumab treatment effect remains unknown,” the investigators wrote.
In ILLUMINATE-1, a similar phase III trial of tabalumab, investigators found that neither dosing regimen of the investigational drug yielded better SRI-5 response rates (31.8% for dosing every 2 weeks and 35.2% for every 4 weeks) than did placebo (29.3%). Depression and suicidal ideation also did not appear more frequently with tabalumab treatment than with placebo in ILLUMINATE-1 (Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Sep 3. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207653).
However, Dr. Merrill and her coauthors noted that “ILLUMINATE-1 stipulated that new, increased or decreased standard of care medications would define a patient as nonresponsive, whereas only new or increased medications in [ILLUMINATE-2] determined nonresponse.” Analyses that did not consider patients who decreased antimalarials or immunosuppressants to be nonresponders found a significantly higher SRI-5 response rate for patients who took tabalumab every 4 weeks (37% vs. 29.8% with placebo), but not for biweekly dosing (34.1%).
In an interview, Dr. Merrill put forward the idea that rethinking study design for SLE drugs might make sense. Going forward, she said, investigators should consider breaking the population into two subgroups. For the sicker patients, background medication would have to be maintained, but the data would be more interpretable if this subgroup were analyzed separately. Patients who are less ill, she said, could be moved to homogeneous background drugs, easing data analysis and minimizing the effect of complicated and largely unknown biochemical interactions.
Regarding the rare events of depression and suicidal ideation seen in the treatment arms but not the control arm of the study, Dr. Merrill said, “You can never rule out a biochemical cause, even for a rare finding, and suicidal ideation and depression are serious events which were also numerically greater in the phase III trials of … belimumab, but also quite rare in those studies, too.” She said that she would be interested in tracking the clinical course of those patients who became depressed and learning more about immune signaling in those individuals. “There is a lot to be learned about these treatments,” she said.
Eli Lilly and Company, tabalumab’s manufacturer, elected not to proceed with the drug development and approval process. Noting that more therapies are needed for SLE, Dr. Merrill said, “I’m very sad that Lilly decided not to develop this drug further. I understand it, but as a doctor, I’m still very sad.”
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Etiquetas Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Treatment
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WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND. The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society. The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an indentured mercenary arriving upon one of the Portuguese ships carrying a new language, a new religion and an introduction to the slave trade. Curiously tall, bald, massively built and black skinned, he was known as a steadfast bodyguard of immense strength and stature, and swiftly captured the interest, and thence the trust, of the most powerful family in all of Japan. Two years later, he vanished. Yasuke is the story of a legend that still captures the imagination of people across the world. It brings to life a little known side of Japan - a gripping narrative about an extraordinary figure in a fascinating time and place.
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Update on the publication day for A Murdered Peace, Kate Clifford 3–we’ve moved it to 11 December, and it will come out simultaneously in trade paperback and ebook–no wait for the paperback! As far as I know, this is true for the US, Canada, and the UK!
Tantor Audio is producing audiobooks for the first three Owen Archer mysteries! (US market). The first, which came out in June 2017, received a glowing review in Publishers Weekly! https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5414-0675-9
And, in case you missed it: Owen and Candace in Publishers Weekly! About the reissues
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Alison Perkins said:
Forgive me for using this forum, but I have been unable to ascertain this information anywhere else…
This is a question for Candace Robb please – are you going to write any further Owen Archer mysteries please? As a fellow historian also interested in the medieval period, I just love what you have created with this series. You have absolutely breathed life into the characters and their challenges, and I really long for the next adventure for Owen and Lucy. We have waited such a long time for a new book.
Is there any chance?
Candace Robb said:
If you read through the comments, you’ll see that many ask the same question, so no apologies necessary. I am always delighted to hear from a reader wanting more Owen and Lucie stories. The reality of my life is that writing is my day job, my livelihood, so contracted books must have priority, and at present those are the Emma Campion historical novels. But I’m not finished with Owen and Lucie, and hope to carve out time (even better, acquire a contract) to continue their stories. My research for The King’s Mistress and A Triple Knot is feeding my imagination for my favorite couple and the inhabitants of my favorite city.
Connie Rawa said:
Please do write another Owen Archer. I just finished book ten, at 6 o’clock in the morning and found out there are no more.
Cheryl Wolfe said:
I also was wondering what had happened to Owen Archer, but I also want more Margaret Kerr!
Is there any chance of more from this lady?
Had you asked this a few weeks ago I would have said no, no chance of another Margaret Kerr book. But an idea for a standalone novel about Maggie once she’s spent some time in Kilmartin has been floating around in my head for days. I’d use the 3 “mysteries” as backstory, but this would be about a woman with the Sight coming to an acceptance and embrace of her unique ability. And how both sides of the struggle for Scotland would want to use her.
The problem with the Maggie books is that they were marketed as similar to the Owen Archers, which they were never meant to be. The whole point was to do something different, and I’d just reached the big moment in her life at the end of the 3rd book when I stopped, needing to step back and rethink how I was presenting it (or the publisher was…).
No promised date. I have an Owen Archer that’s much farther along in the planning stage to do first. And Emma has another project on the back burner, not to mention the deadline rushing toward her…us…them on The Hero’s Wife!
Thank you for your interest! I’d love to hear what it is about Maggie you like.
Susan Daley said:
Did your American publisher drop the Owen Archer series? I’ve had trouble finding the last two books that you wrote about them. You weave wonderful tales!
The 9th and 10th Owen Archers have not been published in the US, but my agent and I are working on that. I was in the midst of the Margaret Kerr trilogy when my US editor died, and what was then Warner Books (now Grand Central) dropped Mysterious Press and many of the crime writers, including me. As the crime market in the US was in turmoil at the time, I quietly continued on with my European market, which has remained robust. Thank you so much for your note! I love weaving wonderful tales for delightful readers like you, Susan.
Linda Kane said:
Candace, I am hoping to reach you from the distant past this way because I don’t seem to have you phone number any more. I would like to connect you to the Facebook page for a feature length documentary I just finished, which is premiering in a week here in Hawai`i. We met at the beginning of your career and look at you now! I am so proud of what you’ve accomplished. Do come say “Hello” via
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nona-Beamer-A-Legacy-of-Aloha/291519040870273,
or just search “Nona Beamer: A Legacy of Aloha.”
Looking forward to hearing back. Aloha, Linda
Marie-Catheirne said:
I’m a French reader, and I just love Owen Archer books and Margaret Kerr books as well…I look forward to reading any of your books… Thank you for the delightfull you’ve given to all you readers!
What a lovely post to read first thing Monday morning. Thank you, Marie-Catherine. Your words will inspire me today.
Tobi Ricca said:
I gather that the last two books of the Owen Archer series have still not been published in the US since I am still unable to locate them here in the US. I will consider purchasing them from Amazon UK. They are wonderful novels and I hope that an American publisher gets smart… Best of luck from Seattle.
Emma Campion said:
You’re right, The Guilt of Innocents and A Vigil of Spies are still unpublished in the US, though my agent is working on that, especially as I’m planning an 11th after the next Emma Campion is complete. Thank you for the good wishes!
Elayne Knowles said:
I have jusit finished Vigil of Spies.looking forward to the next Owen Archer book.
Thank you, Elayne! I’m working on it.
Are you continuing the Owen Archer series? You had indicated in your notes at the end of #10 ‘A Vigil of Spies’ you weren’t through with Owen & Lucie. Well, that was a long time ago. I just finished #10, by the way. I enjoyed the series & hope for more.
Teresa, you might browse more of this blog, especially:
https://wp.me/pWQsi-wW
The short answer is, yes.
Ani said:
This question is for Candace Robb.
First I would like to share how much I have enjoyed reading your Kate Clifford novels.
With that shared I am guessing you may have an idea of my question. Are you currently working on #4 (I hope so). When are you expecting it may be in my hands?
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the Kate Clifford novels, Ani. Thank you for telling me, and I’m glad you’re eager for more. At the moment I’m working on an Owen Archer novel (#11 will be out this year, the one I’m working on will be out next year). We’ll see who’s next after that!
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The Hilliard Ensemble
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Remember me, my dear (ECM New Series 2625)
November 14, 2019 November 15, 2019 | Tyran Grillo
Remember me, my dear
David James countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump tenor
Steven Harrold tenor
Gordon Jones baritone
Concert recording, October 2014
Chiesa della Collegiata dei SS. Pietro e Stefano,
Bellinzona (Switzerland)
In the series “Tra jazz e nuove musiche”
by Paolo Keller for RSI Rete Due
Tonmeister: Michael Rast
Engineer: Lara Persia
Mixed at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano
by Manfred Eicher and Michael Rast
When the Hilliard Ensemble and saxophonist Jan Garbarek first recorded for ECM in 1993, they opened as many—if not more—forces than they joined. It was a collaboration not only between each other, but also between them and engineer Peter Laenger, the Austrian monastery of St. Gerold, and producer Manfred Eicher, whose vision was so attuned to the possibility of it all that he would seem to have heard it in his head before those five breaths intertwined in reality. Twenty-five years after the release of their self-titled debut, the Officium project resurfaces with this document of their final performance in 2014.
The roots of this program’s oldest branches may be traced to the soil of past albums. In the opening “Ov zarmanali,” a hymn of Christ’s baptism by Komitas that was likewise our doorway into Officium Novum, Garbarek’s keening soprano is unmistakable in shape and color. In this setting he plays with the decay of notes, sharing more with sitar virtuosos than other reed players and taking into account every incidental effect as physical material for expression. It is the Hilliards, then, who enter into his delineation—not the other way around—and who plow a field just as ancient in preparation of a hybrid crop unlike any other. This progression is reversed in “Procurans odium,” one among a handful of anonymous medieval pieces that finds its seeds, split with time, restored in the nourishment of resuscitation. Garbarek’s role is nevertheless fully dimensional, drawing out from within rather than applying from without. Other unattributable turns, such as the wondrously ambient “Procedentum sponsum” and more lilting “Dostoino est,” speak to the power of memory. And in the “Sanctus,” not heard since their debut, we find a folding inward rather than expansion of concept.
Beyond the category of performer, Garbarek’s contributions fall under composer and arranger, finding solace all the same in this sanctuary. In the latter vein is “Allting finns,” wherein his exploratory nature is particularly evident, as one can feel Garbarek roaming the church in search of stone and warmth, while his setting of the Passamaquoddy poem “We are the stars” draws an unbreakable thread from one corner of the earth to another, likewise itinerant in spirit.
From the liturgical, as in the light-through-stained-glass effect of Nikolai N. Kedrov’s “Litany,” to the repentant shading of Guillaume le Rouge’s “Se je fayz deuil” (gazing back to Mnemosyne), the vocal nature of Garbarek’s saxophone and the reed-like qualities of the Hilliards have perhaps never been so dimensionally interchangeable. For even when the saxophone is absent, as in a most intimate rendition of Arvo Pärt’s “Most Holy Mother of God,” its soul lingers—a dream upon waking. The effect is such that, even when turning the brittle pages of more familiar material, like the “Alleluia nativitas” of Pérotin or the “O ignis spiritus” of Hildegard von Bingen, we are welcomed in the spirit of newness. And so, in the 16th-century Scottish folk song we find more than a title, but a poignant reminder that our minds are at once the tenderest and most robust vessels for honoring the past. For how can we not remember the impact this quintet has made on modern music, and the love with which listeners will continue to fill its crater for ages to come?
The Hilliard Ensemble: Transeamus (ECM New Series 2408)
Transeamus
Recorded November 2012, Propstei St. Gerold
Engineer: Peter Laenger
Executive producer: Manfred Eicher
The illustrious Hilliard Ensemble ends its decades-long tenure with ECM, and with the world of performance, in a program of 15th-century English carols and motets for two, three, and four voices. Since debuting on the label with 1989’s Perotin, countertenor David James, tenors Rogers Covey-Crump and John Potter, and baritone Gordon Jones have enchanted with their peerless blend of timbres, equal interest in contemporary and early music, and scholarly sheen. In 1998 Steven Harrold filled the venerable shoes of Potter, who would go on to strengthen his leadership of the Dowland Project (see, for example, Night Sessions) and pursue alluringly off-the-map endeavors such as Being Dufay. Harrold joined ECM’s venerable ranks in a traversal of motets by Guillaume de Machaut, one of many landmark recordings by the newly minted ensemble.
(Photo credit: Marco Borggreve)
Whereas other vocal groups might have bowed out with a flourish, the Hilliards have chosen a contemplative return to roots, drawing from a repertoire ingrained in their individual beings long before becoming a part of their collective one. Many of the composers whose work is represented herein are anonymous, yet their music, notes David James in his affectionate liner note, is anything but. Included among the sélections sans auteur is some of the Hilliards’ most incisive singing on disc, which illuminates the verily bookended pages of “Clangat tuba” in purest gold and imbues “Lullay, I saw” with baby’s-breath. Also remarkable are the more intimate combinations, especially those pairing James with one or both of the tenors. The Codex Speciálník has long been one of my most beloved Hilliard albums, in large part because of its occasional duets, and Transeamus may just share that position for its own. “There is no rose,” one of the program’s three carols, is one such instance of skeletal beauty.
John Plummer (1410-1483) is one of four known composers represented. His “Anna mater” is an astonishing creation. Through watery sustains, over which the higher voices bend like willow branches, it reveals a consummate approach between image and reflection. The “Stella Caeli” by Walter Lambe (1450/51-a.1499) threads one of the program’s most angelic looms with a continually changing color scheme. “Ave Maria, Mater Dei” by William Cornysh (c.1468-1523) is as lovely as it is luminescent, and is all the more moving for Gordon Jones’s spinal tap. Lastly, Sheryngham’s “Ah, gentle Jesu” secures the Hilliard Ensemble legacy with a piece of such descriptive power that it turns the immaterial into a tangible piece of faithful proportion, if not also proportional faith. Like the windows of Propstei St. Gerold, the Austrian monastery where so much of their brilliance was captured for posterity, these unrivaled singers allow light to shine both ways.
This album’s title may be Latin for “we travel on,” but we the listeners can be sure that just as much of the Hilliards will be left behind in our hearts as they will carry forward in their own.
(To hear samples of Transeamus, click here.)
Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum (ECM New Series 2125)
November 23, 2013 April 8, 2014 | Tyran Grillo
Officium Novum
Recorded June 2009 at Propstei St. Gerold
A little farther
we will see the almond trees blossoming
the marble gleaming in the sun
the sea breaking into waves
a little farther,
let us rise a little higher.
–Giorgos Seferis
Sometimes music bypasses all other faculties and journeys straight into our souls. It eschews intellectual games, removes the safety net from beneath critical acrobats, and seeks no justification for its effects. To say that Officium Novum is just such music would be as gross an understatement as is likely to drop from my brain. The achievements of the Hilliard Ensemble and saxophonist Jan Garbarek on this album’s predecessors, Officium and Mnemosyne, hardly need emphasis. They were nothing short of astonishing, blending presumably incongruous signatures in a sound of unparalleled parallels. Yet this third effort from the project stands out for its distinct separation of voices as it leads our ears and hearts more toward Eastern Europe, and farther to Armenia.
In the latter vein, the multifaceted folk and liturgical arrangements of Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935)—whose music has elsewhere fallen within ECM’s purview on Kim Kashkashian’s Hayren—form the album’s central nervous system, although nowhere more so than in “Ov zarmanali,” a baptismal hymn that with Garbarek’s solo introduction marks the aforementioned separation as a running theme from first blush. In the rasp of his reed breathes a memory of nature, so that the Hilliards’ entrance spins a fantasy that can never gain traction in the here and now, confined as it is to wandering the past like a prisoner in his cell. Nevertheless, sanctity reigns, as prophesied by the third-century Byzantine chant, “Svjete tihij” (Gladsome light), which sacrifices its luminescence as it is sliced by the barred window. Its vocal blood later warms the body of Arvo Pärt’s “Most Holy Mother of God,” written for the Hilliards in 2003, thereby closing a divine circuit with its concluding dissonances.
Separations abound in other Komitas pieces as Garbarek carries the full chanting weight of “Surb, Surb” and skirts fields of dew in “Hays hark nviranats ukhti,” surpassed only once by countertenor David James in the “Sirt im sasani” (Hymn for Maundy Thursday). Like two wings joined to the same body, they are nominally separate but linked by thought, instinct, and action. Such notes of independence are implied also by the album’s cover photograph, which shows a lone outlier, back turned yet bridged to his fellows by light on the water. Even that reflection bears a horizontal rift of shadow: a cleft of nascent wave eating its way toward shore.
The lifeblood of Officium Novum courses through “Litany,” a three-chambered heart of Russian, Romanian, and anonymous sources. At its center is “Otche nash,” drawn from the Lipovan Old Believers tradition and sung alone by baritone Gordon Jones before Garbarek threads the backdrop of an anonymous “Dostoino est” in ways eerily similar to the first collaboration in 1993. Another anonymous relic, this of 16th century Spain, braces the architecture of “Tres morillas m’enamoran.” Heard on many a Renaissance record, the piece finds new life in the current rendering, seeming to reach for us from the future rather than out of the past. This is where the separations begin to soften, as Garbarek harmonizes more docilely at first before darting through and around the voices with bird-like grace. Breaths between verses lend a reflective, antiphonal quality, as they do also in Pérotin’s “Alleluia. Nativitas,” newly rendered since its appearance on Mnemosyne. It is joyous, almost incongruously so, among these monochromatic brethren, but gives a name to the light from which it fashions flesh for bone.
Two pieces by Jan Garbarek complete the musical share of the album. “Allting finns” (Everything there is) sets “Den döde” (The dead one), a poem by Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), into beautiful interpretive metalwork, filigreed by the composer’s alchemy of paramusical elements, while “We are the stars” (based on a Native American poem of the Passamaquoddy people) is here transformed from its last appearance on RITES into a fully embodied soul, whose words and bare coherences constitute a fabric unto itself. Garbarek’s playing is so respectful that it walks on water and leads us to Bruno Ganz’s reading of “Nur ein Weniges noch” by Giorgos Seferis (1900-1971), which ends the program. Both narrator and poet are recurring touch-points in the ECM corpus. By their virtue, we are left with a vastly intersectional view of the (im)material world and a single takeaway message that resounds, May you be blessed to be found.
(To hear samples of Officium Novum, click here.)
Terje Rypdal: Melodic Warrior (ECM 2006)
August 4, 2013 January 15, 2015 | Tyran Grillo
Melodic Warrior
Terje Rypdal guitar
Dennis Russell Davies conductor
Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Sebastian Perloswski conductor
Melodic Warrior recorded December 2003 at Brucknerhaus, Linz (ORF)
Recording engineer: Alice Ertlbauer-Camerer
Engineer: Alois Hummer
And The Sky Was Coloured… recorded November 2009 at Jazztopad Festival, Wrocław
Recording engineer: Maurycy Kin
Mixed at Rainbow Studio, Oslo by Jan Erik Kongshaug, Manfred Eicher and Terje Rypdal
…from the house made of mirage…
…the rainbow rose up with me…
…the rainbow returned with me…
…to the entrance of my house…
–excerpted from a Navajo Night Chant
How does one review an album for which one has also written liner notes? This is the challenge I set before myself in the instance of Terje Rypdal’s astonishing Melodic Warrior. Pairing the gargantuan title piece with a younger sibling, it reveals yet another facet of the Norwegian guitarist’s compositional profile, one that has given us such wondrous reflective surfaces as Undisonus and his Lux Aeterna. Where those two works examined sonic temperatures across relatively expansive climates, here the lens cracks in an implosion of voices.
Of those voices we get four prominent stewards in the Hilliard Ensemble, who also commissioned Melodic Warrior from the very ether. Their singing burgeons in a selection of Native American poetry chosen by Rypdal, along with a sprinkle of original words. To the touch-and-go listener it may seem an outlying choice for the Hilliards, unless of course one considers their likeminded reworking of Quechua and Passamaquoddy sources with saxophonist Jan Garbarek on, respectively, Mnemosyne and Officium Novum—in which case the fit could hardly be more intuitive. These are poetries rooted in that which roots us, pouring mercury into the primacy of oral over written expression: the lived knowledge that eternal regeneration is impossible without the fleeting rain.
The instrumental makeup alone chains this magnum opus to an immovable classical altar, surrounding the Hilliards with a full orchestra under the ever-erudite guidance of Dennis Russell Davies. It further bears the scars of Rypdal’s many-hued pools of influence, for his electric guitar bleeds through its movements like fire through lit steel wool, cupping a prog-rock relic or two in its satchel. In light of this, Melodic Warrior would seem to bring together many of his earlier threads into unified fruition—from his supergroup The Dream and on through the defining ECM years (Odyssey, Chasers, and especially Skywards) to the large-scale compositions mentioned above. The end effect is a snake coiled and poised to strike. Yet rather than deploy its secrets as weaponry (the melodic warrior sustains injury in place of others), it holds venom in mind and makes it palatable to the tongue and to the ear. Rypdal’s baying leads are unmistakable in this regard, stringing us as they do along a necklace of vocal cells, each writ large within the itinerant body. That we can at last experience the journey of that body on disc (prior to release, it had been maturing in ECM’s vaults for nearly a decade) is a gift for the soul.
Rypdal’s Opus 79 finds company in his Opus 97, And The Sky Was Coloured With Waterfalls And Angels. Whether coincidental or not, the numerical reversal suggests a kinship. And indeed, despite its wordless topography, the second piece would seem to drink from the same ocean, albeit on a different coast. Fronting now another orchestra and without the company of (human) voices, Rypdal paints bruises of a different kind: these the bursting flowers of a fireworks display. Although not overtly programmatic, those eruptions do materialize in periodic squints, carrying us out on a breath of awe.
It was an honor and a dream come true to contribute liner notes to this release. In solidarity with listeners (and because digital downloads deprive us of the pleasure of holding a booklet), I offer said notes in full below, with ECM’s kind permission.
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Contrapunctus naturalis: Rypdal’s Warriors and Angels
The Chippewa tell a form of picture-story in which silence takes the form of two lines, close but never touching. As the asymptote of all existence, they do more than represent. They enshrine. Surrounding them is a need for self-questioning, for acknowledging the power of the beating drum.
River, nature, vision: these are the tools of the warrior whose flesh stands firm against the tide. Like the stag hanging from a tree—last touched by chipped stone and hunter’s eye, now drained by gravity and sun’s transit—it has an illusory stillness. Somewhere, in another time, the warrior’s legs still run. Terje Rypdal’s warrior is consequently melodic. Protagonist of his magnum opus, he activates a landscape by contact of lyric and pen. Its composer is a river; the voices of the Hilliard Ensemble its fauna; the writhing Bruckner Orchestra Linz, under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies, its flora. Davies adds depth through an abiding passion for living works. He gives voice to the margins, here doubly so, guiding Rypdal’s assembly through a 45-minute epic drawn from Chippewa, Navajo, Pima, and Papago sources. The words came to Rypdal by way of stage director and musician Carl Jørgen Kiønig, who lent him a book of Native American poetry. “Its closeness to nature mirrored my own,” he says, and thus the seeds were planted. Since its 2003 Austrian premiere, this Hilliard commission has taken on a soul that consolidates Rypdal’s many paths.
From his early ECM leader dates onward, including the self-titled 1971 debut and 1974’s Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away, Rypdal has had a hand in multiple idioms. He grew up in a classical home (his father was also a composer) and trained formatively in that sphere before taking to the guitar in his teens. If we can paint anything with these biographical colors, it is not the portrait of a fusion artist, but rather one who walks along dissolving borders. Whether in the chamber music aesthetics of Q.E.D. or the wayfaring 5th Symphony, in the droning lyricism of Undisonus or the flowing textures of Lux Aeterna, through it all persists a consistency of vision.
And what of Melodic Warrior? “The title came to me almost as a vision,” Rypdal recalls. “It felt as if I had planned something like this all my life.” Given the strength of this conviction, one might expect a ruder “Awakening” than what transpires in the eponymous prologue. The first of nine movements, it opens its eyes in high-pitched stasis, an abyss where the fray of human awareness hums above the earth’s surface. The ensuing plunge is cinematic to the core, traveling from cosmos to land, from breath to heart. In it we find the glitter of coastal waters, a veritable Bering land bridge rooted in sea floor and spreading its fingers toward wounded sky. To tread here is to embrace daylight, to feast on it, as the crow takes to carrion.
Storm, leaf, soil: the constellations Rypdal’s electric guitar lives by, echoes from a mythic past, garments donned by our four unmistakable voices when twilight falls around them. Their welcome blessing reveals an organic body, splitting and fusing like water’s flow. As one, they fly. In isolation, they soar. During solos their spirits thread disparate needles, sometimes flirting with call and response, but always with unity in sight. A storm is nothing without its droplets.
Rypdal remains the omniscient lurker, resurfacing across the suspenseful pages of “The Secret File” with script aflame. He envisions this dramatic intermezzo—having used it before in a hard-rock context—as a nod to Western film soundtracks, thereby bearing relevance on the contradictions of the Native American theme. Not until “Song Of Thunder” does he ride lightning into the roiling ash. He weaves stealthily, finding in the curve of a whale’s back, in the sweep of a honeybee’s pollen comb, the natural counterpoint that haunts his oeuvre at large.
The strings of Linz mark the face of this music with laugh lines. Profound shifts in light reveal rivulets and isles of possibility. In “Magician Song” countertenor David James evokes a leaf on that water, the tremble of the branch before its descent, the seed from which that tree burgeoned. Ancestors become stories, backgrounds become foregrounds, as they would in dreams, and close the circle by way of opening another in the light of a morning star.
The flair of Melodic Warrior brings to mind another ECM-represented composer, Erkki-Sven Tüür, whose background in progressive rock buoys a mind meld of fortitude and color. And if we can draw further lines of contact to the work of such 20th-century stalwarts as Górecki, Ligeti, Penderecki, and even a hint of Glass, it is only because Rypdal has mixed and baked his clay from the mineral-rich soil of deep listening.
All of this comprises a challenge to purveyors of modern music who rest on atmospheric crutches in lieu of compelling linear themes. Rypdal points to early conversations in this regard with label mate Ketil Bjørnstad: “We used to talk about how melody in contemporary music was looked down upon. I knew right from the start of my composing that I had to bring back melody…and beauty in general.” His forte embodies the uphill battle of this realization, beholds the world as new parents behold themselves, at once without and within. The polarity makes sense, for what is the guitar if not a bringer of visceral melody? It is a fortuitous compositional tool in the hands of one who wields it properly.
Sky, journey, reflection: the shaman’s initiations. As technician of the sacred, the shaman dismantles mortal designs. He abstains from taste of dust for that of haze. He casts bones through skin, passes mind through matter, and returns with timely prophecy. He visualizes decay, the withering of boundaries. He casts one eye down and the other up. Thus undone, the earth overflows.
And The Sky Was Coloured With Waterfalls And Angels is the receptacle of that excess. More than a landscape, it is another link in the chain of being. The live recording presented here opens a curtain on Wrocław, Poland, where the 2009 Jazztopad Festival (artistic director: Piotr Turkiewicz) is about to set forth on this purely instrumental journey. It is under these auspices that, with Sebastian Perłowski leading the Wrocław Philharmonic and Rypdal poised before six foreshortening strings, the music bubbles with the freshness of its premiere.
The piece was inspired by the 2008 International Fireworks Festival in Cannes and assumes a denser structure than its sibling. It brings to evidence the din of human commerce, technology, and construction, even as it links those rosettes high beyond mundane concern. The violin scratches an itch it cannot quell, unfurls banners of melancholia between explosions. Even a surge of harp brings little hope or heavenliness. It is caked with time, unshaken. Somehow all of this finds peace, such that the sky becomes the cell of another body, and that body the cell of another.
Mirror, vessel, silence: the totems of a composer seeking nectar. Once found, it drips from waterskin, emphasizes imperfections. This music holds a mirror to land, turning every arch into a ring. The counterpoint is more than natural. It is the all-encompassing sight of things created and destroyed. Every instrument sheds a skin.
The horns in particular take on a quasi-Wagnerian role throughout the program, signaling themes and atmospheres as they become intertwined with locations and avatars. At one moment the song of bestial life, swaying the next in bowed waters, they cast crimson lines of intention into a darkening sea. This is the trick of Rypdal’s notecraft: he digs into continental influences with an archaeologist’s eye, persevering where many have quit until that single common vessel is revealed, petrified yet singing.
Tyran Grillo
Melodic Warrior liner notes
July 2, 2013 | Tyran Grillo
It is my honor to announce that Terje Rypdal’s Melodic Warrior, a masterpiece commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and featuring Rypdal on electric guitar fronting two separate orchestras, will include liner notes by yours truly. You can pre-order your copy from Amazon here, or from your vendor of choice. In the meantime, I encourage you to check out a sample. Now the question is: How am I going to write a review for this one?
Gesualdo: Quinto Libro di Madrigali (ECM New Series 2175)
December 5, 2012 December 20, 2012 | Tyran Grillo
Carlo Gesualdo
Quinto Libro di Madrigali
Monika Mauch soprano
David Gould countertenor
Recorded November 2009 at Propstei St. Gerold
If my grief pains you,
only you, my soul,
can turn it all to joy.
On first hearing madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), English writer Aldous Huxley proclaimed, “These voices—they’re a kind of bridge back to the human world.” In the mouths of the Hilliard Ensemble they certainly are. Baritone Gordon Jones cites the Prince of Venosa as a touchstone of the ensemble’s performing repertoire. And so, it is with practiced appreciation that they return to it as they take on his Fifth Book of Madrigals of 1611 in its entirety. Gesualdo finished his Sixth and final Book (he would leave fragments of an unfinished Seventh) in the same year, penning his first in 1594. Of the Fifth, Jones says, “The whole collection constitutes a gallery of dramatically lit portraits of human emotions with a heavy emphasis on the extremes of joy and despair.” On this note, the addition of soprano Monika Mauch and countertenor David Gould speaks to the range and color required of those extremes, and in this regard the ensemble emotes splendidly.
One can hardly discuss this music without mentioning its bold, mannerist dissonances. Written as it was by a man who had his wife and her lover murdered when he caught them in flagrante delicto and who subsequently receded into his own psycho-sonic cage, this can be no surprise. Even by today’s standards it rattles us. Yet to characterize Gesualdo’s output by so reductive a summation (dissonance, for example, was part and parcel of the madrigal idiom) would be to ignore the textually sensitive traditions of harmonic expansion upon which he built it. Despite being professedly “ahead of his time,” he was no enigma to his aristocratic contemporaries, being a particular favorite of Queen Christina of Sweden. For every gritty texture he loosed, a smoother one was in attendance, and we do well to remember the equal weight in both pans of the scale.
We have the Hilliard/ECM partnership to thank for already having done the composer justice with a sublime and direct rendition of his Tenebrae Responsories for the Christian Holy Week. Here that same trueness to the melodic line remains, and is so magnified by the bareness of its voices, by which the tortuousness we’ve come to expect lives by a more fluid name. If it lives anywhere, it is in the strange tenderness of Gioite voi col canto, which opens the collection with an autobiographical tinge:
Rejoice in song,
while I weep and sigh,
while tears choke my breath.
Alas, wretched heart of mine,
born for grief alone;
weep, but weep so much
that my mistress may be vanquished
by your tears, and then revert to seeing
my grief and pains in her.
The shifting tectonics of tenor lines and dulcet edge of Mauch’s gilding in the words’ weeping evocation is testament both to Gesualdo’s knack for comingling and to the sensitivity of the singers assembled at Propstei St. Gerold, where these works were so lovingly recorded. The charged weight of Itene, o miei sospiri rekindles these considerations, mixing “bitter weeping” with “loving song” in particularly adroit handling from the Hilliards. O dolorosa gioia falls into the same category of “painful joy,” a core theme of Book Five that finds further traction in Se vi duol il mio duolo. In both of these, the pathos of the text comes through tactfully. Death is another trope, as inescapable in the music as it is in us. From the heartfelt appeal of Occhi del mio cor vita (“Eyes, life of my heart”) and the lovesick resignation of Languisce al fin (“He who parts from his life languishes at last”) to the lachrymose accents of O tenebroso giorno (“O darkest day”), the music is practically dripping with it. Yet not all is so morose in this landscape, for there are also the flora of Felicissimo sonno, a heartfelt appeal to dreams as living threads to a love that cannot flourish in waking, and the intoxications of Correte, amanti, a prova (“Vie, lovers, in speed”) to soothe our weary countenances, to say nothing of the optimism that bids us a fond farewell in T’amo, mia vita (“I love you, my life”).
A small handful of these 21 madrigals stands out. The snaking turns of Mercè grido piangendo (“Have pity on me! I cry weeping”) showcase the coolness of the Hilliard’s peerless blend to the utmost, while the prototypically Gesualdan Tu m’uccidi, o crudele (“You are killing me, o cruel woman”) pulls out all the stops in its affective toolkit, achieving moments of sublime light. Finally, Se tu fuggi, io non resto, with its fluttering vowels and tight syncopations breathes with expert realization, even as its narrative voice bids us leave on the wings of cruelty.
Due to the subject matter and sheer variety of invention, and despite the pitch-perfect performances, this is no mere soundtrack for an idle afternoon. It asks us to steep in its brew until we begin to take on a bit of its flavor. Those who find beauty in the Tenebrae may encounter discomfort in these secular woes. But if this discomfort has anything to teach us, it is that the act of living depends on that very thing.
The Hilliard Ensemble: Audivi Vocem (ECM New Series 1936)
June 8, 2012 November 3, 2012 | Tyran Grillo
Audivi Vocem
Robert Macdonald bass
Recorded March 2005 at Propstei St. Gerold
Audivi Vocem highlights the work of three English composers—Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572), and John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)—during a period of great liturgical change in the wake of King Henry VIII. Represented here are key works in the latter days of Henry’s reign, what David Skinner calls a “musicologically grey period.” We cannot, however, help but see bursts of colors in the shadows of Tallis’s In ieiunio et fletu, which welcomes a program of uniquely affirming polyphony, for behind the repenting veneer we see ourselves wrapped in the brokenness of social order. Such would seem to be the touches brought to floral life by David James’s unparalleled countertenor strains, casting light as they do onto the relief of the Salvator mundi and smudging us over into the denser knots of Tye’s Omnes gentes plaudite.
Tye, in fact, is the glue that binds this set through his Missa Sine Nomine, itself refracted into a series of signposts on the way toward silence. His crunchy dissonances and thick harmonies capture the spirit of an age in decline (Gloria), even as they cast their arms toward rapture (Sanctus). These weighted clouds break for the music of Sheppard, whose light shifts our focus into the album’s tenderest moments. The haunting tenor lines in his Beati omnes give us an especially glorified account of time, while the Laudate pueri Dominum falls like water along stone.
This recording is more “present” than the Hilliard Ensemble’s usual and allows for a closer view of the harmonies woven throughout, giving guest bass Robert Macdonald plenty of room to lay his ground. A lovely, if saddened, selection of music, but nonetheless important for lamenting an era without hope.
Nicolas Gombert: Missa Media Vita In Morte Sumus – The Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series 1884)
Nicolas Gombert
Missa Media Vita In Morte Sumus
Andreas Hirtreiter tenor
Recorded May 2002 at Propstei St. Gerold
A rightful successor to Josquin Desprez, with whom he studied, Nicolas Gombert had been long neglected at the time of this recording. The mass represented here, split as it is among a choice selection of motets, is exemplary of his gift for rewriting. His vocal lines are characterized by their restlessness, both in terms of composition (the virtual lack of rests in the score) and mood (in its constant search for resolution).
How do Hilliards bring their own sensibility to music already so fine? By doing what they always do so well: allowing their entire beings to resonate with every note they sing. Augmenting their usual quartet, the Hilliards welcome bass Robert Macdonald and tenor Andreas Hirtreiter (making a trio of tenors for three of the motets herein) for this long-overdue recording. Macdonald’s presence is especially felt in the six-part motet, Media vita in morte sumus, that opens the program. Like much of what follows on this disc, the music is dark and bottom-heavy. This doesn’t mean, however, that moments of light are nowhere to be found, for in the escalations of tense polyphony that abound there is the illumination of obscurity. Like a stained glass window, one comes to know it through its variations in opacity and translucence, and then only through a glow whose source remains as intangible as the reverence that gave it life.
Gombert takes the Media vita in morte sumus as source for his five-part Missa Media Vita. Scattered among a selection of motets, the voices of the Missa tumble into one another in a music resigned to its own finitude. Harmonies tend toward the dissonant and tight, so that moments of consonance shine with an airy quality that seems to bypass the mind completely and head straight to the prayerful heart. There is gravity in this music, both in its sense of seriousness and in terms of force. One need listen no further than the Kyrie, which through its introductory tenor line shifts the angle of light to a gallery of rolling landscapes. Between the subtler interactions of the Sanctus and the continued magic of the tenor lines in the Agnus Dei, one cannot help but hear in their amen(d)s a visceral resolution.
Throughout the remaining motets, the brilliance of David James steals the heart, especially in O crux, splenidor cunctis. His duetted lines with tenors in the Salve Regina seem also to fly, scanning pasture for supplication. Unexpected changes await in Anima Mea, which moves with the timidity of a newly baptized child, while the closing Musae lovis, a tribute to Josquin, surrounds us in folds of ever-changing breath.
Gombert’s is music one can easily get lost in. In doing so, the listener learns to shut out the individual voice in favor of the grander tabernacle it embodies. His motives work in ropes more than threads. Like members of a shepherd’s flock, herded by divine command, they may not understand the constitution of the voice that guides them, but through the sound alone they know to press on with their brothers and sisters into the setting sun.
J. S. Bach: Motetten – The Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series 1875)
April 15, 2012 May 12, 2016 | Tyran Grillo
Motetten
Joanne Lunn soprano
Rebecca Outram soprano
Rogers Covey-Crump tenor, organ
It was during a concert given by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in the fall of 1995 that a Bach motet’s masterful weaves of light and sound first nourished these ears. With infinitely branching listening paths before me, however, I never explored the motets further—that is, until the ECM connection came full circle with this wondrous recording from the Hilliard Ensemble. Or should I say, the Hilliard Ensemble in duplicate, for here the quartet is joined by sopranos Joanne Lunn and Rebecca Outram, countertenor David Gould, and bass Robert Macdonald for a special session in the familiar acoustics of Austria’s Propstei St. Gerold.
Very little is known about the circumstances surrounding the composition of these motets, but as Martin Geck’s liner notes remind us, their significance in Bach’s oeuvre is on par with The Well-Tempered Clavier, equally monumental as examples of counterpoint and absolute harmony. They are, one might say, extra-musical insofar as they express themselves far beyond the words at their core, beyond the note values ascribed to those words, and beyond the constraints that pigeonhole them into meters and divisions. Rather, they lose themselves blissfully in the finer details of their flowering.
From the first threads of Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied one can feel the utter control these singers possess. Listening to them is like feeling the music being born from Bach’s mind, fresh and free from the pitfalls of excessive scrutiny. Lunn and Outram stand out especially, ringing out over the others like carillon overtones in a music overcome by a melismatic spirituality (listen also for their striking high that ends this opening motet). The shimmering space therein gives us some of the more intimate moments on the disc, nesting in mind and body with all the gentility of an autumn breeze. These motets all end on resolved chords, offering a sign of hope and tranquility in the wake of their roiling seas. On that note one can hardly praise this recording without highlighting the crisp diction throughout. This attention to linguistic color is perhaps what most separates it from those rendered in larger forces. Moments like the “Gute Nacht, O Wesen” portion of Jesu, Meine Freude are as tactile as our own bodies. Others of sheer transcendence abound, as in the final chorale of Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir and the Alleluia of Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden. Yet it is in the last, Ich lasse Dich nicht, du sengnest mich denn (often elided from Bach motet recordings, due to its contested authorship), that we find ourselves bathed in deepest calm, for here is the breath turned sacred, that it might begin a life of its own.
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Four people, shepherds, from al-Buleil disappeare in the badiyah, and the culprit is hezbollah militia!
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Will SDF Resume Their Operations Against Daesh In The Eastern Deir Ezzor Countryside ?
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced two days ago a temporary cessation of the military operations against Daesh-held pocket in the eastern suburb of Deir Ezzor, the announcement was mentioned in an official statement issued by the SDF central command.
SDF attributed the reason for the suspension of the operations to the escalation of Turkish attacks on their positions in northern Syria, the most recent of which is the Turkish bombing on the positions of PYD in Tel Abyad on 30 October.
The cessation of operations against the organization in Deir Ezzor coincides with the losses suffered by SDF in their recent battles. This included the loss of several military positions and the killing of dozens of their manpower and the capture of other, in addition to losing large quantities of equipment and military vehicles.
The recent military losses of SDF have generated a state of confusion within their ranks. They held the Arab fighters, which dominate the manpower of the Jazzzera Storm Operation in Deir Ezzor, responsible for the defeat, which led to a state of dissatisfaction among the Arab manpower. The latter believe that they have been used as cannon fodders in the ongoing fighting against Daesh in the eastern countryside while the Kurdish fighters have remained at the back lines.
The organization intensified its operations against SDF in the past week, taking advantage of the dusty atmosphere that hit the area for several consecutive days, which hampered Coalition airstrikes and weakened the military capabilities of SDF who are used to fight under intense air cover.
The state of confusion and despair among the ranks of SDF, which is due to the recent heavy losses in Deir Ezzor, is the main reason that led to the announcement of the cessation of their battles in Deir Ezzor.
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9 August 2018 - 13:59
Rouhani’s chief of staff to deliver message to Erdogan
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Chief of Staff of Iran's president, left Tehran for Ankara to meet with and deliver President Rouhani’s message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mahmoud Vaezi, the Chief of Staff of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left Tehran for Ankara on Thursday. He is tasked with delivering President Rouhani’s message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
During his one-day visit to Turkish capital city, he is also slated to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. He is supposed to convey the views of the Iranian officials to Turkish counterparts and relay those of the Turkish back to Tehran.
This will be the second meeting of Vaezi with Erdogan as he had earlier met with the Turkish chief of government in mid-May.
Turkey, India, and China are the most significant countries which have declined US request for cutting Iran’s oil export to zero. The three countries have described the US unilateral move as an illegal measure in the international affairs and have asserted that Iran’s oil is essential for the global market of energy.
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Muslims in the German Armed Forces
Observing Ramadan in Uniform
There are around 1,000 Muslims among Germany's 250,000 soldiers. During Ramadan, they have the extra pressure of finding a compromise between their job and their daily religious fast. Ulrike Hummel reports
Chaouki Aakil is a sergeant in a logistics battalion. He also carries the responsibility for the soldiers during transport operations. A loss of concentration in a risky situation would be unforgivable, the 30-year-old says.
But that is a real threat during Ramadan, which this year began on July 9, and which requires practicing Muslims to fast between sunrise and sunset. If Ramadan comes during the summer - as it does this year - doing without food and water can be a real problem.
Difficult decision
"It gets really busy on foreign missions," says Aakil. "I have decided that when I'm in Afghanistan, I can't fast in good conscience." As a Bundeswehr soldier, he explains, you are not only at the mercy of searing heat among many other physical and mental strains - you also have to be sensitive to foreign cultures.
Soldiers work under extreme conditions. Fasting is proving to be even more of a challenge than in civilian life
Many of Aakil's fellow Muslim soldiers also struggle with the decision of fasting for Ramadan or not. On the one hand, the annual observance is one of the five pillars of Islam and a sacred duty. On the other hand, it can be extremely problematic from a medical point of view in extreme situations.
"A high degree of concentration is necessary in some of the very strenuous missions," says Michael Faust, head doctor at Cologne University Clinic. "Getting water at the very least is essential." Doing without food could be managed for longer periods, if you take the calories either before or after, said Faust, adding, "That isn't really advisable, but it isn't exactly dramatic either."
Religious duty - with exceptions
Islamic scholar Erol Pürlü says Ramadan is meant to enhance, not damage, physical health
But the question of conscience remains. There are cases where practicing Muslims can make exceptions. "Sick people and travelers, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and old people are allowed to skip the fast and do it later instead," said Islamic scholar Erol Pürlü. The same is true of people in particularly difficult jobs. "The fast is meant to serve people's health, and not damage it," he said.
This year, Sergeant Aakil is stationed at a barracks in Unna, western Germany. His duties include regular exercise and target practice. With a daily 18-hour fast, that in itself is a challenge.
Legal halal menus
During Ramadan, the daily routine also has to be adapted. "Of course fasting in the Bundeswehr is a bit more difficult, because there are army kitchens," says Aakil. "The eating times have to be agreed in advance." And because the sunset happens a few minutes earlier every day, the canteen personnel need to show some flexibility. But it works out, the sergeant insists.
The Bundeswehr has also altered its menu - though only so much change is possible within its legal framework. Muslims can be provided with "halal" foods, meaning meals that are free of pork and alcohol. Byproducts like gelatin are also taboo.
Depending on the origin and the branch of Islam, some Muslims are also only allowed to eat meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the correct way - always an issue in the army. The army cannot provide that, says Aakil, since this type of slaughter is illegal.
Separate cutlery
Bundeswehr canteens have been adapted to deal with Ramadan: Muslims can be provided with "halal" foods, meaning meals that are free of pork and alcohol
But army canteens are better equipped than many other large kitchens. "Here in Unna the food is prepared separately," says Aakil. The cooks use separate forks and ladles and make sure that the meat is stored separately. "And if we grill together, the cooks always have some aluminum foil with them, so that the turkey breast doesn't touch the bacon."
If his duty roster allows it, Aakil always tries to break the fast with his family, because the holy month is about more than just doing without something. Ramadan is the month of "Ummah" - the global Muslim community - and the fast has an important social function, so Muslims try to break fast together wherever possible. Part of the reason for the fast is to generate empathy for people who hunger or thirst every day, to create a sense of solidarity.
Ulrike Hummel
© Deutsche Welle 2013
Redaktion: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de
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Teresa Hammonds is the young actress who was cast to play me and perform my poem. She is s sophomore and a theater major who has starred in a few of Methodist's productions, last year she landed the starring role in "Doubt" to much acclaim. She has done an absolutely amazing job with this three page --- very challenging to memorize --- poem. Thank you, Teresa.
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"To Jeremy": Spoken Word Poetry performed by Teresa Hammonds
I wrote this poem last year, 2013, to a once beloved friend, British photographer Jez (Jeremy) Coulson. By accident, the chair of the theatre department at Methodist University saw the poem and asked if he could produce it as a part of their Spring 2014 production. The poem has a somewhat dramatic back story, so at first I wasn't quite sure of how to respond. But eventually I agreed. From the process of writing the poem, to watching the auditions, to sitting through the rehearsals, to this week's opening night and official performances, has been quite a journey for me.
The photography and the poster design is mine as well. At the last minute the theater dept. needed someone to do their posters and advertisements for this production, and they hired me, for which I am grateful. So the photography and designing also became a part of this journey. More of the posters and ads can be seen at: http://anenchantedforest.zenfolio.com/graphicdesign
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What's a word like “posterity”, but not for so long into the future?
I am looking for a word like "posterity". I was going to use it but it feels like too long into the future. I looked up the definition for posterity and got:
succeeding or future generations collectively:
I don't need for future generations, but rather for keeping for the next few years (5-10 years)?
I'm looking for an alternative that fits in place of the word posterity, because that's nice an concise. I thought of "for record keeping purposes" instead of "for posterity" but that doesn't feel as concise. Is there a word that I could use instead?
Here's my example sentence:
"I've also attached the binary to this email for _ "
"for future reference"? – Hank Feb 27 '17 at 16:01
Why not just 'for the record'? – Spagirl Feb 27 '17 at 16:07
"For the file." – Yosef Baskin Feb 27 '17 at 16:16
I always use "posterior". – Hot Licks Feb 27 '17 at 20:49
I think the main reason to get rid of 'posterity' is because it's highfalutin'. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 7 '19 at 14:31
Perhaps for future reference will work better for you:
For Future Reference
For use at a later date.
"She lodged this idea in the back of her mind for future reference"
(OED)
HankHank
If you just put "reference", as you can't go in the past to reference something, so it implies future use. – Tim Feb 28 '17 at 20:52
@Tim You can reference in the present, though. – Hank Mar 1 '17 at 15:00
For ‘the foreseeable future’
...which implies ‘for an indeterminate amount of time into the future’ (presumably, as far forward as one can currently be bothered to look) but doesn’t have the finality of ‘posterity’.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/foreseeable
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Word for “not putting thought into something”
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The opposite of "to peel? A word for removing a valuable center?
Single word for “put away”
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Anything English – Anything French
Neolithic Martigues
Oct27 by english13
The Nerthe range of hills stretches west fom Marseille. and shows evidence of human occupation way back into mesolithic days. Here, at ‘Font-aux-pigeons’, a large overhanging cliff providing shelter and protection, 300 mesolithic dwellers were encamped around 6,000-5,000 B.C. They were hunter-gatherers with highly developed toolkits including large stone choppers for animal butchering and skinning to small micro-liths (plus bone) of awls and burins for the making of clothes.
The range of hills comes to an end above Martigues as they look down the Etang-de-Berre. This small site at Mourre-du-Bouef was once inhabited around 4-5 millenium B.C. By mesolithic hunter-gatherers or neolithic farmers? Probably a blend of both. Revolutionary anatolian agricultural techniques (re-sowing part of what you reap) had not yet swept this way. But they soon would – to change the world. They would arrive either by incoming migrants, or by cultural dispersal and infusion. Therein lies a particular archeological debate. Anyway, here, above Martigues, selective harvesting, plus the rearing of sheep and goats, was probably already engaged in.
Hill tops were safe places to set up camp. Attackers could be seen from afar. They were also good places to survey animal movements, either searching for prey or water, or following migration trails. This was still a good while before the coming of the Celts and before the first site at Martigues was built on the banks of the Etang-de-Berre at ‘Tholon’. At this time, coming down to the shores of the etang, for fish and shell-fish, was a risky business. Wild animals and unfriendly neighbours were also in the area and could possibly attack. Of course, the etang was slightly smaller in those days. Waters were still rising after the last ice-age, which had trapped huge water resources in the northern ice caps. Their retreat was a process that lasted several thousand years. But by the neolithic period, beginning around the 4th millenium B.C., levels were not so different than they are today.
Several other neolithic sites in the area concurrently existed e.g. the sites at Collet-Redon and Ponteau nestling on the plains. They are each separated by several kilometres, which perhaps explains the separation needed to share out the natural resources between the communities. Today, evidence of their existences can be found as a jumble of stones, the remains of foundation walls, semi-hidden amongst gorse and within a woody grove. A lot of imagination, and archeological analysis, is required to picture the lives and hardships of the people who first gathered those stones and from them, created their lodgings.
The Celts arrived early first millenium and set up their own neolithic bases, rearing sheep and planting seed. Protection continued to be an important consideration. In choosing this rocky peninsular at Tamaris, overlooking the Mediterranean sea, the ‘Avatiques‘ who lived here chose well:
In fact, this is my favourite site. The peninsular juts out into the Mediterranean – literally translated as: ‘Middle of the earth’. This may be a sea, and not an ocean, but it is still very large. However, with a little imagination one can face east towards Italy and beyond, or west towards Spain, or south across the wide expanse towards north Africa and imagine the flimsy sailing boats of antiquity struggling against the waves and currents. Sometimes they were shipwrecked, leaving their hulls and cargo deep beneath the waters. Phoenicians, Greeks, Etruscans, Iberians, Carthaginians… sailing the seas for trade and exploration.
A hillside in today’s town of St. Pierre-les-Martigues was another good site for a settlement, being shaded amoungst trees, and built on rocky slopes. Ramparts fortified the site, dated around the 6th century B.C. , making it an ‘oppidum‘ . Like Tamaris, this site was also inhabited by the Avatiques. Presumably, then, the threat came from pre-Celtic neolithic dwellers of the region – or possibly the Greeks. My knowledge here is a little shakey!
The Greeks arrived mid 7th century BC and found a charming spot the other side of Martigues at St. Blaise. This site stands on a hill top plateau, amoungst pine trees and is situated between two peaceful etangs. This idyllic site too had previously been occupied by Celts, but the Greeks ‘kind of took it over’ and it grew and grew, finally becoming a town encompassing 40 hectares. Stone to build the site was chiselled out from the rock along the coast and transported inland. Similarly was stone acquired to built the site of Marseille, 40 kms to the west. The ancient chisel marks are still evident on close inspection.
A group of inhabitants moved out towards the shores of the Etang-du-Berre. This is the site of Tholon, now under renovation. It was the first site settled in Martigues. Then ‘L’ile’ (the ‘island’) too became inhabited and grew in size and importance. From here, the history of the town of Martigues truly begins.
Then the Romans arrived, stretching out across the south of France, creating a new Roman province (Provence), before stretching north and finally subdueing the Gauls. In Martigues they dug out the swampy land between the Etang and the Mediterranean, making the first navigable canal. Further north at Glanum they took over an impressive Celtic site over looked by the ‘Les Alpilles’ range of hills. The site had been here since the 7th century B.C. when it was constructed around a water well where the Celtic god ‘Glan’ was said to live, along with his benevolant companions – ‘the Glanic mothers‘. For a while, under the Greeks, it became Hellenistic. It then became Roman under Emperor Augustus.
This entry was posted in French Culture, travel and tagged la couronne, martigues, mesolithic, neolithic, st.Blaise, Tamaric, Tholon.
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6 comments on “Neolithic Martigues”
lyonenglishnetwork says:
Thanks, Phil. Nice piece! Paul.
english13 says:
Thanks, Paul.
Huberaime says:
A good illustrated lesson of history is always highly formative. Thank you, Phil. I’m at page 64 of your 4,000 Days. I like your descriptive style, always vivid, ‘flowery’ but never pompous or boring.
You’re too kind! My fear was always of being too self-indulgent and in some places I do go quite deep, as you’ll see if you continue. But to balance all that I’ve tried to include lots of history and description. Of course, this is all going back quite a long time now – the experiences and the writing!
I’m looking forward to reading something new from you, here or on some other medium. All the best. Hubert
Hi Hubert – I feel blocked with writing. It takes a lot of time and I don’t have much of a response to what I write to make it worthwhile. I don have lots of potential ideas and I have continued a bit with Catfish, but not enough time to put into it.
Also – I’m reading a lot these days, Count of Monte Christo at the moment, with 6 books lined up to take me through to autumn; at least.
Similar for photos – continue to snap away, and happy with results, but would really like to do somethng with what I’ve got – that’s the business side of things which I’m not so hot on.
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ELECTRIC WHEELS PLUGGING IN TO CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTIONS
October 25, 2019 October 25, 2019 Justin Simmons
Meet Sam. Sam is about to buy a car, but he doesn’t know which one. He stands on the dealer’s lot engaged in a host of complex calculations, examining alternatives and weighing the pros and cons of model, cost, fuel efficiency, reliability, and even color. These days Sam has another important choice: gas or electric? With an electric vehicle, Sam must take into account even more variables: When and where will he charge the vehicle? How much will charging cost? Is he willing to pay a premium to own such a car? In 2009, EPRI researchers undertook to gauge how Sam and other consumers view electric cars and what they expect of their electric utilities. Electric vehicles represent a tiny fraction of the vehicles on the road today, but Mark Duvall, director of EPRI’s Electric Transportation Program, expects production to ramp up quickly. “By 2015,” according to Duvall, “it’s quite likely we’ll have more than a million electrics on the road.” As the number of electric vehicles grows, so will demand for power. For an industry accustomed to serving stationary customers, utilities are finding that vehicles present an entirely new set of challenges. “It’s a different business,” said Bernard Neenan, a technical executive at EPRI. “For the first time, our customers are mobile.”
EPRI’s Electric Transportation Program has long focused on understanding how electric vehicles will affect the power grid and how utilities will accommodate the added demand for power. In 2008, the program’s members decided to incorporate another key component of the equation: electricity customers. To prepare for an influx of electric vehicles, utilities need to know when their customers will buy cars, what kinds of cars they will buy, and how those purchases will affect the way they use electricity. Researchers developed an online survey to examine customers’ perceptions of electric cars and the factors that influence electric car purchases. The survey builds on the findings of EPRI’s 2001 national survey of electric vehicle interest, which focused on what consumers want from an electric vehicle. This time, members wanted a survey to help them understand how customers view the utility’s role in electric transportation in their own service areas. “We know electric cars are not going to be adopted uniformly across the county—or even within a utility’s service area,” said Neenan, the project manager. “So it makes sense to gather information specific to the characteristics of the customers in that area.” As Neenan and his colleagues tested the survey to “work out the bugs,” focus group discussions revealed a serious problem: consumers didn’t understand the researchers’ nomenclature. “They thought an electric car was a hybrid car or a hybrid car was an extended-range car,” Neenan said. “That confusion would have been a disaster in the survey.” To address this issue, the researchers added an educational component to outline the differences between standard gasoline vehicles, hybrid electric cars, plug-in hybrid electrics, and battery-only electric vehicles.
In July 2009, EPRI collaborated with Southern California Edison and a third party polling company to administer the survey to SCE’s customers.To qualify, participants had to be at least 18 years old and had to be planning to buy or lease a new vehicle in the next five years. The survey focused on issues critical to the electric power industry: consumer charging preferences; accessibility of at-home charging; at-home charging plan preferences; the consumer’s interest in acquiring an electric vehicle; and the influence of gasoline prices, vehicle price, and the consumer’s friends and family. Of 869 respondents, 292 owned a hybrid and 587 owned a conventional gasoline vehicle. Not surprisingly, interest in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles was highest among people who owned a hybrid. Some 20% of hybrid owners said they “definitely” plan to purchase or lease an electric car, compared with only 8% of non-hybrid owners. Many survey questions dealt with charging, a topic customers identified as important in the 2001 survey. For example, do customers expect that there will be public charging? Where would they be most likely to charge their vehicles? Would they pay a premium for faster charging? Notably, nearly all respondents said they would prefer to charge their electric cars at home. “With a gasoline car, you go to the gas station once a week. With an electric car, you plug in when it’s convenient,” Duvall said. “That’s an incredible benefit to owning an electric vehicle.” Researchers also asked participants when they would charge, if offered three options: an “anytime” plan that would allow them to charge day or night, a “night-time discount” plan that would give participants a discount for charging during off-peak hours, and a “night-time only” plan that would save participants even more money by letting them charge only during off peak hours for a yearly flat fee. In California, participants preferred the “night-time discount” plan over the other two. Half of all non-hybrid owners and nearly 60% of all hybrid owners said they would choose this option. The “anytime” plan was least M The Story in Brief How will consumers react to the auto industry’s rollout of electric vehicles, and how do they expect their power companies to be involved?
New EPRI developed surveys gather regional information on the public’s interest, assumptions, wants, and needs. 16 EPRI JOURNAL desirable. The survey also presented an optional discount of $10 a month if customers would allow the utility to interrupt their charging occasionally. More than half of non-hybrid owners and 70% of hybrid owners were extremely or very likely to choose this option.
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
What holds true for California customers may not hold true in other regions. “We looked at their (SCE’s) results and said, we don’t think that’s our typical customer,” said Bryan Coley, a research engineer with Southern Company. In 2010, EPRI researchers helped Southern Company in Atlanta implement its own survey of 500 customers. Atlanta is a city with long commute times and notoriously bad traffic, where residents might be inclined to purchase electric vehicles to cut their gasoline bills. “This was a great opportunity to benefit from a market research study already started by EPRI,” Coley said. EPRI also launched a 1,000-person survey in collaboration with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which provides electricity to Tennessee and parts of Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virginia. Responses to these surveys are strikingly similar, but differ substantially from California responses in two key areas. First, the percentage of Californians who said they would buy an electric car in the next five years was much higher. “That’s not unexpected,” Neenan said. “California consumers are more inclined to be early adopters’.” Second, California respondents would be more willing to charge at night if the price of electricity were cheaper. That’s important because drivers who come home from work and plug in their cars could be charging during peak demand and increasing stress on the electricity grid. “Charging behavior is kind of the wild card in all of this,” said James Ellis, senior manager of transportation and infrastructure at TVA. So utilities would like to offer customers an incentive for agreeing to charge when loads are lowest. The survey suggests that might work in California, where 66% said they would charge only at night or late at night, but that strategy might be more difficult to implement in the Southeast. When the survey offered Southern Company’s and TVA’s customers the same discounts, two-thirds of the respondents said they wanted to be able to charge at any time. This may reflect cultural differences or the Southeast’s relatively cheaper electricity. “It really just shows that low cost energy economics is more of a driver here than the environmental benefits,” Ellis said. While responses differed among surveys, most differences were subtle. “One of the things we’re finding is how alike people are,” Neenan said. “That may mean we can administer surveys over regions rather than just in utility service territories.” Participants from all three surveys said that faster charging would influence their decision to buy an electric car, but few participants indicated that they were willing to pay extra for faster charging options. Similarly, few participants were willing to pay a premium to purchase the car itself. In all three regions, respondents who said they would be likely to buy an electric car tended to be young, male, educated hybrid owners. One section of the survey explored customers’ expectations of their utilities. Responses indicate that consumers think that electric utilities will play an important role in the transition to electric vehicles. Between 50% and 70% expect the utility to offer home charging installation services and provide car readiness audits to tell them what upgrades they need to prepare their homes for an electric car. Many customers think that utilities should provide public charging stations. “Under the traditional model, a utility delivers power no further than the electric meter,” Ellis said. But the survey results suggest that some consumers may like to see power providers The GM 2011 Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid. It has an unlimited driving range with its gasoline engine and an EPA-rated range of 35 miles on its battery. It will recharge from “empty” in about 8–10 hours using a 120-volt portable charger or in 3–4 hours from a dedicated 240-volt charger. Photo courtesy of Chevrolet. Ford plans to release the battery electric version of the Ford Focus in late 2011. The Focus Electric is powered by a lithium ion battery that can recharge from either 120 or 240 volts. Using the wall-mounted 240-volt charger can completely recharge the battery in as little as 3–4 hours. Photo courtesy of Ford. The 2011 Nissan Leaf is a 100% battery electric vehicle with an EPA-rated range of 73 miles. It can use a portable 120-volt charger, but most drivers will likely opt for a dedicated wall-mounted 240-volt charger that can completely recharge the battery from “empty” in less than 8 hours. Photo courtesy of Nissan. WINTER 2011 17 think beyond that model. “It gives us more insight into what tools TVA can help our power distributors build in order to better meet consumers’ needs,” Ellis said. Utilities may not be able to provide the services that customers expect for the prices they want to pay. Coley was surprised at how little customers offered to pay for conveniences such as 240-volt charging stations and faster charging. Purchasing and installing a 240-volt charging station, for example, can cost as much as $2,000, but more than 90% of customers said they wouldn’t pay even $1,000. “Consumers always want the best value at the best price,” Coley said. But the survey results make Coley suspect that customers need more education. Ellis agrees and added that consumers may not be taking into account the benefits of fuel switching. “The upfront costs of hardware and plug-in vehicles are more expensive right now,” he said, “but there may be future financing models that can help make buying an electric car and supporting charging infrastructure more like buying a conventional vehicle.” “These surveys help utilities understand what their customers expect from them, but they also help EPRI understand what our research agenda needs to look like to be able to meet some of these requests,” Duvall said. For example, given that people who have relatively cheap electricity seem to want the convenience of charging at any time, EPRI researchers might explore other incentives that could entice customers to charge their cars during off-peak hours; EPRI could then develop the technologies needed to deploy those incentives.
THE ROAD AHEAD
EPRI researchers plan more surveys, some of which may cover an entire state and allow several utilities to share the data. Once EPRI has data from several regions, it plans to create a national database of the survey responses. “The more data we have, the more we can learn,” said Duvall. Coley would like to see the survey repeated in a few years. “At that point, our customers will have had some hands-on experience with the vehicles,” he said. Neenan calls the survey a first step. “This is an early market, so not everyone who wants an electric vehicle can get their hands on one,” he said. “But as more automakers enter the market and the volume ramps up, we’ll quickly get to a point where more people will think about buying electric vehicles. Because the current survey doesn’t look at decision tradeoffs, the data can’t be used to calculate a true adoption curve.” Neenan and his colleagues hope to start working on a new survey in 2012 specifically designed to address those decision factors. “Through this more probing research,” he said, “researchers can look more closely at the decision to purchase an electric car and the impacts of the car’s price, gasoline costs, and other factors.” And knowing how many consumers will buy electric cars is the first step in preparing the electricity grid for this new fleet. “The industry is trying to anticipate how electric vehicles will change the demand for electricity,” Neenan said, “so we don’t get caught unprepared.” With better information, both Sam the car buyer and his utility power supplier may expect to arrive at the same plug at the same time for a successful “refueling.”
Utility Robots, Rise Of The Machines
They don’t look like the Terminator or come from the Forbidden Planet. But robots are becoming important allies to the power industry, performing tasks that are too risky, remote, or complex for humans to handle efficiently.
The industry is starting to pay attention to the possibilities: in October 2010, the first International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry brought together robotics experts and power company representatives from 22 countries to facilitate the development of suitable machines. EPRI has long recognized that robots can perform critical functions and has been developing robots for power plant and high-voltage environments since the 1970s.
One early power line robot, TOMCAT (Teleoperator for Operations, Maintenance, andConstruction using Advanced Technology), featured a large remotely operated arm for work on live transmission wires. EPRI designed TOMCAT to be an all purpose machine, but robotics trends now call for smaller equipment to perform specific functions. EPRI’s current work covers a wide range of applications and makes use of the knowledge of research and industry partners to investigate promising technologies while lowering development costs.
Today’s projects put robots inside major plant components, on suburban streets, and on high-voltage transmission lines. Taking the Heat Robots make good detectives, and they are particularly adept at performing work that involves squeezing into tight spaces, such as the vertical and horizontal tubes of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). In a combined-cycle plant, these tubes transfer heat from the combustion turbine’s exhaust gas to water flowing through the tubes to generate additional steam for electricity production. The closely bundled tubes are typically 50–70 millimeters (2–2.75 inches) in diameter and extend 12–18 meters (40–60 feet) between the upper and lower headers.
Physical limitations pose big challenges for close inspection. When the tubes perform poorly or fail altogether, the causes can be complex and difficult to uncover. So inspection requires something flexible and agile. Accessing the tubes inside the bundle presents a particular challenge for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) because the ultrasonic and eddy-current equipment used to detect problems must be in contact with the tubes. Robots are good candidates, and a so-called “snake” robot has been developed to crawl around in the tight environment. EPRI is working with Carnegie Mellon University to improve the robot’s agility, speed, and efficiency and to add capabilities to perform NDE. The goal is to improve the robot’s ability to inspect the hard-to-access center of the tube bundle. Designers also hope to be able to introduce the robot for a complete inspection through a single entry point in the HRSG header, avoiding the time and cost of cutting and closing multiple entries. Other modifications would allow the robot to climb vertical tubes more easily and to direct its inspection camera straight down the tube bundle. The team plans to alter the robot’s “gait” so that it can maneuver through different tube configurations and remain stable when encountering obstacles.
To increase its range of motion and prolong its operation in the field, researchers are looking to reduce the weight of the robot’s tether while adding other safety features. Over time, EPRI plans to add more NDE capabilities for a wider range of problems and solutions. Seeing the Light Light-emitting diode (LED) technologies use energy more efficiently than conventional lighting and promise a longer lifespan, resulting in lower operation and maintenance costs. Since 2009, EPRI has been conducting an LED energy-efficiency demonstration to assess the technology for street and area lighting. EPRI designed a robot, called Scotty, to help researchers collect data from the 20-plus U.S. demonstration sites. Scotty takes precise measurements of light levels on the street so that researchers can determine, among other things, how much and how fast the light intensity deteriorates over time. It’s not an easy job. Researchers want to collect photometric data near the ground and to do so in a precise grid.
The Story in Brief Robots are the power industry’s allies for complex inspection and data collecting missions. the past, researchers manually inspected the equipment, made light measurements, and recorded the data. Scotty, a four-wheeled, remote-controlled robot, is proving to be a faster, more exacting surveyor. Guided by a global positioning system (GPS), Scotty traces designated paths, measures lighting levels, and transmits the readings to a remote computer five times per second. The robot completes a job in minutes rather than hours. It can measure all types of lighting, allowing direct comparisons of LED systems with more conventional options. Thanks to Scotty’s precision, researchers are making measurements at a 2-foot (0.6 m) spacing, providing much more detail than the conventional 10-foot (3.1 m) spacing. The robot also keeps human inspectors off the streets, where they may be exposed to speeding cars and other hazards. Living the High(-Voltage) Life Transmission lines present a substantial and expensive challenge for human inspection and maintenance. They stretch hundreds of miles, often through remote areas. As the technology is refined, momentum is growing to use robotic inspection for transmission line components. In a survey conducted during last year’s robotics conference for the power industry, 32% of the respondents said they used robots for live line work, most often for replacing parts or cleaning insulators. Inspection and preventive maintenance applications could greatly increase the use of robots on the high wires.
EPRI is refining a prototype, called Ti, to develop an inspection robot that can reside permanently on a transmission network, traveling up to 40 miles (64.4 km) on a line in four months. The robot will then reposition itself on another wire or be moved by a line crew. Along the way, the robot will identify right-of-way encroachment and any vegetation that threatens the performance of the line, plus monitor and report problems with transmission line components. EPRI researchers are now analyzing data from laboratory tests to improve Ti’s design. The current prototype can run at up to 3 miles (4.8 km) per hour and inspect, on average, 15 segments of 138- kV line each day. Ti incorporates high-definition infrared cameras and image-processing technology and can compare images taken at different times to track equipment deterioration well before failure. Researchers expect to add a light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) sensor to provide close measurements of the relative positions of the conductor, vegetation, and other structures.
Ti’s use of GPS technology enables utility operators to quickly pinpoint trouble spots. Ti will also transmit data collected from sensors already installed along the transmission lines to check on the performance of insulators, conductors, and compression connectors. This use of sensors can be critical, particularly in regions that experience strong winds or frequent lightning. Creating inspection robots for the nation’s transmission network will continue to be a key focus. EPRI will unveil a new transmission robot at the Utility Products Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, in January 2012. Nuclear Reactor Drain Line The interior surfaces of carbon steel drain lines in a boiling water reactor (BWR) are susceptible to corrosion by the deoxygenated water that flows through the pipes. If not detected early enough, corrosion can thin pipe walls and cause failures that could lead to an unscheduled shutdown or other problems. EPRI is developing a series of robots to inspect and evaluate reactor drain lines for various BWR designs. Drain line examination presents key challenges. The lines are surrounded by extensive hardware at the bottom of the reactor, making access difficult. Moreover, the configuration of drain lines and adjacent equipment differs by BWR plant design.
In 2007, EPRI conducted a field test to demonstrate the first robot’s ability to remotely assess the wall thickness of a BWR drain line. The reactor’s piping configuration was typical of BWR reactor Models 5 and 6. The robot used two rotating ultrasonic transducers to measure the thickness of the drain line pipe. Data analysis showed that the drain line was in good condition. Since then, three other reactors have deployed the same robot design to inspect drain lines. A second-generation robot was designed for a drain line configuration typical of BWR Model 3 reactors. In these reactors, the drain line follows a complex path on top of an I-beam and through pieces of hardware, such as a control rod drive mechanism and in-core flux-monitoring tubes. The complexity of the operation prompted researchers to build a detailed, full-scale mockup of the piping configuration, including obstructions.
Testing the robot 8 EPRI JOURNAL Scotty, a mobile light-measurement robot, performs accurate, timely, and repeatable measurements of LED light levels. Ti, a transmission line inspection robot, can traverse 60 miles (96.6 km) of line at least twice a year, collecting high-fidelity information that utilities can act on in real time. WINTER 2011 9 on the mockup allowed engineers to fine tune the robot, identify likely problems, and train the inspection team. In 2011, after two years of development, the new robot was put to use during a reactor’s planned maintenance shutdown. The EPRI–utility team encountered a navigation problem because the mockup did not correctly reflect a spacing gap, but after some modification, the robot completed its mission and provided the data necessary for the plant owner to certify that the drain line was in good operating condition. Inspection of Concrete EPRI is also designing a robot to facilitate the inspection of large concrete structures.
The “concrete crawler” will have to be able to move over curved concrete wall surfaces, be rugged enough to withstand outdoor use, and run on a battery that can last three to four days. Why? Because the crawler will be checking large structures such as cooling towers, containments for nuclear reactors, and hydropower dams, said Maria Guimaraes, a project manager in EPRI’s Nuclear Sector. Currently, inspectors assess the integrity of such concrete structures with manually applied NDE equipment, using scaffolds that must be moved around the structure to gain access. As concrete structures age, the need for evaluation increases. “Right now, it takes a long time to inspect a cooling tower,” Guimaraes noted. “With a robot, it could be safer, simpler, and less expensive.” The concrete crawler will carry test equipment and collect data for later analysis in the lab. Forty companies responded to a request for proposals for the concrete crawler projects this past summer. EPRI is evaluating the proposals and plans to conduct field tests next year.
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If you are anything like us than you have a growing energy company with a lot of moving parts. There are so many moving parts at times, that it can be hard to grasp them all for just one person. You should never try and do it all yourself. Having control may make you feel good, but it is not the most productive or profitable. It took me a long time to learn this and when I did, everything changed for the better. Even my stress levels dropped because I could focus on just the key things I am really good at.
Non of this advice is new really. If you have read just about any prominent business book in the last 20 years, there would have been mention about this. Now you may be asking yourself, “where is he going with this?” and I’ll tell you.
WHY YOU NEED SEO IN YOUR BUSINESS
It is no mystery that people don’t search for things they need like they did 20 years ago. We used to make calls to distributors, or look things up in the phone book. Those times are OVER. Now we all do the same thing, go online and look it up right? Well if that is where we all go to look for things, wouldn’t it make sense that we place ourselves there to be found? So how do you do that? How do you make it so when people search something, you pop as one of the top search results. Well I spent an in-numerous amount of time trying to figure out just that. This is where I play back into my lead story. Why am I trying to figure this out when there are professionals Like http://www.oregonwebsolutions.com/portland-seo-company/ to do it for us. I spent weeks banging my head against a wall and literally got nowhere. I could have been using that time to make money where I am best and would have paid for the SEO expenses already. It was the old controlling side of me that wanted to figure it out on my own and not just hire it to someone who is way better than I will ever be and let them do it better and faster. We think we are saving money by doing it ourselves, but we are actually costing ourselves money long term.
Now after I hired Oregon Web Solutions, they plotted out a 6-12 month plan of action and got started right away. They did in the first week, what would have taken me 6 months to figure out and do. Don’t you think that is worth it?
Now we are in the 8th month and they taken some specific keywords we chose to target and moved them from position 120 to the bottom of page one (about 8th-9th position). That is incredible. Every step from here and the click ratio literally doubles for every position. If you can start to see the value in what I am saying, then you can see why I am taking the time to write this.
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The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees authorized placing a $3.3 billion facilities bond measure titled, the “Affordable Education/Job Training/Classroom Safety Measure,” on the November 8, 2016, ballot: Measure CC requires a fifty-five percent (55%) vote for passage.
Last fall, voters approved Measure CC, a $3.5 billion laccd construction bond to begin another round of building. For the past three years, L.A. mission officials didn’t know what would become of …
The current seat she is running for Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees Seat four, will need someone with a tremendous amount of construction and procurement experience. The management of 3.3-billion-dollar bond measure approved for LACCD will be critical to the sustainability and forward thinking needed to provide excellent…
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House of mirrors: The incredible cabin in the California desert that appears to be see-through
All it took to turn a 70-year-old ramshackle wooden shelter in the California High Desert into an international art phenomenon was a few mirrors, colourful LED lights and a heaping portion of creativity.
In mid-October, well-regarded artist Phillip K. Smith III arrived in Joshua Tree, California, to unveil his latest project called Lucid Stead: a mind-bending installation composed of reflecting panels, lights and custom electronic equipment mounted on a humble timber shack.
Like the otherworldly lunar landscape, the art piece changed throughout the day.
During daytime, the structure appeared ethereal and partially transparent thanks to strategically placed mirrors reflecting the sweeping vistas. By night, square and rectangular fields of color in red, green and blue filled the doors and windows
‘Lucid Stead is about tapping into the quiet and the pace of change of the desert,’ Smith said of his creation. ‘When you slow down and align yourself with the desert, the project begins to unfold before you. It reveals that it is about light and shadow, reflected light, projected light, and change.’
The installation was initially planned as a two-day event for a few spectators. But thanks to word of mouth and fawning press coverage, it quickly turned into a must-see destination for some 400 arts lovers who traveled from as far as New York and Canada over two weekends in October to catch a glimpse of the incredible transparent house.
Those fortunate enough to have seen Lucid Stead in person described the unique structure as a mirage that appeared to be floating above the desiccated desert ground thanks to sleek mirrored planks alternating with gnarly wooden ones.
At night, the cabin's windows and doors lit up with LED lights controlled by a computer that gradually changed hues, transforming the appearance of the monochromatic, dull landscape into a vivid tapestry. �
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Gender and Women's Studies
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Review: E. Rentschler's The Films of G. W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema
Curry, R., Jul 1 1992, In : Film Quarterly. 45, 4, p. 41-42
Sacred space, social space: saints' shrines in Egyptian religion and social life
Hoffman, V. J. & Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1992, 19 p. [Tucson, AZ] : Middle East Studies Association of North America.
The Fight for Control of African Women's Mobility in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1939
Barnes, T. A., 1992, In : Signs. 17, 3, p. 586-608
The Poetics of Quotation in Le Bel Inconnu
Fresco, K. L., Apr 1992.
To Live A Better Life: An Oral History of Women in the City of Harare, 1930-70
Barnes, T. & Win, E., 1992, Baobab Books. 230 p.
Women in French-Quebec Cinema: The Space of Socio-Sexual (In)difference
Nadeau, C., 1992, In : CineAction. 28, p. 4–15
Claude Platin's Hystoire de Giglan et de Geoffroy de Maience: A Sixteenth-Century Reading of Arthurian Romance
Fresco, K. L., May 1991.
Design juries on trial: the renaissance of the design studio
Anthony, K. H., 1991, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 257 p.
Feminism, Bakhtin, and the dialogic
Bauer, D. M. (ed.) & McKinstry, S. J. (ed.), 1991, Albany: State University of New York Press. 259 p. (SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory)
Hemispatial Biases in Children on the Draw-A-Person Test
Heller, W., Jan 1 1991, In : Developmental Neuropsychology. 7, 2, p. 151-160 10 p.
Intentional Error: The Paradox of Editing Joyce's Ulysses
Mahaffey, V., 1991, Representing Modernist Texts: Editing as Interpretation. Bornstein, G. (ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, p. 171-191
Mae West as Censored Commodity: The Case of Klondike Annie
Curry, R., 1991, In : Cinema Journal. 31, 1, p. 57-84
Novel experiences : literature units for book discussion groups in the elementary grades
Jenkins, C. & Freeman, S., 1991, Englewood, Colo: Teacher Ideas Press.
The Case against Art: Wunderlich on Joyce
Mahaffey, V., Jun 1991, In : Critical Inquiry. 17, 4, p. 667-692 26 p.
Américanité ou américanisation: l'exemple de la coproduction au Québec
Nadeau, C., 1990, In : Cinémas. 1, 1-2, p. 60-71
Americanization
Continuity and controversy in contemporary Sufism: the Burhaniyya in Egypt
Hoffman, V. J., 1990, Middle East Studies Association of North America.
Housing perceptions of low-income single parents
Anthony, K. H. & Weidemann, S., Mar 1990, In : Environment and Behavior. 22, 2, p. 147-182 36 p.
demographic trend
L’Univers féminin criblé
: The Female Universe Shot Full of Holes
Nadeau, C. & Myriam Spiel Vogel, 1990, In : Sociologies et sociétés. 22, 1, p. 211–213
Madonna from Marylyn to Marlene: Pastiche and/or Parody?
Curry, R., 1990, In : Journal of Film and Video. 42, 2, p. 15-30 16 p.
Madonna von Marilyn zu Marlene: Pastiche oder Parodie
: Madonna from Marilyn to Marlene: Pastiche or Parody?
Curry, R., 1990, Vom Doppelleben der Bilder: Bildmedien und ihre Texte. Naumann, B. (ed.). Munich: Wilhelm Fink, p. 219-247
The German Baroque Pastoral Singspiel
Wade, M. R., 1990, Bern: Peter Lang. (Berner Beitrage zur Barockgermanistik; vol. 7)
The Other "F" Word: The Feminist in the Classroom
Bauer, D., Apr 1990, In : College English. 52, 4, p. 385-396
Aesthetic Preference and Picture Asymmetries
Banich, M. T., Heller, W. & Levy, J., Jan 1 1989, In : Cortex. 25, 2, p. 187-195 9 p.
Galdos y la novela díalógica: la tetralogia de Torquemada
Delgado, L. E., 1989, Unknown Publisher.
Los cuentos de valera: Libertad creadora y distanciamiento irónico
Delgado, L-E., Nov 1989, In : Romance Quarterly. 36, 4, p. 459-469 11 p.
“To Raise a Hornet's Nest”: The Effect of Early Resistance to Passes For Women in South Africa on the Pass Laws in Colonial Zimbabwe
Barnes, T. A., 1989, In : Agenda. 5, 5, p. 40-52
Feminist dialogics: A theory of failed community
Bauer, D. M., 1988, Albany: State University of New York Press. 204 p.
Lasting evidence: Women in the director's chair
Curry, R., May 1 1988, Afterimage, 15, p. 4-5 2 p.
Les Poésies de Gillebert de Bernesville
Fresco, K. L., 1988, Geneva: Droz. 357 p.
Reauthorizing Joyce
Mahaffey, V., 1988, New York: Cambridge University Press. 222 p.
Review: B.K. Scott's New Alliances in Joyce Studies: "When its Aped to Foul a Delfian"
Mahaffey, V., 1988, In : The James Joyce Literary Supplement. 2, 2
Review: C.H. Warner's Dubliners: A Pluralistic World
Review: M. Beja's James Joyce: The Centennial Symposium
Mahaffey, V., Mar 1988, In : English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 31, 2, p. 249-251
The Female Image as Critique in Valie Export's Films
Curry, R., 1988, In : Schatzkammer der deutschen Sprache, Dichtung und Geschichte. 14, 2, p. 70-79
Wagner, Joyce and Revolution
Mahaffey, V., 1988, In : James Joyce Quarterly. 25, 2, p. 237-247 11 p.
Private Reactions to Public Criticism: Students, Faculty, and Practicing Architects State Their Views on Design Juries in Architectural Education
Anthony, K. H., Apr 1 1987, In : Journal of Architectural Education. 40, 3, p. 2-11 10 p.
25 Years of SCS: A Socio-Political History
Curry, R., 1986, In : Journal of Film and Video. 38, 2, p. 43-57
Review: R. Brown's Joyce and Sexuality
Mahaffey, V., 1986, In : English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 29, 2, p. 230-232
The religious life of Muslim women in contemporary Egypt
Hoffman, V. J., 1986
What Difference Does Difference Make? The Politics of Identity in Feminist Discourse
Orlie, M. A., 1986, In : Critical Matrix. 4, 6, p. 60-91
An Islamic Activist: Zaynab al-Ghazali
Hoffman, V. J., 1985, Women and the Family in the Middle East: New Voices of Change. Fernea, E. W. (ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press, p. 233-254 22 p.
The status of husband/father as perceived by the wife/mother in the intact lower‐class urban black family
Barnett, B. M., Robinson, I. E., Bailey, W. C. & Smith, J. M., Jan 1 1984, In : Sociological Spectrum. 4, 4, p. 421-441
Are variations among right-handed individuals in perceptual asymmetries caused by characteristic arousal differences between hemispheres?
Levy, J., Heller, W., Banich, M. T. & Burton, L. A., Jun 1 1983, In : Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 9, 3, p. 329-359 31 p.
Functional Laterality
Asymmetry of perception in free viewing of chimeric faces
Levy, J., Heller, W., Banich, M. T. & Burton, L. A., Oct 1983, In : Brain and Cognition. 2, 4, p. 404-419 16 p.
Asymmetry
A look at gayness : an annotated bibliography of gay materials for young people
Jenkins, C. & Morris, J., 1982, Ann, Arbor, Mich: Kindred Spirit Press.
Urban development along the California coast.
Anthony, H. A. & Anthony, K. H., Jan 1 1982, In : Ekistics. 49, 293, p. 160-164 5 p.
On Being Beaten by Angry Yanguesans Armed With Packstaves
Mahaffey, V., Jan 1 1979, In : ADE Bulletin. 62, p. 100-102
"The Death of Saint Narcissus" and "Ode": Two Suppressed Poems by T. S. Eliot
Mahaffey, V., Jan 1979, In : American Literature. 50, 4, p. 604-612 9 p.
Japanese in Sacramento 1910.
Brown, A. M. & Cole, C. L., 1975, Sacramento, Calif: Sacramento County Historical Society.
A history of the Japanese community in Sacramento, 1883-1972: organisations, businesses, and generational response to majority domination and stereotypes
Cole, C. L., 1974, San, Francisco: R and E Research Associates.
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SecureMAC: Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks
Sang Yoon Chang, Yih Chun Hu
Coordinated Science Lab
Wireless network dynamically allocates channel resources to improve spectral efficiency and, to avoid collisions, has its users cooperate with each other using a medium access control (MAC) protocol. However, MAC assumes user compliance and can be detrimental when a user misbehaves. An attacker who compromised the network can launch more devastating denial-of-service (DoS) attacks than a network outsider by sending excessive reservation requests to waste bandwidth, by listening to the control messages and conducting power-efficient jamming, by falsifying information to manipulate the network control, and so on. We build SecureMAC to defend against such insider threats while retaining the benefits of coordination between the cooperative users. SecureMAC is comprised of four components: channelization to prevent excessive reservations, randomization to thwart reactive targeted jamming, coordination to counter control-message aware jamming and resolve over-reserved and under-reserved spectrum, and power attribution to determine each node's contribution to the received power. Our theoretical analyses and implementation evaluations demonstrate superior performance over previous approaches, which either ignore security issues or give up the benefit of cooperation when under attack by disabling user coordination (such as the Nash equilibrium of continuous wideband transmission). In realistic scenarios, our SecureMAC implementation outperforms such schemes by 76-159 percent.
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2017.2693990
Medium access control
Atmospheric spectra
Denial-of-service attack
medium access control (MAC)
network compromise
Chang, S. Y., & Hu, Y. C. (2017). SecureMAC: Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 16(12), 3527-3540. [7898430]. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2017.2693990
SecureMAC : Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks. / Chang, Sang Yoon; Hu, Yih Chun.
In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 16, No. 12, 7898430, 01.12.2017, p. 3527-3540.
Chang, SY & Hu, YC 2017, 'SecureMAC: Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 12, 7898430, pp. 3527-3540. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2017.2693990
Chang SY, Hu YC. SecureMAC: Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 2017 Dec 1;16(12):3527-3540. 7898430. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2017.2693990
Chang, Sang Yoon ; Hu, Yih Chun. / SecureMAC : Securing Wireless Medium Access Control Against Insider Denial-of-Service Attacks. In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 2017 ; Vol. 16, No. 12. pp. 3527-3540.
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American and Latin American Politics, Society, and Culture
July 31, 2012 By Fausta
Milton Friedman centenary
The Man Who Saved Capitalism
Milton Friedman, who would have turned 100 on Tuesday, helped to make free markets popular again in the 20th century. His ideas are even more important today.
In the early 1990s, Friedman visited poverty-stricken Mexico City for a Cato Institute forum. I remember the swirling controversy ginned up by the media and Mexico’s intelligentsia: How dare this apostle of free-market economics be given a public forum to speak to Mexican citizens about his “outdated” ideas? Yet when Milton arrived in Mexico he received a hero’s welcome as thousands of business owners, students and citizen activists hungry for his message encircled him everywhere he went, much like crowds for a modern rock star.
Well over 200 million were liberated from poverty thanks to the rediscovery of the free market.
The folks at HACER are celebrating 100 years of Milton Friedman’s ideas with 10 events in 8 countries of the Americas
Thanks to the generous support of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, HACER’s allies in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the United States and Venezuela will join efforts to celebrate Friedman’s life and legacy for freedom around the world.
Steven Hayward remembers Milton Friedman
My all time favorite Milton story involves the time he was motoring in Europe, and noticed a large group of men digging in a field with shovels. Milton asked someone why they didn’t use a steam shovel or earth mover, and was told that digging with shovels was an employment measure, and if they used an earth mover it would put people out of work. To which Milton naturally followed up: “Then why don’t you give them spoons?”
No one converted Milton Friedman, either in economics or in his views on social policy. His own research, analysis and experience converted him.
As a professor, he did not attempt to convert students to his political views. I made no secret of the fact that I was a Marxist when I was a student in Professor Friedman’s course, but he made no effort to change my views. He once said that anybody who was easily converted was not worth converting.
I was still a Marxist after taking Professor Friedman’s class. Working as an economist in the government converted me.
What Milton Friedman is best known for as an economist was his opposition to Keynesian economics, which had largely swept the economics profession on both sides of the Atlantic, with the notable exception of the University of Chicago, where Friedman was both trained as a student and later taught.
In the heyday of Keynesian economics, many economists believed that inflationary government policies could reduce unemployment, and early empirical data seemed to support that view. The inference was that the government could make careful trade-offs between inflation and unemployment, and thus “fine tune” the economy.
Milton Friedman challenged this view with both facts and analysis. He showed that the relationship between inflation and unemployment held only in the short run, when the inflation was unexpected. But, after everyone got used to inflation, unemployment could be just as high with high inflation as it had been with low inflation.
When both unemployment and inflation rose at the same time in the 1970s — “stagflation,” as it was called — the idea of the government “fine tuning” the economy faded away. There are still some die-hard Keynesians today who keep insisting that the government’s “stimulus” spending would have worked, if only it was bigger and lasted longer.
This is one of those heads-I-win-and-tails-you-lose arguments. Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.
Although Milton Friedman became someone regarded as a conservative icon, he considered himself a liberal in the original sense of the word — someone who believes in the liberty of the individual, free of government intrusions. Far from trying to conserve things as they are, he wrote a book titled “Tyranny of the Status Quo.”
Milton Friedman proposed radical changes in policies and institution ranging from the public schools to the Federal Reserve. It is liberals who want to conserve and expand the welfare state.
As a student of Professor Friedman back in 1960, I was struck by two things — his tough grading standards and the fact that he had a black secretary. This was years before affirmative action. People on the left exhibit blacks as mascots. But I never heard Milton Friedman say that he had a black secretary, though she was with him for decades. Both his grading standards and his refusal to try to be politically correct increased my respect for him.
My favorite Friedman clip: when he pops Donahue’s balloon,
Filed Under: business, economics, HACER Tagged With: Fausta's blog, Milton Friedman
Scaredy-cats
It’s vampire day!
Bill Richardson’s scared:
From Univision, the Lateeenoh network:
Former New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson admits to the Univision cyclops that he is very afraid of Marco Rubio. The Castro-hugging Richardson — whose propaganda exploits on behalf of the regime have been exposed here on Babalu numerous times (see this sample from last year) — broke free from the talking points memo of the Obama campaign and admitted that Marco Rubio could siphon off some of the HIss-Panic vote despite the fact that he is a Cuban-American and therefore also wrong on just about every issue that matters to Hiss-Panics.
As former SCTV superstar Count Floyd would say: AWWWOOOOOOOOO, ARRROOOOOOOOOO!
Meanwhile, That heartless vampire capitalist is kind of a … wimp?
Anything, any thing, to distract from the dismal economy and jobs situation.
AWWWOOOOOOOOO!
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Democrats, economy, elections, Mitt Romney, politics, Republicans Tagged With: Fausta's blog
Romney: “Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.” UPDATED
Jennifer Rubin:
Without specifically criticizing President Obama in his speech in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney delivered a blow to the Obama campaign’s frantic efforts to defend the president’s hostile stance toward the Jewish state simply by saying: “It is a deeply moving experience to be in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.” The Obama administration can’t even say that much, a sign of how reflectively protective of the Palestinians’ sensibilities is this president. Of course, Jerusalem is the capital. It was declared so in 1948. The Knesset is there. The disposition of its bordersis a matter for final status negotiation, but only an uninformed or virulently insensitive administration would be unable to distinguish the two.
In a bit of cleverness the Romney team sent out the text of the speech with this header: “Mitt Romney today delivered remarks to the Jerusalem Foundation in Jerusalem, Israel.” That is a deliberate dig at this administration. which has repeatedly put out documents suggestingthat Jerusalem isn’t in Israel and has attempted to scrub from the White House Web site the reference to Israel’s capital.
Romney’s speech paid tribute to America’s historic relationship with Israel. (“Different as our paths have been, we see the same qualities in one another. Israel and America are in many respects reflections of one another.”)
It also was a forceful rebuke to Obama on a number of levels.
on Iran
on Obama’s notion that because he’s been supportive of Israel with military assistance he can be credited with a good record on Israel
on Egypt, so “the new government honors the peace agreement with Israel”
Legal Insurrection has video,
Barry Rubin looks at the speech (h/t Power Line),
What was especially interesting was Romney’s list of five factors that brought together the United States and Israel: democracy, the rule of law, a belief in universal rights granted by our Creator (a reference to the Declaration of Independence and a subtle rebuke to Obama’s frequent omission of that divine attribution), free enterprise, and freedom of expression.
And then Romney added something that might become one of his most important lines in the months to come: Capitalism was the only economic system in history to raise people from poverty and create a huge middle class.
Full text and video.
Meanwhile, Tina Brown’s Bankrupt Magazine Newsweek Calls Mitt Romney a ‘Wimp’ as they steal from themselves.
Romney’s foreign travels/travails: telling the truth
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION — ROMNEY OFFENDS PALESTINIAN LEADERS
“If the United States wants to regain its status as a superpower, it will have to begin acting like one.”
Filed Under: elections, Israel, Mitt Romney, Republicans Tagged With: Fausta's blog
And, at that price, the hook-and-eyes are pulling apart, while the center panel has been altered.
Click on the photo for details.
UPDATE, Aug. 1:
Ann Romney slammed for $990 Shirt, Michelle Obama praised for $6,800 jacket
Filed Under: Democrats, fashion, Michelle Obama Tagged With: Fausta's blog
50 Shades of Grey, read by the Washington Nationals
Via Tree Hugging Sister.
Filed Under: books, sports Tagged With: Fausta's blog
Cocaine’s Flow Is Unchecked in Venezuela
Flights to nowhere? Or Drug Flow Through Venezuela?
William Neuman reporting for the NYTimes on how Cocaine’s Flow Is Unchecked in Venezuela
e and it doesn’t matter,” said one resident, standing beside an eight-foot-deep hole that soldiers had blown in a runway near the Cinaruco River, the plains stretching out for miles. “They can make another one right next to it.”
But perhaps the main attraction for traffickers is that the federal government’s hold on large parts of Apure, the poorest state in the country, is tentative at best.
In many areas, residents say, the real power is held by the FARC, which they describe as moving around the state with alarming impunity.
One resident living in Santos Luzardo National Park, a picturesque preserve abounding in wildlife, said that last month two FARC members patrolled the remote area on motorcycles, asking farmers if they had heard any airplanes, apparently concerned that traffickers were using a nearby airstrip without paying.
The guerrillas also collect protection money from local businesses, ranchers and fishing camps along some parts of Venezuela’s long border with Colombia. One resident said that a small group of FARC members showed up at a homestead in December and set up camp for a week, using it as a base to patrol the area and possibly protecting drug flights. He said the owner had no choice about whether to accept, although the guerrillas brought their own food.
The residents also expressed fear and mistrust of government authorities. Most said they believed that local officials and soldiers were in league with the traffickers and that passing along information about the traffickers’ activities would result in reprisals. Residents said they had learned to coexist with the traffickers just as they had gotten used to the frequent sound of low-flying aircraft at night. But many said they were fearful and felt intimidated.
h/t Dick.
Filed Under: crime, drugs, Venezuela Tagged With: Fausta's blog
Is he a Dude wannabe?
No, it’s Ralph-pronounced-Rafe Finnes (his little brother is Joe, pronounced “Joe”; and no, they do not have a brother named Dalph-pronounced-Dave), preparing for an upcoming role.
Unfortunately, the part Ralph-pronounced-Rafe got is Charles Dickens, since there is no sequel to The Big Lebowski in the works, and, besides, only this guy is The Dude.
Maybe Ralph-pronounced-Rafe could make it to the next Lebowskifest (Seattle, August 10-11). All he needs is a bathrobe.
For those of us who remember The English Patient, here’s a tear-jerking moment,
Blogging on more serious matters shall resume shortly.
Filed Under: entertainment, movies Tagged With: Fausta's blog, Ralph Fiennes
Romney questions whether Castro regime had hand in Paya’s death
It’s been a while since a Presidential candidate has not been willing to kiss up to Castro: Romney questions whether Castro regime had hand in activist’s death (h/t Instapundit)
Romney called Payá’s death “profoundly heartbreaking and infuriating.”
“The circumstances surrounding Mr. Payá’s death again raise questions about the pattern of conduct by a despotic regime that is constantly seeking ways to annihilate all internal dissent while the world stands in silence,” Romney said in a statement. “The international community should demand that the facts concerning Payá’s death be accurately determined and that the surviving witnesses be protected.”
Cuban dictatorship beats and arrests dozens during Paya’s funeral. Video here:
Filed Under: Communism, crime, Cuba Tagged With: Fausta's blog, Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
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Mrs. Maisel goes full Alinsky on Mrs. Schlafly
Venezuela: Did the Minister of Defense back out at the last minute?
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[How To] gain scholarship in the United States
April 25, 2018 at 05:55 pm | Uncategorized
Mildred Europa Taylor | Associate Editor
Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women's issues in Africa and the African diaspora.
Remembering the famed Ugandan mathematician who was killed under Idi Amin while pregnant
The two black entrepreneurs who have helped 50 families become homeowners in just six months
Ghana’s George Ntim named chairman of New York State’s tourism board
Two students behind a laptop
Many people often tell stories of how they had wanted to study in the United States but did not know how to fund it or even go about it.
The truth is funding education in many public colleges and universities in the US is expensive and one of the ways to alleviate this burden is to apply for scholarships to fund your education.
Universities provide a majority of these scholarships even though other private scholarships are available.
UK names new scholarship for young people in former colonies
Black women’s IG pics deemed ‘too sexy’, she loses her scholarship because of it
20 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships for African Women
125 Nigerian Students Receive Full Scholarships To Attend Northeastern University
In the US, undergraduate education and graduate studies are competitive, so you are often advised to have a strong academic background, leadership skills, and proficiency in the English language, to put you at an advantage in the admissions process.
Here are ways to go about the whole application process:
Intro1234NEXT
100-year-old becomes one of just four Tuskegee Airmen to achieve the rank of general
From “terrorist” to “freedom fighter” – Five entities who changed their tune on Nelson Mandela
This 20-year-old makes history as first black to become a Rhodes, Truman, and Udall scholar
These Ghanaian geniuses are converting plastic wastes into fuel
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Saylor Announces $1.2 Million Grant to Support Job Growth
Fairview CrossroadsNewsSaylor Announces $1.2 Million Grant to Support Job Growth
14.11.2017 fairview News
RED LION- Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York) announced a $1.2 million multimodal grant for the Fairview Crossroads mixed development in Fairview Township.
“This grant will allow for development of safe roadways leading to the planned development of an 84-acre parcel of land located in Fairview Township right off Interstate 83. This mixed-use development project will mean feature hotels, casual dining, commercial offices and retail establishments, but most importantly it will mean jobs for the people of York County,” said Saylor. “I am proud to support this grant, which will help York County continue to grow and prosper.”
The multimodal grant will aid in the construction of a single lane roundabout at the current safety-deficient intersection of Lewisberry Road, the I-83 South ramps and the proposed primary entrance to the development. Additionally, two township roads, with sidewalks, will be constructed in the development. The Multimodal Grant Program was established under the transportation funding package in Act 89 of 2013.
Full list of multimodal approvals. https://dced.pa.gov/download/Approved%20Projects%2011-14-2017%20%E2%80%93%20Multimodal%20Transportation%20Program/?wpdmdl=56005
Fairview Crossroads project receives $1.2M infrastructure grant
Large commercial development emerges off I-83, Pennsylvania Turnpike
Restaurants, shopping, hotels proposed for 84 acres in northern York County
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Gurov and Anna
With his marriage to Audrey almost at an end, Ben begins a torrid affair with Mercedes, a young French student in his writing class. The affair soon spins out of control, their emotions and Ben and Audrey’s family hanging in the balance.
Actors : Andreas Apergis, Carlo Mestroni, Catherine De Seve, Emma Cormier, Éric Bruneau, Julien Elia, Kyle Gatehouse, Marie Fugain, Sophie Desmarais, Stella Cormier, Vincent Leclerc
Director : Rafaël Ouellet
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Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest’s ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film’s quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Everything Before Us
The Department of Emotional Integrity (DEI) documents all relationship activity. A ‘relationship score’ is given to keep people accountable for their choices. The score is public for all to see, and affects various aspects of daily life. Two couples, teenagers and early 30s, face different but intersecting challenges in their relationships within the rules of the DEI.
Zhao dao ni
Li Jie, a lawyer, is taking divorce proceedings to try to get custody of her daughter. As she is working hard to earn a better life for her daughter, she hires a baby sitter, Sun Fang, to watch her child. One day, Li comes home only to find her child and Sun have disappeared. Unfortunately, Li is suspected by both her family and the police, and must lean on herself to trace Sun alone.
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Monsters: Dark Continent
Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Subterfuge
Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu – the world of international espionage – in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he’s now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they’re being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.
Princess Protection Program
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school at a nearby bait shop. Rosalinda goes undercover as a regular teen named, Rosie with the help of Carter. In turn, Rosalinda helps Carter overcome insecurities with herself and her crush on Donny who also likes her but can’t tell or get shy.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Atlantic.
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands
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Category: economic thought
Lecture on International Economics
At Silliman University, January 2018.
By Orlando Roncesvallesin economic thought, economics, international economics January 5, 2018 6 WordsLeave a comment
Economics 2.0
THE MEANING OF SOCIAL ORDER
IF there is dumb, there’s dumber; smart, smarter; thievery, plunder; good, saint; plain Jane, invisible; pretty, beauty; etc.
The point is that we can use these gradations to better understand economics.
When you do things for status, that’s social order driving the economy.
But what kind of good is status? It’s not rival, because you can’t eat it; but it’s exclusive. A club good?
Citizenship is a club good. So is formal education. So is the opinion of your peers. We strive for and shed these things, depending.
And that makes the economy, micro or macro, somewhat unpredictable. Yet, understandable.
Perhaps status is an informal club good, akin to Groucho’s inexistent club. And as an informal club good, status is like fiat money, valuable only on the prevailing whim of a society that confers that value.
But unlike fiat money, status can’t just be printed. There is no central bank that can create status.
This kind of thinking leads us nowhere, doesn’t it? Still, better to know that we’re not anywhere, than to pretend we’ve arrived.
By Orlando Roncesvallesin art, books and authors, economic thought, essays, insurance, macroeconomics, microeconomics November 27, 2017 191 WordsLeave a comment
Economics in disarray
Economics has problems. Because of Samuelson, it got a half-century case of physics envy. Then people read Schumpeter and McCloskey, and realized economics can’t predict a whit. Economics became useful (ex post) stories, a bit like archaeology or geology.
Then came The End of History (1989) and The Great Recession (2008), and weirdos still talk of evolving economics, but into what they can’t explain. Like Marx redux, they blame ‘capitalism’ or neoliberals, though they can’t go whole hog back to old-style apparatchik economics. Some think that the missing link is a co-equal infant science called psychology.
What to do? At one point, one way out was to study ‘institutions.’ But this seemed like hard work — too much scholarly pain for little gain. But gains there were if you read Coase or Ostrom, or (if you want Keynes to shudder) Hayek.
Perhaps that’s just the way it is. Economists are more like chickens with no heads but imaginarily pecking away at crumbs of intellectual progress. Some toil away at saving the world from falling over a cliff, much like Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. That’s at least humanitarian if mostly unheralded.
Keynes did say that economists should be more like dentists. Dentists are good guys who help people prevent cavities and enable them to smile. The economist can then go home after a day’s work knowing the economy will still do its wayward thing but not die.
By Orlando Roncesvallesin books and authors, economic thought, economics October 9, 2017 October 9, 2017 236 WordsLeave a comment
Virtual currencies and their institutions
Or why Bitcoin and its variants are risky assets.
It’s fair to say that virtual currencies need block chain. Block chain is an essential or necessary innovation behind such currencies. That block chain is not sufficient becomes obvious when we consider the question of how many virtual currencies can exist.
This is pretty much a question in institutional economics. It would be like asking which fiat currency would dominate global transactions.
Ronald Coase’s transaction-cost theory of the firm probably has the answer.
The dominant virtual currency is the one with the least transactions cost. While trust is an unmeasurable element that reduces transactions cost, transaction cost can itself be measured.
There are other factors along with trust that augur well for the dominant virtual currency. Among these factors are:
It should have ‘standing’ with central banks if only because they issue legal tender, whereas virtual currencies are not.
Its value in terms of the dominant fiat currencies must be reasonably stable. For now, the leading virtual currency, Bitcoin, fails.
Also equally important is transparency in its creation and modification. It seems that users of a virtual currency will need at least an unwritten constitution that lays out the fundamental laws of the community of users, even if they wish to be as ‘decentralized’ as possible. Again, here, Bitcoin fails, as can be seen with the ongoing ‘fork’ controversy over Segwit2.
CONCLUSION. It’s too soon right now to say that Bitcoin is here to stay.
By Orlando Roncesvallesin constitutional law, economic thought, institutional economics, monetary policy, regulation, technology August 23, 2017 244 WordsLeave a comment
SATOSHI 2.0, or how to create a better Bitcoin
Will Bitcoin survive? In what form? These are the two most pressing questions on the most popular ‘virtual’ currency, or crypto currency, today.
Bitcoin emerged along with a computing technology called block chain. Once understood, block chain promises to permit security arrangements for payment and even barter systems that are vastly superior to existing ‘centralized’ systems.
For the use of a virtual currency, the block chain has already proved itself as a solution to the counterfeiting problem while also giving transactors a relative degree of privacy. With the internet, the portability of a cryptocurrency clearly surpasses that of gold. Because of advances in computing technology, the transaction costs of a virtual currency are likely to be smaller than for existing payment systems, including the use of cash. Economists and thoughtful policy makers, including some heads of central banks, consider that virtual currencies have a useful role to play.
But the existing Bitcoin has a fundamental flaw. Its market price is too volatile for anything that aims to be a substitute for fiat money.
The problem can be traced to Bitcoin’s fixed supply (21 million coins) coupled with its lack of a ‘commodity anchor.’ The first means that the market price will be volatile, subject to shifts in demand. The latter – the lack of an anchor – underlies and exacerbates the price volatility problem.
The extreme upside is supposedly when bitcoin could supplant gold, and one calculation suggests that it would do so at $500,000 per coin. This scenario has driven wide-eyed fanaticism and speculators into the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The extreme downside, on the other hand, is that bitcoin holders could for some reason ditch the cryptocurrency and make it worthless.
In between, there could be ‘pump and dump’ scenarios, characteristic of a legal-but-Ponzi-like speculative asset that would occasionally have its Minsky Moments.
A better approach may be to think of a cryptocurrency as a ‘digital’ banknote that at least maintains its real purchasing power. To some extent, the banknotes of central banks with low inflation targets already provide the best protection there is to those who hold their monies. Can there be a better, kinder, saner version of Bitcoin?
Perhaps, if the pricing problem could be solved.
The way out seems to be as follows.
A new virtual currency, to be called, say, the bitdollar, is initially priced at par with the existing dollar. Its initial supply is then set as elastic as can be — the first ‘investors’ in the bitdollar will decide, through the amounts they commit to buy, the initial stock of bitdollars.
From there, bitdollars would go on ‘secondary’ trading just like the current Bitcoin.
If the price of a bitdollar falls below par, the initial investors would realize that they were too optimistic. Nothing else happens, and the crypto currency may fall into disuse.
But the initial stock of bitdollars is fixed, and sooner or later its price would recover if it attains usefulness as an alternative to currencies. It may then be seen as an alternative to banknotes but with a supply that an issuing central bank cannot control or alter.
When the price gets to exceed, say, 20% of the fiat dollar, by prior agreement among bitdollar holders, they would expand the supply by 10%. This should be enough to keep the price from shooting up, and also enough to keep it above ‘par.’ If the price continues to remain above 20% over parity, a sliding scale of new ‘issuance,’ say, 5% of the initial stock is calendared.
If the initial issuance is judged too small relative to (growing) demand, new secondary offerings would be issued at prices close to then market prices.
Over time, the price is likely to fluctuate in a range above par, but perhaps close to 10-15% over par. The stock of bitdollars would naturally rise to meet demand but at a price that is essentially anchored to that of the fiat dollar.
This scheme depends on the soundness of the anchor currency. If the central bank prints too much money, the bitdollar holders can or would decide to slow down issuance with a view to stabilizing the purchasing power of bitdollars. In effect, the fiat and virtual currencies will compete as different but similar moneys.
An important question: What happens to the money paid in by initial investors? I suggest that this be sequestered into essentially risk-free long-term government securities held by an agreed custodian bank. It will be set up as a trust fund to cover the possibility that the bitdollar would be unwound. The same rule can be applied to any new secondary public offerings of the cryptocurrency. This approach sets up the crypto currency as akin to commodity money, with the anchor currency as the underlying ‘commodity.’ (It is also akin to a share of stock in the trust fund holding the backing for the virtual currency.)
How would the block chain system be maintained if there is no ‘mining’ as in the current Bitcoin scheme? The obvious answer is that the computing services needed for validating the block chain will be bidded or contracted out in such a way that their cost can be recovered through fees paid by cryptocurrency holders.
Who will profit from the new scheme? As with the current Bitcoin, competing platforms for validating transactions (‘mining’), trading, and transferring of bitdollars will emerge, and would earn fees for transaction processing. Merchants who accept bitdollars would profit from paying a lower transaction fee than that paid to credit card companies. The trustee holding the backing for the bitdollar earns seigniorage in the same way that issuers of travelers checks do, and some of that seigniorage could be distributed to bitdollar holders.
Although in theory the block chain and efficiencies in computing would minimize the cost of operating the system, any crypto currency remains vulnerable to untoward events that generate mistrust in its operation. Trust in the cryptocurrency will have to be earned, requiring the participants to abide by legislation and guidance from monetary authorities. This is particularly important in combatting money laundering and use of virtual currencies by organized crime or terrorists. New platform providers who might try to cartelize transaction fees could also undermine the demand for virtual currencies.
CONCLUSION. Like Humpty Dumpty, Bitcoin is good but with its fixed supply, it is likely to take holders and speculators on a frenzied ride headed for a great fall. Caveat emptor.
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#Gamergate as seen outside games
Frogboy
October 14, 2014 3:10:57 PM from Stardock Forums
They should be friends
Talking tech with friends, making games, playing games, it’s just plain awesome. It saddens me to see people seeming to lose sight of that. I was doing an interview last week with a journalist and we spent hours talking about Kurzweil and the singularity.
The typical gamer and the typical journalist are kindred spirits. The escalation between those who support #gamergate and those who oppose it has been almost entirely because of a few bad actors on both sides trying to pain the other side with incredibly broad strokes which in turn infuriates the non-bad actors on both sides.
No moral equivalence here
One reason I’m sympathetic to #gamergate is that at least those guys realize there are total scumbags doing bad things in their name and they do honestly try to police it.
By contrast, those who oppose gamergate don’t seem to be willing to even acknowledge that there are bad actors on their side or that there are a few that are cynically trying to use the controversy to forward their careers in ways that their actual work doesn’t merit.
I saw a tweet just yesterday by Anita Sarkeesian complaining that a game she found objectionable wasn’t being downgraded or criticized by the gaming media. I mean, come on! If it was Bob Sarkeesian and he was complaining that the games should have been marked down because of violence or something the press would have lampooned him.
If Sarkeesian wants to complain about the depiction of women it seems like there are much bigger targets that have a lot more influence over how women see themselves than games…
While the social justice crowd was complaining about Spider-Woman and women in video games, this was the cover of Cosmopolitan that month (September 2014 issue)
Meanwhile, the most popular female character in games of the past couple years has the power to rip open space time.
GG outside the game industry
I’ve gotten a couple (at least 2) anti GG articles killed off simply by explaining GG is really about as accurately as I can. I wasn’t trying to kill the articles, I just got asked what the deal was because sometimes I’m the only “game person” that these journalists know.
Here’s how the conversation typically goes:
Journalist: So what’s this “Gamergate thing about”? Are gamers really afraid of women playing or making games?
Me: No. It started as a tempest in a teapot. An indie game developer got caught sleeping with some journalists and some people thought (wrongly) that she was trading sex for reviews.
Then the gaming media decided to do a series of articles, within 24 hours, insinuating that not only was the harassment of this poor woman due to her being a woman but also that gaming culture was inherently misogynistic. This caused a consumer revolt against the gaming media as they were offended at being insulted by the very game sites that they trusted and believed in.
Journalist: So they’re not harassing women?
Me: There’s always harassment of women on the Internet. It’s the Internet. That doesn’t excuse it. Trolls and jerks target anyone and anything they can. But laying blame on that to Gamergate is ridiculous. The fact is, ANYONE who is vocal on the Internet is going to face harassment.
I’ve gotten abuse online for years peppered with the occasional death threat. So have most publicly facing game developers. My friends at Blizzard have told me some real horror stories.
Of course, the difference is that it never occurs to us to screenshot this stuff and post on Twitter because, you know what the response to that would be. We’d get called “man babies” or whiners or what have you.
Me: Seriously, picture what the response would be if I went online as recently as 3 months ago and posted one of the death threats I get. Do you seriously think any journalist would write a story on that?
Journalist: No, it would be a dog bites man story.
Me: Exactly. So the problem here is that some in the gaming media have an existing narrative: Gamers are misogynists. Then, they simply cherry pick examples to fit that narrative.
Journalist: So what is the purpose of writing these articles?
Me: I have no idea. The anti-GG people think this is a “PR war”. That if enough anti-GG articles are written they’ll somehow “win”. But unless they have the power to change demographics based on PR, which they don’t, when the dust settles, they’re going to have to live with the consequences of antagonizing their readers.
Journalist: Well it sounds like the issue is a lot more nuanced than what I was led to believe.
Me: It is. Their best strategy would be to just cool down and resist the urge to lash out. I don’t like getting harassed online either. I’ve had years of time to get used to it though and can say that the best tactic is: Pick your battles.
psychoak
Reply #1 October 14, 2014 1:11:11 PM
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Elizabeth is obviously just an appeal to male fantasy. Doesn't everyone want a chick that plays with space time instead of spending four hours in the bathroom every day?
from Elemental Forums
Political correctness to the extreme is what I think about it caused by cultural marxism (somebody posted it in the other GG thread).
About Blizzard, you don't mean that time when Blizzard wanted to introduce 'Real ID' ? Their forumers didn't like it so one of the CMs posted his real name to show it was nothing dangerous <----- HÅHÅÅÅÅÅ he got alooot of shit for that People called him in the middle of the night, plinged on the doorbell and some other things.
Less than a week later (if I remember correctly) Blizzard revoked the 'Real ID' thing.
I kinda wonder why the SJW haven't attacked womens media like Cosmopolitan, Frida and such. Maybe they're too powerful and wil not bend.
Wintercross
Quoting Campaigner,
It's because they see us 'gamers' as easy targets. They don't realise that their mental stereotype of a gamer is completely wrong and misguided.
Ronin1325
Reply #4 October 14, 2014 11:00:59 PM
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Mr. Wardell, I appreciate very much your taking a principled stance on #Gamergate and putting up your interview at The Escapist. This is even more important now that 2 of them (both pro-Gamergate) have now been taken down. Since we have read numerous 'hit-pieces' online (many supported by a man named Alex Liefschitz- you need to look into him) decrying yours as well, it might not be too long before an excuse is found to take it off the site. Most of the flak of course, comes from the libel concerning your harassment scandal.
However, while I agree with much of what you say, it is far more than a 'tempest in a teapot'. Gamergate started out of the Quinnspiracy, as Gamers thought that sexual favors had gotten good reviews, and obviously we know that single specific issue is not correct. But it opened the door to a great deal more. Even more than game journalists being corrupt. This is an ideological war, one that has been in the making for a few years and the scandal with Quinn only pushed this agenda out into the open.
I would ask that you spend 11 minutes of your time, watching this particular video by Sargon of Akkad, where he analyzes a lecture given by the above named Alex Liefschitz, who works with Critical Distance, the group that departed The Escapist immediately after Alex Macris improved the site's ethics policy. The lecture is from April of this year-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51McaZrra7w&list=UU-yewGHQbNFpDrGM0diZOLA
Not only do we have an extremely aggressive tone and obvious hatred of Gamers by Mr. Liefschitz, but notice that the audience of games journalists is cheering him on. Sargon calls this a 'book burning' and it may as well be for the obvious hatred displayed here.
Now, recently I had an essay I wrote regarding Milo Yiannopolous' RadioNERO show, his second episode https://soundcloud.com/radio_nero/series-1-episode-2-professional-failures published over at the RalphRetort, who has been covering many Gamergate issues. You are welcome to read the entire thing if you wish, it's not that long-
http://theralphretort.com/reader-commentary-radio-nero-sjw-methods/
However, let me quote you one portion of that essay, written by a friend of Anita Sarkeesian-
This is a culture war. The right side is winning, at great cost. At great personal costs to people like Anita Sarkeesian, Leigh Alexander, Zoe Quinn and even Jennifer Lawrence, and countless others who are on the frontlines of creating new worlds for women, for girls, for everyone who believes that stories matter and there are too many still untold. We are winning. We are winning because we are more resourceful, more compassionate, more culturally aware. We’re winning because we know what it’s like to fight through adversity, through shame and pain and constant reminders of our own worthlessness, and come up punching. We know we’re winning because the terrified rage of a million mouthbreathing manchild misogynists is thick as nerve gas in the air right now.
Us Social Justice Warriors – this is me, stealing that word in order to use it against my enemies- are winning the culture war by tearing up the rulebook, and there’s nothing the sad, mad little boys who hate women and queers and people of colour can do about it. Nothing, at least, that doesn’t sabotage their strategy, because they can win their game from day to day, but they’re losing the war. They can punish me for writing this, and I’m sure they will, but that will only prove my point. I’m not afraid anymore.
Every time they make an example of one of us, ten more stand up in outrage to hold her up or take her place.
We are stronger, smarter and more numerous than anyone imagined, and we are not to be fucked with.
Excerpt from WHY WE’RE WINNING: SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS AND THE NEW CULTURE WAR by Laurie Penny (via femfreq)”
http://floerian.tumblr.com/page/2
You may not have been aware of it, and that's fine, not everyone knows everything that goes on in their industries. However, this was written on 9/8. Long before most people in Gamergate were aware of what was going on. They knew this was coming and they wanted it to. They didn't want the Quinn scandal, that was an accident, but they did want to oust 'Gamers' from the industry. Look at what Brianna Wu has done recently. She intentionally Snubbed Milo's show, where she was supposedly going to talk about her death threat and try to 'build bridges' but instead, went on MSNBC to *also* call this a 'War'. THAT was no accident.
Kyle W.
Reply #5 October 15, 2014 5:18:13 AM
"We know we’re winning because the terrified rage of a million mouthbreathing manchild misogynists is thick as nerve gas in the air right now."
They think they are 'more compassionate' and more 'culturally aware' and then they throw out inflammatory remarks like that? Assuming all gamers are mouthbreathing manchild misogynists?
Maybe if the devoted all that energy into making the kind of games they want to play instead of trying to force everyone else to change for the sake of their feelings?
myfist0
#GamerGate Interview – Reviewing the Reviewers, Double Time Edition
I wanted to prep you up for this piece a bit, if I may. This is an interview conducted for Niche Gamer with two developers of iconic pedigree under guarantee of anonymity. Due to the nature of the interview, names have been removed to protect the identities of the developers.
Please understand the reasoning behind this, and please know that both developers truly wished they could go public. For now, they simply can’t, and I hope you still enjoy the interview, it’s quite length
http://www.nichegamer.net/2014/10/gamergate-interview-reviewing-the-reviewers-double-time-edition/
MarvinKosh
One of the (fictional) stories that I'm writing is about a developer's partner being assigned to review her game.
Rather than focusing just on the controversy that arises (or not!) when news of their relationship surfaces, I'm going to look at how their relationship is affected by that game and 120 hours of trying to compete for attention. Will Sasha be tempted to bring in Richard Ridings as a voice actor to put a little Easter egg in the game for when the clock strikes twelve? I dunno, but I guess we'll find out one day!
What does 'mouthbreathing' and 'manchild' really mean? I got an idea but I wanna make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else.
That September 8 lecture....WHAT in the unholy fuck was that?? Painting themselves as rebels when they are the establishment! Just WTF!?
matrix_v
I'm getting the idea that GG will slowly die off having accomplished nothing, and the gaming world will happily keep turning.
Reply #10 October 15, 2014 1:46:49 PM
Infantile idiots.
Mouthbreathers are people too dumb to breath through their own nose, a manchild is a guy that never grew up.
Heavenfall
Quoting matrix_v,
Yup. It seems to be a big surprise to many that their reviewers are corrupted though. And that's probably the only good thing to come from gamersgate - an increased awareness that the world is shit. /sulk
sweatyboatman
Brad, you've been around long enough to understand that the only way to stop a flame war is to stop participating in the flame war.
Reply #13 October 16, 2014 12:09:41 AM
damnit, delete this
Here is the piece of crap from the day before, we were not happy
We are getting more mainstream
these girls knocked it out of the park for us today and GamerGaters were ecstatic.
Island Dog
Reply #16 October 16, 2014 8:18:50 AM
I watch them and they were fantastic. I'd be willing to bet that there will be a coordinated hit job on these ladies in a day or so.
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SAN DIEGO -- A 450-pound Bengal tiger seized as part of a federal operation targeting wildlife smuggling is being cared for at an animal rescue facility in San Diego County, officials said Friday.
Tiger recovered during Operation Jungle Book. Charges were recently filed against 16 defendants in connection with Operation Jungle Book – the largest wildlife trafficking-related sweep in Southern California history. The operation was given its name due to the volume and variety of animals that were seized recently in the Los Angeles area. Photo by USFWS.
The tiger was purchased in March 2014 from an Indiana organization called Wildlife In Need, Wildlife Indeed by a man who allegedly used false documentation to make the buy for a rapper friend, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Nicholas Bishop, also known as "Nick the Wrangler," was arrested Thursday on federal charges of being involved in the illegal sale and transportation of the tiger that was seized from a home in Ventura County, prosecutors said.
Tiger recovered during Operation Jungle Book. Charges were recently filed against 16 defendants in connection with Operation Jungle Book – the largest wildlife trafficking-related sweep in Southern California history. The operation was given its name due to the volume and variety of animals that were seized recently in the Los Angeles area. Photo by CDFW.
The 27-year-old defendant was named in a criminal complaint filed late last month that charges him with the felony offense of aiding and abetting the purchase of a prohibited wildlife species. The state of California also prohibits the possession of tigers and other large cats, although certain licensed individuals and organizations have exceptions.
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You will speak English not only during the festival, but also in the town. Furthermore, you can pass the exam LCCI
Creative and warm atmosphere
We invite you to perform and demonstrate your talent and skills. Not only you can show your creativity during the festival days, but also you will meet friends for life
Our festival offers discount for participants for excursions and accommodation. In Balchik the prices are lower in comparison to the prices in other cities in Bulgaria, so you will experience great shopping!
Experienced jury
International diplomas
and certificates
You can take part in
Drama art
in Native Language (up to 30 min.)
in English (up to 30 min.)
Declamation
Folklore – 7 minutes
l category – from 8 up to 11
ll category – from 12 to 14
lll category – from 15 to 17
lV category – older than 18
Inauguration of the festival.
Competition from 10:00 h.
Master-classes. “Day of friendship”.
Awards and Closing ceremony of the festival.
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return to the festival every year because it gives them the opportunity to find friends for life!
"Looking back at our fortnight stay in Balchik I would like to state that it was splendid and unforgettable. I am grateful to Alyona Gromushkina, editor-in-chief of magazine "English", who introduced me to Svetlana Atanasova during one of MELTA (Moscow English Teachers Association) festivals. I found a like-minded person in Svetlana, an educator with the same approaches to teaching English. We both motivate students through acting, reciting and singing. But moreover, Svetlana has a distinguished talent of event planner. And her festival is a real event! She was able to organize competitions, activities and bring together people of shared values. Thank you, Svetlana, for your wonderful festival! In my comments, I also thank the members of the jury for their unbiased judging and give my best regards to all the participants of the competitions. You were great on the stage!"
Irina Ishkhneli
teacher of English, secondary school 1738, Moscow
"It was really exciting to watch different theatre groups. Some of them were real professionals like "Step by Step" and "Nadezhda". Others were amateurs. But all of them were fascinated by the greatness of dramatic art and the English language. The performances were marked by creativity. As for me, I was awarded and got a totally positive experience. Besides, I had a great beach holiday and made friends with nice Bulgarian girls"
Ivan Mulenkov
a 7th grade student, school 1738, Moscow
"We were quite nervous before our first appearance on the stage of international competitions. But we did our best to make this acting successful. As a result, we won 2nd place in the nomination "Theatrical Performance", which was a big achievement for us. Bulgaria is a cool place! It will be always remembered due to its hospitable people and wonderful sea. By the way, I asked my teachers and parents to organize another trip to Bulgaria next year. I will work hard during this school year to make my dream come true"
Aloyna Egorova
a 7-year student, school 1738, Moscow
"All the groups that took part in the festival competitions had a chance to show their creative approach to the chosen material and their knowledge of English. Grand prizes were given to the best groups. The jury's decision was fair. The winners spend a lot of time on the stage to prepare for the performances. It was really useful to watch how other teenagers perform and interact. Attitude towards acting should be serious – it's real work. I also want to thank Svetla for her kindness. In Balchik, I could see only friendly people!"
Marianna Maksimovа
a 7-year student, school 1738
„In our school – "Hristo Botev" secondary school in Rakovski, Bulgaria, we have a theatre group, which organizes theatrical performances both in English and in Bulgarian. We usually play in school concerts or town festivals. So – we were very happy to take part in the festival "The world in children's hands" in Balchik, where we had the chance to perform on international scene. The 7 days there flew so fast, because everything was perfect – the organization, the attitude of the director Svetlana Atanasova, the opportunities for contacts with people, who value teaching English through drama as much as we do. These 7 days turned out to be the source of a year long memories of the gorgeous time we had there. All the kids are impatiently looking forward to the next festival, which we do hope will take place in 2011."
Milena Lessova and Monika Kossovа
group leaders of the "English Language Hunters" from Rakovski, Bulgaria
"Svetlana Atanasova, the festival organizer, did her best to give the most interesting excursions, allow us to use the biggest swimming pool, found a professional, careful doctor ,and collected a very professional international jury."
Irina Burmistrovа
a group leader from Lefortovo
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Jury of the festival
Highly qualified, experienced, intelligent-these epithets are not sufficient enough to describe the personalities of the members of our jury. All of them are creative , talented and ready to help the participants with good ideas and some useful advice.
Make a list of all the participants, complete it with the name and the address of your team. Fill in and sign the application below.
Send both of the documents to our e-mail: director_festival@abv.bg
The list is needed to be signed by the maire of Balchik, beause it is the official document for a free group visa. The city administration will send you back an official invitation by e-mail.
Prepare all the documents needed for a visa (you can find the list at the official internet page of the Bulgarian embassy or visa centre of your country). If some of the participants already have Schengen visas, it works for Bulgaria also.
If You need assistance for paperwork and buying tickets, please feel free to phone us: +359 887464748
Please check the rules for sending children abroad without parents in your country.
Send us a prepayment. We will confirm it and send you all the information needed.
How to stay in touch with the children during their stay in Bulgaria?dobson2018-02-18T17:15:37+02:00
How to stay in touch with the children during their stay in Bulgaria?
There are free wifi spots in every hotel. Network coverage area includes the whole town.
What if the child gets sick during the festival?dobson2018-02-18T17:16:16+02:00
What if the child gets sick during the festival?
A doctor ready to examine children at any time works at the festival. All the medical services are paid by your medical insurance. For further details, please contact your insurance company.
What’s the exchange rate lev-euro? Where to exchange money best?dobson2018-02-18T17:16:57+02:00
What’s the exchange rate lev-euro? Where to exchange money best?
It’s better to exchange money in the banks of the town.
The exchange rate is: 1,96 lv = 1,00 euro.
Are there any cafes/restaurants in the town?dobson2018-02-18T17:17:42+02:00
Are there any cafes/restaurants in the town?
Along the quay there’re lots of places to enjoy delicious and healthy Bulgarian cuisine or Central European food as well.
Prices example:
Ice-cream – 0,5 to 1,5 euro
Souvenir – from 1,5 euro
Coke: 0,6 euro
Can I go to Bulgaria with a Schengen visa?dobson2018-02-18T17:19:24+02:00
Can I go to Bulgaria with a Schengen visa?
Can we find a place to stay by ourselves and take part in the festival?dobson2018-02-18T17:19:58+02:00
Can we find a place to stay by ourselves and take part in the festival?
Unfortunately, no. The stay in provided by the organizational committee of the festival.
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10 Best Things to Do in Dubrovnik
What is Dubrovnik Most Famous For?
Valitettavasti tätä sivua ei ole vielä käännetty kielellesi...
The ancient city of Dubrovnik is on Croatia’s stunning Dalmatian Coast and is a jewel in the azure Adriatic Sea. With mesmerising medieval architecture, quaint limestone streets and distinctive terracotta rooftops, it’s no wonder that so many people instantly fall for its charms.
The city’s historical Old Town might not be very big, but it certainly packs a lot inside its world-renowned walls. Whether you’re there for the history, the wine, the sun or the scenery, or perhaps you’ve been watching a certain HBO series, you’ll find plenty of things to do in Dubrovnik. Here are some of the top things to fit into your first day in the city.
What are the best things to do in Dubrovnik?
Start your day with a walking tour around the Old Town
Inside the famous city walls
It’s all well and good exploring the Old Town for yourself, but there’s no better way to delve deep into the city’s ancient past than on an expertly-guided walking tour. Book your tour in advance or, if you’re unsure of when exactly you’ll be in the city, you’ll find plenty of vendors selling tours when you arrive.
Highlights of Dubrovnik’s wonderful Old Town include the ornate Onofrio’s Fountain, the Franciscan Monastery (home to one of the oldest functioning pharmacies in Europe and an impressive 14th-century Gothic cloister), the Church of Saint Blaise and Orlando’s Column. Most of these can be found along Stradun, the limestone-paved main street. Once your tour is complete, be sure to explore the shops and sights of the quaint and narrow cobbled alleyways leading off from here.
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Take a ride on the Dubrovnik Cable Car
See the city from up high
Head just outside the Old Town and hop on the Dubrovnik Cable Car for an incredible ride to the peak of the city. It’s considered quite unique for somewhere so ancient to have such a modern way to see the sights, but it’s perfect for those whose legs aren’t quite up for the steep climbs.
Enjoy 360° views on the 4-minute journey to the top of Mount Srđ, then take your time soaking up the sights of the Old Town and beyond from up high. There are more than just magnificent views at the top – there’s a souvenir shop and a restaurant boasting exceptional views, too.
Sijainti: Dubrovnik Cable Car, Ulica kralja Petra Krešimira IV, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Aukioloajat: Open daily from 9am (closing times vary by season)
Puhelinnumero: +385 (0)20 325 393
Valokuva: AleGranholm (CC BY 2.0) muokattu
Walk the ancient city walls
Dubrovnik’s iconic sight
The ancient city walls are perhaps the most iconic sight you think of when you conjure up images of Dubrovnik. On the walk around them, you’re treated to spectacular views of the glistening Adriatic Sea and the charming Old Town, with its bright terracotta rooftops.
Once you’ve got your tickets, there are 3 points where you can join the anticlockwise route. Pile Gate is often the busiest, so aim to join at Ploče Gate or the Maritime Museum instead. Linking together the city’s many medieval towers and forts, the walls are 6 metres thick in places and up to 25 metres tall. Make sure you have plenty of water on you, as it can get a little strenuous and very hot at times.
Sijainti: Walls of Dubrovnik, Poljana Paška Miličevića, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Aukioloajat: April–October: Daily from 8am (closing times vary). November–March: Daily from 10am to 3pm
Puhelinnumero: +385 (0)98 950 6625
Must-See: Minčeta Fortress and Gornji Ugao Tower
The most prominent protecting tower
Originally built in 1319, the Minčeta Fortress is the largest of Dubrovnik’s protecting towers, dominating the city’s landscape. Located on the north side of the city’s Old Town, you can access the tower while traversing the ancient city walls. The magnificent historic stronghold is the highest point in the city and is therefore the perfect spot to grab your camera and capture your own memories of your visit while overlooking the sights below.
Near the Minčeta Fortress is the Gornji Ugao Tower, or the Upper Corner Tower Foundry Museum. Here, you can see and explore what remains of a well-preserved 15th-century medieval foundry. It originally operated until 1667, when an earthquake filled the land with rubble and left it forgotten about. Rediscovered between 2005 and 2008, you can now see the old warehouses and tools that were once used there.
Sijainti: Minčeta Fortress, Ul. Ispod Minčete 9, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Aukioloajat: Open daily from 10am to 7pm
Valokuva: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0) muokattu
Catch a boat over to Lokrum Island
A tranquil escape from the city
For a change of scenery from the bustling city streets, take a 10-minute water taxi over to the lush, green island of Lokrum. Located just 600 metres off the coast of Dubrovnik, it’s super-easy to get to, with boats leaving regularly from the city’s Old Port.
With its blanket of pine, olive and cypress trees, Lokrum is a beautiful place to discover and provides some much-needed shade from the warm Croatian sun. Explore the island’s 19th-century Botanical Gardens, visit the ruins of the Benedictine Monastery and climb to the top of Fort Royal for unbeatable panoramic views of the Adriatic and Dubrovnik’s distinctive coastline.
See the exhibitions at War Photo Limited
A fascinating look at war photography
A modern gallery in the heart of ancient Dubrovnik, War Photo Limited is an enthralling way to spend an afternoon. The powerful and compelling exhibitions showcase some of the most thought-provoking yet unbiased photojournalism, capturing war zones from across the globe.
Managed by New Zealand photographer Wade Goddard, past temporary exhibitions have centred around wars such as that in Afghanistan. But of course, Dubrovnik itself and the rest of Croatia has seen its fair share of conflict in the past, especially during the break-up of Yugoslavia. Head to the 2nd floor of the gallery and you’ll find a permanent exhibition dedicated to photos from this particular era.
Sijainti: War Photo Limited, Antuninska ul. 6, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Aukioloajat: Thursday–Monday from 10am to 4pm (closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Valokuva: travelmag.com (CC BY 2.0) muokattu
Must-See: Game of Thrones filming locations
The ultimate experience for any fan
In recent years, Dubrovnik’s popularity has increased tenfold thanks to its part in the hit fantasy TV show Game of Thrones. The city was chosen as one of the main filming locations for many of the series, so you may recognise a number of different scene locations as you go about your day.
Some of the most notable locations include the heart of Dubrovnik’s Old Town, which doubles as King’s Landing; Minčeta Tower, which became the House of the Undying in Qarth; and Dubrovnik West Harbour, which was used for Black Water Bay. It’s easy to visit many of the famous locations for yourself, but there are also plenty of Game of Thrones guided tours available, which will give you an in-depth insight into the city’s influence on the show.
Epätavallinen
Enjoy a spot of sunset sea kayaking
An unforgettable way to explore the coast
Dubrovnik is famous for its breathtaking coastline, and what better way to see it for yourself than from the seat of a sea kayak? There are a number of places where you can rent a kayak and explore the shores at your leisure, but a guided tour is a great way to discover all the best hidden spots along the coast.
A number of operators are available, and most can take you on a truly magical 3-hour sunset tour. You’ll paddle beneath the city walls, explore impressive caves and take a dip in the waters, as well as watching the sun set into the Adriatic.
Indulge in some local wine tasting
Produced in the Dalmatian region
If there’s one thing Croatia knows a thing or 2 about, it’s how to produce some delicious wine. You’ll find vineyards and wineries scattered all around the wider area of Dubrovnik, but there are plenty of opportunities to sample a freshly-made bottle of white in the heart of the city, too.
Head to Skar Winery Dubrovnik, an old 17th-century shipyard, and taste their homemade wines and liqueurs, produced right there on the premises. Visit D’Vino Wine Bar in the Old Town for an impressive selection of wines and equally as impressive sommeliers. And for great wine, food, service and music to add to the atmosphere, Malvasija Wine Bar is the place to be.
Valokuva: currystrumpet (CC BY-SA 2.0) muokattu
End the day eating lobster at Dubrovnik’s finest restaurant
With views as good as the food
It’s a bold claim to bill yourself as ‘Dubrovnik’s finest restaurant’, but Nautika has every reason to be confident in its ability to deliver. The head chef prides himself on serving the freshest locally-sourced ingredients, with mouth-watering salted fish and lobster being just 2 of the menu’s specialities.
The food may be excellent, but many people come here for the outstanding sea views that you get from your table on the terrace. It’s one of the most popular restaurants in the city, so book in advance and don’t be surprised if you find yourself dining alongside someone rich and famous.
Sijainti: Nautika, Brsalje ul. 3, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Aukioloajat: Daily from 6pm to 12am (closed in the winter)
Valokuva: WordRidden (CC BY 2.0) muokattu
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Rental/Attractions
Looking to catch some special events at the Field or interested in seeing when you can visit? Check out our calendar of events below.
One of the fan-favorite events at the Field of Dreams held on select Sunday afternoons is our Ghost Sunday Shows. Watch the legendary Ghost Players emerge from the magical corn to entertain the crowd with their special blend of family-friendly comedy during this hour and a half FREE show! Bring your lawn chairs, sunscreen and desire for fun! No carry-ins are allowed at this event as there is a concession stand on-site with hot dogs, burgers, popcorn, and more. The Ghosts will even choose a few audience members to play some ball! ALL are welcome to autographs from and photos with the Ghost Players after the show! Don’t forget to stop by our gift shop for some souvenirs. Looking for a unique way to experience our Ghost Sunday Shows? With the Ghost Sunday VIP Package, you get an exclusive tour of the inside of the farmhouse, a complimentary “ballpark meal,” a $5 voucher off any purchase of $15 or more from our gift shop and much more! And of course, you get the best seat in the house for the Ghost Sunday Show on the front porch of the iconic Kinsella farmhouse. Learn More and Book Online Now!
Also, save the date for our premier annual event, Team of Dreams! Watch former legends of the game like Wade Boggs, Reggie Jackson, Frank Thomas, Cal Ripken Jr., and so many more come out of the corn and play in a celebrity softball game under the lights at the place dreams come true. More information such as the celebrity lineup and ticket pricing will be available in the upcoming months. Click here to learn more about the Team of Dreams.
Home Tours 10a – 12:45p
An event every day that begins at 8:00 am, repeating until April 30, 2020
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Come visit the farm, tour the baseball field and Schedule a Home Tour. We have live, guided 30-minute tours, where you will hear stories about the home from its early days as the Lansing family homestead in the early 20th century to its rebirth as the set for the Kinsella family in the 1989 fantasy classic. Just like playing on the baseball field, touring the farm house will take you back in time and place… like you’re a cast member in the film!
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Field is available for viewing during daylight hours.
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Open Daily 9am-6pm Apr 1 - Oct 31
Nov - Weekends only 10am - 4pm
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Ghost Sunday Comedy Show
Starts July 7, 2019
Free Admission to Ballfield
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Women's Histories
Women's Histories Celebrating International Women's Day through film
Film Hub North
Putting overlooked female filmmakers in the spotlight on International Women's Day.
Happy International Women's Day! We're getting into the spirit of the occasion with another update on our nationwide season of film celebrating women within the UK's screen heritage collections. Our March screening highlights span the length of the country but share a common theme: searching the archives for overlooked female filmmakers, putting their work back on the big screen where it belongs - and setting it all to a killer soundtrack.
Taking place on International Women's Day itself, South Norwood's community cinema Screen25 present Batchelor Party: The Animated World of Joy Batchelor, a retrospective focusing on the often unseen driving force behind pioneering UK animation house Halas & Batchelor. The evening begins with a pre-screening DJ set from Sisters of Reggae before launching into a programme of Batchelor's extensive shorts output, a panel discussion featuring leading animators and animation curators, and finishing with a screening of Halas & Batchelor's most celebrated feature, Animal Farm.
In the North East and Scotland, archive screening specialists A Kind of Seeing are taking one of Italian cinema's greatest - and often overlooked - silent divas back on tour with a recently commissioned live score from Italian musical collective The Badwills. Assunta Spina sees the formidable Francesca Bertini turn in a powerful performance as the titular heroine, a beautiful laundress torn between men who can't control her passions, in a role typical of an oeuvre of fully formed, but now somewhat forgotten, female protagonists. Accompanying the main feature is a selection of short films showcasing UK filmmakers whose contributions to cinema history, like Bertini's, have gone uncredited or under-appreciated. Drawing on collections from the BFI National Archive and the National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive, and programmed by archive activists Invisible Women, the programme screens in Inverness (2 March), Dundee (3 March) and the North East (date TBC).
We'll be spending the rest of International Women's Day developing more exciting projects as part of our Women's Histories season and will be announcing upcoming events shortly. If you're interested in getting involved through a screening of your own, our Women's Histories Film Menu is still accepting bookings. The Menu offers a diverse selection of work from female filmmakers at reduced rental rates and makes available up to £500 of funding to enhance screenings with things like guest speakers, accompanying shorts and live music.
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Yakuza 3 Review
By Brad Gallaway on February 20, 2012 in Reviews
The Dragon of Dojima's Looking a bit Paunchy
HIGH Playing baseball with kids on the beach.
LOW The slow trickle of new moves makes combat painfully stale.
WTF "You have learned the art of pole dancing."
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Sega's Yakuza series. If you ask me, it consistently deals with some of the most mature subject matter out there, and the characters are always nuanced and human. I look back on my time with Yakuza and Yakuza 2 as some of the most fulfilling I've had with a controller in hand, and finding time in my review schedule for Yakuza 3 was cause for celebration. The party didn't last long, though… While the game manages to hit a number of high notes, it doesn't meet the standards set by its two predecessors.
To set the scene, players once again step into the third-person, open-world-ish shoes of reformed gangster Kazuma Kiryu. Although Yakuza 3 marks the series' PlayStation (PS3) debut, it's essentially the same as its PS2 brethren with only minor technical upgrades. Camera control is slightly better and more polygons have been poured into the character models, but it'll be quite familiar to fans of the series—it's not necessarily a bad thing.
This time around, we find our hero managing an orphanage full of children and working to prevent the loss of the land their home is built on. Players craving all-action, all-the-time might find themselves champing at the bit during Yakuza's frequent and extended cut-scenes, but they aren't just hot air or special effects. The voice actors capture their roles and the writers deliver above-average material that's smart and sensitive. Understanding how each character feels relative to their history, to each other, and to their dilemmas makes up the heart and soul of the experience.
While gangster-as-daycare-provider may seem highly unconventional, it actually fits with the rich backstory the developers have built for Kazuma over the first two installments—he's an orphan himself, so Yakuza often touches on the nature of family, relationships, trust, honor, and other themes which don't get more than a quick shout-out in other titles before having the player rush off to hijack cars, kill aliens or perform headshots. I can't praise the dramatic side of Yakuza enough.
However, while the story manages to deliver the same sorts of surprise twists and layered emotional moments the series is known for, the rest of the content can't match that same level of quality. Essentially, Yakuza 3 is an absolutely fantastic eight-hour game that's been stretched out and padded to run for twenty.
After some strong opening scenes, the plot begins to meander and tosses a number of tasks at the player that don't seem very interesting or important. Laying groundwork for the storytelling is important, but it felt a bit too much like pace-killing busywork here. Even after skipping almost all of the game's ridiculously plentiful sidequests in an effort to keep things moving forward, I still felt that fat could have been trimmed. Once past the start, it's several hours before things heat up again, and that paunchy middle can drag.
That issue aside, the hand-to-hand combat is where the game really falls down. By beating up disrespectful street punks and gang members during his travels, Kazuma earns experience that's applied towards increasing his power and unlocking new moves. While the previous Yakuza games have done a fantastic job of keeping fights fresh thanks to a constant trickle of exciting techniques, I was surprised to see that Yakuza 3's combat utterly fails to sustain itself over the length of the game.
The main issue is that instead of learning new punches, kicks and grabs, most of the upgrades are either simple stat increases or "Heat" attacks. (Heat is a powered-up state that Kazuma achieves by beating fools down and avoiding damage—once he's hot, this opens the door to special high-damage maneuvers.) Unfortunately, most of the Heat moves are overspecialized and quite difficult to routinely perform—for example, there's a kick that requires Kazuma to be on one side of a fence with an enemy on the other side. I didn't pull it off even once during my entire playthrough. There are many others with similarly strict requirements for use, and these conditions are rarely satisfied unless the player goes out of their way to do so.
With very few broadly-applicable moves unlocked, the result is that nearly every encounter relies on the same basic punch/kick combo that Kazuma begins with. It's boring, it turns combat into a tedious affair to be avoided whenever possible, and it's a big step down from what the series has offered before. At one point, I went nearly eight hours without learning any usable moves. By the time I had finally unlocked my next juicy technique, I was in the final chapter of the game! There are a few other irritating issues that pop up, but nothing's as damaging to the overall experience as this catastrophic regression of combat skills.
While I've heard some people say that Yakuza 3 is a good entry point for newcomers, I'd have to disagree. In my view, it offers the weakest combat out of the first three games and the story isn't as tight or as gripping as I'd expect. If I had never played the series before and Yakuza 3 was my first exposure, the impression I'd be left with wouldn't be extremely favorable.
Don't get me wrong; Yakuza 3 is still a good game that offers a uniquely Japanese experience and dramatic content an order of magnitude more mature than most of what's coming down the pike, but it just doesn't match up to the first two entries. I hate to say it, but the Dragon of Dojima's gotten soft in the middle—it's time for Kazuma to cut back on the yakiniku and get his ass back to the gym. Rating: 6.5 out of 10..
Disclosures: This game was obtained via retail store and reviewed on the PS3. Approximately 20 hours of play were devoted to the single-player mode, and the game was completed. There are no multiplayer modes.
Parents: According to the ESRB, this game contains blood, sexual themes, strong language, use of alcohol, and violence. As you can probably guess from the abundance of content warnings provided on the back of the box, this game is intended solely for adults. Nearly everyone in the game drinks alcohol, there is a ton of salty language, lots of blood and violence and there are a few pole dancing clubs where players can go to watch the ladies do their thing. It's all appropriate to the subject material, just keep in mind that the subject material is not appropriate for kids.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing: You won't have any problems. Since the dialogue in cut-scenes is spoken in Japanese, both hearing and hearing impaired gamers must follow along with the text subtitles which are always present. During combat, there are no important audio cues. It's totally accessible.
Brad Gallaway has been playing games since arcades were a thing and Atari was the new hotness. He's been at GameCritics since 2000. Currently, he's juggling editing duties, being a homeschooling dad, a devoted husband, and he does try to play a game once in a while.
Brad still loves Transformers, he's on Marvel Puzzle Quest when nobody's looking, and his favorite game of all time is a toss-up between the first Mass Effect and The Witcher 3. You can catch his written work here at GameCritics and you can hear him weekly on the @SoVideogames Podcast. Follow Brad on Twitter and Instagram at @BradGallaway, or contact him via email:
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I like to look at the games like this. The first Yakuza was a hardboiled ganster film that introduced us to Kiryu’s world. The second game upped the ante and became something like a summer block buster crime thriller. The third game sort of cooled things down a bit and felt more along the lines of made-for-tv special where you see Kiryu in a transition period. The fourth game does up the ante again, but not to the levels of Yakuza 2, by adding new heroes and adding the most insane scheme ever. I really would like Kenzan to come… Read more »
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You were lucky to finish it in 20 hours : according to my save I played 38 hours (could not believe it). Like you, I was very disappointed with the combat, with some of my favorite moves from past episodes unlocked late in the game or QTE dependent (the sweet knee behind the neck). I quite liked the focus on children but the overall plot was even more convoluted than the previous ones, and quite ridiculous (identical twins, fake deaths, triple crossing at every turn, etc.) it lost me early on. The random fights had even less context and justification… Read more »
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door does a good job of blending action, role-playing and mini-games into a single experience worth checking out. The plot, like in many of Nintendo's best games, isn't exactly original. You've got an imperiled princess, a collection of shiny stars and one do-gooder Mario there to save the day.
Fortunately, the gameplay is considerably more innovative. The first thing you will notice is that everyone is 2D in a 3D sort of way. When Mario walks around he's as flat as his title character, but when he turns, instead of instantly reversing direction, Mario flips over like a piece of paper, temporarily showing his edge. It's a clever bit of detail that adds a nice touch to the look of the game.
The backdrop of the game is literally that, it's a stage, complete with homes that have front walls that fall over to let you see the action inside and battles literally take place on a stage. I'm not sure how the whole paper theme got snapped together with the stage theme, but the bizarre mix seems to work.
The game itself is an interesting blend of elements. For the most part, you should think of Paper Mario as a role-playing game. You adventure through areas finding sub-plots to complete, new abilities and items to help you on your quest and new characters to join your party ' only all of this done in a very Mario Brothers sort of way. You will still find platforms to leap from, hidden areas to breakaway or fly to and creatures to try and avoid or attack.
Combat is also an intriguing blend of gameplay systems. When you enter into combat you will go to a new screen that looks an awful lot like a stage complete with an audience. Fighting the bad guys is done by selecting your attack and target, but there is also a timing element that transforms what is typically the weakest part of any RPG into a sort of mini-game. You'll have to time button pushes or joystick moves to hit the enemy and sometimes improve the damage. You can also deflect or lessen attacks by button timing.
On top of the action up on stage, you'll have to keep your eye on the audience which will either shout encouragement or throw the occasional item at you. If you're not careful, a hostile audience can actually damage you. A happy one can power you up.
The graphics are pure Nintendo, filled with towns bustling with the characters you find in all Zelda and Mario games, only now they have 5-o'clock shadows and are going about their typically mundane lives. The music supplies a nice theme to play to without being too intrusive.
One of the only downsides of the game is the seemingly never-ending stream of text that assails you while working your way through the game. There are times when it's like hanging out with a hyperactive 7-year-old who just won't shut up. Hey, I like plot as much as the next guy, but if you aren't going to bother to do some voice acting try to keep the text to something shorter than War and Peace. My only other complaint about the game is that it doesn't feature any sort of multiplayer mode. While this doesn't make the game bad, it sure makes you wish they had thought of including it so you could play through this otherwise excellent game with a friend.
It's always amazing to sit back and watch Nintendo constantly reinvent already inventive gameplay. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is certainly one of the best new Mario games to come to market in recent years, blending the best of many of Nintendo's game types into something that is a blast to play and varied enough to capture and keep your attention from beginning to end.
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HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE ? -10 best stories from this years interviews (2017).
December 18, 2017 December 29, 2017 / Gary Alikivi
The saying goes ‘Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story’. But some stories don’t need any embillishment, if it makes you laugh or even smile it’s job done. ‘Have You Heard This One’ is 10 stories that have appeared on this blog since starting in February 2017. First up is Lou Taylor (Blind Fury, Rock the Knight part one February 26th) ‘When we were rehearsing in London Bridge Studios we were visited by the boys from Metallica and went on a couple of binges with them. One night our guitarist Russ Tippins went out drinking in London with their guitarist James Hetfield. We received a phone call from the police saying can you come and collect them because they are locked up in West End Central police station. They had been playing guitar on top of the canopy of Piccadilly Theatre’.
Mond Cowie (ex-Angelic Upstarts, Angels of the North March 12th) ‘In 1981 we went on our first American tour. We got there a few days early to acclimatize and The Clash were staying in the same hotel so we used to meet them every night for the happy hour. Happy hours are class in America you don’t just get nuts and crisps you get chicken wings and pizzas and all sorts. We used to starve ourselves all day just waiting for the happy hour. It was a great laugh with them and I remember Joe Strummer saying ‘we’re coming to your gig tonight do you mind if I bring Iggy Pop?’ We said ‘Aye go on then’ haha. The gig was in New York but I can’t remember if it was Radio City or Civic Hall but we walked on stage, the lights blazed on and Mensi screamed “We’re the Angelic Upstarts, We’re from England, 1,2,3,4” then just as I strummed my guitar there was an almighty bang, it all went dark then nothing! There was a huge power cut. They couldn’t get it sorted out quickly so we jumped off stage and went to the bar at the back where The Clash were standing and I ordered a Jack and Coke and said to Iggy Pop “It’ll be sorted in a minute, this sort of thing happens to us all the time”.
Neil Wil Kinson (Spartan Warrior, Chain Reaction May 21st) ’I remember in 1984 things were really looking up for the band, we had a record deal, and the night we were due to record our 2nd album we had a gig in our home town at Sunderland Mayfair. The bands future couldn’t look any brighter. We turned up at the gig, soundchecked, and went backstage to get ready. For stage wear I used to have these tight red spandex pants, looked good I thought. I remember the intro tape playing while I was standing at the side of the stage waiting to go on. You know ready to fuckin’ rock. The stage bouncer stood next to me, slowly looked me up and down and said ‘what are you playing tonight like ? Fucking Swan Lake’..What can I say ? totally burned on that one’.
Andy Boulton (Tokyo Blade, Under the Blade May 26th) ‘The 1983 European support tour with Mamas Boys had been set up and dates arranged and confirmed. But we had no money for hotels or food, and only a small amount for diesel. We slept in the van. The money that we were to receive from the shows would only just cover our diesel to the next show, so our saving grace was to be two boxes of Tokyo Blade T-shirts which our manager said we would need to sell in order to get cash for food. We eventually got on the road down to Calais where the charming French Customs Officers searched the van finding two cardboard boxes full of T-shirts. This being pre-EU days we had no license to sell anything in Europe. Oh how we laughed as they deprived us of the T-shirts and they also added a lovely little fine which took care of most of our diesel money.
Anyway we still had all our duty free fags, until that is when we decided to stop and cheer ourselves up with a beer and in the very short time it takes to down one small beer some friend of humanity decided to smash the van window and nick all our duty free and my Sony Walkman which our new singer had conveniently left for them on the front seat’.
Lee Wright (Crashed Out, Guns, Maggotts & Street Punk July 6th) ‘Theres always funny stories when traveling abroad with the band, trouble is it’s always a blur because of the alcohol! I remember on one of our first trip’s abroad we decided to go by ferry. We got absolutely plastered on the way over and one of the lads passed out drunk on the floor. Someone decided to pour a carton full of boiled rice down the back of his underpants while he slept. It wasn’t hot by the way. Anyway, morning came and we forgot about the various antics that had went on the previous night. As we left our cabin we joined the queue of people near the exit waiting to leave the ferry, when suddenly our mate starting screaming and grabbing at his arse. He was dancing round as if he was on fire, pulling rice out of his pants, he thought he had maggots coming out of his arse. With the added hangover he was really panicking, you should have seen the look on his face. I can still remember it now haha’.
Ged Wolf (Atomkraft, Running with the Pack August 14th) ‘The London Marquee stage was so small I had to arrange the drums with Slayers drummer Dave Lambardo and see what was the best way to do it. We were supporting them and he played drums facing the side of the stage which was a bit awkward but we sorted it out. In the end he said ‘can you lend me a pair of drumsticks I haven’t got any ?’ I said ‘yes it’s the least I can do’.
Well we’re on stage but after only three songs the whole backline goes off. Even though we had 14 roadies not one of them knew what they were doing. We found it was the guitar that had gone off so me and Tony (bass) played along then after 30 seconds I just smashed my whole drum kit and threw it into the crowd. I’d just bought a new kit so I thought, fuck it, smash this one up ! We went off stage everyone is howling, funnily enough it went down great. We got some great press off it. Anyway stage is cleared and ready for Slayer to go on. Dave Lombardo says to me ‘have you got them drumsticks’ – I’d hoyed everything into the crowd haha. So my drum roadie had to go out and get some back for him haha’.
Danny McCormack (The Main Grains, Death or Glory September 8th) ‘For the ‘I Wanna Go Where the People Go’ video we filmed that in New York. We went there for 5 days to do the video and ended up living there for a couple of month in a house in Brooklyn it was great fun. For the first month we were in The Chelsea Hotel. One night after drinking in CBGB’s we jumped in the taxi and told the driver to take us to the nearest drug dealer. ’No problem get in guy’s’. We shot off and soon the taxi was quickly surrounded by them. The deal was done and we returned to The Chelsea Hotel. We laid the drugs out on the bed and looking through them – we managed to score some salt and some pencil shavings haha… they must have seen us coming’
Gary Young (Avenger, Young Blood September 17th) ‘Another time playing in Holland when we were young lads. During the terrible winter of 1985 two Dutch girls asked me and one of the lads ‘do you fancy coming back to ours ?’. Being 18 at the time we said yeah. We got a taxi and ended up in a freezing cold rat infested basement under the student hall of residence. ‘Wait here we will see if the night Porter is about because we can’t have visitors after 23.00’ they said. We waited and waited…Ahhhh it was a set up !…they left us in the freezing basement. This is before mobile phones. It was broad daylight when our Dutch friends found us’.
Robb Weir (Tygers of Pan Tang, Doctor Rock November 5th 2017) talking about playing on live UK TV show The Tube… ‘Yes it was Christmas ’82. I remember the crew had just loaded our backline of 18 4×12’s, stacked 3 high in cages, onto the stage in the tv studio. We were in our dressing room and in the distance heard our track Gangland, what’s going on here we thought, it was getting louder and louder. Then all of a sudden our dressing room door burst open and standing in the doorway was this huge, blonde, bare chested monster. We were all shocked. He had a big cassette player on his shoulder playing at full volume…’You guy’s fuckin’ rock I love you guy’s’. He turned around and walked back out. We looked at each other… ‘Wasn’t that Dee Snider of Twisted Sister?’ I’ll never forget that haha. We talked with the band afterwards and they were fantastic, really brilliant. I got what they were all about, the dressing up and make up you know. Dee was really clever writing those songs, you know the big shouty anthems’.
Bodo Schopf (Pendulum of Fortune, Bodo Swings December 2018) ‘One story I have to tell, because I love the British humor. We were with MSG on tour with Def Leppard, the drummer Rick Allen, who had only one arm left after his car accident asked me if I would go out with him having a beer. So we went to a pub and drank more than one beer. Rick stared constantly at my jacket, on it I had a drummer made from foam material with a safety pin attaching it to the jacket. It was a gift from a fan. Rick said ‘Bodo there is something wrong with your jacket’. I looked at my jacket and asked what is wrong. Rick said ‘Can I have a closer look at the little drummer on your jacket ? I replied ‘yes why not’. So he tore the drummer’s arm off and said with a grin… ‘Now it`s right’.
Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories and read the blog this year have a Happy Christmas and a successfull 2018.
Gary Alikivi
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Temporary Peace Trumps Freedom of Speech
In his latest guest-essay for Gates of Vienna, the British author Paul Weston addresses the current state of British politics in the face of Geert Wilders’ banishment from the country.
by Paul Weston
Shortly after Gordon Brown became the unelected Prime Minister of Great Britain in 2007, he made a speech outlining his views on liberty and freedom, which included the following phrase:
“The character of our country will be defined by how we write the next chapter of British liberty — by whether we do so in a way that respects and builds on our traditions, and progressively adds to and enlarges rather than reduces the sphere of freedom.”
If one can ignore the tortuous and robotic prose for a moment, let us fast forward to February 2009 in the aftermath of Geert Wilders banishment from Britain, to hear Labour MP Keith Vaz, the Minister For Europe, state on national television his own particular viewpoint on the sphere of freedom:
“We don’t have absolute freedom of speech in the United Kingdom, because I myself have voted on laws preventing people inciting racial hatred and violence.”
Mr Vaz, an immigrant of Yemeni/Portuguese extraction, is clearly proud of the part he has played in restricting the ancient and bloodstained freedoms of Britain. No doubt Vaz is pleased the dark days of 1990 are now behind him, when he wrote to the Guardian to claim “there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech“ as he attempted to ban the publication of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.
Unfortunately for Vaz, freedom of speech actually existed in 1990 and Rushdie’s book was duly published. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the subversion of British law carried out by Vaz and his ilk means it no longer exists in 2009 — witness the Wilders travesty — which rather damns Gordon Brown’s apparently admirable speech as typical socialist spin, if not deliberately disingenuous propaganda.
It is unsurprising that Keith Vaz should raise such words as “racial hatred and violence“ in relation to Geert Wilders, this being the default fallback for Muslims with a grievance (a body of people whose members far outnumber Scotsmen of a sunny disposition) but Wilders was not barred in order to prevent the incitement of racial hatred and violence, he was barred because his words and film would:
“…threaten community harmony and therefore public security in the UK.”
This leads to all sorts of questions. The first surely being the blind assumption of community harmony; the second asking which part of the allegedly harmonious community is threatened by the mere presence of Mr Wilders; the third wondering if “therefore public security” is just a more inclusive way of saying “therefore Muslim violence” whilst the not inconsequential fourth and final question can only be — is it actually legal?
Taking one at a time, let us look first at Britain’s harmonious community.
MI5 believe there are up to four thousand potential terrorists and thirteen thousand Al Qaeda sympathisers living in the UK, many of whom are earmarked for the export market (who says British manufacturing is dead) leading the CIA to devote an astonishing 40% of their anti-terrorist US homeland security operations against suspects not in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Waziristan, but in Britain itself — a country described by one CIA operative as “a swamp of Jihadis.”
It is rumoured that the terrorist attacks in Bombay (or Mumbai if you read the Guardian) involved a number of British Muslims operating under the banner of Lashkar-e-Taiba otherwise known as the Party of the Righteous or LET, who are ranked alongside Al-Qaeda in terms of a potential terrorist threat by Barack Obama’s counter-terrorist advisor Bruce Riedel, who has stated:
“The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda’s best mechanism for launching an attack against North America.”
British-born Muslims make an estimated four hundred thousand trips a year to Pakistan, where as many as thirty threats against Britain are being monitored at any given time. MI5 is struggling to keep track of them all, quite understandably, as is the newly formed UK Border Agency (motto: we are closed on weekends and bank holidays), so it is obvious that those who wish to destroy us can flit in and out of terrorist training camps in Pakistan to, say, the House of Lords in London, at the drop of a hat.
Despite the oft repeated insistence by British politicians that Islam is a peaceful religion, vast sums of money are thrown at Muslims in the UK in an attempt to stop them blowing the rest of us up.
In 2007 “communities” Minister Hazel Blears earmarked fifty million pounds to invest in “cohesion promotion and tackling community tensions.” Ah, those good old harmonious community tensions. Blears bent over backwards as she sprayed money at Muslim “experts” stating: “Nobody has a duty to assimilate themselves but I do think we need to understand how each other lives” prompting the bearded experts, who recognise fear, defeat and dhimmitude when they smell it, to swiftly trouser the money whilst opining it would do little good as Muslims are instinctively suspicious of any help from the British government, what with them being the infidel and all that.
In its overarching desire to be geographically inclusive, my government does not limit its financial largesse to the British mainland alone. When Gordon Brown visited Pakistan recently, he handed over a cheque for six million quid to promote love and peace, whilst the British Foreign Office — who once sent gunboats to troublesome countries — has bankrolled a series of TV adverts for broadcast in Pakistan in which famous Muslim personalities implore those who wish to colonise and convert us to cease forthwith, and to understand and respect us instead.
We dhimmi Brits can even look forward to a constructive debate “on the compatibility of liberal and Muslim values.” I know, I know, it sounds like something out of the Richard Littlejohn school of “you couldn’t make it up” but I am at a total loss for words here. One can only imagine how constructive the debate would remain if the liberal debatee attempted to date the Muslim debatee’s sister, or even better, attempted to roger the Muslim himself.
So I think we can safely say there is little or no community harmony in Britain.
In terms of who should feel threatened, it is unlikely to be any of Lord Ahmed’s 10,000 band of brothers, or any other member of Britain’s Muslim community, come to that. It is something of a giveaway really, look to the man surrounded by bodyguards with a price on his infidel head, Mr Geert Wilders himself, the lone surviving Dutchman of outspoken anti-Islamic sentiment.
And what of Public Security? A giveaway again. The British government did not really believe that Wilders was going to strip to the waist and engage in fisticuffs with his Allahu Akbar-ing adversaries. They know as well as the rest of us that a day in the House of Lords is more likely to consist of G&T’s with ice and a slice, than GBH with malice aforethought. I don’t really believe that Mr Wilders, a European parliamentarian, was planning on bringing his gang, or posse, to the House of Lords intent on bashing anyone who shows him “disrespect” unlike Lord Ahmed, the implausible new leader of Britain’s Muslim Street.
Was the banning of Geert Wilders legal? The law used was written specifically to counter Islamic terrorism, rather than countering a man warning us of Islamic terrorism. But as with most recent laws, many of which originate in Brussels, they are vague and catch-all in their character, and deliberately so, in order they may be used against anyone the government disapproves of.
It would have been so much more honest of the British government if it had said the following:
“We understand the content of the film Fitna to consist of the written words of Islam alone, the spoken words of Islam alone and the physical actions of Islam alone.
“Sections of these written and spoken words are in direct contravention of British and European laws pursuant to the incitement of racial or religious hatred.
“We appreciate that Mr Wilders is an elected European politician who does not possess a criminal record and is therefore entitled to visit any EU country he so wishes.
“We appreciate that Mr Wilders has never called for violence against the Muslim community and that even if faced with violence would seek lawful protection rather than unlawful retaliation.
“We acknowledge the threats of violence that would impinge upon the public security of Great Britain have come not from Mr Wilders, but from an unelected Muslim peer, Lord Ahmed.
“We tacitly acknowledge that allowing Mr Wilders the opportunity to argue that Islam is an inherently violent and intolerant faith will cause 10,000 violent and intolerant Muslims to take to the streets of London.
“We appreciate that the barring of Mr Wilders from Great Britain would necessitate the manipulation and distortion of laws passed to counter Islamic terrorism in order to silence a man warning us of Islamic terrorism.”
“We appreciate that bending British democracy in the face of Muslim threats will have dangerous and far-reaching consequences.
“However, after careful and considered discussion with a number of politicians who have not seen the film Fitna, notably Minister for Europe Keith Vaz and Foreign Secretary David Milliband, we would like to close with the following statement…
“…The British government is acutely aware of the 2 million plus Muslims within Great Britain, a percentage of whom are fanatical fundamentalists who, quite frankly, frighten the living daylights out of us. Were we to agree that Fitna contains Koranic verses which contravene our laws against inciting racial or religious hatred, then by default we would be forced to arrest 90% of British imams who quote exactly the same verses in mosques all over Britain. This would lead to civil unrest, or even civil war if we proscribed certain passages from the Koran itself. It is far easier therefore to distort and misrepresent existing anti-terrorism laws in order to preserve a temporary peace, even if it means shooting British democracy and freedom through the heart, ourselves in the foot, and missing Geert Wilders by a country mile.”
©2009 Paul Weston
Posted by Baron Bodissey at 2/25/2009 11:19:00 AM
So, when does Britain explode? Tomorrow? Next year? Five years from now?
Paul Weston said...
Hello Fjordman
I think it is some years, but the anger is building.
Simon Heffer has an article in today’s Daily Telegraph talking of middle class riots. The comments are quite an eye-opener.
The Daily Mail has a story today about a hezbollah chap coming to Britain – will he get a visa etc. Again, the comments are angry.
If the links do not work (I am pretty much computer illiterate) go to the online paper, especially Heffer’s article.
Thanks for posting Baron.
Excellent work, Paul. Did you read Trevor Kavanagh's column in The Sun on this subject?
The Frozen North
Actually it should read as follows.
Threaten the status quo of community harmony among Liberal MPs and elites and therefore threaten their jobs, power and overall well being.
Read it just now. Kavanagh gets stuck in doesn't he!
I always think the comments are more interesting. I wonder if nasty little apparatchiks report back to the governemt on what the proles are thinking.
I also wonder what our rulers talk about when they see us becoming ever angrier.....
costin said...
Another warning from a "right wing extremist"... nobody will listen to this "paranoid rant"... Churchill was talking more or less like Wilders and when history will prove him right, people will finally start and listen. Until then, you better shut up. Churchill became prime minister, I doubt that a man like Wilders will ever become PM in a Western European country any soon now.
Profitsbeard said...
"Can I help you cut my throat?"
New U.K. / EU-nuch motto.
Gregory said...
I think that not-so-great Britain needs a French style revolution to happen. That country is what happens when you let idiots into public offices. When that country starts crashing their government will just hop onto their private jets and shoot on over to amerika. Thats why they don't care what happens to their home soil.
filthykafir said...
For chrissake, Profitbeard, you Philistine, how many times do I have to tell you, it is "MAY I help you...?" "Can" is improper and impolite.
I'll return with more helpful hints as soon as I sharpen your knife.
Actually, costin, there is an outside chance Mr. Wilders could become PM or, at least, be named to a cabinet post. In polls, his party has leapt from about 15% voter approval to about 25% in just the past two weeks.
What a hoot, that an almost-certainly-convicted "hater" might one day be the First Kafir of the gloriously multicultural Netherlands.
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German Mills Public School
Welcome to our GMPS Blog!
December 20, 2019 by German Mills PS
Wishing you a safe holiday season; we look forward to welcoming our students back on January 6, 2020.
Congee Cup Championship Parade
Although the Congee Cup is over, Team Antetetekoumpo decided to have one last hoorah! The first ever Congee Cup Championship Parade was held this morning and unlike the Raptor’s parade, this venue was able to comfortably accommodate the millions of fans who showed up to high five their favourite players and join in on the celebration.
German Mills hasn’t seen this much media attention since it’s grand opening in 1976. Sports media and personalities from all over the country turned out to grab an interview with some of the participants and report on the excitement that has electrified Simonston Blvd for almost 2 months. The players agreed to delay their championship trip to Disney Land in order to stick around for the parade and they had no regrets.
“Winning the Congee Cup and being a part of this celebration is one of the proudest moments of my entire sports career…maybe even my life,” said one of the players.
This concludes our coverage of the 2019 Congee Cup Floor Hockey Tournament. We hope everyone enjoys their winter break and we look forward to the Maverick Madness Basketball tournament in the new year.
GO MAVS!
Congee Cup Final
The final and decisive game 3 of the Congee Cup Floor Hockey Championship was played today and became an instant classic. Team Chick-Fil-A 2.0 jumped out to a quick lead scoring the first goal but they soon found themselves in penalty trouble when they got caught twice with too many players on the court. Team Antetetekoumpo took advantage of the power-play and scored a goal to tie it up. The pace of the game was keeping the thousands in attendance on the edge of their seats. With end to end action and solid goaltending, no one could predict who was going to win this battle.
Team Antetekoumpo kept up the pressure and was able to score a goal mid way through the second half to put them up 2-1. However, Team Chick-Fil-A 2.0 was not ready to hang up the pinnies just yet. Led by an inspired Captain Ben, they mustered an offensive push that led to Ryan scoring the game tying goal. With the crowd in absolute pandemonium, Jayden of Team Antetetekoumpo battled his way past several players, closed his eyes and let it rip! The crowd roared into a frenzy as Jayden potted his third goal and put his team ahead 3-2. With about a minute to play, Chick-Fil-A 2.0 would simply not go quietly into the night. They mounted an intense puck possession and pressure but it was Mayan of Team Antetetekoumpo playing deep behind enemy lines breaking up the offense pressure heading his team’s way. Mayan’s relentless fore-check allowed his team to run out the clock and hold on for the victory.
Congratulations to Team Antetetekoumpo on winning the 2019 Congee Cup Floor Hockey Tournament. This one will go down in the books as the most exciting final since the tournaments’ inception in 2008. We would like to thank the CCSC (Congee Cup Student Committee) who worked tirelessly for the past 8 weeks planning, promoting, organizing and running the event. A final count still needs to be done, but the tournament has raised just under $2000. These funds will go towards our Grade 8 graduation. Thank you to all the students who came out to watch the games and support the tournament fundraiser. You made this year’s Congee Cup the most successful one yet. A final thank you to the teachers who helped supervise and referee the tournament.
Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season!
Kindergarten Registration for 2020-2021
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Good News about our Healthy Snack Program
Dear GMPS Families
We are very pleased to be able to announce some GREAT NEWS about our Healthy Snack Program for 2020!
After a brief hiatus this fall, we will be reintroducing our Healthy Snack Program in January, thanks to the assistance of our parent volunteers. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, a selection of fresh fruit and healthy snacks will be available to students.
We continue to welcome additional volunteer support to expand this program. Please contact the office if you are interested.
Congee Cup Finals
Game 2 of the Congee Cup Finals was an epic match-up between two teams hungry to hoist the cup. Facing elimination, Team Chick-Fil-A 2.0 made some adjustments to the lineup by placing rookie goaltender Arya in net. Chick-Fil-A jumped out to a 3-0 lead and it looked like they were going to easily win game 2. However, there is a reason Team Antetetekoumpo is the top ranked team in the league. They kept their composure and slowly chipped away at the lead. Jayden scored a hat-trick and tied the game with only a few seconds to go sending it to overtime. However, it was Captain Ben of the Chick-Fil-A’ who was the hero of the game. Taking a wicked shot off the face off and sending it top shelf to win the game and force a decisive game 3. Game 3 is set to play today at lunch and we are expecting record crowds to be in attendance. Who will complete their quest for the Congee Cup? Tune in later today to find out.
Sharing our Learning in Grade 4 and 5
The Grade 4/5’s in Ms. Breda’s class have been working hard over the last few weeks to showcase their learning at yesterday’s science fair. The Grade 4’s created a 3D model of a chosen habitat. Their habitats included plants, animals, the things animals need for survival and threats that they may face. The Grade 5’s used their inquiry skills to chose a medical condition or disease and display their learning in a 3D model and slideshow. Thank you to all the classes who joined in our learning!
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A Message for the Lunch Lady
We are seeking volunteers who can make a weekly commitment of 30 minutes to support our Snack program. Please contact the school office if you are interested.
There are still spots available for our Chess Lunch Program
Reminder: Friday is a P.A. Day for students.
Parents are invited to attend our School Council Meeting on Thursday January 16
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Vince Vaughn plays former boxer turned drug runner in “Brawl In Cell Block 99”
A former boxer named Bradley loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to expire. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier. This vocation improves his situation until the terrible day that he finds himself in a gunfight between a group of police officers and his own ruthless allies. When the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown in prison, where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that turn the place into a savage battleground.
Kathy Bates and Netflix Are Turning the Legal Weed Industry into a Sitcom With “Disjointed”
Disjointed is a workplace comedy from Emmy winning creators Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum. Academy Award winner Kathy Bates plays Ruth, a lifelong advocate for legalization who is finally living her dream as the owner of a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary, Ruth’s Alternative Caring.
My Friend Dahmer Trailer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story.
RIPPED Trailer – A New Stoner Comedy Movie
It’s 1986 where we find two stoners who smoke some chronic weed created by the CIA only to find themselves catapulted into the future. The year is 2016 and after losing 30 years of their life now balding and fat, they must get their lives back as 47-year-old men with the brains of teenagers.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard – Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson
The world’s top protection agent is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen. The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours.
The House – Official Trailer
After Scott and Kate Johansen (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) lose their daughter Alex’s college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbour Frank (Jason Mantzoukas), they decide to start an illegal casino in the basement of his house.
The latest Star Wars Trailer : Rogue One
Check out the official trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in which a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives in theaters December 16, 2016.
Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq Trailer
There’s been a lot of talk about the increasing violence in the Chicago area these last few years, and Spike Lee has been on the ground working on his latest film, “Chi-Raq.” After a long wait, the trailer is finally here! The controversial film features appearances from the likes of Dave Chappelle, Wesley Snipes and Jennifer Hudson amongst others. Check it out and stay tuned for the feature film set for release in theaters on December 4th, 2015
American Ultra Trailer
The upcoming action comedy American Ultra directed by Nima Nourizadeh – In Theaters August 21, 2015. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace and Connie Britton.
The ‘Entourage’ Movie – Jerry Ferrara
Vinnie Chase and the “Entourage” boys are slated to make their big screen debut next summer, June 2015 to be precise. Jerry Ferrara gives a preview of the upcoming “Entourage” movie, saying the story includes higher stakes than ever seen on HBO the show.
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Guest Post: Top ten movie villains from the 80s – today
On May 19, 2011 May 19, 2011 By ruthIn The Flix List
Well, now that you’ve read my villains analysis post, these are my top ten favorite/best villains in films since the 80s, I know I left out some well known ones but that’s because most people have already chose them. So I decided to go with some not so well known or no that popular villains in the last 30 years or so. Here goes:
1. Chad from In the Company of Men (1997) – Aaron Eckhart’s first leading role and wow was he great in this movie. He played one of the most despicable characters I’ve ever seen on screen. I truly hated his character and by the end of the movie, I wanted to beat the crap out of him. What’s more disturbing is that these kinds of people do exist in real life. In fact, I had a friend who has the same characteristics as that of Eckhart’s character. I got so annoyed by him that I’m no longer friends with him. But back to this movie, if you’ve never seen it, please give it a rent. And if you didn’t want to smack Eckhart’s character by the time the film’s over, then you may have a problem.
2. Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) – Alan Rickman is a great actor and of course he always played a great villain. Since most people named his Hans Gruber or Snape character as their favorite villain, I’m gonna go with his Sheriff of Nottingham character from 1991’s Robin Hood film. The role wasn’t as memorable as Gruber or Snape but he was the only good thing in the movie.
3. Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs (1991) – I saw this film when I was very young and that mirror scene disturbed me so much that I lost my appetite every time that scene came to my head. It’s still disturbing to me now if watch that scene again. Many people would pick Dr. Lecter but he wasn’t the villain in this movie, he was actually helping our heroine trying to capture Buffalo Bill. I was glad the film version cut out the backstory of how Bill became a killer; it made him more mysterious and scary. The book gave away too much information about his life and you ended up symphonizes with him.
4. Clarence Boddicker from Robocop (1987) – Out of all of Kurtwood Smith’s roles, his most memorable one to me has to be this nasty crime boss, he played a stone cold killer with no remorse whatsoever. The scene where he and his gang of thugs tortured and killed Alex Murphy was probably the most disturbing scene in the movie for me. I saw the film when I was ten years old so yeah it was quite disturbing at the time.
5. Magneto from the X-Men films (2000, 2003, 2006) – I loved The X-Men cartoon from the 1990s and Magneto was my favorite villain from the show. So when they finally announced the film version, I was a bit skeptical when they cast Ian McKellen as Magneto. In the comics and cartoon, he’s this muscular character but McKellen pulled it off and now I think of him as Magneto. Let’s hope Fassbender can play the role in the new X-Men film as well as McKellen did.
6. Annie Wilkes from Misery (1990) – Kathy Bates did such an amazing job that every time I see her in other films or TV show, I’d always think of her as Annie. If you think Annie was nasty in the movie, give the novel a read, oh boy she was 3 times nastier in the book.
7. The Terminator from The Terminator (1984) – No one thought that a small budget movie about a time travelling killer cyborg would spawn three sequels but it happened. Thanks largely to Arnold’s turn as the memorable cyborg killer; the film has become a pop icon in American cinemas. Oh yeah this was the film where he uttered his most famous line “I’ll be back.” Here’s a little nugget, Cameron wrote the part of The Terminator as a regular looking person and wanted Arnold for the role of Kyle Reese. Lance Henriksen, who played the cop in the movie, actually auditioned for the Terminator role. But when Cameron finally met Arnold in person, he decided to he wanted Arnold to play The Terminator and offered the role to him. Unbeknownst to Cameron, Arnold wanted to play The Terminator from the beginning and he was going to ask Cameron if he can take that role instead of the Kyle Reese role but Cameron offered him The Terminator role right away and as they say the rest is history. It worked out for great for both of them since both became famous and quite rich after they made this film together.
8. Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men (2007) – Another unstoppable killer on my list, except this one was not a robot but he’s sure act like one didn’t he? I know that this film has its fans and haters; personally I thought it’s a near masterpiece. I’ve seen the film at least 20 times now and I’m always fascinated with the Chigurh character. He’s killer who enjoys killing for the fun of it, in a way he’s very similar to The Terminator. He wants that case of money and he’ll kill whoever was in his way.
9. Darth Maul from Star Wars Episode 1 (1999) – I only include him on this list because he’s the only good thing in this film and I love that light saber battle at the end. The pod race sequence was pretty cool too. That’s all I can say about this film without offending the Star Wars fanatics out there.
10. Karen Crowder from Michael Clayton (2007) – Tilda Swinton’s role as a tough corporate climber executive was one of the most realistic take I’ve ever seen in a film. Why did I say her character was so realistic? Well I’ve worked in big corporations in the last 10 years or so and I dealt with that kind of person many times. In a scene where she first met Clooney’s character and she wasn’t too happy of what Clooney had told her; sort of brought back some bad memories for me. You see I do web design for a living and I have to present my designs to top level executives, a few years back I worked at a large corporation, I won’t name which one, I had to present my design comps of a new site. Well a couple of the executives just told me flat out that they hated the design and didn’t even bother to see the rest of them. Mind you I’d spent hours working on the comps so that was quite a painful experience. Anyhoo, I thought Tilda did a great job playing this kind of character. Now in the movie her character ordered a hit on someone, I don’t know if any of the executives I used to work for did that. I just wanted to make that clear.
Well, that’s my list. Any thoughts about any of my picks? Feel free to share who you think is a memorable movie villains.
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59 thoughts on “Guest Post: Top ten movie villains from the 80s – today”
Karen Crowder from Michael Clayton certainly was an evil executive, but I liked the way she started out kind of normal, at first you didn’t suspect much about her, especially since she is a woman, but she got creepier and creepier as the film went on, but got her just desserts in the end.
And Alan Rickman was superb as the not-so-nice Sheriff of Nottingham.
May 19, 2011 at 14:34 Reply
Yeah when I first saw the movie, I thought she might just be someone who’ll just take orders from her boss but then she stepped up and became the person who decides to clean up the mess. Great performance by Swinton.
Like I mentioned before, he was the only good thing in the movie. I thought Costner and Slater were awful in the film. 🙂
I agree, Tilda Swinton played it really ugly in that film and not in an evil laugh kind of way but as a flawed exec on the edge which was so believable. That’s what made it scary. Alan Rickman was the most villainous of villains I’ve seen, such a creep but somehow loveable. Or maybe we just love to hate him.
Hey Ronan, then you must stop back again for Part III. Rickman is a regular on a lot of my lists, whether villains or heroes 😀
A fine dastardly list, Ted. Kurtwood Smith’s Boddicker is one of those that really stood out, but his comeuppance was entirely too swift for my blood-thirsty tastes. Aaron Eckhart’s Chad is one I truly despise (in a good-bad way). And as PraireGirl put it so well, Tilda Swinton’s Crowder is one for the ages, along with the underrated film Michael Clayton (I still don’t think it gets the praise it deserves). Thanks for this.
Thanks leopard, yeah I agree I wish Boddicker would put up a good fight against Robocop but the scene where him and his thugs tortured Alex was quite disturbing when I first saw the film when I was 10 years old.
Chad was just a despicable of a person and Aaron nailed that role.
I totally agree about Michael Clayton, it hardly got any attention at all when it opened in theaters. Maybe they should’ve changed the title to something more compelling, a name of the character just wasn’t thrilling to me. But it’s a great film.
Thank god Aaron Eckhart started taking on more good-guy roles in recent years, because I was reaching a point where I couldn’t see him as anyone other than his character in ‘Company.’
Same here, he has a small role in Any Given Sunday and I still think of him as Chad at the time. I think Thank You for Smoking changed my mind about him, even though he was also kind of douche in that film too.
I agree with all of the characters you posted here, but would like to add three more in the nature of “honorable mention.” They are Tom Berenger as Sgt. Barnes in the fantastic Vietnam War film, Platoon. In many ways, it appears that he is a horrible villian (murdering the village woman and also his fellow solder played by Willem DeFoe), but on the other hand, he seems like he is reacting to a horrific situation with horrific acts because of frustration, rage, and circumstances that are far from civilized. The second other character has to be Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. “Greed is good”, need I say more? Finally, the third character of honorable mention should be Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan Jessup in A Few Good Men – “You can’t handle the truth!!!”
I agree Jeff, those characters deserve to be on the list of best villains too. There are so many good villains so it was quite challenging to come up with my ten list.
Nice pick with Swinton…
Ted since you picked Chad (Sweet pick… and I have the movie), Boddiker (That 70’s Show???) and Annie Wilkes (Naked in the hot tub with Jack… I’ll never shake that one)… I’ll leave them out of my top 10.
I’ll leave out the popular ones also.
Hans Gruber
Hannibal the cannibal
The Joker (Ledger)
Here’s my top 10:
Amon Goeth as Ralph Fiennes. Schindler’s List. Gave me chills. Evil incarnate.
Mitch Leary in In The Line Of Fire. Malkovich is scary in his comedies. But in a thriller? Probably the most realistic portrayal of a psychopath in a movie other than Travis Bickle. Watch the scene where he tell Clint over the phone to “Show him some GD respect!!!”
Mr. Blonde from what else… Reservoir Dogs. A psycho version of the same character Michael Madson plays in every movie. Tell me you didn’t squirm during the “ear” scene. “Stuck In The Middle With You” will never be the same again.
Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction. I don’t think even the great Meryl Streep could have pulled off what Glenn Close did. What should have been a one-night stand, melodrama turned into a nasty, love gone waaaay wrong story. Poor little bunny.
Frank Booth. Hopper’s Booth was probably one of the most genuinely frightening villians I’ve ever seen. Watch the closet scene. Horror movies don’t scare me that much. And oh yeah… he hates warm f*cking beer.
Alonzo Harris in Traning Day. Denzel took what Training Day should have been an average movie and went and blew it up real good. Slick, cunning, and would shoot you and not lose sleep. Best bad cop since Vic Mackey.
Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption. If Bob Gunton doesn’t deliver that absolutely heartless performance as the uncaring warden then I think the ending doesn’t have nearly the same emotion affect that is ultimately does.
Peter & Paul from Funny Games (’97 – German). The young actors faces and mannerisms are forgetable. What they do is not. German director Michael Haneke’s “meditation” on violence as entertainment. You are supposed to walk out or turn away but yet watch this helpless family get tortured by two teenagers because it’s presented as “entertainment”. Why? Conditioning? The point of the film was lost on most people. The end scene on the boat is particularly disturbing in it’s casualness. On par with Irreversible. Not for the faint of heart. You’ve been warned. Hostel this is not.
William Poole aka Bill The Butcher/Daniel Plainview in The Gangs Of New York/There Will Be Blood respectively.
Daniel Day-Lewis… man… do I have to pick just one?
You decide… whose worse? To think one of his his first big roles was the painter Christy Brown who despite cerebral palsy painted with his only his left foot.
Don Logan in Sexy Beast. Gandhi goes postal? Now that’s range. Nastiest bloke you ever have the displeasure of meeting. Has to have the record for most “no’s” in a single sentence. He could kill you with his stare. I’m not kidding. Really.
Bonus: Bill Lumberg in Office Space. I know this is a comedy but if you’ve ever worked in an office you know what I mean. Unmm yeahhh.
Oh yeah, Gene Hackman in Unforgiven as the Sheriff. Best western in the last 40 years. True Grit was pretty good also.
Nice to see someone give Denzel’s Alonzo Harris in Training Day some appreciation. It seems that film and performance takes a lot of flak upsetting the A Beautiful Mind path.
Oops. Correct that… Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth. Also a great baddie in In Bruges with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
Yes – Amon Goeth…I can’t believe that I forgot about Ralph Fiennes in that role – I think I blocked that particular performance out because I almost had PTSD syndrome after seeing it…also, keep in mind, Ralph plays the big V in Harry Potter movies.
I think Ralph being an unknown actor at the time really added to the performance. Just like Deniro in Taxi Driver.
Being well known brings a lot of baggage to the role. For example like Pitt, Jolie, Portman, Paltrow, Kidman, Johansson, Cruise, Julia, Pfeiffer, Halle, Witherspoon, Meg Ryan, Dunst, Bullock, Uma, Zellweger, etc. Hard to overcome their celebrity.
I can only think of a handful of actors that overcome their celebrity in almost every role. Streep is at the top. Anyone challenge this?
I dare say that Cate Blanchett is perhaps the next Meryl Streep. She almost always disappears in every role (even of the opposite sex!) and though she’s famous, she doesn’t become a ‘victim’ of her celebrity. Check out my tribute to this great actress https://flixchatter.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/seven-favorite-cate-blanchetts-performances/
I’ll go one step further rtm and say that she is the Streep of this generation! How appropriate that she played Hepburn… the other great actress of the 20th century huh?
The other Kate (Winslett) is the only other actress that is in her class. She has a harder time hiding in her roles cause shes so damn pretty. I think she does comedy much better too which is hard… especially for a woman. I think she could have acted in the 40’s as well as Cate. Cate’s Hepburn to Kate’s Grace Kelly.
Since she’s my favorite actress maybe I’ll blog about her performances when I get it up… under construction.
Ruth… I’m an idiot… I just put together the Ruth and rtm are the same person. Doh. I’m 42 also so senility is right around the corner for us. An intelligent, well written blog. Kudos. I found it on IMDb. My bible.
I have few peers when it comes to film junkies where I live (Pittsburgh). So you can’t imagine how much I enjoy this. I’m going through the blog now so you’ll be sick of me soon.
Saw you don’t like horror movies. May I ask why? Nightmares or the fact that it’s one of the hardest genres to do next to good love stories, dramadies (the best are usually on TV – Aaron Sorkin’s the best) and the occasional dance musical. lol. Maybe I can change your mind a little.
Ha..ha.. no problem Dave, I don’t expect you to know that as you’re a newbie 🙂 THANK YOU for your kind words about my blog, how very kind of you… I’m blessed to have amazing guest writers like Ted who contribute posts from time to time. We have quite a diverse range of taste (as do the other guest bloggers), which is kind of the idea to keep things varied. Movies is such a vast art form that one person can’t possibly write about every single aspect of it.
I don’t like gory horror flicks as I don’t have the stomach for blood and gore, but if it’s an intelligent horror like The Sixth Sense I guess I don’t mind. I even appreciate 28 Days Later which is quite scary, but it’s so much more than a run-of-the-mill horror flick. I did watch The Exorcist a long while ago and still haunts me to this day, that’s why I avoid movies like that in general.
Great list Dave!
Jack Deth
Terrific site, Ted!
Great list, Dave:
Kurtwood Smith latched onto and made the character of Clarence Boddiker his own in ‘Robo-Cop”.
Always thought that Ted Levine’s ‘Buffalo Bill’ was a far more intesting character than Hopkins’ Lecter and that Brian Cox owned the role in Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter’.
Would also like to toss around a few old school names for more than Honorable Mention.
Alan Arkin’s Harry Roat Jr, from Scarsdale taunting blind Audrey Hepburn during the last minutes of ‘Wait Until Dark’.
Robert Shaw’s Mister Blue in the original ‘The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three’. Controlled the hijacking and staying one step ahead with just the sound and tone of his voice.
George Sanders in just about any role handed him. Though the one that stands out is as Addison DeWitt in ‘All About Eve’. Though not overtly threatening, Sanders could intimidate and shred with a glance or spoken word delivered so well that we all asked for more.
M. Emmett Walsh’s private eye, Loren Visser in the Coen brothers’ premiere ‘Blood Simple’ created such a memorably crooked character you could feel the slime and flop sweat sloughing off of him. Somewhat amplified from an earlier role as Dustin Hoffman’s parole officer, Frank Earl in ‘Straight Time’.
Also J. E. Freeman’s Eddie Dane from the Coen’s ‘Miller Crossing’ and Kevin Spacey’s story telling Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze in ‘The Usual Suspects’.
Jack Deth,
Left Verbal out because of his popularity. Forgot to put on my exclusion list. Best film noir since Orson Welles Touch Of Evil in ’58. Welles played a great bad cop. Little known fact. He actually put on all that weight to play the role of greasy Sheriff Hank Quinlan 22 years before Deniro did in Raging Bull.
Jack or Ted what did you think of the remake of Pelham 123? Tony Scott is up there with Michael Bay for me so you can imagine what I thought. Of all the directors who were influenced by MTV… he’s the worst. He has some talent, but can’t just set the camera down or stop editing.
Here’s his high concept formula as I see it. Get a big, veteran, actor like Cage, Deniro, Redford, Hopper, Rourke, Cruise, Walken, Hackman, Denzel, or Hackmen AND Denzel. lol.
Throw in a hot, young star. Will Smith, Cusack, Pine, Caviezel, Knightly, Pitt, Snipes, Cruise, Kilmer.
Now throw in hot, new, young, unknown actors in supporting roles. Both Fannings, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Corrigan, Adam Goldberg, This is just Enemy of the State: Jack Black, Jason Lee, Barry Pepper, Scott Caan, Jake Busey, Jamie Kennedy, James Le Gros and Loren Dean. Whew! Benicio Del Toro, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Rapaport, a young Brad Pitt…
Throw in some kinetic, choppy editing.
Shake the sh*t out of the camera, throw in some unnecessary zooms and add some sun flares. Found this in IMDB under trademarks: “Frequently has sunlight flashing at characters to make the picture more effective” Effective? Huh. I guess that’s one school of filmmaking.
His brother Ridley has a rain and celing fan fetish. See Blade Runner or Black Rain. lol.
Pluss only he could fumble a Tarantino script with Walken, Hopper, Gandalfini, Samuel L. Jackson, Oldman, Brad Pitt, Chris Penn, Sizemore, Kilmer and Corrigan. Who wants to see Quintin’s version of True Romance? I do! Believe me the infamous “eggplant” scene was all on the page and in the actors.
How about he remakes Natural Born Killers while were at it?
Didn’t mean to hijack the post Ted and Jack Deth. Sorry for the rant. Scott and Bay really set me off and I’m currently unemployed. Bay’s similar. Just with more explosions and jive-talking bots. lol.
I’m out.
Dave, no problem we’re here to discuss films so rant away. Ha ha.
I didn’t really care for Taking of Pelham remake, I actually wrote an article about hack directors, both Bay and T. Scott made my list. If you click on FC Contributors and then click on my name, you’ll see my list of articles I’ve written for this site. You’ll find my hack directors article there. Give a read and let us know what you think. I’m sure you’ll enjoy what I wrote about Bay and Scott. 🙂
I’d love to see Tarantino’s version of True Romance and Natural Born Killers. I’m big a QT fan, can’t wait for his new western flick.
I found the article, here it is:
https://flixchatter.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/guest-post-the-flix-list-six-hack-directors-working-in-hollywood-today/
Thanks Ted. Will check your blog out tomorrow. Already bookmarked it. Uwe Boll has to be #1 just for boxing his critics. Now that movie I want to see.
Hi, Dave:
Great catch on Orson Welles in ‘Touch Of Evil’. Love the near record breaking tracking shot (Thankfully updated and clear of credits) that sets the film’s tone and introduces Welles’ Hank Quinlan. Just slightly more crafted than Welles’ introduction as Harry Lime in ‘The Third Man’.
Can’t disagree with your dissertation of Tony Scott or Michael Bay, who have substituted CGI and loud, massive explosion for character development and plot exposition. More’s the pity.
Being something of a purist, I’ve avoided the remake of ‘…Pelham 123’. Since Joseph Sargent’s direction gave you a flavor for NYC and a feeling of dread and claustrophobia for those in the subway car. Besides, Travolta hit his prime as a bad guy with ‘Broken Arrow’, as Tommy Lee Jones hit his with ‘Under Siege’.
Yeah… loved Tommy Lee in that video with Pam Anderson on the boat… oh… the OTHER one. Loved the remake of The Fugitive even though I think Ford seems like a pompus ass. He’s like Hans Solo w/o the charm. Sadly the only thing I remember about the movie is the is the birthday cake scene.
Let’s not forget about the NKOTB Roland Emmerich… the innovator of disaster porn. See 2012 and skip the tallking parts. A much better experience.
Yeah Tarantino resurecting his career may have been a mistake in hindsight. But he has a great track record: Pam Grier, Robert Forrester (check out the little known movie gem Diamond Men with (speaking of NKOTB) the chubby, balding Wahlberg. lol. Great little indie.), David Carridine, Lawrence Tierney who is bat sh*t insane. He was the inspiration behind the Simpson’s using Bart to make prank phone calls to Moe at the bar. Find the movie RED on the interweb. It’s short and uses stills like La Jetee with sound overlaid. Chris Gore from Film Threat made back in the day. Based on actual calls made to a bar. Who else? David Bowie’s Cat People…lol.
If you like tracking shots check this out: http://trueslant.com/mikeharvkey/2009/11/30/the-10-best-long-tracking-shots-ever-filmed/
I guessed 3 and one was so good I didn’t even notice it. See below. Enjoy. You’ll have to find some as they were pulled but it’s worth it.
WOW! Watch how they do it.
Touch of Evil’s use of implied rape, hard drug use (heroin) and lesbianism was probably lost the crowd back in the day. Way ahead of his time. Other than Cape Fear and The Virgin Spring rape was non-existant in films back then. Speaking of rape I hear they’re remaking Straw Dogs except it’s set in the deep south. That was a “fun” film. Yikes. Trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3663895833/
Alexander Skarsgård looks good, like a young Viggo Mortenson.
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBSncUspBk
Whoa… that scene in Children of Men is just intense… sooo bloody and gory I was squirming in my seat as I can’t stand watching so much blood! But that was a terrific film.
Really solid list, Ted.
I would like to add to it for funsies.
Alex from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is really one of the most purely evil characters in cinema history. The fact that the movie sort of idealizes him takes away from how evil is really is.
I agree with Dan^^ on Daniel Day-Lewis’ character from THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Daniel Plainview. His cold, self-serving personality creates one of the most subtly disturbing characters ever conceived.
Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello in THE DEPARTED. That performance must have been modeled after Lucifer himself. Costello is my definition of Evil incarnate.
Say what you will about this movie, but Jason Isaccs as Colonel Tavington in THE PATRIOT is one of the most brutally unforgivable characters ever.
Again, to repeat Dan, Amon Goeth from SCHINDLER’S LIST. Ralph Fiennes is the stuff of nightmares in that film.
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in GOODFELLAS. Funny like a clown? Not so much.
Forrest Whitaker as Idi Amin in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND. I dont care that this is based on a true story, Whitaker is downright scary. A well deserved Oscar in my opinion.
Is it cheap to put Nicholson on here twice? Not if its for his roll in THE SHINING. Jack Torrence is one of the most recognizable icons of fear in pop culture today.
Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in GLADIATOR. I remember being deeply disturbed by this performance, especially when he smothers Richard Harris. Evil evil evil.
AMERICAN HISTORY X. Edward Norton during the first half of this movie is terrifying, because its realistic. The scene, right after the curb stomp, where he turns and looks at his brother while the cops cuff him…the expression on his face is like looking at the devil…
So, hope this is in good taste.
*I wrote Dan but I meant Dave. Apparently I can’t read. Sorry Dave.
Another great list Chris, out of all of the films you’ve mentioned, the only one I haven’t seen is The Last King of Scotland. I’ll have to check it out.
Nice pick with Wittaker and Norton. Brilliant as he is I left Norton off because he’s kind of an a-hole in realife. Soured on Crowe too.
Hey Kris… apology accepted. lol. I left Alex and Jack Torrence off due the 80’s and beyond topic. Tommy was great also. (jealous)
Yeah, I try not to associate actors talent with their personalities. Otherwise I’d hate most of them. (Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, George Clooney are all jerks, but great actors)
Agree about those three, they all seem so darn smug, especially Penn. I don’t see him as that good of an actor either, in a lot of the films I saw him in, I like the other actors more (i.e. The Thin Red Line, Fair Game, etc.)
Thanks Ted. And definitely check out LAST KING. James McAvoy and Forrest Whitaker do some of their best career work.
How about Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) in Inglorious Basterds. Chilling….
Oh yeah, Hans Landa was quite sinister. Love the scene in the beginning of the film.
Waltz’s performance as Landa is so contemporary I completely orgot about it. Gonna have to rewatch it. I’ll still take Amon Goeth but Landa is 1b.
Well guys, you have to stay tuned to Part III of the villains series then if you’ve a big fan of Landa 🙂
There’s a part 1? Goddy. Nice blog. Found it from IMDb… my bible.
Thanks Dave, we welcome you w/ open arms to FC! 😀 Yes, you can see Part I by clicking the link on the top left below the blog header, but here’s the link: https://flixchatter.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/guest-post-musings-on-action-movie-villains-80s-to-today/ You said you found this blog from IMDb? But the Part I post was the one that was featured on the Hit List yesterday.
Anyway, Part III should be up shortly. Hope to see you soon 😀
Hi, rtm. Great list!
After perusing it, I believe you may have come up one short.
Kris Kristofferson’s performance as the town’s frighteningly crooked God with a gun sheriff, Charlie Wade in John Sayles’ ‘Lone Star’.
Though Kristofferson had about a half hour on screen. He radiated pure, untouchable evil every second he was there.
If you add ‘creepy or sick’ to the menu, an Honorable Mention should go out to then up and coming star, Jeremy Renner (SWAT, The Hurt Locker). For his ‘sudden desire to take a shower afterwards’ performance of serial sicko Jeffrey Dahmer in ‘Dahmer’.
I love the addition of Annie Wilkes from Misery. I read that book more times than is healthy when I was a kid and was totally scared by the warped character of Annie. When the film was announced I had to see it, and never thought anyone could bring Wilkes to life as well as my imagination, but she did an awesome job…very scary.
Great list Ted. You are a wealth of knowledge…I so need a Ted!!
Thanks Custard, yeah I read the book when I was very young too and Annie scare the crap out of me. Now I can’t see Kathy Bates without thinking of Annie.
Well if you need me to help you write up anything home theater related on your site, do let me know. I’d be glad to help out.
oooh that would be an ace idea!! Would that be OK Ruth?
I am not trying to poach Ted….:-) OK maybe a little LOL
Well, ONLY home-theater-related stuff… otherwise Ted’s off limits 😀 (No, I’m not joking)
I know you’re not. Can I say for the record that Ted approached me. I would rather keep friends than gain a writer….Love to you both!!
Custard… I do sound so darn selfish don’t I? Ted is a free human being who has free will to contribute to whomever he likes. I’m just blessed to have gotten to know him and to receive his kind offerings of amazing posts! Same w/ my other contributors… they’re all way better than me and could easily have their own blogs. As I told you in my DM, Ted knows soooo much about movies, too good NOT to be shared 😀
LOL, no worries I’m frelancer. Ha ha. Again Custard if you ever want me to write up anything about home theater stuff, just shoot me an e-mail. I’m also super geeky with that kind of stuff and would love to share my knowledge with your readers.
But I’ll keep writing my movie stuff for Flixxchatter. 🙂
Darth Maul, only one of two decent things in Episode 1.
Why did everyone not include Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious from 5 of the 6 Star Wars movies? He was the cause of death and suffering of TRILLIONS of lives. He turned one of the greatest Jedi into the most horrific Sith in the Star Wars history. Darth Maul is nothing but a tool – and in saying so I mean a weapon to be utilized like a gun. Darth Vader is also a weapon to be utilized, but has his own agenda which makes him much more dangerous. Darth Sidious / Palpatine is the one pulling all of the strings. He is the ultimate manipulator.
Joel Burman
hmmm Darth Maul was one of the few bareable things in Phantom Menace!
Its a great list but I really miss T1000, Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader on it.
Great choice to pick Clarence from Robocop – he is such a chilling villain. I would have had to pick Hannibal Lector because, even though he isn’t the killer the FBI is searching for, he does become the monster we know he really is by the end of the movie. Who else would wear someone’s own face as a mask! Eek!
Annie Wilkes and The Terminator are two more great choices.
Yeah, good call on including Clarence Boddicker. He was such an evil bastard.
I see someone mentioned Bill Lumbergh. He would definitely be on my list, too. 🙂
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By Zoya Teirstein on Nov 21, 2019
Ten Democratic candidates for president took the stage in Atlanta to talk impeachment, health care, the economy, paid leave, and, oh yeah, our overheating planet.
Those hoping for a debate heavy on what Bernie Sanders called early in the evening “the existential threat of our time” were surely disappointed. Climate change was awarded a single question, though candidates found chances to bring it up throughout.
Moderators from MSNBC and the Washington Post opened the night with a question about impeachment. Healthcare and the economy also dominated the conversation (no surprise there). About halfway through the night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow asked the debate’s only question about rising temperatures. Many viewers care deeply about climate change, she said, then Maddow offered up a question from a viewer in Minnesota: What do candidates plan to do about it, and how do they aim to drum up bipartisan support for their plan?
The question went to a frontrunner, naturally. Just kidding. Representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii got first dibs. Gabbard said she aims to prioritize climate action if elected, a promise that would be easier to take at face value if she wasn’t the only candidate on stage who hasn’t unveiled a comprehensive plan to combat rising emissions. To be fair, Tulsi introduced the OFF act, a bill to wean the United States off fossil fuels, in Congress last year. Tom Steyer, the billionaire who runs a progressive advocacy group called NextGen America, got a chance to take a stab at the climate issue next and made a more passionate case for action.
“Congress has never passed an important climate bill ever. That’s why I’m saying it’s priority one,” Steyer said (an echo of Governor Jay Inslee’s line: “If it’s not number one it won’t get done.”) Steyer was the only candidate on stage who said he aims to declare a national emergency over climate change as president.
Later, Sanders talked about climate change refugees, something he said will become a major security issue in the coming year. He promised to go after oil and gas companies, an industry he said could be criminally liable for knowingly misleading the public about the effects of burning fossil fuels. “They have lied and lied and lied,” Sanders said. He also took issue with the idea that the effects — drought, floods, and extreme weather — are decades away. “If we don’t get our act together in eight or nine years,” he said, major cities will be underwater all over the world.
Even though moderators asked only one question about rising temperatures, several candidates were able to weave the topic into responses to other questions. Andrew Yang and Steyer shared a moment of camaraderie when Yang gave Steyer props for using his money to tackle the climate crisis. “You can’t knock someone for having money and spending it in the right way,” Yang said.
Pete Buttigieg talked about a farmer in Boone, Iowa, who told him farmers would rather be focusing on conservation over trade wars. “American farmers should be one of the key pillars of the solution to climate change,” he said. Elizabeth Warren plugged her proposal to employ 10,000 young Americans and veterans in public parks and climate resiliency projects. Toward the beginning of the debate, Steyer incorporated the need for sustainability in urban planning and development.
Climate change has been the topic of less than 10 percent of the questions asked at each of the previous four debates, and this debate was no different. But the fifth debate did demonstrate once again that candidates are ready to talk climate, even if moderators aren’t.
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Pacquiao-Khan a Cruel Ruse Calculated to Force Mayweather Fight
By Matthew R. Fellows on January 23, 2015 8 Comments
The proposed Pacquiao-Khan fight is a cruel ruse calculated simply to force Mayweather into signing and has absolutely no chance of materializing. Despite what is trending on boxing sites and in the media Manny Pacquiao’s management team has no intention of making a fight with Amir Khan this May or anytime soon.
Pac and Khan met on Friday and according to numerous reports they discussed the possibility of fighting in May if the proposed and supposedly currently negotiated fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao falls through. While Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s advisor, said that they discussed a potential pay-per-view with Khan later in the year the possibility of this happening strikes many as dishonest and particularly cruel to Khan as he again gets his hopes up for a big fight. Freddie Roach himself has made it clear that he is dead-set against Manny fighting Khan because, in his view, Khan holds too much and would make for not only a boring fight but one in which Pac would struggle to actually fight because of Khan’s recent hold-first, box later fighting style.
To be fair Roach still harbors ill feeling towards Khan for firing him as his trainer and hooking up with rival trainer Virgil Hunter so what he says needs to be taken in that light. Roach is known for holding grudges and spewing venom at people he does not like. When Khan left Roach both had negative things to say about each other but since then Khan has struck a conciliatory note in hopes that he might eventually secure a fight with Pac-man. The grudge notwithstanding, in this particular case, as styles make fights, the proposed match-up does not make any sense to Roach.
Some are suggesting that Khan got the best of Pacquiao, or at the very least, fought Pacquiao on even terms when they were sparring partners and as such Roach is a little anxious about the match-up. To counter this sentiment Roach recently said that Pacquiao had not only knocked Khan down four times in sparring but once actually knocked him out. It is hard to confirm these sorts of statements as Roach is known to revise history according to his needs at any given time. What actually went on in those sparring sessions depends on who you talk to and each appears to have a vested interest in how those sessions are portrayed.
That said, whether one can trust Roach or not, on paper at least, the match-up could be a good one. That is, until one figures in Khan’s new hold-on-for-dear-life fighting style. Khan in his best moments, when he is actually engaging his opponents is very good and appears to be a threat to anyone he fights. He is extremely fast and fleet of foot and throws punches in bunches with occasional bursts of power. Pacquiao however poses massive problems as Khan has an unusually weak chin and appears to get confused with strategically mobile opponents.
Given Pac’s relative strength and power, his stunning side-to-side movement and footwork together with his ability to throw coma-inducing power punches from crazy angles, a fight with Pacquiao may not bode well for Khan. Indeed, it may well be a matter of time before Pac lands a significant punch and, well, lights-out Khan. Brandon Rios, a former victim of Pacquiao, tried to explain how Pac appears to be in one place ready to hit and then disappears and magically materializes in another. This is just the sort of thing that will surely undo Khan.
Upon closer reflection Roach may well be right. Khan may not have any business getting in the ring with Pacquiao now or ever and the currently proposed match-up should be seen as a cruel ruse calculated to use Khan as a pawn to force the Mayweather negotiations along. One new theory that is getting some press suggests that what Pacquiao is actually doing in England is part of an overall marketing strategy for the May 2 fight with Mayweather. It just so happens that Mayweather is also traveling abroad and is currently in Australia. While many are ridiculing this particular interpretation of events there may be something to it.
At the end of the day one has to feel for Amir Khan. Mayweather gave him false hope, something he may actually be the best-ever at, and for whatever reason Pacquiao and his camp are, perhaps inadvertently, doing the same. Khan needs to get on with his career and build his suspect record with legitimate fights. His record is dotted with disturbing defeats and knockouts. In boxing circles he is considered an exceptional talent held hostage by a glass chin. Not only this, his relative fame and popularity, especially in England notwithstanding, Khan appears to be a scared fighter and something less than the warrior he claims to be. His refusal to rematch fighters who have beaten him leaves him tainted and worthy of suspicion.
With the latest meeting with Pacquiao and the press that surrounds it, the proposed Pacquiao-Khan fight appears to be just another cruel ruse that will give Khan not only false hope, but delay a career that needs desperately to get back on track with a series of solid wins against world-class opponents. While Devon Alexander was a good start, until he follows through and wins a series of world-class fights he is, in the view of many, eminently unqualified to fight the likes of Mayweather or Pacquiao.
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trob6969 January 24, 2015 at 4:30 pm
From the Pacquiao vs Khan sparring video i saw on YouTube, an actual fight between them would be like a 4th of July fireworks show in the ring; nonstop punch flurries coming from both fighters…id love to see it.
wbox January 24, 2015 at 9:43 am
If i were Pacman, ignore this Foyd for he is nowhere near Pacman’s accomplishments and status inside and outside the ring. I doubt those big paydays and PPVs of Floyd. Where will they get that money? LasVegas is dead when Floyd fights, and no product endorsements from Floyd, simply no money.
Levi January 24, 2015 at 9:38 am
Showing & displaying your expensive things you know most people can’t afford, burning $$$ in public display, showing bundles of it in your bed, or dangling wad of cash from your pocket, especially if done in abnormal, obsessive, & manic manner, coupled with violent social behavior is a reflection of a person suffering from or constituting a chronic mental disorder; simply termed: PSYCHOPATHIC DISORDER
JOJO January 24, 2015 at 8:56 am
MAYWEATHER IS THE OVERRATED, OVERPAID, OVERHYPED BOXER OF ALL TIME!
Mar January 24, 2015 at 11:42 am
Yeah, and too smart for his fans.
Paolo January 24, 2015 at 8:08 am
I think this would be a good alternative and this fight, if Mayweather decides to avoid Pac, would herald the sidelining of Mayweather as a major attraction, his credibility would be gone. I agree with the writers summary that Pacs sideways movement and power would be far too much for Khan.
jomannix January 24, 2015 at 7:27 am
Here goes another critique that seems to be shooting from his hip. Before Khan thought of a match with Pacquiao he gave Mayweather a deadline but there was no response from the Money camp. Pacquiao gave Mayweather until the end of January, 2015 and suddenly there is silence in his camp, except for the idiotic comment of a former Pac conditioner who defected to money camp not as conditioner but designated loud mouth (so that Mayweather cannot be charge with slander or whatever). The dealine is closing and FMjr is still silent. Pacman cannot wait anymore, Khan is no longer interested with Mayweather. Where is the “cruel ruse calculated to force a Mayweather fight?” Mathew?
michael January 24, 2015 at 6:13 am
mayweather duck can’t even read, how can he ever sign a contract? all he can do is quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, ducks don’t even have balls just like the TBE (the best excuses ever, the best evader) of all time!
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Sanctuaries Protecting Gun Rights and the Unborn Challenge the Legitimacy and Role of Federal Law
In June 2019, the small Texas town of Waskom declared itself a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn.”
December 3, 2019 by The Conversation US Leave a Comment
John E. Finn, Wesleyan University
Waskom’s city council passed an ordinance that labels groups – like Planned Parenthood, NARAL and others – that perform abortions or assist women in obtaining them “criminal organizations.”
The ordinance borrows from a similar resolution passed in March by Roswell, New Mexico. Unlike the merely rhetorical Roswell resolution, however, the Texas law bans most abortions within city limits. There are no abortion providers in the town, so it is not clear how the town would enforce the ordinance. It might, perhaps, deter an organization from opening a clinic.
These “sanctuaries for life” join other sanctuaries popping up across the country that challenge federal law and how we understand its power and role in the states and the lives of Americans.
Gun owners’ rights
The rapid rise of anti-abortion sanctuaries has a precedent in the growth of so-called Second Amendment sanctuaries.
Second Amendment sanctuaries are partly a response to proposed “red flag” laws. Such laws authorize state courts to issue emergency protection orders, which allow police to temporarily confiscate firearms from a person who presents a danger to others or themselves.
Second Amendment sanctuaries are a booming business. Five states and at least 75 cities and counties have designated themselves as Second Amendment sanctuaries. They refuse to enforce background checks and to comply with emergency protection orders.
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Roots in 19th century
Sanctuaries are not new.
A sanctuary is a state, a county or a town where local officials refuse to enforce federal laws of one sort or another. Its earliest versions in the United States trace to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required the capture and return of runaway slaves, and the anti-slavery abolitionist movement of the 1860s.
Most recently, Sanctuaries for Life and Second Amendment sanctuaries build on the sanctuary cities movement that has flourished in response to President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies.
Those in turn built upon a similar trend in the 1980s, when some churches declared themselves sanctuaries for refugees fleeing repressive Central and South American governments supported by the United States.
From those who wanted to free slaves to those who want to arm themselves, this history tells us that both liberals and conservatives have tried to thwart enforcement of some federal laws.
Immunity from federal law
Although they use similar language, not all sanctuaries are the same, constitutionally. The differences concern what “sanctuary” means, what it requires and what those who use the word think its effects will be.
Fundamentally, sanctuaries claim immunity from federal laws and policies they think violate the Constitution or some other immutable law or principle of justice. Speaking as a constitutional scholar, I would note that these definitions are more political than legal arguments.
Sanctuaries do rest, however, on a particular and controversial – but not necessarily mistaken – understanding of what the Constitution means, as well as who has responsibility for determining its meaning.
The Waskom ordinance, for example, holds that “The Supreme Court erred in Roe v. Wade when it said that pregnant women have a constitutional right to abort their pre-born children.”
The Personhood Alliance similarly argues, “A Sanctuary City for Life uses its 10th Amendment power to protect the welfare, safety, and health of its people, born and pre-born, by ignoring the unjust, unconstitutional Roe decision and all its precedents.”
The assertion that Roe v. Wade is wrong constitutionally is debatable. But it is not out of bounds in a healthy constitutional democracy. Anyone is free to declare that they believe Roe v. Wade is wrong and should be overturned.
Likewise, a sanctuary proclamation, like the Roswell declaration, that makes a symbolic claim about federal law or about what the Constitution really means does not itself violate the Constitution. Such claims are a vital part of civic and constitutional debate in a healthy constitutional democracy.
And if the point is simply to refuse to assist federal officials in enforcing federal law, then that too probably is not unconstitutional. In Printz v. United States (1997), the Supreme Court held that federal officials cannot force state and local officials to enforce federal law.
At their best, the author writes, sanctuary movements are a sign of a strong and vibrant constitutional community. At their worst, they subvert the Constitution.
Constitutional problems
On the other hand, some sanctuary movements violate the supremacy clause in Article 6 of the Constitution, which says that the federal constitution and federal laws trump state laws.
So a sanctuary movement that claims to nullify federal laws it finds objectionable raises constitutional problems. So too do assertions of a right to obstruct federal law or to impede the exercise of federally guaranteed rights and liberties.
The Sanctuaries for Life movement, for example, encourages communities to pass “ordinances and statutes that prevent abortions from being performed and/or funded within the jurisdiction.” That goes well beyond what the Constitution’s supremacy clause permits.
Similarly, Second Amendment sanctuaries that reject all regulations on firearms, whether federal, state or local, also reach well beyond the limits of healthy constitutional dissent.
Before the Second Amendment sanctuary movement had a name, several states, including Missouri, Montana and Kansas, had passed or tried to pass legislation that invalidated various federal gun control initiatives.
In 2013, for example, the Missouri State House passed a law that purported to nullify all federal gun control legislation in the state. The law, vetoed by Governor Jay Nixon, would have made it a crime for federal officers to enforce federal gun legislation in the state.
At their best, sanctuary movements are a sign of a strong and vibrant constitutional community, a visible sign of what I have called the “Civic Constitution.” Under the Civic Constitution, questions concerning the meaning and application of constitutional principles to public life are the responsibility of all citizens and not just of judges.
In its worst forms, however, a sanctuary movement subverts the Constitution by denying its very authority.
The difference between sanctuary sense and nonsense will not always be obvious or easy to discern. And it certainly does not turn on whether underlying politics are liberal or conservative.
Rather, it turns on challenging – and contentious – questions about what the Constitution really means, and who gets to decide what it means.
John E. Finn, Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
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Rapper August Alsina is hospitalized after losing the ability to walk due to autoimmune disease
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Who is Rapper August Alsina?
August Anthony Alsina Jr. is an American Hip Hop Singer and Recording Artist from New Orleans Singed to Def Jam Recordings. He was born the son of Mother Sheila Alsina and Father August Alsina Sr. He lost his father at 14. He was inspired by 'Sister Act 2' in singing. He uploaded his first cover song by Musiq Soulchild and Lyfe Jenning on Youtube.
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Who is Rapper August Alsina, Hospitalized due to Autoimmune Disease?
The rapper revealed the worrying news on Instagram on Monday, while sharing a video of himself lying in a hospital bed. August, who explained in 2017 that he has a disorder that attacks his liver, said that he ‘woke up one day and wasn’t able to walk’
‘Hi guys, it’s August. As you can probably tell, I’m in the hospital. So, here’s the stitch: I woke up one day and wasn’t able to walk,’ Alsina told the camera. ‘I couldn’t feel my legs and my doctor ended up admitting me into the hospital. We’re doing a bunch of tests and they’re saying I have some nerve damage going on throughout my body.’
He added: ‘It’s like my immune system went on vacation. So, I’m just waiting on it to come back and we can get together and it can do what it can do, man.’
Although, the New Orleans native didn’t let that stop him from playing a little joke, as he told fans in good humor: ‘I got a new car,’ before panning the camera to show his hospital walker.
The rapper admitted he woke up one day and couldn’t walk (Picture: Instagram) ‘It’s getting me from point A to point B, you understand me!’ he said. August added alongside the video that he was ‘on a mission’ to ‘shake back’ while assuring fans he was ‘fighting’.
The hip hop star, who recently joked that Will Smith ‘beat him up’ over rumors he romanced Jada Pinkett Smith, has been incredibly honest about his health battle.
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Plans For First Ásatrú Temple Since Viking Age — The Reykjavik Grapevine
Plans For First Ásatrú Temple Since Viking Age
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Icelandic pagans will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Þór, Óðinn and Frigg as construction begins next month on the first major Ásatrú temple since the Viking Age, reports the Guardian.
Although pagan worship officially gave way to Christianity in Iceland around 1,000 years ago, Ásatrú has never completely disappeared and membership in Ásatrúarfélagið – which promotes faith in the norse gods – has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year.
“I don’t believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet,” said Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, high priest of Ásatrúarfélagið. “We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology.”
The temple, which will be built in Öskjuhlíð, overlooking Reykjavík, will be circular and dug 4 metres down into the hill, with a dome on top to let in the sunlight.
“The sun changes with the seasons so we are in a way having the sun paint the space for us,” Hilmar Örn said.
Similar to other religious communities, the temple will host ceremonies such as weddings, funerals and confer names to children. Members of Ásatrú also celebrate the ancient sacrificial ritual of Blot, but do so by eating and drinking, reading and listening to music – not by actually slaughtering any animals.
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Arion Bank Tightens Its Belt, Mass Firings Pending — The Reykjavik Grapevine
Arion Bank Tightens Its Belt, Mass Firings Pending
The board of Arion Bank has decided that organisational changes they seek to make will be implemented today, Kjarninn reports. Entailed in these changes will be firing 12% of their employees, totally about a hundred people. About 80% of those slated for firing work in the greater Reykjavík area.
In a statement from the bank, the board says that the goal with these organisational changes is to get their operational costs down to 50% of their revenue, and to achieve a return of equity of 10%.
Benedikt Gíslason, the director of Arion Bank, lamented that this would be a difficult day for the company, in having to let go of skilled and dedicated employees. However, he says, the operating costs of the bank have been too high and the structural organisation of the bank has not adapted to new market conditions. He also blamed “heavy changes to banking regulations and taxes over the past decade leading to increased operational costs.”
However, there is more to the story behind Arion Bank’s decreasing returns. Three of their largest clients have recently gone bankrupt: United Silicon, Primera Air and WOW Air. The bank, while seeing a decrease in returns, is still very far from being insolvent: in the first six months of 2019, the bank earned 3.1 billion ISK in returns; 1.9 billion ISK less than the first six months of last year.
“With each day, we do not create value for our investors but rather costs,” Benedikt told Markaðinn about two weeks ago. “This we need to change and fix,” adding that Arion Bank’s goal was not to be the biggest bank but to create returns for its investors.
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17 killed at high school shooting in Parkland, Florida
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Parents stand about a mile from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida (Image: Carli Teproff/Miami Herald)
17 people were killed and 17 are injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida after sheriff deputies responded to an active shooter incident at the school around 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday February 14. The Broward County Sheriff’s office has said that the shooter is in custody.
Representatives from Broward Health System confirmed in a news conference Wednesday evening that 17 patients were treated at three hospitals. The Broward North hospital received eight victims and the suspect, who was later released. Of the victims, two are dead, three are in critical condition, and three are in stable condition.
According to Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, the suspect has been named as a 19-year-old, and was both inside and outside the school “at varying times.” Media reports from the AP and New York Times indicate the weapon used was an AR-15 rifle, which the shooter legally purchased approximately a year ago.
Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie told CBS News they believe the individual took an Uber to the school around when classes were to be released for the day, and set off the fire alarm.
"It's catastrophic. There really are no words." – Sheriff Israel
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 14, 2018
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Walt Disney Family Museum
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Animation, innovation, and inspiration
Find animation, innovation, and inspiration in the remarkable life story of Walt Disney, the man who raised animation to an art, tirelessly pursued innovation, and created a distinctly American legacy that transformed the entertainment world. Located in the scenic Presidio of San Francisco, the museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that features contemporary, interactive galleries with state-of-the-art exhibits narrated in Walt’s own voice alongside early drawings, cartoons, films, music, a spectacular model of Disneyland, and more.
The Walt Disney Family Museum (WDFM) is an American museum that features the life and legacy of Walt Disney. The museum is located in The Presidio of San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. The museum retrofitted and expanded three existing historic buildings on the Presidio’s Main Post. The principal building, at 104 Montgomery Street, faces the Parade Ground, and opened on October 1, 2009.
The Walt Disney Family Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was formally owned, operated and funded by the Walt Disney Family Foundation, a non-profit organization established by Disney's heirs including Diane Disney Miller, Disney's daughter and founder of the museum. It is not formally associated with The Walt Disney Company, the media and entertainment enterprise.
The 40,000 square foot space in the main museum building features the newest technology and historic materials and artifacts to bring Disney’s achievements to life, with interactive galleries that include early drawings and animation, movies, music, listening stations, and a 12-foot diameter model of Disneyland.
The lobby displays 248 awards that Disney won during his career, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and many Academy Awards—including the honorary award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which consists of one full-sized Oscar alongside seven miniature ones (representing the Seven Dwarfs).
There is also a Fantasia-inspired state-of-the-art digital Theater on the lower level of the museum, which screens Disney films daily.
There are ten permanent galleries, starting with Walt Disney's ancestral history and ending with his death on December 15th, 1966.
Pieces related to Walt Disney's ridable miniature Carolwood Pacific Railroad (built in his backyard), including his beloved Lilly Belle locomotive, are on display at the museum as well.
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Garland is a small, but extremely fast and agile forward. His explosive acceleration helps him beat opponents to pucks and to the net. Due to his low center of gravity and strong legs, he has unbelievable balance on his skates, making him very hard to hit or put down. He is creative with the puck and sees the play develop in front of him very quickly, seeing passing lanes and making quick decisions. He is a pass-first player — too much sometimes as he lets opportunities to shoot go. When he does shoot he has a very impressive release and a dangerous backhand. Very hard and precise wrist shot as well. He competes hard all the time, works hard along the boards. Forechecks hard and fast; Moncton plays a 1-2-2 forecheck and he is always the first one down the zone putting pressure on. He plays with a lot of energy. Doesn’t seem afraid to throw a hit now and then, even though some players have major pounds on him. But he also plays in a way that he doesn’t need to hit. He is fast and intelligent defensively; his good hockey sense allows him to predict opponents’ play and makes him able to cut passes easily. He is not afraid to try some creative plays because he has confidence that he’s going to succeed. (May 2015)
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Home homework help software An analysis of the topic of the ministers black veil by nathaniel hawthorne
An analysis of the topic of the ministers black veil by nathaniel hawthorne
Hopper, has many hidden sins; furthermore, hidden sins is the main theme of the parable. Hawthorne develops the theme of hidden sins through his main character, Mr. Hopper, a minister, wears a black veil that resembles a man hiding his past sins.
The Scarlet Letter is one of the major symbolic novels of nineteenth century American literature, and Hawthorne often developed his short stories around a symbol.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil: Summary & Analysis – SchoolWorkHelper
Hooper first wears the veil, his parishioners think that it represents some secret sin or crime that the Reverend Mr. Joseph Moody of York, Maine, who wore a black veil because he accidentally killed a dear friend.
Hawthorne explains that the Reverend Mr. It becomes clear in the interview with Elizabeth that while the veil may represent some secret sin or crime, for the Reverend Mr.
Hooper its importance lies in its symbolic value, or the value that it has as a moral lesson to all. Throughout his life as well, the veil functions as precisely such a symbol, for it strikes terror in the hearts of sinners, and they hang on to life at the end until the Reverend Mr.
Hooper can be by their side, for he knows they harbor sins and sorrows. At the Reverend Mr. Although the black veil is clearly a symbolic device, there is a strong suggestion in the story that it also hides a secret sin or crime committed by the Reverend Mr. In addition, other details of the story seem to link him to the death of the young maiden.
The effect of all this is to create in the reader the sense that he is being given clues to a puzzle that he can solve; that is, if he reads the story carefully, he may be able to discover exactly the nature of the Reverend Mr. As a result, the reader is drawn into the story and is given reason to read the story again and again.LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Minister’s Black Veil, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Mar 19, · Hawthorne's story, and the veil itself, is a metaphor for all of our sins and transgressions.
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It is an example of the Bible passage which says, "Let . “The Minister’s Black Veil”, a literary masterpiece written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a divergent parable for the period it was written.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote as an anti-transcendentalist in the transcendentalist period; as a result, his view’s in writings were mostly pessimistic considering his . In The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the reader is introduced to a pleasant scene in Milford, a small Puritan town where men, women, and children mill about enjoying the .
Young Goodman Brown and Other Hawthorne Short Stories study guide contains a biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of Hawthorne's short stories. The Allegory in The Minister’s Black Veil - The Allegory in “The Minister’s Black Veil” It is the purpose of this essay to show that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” is indeed an allegory.
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Edgar Martin LAUFER [1915-2010]
Submitted by brianwindsoredgar on Sun, 2014-06-01 17:12
Edgar Martin
c.1915-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Edgar Laufer was a chemist by training who fled to Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked southern China in 1938. He was employed by China Light and Power.
He joined the Volunteers but was quickly transferred by his manager to the Essential Sevices Corps in which he served during the hostilities.
He was not interned in January 1942 presumably because he was needed to help restore Hong Kong's electricity supply.
Working with Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, he smuggled vitamins in toothpaste tubes into Shamshuipo and Argyle Street POW Camps, and managed to obtain a complete list of Volunteers in these camps.
He eventually escaped to Macao, where he lived by giving maths lectures and borrowing from the British Consul, John Reeves. After the war, he returned to work for CLP, and paid off his debts to the Macao Consulate.
He retired to Dorset.
Interview with Lauffer 16-03-2007, held at the Hong Kong Heritage Project
Date of Death: http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-p...
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Permalink Submitted by Michael Ogden on Sat, 2017-01-28 19:55.
I came to know Edgar Lauder about 1979 as he was a customer at The Chartered Bank in HK Main Office in Des Voeux Road, where I was the Current Accounts Manager. He and his wife, Beryl, retired about 1986 and bought a house in Ferndown in Dorset, where I also had a house and introduced him to my parents who lived in the next village, West Moors. Edgar was a very modest man, as I never learnt anything about the above except that he escaped to Macao on a junk, which must have been pretty fraught anyway. He attended my wedding to my wife, Alison in 1996.
Thanks for those memories,
Permalink Submitted by brianwindsoredgar on Sat, 2017-01-28 20:01.
Thanks for those memories, Michael. I've recently come across more information shwoing how active he was in 'legal' and 'illegal' relief work during the occupation.
He's mentioned in the 1941
He's mentioned in the 1941 Jurors List:
c Laufer, Edgar Martin Junior Chemist, China Light & Power Co., Ld. 99B Waterloo Road, Kowloon.
The Late Edgar Laufer
Permalink Submitted by Michael Ogden on Sun, 2019-06-30 20:23.
A very interesting story and take of survival. https://hongkongrefuge.wordpress.com/2016/08/21/edgar-laufer/
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Transparency: Corporate Malaysia doing better than government — Terence Fernandez
Source: The Malay Mail Online
BY TERENCE FERNANDEZ
AUGUST 15 ― On August 8, the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG) launched its inaugural report on transparency in corporate reporting among Malaysia’s top 100 public listed companies (PLCs).
As expected, and feared, many companies fell short of the three areas in which they were assessed: anti-corruption programmes (40 per cent); organisational transparency (30 per cent); and sustainability practices (30 per cent).
Out of a possible score of 10, the average company score was a mere 4.6.
But to be fair, some of these companies had already put in place or were in the process of putting in place the desired standards which were not taken into account and included in the final report.
But the results, nonetheless, were not surprising and generally represented the perception of public listed companies having some ways to go in areas of transparent processes including tender procedures and anti-corruption measures where only two companies had cohesive anti-graft training for staff and directors. Read more →
Opinions & Statements government-linked companies (GLC), Terence Fernandez, transparency, transparent governance
Reforming MACC : A Road to Good Governance & Human Rights
Venue : Meeting Room 2, First Floor, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Address : No 1, Jalan Maharajalela, 50150 Kuala Lumpur (Next to the Monorail Maharajalela station)
Organizer : Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
Language : English, Bahasa Malaysia
Maria Chin Abdullah, Bersih 2.0 Chairperson
George Varughese, Malaysian Bar President
Saari Sungib, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pilihan Agensi, Badan Berkanun dan Anak Syarikat (JP-ABAS) Negeri Selangor, ADUN Hulu Kelang
Ngeow Chow Ying, Board Member of Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
MACC Representative (Invited)
It has been 8 years that the Malaysian government failed to bring the perpertrator of Teoh to justice, yet the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers involved in his death were promoted to senior positions. The section 30 of the MACC Act that allows endless and torturous interrogation, which violates human rights and caused the death of Teoh, is still existed and potentially jeopardised the life of MACC detainees. The murder of Teoh was ensued by the death of Ahmad Sarbani at MACC Kuala Lumpur, which shows flagrant violations of human rights and lack of accountability of the MACC.
The 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal has not only shown how the kleptocracy robbed public fund, more importantly it raise the question of double standard and selective persecution by the public-funded MACC. Unlike Teoh, the Malaysian Official 1 neither subjected to immediate detention, nor prolonged interrogation until midnight, even though the amount siphoned from the government coffer is as much as RM2.6 billion. However, the false accusation against Teoh’s employer, with the amount as little as RM2,400, cost the life of the young political activist.
The performance of the MACC since its inception is a disappointment, both in term of good governance and human rights. Given that the 14th general election is around the corner, the 8th anniversary memorial of Teoh Beng Hock will simultenously hold this public forum to deliberate the reform measures to be taken by the MACC, in order to strengthen its capacity in tackling corruption and to protect human rights of detainees under its custody.
In addition, Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy cordially invites Malaysians to join the 8th anniversary memorial of the late Teoh Beng Hock, which is scheduled as follows :
Date : 16 July 2017 (Sunday)
Time : 8:00 pm
8:00 pm Welcome speech
8:04 pm Moment of Silence
8:05 pm Speech by A. Samad Said, Chairperson of Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
8:12 pm Speech by Teoh Lee Lan, Teoh family representative
8:20 pm Performance by Meor Yusof
8:30 pm Public Forum : Reforming MACC : A Road to Good Governance and Human Rights
10:30 pm End
Please contact 01110909808 or info@teohbenghock.org if you have further queries.
Malaysia: Forex loss probe ‘welcome’ but have one for 1MDB too – opposition
Source: Asian Correspondent
THE Malaysian government must reopen domestic investigations into the massive 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund scandal to prove its latest probe involving former prime minister-turned critic Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not a “diversion”, the opposition said.
Federal Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said this in response to the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to look into billions of ringgit in losses incurred by the central Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) via foreign exchange trading during the Dr Mahathir’s rule in the 1980s and 1990s.
“The Cabinet‘s decision to set up a RCI to investigate the foreign exchange trading loss by Bank Negara is most welcome,” the People Justice Party’s (PKR) president told a press conference on Thursday, as quoted by Free Malaysia Today. Dr Wan Azizah is also the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader currently in jail for sodomy who is still seen as a major threat to the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno).
“Based on the same principle, I demand a RCI be set up to investigate allegations by the DoJ (US Department of Justice) concerning the 1MDB scandal.” Read more →
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Wan Azizah: Now let’s have RCI on DoJ allegations
Source: FMT News
Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail says government should now agree to form a RCI to probe 1MDB in a bid to prove the RCI on forex losses is not intended as a diversion. Pic taken from FMT News.
PETALING JAYA: Following the government’s announcement of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the massive foreign exchange (forex) loss decades ago, the opposition today demanded a similar RCI to look into allegations by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) that billions had been stolen from 1MDB.
“The Cabinet‘s decision to set up a RCI to investigate the foreign exchange trading loss by Bank Negara is most welcome,” said Opposition Leader and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
“Based on the same principle, I demand a RCI be set up to investigate allegations by the DoJ concerning the 1MDB scandal,” she said at a media conference at the PKR headquarters.
The Cabinet yesterday announced the establishment of the RCI to investigate the central bank’s forex loss in the 1980s and 1990s, a period coinciding with the premiership of Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Read more →
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Public sector governance: Filling the gaps — Latifah Merican Cheong
BY LATIFAH MERICAN CHEONG
MARCH 1 — Good governance is not a panacea for strong economic performance. But good, well designed economic policies show bad results when the implementation is not done with a good governance framework.
Case studies show that countries which prioritises developing governance capabilities of the public sector and the political leadership enables strong sustainable growth to happen.
At the forum on governance of Parliament to exercise oversight over the Executive in August 2016, the Malaysian Economic Association brought in MPs and parliamentary experts from the UK, Australia, India, Indonesia and our own MPs to debate on the value of parliamentary committees as an enabling mechanism for MPs to exercise oversight over the Executive and ensure accountability of government.
On February 13-14, 2017, MEA followed up with its second forum on economic governance with a discussion on the governance of the public sector itself.
The public forum and the closed-door round-table covered the evolution of the public sector governance framework, the ethics and transparency dimension of this framework and the efficacy of the governance framework for the implementation of economic and financial policies. Read more →
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Police again viewed as most corrupt in transparency survey
Religious leaders also take a beating, with 31% of respondents in Transparency-International Malaysia’s Global Corruption Barometer survey saying they are corrupt.
Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) President Datuk Akhbar Satar — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
KUALA LUMPUR: The police force is yet again perceived as the most corrupt institution in the country.
About 57% of the 1,009 Malaysian participants of Transparency-International Malaysia’s (TI-M) Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) survey felt the police department was the most corrupt.
The survey results also showed that 13% of respondents who had encountered the police in the past had paid a bribe to the men and women in blue.
But even this number is doubtful. According to TI-M president Akhbar Satar: “The problem is that some Malaysians are scared to say they have either bribed or attempted to bribe an officer of the government.
“They want to show that they have integrity.”
Akhbar was speaking at the release of the survey results here. Read more →
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Change the way top civil service appointments are made – Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim
February 24, 2017 February 24, 2017 Evan Quick
\ Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim – Pic from FMT News
BY MOHD SHERIFF MOHD KASSIM
I agree with those who say that it is unfair to jump to conclusions about the appointment of Madinah Mohamad as the new auditor-general because of her husband’s political links.
She should be given the chance to prove her integrity as a person who the public can trust to carry out this heavy responsibility of auditing the management of public funds by government ministries and agencies and reporting to parliament faithfully and professionally, without fear or favour, as her predecessor Ambrin Buang had done in the auditor-general’s annual reports.
His exposure of the weaknesses in financial management and the abuse of power at the administrative and political levels have made him one of the most respected civil servants. Read more →
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Openness, Transparency and Accountability are Indispensable to Eradicate Corruption — Steven Thiru
PRESS RELEASE: Openness, Transparency and Accountability are Indispensable to Eradicate Corruption
Source: The Malaysian Bar
The Malaysian Bar is very perturbed by recent reports that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (“MACC”)’s special operations division is being downsized[1], six of its senior officers are being transferred,[2] and its director Bahri Mohamad Zin has taken optional retirement, reportedly due to his unhappiness over the alleged inaction in respect of investigations into SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1MDB.[3] The division reportedly handled high-profile cases relating to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (“1MDB”) and Federal Land Development Authority (“FELDA”).
These developments are disquieting because they reinforce the public perception that although one-and-a-half years have passed since it was revealed that funds of about USD700 million (approximately MYR2.7 billion) were transferred between private banks, offshore companies and funds linked to 1MDB, and then deposited into the personal accounts of the Prime Minister in AmIslamic Bank Berhad,[4] the authorities are reluctant or unwilling to get to the bottom of the serious allegations of financial impropriety concerning 1MDB, and bring action against those guilty of any wrongdoing.
This is in stark contrast to the developments in at least 11 countries — Australia, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, and Venezuela — where there have been investigations, measures imposed on financial institutions, criminal prosecutions and convictions, and proceedings for forfeiture of assets.
These actions raise serious questions regarding the investigations that are apparently being conducted in our own jurisdiction, and expose the lack of transparency regarding the findings. It is indeed unsettling that no one has yet been prosecuted in Malaysia for any of the allegations. Read more →
Opinions & Statements accountability, combating corruption, Malaysian Bar, openness, transparency
Ideas: Why is Felda paying so much for Indonesian company?
There are lots of questions about the deal and the premium price fuels speculation, says Ideas CEO. Pic taken from FMT News.
PETALING JAYA: Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) must answer why it chose to pay a high price to acquire PT Eagle High Plantations.
Wan Saiful Wan Jan, who heads the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas), said the main focus right now is the risks the deal may pose to taxpayers.
“It is mysterious to me how better shareholder value will be created when it looks like Felda is paying a very high price for Eagle High’s shares.
“Felda has to answer why they agreed to this high premium. There is already a lot of questions about the deal and this premium adds to the negative speculation about it,” he said in a statement today. Read more →
Human Rights & Wrongs Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), IDEAS - Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, transparency, transparent governance
Transparency for arms deals – Gurdial Singh Nijar
BY GURDIAL SINGH NIJAR
(Deputy President, HAKAM)
I RECENTLY finished reading Andrew Feinstein’s The Shadow World. Together with Anthony Sampson’s The Arms Bazaar, they provide deep insights into how the arms trade operates.
Malaysia’s vast financial outlays – the most recent RM2.92 billion in procuring arms, and RM9 billion for six new marine combat ships – raises certain fundamental questions on transparency and accountability. While there is, of course, some need to maintain national security and commercial confidentiality, secrecy enshrouds most arms deals. This all-encompassing secrecy, says Feinstein, “hides corruption, conflicts of interest, poor decision-making and inappropriate national security choices”.
This trade seems to be one of the least scrutinised and accountable areas of government and private activity – when it should be among the most highly controlled and regulated. Read more →
Opinions & Statements Gurdial Singh Nijar, transparency, transparent governance
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•February 21, 2018
•Events & Festivals
Procigar 2018: Day 2
Day two of Procigar started at Casa de Campo and ended in Santiago. It’s the longest day of the week and one that is a series of highs and lows—or perhaps—highs, then lows, then highs.
It started with checking out of Casa de Campo, which goes pretty smoothly considering the size of the group and the relatively early start. After that, it was time to head to Tabacalera de García, the largest cigar factory in the world, best known as the primary home of Altadis U.S.A.
Tabacalera de García is a different kind of cigar factory as it’s really a cigar factory, with emphasis on the latter. This is not the place for artisanal, small batch production. Rather, this is a testament to human engineering, at least in the category of rolling up dry leaves.
The factory also holds the distinction of being the most featured factory on this site as we’ve now visited it for four consecutive years. That admittedly makes the coverage a bit more challenging, so if you want to read more about the factory, you can read our coverage from past years:
Your annual update.
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One of my favorite features of the tour at Tabacalera de García is seeing the sign outside that documents the number of accidents for the year. This is something the workers pass by each and every time they enter the factory, which seems somewhat odd.
The tour was largely the same, though it started with one notable difference: our shoes. Tabacalera de García is owned by a huge multinational corporation—Imperial Brands, plc—because of that and the various compliance policies at the factory, there are some unique safety measures in place. One of them is that all guests must be in steel-toe boots.
We were told that there are a couple of potential risks, such as the large crates of tobacco being moved or a cigar mold falling on someone’s foot, both of which sounded painful. As such, Tabacalera de García provided boots to everyone attending, which meant it looked like a bowling alley’s worst nightmare.
Once boots were put on, we watched a movie and then started the tour, which followed the same pattern as in years past.
Above is a worker wetting and then shaking wrapper leaves. This is to allow them to be placed on a cigar without breaking. Interestingly, our pictures from prior years seem to suggest that workers used to wear masks for this process.
Above is what is referred to as a “hand of tobacco.” It’s various leaves tied together at the bottom of the leaves.
One thing you are unlikely to see in smaller factories is a Workday station. This is an HR tool that allows for workers to keep track of their vacation days, salary and other basic info. Workday has an app that is used by the factory’s office staff, these stands are designed for those workers who don’t have phones or just want to be able to view the info quicker.
Another thing that is rarity is the safety vests. These are only worn by a fraction of the workers—from what I could tell those responsible for moving very big items—but is an overlooked aspect in the grand scheme of TDG.
For the last couple years there has been a prototype factory within Tabacalera de García. This is laid out differently than the rest of the factory and we are told is being used to test potential updates to the floorplan. This year that area included these new massive pressing stations which had hundreds of molds inside of them, something completely different than any other factory I’ve been to.
A supervisor sat perpendicular to a long rolling table that contained dozens of pairs.
I wish that sign said something along the lines of not riding the hand trucks. Unfortunately, it’s telling workers they aren’t allowed to congregate in the area.
After the tour—which once again included much more which you can read about in the links above—we went back to Casa de Campo for a brief lunch. The worst part of Casa de Campo is leaving and it’s particularly tough when you then have to make the 4+ hour drive to Santiago.
Watch out Santiago the press is on the way!!! #festheads #procigarfestival2018 #cigarsnoblife #cigarsnobmag
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A handful of media members—Lisa and Thor Nielsen of Cigar Press, Cigar Journal’s Katja Gnann, Jamilet Calviño of Cigar Snob and Tobacco Business Magazine’s Stephen Ross—opted to hire a driver to make the journey from Casa de Campo to Santiago. Procigar has large busses that make the journey, but we wanted to arrive a bit earlier.
We indeed got to Santiago much earlier in the bus which made the remainder of Tuesday night a lot easier. I got a bit of work done before heading outside to the pool for the annual cocktail hour, which consisted of a couple cigars, some conversation and a lot of Presidente.
For those wondering, tomorrow I’ll be at La Flor Dominicana for its tour, which has probably become the most popular tour of Procigar.
Disclosure: Procigar paid for my registration, which includes lodging and meals.
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Articles, Blasphemy Blog, Blogs, Features, Headline March 5, 2012
Talking Blasphemous Baking With Metalcakes’ Kathy Bejma
There’s something evil baking in the kitchen of Kathy Bejma, a Chi-town native who’s creative to the max with her concept of merging metal with cupcakes. Developed in 2008, Metalcakes is a culinary tribute to her favourite bands, baking with supreme passion whilst listening to the most blasphemous of records. From the simple topping of whipped cream to the intricacy of edible flowers, Bejma’s blog includes a detailed account of each process, sharing her recipes with a global following.
Ola Mazzuca in conversation with Kathy Bejma about her blasphemous cupcake creations.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Audio March 11, 2011
Ghost – Opus Eponymous
If you consider Opus Eponymous to be a pop album, you probably think Yes and Genesis are pop bands, too. Erm, wait a minnit. Well, I can’t say I see Ghost going down that route, anyways. After all, it won’t be the 80’s for another 69 years…
Featured, Headline, Reviews, Reviews - Audio January 26, 2011
The Devil’s Blood – The Time of No Time Evermore
What makes The Devil’s Blood successful is its masterful gift for restraint. The band knows how to hold back, painting a partial musical portrait consisting solely of shadows and allowing the listener to infer the details using that most horrifying of artists: the imagination.
Tate Bengston gives us a great review of the latest output from traditional metallers, The Devil’s Blood.
Blogs, Featured, Jay Gorania December 27, 2010
No presents for Christmas…but we wish only the best of health for King Diamond
Bah, humbug! Christmas has come and gone, and hopefully next year King Diamond’s wish will come true. No presents for Christmas… It’s been a…
Adam Wills, Articles, Blogs, Featured, Features December 19, 2010
This Week in Metal!
King Diamond and Nergal going under the knife (all of us at Hellbound wish them all the best and a speedy recovery), Metal Film Festivals, Year End lists and more make up “This Week in Metal”, a weekly feature that features what has gone by the past week.
Featured, Staff Playlists October 30, 2010
STAFF PLAYLISTS: October 2010
Hellbound’s staff give our picks for Halloween-themed songs to coincide with one of our favourite holidays.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Audio March 8, 2010
Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics III
The concept of the covers album is a risky one. Nothing wrong with slapping one on as a B-side or extra track. But to propose a whole album of covers often begs the question, “What? Have they run out of their own material already?” When you decide to make the cover album an ongoing series, you run the risk of self-parody; Six Feet Under are getting dangerously close to that point with Graveyard Classics III.
Blogs, Featured, The Editor's Blog July 23, 2009
King Diamond shoes: The Sole of Metal
C1rca Shoes has announced a line of King Diamond and Mercyful Fate themed shoes and our faithful editor is turning into a whiny school girl over them. Go figure.
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Group 65Go to hiyacar
Terms & conditions of hiyacar
Written by Rob Larmour
Updated this week
Hiyacar Terms & Conditions
Driver and Owner terms & conditions
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
IN PARTICULAR NOTE THE OBLIGATION FOR CAR OWNERS TO MAKE THEIR CAR AVAILABLE IN SUITABLE CONDITION AND WITH FUEL IN IT, AND FOR CAR DRIVERS TO RETURN THE CAR ON TIME AND NOTIFY THE OWNER IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
This website is owned and provided by hiyacar Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 08690056 whose registered address is at Bennett Brooks & Co Limited, Suite 345 50 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8EA (“hiyacar” or “we”).
By registering as a Member, Owner and/or Driver you are entering into a contract with hiyacar Limited, and agreeing to abide by these terms and conditions (the “Terms”).
hiyacar makes available an online platform or marketplace for Drivers and Owners to meet online and arrange for bookings of Cars directly with each other
Hiyacar reserves the right to modify these Terms from time to time at its sole discretion. If we modify these Terms, we will either post the modification on the site or otherwise provide you with notice of the modification. The amended terms and conditions will enter into force midnight on the day being posted on the Site and will govern the contractual relationships between hiyacar and the Members and all Bookings entered into after that date. Any amendments that affect the terms and conditions applicable to Bookings shall only apply to Bookings entered into after the amended terms and conditions come into force.
Any Member who does not accept any amended terms and conditions should cease to use the Site after the date on which the amended terms and conditions come into force, save to the extent necessary to complete any Booking entered into prior to that date.
How the Site and Services works
The Site and Services can be used to facilitate the listing and booking of cars for private hire ("Cars"). Such cars are included in listings on the site by Owners. You may view listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site and Services; however, if you wish to book a Car or create a listing, you must first register as a hiyacar Member.
As stated above, hiyacar makes available an online platform or marketplace for Drivers and Owners to meet online and arrange for bookings of Cars directly with each other. Hiyacar is not an owner or operator of Cars and hiyacar does not own, sell, hire, manage and/or control Cars or other types of vehicles or offer transport or travel services. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the hiyacar platform, hiyacar's responsibilities are limited to: (i) facilitating the availability of the Site and Services: (ii) serving as the limited payment collection agent of each Owner for the purpose of accepting payments from Drivers on behalf of the Owner and (iii) providing insurance cover for cars when being hired out via the platform.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO FACILITATE OWNERS AND DRIVERS CONNECTING AND BOOKING CAR DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. HIYACAR CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY LISTINGS AND THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY FOR USE OF ANY CAR. HIYACAR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL LISTINGS AND CARS. ACCORDINGLY, ANY BOOKINGS WILL BE MADE OR ACCEPTED AT THE MEMBER'S OWN RISK.
a) The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause 2 apply to these terms and conditions:
“Acceptable Car Use” means the following activities are not carried out; Carriage of passengers for hire and reward; or Carriage of good for hire and reward or use in any rally or competition or motor trial or on any race track.
"Booking" means a discrete hire agreement in relation to a Car that is made between a Driver and the relevant Owner in accordance with the terms and conditions of these terms and conditions. The Booking details shall specify the relevant Hire Period and the applicable Hire Fee;
"Car Exclusion Circumstances" means, in relation to a Booking, circumstances giving the Driver reasonable justification to believe that: (a) the Car does not meet the conditions specified in the definition of "Car" set out in clause 2.1.2 above; (b) the Owner is unwilling to record, in the hiyacar Agreement, damage identified by the Driver; or (c) the Car's fuel tank is empty or contains negligible fuel;
"Driver" means any Member who has successfully completed the Driver's Registration Form on the Site;
"Commission" means, in relation to each Booking, a sum equivalent to 30% plus VAT, unless agreed otherwise;
"Driver Exclusion Circumstances" means, in relation to a Booking, circumstances giving the Owner reasonable justification to believe that the Driver: (a) is unfit to drive; (b) is an Excluded Person; (c) does not have his/her driving licence with him/her; (d) intends to use the Car other than in accordance with these terms and conditions;
"Excluded Person" means, on a given date, any person who, on that date: (a) is aged under 23; (b) has not held a full UK Driver's licence for at least 24 months; (c) is not a UK resident; (d) is a professional sportsperson, a professional entertainer, a Musician, a student under 25, unemployed, a taxi Driver, a courier or on course betting; (e) has been disqualified from driving; (f) is under 25 and resides in an Excluded Postcode; (g) is not identified as the relevant Driver in the Booking
"Booking Fee" means the booking handling fee of £3 plus VAT payable by the relevant Driver to hiyacar in relation to each Booking;
"Hire Fee" means, in relation to a Booking, the hire fee payable by the relevant Driver to the relevant Owner;
"Hire Period" means, in relation to a Booking, the period of hire (and any extension thereto) agreed between the relevant Owner and the relevant Driver, including time spent inspecting the Car;
"Insurance Fee" means, in relation to a Booking, the sum payable by the relevant Driver for the Insurance Policy;
"Insurance Policy" means the motor insurance policy provided by Mulsanne and arranged by hiyacar, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated into these terms and conditions by reference.
"Member" means any person registered on the Site and who has completed all of the mandatory fields in the Site registration;
"Minimum Specification" means the following minimum specification for a car: (a) the car is an unmodified private car under 15 years old with an ABI Motor Group Rating of 30 or lower; (b) the car has, and will have until the end of each Booking, a valid MOT certificate and road tax; (c) the car is Roadworthy;
“Roadworthy" has the meaning given to it in clause [4] below.
“Services” the listing and booking services provided by hiyacar through the Site.
"Owner" means any Member who has completed all of the mandatory fields in the Owner's Registration Form on the Site;
"Site" means the website at www.hiyacar.co.uk as amended and updated from time to time and / or mobile applications;
b) Where we use the expression "including" this is to be construed as being immediately followed by the expression "without limitation".
It is a condition of registration as a Member that details are provided of a bank account and a credit or debit card capable of making and accepting electronic payments. Hiyacar reserves the right to suspend the account of any Owner / Driver if any transaction effected by hiyacar in relation to a Members' registered credit or debit card is declined.
Each Owner and Driver agrees to pay each of the amounts specified in the Cancellation and Compensation Policy (the contents of which are incorporated into these terms and conditions by reference) in the event that the corresponding circumstances set out therein apply.
Any Member may register as an Owner. Once registered, an Owner may, using the car registration tools made available on the Site, register one or more suitable cars as being a Car available for hire by Drivers. The Owner shall, for each Car that is registered, specify the daily Hire Fee payable in respect of Bookings for that Car.
In relation to each car that is registered as a Car by an Owner, the Owner represents that the Car is owned by the Member who has completed registration as an Owner; and The use of the Car by Drivers will not breach any agreement with third parties; and during each Booking, will comply with the Minimum Specification.
Hiyacar may, during the registration process, conduct searches of third party vehicle and credit databases in order to corroborate information submitted by Owners. Hiyacar reserves the right to reject any attempt to register a car in the event that hiyacar reasonably believes that such car does not comply with the conditions specified in the definition of "Car" set out in clause 2 above. The Owner undertakes immediately to de-register any car that ceases to comply with the conditions specified in the definition of "Car" set out in clause 2 above.
The Owner undertakes to notify hiyacar, and any Driver who has made a Booking in respect of any car that has been de-registered, that the car is no longer available to fulfil Bookings. Any Booking made in respect of any car that has not been successfully registered, or has been de-registered, shall be deemed to have been cancelled by the Owner.
If the Owner smokes in their car, it is their responsibility to include this information in the listing.
DRIVER REGISTRATION
Any Member who is not an Excluded Person may register as a Driver. Only registered Drivers may make a Booking and only the Driver making the Booking may drive the relevant Car.
The Driver warrants to hiyacar, and to each Owner to whom a Booking request is made, that they are not at the date of such request, and will not be at any time during the Hire Period, an Excluded Person.
Hiyacar reserves the right to reject any attempt by any person to register as a Driver, and/or to de-register any person who has previously been successfully registered as a Driver, in the event that hiyacar has reason to believe that such person is or may be an Excluded Person. Any Driver who becomes an Excluded Person undertakes immediately to de-register themselves as a Driver.
Any person who has been de-registered as a Driver undertakes to notify hiyacar, and any Owner who has accepted a Booking from them, that they are no longer available to fulfil Bookings. Any Booking made in respect of any person who has not been successfully registered as a Driver, or has been de-registered, shall be deemed to have been cancelled by the Driver.
CONDITION OF CARS
It is the responsibility of an Owner to ensure that, when they hand over their Car to a Driver, that it is safe to drive. This means, as a minimum that it is roadworthy.
"Roadworthy" means that the car meets or exceeds the following minimum roadworthiness standards:
(a) no warning lights (other than handbrake and seatbelt warning lights as appropriate) remain lit after the car is started;
(b) the car exhibits no evidence of leakage of fuel, lubricants or brake fluid;
(c) the car's windscreens and windows are not excessively tinted and are free from cracks that may obscure the Driver's field of view;
(d) all of the car's external lights are fully operational, their lenses are undamaged and the headlights are properly adjusted to avoid dazzling oncoming vehicles;
(e) the car's tyres (including the tyre on the spare wheel) have a tread depth of at least 1.6 mm across the central three-quarters of the breadth of the tread and around the entire circumference;
(f) the car's manual, jack, wrench, locking wheel-nut key and spare wheel are present in their correct storage compartments; and
(g) the car is clean and tidy inside and out;
NO ENDORSEMENT
Hiyacar does not endorse any Member or any Car. By using the Site or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm, and not to claim against hiyacar. We encourage you to communicate directly with other Members on the Site regarding any Bookings made by you.
MAKING AND CANCELLING A BOOKING
All Bookings shall be made using the car booking tools made available on the Site. Requests for Bookings may be submitted by Drivers for Hire Periods commencing up to 30 days from the date of the request. Requests shall remain open for acceptance by an Owner for a maximum of 12 hours whereupon they will automatically expire if not accepted. Drivers may cancel any request for a Booking at any time before that request has been accepted.
No Owner is obliged to accept any request for a Booking submitted by a Driver. In the event that a request for a Booking is accepted by an Owner, a legally binding contract for the Booking, incorporating these terms and conditions, shall come into force automatically.
A Driver seeking a Booking for a specific Hire Period may submit multiple requests for a Booking in respect of that proposed Hire Period to multiple Owners. In the event that an Owner accepts such a request, a binding contract for the Booking shall come into force and the remaining requests shall be cancelled automatically without liability.
The Hire Period may be extended by mutual agreement between the Driver and the Owner using the car booking tools made available on the Site & notifying the hiyacar team.
If, in relation to any Booking, any Driver Exclusion Circumstances arise then the Booking shall be deemed cancelled and the Owner shall not permit the Driver to take control of the Car. The Owner shall not incur any penalties in relation to any such deemed cancellation and shall not be required to refund the Hire Fee.
If, in relation to any Booking, any Car Exclusion Circumstances arise then the Booking shall be deemed cancelled and the Driver shall not take control of the Car. In the event of any such deemed cancellation the Hire Fee shall be refunded.
Apart from the deemed cancellations referred to in clauses 5.5 and 5.6 above, Bookings may only be cancelled using the car booking cancellation tools made available on the Site. Such cancellations shall have the consequences set out in the Cancellation and Compensation Policy.
COLLECTING, USING AND RETURNING THE CAR
ONLY THE VERIFIED HIYACAR DRIVER WHO IS NAMED ON THE HIYA AGREEMENT CAN DRIVE THE CAR. IF, DURING THE HIRE PERIOD, ANOTHER PERSON(S) DRIVE THE CAR THE INSURANCE POLICY WILL BE VOID. THE NAMED DRIVER ON THE AGREEMENT WILL BECOME PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR, BUT NOT LIMITED TOO, ANY DAMAGE OR NON RETURN OF THE CAR, ANY THIRD PARTY DAMAGE TO VEHICLES OR PROPERTY AND ANY INJURIES. BOTH THE NAMED AND NOT NAMED DRIVER CAN BE CONVICTED OF AN IN14.
The Driver and Owner shall meet at the time and place agreed at the time of making the Booking and the Driver shall confirm the Booking reference and make their driving licence available for inspection by the Owner unless the vehicle is fitted with QuickStart technology whereby the pick up process is conducted by the Driver using the mobile app.
The Driver shall be responsible for ensuring that: (a) any previously unrecorded damage identified and recorded in the hiyacar mobile App; and (b) no Driver Exclusion Circumstances exist
For QuickStart or standard key handover, the responsibility for checking the car for roadworthiness is the driver's responsibility
The Driver shall be responsible for inspecting the Car to ensure that no Car Exclusion Circumstances exist.
Personal property of the Owner left in the Car at the commencement of the Hire Period is left solely at the Owner's risk.
The Driver shall, at all times during the Hire Period, use the Car in accordance with the Acceptable Car Use Policy.
Drivers shall update the hiyacar mobile App if, before the Hire Period, the Driver discovers any damage not presented in the pick up process of the mobile app.
The Driver shall return the Car at the scheduled end of the Hire Period to the location agreed at the time of the Booking. The Owner shall not be obliged to accept the return of the Car before the scheduled end of the Hire Period and no part of the Hire Fee shall be refunded in the event that the Owner agrees to accept the early return of the Car. The Driver shall remain responsible for the Car until it has been returned to the possession of the Owner. If the Car is returned late, the consequences set out in the Cancellation and Compensation Policy shall apply.
Promptly following the return of the Car, the Driver shall record the Car's fuel level and inspect it for any new damage, taking pictures via the mobile App. Drivers are responsible for refuelling any fuel used during the hire, using the appropriate fuel (i.e. regular, premium or diesel.) If the car is returned with less fuel that stated in the agreement, a Refuelling Charge will apply. This charge being the cost of refuelling the Car back to its previous level, plus an Owner Administration Charge, if the Car is returned with any less fuel than the Owner supplied;
Personal property of the Driver left in the Car at the end of the Hire Period is left solely at the Driver's risk.
If a Driver fails to return a Car by the end of the Hire Period the Driver will be liable in accordance with the Cancellation and Compensation Policy.
The Driver shall be exclusively responsible for the Car, and all financial and other consequences of their use of it (including road tolls, congestion charges, traffic offence penalties, parking offence penalties, clamping fees, breakdown charges and recovery fees and all sums payable under the Cancellation and Compensation Policy), from the commencement of the Hire Period until the later of the end of: (a) the Hire Period; and (b) the time the Driver returns the Car to the Owner.
In the event that an Owner receives a notice of a speeding offence committed during the Hire Period they shall be obliged to pass on the Driver's details to the police.
If a Driver fills the car up with the in-correct petrol, they are responsible to pay for the car to be drained and refilled with the correct petrol.
Owners can set their own daily mileage limits and the Driver is responsible to pay an excess mileage fee for each mile driven over the stated included mileage. The excess mileage fee shall be calculated by multiplying the cost per mile set out in the Additional Charges Policy times the excess mileage above the limit stipulated by the Owner at the Booking. To claim an excess mileage fee, Owners should email support@hiyacar.co.uk within 24 hours with a photo or scan of the hiyacar agreement
Drivers are responsible for returning the car in the same condition that they received it in. This includes the cleanliness of the interior and exterior of the vehicle. If the Owner reports that the car has not been returned in the same condition then the hirer may be liable to pay for cleaning costs as per the Additional Charges Policy.
Pets are not allowed in cars without the Owners explicit consent. If an Owner reports that a Driver has transported a pet without their authorisation, the Driver will be subject to the cleaning fee and Owner Administration Charge.
Drivers or their passengers are not permitted to smoke in any car. If smoke is reported by the Owner with 24 hours after a booking has ended, the Driver will be fined with the cleaning fee and Owner Administration Charge. If there is a smoke smell at the beginning of the booking please report it via email to support@hiyacar.co.uk so you are not held responsible for the violation
Drivers are liable for a key replacement charge in the event the original keys are lost or stolen. Drivers should contact our helpdesk to request this. In case the keys are locked inside the car, Drivers are liable for a locksmith charge.
Any info entered by the driver into technology in a car (e.g. into the Satnav or infotainment system) is the responsibility of the driver to delete/clear; hiyacar and the car owners cannot take responsibility for the driver data after the end of the booking.
DAMAGE TO A CAR
Drivers are responsible for leaving the Car in the condition it was in when they collected it. Drivers agree that they are responsible for their own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals who they allow to access the Car.
The Driver shall be liable for any new damage to the Car in accordance with the terms of the Cancellation and Compensation Policy. The Owner shall promptly record any such new damage and report the same to hiyacar via the online form found in the booking page (website only) by clicking the 'need to make a claim?' link within 24 hours of the booking being completed for non QuickStart cars. QuickStart cars can email support@hiyacar.co.uk after 24 hours of the end of the Hire Period (at hiyacar's discretion).
The Owner must make sure the Driver has completed the pick up and drop off process otherwise claims may not be validated. Likewise the Driver must also make sure the pick up and drop off process is complete as they may become liable for damage they did not commit.
Where the cost of repairs for any new damage reported to hiyacar are less than the excess on the Insurance Policy, then this total cost will be paid and not the higher excess amount.
Where the cost of repairs for any new damage reported to hiyacar will be more than the excess on the Insurance Policy, such cost will be covered by the Insurance Policy subject to the terms and conditions of the Insurance Policy and the Owner's compliance with the terms of the Insurance Policy and their cooperation with Mulsanne. The Driver shall be liable for the cost of repairs for any new damage that is not covered by the Insurance Policy.
For any damage that occurs during a hire that can not be determined if it was the Owners or Drivers liability (tyre puncture for example), then the triangle of trust will be adopted. This is where the car Owner, Driver and hiyacar will pay 33.33% each up-to the maximum of 'the excess' in total to cover the damage costs, anything above this amount will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
HIYACAR'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Hiyacar shall be entitled to enforce these terms and conditions against any Owner or Driver generally and specifically in the context of any Booking to which they are party.
Hiyacar gives no warranties or representations about the accuracy of the information on the Site or the Site availability.
Hiyacar is entitled, where required by law or judicial or regulatory authorities, to provide personal data relating to any Member to any credit reference agencies, HM Revenue & Customs, the police, debt collection agents or any other relevant organisation.
The material displayed on the Site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy or completeness.
Members agree that Hiycar’s Privacy Policy (as may be updated from time to time) governs hiyacar’s collection and use of their personal information.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HIYACAR
a) Hiyacar excludes liability for:
any loss of business, profit, data and liability for any indirect or consequential loss arising from the use of the Site, whether caused by tort (including our negligence), breach of contract, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
the cancellation of any Booking by reason of any Car Exclusion Circumstances or Driver Exclusion Circumstances or any other cause specified in these terms and conditions;
for any loss or damage to, or theft of, any Car or any other property belonging to any Member;
for any sums payable by the Driver for any fuel or incidental expenses;
for any loss or damage caused by circumstances beyond hiyacar's reasonable control.
b) hiyacar's total aggregate liability to any Member in relation to a Booking shall in no circumstances exceed the greater of:
the total of: (a) the Hire Fee payable in respect of that Booking made by such Member; plus (b) any compensation payable in respect of that Booking under the Cancellation and Compensation Policy; plus (c) any sum that would have been payable in respect of that Booking under the Insurance Policy but for hiyacar's default; and
£100.
c) Nothing in these terms and conditions will operate to exclude or restrict hiyacar's liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence or for fraud.
Hiyacar's obligation to pay any sum payable by a Driver to an Owner or vice versa is conditional on hiyacar receiving such sum from the relevant payor
Drivers agree that, in respect of each Booking, hiyacar may, at any time following the acceptance of the request for the Booking by the Owner, charge the Hire Fee, the Handling Fee, the Insurance Fee, any applicable VAT or other tax and any additional payments that are payable in connection with that Booking (including any excess payable under the Insurance Policy, any compensation, fine or penalty payable in the event of any breach of the terms and conditions applicable to the Booking and any sum payable under the Cancellation and Compensation Policy) directly to the Driver's registered debit or credit card.
Hire Fees received by hiyacar from Drivers shall be paid to the relevant Owner, less the Commission. Payments are made automatically from our payment gateway Stripe. Owners must supply their ID (licence or passport) to enable automatic payments that are processed 24 hours after the booking is completed. Payments may take up to 5 working days to show in your account.
The minimum an Owner can set their car Hire Fee is £5.00 an hour or £20 a day.
Payment processing services for hiyacar are provided by Stripe and are subject to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement, which includes the Stripe Terms of Service (collectively, the “Stripe Services Agreement”). By agreeing to these terms or continuing to operate as an Owner on hiyacar, you agree to be bound by the Stripe Services Agreement, as the same may be modified by Stripe from time to time. As a condition of hiyacar enabling payment processing services through Stripe, you agree to provide hiyacar accurate and complete information about you and you authorize hiyacar to share it and transaction information related to your use of the payment processing services provided by Stripe.
MEMBERS' GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND INDEMNITY
Members are responsible for their own personal tax affairs arising from their participation in any Booking including income tax and VAT.
Each Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless hiyacar, its officers and employees against all losses, liabilities, claims or demands arising out of: (a) any breach by such Member of these terms and conditions; (b) any claim by a third party that any content posted by the Member on the Site infringes any proprietary rights of that third party.
All bookings and extensions must be made via the hiyacar platform otherwise the insurance policy will be terminated with immediate effect and hiyacar will not be held responsible for any outcome.
What is covered
If your vehicle is lost or damaged as a result of:
accident or malicious damage
fire;
theft or attempted theft
we will at our option either pay (subject to the deduction of any excess):
protecting your vehicle if it becomes unusable due to accidental damage;
the current market value of your vehicle (the damaged vehicle will then belong to us);
the cash value of any lost or stolen part;
no more that the last list price of parts no longer available as new.
In addition, we will pay the reasonable cost of:
returning your vehicle to your home address in the United Kingdom after repair.
This is subject to our written consent.
The payment will be made to:
you; or
the legal owner of your vehicle if owned by someone else or is subject to a hire purchase agreement, unless the owner specifically agrees otherwise in writing.
The same cover also applies to your vehicle’s accessories, if kept with, on or in your vehicle.
We or the repairer may use parts which have not been supplied by the manufacturer.
Wear & Tear
Wear & tear is not covered by this insurance policy
For more information on the definition of Wear & Tear please see our policy HERE
For the full insurance policy details please see our Full Insurance Policy article.
NOTE THAT THE INSURANCE POLICY TERMINATES AUTOMATICALLY AT THE END OF THE AGREED HIRE PERIOD. AFTER THAT TIME, THE CAR WILL NO LONGER BE INSURED UNDER THE INSURANCE POLICY. THE DRIVER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ALL DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE CAR AND ANY OTHER CARS OR PROPERTY, OR INJURY TO PERSONS, WHILE THE CAR IS UNINSURED AND FOR ANY APPLICABLE CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
DAMAGE COVER
Damage Cover (Car Sharing Excess Waiver), allows you to reduce your excess. Pricing varies depending on Driver and Car criteria and is visible at the checkout.
This insurance is designed to waive the excess you pay under the standard hiya agreement following an incident involving a hiyacar vehicle.
It also provides additional benefits such as misfuelling, towing and cover for any damage to the tyres, auto glass, undercarriage and roof of the vehicle.
Cost can be added on at the checkout.
Damage Cover is optional.
Hiyacar does not offer any insurance related advice and does not act on behalf of any agent or insurer.
For each policy sold, hiyacar receives a commission from the premium paid.
Insurance Product Information Document and policy wording is available on request by post.
To purchase this insurance, you must meet all eligibility criteria and have read the policy wording and insurance product information so you know everything you need to about this insurance (including the benefits, the exclusions and other important information).
Hiyacar is partnered with Questor Insurance Services Ltd to bring you this insurance. Questor Insurance Services Ltd is an insurance intermediary acting on behalf of the insurer. Neither Questor Insurance nor hiyacar provide advice but will answer any questions on the products sold. Hiyacar and Questor Insurance earn a commission payable by the Insurer.
The eligibility requirements for this insurance are as follows:
You hold a valid United Kingdom, European Union or EEA driving licence or permit for the hiyacar vehicle.
You are between the ages of 23 and 75 years old.
You are a permanent resident in the United Kingdom at the time of purchase of this policy.
The hiyacar vehicle must have a maximum value of £75,000 at the policy start date and is a maximum of 8 years old since the date of first registration.
The hiyacar vehicle is a car with a maximum of 9 seats (including the driver).
The hiyacar vehicle will not be used on a safari, an off-road adventure trail or any trip outside of the United Kingdom, European Union or EEA.
Please read the policy wording here.
Please read the key facts about this insurance here
ACCIDENT THEFT OR BREAKDOWN
a) If a Driver is involved in any accident they shall refrain from admitting any liability and shall, without delay:
call the police;
exchange contact details with every individual involved in the accident; and
notify hiyacar by calling the claims helpline on 020 3856 8900 .
b) If a Car breaks down or is stolen during a Booking, the Driver shall notify hiyacar without delay and, if appropriate, call the police. Hiyacar have arranged 24-hour breakdown with the AA which includes Roadside Assistance and home start (as the home of the Driver)
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Termination of any Member's Membership is without prejudice to any of rights or obligations (including the obligation to pay any money and the right to receive any money) that accrue under any Booking that was agreed prior to such termination.
Hiyacar shall be entitled to suspend or terminate the membership of any Member, in its discretion and without liability to the Member, with or without cause, with or without prior notice and at any time, decide to limit, suspend, deactivate or cancel a member’s membership of hiyacar.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
These terms and conditions, and the pages on the Site to which these terms and conditions refer, constitute the entire agreement between hiyacar and the Members. These terms and conditions, together with the details of each Booking, constitute the entire agreement between hiyacar and the Members and between the Members in relation to that Booking.
If any provision (or part of any provision) of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions will continue in force without being impaired or invalidated in anyway.
No delay by any party in enforcing their rights shall prejudice or restrict those rights. No party shall be deemed to have waived their rights under these terms and conditions because of their failure or delay in exercising that right.
No Member may assign, transfer and/or subcontract all or any of any their rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions or in relation to any Booking and any attempt on any Member's part to do so is void.
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
A person who is not a party to these terms and conditions or any Booking or any other contractual relationship contemplated by them has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to rely upon or enforce any provision of these terms and conditions or any Booking or any other contractual relationship contemplated by them.
JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW
These terms and conditions and each Booking shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England. The courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any claim or dispute which may arise in connection with these terms and conditions or any Booking or in connection with and/or arising from any use of the Site.
If any Member has any concerns about any material whatsoever which appears on the Site, they may contact support@hiyacar.co.uk
If any Member believes that any communication made through or on the Site infringes any legal rights that any they may have or is in breach of any of these terms and conditions or knows of or suspect any unauthorised posting of or attempt to post any communications, that Member may notify us with specific details by email at the following address: support@hiyacar.co.uk
Each hiyacar Member agrees to comply with all reasonable requests from hiyacar, the police, or any statutory or regulatory authorities in identifying any unauthorised users of the Site.
General Conduct
All members must:
Provide accurate, valid and complete information on their profile and keep this up to date at all times.
Not post offensive, defamatory or false claims on reviews.
Never publicly share, post online or misuse other member’s contact information.
Hiyacar Responsibility
Hiyacar endeavours to only allow safe Drivers and cars to use the service. To minimise the risk of damage, only safe (vetted/approved with a safe record) Drivers can become Drivers. hiyacar will use reasonable efforts to undertake online verification of all participating vehicles and Drivers, using a number of third party databases including the DVLA to ensure Drivers meet our Driver Eligibility Criteria and vehicles are not stolen or tainted with illegality or fraud.
Hiyacar does not undertake any safety checks of the private vehicles offered for hire by hiyacar Car Owners on the website. It is the responsibility of the hiyacar Car Owner to ensure compliance with the Vehicle Eligibility Requirements and for the Driver to be satisfied this responsibility has been discharged.
Our insurance policy does cover lease / HP cars but it is the responsibility of the Car Owner to check with their finance provider before listing their car.
Hiyacar will provide car insurance through AXA Insurance PLC, as set out in more detail in 14 b above. Claims handling is managed by AXA Insurance at their absolute discretion, without the involvement of hiyacar.
Hiyacar will not be responsible for incidents caused by rentals. Hiyacar Car Owners and Drivers are fully responsible for their own conduct - we will do our best to police and remove offending parties from future participation.
Hiyacar are able to remove members from their website at their absolute discretion. We reserve the right to debit registered banking cards on booking confirmation or later and to impose fines in line with our Conduct Policies at our absolute discretion. Hiyacar has sole discretion in suspending members from the service and reserves the right to require proof of identity or a security deposit when reinstating membership.
Cancellation and Compensation Policy
If a member creates or accepts a booking on hiyacar, they commit to honouring it. The cancellation fines below are designed to minimise inconvenience caused to the disappointed party and are automatic.
However, we encourage Owners and Drivers to resolve cancellation disagreements between themselves. In these cases, both parties must inform hiyacar via email or phone so that the cancellation fine may be waived or refunded.
Owner cancellation fees
If an Owner cancels a booking more than 48 hours before pick-up, they will not be charged a cancellation fee and the Driver will receive a full refund. If the booking is cancelled less than 48 hours before pick-up, they will be charged a cancellation fee of £50. Hiyacar will retain £25 of each Owner cancellation fine to cover administrative costs, and the remainder of the fee is issued to the Driver as credits on their account.
Cancellation fees will be applied upon hiyacar's discretion.
Driver cancellation fees
If a Driver cancels a booking more that 48 hours before pick up they will not be charged a cancellation fee and receive a full refund. If a Driver cancels a booking less than 48 hours before pick-up, they will receive a 50% refund for the first 3 days of the rental and a full refund for the remaining days. The Owner will be compensated for the inconvenience to an amount up to hiyacar's discretion.
Administrative Cancellations
On occasion, it may be necessary for hiyacar to carry out a booking cancellation. These cancellations and any associated fines or compensation are assessed on a case by case basis.
Owner/Driver Lateness Policy
We encourage Drivers and Owners to get in touch with each other directly to ensure a smooth rental process, especially at the beginning or end of a booking. However, in the absence of communication from the late party and/or consent, the waiting Member is entitled to enforce the points of this lateness policy. If the booking end time had past and the Driver has not returned the car and keys, the Owner must inform hiyacar to extend the booking (at the Driver’s expense) until the vehicle is returned to the Owner.
IMPORTANT: Once the end time has passes our insurance policy is no longer in place.
The Owner is entitled to booking revenue (if any) resulting from the extension. Additionally, if reasonable attempts have not been made to inform both the Owner and hiyacar of the late return, the Driver will be charged the cost of the extended booking + 10 per hour late fee (capped at £80 per day) and may be banned from the service. The amount payable to the Owner is at the discretion of hiyacar and reviewed per event.
Beginning of booking
If a Driver is more than 30 minutes late to pick up the vehicle or has not brought their driving licence, the Owner is not obligated to hand over the car to the Driver, and the Driver is not entitled to a refund. Only verified hiyacar members who made the booking can pick up and drive the cars. If a person not matching this criteria attempts to pick up the car then the Owner should not hand over the keys.
If an Owner is more than 30 minutes late to hand over the car and keys, the Driver is allowed to cancel the booking, receive a full refund, and the Owner will be charged a £25 administration fee.
End of booking
If the booking end time had past and the Driver has not returned the car and keys, the Owner must inform hiyacar to extend the booking (at the Driver’s expense) until the vehicle is returned to the Owner.
The Owner is entitled to booking revenue (if any) resulting from the extension. Additionally, the Driver will be charged for the unauthorised late return of the vehicle (the cost of the rental and insurance for which the car is overdue) + £10 per hour (capped at £80 per day) that the car is over its originally booked time. If reasonable attempts have not been made to inform both the Owner and hiyacar of the late return, the Driver may be banned from the service.
If an Owner is more than 30 minutes late to receive the car and keys, the Driver may park the vehicle in the closest available legal parking space to the pick-up point and retain the keys for safe pick up by the Owner. The Driver must inform hiyacar in detail of the car’s location and also endeavour to inform the Owner of the car’s location. The Owner will be charged a fee of £25 for the inconvenience caused to the Driver, and it is the Owner’s responsibility to recover the keys from the Driver.
Vehicle Suitability Policy
As per our eligibility criteria, all cars on the service must be safe to drive, in good condition, clean and tidy. They must not suffer from obvious faults such as tyre treads below the legal limit, clutch problems or dysfunctional windscreen wipers. If a car cannot be accepted by a Driver at the beginning of a booking, or the vehicle breaks down during a booking due to unsuitability, the Owner may be charged a cancellation fee when substantiating evidence of car unsuitability is provided. These fines will correspond appropriately with any expenses incurred, with a minimum fine of £50.
Before a booking
If an Owner becomes aware of vehicle faults prior to a booking, they must notify the Driver and hiyacar immediately and cancel the booking or have the fault fixed prior to the start of the booking.
Beginning of a booking
If on collection of the car, the Driver determines that the Owner’s car is not reasonably suitable for use, then the Driver is allowed to cancel the booking to receive a full refund. The Owner will be charged a cancellation fee if substantiating evidence of car unsuitability is provided. These fines will correspond appropriately with any expenses incurred, with a minimum fine of £50.
Breakdown during a booking
If a car breaks down during a booking and is determined to be not drivable by our breakdown partners, the Driver will receive a full refund for their booking. If the breakdown occurs four hours or less before the end of a booking, the breakdown team will take the Driver to the Owner’s home at the pick-up point along with the vehicle. If the breakdown occurs more than four hours before the end of a booking, the Driver may return with the vehicle to the Owner’s home at the pick-up point or should arrange alternative transportation for the remainder of their journey. If the Driver chooses to find transportation and continue with their journey, the Driver should provide us with the resulting travel receipts within 14 days of the booking end. Following receipt of this information, we will provide the Driver with a courtesy amount of £100 (or, if less than £100, the total travel cost) towards their travel. The Owner will be charged a cancellation fee if substantiating evidence of car unsuitability is provided. These fines will correspond appropriately with any expenses incurred, with a minimum fine of £100.
Traffic Fine Policy
The Driver is responsible for all traffic fines (such as parking fines, congestion charges, toll charges or moving violations) incurred during their booking. Owners and Drivers should work together to resolve these fines quickly.
If an Owner receives notification of a traffic fine or similar offence incurred during a hiyacar booking, they should first contact the Driver via their hiyacar profile or by the telephone number provided at the time of booking to make them aware of the fine and give them the chance to pay it directly or transfer it into their name. The Owner should provide the Driver with the details of the charge and instructions for payment.
If a traffic fine is obtained during the hire then the hiyacar Driver is liable for a additional £10 fine (per PCN) that will be transferred to the Owner for their time taken to resolve the issue.
If the Driver fails to pay or transfer the fine within 7 days of notification from the Owner, then the Owner may email hiyacar a copy of the violation notification and any further details. hiyacar will then help resolve this fine with the Driver. In this event, Driver will be liable for a £50 administration fee on top of the cost of the fine.
Appeals and Arbitration Process
In the event that an Owner or Driver is deemed liable for a fine imposed by a third party such as the Police or a local authority, they will be informed by email and their card debited. This sum is automatically debited from their card but can be challenged by return email or phone. Hiyacar reserves the right to request further documentation. Hiyacar will consider the Member's appeal and any relevant information provided, but has sole discretion in accepting or refusing the Member's challenge.
Additional Charges Policy
Full Additional Charges Policy.
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Coed Varsity Cross Country · Aug 31 Cross country: Tigers girls finish top 10 at Arapahoe Invite
CENTENNIAL — It is a little hard to read into the results of the first meet of the year for both the boys and girls cross country teams at Holy Family.
The Tigers were loaded into an Arapahoe Invitational field of some of the best big schools from all over Colorado, and while the boys finished a distant 24th in the 29 team field, its is easy to get excited about the girls top 10 finish highlighted by sophomore Evie Boyd’s 22nd place finish.
On a day when 180 girls where on a course at deKoevend Park that can bottle neck easily and present all sorts of challenges to even the most experienced of harrier, Boyd focused on her race — and the ponytail of the girl in front of her — and accomplished her personal goal of breaking 21 minutes. Her official time was 20 minutes, 49 seconds.
“It’s just a matter of watching the girl ahead of you the whole time and trying to keep up,” said Boyd, who lost site of some of her teammates in an early jam.
The Tigers ran seven in the varsity race and the top five scored for the team. Alyssa Wells finished 37th (21:20), Gabby Thomas was 53rd (21:48), Alyssa Jany was 64th (22:13) and Madeline Tapp was 93rd (23:34).
The Tigers were the top 3A team in the field and a top 10 finish against some of the states best will go a long way in building their confidence and helping them reach some of the bigger goals this season.
“We want to make it to state as a team,” Boyd said. “And for me it is to hopefully beat (the) 20 (minute mark).”
On the boys side, Jack Culp paced the Tigers with a time of 18 minutes, 14 seconds. He was three seconds ahead of teammate Andrew Descalzo. Lance Greany crossed in 19:32, Micah Munoz in 19:46 and Patrick Cavanaugh in 20:36 to round out the top five.
“Time wise I was two seconds off my PR (personal record) from last year, so that is very good,” Culp said. “The first meet of the year, I expected to be a little bit better, but I think the hills just got to me.”
ARAPAHOE INVITATIONAL
At deKoevend Park
Team scores — 1. Heritage 120, 2. Cherry Creek 154, 3. Liberty 155, 4. Legacy 189, 5. Piedra Vista (N.M.) 198, 6. Centaurus 213, 7. Poudre 239, 8. Fruita Monument 248, 9. Arapahoe 266, 10. Denver East 325, 24. Holy Family 548.
Holy Family results — 64. Jack Culp 18 minutes, 14 seconds; 68. Andrew Descalzo 18:17; 129. Lance Greany 19:32; 140 Micah Munoz 19:46; 160. Patrick Cavanaugh 20:36; 173. Anthony Haberkorn 21:06; 179. Jacob Vigil 21:27.
Team scores — 1. Cherry Creek 45, 2. Arapahoe 52, 3. Centaurus 106, 4. Denver East 129, 5. Fruita Monument 135, 6. Rocky Mountain 151, 7. Legacy 206, 8. Green Mountain 253, 9. Holy Family 259, 10. Air Academy 308.
Holy Family results — 22. Evie Boyd 20 minutes, 49 seconds; 37. Alyssa Wells 21:20; 53. Gabby Thomas 22:13; 64. Alyssa Jany 22:13; 93. Madeline Tapp 23:34; 107. Elizabeth Boselli 24:03; 139. Nina Finocchiaro 25:04.
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The foundation of The Himachal Tribune was laid by Late Shri S.P. Pandhi inducted Dev Pandhi, his second son in journalism immediately after he completed his MSc. In Physical Chemistry. Late Shri S.P. Pandhi was a towering figure in journalism and doyen in the field. He was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation when Bapu wrote an Editorial in his paper “HARIJAN” on him when he was editing a hundred year old paper and was representing wireline service and several publications in the Indian print media, after he successfully organized a meeting for the Mahatma at Silverton grounds in Mussoorie way back in 1948.
Himachal Tribune is committed to carry forward the mantle of service to the people of the Himalayan states – Himachal, Uttarakhand & J & K through its dedicated relentless service through high ideals of profession as spokesman of hills and voice of people.
Himachal Tribune is the only paper which reaches the remote, far flung and difficult terrains, tribal and backward areas, in addition to all the districts of both the states. The qualitative impact of the publication on the psyche of people in view of sustained service to hills is visible in terms of mileage and impact for the advertisers. The papers reach the decision making levels and the printed word in its columns carry weight, substance and the publication holds sway over the masses. With extensive readership, the advertisement message reaches the target group and others with adequate mileage and reach.Himachal Tribune Tourism bias : Tourism and Agriculture are the mainstay of Himachal. The apple economy of the state exceeds Rs. 2000 crores. The Hospitality industry, incorporating tourism and travel, provide another main revenue earning avenue to the state with seasonal tourism, pilgrimage and health tourism resulting in heavy influx of domestic and foreign tourists to the state throughout the year. Himachal Tribune is an index into this sector and keeps tab on day to day developments. Himachal Tribune’s focus on industrial sector : Over 12000 industrial enterprises comprising major, medium and small industries have metamorphosed the state’s economic complexion with several industrial clusters coming under high spin activity following development of infrastructure and facilities. The Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh complex generally known as BBN has emerged as the main industrial hub of the state and trade corridor between Himachal and adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh. Activities in the industrial belts are covered extensively in the publication from time to time.Himachal Tribune covers horticulture and agriculture in the state extensively and many states in the country are dependent on Himachal for agro-horticulture produce and for the traditional handlooms and handicrafts. Himachal Tribune covers all this and project emerging trends in economy from time to time. Himachal Tribune is the voice of hills and is popularly known as spokesman of hills as the newspaper group comprising Hindi and English publications espouse for the cause of hills, relentlessly.
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Archives for posts with tag: Third World
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ****
Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is reluctantly recruited by ex-girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard) to rescue as many species of dinosaurs as they can from Isla Nublar before the island’s volcano erupts. The enterprise is being bankrolled by a mysterious philanthropist (Rafe Spall) – but is his offer what it appears to be? Most importantly, can the unfossilized and feral creatures be contained after they are transported to safety? Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom delivers the mayhem fans are expecting and more, with the volcano’s explosion providing the perfect pretext to fill the screen with giant reptiles of every variety as they scurry and stomp for their lives.
4 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is:
[WARNING SPOILERS]
4. Feminist and pro-miscegenation. Representing the Coalition of the Fringes are a tattooed Latina man-hater (Daniella Pineda) and a nebbishy mulatto computer whiz (Justice Smith).
3. Anti-white, anti-gun, and animal-rights-militant. Ted Levine appears as a “great white [sic] hunter” whose hobby of assembling necklaces from the teeth of endangered species earns him a dinosaur jaw’s worth of trouble. Guns, in addition to being unreliable, are problematic in the possession of trigger-happy white men in particular.
2. Disingenuously antiwar but actually anti-Slav and neoconservative. The dinosaur rescue operation turns out to be a nefarious military-industrial plot – what? social justice hijacked for capitalist plunder? I’m shocked! – and the movie climaxes at an auction at which arms procurers from around the world bid on weaponizable reptiles. Present at the auction are representatives from Russia, Slovenia, and Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation. “Too many red lines have been crossed,” as well – ostensibly with regard to Frankenstein genetic science, but probably also in reference to Syria.
1.Racist! Bookending the film are testimonies from learned elder of science Jeff Goldblum, who warns that humanity, by saving the dinosaurs, is risking its own extinction. Underlying the film is the West’s anxiety about the acceptance of “refugee” populations from the Third World. The dinosaurs, as savage, prehistoric animals – rather like Africans, the film seems to imply – are objects of both amazement and civilizational trepidation. Indicative of the mingled fear and excitement experienced by mentally ill social justice warriors in the presence of rapefugees is an unsettling scene in which a dark-colored dinosaur creeps into a little girl’s room and hovers over her in her bed, extending a claw to caress her. This same child’s decision at the end of the film to release the dinosaurs into the modern world can be read either as a parody or a celebration of naïve Europeans’ – and particularly women’s – childishness and erotic retardation in ushering in their own racial and cultural annihilation. She makes her momentous choice after discovering that she is a clone and not the person she thinks she is – which is to say, after having her sense of identity undermined.
Alternatively, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom can be read as an allegory about the danger inherent in providing succor to Jews. After rescuing the dinosaur-Jews from the volcano-Holocaust, western man is faced with the problem of how to survive with these troublesome creatures in his midst – an interpretation bolstered by an attempt to exterminate the dinosaurs with cyanide gas at the end of the film and which, furthermore, would put a somewhat different and perhaps self-revelatory spin on the aforementioned scene of the giant lizard in the little girl’s bedroom.
Rainer is the author of Protocols of the Elders of Zanuck: Psychological Warfare and Filth at the Movies – the DEFINITIVE Alt-Right statement on Hollywood!
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The Shallows ***1/2
August 6, 2017 //
Blake Lively plays Nancy Adams, a medical student who, following her mother’s death from cancer, treks to the same beach in Mexico that her mother visited while pregnant with her. Hoping to enjoy a little sentimental surfing, Nancy instead finds herself the victim of a shark attack and ends up stranded off the coast on a rock as the hungry monster circles her. The Shallows is an okay survival movie and goes by pretty quickly, the dramatic limitations of its essentially one-person story notwithstanding.
3.5 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that The Shallows is:
7. Propertarian! A would-be thief is physically removed by the natural order.
6. Pro-gun, if a flare gun counts.
5. Christ-ambivalent. Both good and bad Mexicans are shown with crucifixes.
4. Green. Sony Pictures hopes for “a greener world,” according to an end credits statement. Thinking of the environment rather than herself, starving Nancy opts to help an injured seagull rather than eat it. A hook lodged in the shark’s mouth could be interpreted as an indication that a revenge is being exacted by nature against humanity for some previous wrong.
3. Feminist. Nancy survives on her own, with little to no help from men. The film’s director, in one of the Blu-ray extras, claims that the shark is female; but the creature’s connotative presence onscreen is that of a predatory male, a giant, angry phallus pursuing a woman against her wishes. Poisonous jellyfish, with their dangling tentacles, mimic a threatening swarm of sperm cells that Nancy must avoid. End credits appear over shots of reddened surf, the menstrual coloring celebratory of the avoidance of pregnancy. Instead of raising a family, she will pursue a career as a physician. Her mother, it may be worth noting here, has been punished with cancer and death for procreation. Alternately, The Shallows can be read as a torture porn film masquerading as a women’s empowerment trip. Nancy’s tattoo and bizarre earring mark her as a typically damaged and self-mutilating young woman of her generation – and her carefree display of her body is sure to incense the girlfriendless members of the audience.
2. Anti-racist. The viewer is teased into fearing for Nancy’s safety as she rides in the company of a Mexican stranger, Charlie, on her way to the beach. So friendly is this man that he even refuses to accept money for the ride. Likewise, two young Mexican surfers are employed as red herrings of a sort. They make no attempt to molest the beautiful, solitary gringa, and her brief apprehension that the pair might steal the bag she left on the beach turns out to be unfounded. The only negative portrayal of a local in the film is a drunkard who does, in fact, intend to make away with her belongings. Recent news out of Mexico suggests that The Shallows is probably overly kind in its depiction of this Third World country’s hospitality.
1. Anti-white. The “shallows” of the title are, of course, the waters around the beach; but this word could also refer to those naïve, bumbling Americans who, like Nancy, expect there to be Uber service in rural Mexico. White is associated with death. The antagonist in the film is a “great white”, and the stinging jellyfish glow white at Nancy’s approach. An exception is the wounded seagull, whose company Nancy comes to enjoy. Weak, dysfunctional whiteness, it seems, is the only acceptable kind.
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LABEL ****
Kira Mathis and Mary Krasnoperova sulk in Jaschar Marktanner’s short “LABEL”
Jaschar L Marktanner’s 2014 short “LABEL” features a pair of German women (Kira Mathis and Mary Krasnoperova) giving voice to various seemingly petty grievances over cigarettes and coffee in a café – the caffeine, nicotine, and complaints constituting addictive and what might be considered quintessentially “First World problems”. Cigarettes never last long enough, the coffee cups are too small, and so forth. This man and that man, the women continuously gripe, are bastards and sons of bitches. Nothing, in short, is as they desire it. The viewer is left to speculate: what is the source of this ennui? What, furthermore, informs their apparent loathing of men?
Significantly, the film opens with a quotation from the Austrian author Heimito von Doderer, who for a time espoused National Socialism: “In a good conversation the pauses are as important as the talking itself.” The viewer, then, is invited to find the meaning in what is left unsaid between the two morose conversationalists. Germany, which since 1945 has not been a truly sovereign nation, today more than ever lives under a hostile occupation. The women allude, perhaps unconsciously, to the demographic disaster being perpetrated against their people in their ambiguous talk about “aliens”. A subservient German establishment, publicly represented by Zionist puppets like Chancellor Angela Merkel, has, in its complicity in the implementation of the Coudenhove-Kalergi plan for the dysgenic reconfiguration of Europe, reduced the continent’s once-proud men to powerless and effeminized cuckolds. “Did you just see that wanker?” Krasnoperova asks. “Waitressing is just a job for a true son of a bitch.” “Cigarettes are so crippled,” Mathis observes on the subject of this phallic insufficiency. Germany’s women, moreover, are mere shiksa livestock, a degradation symbolized by Krasnoperova’s nose ring (Jeff Lieberman’s classic short “The Ringer” comes to mind).
Two pictures hung on the wall behind them – a horse and butterfly – are images representative of the natural order, free and beautiful archetypes of masculine and feminine actualization that contrast with the morbid and sterile reality of the generic urban setting. “That’s how them up there want to keep things rolling,” Krasnoperova says with reference to an unnamed and remote elite. “Holding us pawns down.” “Just some real sons of a bitch,” agrees Mathis. “Yeah, and nobody’s doing anything about it,” Krasnoperova continues. “Something must be done about that,” the other declares. “Yeah, but there are only spazzes. What is there left to do?” At this point the two women indict the audience in its complaisance by breaking the fourth wall and glaring directly into the camera.
The viewer is implicated.
Once the waiter approaches and asks if everything was alright, however, the women instantly change their tune, feigning smiles and reassuring him that “everything was great.” The pair finds themselves constrained by Europeans’ pathological sense of propriety – the self-destructive determination not to be the cause of offense. “What a freak,” Krasnoperova says of him after he goes away. “Just a typical victim of the society of sons of a bitch,” diagnoses Mathis. Notwithstanding their discontent and the impending death of their civilization, they cannot bring themselves to address problems openly. Like Marktanner himself, they find means of communicating under regimes of censorship. The status quo, however, if continued to fester and to dismantle their civilization, will start to present Europeans with fewer First World problems than quandaries of the Third World variety.
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Two Days, One Night ***1/2
Deux Jours, Une Nuit is a dreary and mundane French “art” film directed by Belgium’s Dardenne brothers. Marion Cotillard, whom American audiences may remember as the femme fatale Miranda in The Dark Knight Rises, stars as Sandra, a working mother whose poor psychological health has kept her at home and away from her job for some time. In her absence, her boss has given her coworkers an offer they find hard to refuse: either take Sandra back at their present wage rate, or agree to terminate her in exchange for a raise for everyone else. Due to irregularities in the circumstances of their initial decision, which has (unsurprisingly) gone against her, the workers are to be given a chance to hold a second vote. Sandra now has one weekend – the two days and one night of the title – to locate and approach each of her coworkers to convince them to take her back and forfeit the promised raise.
Nothing about Sandra, who suffers from depression and spends most of the movie moping, despairing, and gobbling Xanax tablets, is particularly interesting, and one suspects that this is intentional; she stands for the common person who is too often forgotten. Scenes of her intermittently breaking down and being encouraged by her sensitive husband (Fabrizio Rongione) to persevere and not to give up on her peers and their dormant capacity for selflessness are, unfortunately, somewhat repetitive, and not the strongest material to support an entire feature film. What ultimately saves and elevates Two Days, One Night above the level of tedium is the earnestness of the film’s key performances.
3.5 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Two Days, One Night is:
6. Anti-American. The selfish Julien (Laurent Caron), a collaborationist co-conspirator with the workplace management, wears a “USA” patch on his shirt, perhaps signifying his sympathy with neoliberalism.
5. Anti-marriage. Sandra’s coworker Anne (Christelle Cornil) determines to leave her husband after years of being bullied.
4. Anti-drug. Sandra’s abuse of Xanax is worrying to her husband, whose concerns are shown to be warranted when she attempts suicide with an overdose.
3. Pro-union. The filmmakers, in an interview featured on the Criterion Blu-ray, say that their intent was to illustrate the “savagery” of companies whose workforces are not unionized. “We thought that with a nonunion company, we’d be closer to the raw truth of the social situation people experience today.”
2. Ostensibly anti-capitalistic, with workers pitted against each other by capital.
1. Dysgenic, pro-immigration, and crypto-corporate. Two Days, One Night is fundamentally disingenuous and misleading in framing the plight of the western worker as an individual rather than a national-racial dilemma. People are, of course, individuals on one level of their experience; but the inundation of European and European-descended peoples with Third World undesirables is precisely what has suppressed the typical worker’s wages and standard of living. In the end, when the tables are turned, and Sandra has the option of taking her job back on the stipulation that Alphonse (Serge Koto), an African, will be terminated, viewers are expected to be inspired that Sandra, playing the good goy, makes the wrong decision and sacrifices her own livelihood to save the congoid. Two Days, One Night goes out of its way to depict non-white immigrants as gentle, helpful souls and credits to their new communities, and even includes an African doctor (Tom Adjibi) who saves Sandra’s life after her overdose. To this extent, then, the film promotes a de facto corporate-state agenda.
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Semantics: The Rise and Fall of Muammar “Mad Dog” al Gathafi ****1/2
The Ideological Content Analysis 30 Days Putsch:
30 Reviews in 30 Days
Muammar Gaddafi was one of the most remarkable leaders of the twentieth century. Taking charge of a country of impoverished illiterates at the time of his 1969 coup, he transformed Libya through his Green Revolution into a modern, secular state with extensive public works and services funded by oil revenues. Put together by Critical Productions, this YouTube documentary stands a testament to Gaddafi and to the crimes against humanity perpetrated by NATO in plunging his country into anarchy.
A creation in the style of Evidence of Revision, the program consists of arrangements of clips from television and online reportage and commentary, the end result comprising a mosaic that forms a picture of one of the greatest travesties and human catastrophes this century will hopefully ever witness. As the title indicates, such horrors frequently hinge on wordplay and who or what is or is not deemed “terrorist” in the western government-media matrix. The film instructs viewers to come to their own conclusions, but only one verdict is possible or sensible after watching Semantics: The Rise and Fall of Muammar “Mad Dog” al Gathafi.
4.5 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Semantics is:
5. PC, never once mentioning Jews or the Zionist order. There is, furthermore, a suggestion that the United States is particularly opposed to African self-determination, as if any other nationalisms are somehow acceptable. Libyan blacks are shown to have suffered after Gaddafi’s downfall. The Colonel’s friendly relations with Nelson Mandela are offered as evidence of his moral superiority.
4. Media-critical, pointing to misrepresentations of the Libyan situation in “news” reports.
3. Populist, celebrating Gaddafi’s Libyan iteration of national socialism. Electricity was free for Libyans, and farming and other endeavors and services were heavily subsidized by the state. In accordance with traditional morality, zero interest was paid on loans. The Green Revolution represented a nationalist third position ideology – that is, neither communist nor capitalist – always a threatening prospect to globalist interests.
2. Anti-bankster and anti-establishment, whether that establishment takes the form of Republican or Democrat, NATO or the United Nations. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton come across as particularly reprehensible. Anybody even considering voting for Hillary Clinton should be compelled to watch Semantics: The Rise and Fall of Muammar “Mad Dog” al Gathafi. Gaddafi’s intention to demand that Libyan oil be paid in African dinars rather than U.S. dollars is suggested as one plausible motive for the toppling of his government.
1. Anti-war. War is a racket.
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Get Hard **1/2
It sounds like a funny idea on paper. A pampered white businessman, convicted of embezzlement, hires what he mistakes to be a streetwise black dude to teach him how to “get hard” so as to protect himself from being abused when he goes to prison. The execution itself, sadly, feels at times exactly like the cinematic equivalent of one of the sodomy sessions dreaded by the protagonist. Will Ferrell, Hollywood’s go-to guy for playing weird, dim-witted white jerks and/or gluttons for punishment, gets to be both in Get Hard, with mildly funny Kevin Hart from Ride Along appearing in the role of straight man.
Indicative of the standard of entertainment on tap is bit player Matt Walsh’s credit as “Bathroom Stall Man” in a sequence way too sick for description here. Psyche-scarringly inappropriate for children or even mature adults, Get Hard is one of the most repugnant motion pictures this reviewer has witnessed, rivaling even the cataclysmically syphilitic A Haunted House. It is, in short, a film that could only have been written and directed by a degenerate named (((Etan Cohen))).
2 and a half out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Get Hard is:
4. Crypto-Zionist, implicitly endorsing the fairy tale of Osama bin Laden’s responsibility for 9/11. Coach’s Craig T. Nelson, meanwhile, reprises the type of role he essayed in Action Jackson and Devil’s Advocate as a privileged and WASPy financial super-criminal, Larry David apparently having been unavailable.
3. Pro-immigration. Ferrell’s mestizo domestic servants roll their eyes and wag their heads with contempt at their master’s antics. Rather than fill the viewer with distaste at the further inundation of America with ethnically hostile Third World riff-raff, however, these scenes allow the film’s target audience of complacent liberals to feel smart and at one with the Mexicans, who they can pretend will share their progressive values going forward as they point and laugh together at the stupid white man.
2. Pro-gay. Hart befriends (but politely parries the flirtations of) a homosexual he meets in the course of his adventure.
1. Anti-white and pro-miscegenation. Ferrell and Hart make a narrow escape from the greasy clutches of a white supremacist biker gang. Ferrell eventually finds his soulmate in twerking ghetto denizen Dominique Perry and rejects the renewed advances of former fiancée Alison Brie when he dismisses her as having a “white girl’s booty”.
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Pound of Flesh ****
Still-kicking Jean-Claude Van Damme is Deacon, a cynical but bighearted mercenary and counter-kidnap specialist who travels to the Philippines to donate a kidney to his dying niece (Adele Baughan). Following what appears to be a simple one-night stand with local expat floozy Ana (Charlotte Peters), Deacon wakes up in an ice bath with a huge gash on his back where his kidney has been prematurely removed, harvested by a black market dealer.
Complicating things is the tension between Deacon and his wimpy, conservative Christian brother George (John Ralston), with whom Deacon has little choice but to forge a temporary posse. Will Deacon and his estranged brother be able to set aside their differences and find the kidney’s unlawful recipient in time to retrieve it and save the little girl? Pound of Flesh quickly gets down to business in answering that question and others more philosophical.
Some of the action sequences, particularly during the first half of the movie, lack sufficient coverage, and one particular fight scene in a nightclub is too darkly lit to be able to follow the choppy fight choreography in its specifics; but Pound of Flesh improves as it goes along, becoming quite suspenseful toward the conclusion, and packs a few powerful twists. A moderate recommendation for Van Damme fans.
4 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Pound of Flesh is:
3. Anti-slut. Loose women are devious. Reassuring the audience that there is hope for every soul, however, Charlotte Peters plays the proverbial hooker with a heart of gold.
2. Class-conscious and anti-war. The privileged pay to watch the poor beat each other senseless in an underground fight club in Manila. The culprit in the theft turns out to be Simon Rants III (David P. Booth), a high-powered purveyor of mercenaries and a stereotypically frigid crumb of the British upper crust. Sadly, anti-Semites will be disappointed to discover that Pound of Flesh, despite the Shylock reference in its title, is not at all concerned with the Jewish Question, with usury, or with any Hebraic villainy whatsoever.
1. Christ-ambivalent. Blood, Pound of Flesh would seem to suggest, is thicker than scripture, with milquetoast George finally abandoning his principles and learning how easy it is to kill when his daughter’s life is at stake. Deacon, who literally beats people up with a Bible, comes to symbolize a new vision of Christ as a man of brutal action driven by profound compassion with his climactic act of self-sacrifice. This tension and antagonism between the West’s traditional Christianity and the exigencies, often ugly, of a bloodline’s survival, feel especially timely in this age of cuckservative toleration of ongoing white genocide.
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Machete Kills ***
Rodriguez’s most recent contribution to the Mexploitation subgenre, Machete Kills is exactly the movie one would expect it to be: a shallow, self-congratulatorily hip, and hyperviolent celebration of Mexican ethnic pride and muscle-flexing Reconquista. Danny Trejo reprises the role of the righteous butcher who in this sequel accepts a presidential offer of American citizenship in exchange for stopping a cataclysmic missile strike on Washington. Machete Kills is sufficiently fast-paced to ward off snores, but the cartoonish tone and the flippant approach to the violence keep it from generating any emotional interest or genuine suspense. One hopes for the sake of the future of film that this big-budget B-movie brand of Tarantinoid, winking, self-aware exploitation fetishism has almost run its course.
3 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Machete Kills is:
13. State-skeptical. “Justice and law aren’t always the same thing.”
12. Anti-military. Corrupt soldiers sell government-issue arms to a drug cartel.
11. Anti-family. A whore recounts how her father raped her. (see also no. 2)
10. Drug-ambivalent. Machete “don’t smoke”, but lights a bazooka like a bong. The drug cartels are his enemies.
9. Pro-miscegenation. Can anyone blame Miss San Antonio (Amber Heard) for being unable to resist Machete’s haggard, wrinkly, and humorless Aztec charms?
8. Anti-gun. Machete prefers blades. A campaign commercial associates Second Amendment advocacy with pork spending on military hardware. The principal villain, Voz (Mel Gibson), is a firearms manufacturer.
7. Globalist and war-ambivalent. “This isn’t about Mexico no more. It’s about the world.” Voz reveals he has installed puppet troublemakers in North Korea and Russia so as to pump government interest in his military wares. While there is truth in the notion that international bogeys are frequently manufactured as pretexts for war, Machete Kills endorses the neocon worldview to the extent that it accepts that Russia and North Korea are legitimately threatening to American national security. “Fuck world peace,” says Miss San Antonio.
6. Feminist. “Don’t call me sweetheart,” bristles Sartana (Jessica Alba) before gunning down a male chauvinist pig. Machete Kills milks the tired non-novelty of women acting tough and shooting their mouths and machine-guns, which here include weapons mounted on the bosom and crotch. Interestingly, the long tradition of sexual violence directed exclusively at the male genitalia finally seems to be coming home to haunt the feminists in the form of the sickening “pussy punch”. Only girls are allowed to play this dirty hand, however. (see also no. 2)
5. Anti-Christian. Voz looks forward to a day when “kingdom comes”. White supremacist Sheriff Doakes uses expressions like “Amen” and “Hallelujah”. Assassin the Chameleon (a shapeshifter portrayed at different points in the film by Walter Goggins, Cuba Gooding, Lady Gaga, and Antonio Banderas) drives a truck called the “Holy Roller”, with kitschy religious knickknacks on the dashboard. “Preach it, Sister,” says villainess Miss San Antonio.
4. Anti-white. Whites – surprise, surprise! – are the bad guys. Those who, like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, concern themselves with America’s sovereignty and security, are represented in Machete Kills by the likes of the dopey Minutemen-like “Freedom Force” and Sheriff Doakes (William Sadler), who calls Mexicans things like “taco” and “beaner”. Voz plans to abscond into outer space with a load of Mexicans to serve him as slave labor. Blonde beauty and secret agent Miss San Antonio lives up to her hair color and turns out to be a traitoress. The decision to cast Mel Gibson, with his off-screen baggage of accusations of anti-Semitism and bigotry, as supervillain Voz reinforces the anti-white/anti-racist theme.
3. Pro-amnesty. Machete is Mexico, observes President Rathcock (Charlie Sheen), who by offering citizenship to Machete is in effect endorsing the wholesale naturalization of everybody south of the border. “Even Jesus couldn’t get through that damn wall.” Sadly, many of the ignorant dupes who see this movie will probably be led to believe that there actually is a wall protecting the U.S. from turd world invasion.
2. Anti-human. The title says it all, with enough red splattering to paint a barn. In addition, Miss San Antonio in her pageant speech endorses “a woman’s right to choose.”
1. Razist. “You fucked with the wrong Mexican.”
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Java Heat ****
This innocuous fix of action exotica has renegade American counterterrorism agent Jake Wilde (obnoxiously handsome model type Kellan Lutz) sojourning in Indonesia in his hunt for the culprit in a string of international terrorist bombings. In a scenario reminiscent of Red Heat and The Kingdom, the irreverent, charmingly ugly American is teamed as an action odd couple with totally serious Indonesian counterpart Lieutenant Hashim (Ario Bayu). Naturally, this far-fetched pairing allows for corny intercultural bonding and mutual respect to develop as the two must set aside their differences if they are to rescue an abducted sultana (Atiqah Hosiholan) and save Lieutenant Hashim’s family from capitalo-terrorist Malik (Mickey Rourke, who tops himself for sleazy weirdness). Java Heat milks its colorful Indonesian locations to pleasing effect, lending to every scene a degree of novelty, and never slows down long enough to be less than amusing.
4 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Java Heat is:
10. Antiwar. Wilde’s younger brother, who joined the military to follow admiringly in his footsteps, is a casualty of the War on Terror.
9. Feminist. A female university student suggests that the sultana’s accession to the throne has been sabotaged for sexist reasons.
8. Anti-slut. Hookers are untrustworthy creatures. Their lifestyle is one of degradation, torture, and personal ruin.
7. Anti-drug. A nightclub slut slips a mickey into Wilde’s drink.
6. Anti-gay. Malik is a pederast. Wilde rebuffs the offer of ladyboy companionship.
5. State-skeptical/media-critical. A self-aggrandizing general plays to the media and stages a raid for publicity. News reports unjustly vilify Lieutenant Hashim.
4. Anti-capitalistic. Behind the highly publicized bogeymen of the War on Terror lies a cynical profit motive for conflict. Malik is the personification of western exploitation of Third World countries.
3. Pro-miscegenation. Wilde is initially a suspect in what is believed to have been the sultana’s death because he flirted with her at a royal soiree. He also has encounters with Indonesian hooker/masseuse types.
2. Pro-family. Wilde and Hashim, a model father, are both motivated by family-oriented grievances.
1. Multiculturalist. “We’re not all terrorists.” Like The Kingdom, Java Heat is at great pains to persuade western viewers that not all Muslims are evil and violent. Toward this end, the film presents an idyllic portrait of Lieutenant Hashim’s happy domestic existence and and his family’s hospitality. As always, the multicultural experience is a humbling one for the Caucasian and particularly for the American, who discovers that he is not so exceptional. “Americans. You are like children.” To Indonesians, an American is only a “bule dog”, or stupid white person. “From now on, we play by my rules. Java rules,” Hashim informs Wilde after getting the best of him in a physical altercation. Hashim embodies the film’s attempt to show that, along with the legendary corruption, the Third World also boasts truly devoted civil servants, dispelling Wilde’s colleague’s assertion that, “They’re all dirty in that country.” Indonesia, though plagued by terrorism, is depicted as representing a potentially peaceful realization of a multicultural society, with Hashim and a Christian colleague on the police force interacting as cultural equals.
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Snowflake the White Gorilla ***
Realized through a mixture of live action and computer-generated animation, this Spanish-produced film follows the fortunes of Snowflake, the world’s only albino gorilla, who as a child is taken by force from her parents in Spain’s colony of Equatorial Guinea and sold to a zoologist, who gives Snowflake to his daughter Wendy (Claudia Abate) as a pet. Wendy and Snowflake become bosom companions, but Snowflake’s life is again upturned when Wendy’s father deems her too old and troublesome to be kept as a pet and sends her to live instead in a zoo with other gorillas.
Unfortunately for Snowflake, the papa gorilla is prejudiced, takes an immediate disliking to her, and would rather his two children, Petunia and Elvis, had no association with her. Snowflake is understandably ashamed at being different, and sets out with friendly red panda Jenga to find the Witch of the North (Elsa Pataky), who can turn Snowflake into a normal, black gorilla so she can fit in with her peers. Meanwhile, the evil and superstitious Dr. Archibald Pepper (Pere Ponce) has designs on Snowflake’s heart, not in the emotional sense, but as an ingredient in a potion he hopes will give him eternal life.
Children will enjoy this simple story, the innocent Snowflake being an impossible heroine to dislike. The animation ranges from tolerable to excellent, and the jokes, of the “monkeying around” variety of wordplay, are hit-and-miss; but the film is sufficiently fast-paced to keep both young and old from falling asleep. Voice-over actors in the English-dubbed version include Christopher Lloyd as the goofy Dr. Pepper, David Spade as zen-aspiring red panda Jenga, and Keith David as the father gorilla. Surprisingly, the English version even includes an allusion to David’s role in John Carpenter’s alien invasion classic They Live, when, aping (no pun intended) Roddy Piper’s character in that film, he says, “I do two things: eat bananas and kick butt. Looks like we’re almost out of bananas.”
Jenga sums up the movie’s lesson when he says, “At the end of the day, being yourself always means being a little different.” In addition to the prevailing messages of tolerance and self-esteem, young audiences are also reminded of stranger danger and of the value of family. Mildly gross humor includes nose-picking, with cartoonish violence fairly frequent. Potentially objectionable moments include Dr. Pepper chasing Snowflake with an axe and brandishing a machete as he threatens the beautiful Witch of the North, “You won’t be pretty when I’m done with you.” Mothers may also want to be aware of one borderline raunchy scene in which Jenga, understandably eyeing the Witch’s shapely rump, observes, “Ooh, you know I might be missing out on some stuff with all this purification.”
3 of 5 possible stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Snowflake the White Gorilla is:
11. Class-conscious. Dr. Pepper, though wealthy, is a miserly tipper.
10. Media-critical. Media reliability is implicitly questioned when a news broadcast about Snowflake erroneously uses footage of Petunia instead.
9. Pro-police. Cops, after catching Pepper, flash peace signs.
8. Secularist/skeptical. Reason is more valuable than superstition or new age spiritual notions of karma and meditation, Jenga’s jargon stock-in-trade.
7. Animal rights militant. Hunters, ivory collectors, and other victimizers of animals are depicted negatively.
6. Anti-colonial. Just as progressivist wisdom dictates that the Third World must liberate itself from its western masters (even when, as in the case of Equatorial Guinea, this invariably results in terror, tyranny, and a degraded standard of living), it is part of Snowflake’s coming of age that she separates from her adoptive family of humans and self-actualizes among her own kind. (To the extent that the representative of the colonized country is an animal, the film is perhaps unintentionally racist.)
5. Multiculturalist/pro-wigger. Jenga, making the racial subtext of the film explicit, says, “She wants to be black, you moron. It’s actually not uncommon in teenagers.” Snowflake and friends, during the end festivities, do a negroid dance to kiddie hip-hop. Jenga sassily calls Snowflake “girlfriend”.
4. Mildly feminist. Snowflake is tough and adventurous. Wendy’s mother, though the typical homemaker of Franco’s traditionalist Spain, perhaps hints at the advantages of sexual equality and women in the workplace when she observes, “It’s not easy living off of one income.”
3. Arguably irreligious, specifically constituting a coded attack on Catholicism. Dr. Pepper derives his outmoded superstitions from an ancient Latin text full of arcane lore and prescriptions, and his devotions include the lighting of candles on an altar. His beliefs and his yearning for eternal life are psychologically unhealthy “childhood hangups”, the viewer is told. Jenga mocks him and possibly alludes to Jehovah’s Witnesses when he says, “Shouldn’t you be going door to door telling people about your weird obsession?” The Witch of the North, looking into Dr. Pepper’s favorite book and seeing what it has to say on the subject of white gorillas, objects, “Oh, my God, that must be a mistake.” Religion, Snowflake the White Gorilla teaches, must be bent to accord with social progress. Subversively, the Witch is the more likable character.
2. Pro-family. Families, though not perfect, are generally useful and loving units. Wendy, thinking she might die, reflects, “I should have been nicer to my parents.”
1. Pro-miscegenation and anti-racist (i.e., pro-yawn). The film ends with a white gorilla/black gorilla kiss. A red panda may also have the hots for a human.
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Okay -- I thought I was done.
Johnny pointed out to me today the newest update from Cooks Source and from what I've read, I am portrayed as a big meanie. I should, really...like 100x really... just ignore it and move on with my life as arguing with people over the internet -- lame -- and yet I can not seem to help myself.
For the record, I will happily post all the email exchanges between myself and Ms. Griggs if Ms. Griggs gives me permission.
I contacted Cooks Source five times: by voicemail October 28th, by email October 28th, by email again October 28th, by email November 2nd and by voicemail November 2nd. I believe that was giving Ms. Griggs a chance.
Not once did Cooks Source offer to pay me in any of those email exchanges -- or donate to CSJ. The apology Cooks Source gave me in an email was "If you want an apology, So Sorry, Monica!" -- I took that as sarcasm. As for my emails being rude -- I was demanding that "this" be fixed. I had one line of my own email that was borderline - "I am somewhat confused that I have to explain copyright to a magazine editor."
I do not think of myself as a big meanie in all of this -- I think of myself as a woman as mad as hell for having her work stolen and then being talked down to like I was a child. As I said, again, it was the principle of the thing -- my work was republished without my permission, my copyright was violated and I stuck up for myself.
Pay the writer.
Be nice to people.
Be mighty.
AND on this, I hope, really really really, -- I'm out.
we_got_caught
November 16 2010, 17:11:37 UTC 9 years ago
That apology on the website is the biggest load of horseshit I have ever read. It is such a non-apology it's ridiculous, and Ms. Griggs' ego in posting that (poor grammar and all) is amazing.
zanzjan
also, although she says: "Winters are bleak in Western New England, and as such they are bleak for Cooks Source as well." in her shutting-down post, I would like to point out that the tiny little Massachusetts town I share with Ms. Griggs was looking very pretty yesterday in the sunshine, and with Cooks Source gone, it definitely feels brighter too.
She dun goofed
Wayne Chang
Judith Griggs is absolutely delusional I feel bad that you have to go through this still, and that she goes on and on with her virulent brainfarts. You seem like a decent, humble person who genuinely cares about what you do, and Judith Griggs is a mean spirited bitch.
I wish I could shake your hand, give you a hug, and thank you for being a decent person in a world where Judith Griggs can prosper and go on unpunished.
amergina
What a load of hooey.
Her "Here's how it happened" does not explain how she accidentally ripped articles off of NPR, Paula Dean, etc.
It's not like NPR sent her a book of their website.
I think you should post your e-mails. You can always write a synopsis explaining what you're responding to and add some fair-use quotes from her e-mails.
glaring omission
kejia32
I'm sure Ms. Griggs has received letters from the legal dept at NPR and Paula Dean. If she closes down the magazine, those legal depts are more likely to shrug and let it slide.
phlegm_noir
She never talks about any stolen article except yours... anywhere. At this point she's written enough words on the issue that she ought to have gotten around to that. Does she think there is anyone left who doesn't know?
ariannawyn
At first I couldn't figure out what you were talking about, and then I went to cookssource.com and read the brand new piece of horse crap that Judith Griggs just posted. What amazing gall.
She ought to have learned a lot of life lessons in the last few weeks, but one she clearly hasn't learned is "When you find yourself in a hole, Stop Digging." She should have left the previous apology up, lame as it was, but no, she had to stir the pot again.
And the best part is that since she took her Facebook page down, she doesn't have to see the hate mail that crap will prompt unless people take the time to hunt down paper, pen, envelope and a stamp.
She can try to paint herself as the victim all she wants. No one believes anything Judith Griggs has to say at this point. As infuriating as it is, you're right, Monica, you need to walk away.
Big hugs to you.
As always, Arianna, you are the voice of reason.
facebook page still there
Shallow Apology Falls Flat
ext_323758
The current apology posted at Cook's Source is nothing but spin. There is no excuse for stealing works from anyone. Even if you have every intention of securing permission later, stealing is stealing. Exhaustion is not an excuse. Bleary-eyes are not an excuse. Even the noble acts of highlighting small towns, (so you can sell ads in your magazine), is no excuse. Ms. Griggs was, that night, a thief.
Your actions were reasonable and should not be called into question by Ms Griggs. I find it shallow that she tries to paint you as a villain battling her do-gooder publication. She earns no points with me when she uses stories of those recently unemployed to justify her acts of thievery against you.
Don't let her make you feel responsible for the demise of Cook's Source. Everything that happened to her was triggered by her actions, not yours. She is the one who stole from you. If that shuts down the magazine, it is because of what she did.
I am inspired by your courage. Take heart, you will continue to be supported out here in the 'nets.
keastree
Mendacity really does need to be measured on the Cook's Source Scale.
100 Cheneys for that one.
jillzz
Sweet baby cheeses. Flabbergasted but not surprised really. That woman is a douche and utterly clueless. I'm really pissed off for you right now. I would definitely post up my side of the story and use fair use quote like someone said above.
ratphooey
What a sorry sack of lying liar Judith Griggs is.
nc_bookworm
Please post the emails. I think that it is going to be he said she said until we get the whole picture.
quarkwiz
Yes. Please do.
liscarey
You should ask someone about that...
Re: You should ask someone about that...
Copyright only applies to Grigg's e-mails
mr_mxyzptlk13
November 16 2010, 18:48:57 UTC 9 years ago Edited: November 16 2010, 18:52:35 UTC
I'm really looking forward to seeing the fallout of when Paula Deen, NPR, et al. get around to really getting a hold of her.
It's clear she doesn't 'get it', in that the internet isn't a quaint little corner of the world. When the big guns get focused on her... well, like I say: looking forward to hearing about it.
In sadder news, I can't recall the last time I saw someone that much older than me act like such a victim.
In regards to this part:
What expectations legally are there for this? Why couldn't you 'publish' the back and forth?
Lawyer says this is not a good idea. Ms. Griggs' emails are copyrighted by her. (Or at least, that's what the advice I have been given is and what the research I have done also concludes. More or less. It is a grey area and I am not a lawyer.) I can post short comments from them as fair-use but out and out copying her emails would infringe on her copyright.
And it would be entirely hypocritical for me to infringe on Ms. Griggs' copyright after I've been pissed off about her infringing on my own.
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Copyrights on emails
Brad Cook
Re: Copyrights on emails
thespian
To: Monica Gaudio
From: The Internets
RE: Judith Griggs
Monica, please don't feel that you owe any further explanation. Many of us have seen the spreadsheet (created by a wonderful group of people on Facebook) that details all the stories Ms. Griggs has borrowed from other sources. When Paula Deen and the Food Network are discussing matters with lawyers, Judith's "Oh it was only once and I was tired!" crap falls flat.
We know she's full of it. She knows she's full of it. She's casting you as the bad guy to try and save face. It's not going to work, and I (and many others) will enjoy hearing about the lawsuits presented against her in the future.
Ysabiau
*grin*
Thank you. ;)
Paula Deen, Food Network, etc.
Re: Paula Deen, Food Network, etc.
willowisp
From cookssource.com
histocrat
"Bleary-eyed I didnt notice it was copy written"
...she still doesn't really understand copyright, does she? Is she under the impression that if you hadn't put that © at the bottom, it wouldn't have been under copyright?
Re: From cookssource.com
mokie
She's lying and backpedaling; I believe the previous version of this claim was that a trusted writer submitted it and she didn't check it out because she was in a hurry, and honest, she'll never take stuff from that guy again.
She ignored the copyright notice, as she ignored the notice on the many other pages she copied, because she was under the assumption that copying things off of the Internet is no big deal and she could get away with it.
ebneter
I'm glad that it's all over
florentinescot
... but she still doesn't get it. When Disney, Martha Stewart, et al. get through with her, maybe she will.
This quote from their web page makes me cringe and laugh at the same time. "I was able to show him all the promo books and articles we receive, all the photos we take and the "clip art" that is free for everyone." -- no, honey. Promo books and articles are not free for everyone. And sometimes clip art comes with fees and restrictions!
*sheesh*
Re: I'm glad that it's all over
also while people were looking for the writing, I started in on the photos, because it was more challenging and I'm a geek. I found pictures from Real Simple (that was actually the trigger pic; the wine poached pear pic was so beautiful and striking that I had bookmarked the article, and knew the pic as soon as I saw it in Cooks Source), Hallmark Magazine and Everyday Food. Then I went on and found several copyrighted pictures from professional pumpkin carvers who patently did not give permission.
So if she showed the journalist such things, and he believed her....ugh.
doire
That can't possibly be a real apology
She spelled the first word wrong. Literally, it took all of one word for this person to showcase zero writing or editorial skills. "Its sad really." It's = it is.
No well-schooled adult, not to mention someone who is an editor, could possibly make that many mistakes. This person botched plural words, punctuation, tense, verb structure, etc. And the continued typically non-American spelling of "apologising" sure makes it seem like this is just someone having fun with all of us. Am I crazy? Or is she just that awful? Is there any chance this is just some hacker/joker who wants to feed the fire? I enjoy drama and would like this to actually have been written by Judith, but it seems just too improbable.
Re: That can't possibly be a real apology
Judith's message to Monica (But honestly Monica!) was written in a similarly horrible fashion. I'm convinced that Judith has never undertaken any sort of study that would qualify her to be an editor. I think it's safe to say the only reason she can claim to be an editor is that she created the magazine and appointed herself to that position.
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The tragic reason these parents can't cuddle their baby
By Abigail Malbon| 3 years ago
Warning: Graphic images.
A baby boy born with a rare disease suffers from blisters and skin peeling so badly that a cuddle from his own parents could cause his skin to fall off.
Kahleel Clark-Smith has been diagnosed with incurable genetic disorder epidermolysis bullosa, which causes skin to be extremely fragile. He was born with small blisters on his arms but now, at just three weeks old, he's lost 60 percent of his skin - and the smallest touch could cause more to peel.
Kahleel's parents Kadyem, 22, and Kyera, 20 are raising money to allow Kaheel to fly from Seattle in the US to a specialist EB centre in Ohio, because insurance won't cover the trip.
Kahleels aunt Brandi Smith told Insideedition.com: "We found out the day he was born and didn't know anything about it. We had to do all the research at home.
"We found out this was the 'worst disease you've never heard of' and we were so heartbroken.
"Even a cuddle or a kiss can cause his skin to blister."
She explained that doctors initially believed the little boy was fine after his birth, but he was admitted to hospital a week after his birth following a breakout. Doctors then took tests, and the family have been informed that he is suffering from the worst case of EB. She added that 87 percent of babies daignosed with the condition don't survive past the age of one.
Brandi has started a fundraising page to raise nearly $40,000 to cover the medical flight costs.
"It’s their very sad story. We are hoping for a miracle. This is their first child and maybe their last because this is genetic," Smith said.
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Hot Shot Headlines
Fiery topics and scorching original work
by Laura Beth
Commentary #36: “July TV Show Photo Challenge” (Day 31)
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Favorite Season Finale
Wow, I can’t believe it. We’re at the last day of July!
I really enjoyed this challenge – Many thanks to B.G. and Carla! They created this challenge together, and I’ve heard that there are more challenges in the works!
If you haven’t already, please go check out their blogs – Getting Through Anxiety and The Melodramatic Confessions of Carla Louise. They’re both talented writers, and they blog about awesome things!
Okay, now to wrap up the challenge.
This one was really, really hard. I had to dig deep.
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The season 1 finale of Glee – Season 1, Episode 22 – “Journey to Regionals”
It was harder than I thought to find good photos for this post. The two I found show the climax – Their performance at Regionals, with all Journey songs.
I remember loving this episode, singing along shamelessly at Mom and Dad’s. It aired on June 8, 2010.
I fell in love with Glee with the pilot episode’s rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin’,” so I was thrilled when I learned they were doing more Journey songs.
To this day, the CD based on this episode is one of my all-time favorites. When I need a pick-me-up, I pop this one in my car and turn the volume all the way up. It’s so worth it.
I couldn’t wait for season 2 to begin.
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
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Saddest Character Death
Like yesterday’s post, this was almost too easy. When I was first reading the list a few weeks ago, this one popped into my mind almost immediately.
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Glee – Season 5, Episode 3 – “The Quarterback”
Saying goodbye to Finn Hudson, and honoring Cory Monteith, who played Finn.
Cory died on July 13, 2013, as a result of an overdose of alcohol and heroin in a Vancouver, British Columbia hotel room.
I still remember getting the CNN News Alert on my iPhone. I had to read it twice, and then I burst into tears. It was all over Facebook. Someone else tagged me in a link to one of the articles, and I just remember feeling incredibly sad for his family, Lea Michele (who played Rachel Berry, Finn’s girlfriend, on-screen, and was also Cory’s real-life off-screen girlfriend), and the entire Glee community.
When his death was announced, I knew an episode like this was coming. I spent most of Thursday, October 10th preparing myself.
Al offered to come over to my apartment that night and watch it with me, even though he didn’t watch the show. I thanked him, but declined. I wanted to watch it alone.
I set up my full box of tissues, comfort food, and favorite blanket on my futon before the episode aired. The tears started well before the episode did.
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GLEE: The McKinley family of the past and present join together to remember and celebrate the life of Finn Hudson in “The Quarterback” episode of GLEE airing Thursday, Oct. 10 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2013 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Eddy Chen/FOX Image Credit: eonline.com
Kurt (Chris Colfer) wears Finn’s letter jacket. Image Credit: autostraddle.com
Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) attempts to comfort Rachel (Lea Michele) in the choir room. Image Credit: glee.wikia.com
I thought the choices of music for the episode were good, overall:
“I’ll Stand by You”
“If I Die Young”
Every cast member had their emotions running high, for obvious reasons. Finn was on the show from the beginning. Seeing his character sing helped me fall in love with the show in the first place! You could tell that everyone was literally singing their hearts out. Singing for Finn.
This is one episode that I haven’t dared to watch again. Not yet.
I’ve seen some of the clips of the songs online, but until recently, I would start to tear up within seconds of the song / video starting.
I can’t believe it’s been three years since he died. Wow.
Santana’s (Naya Rivera) rendition of “If I Die Young” still haunts me. It’s a tear-jerker in general when The Band Perry sings it, but when she sang it, solo, it hit me straight in the heart.
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Finn Hudson
“The show must go … all over the place … or something.”
Thank you, Finn Hudson.
Thank you, Cory Monteith, for helping bring Finn to the world.
You had an amazing voice.
You were funny.
You were human.
I’m so sad that you left this world so early, but you will never be forgotten.
Tag #3: The New York Times By The Book Tag
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I saw this awesome tag on Getting Through Anxiety a couple days ago!
You know me, I love anything that deals with books!
The New York Times is also close to my heart. I was born in NYC. I get the NYT news alerts to my email. I did my college internship with a division of the NYT, the Shared Services Center in Norfolk, Virginia!
Okay – Here we go!
What book is on your nightstand right now?
I currently do not have a nightstand in our bedroom (Still moving!) Haha. So, I’ll go with the book on my living room couch – “The One and Only: A Maryellen Classic 1.” I’m absolutely hooked on the BeForever series from American Girl!
If you could meet one author (living or dead) who would it be? What would you ask?
Tough question! I’d love to meet F. Scott Fitzgerald, since he wrote my favorite book. I’d ask him if he had a timeline or structure for writing and editing his works. I’ve written parts of three novels, but I haven’t mapped out the time to edit them!
What books might we be surprised to see on your shelf?
Maybe all of Nicholas Sparks’s novels? I studied the perceptions of love and romance of female readers of his novels for my college senior thesis, so I re-read them all in prep for my research and study.
How do you organize your personal library?
Right now, my huge bookcase is still at my parents’ house. I’m pretty picky – I try to organize everything by author, and then everything in the order of that author’s publication. I may reorganize it better when we move said bookcase into our house!
What book have you always meant to read but haven’t gotten round to yet?
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It’s one of several on my 2016 Reading Challenge!
Disappointing, overrated, just not good: what book did you feel you were supposed to like but didn’t?
The Divergent series. Thinking about all of them, it was a let-down.
What kind of stories are you drawn to?
Historical fiction, definitely. I love the Dear America series in particular.
Human interest stories (Think Chicken Soup for the Soul, etc.)
Certain crime novels.
What do you plan to read next?
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee.
booksandbakes1 – Charley
Sallyporte
Becky Due – Author
Thrice Read – Jenn, Caitlynn, and Eden
Jay Colby
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Worst Finale Cliffhanger
This one – It was almost too easy.
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The Flash — “The Race of His Life” — Image: FLA223b_0092b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West, Grant Gustin as Barry Allen and Candice Patton as Iris West — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — é 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Image Credit: collider.com
The Flash season 2 finale started out pretty good. But, by the end, I was furious. My jaw was open, watching in disbelief.
The minute it ended, I looked at Al and I said, “I DID NOT want THAT to happen!!”
I was disgusted. Everyone knows, by now, that going back in time or disrupting the timeline will screw things up, usually in a huge, royal, honking fashion.
I tried to understand why Barry went back to save his mother – I really did. But now, because of that on action, it will literally change everything. And I’m so sad. To me, it was really selfish and self-centered of his character to do that.
Oh, well. I’ll still watch season 3, but begrudgingly. This episode will always piss me off!
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Book Review #14: “Never Stop Singing: A Melody Classic 2”
“The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.
~Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963
If you haven’t already, I would recommend reading my post titled Book Review #13: “No Ordinary Sound: A Melody Classic” before diving into this review.
Melody’s story continues just as the New Year of 1964 is rung in.
Along the way, she tries to answer her pastor’s “Challenge to Change” as a 10-year-old would. She decides on fixing up the neighborhood playground. With the help of her friends, family, and community, Melody learns many lessons throughout the winter, spring, and summer.
While Melody learns about leadership and community involvement in Detroit, the story also follows the oldest sister, Yvonne, in the South, plus a family trip to Birmingham, Alabama. The rich history of the year 1964 is interwoven – The passage of the Civil Rights Act, Freedom Summer, and the disappearance of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner.
It was a good mix of tragedy and triumph in the book. Like the first volume, once I started reading, I couldn’t stop!
I originally wasn’t planning on buying, or reading, the third volume. The BeForever series has the two classic volumes, and the third is designed to be a “choose-your-own-adventure” style read.
However, after reading the “sneak peek” at the end of volume 2, I’m definitely interested! It sounds like a great adventure – No pun intended.
Plus, one of the characters is named “Ms. Stricker,” which I think is awesome!
I’ll leave you with one other quote that struck me.
“As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended.”
~Victoria Gray Adams
4 1/2 out of 5 stars.
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Favorite Season Finale Cliffhanger
I hadn’t really given much thought to season finales and cliffhangers, but I found one!
There are some details in this post that may be spoilers.
If you haven’t watched The Big Bang Theory season 8 finale …
STOP NOW!
Okay. You’ve been warned.
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The title of this episode was “The Commitment Determination.” It aired on May 7, 2015.
By way of the title, the season finale focuses on everyone’s relationships – Sheldon and Amy, Leonard and Penny, Howard and Bernadette, and Raj and Emily – But all in different ways.
Everyone is facing certain obstacles: Howard and Bernadette want Stuart to move out. Leonard tells Penny that, while drunk, he kissed another woman while on the boat in the North Sea. Raj is having a tough time with Emily’s idea of having sex in a graveyard.
Amy wants to take a break from Sheldon. No surprise there – I would have been immensely frustrated too, on the fifth anniversary of their first date, when Sheldon is debating watching The Flash instead of focusing solely on her. So sad!
Surprisingly, I teared up at the very end. Right after Amy tells Sheldon that she needs to step back and reevaluate their situation, Sheldon is seen, alone, at his desk. Then, he looks at his Gollum statue, as he opens the drawer and pulls out that symbolic black ring box.
“Well, Gollum, you’re an expert on rings.”
“What do I do with this one?”
End of episode.
Maybe it was because this episode aired about halfway between my own engagement and wedding. I can’t really explain it, but in spite of all the emotions, I liked this finale / cliffhanger.
I couldn’t wait for season 9 to start!
Did you watch this finale?
What’s your favorite season finale cliffhanger?
Best Special Effects
This one was really difficult to narrow down. There are so many shows that I watch or have seen that use amazing special effects!
But, I wanted to showcase a series that I haven’t highlighted yet.
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If you haven’t seen Sherlock, it is an amazing show!
I struggled with it, at first. Each episode is 90 minutes long. Al and I would attempt to watch just one episode, and I would fall asleep!
However, once I made it through the first season, I was amped. I wanted to see more!
The premise of the show is a modern adaption of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories, and it’s basically brilliant.
We just watched the Series 4 promo, and my jaw hung open the whole time. I don’t think I can wait until it premieres! I’m ready now!
The special effects are awesome, among other aspects. My mind is usually blown in some way by the end of each episode. Since each episode is 90 minutes, it’s definitely a bit of a marathon. But trust me, it’s completely worth it!
The last time I checked, everything was still available on Netflix streaming.
Series 4 is scheduled to premiere at some point in early 2017.
Have you seen Sherlock? What do you think?
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2012 Path to the Draft: Defensive End
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State of the Position ()
The Texans have two standout defensive ends in and , but they could add more depth at the position in the 2012 draft.
Smith, a team captain, made his first Pro Bowl in 2011 with a career-high 6.5 sacks. Watt, a first-round draft pick from Wisconsin, was a rookie sensation with 5.5 sacks, 56 tackles, a team-high 7.0 tackles for loss and four passes defensed. He also had 3.5 sacks and an interception return for a touchdown in the playoffs.
The only other defensive end on the roster at this point is . A three-year veteran out of Michigan, Jamison had 19 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble last season. The Texans have not re-signed veteran defensive end , who has been with the team since 2006.
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DAY 1 DEFENSIVE END OPTIONS AT 1.26
1. Michael Brockers, LSU (6-6, 306): Extremely athletic for his size, Brockers arrived at LSU as a 255-pound linebacker prospect who bulked up and eventually made the move to the defensive line, where he played 27 games over the last two years, notching two sacks. He might be a little raw and could have used some more work at the college level, but Brockers is an NFL talent with “plus” upside who can come in and play vs. the run at a high level right away. Should get looks at both the three and five-technique spots and in our minds has the ability to become one of the better defensive linemen in the NFL down the line.
2. Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State (6-4, 295): Named second-team All-SEC in 2011, Cox recorded 56 tackles and five sacks for the Bulldogs last year and has been shooting up draft boards in recent weeks. We think his best spot might be as a 3-4 five technique (which fits Houston perfectly) who is able to penetrate and make plays off the ball. Cox is raw and needs to learn to play with his pad level lower. However, as a potential five-technique, he’s a guy who has the skill set to earn a starting role.
DAY 2 DEFENSIVE END OPTIONS AT 2.26 AND 3.13
1. Jared Crick, Nebraska (6-6, 285): After recording 19 sacks and 143 tackles over 28 games from 2009-2010, Crick’s production fell off last season after injuries limited him to just five games. He’s a tall, leaner defensive tackle/end with a long set of arms, but lacks ideal girth in the lower half. Crick is instinctive, gets off the snap count on time and does a nice job finding the football vs. the run. However, at 6-6, he struggles with his pad level.
2. Tyrone Crawford, Boise State (6-4, 276): Crawford racked up 13.5 sacks in 25 games at Boise State and forced a career-high three fumbles last season. He possesses good size for the position with a naturally longer set of arms. In addition, the 22-year-old coils up into his stance well, comes off the ball low and does a nice job extending his hands into contact as a run defender. We like his skill set and think he’s going to develop quickly at the next level. Crawford isn’t there yet, but as a prospect he has some real upside and displays the kind of blue-collar pass rushing mentality that we like.
DAY 3 DEFENSIVE ENDS OPTONS AT 4.4, 4.26, 5.26, 6.26 AND 7.26
1. Dominique Hamilton, Missouri (6-5, 305): A four-year contributor who played in 46 total games and is coming off a career-high three sacks in 2011, Hamilton is a tall, long-armed defensive tackle/end prospect with a thick but athletic-looking frame. He plays the run much stronger than his body type would indicate and he’s got a burst off the snap while playing with good leverage. Hamilton has the frame to add 15 to 20 pounds and looks like a 3-4 five-technique at the next level who could start.
2. Malik Jackson, Tennessee (6-5, 270): Jackson was a four-year contributor at Tennessee who appeared in 46 games and recorded a career-high 56 tackles in 2011. He displays impressive athletic ability and when he gets his hands up off the line. Jackson can consistently keep himself clean while working like a bear in pursuit. Showcases great range off his frame for the position and demonstrates a good motor to go along with it. He’s a great-looking athlete, but has some real work to do from a technique standpoint due to the fact he was playing out of position at Tennessee.
Author katadminPosted on April 21, 2012 Categories In The NewsTags brockers, defensive ends, defensive linemen, draft boards, draft coverage, draft state, houston texans, in the news, interception return, Malik Jackson, news, NFL, nfl draft, pound linebacker, rookie sensation, Smith, the 2012 NFL, the NFLLeave a comment on 2012 Path to the Draft: Defensive End
2012 Path to the Draft: Offensive Tackle
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The Texans have one of the best young left tackles in football in . The 2008 first-round draft pick is entering the final year of his rookie contract, but it would be a surprise if the Texans don’t lock him up long-term. A second-team All-Pro in 2011, Brown likely has plenty of Pro Bowls in his future.
The Texans released starting right tackle Eric Winston before the start of free agency. Winston had been in the starting lineup since 2006, so the continuity of the line will obviously take a hit in his absence. But the Texans are confident in , who was the backup swing tackle behind Winston and Brown for the last three seasons. A third-round pick in 2006, Butler has been with the Texans since 2007 and started four games at left tackle in 2010 when Brown was suspended.
Entering his second season, could compete with Butler for the starting right tackle job. Newton was a seventh-round pick from Arkansas State in 2011. The athletic big man was the Texans’ third tackle for most of the season after Butler suffered a season-ending triceps injury in September.
“Butler has started some games in his career,” Texans coach Gary Kubiak said in March. “We think a lot of our young kid, Newton, but I’ll be honest with you, this thing’s gonna be wide open. We’ve got some good football players. We’re not giving any job to anybody, and they’re gonna have to go earn it. It’ll be very competitive.”
Several draft sites have right tackle pegged as a top priority for the Texans in the draft, but that assertion is ill-founded.
DAY 1 OFFENSIVE TACKLE OPTIONS AT 1.26
1. Jonathan Martin, Stanford (6-6, 304): A first-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2011, Martin’s got the NFL size, length and overall athletic skill set, but he’s not a natural anchor player and doesn’t strike us as a guy who is ever going to be real physical at the next level. Martin can mirror in space, but struggles to stick through contact and isn’t real heavy-handed. Looks like a finesse tackle who will get over-drafted because of athletic talent, but is going to have a hard time keeping the edge clean at the next level.
2. Mike Adams, Ohio State (6-8, 320): Adams is a talented football player with a big frame, long arms and natural movement skills. He bends well and if he can put it all together and continue to improve his footwork, Adams could certainly mature into a starting caliber left tackle in the NFL. He parlayed a solid senior campaign into second-team All-Big-Ten selection honors at the offensive tackle position last season.
DAY 2 OFFENSIVE TACKLE OPTIONS AT 2.26 AND 3.13
1. Mitchell Schwartz, California (6-6, 318): Schwartz displays solid athletic ability, but looks better suited to play on the right side in the NFL vs. less speed. A nice mid-round-type draft pick who could eventually fight for playing time, Schwartz is at his best in the run game where he does a nice job sitting into his three-point stance, keeping his base down and generating a good snap through the hips into contact. Doesn’t waste much motion getting upright off the ball, stays down, possesses a strong lower half, runs his legs through contact and gains solid leverage with his hands.
2. Zebrie Sanders, Florida State (6-6, 307): A natural athlete who displays good bend, Sanders struggles at times with power and makes too many linemen look like good pass rushers off the edge because of it. He needs to get stronger to have a chance at the next level, but he is a well-built, athletic-looking tackle prospect with a long set of arms and a naturally thick lower half. Sanders showcases natural range out of his stance in the run game and fires off the ball low, but does waste some motion into contact winding his arms and can be slow to gain leverage.
DAY 3 OFFENSIVE TACKLE OPTONS AT 4.4, 4.26, 5.26, 6.26 AND 7.26
1. James Carmon, Mississippi State (6-7, 320): A former interior defensive lineman with a massive frame and impressive coordination for his size, Carmon is a JUCO transfer who started 10 games last year at left tackle. Displays intriguing body control/athleticism for a player his size. However, Carmon’s pad level is the key as he struggles to keep his base down and doesn’t play with consistent leverage into and through contact.
2. Nate Potter, Boise State (6-6, 300): Potter—in our assessment—is a poor man’s version of former Boston College LT Anthony Castonzo. He exhibits the ability to get around and seal on reach blocks and looks comfortable through contact on the move as well. Potter may currently lack the type of power to really drive NFL-caliber defenders off the ball, but he’s sticky through contact, understands angles and does a nice job staying engaged through the play.
Author katadminPosted on April 10, 2012 Categories In The NewsTags arkansas state, Butler, defensive lineman, draft coverage, draft pick, draft state, four games, gary kubiak, houston texans, in the news, jonathan martin, news, NFL, nfl draft, rookie contract, the 2012 NFL, the NFL, top priorityLeave a comment on 2012 Path to the Draft: Offensive Tackle
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