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PROFESSORS, READERS, SENIOR LECTURERS, LECTURERS I, LECTURERS II, ASSISTANT LECTURERS, GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AT RIVER STATE UNIVERSITY
Jobs NigeriaJun 26, 2019Education and Training Jobs in Nigeria, Engineering Jobs in Nigeria, Health, Medical Jobs in Nigeria, Management Jobs in Nigeria0
VACANCIES: PROFESSORS, READERS, SENIOR LECTURERS, LECTURERS I, LECTURERS II, ASSISTANT LECTURERS, GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment to academic/non-academic positions in various Departments at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.
All persons already employed In the Public Service of Local, State and Federal Government need not to apply.
The positions required are:
The programmes for which these positions are required are in the following Faculties
(a) Agriculture
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Candidates for the positions listed must satisfy the following criteria.
POSITION: PROFESSORS
The status and title of Professor shall be conferred in recognition of distinction and eminence in a particular discipline. Appointment to this position shall be based on the following criteria:
(a) At least 10 years teaching, research and/or Industrial/professional experience with PhD in relevant areas.
(b) Distinguished contribution to scholarship and at least 15 Journal papers in the Candidate’s discipline cited on Google Scholar.
(c) Exceptional research record with academic leadership qualities such as:
(i) Ability to initiate, develop and supervise research projects.
(ii) Supervision of students.
(d) Active participation in the administration of other activities of the Institution and contribution to the development of the outside community.
(e) Assessment by three External Assessors in the candidate’s area of specialization.
(f) At least 10 years research and administrative experience with PhD or its equivalent such as MD degree of Nigerian or British Universities. In the Clinical Sciences, candidates must have a Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons/Physicians (FWACS/FWACP) or National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) or their equivalents.
POSITION: READERS
(a) At least 7 years teaching, research and/or industrial/ professional experience with PhD in the relevant areas.
(b) Outstanding research and publications and at least 10 Journal papers in the candidate’s discipline cited on Google Scholar.
(c) Outstanding teaching record with qualities such as:
(i) Ability to initiate, develop and supervise Research projects
(d) Contribution to the development and growth of the Institution and outside community.
(e) Assessment by three External Assessors in the same area of the candidate’s specialization.
(f) At least 7 years research and administrative experience with PhD or its equivalent such as MD degree of Nigerian or British Universities. In the Clinical Sciences, candidates must have a Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons/Physicians (FWACS/FWACP) or National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) or their equivalents.
POSITION: SENIOR LECTURERS
(a) At least 5 years teaching experience.
(b) Must have a PhD in the relevant appointment.
(c) Outstanding teaching ability and effectiveness as a University Lecturer.
(d) Satisfactory contribution to institutional growth and development.
(e) Appreciable research and publication record.
(f) Evidence of involvement in professional and relevant activities of the Institution and outside community.
(g) Ability to conduct research with at least five Journal papers in the candidate’s discipline cited on Google Scholar.
(h) In the Basic Medical Sciences, candidate must have a PhD or its equivalent such as MD degree of Nigerian or British Universities. In the Clinical Sciences, candidates must have a Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons/Physicians (FWACS/FWACP) or National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) or their equivalents.
POSITION: LECTURERS I
(a) Ph.D degree plus at least 3 years relevant teaching, research and/or industrial experience or
(b) Masters’ degree or its professional equivalent plus at least 6 years relevant teaching, research and or industrial experience.
(c) Contribution to Institutional growth and development. Candidates are expected to have research experience evidenced by publication of reports, research papers, books, patents, etc and presentation of papers in conference, seminars and symposia.
(d) MBBS degree or its equivalent plus at least 3 years relevant teaching and research experience. MBBS degree or its equivalent with Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons/Physicians (FWAC/FWACP) or Nigeria (NPMCN) or their equivalents.
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Ph.D degree or
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A good Master’s degree with at least a CGPA of 3.5 or its equivalent on a 5-point grade scale
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Successful candidates will be required to assume duty as soon as possible and will be on probation for the first two (2) years. Thereafter, they will retire at the approved age of 65 years and 70 years for those on the Professorial cadre. Other conditions are similar to those obtaining in other institutions of higher learning in Nigeria.
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Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries
If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening. Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true. Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!
Doc at The Getty
Spent yesterday in Hollywood. Started early at Thai Town on Sunset where Pattarapan guided us to the very best Thai food in the States.
From Thai Town we drove to the Getty Art Museum which I had never been to. I went specifically to see the Ed Rusche (pronounced Rue-shay) show featuring photos from his 1962 book "26 Gasoline Stations," a highly collectable book of random gas stations on Route 66, taken on Ed's trips home to Oklahoma City. I wanted to see if any Kingman gas stations were featured and sure enough the Flying A truck stop was in there, which was actually south of Kingman at McConnico, I believe. If I'm not mistaken, it later became the Phillips 66 truck stop and my father went into partnership with a guy there for a short period and they lost a bunch of money on the cafe, with various truck stop restauranteurs, coming and going, most leaving in the middle of the night and stealing all the equipment.
That was a thrill to see, although, the Kingman gas station was not in the show, but on a small, hanging replica of the book at the end of this line of photos:
I actually wanted to see the gas stations huge and impressive, but "fine art" photographers have this conceit about showing the images small, which I just don't get. I drove 375 miles to see this and the smallness of the display (all of Ed's images were in this small room) was underwhelming to say the least.
Fortunately, the Getty has an impressive display of Impressionist paintings, including this Doc Holliday dead ringer.
"Portrait of A Man" by Edouard Manet, 1860
Love the horseshoe stick pin, which Doc would have undoubtably worn, but I believe the old timers out West believed the horseshoe should face upwards so the luck won't run out.
After several hours and lunch at the Getty we drove down to Sunset Blvd. and took the scenic route back all the way to Echo Park. Amazing billboards along the way:
And, of course, it's fun to people watch as well. Here's a cross section of crosswalk life in downtown Hollywood (this is near Sunset and Vine):
Lots of business types, starlets and tourists. . .
Including the yahoo, star struck cowboy taking the photos.
'I occasionally see a guy walking on the side of the road giving me a thumbs up. He's usually filthy but it's nice he appreciates my driving."
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Bob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."
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Mars. Red planet, Misread planet.
by Peter Ravenscroft
Email: raven (nospam) samford.net
Address: PO Box 108, Samford, 4520, Queensland, Australia. 24 Feb 2005
The finest data and the worst interpretation in the history of Science
Local interest - It's your taxes, Boston
I will state my bias clearly in the first sentence; the notion that Mars had rivers and oceans of lquid water in the past is a scientific absurdity. The rest of this essay will give some background as to how that nonsense got itself established as unquestionable truth.
I can prove at the beginning of this and beyond all dispute that there is somethong seriously amiss with the way the surface geology of Mars has been interpreted by NASA and the ESA. In science, when faced with a complex problem or set of phenomena, it is traditional to test the simplest explanations first to see if they might be adequate to explain the data.
On Mars, a lot of surface material has been moved about. On the same Mars, there are dust storms so big that at times they cover the whole planet. They happen now and they have been filmed repeatedly both by Earth-based telescopes and by orbiters. So first, according to the basic rules, you should consider in detail whether or not the force that drives the dust storms of Mars could explain the material transport and the erosion feature observed there.
But not if you are NASA or the European Space Agency. Neither has ever seriously considered wind transport on Mars and apparently never intends to. We will have to wait till the Zimbabwean Space Agency gets there for that.
Their main argument originally was that the atmosphere is too thin to move the surface material, particularly sand. But there are active dunes of silt and dust everywhere and basalt does not generate quartz sand when it erodes - just silt and dust. Conversely, olivine litters the surface and is not stable under water. Hematite is stable and can form under water, but generally doesn't, a point which NASA carefully skirts around. It is generally formed in soils, and lab experiments show water is not essential. A carbon dioxide atmosphere will do just fine.
If there were oceans of liquid water, there have to be sea cliffs and wave-cut platforms, they are compulsory. Waves generate boulder beds which chew into hills. They are both glaringly absent. If the cliffs simply blew away from wind erosion, then you have enough erosive force to generate all the erosion features seen and you don't need the flowing water. There are also no proper river courses or rounded boulder beds within the valleys. Etc., etc.
The reasons for the ditching of the basic rules of natural science by these two hugely endowed and expensive agencies are curious and complex, but they go back to the culture that supports space flight in America, and to some of the deeper cultural reasons why NASA sent space probes to Mars.
First, a survey in 1991 found that about 100 million US Americans seem to believe that the Earth is around 10,000 years old. So all the work of the pioneers of geology; Smith, Hutton, Lyell, Darwin, etc., and the 100,000 ordinary geologists who have understood stratigraphy and fossils since, has not got past the preachers. The USA is also a country that still, in the main, believes that a sky god controls everything on personal whim, including stratigraphy. It is not that NASA does not have geologists that have cleared their heads of nonsense, it is that the people around them and funding them have not. And that profoundly effects budgets, technical cultures and exploration philosophies.
But it gets worse for the USA. Behind the current sky god is an older indigenous religion, that of the native Americans, who also devoutly believe in sky gods. These two belief systems are in fact variants of the same old set of paleolithic beliefs, not different religions. The earlier version believes that both ordinary folk and sky beings commute baclk and forth between Earth and the heavens; so the sky is habitable. It is not that they thiink we should go out there and see if the sky is habitable, they know it is. As all "good" or "truly good" dead folk go up there, according to both philosophies, the new one also knows that deep space is habitable. In every invaded country in the world, depite the protestations of the newly dominant culture, the old one has a profound effect on thinking. Otherwise, why are large rural areas of the USA knee-deep in Bigfoot literature?
So America is going to Mars to prove the sky is habitable, not to question it. That would be blasphemy.
America is a country that also has a deep faith in aerial technology. It works for them. They had a lot to do with inventing the aeroplane, in a practical sense, though the theory came from many places. Two brilliant bicycle manufacturers made the first powered one that flew and promptly offered it to their national navy as a new way of killing people. That trick established the USA's political domination of the planet after the mass bombing of Germany and Japanese villages, towns and cities. And with that bombing went aerial photography, necessary for finding what to destroy and who to kill in order to be the top coyote.
So Mars was to be thoroughly aerial photographed. First NASA and then the ESA ,with even better cameras, did it with brilliance. The data rained down to Earth in torrents of precise dots. The images are stunning, and cannot be praised enough.
But the next step, the unquestioning acceptance by the geological community of the world, of the first interpretation of each new image as it was received, was just plain silly. Such haste might have been appropriate for destroying towns and villages and cities in war, once you accept that aerial bombing is a fair way to make your point, but it is not the way to go in geology. You gotta drink a lot of coffee and think slowly.
Interpretive haste is not even the way to go in war, always. I live in Australia, and remember very clearly having a flaming row on the kerbside with a rather conservative man who, irrelevantly, is now the Federal Minister in charge of removing people from the welfare rolls. He had told me and all of his constituents that he knew exactly how many weapons of mass destruction the obnoxious Mr Hussein had. I am quite sure that, even though he was and is a consumate politician, he did not mean zero. And all he really had to go on was aerial photo interpretations. About 100,000 Iraqis are now reckoned to be dead because of that sort of blind faith in aerial survey data from our own back yard. Should we similary trust hasty interpretations of the hundreds of thousands of beautiful but very weird images just back from a very curious and complex planet that we have never walked on?
It is traditional in geolgy to look very closely at all your data before coming to your conclusions. NASA in contrast hastily announces how it all incontrovertably is, at mammoth press conferences, while the data is still coming in. It recently announced that the layered strata one of its Rovers had photographed on the ground definitely proved that the composing sediments where laid down in standing water. Ripple marks were sited as the clincher. I would merely ask, would you not expect stratification in wind-blown sediments laid down on a flat surface and would you not expect aerial ripple marks, in a low-desity low-gravity environment? If not, what are they doing, visible for all to see and clearly formed only days, weeks or months before, in the images of the tiny active surface dunes your other Mars Rover was getting at the same time?
I may be accused of being as dogmatic as the other side, and cockier because there is only one of me to every 100 of them, but I only wish suggest what might be, not to claim to know what is. My contention is that NASA and the ESA are tackling this in entirely the wrong way and that their conclusions are open to many other interpretations. That criticism stands independently of whether their model is right or wrong in whole or in part. We are not getting any sort of debate and science does not work without it. Water does not flow uphill, and where you do not have plate tectonics, slopes do not alter easily. That should be quite sufficient to start a serious debate but it has not.
The interpretations I have offered on different points are merely possible alternatives. For every one suggested there are probably a dozen other alternatives or variants. The ones offered here have no chance of being correct in their entirity; this is complex science and the geology of a whole strange planet we are trying to understand. It will take centuries and will still not be done.
The rocket jockeys and their in-house geologists would be better off having offered their superb data to the world as they have so generously done, to then let the rest of the interested world decide what it all adds up to. Of course they should hazard their guesses, but they should be a lot more cautious if they do not wish to look silly in the long run.. There are about a million folk out here, not on the payroll but quite able to think logically, to every one paid planetary scientist who is welded to the agency line. The best detective is not often the best jurist.
NASA went to Mars to find water and life. It certainly found some water, maybe 2% in the soil and the air. Columbus went west largely to find a shortcut to the Spice Islands, and sure, some fine spices come out of the Americas, but it might have been better if he had been a little more interested in and impressed by the native cultures, the new foods and all the rest. So NASA would have been a heap better off taking Mars as they found it, in all its stunning grandeur and complexity, and showing it to an awestruck world, instead of trying to stuff it all untidily into the mental mould they carried there with them.
The school children of the world have been told with biblical certainty who it all was, for the past five yaers. When the penny drops, the disillusionment with big science will not be gone for generations. Fine, scepticism is needed by the inhabitants of a complex planet, but I suspect science will retreat and religous absurdity will follow its wake.
The planetary geologists employed by both Nasa and the ESA, or dependent on their goodwill to keep their grants (which is about 98% of all the geologists working with Mars data) refuse point blank to consider the profound implications of having a carbon dioxide atmosphere that falls on and into the ground annually and freezes. That simple fact gives sediments that are very unstable and quite unlike anything we know and understand here on earth.
In the conventional view of Mars, the sediments are not seen as very important for a curious reason. The vast plains are sort of tacitly assumed not to be thick piles of sediment, but lava flows. There is no evidence for this, but the Moon has such flows, and there are clearly huge volcanoes on Mars, so the plains must be lava. The spectrograph data supports that; the mineralogy is right. But spectrographic data has hell's own trouble telling you how well-cemented your minerals are. So a hard basalt and a pile of loose basalt dust look similar.
Huge outbust floods are said to have formed the canyons. The United States has a sort of dual cultural fixation with huge floods. The folk who believe the world is only 10,000 years old (and their numbers are increasing) tend to believe that an old barge captain called Noah rode out the only significant event in geology since the seven days of the planet's creation. The geologists of the US all have in the backs of their minds a huge local outburst of water and sediments, following the last ice age, about which there is little geologic controversy. So both sets of good folk are pre-programmed to believe in vast outburst floods. Faced with the enigmatic canyons of Mars, they ran for local philosophic comfort. It must have been vast and explosive outpourings of water that cut the canyons, and in the case of the biggest, allowed water to flow two kilometers vertically uphill. If you did not have that much water, it could not have filled the two kilometer deep long pond, and nothing would have flowed downstream. The fact that their own Grand Canyon formed and is extending in a completely different manner and perhaps is a more useful comparison, has apparently by-passed them all.
If you want more technical detail on the geological objections this great intellectual fiasco, Google search 'The Long-winded model of Mars". It comes up very slowly with the pics in Word, and without them and far faster in HTML. Thanks Spacedaily. Also follow Nick Hoffman's reasoning. He was at it before me.
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Re: Mars. Red planet, Misread planet.
by Messenger
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What significance can it possibly have to know whether Mars had water or even a tinkling of life?
Please question how much taxpayer money has been spent on the "quest for life on other heavenly bodies". You won't believe how much money has been thrown down that ridiculous hole of childhood imagination. It is truly OUTLANDISH AND A DISGRACE!
The people in NASA that are promolgating this farce make finding life on another globe out to be the most important thing in science. OF COURSE there has been life forms on other spheres....they know it.....there is no way to stop it other than disasterous events like huge asteroid hits or the like.
NASA Mars explorers need to grow up and get a meaningful job. Who cares if microbial life existed on Mars or Titan.....there is absolutely nothing of value that can be derived from it other than their $400,000/year salaries.
raven (nospam) samford.net (unverified) 11 Mar 2005
Understanding the geology of this planet changed lots of things. We are, on the basis of the Mars data, finding we did not understand it as well as we might have.
A more minor point. If there are microbes on Mars, they could just possibly get back here and eat ours. And us. That is part of the significance. It's called science, it's a sort of hobby, and the data is for everyone.
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Welcome to “Over like Olav,” the new section of Botched Spot featuring the adventures of Olav Orlav as he makes his way through the world of wrestling!
Now when I title this post “back by popular demand,” while there are no angry mobs of people really demanding anything from me, this whole endeavor is because of readers (like you, if you’re reading this) who said that they missed Olav and wanted him to come back. A lot of wrestling fans write plenty of funny and entertaining stuff about the WWE and other wrestling promotions on the internet, but with Olav being my own creation it really means something to me that people wanted to see him back.
As I mentioned on the main Botched Spot blog, “Over like Olav” will be updated less frequently, but with more comics the main parody strips. I’m hoping to update at least once a month with four to six comic strips which will contain a whole storyline. I realize it may seem like Olav’s being pushed to the back of the site, but I really think this will be for the best so the work isn’t rushed or forced.
In the future I’m planning on finding a way to have a thumbnail of the most recent comic on the Botched Spot main page so people don’t have to click and see if Olav’s been updated. I’ll also post updates through facebook or the Botched Spot blog to let people know when something new is up.
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A Tribute to Frank P. Davidson
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Humans are builders – we make structures to span rivers, to craft canals, to establish cities.Throughout history, civilizations have created structures of such immense scale, requiring such tremendous resources, that they might have been thought impossible. From the Taj Mahal to the Suez Canal, from Solomon’s Temple to the Channel Tunnel, these feats of macro-engineering are a testament to the creativity and foresight of architects, engineers, governmental leaders, lawyers, bankers and diplomats. Building the World presents the following great projects along with the original texts (edicts, contracts, laws and other documents) which authorized and launched them:
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The City of Singapore, Singapore • The Suez Canal, Egypt
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"Failing to plan is planning to fail." The run begins on Day of the Early Tortoise in the Month of the Phoenix in the Tenth Year of the Bear since the Third Treaty of Houses.
The run takes place in the Illuminated Precincts and the World Above.
Previous Run Next Run
1 Siri
1.1 A letter, delivered to Cai Wen, with a box of items
2 Jin
2.1 A page from Jin's double-encrypted journal
3 Sei-Lin
3.1 A report on How I Rescued The Magpie Talisman, by Sei Lin
4 Mondo
4.1 A Confidential Codicil
5 Master Hong
5.1 Report on the Battle Above
A letter, delivered to Cai Wen, with a box of items
My dear -
I am so ashamed, and so sorry! My weak nature overcame me, and I was beset with jealousy. I thought I could arrange things so you would never notice, and that I could return the items, no harm done, before you discovered their absence, but things went so, so, wrong. My plan was ill-conceived, and I was beset by enemies at every turn, and so it was that your great treasure was lost. I thought that I could tap their power to subtly turn your eyes from other women, that you might see only me - for you have entirely bewitched me with your wiles - and I still think that it might have been done, had everything gone according to plan.
I thought that between the Talisman of the Magpie, my own patron and the patron of those who would have that which has been denied them, and the Talisman of the Serpent, Mistress of binding and holding tight, that it would be simplicity for the experts of the Precincts to design a ritual to bind you to me. But they are less competent than I had hoped, and claimed to be unable to produce such an effect without months of research first. None of them!
So it was we were forced to resort to other options, to making a bargain with a greater Spirit. I thought that there might be some traction gained from bargaining to *not* throw the Magpie Talisman in the Dragon's Hoard - not that I *would* have, but it seemed harmless enough to allow myself to promise that I would not, in exchange for services rendered. So we bargained with one spirit to reach the World Above, and sought to bargain with another - but I was pursued, and ambushed not once, not twice, but three times!
I cannot tell you the details of the fight, or who stole what, because I had already fallen to the treachery of one who I thought a friend and the sword of the young Prince, but when my companion (whose name I shall not give, so that the blame for these deeds is on me alone) woke me, I found that both the Serpent Talisman and the forged Sankara stone were gone, and but the Magpie Talisman remained. I return this now, along with those other items that I borrowed and still retain, as well as my most abject apologies.
I can only hope that you find it in your heart to forgive me someday, for what I did, I did only in devotion to you.
(12 successes on Duping)
A page from Jin's double-encrypted journal
Well, *that* was bracing.
Things seem to have gone more or less according to plan, for all that the plan went off the rails about halfway through. When going off the rails is in fact part of the plan, I suppose nearly anything can be taken as victory.
When Siri approached me about... hold on a minute, what is my motivation here? Why am I on the "bad" team? I understand that Siri is a thief, excuse me, a "merchant", but I work for Lord Takanata! Surely he would not forgive a betrayal of this sort? Am I counting on his never hearing of my involvement?
Well, I suppose Lord Takanata has forgiven me before, so I must trust that he shall do so again should my "actions" come to light. I can work with that.
When Siri approached me after having stolen several of the party's Talismans, and asked me to use my contacts in the Precincts in order to find her a ritualist who could whip up a Grand Ritual on short notice, I found this entirely plausible as something that they might be able to do. I asked around those less reputable alchemists, those who might be willing to do a ritual of the sort she described, and also those who would be willing to overlook the provenance of the two Talismans we would be using (without being inclined to steal them for their own purposes). So... disreputable while not yet entirely without honor. It was a difficult line to draw, but one in which the Cryptomancer was well acquainted, and so I was able to find quite a few people to ask about it.
Despite my familiarity with this environment, I was completely surprised to learn that none of the alchemists I enquired with would be able to create a Grand Ritual in fifteen minutes! After asking at each of them, and confirming that even the presence of two Talismans would not permit such a thing to be done, I concluded (at each alchemist) that we would have to attempt a different method, to bargain with a spirit in the World Above instead.
Luckily for us, these disreputable dealers in magic would of course keep our business completely confidential, and not allow any hint to leak to any spymasters who might coincidentally be in the neighborhood.
And so it was that Siri and I found ourselves on the banks of the Jasmine River, negotiating for passage to the World Above. Having previously researched the River's nature and name to a large extent, I was able to finish the process with what I have learned in the seasons since, sufficient to call upon her that we might bargain. We traded the Ivory Crown to her for passage to the World Above, near the Magpie's realm, that Siri might make her greater bargain with Magpie himself, or any other that we might encounter. Siri wore the Armor of the Bear, and a bandolier with both Talismans, that she might withstand nearly anything that we encountered above us.
Alas for us, when we reached the World Above, we found ourselves immediately ambushed by Mystic Mondo and two compatriots of his, a stalwart fighter and a young acrobat. Somehow, they had reached the World Above before us, and we were nearly defeated before we had begun.
We fled from them, but alas again, the realms Above that focus on betrayal and ambush are close to Spider's Web, so we fled from the frying pan into the fire, where Prince Ti Jun and his followers closed the jaws of the trap. They attempted to seize us, but Siri burst free and we began to flee through a previously hidden path. The Prince struck Siri, smiting the bandolier, as we made our way to what turned out to be yet a *third* ambush, as Siri collapsed, having left a scene carrying both Talismans at once.
In the ensuing four way fight - our "way" being only minimally effective, since it was the now-unconscious Siri and myself - it seemed clear that Mondo and his man were outclassed by the Prince's group, which was outclassed by the new group. I did my best to make the false Sankara Stone appear to be an equal prize to the two Talismans, and I suppose I must have succeeded, because my team quickly went from one functional member to zero, and when I was healed, the false Sankara stone was gone, as was the Serpent Talisman.
Sei-Lin
A report on How I Rescued The Magpie Talisman, by Sei Lin
So, Mondo said that Lord Takanata's art said that me and Siri were supposed to pretend to have stolen the Talismans and run them around as a distraction so that Spider would not be home for something or another. Except that maybe they would actually get stolen, and that was okay except we should try to avoid that if we could, but not avoid it very hard. But pretending to steal something so that it would be actually stolen later seemed a lot like stealing something for real, and I pinky swore to not steal any of the Talismans although I totally could because the security isn't all that good most of the time.
So I wasn't on Siri's team, I was on Mondo's team, and then Siri and I could use our Secret Thief Powers to communicate with each other without anyone knowing about it, which was good to set up the ambushes. Which we did. We had an ambush and then the Prince of the Butterfly Meadows had an ambush, which was part of the plan, and then some *other* guy had an ambush, and he wasn't in the plan, so there were a lot of bad guys running around, oh, and I forgot to mention that this was all in the World Above where we went so that the bad guys would have to have Spider help them go there. But I guess two different sets of bad guys had Spider help them.
Once all the bad guys were jumping on Siri, and the Prince broke her Talisman thingy, then she went down pretty fast, and Jin wasn't really any help and I'm not sure why he was there at all. Master Hong, who is kind of like a short version of Wei Han, was pretty useful, but the other guy was a pretty serious fighter or ninja or something, and he nearly killed Mondo while I was rescuing one of the Talismans back from Siri, and that was the Magpie Talisman, which is probably better than the Serpent Talisman anyway, but the Prince stopped the other guy from killing Mondo and then they both (the Prince and the other guy) each got one of the loots that Siri and Jin had. But not the Magpie Talisman.
A Confidential Codicil
When in the course of events those who Fate has entrusted with the guardianship of many Great Talismans decide that said guardianship must pass to another, they (and, it must be said, Fate, for who can argue that Fate does not pay particularly close attention to the doings of the Circus of the Silken Wings?) find that the one most suited (or perhaps most ironic or most amusing) to temporarily hold the reins of guardianship is myself.
Thus it was that the Tale of Mystic Mondo and the Three Talismans and the Nine Ninja of Doom can be expanded with a chapter of Two More Talismans and One More Ninja of Doom. Unlike the first installments of this tale, I was presented with an opportunity not simply to flee (expeditious as the last of the Basic Strategies is), but to design and enact both overt stratagem and deeper method. I knew at once that the basic ploy of "wander about with the Talismans and hope to be spiritually mugged" would be to no avail - the bearers of the Talismans wander about with them at all times, and such trouble as finds them rarely has mugging for Talismans as its source.
The resources that we had been given to work with were in truth, somewhat haphazard. As is written in the Book of Seventeen Truths, "hard won, hard relinquished" and, aside from those Talismans which were designated as bait, many of the resources were those items that they had previously been unable to find a use for. I shall take it as a great compliment that they thought I would be more successful in the short time allotted, but in truth, all things have three uses: that for which they are well suited, that for which they are poorly suited, and that to which they can be converted by virtue of trade.
First, we required a pretext by which the Talismans were removed from their rightful owners, such that they would be more legitimate targets for theft - for to steal from a thief is considered no theft at all. I chose Siri as the "culprit", with a rationale that would not fool any who knew her in truth, but it would be plausible enough for one who heard it. Then, Siri and Jin made sufficient enquiries amongst the alchemists of the City of Light that their "stolen" trinkets would easily come to the ears of the Prince, who was at that time visiting with the Circus. Their enquiries came to naught, as expected, and indeed, required, so they concluded that they would have to visit the World Above to make a spirit bargain instead - thus leading the trail into the realms of spirit, where Spider would have to be called upon to follow.
Using the same constraints and conditions on transport to the World Above that Siri and Jin would use, I and my companions bargained with the Spirit of the Jasmine, offering her the Bonsai of Truth, an artifact of great power, but requiring even greater patience and consideration to properly employ, to spiritwalk us to her realm. Thus we reached the same location where Siri and Jin would later arrive, and we prepared to "ambush" them. Master Hong also prepared the field such that there would be hidden escape routes, that either Siri and Jin could use, or ourselves. By preparing such an ambush and escape, we shaped the nature of the space to be more closely aligned with Spider, allowing those Spider-allied of our pursuers to find and follow, which, according to my design, they did.
The actors in place, their lines begin. Siri and Jin enter to commence the performance; we enter from the opposite wing to demand that they turn over their stolen treasures. They flee by the first of Master Hong's hidden ways, and we pursue. The Prince and his troupe, following the lines I have written, step onto the stage to block Siri's flight, and the Prince strikes. The pair flees again, Siri's Talismanic power unravelling, and the final actor's troupe, following no script of mine, steps in.
While the Prince concerns himself with capturing his prize from the fallen Siri, the other is more directly our enemy, and dispatches Jin first before turning his attention, and his blade, to my trio. Master Hong is able to withstand him for a time, but the Other's men engage him so he is too pressed to guard any but himself. Sei-Lin is skilled enough to evade the enemy, but is not a guard. And so the Other's blade seeks my own life - to be forestalled by the Prince, who interposes both his own blade and his body between us.
The combat has reached a point of impasse, forces balanced without one able to score victory when the Prince and the Other disagree, so both fall back to their original goal, and plunder the fallen Jin and Siri. They are not given time to carefully search, so both must grab and run - the false Sankara stone and the Serpent Talisman are both gone, although in truth, it seems likely we shall see one, if not both, again, though perhaps not at a time or circumstance of our choosing, or our desire.
Master Hong
Report on the Battle Above
We encountered two hostile forces in the World Above; I did my best to ascertain their training and competence.
Prince Ti Jun is highly competent for his age, and I estimate him as fourth level. He is not a straight fighter, but he has a combat specialty which interacts well with a tactical focus. His team is accustomed to working with him and they support each other well.
The unnamed foe is at least sixth level, and is principally a fighter; many of his other shticks leverage his high combat stats in non-combat ways. I was not able to perform a complete analysis, as he has some ability to cloak his details from observation. His team is not accustomed to working with him, and appeared to be unaware of his exact capabilities.
Neither team was accustomed to operating in the World Above; Prince Ti Jun's team was more able to take the unusual setting in stride.
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{{QQ|Strike me down, and I shall become even more powerful than you can ever imagine.|Ambassador to Hana}}
{{QQ|If you strike me again, you may save your queen, but you will suffer for eternity.|to Hiro}}
{{QQ}|Sorry, I stopped listening after the part about saving the queen.|Hiro, striking}}
{{QQ|Sorry, I stopped listening after the part about saving the queen.|Hiro, striking}}
Hiro strikes the ambassador down, and there is a burst of darkness from his body - Hiro leaps in front of the Queen taking her damage as well as his own, and then falls, dead.
"Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away." The run begins just before the Day of the Early Tiger in the month of the Tiger in the first Year of the Spider since the Butterfly King was Poisoned.
The run takes place in the Butterfly Kingdom.
1 Homecoming
2 Wandering Plot Threads
3 Zombie Jamboree
4 Dangling Plot Threads
The party takes ship from the City of Light to the Harbor of Shining Reflections in the Butterfly Kingdom. As their ship arrives, the more observant note that the port seems particularly busy, and the (not very large) Butterfly Navy seems to be out and about on patrol. However, sightseeing at the boats soon gives way to a reunion with Ringmaster Te, who is most pleased to see his wayward performers, and even more pleased that Li Merit is back to solve all of the problems plaguing the Circus.
Ringmaster Te gives a brief speech - this is the last chance to put all the acts in order before the procession and final dress rehearsal and then their trip through the northern kingdoms. For those who are still having trouble with their acts - this is the time to get them resolved.
Some of the more pressing issues include:
Monkey Training: while Animal Handling works moderately well with monkeys, Min-Su has been working on training them to respond to gestures. She has much of it worked out, but wants to integrate the newly returned Monkeys of the Apocalypse into her gesture training. (Charades mechanic)
Akimoto's Balances: Akimoto's acrobatic props have gotten damp and warped over the winter, without the prop master to look after them properly. He's in a panic to finish rebalancing them. Please help! (Balancing rocks mechanic)
Danger Chef: Ringmaster Te is considering making Danger Cheffery an official act. However, since Yoshi's been away, he isn't sure yet that it's dramatic enough, so he needs to be convinced. (Fruit Ninja mechanic)
Crystal Ball Tuning: Mystic Melina has been having a lot of trouble recently getting her visions to become clear. She thinks her crystal ball may have been cracked during the winter, and would like help in some final retuning. (Tracing paper mechanic)
Snake Dancing: Ringmaster Te has been considering making The Sinuous Shuyan a headliner in the upcoming tour. However, he's a bit cross that she missed all winter's practicing, so he'll need to be persuaded - and not by the party, because he knows where their loyalties lie! (NPC deck mechanic)
Takanata writes a prophetic poem, though he doesn't understand what it means:
Lahjen na murkkya hautuak kanssa on totta.
Ampanen on viholln, mutta ala lo pesa
Jakaa kumalen khydistyi.
Cai Wen, Wei Han, and Anto recognize the language as Torghut - Cai Wen has the best sense of what it says: the first line means something like "A face that has not known joy can only grimace, not smile". The second line means "Even if the wasp is your enemy, do not strike the nest." The third line isn't really a complete sentence, something like "the split 'lifedeath' (whatever that is) united."
Wandering Plot Threads
As people begin to chat with the circus-watchers and find out what favors they want in order to put in a good word for Shuyan, they find one gentleman who is looking for names of fortune-tellers. He is given, among many other names, that of Takanata, who then offers to read his I Ching for him. While he is interested in knowing about his future with his kind-of girlfriend, what Takanata sees is that he will die by his grandmother's hand before the day is out. Well, that's no good. Takanata asks after his grandmother - he says both of them are dead. This is... somewhat concerning.
Meanwhile, Master Zhou talks to Long Yue Mei about her homework - pursuing stillness in various places. She notes that she does not enjoy stillness, but she can do it - so perhaps the lesson is that she can do things she does not enjoy. Master Zhou thinks that the things she needs to know are: one, the storm is coming, so she can be a Tiger soon, and two, if she finds her father, only tragedy will follow. That somewhat startles Master Zhou, as he had not realized that she was looking for her father. Yue Mei does not explain, but clearly finds the advice frustrating.
Then Master Zhou talks to Master Koji about Anto and other things, and hears that there is a "Northern ambassador" who has been meeting with the King.
Zhi-Hao and Hana, concerned over the possibility of undead rising, go to the graveyard. Hana looks for ghosts, and finds an indistinct ghost trundling around the graves, patting them. She tries to talk to him, and the ghost attempts to get her to "lie down and go back to sleep". She declares that she doesn't need to do that, which bothers him, but he seems pretty vague and confused.
Li Merit receives a message from the palace asking him to check on security. He's briefed on the fact that an ambassador appears to have arrived from beyond the northern wall, and is attempting to negotiate some kind of alliance with the king. Meanwhile, Wei Han is noticing that things are particularly creepy around here... a feeling he doesn't often get far from the northern wall. Their investigations combine, and Li Merit leads a small group tot he secret cove, where the northern ambassador's boat is hidden. Wei Han declares that there are definitely undead aboard and warns the guards to guard the ship closely. Takanata, worried about his prophesy, advises not attacking the vessel, thinking it might be the wasp's nest.
Hiro and Xiao Fa come across Kuan-Xi's little carriage, without Kuan-Xi in it, and find this... somewhat worrisome. They bring others into the investigation, and much Detecting is done. Cai Wen searches the carriage, and finds some signs of struggle, while Li Merit asks around to find out where it arrived. No one can find any signs of an amnesiac Kuan-Xi, and she's pretty identifiable. Min Feng also determines that she's not on the island. (Ezokin, on the other hand, is still in the Hon'eth Arcade). Shen-Ji analyzes the carriage, determines that it is pretty tired, and that it came from the Port of Auspicious Voyage - and that people left the carriage in transit. He speculates that people who left the carriage will be somewhere which is the average of the Hon'eth Arcade and the Butterfly Kingdom (possibly a geographic average, but it also might be a metaphorical one) - Lijuan figures that's probably the Shrouded Isle, by virtue of the Cycle spirits involved.
Master Zhou tries to interrogate Xiao Fa about his homework, but Xiao Fa is distracted by Kuan-Xi being mysteriously missing, and evades for the moment.
Elsewhere, people are still investigating the doomed lovers. The so-called girlfriend has spent the day mooning over Cai-wen as one of his moll-wannabes, while the kid with the prophesy of death has been trying to convince her that it's time for them to "get serious." Several party members wander into this situation, shake their heads, and wander out again.
During this, Cai Wen is getting a briefing at the palace about the negotiations. Apparently, the northern ambassador has been proposing a bunch of completely unacceptable things. "Alliance against the Qin Chao steppes; trade agreement involving the bodies of our ancestors, etc." The negotiations have closed for the day, and the ambassador has retired to the guest palace to resume in the morning. The court advisers ask Cai Wen for some advice on getting a better negotiating position at the next session. He says he'll get back to them, and goes off to consult with his friends.
Anto, hoping to find Kuan-Xi, heads for someone who needs help - that brings him back to the graveyard, where the ghost of the caretaker is more visible and less confused, as well as concerned about the dead not rising. He's not really sure what to make of non-dead people, and thinks dead people should go back to sleep.
Master Zhou chats with Master Long about undead, and about Yue Mei - Master Long is concerned about what Yue Mei has been asking Master Zhou, but cannot discuss the matter.
Ti Jun summons Wei Han, regarding the letter of armor upgrade that Wei Han has asked him for. The Prince says that if Wei Han is to be an official Dragon army soldier of the Butterfly Kingdom, he shouldn't be wearing junky armor, and the Prince will see that it's taken care of.
The Queen summons Hana and Hiro for a private meeting in the Court of Distinction. She is somewhat more awkward than they have encountered her before; the issue appears to be that the twins' lady mother has come by the Butterfly Court to speak about the courtship between Hana and Ti Jun (which Hiro put in her head the last time they were home). While she has nothing against the House of Teng, and is most grateful to Hana and Hiro for all their assistance so far, she does have... dynastic concerns. There is much circumlocution around the issue, but in essence, the Queen thinks that Hana being dead is likely to cause problems as far as future heirs goes. Hana understands her concerns, but does make it clear that her mother was making the suggestion in good faith, as Lady Teng is less aware of these issues.
Meanwhile, Takanata, Li Merit, Yoshi and others are trying to gain access to the northern ambassador to ask him some questions. Sadly, his servants indicate that he is indisposed at the moment. Takanata asks the servant about him and the servant protests ignorance. He is not a "great lord of death and life" like his master. He does let slip though, that his master is not currently in the guest palace, he's elsewhere. Oh dear... The group rushes toward the Court of Distinction to see to the queen's safety. Anto brings the northern servant along just in case.
Merit starts shouting to various guards that there's a "Code Red Marmoset" (threat to the royal family) as they run towards the Court of Distinction and various guards start rushing around.
Back in the conversation with the Queen, her guard suddenly stiffens and gets a vacant expression, and begins to shamble forward. At the same time, the "northern ambassador" bursts into the room, and directs the newly created zombie to kill the Queen. Hana leaps forward and grabs the zombie-guard with her painful-ghost-touch - it affects him but he does not fall. This causes some sort of thwackback effect, but Hana is immune to it. Next, Hiro chops the ambassador, doing him some damage through toughness and causing a big penalty to Hiro's next death check. The Queen, meanwhile, seems to be exerting her concentration to try to not become undead the same way the zombie guard just did. Hiro grabs the Queen and tries to drag her to safety, as other ex-guard zombies converge on the small group.
The rest of the group reaches the gardens outside the Court of Distinction, and starts running towards the trouble. Master Deng, with the Magpie Talisman, is particularly fast, and Anto still has the Northern servant.
"Strike me down, and I shall become even more powerful than you can ever imagine." -Ambassador to Hana
"If you strike me again, you may save your queen, but you will suffer for eternity." -to Hiro
"Sorry, I stopped listening after the part about saving the queen." -Hiro, striking
Around the court gardens, horrible abominations of death, plus skeletons and zombie type undead, start rising from the ground.
"Who built the palace on ancient burial grounds?" -Merit
Anto's prisoner also turns into a horrific abomination, much to his chagrin.
"I want to shout out the codes for 'Holy shit, we're losing, don't come here.'" -Merit
"...oh, and, evacuate the King."
Hiro's spirit sees a kind of white light for him to go into, except that there's a horrible thing with claws and flame in the way. As far as everyone else is concerned, there is a painfully increasing Field of Death around the abomination, causing increased amounts of damage - Zhi-Hao, now nearly to the Queen, has to pull up short lest he run out of hit points.
Using Hiro's action, Hana grabs Hiro's soul; from her point of view, Hiro vanishes. From Hiro's point of view, Hana vanishes. From everyone else's point of view, someone who looks like, alternately, Hiro and then Hana, is doing things. Takanata's Eyes of the I Ching goes off, and he sees the Yin and Yang merging together into the Tao, and also a sere dead tree, merging with growing roots to form a double-sided silhouette of a [tree with branches extending up and down|http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/7008647/2/istockphoto_7008647-large-tree-roots-two.jpg]. And, the chi of everywhere he can see is different...
"There used to be dead things and live things - now there are just Things." -Mike
"That's no good." -Takanata
"You're just coming to that conclusion?" -Merit
The huge Field of Death is replaced by a huge Field of Tao. This has several effects:
People in a proper pair can add their Tao to all their stats
People not in a proper pair are limited to their Tao in all stats
Each action, if any tao substats are higher than your overall Tao, take the difference in damage
People in proper pairs can pool/share hit points
A proper pair is one male and one female, no farther away from each other than the sum of their Taos in hexes
"Do they have to be conscious?"
"Do they have to be human? Do they have to be mine?" -Andrea, quoting Little Shop of Horrors
The party is seriously male-heavy, so pairing is a little tricky. Cai Wen summons a moll; Zhi-Hao is still rescuing the Queen, so he recruits her. Master Zhou uses his Yellow Silk Student shtick to summon Long Yue Mei to help, and Merit throws some karma into a buddy of his (the court flower arranger) being nearby, though this leads to more people teasing him about scrounging up women.
"Pair with me and my sword and my body will defend you." -Zhi-Hao to Ti Wren
"Long Yue Mei - the storm begins, stand with me." -Master Zhou
"You know, Li Merit is really funny when he's angry. We should poke him more." -Kasumi
In addition to the skeletons and the zombies outside, creatures of bright light and life start to appear inside the court building - they are promptly named "un-undead", as that seems about right.
Wei Han calls for backup, and some vacationing Dragon Army soldiers show up. Merit notes to himself that there really do seem to be a lot of Dragon Army soldiers who vacation here, for a place that doesn't have any soldiers stationed.
After various people have pulled in NPC women to pair with, only Takanata, Xiao Fa, and Xian are left. Takanata is also suffering in particular from his unbalanced chi - Xiao Fa resists the temptation to expound on balance some more.
"Pilgrim Xiao Fa, we pair." -Xian
"How does that work?" -Min Feng
"That's confounding." -Wei Han
"He can confound the very chi itself!" -Lijuan
"That [the confounding of chi] is not what I would have expected to be going on." -Hana
As it turns out, Xian and Xiao Fa are able to form a proper pair - confounding or no. Takanata keeps looking at what is going on with the chi, and decides that all the undead are the failure mode of the plan which was going to make the Butterfly Kingdom count as "north of the Wall". That isn't happening anymore, so this is just destructive thwackback. The zombies do damage, and thwackback which causes people to be at minuses at their next death check; the "life un-undead" add to the next death check, and the eldritch horrors force death checks.
"What the hell are all those purple things?"
"Those are girls."
Combat continues, but it's not going so well. Takanata drops his packet of honeyvine seeds in the fountain in the garden, and notes "You are my only pair, love." The water of the fountain splashes out, causing the seeds to grow and butterflies to fly in - and then the butterflies attack some of the zombies, much to everyone's delight and surprise. It also becomes clear to Takanata at this point that there are just enough "small" undead to sustain only four eldritch horrors. Takanata also counts as paired now, too.
Given Takanata's warning, people start concentrating on the small undead in hopes of defeating the large abominations that way. With some concerted zombie-killing, the last of the non-zombies pop, and the combat is finally over. Zhi-Hao puts down the Queen.
"It was an honor, your majesty." -Master Deng
However, the weird Tao effect still continues, and may even be spreading beyond the local area. A butterfly lands on Hana's head, and tells her she must be very careful invoking this ultimate power of the Tao, as it takes a power far greater than her to separate the Yin and the Yang once joined. By the Rule of the Threes, the Great Spirits of the Cycle will only be able to intervene in this way twice more. After that, the Tao effect fades, and Hiro disappears to everyone else's sight.
People begin to heal the wounded, and a running messenger reports that the Northern Ambassador's boat has burned, all the way to the waterline. Other messengers report that the King and the Prince encountered some skeletons, but no abominations, so they were more easily dealt with. As things seem to be mostly calm, the focus changes to Hana and Hiro, or possibly the Confounding Xian.
"Where is your brother, Hana?" -?
"He's right here." -Hana
"That's both of them. At least they're not the same person the way they were before." -Takanata
There doesn't seem to be too much more to say there, though the people with better ways of determining things start thinking about how to figure more out. On the other hand, the question of Xian is also interesting.
"Yeah, okay, I owe you an explanation. I'm a girl." -Xian
"Why are you dressed like a boy?" -Lijuan
"Sometimes girls do that." -Hana
Xian explains: her home is currently encased in ice, with her sisters trapped in it; those who made it out, in order to protect themselves, went into disguise and scattered. She doesn't actually know much more than the party does about what happened; some sort of emergency started happening, some of her sisters hurried her out, and then there was ice. Indications are that this is related to Meng Ao's secret from the Whispered Ball that the Son of the Moon has been courting the Daughter of the Sun but to no avail. On the other hand, Xian isn't sure who the daughter of the Sun is - it might be her boss, but she never called herself that. Xian's order is called the Gentle Admonishers of Disquiet.
As an example, Chochiro was disquiet, and one of Xian's elder sisters gave her a task to help her grow. Xian apologizes for the ongoing deception. Should they keep thinking of her as male, Merit wonders? Well, Xian concedes that they can think of her however, but keeping the disguise would be good, so referring to her as male would be good. Back to the male pronoun for Xian in the logs!
Dangling Plot Threads
Before the great pile of undead, wasn't there something about Kuan-Xi being missing? There don't seem to be any active leads.
"Maybe she has a diary in her carriage?" -Anto
"GASP!" -Xiao Fa
There is, in fact, a diary, which is promptly given to Min Feng, on the theory that Anto reading it might be more embarrassing. The final entries are about being in the Port of Propitious Voyage, waiting for her little carriage to rest before she takes it to the Butterfly Kingdom. Hmm.
Merit thinks that it would be useful to try to retrace the carriage's steps, as it were, and throw someone out in the middle to see where they go. Everyone else thinks that this could be a really bad idea, not to mention, maybe the path is dependent on the particular driver.
"If she's in the physical center, she's in the water, and there's no point looking. So she's in the metaphorical center." -Merit
Maybe there are sorcerous rituals to find people from locks of their hair, the way there are to find knives that attacked people?
"Do you have a lock of her hair?" -Min Feng
"...no." -Anto
"What kind of a love plot is that?" -Min Feng
Though, probably what they want is a fortune teller, not a sorcerer. People aren't elements, so locating them is harder sorcerously, without a Grand Ritual.
Merit notes that technically the two countries have no border. So, if it's a geopolitical average, that's the ocean. Does Sister Helena have any suggestions? She doesn't have Kuan-Xi studied herself, but she might be able to do so on the Shrouded Isle, at the Song of the Phoenix. She sets off to do so. Also, maybe Qin Yanyu could do some sort of connections reading, but she's not around during the run.
Takanata looks into what happened to Little Shen, the young man whose I Ching he read. He was, as expected, killed by skeletons during the undead uprising. Sniff.
People ask what the Butterfly said to Hana and she reports.
"It said we should take care in invoking the ultimate power of the Tao, because it can't be easily unsplit, but it can do it twice more by the rule of threes." -Hana
"Bah." -Li Merit on the Rule of Threes
The both of them are in Hiro's body now; Hana isn't quite sure what that will mean.
Master Zhou declares that they will train, and drags Hana off to do so. Once they start sparring, that triggers a change to Hiro, but Hiro finds Master Zhou's brusqueness annoying, and stomps off, despite Master Zhou insisting that he remain and train because that's what Hana wanted.
"It's Master Zhou. I go into the light!" -Laura
"I feel like that a lot." -Lijuan
Ringmaster Te herds the circus into order to start the final procession around the island, and the final state of the mechanics is tallied, such that many favors are owed.
Shuyan is a headliner for the circus this time around, and will provide 14 successes of sinuous snake dancing during a run she's not in.
Yoshi 's Danger Chef act is official, and he will provide 19 successes of Danger Cheffery during a run he's not in.
Akimoto, whose mechanic proved to be a little too hard, will provide 2 successes of Acrobatics
The Mystic Melina will provide 13 successes of seeing through the veils of the future.
Merit asks around, to see if his contacts can find out why so much of the Dragon Army seems to be vacationing here. Wei Han asks around after the army people who died, so he can write about how they fought valiantly defending the Queen.
Xian, having recently learned to read the I Ching from Takanata, reads the I Ching for the paired Hana/Hiro: "Death, with a core of life, with a core of death, with a core of life..." that goes on infinitely long, as the Tao turns. They still have the same paths as before, but they can no longer walk them separately. Oh, and also, it's much easier for them to destroy the world now.
Wei Han trains with Master Zhou, who notes that Prince Ti Jun is working on getting him permanently stationed to the Butterfly Kingdom, but Wei Han's own shticks seem to be opposing that for the moment.
A long day done, everyone finally retires to prepare for the circus' great northern tour.
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6 Reasons to Watch and Love Canadian WWII Drama "XCompany"
Lauren Stowell Thursday, March 17, 2016 17 comments
We history geeks sure do love a good costume drama, but these days *good* costume dramas seems harder and harder to find. It might have good costumes but a terrible plot; it might have terrible costumes and a great plot; it might have terrible costumes, terrible plot, great acting; or it might just be terrible.
I'll admit I'm picky. Nearly all of the period dramas I watch are European, English, or Canadian, each with their own cultural flavor in how they portray historical events.
One of my favorites is "X-Company", a World War II "behind enemy lines" spy thriller, and it's Canadian. The story follows a tight-knit unit infiltrating and sabotaging Nazi operations in occupied France while also helping Jews escape and training French resistance.
And it's awesome.
Evelyne Brochu as Aurora, commander of the spy squad.
Here are 6 Reasons I'm obsessed with X-Company:
1. Good Writing
X-Company is incredibly well written, with multiple story lines happening simultaneously. Some stories begin and end in one episode ("blow up the depot; steal the secret plans"), some are over-arching the whole season, and then within that there are the individual character's development. Since X-Company is an ensemble cast with no lead character, we the audience get insights and information about all of them, which humanizes these fictional people and adds depth to what could otherwise be a predictable show.
2. Good Costuming
Watching a costume drama can be painful (zipper up the back, are you kidding me!?), but the mark of a great historically-set show is when the costuming does not distract but supports.
In X-Company we see plenty of uniforms, both German and Canadian, but also French city and country clothes. Clothing plays an important role tied to what the spies are doing, whom they are meeting, where they are going, etc: commander Aurora wears a well-tailored suit for a specific mission in Paris; Tom wears a pin-striped suit to meet with a doctor; Neil and Harry are in tweeds and flatcaps to blend into provincial townships and not raise suspicions.
The clothes themselves are often real vintage and always well-patina'd. Nothing is too new, shiny, or bright. The color palette uses muted, natural tones that extend through to the locations, lighting, and post processing of the film. Everything visual works together.
Aurora (Evelyne Brochu) targets Sabine, Nazi wife, in an effort to turn her.
3. It's Exciting and Dramatic Without Being Silly
No episode of X-Company allows me to drift off to my smartphone. It's just too exciting. Things are blowing up, people are captured and then escape, there's peril at every turn.
But you know what isn't happening? Nobody is flying through the air in a slow motion kung fu kick. Nobody's is bending over backwards dodging bullets with otherworldy yoga positions. Nobody is wearing leather pants.
It's not silly, which makes it believable. I genuinely believe these events could have taken place and I care about the characters. It's good acting, complicated human emotions, relatable and realistc action that glues me to the screen, not an excess of blood, out-of-place sex scenes, or superhuman MMA fighting skills.
Aurora and Oberfuhrer Franz Faber (award-winning German actor Torben Liebrecht) come face to face after a season and a half of parallel storylines.
4. It's Canadian
As an American, I love this aspect of X-Company because I know *nothing* about Canada's role in WWII. Nothing. Naturally, I have the American perspective. I know the American history. I know the before, during, and after of America in the War.
But Canada? Not a bit.
X-Company is a dramatization, sure, but what we can take away from it as American viewers is as much about how the current Canadian culture thinks of this period of history as the story itself. (Think about how WWII is portrayed in American TV shows and movies...what does this say about our culture/entertainment/storytelling/expectations/view of history today?) I notice a pretty big difference between the Canadian shows (Bomb Girls is another one you might enjoy) and the American ones, and it reminds me that though we speak the same language and share a border, Canada is an entirely different culture with its own history, pride, beliefs, struggles, humor, and identity.
Harry (Connor Price), Neil (Warren Brown), and Alfred (Jack Laskey) scoping things out in the bushes
5. Languages and Subtitles
X-Company deals with three different languages - English, French, and German - which are cleverly used to sculpt the story and characters. When the spies speak as themselves, it's in their normal accents (flat Canadian/American sound), but when they're posing as French nationals, they speak English with a French accent.
However, the German characters speak subtitled German, and when our valiant spies are speaking to the Germans....yup, they're speaking German. My theory on why the show runners did this is to create a feeling of division in the audience between the good guys and the bad guys - the good guys are like us, they speak English, we understand them; the bad guys are "alien."
It's subtle but has a profound psychological impact on the viewer. For instance, the first time we hear one of the German characters speak in English (with a French accent) is when daring spy Aurora begins to turn her. I'm willing to bet that the first time we hear Oberfuhrer Franz Faber speak in English will be when he starts to turn to the good guys too (at least that's what I hope is going to happen!).
The Germans speak German. What a revelation!
6. Everyone In X-Company Is Hot
Seriously. I don't think I've ever seen a cast this big that looks this good. Evelyne Brochu (Orphan Black) opposite Francois Arnaud (The Borgias); English super-talents Jack Laskey (Endeavor) and Warren Brown (Good Cop, Luther). Torben Liebrecht, Connor Price, Dustin Milligan. Crikey. Even if you watch it on "mute," it's worth it.
Tom (Dustin Milligan) and Neil (Warren Brown) doing secret spy things on Parisian rooftops, and looking lovely in waistcoats.
I don't think I need to convince you further. If you'd like to learn more about X-Company, check out the CBC website, and follow @xcompany on Twitter. Season 1 is available on DVD on Amazon . Enjoy!
ErinS March 17, 2016 at 6:56 PM
I recently discovered this show and loved it. I am beyond irritated that the CBC won't let me watch it online. Waiting for Season 2 on DVD is going to be very hard indeed!
Lauren Stowell March 17, 2016 at 7:11 PM
Yes, I am bummed about that too. The stills from Season 2 look *intense*
S2 DVD is available to pre order on amayon. It will be released May 3rd.
Cate March 18, 2016 at 2:27 AM
Ooo, I'm going to have to search for this in the UK. I love Warren Brown and wondered what he was up to now. This looks very interesting indeed.
Lauren Stowell March 18, 2016 at 12:55 PM
I do believe it is airing in the UK. Warren Brown is my favorite too - after seeing him in this role I've been working my way through his filmography (which is a LOT). Good Cop rather blew my mind. Epic!
I love this show. It is so good, so intense, week by week. It always leaves you wanting more. Episode 8, (Fatherland), season 2 is by far the best yet! This would be a terrific series to binge watch.
I have been following your blog for a few years now, and I am so excited that you have been watching X Company! As a Canadian, it is very nice to have a show about our history that is really good. Canada actually played a really large role in both WW1 and WW2 and its great that something shows that, and shows it well. And the costumes are fabulous too! Thank you so much for putting this show in the spotlight so that we can maybe get another season:)
Lauren Stowell March 21, 2016 at 10:59 AM
Absolutely! I would be gutted if there wasn't another season, too!
Love this on many levels. Like Kate Funk, I am a Canadian and when I was a kid, you could tell Canadian television at a glance. Something about the video style. And it was terrible. I'm happy we have moved up a notch! I also love that Americans can see our history and culture because we truly are different! And because of American television, I feel we are more aware of the history and culture of Americans than Americans know about us! As close neighbors we really should have better understanding of each other!
I think you hit the nail on the head. American TV, at the moment, is so "loud." It's so overdramatic and shouty and always, always tied to politics, one side or the other. I watch so little American TV these days that it's a shock to the system when I do, and not in a good way.
Eleonora Amalia March 23, 2016 at 11:24 AM
I'm so so happy your post convinced me. Binge-watched the first season yesterday and it's hands down one of the best shows I've ever seen (and I'm a devoted Game of Trones watcher, so my expectations are high). Each episode is like a good thriller, the characters are interesting and the portrayal of ww2 seems realistic to me. I mean, obviously the group's inability to fail seems suspicious, but at the same time the show accentuates some important moral issues and choices - it's a nice change compared to ww2 themed series where the good guys just run around shooting the bad guys. I really love how the show highlights the fact that the good guys aren't crystal clear and sometimes they too have to kill innocent civilians in order to get things done.
I'm so glad you like it! I feel exactly the same. :-)
I will watch this show. Looks like it's right up my alley! You also got me turned on to Miss Fisher! Thanks.
Amanda Stock April 3, 2016 at 3:39 PM
Ooh, I'd been wondering about this show; the ads on public transit here in Toronto are very bland -- I wasn't even sure if it was a period piece because they made it look so slick and modern and gave absolutely no information about the series. Good to read a positive review from someone who knows their stuff! Being Canadian, I *loved* Bomb Girls, even if it was a little cheesy and had atrocious "swing dancing" scenes. Definitely have to add X Company to my list of shows to watch! Thanks for the review :)
Here's a precision about language and subtitles you may want to read. It explains that the characters are "speaking french" when using french accent. The actors don't in reality or else 50% of the show would be subbed.
http://www.cbc.ca/xcompany/m/dispatches/inside-the-writing-room-accents-in-x-company
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Housing Writedowns Resisted
Today's "trend that will stick": writing down housing values and mortgages to reality will be resisted by lenders, homeowners and government every step of the way, lengthening the recession.
Why will this resistance lengthen the recession/depression? For what happens when writing down bad debt (uncollectable debt, debt based on impaired assets, etc.) is resisted, we need only look at Japan 1989-2002 for an example: hiding bad debt and acting as if assets will rebound to bubble heights someday leads to decades of stagnation.
Since borrowers are still on the hook for the "zombie loans" (loans which are not being paid down but which are kept on the lenders' books at full value), then borrowers can't clear the debt and interest payments off of their ledgers and start rebuilding their capital. The lenders are similarly hobbled; no one trusts them, knowing full well that assets worth 30 cents on the dollar are still being valued at a full dollar on their balance sheets.
The broader economy and government tax receipts both suffer as velocity of lending, borrowing, investing and spending all shrivel in this atmosphere of false numbers, false hopes and false values.
It is difficult to measure this trend, as everyone involved has a keen interest in playing for time, hoping against hope that a resurgence of bubble-era valuations saves them from writedowns, insolvency and bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, popped bubbles no longer hold air. You can blow and blow and blow and they never reinflate.
Let's examine how each player resists admitting to this painfully obvious reality: the assets are no longer worth anything close to their original value.
1. Homeowners. Those with negative equity and insufficient income to pay their mortgages are bailing out because they have no choice, but many others cling on to the hope that their house will some day return to its bubble-era valuation and they can sell out--maybe even for a modest profit.
I referenced this fantasy world of hope in "Housing a Buy:" Where Is the "Real Bottom"? (November 12, 2008) with this excerpt from a recent New York Times article A Town Drowns in Debt as Home Values Plunge:
Kenny Rogers, a data security specialist, moved into Mountain House last year, buying a foreclosed property on Prosperity Street for $380,000. But the decline in values has been so fierce that he too is underwater.
The Martinezes bought their house in early 2005 for $630,000. It is now worth about $420,000. They have an interest-only mortgage, a popular loan during the boom that allows owners to forgo principal payments for a time.
But these loans eventually become unmanageable. In 2015, Mr. Martinez said, his monthly payments will be $12,000 a month. He laughed and shook his head at the absurdity of it. "
Even when faced with the cold reality of an impossibly gargantuan monthly payment, Mr. Martinez basically shrugged it off; he's staying put and hoping for the best.
"This must be the bottom" investors/speculators like Mr. Rogers also have strong motivations to hang and hope for a resurgence of valuations. "Catching the falling knife" (i.e. buying an asset on the way down) is painful, and human nature is such that bottom-fishers are loathe to admit they got in too soon. Rather than bail out as losses mount, they tend to hang tight and "hope for the best."
Anecdotally, almost everyone involved in real estate (owners, realtors, lenders, etc.) is exhibiting a strong preference for denial as an operating strategy.
It reminds me of the bubble top in 2006 in many ways. Every time I warned a friend that the market was poised for a huge decline and now might be a good time to sell, the response was the same: property here in X won't go down, it has longterm value.
Now when I tell friends to prepare for a 4-5 year depression in which incomes and asset valuations will continue sliding, they nod their heads much as they did in 2006, as if to say, that doom-and-gloom stuff is always overdone; everything will pick back up next year.
A prime reason for this resistance is the alternative--financial ruin awaits--is just too painful to contemplate. Those of us who have lost a bundle in a declining stock market know the drill all too well: we are loathe to take a 20% loss, which then becomes a 50% loss, which just depresses us further, and so we sit by frozen until it becomes a 90% loss. Now it's too late to preserve the capital that still remained when the loss was only 20%.
A great number of people are heavily invested in the idea that their homes and investment properties will bounce back for this reason: their real estate comprises the overwhelming majority of their assets. If housing doesn't pop back up, they will literally have no assets. For Baby Boomers, this possibility is often too terrifying to contemplate.
Another reason people resist accepting their house can decline in value is that they're devoting 50% or more of their earnings to their mortgage and property taxes. The commitment they're making to support their housing asset is crippling; when over 50% of your earnings going into your house, the possibility that you're forgoing everything else in life to pay the mortgage and taxes is wrenching.
As bubble-era house prices shot up, many buyers willingly accepted mortgages which ate up 50% of their take-home pay. This chart of California communities indicates that up to 25% of households are spending 50% or more on housing:
Low-income households often have to pay 50% or more to rent homes in high-cost areas such as coastal California, but the reality is that many homeowners also devote 50% or more of their earnings to housing.
Are the sacrifices this requires worth it? To say "no" is to accept a terrible blow to one's hopes for financial success and perhaps also to one's ego.
2. Lenders. There's no mystery why lenders are anxious not to accept realistic valuations on the mortgages they hold: if they did, most would instantly be declared insolvent.
Japanese banks played the same games during their 15-year long "Lost Decade." Some even loaned money to defaulted borrowers so they could make nominal interest payments on the original debt, thereby enabling the bank to maintain the fiction that the loan was in good standing.
We see the same sorts of legerdemain being played by U.S. lenders: for instance, rewriting mortgages at 3% interest only so the borrower can "afford" to make payments. The lender can then maintain the balance sheet fantasy that the mortgage is still worth its original valuation.
Those financial entities which own mortgage-backed securities are equally resistant to accepting writedowns, as this article outlines: Investment groups resist mortgage changes:
At the center of today's economic and credit crisis is the rising tide of home foreclosures, which government agencies and some large banks are trying to address by allowing borrowers to modify their mortgages.
But their efforts are likely to fall short because those entities don't control most of the nation's worst-performing loans. Instead, investment groups worldwide do, and representatives of some of them have been resistant to making such changes because it could crimp returns.
All of this is an unfortunate legacy of the trend in recent years of banks selling most of the mortgages they originated, rather than keeping them in their loan portfolios. The buyers, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Wall Street firms, would then repackage them into securities sold to investors worldwide.
CHS note: "unfortunate" now, but at the time, Wall Street was delighted to sell risky mortages as AAA-rated wonderfulness for billions of dollars in fees. Congress was equally delighted to look the other way, as its hand was in the till.
Today, about 80 percent of the $1.8 trillion in outstanding troubled mortgage loans belong to investors, according to Deutsche Bank. The rest are considered "whole loans," held by banks or government-run mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
What's clear is that contract law is preventing the companies from easily or quickly bending on this issue (renegotiating or writing down mortgages), and the government to date hasn't done anything to compel them to act differently."
3. Governments. And why wouldn't government want all the bad debt to be repudiated, written down and settled as quickly as possible? Such a writedown would result in many banks and lenders being declared insolvent, and the government would prefer to maintain the illusion of solvency in the hopes that housing will recover and save the banks from insolvency. That would be less messy than having to confess the politicos and agency chiefs had done nothing to protect the public interest during the bubble, and cheaper than having to bail out the entire banking and mortgages industries.
And let's not forget the windfall of property taxes that the housing bubble generated for local government and its public union workers. This chart only reflects the increases from 2002 to 2004; the leaps to 2006 valuations were much higher:
Here's a snapshot of Florida's ski-jump in assessments:
The stunning rise and ensuing collapse of tax revenues is a subject I've covered over the past 3 years, for instance: Post-Bubble Blues: Derailing the Property Tax Gravy Train (April 6, 2006) and Bubbling Property Taxes (April 13, 2006).
Thus it is no surprise to find government at all levels climbing into the comfy bed of hopeful thinking/denial along with lenders and borrowers, for local government budgets are already running crimson with the post-bubble declines in property and sales taxes and the fall-off in capital gains taxes reaped from all those successful "flippers" who bought and sold on the way up.
There is a terrible irony in the fact that wishful thinking and resistance to writedowns will only make the decline more painful for all involved. By putting off the day of reckoning, participants are only insuring the decline in valuations and assets will be even deeper, as the steady erosion of values will have no discernable end.
If a global writedown of all impaired real estate assets could be forced now, the rebuilding of capital and trust could begin right away. But the trend to resisting writedowns and losses is firmly in place, and there is little evidence that any participants want to reverse this pernicious trend anytime soon.
More comments on "Joshua Bell plays the subway." Readers found interesting things to say about A Ringing Bell: More Than Music at Play (The Politics of Experience) (November 15, 2008). (The original entry was Crowds Ignore World Renowned Violinist: What Does This Say? (November 13, 2008).
Gavril M.
I enjoyed the piece. I wanted to tell you that a similar experience was done in Budapest about 35 years ago. I saw it on TV when still in Romania, (we were watching the Hungarian TV). So what they did was to place one of the top classical music students to play the violin on a crowded street corner during the morning rush hour. Filmed him with a hidden camera.
For a while nothing happened few people threw him a coin or two. Then an old man stopped. Asked him questions like: Who are you, the violinist answered I am just a gypsy beggar, where did you learn to play like this? and he says my father taught me... you should know that gypsies (roma) are nomad people that are very good musicians and many of them work as musicians in pubs or at various celebrations like weddings (but never made it to a concert hall). Many gypsies live in that part of Europe.
But back to the story, so the old man is staring an saying: Unbelievable, unbelievable... Meantime other people stop and listen, and soon enough a small crowd gathers. Not necessarily music lovers but curious to see what is it all about. The old man is still trying to figure out how is this possible and keeps asking questions. Then somebody intervenes and tries to question him. Why don't you leave him alone, he is only trying to make a living. Are you a policeman or something?
Then the crowd splits, one half trying to protect the begger the other being on the part of the old man. Soon enough a real policeman appears and asks everybody to move on. They were creating a trafic jam. Then he sees the violonist and tells him to beat it.
The epilogue was that both of them, the old man and the music student were interviewed afterward on TV and everybody had a good laugh. The conclusion was that one way or another quality art finds its way and gets noticed.
Another time, another place.
Thanks for your interesting blogs."
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Holmes, John
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Asssociation of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Jones, Andy
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5 things we loved about 'Derek: The Special'
by Bill Tucker, Community Contributor @BillTuckerTSP
Apr 19, 2015 | 2:00PM
Note: This article is chock-full of spoilers, so be sure to watch the special on Netflix before reading further.
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'Derek' recap: A touching finale
After watching the final episode of Derek last year, I wrote that while I’d love to spend more time with Ricky Gervais’ lovable caretaker, I was happy with the finale. It was a lovely sendoff to a special character.
With the new one-hour special, Derek now has more than just a solid ending. It’s been brought full-circle, thanks to some fantastic writing and smart choices. There’s lots to dig into on Derek: The Special, but here are five things you’ll absolutely love about the epilogue to an amazing show.
Hannah’s Baby Bump
Much of the second series was spent on Hannah and Tom’s attempt at having a baby. In the special, they’ve finally done it. Because of Hannah’s past, this adds a river of tension through the show. Whenever she gets angry or overly stressed, we’re all praying she doesn’t have another miscarriage.
While everything ends up working out, having that looming fear adds color and weight to what turns out to be a relatively drama-free affair.
Derek’s Developing Relationships
The world let out a unanimous “aww” when Derek and Tracey went on a date in the Series Two finale. In the special, they meet for a follow-up. While the setting and menu are adorable (of course everything has cheese on it; who doesn’t love cheese?), some caravan-rocking afterward raised my eyebrows.
Of course, it was just some innocent pogo-stick jumping, but it was nice to see Derek spend time with someone outside the home. A person so tender and selfless with his time deserves a little of it sent back his way.
The Light at the End of Kev’s Tunnel
Kev has always been most emotionally divisive character on Derek. We love his shameless grossness, yet fear for his health. In the special, Kev officially hits rock-bottom, and it takes some tough love from Hannah to bring him around.
Like everything in Derek, this isn’t a Hallmark movie moment. Hannah’s verbal bitch slap is brutally honest and direct. His quiet agreement to quit boozing comes from a genuine place: heartbreak for failing his dearest friend. It’s another example of excellent writing, and stays true to the spirit of the show.
… But He’s Still Kev
Even through his commitment to stop drinking, Kev is still Kev. Kev’s latest batch of disgusting catchphrases are incredibly funny (the “five-knuckle shuffle” and “SPLAT” come to mind). It would have been unrealistic to have him instantly become a saint.
Luckily, his unapologetic wedding speech proves people in recovery don’t immediately become perfect. It’s a process. Having Kev continue to have his irreverent personality is a dead-on depiction of how it all works. He’ll probably stumble a thousand times on his journey, but at least he’s trying.
Coming Full-Circle
Tom and Hannah naming their newborn after Derek may seem a bit cheesy, but in the context of the show, it’s wonderful. The focus of the entire series has been kindness, so when the happy couple name their baby after our favorite caretaker, it’s the ultimate expression of selflessness.
This final moment brings the entire series full-circle. We have a new baby Derek who, raised by two amazing parents, will be just as kind as the caretaker he was named after. Kindness breeds kindness—and few shows have captured that sentiment better than Derek. This final special is the bow we didn’t expect, but are extremely happy has arrived.
Always remember: #BeLikeDerek.
Derek is available on Netflix.
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I cheated on my wife with a guy
Hey everyone I was out at a party the other night and we were all drinking quite a bit. I’m married but my wife wasn’t with me at the time. This guy offered me some Molly and I hadn’t ever done that before but for whatever reason I said sure. We were in his room and as it started kicking in he started touching me and eventually started blowing me. He wanted me to blow him which I wasn’t really opposed too. I’d never tried it before and I had been curious but never thought I would actually do it. That part was fun but then he wanted me to fuck him and I’m not a fan of anal so I kind of mumbled no thank you. Then he said alright then he’s gonna fuck me and I told him I’m not really in the mood but he went for it anyway. We did that for a while and then I just told him I had to go. I don’t think he finished. I’m kind of freaking out now because I’ve never cheated on my wife and we didn’t use protection. I’m obviously gonna tell her about it I just feel so stupid for drinking too much and doing all that. My throat has been a little sore and I felt like I was getting sick but it’s getting better so I’m hoping I didn’t catch anything. Idk what to do though. I just feel horrible.
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Dont tell your wife. don't have sex with your wife, see a doctor and get tested now.
When I was in college a dorm mate who was gay talked me into trying gay sex. Out of curiosity I did it and loved it. I am in the closet and married.
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CONWAY -- The fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast will be held Friday, Jan. 14 at the University of Central Arkansas. The breakfast will begin at 9 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom 205B.
"The purpose of this breakfast is to celebrate the spiritual legacy, the moral courage and fortitude that Dr. King brought to the social justice movement of this country," said Angela Jackson, director of the Office of Minority Student Services.
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The 2011 Small Works on Paper art exhibition will kick off its statewide tour Thursday, Jan. 6, at Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) in Conway. Presented by the Arkansas Arts Council, the exhibition will be on display from Jan. 6-27 in the AETN Atrium on 350 S. Donaghey St. An opening reception, which will include talks by the artists, is slated for 2-4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 8, at the atrium. The reception is free and open to the public.
Hours for the exhibition are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
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A donation drive will be held at Tractor Supply in Sherwood to benefit Po Folks Rescue shelter on Friday from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
They say they are in serious need of bedding (towels, sheets, old blankets, hay) as well as toys, treats and food. Recently, the rescue has had many dogs released for adoption that come from abusive and neglectful situations. All the animals have been socialized and are spayed or neutered, as well as up to date on shots.
Po Folks Rescue is located at #4 Gail Lane in Conway if anyone would like to drop off donations or adopt. Call 501-470-9049 for more information.
The Arkansas ASPCA will also be at Tractor Supply on Friday, selling gourmet dog cookies.
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CONWAY -- Winter commencement exercises at the University of Central Arkansas are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Farris Center on the UCA campus. More than 700 degrees will be conferred during two ceremonies.
Commencement exercises for the Colleges of Business, Education, and Fine Arts and Communication will be held 10 a.m. Graduates from the Colleges of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the University College will receive their degrees during commencement services slated at 1:30 p.m.
UCA President Allen Meadors will give the commencement address. Dr.
Mayflower High School Service Club Presents the Mayor with a Microchip Scanner
Thursday, December 16th, 2010, 11:36am
Mayflower, AR — December 16, 2010 — The newly-formed Mayflower Animal Freaks, a school service club, elected officers just in time to present mayor Randy Holland with a state-of-the art microchip scanner at the last city council meeting of the year, which will be December 21. The scanner with a retail value of over $350, will be logged in as city property and then go to the animal control department to help reunite lost pets with their owners.
Mayflower doesn’t have a humane society, and the animal control officer position is part time. There was a great need, and the students formed the club to be of service to their community. Being able to quickly return pets to their owners will save the city money due to less time and expense housing lost pets.
According to Stacy Uptain, faculty sponsor of the club, “These great kids are going to spend part of their Christmas vacation raising funds to help pay for spay/neuter and microchipping services, which t
UCA Event to Celebrate Kwanzaa
Monday, December 6th, 2010, 10:03am
CONWAY -- The University of Central Arkansas's Office of Minority Student Services is hosting a program to celebrate Kwanzaa. The event begins at 7 p.m., Dec. 7 in the Student Center Ballroom on the UCA campus.
Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called "The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa" or Nguzo Saba, which focuses onbuilding and reinforcing family, community and culture among African American people as well as Africans throughout the world. Kwanzaa is observed Dec. 26 - Jan. 1.
For more information, contact Angela Jackson, interim director of the Office of Minority Student Services at angelaj@uca.edu or (501) 450-3135.
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DEPOR'S PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DUTY
Six players are participating with their national squads during the following four days. The best news is that Capdevila has returned to Spain's national team and it seems that he will be a starter in today's game against Sweden. That match is crucial in the way to the EURO 2008. Aouate is other player that will participate in this eliminatory.
Joan Capdevila and Dudu Aouate are the two players that are facing the most important challenges. The Catalan defender will be part of the 'revolution' in Spain after a disappointing start in the eliminatory. Coach Luis Aragon?©s will introduce four changes to the squad that will face a crucial test against Sweden in Stockholm, and Capdevila is one of them.
Spain is in a difficult situation after an unexpected defeat against Northern Ireland (2-3), Spain is sixth in the group F with only three points, and a win will give more serenity to a squad that has been severely criticised during the last days. The expected lineup for this match is: Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Juanito, Puyol, Capdevila - Angulo, Albelda, Iniesta, Fabregas - Fernando Torres, David Villa.
Aouate will also play an important game in the road to the EURO 2008. Israel is optimistic about their possibilities and shares group E first place with England after two victories in the same number of matches. Now, they have to face a tough challenge: Russia at Moscow. A win or even a draw will increase the chances of Israel in order to play for the first time in the final tournament.
Fabricio Coloccini and Julian de Guzm??n will participate in friendly matches with their national teams. Argentina will face Spain on Wednesday and Coloccini might play against his team mate Capdevila, this game will take place in Murcia. Meanwhile, De Guzm??n will play with Canada in Sunday's friendly game against Jamaica.
Finally, the Spanish youngsters Javier Arizmendi and Antonio Barrag??n were concentrated with the U-21 squad during yesterday's 0-0 draw against Italy in Modena. This game was the first-leg eliminatory in the play-offs for the European Championship that will take place in the Netherlands during June of the next year. Spain has now the advantage since they will face Italy once again on Tuesday, this time the game will be played in Palencia and with the support of the Spanish fans, a victory will give the pass to the final tournament.
Arizmendi played as starter against Italy, the Madrilian striker performed as right winger, a position that he has been occupied in Deportivo during the last weeks. Depor's player had a poor performance since his work was constantly blocked by the Italians. He was replaced by Cazorla at minute 76th. The hero of this match was Miguel Angel Moya, the Mallorca keeper saved his team in several occasions during the last minutes of the game. Meanwhile, Barrag??n didn't participated in the match, although he should be happy since its the first time that he has been called up to the U-21 squad. The starting lineup presented by coach I?±aki Sanz was: Moya - Fla?±o, Melli, Albiol, Garrido - Arizmendi, Zapater, Ra??l Garc?a, Silva, Gavil??n - Kepa.
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Hue Imperial City & Hai Van Pass
A great journey to visit Hue Royal City ‘s main attractions with your personal driver acting as your guide with master local knowledge.
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The trip is completed with recharging your day with our best local foods of Hue as your lunch with one bottle of Hue local beer.Because Hue royal cuisines is one of the best in Vietnam.The journey is worth of every single penny.
Here are some suggested locations to visit:
1.Hai Van Pass:
A contender for the most famous road in Vietnam, the Hai Van Pass is a short but scenic route winding around a mountainside above the East Sea, on the central coast. Đèo Hải Vân – Ocean Cloud Pass – is famous for a number of reasons: as a geographic and political boundary between ancient kingdoms; as a climatic divide between the tropical south and the subtropical north; and as a strategic military post during times of war, both ancient and modern. But, most recently, the Hai Van Pass is famous, quite simply, as a great road trip linking the popular central Vietnamese destinations of Hoi An, Danang, and Hue. For Vietnamese and foreign road-trippers alike, the Hai Van Pass is a favourite ride, its fame bolstered by the popularity of the Top Gear Vietnam Special (2008), in which the presenters waxed lyrical about the pass, inspiring a generation of travellers to take to the road on two wheels and hit the Hai Van Pass. Although it’s certainly not the greatest road in Vietnam, the Hai Van Pass is still a lot of fun to ride, with excellent views, light traffic, and easy access from several cities.
2.Khai Dinh Tomb:
Tomb of Khai Dinh is located on the slope of Chau Chu Mountain (also called Chau E), 10km from Hue City.
In comparison with those of the preceding emperors, Khai Dinh’s tomb is much smaller in surface (117m x 48.5m) but it is very elaborate. It is the result of the interminglement of many architectural trends: European and Asian, as well as ancient and modern.The construction of the tomb was started on September 4th, 1920 and lasted for 11 years. The overall construction of the tomb is an emerging rectangular structure with 127 steps, leaning against the mountain.- Entering the tomb area, one should climb a 37 steps gate with the biggest dragons in the country forming the side walls. In the courtyard, line two rows of left and right altar built according to traditional configuration of “double storeys with eight roofs”, but all the rafters are made of reinforced concrete.
Climbing 29 further steps, one is reaching the imperial audience court, in the centre of which stands the octagonal stele monument also made of reinforced concrete. On both sides of the courtyard, two rows of statues are facing towards the court center. In addition to these statues, similar to those of the other tombs, there are six more couples representing bodyguard soldiers.
These statues are made of stone, a material very rare in Khai Dinh’s tomb. The courtyard is flanked on both sides by two high and imposing pillars. Visitors have to go up three more levels in order to reach the altar monument. The Khai Thanh Palace is the main room of the Thien Dinh Palace, which contains many connecting rooms. The walls are densely decorated and inlaid with elaborate glass and porcelain designs. The floor is covered with enameled flowers bricks and the ceiling is painted with nine dragons, appearing in fine fleeting clouds.The rear room of the Khai Thanh Palace constitutes the main temple, which contains the statue of Khai Dinh, his grave and his altar. The tomb of Khai Dinh is one of the most surprising among the royal tombs of Hue.
2.Thien Mu Pagoda:
Location: Thien Mu Pagoda is situated on Ha Khe Hill, on the left bank of the Perfume River, in Huong Long Village, 5km from center of Hue City.
Characteristic: It was built in 1601, and then Lord Nguyen Phuc Tan had it renovated in 1665. In 1710, Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu had a great bell cast (2.5m high; 3,285kg) and in 1715, he had a stele (2.58m high) erected on the back of a marble tortoise.
The name of the pagoda comes from a legend: a long ago, an old woman appeared on the hill where the pagoda stands today. She told local people that a Lord would come and build a Buddhist pagoda for the country’s prosperity. Lord Nguyen Hoang, on hearing that, ordered the construction of the pagoda of the “Heavenly Lady”.
Several kings of the Nguyen Dynasty such as Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri and Thanh Thai, all had the pagoda restored. Phuoc Duyen Tower (at first called Tu Nhan Tower) was erected in 1884 by King Thieu Tri. This octagonal tower has seven storeys (21m high). Dai Hung shrine, the main-hall, presents a magnificent architecture.As well as bronze cast statues, it shelters some precious antiques: the bronze gong cast in 1677, the wooden gilded board with Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu’s inscriptions (1714). On both sides of the pagoda are a room for the bonzes and a guest-room for visitors.
3.Hue Imperial Citadel:
Set up by Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 to 1945, is now one amongst the relics of the Hue ancient Capital – the World Cultural Heritage, capturing much of tourists’ attention.
The poetic and beautiful Hue of Vietnam was chosen to be the capital of the Southern Kingdom under Nguyen Lords’ Dynasty, and officially became the nation’s capital under Tay Son Dynasty, King Quang Trung. The citadel palace complex is located on the North bank of Huong River (Perfume River), inside Hue city. It is a huge complex covering an area of 520ha and comprising three circles of ramparts, Kinh Thanh Hue (Hue Capital Citadel), Hoang Thanh (Royal Citadel) and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). It was said to be protected by the two sand dunes: The Con Hen and Con Da Vien on the Perfume River, as “dragon on the left, tiger on the right”. If you are in Hue, please join us in this small journey exploring the beautiful feudal palace, the inspiration for numerous artists ever stepping inside!
The very first stop-over is the exterior circle, the Kinh Thanh Hue (Hue capital citadel), which started to be constructed in 1805 under the reign of Emperor Gia Long and was completed in 1832 under the sovereignty of Emperor Ming Mang. Over the past 200 years, it has still maintained original with nearly 140 small and large constructions. With a square shape, it is almost 10km in circumference, 6m high, 21m thick, with 10 entrances. On the top of the walls, 24 bastions are established for defensive purposes. Besides, the Citadel has an ancillary gate connecting the Tran Binh Bastion called the Tran Binh Mon (Peaceful protector Gate).
Now we get further into the second circle, the Hoang Thanh (Royal citadel), also the most important part of the Citadel, which was built in 1804 but totally completed in 1833, under King Ming Mang’s reign. The Citadel, which is more than 600m long for each side, was built with bricks of 4m high, and 1m thick. Around the citadel is a protecting trench system. Tourists can get access to the Imperial Citadel through four entrance gates. In the past, Ngo Mon Gate was only reserved for the King. Royal Citadel consists of more than 100 fascinating architectural works divided into numerous sections:
Section of the Ngo Mon Gate and the Thai Hoa Palace: used for various grand ceremonies.
Section for placing shrines of the Kings under Nguyen Dynasty: Trieu Mieu, Thai Mieu, Hung Mieu, The Mieu and Phung Tien Temples.
Section of internal affairs office: Storehouse for precious objects, workshop for manufacturing various useful articles.
Section of the Kham Van Palace and Co Ha Garden: is where the princes studied or relaxed.
Passing through Hoang Thanh, we enter Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). Situated inside the Imperial Citadel complex, behind the Throne Palace, the Purple Forbidden Citadel was reserved for Emperor and his family. Built in the early 1803 under reign of Emperor Gia Long, it was initially named Cung Thanh. In 1821, it was renamed into the today’s Tu Cam Thanh.
This citadel part was built with brick walls of 3.72m high, 0.72m thick, and about 1,230m in circumference. Its front and back sides are 324m long respectively, while the left and right sides are both more than 290m long. The whole site consists of 50 architectural constructions of different sizes and 7 gates for facilitating the entrance and exit. Dai Cung Mon (the Great Palace Gate) is in the front side, only reserved for the Kings. Can Chanh Palace was the place for daily working of Emperors. Can Thanh (Emperor’s Private Palace), Khon Thai Residence (Queen’s Private Apartment) were reserved for the Queens. There are still many other sections, for instance, Duyet Thi Duong house (Royal Theatre), Thuong Thien (the kitchen for the Kings’ food), Thai Binh Lau (King’s reading room), all of which are of great architectural value, luring uncountable visitors who are interested in feudal architecture.
Should you ever come inside the citadel, taking a look into the special feudal relics of immense architectural and cultural values, you will surely more or less love the traditional and classical side of Vietnam. As time goes by, thousands of changes have occurred, the precious historical and classical beauty of the nation would never be gone!
4.Perfume River:
Perfume River spans approximately 80 kilometres in length, flowing from Truong Son Mountain through Hue City Centre and Bang Lang Fork. The river was given its name over 100 years ago, due to the scent of flowers that dropped in the water from upriver orchards. As the strong floral scent was carried through the river during autumnal months, it resulted in locals naming it as Perfume River. Today, it may not smell as fragrant due to modernisation and the increasing number of riverboats but it’s still one of the most popular landmarks in Hue. The waterfront gets very lively in the evening. Local youths often flock to the park to enjoy breathtaking sunset views of Perfume River. The Trang Tien Bridge (Cau Truong Tien) also becomes illuminated with colourful LED lights, resulting in an impressive sight.
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Visit Hai Van Pass.
Visit Khai Dinh.
Have Local Lunch in Hue.
Visit Hue Imperial Citadel
Visit Thien Mu Pagoda.
Visit Perfume River.
Return Hoian or Danang city aound 6.pm.
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Cold towel and cold mineral water.
Road fees,Hai Van tunnel.
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“Guitar Memories” Released
1 June 2017 – 9:12 am Posted in Articles' List, General Information, Instrument & Playing, News, Releases, Western Classical Music
The album “Guitar Memories” consists of the performance of baroque to recent era masterpieces, by Mehrdad Mahdavi, and is published by Tanin-e Honar Publication.
In this album there are pieces composed and arranged by artists such as: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Anton Logy, Fernando Sor, Yuquijiro Yocoh, Leo Brouwer.
Parviz Meshkatian’s Heart Beat for People (I)
Amidst the popularity of traditionalism in the Iranian music, Parviz Meshkatian (1955- 2009) moved from Neyshabur to Tehran. He learnt to play Santour and became educated in the Radif of Iranian music at the Centre for Preservation and Promotion of Music which was at the forefront of promoting the return to musical traditions. Despite his studies at a centre which promoted the use of the phrase “traditional music” in Iran, Parviz Meshkatian emerged as a creative artist whose innovative and unique ideas attracted the admiration of Iranian artists and people from different walks of life. This article studies the reason behind Meshkatian’s deviation from the wrong approach of traditionalism strongly promoted by the Centre and argues that apart from the issue of theory of Iranian music, he can be considered as Ali Naqi Vaziri’s successor.
Farshad Sanjari, Forgotten Iranian Conductor Met His Tragic End
Farshad Sanjari, one of the most renowned Iranian conductors in the 1970s in Iran died after fire broke in his apartment in Vienna on November 22, 2019. Farshad Sanjari was not involved in politics; however, he was one of the victims of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, his name was never seen as the conductor of any programmes.
Gholam Reza Khan Minbashian: a pioneer in Iranian music (II)
Gholam Reza Khan Minbashian: a pioneer in Iranian music (I)
Polyphony in Iranian Music (VI)
Prominent Iranian Musicologist Passes Away in Vienna
Polyphony in Iranian Music (V)
Violin’s inner mold, an essential factor in developing the idea of violin
Three singers in one larynx
Avaye Naerika Percussion Orchestra
Polyphony in Iranian Music (IV)
Polyphony in Iranian Music (III)
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Principles of Violin Playing (II)
Since for playing violin, it’s necessary that the player’s palms and fingers be inclined toward the fingerboard, therefore, the player, while bringing up his hand, should turn it toward the fingerboard.
From the Last Instrumentalist to the First Composer (II)
Rouhollah Khaleghi was the master of composing beautiful melodies. He was the premier of the course of history which was first established by Ali Naghi Vaziri and which improved the Iranian music from simply a gathering music to the classical music of the country. First efforts to compose independent and instrumental music can be also traced in Khaleghi’s works.
Principles of Violin Playing (I)
The present series of training articles, “Principles of Violin Playing”, seek to help students, to appropriately understand this field, by gradually introducing, categorizing, and teaching the myriad relevant points. One of the principles of playing violin, which must be always kept in mind, is that the selection of the most natural position for the body parts while playing is the best and most appropriate solution. As a matter of fact, any unnatural body part position which requires lots of energy or unusual stretching to maintain, is wrong.
A Promising Concert by National Instruments Orchestra
The National Instruments Orchestra of Iran performed its first concert amid much hope and anxiety on July 18, 2015. The Orchestra is founded by Roudaki Cultural and Arts Foundation which is a semi-private foundation in Iran. The Arts Director for the National Instruments Orchestra of Iran is cand the Orchestra Executive Director is Sadjad Pourghand.
Principles of Violin Playing (III)
Violin players should always pay attention to the proper position of the left thumb and other points related to it and to its joining point to the palm.
Women Musicians in Large Iranian Orchestras
It is more than a century now that the sociologists consider the presence of women in different social domains as a benchmark for a society’s progress. They analyze the presence of women in society by the means of available statistics. Unfortunately, as with regard to the Iranian society, statistics related to women’s engagement, has not been available to the researchers, if they existed at all.
HarmonyTalk Celebrates 11th Anniversary
April 6 marks the anniversary of launching HarmonyTalk.com. Back in 2004, HarmonyTalk was rather a blog dedicated to music. Gradually, however, it found its way to becoming a more sophisticated journal with an intensive but not exclusive concentration on classical music.
A note on “Illusion or Ingenuity” article
The author of the “Illusion or Ingenuity” article, who is apprehensive of the future of the Music in Iran, enumerates some symptoms of the music weakening in the country for example decreasing in the quality of the music as well as lack of the innovation in creating them, a gradual decline in the music public taste and the drop in the application of layered sound and polyphony in music. He explains that one reason for this gradual weakening might be our unawareness of the fact that we are not so intelligent nation. He believes that we, Iranians, have a comprehensive “Illusion of the high national intelligence “that make us ignorant of the unfavorable realities of our music and consequently no searching for the remedy is taking place. His point of view brings to the mind a patient who thinks he is healthy, therefore delays the treatment and finally is killed by the disease. The author also refers to the national difficulties which gradually will lower the national intelligence score such as the increased rate of the immigration and brain drain, low quality of the nutrition, incompetence of the education system and etc and predicts that the condition of the music of Iran might deteriorate in the future because of the mentioned illusion of its great status.
Developments in Iranian Music Since Qajar Era (III)
Developments in Composing
Along with developments in the Iranian instruments, composition of the Iranian pieces developed as well. As a matter of fact, the developments of the two, mutually affected each other. In other words, instrumental developments led to developments in composition and vice versa.
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IRGC Helps "Latin Americans" Establish Basij Force
By Ahmad Majidyar | Fellow and Director of IranObserved Project - The Middle East Institute | Jan 11, 2017
In the latest indication of Iran’s efforts to expand its ideological and political influence in parts of Latin America, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has revealed that it provides training to Latin Americans in how to create and utilize the Iranian model of paramilitary Basij Force.
“A team from Latin America came to our country to receive training in how to establish the Basij,” said Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the head of IRGC’s cultural and social affairs, on January 9. He added that the trainees “gravitated toward Islam and were commending Iran’s resistance and achievements.”
In the past, Naqdi has reportedly helped Venezuela’s Ministries of Defense and Interior in training their notorious civilian militias, known as the colectivos’. In 2015, Fox News released Naqdi’s photos at a 2009 meeting with Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez in Caracas.
The Islamic Republic’s founder Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini established the Basij Force after the 1979 revolution. It has presence in all Iranian provinces, advancing the regime’s ideological and political agenda. Members of the organization, which is now under the IRGC’s leadership, function as religious activists, aid workers, intelligence agents, moral police, and more. Basijis are well trained in how to quell riots and suppress uprisings. It played an instrumental role in the bloody regime crackdown against the Green Movement protests that shook Iran after the 2009 controversial presidential elections. Last month, Iran’s Supreme Leader appointed Gholamhossein Ghaibparvar as the new commander of the Basij.
Recently, the Basij Force has also actively recruited “volunteers” inside Iran to fight in Syria. The IRGC has also emulated the success of the Basij to mobilize Afghan, Pakistani, Iraqi and Lebanese Shiites to fight for Iran’s interests in the Arab world. Last year, IRGC’s elite Quds Force commander, Qassem Suleimani, bragged that Basij forces had been instrumental in exporting Iranian revolution across the region. “Islamic movements such as Hezbollah of Lebanon and Palestinian Hamas received inspiration and spiritual aid from Basij. This is why Iran’s flag would fly in those countries.”
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An Amnesty
Right, you MPs.
There has been a lot of misbehaving going on, so I am proposing an amnesty. No names, no pack drill.
After finishing this Sainsbury egg and sausage sandwich with no sausage in it, I shall be leaving the vicinity for the weekend. When I come back, I expect to see all the recently stolen freedoms returned to where they belong.
Is that clear?
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Kick Away The Ladder, I'm OK
Tuesday night was a blast. A fine evening was polished off with a fine meal, in a fine restaurant, in a fine little village. A village, in fact, that featured in the national press a few years ago as containing a very high percentage of millionaires.
Which would be why, naturally, there was some loud-mouthed knob-gobbler on an adjacent table, availing himself of pricey cuisine, whilst explaining (deliberately?) loudly to his partner how the country was ruined by Thatcher, and that parents who send their kids to private or grammar schools are only doing so because they are 'snobs', are merely massaging their own egos, and have no care for the welfare of their children.
He didn't actually have 'cunt' tattooed on his forehead, but if he'd been sitting in the same seat, at the same time of day, on a Saturday night when the local rugby club tend to dine there, he may well have left decorated as such.
I was too mellow to react in customary style, and I didn't want this prick to put a dampener on my evening. A quick glance around other tables tended to suggest I was correct in my lethargy. Far from his pronouncements being taken seriously, there were quite a few knowing smirks.
You see, he was extremely well-spoken, and impeccably dressed. His very presence on a Tuesday night would lend itself to the assumption that he was probably rather well off himself and had, perhaps, benefitted from such an education to be so. Now, if that is the case, his argument falls flat and he is no more a beacon of socialism than Polly fucking Toynbee. The most execrable trait in those who have gained success on the back of education which they despise, is the inverted snobbery which dictates that the ladder must be kicked away for others who may well aspire to the same.
Now, there is the remote chance (you had to be there, and know the area, really) that he was a state boy done good. And if so, I would truly congratulate him. Except for the fact that, as socialists do, he was advocating a destruction of choice for those with whom his politics disagree. His view also shows a complete lack of regard for the consequences of the policies he was espousing, as Eamonn Butler mentioned yesterday.
Scrapping private education would place a huge additional burden on the state – leaving it with larger class sizes, or leaving taxpayers with higher taxes – all to fund the education of wealthier kids who the rest of us aren't paying for right now.
So, if this numbskull's ideas were to be followed through, the options for state school attendees would be further squeezed, and anyone who wished to become the state boy done good in the future would have a much more difficult task.
The ladder being kicked away. Again.
It matters not how this odious fucknut came into being, or how he managed to be successful enough to be enjoying an over-priced meal in a millionaires' playground in the middle of a recession. Either way, his disregard for others is stunning.
Such is the evil, selfish, nature of socialism. Politics of envy or assuaging of self-guilt. Neither is useful, but both are truly damaging.
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How Labour Work
When proposing ideological fuckwittery, Labour simply can't admit defeat, even when comprehensively destroyed by their own MSM mouthpiece, can they?
Having been proven, by his own admission, to have misled the house as to the scale of sex trafficking by regurgitating something he read in the Daily Mirror, of all organs, Denis McShane later admitted ...
I honestly don't know how many girls are trafficked into Britain
In which case, why didn't he just shut his ridiculous, lefty gob on the matter, instead of standing up and disseminating wild hysteria in the commons? I think we ought to know.
My guess would be that he is a Labour man, through and through. He doesn't care if what he says is correct, just that it fits Labour's anti-prostitution agenda. In fact, in this case, he doesn't even bother using some of the time that we fucking pay for, to properly research the matter. Just a quick skim of the Mirror before turning to Andy Capp will do. Then off to Westminster for a bit of a blather.
It must have truly stung him to be so publicly destroyed about it on Newsnight though, as this article in the Independent tends to illustrate.
Joan Smith: Make no mistake: sex trafficking is real
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, Joan, love. The evidence would tend to confirm the latter, mind. But then you would say as you do, seeing as you are quite close to Denis McShane.
She is currently romantically involved with Denis MacShane, a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
This was pointed out in the comments of the online edition, but how many read the dead tree version and would not have made any connection?
And there we have it. McShane lied to parliament in order to bring in legislation which fit his personal objectives. He was brought to book for this on national TV, but showed no remorse, merely a wish that those who highlighted his shortcomings be removed.
Perhaps it is time to ask middle-aged male grandees from the Guardian and Newsnight to step aside and allow a different journalism (?) to examine the problem.
And, if that doesn't wash, simply get the other half to write a misdirectional piece without declaring an interest.
Oh yeah, and don't forget to gemmy the chiiildren into it somehow. I know it's difficult when talking about contracts between adults, but it has to be done.
It's a clash between people clinging to antiquated ideas from the 1960s – that men are entitled to sex whenever they want it – and those of us with a modern view of the rights of women and children.
There's a good girl. Have a biscuit.
Labels: Don't Vote Labour, Good Grief, Hammer cracking nut, Labour Lies, Righteous lunatics, Shysters
No Halloween Cakes In Thames Valley Either
Having heard today that I passed some high-fallutin' professional qualification exams, there won't be much from me tonight as I intend to get gently shit-faced ... and Fanny P has offered to dust off the once-thought-mythical purse, and pay the bill. What a day!
I can but report, thanks to an eagle-eyed fellow jewel robber, that the advancement of flour and eggs to the banned substances list in autumn, is becoming a nationwide phenomenon.
Those oiks in East London are being made to look a bit chavvy by the home counties, too. Thames Valley police have kindly printed up posters for local retailers. All special, like.
Labels: Collective punishment, Good Grief, You cannot be serious
Laugh Or Cry?
Snickers have unveiled a new ad campaign in their Mr T series. And the messages are undoubtedly a joy. The general thrust being ... this.
However, as the yank referring site alludes to, the boomed voice of Mr T pointing out UK fuckwittery and bad manners tends to further highlight the surveillance nation we have become.
Also, interesting creative choice by Snickers and their agency ABV BBDO, considering the invasiveness of the UK’s actual surveillance network.
Which links to ...
In a shockingly egregious use of surveillance, even for nostril-inspecting authorities in England, the government plans on expanding a social experiment that places families with behavioral problems under 24-hour watch—in their own homes! Referred to as “sin bins,” the households are monitored with CCTV cameras to “ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.” About 2,000 families have been subjected to the program so far, but there’s plans to enroll 10x that amount in the next two years. Of course the U.S. has a similar concept whereby dysfunctional families are given the chance to share their indignity with strangers, they’re called “reality shows.”
The ads are an extension of that idea, with Mr T (or most probably a soundalike) using technology to berate wrong-doers, much as has already begun to be used against us.
Big Brother is not only watching you - now he's barking orders too. Britain's first 'talking' CCTV cameras have arrived, publicly berating bad behaviour and shaming offenders into acting more responsibly.
The system allows control room operators who spot any anti-social acts - from dropping litter to late-night brawls - to send out a verbal warning: 'We are watching you'.
So how are we supposed to take this ad campaign? The targets most definitely deserve the comedic nudge, but while feeling triumphal in viewing them, it's hard not to experience a sharp embarrassment that the yanks are laughing their tits off at our governors' willingness, both local and national, to allow our country to degrade so far.
Judge for yourself. I laughed ... while at the same time feeling a nagging sense of humiliation and anger.
Labels: Big Brother, Chilling, Quirky, There's something very wrong with this country
The Great Rock And Roll Climate Change Swindle
It would seem that Muse were declared the "Best act in the world today" at this afternoon's Q Awards in London.
As befits such a prestigious honour, they turned up in person at the Grosvenor Hotel to pick it up. Here they are on the red carpet.
Which is quite amazing considering they played Oslo last night, and are due to perform in Copenhagen this evening. That's some serious high carbon footprint jetting around, right there.
Is this really the same band who pulled out of the Wembley Live Earth gig to avoid being accused of hypocrisy?
Frontman Matt revealed there might be a scheduling problem for the band, which could determine whether they take part or not:
"There's an issue. We've got a gig that same day in Ireland, so we need to work out if we can make it or not, that's basically what it depends on."
The band laughed off suggestions of 'doing a Phil Collins' and chartering a jet or helicopter to ensure they can take part:
"Private jets for climate change?! Not sure about that! That seems a bit on the edge to me. That's actually the issue to be honest, so we need to think about it."
And the same band who are fully behind the Eden Project's 'Edge' campaign?
Muse And Pulp Unite For Climate Change Campaign
Muse and Pulp are among a number of bands who have come together to help build a visionary new centre to tackle the issue of climate change.
I think it is, you know.
Now, either they're just not very good at this climate change activist lark, or they're milking the global warming bandwagon for all the publicity and benefit that can be derived from it.
Gongs all round.
Labels: Curious, Environ-Mentalists, Good Grief, You cannot be serious
Why Not Just Eat The Dog?
Forget revolution by the disaffected. It's quite possible that ever-increasing righteous lunacy could spark some giggleworthy violent confrontations amongst right-on groups.
Just last week I mentioned the call for a ban on Halal and Kosher, which could pit animal rights groups against Judaism and Islam. Now it seems that the enviro-loons are getting in on the act by advising that we change our choice of pet to save the planet, thereby seeing PETA's 'save the sea kittens' stake, and raising it big time by going 'all-in' with domesticating, and eating, rabbits and chickens instead.
The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers have found.
Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens or rabbits
"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda Vale said.
"A lot of people worry about having SUVs but they don't worry about having Alsatians and what we are saying is, well, maybe you should be because the environmental impact ... is comparable."
Divide and conquer, it would seem, is not a one way street.
Of course, the simple solution is just to cut the crap and eat the dog. And why not? Some do.
Here's one prepared earlier.
I don't know much about the rich, but at some point, the righteous may very well eat themselves. Wouldn't that be a fight worth buying on pay-per-view?
H/T WUWT
Labels: Environ-Mentalists, Good Grief, Righteous lunatics, You cannot be serious
Epic Authoritarian Fail In Ireland
The Irish tobacco controllers have been achieving some spectacular results recently.
Smoking rate soars up to one third despite ban
A THIRD of the Irish population now smokes, a new survey reveals.
A survey of 4,082 people this summer revealed that 33pc of the Irish population had taken up or continued to smoke.
It is the highest smoking rate recorded here in the past 11 years, according to the EU's 'HELP -- For A Life Without Tobacco' campaign.
The survey, which was conducted between March and September, revealed the largest group of smokers -- 45pc -- is aged between 16 and 30.
Still, at least the anti-smoking loons' efforts have contributed to a massive reduction in other areas.
Property brokers now estimate prices for pubs have sunk as much as 40pc with Ireland suffering the worst collapse in its modern history.
In Ireland, sales are tumbling as unemployment edges beyond 12pc and taxes rise. That's amplifying a trend toward drinking at home, started by the 2004 ban on smoking in public places.
At least 4,800 pub jobs were cut in the past year, the Vintners Federation of Ireland said in an August report.
Sterling work, I think you'll agree.
Labels: Elsewhere, Incompetence, Smoking Ban, Stupidocracy
Welcome To Britain
Via OH, a message from one of my favourite military East-Angulans.
Labels: Don't Vote Labour, End of Free Country, Quirky
A Sentence Worse Than Death?
You don't see this sort of thing in the Dolmio adverts, do you?
PALERMO, Sicily - A Sicilian builder transferred from prison to house arrest tried to get himself locked up again to escape arguments with his wife at home, Italian media reported Thursday.
Gambino went to the police station and asked to be put away again to avoid arguing with his wife ...
Police charged him with violating the conditions of his sentence and made him go home and patch things up with his wife.
Poor man. Still, they do say there's always someone worse off than yourself. He should think it a colpo di fortuna he's not Jack Dromey.
Labels: Elsewhere, Quirky
Dick Out And About: Marr, Churchill, And Health Nazis
Andrew Marr ponders Churchill's modern view. What would have been Winnie's message to the healthists? (link)
Labels: Dick out and about, Illiberalism
Look. Can we just fucking bomb Scotland?
Stung by the oft-highlighted anomaly of tobacco displays being banned whilst adult mags are still permitted to be visible, Glenrothes Labour fucktard, Lindsay Roy, has decided that the discrepancy must be addressed.
Now, here's a little pop quiz for you. Does he:
a) Relax one rule to fit in with the other? Or ...
b) Propose even more overweening quaker-like legislation?
Clue: He is a Labour MP. And he is Scottish.
FRONT PAGE CAMPAIGN
Roy, Lindsay
That this House believes that politicians, retailers, publishers and distributors have a collective responsibility to protect children and young people from displays of sexually graphic material that they are not emotionally equipped to deal with; calls for an urgent review of existing guidelines drawn up between the Home Office and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents; further believes that such a review must consider the availability of sexually graphic publications to children and young people, the positioning of these publications on the shelves of retailers, the potential for concealing these publications in bags and consider the question of age-rating such publications; and further believes that failure to follow the revised guidelines could lead to calls for legislation covering all aspects of the availability and display of sexually graphic material to children and young people throughout the retail and publishing industries.
In short, guidelines saying they must be hidden should be brought in, and if they are ignored, a new law will be implemented.
It begs the question ... why the need for guidelines if you have made your fucking mind up anyway? Don't waste our time, you prick.
Oh yeah, and can you please stop using a first name as your surname and vice versa. It's very confusing. It sounds like a woman proposing this (which would be more understandable), instead of a male, hideously puritan, recently elected, provincial lickspittle, desperate to ingratiate himself with the leaders of his discredited and megamaniacal party of prurient, disconnected Stalinists, by illustrating that he is of an equally wasteful, bansturbatory, and anti-business nature.
Anyhow. Cutting through the crap, he doesn't want you to see this in your local WH Smith.
(Click to enlarge as you no doubt want to)
But one can confidently bet that the law will not be applied as enthusiastically to this.
Because, within the Labour party, there is a distinct difference.
I don't know about you, but I'm all for Scottish independence.
Labels: Good Grief, Illiberalism, Nanny State, Puritans, Then they came for ..., WTF?
Dick Out And About: Home Smoking Ban On Its Way
Banning smoking in your own home was always on the agenda - but the assault begins this year. Official. (link)
Labels: Chilling, Dick out and about, End of Free Country, Illiberalism, Nasty Bastards, Smoking Ban, Then they came for ..., There's something very wrong with this country
How Odd
Inexplicable, even.
Rich Germans demand higher taxes
The group held a demonstration in Berlin on Wednesday to draw attention to their plans, throwing fake banknotes into the air.
Mr Vollmer said it was "really strange that so few people came".
You don't say.
The Kids Were Going To Make A Cake For Halloween But ...
UPDATE: The picture was taken in Leytonstone yesterday by friendly Dick P reader. The Evening Standard published this today.
Result.
#welovethenhs Except When Inconvenient
There has been a lot of cyber noise about that human pole vault crash mat in Ipswich. The Sun have been working the room, too.
The general consensus is that he is irresponsible and should be allowed to suffer/starve/rot because the rest of us are paying for him.
However, there are two types of people saying it ... and there is a distinct contrast, between consistency and hypocrisy, depending on where the proponent's theoretical starting point lies.
Take an odious worm like the National Obesity Forum's Tam Fry, for example. On a BBC radio phone-in yesterday, he was advocating his fake charity's policy that such people should be made to pay for their treatment.
What he is saying is that if you overeat, you should pay for related healthcare or "accept the consequences", said consequences being, of course, that you either cough up a barrowload of money ... or die.
Hmmm, sounds familiar. Hold on, it'll come to me in a minute. Uh-huh, got it. It was the same line taken in June by a fellow Director of the National Obesity Forum, one Jane "They'll Just Have To Die" DeVille-Almond.
The message from these nasty eugenicists is that unapproved lifestyle choices should not be tolerated by the majority of 'responsible' users of the NHS. Yet they are basing their entire reasoning on an actuarial theory that costs borne by the NHS, which are as a direct result of personal choices, should not be included in the category of 'free at the point of delivery'. They have decided which substances or practices are to be demonised and are inferring that the NHS spend on treating smokers/drinkers/obesity is a theft from the public purse.
In short, they are playing on the public's jealousy that someone else is getting more for their money than the average Joe does.
The fact that, with regard to 'unhealthy' lifestyles, this is demonstrably untrue, is immaterial as it is what the public believe after an avalanche of righteous fear-peddling.
Fry (another bloody prissy meddling Jock! Why are we no longer surprised?) is very consistent in his approach to this policy. There are no exceptions. He includes himself as a possible for falling foul of this, for he likes a drink, but as he drinks 'responsibly' he appears 100% certain that it will never happen to him (besides, he can afford it as the state pays him a fortune for peddling this shit). He is not merely talking about egregious examples like the East Anglian barrage balloon either - a 12 stone nurse who received treatment for breast cancer was equally informed that she should have paid for her chemotherapy.
If the criteria is set at such an incredibly low level, there will be a hell of a lot of people paying for what they always believed to be a 'free' service. After all, the vast majority will have paid heftily for it in good faith.
How many greasy spoons up and down the country have been host to the ranting of fry-up guzzling workers, poring over their copy of the currant bun, and venting their spleen at the Ipswich blubber-butt? how many gaggles of slightly overweight Mums, at primary school gates, have been bemoaning their taxes being wasted by this man, before toddling off to Weight Watchers classes? How many of them also smoke, how many drink above recommended unitary limits? How many have been opining that his ilk should be made to pay for his treatment, blissfully unaware that should such a policy be implemented, they too would be made to empty their paltry savings?
Presumably, all such people believe that the bar should be set at the level at which they find objectionable ... that is, anyone visibly larger than them, or who drinks more than them, or who smokes 'too much'. They are all right of course, they are only a bit tubby, they get pissed at weekends but hey, doesn't everyone? And if they smoke, it's not a lot really and they honestly want to give up, so they will be fine.
But if the public trust the proscriptive types in the NHS to tackle only what the public deem as the worst excesses, they are going to be in for a very nasty surprise.
Once the bills begin to be slapped into their hands at the local A&E, they might not #welovethenhs so much anymore. They may then see that it is a system which was sold as being entirely free, which has been paid for through their taxes, but for which extra payment is now being pursued.
It won't be viewed as so bloody perfect then. And how long before the outcry begins to be able to opt out of national insurance payments if this is going to be the case. Why not? If smokers, drinkers and the obese are going to have to take out insurance policies to cover crippling financial penalties (which is an obvious consequence), then why not be allowed to give the private operator all of the business? Why should we be forced by law to pay for a service which only affords the user limited use based on what is deemed correct behaviour and what is not?
Which, funnily enough, is exactly where I stand on the issue. There is a need for a universal health service, but it should be on a voucher system which covers every citizen with a necessary health care. You can choose where you spend your government vouchers, but if you want a higher level of care, you should be prepared (and able) to pay for it.
You see, I can say that he is a fat fucker and I don't want him to be treated on the NHS, but that's because I have always said that the NHS is a thieving organisation which wants us to pay sackloads of cash and then deny our use of it by any means possible. But I don't say that, because while we have an NHS which is designed to treat everyone no matter their lifestyle, he is as deserving as anyone else.
If Tam Fry wants that to change, he must either push for a seismic overhaul in the way healthcare is provided in the UK or shut the fuck up. Tam, of course, doesn't want that at all. Tam wants to keep the NHS exactly as it is, but just make people he doesn't like pay more for it. That's because Tam is himself a hideously pompous drain on the NHS, and deserves to have his intestines removed violently by a psychotic, genetically-enlarged woodpecker.
However, anyone who joined in the #welovethenhs bullshit earlier this year, but simultaneously wants this guy to be allowed to die, is hypocritical and stupid. You either love a warts-and-all health service which treats everyone regardless of illness or means ... or you don't. You can't have it both ways.
Labels: Drinking, Fake Charities, Hypocrisy, Incompetence, NHS, Puritans, Righteous lunatics, Taxpayers screwed again, Then they came for ...
Question Time Bingo
So, preliminary haggling has been overcome, and the day when I hope that absolutely everyone on a panel show loses, has arrived.
And Nick Griffin has been handed, on a silver platter, all the ammunition he needs.
As 'quote bingo' games go, "Britain is overcrowded" is a gimme.
UK population 'to rise to 71.6m'
Just over two-thirds of the increase is likely to be related directly or indirectly to migration to the UK.
If the projected increase materialises, the population will have grown at its fastest rate in a century.
How about "censorship of legal political parties"? It's a possibility.
But Mr Hain said the BBC had "made one of the biggest mistakes in its proud history".
The reciprocal question "Who are the real fascists?" has an outside chance.
Mr Hain will also send a message of support to the UAF rally, which is being held in central London.
And no points whatsoever for predicting the ridiculously erroneous accusation of "extreme right wing" towards a hideously lefty collectivist party.
I'll plump for an outside wager that Dimbleby is quoted after the event describing the show as the "lowest part of my political career" or some such. A lazy fiver on that at a good price appeals.
Wine in the fridge, check; munchies, check; big fat 'happy days' cigar, check. Roll on 10:35pm - let's just hope all participants are amply provided with barbed wire encrusted baseball bats prior to cameras rolling.
Labels: If Only, Ouch, There's something very wrong with this country
Fruitcakery
If you're paid by the state to flick rubber bands, and you are dragged off of Facebook or the celeb gossip pages unduly by some nonsense study, you might just do something ridiculously stupid such as this.
Hundreds of council workers filled out a health and safety questionnaire about biscuit-related injuries, only to discover it was a hoax.
Four councils were so taken in by the spoof survey they reported having specific policy rules on safe biscuit consumption.
One council even claimed to have supervised tea breaks for safety reasons.
A total of 813 over- cautious council employees clicked through to the online survey and 437 risk-averse workers actually took the time to complete it.
The fictitious 'British Biscuit Advisory Board' was created as part of a £3million marketing drive by Fox's biscuits for its Rocky bar.
Ahem. I wonder if Fox's have read my stuff at some point?
Not that there is an avalanche of gullible, wasteful dolts in the public sector, or anything. Oh no.
H/T ta to the Predator & Smart Mark.
Labels: Health and Safety, Quirky, Stupidocracy, WTF?
Now That's What I Call Good Business
Do you think the predictable furore surrounding this, and the glorious repartee offered by this, might have been, in some way, preparing for this?
Independent brewer Brewdog is using the internet to sell 10,000 shares in the business.
The Scottish brewer has called the online scheme “Equity for Punks” and is offering the shares at £230 each.
It said the £2.3 million raised by selling the shares via equityforpunks.com will provide the funding for “the world’s first carbon neutral eco-brewery” in Aberdeen.
Investors will own part of the brewery and will also receive a lifetime 20% discount on Brewdog beer.
Because I do. Inspired.
Brewdog, I am saluting you right now with one of your own (31p off in Tesco, earlier - tight fucker, me).
Labels: Awesome, Drinking, Payback, Quirky
♫ Well Tonight Thank God It's Them ... Suing Youuuu ♪
The Isle of Wight is only ickle, but they can go big on fuckwittery when pushed.
POLICE have delivered a major blow to an Island charity that recycles bicycles to Africa.
Hampshire Constabulary has cut off the supply of unclaimed stolen bikes from its lost property store — saying it feared being sued if someone was hurt using one.
Now, instead of being recycled and used, the bikes are scrapped.
So that's what these impoverished nations have been doing with all the money the world has been sending ... training 'no win, no fee' lawyers.
On the Island, Re-cycle has sent a total of 600 bikes to be used as Third World transport lifelines. More than half came from the police lost property department.
This doesn't say a lot for the detection skills of the IoW police really, does it?
H/T The awesome John Adams
Labels: Good Grief, Health and Safety, Police, Quirky, Transport, WTF?
Three Strikes And Out?
Oh look. Labour's one-woman MEP stand-up comedy show Hairy Moneyball, having been humiliated by Iain Dale first, then shot to pieces by experts in the sex industry earlier this month, has now been busted for being plain barking a third time on a subject about which she professes to possess knowledge. The latest, deliciously, by the Guardian.
The UK's biggest ever investigation of sex trafficking failed to find a single person who had forced anybody into prostitution in spite of hundreds of raids on sex workers in a six-month campaign by government departments, specialist agencies and every police force in the country.
I suppose we shouldn't be too hard on the dozy bint. She has a track record for believing any old junk shite thrown in her general state-sponsored direction. She is a classic case of the lazy, money-grabbing, intellectually-challenged, confirmation biased politician.
She is costing us in the region of £350,000 pa, but still wasn't alert enough to notice how a figure of 71 was massaged by quangoes, fake charities and the Labour party, into a widely reported 25,000 (I'll use snippets, but read the whole thing, do).
And I think we've seen this kind of artful socialist lying in pursuit of Stalinist idealism before, haven't we?
Prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic
They spoke to specialists, studied news reports and surveyed police, who reported that 71 women had been "trafficked", whether willingly or not, during 1998.
At the very least, they guessed, there could be another 71 trafficked women who had been missed by police, which would double the total, to 142. At the most, they suggested, the true total might be 20 times higher, at 1,420.
"It can be estimated that the true scale of trafficking may be between two and 20 times that which has been confirmed."
Fake charities turned this rough estimate into a base.
Chaste took the work of Kelly and Regan, brought the estimate forward by two years, stripped out all the caution, headed for the maximum end of the range and declared : "An estimated 1,420 women were trafficked into the UK in 2000 for the purposes of constrained prostitution."
Not big enough, it would seem.
Three years after the Kelly/Regan work was published, in 2003, a second team of researchers was commissioned by the Home Office to tackle the same area. They, too, were forced to make a set of highly speculative assumptions: that every single foreign woman in the "walk-up" flats in Soho had been smuggled into the country and forced to work as a prostitute; that the same was true of 75% of foreign women in other flats around the UK and of 10% of foreign women working for escort agencies. Crunching these percentages into estimates of the number of foreign women in the various forms of sex work, they came up with an estimate of 3,812 women working against their will in the UK sex trade.
Enter the Labour Party.
The researchers ringed this figure with warnings. The data, they said, was "very poor" ... [and] "should be regarded as an upper bound".
No chance. In June 2006, before the research had even been published, the then Home Office minister Vernon Coaker ... [declared] to an inquiry into sex trafficking by the Commons joint committee on human rights: "There are an estimated 4,000 women victims."
Misleading? Lies? From a party steeped in integrity and truth? (stop shouting WMDs, Lisbon, and the smoking ban - I can barely hear myself think FFS) Surely not.
The Salvation Army went further: "The Home Office estimated that in 2003 ... there were at least 4,000 trafficked women residing in the UK. This figure is believed to be a massive underestimation of the problem."
Still. It's not like 4,000 is a big exaggeration, perhaps we can let that pass.
In a debate in the Commons in November 2007, [Labour MP for Rotherham and former Foreign Office minister Denis] MacShane announced that "according to Home Office estimates, 25,000 sex slaves currently work in the massage parlours and brothels of Britain."
There is simply no Home Office source for that figure, although it has been reproduced repeatedly in media stories.
And Honeyball no doubt nodded in righteous agreement at every stage of the manufactured lie. Hence why she has top-lined a petition against the abolition of the Met Police trafficking unit which was planned to cost £3.7m over two years.
Because that is obviously value for money in a recession according to Moneyball, yes? Just to re-iterate, this is to tackle a problem that the Guardian headline thus ...
Inquiry fails to find single trafficker who forced anybody into prostitution
Give it up, love, you're not helping, as detailed in a damning denouement which shows how very damaging wimmins rights fucknuckles can really be to the women they purport to protect.
Repeatedly, prostitutes groups have argued that [Labour anti-trafficking legislation] is as wrong as the trafficking estimates on which it is based, and that it will aggravate every form of jeopardy which they face in their work, whether by encouraging them to work alone in an attempt to show that they are free of control or by pressurising them to have sex without condoms to hold on to worried customers.
Honeyball, you've been shown up as a tedious, selfish, feminism-obsessed, dictatorial, dogma led moron with no fucking clue even in areas where you choose to specialise.
Three strikes, you are out. Piss off down the local Brussels curry house, dribble cannellini bean korma down your dungarees, and stop wasting our money on your personal prejudices, cunt.
Or, as Obnoxio puts it.
How many people will spend their lives worse off because of your grandstanding?
I hope you all rot, painfully, to death. And that your children burn you in effigy every day thereafter.
H/T Tim Worstall
UPDATE: There is a further examination of the falsehoods behind trafficking figures by Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon, a guest at Charlotte Gore's blog.
Labels: Crooks, Don't Vote Labour, EU Silliness, Hairy, Labour Lies, Politically Correct BS, Scaremongery, Signs of Life?
We'll Have Some Of That
Labour never miss a trick when it comes to imaginative new tax-raising opportunities.
A revaluation of business rates from next April is set to hit the sites of car boot sales, including pub car parks, ministers confirmed.
Barbara Follett, the Communities Minister, confirmed the plans in a written answer to shadow communities secretary Caroline Spelman, saying: ''Where a property is used entirely, or on occasion, as a car boot sale site, its rateable value for the 2010 revaluation should reflect any rental enhancement attributable to that use.''
The Tories don't seem to be highlighting this in the way I would, though.
Mrs Spelman accused Gordon Brown of a ''tax assault'' on those who wanted to use car boot sales to kit out their homes during the recession.
Well, that's one way of looking at it but, where I live at least, car boot sales are almost exclusively held by voluntary organisations, local charities, or non profit-making enterprises like amateur football clubs etc.
If the land they rent for holding such events is subject to more tax to the owner, he will, unless he/she is very generous, charge more rent accordingly. The end loser then, is the fund-raiser as they will no doubt see a drop in income by either swallowing the extra cost, or by passing it on and risking the loss of stall-holders ... which amounts to the same thing.
Labour may argue that this is a 'local' tax so not their fault, but considering the government funds most of council spending via the block grant which can (and most often is) manipulated to the government's advantage, I think we know where the extra money is likely to end up. I'd be more generous in my summation of a Labour administration's intentions if they hadn't gone about being a bunch of shifty, lying, money-grabbing fuckers for the past 13 years, of course.
So, a better headline for this story could well have read "Labour Raise Taxes on Local Charities and Voluntary Organisations".
Which is the end result once you cut out all the spin.
Labels: Don't Vote Labour, Stealth Taxes
Need A Mortgage? OK, How Much Do You Drink And Smoke?
Do you see a pattern emerging here?
Homebuyers could be forced to provide detailed information about the amount of money they spend on alcohol each month to qualify for a new mortgage under a new clampdown on reckless lending.
In a sweeping review of the mortgage market published today, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said lenders needed to be far more rigorous about their financial checks of potential borrowers.
It said lenders should delve deeper into homebuyers' personal spending including the amount they spend on alcohol and tobacco.
Sorry, FSA, none of your fucking business.
Nor do you need a breakdown of spending on shoes and childcare, or how much we pay per month on frozen ready meals, or alloy wheels, or that subscription to Jugs Monthly, come to that. Don't you get it? Keep your conks out, these details are no concern of yours. Nor are the ins and outs of a duck's arse and our inside leg measurements.
Overall income and expenditure is all the knowledge you require, OK?
Of course, if these questions really are suggestions for the new bells'n'whistles 'approved' FSA affordability test, I imagine fake charities and the Department of Health will be clamouring to get their gnarled bony hands on the responses, judging by their zeal to push for heavy restrictions lately. Figures can only be twisted when there is plenty of data to pummel into a shape which best serves healthist scaremongery - a whole slew of new figures on alcohol and tobacco use will have them whooping into their pine nut bruschetta and camomile tea.
Harvesting the private consumption levels of those who bother no-one and pay their own way would dovetail nicely with the results of legislation currently passing through parliament enabling benefit claimants to be hectored for much the same thing.
But as the bill draws nearer to becoming law, there are growing concerns about the new powers it will devolve to Jobcentre staff. The legislation would allow them to ask benefit claimants searching questions about their drug or alcohol use. Those suspected of having a dependency or of misusing drugs will then be asked to undergo an assessment and, if they refuse, face having their benefits withdrawn for a maximum of 26 weeks.
Do you know, I think that, secretly, they would really like to just send rummage squads to rifle through our bins, searching for signs of good living, but are afraid of the backlash.
It would be more honest though and, let's face it, it's not like they don't already dream of the day when they can have a good old nose around in our waste, is it? Otherwise, ads like this would have lacked that little spark of original inspiration.
Curtain-twitching is the new black, doncha know.
Labels: Big Brother, Databases, Drinking, Righteous, Smoking, WTF?, You cannot be serious
From the ever-forthright Trixy, on the decision that UKIP are required to pay back £350,000+ over a clerical error.
And this is democracy? When the establishment can bankrupt political parties because they're losing the political arguments?
In fact destroying, or attempting to silence, upstart small political parties, seems to be the order of the day.
You WILL vote as you are told. It is compulsory.
Labels: Illiberalism, Letting the bad guys win, Stupidocracy, There's something very wrong with this country
The Nasty Party
Some say they are a spiteful party hell-bent on creating hate and division throughout the country ... I say, let Labour speak (boom, boom). Because when they do, by their words and actions are they damned.
BNP debate 'illegal', warns Hain
Mr Hain wrote: "If you do not review the decision you may run the very serious risk of legal challenge in addition to the moral objections that I make.
In my view, your approach is unreasonable, irrational and unlawful."
It must have come as a surprise to Labour, a party for whom bullying and demonisation are everyday tools of the trade, that Comrade Beeb haven't been taking the hints on this issue. So, out come the veiled threats.
This morally corrupt administration have ruled by lies and deceit, scaremongery and fear, marginalisation and exclusion - this is merely a another shining example of their censorious style of governance ... and even more publicity for the BNP, Labour's nearest ideological rivals and the stealer of many of Labour's voters.
Just as standing up to a bully exposes a cowardly underbelly, so standing up to Labour sends the toys flying as their reasoning deteriorates into shrill invective, and their true hideous, anti-democratic face is revealed.
Labour should be very careful about slinging the 'Nasty Party' tag around at the Tories in the upcoming pre-election months ... their glass house might not withstand the assault.
Labels: Don't Vote Labour, Labour Incompetence, Labour Lies, Nasty Bastards, WTF?
Dick Out And About: Godwin's Law Can Go Screw Itself
Quite astounding EU bigotry (link)
Labels: Dick out and about, EU Bastards
Government: Now The Third Party In Every Contract
It's a day of rest for fuck's sake, can't proscriptive cockwafflers cease hostilities for just 24 blissful hours in a week?
The Financial Services Authority will make banks liable for loans if they do not check customers can afford them.
It is expected to ban self-certified mortgages, in which customers do not have to prove their income.
Because bans are the knee-jerk response in these modern, enlightened times. Fucking beam me up, Scotty, I'm ready for life on another pigging world.
Good grief. Whilst a libertarian such as myself is always suspicious of blanket bans, this one is not only overweening, but also just seems plain daft.
Self-certified mortgages have a very real purpose. For those whose income is hard to prove by conventional means, or the self-employed for whom the general 'three years' accounts' rule is not possible, a self-cert is the only way into home-buying.
They are also (or were when I was in the difficult position of not having traded for three years), a very safe lending opportunity, it always seemed to me.
An average purchase price in my area is around £200,000 I reckon. The self-certs I have seen offered ask for a 20% minimum deposit. So, the lender instantly has a £40,000 head start on the deal. If you failed to make a single payment, the reposession costs and loss of value from a recuperative firesale auction are fairly well covered. There would be a short-term loss of liquidity for the bank but that is about it.
On top of that, the credit risk score required is higher, and the interest rate offered for such deals is normally at a premium which offers attractive profits for the lender - just what they would be looking for in these straitened times, one would assume.
As usual, though, regulators have balanced the evidence, weighed up all the pros and cons, and come to the conclusion that none of us are to be trusted to buy so much as a shoe box on the basis of our own cognisance.
It's the risk-averse culture transposed into the banking sector. Personal responsibility of both the borrower and lender is being eradicated in favour of heavy-handed state intervention. Willing to lend at little or no risk? No chance, the choice is no longer yours. Willing to borrow based on your own confidence in repaying? You're having a bubble, ain't ya?
Now, if the FSA had decided that deposits required for self-certs were too small, or that credit scoring wasn't stringent enough, or even that default rates for self-certs were unacceptably high (which they weren't) then fair enough. But there are never shades of grey anymore, just black and white - ne'er shall erring from the computer model be tolerated. Banning the practice entirely between consenting parties to a contract is a subtle extension of the nanny state, and an interference which shouldn't even be contemplated in a country purporting to be primarily driven by free trade between free individuals and organisations.
Just as in other restrictions and bans, this is the government muscling in as an enforced third party in every contract negotiated in the UK. Not a benign eye watching from afar, but rather an obtrusive in-your-face bully insisting that all life, and transactions therein, are performed to the state's approval.
This is just another day, another confiscation, for us naughty voter 'kiddies'. Not unexpected under this most odious of administrations, but couldn't the control freaks have announced it on a different day? It's right made me choke on my yorkie puds.
Labels: Ban Ban Ban, Collective punishment, End of Free Country, Good Grief, Stupidocracy, You cannot be serious
A Impending Ban Of Halal And Kosher?
Oh boy! If we have laws that decide a farmer can be fined for keeping a cow in the dark ...
A farmer has been fined £150 for failing to 'meet the psychological needs' of a cow because his barn was too dark.
... how are the touchy-feelies going to react to this revelation?
A study proving Jewish and Islamic methods of slaughtering animals are painful has led to renewed calls for a ban in Britain
UK law requires that all livestock be stunned prior to slaughter – with the exception of those animals intended for consumption by members of certain religions. Islamic halal and Jewish kashrut law require that animals are slaughtered by having their throat cut – a relatively slow means of death.
Practitioners of ritual slaughter say the animal must be alive to facilitate the draining of blood – and that throat slitting is humane.
But the new research suggests otherwise.
Adam Rutherford, an editor of Nature, wrote on the Guardian website: "It suggests that the anachronism of slaughter without stunning has no place in the modern world and should be outlawed. This special indulgence to religious practices should be replaced with the evidence-based approaches to which the rest of us are subject."
Some European countries, such as Sweden, require all animals to be stunned before slaughter with no exception for religions. But such a ban in Britain would be hugely controversial – and would draw inevitable comparisons with the ban on kashrut enacted by Nazi Germany in 1933**.
This is Victimhood Poker on a grand scale. On one side we have the meat is murder/animal welfare brigade, on the other, the massed ranks of Islam and Judaism.
Could be a cracker, especially if the EU and PETA get involved too. A gold-plated, lefty, righteous, tag-team classic bout.
On which side, for example, is vegan seal-hugger Kerry McCarthy, with her significant Islamic electorate, going to come down? My guess would be that her animal-loving nature will find itself quickly suppressed in the face of the potential local backlash.
This could develop over time. I mean, it's not like the plaintiffs lack power, influence, or financial backing, is it?
Looking forward to the fireworks and awkward self-absorbant in-fighting already.
** I don't know why that should bother them, it's not like they haven't copied certain 1930s Germany legislation already.
Labels: Politically Correct BS, Righteous, Stupidocracy, Then they came for ...
How One-Sided Healthist Arguments Work
You'd have to go a long way to beat an article such as this. In fact, you have to go a bloody long way just to find it!
Good to know that scepticism of healthist lies methods is a worldwide phenomenon, though. It's a viewpoint which seems to be especially thriving in New Zealand for some reason.
Sometime soon, we'll see a report showing that the social costs of skiing are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. It wouldn't be hard to produce a number that large. First, show frequent skiers are more likely to have accidents than recreational skiers.
Then, make the critical assumption that nobody could ever rationally decide to take risks - health is all that matters. Frequent skiers then are by definition irrational, and irrational people enjoy no benefits from their ski outings, no matter how happy they appear.
This is an argument proffered by libertarians that is generally dismissed out of hand by our holier-than-thou masters. Of course they aren't going to go after skiers ... or rugby players, or cyclists, or anyone else enjoying a pastime which is deemed 'correct' - when was the last time you read about the huge weekly cost of park footballers clogging up A&E departments with recreational injuries? Such hobbies have benefits - healthy ones - plus, the fake report authors are quite keen on doing such things themselves, so they'd never produce the kind of lunatic 'science' and innumerate manipulation of financial outcomes as they do in other fields.
And there isn't a fake charity, paid by government, to tackle problematic skiers, egg chasers, or the Haringey Cloggers Sunday footie team ... yet.
We've seen a lot of cost measures of this sort. Tobacco, fatty foods, gambling - just about anything fun seems to cost "society" more than a billion dollars.
But, like my hypothetical report on the costs of skiing, these reports rely heavily on what I'll call a "healthist" assumption about how we should live our lives.
Any time we make a decision that lets us enjoy a bit of fun but with some risk to our health, that decision is considered irrational and cannot generate any real enjoyment.
Consequently, benefits are either assumed equal to zero or set to an arbitrarily low level.
And there it is in a nutshell. Your enjoyment isn't worth quantifying to the righteous, it has a benefit of £nil. You may derive enjoyment from it, you may find that your meagre lot is more happy and tolerable, and that you are a more useful member of society as a result, but the righteous dismiss that as worthless.
Downtime on the piste will bring equal relaxation and enjoyment (both of which, last time I looked, were considered as an incontestable good), but such enjoyment is allowed. It is decent and admired. If your personal choice of unwinding is deemed unworthy, the rules change.
Driving a car is also an evil which is worth quantifying as being beneficial. It may kill and choke thousands, probably millions or even billions, but healthists also drive, and they also manage to quantify the financial benefits and accept the inherent risks.
If health and safety were our only goal, the world would look very different. We would all buy cars made of padded foam rubber and drive very slowly. That we don't is strong evidence that we have pluralistic sets of values - we are not monomaniacal healthists in our daily lives.
For every skier who dies in an avalanche, tens of thousands of others took no fewer risks but enjoyed a great time out on the slopes. Their enjoyment ought to count for something.
And, for every drinker who dies in an accident that could have been avoided were he sober, there are countless others who simply enjoyed a good night out.
Where a healthist report tallies the social costs for the unlucky few, rational policy requires putting weight on the benefits as well.
But they don't. Because they don't want to, as it doesn't fit with their rent-seeking, single-minded agenda.
There are risks all around us, in every single activity that humans indulge in. Either vital to the country, or merely recreational.
However, there are also costs and benefits in all of them too. To ignore advantageous economics in some areas whilst accepting it in others is quite simply wrong.
Some may even term it more sinister than that. I would be amongst that 'some', and fortunately, as it would appear from this excellent article, there are a whole load of us around the world who feel the same.
The heart still clings to the hope that one day we might see the 646 in parliament populated by a few more who would even begin to understand the incontrovertible logic carried in this article.
The head, however, comes to the conclusion that they will forever wander around Westminster like nodding dogs the moment a dodgy stat is placed in front of their dim, unquestioning, myopic, self-promoting intellect.
And, in doing so, they cost us, collectively, a hell of a lot more than any healthist scaremongery boasts about, on a daily basis.
Labels: Collective punishment, Elsewhere, If Only, Illiberalism, Junk science, Righteous, Shysters, There's something very wrong with this country
Because The Newspapers Are So Diligent, And Bloggers Aren't, Yeah?
Today, I was reminded of this recent quote from Mr E.
Whatever all those [national newspaper] correspondents do all day, it clearly doesn't involve basic factchecking.
For those who are unaware, the austere and diligent (pfft) British press tend to throw the odd tantrum against bloggers, usually levelling the accusation that we engage keyboard before tidying up niceties like ... err ... facts.
Conversely, the MSM are supposedly pristine in their adherence to publishing accuracy.
But then, when one reads quite astounding bollocks like this from the Daily Mail, such haughty posturing collapses like a weighty, inebriated tart in her new pair of six inch heels.
Bans on smoking in restaurants and bars reduces the risk of heart attacks among non smokers, according to hard hitting report. The research, by the U.S. Institute of Medicine reviewed 11 key studies of smoking bans in Scotland, Italy, the U.S and Canada.
So, considering that the largest study ever conducted worldwide on the matter, covering 217,023 heart attack admissions and 2 million heart attack deaths in 468 counties in all 50 states of the USA over an eight-year period (which the Mail notably failed to report back in April), concluded that there was no effect at all on heart attack submissions following smoking bans, I was mightily intrigued at such revelatory NEW research.
In Helena, Montana, for example, they recorded 16 per cent fewer heart attack hospitalisations in the six months after its ban went into effect. Nearby areas that had no smoking ban saw heart attacks rise over the same period.
Eh? Would this be the 'Helena Miracle' which has been hugely derided since it poked its laughable head out six long years ago? The study which is so readily ridiculed that even anti-smoking advocates are ashamed of it?
More dramatically, heart attack hospitalisations dropped 41 per cent in the three years after Pueblo, Colorado, banned workplace smoking.
Good grief. The Mail aren't reporting on a new study at all, merely a list of the most farcical nonsense ever foisted on the public by obsessive anti-tobacco zombies.
Pueblo is also a steaming pile of horse shit, is also years old, and is also now comprehensively considered as fantasy.
Hmmm. Just my opinion and all that, but I'd say someone at the Mail is being a rather lazy fucker if they can't work out that this 'new' research is egregious cherry-picked data from some of the worst 'science' ever conducted ... on anything.
But then, they have recent form.
Last month, some dozy Mail bint came out with this.
According to some experts, third-hand smoke, as it is known, is as dangerous to health as the fumes billowing directly from a pipe or cigarette, particularly for babies and children.
A recent report in America has warned that even if you don't smoke in front of your family, you might be putting them at risk of cancer or delaying the development of their brain, thanks to polluting their environment with a lingering chemical cloud.
Err .. did she say 'recent'? As in a four year old report which was relayed by other lazy journalists nine months previously? And did she say 'research'? As in telephone poll?
The research behind this story did not actually assess the dangers of “third-hand” smoke, but instead surveyed people’s beliefs about these dangers, and whether this was related to the likelihood of banning smoking in their own homes.
All one can accurately assess from these jaw-droppingly naïve articles is that the only prerequisites required to be a Daily Mail health reporter are the ability to point a finger at a keyboard, and the possession of an unenquiring mind.
Little wonder, then, that an entire film can be made about how very crap the newspapers are at reporting truthful news.
From 'flamey' Amy Winehouse to Russell Brand the banker, documentary team's fake celebrity stories fooled editors
In short, newspapers, and even the BBC, will fall for any old shit.
Yet it's only bloggers, apparently, who don't check their facts?
Get the fuck outta here.
UPDATE: Chris Snowdon weighs in with categorical proof that not only is today's Daily Mail article utter tosh, the conclusions of the new study they report are also physically and scientifically impossible.
Labels: Good Grief, Hypocrisy, Incompetence, WTF?, You cannot be serious
Bastard Kids
Try as I might, I can't get an old joke out of my head after reading this.
But - with observers beginning to fear the worst - Falcon was eventually found hiding in a box in his parents' attic, unaware of the extraordinary state-wide chase he had caused. He may, perhaps, be in a little trouble with his parents.
So, here goes:
{phone rings}
Kid {whispering}: Hello
Caller: Hi young man, can I talk to your father please?
Kid {whispering}: No, he's busy
Caller: OK, your mother, then?
Kid {whispering}: No, she's busy
Caller: Is there anyone else there I can talk to?
Kid {whispering}: A policeman.
Caller: Great, can you let me talk to him?
Kid {whispering}: No, he's busy.
Caller: OK. Anyone else there?
Kid {whispering}: The fire brigade
Caller: There are a lot of people in your house. What on earth are they all busy doing?
Kid {whispering}: Looking for me.
I never said it was a good joke, by the way.
The Bully State Review ... And Stuff
I wandered up to a pub in the shadow of the motherfucker of all parliaments last night.
While state-paid policy wonks, and glammed-up secretaries from Chelmsford and Croydon happily indulged in much of what the government would prefer we didn't do, inside and outside the ground floor, upstairs a small reactionary enclave of heretics were discussing something now deemed rather abhorrent by the leaders of a free country.
Freedom of individual choice.
The event was the London launch of a book, authored by ex-MSP Brian Monteith, on the replacement of the Nanny State with the more sinister 'Bully State'.
To anyone who actually possesses a brain, rather than merely being fodder for the neuro-linguistic shenanigans of the righteous, the revelations within shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but Monteith does conclude in an upbeat manner, as the synopsis hints at.
Everyone has heard of the nanny state. Many object to its pervasive influence in our daily lives, some reluctantly conclude that nanny really has our best interests at heart, while others work feverishly to extend nanny's influence.
That was then, this is now. Nanny has been dismissed, sent packing. Nanny has been replaced by the bully.
Unlike nanny, the bully state is not content to allow people to enjoy their hard-fought liberties while pointing out the choices it would prefer us to make. Today, the state goes to increasing lengths to enter into our private domain. Our homes are no longer our castles as the state seeks to dictate our behaviour with intimidation and threats, backed up by severe penalties, the threat of a criminal record, or the loss of one's livelihood.
Brian Monteith, a former member of the Scottish parliament, reveals how the nanny state came to be and why, dissatisfied with our stubborn resistance to her pleas to change our behaviour, the bully state has been brought in to enforce a stricter code of conduct.
Despite this, Monteith remains optimistic, explaining how we can beat the bullies and remain free to enjoy our liberties.
And a good read it is too. It will anger you, of that there is no doubt, but don't let that put you off. I'm sure if you've found this blog you're probably rather hacked off already.
When I finally sidled my way past the civil service 'suits', still blithely ignoring the soon-to-be statutory alcohol limits which their dim employers continue to parrot, at 10pm, book safely tucked under my arm, I felt happier that there is still a faint beating of a libertarian heart underneath all the execrable crap we are forced to stomach on a daily basis.
I started reading it on the journey back, while simultaneously testing the theory that tube seat occupancy faithfully replicates that of urinal choice protocol in gents' public 'conveniences'. The conclusion was that there is a direct correlation.
I finished the book today and all I can say is - buy it here, read it, and lend it to as many friends as you can (just don't tell the author I said that last bit).
Labels: Dick out and about, Nanny State, Review, Righteous, There's something very wrong with this country
Hello Passive Drinking - Global And Official
Minimum alcohol pricing? Pah! It's a mere speck in comparison with what's to come.
WHO launches worldwide war on booze
I once suggested to some beardy tossbag from CAMRA that he should throw his weight behind objecting to tobacco prohibition because his vice was next. He piffled that drinkers were too numerous to be subject to the same denormalisation.
May God rot his middle class pompous paunch if he doesn't now realise that he was disastrously wrong.
Marvel in the new righteous front, backed up with the full force of the World Health Organisation.
HUMANITY's relationship with alcohol has never been easy. Now it is about to undergo as great a change as our attitude to tobacco, which has seen smoking plummet from the height of cool to the lowest of unpleasant habits.
That at least is the hope of the World Health Organization, which, between now and January, will be honing its draft of the first global strategy on reducing health damage from alcohol abuse, the fifth leading cause of premature death and disability worldwide.
Unveiled last week in Geneva, Switzerland, the document is the culmination of talks between representatives from the WHO's 193 member states. "It is a landmark document," says Peter Anderson, a health consultant and adviser on alcohol to the WHO and the European Union.
Hmmm. Such wild triumphalism rings a bell.
The similarities don't end there, either.
Sally Casswell of Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, who helped produce the WHO document says a focus on passive drinking is key to winning public acceptance for more stringent alcohol legislation. "It challenges the neoliberal ideology which promotes the drinker's freedom to choose his or her own behaviour," she says.
And the lines are drawn against the nay-sayers too.
Others are sceptical of the [drinks] industry's contribution to the debate. Robin Room of the University of Melbourne, Australia, who studies the legislation on recreational drugs, fears that some parts of the WHO document may already have been watered down to appease the industry, especially those seeking to restrict marketing.
How very dare they defend their evil drug!
I'll say it again. You simply cannot pick and choose which freedoms you like and which you don't. You either stand up to all of the dictatorial bullying, or you will inevitably become a target.
The drinks industry had better get those screens ready, the anti-alcohol steamroller is on its way.
Now, cast your mind back ... when was the last time you voted for the WHO, exactly?
Labels: End of Free Country, Hammer cracking nut, Nasty Bastards, Puritans, Then they came for ..., Unelected WHO, Will they ever stop?
The More, The Merrier
Quote of the day is from the irrepressible Leg Iron.
There are so many nails in Labour's coffin now, there's barely room for the corpse.
As usual he is correct. And Labour have self-administered at least another 50,000+
The removal of cigarettes from public display is a step closer after MPs said vending machines should be banned and shops should keep stocks out of sight.
Not surprisingly, utterly pointless political bully state posturing, such as this, isn't popular.
The National Federation of Newsagents (membership 18,000) did at least try to warn Labour.
"If the vote on Monday goes against newsagents - our 18,000 members - then they will vote with their feet. This will be very bad news for Gordon Brown."
The Association of Convenience Stores (membership 33,500) aren't happy, either.
ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: “The Minister has proposed regulations that are the most inflexible of their type anywhere in the world. It makes a mockery of the repeated reassurances that Ministers have made to Parliament and businesses that they will take a light touch approach to compliance.”
They lobbied, they persuaded, they argued, they pleaded. They begged for the government lies surrounding the matter to stop. They were completely ignored. And just for good measure, Labour decided to destroy the vending machine industry entirely too, without even going through the tedious motions of a vote.
The vending machine amendment to the government's Health Bill was passed by the Commons without going to a vote.
Voting Labour is a filthy habit, and it is our duty to protect our children from the evil Labour-peddlers.
50,000+ voters quitting in one day is great news for the societal health of the nation, welcome to a new life of freedom from the clutches of the socialist vote addiction.
The denormalisation of Labour voting has led to Labour voter prevalence being reduced to only around 27% - thanks to generously laughable policy-making from Labour themselves. This shows that great strides have been made in eradicating this awful cancer at the heart of our country, but there must be no let up. The latest good news is to be applauded as we strive for a Labourfree world for our children.
Labour destroy businesses and society in general. Don't vote for them. Quit now.
Labels: Don't Vote Labour, Labour Incompetence, Labour Lies, Scaremongery, Will they ever stop?
Why Jacqui Smith Should Be Facing Criminal Sanction
Last year, one of our employees was in a bit of a pickle.
She worked (impeccably) for us for the princely monthly part-time gross wage of around £500 per month (approx £6 per hour). As such, she qualified for housing benefit.
Now, not wishing to be condemnatory, she wasn't the most financially astute person in the country, but as genuine goes, there really couldn't be an equal. For two months she did a bit of overtime at our request, for which she was paid £148 and £112 respectively. Neither month brought her into even paying basic rate tax.
She didn't notify the benefits office. Foolish some might say, but then she's no accountant and it wasn't a huge sum. There is no way this person could possibly have been attempting to defraud the taxpayer (you'll have to take my character reference for that), she just didn't think about it.
Six months later, she received a letter stating that she was to present herself for an interview under caution for benefit fraud.
Scared witless, she spoke to me and I agreed to be her representative at the hearing. I read the documents she was sent and they were truly scary, as they are deliberately worded to be. Being a gobby shite who has defeated bigger fish than a council (actually, I've beaten my local council twice too, but that's beside the point), I wouldn't personally feel so much dread. She, however, was almost suicidal.
Having agreed to the gig, I read up on the process. I couldn't understand why it couldn't be resolved with a phone call from the council and a readjustment of her benefit payments. There is no way anyone could believe that such a small sum could be deemed intentional fraud, surely?
It didn't take long to find out why the council moved swiftly onto the 'interview under caution', without even a cursory attempt to solve the problem with less fuss, but more of that later.
In the days leading up to the hearing, I tried my hardest to stop her from worrying, but it didn't do a lot of good. She didn't sleep for nearly a week, was constantly crying, and really didn't help my business as her work suffered noticeably.
The day arrived and I drove her there. I wasn't allowed to actually speak unless the two council officers were contravening procedure (and I was gagging for them to do so), so I was forced to watch as they first read the girl her rights. Then they ceremonially unwrapped the interview tapes (two of them), before double-grilling her as if she had just mugged an old lady.
They were well-spoken and confident having conducted many of these interviews. My charge was shaking, tearful, and continually trying to emphasize that she was sorry and that she had made a mistake.
The continually proffered answer was that:
"Making a mistake is not a defence. If you are deemed to be guilty of benefit fraud, you may be prosecuted"
At the end of the hearing, my employee was left with three possibilities. That the transgression would be dismissed, that she would receive a formal caution, or that they would move to prosecute and land her with a criminal record.
It didn't help her mood much.
I tried to tell her, on the drive back, that they wouldn't enforce the court option as it was a trifling amount. Understandably, after such an ordeal, she wasn't as confident as I was. I did tell her, though, that she would receive a formal caution.
The reason I knew this was that, as mentioned previously, I had been reading up and, under the Anti-Fraud Incentive Scheme, brought in by those nice working class supporting Labour types in 2002, the council would be paid £1,000 for doling one out.
And that is what happened, after she had been subjected to an agonising two week wait. A formal caution was issued and her benefits were adjusted to pay back the ridiculously small amount that was overpaid.
She doesn't work for us anymore. Within a month of this, she quit and has probably gone back to staying at home, looking after her kid, and taking what the government gives without the possibility of being dubbed a potential criminal.
We lost a damn good worker, and the country pays more. Great.
So, onto Jacqui Smith. Here is what a local authority 'formal caution' is supposed to discourage.
My employee said sorry over and over again for the benefit difference of earning £260. She received a formal caution and was made to pay the paltry sum back.
Jacqui Smith deliberately steals £117,000 from taxpayers, says sorry, and gets to keep it without any recourse to criminal action - not even a formal caution.
Because some are just ... err ... more equal.
Labels: Crooks, Don't Vote Labour, Hypocrisy, Taxpayers screwed again
Dick Out And About: Graphic Lie Nailed
Doctors are blind, or someone is lying the big one (link)
Labels: Dick out and about
Claiming Good, Contributing Bad
Seeing as the AA are giving advice as to how innocent drivers can avoid being taken to the cleaners by the government during postal strikes ...
"Although insurers and DVLA send out reminders, these may of course be delayed in the post and it remains your responsibility to check your existing tax disc and insurance certificate to ensure that you renew them in good time. A postal strike will not be accepted as an excuse for failing to renew either."
... this inspired vid is even more relevant.
Labels: Driving, Nasty Bastards, There's something very wrong with this country
We Didn't Sign Up For This ---> Referendum?
Vaclav Klaus is now getting backing from his government to secure an opt-out to the Lisbon Treaty, according to the Wall Street Journal.
PRAGUE -- The Czech government said Monday it is ready to discuss President Vaclav Klaus's demand for a special clause in the Lisbon treaty with other European Union governments and officials, but asked him to guarantee he won't raise any new conditions for his approval of the document.
Last week, Mr. Klaus, the last hold-out among European leaders and an outspoken critic of the Lisbon Treaty, said he would only sign the treaty if the Czech Republic gets a permanent opt-out from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.
All power to your elbow, Vaclav, keep it up, son.
Hmmm. So this would appear to put the ball firmly back in the EU's court, would it not? No opt-out, no ratification from the Czech Republic. One would assume that Klaus's negotiators will be fêted when they next return to Brussels ... Barroso might even break out the big tin of Quality Street and his best Port. And, of course, an opt-out seems certain.
All this on the back of Ireland also being seduced, like a louche tart, into voting yes to the treaty with exemptions and opt-outs, after Brown had squinted his way through scribbling away the UK public's right to an opinion in some Benelux back room.
Now, forgive me if I'm applying parochial logic to this, but if I signed my business up to an agreement between 27 similar businesses to mine (disregard the fact that the Office of Fair Trading would be crawling all over us for it), and after I had added my signature, two of the 27 obtained special terms not available to me at the time, I would be tempted to cry foul.
I might decide that I would like to consult my partners and/or legal advisers about it. Maybe even hold a vote amongst my employees to see what they thought of the deal, and whether it was a partnership worth pursuing. And if they said no? Well, I might take my chances and argue through the courts that the agreement had changed since I put pen to paper, so was null and void.
I think I'd have a solid case, too.
Now there's a thought.
Labels: Do Something, EU Federalism, Shysters, Signs of Life?
Parliament Are Back Tomorrow, So Out Crawl The Brownshirts
They do say that money can't buy happiness. It would seem that they are partly correct. Only the sheer bliss of using one's influence to piss on your fellow man, grinding them into subservient misery for one's own personal gain, truly gives that buzz of satisfaction.
However, you still need celebrity, and about £320m to do so, if you are Duncan Bannatyne.
(Red mist-o-meter alert)
And the poor thing just isn't happy yet.
I'll only be happy if smoking is banned
Well, would you credit it? Just what we need right now - yet another selfish, bigoted, closet Nazi from Jockland. Is there something in the fucking water up there? Some severe strain of viral puritanism which turns every kilty into a mouth-frothing paternalist with a sideline in sadistic subjugation of those they consider unclean, once given a badge/microphone/newspaper column?
So, what has this deeply miserable multi-millionaire got to say to back up his anti-social view?
I used to be a smoker.
Ah. I think we know where this is going.
I tried several times to give up, but only lasted a few months before going back. During one of the periods when I was off cigarettes, I went to the pub. Somebody bought a round, then someone passed round a packet of fags. I foolishly took one – I'd had a few drinks – and the next thing I was a smoker again.
You see, an ex-smoker will never be a never-smoker. Ask anyone who has ever quit if they would, deep down, want to smoke just one more fag and they will tell you that the urge never leaves.
The brave will just accept this as a fact of life and get on with being a part of the rich diversity of modern living. Selfish cunts like Bannatyne, however, will demand that the rest of society comply with their personal wish to be free of temptation. Even being 176th on the rich list can't take that nagging desire away when a wisp of smoke errs, like a naughty schoolkid, close to their cowardly nostrils.
Bannatyne has bought into the anti-tobacco movement with every part of his being. So much so, that he is now President of No Smoking Day and a co-opted rep for fake charity, QUIT.
As such, he has been wheeled out by the tobacco bansturbation lobby as they ramp up their activities prior to the third reading of the Health Bill tomorrow. For those that aren't aware, part of Lord 'I'll say whatever the DoH tell me to say' Darzi's wide-ranging legislation is the concealment of tobacco displays and the banning of cigarette vending machines.
The state-funded healthist brownshirts have been furrowing their collective brows on a plethora of media outlets over the weekend, in anticipation of the return to Westminster of the nice-but-dims who will be placing their vacant backsides on the green seats tomorrow.
Labour donor Bannatyne got the Guardian/Observer gig.
Tomorrow, the House of Commons will see the third and final reading of the Health Bill. I believe MPs must support the clause that would ensure that cigarettes being sold in shops must be stored out of sight, though I'm puzzled and concerned as to why so many seem reluctant to back this move.
Arch-businessman Bannatyne doesn't understand why business owners are reacting angrily to potentially lethal costs to their business? Fuck a duck! For chrissakes I hope this guy never gets a commission for a TV show advising businessmen ... sorry, what did you say?
Whether by accident or design, the primary colours used on both the outside of cigarette packets and the shelves they are kept on attract children.
Tobacco companies can't be trusted to make cigarette packets a colour that doesn't work in this way, so they should be put out of sight.
Like I say, swallowed the anti-tobacco lines verbatim. I don't know what colour he is thinking would be acceptable, but then, this tactic has been used over and over again by the righteous. Quite simply, there isn't one. No matter what the purveyors of non-approved products do, it will never be enough.
The non-co-operation ploy was the reason given for the ban on tobacco advertising in the 80s, and is being used right now as the puritans march towards ultimate alcohol prohibition.
The government's "de-normalisation" of tobacco is welcome, but it's taking too long. The Health Bill proposes to restrict cigarette-vending machines in pubs. But they should be banned altogether.
Hey Duncan, you cunt, the vending machine operators are not too happy about this either. Are you, the incredibly gifted business guru, also puzzled about why that would be? Because their business would cease to exist overnight, that's fucking why.
Even smokers don't like them, because they typically give you only 16 cigarettes instead of a normal packet of 20 and cost £6, about £1 more than in the shops.
Smokers don't like them so much, Duncan, you blinkered cock, that the vending industry has been thriving for decades.
Here's a quick economics lesson for you. In business, yeah? There is a thing called supply and demand. With me so far? Vending companies sell their product at a price which is optimal for their profits considering its placement, OK?
For crying out loud, if this guy ever gets to spout his business ideas on TV, we're in deep shit without a rubber ring. Wow! So many hands up all of a sudden. Can you wait till the comments? I'm in the middle of a rant here.
And many pub landlords think the government's halfway-house proposals are unworkable because bar staff would have to check people's age ID before operating the machine by remote control.
Well, bugger me with a beer pump sideways, perhaps I misjudged you, Duncan. You're quite the business saviour, after all. All that checking of ID for bar staff to do. What a bind, eh? I'll bet they will need special training too seeing as they don't DO IT EVERY BASTARD DAY!
Still. Job done. He's had his one-sided view. He has done exactly as ASH, the DoH and the rest of his taxpayer-funded puppet-masters had instructed.
Oh wait, he's barely started ...
In my view smokers who currently stand outside a pub or restaurant having a fag should have to stand at least several yards away from the front door, to save the 79% of us who don't smoke from breathing in their smoke when we go in or out. We should curtail the rights of the 21% and increase their responsibilities towards the 79%. In other words, we should stop them killing us and our children.
Shhhh! That's yet to come, Duncan. ASH must be looking through their fingers at this stuff. It's only on the drawing board for now, you daft sweaty sock! The studies to 'prove' kids will die by walking past a smoker in the High Street haven't been paid for yet!
Studies estimate that about 11,000 people a year die because of passive smoking.
Wrong. It was just one study, by a guy called Konrad Jamrozik of Queensland ... Australia. The anti-smoking knob-chokers had to look to an insignificant bigot from the arse end of the world to come up with anything remotely worrying, and that was about heavy passive smoking. Inside. And even then, he needed a dodgy calculator to produce such nonsense.
This isn't nanny statism, Big Brother, or wrongful interference in people's personal freedoms – it's the right thing to do to protect the health of the vast majority of us who don't smoke from the declining minority who do.
Can you see the approach here? Us and them. It's a deliberate method to point out that smokers are evil, and non-smokers must defend their own kind.
Divisive and evil. But then, what can one expect from a disgusting self-absorbed cock-socket who uses the first person singular pronoun over a dozen times to advance his views on society.
By saying "I want" over and over again, he is apparently benefitting community, tolerance and inclusiveness in our country. Or he could just be a scottish goat-felcher with the tobacco control lobby's bollocks bouncing off his chin. Your choice.
So, has the self-indulgent drivel come to a close yet? Like hell it has.
Smoking should be banned in cars, and particularly any vehicle with children in it.
Duncan. Again, can you please keep to the subject at hand. That's for next week, you caledonian berk.
On a school visit I met a 12-year-boy who wanted to be an athlete who told me that every morning his mother lit up when she was driving to school, even though he'd begged her to stop. He should be able to report her to the police.
Because that was quite effective in 1930s Germany, so it's a proven winner, huh?
Jesus fucking Christ, smokers will be confined to our homes at pain of death soon.
It should also be illegal to smoke at home in front of children.
I accept that enforcing such a law would be difficult, but it would send a message that such behaviour is unacceptable.
Not difficult to enforce at all, Duncan. You're not much of a tobacco-averse loon, are you? It's quite simple, really. Unannounced spot checks from social workers with entry powers to every property in the UK would cut it. Now, where's the problem in legislation as unobtrusive as that, eh?
Some shopkeepers are genuinely afraid of a ban on tobacco displays.
Some? Some? No, you cunt. If not all, it is the vast majority.
But that is because the tobacco industry have been up to their old tricks. They tried to convince pubs that the smoke-free law would drive them out of business so they would lobby against the law.
This is pure cloud cuckoo land. What tricks? The pubs didn't put up any resistance and are now cloing at a rate of 52 per week. The smokefree law, did, quite literally, put most of the 3,000+ that have disappeared since July 2007, out of business. If tobacco companies tried to convince pubs before the previous Health Act, they would have been absolutely spot on.
Now they are doing the same thing with shopkeepers.
If they are, shopkeepers should be extremely afraid. There is now a terrifying precedent from which to draw evidence.
A retailer from the northeast recently went to Ireland to find out the truth and the shopkeepers he spoke to told him that now they had won their displays back from the tobacco companies who controlled them, they were free to promote products that allowed them to make a healthy profit.
Anecdotal, so I shall add my own.
I was on my way out of a newsagent local to my business when I overheard the asian owner chatting to a confectionery rep - just chewing the fat, as one does. I stopped on the way out to listen unobtrusively, pretending to look at the front page of the Daily Sport ... OK, I was looking at the front page of the Daily Sport, but I didn't inhale - too busy listening.
He was regaling how he abhors smoking. His wife and he had never smoked and they wished they didn't have to sell cigarettes. But he had to because the additional purchases were vital to his business. Without cigarette sales, his business would die.
Guess what I initially went in for? And guess what I came out with? Yep, my fags, a Picnic bar ... and a copy of the Daily Sport.
The island's surgeon-general said that he wanted Mauritius to become the first totally no-smoking country in the world. I would like the UK to get there first.
And that is the entire premise of Bannatyne's ridiculous leap into the future. It's what he wants, and therefore it's what MPs should all vote for.
It matters not that Lord Darzi and the Department of Health have been deliberately misleading parliament. It matters not that an entire vending industry will cease to exist overnight. It matters not that convenience stores will undoubtedly close despite there being no evidence whatsoever that the measure will have any beneficial effect.
It's what Duncan wants, and Duncan always gets.
But then again, in Duncan's fantasy world, even the recession is another chance to get extra revenue.
If you've just lost your job there's no excuse for avoiding a work out!
There really aren't words to describe such a self-serving, anti-social turd. But at least I tried.
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Photo shows John Diefenbaker, a Watt's Lecturer, in 1977. Photograph is yellowing and folded.
Program for Les Belles Soeurs, a play by Michael Tremblay, performed at Leigha Lee Browne Theatre (now the Alumni Theatre) at UTSC on December 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16, 2000 at 8:00 pm and December 10, 2000 at 2:00 pm. Publication is in good condition.
The 1987/1988 edition of Absolute Graffiti: Anthology of Arts at Scarborough Campus. Cover is faded, brittle.
Watts Memorial Lecture on "What is a University for Anyway" given by the Lord Annan, Provost University College, London, in January 1971. Booklet has discoloration & loss (staple holes).
Letter from Charlotte Caton to Principal Joan Foley, listing the amount of the honorarium given to past Watts lecturers and a brief review of the various lectures. Paper has creases, dog-ears, folds, loss (staple holes), tear & discoloration.
Portrait of the University of Toronto Scarborough Alumni Association in the 1990s. Photograph is dented, stained, and has surface residue, causing delamination.
An update given to the Scarborough Enterprise, circa August 10, 1965, regarding the temporary Scarborough College facilities on the St. George campus and the current status of building at the Scarborough campus, nicknamed "Scarab College' Pages have hole-punches and staple holes.
Architectural construction photograph of the kitchen area in the Humanities Wing. Inscribed on front: Scarborough College University of Toronto. E.G.M. Cape Co. (1956) Ltd. General Contractor. Page & Steele and John Andrews Project Architects. Ewbank, Pillar & Associates Ltd. Consulting Engineers. Date: Mar. 1 '66. Serial: 125. View: dishwashing equip't level three. Inscribed on the back: This drawing is copyrighted and is not to be reproduced without the following credit line: "PAGE & STEELE & JOHN ANDREWS ARCHTECTS". Charles Wilks Photography, 1277 York Mills Rd. HI.7-7622. Photograph has surface grime, yellowing, cockling, scratches, loss & adhesive residue on back.
Smaller classrooms are are located above larger lecture halls. Inscribed on back: Scarborough College, Television Department. Photograph has yellowing, crackling, dents, scratches & delamination.
Booklet outlining the proposed plans, personnel, curriculum and community for two new campuses, one in Mississauga (Erindale) and the other in Scarborough, drafted by the Off-Campus College Committee. Pages have folds, staples, and tears.
Bound copy of "Partners in Development", the first F.B. Watts Memorial Lecture, given by the Right Honorable Lester B. Pearson on Friday February 27, 1970 at Scarborough College, University of Toronto. Cover is creased and worn at the edges.
Installation of Professor Paul Thompson, 1970 BA UofT Scarborough graduate, as Principal and Dean in 1989. Photograph is yellowing.
Architectural construction photograph of the east side of the Humanities Wing under construction. Inscribed on front: Scarborough College University of Toronto. E.G.M. Cape Co. (1956) Ltd. General Contractor. Page & Steele and John Andrews Project Architects. Ewbank, Pillar & Associates Ltd. Consulting Engineers. Date: Nov 2, '65. Serial: 99. View: General view Look'g n-west. Inscribed on the back: This drawing is copyrighted and is not to be reproduced without the following credit line "PAGE & STEELE ARCHTECTS". Charles Wilks Photography, 1277 York Mills Rd. HI.7-7622. Photograph has surface grime, yellowing, cockling, flaking & adhesive residue on back.
Watts Lecture notes of David Lewis, former leader of New Democratic Party, lawyer for United Steelworkers, professor at Carleton University, correspondent with Toronto Star & Member of Parliament. Booklet has discoloration, creases & loss (staple holes).
A student or staff member walks north-east along the fifth floor of the Science Wing. Photograph has delamination.
This photo shows Principal Paul Thompson, John MacKay, and an unidentified woman at the Canada Millenium Partnership Program event, taking place at Miller Lash house. Photograph is scratched.
Scarborough Fair is a literary and art publication that is still being published today (2012) at UTSC. Anyone may contribute to its contents. Cover and pages are brittle, stained, folded, and have frayed edges.
Programme for the Formal Opening of Scarborough College, on October 4, 1966 - Tuesday - 8:15 pm, and the address given by Dr. Claude T. Bissell. Pages are folded and wrinkled.
Transcript of a Watts Lecture given by John G. Diefenbaker, Q.C., former Prime Minister of Canada. Booklet has staples, discoloration, crease & stain.
Photo of an instructor talking to visitors of the Science Open House about the Scanning Electron Microscope. Photograph is yellowing, torn, stained, scratched, shows signs of loss, and has adhesive residue on the verso.
Former Principal Plumptre celebrating at the Scarborough Campus Decennial event and Convocation Ball. Photograph is discoloured.
Photograph shows shelving in the Scarborough College Bookstore. Inscribed on back: Book Store. 1980s. SM 3. J607851. Photograph has dents, surface grime & delamination.
Mindfield is a compilation of artworks created and published by students from Scarborough College. Cover is brittle.
Procession of students prior to convocation. Photograph has dents & crease.
Watts Memorial Lecture on "Science & Society" given by Dr. Gerhard Herzberg (Nobel prize for Chemistry, 1971), on March 12, 1974. Booklet is in good condition.
Program for a Watts Lecture given by Robert (Bob) White, who became a national figure due to his activities as a prominent labor organizer & union leader. He is an officer of the Order of Canada. Program has surface grime.
President Robert Pritchard with Principal Paul Thompson near the Miller Lash House, Highland Creek Valley, in April 1990. Photograph is yellowing and showing signs of delamination.
Watts Memorial Lecture on the topic "Can Your Life Become a Work of Art?" given by architect & planner, Raymond Moriyama on March 4, 1975. Booklet has loss (staple holes).
David Onley and Principal Campbell celebrating at the Scarborough Campus Decennial event and Convocation Ball. Photograph is discoloured.
Inscribed on back: Bubbles, parachute games, singing with Dan the Musician, face painting, tattoooes, making frames & beading were enjoyed by all. Dress-up and dancing were a huge hit. Photograph has crease & delamination.
Visitors in physiology lab, Science Open House, 1973. Photograph is yellowing.
Unknown guests at the Scarborough Campus Decennial event and Convocation Ball. Photograph is discoloured.
Photo of the Groundbreaking of the Soil Erosion Lab, on May 2, 1988. Photograph is yellowing.
Photograph shows attendees at the N'Sheemaehn Daycare 10th Anniversary Celebration. Inscribed on back: Almost 200 children, parents, staff - present and former, braved the rain to help us celebrated 10 years of quality service. Photograph in good condition.
Unidentified staff in a procession from the Science Wing to the Meeting Place for a ceremony, possibly an installment. Photograph is yellowing
This photo shows P.R.W. Millard, Kathy Kester Mlllard and Evelyn Sneyd Millard having tea at a Garden Party Reception at UTSC's Miller Lash House. Photograph is yellowing.
David Onley & Margaret Birch & former Principal Plumptre at Scarborough Campus Decennial event & Convocation Ball Photograph is discoloured.
Photo of Hans Kung with students at the 1983 Watt's Lecture. Photograph is yellowing, dented, creased, and has adhesive residue on the verso, causing delamination.
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City 2018 /19 Primetime Schedule
Thread: City 2018 /19 Primetime Schedule
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Check back here on Tuesday, June 5 when details for City's lineup for Fall 2018 will be announced and posted here, including the primetime schedule. Rogers Media will be holding their annual upfronts.
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Imagine More – More New, More Favourites, More Choice. Citytv Unveils 11 New Shows for 2018/19 Prime-Time Schedule
– Citytv brings drama to the 10 p.m. slot with A Million Little Things and Manifest –
– Citytv adds hottest reboots Murphy Brown and The Twilight Zone to its lineup –
– Bart and Homer are heading to Citytv, with the addition of The Simpsons on Sundays –
– Citytv’s #1 hit reality and awards shows, America’s Got Talent and the GRAMMYs® , return with multi-year deals, alongside 16 powerhouse renewals for the 2018/19 season –
TORONTO (June 5, 2018) – Imagine a prime-time schedule packed with more programming that stirs excitement and captures the hearts of Canadian TV lovers. Today Rogers Media unveils Citytv’s 2018/19 schedule, anchored by last season’s proven hits and strengthened by highly-anticipated buzzy new shows. Rick Brace, President of Rogers Media, Colette Watson, Senior Vice President of Television & Broadcast Operations, together with the executive team, will present Citytv’s new Fall and midseason schedules to advertisers and media this afternoon at Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall.
The new Citytv schedule boasts 11 new shows, the return of 16 fan favourites, 3 live events and specials, and underscores a renewed investment in the 10 p.m. timeslot with two nights of compelling new dramas. While Hockey Night in Canada reigns supreme on Saturday nights, viewers will discover exciting new shows every other night of the week during the 2018/19 season.
“Canadians love TV. Last year, more than 30 million Canadians watched television every week, and they currently spend nearly 10x more time watching TV than they do browsing social platforms – that’s because TV delivers an experience unmatched by any other entertainment medium,” said Brace. “TV is the place where Canadians come for an immersive and emotional connection to characters and stories, and where advertisers have the greatest reach and impact. That’s the power of television.”
“We have created the strongest schedule in Citytv’s history, delivering more of what viewers want,” added Watson. “We know viewers tune in for family and friendship, to see trailblazing women who spark greatness, action and intrigue with unpredictable plot twists, and stories of everyday people who make us laugh, cry, and capture our imagination. Our 2018/19 season delivers a dynamic mix of comedy, drama and reality series, and the result is a pure entertainment schedule that reflects our Citytv brand.”
Stories with Heart :
Whether bonded by blood or by choice, the power of family and friendship runs deep through Citytv’s 2018/19 lineup, with dramas and live-event programming that explore these complicated, messy, and tender relationships with the people who – for better or worse – matter the most. Rocked by the sudden loss of one of their own, Boston friends support each other through love, loss, and life in A Million Little Things – the fall season’s most anticipated breakout hit drama. New drama Manifest explores the unsettling lives of the long-missing passengers and crew of Montego Air Flight 828 as they try to understand what happened to them – and what they’re meant to do with second chances. Parenthood is tough – and family life in the Marvel Universe is no exception when mom and dad discover their kids have mutant super powers in the new-to-Citytv family adventure The Gifted. And renegades with retro style are coming to Citytv this Fall, as the code-cracking crime-solving Bletchley women take their formidable skills stateside to tackle new mysteries in the Citytv originalThe Bletchley Circle: San Francisco.
Lighten Up:
Life is tough, take a break and laugh-it-out with another season of celebrated Citytv comedies! In one of the most anticipated comedy reboots of the year, Murphy Brown returns to FYI News – two decades later – bringing her whip-smart newsroom skills and biting wit into today’s era of ‘fake news’, 24/7 cable news cycles, and social media. Thirty years in, The Simpsons is still making audiences laugh-out-loud with their irreverent take on the world today. Bart, Homer, Marge and the gang are bringing their outrageous antics to Citytv this Fall. Single Parents finds the funny in navigating parenthood alone…except for those well-meaning, nosy, pushy fellow single parent friends determined to ‘help’. If you ever wondered what became of those rowdy kids at the back of the class, The Cool Kids are wreaking havoc in their retirement community – because growing old with dignity is for chumps! And in new comedy Rel, Rel becomes a single, long-distance dad after discovering his wife’s affair – with his own barber – and he’s not sure which loss is the bigger blow.
A Dose of ‘Reality’ :
A new perspective can change the world. This season, Citytv brings audiences stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, people transformed by events and inspired to do more and be more. In midseason, a contemporary take on a dramatic sci-fi classic, The Twilight Zone returns, reimagined with metaphorical stories for a modern era by Get Out director Jordan Peele. From reality TV heavyweights Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell, Citytv celebrates incredible talent in The World’s Best – a global competition show with a twist.
Fan Favourites:
Proven hits and fan favourites return as Citytv confirms the renewal of 16 prime-time series, delivering more laugh-out-loud moments, dramatic plot twists, and thrilling competition through the 2018/19 season. Returning series are Citytv’s #1 show America’s Got Talent, his-and-hers The Bachelor / The Bachelorette franchise,Canadian mob thriller and Citytv original Bad Blood, Black-ish, Bob’s Burgers, fan favourite Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dancing with the Stars, Family Guy, Hell’s Kitchen, Hockey Night in Canada, Lethal Weapon, Life in Pieces, Modern Family, Mom, and last year’s breakout comedy hit The Orville .
The iconic New Year’s Eve countdown celebrationDick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards® also return to Citytv this season. Then in 2019, an all-new live musical production of the Tony Award-, Grammy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent brings the unforgettable story of friendship, love, and hope among seven struggling artists in New York’s gritty East Village to a whole new audience.
All programming is available on Citytv.com and on mobile through the City Video app for iOS and Android, and on all Citytv+ digital platforms launching this Fall. Premiere dates will be announced soon; shows not listed on the Fall schedule below will be announced at a later date.
Citytv’s Fall Schedule
All times ET/PT; s=simulcast
· 8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars (s)
· 10 p.m. Manifest *NEW* (s)
· 8 p.m. The Gifted *NEW to Citytv* (s)
· 9 p.m. Lethal Weapon (s)
· 10 p.m. Mom · 10:30 p.m. Mom
· 8 p.m. Black-ish (post-release)
· 8:30 p.m. Cool Kids *NEW* (pre-release)
· 9 p.m. Modern Family (s)
· 9:30 p.m. Single Parents *NEW* (s)
· 10 p.m. A Million Little Things *NEW* (s)
· 8 p.m. Bad Blood *Citytv original*
· 9 p.m. Mom (s)
· 9:30 p.m. Murphy Brown *NEW* (s)
· 10 p.m. Mom
· 10:30 p.m. Mom
· 8 p.m. The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco *NEW Citytv original*
· 9 p.m. Hell’s Kitchen (s)
· Hockey Night in Canada
· 8 p.m. The Simpsons *NEW to Citytv* (s)
· 8:30 p.m. Bob’s Burgers (s)
· 9 p.m. Family Guy (s)
· 9:30 p.m. Rel *NEW* (s)
* *NOTE: Broadcast details for the following Citytv programs will be announced in the coming months: new series The Twilight Zone and The World’s Best; new live musical Rent; returning awards show the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards®; and iconic New Year’s Eve countdown celebration Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
CITYTV NEW SERIES DESCRIPTION
New Series :
60-minute scripted drama series
Wednesdays at 10 p.m.
Friendship isn’t one big thing – it’s a million little things. This is true for a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances. Some have achieved success, and others are struggling in their careers and relationships – but all of them feel stuck. When one of them suddenly dies, it’s an urgent wake-up call for the rest to start really living. And as they do, they discover that these friendships may be the only thing to save them from themselves.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: ABC Studios and Kapital Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: James Griffiths, Dana Honor, Aaron Kaplan, and DJ Nash
CAST: David Giuntoli (13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghzi), Lizzy Greene (Macbeth), Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers), Romany Malco (Weeds), Allison Miller (13 Reasons Why), Christina Moses (The Originals), Christina Ochoa (Valor), James Roday (Psych), and Stephanie Szostak (The Blacklist )
THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO
60-minute scripted Citytv original drama series
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Meet the original women who code. The first Bletchley Circle series followed a group of four female codebreakers at the elite Second World War code-breaking centre Bletchley Park, who used their skills to investigate a series of complex crimes. This new season picks up three years later in 1956, as Jean and Millie depart London for San Francisco to investigate the murder of a close friend. They are joined there by North American code-breakers Iris and Hailey who, like their British counterparts, find themselves undervalued and overlooked despite their indispensable war efforts. With renewed purpose, the code-breaking-turned-crime-solving team teases out an array of mysteries in the Bay Area.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Produced by Omnifilm Entertainment in Association with BritBox and World Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Brian Hamilton, Jake Lushington, and Michael MacLennan
CAST: Crystal Balint (Prison Break), Julie Graham ( Doc Martin), Chanelle Peloso (Level Up), and Rachael Stirling (Detectorists)
30-minute scripted comedy series
Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m.
This rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community break every rule to have fun – at their age, what do they have to lose? Hank is the leader of this motley crew, a gruff, opinionated, 21st century Archie Bunker who will go to great lengths to have a good time. His loyal (but less than helpful) friends include Charlie, a bumbling storyteller who goes on frequent tangents about some bizarre, barely believable episode from his life; and Sid, a naysaying, pill-popping hypochondriac who shoots down every scheme…but still gets roped in. Margaret, a brash and confident woman, complicates matters by forcing her way into their group and refusing to leave (she doesn’t take crap from anyone – especially not these three!). They are united by their shared belief that they’re not done living yet – not by a long shot.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20th Century Fox Television and FX Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Kevin Abbott (pilot), Charlie Day, Nick Frenkel, and Don Scardino (pilot)
CAST: David Alan Grier (In Living Color), Leslie Jordan (American Horror Story), Vicki Lawrence ( The Carol Burnett Show), and Martin Mull (Veep)
Mondays at 10 p.m.
When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent-but-routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, they lost five years. Seeing their life in fast-forward, they discover that their friends, families and colleagues had mourned their loss – and then moved on. With a second chance, their new realities become clear, and a deeper mystery unfolds as some of the returned passengers discover they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Warner Bros. Television and Compari Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Frankel (pilot), Jeff Rake, Jack Rapke, and Robert Zemeckis
CAST: Luna Blaise (Fresh Off the Boat), Josh Dallas ( Once Upon a Time), Athena Karkanis (Wild Kratts), Parveen Kaur (The Strain) J.R. Ramirez (Power), and Melissa Roxburgh (Supernatural)
Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.
She’s back! In a world of 24-hour cable, social media, ‘fake news’, and a vastly different political climate, the world needs Murphy Brown more than ever! The revival of the ground-breaking comedy about the eponymous broadcast news legend and her biting take on current events returns amid a divided America, chaotic discourse, and rampant attacks on the press. Murphy is back with her original FYI team: lifestyle reporter Corky Sherwood, investigative journalist Frank Fontana, and producer Miles Silverberg. Murphy’s son, Avery, shares his mother’s competitive spirit and quick wit, and has followed in her journalistic footsteps – perhaps too closely. Now back in the game, Murphy is determined to draw the line between ratings-grabbing headlines and honest reporting.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bend in the Road Productions Inc., in association with Warner Bros. Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Candice Bergen and Diane English
CAST: Candice Bergen (Boston Legal), Tyne Daly ( Cagney & Lacey), Nik Dodani (Atypical)
Faith Ford (Hope & Faith), Jake McDorman (Limitless), Joe Regalbuto (Side Order of Life), and Grant Shaud ( Oliver Beene)
Sundays at 9:30 p.m.
Based on the life of Lil Rel Howery, Rel stars Howery as a loving husband and father living on the West Side of Chicago, who discovers his wife is having an affair – and not just any affair – an affair with Rel’s own barber. It’s the worst, because as hard it is to find a good spouse, it’s even harder to find a reliable barber. Plus, the barbershop is the epicenter of neighbourhood gossip, so his marital business is known by everyone. Rel’s tough-talking, no-B.S. best friend, Brittany; his recently out-of-jail younger brother, Nat; and Rel’s Dad all pitch in to lend support – whether he wants it or not. After his kids move to Cleveland with their mom, Rel begins rebuilding his life as a long-distance dad and dips his toe in the dating pool. Ever the optimist, Rel continues his search for love, respect...and a new barber.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Kevin Barnet, Jerrod Carmichael, Lil Rel Howery, Josh Rabinowitz, and Mike Scully
CAST: Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Jordan L. Jones ( NCIS: Los Angeles) Jess “Hilarious” Moore (Wild ’N Out), and Sinbad (The Sinbad Show)
Will is a man lost in a world of parenting, princesses, and PTA meetings. This single dad has been so focused on raising his daughter that he’s lost sight of who he is as a man – but there’s help! A group of other single parents of seven-year-old kids help Will rediscover that being a great parent doesn’t mean sacrificing your grownup self.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Liz Meriwether, JJ Philbin, Katharine Pope, and Jason Winer
CAST: Devin Trey Campbell (Broadway’s “Kinky Boots”), Jake Choi ( Hawaii Five-0), Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), Grace Hazelett (Why Him?), Sadie Hazelett (Why Him?), Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live), Kimrie Lewis (Peeples ), Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), and Tyler Wladis ( A Christmas Story)
60-minute scripted anthology drama series
The original 1959-1964 The Twilight Zone series took viewers to another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of the mind. The seminal sci-fi anthology series explored humanity’s hopes and despair in ways conventional drama could not. With a contemporary twist on the classic The Twilight Zone returns, reimagined by Get Out director Jordan Peele for the Trump-era.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: CBS Television Studios in association with Monkeypaw Productions and Genre Films
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Audrey Chon, Simon Kinberg, Jordan Peele, Marco Ramirez, Win Rosenfeld, and Carol Serling
CAST: TBA
THE WORLD’S BEST
60-minute unscripted reality competition series
From reality TV heavyweights Mark Burnett (The Voice) and Mike Darnell (American Idol), The World’s Best is the first-of-its-kind global talent competition that features acts from every genre, from every corner of the planet. The performers need to impress a panel of three American judges – and break through the “wall of the world,” featuring 50 of the world’s most accomplished experts from every field of entertainment. The winning act will ultimately be crowned The World’s Best.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: MGM Television and Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mark Burnett, Mike Darnell, Alison Holloway, Brooke Karzen, Barry Poznick, and Dan Sacks
JUDGES: TBA
New to Citytv :
Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
Set in Marvel’s “X-Men” universe, this family adventure series tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins an underground network of mutants and fights for survival.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jim Chory, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Matt Nix, and Bryan Singer
CAST: Amy Acker (Person of Interest), Coby Bell (Burn Notice), Jamie Chung (Gotham), Emma Dumont (Aquarius), Natalie Alyn Lind (Gotham), Stephen Moyer (Shots Fired), Blair Redford (Satisfaction), Sean Teale (Reign), and Percy Hynes White (Night at the Museum 3)
30-minute animated comedy series
Sundays at 8 p.m.
D'oh! The Simpsons joins the Citytv lineup for an incredible 30th season, continuing to strike a chord with fans for irreverently poking fun at anything and everything. The longest-running scripted prime-time series on television, the show is set in the fictional middle-America town of Springfield and follows the dysfunctional antics of the Simpson family, including Homer, the oafish beer-swilling donut-loving father; Marge, the hardworking homemaker mother and wife; Bart, the 10-year-old skateboarding troublemaker; Lisa, the unappreciated eight-year-old genius; and Maggie, the silent pacifier-loving baby. Friends, colleagues, and neighbours – featuring some of the notable actors from stage and screen – round out The Simpsons experience.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Gracie Films production in association with 20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, and Al Jean
CAST: Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Lisa (Yeardley Smith)…and Maggie
The get The Simpsons and The gifted...Chicago Med and Chicago Fire nowhere to be found...Did CTV picked them up? Are they that unpopular that nobody did? Also The Blacklist is gone...Did it also go to CTV or did nobody picked it up as well??
Great news for Twilight Zone, I expected this to be on CBS All Access.
According to their Master Planner, probably subject to change, but right now they have The Orville at 8pm and Twilight Zone at 10pm on Thursdays.
InMontreal
NBC scheduled Blacklist to mid-season.
RECAP of new fall scripted series :
- The Kids Are Alright -> CTV
- The Rookie -> CTV
- Single Parents -> City
- A Million Little Things -> City
- The Neighborhood -> Global
- Happy Together - Global
- Magnum, P.I. -> CTV
- FBI -> Global
- Murphy Brown -> City
- God Friended Me -> CTV
- Manifest -> City
- New Amsterdam -> Global
- I Feel Bad -> Global
- Last Man Standing -> no canadian broadcaster !
- The Cool Kids -> City
- Rel -> City
- All American -> W
- Legacies -> Showcase
- Charmed -> W
Something weird, City picked Fox's "Cool Kids" (fridays 8:30pm on Fox), but City airs it in pre-release wednesdays, opting for a Canadian original at 8pm. They also got rid of ABC's Speechless (fri 8:30pm), which went to CHCH, which passed on Fox's Last Man Standing revival in order to simsub Fresh off the Boat... Bell Media's next press release should help putting the pieces together.
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"It's not a rerun if you haven't watched it yet." (© 2010 by TVViewer)
"Ne jamais s'obstiner avec un épais. Il va vous abaisser à son niveau et vous battre avec l'expérience."
gabrielwalmeida
All American and Charmed are on W Network and Legacies is on Showcase. Roswell, New Mexico was also bought by W Network.
http://www.channelcanada.com/fall-tv...alty-fall-2018
Forgot about The Blacklist Midseason.
Corus announced all 3 CW shows for W (All American and Charmed with Roswell midseason) and Showcase (Legacies) yesterday.
Originally Posted by mtlguy
Damnit Corus ! Well, this keeps the episodes from being available the next day on Netflix, but on the positive side, Bell Media didn't pick them, resulting in them being exclusive to CraveTV. (In other words, I can find S1 & S2 of Supergirl on Neflix, but not The Flash, Arrow, Legends, etc.)
CDN Viewer
Has City dropped this show, I don't see it mentioned anywhere in the fall preview info that was released today?!
It doesn't debut until January 2019 but they mentioned 2 other mid-season shows (brooklyn nine-nine & Life in Pieces).
Originally Posted by InMontreal
If past seasons are any indication, I don't think we should be expecting any big surprises beyond what we already know.
CTV already released their full list of acquisitions ahead of their upfronts on Thursday. As it stands so far, they lost The Gifted to City in exchange for The Resident.
Among the fall shows, three of them should find a spot on CTV in simulcast (Magnum, P.I., The Rookie and God Friended Me). Only one show, being a sitcom, The Kids Are Alright will likely end up on CTV Two just so it can be simulcast with ABC.
Everything else picked up will arrive midseason (Whiskey Cavalier, Grand Hotel, The Fix, The Red Line, The Village, The Enemy Within, America's Got Talent: The Champions).
That being said, we should not expect anything new for CTV Two. It is highly unlikely that they got the rights for Chicago Med and Chicago Fire which have been dropped by Global. Aside from The Voice and two nights of NFL Football, I think their schedule will consist of more fillers. Besides, if those shows got picked up, it would have been mentioned in last week's press release.
Other observations:
CW shows airing on Canadian broadcasters: Anyone notice a trend here? For this fall, almost all of The CW shows are being transferred exclusively to specialty channels and/or streaming services like Netflix. DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow are among the latest to join the list, joining Supernatural, Supergirl and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend among the established veterans. Newcomers including All American and Charmed will be premiering on W while Legacies will be airing on Showcase. The rest of the lineup including Black Lightning, Riverdale and Dynasty are on Netflix. That leaves The Flash as the only show whose status is yet to be determined. At this rate, it would not come as a surprise if that show also gets moved to specialty and/or streaming with a potential second run window on a Canadian broadcast network down the road.
Global is already doing this with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airing the latest season overnight on Sundays at 1:00am.
Established shows being dropped from Canadian broadcasters: We've seen this happen before. 90210 was dropped from Global and moved to Netflix for its final seasons. Scandal was dropped from City and got picked up by Netflix. Though it's being held for midseason, The Blacklist went from Global where it aired for four seasons to City, and now that show's been dropped. Considering that Netflix already has the rights to previous seasons, it would not surprise me if they obtain the rights for next season.
As for Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, I can see why Global chose to drop the rights to those shows. Both were time-shifted for the most part last season and did not deliver the ratings they would have hoped. Chicago Med aired often in pre-release on Mondays, as it got blocked by NCIS: New Orleans on Tuesdays and Chicago Fire wound up airing on Fridays, because it conflicted with S.W.A.T. on Thursdays. Considering the output deal that Global with CBS Studios, it seems that they were better off keeping most of the CBS shows (which performed better for the most part) and were willing to let go of some of the Universal properties. Since there was no mention of those two shows on Corus' specialty channels, then the only possibilities I can think of at this point are Netflix or maybe Rogers' new Citytv NOW service, but more likely the former.
Last Man Standing aired on City for the first three seasons then on CHCH for the next three. Since then, reruns of the show have been airing on CMT, so perhaps very quietly with little announcement, Corus will acquire the rights and episodes from the next season will turn up there. Or like all the other shows without a Canadian broadcaster, they will turn up on Netflix, which also has the rights to previous seasons.
So far in this upfront season, it seems that the Canadian broadcasters were willing to take more risks in acquiring new shows and air them in simulcast (of course, it's only a matter of time whether they sink or swim) and in doing so, trade off the rights to established and proven shows, which become an asset for streaming services like Netflix.
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As for Daytime, ABC decided 3 weeks ago to cancel afternoon show The Chew and replace it with a 3rd hour of Good Morning America, which was a bad decision since GMA hours can't be syndicated and sold to Canada...
https://tvline.com/2018/05/23/the-ch...-season-8-abc/
Anyways, how will Rogers fill the void? One more Murdoch rerun? A new syndicated ABC sitcom? (like "black-ish")
I'm looking for the replacement to be Canada's version of The Chew ... The Choke.
The Choke will visit the Big Smoke ... Toronto Ontario, for its pilot episode. Pot Brownies will be served to special guest: Don Cherry (cherries are tart, not smart).
And if we're still not cancelled, episode 2 will feature Hogtown ... Toronto Ontario. Doug Ford will join us at the table for a delicious meal of porky pig ... That's all Folks !!!
Warning: I'm not playing with a full deck.
With another syndicated show. Rogers Media has quietly acquired DailyMail TV, another one of those newsmagazine / tabloid shows (like Inside Edition), which will be replacing The Chew in its current timeslot. DailyMail TV debuted last fall, but this marks the first time that it will be airing on a Canadian network.
City stations have also been airing similar syndicated series including Crime Watch Daily hosted by Chris Hansen (formerly of Dateline NBC) and Top 30 (promoted as 30 stories in 30 minutes) which they have buried overnights at 2:30am, lost in between reruns of their cancelled CanCon original sitcoms and specialty fare from OLN.
Citytv Announces 2018 Fall Premiere Dates
http://www.rogersmediatv.ca/pr_detail.php?id=1476
2018 FALL PREMIERE DATES
All dates are subject to change. All times ET. (s) = simulcast
Sunday, Sept. 9
8 p.m. Rel (s) **NEW – airs Sundays at 9:30 p.m., beginning Sept. 30**
Monday, Sept. 10
10 p.m. Entertainment City: Citytv Fall Preview
8 p.m. The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco **NEW – Citytv Original Series**
8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars (s) **Season 26**
10 p.m. Manifest (s) **NEW**
Tuesday, Sept. 25
8 p.m. The Gifted (s) **NEW to Citytv – Season 2**
9 p.m. Lethal Weapon (s) **Season 3**
8:30 p.m. The Cool Kids **NEW**
9 p.m. Modern Family (s) **Season 10**
9:30 p.m. Single Parents (s) **NEW**
10 p.m. A Million Little Things (s) **NEW**
9 p.m. Mom (s) **Season 6**
9:30 p.m. Murphy Brown (s) **NEW**
9 p.m. Hell’s Kitchen (s) **Season 18**
Sunday, Sept. 30
8 p.m. The Simpsons (s) **NEW to Citytv – Season 30**
8:30 p.m. Bob’s Burgers (s) **Season 9**
9 p.m. Family Guy (s) **Season 16**
Thursday, Oct. 11
8 p.m. Bad Blood **Season 2 – Citytv Original Series**
Wednesday, Oct. 17
8 p.m. black-ish **Season 5**
Small detail, but it looks like back in june, Rogers decided to revert back the "Citytv" brand name, re-adding the "tv" bit they suppressed a few years ago.
It's noticeable when comparing the 1st message of this thread and last season's primetime schedule announcement, but also the on-air announcer for fall shows.
Looks like Citytv will be stuck with the 4 networks at the same time on thursdays this winter.
- CBS keeps Mom at 9pm (no broadcaster for Fam at 9:30pm)
- NBC scheduled the return of Brooklyn 99 at 9pm, but we already know after Good Place finale, Will & Grace takes its slot, both shows are on Global.
- ABC "upgraded" A Million Little Things to thursdays 9pm.
- Fox's The Orville is also scheduled for thursdays 9pm.
It makes sense to schedule both sitcoms in pre-release at 8/8:30pm eventho it's against TBBT/YS, Orville at 9pm and the more adult-themed AMLT in post at 10pm.
Though Citytv has yet to announce its midseason plans, this is what I think it will look like:
Monday: The Bachelor (ABC), Manifest (until late Februrary). Given the rights they have to most FOX shows, they might have picked up The Passage. Of course, that would mean either airing it in pre-release at 7:00pm or pushing The Bachelor up an hour early, like last season when they had the rights to The Resident.
Tuesday: Lethal Weapon and The Gifted (both FOX shows), which swapped timeslots.
Wednesday: Presumably the same lineup as they did in the fall with Black-ish (post-release), The Cool Kids (pre-release), Modern Family and Single Parents. Starting in February, CBS will be airing new reality competition series The World's Best on the evening so that would push one hour of the sitcom block to another night.
Thursday: As mentioned at the top of the post, I agree that it would make more sense to have Mom and Brooklyn Nine-Nine air in pre-release, followed by The Orville in simulcast and A Million Little Things in post-release.
Friday: With the mini-series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco having concluded, it will probably be filler in the 8:00pm timeslot until February, when they could schedule both Black-ish and The Cool Kids, the latter of which would air in simulcast. Hell's Kitchen finishes its current season in mid-February, and FOX will replace it with Proven Innocent, a new midsesason drama - perhaps another possible pickup for Citytv.
Sunday: They hold the rights to the entire FOX lineup, so nothing is expected to change until March, when Rel goes off the schedule, Bob's Burgers moves to 7:30pm and Family Guy is at 8:30pm.
Citytv also carries the Canadian rights to the revival of The Twilight Zone (streaming on CBS All Access), so it will probably turn up a little earlier in the year once room becomes available.
According to Zap2It, looks like Citytv will keep A Million Little Things in its fall slot wednesdays at 10pm, in pre-release... Unless someone at Rogers is still sleeping on the switch, which ain't something new...
Unless someone at Rogers is still sleeping on the switch, which ain't something new...
And that unknown person at Rogers did, indeed! Yup, my Over-the-Air PVR automatically programmed AMLT yesterday (wed) at 10pm, so be it. Then this morning during BT Mtl, there was a AMLT promo with the announcer saying "tonight at 10pm". Darn, I thought they probably rolled the tape by filename confusion. Then I just verified what my PVR caught yesterday night, and it's 2x Mom reruns. soooo, guess they finally opted to air AMLT on thursdays at 10pm.
Or maybe they pulled the typical "we fixed TV Schedule for City Toronto 2 weeks ago, we forgot about our other stations".
Small detail, but, last sunday during the AFC Championship on CBS, Fox scheduled a "Cool Kids" rerun at 9:30pm, now that "Rel" is over. The same thing will happen on Super Bowl night 2 weeks later, but Citytv opted for a Modern Family rerun on both occasions, losing a simsub opportunity. One can argue advertisers will pay more for a Family rerun than Kids, but in reality, Citytv's friday 8pm slot is currently wide open, with a Bletchley cancon filler. They never tried once a simsub opportunity with that show.
As mentioned in another thread, Citytv has the canadian broadcast rights to CBS' SuperBowl post-show, The World's Best, meaning this year, Rogers will be the one waiting eternally for the post-game show to wrap-up with a filler show until they cut abruptly to simsub CBS' game show... while CTV can exit early, dumping the SB post-game show to TSN and press Play on whatever they will program there.
Speaking of World's Best, CBS programmed it wednesdays 8pm for Feb 6 & 13, then at 9pm starting Feb 20. What's airing wed at 9pm on Citytv? Their precious, untoucheable Modern Family flagship show. Expect World's Best to air in post-release at 10pm. Huh, come to think about it, must be the reason why they decided last-minute to bump Million Little Things to thursdays 10pm...
So The Twighlight Zone starts April 4th with a 2 hours premiere at 9pm.
Originally, The Orville was supposed to be a repeat but FOX changed their minds and now it is a new episodes. So now will be pre-Fox for that week.
I assume the regular schedule for Twilight Zone is at 10pm.
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Trump, Scaramucci, Base : Some descriptors you might not think of …
Trumpery despicable, contemptible, poor, inferior, cheap, tawdry.
Scaramuche rascal, scamp, a cowardly buffoon
Base without estimable personal qualities, dishonorable, mean-spirited
Please use these words in a sentence. If the money is followed, will there be a sentence? Do lawyers have job security?
WOW WOW … SCARAMUCCI OUT! Evidently, he didn’t have job security. Congratulations to the new Chief of Staff! No room for such behavior with a four-star Marine general on deck!
And of Williams alumni interest and/or harrumphing:
America First?The Trump Era and the Future of World Politics
Spring 2018 Cross-listed as PSCI 127
https://catalog.williams.edu/catalog.php?strm=1183&subj=LEAD&cn=127&sctn=01&crsid=020707
July 31, 2017 · Filed Under Yik Yak
Marchant ’20 in the Washington Post
Landon Marchant ’20 (hat tip to Professor Sarah Jacobson) writes in the Washington Post:
Growing up, no one explicitly told me military service meant respect. They didn’t have to.
American flags flew in countless yards, including my own. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited each morning. Military recruiters knew my high school classmates by name and asked us about athletics and classes. Sporting events began with the national anthem. Military veterans had gainful employment. My evangelical upbringing stressed the importance of selfless service, of setting aside personal desires for the sake of a greater cause.
I am a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. I am transgender. My story is not unique.
The U.S. military employs as many as 15,500 active duty, National Guard and National Reserve transgender troops, according to a Williams Institute study, which could make it the largest employer of transgender Americans. The research institute also estimated there are 134,000 transgender veterans. Transgender people face higher rates of homelessness, unemployment and health-care discrimination than the average civilian population, and military service can offer economic stability and a sense of purpose.
July 31, 2017 · Filed Under Alumni
The Houses of Williamstown: Phi Delta …
(this is the 8th in a series of 16 posts) … originally published 29 October, 2009. Click COMMENT to see entire post.
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July 29, 2017 · Filed Under 'Houses' of Williamstown, Yik Yak
Ending Kangaroo Courts
Latest from former Williams professor KC Johnson:
Is the Education Department preparing to dial back the Obama administration’s assault on campus due process?
Beginning in 2011, the Obama administration used Title IX—the federal law banning sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funds—to pressure colleges and universities into adopting new procedures for handling sexual-misconduct complaints. At most schools, accused students already faced secret tribunals that lacked basic due-process protections. But the Education Department mandated even more unfairness. It ordered schools to lower the standard of proof to “preponderance of the evidence” instead of the “clear and convincing evidence” standard that some schools had used. It required schools to permit accusers to appeal not-guilty findings and discouraged allowing students under investigation to cross-examine their accusers.
Does anyone know exactly what occurred at Williams and when? The above is, I think, consistent with what we have seen, especially the change in the standard of proof. Perhaps even more important was the change in venue. Back in the day (when?) sexual assault was adjudicated at Williams (in those cases with no police involvement) in the same way as any honor code violation: by a committee run and controlled by students. Now, the Honor and Discipline Committee does not hear those cases. They are handled by administrators/faculty with no student involvement.
As always, the more students are involved in activity X, the better for Williams. I have much more faith in the ability of students to judge these cases than I do in folks like Sarah Bolton.
[Trump appointee] Ms. Jackson has one of the most thankless jobs in Washington — seeking to vindicate procedural norms and basic fairness on an issue that triggers intense emotional responses. She deserves all the support she can get.
Indeed. I doubt that anyone who matters at Williams agrees . . .
July 28, 2017 · Filed Under KC Johnson, Sexual Assault
Direct Order by Tweet?
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford, pictured here in March, wrote in the message to the chiefs of the services and senior enlisted leaders that the military will continue to “treat all of our personnel with respect.” | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/trump-transgender-military-ban-no-modification-241029
Williams men and women have served and are serving in the military. US Army 1957-1959 for me. Our bone-spur President seems to have as little regard for military procedure as he has for the rule of law. How long, I wonder, until he receives a section 8.
ADDED PER DDF’S GREAT SUGGESTION (see comments below)
Senator Chris Murphy ’96 (D) Conn has made this powerful statement of his belief in the right to serve our country:
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-after-trump-announces-ban-on-transgender-people-serving-in-military
July 27, 2017 · Filed Under 1
Seeing Like a State
From the incomparable Slate Star Codex:
Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written if he had gone into economic history instead of literature. Since he didn’t, James Scott had to write it a century later. The wait was worth it.
Scott starts with the story of “scientific forestry” in 18th century Prussia. Enlightenment rationalists noticed that peasants were just cutting down whatever trees happened to grow in the forests, like a chump. They came up with a better idea: clear all the forests and replace them by planting identical copies of Norway spruce (the highest-lumber-yield-per-unit-time tree) in an evenly-spaced rectangular grid. Then you could just walk in with an axe one day and chop down like a zillion trees an hour and have more timber than you could possibly ever want.
This went poorly. The impoverished ecosystem couldn’t support the game animals and medicinal herbs that sustained the surrounding peasant villages, and they suffered an economic collapse. The endless rows of identical trees were a perfect breeding ground for plant diseases and forest fires. And the complex ecological processes that sustained the soil stopped working, so after a generation the Norway spruces grew stunted and malnourished. Yet for some reason, everyone involved got promoted, and “scientific forestry” spread across Europe and the world.
And this pattern repeats with suspicious regularity across history, not just in biological systems but also in social ones.
Read the whole thing. James Scott ’58 is, perhaps, the most famous living Eph political scientist. (If not him, then who?)
Best introduction to Scott’s ideas is here. Highly recommended.
Black Entrepreneurship
Former Williams trustee Steven S. Rogers ’79 is teaching at Harvard Business School:
A new course at Harvard Business School, “Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship,” focuses on case studies featuring black protagonists in an effort to address a “blatant absence of inclusion” in the school’s curriculum.
Steven S. Rogers, the Business School professor who started the course, said the motivation for starting the course wasn’t to discuss racial discrimination, but rather to tell the stories of successful black business executives.
“One of the things I decided to do was not make it a course that focused on problems, but a course that focused on solutions and the end product of success,” he said.
Beyond moving the Business School curriculum towards including more diverse case protagonists, Rogers said he wants to showcase examples of “black brilliance.”
“Read the footnotes” … a reminder from Guy Creese’s essay on Professor Professor Dudley W. R. Bahlman
A Williams alum might find the story about Todd Ducharme (1994) of interest!! “Be Prepared” – the motto of the Boy Scouts, and a Tom Lehrer song, and a reminiscence about Football Coach Dick Farley are contained in this news note that reflects how Williams connections and experiences shape our lives.
http://web.williams.edu/athletics/news.php?id=8923&sport=10&year=2005
Perhaps other Williams alums would like to share their Billville times and stories. Just contact David.
Heil To The Chief!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-AuDbyGXYM
I was in the host Valley Forge District in 1950 at the BSA first Jamboree after WWII. President Truman and General Eisenhower spoke. It wasn’t any thing like the national disgrace on Monday evening.
Williams and “Be Prepared”
Ellis for The New Yorker
Smack Down of Norton ’97
Most brutal smackdown of an Eph academic paper ever?
A psychology researcher sent me an email with subject line, “There’s a hell of a paper coming out in PPNAS today.” He sent me a copy of the paper, “Physical and situational inequality on airplanes predicts air rage,” by Katherine DeCelles and Michael Norton, edited by Susan Fiske, and it did not disappoint. By which I mean it exhibited the mix of forking paths and open-ended storytelling characteristic of these sorts of PPNAS or Psychological Science papers on himmicanes, power pose, ovulation and clothing, and all the rest.
There’s so much to love (by which I mean, hate) here, I hardly know where to start.
The Eph involved in Michael Norton ’97. The author is Columbia professor Andrew Gelman. Read the whole thing.
Would any reader defend Norton against this attack? Not me.
The Houses of Williamstown: Kappa Alpha …
(this is the 7th in a series of 16 )
…in their ‘comments’, these old posts show an interest and avidity to fun as well as the darker side of Williams ongoing course.
My political jabs were also a continuing part of the blog at the time.
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Pardon me … …
Lets dance. Putin’ on the Ritz!
But we’ll have a collusion.
That’s collision… When two people slide into each other.
That’s what I said, collusion
Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo on campus:
https://connected.williams.edu/?p=320
Scaramucci in, Spicer out.
Communications to take a turn?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche
Marcus Slams Falk Over Derbyshire, 5
Last year, Professor George Marcus attacked President Adam Falk over his decision to ban John Derbyshire from speaking at Williams. Let’s spend a week discussing his argument. Today is Day 5.
Marcus concludes:
The liberal arts are the arts that make you free. And among the arts that make you free are those that enable you to learn how to deal with contentious conversation, how to inquire, speak, lead, follow and act as an autonomous citizen rather than, as the current local norm seems to have it, demand to be protected against discomfort. The norms of social, intellectual and political tolerance conflict and that adds to the complexity of being at a liberal arts college. We all need to learn to navigate between these contrary norms with practiced competence. It would behoove us all – students, faculty and administrators – to repair the self-inflicted damage and become, once again, a true liberal arts College. But that requires leadership. To that end we need an administration that understands and acts on its many obligations.
Perhaps we will get one in January?
July 21, 2017 · Filed Under UL/Derbyshire
The second Times around?
Alas the link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/jeb-magruder-79-nixon-aide-jailed-for-watergate-dies.html
Allowing this administration to mysteriously determine the boundaries of what “we” tolerate leaves our students unprepared to learn the practice of the liberal arts of citizenship.
Indeed it does. Falk may be giving (leftist) students what they want, but that is not what they need.
These skills of citizenship are evidently sorely lacking in the College student body.
Indeed they are. More students have written op-eds in the Record against speakers like Venker and Derbyshire than for them. Only a small handful of students — Zach Wood ’18 most prominently among them — have come out publicly in support of bringing non-mainstream speakers to Williams.
Tolerant citizens do not tolerate a regime that requires political speech, and posters are just one form of political speech, to be vetted before being allowed.
Why the reference to “posters?” Is there some controversy about this, some new rule from the Administration?
A politically tolerant student body would not tolerate an administration that proclaims it has first and final say over who can be invited to this campus to give an expressly political talk.
I disagree with Marcus’s implicit definition of “politically tolerant.” A majority of Williams students are, with regard to this debate, apolitical. They don’t care who comes to campus or who is prevented from coming to campus. They have better things to worry about!
What Williams lacks is students, like Zack Wood ’18, who are defenders of free speech, insistent on bring a variety of views to the Williams campus, even (or especially!) views they disagree with. I am not sure what the best short description of such students might be, but it certainly isn’t “politically tolerant.”
A politically tolerant citizen would not demand that this or that individual that he or she finds obnoxious be prevented from coming to this campus. A politically tolerant student would not demand that all groups be “vetted” by the administration before they are allowed to organize. A student newspaper competent in the skills and practices of a free press would not go to a senior member of the administration to examine the soundness of a decision made by the senior member of that administration and publish a story that inquired no further.
Indeed. The Record’s coverage of this controversy was sloppy, and it only got worse in their stories about Uncomfortable Learning.
The doctrine of free speech is not merely a negative principle. But political tolerance is also a positive principle. A free people become so by learning how to competently engage in public, competitive, even hostile, discourse; how to sift the stronger from the weaker; how to use conflictual disputatious citizenship to reveal hidden and corrupt motives and, in sum, how to best use the public space for contestation. But these practices are not natural. In his stance, Falk sells our students short.
Does he really? It is nice that Marcus believes that today’s Williams students are willing to “engage in public, competitive, even hostile, discourse.” But I have my doubts. Recall the official editorial position of the Williams Record:
Though Venker’s speech is legally protected, the College, as a private institution, has its own set of rules about what discourse is acceptable. In general, the College should not allow speech that challenges fundamental human rights and devalues people based on identity markers, like being a woman.
If the Record objects to Venker — someone’s whose views are positively mainstream in comparison to Derbyshire’s — then why would Marcus think that Williams students in general are ready to handle the Alt Right?
A follow-up to Strategy. Need those signals from Coach Cobb.
The Williams’ ties to baseball are well-known.
But the definition of political tolerance has long been straightforward: one supports the rights of all but precisely those we find objectionable. We measure political tolerance by seeing whether those proclaiming their tolerance are willing to uphold all political and civil rights for those they find objectionable, whether “they” can give talks, hold rallies, run for office, securely rely on the protection of the laws and more. There is no “line” beyond which we can withdraw those rights because “we” share President Adam Falk’s “outrage” (and here the “we” in Falk’s diatribe means “me, Adam Falk”). His missive exemplifies his intolerance. To that he adds the command that we respect his authority to impose his outrage, no matter how widely or narrowly shared, on the entire community.
All of this is reasonable enough. But, on the whole, Marcus’s op-ed is not nearly as good as Michael Lewis’s. (Regular readers will recall our 5 part series from last year.) If you only have time to read one faculty op-ed attacking Falk, read that one.
Falk speaks of the need to secure social tolerance. This is an essential and, especially at a residential college, vital task. People should feel secure and comfortable here, should receive – at the very least – civility, if not authentic caring and empathy. It is appropriate that the administration strengthens social tolerance where and when it should and where and when it can (in first-year orientation, on Claiming Williams Day, etc.). But social tolerance is not the only form of tolerance to be taught and protected. There are other forms of tolerance that advance conflicting norms and require different skills. They cannot be reconciled.
These two other forms of tolerance are essential if this is to be a liberal arts college. One of these is intellectual tolerance, experienced in the classroom and its other venues. It is in the circumstances of learning that we expose ourselves and our students to new and challenging ideas, ones that are both old and new, that may prove to be uncomfortable for some.
Note the key error. As soon as Marcus asserts that “People should feel secure and comfortable here,” he loses. Derbyshire (and other members of the Dissident Right) really do make people “feel” insecure. That is the whole problem! Much better to invoke the spirit of Robert Gaudino and “uncomfortable learning.”
You can’t simultaneously write “people should feel . . . comfortable” and “we [should] expose . . . our students to . . . ideas . . . that may prove to be uncomfortable . . . .”
The demise of the College: How the College fails to stay true to the ideals of a liberal arts education
I have never in my career at the College been embarrassed to be associated with it. But now I find that no longer to be true.
Did Marcus choose the title? Either way, the article (along with Professor Michael Lewis’s op-ed) is one of the strongest public attacks against a Williams president, by a faculty member, in living memory. Can anyone recall a similar incident?
My first year at the College was the last year of the long and illustrious career of Frederick L. Schuman, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government. Years earlier in the fraught ’50s, when the “Red Scare” was in full force, some alumni of a conservative stripe demanded that the College fire “Fred the Red.” Schuman had taken progressive positions and had been called before the infamous House Committee on Un-American Activities, irking some alumni (and no doubt others). To his credit, then President James Phinney Baxter rejected that demand.
1) I thought Professor Schuman’s nickname was “Red Fred,” not “Fred the Red.” Can older alumni clarify? Perhaps it changed over time? Perhaps the students used a different one than the faculty?
2) There is a great history senior thesis to be written about this controversy. Who will write it? Isn’t it both sad and pathetic that the History department no longer (?) has a faculty member who is an expert in the history of Williams?
Now we have a president who assigns himself the role of College censor, setting “the line” wherein some can be prevented from talking to the College public. Dean Sarah Bolton tells us not to be concerned because this is only a rare event, that the line is far out there. I presume by that she means that those who espouse “our beliefs” need not worry.
Indeed. By the way, do we have any good gossip as to which member of the “senior staff” provided Falk with such lousy advice? Was it Bolton?
if only the White House had the strategic thinking of baseball …
… Maybe the name-sake will be successful!
Trading cards remain popular. I’ve been offered two Amhersts and a Bennington for my Williams.
The Houses of Williamstown: Delta Upsilon …
(Originally posted 22 Oct, 2009. Click COMMENTS to see the entire post).
(this is the 6th in a series of 16 posts)
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Policy-Based Evidence Making
Latest from Oren Cass ’05:
“Evidence-based policymaking” is the latest trend in expert government. The appeal is obvious: Who, after all, could be against evidence?
Most EBP initiatives seem eminently sensible, testing a plausible policy under conditions that should provide meaningful information about its effectiveness. So it is not surprising to see bipartisan support for the general idea. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray even collaborated on the creation of an Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission that has won praise from both the Urban Institute and the Heritage Foundation.
But the perils of such an approach to lawmaking become clear in practice. Consider, for instance, the “universal basic income” campaign. Faced with the challenge of demonstrating that society will improve if government guarantees to every citizen a livable monthly stipend, basic-income proponents suggest an experiment: Give a group of people free money, give another group no money, and see what happens. Such experiments are underway from the Bay Area to Finland to Kenya to India.
No doubt many well-credentialed social scientists will be doing complex regression analysis for years, but in this case we can safely skip to the last page: People like free money better than no free money. Unfortunately, this inevitable result says next to nothing about whether the basic income is a good public policy.
The flaws most starkly apparent in the basic-income context pervade EBP generally, and its signature method of “controlled” experiments in particular. The standard critique of overreliance on pilot programs, which are difficult to replicate or scale, is relevant but only scratches the surface. Conceptually, the EBP approach typically compares an expensive new program to nothing, instead of to alternative uses of resources — in effect assuming that new resources are costless. It emphasizes immediate effects on program participants as the only relevant outcome, ignoring systemic and cultural effects as well as unintended consequences of government interventions. It places a premium on centralization at the expense of individual choice or local problem-solving.
Politics compounds the methodological shortcomings, imposing a peculiar asymmetry in which positive findings are lauded as an endorsement of government intervention while negative findings are dismissed as irrelevant — or as a basis for more aggressive intervention. Policies that reduce government, when considered at all, receive condemnation if they are anything other than totally painless. Throughout, the presence of evidence itself becomes an argument for empowering bureaucrats, as if the primary explanation for prior government failure was a lack of good information.
The common thread in these shortcomings is an implicit endorsement of the progressive view of the federal government as preferred problem-solver and a disregard for the entire range of concerns that prevent conservatives from sharing that view. Like Charlie Brown with his football, conservatives repeatedly lunge with enthusiasm at the idea that evidence will hold government accountable for results, only to be disappointed. Lauded as a tool of technocratic excellence, EBP more often offers a recipe for creeping statism.
Not that there is anything wrong with “creeping statism,” of course!
July 14, 2017 · Filed Under Oren Cass '05
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At last, a quiet moment in Paris …
Laurent de Brunhoff
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40602788/trump-in-paris-compliments-and-a-hint-of-compromise
… perhaps at the 2017 Gala Dinner of the American Library in Paris which recently honored biographer Stacy Schiff ’82.
Stacy Schiff, dubbed by Vanity Fair as “the hottest biographer in the block,” is also the author of Véra(Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry: A Biography, a Pulitzer Prize finalist about the French aviator and writer; and A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of the George Washington Book Prize, the Ambassador Award in American Studies, and the Gilbert Chinard Prize of the Institut Français de l’Amérique.
https://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/library-blog/item/746-gala-dinner-2017.html
Later today from an ami on the Fountain Pen Network.
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Fraud Jessica Torres ’12 in the New York Times
In recent years, on campus after campus, from the University of Virginia to Columbia University, from Duke to Stanford, higher education has been roiled by high-profile cases of sexual assault accusations. Now Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is stepping into that maelstrom. On Thursday, she will meet in private with women who say they were assaulted, accused students and their families, advocates for both sides and higher education officials, the first step in a contentious effort to re-examine policies of President Barack Obama, who made expansive use of his powers to investigate the way universities and colleges handle sexual violence.
Meanwhile, groups like Know Your IX, which teaches students their rights under the federal law, have been promoting a hashtag on Twitter, #DearBetsy, and asking people to post their personal stories about sexual assault on Twitter. Jessica Torres, a 27-year-old Democratic strategist, tweeted to Ms. DeVos that she had been raped as a student at Williams College.
“My concern is we’re going back to the years when women and queer students were absolutely terrified of coming forward,” Ms. Torres said in an interview.
The tweet in question:
1) Jessica Torres is a fraud. By committing the 2011 Prospect House hate hoax, she did more damage to the Williams community than any other student in the last decade.
2) Do New York Times Erica Green and Sheryl Stolberg reporters know how to use Google? If you are going to quote someone making a serious accusation, then the least you ought to do is to look into their past. Couldn’t they have found someone who isn’t a documented liar to demonstrate the point that false accusations of rape are not a major problem?
3) If Jessica Torres was raped at Williams, then I would urge her to report the crime to the Williamstown police. Law enforcement in Massachusetts takes sexual assault very seriously. Her assailant should be apprehended, charged, tried and, if found guilty, punished. However, if she made up the accusation after the Williams administration got a little to close in its investigation of the hate hoax, I would recommend that she restrict her public statements to other topics. [UPDATE: Thanks to comment below for clarifying the timing. Torres committed the hate hoax after her (false?) rape report, not before it.]
Back to the article:
Investigative processes have not been “fairly balanced between the accusing victim and the accused student,” Ms. Jackson argued, and students have been branded rapists “when the facts just don’t back that up.” In most investigations, she said, there’s “not even an accusation that these accused students overrode the will of a young woman.”
“Rather, the accusations — 90 percent of them — fall into the category of ‘we were both drunk,’ ‘we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation because she just decided that our last sleeping together was not quite right,’” Ms. Jackson said.
This quote is causing rage among a certain segment of the Eph commentariat. And that is OK! Ephs differ in their assessments of the problem of sexual assault on campus and what to do about it.
But, as always, at EphBlog, we are interested in the data. Do 90% of the cases at Williams look like that or not? If only the College would tell us . . .
July 13, 2017 · Filed Under Alumni, Sexual Assault
Dancing with Bears …
… can be very dangerous!
…picture credit: unknown
And that Williams link.
NSCI 204
Animal BehaviorSpring 2018 Cross-listed as BIOL 204
Making sense of what we see while watching animals closely is both an enthralling pastime and a discipline that draws on many aspects of biology.
https://catalog.williams.edu/catalog.php?strm=1183&subj=NSCI&cn=204&sctn=01&crsid=010617
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KC Johnson on Free Speech
Former Williams professor KC Johnson writes in Commentary:
In early May, the Washington Post urged universities to make clear that “racist signs, symbols, and speech are off-limits.” Given the extraordinarily broad definition of what constitutes “racist” speech at most institutions of higher education, this demand would single out most right-of-center (and, in some cases, even centrist and liberal) discourse on issues of race or ethnicity. The editorial provided the highest-profile example of how hostility to free speech, once confined to the ideological fringe on campus, has migrated to the liberal mainstream.
The last few years have seen periodic college protests—featuring claims that significant amounts of political speech constitute “violence,” thereby justifying censorship—followed by even more troubling attempts to appease the protesters. After the mob scene that greeted Charles Murray upon his visit to Middlebury College, for instance, the student government criticized any punishment for the protesters, and several student leaders wanted to require that future speakers conform to the college’s “community standard” on issues of race, gender, and ethnicity. In the last few months, similar attempts to stifle the free exchange of ideas in the name of promoting diversity occurred at Wesleyan, Claremont McKenna, and Duke. Offering an extreme interpretation of this point of view, one CUNY professor recently dismissed dialogue as “inherently conservative,” since it reinforced the “relations of power that presently exist.”
It’s easy, of course, to dismiss campus hostility to free speech as affecting only a small segment of American public life—albeit one that trains the next generation of judges, legislators, and voters. But, as Jonathan Chait observed in 2015, denying “the legitimacy of political pluralism on issues of race and gender” has broad appeal on the left. It is only most apparent on campus because “the academy is one of the few bastions of American life where the political left can muster the strength to impose its political hegemony upon others.” During his time in office, Barack Obama generally urged fellow liberals to support open intellectual debate. But the current campus environment previews the position of free speech in a post-Obama Democratic Party, increasingly oriented around identity politics.
Waning support on one end of the ideological spectrum for this bedrock American principle should provide a political opening for the other side. The Trump administration, however, seems poorly suited to make the case. Throughout his public career, Trump has rarely supported free speech, even in the abstract, and has periodically embraced legal changes to facilitate libel lawsuits. Moreover, the right-wing populism that motivates Trump’s base has a long tradition of ideological hostility to civil liberties of all types. Even in campus contexts, conservatives have defended free speech inconsistently, as seen in recent calls that CUNY disinvite anti-Zionist fanatic Linda Sarsour as a commencement speaker.
In a sharply polarized political environment, awash in dubiously-sourced information, free speech is all the more important. Yet this same environment has seen both sides, most blatantly elements of the left on campuses, demand restrictions on their ideological foes’ free speech in the name of promoting a greater good.
Indeed. The main thing we can do at EphBlog is to fight this tendency at Williams. Who will join us?
July 12, 2017 · Filed Under KC Johnson
Via our friends at Dartblog, we find Parchment:
As a digital credential service we connect learners to P20 academic institutions and employers to issue, receive, and share credentials in simple and secure ways.
Since 2003, our platform has helped millions of people and thousands of schools and universities exchange more than 20 million transcripts and other credentials globally.
Parchment provides data like this:
1) Does anyone know anything about Parchment? Do they really have access to this sort of information? If so, how? I was under the impression that Williams did not provide anyone with a list of students who it accepted but who choose not to enroll.
2) Regardless of the source, is this data accurate? I have heard that, of all students accepted to both Williams and to one of Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford, only 10% choose Williams. So, the 15/85 split with Harvard seems reasonable. But I also thought that we only yielded 50/50 versus Amherst. Is 70/30 correct?
July 11, 2017 · Filed Under Peers
Michael Lewis on Free Speech
Professor Michael Lewis writes in Commentary:
Free speech is a right but it is also a habit, and where the habit shrivels so will the right. If free speech today is in headlong retreat—everywhere threatened by regulation, organized harassment, and even violence—it is in part because our political culture allowed the practice of persuasive oratory to atrophy. The process began in 1973, an unforeseen side effect of Roe v. Wade. Legislators were delighted to learn that by relegating this divisive matter of public policy to the Supreme Court and adopting a merely symbolic position, they could sit all the more safely in their safe seats.
Since then, one crucial question of public policy after another has been punted out of the realm of politics and into the judicial. Issues that might have been debated with all the rhetorical agility of a Lincoln and a Douglas, and then subjected to a process of negotiation, compromise, and voting, have instead been settled by decree: e.g., Chevron, Kelo, Obergefell. The consequences for speech have been pernicious. Since the time of Pericles, deliberative democracy has been predicated on the art of persuasion, which demands the forceful clarity of thought and expression without which no one has ever been persuaded. But a legislature that relegates its authority to judges and regulators will awaken to discover its oratorical culture has been stunted. When politicians, rather than seeking to convince and win over, prefer to project a studied and pleasant vagueness, debate withers into tedious defensive performance. It has been decades since any presidential debate has seen any sustained give and take over a matter of policy. If there is any suspense at all, it is only the possibility that a fatigued or peeved candidate might blurt out that tactless shard of truth known as a gaffe.
A generation accustomed to hearing platitudes smoothly dispensed from behind a teleprompter will find the speech of a fearless extemporaneous speaker to be startling, even disquieting; unfamiliar ideas always are. Unhappily, they have been taught to interpret that disquiet as an injury done to them, rather than as a premise offered to them to consider. All this would not have happened—certainly not to this extent—had not our deliberative democracy decided a generation ago that it preferred the security of incumbency to the risks of unshackled debate. The compulsory contraction of free speech on college campuses is but the logical extension of the voluntary contraction of free speech in our political culture.
Hmmm. Not sure I buy the thesis that American-specific changes in politics caused problems for free speech. How does Lewis explain the fact that free speech is under even greater attack in Great Britain and Germany, despite the fact that their political systems have not (?) changed to favor “the security of incumbency” nearly to the extent that ours has?
July 10, 2017 · Filed Under Michael Lewis
Wood ’18 and Lawrence ’77 Testify to Senate, 8
Williams student Zachary Wood ’18 testified (pdf) to United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing: “Free Speech 101: The Assault on the First Amendment on College Campuses.” (Also testifying (pdf) was former Brandeis President Frederick Lawrence ’77.) Let’s spend two weeks on this topic. Today is Day 8.
What should Falk/Williams do? Let’s revisit (and revise) my advice from last year. Falk should issue the following statement:
Inspired by the impressive Senate testimony of Zachary Wood ’18 and Frederick Lawrence ’77, I have talked to many Williams faculty, students and alumni. I have now read John Derbsyhire’s book We Are Doomed, having checked it out from our own Sawyer Library. Although I profoundly disagree with Derbyshire’s views on a variety of topics, I now realize that my earlier decision was a mistake. Williams College is precisely the place where these odious opinions need to be explored, confronted and debunked. If not us, then who? If not here, then where? So, in the spirit of uncomfortable learning, I have personally invited John Derbyshire to Williams this fall, where we will stage a debate between him and some of the members of our faculty.
1) This would be a huge gift to Falk’s successor. A departing president has an opportunity to do things that make people angry and, make no mistake, lots of Ephs would be angry about am invitation to Derbyshire. The more that Falk can make the hard decisions — and take the heat associated with them — the more that the next Williams president will thank him.
2) This would close the chapter on one of the biggest mistakes of Falk’s presidency. A reasonable case can be made that, given the information available to him at the time, Falk was in the right to cancel Derbyshire’s talk. But now, with the benefit of hindsight, it is fairly clear that the cancellation was a mistake. And that is OK! We all make mistakes. But we don’t always get the chance to fix them. Falk has that chance.
3) I spoke with two former students of Robert Gaudino at a recent alumni event. Both were 100% certain that Gaudino would be strongly against the Derbyshire cancellation and in favor of more “uncomfortable learning.” But you don’t have to trust them or me on this score. Consider the words of a close student of Williams history:
Liberal education strengthens the mind and spirit so that a human being may more fully engage the world. Since Mark Hopkins’ time a string of Williams educators has further developed this idea. In the middle of the last century Professor Robert Gaudino pushed his charges to learn uncomfortably, in India, in rural America, in situations within the classroom and without that challenged the safe and familiar worlds they’d brought with them. If Mark Hopkins was the first professor to ask his students, “What do you think?” then Gaudino and others, including faculty of today, have raised the asking of that question, with all its implicit challenge, to a form of art.
Emphasis in the original. The speaker? Adam Falk.
To the extent Falk really believes in Gaudino’s legacy, in the importance of uncomfortable learning, there is no better tribute he can now pay than to invite John Derbyshire to Williams.
July 7, 2017 · Filed Under Zachary Wood '18
“A clash of civilizations”…
“Clash of civilizations” …quote from Trump speech, Poland 6 July, 2017
hmmmm. Rings a bell …
The Great Crusades (1095-1291)
The following is a list of events that occurred during the Great Crusades and covers the years 1095-1291.
http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/timeline/detailedtimeline.html
For more bells, this might be a good course when it comes around again. Or maybe it won’t …
ENGL 212 Spring 2015 Imagining the World, 1096-1650 (D) (W)
As part of the Exploring Diversity Initiative, this course examines the identities that Medieval and early modern Christians and others (for example, Jews and Muslims) imagined for each other and themselves in ways that still linger powerfully today–to give just one example, in Osama bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa against the United States, which describes Americans as participants in the same “crusader campaigns” inaugurated by Pope Urban II at the dawn of the First Crusade in 1095. The course will be divided into three units: Inventing the West, Inventing the East, Inventing the Future. The first will explore the monstrous origins of England and Ireland as well as trace the attempts to create a united West through the crusades (as proclaimed by Urban II, and as witnessed by a Jew, Solomon Bar Samson, from massacred Mainz)
July 7, 2017 · Filed Under Yik Yak
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2010 Formula Windsurfing European Festival
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 5th to 10th July 2010
An International Windsurfing Association sanctioned event
Results after 5 Races
Competitor List
Prizegiving - 14 year old Aldo Maia from Brazil wins the Formula Experience title as the wind deserts the competition for the final two days.
BEBEKO MAIA BRA-1313
"Sailing Formula Experience has been important in my development in Windsurfing. Through this class, in which I am sailing two years, I have learned a lot and significantly improved my techniques and performance. I participate in races in under 17 and youth in the FE class in Brazil, around the world and, as a class to access Windsurfing, FE has been very important to me.
The Formula Windsurfing European Championships 2010 in Cagliari, was a major challenge for me because my main opponent Oscar Ania Barrachina - ESP 161. He has great technical skills and this puts a lot of responsibility on your sailing, providing a match race format with very similar equipment – in fact, we have 100% identical equipment. A major dispute, requiring strategic skills all the time during the five races, demanded much of the sailors. The winner is the one that won in the small details and technical actions, these actions demonstrated by the fact that in almost all races we compete together, always finishing one after the other.
The greatest experience I have gained in this European event in 2010, was to let go and compete with the Formula Windsurfing Youth and Masters, and winning in some races with good placement, taking into account the vast difference between technical equipment used in the FE and FW, and the high technical level of the competitors of FW. "
Three on Day Three!
Another morning with no wind but, as yesterday, the AP came down at midday. However, with the wind refusing to reach 7 knots, sailors waiting for the start for over half an hour were returned to the beach as it was just too hot on the water!
At 2.00 the Race Officer decided to try again - wind was 10-11 knots on the course - and at last Race 3 was under way . . . followed by Race 4 . . . then Race 5! Hopes were dashed for Race 6 which was started but quickly abandoned.
AP came down at midday when the wind had settled at 8-10 knots. The wind dropped after one race, sailors were sent to the beach to wait, but it was not possible to start another. Conditions were the same as the day before - just a small window of opportunity to get one race. These conditions are unusual for early July in Cagliari!
Every night is pasta night, but tonight was special - a sailor dinner in the grounds of the club.
It took until after lunchtime for the wind to build to 10-12 knots so it was early afternoon when Race 1 - two laps of a windward leeward course - got under way, all competitors starting together, on perfectly flat water. Regrettably the wind did not hold and race 2 was abandoned after the start, sailors were sent back to the beach. By 6.30 the Race Committee decided no more racing for the day. Better luck tomorrow!
The opening ceremony was followed by a pasta party. It's sunny and hot - around 30 degrees - and the forecast for wind looks good for the week.
The Festival includes the European Championships for Formula Windsurfing Youth, Formula Windsurfing Master, and Formula Experience. The Festival also includes an international event for the senior division in Formula Windsurfing.
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ELECT TURNS DOWN MFBB APPLICATION.
To counter the rising unemployment numbers, the Prez-Elect has announced a dramatic increase in the size of the gubbermint. The number of people in public service has to be doubled. Qualified people are sought. Feeling qualified myself, I filled in the form and submitted it. I am of course no American but since Obami himself is Kenyan I didn't think that would be a problem. I received an email from Bernardine Dohrn, newly appointed US Labor Secretary albeit with execution experience, with the following questionnaire attached.
That did not go too well. For instance:
In April 2004, I sent an email to a friend of mine in which I described how utterly ridiculous I had received the speech of some upstart fella from the City of Dope or something. I flunked 13.
Ouch. I also flunked 10. I guess it won't do much good to point out that the list of aliases I used on the net is mercifully short, just MFBB and Outlaw Mike. Evil tongues say that these aliases are in fact the two parts of my split personality, the former being the one that is mad as a hatter, the latter the one that is criminally insane. Whatever.
I don't keep diaries. People who write diaries and too many biographies are narcissistic wussies. Hey, that rhymes! Flunked.
Are you nuts????? I have illegal immigrants swarming all over the place!!! Hell, I married one! F-L-U-N-K-E-D.
To cut a long story short, I busted all 7,562 items on the General Extended Shortlist for Trustworthy Audacious Personnel by Obama (GESTAPO). Obviously, I'm not the one he's been waiting for.
THE TREATMENT OF BUSH HAS BEEN A DISGRACE.
I am 43 years old and have been a keen follower of US and world politics since I was 16. I have never, never, witnessed the avalanche of dirt, lies, insults, vomit, ridicule and sheer hatred heaped upon George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, during his eight year long tenure.
George W. Bush inherited a recession and was thrown the gauntlet by islamic terrorists who had been let loose under his predecessor. In the wake of the compounding economic crisis he managed to liberate two countries and fifty million people and install democracies there, kept the homeland free from further terrorist attacks, and managed, through his tax cuts, to turn the tide of mounting budget deficits by 2004. En passant he profiled himself as the savior of Africa's tens of millions AIDS victims. Never one to appease the electorate or the elites, he took bold decision upon bold decision. Six months before his second term expired, the last timebomb from the Clinton era exploded in his face, and again he dealt with this crisis as best as he could, and seemed to be turning things around by November 3.
Adolf Hitler destroyed empires and kingdoms, states and entire peoples. Because he lived, an estimated 60 million died, very often in atrocious and appalling circumstances. Many millions more were wounded, maimed or psychologically ruined. Infrastructure was devastated on an unseen scale, financial systems broke down completely, and the entire world power balance was changed. Humanity was left with the shocking realization that there are no limits to its cruelty.
But not even Adolf Hitler ever received so much scorn as George Bush.
What is wrong with us? The WSJ's Jeffrey Scott Shapiro does not have the answer. But at least he asks the question.
THE TREATMENT OF BUSH HAS BEEN A DISGRACE
What must our enemies be thinking?
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.
According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.
This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust."
Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.
The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.
It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.
Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.
Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
Hat tip CDR Salamander.
VETERANS DAY 2008.
John. E. Noonan, Private 107th Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. Fell in Flanders on August 13, 1918. Remember him.
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
DEBUNKING CHARLES JOHNSON BECOMES A SPORT.
Saint Charles Johnson again. For the umpteenth time LGF's Charles Johnson has found the definitive evidence that the Vlaams Belang, the party I am a member of, is a Nazi party and is therefore to be avoided by those who oppose the creeping islamization of the West. To tell you the truth, I am getting so B-O-R-E-D with constantly having to defend myself and my party against these ridiculous accusations, that I didn't feel like rebuking this drivel again. I have done so in the past, here, here, and here, and then I even forget some. But after having been questioned by longtime acquaintance Mr. Ghost, I realized there's still far too many people out there hearing but one side of the story. So here goes - please bear with me.
The Vlaams Belang is not a nazi party. It has murky origins though, but has gone through a lengthy process of cleansing. It is sad and ironic that the very person responsible for that cleansing process, former chairman Frank Vanhecke, has currently been stripped of his immunity as MEP for an idiotic fact he did not commit himself, nor was even aware of. Point is, anno 2008 the (pro-US) VB is clean, or at least clean enough, and given its programme encompassing supply side economics, strong ethically conservative stances, and opposition to limitless immigration, it is very probably Europe's closest equivalent to the GOP. That is not to say there are no unsavoury characters left in the VB... but you will find those in any party. And when these people reveal themselves in an unguarded moment, they are ousted.
So let's now take a look at the latest LGF allegations. From the website of Our Holy Trinity of Ignorance, Arrogance, and Obsession:
Vlaams Belang Head at Nazi Book Fair - Update: VB Event at Neo-Nazi Pub
World Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:01:19 pm PST
Here’s a video showing Vlaams Belang leader Filip DeWinter, shopping for books at a VB/Voorpost convention. The books on these tables: neo-Nazi and fascist literature, and books about Voorpost—a European tribal nationalist militia with an openly fascist ideology.
Featuring salesmen wearing Nazi-style visored caps.
First off, those "Nazi style visor caps" are a rather common student accessory in Europe. I was not surprised to find a photo of them in a book dealing with the FarOer Islands, halfway Scotland and Iceland. Of course, Saint Johnson may claim that the FarOer Islands are one of those places where Martin Bormann and Co. fled to after Berlin fell in 45. But take a closer look as we proceed through the video. At some point Filip Dewinter - who, btw, is not the VB's Chairman but its fraction leader in Flemish Parliament - picks up a "Nazi" book and quickly fumbles through its pages here and there. He stops at the following page:
The guy you see on that photo is Joris Van Severen, who in Flemish nationalist circles is a revered hero. During the interbellum, Van Severen, a World War I veteran who became disillusioned with the Belgian state for the often harsh treatment of Flemish conscripts under Walloon officers, founded the Verdinaso, or Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal Solidaristen. This Flemish nationalist movement advocated corporatism, strong catholicism and the unification of The Netherlands with Flanders, a geographic entity they called Dietsland. For those people who thanks to Johnson's constant barrage of accusations think I'm making this up, I refer to the Wikipedia entry. Take especially notice of this exerpt:
Joris Van Severen ideological thinking was also influenced by Charles Maurras and Maurice Barrès, whilst failing to come to any accommodation with the Rexists or the Flemish National Union. Van Severen was equally opposed to Adolf Hitler and on the outbreak of World War II he banned his followers from producing any material in support of Nazism...
... When Germany began executing Fall Gelb (the invasion of the Low Countries by Germany) in 1940 the Belgian government arrested him, together with many other Flemish-nationalist en communist politicians, and thousands of foreigners, and transported him to France for lack of space in Belgium. Van Severen belonged to a group of prisoners who was imprisoned in Abbeville, where, during havy German air attacks at May 20, he was shot with 20 other prisoners by French soldiers who thought they were dangerous spies.
It should be emphasized that Joris Van Severen, the man who despised the (then francophone) Belgian State for oppressing Flemish culture and language, exhorted his followers at the outbreak of the May 1940 invasion to take up arms for Belgium and fight the Nazi invader. As you can gather from the wikipedia entry, he was however rounded up by that same Belgian state and transported to France, where he met his untimely end at the hands of triggerhappy French soldiers who, apart from Van Severen, executed some twenty other persons suspected of espionage, an episode known as the "Bloodbath of Abbeville". Van Severen died a hero's death, as he was shot in the head and the stomach while trying to talk sense in a panicking French officer.
Okay-dokey. So much for the Obersturmbannfuehrer's biography Dewinter is so fascinated by. Now let's follow him further on his journey through the Nazi book:
If you thought Dewinter was admiring here a photo of Nazi officers on the Eastern Front, sorry, no such luck. It's a photo of Belgian Army officers prior to the war. On the photo, you can distinguish, second from the right, the Belgian King, Leopold III. Below you find a book cover with a photo of the King, wearing the high boots he was so fond of.
Sorry Charles, Leopold III may have been many things, but he was no Nazi.
So WHO THE F*CK got LGF's Grand Wizard this latest intel snafu? Johnson refers to a certain Thanos, and I thought it worthwhile to sniff a bit around on that fella's blog. Surprise surprise. I found this, RIGHT UNDER Thanos' entry regarding Filip Dewinter visiting a "Nazi Book Fair":
A-ha! I see! "Congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama." Who would have thunk it??? So now we have a Barack Obama supporter telling us that the Vlaams Belang is a nazi party! Well well well!!! Now THAT's what I call a reliable source. Not!!! Check your buddies Charles. No, seriously. You live in La La Land huh? We have a saying over here: "wie bij de hond slaapt betrapt zijn luizen". Yeah, it's in that peasant's language Flemish. Sorry. It means: "He who sleeps with a dog picks up its lice." Do your homework better dude.
OBAMA THUGOCRACY IN FULL BLOOM.
In post-election Philadelphia, a man was arrested for wearing a McCain-Palin tee. Hat tip Gates of Vienna.
Watch it to the end and listen to the crowd. Just listen. Philly is called the City of Brotherly Love, isn't it?
You walk through that crowd with the tee to the left, you get a hero's welcome. You walk thru it with the tee to the right, you're arrested. Welcome to the New America. Some change indeed.
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A 2016 inquiry later found Lugovoi and Kovtun responsible for the poisoning of Litvinenko. President Barack Obama has been trying to get that point across since early 2015. who is now Secretary of State, “Anything. The European Union and Canada have sanctioned more military figures. who recently took on the role of Col.
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This Evening of Food Theater Goes Beyond Inspiring Innovation. It's a Master Class in the Art of Possibility
December 28, 2018 Cloud ComputingAmal Sayegh
Entrepreneurs and other creators want to innovate, to create meaningful new things that people love. Once in a while someone delivers at an extraordinary level, devoting themselves to expressing themselves so personally and authentically that they inspire us to seek greatness in ourselves to share.
I was fortunate enough to experience such a leap forward–unexpectedly and contrary to my expectations, as I’ll explain. I’m not a restaurant critic, nor a musician, but an evening at an innovative dining establishment in Culver City, California, has me convinced that its proprietor, Jordan Kahn, may be a Mozart of food. Stay with me.
My goal is not to praise Kahn or his establishment, Vespertine, whose name is derived from the Latin vesper, “of the evening” or “evening star.” Few readers will be able to experience Vespertine in person. As a teacher and writer on leadership and initiative, I’m compelled by my experience to share how, even in a field such as fine dining, combed over for novelty for generations, even centuries, dimensions of new possibility are available.
Envisioning the Scope
If you lived in the time of Bach, could you have imagined a Mozart opera or Beethoven symphony? Very few could. It took Mozart and Beethoven to create them.
To say that the later musicians added new dimensions to music takes nothing from Bach as an artist. I love the Brandenburg Concertos and always will, but Mozart’s operas involve many more instruments, many more performers of different types (singers, players of instruments, a conductor), architectural design, ornate sets, wardrobes of clothing, and the contributions of teams of people, many geniuses themselves, who devote careers to deliver a complete, comprehensive work–performers, architects, financiers, carpenters, and others.
Every great artist cares about every detail, but Mozart added dimension and scope of type of details to care for. Earlier generations could not likely have envisioned the scope.
The Paris Opera House and New York’s Lincoln Center are not just other buildings to play music in and seeing an opera in a great opera house is not just hearing some music. It’s an event. An evening at a world-class opera or symphony will affect you for years, maybe the rest of your life. I remember operas I saw in decades ago. The experience begins months before an evening’s performance, before buying the ticket. You learn about the event, its history, the artists. You see how it fits into your life. You accommodate it.
It unfolds in countless ways beyond “just” the music: How you arrive at the venue, walk up the entry stairs, interact with other patrons, are greeted and directed by staff, applaud, and so on.
Mozart’s operas required vision and execution beyond Bach’s and his contemporaries’. We can’t compare Bach to Mozart as artists–each is unique–but we’re glad Mozart did what he did. No one wants music to stagnate with later composers fiddling around the edges of what Bach nearly perfected.
Experiencing Added Dimensions
Kahn’s Vespertine is a Mozart opera amid Bachs in the culinary arts.
To say you ate dinner at Vespertine implies a regular restaurant experience, which it isn’t. An evening at Verpertine involves more dimensions, evolving in space, time, color, sound, and more. It involves the whole building. You actively move from room to room and floor to floor, unpuzzling food you remember seeing prepared as you passed the kitchen an hour or two before. The architect’s voice matters. The manufacturer of the bowls and the land from which its materials were mined matters.
Every great chef pays attention to every detail. Kahn added dimensions and scope of type of detail. The experience begins months before, with research and figuring out how to fit it into your life, figuring out what to expect from articles like this one. It unfolds in countless ways beyond “just” the food, and stays with you for a lifetime.
Composition in the Culinary Arts
I’ve long marveled how the same elements–color, shape, line, form, rhythm, melody, and composition, for example–apply in different arts with parallel meanings. A novel or poem contains rhythm as a song does. Composition involves space in painting, time in music, and multiple dimensions in sculpture, yet we recognize the same underlying meaning of composition.
Before Vespertine, I hadn’t noticed culinary artists using all those elements. Composition might mean how the chef arranged food on a plate or designed a room and matching menu. At Vespertine, it involves more. It uses elements I’m not aware of chefs using, as Mozart expanded beyond the limits of his time.
One early hint in my evening: When making reservations, I mentioned that I was staying within walking distance and could meet my companion at Vespertine. They suggested we arrive by car together–the valet and greeter receiving us would be part of the experience. They were, as was the space where we waited outside, the temperature of the furniture we sat on that chilly evening, the sight lines to Vespertine the building (the restaurant uses the entire several-story building, which reveals itself throughout the evening), the scents, the garden, the first tastes of the evening, how we entered the building, and how we came to expect the evening to unfold.
The night unfolded in distinct scenes and acts, using elements in time and space, with rhythm and melody, of color, form, shape, and composition. Kahn told a story beyond what I thought a restaurant could.
The Evening Begins
I’m risking florid language because of how my evening began, when I was predisposed to dislike the experience. As a New Yorker, I learned of Kahn and Vespertine while researching food and sustainability panelists at an industry event in Greenwich Village a few months before.
Online, I read Kahn’s interviews in which he said he transformed food so you couldn’t tell where it came from. I prefer my food minimally processed, to show off the vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, and all the ingredients for their innate beauty and taste. I’ve been known to describe processing or covering food with salt, sugar, and fat with such as “assaulting” or “molesting” it.
I found the videos on the site over the top. I didn’t see the point of talking about the building in interviews so much. I could go on, but I wasn’t that interested in seeing more.
Things changed at the food and sustainability event. Each panelist talked about revenue models, funding sources, and other business first, taste second. Kahn wasn’t a panelist. He came on after and prepared food, interactively, describing each ingredient’s origin, its place in nature, its role in sustainability, his experiments to learn it, how and why he processed each as he did, the point of his combining them, and other parts of his craft. His presentation struck me as more honest than rehearsed, from the heart as much as from the hands and head.
Experiencing the ingredients transformed–yes, processed, but the opposite of assaulted–after knowing why, then tasting the results revealed a different purpose to the processing, based in caring and personal expression. The result told a story in flavors and textures over time of tart, sour, sweet, crunch, chewy, oil, crisp, and so on. He didn’t process to cover, hide, or assault, but, in my view, to express his appreciation for the plants, fungi, and microorganisms that went into a simple dish.
I felt I experienced art amid businesspeople. Since I knew I would visit L.A. a few months later, I began looking into an evening there. The place seats only 22 people per evening.
The Evening
The actual experience began with a lunch at Kahn’s casual restaurant across the street, Destroyer, whose layout is more mainstream, though its open kitchen allowed me to see Kahn and his team at work and to speak briefly. Vespertine, the building, was visible, but mysterious. What was the relationship between its style and the food that Kahn’s videos and interviews described?
About 24 hours later, my companion picked me up from around the corner, and we arrived. After the aforementioned welcome, the staff walked us in, told us to take the elevator up, to where Kahn greeted us, standing before another open kitchen, or area of food preparation, because it didn’t look like a kitchen. What his team was preparing, I couldn’t guess from looking. He walked us up more stairs, giving more view of the floor.
A staff member sat us at a bench. The staff alternated between bringing us food, giving us space, serving neighbors, explaining what was in the food, and answering questions. The descriptions created as much mystery as they answered. The dishes, utensils, and napkins were various shades of black, their textures various shades of earth. There was rhythm between the architectural design and clothing, between seeing the food prepared an hour before its presentation, and between the periods of sitting and walking to new rooms.
There was line, shape, color, and form also in time and space, not merely physical lines of the tables or walls, but of the experience. Every restaurant composes the food on the plate. Vespertine’s composed our countless and various interactions–walking, talking, eating, listening, overhearing, climbing, descending, entering, exiting, and so on–into a composed, curated, orchestrated evening.
Each dish was a character in its scene, with a back story giving it depth, development to carry me forward, relationships with every other character, and plot twists to keep me interested. How the giant kelp was served related to the spruce about 10 courses later. The split cone from which emerged a hidden garden (I can’t explain it better) resonated with the open sphere I spelunked to find submerged treats beneath subterranean pools of frankly I don’t know what.
Every dish was presented simply, yet became complex as you broke it open, cracked the surface, sought the ingredients the server mentioned, and otherwise solved what Kahn and his team riddled for you. Initial discoveries yielded new mysteries, which yielded delights, wonderment, and fun. Each scene stood on its own while arising from the scene before and propelling to the next. That is, each dish, absent the rest of the Vespertine experience, was delicious, harmonious, and the equal of any dish I’ve had at any ordinary restaurant, as each Mozart song would stand on its own.
It would be a mistake to think the food, wine, and service dominated the evening. On the contrary, despite the artistry, it prompted and supported meaningful reflections and conversation. Great art adds to, not distracts from life and relationships. For all its artistry, Vespertine didn’t overpower but nourished.
Over a dozen courses later–a story with many plot twists–we left, amid curtain calls of tastes, scents, and staff members as we traversed and explored the outdoor garden nearby which we entered.
I received an email reminding me of some of the evening’s players: giant kelp, sea lettuce, burnt onion, black currant, salsify, abalone mushrooms, concord grape, tradescantia (a wildflower), rose apple, almond, radish, yam, smoked soy, salted plum, leek, rose, begonia, pumpkin, guava, sunchoke, lovage, parsnip, juniper…that’s about half the list.
I’m writing these words six weeks after the event. The writer in me felt challenged to communicate the experience authentically and accurately, and it took this long to digest.
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Brocas, John
Fishamble Street, 1696–97
Post Office Coffee House, Fishamble Street, 1697
Back of Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, 1698
School House Lane, near High Street, 1699–1711
Flood states that Brocas 'issued several musical settings between the years 1704 and 1708'.
[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Dix gives the date as 1706 with no address. Humphries and Smith and Boydell (Calendar) give the dates as 1696 to 1707 with no address. Munter gives the Post Office Coffee house, Fishamble Street from 1696 to 1697; the back of Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, 1687 to 1698 and School House Lane from 1698 to 1711. Powell gives the addresses above from 1696 to 1707.]
The Psalms of David in metre. Newly translated with amendments. By William Barton M.A. And set to the best psalm-tunes, in two parts, viz. treble and bass; ... The second edition, corrected and amended. With the basses. By Thomas Smith. Dublin printed by J. Brocas, for Elip. Dobson, Tho. Servant; booksellers in Castle street; and Peter Lawrence, bookseller on the Merchant-Key 1706 (Humphries & Smith)
Dobson, Eliphal (i)
Lawrence, Peter
Servant, Thomas
Flood, W.H. Grattan, 'Music-Printing in Dublin from 1700 to 1750', The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th ser., 38.1 (30 September 1908), 236–40 (p. 237)
Dix, E.R. McC., ‘Some Dublin Music Printers and Music Sellers of the Eighteenth Century’, The Irish Book Lover, 18.1 (January/February 1930), 26–28 (p. 27)
Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 261
Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), pp. 36–37
Boydell, Brian, ‘Brocas, John', Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>
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Hawks rally from pair of 2 goal deficits, Keith’s game winner with :48 left helps eliminate Preds.
Posted on April 25, 2015 by grobber
Duncan Keith scored at 16:12 of the third, and the Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Saturday night to win their first-round playoff series 4-2.Keith beat a screened Pekka Rinne with a laser from the left point. The defenseman, who had the winning goal in a 4-3 double-overtime victory in the series opener, also had two assists in the clinching game.Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp also scored, and Corey Crawford stopped 13 shots after replacing Scott Darling in the first period after the rookie gave up three goals.The Blackhawks will face St. Louis or Minnesota in the Western Conference semifinals as they try to finish an up-and-down season with their third Stanley Cup title since 2010.James Neal had two goals for Nashville, and Matt Cullen also scored. Rinne stopped 28 shots, but the Predators bowed out in the first round for the sixth time in eight playoff appearances.Keith retrieved the puck just inside the blue line and waited for an opening before sending a drive through a screen past Rinne’s right shoulder with 3:48 left. He had two goals and five assists in the series.Kane capped a wild first period by firing a shot from the left circle through a screen with six seconds left, tying it at 3.The Hawks rallied after Neal scored twice in the game’s first 8:09 to give Nashville a 2-0 lead, and Darling gave up three goals on 12 shots.The goalie switch came after the Blackhawks’ Sharp and Nashville’s Cullen scored 39 seconds apart.The 38-year-old Cullen beat Keith along the boards and slid the puck off the post at 11:16. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville then went to Crawford, who had a solid regular season but was replaced by Darling after he struggled in the first two playoff games.Toews made it a one-goal game when Sharp’s slap shot from the high slot deflected off his skate on the power play.
NOTES—The Blackhawks are 13-3 in games in which they have a chance to eliminate an opponent since the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs. … The Predators are 1-8 when facing elimination.
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The Grub Street Essay
Grub Street Top 40
Peter Seeger leading a sing-a-long, circa 1970
It’s been a singing week. Last Tuesday, I attended a concert given by a duo, Blood and Patterson, with repertoire over two thousand songs, including “Some Enchanted Evening.” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Four Strong Winds” and “Circle Game.” Rather than a mere performance, the show was a sing-a-long reminiscent of what Pete Seeger did post The Weavers.
Blood and Rush compiled songs into two books.
Now, technically, you may have a point when you assert that you thought Rodgers & Hammerstein, Hank Williams, Ian Tyson and Joni Mitchell, respectively, composed these songs. The couple in question are Peter Blood and Annie Patterson; they legitimately claim to have put their names to these and hundreds of other songs because they have compiled them in two books. Rise up Singing, which published in 1988, and Rise Again, published in 2015. The books contain the words and rudimentary chording instructions for each song.
Rise up Singing sold a million copies; it is as necessary for the folk music fan as a Fodor’s Travel Guidebook is for the tourist. No wonder; it was a godsend. When you got together with friends to play and sing music, you could no longer make the excuse that you couldn’t come up with an idea for a song to play. There sat 1,200 tunes, with playing instructions, just waiting for you to lift off the page,
Remember, this book came from 1988. The internet was just a gleam in the eyes of Al Gore. Learning a new song wasn’t as simple as going to YouTube; you had to own the album, tape or CD.
Just when you thought that you might be getting a tad too familiar, with the repertoire of Rise up Singing, along comes another 1,200 songs, some twenty-seven years later, in the same format. There are no excuses for lack of selection.
A Blood and Patterson sing-a-long.
Thus, when my wife and I saw the advertisement for a Blood and Patterson concert at St Andrew’s Church in Picton, we knew we had to go, even if only to thank them for all the pleasure their books have provided to us in our amateur singing exploits. On top of that, it was a fun evening.
This concert did not purport to offer high-grade musicianship. Instead, it billed as a “singalong concert.” That’s exactly what it was; everybody sang along from “Ob La Di, Ob La Da” to “Hey, Good Lookin’,” from “Leaving on a Jet Plane” to “All I Have to do is Dream”; no-one held back. Some sang more mellifluously than did others, but everybody sang
Blood and Patterson are attempting to carry on the tradition of folk legend, Pete Seeger, who would have been 100 years old next May. Seeger was famous for turning almost every song he performed into a singalong. He was heavily involved in the creation of Rise up Singing and wrote the preface to Rise Again. Blood and Patterson sell Seeger CDs at their concerts.
All of which made me wonder why there aren’t more public opportunities to just let loose and sing with others. Perhaps it’s because of the prevalence of private music fed directly from the cloud to our headphones. Perhaps it’s because people are less social than they used to be. Perhaps it’s because church attendance has declined. Perhaps it has something to do global warming; everything else does.
Two people also trying to buck the trend against letting loose and singing are Tim Falconer and Tyler Ellis. They performed during a session of the “County Reads More” series last weekend. Tim Falconer, who is the current writer in residence at the Al Purdy A-frame retreat in Ameliasburgh, is the author of Bad Singer: the surprising science of tone deafness and how we hear music.” The book explores, in a breezy way, the latest neuroscience of music. Tyler Ellis is a musician and elementary school music teacher.
Falconer and Ellis suggest that you can divide people into a minority who feel comfortable singing publicly and the majority who don’t. That majority, in turn, fall into two groups: those talked out of their shyness and those that resist, claiming tone deafness.
The supposedly tone deaf include those that can be trained to sing and a small fraction, roughly 2.5% that are amusic. The brains of the amusic meet serious obstacles to taking in and producing music. Still, even the amusic group, Falconer among them, can improve their singing to some extent, with training. As Falconer points out, it is possible for an amusic to enjoy singing, even though it may be hard for both the singer and the listener.
Singing aloud is for everybody, even bad singers.
Falconer and Ellis decry the emphasis, in music education, on weaning out the less adept, instead of encouraging them. That is the point at which their message converges with that of Blood and Patterson. Singing is for everyone, including bad singers.
Some readers seem intent on nullifying the authority of David Simmonds. The critics are so intense; Simmonds is cast as more scoundrel than scamp. He is, in fact, a Canadian writer of much wit and wisdom. Simmonds writes strong prose, not infrequently laced with savage humour. He dissects, in a cheeky way, what some think sacrosanct. His wit refuses to allow the absurdities of life to move along, nicely, without comment. What Simmonds writes frightens some readers. He doesn't court the ineffectual. Those he scares off are the same ones that will not understand his writing. Satire is not for sissies. The wit of David Simmonds skewers societal vanities, the self-important and their follies as well as the madness of tyrants. He never targets the outcasts or the marginalised; when he goes for a jugular, its blood is blue. David Simmonds, by nurture, is a lawyer. By nature, he is a perceptive writer, with a gimlet eye, a superb folk singer, lyricist and composer. He believes quirkiness is universal; this is his focus and the base of his creativity. "If my humour hurts," says Simmonds,"it's after the stiletto comes out." He's an urban satirist on par with Pete Hamill and Mike Barnacle; the late Jimmy Breslin and Mike Rokyo and, increasingly, Dorothy Parker. He writes from and often about the village of Wellington, Ontario. Simmonds also writes for the Wellington "Times," in Wellington, Ontario.
More by David Simmonds:
Wellington Not Walton
Thoughts from Away
A Big Wet Kiss
Wine Standard
Bacongate
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Balcony Scenes
Winning Combination
Read My Socks
Art and Mammon
Sex (gotcha!)
Test Your Bridge
Death Arrives
Health is Wrong Here
Military Parades
Dating: the next step
Sweet Little 16
$99 to Use the John
The Chara Incident
Leroy Jones Top 40
Dr Michael Sandal
Piet Soer
The Special Birthday
A Man and His Story
Yours, Mine, Ours
The USA in 2017
Recovery Redux
Take Your Shot
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Couple of interesting things on Tim Torrance's Hydro Show on WORX radio this week:
ABRA's SAM COLE said not only is he optimistic about the future and adding more sites, he's confident it will happen as early as 2008. "I think you'll see a new site or two next year," said Cole.
U-100 MIRAGEBOATS.COM DRIVER GREG HOPP did a little more than hint about a new boat. Hopp said "I hope we're going to build a new one over the winter." MirageBoats.com signed on as a multi-year sponsor this year. Hopp said he's optimistic they'll continue on. And that may pave the way for a new one. "Hopefully, get a new boat for next year," he said.
Some great photos from Celina, OH 2007 by James Crisp show U-5 FormulaBoats.com and driver Jimmy Shane taking a spin and his sister, Kelly, winning the Governor's Cup.
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Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) is conducted in the month of May by Symbiosis International University, Pune for admissions to Undergraduate Degree Programmes. The exam is of one and half hours duration and is an objective type test. SET is conducted in two sessions for 5 question papers and a candidate may apply to take one each from the two sessions. There is negative marking in the paper . the various papers in SET are Law, Design, General ( Applicable for BCA / BBA / BMS/ B Sc Eco/ BA), Engineering and Health Sciences.
Delhi University B El Ed Entrance CEE is conducted every year for admission to 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education B El Ed A Course at Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Gargi College, Institute of Home Economics, Jesus & Mary College, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Mata Sundri college, Miranda House, Shyam Prasad Mukherji College. There are 400 seats in all. The exam is scheduled in the month of June. It is of 3 hours duration and 150 marks. Part A has multiple choice questions aimed to assesses bilingual language comprehension and Reasoning. Part B is also multiple choice and tests subject knowledge in Science, Social Science and Mathematics upto class 10th.
Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata takes a national level entrance test is conducted during May of every year for admissions to its B Sc Statistics (offered at Kolkata) and B Sc Mathematics (Offered at Bengaluru). The entrance test assesses capability in Mathematics. The Indian National Maths Olympiad awardees of any previous year are exempted from writing the entrance exam.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) are Government of India Institutions located at Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvanathapuram and Triputi which offer 5 year integrated BS MS degree. There are around 1000 seats in all. Students need not appear for entrance test if they apply though IIT JEE advanced and KVPY. Students applying through board marks have to appear for IISER aptitude test in the month of June - July. The government of India provides a scholarship of Rs 5000 to all the students selected.
Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) conducts entrance test in the month of May for admission to its 3 years B Sc in Mathematics and Computer Science and 3 year B Sc Hons in Mathematics and physics. The institute also offers M Sc and PhD. There are around 1000 seats in all. CMI provides full scholarships and monthly allowance of Rs 4000 to deserving students.
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High-quality Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Implementing the SDGs
Submitted by admin on 17. August 2016 - 12:37
IEF member Minu Hemmati is a leader in multi-stakeholder partnerships and has prepared the following blog at http://blog.felixdodds.net/2016/08/high-quality-multi-stakeholder.html .
By Minu Hemmati, CatalySD, and Felix Dodds, Global Research Institute, 16 August 2016
On the margins of HLPF 2016 in New York, Global Research Institute (University of North Carolina) and CatalySD held a workshop on “Multi-stakeholder partnerships for implementing the 2030 Agenda”.
We wanted to create an informal, safe space for dialogue among colleagues from the UN, governments, NGOs, multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP) initiatives, and partnership experts.
We looked at the history of the UN’s involvement with MSPs, and considered options of future engagement in the context of delivering the SDGs. We also discussed factors, forces and developments that may support, or hinder, effective contributions from MSPs. And we talked about next steps.
Much has been learned about engaging with partnerships since the first explicit inclusion of the Major Groups in Agenda21 in Rio, 1992, and hailing partnerships for implementation at WSSD in 2002. However, if we don’t carefully optimize the ways that the UN and UN processes engage with MSPs in the future, contributions will always remain side-lined and below the potential.
There’s a lot of praise, and a lot of criticism about MSPs – yet they are neither a panacea for solving all problems of sustainability, nor should they be generally equalled to privatizing development and abdicating government responsibility to profit-making business.
Many people are confusing Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). PPPs are contracts that a level of government takes out with usually a company to deliver. MSPs are voluntary agreements between different stakeholders.
They can help synergizing actions and moving away from silo operation, establishing clear inter-linkages of functions and mandates, thus achieving greater efficiency. In addition, political action across regularly forgotten dimensions (such as regional, local, sub-national governments, and urban & rural linkages), can foster greater cooperation among capacities at different levels.
In terms of next steps, safe spaces for developing thinking and strategy will be key because we need more and clearer guidelines and criteria to deal with MSPs.
Accountability and transparency are crucial to ensure due diligence, and that genuine contributions to the 2030 Agenda are being made while only those who deserve it benefit from engagement with the UN and the SDG processes.
In turn, MSPs should report about their successes and failures in efficient and cost-effective ways, delivering to their own controlling, learning, and communication needs at the same time. ‘Incentives’ was a key word in this discussion.
We see two possible ways by which a new set of guidelines and criteria could be agreed: The first way could be an ECOSOC agreement on Guidelines and Partnerships that could be agreed this year. The second is through the bi-annual Partnership Resolution in the UN General Assembly, which will come up for discussion in October 2017.
A summary of the workshop discussions can be found here.
As we will continue to host conversations about these topics, we very much welcome your comments and suggestions.
Please email us at minu.hemmati@catalysd.net and felix@felixdodds.net.
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Art: Lunch Bag Art
By Geek on 09/12/2011 in Adventure Time, Art, Cool
This guy has kids. He illustrates his kids’ lunch bags during his lunch break. He is an awesome dad. More on his tumblr. My favorite is probably here.
Fashion: Doom Nail Art
By Geek on 09/11/2011 in DOOM, Fashion, Gaming
I mean, they can already do some neat stuff with nail art, why not add video game nail art to it too? via Reddit
Cool: Japan’s Mythical Beasts
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Creepy but cool. See the blog post about Japan’s Top 10 mythical beasts on CNN’s blog. Artwork by Chip Boles.
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
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One of my favorite dead authors giving a lecture on the shapes of stories. I wish he was still alive and writing. Also, if you’re wondering, my favorite of his books is Galápagos.
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Like most Americans, I remember where I was and what I was doing when the towers were attacked with vivid detail. It was my freshman year in college. I was napping at the time and was woken up by a friend’s phone call. She told me a plane crashed into a building in NYC. I didn’t believe […]
Picture: Doctor Who Baby
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Too freaking CUTE. If I ever become a parent, I would so do this to my baby. See more of Who Baby on Flickr and Tumblr.
Science: Laser & Lightning
By Geek on 09/10/2011 in Cool, Feature, Science
On Thursday 18 August, the sky above the Allgäu Public Observatory in southwestern Bavaria was an amazing sight, with the night lit up by two very different phenomena: one an example of advanced technology, and the other of nature’s dramatic power. As ESO tested the new Wendelstein laser guide star unit by shooting a powerful […]
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Published in Explorers
After Michael Pugh quit his job as a law firm partner in Moscow, the only way he wanted to return home was by horse, travelling through Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Romania
Meeting Robert over coffee and cake in Lviv, I felt I was in old-world Europe. All around us on Market Square were the magnificent buildings of the Baroque and Renaissance, which make the entire old town of Lviv a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I sliced at my apple strudel and swirls of cinnamon, raisins and apple were released to mix with the smell of coffee, chocolate and wafts of fragrant Balkan tobacco.
Robert had just flown in from London to join part of my ride from Moscow to Transylvania and was a little taken aback by the peaceful atmosphere of Lviv, which contrasted starkly with the images of war in Ukraine that filled the London papers. Making conversation, I asked ‘Did anyone try to dissuade you from coming to Ukraine?’
‘Everyone,’ replied Robert drily.
But here we were over 1,000km from the conflict zone and on our way to discover the Ukrainian Carpathians, one of Europe’s last great wildernesses. Tomorrow we would be back on the horses. I took advantage of a night in a luxury hotel, which was now very affordable due to the collapse of the Ukrainian currency.
The next few weeks in the saddle took us through fly-infested baking Ukrainian plains, which made the Ukrainian flag perfectly understandable: a strip of gold for the wheatfields, and a strip of blue for the sky. Happily, we were able to escape from the heat of the plain into cool, dark lavkas (inns) to punctuate the journey with dumplings stuffed with cherries, served in sour cream, strong coffee and cognac to help the morning breeze along.
As we entered the green foothills of the Carpathians we started to notice new flags: red and black representing Ukrainian blood spilled on Ukraine’s black soil. Originally this was the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, a paramilitary organisation that engaged in guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Polish Underground State and Czechoslovakia during the Second World War.
Today, it symbolised Ukrainian nationalism and opposition to the separatist movement in Eastern Ukraine. The paramilitary group had continued to fight for Ukrainian independence well into the 1950s after this area had been incorporated in the Soviet Union, and only really died when its leader, Stepan Bandera, was poisoned with cyanide in Munich in 1959. But the movement continued and as war raged in the east of Ukraine, it was gearing up again to bolster the independence of Ukraine. Conscription had started, told a tearful shopkeeper who had waved off her sons to fight on the eastern front, while refugees from the east were starting to arrive, pale and thin in contrast to the Hutsuls, who were darker skinned with faces that smiled easily to reveal brilliant white teeth.
A word about horses
The main concern when travelling by horse, as opposed to by bicycle, train or car, is that you need to rest the ‘vehicle’. 20 miles a day, with a day off once a week was about right. Trips like this can put a lot of strain on a horse that is used to being stabled overnight, and only ridden a few times a week. So you need to ensure that it is properly prepared for the journey. A good first aid kit, anti-fly masks and animal-friendly mosquito sprays all help. In Belarus, we found that Marlboro’s muzzle was becoming sunburnt, so a good sun-cream, suitable for horses, was essential.
Shoes for horses are also an issue because if your horse throws one you need to find a good blacksmith to re-shoe your horse. Not always easy. Although riding a stallion can be thrilling as they are so interested in everything they encounter, it can also present its own problems, especially when you encounter flirtatious mares along the way. Therefore the safest horse is probably a gelding.
It’s also key to ensure that you have an appropriate saddle. In Ukraine, we rode in very basic wooden Hutsul saddles, which were surprisingly comfortable. By the time we reached Transylvania, I was in a Western saddle, which played havoc with my knees. Luckily, it was the end of the trip, but it could have caused a serious injury if I had been stuck with it for longer.
We were entering Hutsul land (the locals call it Hutsulschina). Slavik, our guide, was himself Hutsul, as were our horses, Dana and Disco – stocky breeds with a kindly nature. A higher altitude and the mountain terrain meant fewer flies and cooler breezes, which meant easier going both for the horses and for us. Slavik rediscovered the spring in his step, as did Dana and Disco, who drank in the mineral rich river waters as if they were an elixir of eternal life.
All through the arid surroundings of the Ukrainian step, Slavik had waxed lyrical about Hutsulschina, and we were not disappointed. The home of the Hutsuls, Ukrainian Highlanders and Ruthenians who, having survived the onslaught of the Nazis, were almost wiped out by Stalin’s juggernaut of collectivisation, before the regime decided to spare their way of life.
Today, the Hutsuls of the Ukrainian Carpathians and Northern Romania can be counted in their thousands (although their diaspora included well-known figures such as Andy Warhol), but as we rode through Hutsulschina, there was no mistaking who were the masters of this land. ‘Glory in the years of our Lord,’ shout the Hutsuls to each other in strong, confident voices, as they pass each other.
As we passed babbling brooks and fields of old-fashioned haystacks, we came across churches, their bells calling in worshippers, down from the hills and full of excited chatter. Men and boys in groups, all eyes for the women and throwing back their heads in mirth, and mothers and daughters in separate groups, the girls all glances and giggles. All were dressed in their Sunday best (a visual cacophony of red, black and blue embroidery over white smocks for the men and boys and long dresses and headscarves for the women and girls).
On other days, the highly-pitched strains of the Hutsul violin and cimbalom enticed us into street markets that overflowed with brightly-coloured woollen rugs, pan pipes, embroidered shirts and paintings of lofty mountains covered in mist.
The air was also full of aromas of those Eastern European staples: roasting pork with onion, cheese, and garlic, meaty mushrooms feasts served with more garlic and lashings of sour cream, finished off with yeasty poppy-seed buns and thick yellow honey. These smells conspired to tempt us into dark larch lavkas for our meals and to rehydrate with rich, unfiltered beer and thick black bread. In a day or two, we’d be high up in the mountains, above all of this, and so it seemed rude not to stop.
Russia had been characterised by endless fields of ruined mansions and decaying collective farms, with shops full of cheap vodka, cigarettes, processed meats and the ubiquitous hum of freezer cabinets full of bony frozen chickens and ice-creams. Belarus, meanwhile, was characterised mostly just by endless fields and bogs with hardly any shops at all. Hutsulschina, however, was like Switzerland of yesterday. All around us were well-cared for cottages, gardens overflowing with a harmonious chaos of cherries, plums, irises and marigolds, cabbages, potatoes and spiky climbing cucumbers. Rivers, their aquamarine waters thick with mineral salts, provided clean water for the horses to drink and for us to bathe in after the long days in the saddle.
Over the next few days, we rode higher and higher into the mountains until we were far away from the neat cottages in the valleys below. Here and there, Slavik pointed out forts perched on lofty peaks built by the Austrians at a time when all of this area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. ‘Good builders,’ he’d say, full of admiration. Slavik also pointed to caves high up on the stony peaks, allegedly home to the Babai, the Hutsuls’ very own abominable snowman that was known to take off with naughty children and prey on mountain goats.
When we removed their saddles at the end of a long day’s ride, our horses delighted in rolling on their backs with their legs in the air, then feasting on the flowers and rich alpine grasses that surrounded us. The air was full of birdsong, the bleating of sheep and goats, and the tinkle of cowbells.
We were getting closer to Romania. ‘Beware the Romanians,’ say the locals, just as the Belarussians had told us to watch out for the Ukrainians, and the Russians had told us to watch out for almost everyone.
Numerous solitary border guards all sported rather incongruous bright purple lips. ‘It is the blueberries,’ explained Slavik with a laugh. The surrounding hillsides were covered with billions of the berries, as well as migrant workers filling their buckets with nature’s rich bounty.
It wasn’t just the border guards who were attracted to the blueberries though. We passed bear tracks that served as a handy reminder that the Carpathian mountains are home to Europe’s largest population of brown bears. Migrant workers tread a fine line between finding the richest areas in which to harvest (which are then sent to Germany to colour paint) and straying into the territory of the bears that can take you out with a single swipe of their paws. Not only bears, these remote mountains are also home to lynx, wild cat, deer, golden eagles and wolves.
However, apart from the occasional shepherd (lips also bright purple), the border guards and a high altitude milking station, there was no-one about. From time to time, we would pass a solitary cross staring into emptiness. The weather turned from sun and breeze to hail at the flick of a horse’s tail. Slavik prepared a fire as we set up our camp for the night. Supper was a simple affair of tangy brinza cheese and homemade bread bought from the milking station. Slavik also produced that ubiquitous Ukrainian delicacy of Salo (cured pork fat) to be washed down with the equally ubiquitous Ukrainian delicacy, Slavik’s homemade moonshine (gorilka) that makes you gasp and shudder before enjoying a warm afterglow.
It was now the end of July and the long, warm nights of the Eastern European summer were starting to shorten. As the sky darkened it revealed a Disney-like constellation of stars. We raise our glasses of gorilka to the heavens and knocked back the contents in one go. I wanted to stay awake to savour every last minute of this Earthly paradise, full of the scent of grass and horses mixed with wood smoke. Fresh air, clean water, good food and good company in the land of the Hutsuls. But it was useless, and I closed my eyes and listened to the horses munching oats and the breeze rustling through the thick mountain grass. ‘Do I really want to tell anyone else about this place?’ I wondered. But it is too good not to share. Before I could think of anything else, deep sleep was upon me.
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Michael Pugh is a lawyer and avid amateur adventurer who lived and worked in Russia and Ukraine and has travelled extensively in the former Soviet Union. When not travelling, Michael divides his time between London and Wales. He recorded his journey from Moscow to Transylvania online at ridinghalfwayhome.com and he plans to publish his travel book on the journey, Riding through War & Peace in the near future.
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12 Days (pt. 10/12)
“Are you ready to find out the truth?” a man’s voice whispered.
Lila whirled around, binoculars held like a club in her hand.
Ian moved quickly to locate the source of the voice and after a brief struggle put the stranger into a chokehold. The man thrashed about and then went limp.
“Light,” Ian said in a low voice.
Lila fumbled in her handbag, pulling out the small LED flashlight she kept in there. Flipping it on, she shone it in Ian’s general direction.
Ian winced. “A little lower with the light, please.”
She dropped the angle of the flashlight and peered at the man being held by Ian.
“Mitchell,” she whispered. “You got here fast.”
“As did you,” Mitchell said quietly. “If you look up, you’ll see a plane approaching the airstrip over there.” He inclined his head toward the area south of the towers.
They glanced up in the darkening sky and saw a small airplane approaching. It came in quickly for a landing while they watched.
“If you’ll release me?” Mitchell addressed Ian, who still maintained his hold.
Ian stepped back, allowing him his freedom. Mitchell nodded toward the plane. “You’ll want to see this.” He motioned to the binoculars Lila clutched in her hand. Lila immediately put them up to her eyes.
In the gathering dusk, she could make out two men unloading what seemed to be a heavy box. They struggled to carry it over to a 4-wheeler that looked more like a golf cart with seating and a roof for shade. Task accomplished, one of the men returned to the plane with its engine still running and prepared to take off, while the other man drove away on a dusty track toward the towers.
Lila quickly passed the binoculars to Ian. He sized up the situation and turned to Mitchell. “Drugs? Weapons?”
“Anything can be a weapon depending on how it’s used,” Mitchell replied cagily.
“Get to the point,” Ian said.
“A drone; competition to the one that you saw recently. This one has the capability to direct a high-energy laser beam at an identified target. Before this, you needed a turret-sized mechanism to deliver the hit.”
“Is that what was used at the exhibition that killed Regelmeister?” Lila inquired.
“Yes, it had a self destruct function activated. Costly to lose the equipment, but with the bounty earned from a targeted hit and the opportunity for a public test trial of the equipment, well worth it.”
“Wouldn’t someone notice a laser beam?” Lila asked skeptically.
“Not a nearly invisible pinpoint of light.” Mitchell continued, “Drones will soon be ubiquitous in our environment. No one will question seeing a police drone or military drone overhead for surveillance in almost any city. Now, with the proven ability to target with great accuracy, there’s a lot more at stake. For instance,” he paused, “who owns the technology?”
12 Days (pt. 9/12)
Ian and Lila raced from the exhibit hall to try to catch up with Mitchell. He was nowhere to be seen.
“I’d like to know exactly what he meant by three towers,” Lila said thoughtfully as they walked slowly toward their car. As they got closer to it, she saw a white piece of paper underneath the driver side wiper blade. Leaning over, she lifted the wiper blade and pulled the paper from beneath it.
Smoothing the paper flat against the side of the car, she studied a simple hand drawn map in black ink with two lines indicating what appeared to be a road, a dividing line with CA / NV written on either side of it, and three towers off to the side of the road. There was a small compass in the right corner of the paper that indicated the towers were on the north side of the road.
Lila wore a puzzled expression as she tapped the paper a couple of times before turning to Ian. “You know where this is, don’t you?”
“Not really. I mean, I can tell that it’s close to the California-Nevada border, but aside from that…” Ian’s voice trailed off and he shrugged.
“It’s in the Mohave Desert next to the interstate. I see it every time I’m driving to Vegas,” Lila said with conviction.
“You’re sure you can find it?” Ian looked at her skeptically.
“Absolutely. You’ll know it when you see it,” she said confidently.
Clutching the map, Lila hopped in the passenger side and looked up at Ian expectantly. “Let’s go!”
Twilight was falling over the desert when less than three hours later Ian pulled onto the shoulder of northbound I-15.
Lila pointed to the other side of the freeway at the three glowing towers. “There they are,” she said triumphantly.
Ian gave a low whistle. “Nice work. Let me see the map one more time.”
She passed it over to him.
“It fits,” he agreed, and gave the map back to her.
Easing back onto the road, he continued until they reached the exit for the tiny town of Primm situated near the Nevada border. He took the exit and drove across the road to the southbound on-ramp for I-15 where he merged back onto the interstate.
As they closed in on the area near the three towers, Ian pulled as far off the road as possible.
“Lucky there isn’t more traffic,” Lila commented in a low voice.
Ian nodded, all his attention focused on the three towers. “Can you get the binoculars from under the seat?” he asked Lila quietly.
She reached under the seat and grabbed the digital camera binoculars.
Ian reached up to turn off the dome light so that they wouldn’t be illuminated as they opened the car doors. As they exited the car and began walking toward the towers, they heard a voice behind them.
Buildings within buildings
Lila and Ian drove over to the mid-Wilshire area where Ian managed to find street parking some distance away from the museum.
“Saved ten bucks,” he remarked with satisfaction.
“Yeah, but if we have to make a quick escape that could cost us,” Lila remarked.
They briskly walked over to museum, paid their admission, and identified the building in which they were to meet the mystery person or persons.
Lila glanced at her watch. “Fifteen minutes. Let’s get set up.”
They walked into the main exhibit area and casually moved apart as they studied the artifacts that included footage from the 1920 silent film, Der Golem [The Golem], something that captured Lila’s attention immediately. She stood entranced in front of the screen, forgetting momentarily to pay attention to those around her.
“Interesting movie,” a man’s voice interrupted her thoughts.
She swung around nearly braining the guy with her handbag.
A thin, dark haired man in his late 50s stood slightly behind her. At her startled reaction he held up his hands in a gesture to indicate that he meant no harm.
“Yes, it is,” she replied cautiously.
“I find the golem to be a physical representation of the creative process. We create something without knowing how it will change once it is released to the world.” The dark haired man smiled grimly. “Unfortunately this can have,” he paused, “unintended consequences.”
Lila smiled. “That matches perfectly with my motto: expect the unexpected.”
Mitchell inclined his head, acknowledging her riposte.
He held out his hand. “Mitchell Harvard.”
Lila decided to play along to see where this was going. “Lila.”
Ian wended his way over to where they were standing. “I haven’t had the pleasure,” he said pleasantly.
“Mitchell,” the man held out his hand to Ian, who shook it briefly.
“I take it you’re also an admirer of silent film?” Ian queried.
“I find the subject matter particularly intriguing.” Mitchell’s gesture encompassed both Ian and Lila. “Are you early film aficionados?”
Lila laughed. “I’ve attended a couple of UCLA sponsored silent film showings, but that’s the extent of my knowledge.”
“I guess you could say we’re here to learn more about it,” Ian said carefully.
“Certainly this is a fine example of German Expressionism. Also, I think the message that one’s creation often outgrows one’s ability to control it is particularly poignant.”
Ian quirked his eyebrow at Mitchell, “And yet it can be combated by a single person, as in the film. Was the golem evil or merely misunderstood?”
“Can’t it be both?” Mitchell posed the question.
Lila mused, “First the golem saves many people, but later kills someone. Does the second action negate the first?”
Mitchell smiled politely. “Perhaps we come at this from different perspectives. I find that evil may often hide behind the face of good.” He looked around the room, noting that they were currently the only ones at the exhibit.
Lila pressed him. “Do you have a specific instance in mind?”
“Suppose a group knows that someone has created a weapon with the intent to use it for an evil purpose. The group members decide that they are willing to do anything to stop that plan. What is your responsibility if you find out about this situation?” Mitchell asked tensely.
The lights went out in the room and Mitchell pulled Ian and Lila closer to him. “Mohave Desert. The three towers. 3 p.m. tomorrow. If you are the sort who would indeed do something.”
The lights came back on suddenly, and Ian and Lila blinked to clear their vision. Mitchell had disappeared.
“On their way…”
Stopping off at their place first, Lila determined to do some research before they left.
“It looks like LACMA is running an exhibit on the Golem legend.” Lila paused. “This makes me think about our trip to Krakow. I really loved those bread circles covered in poppy or sesame seeds. Mmm…” She fell silent with a blissful look on her face.
Ian waved his hand near her face. “Earth to Lila. Time for another trip to Europe.”
“Yes!” Lila’s eyes brightened. “Let’s go in July. Don’t you have some time off coming up?”
“Okay, back to the subject,” Ian said gently. “Golems. What do we know about ‘em?”
Lila turned determinedly back to the computer. “Let’s turn to our favorite source, Wikipedia.” She pulled up the site and read silently for a moment. “Okay, so it’s a lump of clay that is essentially magically made alive. A relative of the rabbi who originally made a golem way back in the 1500s said that when the rabbi saw the golem growing too huge, he ended up getting injured while trying to put the kibosh on it. Sounds like at first the golem was pretty useful, but after awhile it got out of control.”
“What does a golem have to do with a drone?” Ian asked quizzically
“Maybe,” Lila said slowly, “it has something to do with this larger legend about Rabbi Loew making a golem to protect the Jewish community in Prague during the late 1500s. There’s even a World War II era legend about a Nazi going up to the attic where this original golem is supposedly stored to try to stick a knife in it, but then the Nazi operative mysteriously ends up dead.”
Lila took a breath. “Wasn’t the company that produced the drone called Magen?” She quickly typed in the word and searched. “That means protector in Hebrew. The company has an office here in Los Angeles that we should probably visit.” She tapped her fingers on the table, thinking. “Todd Regelmeister, the defense guy who was killed, he could have been a threat to someone. We need to find out more about him.”
Ian and Lila parked in front of their place and made their way to the front door.
“Pearson is going to be thrilled to see us,” Lila pointed out.
“I’m sure,” Ian replied dryly, carefully opening the front door to block any attempt by the cat to escape. As expected, Pearson greeted them meowing vociferously, and demanding an explanation for their absence.
Walking in, instead of almost tripping over Pearson as she usually did, Lila managed to skid across the bamboo floor on an envelope pushed under their door by someone. After catching her balance, she reached down and picked up the envelope.
Pearson nearly crawled up her pant leg in his excitement at their return, so she stumbled over to the kitchen table and took a seat. He promptly climbed into her lap, kneading it, before settling in with a loud purr. Ian sat beside her at the table.
Lila thoroughly examined the unmarked envelope before slitting it open with her fingernail. Pulling out a single sheet of heavy cream-colored paper, she placed it on the table where they could both see.
GOLEMS. 2ND FLOOR AHMANSON BLDG. 15:00.
Lila looked quickly at her watch.
“Can you guess which meal is Ian’s?”
“We only have a couple of hours. Let’s grab some tacos and head over.”
“Sounds good,” Ian agreed.
They walked up the street to their favorite taco place where they got their usual orders of fish and shrimp tacos with drinks.
Appetites satiated, they prepared to drive over to LACMA.
Lichen spread across the stone steps leading down to the rock-strewn beach.
“Gorgeous.” Lila stood for a moment admiring the view of the sun setting behind them before quickly gazing around for the next sign of where they should go.
She saw what looked like a map tied to the metal railing with string that she tugged loose.
Ian crowded in next to her to hold the map flat against the wall.
“Los Angeles?” Lila rolled her eyes. and quirked her eyebrow at Ian. “After driving all the way up here, we’re supposed to drive right back down?” She squinted and tapped at the map. “Where is this place?”
Ian leaned closer. “Looks like LACMA,” he said referring to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Ian yawned hugely. “How about we head over to Trader Joe’s and pick up some food – I know you’re hungry – and then stop over at a motel in Seaside.”
Lila nodded. “Sounds good.”
They drove over to Trader Joe’s and picked up some wine, cheese, bread and chocolate before wending their way over to the motel.
The next morning they headed down to Los Angeles.
Lila and Ian walked despondently through the rest of the museum before ending their visit next to the exhibition of Google Maps with Street View.
“I wonder how many people have been caught in compromising positions by this,” Ian said gesturing at the car kitted out with a camera and computer.
Lila raised her eyebrows. “More than one, I’m sure.”
“C’mon.” Ian held out his hand to her. “Let’s walk across and get some coffee at the Starbucks across the street.”
Lila took his hand and they walked the short distance together to the coffee shop.
Fishing around in her purse for the Starbucks gift card she had received from a friend, her hand encountered a tightly folded piece of paper. Her eyes widened and she quickly handed the square of paper to Ian before completing her transaction.
The seated themselves outside on the patio at a distance from the other patrons, and Lila turned eagerly to Ian.
“Well, what does it say?”
“Nothing of interest,” Ian said deadpan and then grinned. “I waited until we could look at it together.”
“Aw, you’re such a thoughtful guy.” Lila leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek.
“I know,” Ian replied cheekily. “Anywho, here it is.” He unrolled the paper and held it down so they could both read it.
“This is just like a scavenger hunt,” Lila murmured. The paper instructed them to drive to a public beach just north of Monterey.
“Bit of a drive,” Lila commented.
“We can make it there in about an hour,” Ian said confidently.
Grabbing their coffee and treats they walked quickly back to their car and headed south.
Ian pulled into the public beach parking lot just north of a hotel. Lila hopped out of the car to join him in walking over a log that crossed a stream and allowed them access to the beach area.
Strolling on the beach hand in hand, Lila kept glancing around trying to identify the person directing them.
A man approached them and gestured to his family who appeared to be from somewhere in South Asia. “Please could you take our photo?” He pointed to the ocean view behind them.
“Sure,” Lila agreed readily. The man showed her how to use the camera and after taking the quick photo, he thanked her, and gratefully gave her his business card, before taking back his camera and promenading away with his family members. Lila stuffed the business card in her purse.
After a few minutes of waiting around, Lila turned to Ian disappointedly. “Looks like whoever it was, isn’t going to make contact.”
They stood a minute enjoying the view before turning to make the trek back to the car.
Lila pursed her lips after settling into the passenger seat. “Where do we go next?”
Ian shrugged. “How about heading into Monterey for some sightseeing?”
“All right,” Lila said unenthusiastically. “I’m hungry. Maybe we can stop somewhere and pick up something to eat,” she said while digging into her purse for some mints to stave off the hunger for a little longer. Her hand encountered the business card the South Asian man had given her and she drew it closer to look at the small print:
STATUE OF LITTLE BOY WITH SAILBOAT
Lila looked puzzled and held it out for Ian to see. His eyes brightened. “I think I know where it is.”
“Great, because I have no idea. Oh, and food,” Lila reminded him.
They arrived a short time later at a lookout area. Ian parked the car and walked purposefully up to a statue depicting a boy holding a sailboat. “See?” Ian asked triumphantly.
“Very good,” Lila applauded him. “Now, where’s the next clue.” She walked carefully around the statue examining it for clues. Tucked in between the boy’s arm and sailboat was another piece of paper. Lila sighed. “I’m getting a little tired of this. And I’m ready for dinner.” Nonetheless she plucked up the paper and smoothed it on the boy’s back.
WALK NORTH TO THE STAIRS AND OVER TO THE BREAKERS
“O—kay,” Lila drew out the word. She pointed to the sun disappearing into the horizon. “At least we’re getting some good views. Sunset is coming.” They began walking toward the stairs that would take them down to the beach.
Cooking in the 1960s @ Computer History Museum
Ian and Lila entered the Computer History Museum cautiously and watched their reflections on the glass surfaces to see if anyone followed them into the building. From what they could see, they were alone.
After paying the admission fees, Lila and Ian meandered their way over to a series of laptops set up in the entrance hall leading to the main exhibit. Volunteers wearing nametags sat beside the computers, available to assist visitors with the Hour of Code event taking place that day.
Lila seated herself in front of one of the computers on display and smiled broadly at the older female volunteer sitting across from her. “Great day to try coding, eh?”
The woman returned her smile. “Would you like to try one of the programs?”
Lila scanned the menu interface on the computer screen. “Maybe Python,” she replied, suggesting one of the many programming languages.
“By the way,” Lila mentioned offhandedly while navigating the program’s software, “a friend of mine was supposed to leave a note for me. Did anyone leave something for Lila?”
The woman’s face wrinkled up and she turned to the elderly man sitting next to her. “Do you have a note for the young lady? Lila, right?” she confirmed, asking Lila once more.
The man looked thoughtful. “I believe so.” Creakily he stood and walked to a small round table that stood apart from the others. Picking up a manila envelope, he walked slowly back to Lila and held out the envelope to her.
Lila smiled her thanks and quickly finished the short programming assignment on the computer. Ian rose from his seat beside her and together they walked toward the first exhibits. As soon as they descended a set of stairs that placed them out of view of the hall tables, Lila tore into the envelope. On it was written:
GO TO THE KITCHEN COMPUTER
Lila looked puzzled. “Kitchen computers?” She turned in a slow circle and seeing nothing that fit that description, tugged on Ian’s hand and pulled him along with her through the exhibit, following the direction of the arrows painted on the floor.
They finally reached a section representing computer inventions from the 1960s. Lila stopped stock still, pointing toward a picture of a woman standing next to a computer embedded into a kitchen counter. “That’s it,” she said in a hushed voice to Ian.
Feigning intense interest in the kitchen setup, Lila watched the reflections on the glass case while Ian strolled over to examine a nearby exhibit. Together they waited.
Within a few minutes Lila felt someone bump her arm as she leaned in to look at the exhibit. Quickly she looked up, however it was only in time to see the silhouette of a person vanish around the corner. She immediately turned to Ian and motioned toward the route the individual took. Ian nearly ran around the corner following the lead, but soon appeared again. He shook his head in answer to her questioning look.
“Up above the world so high…”
Lila sat there for several minutes thinking about this new information. Pearson continued to purr and knead his claws on her leg.
“Ouch,” she exclaimed as his claws cut through the material in her pants to the skin underneath. Carefully dislodging the cat, she set him gently on the floor.
The time until Ian arrived home passed quickly. Lila settled into the couch to read a research article that she was co-writing with a friend of hers to boost their academic street cred. Hearing the door creak open, she set aside her laptop and petted Pearson, who had nestled in next to her leg.
“Hey,” Ian greeted her tiredly.
“Hey, yourself,” Lila replied. She hoisted herself up off the couch and followed him into the bedroom, where she sprawled on the bed to watch him change out of his work clothes and into his workout gear.
“So how did your day go?” Lila asked casually.
“It was okay,” Ian said dismissively. “Nothing special. How about yours? Did you get your paper proofread?”
“Not quite. Still working on it.” Plucking at the quilt cover, Lila inquired nonchalantly, “When did you see that drone demo last month? Was it the 23rd?”
“I think so,” he said sitting on the bed beside to lace up his running shoes. “Why?” He turned to look at her.
Lila announced bluntly, “Someone got murdered that day.”
That got Ian’s full attention. “What do you mean?” His eyes sharpened on her.
“The guy visiting from HQ, Todd Regelmeister. There was an explosion during the exhibition that apparently killed him.”
“It’s tragic,” Ian paused. “But that doesn’t mean it was murder.”
“I got this in the mail.” Lila passed over the paper that she had brought in with her.
Ian studied it carefully and handed it back to her. “Who do you think sent it?”
“I don’t know, but it seems to have something to do with that project you were working at the time.”
“You know I can’t talk about that,” Ian remonstrated.
She held up her hand in a stop gesture. “I know, I know. I’m just saying, maybe you can think of someone who may have wanted to stop that project or keep that company from moving forward with its design.”
“There are lots of people who would fit that bill,” Ian said looking pensive. “Every competitor they had would’ve killed…” His voiced trailed off. “I see what you mean. I’ll give it some thought.”
The doorbell rang at that moment and Ian rose up to answer it. The FedEx employee handed him a standard paperboard express envelope and pushed the signature pad at Ian. Before signing his name, Ian examined the address on the envelope.
He closed the door and walked back into the bedroom where he sat beside Lila. Opening the envelope quickly, he fished out a single sheet of paper and read aloud the writing on it:
San Jose. Computer History Museum. Hour of Code.
Ian looked at his watch. “That’s tomorrow.” He quickly pulled up the details on his Smartphone. “How about a trip to San Jose this weekend?”
“Sweet.” Lila perked up. “I’ll bring my article and edit on the way.”
“Looks like we’re in for a December surprise,” Ian said, smiling slightly.
Lila leaned in and kissed the corner of his mouth. “Always an adventure.”
“Pack your bag and catch a few hours of sleep before we head out,” he suggested.
Lila reached for her mobile phone, which sat on the bedside table. “I’ll call Josie,” she said referring to the cat sitter, “ since I’m figuring we’ll be gone at least through Sunday.”
Ian took Lila’s hand in his. “How about making an early anniversary weekend of it? We can stop in Monterey on the way back.”
“Nice idea.” Lila returned his smile. “Never a dull moment with you.”
Who talks?
Lila trudged her way up the stairs toward her front door where she nudged aside the usual conglomeration of fliers and other useless items thrown onto the doormat. Reaching into her large handbag, she scrabbled around finding nothing but a bunch of old wrappers, receipts and packets of instant coffee mix.
Rolling her eyes and muttering epithets under her breath, she glanced around to see if anyone was watching before reaching up to run her hand along the piping that ran next to the door and up to the roof. She pulled loose a magnetic key holder from behind it, quickly removed the key, and unlocked the door, hurriedly replacing the holder to its former position.
Sighing, she pushed open the door, and deftly sidestepped her cat Pearson, who as usual was waiting at the door to greet her. Lila dropped the mail she had tucked into her elbow onto the table and plopped down into a chair. Pearson stared fixedly at her lap, waiting patiently for her to notice. She leaned back to make a place for him, and he leaped up to walk in a circle, kneading and purring before settling onto her lap.
One of the letters on the table caught Lila’s eye. It had her name written in wide black letters in black marker, with Ian’s name scrawled underneath in blue ink. Hesitantly Lila reached for the letter, examining it carefully before ripping the flap open with the tip of her finger.
She drew out a piece of paper with a series of numbers printed on it. On the left side of the paper was the column title “Expenses,” while on the right appeared the word “Contractor.”
The figures were astounding; it was more money than she would see in her lifetime she was sure. Some of the names looked familiar to her – she had worked on projects for a couple of the organizations. As she scanned the list, she noticed a phrase written with a bold flourish at the bottom of the paper:
WHO PUSHED
THE BUTTON?
She wrinkled her forehead confusedly. What did that mean?
Pulling off the top sheet of paper, she found a printout of a news article beneath. The main gist of which was that a minor contracting firm had gone out of business due to putting all its money in a project to develop small drones for deployment in hostile environments to gain atmospherics before troops or civilian groups moved into the area.
Apparently there had been a fatal accident with one of the drones exploding directly over the seat of a senior official during a product demonstration. Lila pulled out her Smartphone and keyed in the official’s name. Immediately she pulled up a list of conspiracy theory sites from which she randomly selected an entry.
A few minutes later, Lila gazed into the distance and scribbled a name beneath the phrase:
Ian?
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Carol has a history of university research and teaching and was trying for years to do tissue culture at home or in a classroom setting. When Carol's funding ended at university, she started "Kitchen Culture Kits Inc." in 1998. The listserv was started the same year.
The goal was to help people communicate with each other, share ideas, compare methods, exchange seeds, plants and cultures, and find sources of supplies needed in hobby tissue culture. Introducing plant tissue culture into the classroom, via these inexpensive methods, will hopefully allow teachers to invigorate their students and help them understand a little bit about the field of plant biotechnology. Taking the fear out of science and making it fun is a major goal.
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By design on November 3, 2019 Comments Off on CAK holds off Webb’s fourth-quarter rally, prevails 24-14
By Bill Howard
For three quarters Friday night, Christian Academy of Knoxville outplayed visiting Webb School of Knoxville, and it appeared the Warriors would cruise to a comfortable win. On the first play of the fourth quarter, kicker Zander Tonkin’s 43-yard field goal gave CAK a seemingly safe 17-0 lead.
Barely six minutes later, it was 17-14, and anybody’s game.
The Warriors then drove 80 yards on seven plays, and clinched the 24-14 win with 2:03 left when quarterback Ryan Degges hit Caleb Sparkman for a 16-yard touchdown. Even then, Webb drove to the CAK three, before a final, fourth-down rush was stopped.
The Division II, AA-East Region win gives the Warriors an 8-2 record for the regular season, 4-2 in the region. Webb finishes 3-6, 2-4.
Warriors’ coach Travis Mozingo wasn’t surprised that David Meske’s Spartans didn’t quit.
“When you’re playing Coach Meske’s team, you know it will not be over until the scoreboard says zeros and it’s the fourth quarter,” Mozingo said. “They don’t quit. He’s been doing it a long time; he knows where he’s gonna hit you. He know where he’s gonna have a chance to slip one on you. He gave us everything we wanted, for sure.”
“In the second half we got ourselves in a position where we could possibly win the football game,” said Meske. “We just didn’t make plays when we had to make plays there at the end.”
CAK took a 7-0 lead with 3:34 left in the first quarter when running back Jarvis Stockton plowed in from the two. Quarterback Ryan Degges was two for two for 57 yards on the drive. For the game, Degges was 20 of 27 for 276 yards and two scores. Stockton ran for 73 yards on 19 carries, most in the second half.
After a Webb three-and-out, the Warriors took over on their 32 late in the first. Seven plays later, Degges hit Grant Sterchi with a bullet over the middle for a 21-yard touchdown. The 14-0 lead held to halftime.
After the field goal, Webb – which for three quarters had a mere 109 yards of offense – suddenly found its rhythm. A 65-yard kickoff return put the Spartans in business at the CAK 30. On the first play, quarterback Joseph Moore hit Luc Nadaud wide open over the middle for the touchdown.
“Yeah, they had the good return, a short field,” said Mozingo. “We had the fumble here, a turnover; that’s something we haven’t done a lot this year. That was kind of an adjustment for our guys. And they take a shot right after the turnover. That’s what smart coaches are gonna do.”
When the Warriors shanked a punt on the ensuing drive, Webb took over on their 46. Five plays later Moore again connected with Nadaud, this time for 34 yards and a 17-14 game. Moore threw an unusually high 27 times, completing 15 for 224 yards and two scores.
“It was there,” said Meske, referring to the passing opportunity. “They were giving us the flat route and a couple times we made some big plays. We threw the ball well, we made a couple big plays. We’re in the football game at 17-14; we had a chance to win. Give them credit, they made some big plays at the end.”
One of those big plays was an 18-yard completion on third and five from their own 25 that kept the Warriors’ final scoring drive alive. Four plays later, Degges connected with Sparkman to make it 24-14.
“Proud of our guys,” Mozingo said. “They battled; the defense was stout when they needed to be. Offense was good enough to win the game. That’s what you gotta do.”
CAK will have a rematch against Chattanooga Christian on the road Friday night in the first round of the playoffs. The Warriors lost 14-3 to the Chargers on Sept. 27. Mozingo welcomes the chance at round 2.
“Our kids are actually eager for that,” he said. “We felt like we had some opportunities (the first time). Our boys wanna right some wrongs in that one. Chattanooga Christian is a familiar team. But they know us as well. So it’ll come down to some coaching I imagine.” Webb will travel to Nashville to play Christ Presbyterian Academy.
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Provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. Predominantly published in the United States or Canada, the collection includes unusual and short-lived magazines as well as better-known titles with long runs. It offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life.
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This fully indexed, primary-source database unfolds the historical development of anthropology from a global perspective—with archival collections from North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific — including key field notebooks, images, and recordings of the early- to mid-20th century. The collection brings together the work of early scholars who shaped the theories and methods students learn about, critique, and reshape in their own fieldwork endeavors today.
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Searchable, authoritative, peer-reviewed guide to academic databases, websites, and tools.
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Full text open access pre-print articles in all areas of chemistry from 2017-present.
Chinese Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text coverage of 22 Chinese newspapers from 1832-1953.
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Full-text series of eBook lectures on research topics in the biomedical and life sciences.
Each PDF e-book (50-120 pages) is authored by a leading expert in the field and intended primarily for non-specialists who are unfamiliar with the topic. Subject areas: Physiology, Neuroscience and Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology.
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Published quarterly, using over 60 goods and services collected at the local level from over 300 independent researchers, COLI is the only local level cost of living index available for the US.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850
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Online Reference Module designed to serve as an in depth and comprehensive compendium of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Topics include Atmospheric Sciences, Bioscience, Energy and Natural Resources, Geosciences, Global Change, Hydrology, and Oceanography.
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Delve into the theatrical world of eighteenth century society and explore how the Larpent plays reflect the politics of the time, the role of women, views on race and religion, opinions on empire, and European and British history.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 21,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more.
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Formerly known as the Pan Pacific Women’s Association of the U.S.A., the Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association was founded in 1930 to strengthen international understanding and friendship among the women of Asia and the Pacific and women of the U.S.A. The group promoted cooperation among women of these regions for the study and improvement of social, economic, and cultural conditions; engaged in studies on Asian and Pacific affairs; provided hospitality to temporary residents and visitors from Pacific and Asian areas; and presented programs of educational and social interest, dealing with the customs and cultures of Asian and Pacific countries.
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Detailed collection of records documenting the history, mission, and intelligence collection and analytic operations of America's largest and most secretive intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA) and its predecessor organizations.
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Osiris has information on listed, and major unlisted/delisted, companies across the globe. The financial reports provided by the database range from summaries, to standardized reports, to raw data. It covers a wealth of complementary information including ratings, earnings estimates, news, industry research, royalty data, corporate actions, stock data, corporate structures and economic backgrounds.
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A bibliography of selected articles and books organized into Renaissance and Reformation subject areas.
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Identifies chemical compound properties, structures, and reactions with references to journal and patent literature of chemistry. The data originates from the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry, the Beilstein Handbuch der organischen Chemie and a Patent Chemistry database. To learn more, see About Reaxys.
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Updated version of RefWorks, a web-based citation management tool. Export references from databases and format them for papers and bibliographies. For more information consult Reference Managers: New RefWorks.
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Religions of America traces the history and characteristics of American-born religious movements through manuscripts, pamphlets, newsletters, ephemera, and visual art.
Repbase This link opens in a new window
Database of representative repetitive sequences from eukaryotic species used worldwide as the reference standard for annotating the presence of repetitive DNA in genomic data.
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Provides access to Indian case law, statutory law, secondary material, foreign and international material. Coverage: varies according to title.
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Identifies articles, patents, conferences, books and dissertations in chemistry and medicine. Search by substance name, structure, substructure, reaction, CAS registry number, molecular formula, organization, research topic and author. Searches Chemical Abstracts, Medline and ChemZent databases simultaneously. Includes PatentPak, MethodsNow and Retrosynthesis Plan A separate registration is required before the first use. See About SciFinder for more detail.
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Encyclopedia articles on industrial chemical science and technology.
Encyclopedia articles on industrial chemical science and technology covering inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, food chemistry, process engineering and unit operations, analytical methods, environmental protection, and much more.
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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The core collection includes evening news from ABC, CBS, and NBC (since 1968), an hour per day of CNN (since 1995) and Fox News (since 2004).
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Interactive anatomy models and 3D physiology animations for reference and patient education. Current modules: Human Anatomy Atlas; Muscle Premium; Skeleton Premium; Physiology Animations; and Heart & Circulatory Premium. Click here for access to Visible Body - Anatomy & Physiology Module.
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The records include extensive official correspondence as well as hundreds of letters to and from correspondents throughout the world documenting the work of the organization. In addition there are official records; minutes; complete files of multi- lingual publications entitled "Community Action Series" and "Meeting Community Needs;" miscellaneous publications; conferences and workshop material; oral history transcripts, 1988-89, with related biographical material and writings by individuals; and card files on individual participants, filed by country. The country files also contain published materials pertaining to the status and problems of the world’s women.
Women's Issues and Their Advocacy Within The White House, 1974-1977 This link opens in a new window
This collection documents Patricia Lindh’s and Jeanne Holm’s liaison with women’s groups and their advocacy within the White House on issues of special interest to women. Includes material accumulated by presidential Counselor Anne Armstrong and Office of Women’s Programs Director Karen Keesling. Topics include liaison activities with over 300 women’s organizations, agency women’s groups and program units, advisory committees on women and women appointees; public policy; and legislation and regulation of women’s civil rights in the government and the economy.
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The First World War had a revolutionary and permanent impact on the personal, social and professional lives of all women. Their essential contribution to the war in Europe is fully documented in this definitive collection of primary source materials brought together in the Imperial War Museum, London. These unique documents - charity and international relief reports, pamphlets, photographs, press cuttings, magazines, posters, correspondence, minutes, records, diaries, memoranda, statistics, circulars, regulations and invitations - are published here for the first time in fully-searchable form, along with interpretative essays from leading scholars. Together these documents form an indispensable resource for the study of 20th-Century social, political, military and gender history.
World Robotics 2017 This link opens in a new window
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Taiwan Tech to Discontinue Subscription to Elsevier ScienceDirect Starting 2017
Dear Faculty, Students and Staff,
The Taiwan Tech Library has for a long time been committed to providing all books, journals and other resources to support the university’s teaching, researching and learning activities. In recent years this has been possible thanks in particular to the university’s increased funding to cover rising publication costs, and the library itself has also been actively participating in various library consortiums in order to lower the cost of purchasing publications, so that all faculty members and students can continue to benefit from these academic resources.
However, the university’s Elsevier ScienceDirect subscription fee from 2013 to 2016 (see below) has been increasing annually at a rate of 8 – 10%. The subscription fee in 2016 was about 6.47 million TWD, taking up 21.7% of the entire budget for electronic journal databases (about 29.82 million TWD) and making it difficult to purchase other academic resources. In recent years we have already asked each department to cut several database subscriptions, including ASTM, Industrial Economics and Knowledge, Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), ICONDA and Mag V.
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Subscription Fee (TWD)
Elsevier’s unreasonable pricing policy has long been criticized by universities around the world. Starting in late June 2016, the Elsevier ScienceDirect database committee under the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center’s Consortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan (CONCERT) repeatedly negotiated with Elsevier, hoping that Elsevier would lower its 2017 subscription fee, decrease the annual price hike, increase the annual journal cancellation rate, and allow for selection from the Freedom Collection, etc., but unfortunately Elsevier’s offer still differed greatly from the expectation of the overall market in Taiwan. Therefore, more than 75% of the university libraries in Taiwan have decided not to accept the company’s offer.
The Taiwan Tech library did have a plan to deal with Elsevier—we originally planned to support CONCERT’s boycott until December 31, 2016, after which we would proceed to negotiate a price with Elsevier. However, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education Department of Higher Education’s policy and in the spirit of camaraderie with the other schools, the Taiwan Tech library has decided to join the collective boycott against Elsevier with other top universities in Taiwan.
To minimize the inconvenience caused by the cancellation of Elsevier ScienceDirect, the library will devise an alternative plan and do everything we can to assist faculty members and students with their academic journal needs.
During this difficult time, we ask that all members of the university maintain a united front and stand firmly behind our plea. Your kind understanding is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our library staff, as below:
Chin, Hsiao Ling, Division Leader, phone: 2737-6187; email: chihl@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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Huang, Yan-Jyi, Library Director
Alternatives to Elsevier ScienceDirect
From January 1, 2017 Taiwan Tech will discontinue its subscription to Elsevier ScienceDirect’s electronic journal database. This should affect only some of your journal needs, but if you find that you are unable to access the journals or articles you require, please try the following alternative methods:
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013
A NOAA tool mapping effects of sea-level rise also displays other hazards and shows parts of Ka`u in red with high
social vulnerability, taking into consideration economic data, buildings and potential for natural disasters.
Map from NOAA
EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE can be studied with a new tool developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in partnership with University of Hawai`i Sea Grant. The web-mapping tool is aimed at visualizing potential impacts from sea-level rise in Hawai`i, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. The new Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer is a simple and easy to use but powerful resource for planners, public officials, coastal managers, and communities engaged in climate adaptation planning and coastal inundation preparedness. “With the amount of detail and options it provides, the Sea Level Rise Viewer is at the cutting edge of planning tools,” said map development partner Chip Fletcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology’s associate dean for academic affairs.
NOAA predicts that average increase of sea level should be about a meter by the year 2100.
The viewer overlays high-resolution aerial images on top of elevation data. This allows users to see what higher sea levels would do to landmarks and critical infrastructure. It also shows what populations would be vulnerable to rising sea levels.
The viewer is available at csc.noaa.gov/slr.
Image from accord3.com shows methods of extracting geothermal energy.
“WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY and public health is paramount,” Mayor Billy Kenoi told Tom Callis, of Hawai`i Tribune-Herald regarding plans for a study on health effects of geothermal production. “We need to determine with accuracy and specify exactly what harm if any is being caused.”
The study was called for by a group who put together a report called the Geothermal Public Health Assessment.
According to Callis, the group recommended that a health study address four hypotheses: central nervous system degradation will be higher in a sample population as a result of peak exposure to hydrogen sulfide; central nervous system degradation and other health effects from hydrogen sulfide will be greater in areas of highest exposures; contamination of heavy metals and chemicals from geothermal development may have impacted drinking water supplies; and residents who live closest to Puna Geothermal Venture may be more likely to show anxiety disorder symptoms.
The group also recommended increasing monitoring, evaluating effects on drinking water and ocean environment, ensuring there is no contamination from the closed HGP-A well, strengthening public communication and alerts and requiring that geothermal developers should conduct a health and water resource baseline study before any more drilling occurs.
See more at hawaiitribuneherald.com.
Sen. Brian Schatz
“RIGHT-WING RADICALS IN THE HOUSE are going to the mat to throw millions of people off their health insurance – and we need to stop them,” said U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. He was referring to the the Republican-led U.S. House passing a budget last week "that would defund Obamacare. They are threatening to shut down the federal government unless we enact their radical agenda before the Sept. 30 budget deadline – setting up a showdown that threatens our economy, our communities and our lives.
“This latest attempt to defund Obamacare will never pass the Senate or be signed by the President. House Republicans again voted against the interests of the American people, risking our economic stability just to prove a point. There have been times in history when both parties are equally to blame for gridlock, but this is not one of them. If Speaker Boehner would stand up to Tea Party extremism and put forward a clean Continuing Resolution, then we can avoid this self-inflicted crisis,” stated Schatz in one of his campaign press releases.
Alan Takemoto
INDIVIDUALS WITH CONNECTIONS TO MONSANTO are defending the Farmers Assurance Provision attached to a budget bill in the U.S. Congress. Critics of the provision, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, call it the Monsanto Protection Act. Gabbard said the provision allows biotechnology companies ignore regulations and sell genetically engineered foods even after a court orders them to stop, or when there isn’t yet evidence the foods are healthy or environmentally safe.
Alan Takemoto, Monsanto’s community affairs manager in Hawai`i, told Civil Beat, “Basically, it provides farmers assurance that what they planted, they can harvest. I know (GMO critics) have co-opted the name, but there are a lot of other organizations that have supported the provisions, like American Farm Bureau, the American Soybean Association and the National Corn Growers Association.
Alicia Maluafiti, executive director of the Hawai`i Crop Improvement Association, a trade organization for biotech companies, said the provision “allows farmers who invested thousands of dollars into growing crops — biotech crops — to continue to harvest those crops despite the onslaught of frivolous lawsuits by environmental activists, which can take years for the courts to decide.”
Alicia Maluafiti
She disagreed with the argument that the provision circumvents courts: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture currently has the authority as part of their regulatory powers, but the problem is that the lawsuits tie the hands of the regulatory agencies, and the only people getting hurt are the farmers — not Monsanto,” she said.
“The bottom line is that farmers have a choice of crops they want to grow, and they have a choice of seeds to purchase. Sometimes they are Monsanto seeds, and sometimes they are not. So the (provision) would protect farmers across the board regardless of what they grow.”
See more at civilbeat.com.
GMOS ARE ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW when Hawai`i County’s Committee on Public Safety & Mass Transit continues its meeting from Sept. 4.
The agenda says the committee will consider two bills at 9 a.m. at Council Chambers in Hilo. Ka`u’s Council member Brenda Ford introduced Bill 109 calling for a total ban on GMOs except for research located in a biosafety level three containment facility, and Kohala Council member Margaret Wille drafted Bill 113 after withdrawing her original one. Wille’s bill would allow GMO papaya to be grown.
Both bills call for a $100 GMO crop registration fee and penalties of up to $1,000 per day per violation. Ford’s bill includes an option of up to 30 days in jail.
Leah Cariaga was one of the many scholarship recipients in 2013 from
Ka`u Chamber of Commerce Pres. Dallas Decker, VP Lee McIntosh
and Miss Ka`u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya. Photo by Julia Neal
Ka`u residents can view the meeting via videoconferencing from Ocean View Community Association Center. The agenda says statements from the public were concluded at the previous meeting and are closed for this committee meeting.
Agenda is available at hawaiicounty.gov.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KA`U CHAMBER of Commerce Scholarship Fund are being taken through Oct. 1 in connection with the publication of The Directory 2014. Donors receive a listing in the Ka`u Chamber of Commerce annual Directory and can advertise their businesses.
ULANA LAUHALA IS THE TOPIC Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the lanai of Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Amy Ka`awaloa and Malia Macabio teach the art of weaving with leaves of the pandanus tree, from gathering the material to preparation and the final product.
Lauhala weaving workshop takes place Wednesday.
Photo by Jay Robinson
The free program is part of Hawai`i Volcanoes’ ongoing `Ike Hana No`eau: Experience the Skillful Work workshops. Park entrance fees apply.
IN SPORTS, KA`U HIGH girls volleyball teams play at home this week, hosting Kamehameha Wednesday and Kohala Saturday.
Other Trojan teams travel for events this week. The bowling team goes to Hilo Lanes to meet Hilo High Wednesday and to participate in BIIF Individual Bowl Saturday. Also on Saturday, Cross Country goes to HPA, Air Riflery shoots at KSBE and the eight-man football team challenges Kamehameha JV.
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(GR) Terry Mattingly–That New York Times headline about Catholics witnessing to Jews? Look again
Did you catch the subtle, but very important, difference between the lede and the actual quote from the document?
The lede says that it is wrong for Catholics ”“ which would mean priests, laypeople and other Catholic individuals ”“ to try to win Jewish individuals to Christian faith. But what does the document say? It says that the Catholic Church, as an institution, “neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews (italics added).”
So evangelism by individual Catholics talking with individual Jews is acceptable, while organized efforts targeting Jews alone ”“ perhaps a Catholic version of Jews for Jesus ”“ are considered out of bounds.
Thus, the headline and the lede need to be corrected to reflect the actual content of the story and the document on which it is based.
Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Religion News & Commentary, Inter-Faith Relations, Judaism, Media, Other Churches, Other Faiths, Religion & Culture, Roman Catholic, Theology
(Chicago Tribune) Wheaton College says view of Islam, not hijab, got Christian teacher suspended
Wheaton administrators insisted it was Hawkins’ comments ”” not her decision to wear a hijab ”” that was at the root of the problem. She was asked to provide a theological response to several other statements as well, though the college did not provide details.
Denny Burk, a professor of biblical studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., said his greatest concern about Hawkins’ explanation was the lack of clarity about the particulars of Christianity. Without further explaining the nuances of her argument, she implicitly denied Christian teachings, he said.
“We’re people of the book, but our books are very different,” he said. “They’re witnessing to two different ways of salvation. The Bible is witnessing to Jesus Christ, the son of God. That’s unique of all the world religions, and that uniqueness was what I thought was missing from what she said.”
But Miroslav Volf, a theology professor at Yale Divinity School and founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, praised Hawkins’ gesture as extraordinary and an apt Advent devotion. He said her comments about Christians and Muslims worshipping the same God speak to the common ground the two religions share.
Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Religion News & Commentary, Christology, Education, Inter-Faith Relations, Islam, Muslim-Christian relations, Other Faiths, Religion & Culture, The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Theology, Theology: Scripture, Young Adults
(AAC) Phil Ashey–The Anglican Church of Canada a.k.a. The Episcopal Church (North)
t sounds like there is some anxiety on the part of the ACoC. Could it be that they are worried about being excluded themselves, of being tied too closely to The Episcopal Church (TEC) and its repeated violations of Biblical and communion teaching on human sexuality, Biblical authority, and the mind of the Church in its decision making on these issues?
It will be difficult for them to differentiate themselves from TEC, for it was the decision of the ACoC Diocese of New Westminster in 2003, along with TEC’s consecration of a partnered homosexual bishop, that originally tore the fabric of the Anglican Communion.
Since then, consider the “facts of the ground” (taken from Martin Davies’ recent paper) that the ACoC has established in Canada….Frankly, this follows exactly the pattern we saw in the United States in TEC: create facts on the ground in violation of the Bible, and then call for “theological reflection” upon those facts-that-you-have-just-established.
Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, --Justin Welby, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Primates, Anglican Provinces, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ethics / Moral Theology, Same-sex blessings, Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion), Theology
(Reuters) Burundi on cusp of civil war: U.N. human rights chief
Burundi is on the verge of civil war because of a campaign of political repression in which at least 400 people have been killed and almost 3,500 arrested, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein said on Thursday.
Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * International News & Commentary, Africa, Burundi, Defense, National Security, Military, Ethics / Moral Theology, Politics in General, Theology, Violence
(Local Paper) Pain of loss deeply felt 6 months after Emmanuel Church shooting
Six months have passed since Dylann Roof allegedly shot and killed nine parishioners at an Emanuel AME Church Bible study.
The funerals are over. The flowers and tributes have thinned out on the Calhoun Street church’s sidewalk. President Barack Obama and his press corps have long since left town.
Charleston is trying to move toward normal again, but Deborah Stewart still misses Myra Thompson.
“She wasn’t just my sister-in-law,” Stewart said. “She was my friend.”
Read it all (and note the headline used above is from the print edition).
Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * South Carolina, Children, Death / Burial / Funerals, Ethics / Moral Theology, Marriage & Family, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Theology, Race/Race Relations, Religion & Culture, Theology, Urban/City Life and Issues, Violence
(Guelph Mercury) Travis Davis–"Anglican Diocese [of Niagra] only cares about money"
Two contract extensions in spite of the fact that the City councillors unanimously said no to the rezoning application. Two extensions in spite of the feelings of the neighbours who want the church to remain a church and in spite of the hopes and prayers of local congregations who are longing for usable worship space. Preserve a church as a church? Why do that when you can reap an extra million dollars by selling to a developer who specializes in high-density construction?
The words of Bill Mous, spokesperson for the Diocese, ring hollow to anyone who has a stake in the neighbourhood surrounding the church property. The Diocese “cares deeply for Guelph”? This community does not feel cared for.
Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * International News & Commentary, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Provinces, Canada, Economy, Ethics / Moral Theology, Housing/Real Estate Market, Law & Legal Issues, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Theology, Stewardship, Theology
A.S. Haley–The Episcopal Church's Bishops Abuses Turn Inward
In a development that few Episcopalians of four or five years ago could have imagined, the Episcopal bishops of the most powerful and financially secure dioceses have begun to turn on their own once-strong, but now severely weakened, parishes. Having driven out all the dissenters at enormous expense to their coffers, these dioceses are increasingly trying to make up their losses by sacrificing valuable real estate — even if it means turning out previously loyal congregations from their hard-won property. And — who could have foreseen it? — the parishes most harmed by the continuous litigation were precisely those with the most valuable properties.
A prime example is the Diocese of Los Angeles, led by the litigious J. Jon Bruno — he of the forkèd tongue. For nine years he waged war in the California courts against four dissident congregations to prevent them from keeping title to their own parish properties. Using the notorious Dennis Canon, he was singularly successful in having California courts impose an irrevocable trust on the local parishes’ real estate, so that when they voted to withdraw from the diocese, they necessarily forfeited all rights to their property.
But his victories came at a tremendous cost: the Diocese had spent more than eight million dollars as of last year, and was still incurring more costs to subsidize two of the remnant congregations in their newly recaptured sanctuaries. Bishop Bruno negotiated sales of two of the properties: the parish of All Saints Long Beach was allowed to purchase their property on a long-term contract, and he sold the church of St. David’s in North Hollywood to a private school.
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A Prayer to Begin the Day from Henry Stobat
O God, Father of mercies, who didst so love the world that thou didst give thine only begotten Son to take our nature upon him for us men and for our salvation: Grant to us who by his first coming have been called into thy kingdom of grace, that we may always abide in him, and be found watching and ready when he shall come again to call us to thy kingdom of glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, Advent, Church Year / Liturgical Seasons, Spirituality/Prayer
From the Morning Scripture Readings
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High; and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
(BBC) Clergy 'tried to cover up Bishop Peter Ball sex abuse'
Evidence suggesting senior clergy tried to cover up sex abuse by an Anglican bishop has been uncovered by the BBC.
Two priests raised concerns about Peter Ball but were urged to keep quiet or saw no action taken, it has emerged.
And a couple who worked for now-jailed Ball, former bishop of Lewes and Bishop of Gloucester, said they also tried to raise concerns but were ignored.
Ball’s offending is the subject of an independent review and a national inquiry is looking at Church abuse.
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(AJ) Archbp Fred Hiltz: Primates’ Meeting ”˜not a decision-making body’
Hiltz also said that after his meeting with Welby, he came away “encouraged by his [Welby’s] clarity in terms of what the Primates’ Meeting is and what it’s not.”
The Primates’ Meeting “is not a decision-making body””it’s a body for people that come together to pray and discuss and discern and offer some guidance. We don’t make resolutions,” Hiltz said.
Since it was announced that Archbishop Foley Beach, the leader of the breakaway Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), would be present for the first part of the meeting, Hiltz said there has been concern in some quarters over whether or not attempts will be made to confront The Episcopal Church (TEC) over its decision this year to allow same-sex marriages. But Hiltz said Welby was quite clear that the meeting would not exclude any of the primates of churches that are members of the Anglican Communion.
“His principle is one of full inclusion of all the primates. I think he will encourage, and if need be, challenge, the primates to uphold that principle,” Hiltz said.
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(Washington Post) Do Muslims and Christians worship the same god? College suspends prof who said Y
Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school in Illinois, has placed a professor on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook that Muslims and Christians “worship the same God.”
The official school statement Tuesday about associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins’s suspension said Wheaton professors should “engage in and speak about public issues in ways that faithfully represent the College’s evangelical Statement of Faith.”
Following a protest and sit-in of about 100 people Wednesday afternoon on campus, President Philip Ryken and later Provost Stanton Jones said they would not be lifting the suspension. It wasn’t clear how long Hawkins was suspended for, but some of the student leaders who had been involved in talks with administrators said it was through the spring semester.
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Minhwa, unsung paintings waiting for reassessment
By Shim Woo-hyun
Embracing a childlike perspective and naive expression in their work, artists like Paul Klee and Chang Uc-chin explored a then-undiscovered area of art.
Minhwa paintings have similarities characteristic of the aforementioned artists. Instead of being restrained by artistic and cultural orthodoxies, late Joseon-era minhwa -- or folk paintings -- show forms of expression that are rough yet free and innocent.
Two minhwa exhibitions are currently running in Seoul: “Flower Paintings from the Joseon Dynasty” at Gallery Hyundai and “Fantasia Joseon” at Seoul Arts Center.
A single frame of the “Flower and Birds” painting owned by a Japanese private collector (Gallery Hyundai)
Minhwa paintings are different from conventional court paintings or paintings of aristocrats, largely in terms of their styles. Many minhwa paintings are less strictly disciplined but more fluid in their expression. Some of them look like mere doodles, and some others have totally ignored the law of perspective.
Although they may not be objective representations, they evoke curiosity. They are aesthetically appealing and often challenging. They are humorous and witty, in terms of how details are expressed. They often look unrefined but are full of playful and likeable forms of expression.
However, minhwa paintings in Korea have been more or less neglected in both the market and public museums.
It is a well-known story that Korean abstract painter Lee U-fan made a donation to Musee Guimet of some 100 minhwa paintings he collected while he was staying in Japan, in the hope of promoting Korea’s folk paintings, after his offer was turned down by local galleries and museums.
Ironic as it may seem, the term “minhwa” was concocted by Japanese thinker Yanagi Muneyoshi, who appraised the aesthetics of Korean folk paintings.
Perhaps it is time to re-evaluate these paintings.
‘Fantasia Joseon’
Kicking off Tuesday, Seoul Arts Center’s “Fantasia Joseon” introduces minhwa paintings collected by Kim Se-jong, a gallery owner who has devoted himself to collecting such paintings for the last 17 years.
"The Eight Scenic Views of Gwandong" (Seoul Arts Center)
“Chaekgeori, the Scholar’s Accoutrements” (Seoul Arts Center)
The exhibition comprises 70 paintings from Kim’s 130-work collection, showcasing minhwa paintings that reflect the dynamics of cultural and historical transformations that took place during the late Joseon era.
“I don’t know much about how to make up the theoretical base or the aesthetic qualities that minhwa paintings have. But I strongly believe minhwa paintings have unique qualities with worldwide appeal,” Kim said during a press conference at Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center.
Some minhwa paintings -- if not all -- stand out in terms of their composition and style -- to the extent that they remind viewers of modern abstract paintings.
However, they are also different from each other. Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum has prepared projections on walls to show the differences between the paintings and allow visitors to compare them.
“I wanted to show people that minhwa paintings deserve reassessment,” Kim said. “A lot of people say minhwa paintings are mere duplications of each other, as they usually deal with similar subjects like animals and flowers. But they all are, in fact, different, when looked into. Some of the paintings also have qualities that deserve a second look.”
The exhibition runs through Aug. 26.
’Flower Paintings from the Joseon Dynasty’
Gallery Hyundai’s “Flower Paintings from the Joseon Dynasty” mainly deals with flower paintings, along with those that also feature animals.
The paintings housed at the gallery were drawn between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Most of them are privately owned, and some works also came from Japanese private collectors and the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum founded by Yanagi Muneyoshi.
One of the four “Flowers” paintings drawn on paper scrolls (Gallery Hyundai)
Two of "Flowers and Birds" paintings drawn on eight connected panels (Gallery Hyundai)
A work that stands out among the many that feature flowers and birds is the one owned by a Japanese private collector. Over abstract shapes of flowers and branches appear to add an unusual quality to the painting.
Also included in the exhibition is a set of paintings with flowers and animals drawn on an eight-panel folding screen from the 19th century. One of the panels has a painting of two rabbits pounding grain with a large pestle, which was adopted into a postage stamp in 1980.
Peony and Lotus paintings take up a large proportion of the exhibition being held across three venues at Gallery Hyundai -- Gallery Hyundai, Hyundai Hwarang and Dugahun Gallery.
Gallery Hyundai plans to bring minhwa paintings, antique furniture pieces and Korean porcelain, along with other modern Korean abstract paintings, to the Frieze Masters art fair in London scheduled for October this year.
By Shim Woo-hyun (ws@heraldcorp.com)
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John Thomas Butler
Wellington Road Launceston Tasmania Australia
Ellen Mary O'Meara
Julia Agnes, Thomas John, John Mathew, Michael Joseph, Leonard Basil, Francis Leo, Kathleen Breda & Frederick Ambrose
This is possibly John Thomas Butler who was born about 1839, perhaps in Ireland as his death notice in The Examiner requested Dublin papers to copy. John married Ellen Mary O'Meara and seven children were born to them in Tasmania: Thomas John, 9 Sep 1879; John Mathew, 26 Jul 1881; Michael Joseph, 9 Jun 1883 and Leonard Basil, 30 May 1885, were born in Campbell Town. Francis Leo, 11 Mar 1887-Jun 1914; Kathleen Breda, 16 Jan 1890 and Frederick Ambrose, 26 Jun 1892, were born in Launceston.
The funeral of John Thomas' sister, Catherine Butler, left from his house in Wellington Road in June 1901, for the Roman Catholic Cemetery. This is possibly Kate Butler, the nurse, who is also in the Family Album. John himself died a year later, on 27 Jun 1902, aged 63, at 123 Wellington Road. Members of St Patrick's Branch No. 217 HACB Society were requested to attend his funeral.
In 1903 Ellen was living at 26 Percy Street with Julia Agnes, Thomas and John Butler. Thomas and John were grocers. Julia Agnes was most likely to have been another child born before the couple came to Tasmania. She had a son Joseph in 1899. Ellen died at 6 Portland Street on 15 May 1917, aged 62.
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Emma Watson introduces the new HeForShe.org
Have you heard about Emma Watson's HeForShe campaign? It's all about gender equality – which means women and men having the same rights. Watch the first part of the video (to 5 minutes and 15 seconds!), do the exercises and then have a look at the HeForShe website.
I Like It – Safer Internet Day song
This song was created by members of GMCBeats rap workshops and Webwise Ireland to celebrate Safer Internet Day. Online safety is really important for everyone who uses the internet so listen to the song and do the exercises to make sure you stay safe online.
He Named Me Malala is a film about the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai. Learn more about her incredible life story by watching this trailer.
International Space Station toilet tour
In this video from the European Space Agency, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti gives us a tour of one area of the space rocket that a lot of people ask about, the toilet!
Who made your clothes?
Do you ever think about who made the clothes you're wearing? Lots of people don't think about this when they're buying clothes, but a group of people in the fashion industry have started a #Fashion Revolution. Find out more by watching this video.
One Direction – Action 1D
One Direction are working on a new project called Action 1D. They want young people to send them messages that they will put together to present to world leaders at events this year. Learn more about Action 1D in this video.
How the General Election works
How does an election work? Watch this speedy one-minute guide to the UK's General Election and you'll be an election expert!
The world water crisis
World Water Day takes place every year on March 22nd. How much do you know about the water you drink and use every day? Watch this video and learn about the world water crisis.
Elif Bilgin is an up-and-coming scientist. Check out what she discovered about banana peel in this video. Well done, Elif!
Amazing bird sounds from the lyre bird
David Attenborough is one of Britain's most popular wildlife experts. In this video clip he introduces us to a very special bird which can make some great sounds.
How to sew on a button
Do you know how to sew on a button? If not, watch this short video and you'll learn a very useful skill.
Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. She is from Pakistan and she campaigns for the rights of girls to get an education. In this short video you can hear Malala speaking after receiving the prize.
Have you heard of The Fault in Our Stars? It's a book by John Green that is really popular with teenagers around the world. Now they've made the book into a film. Watch the clip to see what the audience thought of the film.
Britain's fastest cyclist
How fast do you think you can go on a normal bike? Check out this video and you'll see Guy Martin go at over 112 miles per hour, that's more than 180 kilometres per hour! Wow!
Animals predict World Cup winners
Who do you think is going to win this year's World Cup? You could ask a football expert ... or you could ask an animal to predict a winner!
A Double Dutch brain game
Can you skip or 'jump rope' as they call it in the USA? Are you good at observing things that happen around you? This video will test how observant you are and it will also show you some amazing, Double Dutch skipping.
A day in the life of a 10-year-old in Roman Britain
Did you know that Britain was once Roman? Watch Eric in this video as he imagines what life was like in Roman times.
Time Out London: Routemaster
There's a new type of London's famous red double-decker buses: it's called the Routemaster. Would you like to take a ride? Watch this clip to find out what it's like!
One day I will ... in Lagos
This video was made as part of Google's International Women's Day celebrations. It was filmed in Lagos in Nigeria and we learn about the dreams and ambitions of a group of young women.
Weird nature: archer fish and velvet worm
The archer fish and the velvet worm have developed amazing ways of catching their food. Can you guess how they do it? Watch and see.
Do you know who lives in Windsor Castle? Watch the video to find out and learn more about this fascinating and historic building!
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I've experienced bullying
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DIY Christmas decorations
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The food-waste rebel
Did you know that tonnes of perfectly good food is thrown away every day in some countries? When some people don't have enough food to eat it seems crazy that so much food is wasted. Watch this video and learn about the work that Tristram Stuart is doing to try and change this situation.
How to wash your hair in space
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Ice Age and Manhattan
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Jameela - NY fashion week
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Johnny English Reborn - Theatrical trailer
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Lies: a book trailer
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Meet Lauren Singer – zero waste girl
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Olympic Park fly-through
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Our School students on ... selfies
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What is oversharing? Listen to some teenagers talk about it in this video.
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CHAPTERS OF ROCKINGHAM CO.
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The Tragic Fate of Davy Getz
Col. John S. Mosby - the "Gray Ghost"
As the Civil War dragged on, Union troops began to encounter an increasing number of guerillas that operated independently of the Confederate military. Commonly referred to as “bushwhackers,” these irregular forces often took advantage of the lawlessness and disorder that existed in contested regions like the Shenandoah Valley. While some of these guerillas sought to defend their homelands through a war of attrition, many of them were mere criminals that terrorized the countryside and pocketed the loot of their raids. This military landscape was further complicated by the presence of “partisan rangers” that were officially sanctioned by the Confederate government. Much like their bushwhacking counterparts, these soldiers often wore civilian clothes and conducted similar raids against Union forces. Most famous of all of these insurgents was Colonel John Singleton Mosby. His swift raids as well as his ability to disappear among the civilian population led frustrated Union adversaries to refer to him as the “Gray Ghost.”
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
General Ulysses S. Grant became so frustrated by reports of guerilla raids, he ordered General Sheridan to hang Mosby’s men without trial if they were captured out of uniform. As Sheridan entered the Shenandoah Valley during the fall of 1864, he issued an order that civilians caught with weapons in hand would be put to death. Raids by bushwhackers and Confederate partisans steadily increased as Sheridan’s forces marched up the Valley toward Harrisonburg. Union soldiers under the command of General George Armstrong Custer captured a man with a small hunting rifle in the woods just outside the town of Woodstock. Davy Getz claimed to be hunting for squirrels, but Custer declared the man to be a bushwhacker and sentenced him to death. Whatever Getz's intentions may have been, the thirty-nine year old was a developmentally delayed individual that was not fully aware of his surroundings. The local townspeople pled for his life, but Custer refused. A rope was tied around Getz’s neck, and he was forced to march behind Custer’s headquarters wagon as a warning to potential bushwhackers in the area. A local merchant named Joseph Heller argued that Getz was harmless and begged for his release. Custer’s lack of humanity led Heller to prophetically declare, “you will…sleep in a bloody grave for this.”
Davy Getz remained a prisoner for a few days as Custer led burning parties throughout Rockingham County. On October 2nd, Custer held an improvised field court that quickly found Getz guilty of treason. After being forced to dig his own grave, Getz was shot by Union soldiers on a hillside near the town of Dayton. Twelve years later, on June 25th, 1876, George Armstrong Custer was killed by the Lakota Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southern Montana.
Native American Memorial at Little Bighorn National Battlefield - designed by Oglala Sioux artist Colleen Cutschall (“Sister Wolf”)
Heatwole, John L. The Burning: Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Charlottesville, Virginia: Rockbridge Publishing, 1998.
1864: The Valley Aflame. Staunton, Virginia: Lot's Wife Publishing, 2005.
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Frozen II (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)
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I am seeing this tonight. I am hyped.
I'm also seeing this tonight. Not super hyped, cautiously optimistic, mostly wanting to get it out of the way, haha.
last four:
the perfection - 3
the devil's own - 6
the matrix - 10
bob & carol & ted & alice - 6
the wes anderson collection by matt zoller seitz
cloud atlas by david mitchell
The Cruise Cruise - A Podcast About Tom Cruise
God, I can’t remember the last time I went into a movie this stupidly excited for it, and it actually met my ridiculous expectations of it. Loved this. Loved. This.
Finally got my review written up, which I should be posting either later tonight or tomorrow. But for now, 2010s Walt Disney Animation Studios films ranked:
My full review: https://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2019/12/frozen-ii.html
Quoting Lazlo (view post)
Thoughts on the movie?
It was fine! Beautiful to look at, of course, but the story was a bit of a jumble. The run from Elsa crossing the ocean, singing "Show Yourself," through Anna singing "The Next Right Thing" (my favorite song of the bunch) is pretty spectacular and really the high point of the movie emotionally and musically. Olaf continues to be an annoyance and the when-will-Kristof-get-a-damn-moment-to-propose? plot is super tired. Mid-tier Disney animation (taking the whole 80 years into account). Also might have been negatively affected by the three 20-something bros sitting behind me, 2 of which showed up 10 minutes late and needed to talk to their friend about what they'd missed as well as needing a recap of the first movie. Lots of chit-chat. Ugh. Anyway, didn't love it, though it has some pretty high highs, didn't hate it.
Your complaints ring consistent with others I’ve heard. I of course wasn’t bothered by those things, but I’m glad you still enjoyed the movie all the same.
The 2nd time I saw it I had to deal with a chatty audience as well. If that were my first viewing, I fear I would’ve had another La La Land scenario on my hand, where I wouldn’t even be able to enjoy the movie, cause they seriously talked through the entire last third of this things, songs and everything. Very obnoxious, but thankfully all my other viewings have been very well behaved.
You’re not kidding about that stretch of greatness you point out, though. The “Show Yourself” sequence is hands down the best scene I’ve seen in any movie this year, and is quite frankly a contender for scene of the decade at that, IMO. It’s seriously one of the most visually and emotionally beautiful moments I’ve ever seen captured in a movie.
And “The Next Right Thing” floored me with its stark groundedness and Kristen Bell’s emotionally packed performance. Seriously, she sold the hell out of that moment, and gives one of the best performances of the year there, and makes me wish voice work in animated films got taken more seriously for awards consideration.
Glad you liked it so much. It's such a great thing to connect with a movie on that level!
I was thinking of this, and it made me recall Henry Gale’s reaction to Kubo and the Two Strings:
http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showth...l=1#post559747
I feel like I definitely understand how that movie made him felt back then.
Also curious what he would think about this one, seeing how he was among the few here who was rather favorable towards the first movie. Whatever happened to him I wonder?
Ivan Drago
the maker of my own evil
Haven't really thought too much about this since I saw it, but I enjoyed it for its runtime. The animation is breathtakingly gorgeous, I liked the character arcs for Anna and Elsa, and the songs are good, with "Into The Unknown" being the best of the bunch, although I also got a kick out of Kristoff's 80s love ballad (during which the 80s-style editing and visuals had me in stitches). Some recent trends in Disney's work make their presence here that end up being detrimental to its narrative like the way it plays its ending safe as well as the lack of a villain, but overall, I was entertained.
Also, when our heroes walked through the giant wall of mist leading into the enchanted forest, I got serious Annihilation vibes to the point where now I want an R-rated Annihilation remake with Disney princesses.
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Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
Commando (Lester, 1985) 5
Gilda (Vidor, 1946) 4
Bombshell (Roach, 2019) 3
Atlantics (Diop, 2019) 4
American Factory (Bognar/Reichert, 2019) 4
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Watched this again today, and I can't help but feel like the poetic way in which the sisters' stories are told in the last third of this movie is seriously master class stuff, especially since it's all done without ever really drawing attention to itself and what it's doing. But the movie makes the claim that they're both two sides of the same bridge, and that's certainly shown in the ways in which their journeys play out and parallel one another, working in opposite manners towards the same endgoal:
Anna consoles Elsa, who's crying tears of sadness, and hugs her. Then they part.
Anna is sent against her will into a body of water, a river, where she's met by one of the elemental spirits (the earth giants), but she avoids confrontation, leading her into a cavern, where she starts from the bottom and has to climb her way back out out.
Elsa purposefully makes her way into a body of water, an ocean, where she's met by one of the elemental spirits (the water nokk), and she directly confronts it, riding it to Ahtohallan, and enters into a cavern where she starts at the top and gradually makes her way further and further down.
Elsa sings a song of pure joy in a scene that's filled with magic and spectacle, and undergoes a critical transformation.
Elsa hops down to the deepest depths of Ahtohallan and finds the answer she's looking for, sacrificing her life in the process, giving up everything to deliver the message to Anna.
Anna receives the message, and in turn loses everything with the death of her sister, and Olaf dying in her arms.
Anna sings a song of pure grief in a scene that's grim and grounded, and undergoes a critical transformation, as she climbs out of the cavern into the sunlight, standing tall enough to see the entire enchanted forest beneath her.
Anna engages with the spirits she encountered earlier, using them to destroy the dam and break the curse. This causes a tidal wave barreling straight for Arendelle.
Newly revived, Elsa is aided by the spirit she encountered earlier, who helps her back to Arendelle, where she creates a dam of ice to stop the tidal wave from destroying Arendelle.
Elsa and Anna reunite, and Elsa consoles Anna, who's crying tears of happiness, as they embrace once more in a hug.
Quoting Ivan Drago (view post)
While not quite the same thing (or rather, not the same thing at all, in fact!), the current rumor is that Disney is looking to make a more book faithful adaptation of The Snow Queen into live action, which would of course be telling a much darker story than we've become accustomed to, so that could possibly be interesting.
But yes, this too.
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Who You Gonna Call When Production Companies Ignore Social Media Slime?
Tiffany A. Dykstra-DeVette
What does it mean for any mainstream production company to be in consultation with their consumers? Ghostbusters (2016) is significant because it deviates from the typical "test footage" changes and course alteration based on fandom feedback. Featuring a female dominated cast, the film does not hinge on heteronormative love interests, model type casting, or stereotypical female roles. CBS declared it the most disliked movie trailer on YouTube. Rather than taking seriously the inevitable circulation of anti-feminist flaming (or in this case, sliming?) online by original Ghostbusters fans, Fieg and company simply carry on.
Now that the dust has settled and the film has been declared both a feminist cause célèbre and a complete flop, this post raises two distinct questions: 1) is it no longer true that "all press is good press"? and 2) how can we explain divergent practices in media reflexivity?
First, it would be easy to declare the film a disaster and blame Sony’s failure to consult nostalgia-loving moviegoers. However, the negative press served a critical role in garnering the attention of women, families and younger audiences that enjoy seeing women demolish stereotypes on the big screen. Production elements were certainly conscientious of the way that the film overtly challenged expectations of women as comedians, as scientists, and as entertainers in general. The telos of the film was bigger than box office sales, and its success was its ability to breathe new life and long term relevance in an otherwise outdated franchise.
Second, reflexivity is not preemption, nor is it pandering. Fieg's remake is an exemplar of media reflexivity as embracing dissent. Reflexivity is often practiced as making changes based on fan reactions, but also as identifying the "haters" and focusing on the remaining target audience. Marvel can continue to edit films based on feedback due to their diverse, yet loyal fandom. Feig wisely chose to diverge from these methods because rebuilding a polarizing yet franchisable film yields greater potential than generating lukewarm enthusiasm from all. In sum, when a vocal minority loudly proclaims their opposition to a blockbuster film, it produces the impetus, or what Lloyd Bitzer would call the exigence, for a reactionary defense of the new Ghostbusters. Without public criticism, there may not have been the controversy that propels social media discussion, and in turn, free marketing. Ghostbusters proves that in the long run, it can indeed be hip(ster) to be uncool.
Who you going to call-and-response?
By Jayson Quearry
Monday, October 3, 2016 — 7:30 pm
Your clarification about reflexivity not being preemption or pandering is so important. In the case of Ghostbusters, reflexivity takes on a far more conversational role. As you mentioned, the film is aware of the controversy that led up to its release, so much so that the characters and narrative are able to provide a form of meta commentary. Specifically, I am thinking of scenes where the Ghostbusters watch the equivalent of a trolling YouTube video as well as the villain's transformation into the classic Ghostbusters logo. In these instances, the film is able to react to online complaints about the female leads and physically confront a symbol of the original film, respectively. These sorts of call-and-response scenes are only possible in a social media climate where a film is announced then dissected online years before the actual production begins. As you say, in the case of Ghostbusters, the cast and crew chose to confront criticisms rather than yield to them. In either choice, our big budget releases are beginning to communicate directly to their audiences in a complex way.
From: Blockbuster Reflexivity
Fandom Matters (Or At Least Its Dollars Do)
By Carolyn Cocca
“I guess I’m just taking a break…” Marvel’s Self-Reflexive World-Building
By Dan Hassler-Forest
"Avengers" Art Contest: Professionalizing Fans or Fanning Professionals?
By Lesley Willard
X-Men: Apocalypse, Irony, and the Commercial Film Market
By Ryan Pumroy
By Tiffany A. Dykstra-DeVette
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Lufthansa is changing some flight routes to and from Japan, citing concerns about Pyongyang's missile tests. This follows Air France's decision to expand its no-fly zone over North Korea.
The German carrier stopped flying over North Korean airspace over a year ago. Shares in the airline is slightly higher today.
A coalition of Social Democrats and Greens, which runs the German state of Lower Saxony has called for early elections. The move comes after a Green deputy defected to the Christian Democrats.
It marks the latest in a succession of setbacks for the SPD, just seven weeks before they take on Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats in federal elections.
CNBC’s Annette Weisbach says everthing which could go wrong has gone wrong for Martin Schulz.
When you look back at the beginning of the year, people were really thinking he could challenge Angela Merkel and win those elections coming up in September. Now the opinion polls over the last month were actually quite steady, showing that the Social Democrats were rather at their pre-Schulz euphoria level once again. That means they are standing somewhere between 22 and 24 percent in different polls.
Martin Schulz: under pressure.
Here are your top headlines for the hour:
Softbank profits jump 50 percent, as the first-time inclusion of numbers from its private equity arm, provide a shot in the arm to the Japanese telecoms giant.
North Korea says the UN is infringing on its sovereignty, as it adds new sanctions against the rogue state, in a bid to stall missile testing.
Taiwan's July exports grew 12.5 percent year on year and its imports grew 6.5 percent, both beating estimates of 8.9 percent and 4.5 percent respectively.
Taiwan's trade surplus is $5.37 billion in July, beating estimates for a surplus of $4.77 billion.
Basic resources is the best performing sector on the Stoxx 600 today, up more than 1 percent.
Mining stocks are trading higher thanks to strong commodity prices. Copper and iron ore prices jumped, driving the entire sector higher.
Here's how U.K. homebuilders are doing today, after data showed U.K. house prices rose 2.1 percent in the three months to July. The pace of growth is the slowest in more than four years, as Halifax said households are starting to feel the pinch of inflation.
Here's the latest M&A news from around the markets today:
Fresenius Medical has agreed to buy NxStage Medical for approximately $2 billion. The German medical supply company says the acquisition will boost its dialysis business. The deal represents the latest tie-up in a wave of health sector M&A.
Vivendi has until later today to declare whether it controls Telecom Italia. This follows a request from Italy's market watchdog. Vivendi has come under increased scrutiny after it built up a 24 percent stake in Telecom Italia and has also taken a 29 percent stake in Mediaset.
Paysafe has backed a £3 billion takeover offer from a consortium of funds managed by Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners. The board of the payments processor called the 590 pence per share cash proposal "fair and reasonable". The offer represents a nearly 60 percent premium on Paysafe's shares at the start of 2017.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has praised authorities for stopping an attack on a military base. Some 20 armed men are said to have raided a base in the city of Valencia, announcing an uprising to restore constitutional order.
Two were killed and several captured, Maduro said, and a search is underway for the rest.
The incident is the latest unrest in the country following the creation of a pro-government legislative superbody after the election.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in red.
Venezuelan bonds were probably oversold in the wake of the country's contested vote, according to Richard Segal, senior emerging markets analyst at Manulife Asset Management.
However, he sees few reasons for investors to buy the country's debt at current levels.
It’s a matter of time before the country defaults. It’s something that’s been around the corner for the past 2 or 3 years at least. They keep continuing to leverage the assets they have, they borrow at very high interest rates, they sell oil forward.
The end is very close, it’s just a question of whether it’s 3 months, 6 months or 12.
Here are your latest top headlines:
European equities are mixed after Asian stocks headed higher, following another record close and strong job numbers in America.
The U.S., Australia and Japan are out with a tough new statement pressuring North Korea to change its ways. This as North Korea says new UN sanctions infringe on its sovereignty.
Investors cash out of PaddyPower Betfair as the bookmaker says its CEO is stepping down. The stock is on track for its worst day since the Brexit vote last year
The U.K. finance minister is reportedly blocking gambling curbs. According to the Daily Mail, Philip Hammond is scrapping the review into high-stake gambling machines, which was launched last October, in order to preserve tax revenues.
Britain's finance ministry has not commented on the report.
Separately the CEO of PaddyPower is stepping down. The company announced a new chief executive and said it saw revenue growth of 9 percent for the 6 months of 2017. Shares in PaddyPower Betfair are having their worst day since the Brexit referendum.
Geely Automobile reports total sales volume for the group in July was 91,104, an increase of around 88 percent.
The company says sales in China rose 94 percent to 90.088. Total car sales for January to July were up 89 percent to 621,731 units and car sales for the period accounted for 57 percent of 2017 sales target.
Tina Fordham, chief global political analyst at Citi, says the result of the UN vote on new North Korean sanctions is a positive sign for President Trump.
It is pretty significant, because given that Congress passed new sanctions against Russia just a few days ago, Russia could and indeed threatened to veto at the Security Council and of course the P5 all need to vote together.
Getting Russia support and getting unanimity is something we haven’t seen for quite a while. I’m not sure it’s a victory but it’s a positive signal for sure.
The U.S. military and its NATO allies showed off their military muscle this weekend, as Russian forces flexed theirs. NBC's Matt Bradley filed this report.
Softbank's CEO says he is interested in investing in Uber of Lyft to gain a share in the U.S. ride-sharing market.
He says profit is a secondary aim, and acquisitions and investment are more important. He says the Japanese company is committed to U.S. telecom consolidation and is nearing a deal for Sprint.
U.S. stock markets are called to open modestly higher, according to future values.
The latest jobs data for July propelled stocks higher on Friday and helped the Dow achieve its 8th consecutive record close.
The Bank of Italy's Target 2 liabilities have hit their lowest loevel since February, according to the central bank.
The U.K. government is proposing a new data protection bill which would give regulators new powers and allow citizens to request their personal data to be deleted.
The new bill is intended to help transfer the EU's upcoming General Data Protection Regulations into British Law. The GDPR rules mean a company that suffers a data breach could be fined up to £17 million or 4 percent of their global turnover.
Greg Hanson, vice president EMEA cloud at data giant Informatica, says U.K. companies will need to have a comprehensive view of all the data they hold in order to comply with the new law.
If a customer triggers their ‘right to be forgotten’ and the business doesn’t have a comprehensive data management strategy, it can’t guarantee to delete all the necessary information. With fines of £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover for non-compliance, good data management just became an essential for all consumer-facing businesses. The price of non-compliance could be fatal.
As a result, U.K. businesses need to identify which data will be subject to the new law and ensure that it can be easily accessed and deleted if needs be. To do this, they should map out all their data across the whole organisation, no matter where it is stored.
Many companies have built up vast databases of personal information over the years, so an automated data discovery system is essential - humans can’t process it all in time.
For more on this story, click here.
People in the UK will soon be able to get social media giants to delete their embarrassing posts
CNBCBritish consumers will be able to ask social media giants like Facebook to delete embarrassing posts under new data protection legislation.
Sweden's SPES unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent in July from 7.2 percent in June, according to a Reuters calculation.
Germany June industrial output fell 1.1 percent month on month in June, further than expected.
Barclays analyst Tomasz Wieladek says the decline in headline output was driven by investment goods which fell 1.9 percent month on month.
Across sectors, while energy recorded an increase of 1.4 percent m/m, manufacturing declined by 1.4 percent m/m with construction remaining flat for the month. Within manufacturing, motor vehicles and Machinery and equipment fell by 3.7 percent m/m and 2.2 percent m/m, respectively, with metals tagging at 1.9 percent m/m. Chemicals and Pharma output expanded by 1.8 percent m/m in June after posting negative growth in two consecutive months.
Wieladek says factory orders are a better forward-looking indicator of economic activity than the other surveys.
While factory orders rebounded by 1.0 percent m/m in June, as a result of rise in domestic orders (5.1 percent m/m), foreign orders were a drag.
This is in line with our view that despite strong GDP growth, rising wages and a booming labour market, the German economy appears to be struggling to rebalance towards private consumption. Instead, the German economy remains highly vulnerable to a slowdown in global trade either through protectionism or weaker demand in Germany’s main export partners, such as China, the U.K. or the U.S.
Renault, IDRO and Parto Negin Naseh announce the creation of a new joint venture company in Iran.
The company will boost Renault's presence in Iran. Renault will be the majority shareholder. The join venture will include a production plant with capacity of 150,000 vehicles a year.
Renault shares are higher today, up almost 1 percent.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Monday, as investors geared up for more earnings releases.
Earnings season continues on Monday, with a number of major companies set to report. Avis Budget, CBS, Marriott International, Tyson Foods and Booz Allen Hamilton will be some of the names to publish earnings.
by Spriha Srivastava 8/7/2017 10:20:59 AM
UK PM May's spokesman says does not recognise the 40 billion euro Brexit bill figure reported in the media. Says PM has been clear there is a need to discuss with the EU a fair settlement of Britain's rights and obligations.
May's spokesman says is not willing to provide a running commentary of negotiations with the EU. That's according to Reuters.
Taiwan's Foxconn, one of Apple's primary iPhone makers, will open a multibillion-dollar research and development plant in Michigan, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.
That makes the second politically critical state to receive such a commitment from the multinational — which is sure to be seen by many as a gargantuan political success for President Donald Trump.
IPhone maker says it's building a multibillion-dollar facility — in another state Trump flipped
CNBCFoxconn will open a multi-billion dollar plant in Michigan, the South China Morning Post reported, in what's seen as a huge success for President Trump.
North Korea says it has demonstrated to the world the whole U.S. mainland is in "our firing range". That's according to Reuters.
North Korea says it is responsible with no intent to threaten any other country except the U.S., unless it joins U.S. military action.
European markets were slightly lower on Monday morning, failing to follow a rally seen in other global markets after stronger-than-expected jobs report in the U.S. last week.
North Korea is ready to give the United States a "severe lesson" with its strategic nuclear force if it takes military action against it, and will not put its nuclear programme or its missiles on the negotiating table, it said in a statement to a regional meeting on Monday.
In a transcript of a statement by Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, which was distributed to media in Manila, Pyongyang called new U.N. sanctions "fabricated" and warned there would be "strong follow-up measures" and acts of justice. It said the resolution showed the United Nations had abused its authority.
It said its intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July proved that the entire United States was in its firing range, and those missiles were a legitimate means of self-defence.
It was not immediately clear whether the statement was read to the ASEAN Regional Forum on Monday.
President Donald Trump has just tweeted the following:
Further nuclear aggression from Pyongyang and heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington are widely expected following fresh economic sanctions on the rogue state.
CNBCMore North Korean nuclear aggression and tensions between Beijing and Washington are widely expected following the latest economic sanctions on Pyongyang.
by Spriha Srivastava 8/7/2017 12:03:03 PM
Let's take a look at how the sterling is trading against the dollar:
Let's take a look at euro's performance against the dollar:
by Spriha Srivastava 8/7/2017 1:02:12 PM
U.S. stocks are now open for trading. Here's a look at major Wall Street indexes:
Japan's Foreign Minister says almost all countries believe sanctions on North Korea must be fully implemented.
Dow hits all-time intraday high, builds on record-setting week
How Germany’s election could shake the EU
CNBCOn Sunday September 24, German citizens will head to the polls to elect their new government, but how might the various outcomes impact the EU?
Gold prices edged lower on Monday, failing to gain support from a weaker dollar as investors digested sharp losses in the previous session and worried about further U.S. rate hikes.
A little over 30 minutes to markets close and stocks look like this:
European markets edge lower after new North Korea sanctions; Paddy Power Betfair slips 6.5%
CNBCEuropean markets were slightly lower on Monday afternoon, failing to follow a rally seen in other global markets.
European markets are now closed for trading. The pan-European Stoxx 600 slightly lower as investors focus on rising geopolitical tensions:
Here's a look at major European indexes:
And that's all from us today. Join us for more news and action tomorrow from 0600 London time. Till then, have a great day and see you soon.
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The 3 best websites for buying a co-op or condo apartment (or entire brownstone) in NYC
Searching online for a NYC apartment to buy has become both easier and more empowering.
October 8, 2019 - 9:00am
If you’re looking to buy a home in New York City and you haven’t been in the market recently, you will find that searching online has become both easier and more empowering—thanks to a technological race among competing search sites that has produced, among other things, tools and filters you can use to customize your search and dig up more information than ever about an apartment, building, or neighborhood.
"We're hitting a new milestone in the real estate tech sector. Now, the major portals are offering nearly identical search results. As a result, the differentiating factors becomes context, analysis, and data layers," says Constantine Valhouli, founder of NeighborhoodX, a real estate research and analytics firm.
Whether you decide to buy a co-op or condo, did you know you can receive a buyer’s rebate from your broker? Buying with Prevu you’ll pocket a rebate of two-thirds of the commission paid to the buyer’s broker at closing. On a $1.5 million condo, you’d receive up to $30,000. Click here to learn about Prevu’s Smart Buyer Rebate.
Read on for Brick Underground's recommendations for the best NYC listings websites. If this is your first time buying in New York, be sure to also check out Brick Underground's How to buy a co-op or condo apartment in New York City: A comprehensive guide.
1) StreetEasy
Most New Yorkers rightfully keep at least one eye trained on StreetEasy when searching for a place to buy. The site, built by and for New Yorkers (and now owned by Zillow Group), continues to offer unmatched detail when it comes to pricing history: You can see prices for previous sales of the place you’re interested in as well as for other apartments in the building, including the closed sales price and the asking price, which is very helpful when you're ready to make an offer.
You can refine your apartment search by a number of factors, from the basics—co-op vs. condo vs. townhouse, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, square footage, and neighborhood—or an advanced search, with price per square foot and monthly charges, as well as amenities like fireplaces, dishwashers, swimming pools, FiOS wiring, and more. Search results are very user friendly and easy to scroll through (although it would be nice if the map remained visible once you click into a listing).
Individual listings include price history, proximity to transit, days on market, and monthly charges. If you want to dig deep, you can find out a lot of intel about the building you are considering, for example what other apartment layouts in the building look like, to see what else may come on the market that may suit your needs better.
One thing to keep in mind if you’re looking for the freshest apartments to hit the market: It may take 24 to 48 hours for brokerage listings to reach an aggregator site like StreetEasy or Zillow. And there are a handful of listings that aren’t shared with the aggregators at all.
Note: Up to three agents per listing may be featured as building “experts” next to a listing. None of these are the listing agent. They're real estate agents who’ve closed a certain number of deals in the building in the last several years and thus have relevant experience within a specific building—for example, insights on how to manage the board approval process and the likelihood of being able to add a washer/dryer or central air conditioning to a prospective apartment—and who pay a fee to StreetEasy.
If no building experts are listed, and you fill out the contact form offering you to introduce you to a buyer's agent, you won't be introduced to the listing agent; you'll be introduced to an agent who may or may not have experience in the building and is paying StreetEasy a fee if you buy an apartment through them.
So if you are hoping to gain a competitive or financial advantage by dealing directly with the seller’s agent, keep digging: Go to the website of the brokerage that’s listing the apartment (at this writing, StreetEasy puts this information discreetly above the contact box) and type in the apartment address to find the listing agent and deal with them directly.
New from StreetEasy this year:
A map-your-commute tool (exclusively on the app for now) enables you to input your work address and see how long your commute to the office (by public transportation, car, or foot) would be from every listing you look at.
An updated data dashboard, a tool that displays data and trends in a neighborhood—for example, median recorded sales price and how it’s changed over time, and price cuts sellers are offering in the area—and compares these stats to other nearby neighborhoods.
StreetEasy has an app for iPhone and Android; you can save searches and get email updates that reflect new listings that fit your search parameters.
2) Localize.city
Localize.city launched in New York City last year as a real estate information site that uses artificial intelligence to provide a snapshot of any address in the city—letting you know, for example, whether there’s construction coming to the immediate neighborhood, or how much shade you can expect in an apartment you’re considering.
This year, the site added apartment listings, with an innovative twist well-suited to newcomers or New Yorkers who are looking for a new neighborhood: Instead of (or in addition to) searching by geographic location, you can search by quality-of-life and other factors such as top schools, parks, quiet streets, low crime, and dog parks, surfacing prospective homes that meet these highly specific criteria.
For a couple with a new baby, for example, “We can tell them what neighborhoods are good for parents, tell them about commutes and other details. We can find places they weren’t thinking of,” Localize’s Steve Kalifowitz previously told Brick Underground.
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Listings come directly from all of New York City’s biggest brokerages, and the majority of the smaller firms throughout the five boroughs, as well as from the Real Estate Board of New York, the city's real estate trade association, which has about 500 residential brokerage members.
Localize.city has a highly interactive map that’s fun to use (the company’s creative director is Mushon Zer Aviv, who led map development at Waze), which shows you options that fit your criteria, and once you make a selection, you get a detailed report about the address.
The amount of negative information presented about an address, like blocked views, noise, or even vermin problems is pretty refreshing (and gutsy) for a listing site. The company says it aims to educate users and prime you to ask probing questions about an apartment.
A price analysis for each listing includes a comparison of monthly fees: Pop-ups alert you when monthlies are significantly cheaper or more expensive than comparable units on the market.
Localize’s commute calculator, which times your route via car, bike, car or walking, is handy, as is school zoning information (but you should always confirm school information directly with the school you want your child to attend). You’ll also find an overview of nearby businesses within walking distance, highlighting coffee shops, gyms, daycares and pharmacies. Localize can tell you whether the place you’re looking at will have constant noise from planes flying from Newark, LaGuardia and JFK or whether you’re in the flight path of a helicopter. You can see whether construction may block your views. And you can learn costs such as flood insurance that may be required for homes in a flood zone.
3) Realtor.com
Outside of New York City, Realtor.com is the dominant, go-to website for real estate buyers, and until recently, hasn’t been thought of as a place New Yorkers would use to look for apartments. But that’s starting to change. The site has sharpened its focus on New York City and added a new landing page geared for NYC that gives buyers the ability to search by neighborhood. It has also added individualized building pages that list building facts, status of all units, amenities, nearby transportation, and schools. Monthly maintenance fees have been incorporated into the mortgage calculator.
Like Localize.city, Realtor.com receives listings from REBNY. Listings also come from brokers and other vendors that New York City brokers use to submit their listings and syndicate them.
To search, you can browse by price, size, and property type. (Listings tagged “new three hours ago” definitely get your attention.) Other filters include number of days listed, open houses, square footage, new construction, existing homes, price reduced, and listings with open houses. It’s handy to be able to search by both price and square footage parameters. (Why waste time mooning over places that fit your budget but not your stuff). And it’s helpful to have the neighborhood median sales info, plus median sales info for nearby neighborhoods, presented directly on the listing page for a fast comparison. You can also see open house times and get driving directions.
Visually, the site is on the plain side, and the information is spaced out, requiring a lot of scrolling to see everything on a page. One regrettable difference from StreetEasy (and to some extent Localize) is sparse information on past sales history and details on other apartments in the building. So you can’t see what the apartment previously sold for, or what other apartments in the building went for.
Listings are updated every 15 minutes, according to a spokesperson, and Realtor.com’s smartphone app sends alerts on new listings and price reductions. If you are out and about in a neighborhood where you’re looking to buy and spot a Realtor.com for sale sign, you can take a picture of the sign and the app's "Sign Snap" will give you details about the listing.
Beyond the portals: brokerage sites
When expanding your search to individual brokerage websites, keep in mind that user experience varies widely, depending on the amount of money and tech talent deployed by a particular brokerage. Also be aware that a brokerage may give more emphasis to its own listings versus competitors' listings obtained through REBNY and other feeds.
Pro tip: To gain a competitive edge over buyers who rely only on the listings platforms listed above, visit a variety of brokerage websites and sign up to receive alerts. Why? Because brokerages that belong to REBNY (which includes most in Manhattan as well as many in Brooklyn and Queens) have up to 48 hours to share their listings with other REBNY brokerages. During that 48-hour period, brokerages can market listings exclusively to their own buyers in hopes of capturing both sides of the commission—so if you sign up to get alerts, you may get a jump on an exclusive listing during that window.
We've listed some reputable brokerages alphabetically below. For a more extensive list of REBNY-member brokerages, click here.
Bohemia Realty Group (Upper Manhattan)
Brown Harris Stevens (NYC and the Hamptons)
Compass (NYC and the Hamptons)
Corcoran (NYC and the Hamptons)
CORE (Luxury NYC)
Douglas Elliman (NYC, Long Island, Westchester, and the Hudson Valley)
Halstead (NYC, Long Island, Westchester, Hudson Valley, New Jersey, Connecticut)
Keller Williams (NYC)
Klara Madlin Real Estate (Upper West Side)
Modern Spaces (Queens and Brooklyn)
Prevu (NYC and Connecticut)
Triplemint (NYC and Hudson County, NJ)
Warburg (Manhattan)
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In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important, there is Toriko, a hunter of precious foods regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. He's a man with the inhuman skills necessary to capture the ferocious, evasive, and rare animals to complete his ultimate dinner course! His current accomplice is a weak, timid person who was inspired by Toriko's greatness and accompanies him on all his journeys on his quest for the course of his life. Note: Was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award in 2009. Read more
Dogma, the Earl of Poor eating comes to train high school student Satoru into the perfect chef. But what awaits Satoru at the end of his training is only death. His teacher is not an ordinary noble but a demon from hell who promises to eat his soul, spiced with a lifetime of cooking expertise. Will Satoru abandon his normal life to become the puppet of this demonic earl? How will he cope with his life’s expiry tag?Let’s have a taste of this Heresy Gourmet! Read more
Ryuu Majin Hime Valalice no Haiboku ～ Makai Saikyou no Hime ga Jinrui no Gurume ni Makeru Hazu ga Nai
The strongest demon of the magical world challenges the cooking of the human world. [hr]"Kuh, why is it so deliciouuuus!" The strongest demon princess of the magical world, Valalice has come to destroy humanity starting with Tokyo. However, what was waiting for her was the all too delicious cooking of humanity such as curry, ramen, and pancake――!? Can Valalice beat the temptation of food!? Valalice's cuteness × delicious food nyan nya, the strongest gourmet battle just doesn't stop. The comic adaption has finally arrived ☆ [hr][*]Japanese Light Novel: [url=https://bookwalker.jp/series/188376/]Bookwalker[/url] [*]Alternate Raw: [url=http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/41306]seiga.nicovideo[/url] Read more
Turkey's Day of Food
A girl's adventure in Turkey as she experiences a glimpse of its culture and traditions. Read more
Final Fantasy XIV: Lalafell-sensei Will Teach You!
Chapter 6.2
In this series, made for Final Fantasy XIV fans and novices alike, we follow the Eorzean adventures of Beginner, a player who is new to the game as he meets someone who's both a blessing... and a curse: Lalafell-sensei. Along with many other characters, this series explains the gimmicks and basics of the game in the worst way possible (for Beginner). Read more
The High School Boys Are Hungry Again Today
Lively high school boys cook together and eat together, a comic full of everyday hunger pangs. As they study, play and are energetic almost everyday, it's no wonder that they're always hungry. Read more
Ringo Nonohara's dream is to become a star. Although she can't cook, she tries out for the lead in a cooking show called "Delicious Time," which will also be starring the star she idolizes, Mahito Ishizaka. When she discovers that the final stage of the competition will mean she has to prepare a dish, however, Ringo calls on her good friend, chef, and next-door-neighbor, Tsutsui Kazuomi. Thanks to Kazuomi's help and her own cute persona, she is chosen for "Delicious Time." Thus begin trials as Ringo tries to become a star. From Wikipedia. Read more
Touhou - MOMIZI ROLL (Doujinshi)
Someya Mako's Mahjong Parlor Food
Saki spinoff focusing on Someya Mako as she cooks meals for customers of her family's mahjong parlor. Read more
Gaku Kitada is a prodigy in Mathematics and a scholarship holder at Wels Private Academy, a renowned institution with a long history in the International Mathematical Olympiad. After a series of unfortunate events, he meets Kai Asakura, a culinarian prodigy with his own catering business. What does the future hold for these two geniuses, and how do their paths intertwine with each other's? Read more
Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband (fan-coloured)
Immortal Tatsu is an ex-yakuza who’s given up violence for making an honest man of himself - but is it still possible for a devoted stay-at-home husband to get into a few scrapes? Read more
Reo and Mabu ~Together they're Sarazanmai~
Police officers Reo Niiboshi and Akutsu Mabu are stationed at a police box in Asakusa, Tokyo. One day, they find a baby girl lying on top of a plate. Naming the girl "Sara", they decide to raise her together. Protecting the town's peace together, what sweet incidents will they encounter!? Along the way, the pair will overcome obstacles as two men being fathers for a baby, and question the origin of Sara's mysterious magical powers... Appearing in director Kunihiko Ikuhara's new anime Sarazanmai (starts April 11th 2019), Reo and Mabu's soft daily life is portrayed in this BL spinoff manga! Read more
Sizzling Chop Chop
Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat... We will eat delicious food well ♡ (Ah, I'm glad I'm alive!!!) A delicious mouthful that will fill your everyday with happiness! <Sizzling Chop Chop> Read more
A-Rank Boukensha No Slow Life
Aldred, the leader of a kingdom’s A-ranked party,『Black Silver』, has accomplished the task of slaying a dragon. However, he who has pursued strength his whole life has lost sight of his goal from taking down a monster of the strongest species. As he worried about what to do next in his life, it was the scenery of Nordende that popped up in his mind; A rural village by the countryside, full of natural beauty, which he only visited once during a quest in the past. After declaring the disbandment of his party, he heads towards Nordende for a comfortable, relaxing life. Read more
An Empty Restaurant Webtoon
After experiencing a time slip, Heo Kyun, a Joseon gourment, is searching for delicacies in modern Korea. Read more
The Necromancer Maid
PASSION-ATE COOKIE BATTLE
Comedy of Yukina, Lisa, and Sayo and having the ultimate battle to decide who'll be in charge of cookies in Roselia! Read more
Isekai Izakaya "Gen"
There's this pub (Izakaya) that was supposed to be in a certain place in Kanto region of Japan called “Gen”. After opening the door one day, it was found to be connected to the city of Parisia, the Kingdom of the Eastern Kingdom… Individual residents from a foreign world such as fallen monks, warriors, noble female knight, daughters of noisy famous aristocrats, etc. all visited the peculiar izakaya which they've never seen before, and gradually they'll become fans of the dishes… A foreign world gourmet fantasy has finally started! *[b]From the same author of Isekai Izakaya "Nobu", which takes place in Kyoto.[/b] [*][url=http://rawneko.tk/manga/isekai-izaya-gen-raw/]Raw... Read more
Delicious Scandal Webtoon
Kim Ro Sa has long dreamed of being a singer and finally his dream came true. However, his career did not go smoothly as expected. Until one day, he met Chef Ian, who turned out to be a judge of the survival cooking event he attended. Then, can Ro Sa survive on the event? Moreover, there is Roy the boyband member who sucks. Read more
Treat of Reincarnation: The Advent of the Almighty Pastry Chef
In an impoverished territory, to a poor aristocratic family, a single boy would be born. Destined to become the next feudal lord, this boy’s name was Pastry Mil Molten. Pastry, the possessor of a rare talent in his previous life, had a promising future as a confectioner. Merciless thieves, rabid beasts, scheming nobles, a domain in drought, many hardships such as these will befall the boy. Our handsome successor, armed with his ingenuity and love for sweets, will survive in this world of swords and magic. With a smile on his face, aiming for a territory filled with happiness, the young Pastry‘s challenges... Read more
The Anthropovore's Chocolate Cake
Originally published in the Towako series. Towako Volume 2: The Anthropovore's Chocolate Cake Read more
Kobitono Tsumamigui
The story of a little dwarf. Artist's twitter. [url]https://twitter.com/yokoyoko468b[/url] Read more
Veggie Hot bun's school spring holiday Webtoon
What shoud I cook today? Veggie who is always only worried about what to eat, his heart started to beat like crazy when spring school holiday began. Read more
Curry Utopia
For the summer heat, some chilling horror (jk). Author's Twitter: [url=https://twitter.com/kidomitsuru]@kidomitsuru[/url] Read more
Heart-Warming Meals with Mother Fenrir
Femrude is picked up by the legendary Fenrir as a baby. Originally Japanese, the reborn 12-year-old spends his days being spoiled by his beloved new mother, while being brought up with lots of love. To give back to his precious family, he reproduces Japanese cuisine in this new world, one dish after another. To his surprise, not only his mother (Fenrir), but also the beastmen living in this world love his food. Solving problems one after another with his honest, gentle character, and the skills to attract both races, he aims to become a bridge between the humans and the... Read more
The Lunchlady is a Saintess! ~Warm Recipes from the Girl from Another World~
Suddenly summoned to another world, former office lady Fukuyose Mahiru becomes a lunchlady in order to cover her living expenses, as well as gather information. Then one day, she gets her hopes up when she hears a rumor that the genius Magician Randy may hold a hint to help return her to her original world——. "To find the practitioner than summoned you here, we must uncover the motives behind it." Things become messy after it's determined Mahiru holds a great amount of magical power, and must therefore cohabitate with Randy?! And on top of that, he finds eating to be too troublesome,... Read more
Fake Cinderella
Izumi Maya, a 33-year-old professional pastry chef, who went out to buy some mustard, gets caught in an accident. When she regains consciousness, she has been reincarnated as a 12-year-old princess! On top of that, she also has a husband who is older than her! And a king, no less! Maya realizes that she's in a position where her life might be targeted, thus, decides to try to get along with her husband to protect herself! In the name of a pastry chef, I’ll defeat the criminal and my husband’s stomach at the same time!! Read more
Masaki no Pan
Having lost his confidence as a bread-maker, Masaki works making bread in a bakery and boarding house run by a pair of sisters in Otaru, Hokkaido. Seeing the smiles on the people eating the bread, he grows to maturity one step at a time as a maker of breads. [Translation from the back cover of the first volume] Read more
Touhou ~ Starving Marisa's Blessed Meal
Ongoing Touhou manga from nva222 published in the official Strange Creators of Outer World magazine. Read more
This "Summon Kitchen" Skill is Amazing! ~Amassing Points By Cooking in Another World~
In another world, the skill I was bequeathed was――"Summon Kitchen"? Eh, what the heck is that?! The Office Lady that got mixed up in a high school girl's summons to another word―Isarai Shiina. Unlike the warm welcome given to the high school Saintess, Shiina is forced to live in a corner of the royal palace with her mysterious and newly obtained "Summon Kitchen" skill. Apparently, using the skill to cook food amasses points, which can then be used to evolve the "kitchen". 'With nothing better to do, and things being what they are, I might as well work towards getting my glorious dream kitchen!'... Read more
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Hip hop trips from the margins to the mainstream
Ask Kyle Abraham how hip hop has influenced his choreography and a wry smile appears. That question again. “I wouldn’t regard myself as a hip-hop…
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The Kinect for X-Box 360 has changed gaming by replacing dexterous thumbs with all-body movement. Its motion-sensing technology can also be increasingly found in theatres….
Dance has always had a love-hate relationship with gravity. Ethnochoreologists will point to ritual dances that sought, not only to connect individuals with each other,…
Dancing on the edge of vertigo
Climbing might be a sport and a pastime, but for some it is a purely aesthetic experience, bordering on the spiritual. For them, the goal…
Dance, Reviews, The Irish Times
The dancing body and its interaction with digital technology has provided rich collaborative pickings and Dublin-based MIDASpaces are the latest group to investigate the interaction…
Memories aren’t all that interesting in themselves. What makes them interesting is how they relate to the present day, how they imprint themselves on minds…
“The moment of survival is a moment of power” is the paradoxical tagline to Dogs and it provides a neat encapsulation of the choreography’s revelation…
Straight to DVD
Sometime in the past a critic bemoaned Ponydance’s “pointless group numbers”. He or she now gets pride of place in the opening video in Straight…
Dublin Dance Festival
As she places her coat on a hanger and takes off her boots before dancing NowHere, Divya Kasturi appears to shed her past upon entering…
The Falling Song
There are a few key ingredients that contribute to the continuing success of dance troupe Junk Ensemble, and many were evident in their latest production…
Devising a chaotic world for dance to live in
For almost 50 years, Trisha Brown’s dances have been seen in New York lofts, on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses, or on…
Body and Forgetting / The Wake
The title of Body and Forgetting neatly encapsulates much of choreographer Liz Roche’s output. As a craftswoman, her seductive choreography has always centred on the…
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Screenwriters and directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor make their feature-film debut in this fast-paced action film. Freelance hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) wakes up with a big problem; a DVD left in his apartment by smalltime gangster Ricky Vanero (Jose Pablo Cantillo) tells him that he has only one hour to live. While Chev was asleep, Vanero injected him with a deadly synthetic drug from China--known as the Beijing Cocktail--as payback for Chev's last hit. Now, Chev's only hope to stay alive is to keep his adrenalin pumping. Dead set on revenge against Vanero, Chev also has to keep his girlfriend, Eve (Amy Smart), out of the mob's hands. To complicate matters, naïve, sweet Eve has no idea that her charming British boyfriend is a hitman. Even worse, Chev's boss, Carlito (Carlos Sanz) has no intention of helping his favorite freelancer.
Luckily, Chev's friend Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) can offer some temporary lifesaving advice; his drugged pal has to keep moving. Downing cans of Red Bull and popping over-the-counter energy pills, Chev is a crazed man on a mission. He has to exact revenge on Vanero, save his girlfriend, and find an antidote, all while keeping his slowing heart pumping. Fear, sex and violence are the best way to keep adrenalin flowing, and there's no shortage of any of them in this nonstop action flick. Extreme chase scenes, shootouts, and romance abound, along with plenty of clipped dialogue and just enough dark humor. Statham plays Chev with a perfect combination of steely determination and utter insanity--a guy who is finally trying to do the right thing, even if it means killing lots of people along the way. Cantillo's Vanero is a little fish playing in a very big pond, but not quite the player he thinks he is.
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Morphological Transformations In The Magnetite Biomineralizing Protein Mms6 In Iron Solutions: A Small-Angle X‑Ray Scattering Study, Honghu Zhang, Xunpei Liu, Shuren Feng, Wenjie Wang, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Mufit Akinc, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, David Vaknin, Surya K. Mallapragada Feb 2015
Morphological Transformations In The Magnetite Biomineralizing Protein Mms6 In Iron Solutions: A Small-Angle X‑Ray Scattering Study, Honghu Zhang, Xunpei Liu, Shuren Feng, Wenjie Wang, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Mufit Akinc, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, David Vaknin, Surya K. Mallapragada
Chemical and Biological Engineering Publications
Magnetotactic bacteria that produce magnetic nanocrystals of uniform size and well-defined morphologies have inspired the use of biomineralization protein Mms6 to promote formation of uniform magnetic nanocrystals in vitro. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies in physiological solutions reveal that Mms6 forms compact globular threedimensional (3D) micelles (approximately 10 nm in diameter) that are, to a large extent, independent of concentration. In the presence of iron ions in the solutions, the general micellar morphology is preserved, however, with associations among micelles that are induced by iron ions. Compared with Mms6, the m2Mms6 mutant (with the sequence of hydroxyl/carboxyl containing ...
Rhombohedral Magnetostriction In Dilute Iron (Co) Alloys, Nicholas J. Jones, Gabriela Petculescu, Marilyn Wun-Fogle, James B. Restorff, Arthur E. Clark, Kristi B. Hathaway, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso Jan 2015
Rhombohedral Magnetostriction In Dilute Iron (Co) Alloys, Nicholas J. Jones, Gabriela Petculescu, Marilyn Wun-Fogle, James B. Restorff, Arthur E. Clark, Kristi B. Hathaway, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso
Ames Laboratory Publications
Iron is a well-utilized material in structural and magnetic applications. This does not mean, however, that it is well understood, especially in the field of magnetostriction. In particular, the rhombohedral magnetostriction of iron, λ111 , is anomalous in two respects: it is negative in sign, in disagreement with the prediction of first principles theory, and its magnitude decreases with increasing temperature much too rapidly to be explained by a power law dependence on magnetization. These behaviors could arise from the location of the Fermi level, which leaves a small region of the majority 3d t2g states unfilled, possibly favoring small internal ...
Magneto-Structural Transformations Via A Solid-State Nudged Elastic Band Method: Application To Iron Under Pressure, Nikolai A. Zarkevich, Duane D. Johnson Jan 2015
Magneto-Structural Transformations Via A Solid-State Nudged Elastic Band Method: Application To Iron Under Pressure, Nikolai A. Zarkevich, Duane D. Johnson
We extend the solid-state nudged elastic band method to handle a non-conserved order parameter, in particular, magnetization, that couples to volume and leads to many observed effects in magnetic systems. We apply this formalism to the well-studied magneto-volumecollapse during the pressure-induced transformation in iron—from ferromagnetic body-centered cubic (bcc) austenite to hexagonal close-packed (hcp) martensite. We find a bcc-hcp equilibrium coexistence pressure of 8.4 GPa, with the transition-state enthalpy of 156 meV/Fe at this pressure. A discontinuity in magnetization and coherent stress occurs at the transition state, which has a form of a cusp on the potential-energy surface ...
Experimental Exploration Of The Origin Of Magnetostriction In Single Crystalline Iron, Qingfeng Xing, Thomas A. Lograsso, M. P. Ruffoni, C. Azimonte, S. Pascarelli, D. J. Miller Aug 2010
Experimental Exploration Of The Origin Of Magnetostriction In Single Crystalline Iron, Qingfeng Xing, Thomas A. Lograsso, M. P. Ruffoni, C. Azimonte, S. Pascarelli, D. J. Miller
The magnetostrictive atomic strain in a pure Fe single crystal was measured by differential x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The obtained tetragonal magnetostriction constant, (3/2)λ100, was determined to be 45 ppm, consistent with the previously reported theoretical value calculated from a spin-orbit coupling theory. These results provide a foundation for understanding the origin of magnetostriction in pure Fe as well as Fe-based binary alloys.
On The Temperature Dependence Of Multiple- And Single-Scattering Contributions In Magnetic Exafs, H. Wende, F. Wilhelm, P. Poulopoulos, K. Baberschke, J. W. Freeland, Y. U. Idzerda, A. Rogalev, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso, D. Arvanitis Sep 1999
On The Temperature Dependence Of Multiple- And Single-Scattering Contributions In Magnetic Exafs, H. Wende, F. Wilhelm, P. Poulopoulos, K. Baberschke, J. W. Freeland, Y. U. Idzerda, A. Rogalev, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso, D. Arvanitis
Ames Laboratory Conference Papers, Posters, and Presentations
We demonstrate that the temperature dependence of structural as well as magnetic fluctuations can be probed by the use of the Magnetic Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (MEXAFS) spectroscopy. We compare those to the dynamic disorder as probed by the EXAFS. Here we present temperature-dependent MEXAFS investigations carried out at the L-edges of a thin Fe film and a Gd single crystal. By comparing the experimental results to ab initio calculations the single-scattering contributions are separated from multiple-scattering contributions. It is found that the multiple-scattering contributions are enhanced for the MEXAFS compared to the normal EXAFS.
Hydrogen Charging In Nickel And Iron And Its Effect On Their Magnetic Properties, A. Ramesh, Madhav Rao Govindaraju, David C. Jiles, S. B. Biner, J. M. Roderick Apr 1996
Hydrogen Charging In Nickel And Iron And Its Effect On Their Magnetic Properties, A. Ramesh, Madhav Rao Govindaraju, David C. Jiles, S. B. Biner, J. M. Roderick
Materials Science and Engineering Publications
The current study was undertaken to explore the possibility of detecting hydrogen cavitation in magnetic materials through magnetic propertymeasurements. It is known that dissolved hydrogen in a material causes microvoids. These voids may affect the structure‐sensitive magnetic properties such as coercivity and remanence. In this study, hydrogen was introduced into nickel and iron by two processes, namely thermal charging and cathodic charging. The effect on the magnetic properties was measured. In addition, the variation of the magnetic properties with porosity was studied.
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Wednesday, 7 August, 2002, 10:05 GMT 11:05 UK
Stone Roses star sings his own tune
Squire (left) first found success with the Stone Roses
Former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire will sing lead vocals for the first time on his debut solo album, he has revealed.
The album - Squire's first new material for five years - has been described as a collection of simple songs with an acoustic sound that is reminiscent of Bob Dylan.
Squire's solo album will be released in September
He will sing as well as play guitar on the album, called Time Changes Everything, which will also feature a full backing band.
Squire became one of the most revered guitarists in UK rock after helping the Stone Roses to success in the late 1980s before forming his own band, The Seahorses.
He said he had looked for a different singer, but none were right and ended up working alone.
"It was the first time since the Roses that I didn't have a plan," he said.
But he decided to take on the vocal duties himself because he did not want "my ideas refracted through someone else", he said.
A spokesman for Squire said Stone Roses fans would like it, and that they would be quite surprised by the sound of his voice.
His backing band includes three acquaintances who are relatively unknown musicians.
Squire has sung on record before - but only as part of a campfire choir that appeared on the song Tightrope on the Stone Roses' second album, Second Coming.
He found fame when the Stone Roses rose out of the Manchester "baggy" scene with their 1989 debut, which many people consider to be one of the best albums of the last 20 years.
Squire left in 1996 and formed his own rock group, The Seahorses, with Chris Helme on vocals, who released one album and enjoyed chart success but less critical acclaim.
The new album will be released in the UK on 16 September.
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Thumbplay Expands Business Development Team with Hire of Noted Telecommunications Executive
Bradley Blanken – Formerly of CTIA and Third Screen Media – Named VP, Carrier Business Development
NEW YORK, NY – (September 2, 2008) –Thumbplay® (www.thumbplay.com), the leading mobile entertainment provider in the U.S.*, announced that Bradley Blanken has joined the company as Vice President of Carrier Business Development, effective today. Blanken, who reports to Ken Hayes, Executive Vice President of Carrier Relations, will be responsible for propelling key relationships with wireless carriers. Blanken is based in New York.
Blanken comes with 16 years of experience in the telecommunications and digital fields. Prior to joining Thumbplay, Blanken was Vice President of Carrier Sales at iSkoot, Inc., where he built relationships and developed deals with the largest mobile operators in the world, represented new technology to operators globally and expanded the company’s carrier business model. Previously, he led the Carrier Relations team at Third Screen Media, the mobile advertising software firm acquired by AOL in May of 2007, where he created the MADX|Carrier Interface, enabling carriers to monetize inventory while monitoring third-party consumption.
Blanken has also served as a Director of Business Development at Syniverse Technologies and was the Assistant Vice President of Technology Programs for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), where he acted as the technical and business lead on all CTIA Wireless industry intercarrier issues, from intercarrier SMS to the creation of the U.S. Common Short Code program and wireless AMBER alerts. Blanken has also held leadership positions at Aspiro (formerly Telesta) and Bell Atlantic. He is a former United States Marine.
“Bradley ’s reputation of continually creating and selling innovative business models to carriers will prove invaluable to the Thumbplay team, “ said Are Traasdahl, CEO and Founder of Thumbplay. “His addition signifies our commitment to expanding Thumbplay’s relationships with our existing carrier partners as well as developing new associations.”
About Thumbplay
Thumbplay, Inc. is defining the mobile entertainment experience for U.S. consumers. As the largest and fastest growing mobile entertainment content destination, Thumbplay gives consumers access to the broadest and deepest catalog in the industry, spanning audio, video and gaming content from the leading music labels and artists, game publishers and media companies. Its innovative delivery and marketing platform makes it easy for users to discover, manage, store and share mobile content online and on their wireless devices.
Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004 by Are Traasdahl and Evan Schwartz. It is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital. More information can be found at www.thumbplay.com or at m.thumbplay.com from a mobile phone.
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It’s Out There! Productions presents
The Fatal Summons
Friday, May 31 at 2:00pm, talk back to follow performance
at the Roxy on Gateway Theatre
written and directed by Leila Raye-Crofton
featuring Caro Vanrensberg, Chris Pereira, Linda Mullen, Elizabeth Turner, Jackson Card, Katelyn Trieu, Julia Van Dam, and Julie Murphy
Four young actors enter a theatre for a closing night party. Soon, one finds an ancient script in the lobby. He suggests they all do a play reading of a scene in which a demon is summoned. Unfortunately for them, the reading goes better than expected and a real entity from another realm comes to destroy them. One thing’s for sure: not everyone will make it out alive.
Justin Douglas Shaw presents
The Wrestling Play
Tuesday, June 4 at 2:00pm, talk back to follow performance
created and performed by Justin Shaw
Charles is a discontent English teacher whose wanderlust is only matched by his deep-seated love for professional wrestling. After a life-altering decision to chase his dream of becoming a pro-wrestler, Charles finally steps out of his comfort zone, and into the great unknown.
Razor Babes presents
Headhole
Wednesday, June 5 at 2:00pm, talk back to follow performance
written by Claudia Kulay
directed by Evelyn Scheibli
featuring Ahmed Assaf, Benjamin Osgood, Amanda Storwick
In order to avoid the inevitable, Cameron and Adrian invite two strangers into the bedroom of their small apartment. It’s to fulfil a supposed voyeuristic fantasy or to save their relationship or to have an excuse to be in the bedroom or to do a lot of yelling.
Persistent Myth Productions presents
Bird Signs
Thursday, June 6 at 2:00pm, talk back to follow performance
written and performed by Hayley Moorhouse
production design by Caro Vanrensburg
It’s a bird! it’s a plane! It’s…Oh wait. Okay no, it’s just a bird. This solo show is about birds. And signs. And a desperate search for significance in an isolating world. And the cages we weave for ourselves in our minds. But, you know, it’s got woodpeckers and stuff. There’s a little bit about van Gogh. It mentions butterflies for a second. And hope. And fear. And the steep descent into blinding obsession. But mainly it’s just a lot of birds.
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R, Kumar N. (2002). A Study of Role Performance of Heads of Primary Schools in Orissa in relation to selected Personal and Institutional Factors. Unpublished. Ph.D., Education. Panjab University,Chandigarh.
The objectives of the study were: (1) To study the congruency in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves and as perceived by teachers. (2) To study the differences in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves in relation to their personal factors, namely, age, sex, academic qualification and experience. (3) To examine the relationship between personality types and role performance of heads as perceived by themselves. (4) To study the differences in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves in relation to institutional factors, namely, management, size of the school, and teacher – student ratio. (5) To examine the relationship between organizational climate and role performance of heads as perceived by themselves. (6) To study the differences in role performance of heads as perceived by teachers in relation to their personal factors, namely, age, sex, academic qualification and experience. (7) To study the difference in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by teachers in relation to institutional factors, namely, management, size of the school and teacher-student ratio. (8) To examine the relationship between organizational climate and role performance of heads as perceived by teachers. (9) To suggest which type of personal and organisational factors contribute most towards the role performance of heads of primary schools in Orissa.
The hypotheses of the study were: (1) No significant incongruency exists between role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves and as perceived by teachers. (2) There are no significant differences in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves across age levels; types of sex; academic qualification; and length of experience. (3) There is no significant relationship between personality types and role performance of primary school heads as perceived by them. (4) There is no significant difference in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by themselves in relation to institutional factors, namely, management, size of the school, and teacher – student ratio. (5) Role performance of heads as perceived by them is not significantly related with organisational climate. (6) There are no significant differences in role performance of primary school heads as perceived by teachers in relation to age; sex; academic qualification, and experience. (7) Role performance of primary school heads as perceived by teachers does not significantly differ with the management; size of the school, and teacher student ratio. (8) Role performance of heads as perceived by teachers is not significantly related with organizational climate.
The sample consisted of 228 Government Schools and Private Schools of three Districts, namely, Balasore, Bhadrak and Cuttack. This sample was selected using Multi Stage Sampling Technique.
Role Performance Questionnaire by Kusum Srivastava, Organisational Description Questionnaire by Halpin and Craft, and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire were used for data collection.
Descriptive Survey Method was used in Research.
The data were analyzed using Mean, SD, Skewness, Kurtosis and t – test.
The findings of the study were: (1) Significant difference exists in the role performance of planner, resource facilitator, promoter of co-curricular activities, mentor and reconciliatory roles when total sample was considered. (2) No significant difference exists in role performance but the perception of head’s role performance by teachers across different age group differed significantly in case of supervision of instructional programme, promoter of co–curricular activities, evaluator and motivator, mentor and reconciliatory and bridge building with the community roles. (3) The perception of heads as well as teachers on role performance revealed that sex had no impact on performance of various roles of heads. (4) There is no significant difference between the groups with different experience levels in role performance of heads as perceived by them but significant differences are found in case of evaluator and motivator, and bridge building with the community roles. (5) There is no significant difference in the perception of head’s role performance among the groups of heads having different duration of experience. But there are significant differences in evaluator and motivator, mentor and reconciliatory, and bridge building with the community roles of heads as perceived by teachers of different experience levels. (6) The correlation coefficient between extraversion type of personality and supervision of instructional programme of role performance is found to be positive and significant. (7) When the types of school were taken into consideration, the comparison of perception of role performance of government and private schools heads showed no statistical significant difference for all nine roles. But significant differences were found in the perception of role performance of government and private schools teachers with regard to performance of heads role as planner, mentor and reconciliatory, academician and teachers, bridge building with the community. (8) With regard to size of school, significant difference is found between the perception of performance of heads as perceived on nine roles, namely, planner, office manager, resource facilitator, supervision of instructional programme, promoter of co – curricular activities, evaluator and motivator, mentor and reconciliatory, academician and teachers, and bridge building with the community from large and small schools. But six dimensions of role performance, namely, resource facilitator, supervision of instructional programme, mentor and reconciliatory, academician and teacher, and bridge building with the community differed in schools with less than 250, and 250 and above enrollment. (9) On the institutional factor of teacher – student ratio, out of nine roles, significant differences are found on two roles of heads as perceived by themselves, namely, planner and resource facilitator between large and small teacher – student ratio schools. On the other hand, only one dimensions i.e. academician and teacher, role of heads as perceived by teachers differed significantly on account of large and small teacher – student ratio. (10) The correlation between organizational climate variable of production emphasis and trust were significantly and positively correlated with role performance variables of planner, mentor and reconciliatory and academician and teacher as perceived by teachers. But hindrance variable of organisational climate was significantly and negatively related with academician and teacher variable of role performance as perceived by teachers.
Keyword(s): Role Performance, Primary Schools, Orissa, Personal Factors, Institutional Factors, Principals
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Clipper Great Republic 06/22/1951 Lockheed 049 Constellation(N88846)
Location: Near Sanoyea, Liberia
Route: Accra – Monrovia
40 Aboard / 40 Fatal
The plane crashed into a hill. The pilot descended below en route minimum altitude without knowing the aircraft’s position.
Clipper Endeavor 04/11/1952 Douglas DC-4(N88899)
Location: North of San Juan, Puerto Rico Time: c 12:20
Flight: 526
Route: San Juan – New York City
Year of Delivery: 1945
After taking off from Isle Grande Airport the crew had engine
problems. The aircraft then crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The ditching took place in turbulent seas. The tail broke off on impact and the aircraft stayed afloat for only 3 minutes and sank. The captains attempt to re-establish a climb without using all available power after a critical loss of power in the No. 4 engine resulting in a nose-high altitude, loss of airspeed and settling of the aircraft to too low an altitude to effect a recovery.
UPDATED INFORMATION: The facts, as established in subsequent legal proceedings, show that the pilot was exonerated and the faults turned out to be due to faulty engine parts/maintenance.
Clipper Good Hope 04/29/1952 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser(N1039V)
Location: Near Carolina, Brazil
Route: Rio de Janeiro – New York City
The flight crashed into the jungle about 887 nm NNW of Rio de Janeiro. Separation of the propeller blade leading to separation of the No. 2 engine due to highly unbalance forces, leading to the disintegration of the aircraft.
Clipper ??? 03/26/1955 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser(N1033V)
Location: Off the Oregon coast Time: 11:12
Route: Portland – Honolulu
23 Aboard 4 Fatal
The plane ditched into the Pacific Ocean after the No. 3 engine propeller broke away causing severe control difficulties. The plane sank after 20 minutes.
Clipper Sovereign of the Sky 10/16/1956 Boeing Stratocruiser(N90943)
Location: Over the Pacific Ocean
Route: San Francisco – Honolulu
31 Aboard / 0 Fatal
The aircraft ditched into the Pacific Ocean while on a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu after losing the No. 1 and then the No. 4 engine. The aircraft circled around and landed in the water near a USCG weather ship.
Clipper Romance of the Skies11/09/1957 Boeing – 377 Stratocruiser(N90944)
Location: 900 miles E of Honolulu, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
Time: 16:30 Route: San Francisco – Honolulu
The aircraft disappeared mid-way on a flight between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage was found 940 miles NE of Honolulu 5 days later. Unable to determine the cause. Possible in-flight fire. There was evidence of carbon monoxide in the cabin.
Clipper ??? 06/02/1958 Boeing – 377 Stratocruiser(N1023V)
Location: Manila, Philippines Time: 05:23
Route : San Francisco – Singapore
Aboard 57 / Fatal 1
A hard landing in heavy rain and gusty winds at Manila caused the collapse of the right main landing gear. A prop broke off the No. 3 engine, penetrated the cabin and killed one passenger.
Clipper Tradewind 12/08/1963 Boeing B-707-121(N709PA)
Location: Elkton, Maryland Time: 20:59
Route: Washington – Philadelphia
The airliner was on a flight from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The aircraft was in a holding pattern along with 5 other planes when the control tower received a Mayday message. The plane was seen going down in flames. Lightning induced ignition of fuel tank vapors. Within two weeks after the accident, the FAA ordered lightning discharge wicks to be installed on all commercial jet airliners.
Clipper ??? 06/28/1965 Boeing B-707-321
No Fatalities
The aircraft landed safely at Travis Air Force Base after an engine turbine disintegrated and one-third of the wing was lost after just taking off from San Francisco International Airport. As the passengers viewed the plane landing that was going to take them back to San Francisco, the nose gear collapsed.
Clipper Constitution 09/17/1965 Boeing 707-121B (N708PA)
Location: Montserrat, British West Indies
Crashed into the Chances Peak mountains while descending for landing without determining position.
Clipper ??? 12/6/1968 Boeing B-707-321C (N798PA)
Location: Calcutta, India
Struck a tree 1128m short of the Calcutta runway during a visual approach in rainy weather.
Clipper Malay 12/12/1968 Boeing B-707-321B(N494PA)
Location: Near Caracas, Venezuela Time: 22:02
Route: New York City – Caracas AC
En route from New York City the airliner crashed in the Caribbean sea and exploded while descending for a landing at Maiquetia Airport. Possible sensory illusion produced by the town lights.
Clipper Blackhawk12/13/1969 Boeing B-747(N732PA)
Location: Renton, Washington
No Fatalities.
The plane crashed short of the runway during a landing attempt.
Clipper Star King 1969 Boeing 707-321B(N892PA)
Location: Sydney Australia – Kingsford-Smith International
Attempted an aborted take-off after striking birds at about V1. The aircraft over ran Runway 34, tore off the nose and left main gears and broke away Number 2 engine. The investigation also revealed that the aircraft was overloaded.
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Australia’s Holistic Journal
Keeping Body & Soul Together
Eastern Healing
01.01.2013 Relationships
Allow Yourself to Be Happy
Every day is a chance to renew your spirit afresh, says counsellor Dr Charmaine Saunders
Mind Body Medicine
Self Realisation
Tai Chi/Chi Gung
Western Herbal Medicine
Promotional editorial
Other stories by Dr Charmaine Saunders
A Journey Shared
Examine Your Life
More Relationships stories
Revenge or Compassion?
Seven Mindful Body Moments
Moving Past Rejection
At this time of year, it seems apt to talk about the good things in life. It's great to have them but more important to enjoy them.
Pleasure represents different things to each of us individually. I'm more interested in the philosophy of pleasure, that is, how we might indulge ourselves in it without guilt. If you think you totally immerse yourself in your desires, think again. How much do you do without guilt? What limitations do you place on yourself? How selective are you? For example, do you only allow safe pleasures like gardening or sport, or are you prepared to take risks?
One of my daily affirmations is. "My only responsibility is to be happy." That might sound pretty frivolous but my belief is that if I focus on getting the most joy out of each day, I will be far more tolerant of others, better company, work more creatively and generally be far more giving. I also notice that routine is really enjoyable when I'm feeling good and oppressively stifling when I'm not.
As I've said often, human beings are not good at being happy. It makes us feel uncomfortable, fearful, anxious - when will things change and maybe get bad? What's coming round the corner we won't like? Yet happiness is as simple as breathing, as natural as a child's laughter. Why not give yourself over to it?
When things are easy, we take them for granted but is that necessarily a bad thing?
The greatest gift sometimes is to be able to take the things and people we love for granted. Not to the extent where it can lead to contempt or abuse but so that we can be comfortable with our gifts and not doubt them. Above all, we should nurture our closest relationships and other precious life treasures, trusting that they are indeed ours and with a sensitive amount of care, can always be.
The type of 'taking for granted' that can be positive is where there's lack of struggle, insecurity and uncertainty. As long as we hold on too tightly to what we have, choosing fear over serenity, we can never really know peace and true prosperity.
It's okay to be a little 'hungry' in life because if we had everything we wanted all the time, there'd be nothing to strive for and no sense of achievement when we do succeed.
So, as with everything in life, balance is the key. Let us embrace our triumphs with enough humility to learn from both successes and so-called failures. Life is full of both. No one can ever exist without some strife, disappointment and conflict but these can only cripple us if we allow then to define us. We are more than our achievements or mistakes.
Lightness of Being
If we have set expectations and require perfect outcomes, we will never be free - we will be the victims of our own self image, slaves to ambition, vanity, ego and greed. A good rule of thumb is to live without obsession and with moderation, boring as that notion often is. Anything we want too much, seek too much and give too much energy to, will turn around and bite us, sooner or later. Live light. Then our motives are always pure and the taste of acceptance, when it comes, undiluted. "Don't sweat the small stuff", especially in relationships.
When it comes to relationships specifically, communication is all important. We live in a social climate for the simple reason that we choose to live in a society. That means we are involved with relationships of all kinds all the time. Some are momentary, some significant and some transitory.
Yet, communication between people is one of the trickiest minefields we have to negotiate on a daily basis. Difficulties in this area account for a large percentage of our conflicts, misunderstandings and fights. As with all life-skills, there are tools available to help us communicate more effectively, get on better with others generally and interact in a positive way.
Vitality is life. When we are fully involved in life, we have wellbeing, inner and outer health, positive energy - vitality.
Everyone wants it and everyone can have it. It's mainly associated in people's minds with physical fitness and prowess but holistic vitality is much more satisfying. This means using the vital lifeforce to improve every area of daily existence so that mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally, we can be at our peak, living life fully and joyfully.
The first requirement is that emotions and needs are honoured. Listen to your inner voice and let it guide you. Fulfil your own needs every day, not when you have time or when someone else lets you. You'll see the signs when vitality in your life improves - an eagerness to start each day; much more enthusiasm for your work, relationships, chores, routines; better general health and yes, wide-ranging prosperity beginning to manifest. It will become the raw material for a generally better experience of being alive.
The key is remembering that each day is a new beginning, a cliche that nevertheless is quite true. Every day is a chance to renew your spirit afresh. No matter how jaded you feel, how far from vitality, how blocked you think you are, how many addictions you're enslaved to, how depressed you've been - vitality is just one decision away. The choice is yours. Grab life, make a list of strategies and work through them till the fog clears and you start to feel good about yourself then determine to stay vital. You're alive, after all, so act like it! Let go of struggle and negative thinking; embrace joy.
That's a great spirit in which to commence a new year. If you're into resolutions, make that a key one - I will allow myself to be happy!
Help with my Break Up
Q. I am going through a break up at the moment. I don't feel the same for the man. He is giving me a hard time. I have told him that my feelings have changed and he says that there is a lot I can do for that. Please help. Tell me what to do. I have already moved out and am enjoying myself with my two boys. He keeps on telling me that I can do a lot more to try and improve my feelings.
Your question answers itself. It seems to me that you have already done a lot to 'improve your feelings' by leaving this relationship! You don't say why you wanted to end it with this marriage but the point is, it's your choice. He doesn't have to like it or accept it. And even if you're wrong, it's your mistake to make. I don't feel, however, that you are wrong because you say you are happy in your new life, which is a pretty clear indication that you know what's right for you and you've moved on.
It's sad for this man if he still loves you but don't let him play with your head by making the whole situation your responsibility. Yes, you can learn to love someone again if the relationship is a positive one and you want to work on it. But if you don't, there's really nothing more to say. You can't force feelings you don't have. They may come back at a later date or they may not.
You don't need me to tell you what you already know but I suggest you lay it out to your husband very clearly. Ask him for some time and then agree to see him for closure. Be honest with him if you don't know why your feelings changed but tell him you can't go back.
Need for Space
How do I deal with my girlfriend's need for space and her inability to assure me that it's not me but her? I am afraid that when she asks for space, she will not dump me because of my personality traits but because she doesn't want me to go through the hurt even though I don't mind as I love her so much.
You sound bitterly insecure about this girl. And any relationship based on hurt that only runs one way is not about love but about self abuse.
Okay, how do you know that she wants to break up at all? My advice to you is to start with that question. Use your own powerful intuition to judge the truth. She may genuinely feel the need for a break at the moment but not necessarily a break-up! Couldn't you just ask her straight out as you've outlined it to me? It is not her job to reassure you. You need to know your own worth and not be afraid to risk being honest and vulnerable.
If you're right and she's trying to ease you out painlessly, tell her you'd rather be told this. If not, trust her to come back when she's ready. You can't force someone to be honest or tell you what you want to hear. Either you have a real relationship or you don't. Has it occurred to you that your fear of losing her is causing the very tension that she seeks a break from? Back off a little and don't focus on getting dumped or hurt. If you really love her, you will think about what she needs whilst looking after your own interests. You sound expectant of being a victim and unfortunately, our expectations often create our lives so try to think more positively.
More Respect
I want to know if leaving my husband for a few days will teach him to appreciate me more or will this have an even worse effect on our relationship? I feel he is starting to take me for granted and I have spoken to him about this but he took his mother for granted so why should I be any different, right?
The nicer his mother was to him, the worse he treated her. I refuse to do everything for him because I have respect for myself but how can I get him to respect me more?
When you say you've talked to your husband about how you feel, was this in the form of discussion or just complaining? I don't know how long you've been married but if he's just starting to take you for granted, it may not be very long so there's still a chance for you to establish a pattern within your relationship that you can both live with. If he learnt to be emotionally lazy in his dealings with women through his mother, you have to reeducate him but it must be done gently and with love. Walking out at this stage could harm your marriage but as a strategy, it can work because of its shock value. I would try a subtler approach first if I were you. Explain to him how you feel and that you want an equal marriage based on mutual respect; ask him to offer some input on ways that you can achieve this. Make it clear that the marriage belongs to both of you and you want to work as a team.
It's good that you respect yourself and don't do everything for him but if the face of love for your husband is a woman sacrificing herself totally for him and he's not getting that, he could be feeling insecure also. Teach him over time that love isn't self sacrifice or self abuse but trust, respect and communication. If you respect yourself and stick to your guns, he will come to respect you. There's no other way to gain it. Good luck.
Dr Charmaine Saunders
Dr Charmaine Saunders was a much loved relationships counsellor and speaker who wrote for NOVA for many years. She died in July 2013.
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Reflective Teaching
Inspiring education through innovation
What is Reflective Teaching?
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THE WAY WE WORK (NONFICTION) and FALL PREVIEW
THE WAY WE WORK by David Macaulay (Houghton Mifflin)
After showing us THE WAY THINGS WORK, a lifetime achievement by any standard, Macaulay outdoes himself by turning his attention to the most complex machine of them all: the human body! Scaffolding from the smallest cells, readers move from system to system within the body and ultimately, to the creation of another life. The book took years to create, during which time Macaulay attended dissections, surgeries, studied anatomy at length and had the pleasure to handling a spleen. His hands-on and all-eyes approach paid off in a book that makes the intricate workings human body at once familiar and beautiful; he depicts the respiratory system as a roller coaster , describes DNA as "old family recipes" or a virus as a "population explosion," and draws microvilli like mountains rising out of the mist. His conversational writing style, matched with clear, well-labeled illustrations make this book not only remarkably informative, but remarkably accessible. You don't have to be a brain surgeon to understand this book, but it may very well inspire a few young people to become one someday. (9 and up)
Macaulay isn't the only uber-talent with a fresh book on the fall list; here at PlanetEsme we are scoping out an influx of both new and retooled titles by popular authors and illustrators that you may be happy to know about, and even a newbie or two destined to be face-out on the bookstore shelves:
DELTORA QUEST by Emily Rodda (Scholastic) An epic fantasy quest adventure played out against a richly rendered fantasy landscape is waiting to be discovered within the bindings of this international sensation. The missing gems from the powerful Belt of Deltora are all that stand between the Shadow Lord and his plan to enslave the population. While the city spirals into despair, hopefulness and action are wielded like swords by Leif, Barda and Jasmine, who bravely traverse some of the most fearsome corners in the kingdom and show a myriad of monsters who's boss, determined to restore the belt before their dreadful enemy gets the chance. For the first time, all eight of the books in the series are collected in one handsome and affordable volume, so there will be no need for the reader to stop and catch his or her breath. Even better, this is a fantasy series that is appropriate for the early intermediate reader, so a younger audience can enjoy the status of finishing a book as thick as Harry Potter without sacrificing comprehension or author intention. Ten million readers around the world have found their way to this series and Japanese anime has embraced it, with good reason; themes like the need to know history, the necessity of leaders to stay connected with the common people and the power of optimism will resonate after the last pages are turned. Give it to your favorite dragonslayer with some ceremony. (8 and up)
And then we have another exciting quest, against a more realistic backdrop:
THE 39 CLUES: THE MAZE OF BONES (BOOK ONE) by Rick Riordan (Scholastic, ages 9 and up). Imagine the choice: to find out your family was among the most powerful in human history, or get a million dollars? After the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy forgo the cash and start on the first of thirty-nine clues that will reveal the source of their power. Readers follow the story, use the "clue cards" included and join the on-line search, which offers readers over a hundred grand in prizes. Nothing shivers my timbers quite so much as a volume that says "book one" on the cover, let alone a book that requires a Happy Meal toy collector's mentality, but hey, it has Wonka-Golden-Ticket-like potential that I'm sure I'd be all over like a cheap suit if I were ten, and moreover, it's Rick Riordan, whom I trust intrinsically to create something kid-tastic after composing the compulsively readable novel THE LIGHTNING THIEF. This book is no exception; he has the gift of making you want to know what happens next. This type of book delivers quality with a gimmick, and brings to mind talents like Ann Martin, who spent years creating the fun but pulpy BABYSITTER'S CLUB, and then went on to create what might be considered "serious" (and certainly wonderful) literature for children like THE DOLL PEOPLE and A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE. Both styles of books contribute to creating readers in their own ways, and the fact that these authors can create both kinds should be commended. I'm just wondering...it seems "back in the day," an author wrote more commercially in order to earn enough trust from the publisher to invest in the more artful attempts, and nowadays, it seems to be the other way around? Who knows, just a thought. Moving on...
INTO THE VOLCANO by Don Wood (Scholastic) Illustrator of beloved preschool picks like THE NAPPING HOUSE and KING BIDGOOD'S IN THE BATHTUB tries a very different tack with this imaginative survival story aimed at preteen reluctant readers. Every lava-hot comic-book style frame delves us deeper into the volcano's boiling innards, where we find two brothers lost and pursued by evildoers. And you thought you had a bad vacation! (8 and up)
Speaking of sulfur, we have HECK: WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO by Dale E. Basye (Random House) about two siblings who perish in a marshmallow bear-related accident. Kleptomaniac sister Marlo may belong in the underworld's reform school known as "Heck," but bystanding brother Milton (get it?) sets out to prove they don't belong there. It's a tough task convincing the instructors, though, with the likes of Lizzie Borden teaching home ec and Nixon teaching ethics. The allusions are often adult, but are balanced with a Bullwinkle-like sensibility that suggests the story may be enjoyed on many levels...or at the very least, is balanced out by a heavy preponderance of poopy-doody jokes. Oh, dear, I can hear the scritchy-scratch of pencils on "request for reconsideration" forms in libraries across the country as we speak! Enjoy this subversive little devil while you can. (9 and up)
BAD KITTY GETS A BATH by Nick Bruel (Roaring Brook) The author/illustrator of BAD KITTY and POOR PUPPY proves he never runs out of funny in this redux that feels like a picture book but reads like a chapter book, a hairball-in-cheek how-to for cleaning the cat that will leave readers howling. Fans of Dav Pilkey, rejoice! This new series is as fun and even easier to read than good ol' CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS. (7 and up)
When not waving Captain Underpants's Fruit-of-the-Loom flag, all reluctant readers bow down before the mighty John Sciezska who writes books like THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS and THE STINKY CHEESE MAN which make readers snort and giggle like victims of a ruthless armpit-tickling. He now delves into the primordial brew from whence his quirky humor first took legs via an autobiography for kids, KNUCKLEHEAD: TALL TALES AND ALMOST TRUE STORIES OF GROWING UP SCIESZKA. In short, succinct, and (of course) hilarious chapters, Scieszka offers words of wisdom ("There is something about boys and fire that is like fish and water, birds and air, cats and hairballs. They just go together.") and speaks eloquently of his secret love affair with MAD Magazine, the despair in receiving socks for your birthday or being in the backseat with five carsick brothers, the joy of receiving your first boy scout knife, the peril of swearing in front of nuns, and most of all, the importance of family through all the ups and downs. Full of photos and funky paper ephemera, good luck even getting into the book because you will have to spend some significant time on the back cover, which reads like one of those comic book ads for x-ray specs and sea monkeys. This Gen-X'er and memoir-writer personally salutes the author for bridging the generation gap in such a readable way.
LAZY LITTLE LOAFERS by Susan Orlean, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Abrams) A rivalrous big sister tries to explain the drawbacks of the new baby from a purely anthropological perspective. I didn't personally cotton to the narrator's contemptuous tone which seems more aimed at entertaining the adult than the person in the adult's lap, but that's what comes of being a bestselling author for grown-ups. That said, Karas's illustrations of babies were so utterly scrumptious that I could practically feel the thump baby kicking in a stroller, the warmth of baby's hand, tread alongside his slow, waddling gait, and breathe in the powdery smell of baby belly. It made me want to get pregnant again (for a few minutes). Oh, the power of art. (5 and up)
A better-matched sibling pair may be found in ADELE & SIMON IN AMERICA by Barbara McClintock (Farrar Straus Giroux). Fans of Adele and Simon's French foray will be glad to have them return to port, with little Simon misplacing things from sea to shining sea. While ambitious, I don't know if sporting around an entire continent is ultimately as effective as their prior picture book tour of Paris, but ultimately, who cares? Who could possibly get enough of McClintock's Edwardian-flavored, etching-inspired genius? Booklovers will go wherever she leads. (6 and up)
A trippier kind of getaway is booked in WHAT A TRIP by Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski (Scholastic), the same zany team to bring us the Caldecott classic HEY AL, and this latest title is no less surreal. When Mel, an ordinary boy, klutzes his way into another dimension where everything is pointy, his attempts to convince others of the way he has seen the world makes his sanity suspect. This book about accepting differences without labeling definitely has a point. (6 and up)
Another author/illustrator that many folks will be happy to see has a new offering is David Shannon, of NO, DAVID! fame, tapping into some more testosterone with TOO MANY TOYS (Scholastic). Spencer has a lot of toys. A LOT. "There was an entire zoo of stuffed animals and a gigantic army of little action figures. He had a fleet of planes, trains, and toy boats, and a convoy of miniature trucks and cars. He also had lots and lots of musical instruments, art supplies, and alien spaceman weapons." Shannon perfectly captures the hysteria of consumerism on both ends, whether depicting the motley crew of relatives burying Spencer in birthday gifts, his barefoot dad howling over stepping on a Lego, or his mother desperately trying to negotiate some downsizing (met with huge doleful puppy-dog eyeballs from Spencer, a la Margaret Keane). What toy will Spencer be left with in the end? Shannon obviously had a lot of fun with this, and so will readers, as page after page explodes with jubilant, colorful, messy piles to pore over. Anyone who has ever had to clean a child's room will relate. Follow a group storytime with a big toy swap, or better yet, use the book as an impetus gather up all those extra toys and give them to charity. (5 and up)
GINGERBREAD FRIENDS by Jan Brett (Putnam) In this stands-fine-on-its-own sequel to THE GINGERBREAD BABY, our cinnamon-sprinkled buddy sets out to find some companionship, only to be disappointed by the cool response he receives by his inanimate brethren at the bakery. As is always the case with the inimitable Brett, set your eyeballs on stun, as the Gingerbread Baby is carried across snowy double-paged spreads on a chariot pulled by an exquisite black hen, details in the borders cumulate to offer a recipe for gingerbread, and the last page folds open to reveal an over-sized panorama of frosting, sprinkles, and hooray, plenty of smiling friends! The scene in the mouse hole in which very realistically rendered rodents are nibbling on the Gingerbread Baby's marshmallow pom-pom might be intense for the very young, but older picture book readers will thrill to the drama of it all, and will understand the yearning to find someone to play with. So much to look at and savor again and again, it really is as delicious as choosing treats from a display case. Read with THE GINGERBREAD GIRL by Lisa Campbell Ernst (Dutton) for more fresh flavor added to an old folkloric favorite. (6 and up)
MADELINE AND THE CATS OF ROME by John Bemelmans Marciano (Viking) In this exciting new addition to the Madeline family of books, the youngest girl in Miss Clavel's famous lineup is is hoodwinked by the Protector of the Colonia Felina, a conniver posing as a street urchin. While our heroine contends with a female Bad Hat, readers are taken on the most pleasant Italian tour since Roman Holiday. A nice cameo by hound Genevieve and the tender placement into good homes of several stray cats will make this a repeat read for animal lovers. Though I am a Bemelmans purist and was initially skeptical of his grandson's efforts, I found myself flipping around to double-check whether the book wasn't a reissue or done under a nom de plume, so authentic did it seem in both the meter of the writing and the flow of the brush. Obviously, wit and a flair for Fauvism is in the gene pool. (5 and up)
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Almgren, K. M.
RISE, STFI-Packforsk.
Kerholm, M.
Gamstedt, E. K.
Salmen, Lennart
Lindström, Mikael
Effects of moisture on dynamic mechanical properties of wood fiber composites studied by dynamic FT-IR spectroscopy2008In: Journal of reinforced plastics and composites (Print), ISSN 0731-6844, E-ISSN 1530-7964, Vol. 27, no 16-17, p. 1709-1721Article in journal (Refereed)
Wood fiber reinforced polylactide is a biodegradable composite where both fibers and matrix are from renewable resources. In the development of such new materials, information on mechanical behavior on the macroscopic and the molecular level is useful. In this study, dynamic Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is used to measure losses at the molecular level during cyclic tensile loading for bonds that are characteristic of the cellulosic fibers and the polylactid matrix. This molecular behavior is compared with measured macroscopic hysteresis losses for different moisture levels. The results show that moisture ingress will transfer the load from the fibers to the matrix, and that a more efficient fiber-matrix interface would diminish mechanical losses. Although the dynamic FT-IR spectroscopy method is still qualitative, this investigation shows that it can provide information on the stress transfer of the constituents in wood fiber reinforced plastics.
Almgren, Karin M.
Gamstedt, E. Kristofer
Berthold, Fredrik
Moisture uptake and hygroexpansion of wood fiber composite materials with polylactide and polypropylene matrix materials2009In: Polymer Composites, ISSN 0272-8397, E-ISSN 1548-0569, Vol. 30, no 12, p. 1809-1816Article in journal (Refereed)
Effects of butantetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) modification, choice of matrix, and fiber volume fraction on hygroexpansion of wood fiber composites have been investigated. Untreated reference wood fibers and BTCA-modified fibers were used as reinforcement in composites with matrices composed of polylactic acid (PLA), polypropylene (PP), or a mixture thereof. The crosslinking BTCA modification reduced the out-of- plane hygroexpansion of PLA and PLA/PP composites, under water-immersed and humid conditions, whereas the swelling increased when PP was used as matrix material. This is explained by difficulties for the BTCA- modified fibers to adhere to the PP matrix. Fiber volume fraction was the most important parameter as regards out-of-plane hygroexpansion, with a high-fiber fraction leading to large hygroexpansion. Fiber-matrix wettability during processing and consolidation also showed to have a large impact on the dimensional stability and moisture uptake.
Nygård, P.
Malmberg, F.
Lindblad, J.
Role of fibre-fibre and fibre-matrix adhesion in stress transfer in composites made from resin-impregnated paper sheets2009In: International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, ISSN 0143-7496, E-ISSN 1879-0127, Vol. 29, no 5, p. 551-557Article in journal (Refereed)
Paper-reinforced plastics are gaining increased interest as packaging materials, where mechanical properties are of great importance. Strength and stress transfer in paper sheets are controlled by fibre-fibre bonds. In paper-reinforced plastics, where the sheet is impregnated with a polymer resin, other stress-transfer mechanisms may be more important. The influence of fibre-fibre bonds on the strength of paper-reinforced plastics was therefore investigated. Paper sheets with different degrees of fibre-fibre bonding were manufactured and used as reinforcement in a polymeric matrix. Image analysis tools were used to verify that the difference in the degree of fibre-fibre bonding had been preserved in the composite materials. Strength and stiffness of the composites were experimentally determined and showed no correlation to the degree of fibre-fibre bonding, in contrast to the behaviour of unimpregnated paper sheets. The degree of fibre-fibre bonding is therefore believed to have little importance in this type of material, where stress is mainly transferred through the fibre-matrix interface.
4. Alriksson, B.
Rose, S. H.
Van Zyl, W. H.
Sjöde, A.
Nilvebrant, N. -O
Jönsson, L. J.
Cellulase production from spent lignocellulose hydrolysates by recombinant aspergillus niger2009In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ISSN 0099-2240, E-ISSN 1098-5336, Vol. 75, no 8, p. 2366-2374Article in journal (Refereed)
A recombinant Aspergillus niger strain expressing the Hypocrea jecorina endoglucanase Cel7B was grown on spent hydrolysates (stillage) from sugarcane bagasse and spruce wood. The spent hydrolysates served as excellent growth media for the Cel7B-producing strain, A. niger D15[egI], which displayed higher endoglucanase activities in the spent hydrolysates than in standard medium with a comparable monosaccharide content (e.g., 2,100 nkat/ml in spent bagasse hydrolysate compared to 480 nkat/ml in standard glucose-based medium). In addition, A. niger D15[egI] was also able to consume or convert other lignocellulose-derived compounds, such as acetic acid, furan aldehydes, and phenolic compounds, which are recognized as inhibitors of yeast during ethanolic fermentation. The results indicate that enzymes can be produced from the stillage stream as a high-value coproduct in secondgeneration bioethanol plants in a way that also facilitates recirculation of process water.
5. Aulin, C.
Shchukarev, A.
Lindqvist, J.
Malmström, E.
Wågberg, L.
Lindström, Tom
Wetting kinetics of oil mixtures on fluorinated model cellulose surfaces2008In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, ISSN 0021-9797, E-ISSN 1095-7103, Vol. 317, no 2, p. 556-567Article in journal (Refereed)
The wetting of two different model cellulose surfaces has been studied; a regenerated cellulose (RG) surface prepared by spin-coating, and a novel multilayer film of poly(ethyleneimine) and a carboxymethylated microfibrillated cellulose (MFC). The cellulose films were characterized in detail using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). AFM indicates smooth and continuous films on a nanometer scale and the RMS roughness of the RG cellulose and MFC surfaces was determined to be 3 and 6 nm, respectively. The cellulose films were modified by coating with various amounts of an anionic fluorosurfactant, perfluorooctadecanoic acid, or covalently modified with pentadecafluorooctanyl chloride. The fluorinated cellulose films were used to follow the spreading mechanisms of three different oil mixtures. The viscosity and surface tension of the oils were found to be essential parameters governing the spreading kinetics on these surfaces. XPS and dispersive surface energy measurements were made on the cellulose films coated with perfluorooctadecanoic acid. A strong correlation was found between the surface concentration of fluorine, the dispersive surface energy and the contact angle of castor oil on the surface. A dispersive surface energy less than 18 mN/m was required in order for the cellulose surface to be non-wetting (Ξe > 90 °) by castor oil.
Varga, I.
Claesson, P. M.
Buildup of polyelectrolyte multilayers of polyethyleneimine and microfibrillated cellulose studied by in situ dual-polarization interferometry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation2008In: Langmuir, ISSN 0743-7463, E-ISSN 1520-5827, Vol. 24, no 6, p. 2509-2518Article in journal (Refereed)
Polyethyleneimine (PEI) and Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) have been used to buildup polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEM) on silicone oxide and silicone oxynitride surfaces at different pH values and with different electrolyte and polyelectrolyte/colloid concentrations of the components. Consecutive adsorption on these surfaces was studied by in situ dual-polarization interferometry (DPI) and quartz crystal microbalance measurements. The adsorption data obtained from both the techniques showed a steady buildup of multilayers. High pH and electrolyte concentration of the PEI solution was found to be beneficial for achieving a high adsorbed amount of PEI, and hence of MFC, during the buildup of the multilayer. On the other hand, an increase in the electrolyte concentration of the MFC dispersion was found to inhibit the adsorption of MFC onto PEL The adsorbed amount of MFC was independent of the bulk MFC concentration in the investigated concentration range (15-250 mg/L). Atomic force microscopy measurements were used to image a MFC-treated silicone oxynitride chip from DPI measurements. The surface was found to be almost fully covered by randomly oriented microfibrils after the adsorption of only one bilayer of PEI/MFC. The surface roughness expressed as the rms-roughness over 1 ÎŒm2 was calculated to be 4.6 nm (1 bilayer). The adsorbed amount of PEI and MFC and the amount of water entrapped by the individual layers in the multilayer structures were estimated by combining results from the two analytical techniques using the de Feijter formula. These results indicate a total water content of ca. 41% in the PEM.
Yun, S. H.
Wåberg, L.
Design of highly oleophobic cellulose surfaces from structured silicon templates2009In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, E-ISSN 1944-8252, Vol. 1, no 11, p. 2443-2452Article in journal (Refereed)
Structured silicon surfaces, possessing hierarchical porous characteristics consisting of micrometer-sized cavities superimposed upon a network of nanometer-sized pillars or wires, have been fabricated by a plasma-etching process. These surfaces have superoleophobic properties, after being coated with fluorinated organic trichlorosilanes, on intrinsically oleophilic surfaces. By comparison with flat silicon surfaces, which are oleophilic, it has been demonstrated that a combination of low surface energy and the structured features of the plasma-etched surface is essential to prevent oil from penetrating the surface cavities and thus induce the observed macroscopic superoleophobic phenomena with very low contact-angle hysteresis and low roll-off angles. The structured silicon surfaces were coated with cellulose nanocrystals using the polyelectrolyte multilayer technique. The cellulose surfaces prepared in this way were then coated with a monolayer of fluorinated trichlorosilanes. These porous cellulose films displayed highly nonwetting properties against a number of liquids with low surface tension, including alkanes such as hexadecane and decane. The wettability and chemical composition of the cellulose/silicon surfaces were characterized with contact-angle goniometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The nano/microtexture features of the cellulose/silicon surfaces were also studied with field-emission scanning electron microscopy. The highly oleophobic structured cellulose surfaces are very interesting model surfaces for the development of biomimetic self-cleaning surfaces in a vast array of products, including green constructions, packaging materials, protection against environmental fouling, sports, and outdoor clothing, and microfluidic systems.
8. Bellani, G.
Lundell, F.
Söderberg, L. Daniel
Experimental study of the forming process: Fluid velocity and fluid-fiber interaction measurements2008In: Paper Conference and Trade Show, PaperCon '08, TAPPI Press, 2008, Vol. 2, p. 1145-1176Conference paper (Refereed)
A study of the flow in the direct vicinity of a forming wire and a fiber network during forming is reported. The measurements are performed with Particle Image Velocimetry in a scaled system. Index-of-refraction matching is used to gain optical access to the flow. Time resolved measurements of the flow velocity in the vertical and horizontal direction is obtained in a plane with a size of 60 Ã 40 fiber diameters. The spatial resolution is 2 fiber diameters. Data is obtained for three drainage velocities and two different lengths of the fibers. The relative level of the velocity fluctuations are found to decrease with drainage velocity and is higher in the flow above a network mat of shorter fibers compared to the network made of longer fibers. The size of the flow structures is obtained by spectral analysis and compared for the six cases.
9. Bergenstråhle, M.
Wohlert, J.
Larsson, Per Tomas
Mazeau, K.
Berglund, L. A.
Dynamics of cellulose - Water interfaces: NMR spin - Lattice relaxation times calculated from atomistic computer simulations2008In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, ISSN 1520-6106, E-ISSN 1520-5207, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 112, no 9, p. 2590-2595Article in journal (Refereed)
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (CP/MAS 13C NMR) spectroscopy has often been used to study cellulose structure, but some features of the cellulose NMR spectrum are not yet fully understood. One such feature is a doublet around 84 ppm, a signal that has been proposed to originate from C4 atoms at cellulose fibril surfaces. The two peaks yield different T1, differing by approximately a factor of 2 at 75 MHz. In this study, we calculate T1 from C4-H4 vector dynamics obtained from molecular dynamics computer simulations of cellulose I β-water interfacial systems. Calculated and experimentally obtained T1 values for C4 atoms in surface chains fell within the same order of magnitude, 3-20 s. This means that the applied force field reproduces relevant surface dynamics for the cellulose-water interface sufficiently well. Furthermore, a difference in T1 of about a factor of 2 in the range of Larmor frequencies 25-150 MHz was found for C4 atoms in chains located on top of two different crystallographic planes, namely, (110) and (110). A previously proposed explanation that the C4 peak doublet could derive from surfaces parallel to different crystallographic planes is herewith strengthened by computationally obtained evidence. Another suggested basis for this difference is that the doublet originates from C4 atoms located in surface anhydro-glucose units with hydroxymethyl groups pointing either inward or outward. This was also tested within this study but was found to yield no difference in calculated T1.
Berglin, Niklas
Tomani, Per
Salman, H.
Svärd, S. H.
Amand, L. -E
Pilot-scale combustion studies with kraft lignin as a solid biofuel2008In: Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference 2008, TAPPI Press, 2008, Vol. 4, p. 2571-2580Conference paper (Refereed)
Processing of kraft lignin precipitated from black liquor to produce a solid biofuel with high energy density and low ash content has been developed in research programs by STFI-Packforsk and partners. In preparation for full-scale combustion trials, tests were carried out on pilot scale in a 150 kW powder burner and in a 12 MWfluidized bed (CFB) boiler. Lignin powder could be fired in a powder burner with good combustion performance after some trimming of the airflows to reduce swirl. Lignin dried to 10 % moisture content was easy to feed smoothly and had less bridging tendencies in the feeding system than wood/bark powder. In the CFB boiler lignin was easily handled and co-fired together with bark. Although the filter cake was broken into smaller pieces and fines the combustion was not disturbed. When co-firing lignin with bark, the sulfur emission increased compared to bark firing only, but most of the sulfur was captured by calcium in the bark ash. Conventional sulfur capture with addition of limestone to the bed was also demonstrated. The sulfur content in the lignin had a significantly positive effect on reducing the alkali chloride content in the deposits, thus reducing the high temperature corrosion risk.
11. Bradley, E. L.
Honkalampi-Hämäläinen, U.
Weber, A.
Andersson, M. A.
Bertaud, F.
Castle, L.
Dahlman, O.
Hakulinen, P.
Hoornstra, D.
Lhuguenot, J. -C
Mäki-Paakkanen, J.
Salkinoja-Salonen, M.
Speck, D. R.
Severin, I.
Stammati, A.
Turco, L.
Zucco, F.
von Wright, A.
The BIOSAFEPAPER project for in vitro toxicity assessments: Preparation, detailed chemical characterisation and testing of extracts from paper and board samples2008In: Food and Chemical Toxicology, ISSN 0278-6915, E-ISSN 1873-6351, Vol. 46, no 7, p. 2498-2509Article in journal (Refereed)
Nineteen food contact papers and boards and one non-food contact board were extracted following test protocols developed within European Union funded project BIOSAFEPAPER. The extraction media were either hot or cold water, 95% ethanol or Tenax, according to the end use of the sample. The extractable dry matter content of the samples varied from 1200 to 11,800 mg/kg (0.8-35.5 mg/dm2). According to GC-MS the main substances extracted into water were pulp-derived natural products such as fatty acids, resin acids, natural wood sterols and alkanols. Substances extracted into ethanol particularly, were diisopropylnaphthalenes, alkanes and phthalic acid esters. The non-food contact board showed the greatest number and highest concentrations of GC-MS detectable compounds. The extracts were subjected to a battery of in vitro toxicity tests measuring both acute and sublethal cytotoxicity and genotoxic effects. None of the water or Tenax extracts was positive in cytotoxicity or genotoxicity assays. The ethanol extract of the non-food contact board gave a positive response in the genotoxicity assays, and all four ethanol extracts gave positive response(s) in the cytotoxicity assays to some extent. These responses could not be pinpointed to any specific compound, although there appeared a correlation between the total amount of extractables and toxicity.
12. Brodin, Ida
Sjöholm, Elisabeth
Gellerstedt, Göran
Kraft lignin as feedstock for chemical products: The effects of membrane filtration2009In: Holzforschung, ISSN 0018-3830, E-ISSN 1437-434X, Vol. 63, no 3, p. 290-297Article in journal (Refereed)
The use of technical lignins as feedstock for chemical products will require improvements in purity, molecular mass distribution, and thermal behavior. Therefore, industrial black liquors from kraft pulping of softwood (spruce/pine) and hardwood (birch and Eucalyptus globulus) have been subjected to fractionation according to molecular mass by ceramic membranes. After acidification and isolation of the lignin fractions, a variety of analytical methods have been applied to help understand their structure - property relationships. From all types of lignin, the chemical and polymeric properties of fractions isolated from the membrane permeates were more homogeneous. This demonstrates that technical kraft lignins, irrespective of origin, may constitute an interesting feedstock for products, such as carbon fibers, adhesives, and phenol-based polymers.
Bäckström, Marie
Drotz, Mattias
Tubek-Lindblom, Anna
Blohm, Erik
Improved product quality and increased production capacity with impulse technology2009In: Pulp and Paper Canada, ISSN 03164004, Vol. 110, no 2, p. 33-36Article in journal (Refereed)
Impulse technology is a high-intensity web consolidation technique in which water is removed from a wet paper web by the combined action of mechanical pressure and intense heat. Pilot trials show that impulse technology is a feasible technique for the production of linerboard, paperboard and fine paper. Improved dewatering, combined with enhanced mechanical and surface properties, are benefits that can be obtained.
Hammar, Lars-Åke
Htun, Myat
Beatability and runnability studies of ion-exchanged unbleached kraft pulps on a pilot scale2009In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 24, no 1, p. 94-100Article in journal (Refereed)
It has earlier been shown that the counter-ion to the charged groups in the fibre has a significant effect on the beatability of fibres, but large-scale investigations of this effect are scarce in the literature. The objectives of the present study were therefore to develop a technique to ion-exchange large quantities of industrial pulp into the Na +-form using complexing agents and to study the effect of industrial-scale refining on pulp fibres in the Na +-form and how the fibres respond to industrial-like papermaking. The results show that ion-exchange can indeed be conducted on a pilot-scale using complexing agents such as DTPA. The study further indicates that an energy reduction of 50% at a given WRV or tensile index may be achieved if the fibres are converted to Na +-form prior to pilot-scale refining. By applying these techniques in full-scale production, it should thus be possible to save significant amount of energy, especially in the case of papers made from unbleached pulp that usually demands a higher degree of beating to achieve sufficient strength.
Kolar, Marie-Claude
Characterisation of fines from unbleached kraft pulps and their impact on sheet properties2008In: Holzforschung, ISSN 0018-3830, E-ISSN 1437-434X, Vol. 62, no 5, p. 546-552Article in journal (Refereed)
Fines are an essential component in the papermaking process because they have a profound influence on the behaviour of the wet web and on the mechanical properties of the final sheet. Primary fines are present in the pulp prior to refining, and secondary fines are produced during refining. In the present investigation, two commercially manufactured unbleached pulps with kappa numbers of 45 and 90 were studied in terms of how they responded to refining with respect to the quality of fibre and fines. Primary and secondary fines were collected and characterised and their impact on sheet strength was evaluated by addition of known amounts to a refined and decrilled pulp. All the measured paper strength properties improved when primary and secondary fines were added. The strength improvement was generally somewhat higher in the second case. The effect was more pronounced at a higher level of addition. We attribute the main strength improvements associated with fines to improved consolidation by the creation of capillary forces between the surfaces.
16. Carlsson, A.
Fibre orientation in the boundary layers of a planar converging channel2008In: Paper Conference and Trade Show: PaperCon '08, TAPPI Press, 2008, Vol. 1, p. 384-408Conference paper (Refereed)
Experimental results on the fibre orientation in a laboratory scale headbox are reported. A steerable filter was used to determine the orientation of bleached and unbeaten birch fibres at different distances from one of the inclined walls of the headbox contraction. Due to optical limitations only low concentrations were studied. It is shown that the orientation varies with the distance from the wall. For most studied cases a more anisotropic profile was found closer to the wall.
Coppel, Ludovic G.
Lindberg, Siv M
Modelling the effect of simultaneous contrast on perceived whiteness2008In: 4th European Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision and 10th International Symposium on Multispectral Colour Science, 2008, p. 183-188Conference paper (Refereed)
The perceived colour from a surface does not only depend on its optical properties and the illumination. Several studies have demonstrated the simultaneous contrast effect that makes the appearance of coloured patches depend on neighbouring colours. In this study the perceived whiteness of white patches surrounded by induction fields of different shades was evaluated by asking observers to give a magnitude estimate of perceived whiteness of the patches in comparison to a white reference. The perceived whiteness of patches with identical tristimulus values was highly dependent on the shade of the induction field and the patch size did not significantly affect the perceived whiteness. The recent CIECAM02-m2 colour appearance model was tested together with two whiteness equations. A combination of ClECAM02-m2 and a non-linear whiteness equation defined in the whole colour space predicted much of the observed simultaneous contrast effect. However, the model performed better for dark induction fields than for light induction fields. The model rated patches surrounded by light blue and light yellow equally, whereas the observers clearly rated the patches with light yellow induction field as whiter than the patches with light blue induction field. A deeper analysis of the CIECAM02-m2 model indicated that the simultaneous contrast model used cannot accurately predict the change in hue for high lightness induction fields. A potential improvement for predicting contrast simultaneous effect would be to base the calculations not only on the difference between the induction field and the background, but on the difference between the patch stimulus and the induction field.
Dahlman, Olof
Jensen, Anna
Tormund, Disa
Östlund, Johanna
Processing of xylan from hardwood spent cooking liquors2008In: 2008 Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference - Proceedings: NWBC 2008, 2008, p. 114-119Conference paper (Refereed)
The paper reports conditions suitable for recovering and processing 4-O-methylglucuronoxylans from birch and eucalyptus spent kraft cooking liquors. The black liquor originating from the initial heating-up phase in birch kraft cooking exhibits a high xylan and low lignin concentration. The maximum concentration of polymeric xylan was found in the cooking liquor just before the cook reached its final cooking temperature. For eucalyptus kraft cooking, however, lignin was more abundant than xylan in the cooking liquor throughout the whole cook. Birch and eucalyptus xylan, exhibiting good purity, were produced by employing a process chain involving, redrawing of xylan-rich spent liquor early in the cook, upgrading of the spent liquor employing ultrafiltration with diafiltration followed by precipitation and drying.
19. Dammström, S.
Gatenholm, P.
On the interactions between cellulose and xylan, a biomimetic simulation of the hardwood cell wall2009In: BioResources, ISSN 1930-2126, E-ISSN 1930-2126, Vol. 4, no 1, p. 3-14Article in journal (Refereed)
The plant cell wall exhibits a hierarchical structure, in which the organization of the constituents on different levels strongly affects the mechanical properties and the performance of the material. In this work, the interactions between cellulose and xylan in a model system consisting of a bacterial cellulose/glucuronoxylan (extracted from aspen, Populus tremula) have been studied and compared to that of a delignified aspen fiber material. The properties of the materials were analyzed using Dynamical Mechanical Analysis (DMA) with moisture scans together with dynamic Infra Red -spectroscopy at dry and humid conditions. The results showed that strong interactions existed between the cellulose and the xylan in the aspen holocellulose. The same kinds of interactions were seen in a water-extracted bacterial cellulose/xylan composite, while unextracted material showed the presence of xylan not interacting with the cellulose. Based on these findings for the model system, it was suggested that there is in hardwood one fraction of xylan that is strongly associated with the cellulose, taking a similar role as glucomannan in softwood.
De Magistris, Federica
Finite element modelling of wood cell deformation transverse to the fibre axis2008In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 23, no 2, p. 240-246Article in journal (Refereed)
Modelling of wet wood under compression and combined shear and compression load was performed to simulate the mechanical pulping of wood chips in refiners. Experiments have shown that the wet fibre network exhibit two different deformation modes; an S-shape mode associated with compression and a brick-shape mode associated with combined shear and compression. To study the factors governing the mechanical behaviour of the fibre network a material model with the characteristics originating from the properties of the wood polymers was developed and was used in a three-dimensional finite element analysis. The effects of material properties were investigated by comparing models with anisotropic one-layer cell walls and orthotropic multi-layer cell walls. The deformation achieved both under compression and under combined shear and compression was found to be similar independent of the material constants used or the number of layers of the cells walls. This implies that the most important factor governing the deformation pattern of the fibre network is the cell structure itself.
Duker, Elisabeth
Ankertors, Mikael
Glad-Nordmark, Gunnel
The use of CMC as a dry strength agent: The interplay between CMC attachment and drying2008In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 65-71Article in journal (Refereed)
This paper deals with the ability to use high molecular weight CMC as a dry strength agent in paper and how the drying of the pulp, either before or after the CMC attachment, affects the mechanical properties of the paper. The effect of the counter-ion form used during drying and reslushing was also investigated. In the case of the calcium and hydrogen counter-ion forms, drying after CMC attachment had no impact on the attached amount. The sodium form did, however, result in some detachment of CMC. When the pulp was dried prior to CMC treatment, the counter-ion form had no effect on the attached amount. It was also shown that drying of a CMC-treated pulp reduced the positive effect of CMC on the mechanical properties. Nevertheless, the mechanical properties were still better than those of paper made from the never-dried reference pulp. The relative effect of CMC on the mechanical properties was independent of the drying strategy used and the counter-ion form did not affect the mechanical properties. However, surface carboxymethylation prior to drying resulted in sheets with better final mechanical properties than sheets made from pulp that had first been dried and then surface carboxy-methylated.
On the mechanisms behind the ability of CMC to enhance paper strength2008In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 57-64Article in journal (Refereed)
The attachment of CMC to pulp is known to have a strong impact on the tensile strength properties. The mechanisms behind the strength-enhancing ability of the CMC have been investigated by studying the effect of surface carboxymethylation on some basic fibre and sheet properties. Standard methods were used for the strength evaluation, and the relative bonded area was determined from both light-scattering measurements and BET-analysis. The effect of CMC on the shear bond strength was calculated using Page’s equation. The attachment of CMC was shown to increase the shape factor and reduce the number of kinks per fibre, which is beneficial for the tensile strength. Surface carboxymethylation also increased the relative bonded area, but on a small-scale structural level detectable only using BET-analysis and not by the scattering coefficient. The sheet density was not affected by the treatment. CMC attachment also increased the shear bond strength. In order to use Page’s equation for this evaluation, the relative bonded area had to be determined by BET-analysis. The positive effect of CMC on sheet formation also contributed to an increase in tensile strength.
Eriksen, O.
RISE, Innventia, PFI – Paper and Fiber Research Institute.
Holmqvist, Claes
Mohlin, Ulla-Britt
Fibre floc drainage - a possible cause for substantial pressure peaks in low-consistency refiners2008In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 321-326Article in journal (Refereed)
Is floc drainage a cause for substantial pressure peaks in low-consistency refiners? High-resolution pressure measurements using a sensor mounted in a stator bar have been performed. These show that during the initial stage of a bar crossing, a substantial pressure is sometimes generated, which can reach a level of several MPa. A theoretical model that explains the pressure pulses is presented. The analysis is based on the assumption that a floc of fibres is trapped between the leading edges of the approaching bar surfaces. Water needs to be expelled from the part of the floc that is compressed and enters into the refiner gap. The hydrodynamic resistance to expel the liquid from within the floc is shown to give rise to substantial pressures in the region close to the leading edge of the rotor bar. The estimated pressures are of the same order as the measured values.
Theoretical outline of the cause for observed cavitation in a low-consistency refiner2008In: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, ISSN 0283-2631, E-ISSN 2000-0669, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 315-320Article in journal (Refereed)
High-frequency pressure measurements in the refining zone have exposed features that strongly indicate that cavitation occurs regularly in low-consistency refiners. In order to explain the cavitation, it is assumed that pulp fibres are trapped between opposing bars on the discs in such a way that liquid is hindered to enter into the refining gap at the leading edge of the stator bar. In order to prevent a void as the rotor bar drags liquid away from the trapped fibres, a counter flow towards the trapped fibres then needs to be set up. This necessitates a low pressure in the gap, in order that liquid from the groove in front of the rotor is accelerated into the gap at the required rate. It appears that this mechanism can yield gap pressures several hundred kPa below that in the grooves. Cavitation bubbles may then form, which subsequently collapse and cause shock waves when the pressure rises after the bar passage.
25. Fernández, A.
Sánchez, M. D.
Ankerfors, Mikael
Lagaron, J. M.
Effects of ionizing radiation in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers and in composites containing microfibrillated cellulose2008In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, ISSN 0021-8995, E-ISSN 1097-4628, Vol. 109, no 1, p. 126-134Article in journal (Refereed)
This study reports on the effect of gamma radiation on morphological, thermal, and water barrier properties of pure ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH29 and EVOH44) and its biocomposites with the nanofiller microfibrillated cellulose (2 wt%). Added microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) preserved the transparency of EVOH films but led to a decrease in water barrier properties. Gamma irradiation at low (30 kGy) and high doses (60 kGy) caused some irreversible changes in the phase morphology of EVOH29 and EVOH44 copolymers that could be associated to crosslinking and other chemical alterations. Additionally, the EVOH copolymers and the EVOH composites reduced the number of hygroscopic hydroxyl functionalities during the irradiation processing and novel carbonyl based chemistry was, in turn, detected. As a result of the above alterations, the water barrier properties of both neat materials and composites irradiated at low doses were notably enhanced, counteracting the detrimental effect on water barrier of adding MFC to the EVOH matrix. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Biorefinery lignins: A feedstock for chemicals and materials2008In: 2008 Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference - Proceedings: NWBC 2008, 2008, p. 111-113Conference paper (Refereed)
The rapid expansion of bioethanol production will, in addition to fermentation of sugar and starch sources, also involve a conversion of lignocellulosic materials. In addition to carbohydrates, this will result in large amounts of lignin which can be used as process fuel but also serve as a feedstock for chemicals. Modern kraft mills constitute a second source of lignin since the energy balance is such that a partial outtake of lignin can be permitted. Irrespective of source, technical lignins must be upgraded, e.g. by purification in order to acquire properties which make them suitable as feedstock in value-added products.
27. Girlanda, O.
Fellers, Christer
Delamination position in multiply paperboard achieved by different testing methods2008In: Appita journal, ISSN 1038-6807, Vol. 61, no 2, p. 107-112Article in journal (Refereed)
The determination properties of nine commercial multiply board grades, both coated and uncoated, were measured using four testing methods, the Z-Directional Tensile Strength test (ZDTS), the Scott Bond Test (SBT), the Wheel Delamination Test (WDT), and the IGT method. The positions of delamination failure in the thickness direction were then recorded and compared. For the IGT tests, failure profiles and the final failure positions were evaluated. The results showed that the failures in the ZDTS, WDT and SBT tests mainly occur in the middle ply, whereas failure in the IGT tests occurs in the top plies as well as in the middle ply. Some boards presented also more than one failure position for the same type of test. The correlations between the different delamination resistances were also investigated. The WDT and SBT method showed a good correlation, whereas no correlation could be found between the other methods.
Modelling of delamination in paperboard during sheet offset printing2008In: Appita journal, ISSN 1038-6807, Vol. 61, no 2, p. 113-119Article in journal (Refereed)
Delamination of multiply paperboard during offset printing is caused by the ink tack induced forces applied on the surface of the board. The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the influence of mechanical properties of the plies and interface resistance on the delamination behaviour of the paperboard. Paperboard was modelled as a four-ply sandwich structure. A user-defined interface model described the mechanical behaviour of the interfaces between the plies. The results in terms of critical ink tack length and stress conditions in the interfaces at delamination initiation were defined for different ply structures. The delamination process in multiply paperboard was highly dependent on the stress concentration caused by the ink tack. The delamination always occurred in the interface between top and middle ply. The main stress component causing delamination was tensile stress in the thickness direction, whereas the interlaminar shear was less relevant. Bending stiffness and in-plane tensile stiffness influenced the critical ink tack length, but did not affect the stress situation at the delamination point.
29. Gräns, D.
Hannrup, B.
Isik, F.
Lundqvist, Sven-Olof
McKeand, S.
Genetic variation and relationships to growth traits for microfibril angle, wood density and modulus of elasticity in a Picea abies clonal trial in southern Sweden2009In: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, ISSN 0282-7581, E-ISSN 1651-1891, Vol. 24, no 6, p. 494-503Article in journal (Refereed)
Genetic variation in wood density, microfibril angle (MFA), wood stiffness (MOE), height, diameter and volume was investigated in a 26-year-old Norway spruce [(Picea abies (L.) Karst.] clonal trial in southern Sweden. Wood quality measurements were performed on 10 mm increment cores using SilviScan. For MFA, mean values of annual rings showed the highest value (30°) at ring 2 counting from the pith, followed by a steep decrease and a gradual stabilization around ring 12 at approximately 14°. MOE showed a monotonic increase from 5 GPa to 14 GPa when moving from pith to bark. High broad-sense heritability values were found for wood density (0.48), MFA (0.41) and MOE (0.50). All growth traits displayed heritability values of similar magnitudes as reported in earlier studies. The generally high age-age correlations between different sections of the wood cores suggested that early selection for wood quality traits would be successful. Owing to unfavorable genetic correlations between volume and MOE, the correlated response indicated that selection for volume only at age 10 would result in a 0.27% decrease in weighted MOE at age 26 for every 1% increase in volume.
Sandberg, C.
Sundström, L.
The effect of process conditions on pulp quality development at low consistency refining of mechanical pulp - TMP2009In: 2009 International Mechanical Pulping Conference : proceedings: IMPC 2009, 2009, p. 182-185Conference paper (Refereed)
Low consistency refining (LC) as a second refining stage, after a HC-defibration is an energy-efficient process solution. This HC-LC concept has for some time been explored in pilot scale and shown promising results. However it is clear that in order to obtain an optimal development of pulp properties the LC-refining has to be optimized with regard to process conditions. In this study the effects of temperature, pH, and specific edge load in the LC-refining on the pulp quality were investigated. For this purpose a mobile LC refiner rig placed after a primary stage HC mill refiner in the Braviken Paper mill, Holmen Paper was used. The trials show that energy savings are possible with preserved properties in the production of mechanical pulp. High temperature, high pH and low specific edge load were indicated to be preferable for both the tensile index development and for preserving the fibre length of the pulp. An increased degree of refining developed as expected the tensile index but too high specific energy resulted in some fibre shortening.
31. Henriksson, M.
Isaksson, P.
Nishino, T.
Cellulose nanopaper structures of high toughness2008In: Biomacromolecules, ISSN 1525-7797, E-ISSN 1526-4602, Biomacromolecules, Vol. 9, no 6, p. 1579-1585Article in journal (Refereed)
Cellulose nanofibrils offer interesting potential as a native fibrous constituent of mechanical performance exceeding the plant fibers in current use for commercial products. In the present study, wood nanofibrils are used to prepare porous cellulose nanopaper of remarkably high toughness. Nanopapers of different porosities and from nanofibrils of different molar mass are prepared. Uniaxial tensile tests are performed and structure - property relationships are discussed. The high toughness of highly porous nanopaper is related to the nanofibrillar network structure and high mechanical nanofibril performance. Also, molar mass correlates with tensile strength. This indicates that nanofibril fracture controls ultimate strength. Furthermore, the large strain-to-failure means that mechanisms, such as interfibril slippage, also contributes to inelastic deformation in addition to deformation of the nanofibrils themselves. © 2008 American Chemical Society.
Dahlkild, A.
Consolidation of sheared, strongly flocculated suspensions2008In: AIChE Journal, ISSN 0001-1541, E-ISSN 1547-5905, Vol. 54, no 4, p. 924-939Article in journal (Refereed)
The concept of a particle concentration dependent yield stress, previously employed in studies of uniaxial consolidation of a flocculated solid phase dispersed in a liquid, is extended to comprise flocculated phase shear strength. The inter-particle stresses are modeled by assuming that the stress state is always located on a yield-surface in stress-space, whose form is adopted from the Cam-clay plasticity theory for the quasistatic consolidation of soil. By treating the time-dependent dewatering of a suspension trapped between a permeable filter and a sliding piston, as well as the asymptotic limit of a cross-flow filtration situation, the differences with respect to the conventional uniaxial models are made apparent, and the effects of the shear stresses on the consolidation process are elucidated. Applying shear is predicted to increase the rate of the drainage process, because of a reduced load bearing capacity of the flocculated phase, and the correspondingly higher pore pressures.
33. Horvath, A. T.
Horvath, A. E.
Adsorption of highly charged polyelectrolytes onto an oppositely charged porous substrate2008In: Langmuir, ISSN 0743-7463, E-ISSN 1520-5827, Vol. 24, no 15, p. 7857-7866Article in journal (Refereed)
The adsorption behavior of highly charged cationic polyelectrolytes onto porous substrates is electrostatic in nature and has been shown to be highly dependent on the poly electrolyte properties. Copolymers of acrylamide (AM) and diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC) were synthesized to have a range of macromolecular properties (i.e., charge density and molecular mass). Traditional titration methods have been complemented by fluorescence labeling techniques that were developed to directly observe the extent that fluorescently labeled poly(AM-co-DADMAC) adsorbs into the pore structure of a cellulosic substrate. Although contributing to the electrostatic driving force, the charge density acts to limit adsorption to the outermost surface under electrolyte-free conditions. However, adsorption into the pores can occur if both the molecular mass and charge density of poly(AM-co-DADMAC) are sufficiently low. Adsorption initially increases as the electrolyte concentration is increased. However, the electrostatic persistence length of poly(AM-co-DADMAC) restricts the polyelectrolyte from entering the pores. Therefore, changes in the adsorption behavior at moderate electrolyte concentrations have been attributed to swelling of the polyelectrolyte layer at the fiber exterior. The adsorption behavior changes again at high electrolyte concentrations such that poly(AMco-DADMAC) could adsorb into the pore structure. This occurred when the electrolyte concentration was sufficient to screen the electrostatic persistence length of poly(AM-co-DADMAC), provided that the entropie driving force for adsorption still existed. It is suggested that adsorption into the pore structure is a kinetic process that is governed by localized electrostatic interactions between poly(AM-co-DADMAC) and the charges located within the pores.
Adsorption of low charge density polyelectrolytes to an oppositely charged porous substrate2008In: Langmuir, ISSN 0743-7463, E-ISSN 1520-5827, Vol. 24, no 13, p. 6585-6594Article in journal (Refereed)
The adsorption behavior of a low charge density cationic polyelectrolyte to cellulosic fibers has been studied. Cationic dextran served as a model polyelectrolyte, as it can be prepared over a range in molecular mass and charge density. The adsorption behavior of the cationic dextran was measured in electrolyte-free conditions using polyelectrolyte titration techniques. By fluorescent labeling the cationic dextran, the extent to which adsorption occurs inside the porous structure was further determined by fluorescent confocal laser scanning microscopy. Cationic dextran having a sufficiently low charge density adsorbed into the pores, although the extent the cationic dextran adsorbed was governed by the molecular mass. The adsorption behavior of the cationic dextran was also studied in various electrolyte concentrations. The adsorbed mass monotonically decreased with increasing electrolyte, as the electrostatic interaction with the substrate was more effectively screened. This behavior also suggests that the interactions between adsorbed polyelectrolyte chains, i.e. lateral correlation effects, are negligible for low charge density polyelectrolytes. Finally, the effect of having a preadsorbed layer of cationic dextran on the adsorption behavior was determined in electrolytefree conditions using fluorescent double staining techniques. The preadsorbed cationic dextran had almost no effect on the adsorption of low molecular mass fractions. Low molecular mass fractions directly adsorbed into the pore structure, as opposed to adsorbing to a free surface and diffusing into the pores. It was also shown that cationic dextran can be selectively adsorbed to different locations, such that the surface of a porous substrate can be treated uniquely from the bulk.
Diffusion of cationic polyelectrolytes into cellulosic fibers2008In: Langmuir, ISSN 0743-7463, E-ISSN 1520-5827, Vol. 24, no 19, p. 10797-10806Article in journal (Refereed)
The penetration of cationic polyelectrolytes into anionic cellulosic fibers was evaluated with fluorescent imaging techniques in order to clarify the mechanism and time scales for the diffusion process. The bulk charge of the cellulosic fibers indirectly creates a driving force for diffusion into the porous fiber wall, which is entropic in nature due to a release of counterions as the polyelectrolyte adsorbs. The individual bulk charges in the fiber cell wall also interact with the diffusing polyelectrolyte, such that the polyelectrolyte diffuses to the first available charge and consequently adsorbs and remains fixed. Thus, subsequent polyelectrolyte chains must first diffuse through the adsorbed polyelectrolyte layer before adsorbing to the next available bulk charges. This behavior differs from earlier suggested diffusion mechanisms, by which polyelectrolytes were assumed to first adsorb to the outermost surface and then reptate into the pore structure. The time scales for polyelectrolyte diffusion were highly dependent on the flexibility of the chain, which was estimated from calculations of the persistence length. The persistence length ultimately depended on the charge density and electrolyte concentration. The charge density of the polyelectrolyte had a greater influence on the time scales for diffusion. High charge density polyelectrolytes were observed to diffuse on a time scale of months, whereas the diffusion of low charge density polyelectrolytes was measured on the order of hours. An influence of the chain length, that is, steric interactions due the persistence length of the polyelectrolyte and to the tortuosity of the porous structure of the fiber wall, could only be noted for low charge density polyelectrolytes. Increasing the electrolyte concentration increased the chain flexibility by screening the electrostatic contribution to the persistence length, in turn inducing a faster diffusion process. However, a significant change in the diffusion behavior was observed at high electrolyte concentrations, at which the interaction between the polyelectrolyte charges and the fiber charges was almost completely screened.
36. Hultén, P.
Viström, Magnus
Mejtoft, Thomas
New printing technology and pricing2009In: Industrial Marketing Management, ISSN 0019-8501, E-ISSN 1873-2062, Vol. 38, no 3, p. 253-262Article in journal (Refereed)
This case study analyzes five Swedish printing houses’ pricing with respect to their investments in new printing technology. The new printing technology made it possible for the printing houses to market new products and services to meet the demand for shorter delivery times and full service solutions. Although this demand was apparent, the printing houses’ opportunities to capitalize on their investments depended on the characteristics of the market segment that they served. Findings indicate that the new printing technology made it possible to change prices when the new services reduced delivery time and costs, and when there were substantial differences between the new services and available substitutes. Thus, customers accepted new pricing when the utilization of the new technology resulted in financial gains and time reductions.
How accurately can we determine the pulp carbohydrate composition?: comparison of results and reproducibility of different methods for carbohydrate analysis2005In: Chromatography in pulping and papermaking: Cost Action E41 : analytical tools with applications for wood and pulping chemistry, 2005Conference paper (Other academic)
MALDI mass spectrometry as a tool for hemicellulose characterisation2005In: Spectrometric techniques used for the analysis of carbohydrates, lignin and extractives: COST Action E41 : analytical tools with applications for wood and pulping chemistry., 2005Conference paper (Other academic)
Klockare, Lisa
Björklund Jansson, Marianne
Quantification of different fibres in recycled pulp using NIR analysis2006In: Paper recycling technology, 2006Conference paper (Other academic)
40. Jin, H.
Pääkkö, M.
Netral, J.
Neagu, C.
Bourban, P. -E
Ikkala, O.
Effects of different drying methods on textural properties of nanocellulose aerogels2009In: ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, 2009Conference paper (Refereed)
There is increasing research interest in nanocellulose aerogels because they have low density, hierarchical structure and they are biodegradable and biocompatible. Typically, aerogels are made by supercritical drying, freeze drying and vacuum drying. This work will report the effects that different drying methods have on textural properties of aerogels.
41. Johnson, J.
Lestelius, M.
Räättö, Peter
Järnström, L.
The interaction between water and liner and newsprint in flexographic CI-printing press2008In: Proceedings of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts: TAGA, 2008, p. 267-284Conference paper (Refereed)
Printing with water-borne ink in a multicolor printing press subjects the substrate to water, because the water-borne ink contains water. The water in the ink can influence the surface properties, e.g. the roughness and compressibility, and can lead to dimensional changes. On the other hand, water derived from the ink can enhance or reduce some aspects of the final print quality depending on the properties of the substrate. In the present study, the manner in which the print quality of unsized paper substrates was influenced by pre-treatment with water and surfactant solution in flexographic printing was investigated. The experiment was designed to imitate the effects of multicolor printing using water-borne ink, since the water derived from the ink in an early printing unit influences the mechanical, dimensional and wettability properties of the paper and can thus influence the print quality in a later printing unit. This paper complements a previous paper, which showed a reduction of print mottle on a white top liner (with a low water absorptivity and wettability) when water and surfactant solution were applied just before the ink. The substrates investigated in the present paper were standard newsprint and a white top testliner, with high water absorptivity and wettability. The printing trials were performed in a central impression flexographic printing press using two of the six printing units. The first unit was used to apply water and a mixture of water and a surfactant and a second unit was used to transfer water-borne ink. The effects of water and surfactant pre-treatment were evaluated by measuring the print quality and the substrate properties. The pre-treatment by water and surfactant solution showed no effect on print mottle in the case of newsprint or testliner.
42. Johnson, O.
Roos, A.
Hugosson, M.
Consumer perceptions and preferences on solid wood, wood-based panels, and composites: A repertory grid study2008In: Wood and Fiber Science, ISSN 0735-6161, Vol. 40, no 4, p. 663-678Article in journal (Refereed)
Knowledge about consumer perception and preferences on solid wood, wood-based panels, and wood-based composites is important for product development and marketing. The aim of this study was to identify attributes and associations that people use to describe different types of wood materials and to explore how they relate to preferences. The study involved nine samples that were evaluated with the Kelly’s repertory grid technique and content analysis. Based on respondents’ answers, 19 core categories reflecting sample attributes were extracted. General preferences for each sample were also recorded. Principal component analysis generated two factors describing 1) naturalness, wood-likeness, softness, unprocessed origin, living, pleasant, and high value; and 2) solid and homogeneous impression. A third, preliminary factor included categories describing irregular pattern, sleekness, and smoothness. The wood samples were most liked, whereas composites and panels were not appreciated. Preferred core categories were naturalness, wood-likeness, smoothness, living impression, and value. The least liked core categories were processed, hard, and high weight. The implications of the results for product development and marketing are discussed. © 2008 by the Society of Wood Science and Technology.
Kamel, H.
Ström, Göran
Schoelkopf, J.
Gane, P. A. C.
Characterization of ink adhesion failure; effect of pre-dampening of carbonate containing coatings2008In: TAPPI Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium Proceedings, TAPPI Press, 2008, p. 228-241Conference paper (Refereed)
To attain an improved knowledge about ink adhesion during offset printing we have developed a laboratory procedure to measure adhesion failure between ink and coated paper during ink setting. This paper describes the technique and a special case, where a normal coating and a coating with excess dispersing agent, in the form of sodium polyacrylate, have been printed. Characterization of the areas where the adhesion had failed at the pull-off points after tack testing was done by determining "white" spots in the retained print using image analysis. The "white" spots represent areas where ink has detached from the coating after contact with a rubber coated cylinder. This area is referred to as adhesion failure area (AFA). A minimum in AFA at the point of maximum in tack force was found for both coatings where the print was applied onto dried coating. When the coatings, however, were pre-damped, AFA increased on the normal coating over a short time period, independent of the dampening level. For the coating with excess dispersant, on the other hand, the higher dampening level strongly increased the AFA. The strong impact of excess dispersing agent in this work may be explained by a number of related effects, including increased polarity of the coating surface, and an associated moisture layer, and an effective reduction of fine pores due to water-swelling polyacrylate that blocks these pores.
Karlholm, Ingeli
Lindgren, Karin
Water-soluble kraft lignin products through sulphomethylation2008In: 2008 Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference - Proceedings: NWBC 2008, 2008, p. 207-208Conference paper (Refereed)
45. Kirabira, J. B.
Jonsson, S.
Karathanasis, Michael
Norman, Bo
Properties of super-calendered (SC) paper filled with Mutaka kaolin, Uganda2009In: Paper Technology, ISSN 0306252X, Vol. 50, no 1, p. 11-16Article in journal (Refereed)
The experts from Makerere University (Mak) and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) evaluated three mineral deposits for the production of fireclay refractories in Uganda and found that the Mutaka kaolin deposit in Uganda is of extraordinary quality. Ten tons of raw kaolin was mined at the Mutaka deposit and shipped in a container to STFI-Packforsk, Sweden. The kaolin was first dry sieved in a shaker to remove sand, mica and large particles. The sieved material was mixed with fresh water to a dry content of 15% and hydrocycloned to separate and remove coarse particles. The paper machine trials were carried out at STFI-Packforsk on the EuroFEX paper machine. The results indicate that the potential of exploiting the Mutaka kaolin deposit for paper filling is high. Paper filled with Mutaka clay resulted in a slightly lower opacity, however, with an optimized particles size distribution, this could be improved.
46. Kostiainen, K.
Kaakinen, S.
Saranpää, P.
Sigurdsson, B. D.
Linder, S.
Vapaavuori, E.
Stem wood properties of mature Norway spruce after 3 years of continuous exposure to elevated [CO2] and temperature2009In: Global Change Biology, ISSN 1354-1013, E-ISSN 1365-2486, Vol. 15, no 2, p. 368-379Article in journal (Refereed)
The objective of the study was to investigate the interactive effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, [CO2], and temperature on the wood properties of mature field-grown Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) trees. Material for the study was obtained from an experiment in Flakaliden, northern Sweden, where trees were grown for 3 years in whole-tree chambers at ambient (365 ÎŒmol mol-1) or elevated [CO2] (700 ÎŒmol mol-1) and ambient or elevated air temperature (ambient +5.6°C in winter and ambient +2.8°C in summer). Elevated temperature affected both wood chemical composition and structure, but had no effect on stem radial growth. Elevated temperature decreased the concentrations of acetone-soluble extractives and soluble sugars, while mean and earlywood (EW) cell wall thickness and wood density were increased. Elevated [CO2] had no effect on stem wood chemistry or radial growth. In wood structure, elevated [CO2] decreased EW cell wall thickness and increased tracheid radial diameter in latewood (LW). Some significant interactions between elevated [CO2] and temperature were found in the anatomical and physical properties of stem wood (e.g. microfibril angle, and LW cell wall thickness and density). Our results show that the wood material properties of mature Norway spruce were altered under exposure to elevated [CO2] and temperature, although stem radial growth was not affected by the treatments. © 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing.
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Axelsson, E.
Berntsson, T.
Lundström, Anders
Energy savings combined with lignin extraction for production increase: Case study at a eucalyptus mill in Portugal2009In: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, ISSN 1618-954X, E-ISSN 1618-9558, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 77-82Article in journal (Refereed)
In previous research by the authors, energy savings combined with lignin extraction as a means to debottleneck the recovery boiler were evaluated on a model mill. The study showed that this concept was a profitable alternative to recovery boiler upgrade. In the present paper the concept was taken one step further, and the potential for energy savings and possibilities for lignin extraction were evaluated at a real mill: a market pulp mill in Portugal. The energy-saving methods proved to be applicable also to the real mill and the steam-saving potential was 4.2 GJ/ADt or 33%. Lignin extraction trials with bench scale equipment showed that lignin extraction was fully viable at the studied mill. A full-scale lignin separation plant according to the LignoBoost concept, combined with energy savings, was simulated in a computer environment and compared to installation of a new recovery boiler. A new recovery boiler had an investment cost four times higher than the LignoBoost concept combined with energy savings, but the electricity production would be higher. The profitability for a production increase of 16% was calculated for both cases. Steam savings combined with LignoBoost were found to have better profitability unless the electricity price is very high. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.
Fahlcrantz, Carl-Magnus
Forsgren, Gunnar
Iggesund Paper Board.
Making subjective assessments objective: A mottle ruler for calibration of panel assessments of perceived print mottle2008In: Paper Conference and Trade Show, PaperCon '08, 2008, Vol. 4, p. 2086-2124Conference paper (Refereed)
The objective was to establish principles and procedures for: a) digital simulation and output of reference samples for perceived print mottle assessment, b) calibration of subjective assessments to a common unit of measurement. We decided to calibrate our scales using the just-noticeable difference (jnd) as the unit of subjective measurement and adapt a ruler system for the assessment of perceived print mottle as suggested by Keelan [1]. Jnd used in this context means the smallest difference in mottle required for 50 % of a test panel to genuinely detect a difference. Reference samples were designed in Matlab by adding a stochastic noise to a homogeneous gray (33 % reflectance) and a cyan image, that, when printed would have the resemblance of print mottle typically seen in offset printing. Digital images were converted to CMYK images, rasterized using a Best Color Rip, and printed on Epson Archival Matte paper on an Epson Stylus Photo 2100 ink-jet printer. The resulting prints were evaluated for the magnitudes of perceived visual mottle as well as for the just-noticeable differences, jnds, using panels of assessors. The prints were also evaluated for instrumental mottle using STFI-Packforsk’s image analysis based STFI-mottle software. Two mottle rulers were assembled. A mottle ruler is a set of 5 cm ×5 cm reference samples, varying widely in magnitudes of reflectance variation resembling real print mottle. Rulers were constructed for simulated K40 % (gray) and cyan 100 % (cyan) samples. The rulers are arranged with approximate twelve reference samples separated by intervals of three jnds each. A Round Robin evaluation of visually perceived print mottle was performed. Two rulers, cyan and gray, together with test samples to be evaluated against the rulers, were sent out to four participating companies. The test sets consisted of eight commercially produced samples (printed paper and board) and twelve simulated samples varying not only in the magnitude of mottle but also in character (e.g. coarseness and the orientation of the simulated noise). The purpose of using test samples with appearances that differed from the reference samples was to test the performance of the approach. The mottle rulers were also applied at Iggesund Paperboard during a test period of eight months in which more than 300 printed samples were assessed against the rulers. Round robin results showed good agreement between participating paper companies. The average standard deviations of the ratings against the rulers were ˜2.5 jnd units for the gray samples and ˜3.5 jnd units for the cyan samples. Some difficulties with the assessment technique were observed for the simulated samples, due to some samples having a very different visual character in terms of uncovered areas or noise that had a distinct orientation e.g. banding. Results from the testing period at Iggesund show less variability; average standard deviation for cyan 1.61 jnd and for gray 2.3 jnd. Overall, the calibration approach developed works very well, with the results showing a low variability of the ratings and a very good agreement between the different test panels, as well as a reasonably good correspondence between ratings of commercially produced samples and mottle measurements.
49. Lindblad, M. S.
Sjöberg, J.
Albertsson, A. -C
Modified galactoglucomannans from forestry waste-water for films and hydrogels2009In: American Chemical Society Symposium Series (ACS), ISSN 0097-6156, E-ISSN 1947-5918, Vol. 1017, p. 185-198Article in journal (Refereed)
Hemicelluloses are among the most abundant natural polymers in the world and are consequently a potential source for sustainable materials, that has so far been underexploited. Galactoglucomannans are the principal hemicelluloses in softwoods and can be found in, for example, industrial wood processing waste-water. Currently, we are investigating the fractionation and purification of O-acetylgalactoglucomannans from newsprint and fiberboard mill waste-waters, as well as the preparation of new barrier films with low oxygen permeation and hydrogel materials from the fractions obtained. Self-supporting films have been formed by solution-casting. Interesting oxygen barrier and mechanical strength properties were achieved for films obtained from a physical blend of O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan and either alginate or carboxymethylcellulose. To create oxygen barrier films with high resistance towards moisture, benzylated derivatives of O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan were made. A hydrogel is a polymeric material that swells in water but does not dissolve, valuable for applications including drug delivery. In order to obtain the right properties, we performed tailored cross-linking to create a flexible network structure. The chemical modification procedure involves a methacrylation reaction carried out under mild conditions. Herein we review past work and present some new data on fractionation and purification of galactoglucomannans. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
Lindfors, Eva-Lisa
Iversen, Tommy
Polysaccharide degradation in waterlogged oak wood from the ancient warship Vasa2008In: Holzforschung, ISSN 0018-3830, E-ISSN 1437-434X, Vol. 62, no 1, p. 57-63Article in journal (Refereed)
A rather extensive degradation of cellulose and hemicelluloses was found in waterlogged oak wood samples from the ancient warship Vasa by size exclusion chromatography with the solvent system lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide (LiCl/DMAc). The degradation has mainly occurred after salvage of the wreck, probably as a consequence of keeping iron contaminated wood in contact with air. The most likely explanation is Fenton type of reactions degrading the wood polymers and oxidising reduced sulphur forms to sulphuric acid. An increased degradation rate of the Vasa wood can be anticipated in the future if the sulphuric acid cannot be neutralised and the oxidative reactions cannot be quenched.
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First News Group Exclusively for the Mega Rich Times Launch to Correspond with Recent Fast Track Vote and Promises Coverage of TPP and Other Pro-1 Percent Issues While Reporting on Democracy Extremists’ Work on “Income Inequality,” Campaign Finance, Health Care and More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cable news outlet “One Percent News” (aka “1% News”) is launching with the goal of serving an underserved audience, the top 1 percent.
“There is no place for the 1 percent to turn for news that cuts straight to the point: our wallets,” said Will Rice, a founding member of the One Percent News team and himself a member of the 1 percent. “We don’t need another segment on gun rights; we need reporting on the costs of running our Super PAC ads between those gun rights segments.”
One Percent News is the first news source exclusively of, by and for the 1 percent. The goal of One Percent News is to provide the nation’s super rich with the information they need to stay ahead of 99 percent “democracy extremists” so that the 1 percent can continue to control nearly half of the planet’s wealth. The news channel points to the recent passage of Fast Track authority in the U.S. Senate as the kind of outcome “1% News” hopes to continue informing.
Reporter Will Rice says the outlet will have its hands full as it attempts to report on other emerging “democracy threats” though such as the Pope’s mistyped encyclical on climate change and the fact that even Wall Street candidates like former Florida Governor Jeb Bush are talking about income inequality. “We know he doesn’t really mean it but the fact that he mentioned it is a threat,” explained Rice.
Reaction to the news network has been extremely positive. “I don’t agree with their policy positions, but if golfers and pastry chefs can have their own channel, why not the 1 percent?” said democracy extremist Harvard University Professor, Lawrence Lessig.
“This is the most unapologetically biased news network out there . . . and that’s no small feat,” said Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and founder of the campaign-finance-reform organization, StampStampede.org.
One Percent News has been on the beat ahead of its launch, producing segments on, among other topics, President Obama’s budget and the competing “1 % Budget;” as well as offering breaking “democracy alert” coverage on the recent FCC decision on Net Neutrality.
News outlet viewers can expect to see more coverage of the 1 percent’s audition of GOP candidates in this year’s “Money Primary.” Earlier this spring, One Percent News filed this initial report from New Hampshire documenting confused non-1-percent Republican voters who seem to think their opinions matter.
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Animated films are considered to be one of the most innovative forms of cultural expression of our time, combining image, sound, and language in a specific manner. Positioned where film, literature and art intersect, animated films go beyond their definition as the gesamtkunstwerk of the 21th century. Through their interplay with computer games, they also offer new forms of participation that will sustainably influence our experience and understanding of media.
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Collagen fibrils appear more closely packed in the prepupilliary cornea: optical and biomechanical implications
Boote, Craig, Hayes, Sally, Newton, Richard H., Puri, H. and Meek, Keith Michael Andrew 2003. Collagen fibrils appear more closely packed in the prepupilliary cornea: optical and biomechanical implications. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 44 (7) , pp. 2941-2948. 10.1167/iovs.03-0131
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purpose. The size and organization of stromal collagen fibrils influence the biomechanical and optical properties of the cornea and hence its function. How fibrillar structure varies with position across the cornea has not been fully characterized. The present study was designed to quantify the collagen fibril spacing and diameter across the normal human cornea and to relate this to the properties of the tissue. methods. Small-angle x-ray diffraction was used to map in detail the variation in fibril spacing and fibril diameter along orthogonal medial–lateral and inferior–superior meridians of five normal human corneoscleral discs. results. Mean fibril diameters remained constant across all corneas up to the limbus, whereupon a sharp increase was observed. However, mean fibril spacing across the central 4 × 3 mm (prepupillary) cornea measured 5% to 7% lower than in the peripheral cornea. conclusions. Collagen fibrils in the prepupillary cornea appear to be more closely packed than in the peripheral cornea. Anisotropy in fibril packing across the cornea has potential implications for the transparency and refractive index of the tissue. Biomechanically, it is possible that the higher packing density of stress-bearing collagen fibrils in the prepupillary cornea is necessary for maintaining corneal strength, and hence curvature, in a region of reduced tissue thickness. By inference, these results could have important implications for the development of corneal models for refractive surgery.
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William Oldfield appointed Osage Nation Trial Court Chief Judge
By Benny Polacca
Date: Aug. 15, 2018
Photo caption: William Oldfield is sworn in to serve as the Osage Nation Trial Court Chief Judge on Aug. 10 at the tribal courthouse in Pawhuska. BENNY POLACCA/Osage News
Ponca City attorney William Ladd Oldfield is now appointed to serve as Osage Nation Trial Court Chief Judge and will be subject to confirmation consideration during the 2018 Congressional Tzi-Zho Session.
Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear appointed Oldfield to the Chief Judge post after his July 14 inauguration for his second term. The 2006 Osage Constitution states the Principal Chief shall appoint the Trial Court Chief Judge, by and with the advice and consent of the Osage Nation Congress. After serving an initial four-year term, the Chief Judge will be subject to a retention vote by Osage voters and at the expiration of each four-year term thereafter.
Oldfield succeeds former Trial Court Chief Judge Marvin Stepson who stepped down when his term ended with this year’s inauguration of Osage officials elected and re-elected in the June 4 general election.
According to the Osage Constitution, the Trial Court is established to have original jurisdiction – not otherwise reserved to the ON Supreme Court – over all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution, laws and customs and traditions of the Nation. Also, per the Constitution: “Any member of the Osage Nation, duly licensed to practice law for no less than five years, is eligible for the office of Chief Judge.”
Oldfield took his oath on Aug. 14 at the ON Trial Courthouse in Pawhuska with ON Trial Court Associate Judge Lisa Otipoby-Herbert presiding.
According to his resume, Oldfield graduated from the University of Oklahoma with his Juris Doctorate in 2005 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University. Oldfield is currently an associate attorney and partner with the Northcutt Law Firm in Ponca City where he’s worked since 2011 and is also a member of the ON Bar Association.
“I have been a licensed attorney in good standing since September of 2005,” Oldfield stated in his resume. “During that time, I have worked in the areas of plaintiff and defense litigation as both an associate attorney and partner. I am licensed to practice in all Oklahoma state courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma.”
According to the Northcutt Law Firm website, Oldfield has served as president of the Kay County Bar Association and his practice areas include civil litigation, family law and oil and gas law. “Throughout my practice, I have been involved in courtroom litigation, representing both corporate and individual clients in the following areas: insurance defense, class action litigation, oil and gas litigation, probate, estate planning, family law, child support, contracts, personal injury, adoptions, criminal defense, real estate, consumer advocacy, partition, condemnation and more,” he wrote in his resume.
Oldfield previously served as counsel for Kaw Nation Child Support Services and has practiced in the Kaw, Ponca, Iowa, Tonkawa and Otoe-Missouria tribal courts during that time, according to his resume.
The Sixth ON Congress meets for its first Tzi-Zho Session starting Sept. 4, which lasts 24 days. During that session, the Congress will consider for confirmation Oldfield and several individuals appointed by Standing Bear to other government posts and boards and commissions.
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What to do in Phuket Thailand for female solo traveler
written by kristelleclaraee June 25, 2017
Wanted to visit Phuket Thailand soon and it just happened that no one else wanted to go with you? Don’t worry its totally safe and possible to enjoy your vacation in Phuket even you travel alone.
During my first ever out of the country solo trip, Phuket Thailand was my first destination. I remember after I booked my entire trip, I got panicked and asked myself why in the world I would go to Phuket alone? Is it because I wanted to see the beautiful island, but we already have thousands of beautiful islands here in The Philippines! What should I do there? Is it safe for me to travel alone? What if I get lost? What if someone will rob me? I have done my own researched and I tried to ensure that I planned as much as I do to make sure that I felt prepared and for my family to feel calmed and secured for me in my trip. After getting all the necessary information, I packed my things and flew to Phuket Thailand.
Quick Fact about Phuket Thailand
Phuket is Thailand largest island, it is situated on the west coast of the country.It is one of the most popular beach destination in Asia.Most of Phuket’s areas of interest are on the west side of the island, where you’ll find Patong, Karon, Kata and other popular beaches. Phuket Town, the island’s provincial capital, is where you’ll find most of Phuket’s shopping and commercial activity.
I stayed in Patong for my whole trip in Phuket.Patong Beach is Phuket’s most popular beach area, a mix of natural beauty and large-scale commercial development. Patong Beach itself is beautiful but crowded, while the Patong area is home to most of Phuket’s popular bars and nightclubs. As a solo traveler, I stayed in the hostel at the center area of Patong, it’s the best way to make friends with other solo travelers.
What to do in Phuket Thailand
1.Visit the White Big Buddha
One of the highlight and most visited site in Phuket is this white big Buddha located in the top of the mountain.The Big Buddha is a 45-meter tall white marble statue visible from anywhere in the southern part of Phuket and the views from up there are definitely breathtaking. Being a Roman Catholic I really got interested of how Thai people value their faith.
2. Karon Viewpoint
Particularly one of must things to see in Phuket the breathtaking view of the island. From the Karon Viewpoint, you really can see three magnificent bays: the closest and smallest one is Kata Noi Beach, then a bit further is the beautiful bay of Kata with its island ‘Koh Poo’ which means Crab Island, and in the far, the very long Karon Beach.
3.Temple haunting: Wat Chalong
There are thousands of temples all over Thailand and most of the local people are Buddhism. Wat Chalong is the largest and one of the most visited Buddhist temple in Phuket. Its real name is Wat Chaitararam and the most recent building on the grounds of Wat Chalong is a 60 meters tall ‘Chedi’ sheltering a splinter of bone from Buddha. Read Related Article about Thailand; 25 PHOTOS THAT WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO HAVE A DAY TRIP TO AYUTTHAYA TEMPLES
4. Ride an Elephant
Thailand famous animals, Conquer your fear and ride the gentle giant Elephant. This is one of the other fun things to do in Phuket. They even have an elephant baby show. Must try to do.
5. Rent ATV
One of the challenging and fun things to do in Phuket. Explore the island in your own way. Rent ATV and go to the top of the mountain and see the most breathtaking view of the island.
6. Watch Ladyboy show
Thailand is the famous home of ladyboys. I know its sounds weird for a female to watch this show but it’s the funniest thing to try and experience.
7. Eat Local food
Aside from the famous Pad Thai, Phuket is the best when it comes to seafood. Indulge yourself with local seafood in Phuket.
8. Go to Phuket Fantasea
Experienced Phuket FantaSea, the cultural theme park on the island of Phuket, in the south of Thailand
9. Get lost in crazy Patong street
I can’t remember how many times I get lost in Patong area because I always stop and enjoyed myself in every corner. Shopping street, eating street food, dance shows etc.
10. Island Hopping.
The famous and most overrated things to do in Phuket. For this tour you need to book a tourist agency, the most practical way to do it, so you can save money and doesn’t mean you travel solo you will do island hopping solo. By booking with an agency you will be mix and meet a lot of travelers and you can even make friends with them after.
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lloyd July 22, 2017 at 4:36 am
you nailed it!! i loved phuket. my trip was so similar to yours, but i missed out on the buddha 🙁 thanks for the tips and share 🙂
I absolutely love thailand! I never went to the islands on the west but instead went to the islands on the east! I did find that renting a moped was a great way to explore the island! The local food was also amazing! Some of the viewpoints I went to on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan were breathtaking and im sure they would have been the same on Phuket!
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02/08/2016 - The Green Show: Grass Fed Jerky and a Green-minded Chef
The Fancy Food Show in San Francisco always brings us some wonderful new guests as we discover new foods and ingredients. We were delighted to find Lawless Jerky and you'll enjoy their story.
Slow Living Radio welcomes two guests to the show today who celebrate the land and it's resources. Matt Tolnick creator of Lawless Jerky brings us the story behind his creation of a wonderful grass fed beef jerky, and Laura and Brandon Fox, owner of Winery Chefs, talk embracing the land, the farmers and true seasonality.
Matt Tolnick
Lawless Jerky was founded by attorney Matt Tolnick, who realized that he could bring more smiles to more faces through his jerky than through his lawyering. So Matt bravely left his practice to pursue his passion: crafting small-batch jerky by hand and in powerful and unique Braver Flavors™. Lawless Jerky offers seven world-inspired flavors, including Sweet Sriracha (beef), Aloha Teriyaki (beef), BBQ Spare Rib (pork), Pho (beef), and Japanese Curry (beef). All flavors are thoughtfully handmade with consciously raised meats, including 100% grass-fed beef and hormone-free, antibiotic-free pork.Lawless Jerky is America's Craft Jerky™, proudly made in Arizona, USA.
Over the past 2 years Lawless Jerky has grown from a small apartment kitchen in Santa Monica, CA into a state-of-the-art beef jerky facility in Arizona. Unlike almost all major beef jerky brands, Lawless Jerky’s founder, Matt, still creates every flavor from scratch. And they still make their jerky by hand in micro-batches.
Their secret marinades and proprietary processing methods help give the jerky a flavor that will be well-balanced and last through the chew. You won't find any shiny, sugary coating or strange chewiness; our meat tastes like carefully flavored meat. No added nitrates/nitrites. No added MSG. No corn syrup.
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Laura was raised in Italian family in Central Florida that spent every holiday gathered around a big table which was sure to be filled with good food and wine. Following her graduation from Florida State University, Laura returned to her Italian roots traveling to Northern Italy to work with world renowned Chef Carlo Zarri. She later pursued her education at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park in the Hudson Valley where she developed a passion for Artisan products including charcuterie, cheese, and seasonal biodynamic produce. Wanting to continue to grow and surround herself with the best possible ingredients, Laura and her husband Brandon moved West to Northern California. There she trained and worked at such notable restaurants as Chez Panisse, The Restaurant at Meadowood, Ciccio Napa Valley, and The Local Butcher Shop before purchasing Winery Chefs and becoming the Chef and Owner in March 2015.
Brandon brings a wealth of experience in operations to the team. Feeling a gentle pull from Laura’s CIA training, the slow food movement growing throughout the Hudson Valley, and his personal love for food and wine, he chose to switch his focus to front-of-the-house restaurant experience. Brandon spent time building his skills at such noteworthy establishments as The Local, expanding his horizons in fine dining and fine wines. Upon arriving in Napa Valley, he continued his pursuit at several area establishments before securing a position with the prestigious Restaurant at Meadowood in 2013. Fascinated by the viniculture of the area, he later pursued an opportunity to gain some first-hand knowledge in wine sales and operations.
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I’m with Jason when he says Legos are becoming just another single-use plastic toy.
But, even as the sets get more corporate, Lego builders get more creative. And, my god. I just cannot comprehend how people build some of this stuff:
The mech from District 9, perfectly rendered, with room for a Lego minifig inside.
Another Legomech, so alive and full of personality. (My 10-year-old self would have traded scraps of soul for the secrets in these bricks.)
Spaceships cooler than anything Lego has ever sold.
And, my favorite, the “microspace” movement, which is like the haiku form of Lego-building. The emphasis is on economy of construction and wee tiny scale. And yet: Danger. Style. Speed. Drama. Each one is like a little puzzle, sometimes a little joke.
This, my friends, is the tao of Lego.
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guy says…
One thing that those star wars and batman sets do bring are some pretty cool new pieces. I’m amazed by the Lego (engineers, designers?) to make spot on replications of items from these worlds.
Aywhoo, my son gets some of these branded sets, but really when we play With Legos it’s all about using you imagination to create something new. Branded Lego sets haven’t changed that.
Yeah, I guess I don’t buy the Indiana Jones Legos = decline of childhood stuff.
1) It’s fun and useful to follow instructions and put things together. Imitatio!
2) It’s fun to ignore instructions and build whatever you want – especially with the terrific pieces that you get with the customized sets.
3) Even if you don’t break down the assembled Legos, it’s more fun to build an Indiana Jones or Harry Potter castle than it is to buy one that’s pre-assembled.
I think 2 and 3 are basically incontestable, but 1 is the crux, right? But I think it’s the most important!
The only part I take issue with is the second phrase of #2 — “especially with the terrific pieces that you get with the customized sets.” Some of them are, I agree, pretty cool; but some of them are just like, “here is a piece of the Millennium Falcon.”
Eh, you know, I’m not using my imagination here. B/c of course you’re right — “here is a piece of the Millennium Falcon” can become the chest-plate of a battling war-mech without too much effort.
Tim Maly says…
Oh man, this post plus this amazing set of images which displays pretty much the opposite philosophy (look at what you can do with just A LOT of white bricks!) has reignited my Lego love in a big way. Gonna buy some bricks today.
Oh wow, I’m with you. Those are terrific.
Having bought and played around with both some standard bricks and one of the ridiculous Star Wars sets, I can safely say that the belief that any Lego is single use says more about our poverty of imagination Lego-wise than any problem with Lego.
For example I bought this kit, which appears to be made of all-kinds of single-use bits. But when actually building is I discovered not so. For example, the feed of the walker are actually the same as the bodies of the Droids, some of the joints are re-purposed guns, and there are just dozens of little clever things, such that as you build following the instructions there is moment after moment of discovery “Oh, you can do THAT with that part…”
And then my roommate linked me to this which completely puts paid to the notion that single use parts are actually single use. You will not be sorry for clicking on that link.
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2013 Week 5 vs CLE (8 / 20 / 80 / 0 / 1 pass, 0 / 0 / 0 rush)
Tuel did a nice job stepping in for Manuel and finishing off the drive with a touchdown, but that's about the extent of the positive impact he had on Thursday's game. After the TD, Tuel's next six dropbacks were a nightmare as he threw four ugly incompletions, including one near INT on a flea flicker and took two sacks. The offense went three straight drives without a first down and only mustered one first down through the first four drives. Tuel consistently stared his receivers down and that would ultimately be his and the team's downfall. Attempting to drive the Bills down the field for a game-winning TD drive; Tuel opened with two safe completions on a screen to Jackson and a quick out to Chris Hogan. On the very next play Tuel took the snap and never moved his eyes off Woods in the slot. T.J. Ward easily followed Tuel's eyes and stepped in front of the quick slant for the easy, and back breaking, pick six. Sadly Tuel's best throw came a drive late and wasn't even caught as TJ Graham had the pretty deep throw clank off his hands. A tough spot to step in for the rookie, Tuel just wasn't ready for the bright lights.
2013 Week 9 vs KC (18 / 39 / 229 / 1 / 2 pass, 3 / 17 / 0 rush)
Tuel stepped in for an injured Thad Lewis on Sunday and unfortunately made some egregious errors that the team was unable to recover from in what should have been Kansas City's first loss of 2013. Tuel opened the game with the same script Lewis had; safe, short throws while the offense relied heavily on the running game. Despite opening the game inside his own 10-yard line on the game's opening drive, Tuel managed to flip the field as he connected on his first three throws. Ultimately the drive stalled, however, as Scott Chandler had a horrible drop on 3rd down that would have extended the drive. Tuel opened the next drive with another floating completion, this time to Robert Woods for 18 yards. Two plays later, Tuel took his first of two shots down the field. What would become an issue on nearly all of his deep throws with the exception of one, the rookie both threw late and underthrew TJ Graham on the deep incompletion. Tuel quickly redeemed himself two plays later, taking another deep shot to his other speedy wide-out Marquise Goodwin. The pass was on time, which allowed Goodwin to run under the throw without breaking stride and easily walk into the end zone for a 59-yard TD. The elation following what was probably his best throw of the game was short-lived, however, as Tuel promptly followed the touchdown with his first of two INTs on the ensuing drive. Trying to hit Chandler on an intermediate route, Tuel grossly overthrew his target and the pass sailed right into the diving arms of Kendrick Lewis. Surprisingly poised, Tuel seemed unfazed by the INT and went right back to completing (safe) passes as he connected on five straight and moved the offense deep into Kansas City territory. The former Wazzu Cougar took a bit of a chance on 3rd down as he was able to thread the needle on a throw to Woods in the end zone, but his wide receiver couldn't hold on and the highly contested pass fell incomplete. Halftime and eight straight running plays would cover the time until Tuel's next official pass (Tuel was again late on throw to a wide-open Chandler in the end zone, but was saved by a pass interference penalty), but there's no doubt Bill's fans and players wish the offense would have waited one more play. Facing 3rd and goal from the one-yard line, the game was completely turned on its head with one horrifying throw from Tuel. Johnson was lined up in the slot with Graham just outside of him when Tuel took the snap. Clearly locked into Graham pre-snap, Tuel never saw Sean Smith completely blow his coverage on Stevie Johnson and threw the quick slant to Graham with no hesitation. Johnson literally shook Smith so bad, he stumbled right into the space in which Tuel expected Graham to run into. Smith easily snatched the pass up as it was thrown right into his hands and returned it for a 99-yard TD. In one play the Bills went from a potential 17-3 lead to a 10-10 tie and the offense never recovered. Covering two drives, Tuel missed his next four throws including a fade to Graham on 4th down that had the throw been on target would have been a big gain. Able to use a questionable roughing the passer penalty to extend the latter of the two drives, Tuel finally completed a pass as he hit Chandler for 10 yards on an out and another to Spiller for 27 yards on a swing pass. The Bills eventually would settle for a FG following two more incompletions from Tuel, but the dagger came on the following drive. Just three plays into drive and only trailing by three, Tuel hit Graham on a shallow crosser but Graham promptly fumbled and the Chiefs were able to turn a third Buffalo turnover into points as it was returned by Tamba Hali for a TD. While the defense continued to keep the offense within a score, Tuel couldn't string together enough throws over the final three drives to make it matter. After badly underthrowing a behind-the-coverage Goodwin on the first drive following the Graham fumble, Tuel missed him again the following drive. It appeared Goodwin made a tremendous catch, but replay was unable to overturn the call on the field. Ironically, while Tuel consistently underthrew the deep ball the majority of his incompletions at the end of the game were overthrows on shorter routes. Two drives stalled with sailing throws to Chandler, while the final drive of the game ended with a sailing pass to Johnson. Tuel had his moments, namely the TD pass to Goodwin, but was nowhere near good enough to overcome some glaringly bad decisions and throws.
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Fiscal, budget issues loom large in Israeli election
Shelly Yacimovich took over Israel’s Labor Party (מפלגת העבודה הישראלית) in 2011 with a clear message — she would focus on Israeli economic policy, wagering that Israeli voters would welcome a message that has more to do with jobs than jihad, that emphasize incomes over Iran.
After all, many elections have been won on the maxim of ‘it’s the economy, stupid,’ so it’s not necessarily a bad strategy.
Nonetheless, the conventional wisdom is that Yacimovich’s wager hasn’t worked out, with Labor forecast to win just 17 seats in the latest Haaretz poll in advance of Tuesday’s elections for control of the Knesset (הכנסת), Israel’s 120-seat unicameral parliament, despite the ridiculous fragmentation of the center-left among five parties.
But Labor remains by far in the strongest position among the five center-left parties competing in Tuesday’s election, and given that Labor currently holds just 13 seats in the Knesset, it’s actually somewhat of a triumph.
The prevailing narrative in the campaign so far has been the rise of the very conservative Bayit Yehudi (הבית היהודי, ‘The Jewish Home’) and its leader, Naftali Bennett, who unrepentantly supports new settlements and unrepentantly opposes a two-state solution, and who parted ways with Netanyahu in 2008 after previously serving as his chief of staff.
But there’s a strong case to be made that the elections will be a turning point for the Israeli left.
In the latest Haaretz poll, 47% of voters believe that Israel’s socioeconomic position is the most important issue — in contrast, just 18% cited the Palestinian negotiations, 12% cited exceptions for ultraorthodox haredim to serve in the Israeli Defense Force, and 10% cited the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Meretz (מרצ, ‘Energy’), an even more socially progressive party on the Zionist left, would win six seats, doubling its current representation in the Knesset.
When she became leader in 2011, social justice protestors were agitating throughout Israel over rising costs, income inequality and the stability of public spending on health and education.
Labor’s platform calls for a new 5% estate tax on estates of more than around $4 million (15 million new shekels) and the reintroduction of import duties previously cancelled by the government of current prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Those revenues would finance additional funding for health care, education and housing assistance, as well as raising the minimum wage.
Upon assuming the Labor leadership, Yacimovich (pictured above with Israeli president Shimon Peres) was also trying to distinguish herself from her predecessor, Ehud Barak, the former prime minister who left the party in 2011 to continue as Netanyahu’s defense minister. Barak announced late in 2012 that he would not stand for reelection to the Knesset and, while there’s a chance Netanyahu may ask him to return to the defense ministry from outside the Knesset, it seems equally likely that Barak could become the next Israeli ambassador to the United States.
Traditionally a dovish party, Labor nonetheless joined Netanyahu’s government following the 2009 elections, and Barak, who had served under former prime minister Ehud Olmert as defense secretary since 2007, continued in that role for Netanyahu. Unlike Barak, who had a storied career as a leading general in the IDF, Yacimovich was a television journalist before moving into politics.
But though polls show a fairly predictable result on January 22, the real question is whether Netanyahu will pivot to the center or to the right in order to build his governing coalition, and that decision will have perhaps even greater consequences for economic policy than even security policy.
The current snap elections are happening in January, and not later this year, because of the Knesset’s failure to agree to a budget, and so the most pressing issue before the next government — barring any regional security crisis or a surprise military action in Iran or the Gaza Strip– will be Israel’s fiscal situation.
Just last week, the Israeli government announced that its budget deficit would be 4% of GDP, nearly twice as high as expected than expected, so the next government will be under incredible pressure to cut spending or even raise taxes, although Netanyahu’s finance minister Yuval Steinitz has ruled out any new taxes, though education minister Gideon Sa’ar is tipped to replace Steinitz in any new government.
The fiscal discussion will come at a time when Israeli growth is stalling. Although the Israeli economy’s GDP growth estimate for 2012 has edged up to 3.3% from 2.7%, it’s less than the country’s 4.5% growth in 2011 and a trend of the past decade of around 4% to 5% growth.
The Israeli economy is expected to grow this year by an estimated 2.5% or 3%, also well below trend, although newly discovered natural gas deposits could boost the economy by up to 1% of GDP. Moreover, the factors that motivated the 2011 social protests in Israel haven’t disappeared in the meanwhile.
So Yacimovich is right. It really is the economy. Stupid. Continue reading Fiscal, budget issues loom large in Israeli election →
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East and South Asia
Chinese growth has slowed to a 7.8% rate, which is its lowest in 13 years, though that rate would make any U.S. president cry for joy.
More about Tahirul Qadri and his Pakistani crusade.
More on Park Guen-hye’s transition in South Korea.
U.S. House Republicans may cave in order to have a traditional government shutdown fight.
Chile’s Mapuche people achieve a voice.
Disaster in Algeria.
A Zimbabwe deal over the constitution?
Andry Rajoelina steps aside in Madagascar elections.
The Cord Alliance’s Raila Odinga leads the Jubilee Alliance’s Uhuru Kenyatta 51% to 39% in Kenya.
Former finance minister George Papaconstantinou is in trouble on the ‘Lagarde list.’
UK prime minister David Cameron cancels his EU speech.
Czech presidential candidate Karel Schwarzenberg seems to be running against the incumbent as well.
Italian technocratic prime minister Mario Monti is a bit squeamish about embracing gay marriage.
Washington recognizes Mogadishu.
Turmoil in Egypt over upcoming parliamentary elections.
Tzipi Livni calls for a unity government.
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Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. Elgala has refined, and expensive tastes, which does not suit the austerity demanded by Excel, leading to frequent conflict. One Daitenzin is Tooru Watanabe, who pins his hopes for a romantic relationship with Hyatt on his position in the civil service but grows despondent as the nature of his employment becomes clear. These are respectively rendered as the Geordie dialect of England and American southern accent in the English translations of the manga and anime. Excel Saga English manga adaptor Carl Gustav Horn notes that she "carries the sobering responsibility of being one of the few people in the cast to possess an ounce of sense. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! Misaki Matsuya, the fourth, is an attractive but ruthless young woman who provides much of the group's leadership. In order to impress her, he claims to be a civil servant and undertakes a position at the Department of City Security to redeem his lie. She is also talented and vicious at repelling Iwata's frequent leers and advances. Adding to tension with Excel is the secrecy surrounding Elgala's missions for Ilpalazzo. Despite his power, he is an object of ridicule among most of his subordinates due to his appearance, mannerisms, and seeming disregard for lives and laws. He communicates with an Okayama accent in the manga and in the Kansai dialect in the anime. See that pointed thing sticking out of her backside? Excel approaches her work with an excess of determination and enthusiasm, but a lack of foresight and understanding. I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. Discrepancies between the two media aside, both manga and anime make it clear that Lord Il Palazzo suffers from severe psychological disorders, most notably multiple personality disorder. In the original manga, Hyatt joins ACROSS by simply answering an advert placed by Il Palazzo; the anime, meanwhile, states that she is a mysterious princess from space supposedly with a connection to the Puuchuus and Space Butler. He pretty much rues his roommate Iwata's existence. Another is Daimaru Sumiyoshi, who is a voice of reason in the Department and is represented as communicating through free-floating text. Despite this, the two girls usually get along just fine, and Excel even calls her "Ha-chan" while Hyatt calls her senpai. His most notable quirk is his dialogue, which in the original manga is rendered as text that is unconstrained by bubbles or captions, and simply floats by his head, in comparison to the normal speech balloons used by all the other characters. Momochi, and the lolita complex -stricken Gojo Shioji , designer of the Ropponmatsus. This is actually a first for me, cause I usually complete the face before moving on to the body I get queasy when I don't get the face right. Other associates of the Department are Kabapu's assistant Ms.
He is also a friend of Shiouji's, the two bonding over their love of dating game image files. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? I was actually surprised that the examinees didn't even bat an eyelash upon seeing her like that or were they already immune to women's sex appeal? In later volumes of the manga, Kabapu reveals himself as a survivor of an ancient city called "Solaria", similar to Atlantis , which had brought about its own downfall. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? Unfazed by this, he informs the six members of the Department that they are to assume the role of the Daitenzin, a sentai fighting force. She is also talented and vicious at repelling Iwata's frequent leers and advances. Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. Other associates of the Department are Kabapu's assistant Ms. Adding to tension with Excel is the secrecy surrounding Elgala's missions for Ilpalazzo. Heavily infatuated with Matsuya and Ropponmatsu Unit 1, Iwata is generally disliked but tolerated by his neighbors and co-workers. Momochi, and the lolita complex -stricken Gojo Shioji , designer of the Ropponmatsus. The manga reveals that she and Iwata were college classmates and that, to her embarrassment, she bears him some genuine affection. She grows closer to Iwata as the series progresses, striking him far less frequently than normal. I started off with the rough shapes and finished the body leaving the hand - as I said, this is my weakness so I always save it for last. In case people might get confused, that's actually a knife holder with a chef's knife inside, of course. Much to his consternation, Iwata and Sumiyoshi are hired by the Department at the same time as he. The final Daitenzin are two android bomb-disposal experts called Ropponmatsu Unit 1 and Ropponmatsu Unit 2. This is actually a first for me, cause I usually complete the face before moving on to the body I get queasy when I don't get the face right. In volume eight of the manga, Iwata suddenly dies of colon cancer, but is promptly resurrected as a cyborg, with his brain placed into an android replica of his normal body, as created by Shioji. He communicates with an Okayama accent in the manga and in the Kansai dialect in the anime. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! For an extended period of time in later volumes of the manga, Excel suffers from memory loss, and lives with the Shiouji family under the assumed name, Teriha Shiouji, while Ropponmatsu , disguised as Excel herself, takes her place in the ACROSS ranks. Watanabe is extremely irritable and often reacts to situations with over-the-top emotions: Discrepancies between the two media aside, both manga and anime make it clear that Lord Il Palazzo suffers from severe psychological disorders, most notably multiple personality disorder.
Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. She is in quick succession impossibly lucky and impossibly unlucky, but she never manages to complete a mission without help, and even her successes are usually attained by happenstance. Both the anime and the manga suggest that he and Ilpalazzo are old acquaintances. One Daitenzin is Tooru Watanabe, who pins his hopes for a romantic relationship with Hyatt on his position in the civil service but grows despondent as the nature of his employment becomes clear. He pretty much rues his roommate Iwata's existence. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? While he starts off as a reasonably normal guy, his appearance and personality change drastically in the manga after his plans to marry Chihaya Hyatt are ruined by Ilpalazzo taking her back. Discrepancies between the two media aside, both manga and anime make it clear that Lord Il Palazzo suffers from severe psychological disorders, most notably multiple personality disorder. Kabapu himself occupies a position of inscrutable power in the city, and is able to bend its political establishment to his will. The attractive and intelligent recruit to the Department of City Security, Matsuya is pragmatic and fiercely independent. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! The manga also features the rest of his family. The final Daitenzin are two android bomb-disposal experts called Ropponmatsu Unit 1 and Ropponmatsu Unit 2. Lord Il Palazzo often prefaces his orders and speeches by proclaiming, "The world is corrupt!
Kabapu himself occupies a position of inscrutable power in the city, and is able to bend its political establishment to his will. Since Elgala is a snob who thinks nearly everyone is below her, these thoughts are often of the disparaging variety and frequently irritate Excel. Other associates of the Department are Kabapu's assistant Ms. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! In case people might get confused, that's actually a knife holder with a chef's knife inside, of course. In the original manga, Hyatt joins ACROSS by simply answering an advert placed by Il Palazzo; the anime, meanwhile, states that she is a mysterious princess from space supposedly with a connection to the Puuchuus and Space Butler. He is also a friend of Shiouji's, the two bonding over their love of dating game image files. Misaki Matsuya, the fourth, is an attractive but ruthless young woman who provides much of the group's leadership. I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. In both the anime and the manga, she is noticeably Il Palazzo's favorite officer, usually receiving lighter punishment and higher promotions than Excel. Another is Daimaru Sumiyoshi, who is a voice of reason in the Department and is represented as communicating through free-floating text. I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? I started off with the rough shapes and finished the body leaving the hand - as I said, this is my weakness so I always save it for last. In volume eight of the manga, Iwata suddenly dies of colon cancer, but is promptly resurrected as a cyborg, with his brain placed into an android replica of his normal body, as created by Shioji. Elgala only appears in the manga. He pretty much rues his roommate Iwata's existence. While presented as a mostly dark and serious character in the original manga, the anime lightens the tone with the recurring gag that, despite all his scheming, Il Palazzo really has nothing to do while Excel and Hyatt are out on missions: She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!!
She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! These are respectively rendered as the Geordie dialect of England and American southern accent in the English translations of the manga and anime. Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. Watanabe is extremely irritable and often reacts to situations with over-the-top emotions: She displays a schoolgirl crush towards Il Palazzo that borders on fanatic obsession, even going as far as to converse with a picture of him while home alone. In later volumes of the manga, Kabapu reveals himself as a survivor of an ancient city called "Solaria", similar to Atlantis , which had brought about its own downfall. He communicates with an Okayama accent in the manga and in the Kansai dialect in the anime. See that pointed thing sticking out of her backside? He is also a friend of Shiouji's, the two bonding over their love of dating game image files. Despite this, the two girls usually get along just fine, and Excel even calls her "Ha-chan" while Hyatt calls her senpai. I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. I was actually surprised that the examinees didn't even bat an eyelash upon seeing her like that or were they already immune to women's sex appeal? In volume eight of the manga, Iwata suddenly dies of colon cancer, but is promptly resurrected as a cyborg, with his brain placed into an android replica of his normal body, as created by Shioji. Other associates of the Department are Kabapu's assistant Ms. She grows closer to Iwata as the series progresses, striking him far less frequently than normal. Voiced by: This is actually a first for me, cause I usually complete the face before moving on to the body I get queasy when I don't get the face right. The manga reveals that she and Iwata were college classmates and that, to her embarrassment, she bears him some genuine affection.
Heavily infatuated with Matsuya and Ropponmatsu Unit 1, Iwata is generally disliked but tolerated by his neighbors and co-workers. Excel Saga English manga adaptor Carl Gustav Horn notes that she "carries the sobering responsibility of being one of the few people in the cast to possess an ounce of sense. I started off with the rough shapes and finished the body leaving the hand - as I said, this is my weakness so I always save it for last. Elgala has refined, and expensive tastes, which does not suit the austerity demanded by Excel, leading to frequent conflict. Despite his power, he is an object of ridicule among most of his subordinates due to his appearance, mannerisms, and seeming disregard for lives and laws. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! Watanabe is extremely irritable and often reacts to situations with over-the-top emotions: She displays a schoolgirl crush towards Il Palazzo that borders on fanatic obsession, even going as far as to converse with a picture of him while home alone. This is actually a first for me, cause I usually complete the face before moving on to the body I get queasy when I don't get the face right. Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. She grows closer to Iwata as the series progresses, striking him far less frequently than normal. Anyway, after finishing the body, I finished her face Butako said my Menchi version looks better than my reference photo , hair I had so much fun with it , then the fingers Luckily, it wasn't so hard. Voiced by: In case people might get confused, that's actually a knife holder with a chef's knife inside, of course. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! See that pointed thing sticking out of her backside? He pretty much rues his roommate Iwata's existence. Lord Il Palazzo often prefaces his orders and speeches by proclaiming, "The world is corrupt! Despite this, the two girls usually get along just fine, and Excel even calls her "Ha-chan" while Hyatt calls her senpai. Watanabe is infatuated with Hyatt, who seems unaware of his advances. Both the anime and the manga suggest that he and Ilpalazzo are old acquaintances. I started off with the rough shapes and finished the body leaving the hand - as I said, this is my weakness so I always save it for last. Kabapu himself occupies a position of inscrutable power in the city, and is able to bend its political establishment to his will. The only time she seems to feel the need to do so is when Iwata is being idiotic even by his standards, such as trying to track down Excel by telling a young woman that he's looking for "Naked women". Her curious medical condition is never explained in detail, neither in the manga nor in the anime although later volumes of the manga hint that Il Palazzo has implanted something in her body that is causing it—and it is implied in the anime that, as she is from Mars, Earth's atmosphere is bad for her lungs. In the original manga, Hyatt joins ACROSS by simply answering an advert placed by Il Palazzo; the anime, meanwhile, states that she is a mysterious princess from space supposedly with a connection to the Puuchuus and Space Butler.
Anyway, after finishing the body, I finished her face Butako said my Menchi version looks better than my reference photo , hair I had so much fun with it , then the fingers Luckily, it wasn't so hard. Heavily infatuated with Matsuya and Ropponmatsu Unit 1, Iwata is generally disliked but tolerated by his neighbors and co-workers. In case people might get confused, that's actually a knife holder with a chef's knife inside, of course. Anyway, after finishing the body, I finished her face Butako said my Menchi version looks better than my reference photo , hair I had so much fun with it , then the fingers Luckily, it wasn't so hard. I started off with the rough shapes and finished the body leaving the hand - as I said, this is my weakness so I always save it for last. He communicates with an Okayama accent in the manga and in the Kansai dialect in the anime. Her curious medical condition is never explained in detail, neither in the manga nor in the anime although later volumes of the manga hint that Il Palazzo has implanted something in her body that is causing it—and it is implied in the anime that, as she is from Mars, Earth's atmosphere is bad for her lungs. He is also a friend of Shiouji's, the two bonding over their love of dating game image files. She reminds me of Neon Nostrade cause they're both like-able characters with extremely unique sense of fashion and the hair!!! Watanabe is extremely irritable and often reacts to situations with over-the-top emotions: Momochi, and the lolita complex -stricken Gojo Shioji , designer of the Ropponmatsus. His mother and father also appear, his father appearing normal but with an accent, and his mother looking very much like Daimaru but speaking normally. Another is Daimaru Sumiyoshi, who is a voice of reason in the Department and is represented as communicating through free-floating text. One Daitenzin is Tooru Watanabe, who pins his hopes for a romantic relationship with Hyatt on his position in the civil service but grows despondent as the nature of his employment becomes clear. While presented as a mostly dark and serious character in the original manga, the anime lightens the tone with the recurring gag that, despite all his scheming, Il Palazzo really has nothing to do while Excel and Hyatt are out on missions: She is cursed with the inability to maintain an internal monologue , constantly speaking aloud her innermost thoughts and feelings. Excel Saga English manga adaptor Carl Gustav Horn notes that she "carries the sobering responsibility of being one of the few people in the cast to possess an ounce of sense. She's a minor character in the Hunter x Hunter universe, but because of her flashy? He proclaims that his mission is to destroy any remaining Solarian technology so humanity can't misuse it. The manga also features the rest of his family. Maybe it's because I just miss drawing voluptuous women I only draw sexy females back then that's why I proceeded with drawing her body right away. Watanabe is infatuated with Hyatt, who seems unaware of his advances. Both the anime and the manga suggest that he and Ilpalazzo are old acquaintances. In case people might get confused, that's actually a knife holder with a chef's knife inside, of course. I love her wardrobe - from that sexy bikini top to her denim daisy dukes. She grows closer to Iwata as the series progresses, striking him far less frequently than normal.
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A review of tonight's "Lost" coming up just as soon as you fetch me some blankets...
"You've suffered enough, Ricardo." -Isabella
It's been almost three years since "The Man Behind the Curtain" aired and viewers saw that Richard Alpert doesn't appear to age. In the ensuing time, the question about why he doesn't has shot to the top of the "Lost" Mysteries That Must Be Solved list - basically the opposite of "where did Jack get those bitchin' tattoos?" - and anticipation built and built for the Richard flashback episode we all knew we'd get sooner or later(*).
(*) Or, at least, we all knew it once CBS canceled Cane and the "Lost" producers were able to lock down Nestor Carbonell's services for these last two seasons. Imagine how annoyed we'd all be if "Cane" had succeeded, and not just because "Cane" sucked.
In other words, "Ab Aetern" had a lot to live up to - maybe more than any episode we're going to get this season other than the finale itself.
And it absolutely lived up to my expectations.
On one level, it answered a whole bunch of "Lost" questions, some long-standing, some relatively recent but crucial:
• Why doesn't Richard age? Because he asked Jacob for that gift to avoid eternal damnation after Jacob couldn't resurrect his wife or absolve him of his sins.
• How did the statue crumble into a four-toed foot? The Black Rock smashed it to pieces on its journey into the island.
• How did the Black Rock wind up in the middle of the jungle? Because Jacob whipped up one hell of a storm to make sure it landed on the island and couldn't leave.
• What's this game that Jacob and Smokey are playing? Jacob - while playing jailkeeper to the evil that Smokey represents (with the island as "the cork in the bottle") - is trying to prove Smokey wrong in his belief that man is inherently prone to sin, and so brings people to the island to perform in one morality play after another.
• If this whole series has just been one elaborate game between two immortal god-like creatures, why should we care about any action the characters take? Because Jacob is a hands-off deity who believes in free will for all those he brings to the island (as he told Ben before he killed him, "You have a choice"). So whatever actions Jacob took on the mainland to steer them here, what we've seen Jack and Locke and the rest actually do on Craphole Island has been entirely their own doing. (And that in turn takes away one of my big concerns about this final season.)
But if "Ab Aeterno" was just a checklist of answers, it would have been a fairly inert outing (as I've found some previous mythology-intensive episodes like season four's "Cabin Fever").
What made this one a highlight not only of the final season, but of the series' entire run, was what made "Lost" so compelling at the beginning, before hatches and fertility experiments and time-traveling Scotsmen and the rest of the mythology (which I really do like): it was both a great character piece and a white-knuckle thriller.
Carbonell (who once upon a time was known only as The Guy With the Funny Accent on "Suddenly Susan") owned this episode just as much as Michael Emerson did "Dr. Linus" or Terry O'Quinn did "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham." For three-plus seasons, Richard's been the serene, all-knowing man of mystery, and Carbonell was superb at showing both a cracked, suicidal Richard who has decided he actually knows nothing, and then at showing the very human man he was before Jacob made him immortal. Like "The Constant" (another "Lost" all-timer), we had a time-spanning romance, and if it wasn't one with quite the happy ending that Desmond and Penny got (for now), at least Ricardo finally got a proper goodbye from his beloved Isabella, and her love renewed his belief that he chose the right side of this conflict all those decades ago.
And if we had gotten no relevant answers but every minute of Richard's harrowing ordeal shackled below decks in a ship full of dead men(**), I still would have found "Ab Aeterno" to be an immensely satisfying hour.
(**) There's long been a mutual admiration society between Lindelof, Cuse and Stephen King, and as I watched Richard struggle to free himself of those chains, my thoughts started to turn to King's "Gerald's Game."
Like I've said and said and said, I care about "Lost" answers much less than I care about being entertained. "Ab Aeterno" offered both answers (or, in some cases, important clarifications) and entertainment in spades. If I wasn't so tired, I might pull a John Locke and declare my need to watch it again, immediately.
Some other thoughts:
• I also don't think it's a coincidence that an episode this good was also the first of the season to do without the flash-sideways (and to bring back the more familiar "whoosh" sound effect for the flashbacks). Not only was Richard's story so compelling that we were able to spend the majority of the episode in an uninterrupted flashback, but we know going in that everything we were seeing has relevance to the story we've been following all these seasons. The sideways probably have relevance, but we don't know what that is yet, so those stories tend to succeed or fail almost entirely on whether we have pre-existing affection for the spotlight character. The flashback was not only a ripping yarn on its own, but something that requires no explanation at a later date to be fully appreciated.
• Smokey adopting Locke's form gives the producers an excuse to keep Terry O'Quinn employed, but I have to say that it was nice to see Titus Welliver again as Smokey Classic. He has such great screen presence and darkness and was a very convincing trickster devil in his scenes with Ricardo. (I remember him turning up in a small role as an "ER" doctor in an early "NYPD Blue" episode and asking myself, "Who the hell is this guy?" I was not surprised to see David Milch kept employing Welliver, until "Deadwood" finally raised his profile enough that he now works regularly on shows like this.)
• And the flashback structure also gave us a long glimpse of Mark Pellegrino as Jacob. Interesting to see a much crankier Jacob in his first meeting with Ricardo; this sure seemed like the first time (or first time in a long while) that Smokey tried to break the rules and use a pawn to try to kill Jacob. And note that Smokey's warning to Ricardo about not letting Jacob say a single word is exactly what Dogen told Sayid about Smokey a few weeks back.
• "Everyone's dead and this is Hell" was one of the earliest fan theories about the nature of the island, so it seemed a nice touch for Richard to spend so much of this episode (first in the past, then in the present) believing it to be true.
• As one of my Twitter followers pointed out, it's been a big week for Tenerife on TV. First Walter White talked about it in his speech in the "Breaking Bad" season premiere, and here it's the home of Ricardo and Isabella before her untimely death and his imprisonment.
Hated it. Yeah, I said it.
Just don't like the season at all. The show has been going downhill since S6 started, but this season is really testing my fandom. Been watching since the Pilot aired, too.
Danny F. said...
I'd hardly call this episode a "white knuckle thriller." I thought it moved at a snail's pace. Even if you were captivated by the tale of love and redemption- which I wasn't, because it's kind of been done to death on this show- what part of this episode merits THAT kind of description?
Maybe I'm just sour after that craptacular American Idol tonight.
Consider my mind blown. That was one of the best hours and six minutes of TV of the past year. I geeked out, I was saddened, I was mystified, I was confused, I was entranced. One of the best Lost episodes ever?
I have to let that episode sit on me for a while. There was just so much to take in. Sure, we didn't get ton of answers, but it played great as a prequel for the story of the show. You have to set up before you can run up.
Excellent thoughts as always Alan!
There's long been a mutual admiration society between Lindelof, Cuse and Stephen King, and as I watched Richard struggle to free himself of those chains, my thoughts started to turn to King's "Gerald's Game.
That's funny. My thoughts turned to The Stand. I remembered the guy in the prison who was the only one to survive the flu get busted out by another Man in Black and begin following his bidding.
It’s weird how season 6 is progressing. It has had so many really excellent episodes, but on the whole it’s just not cohering for me. I think it’s because I really do enjoy the flash-sideways on an episode-by-episode basis, but they simply don’t add up to anything. So on the whole the season doesn’t have a whole lot of stuff which “matters”. This was the first episode that really felt like it mattered.
And I don't know if it's that he was speaking a foreign language or not, but Nestor Carbonel was PHENOMENAL this episode. What a performance. IMO, this is a tour-de-force which deserves an Emmy which he will never get, but which really does rank with the best of Lost. If we had gotten this performance from him in season 3, we'd be putting him on a level with Cusick, Emerson, and O'Quinn.
I thought it was fantastic. But, I am extremely biased. I have wanted this episode for so long, they could have shown anything they wanted- as long as it was Richard's back story- and I probably still would have loved it.
Also, I feel like we learned more about jacob as a character and a person in this episode than we have during the rest of the series.
Confused how the statue was destroyed by the Black Rock in the 1860's, but still standing when Sawyer and crew flashed back to the 1950's and 70's in Season 5.
groovekiller said...
I found the middle parts slow but everything after Titus W. shows up really awesome.
Also, note that Titus W. says the same thing (or vice versa) as Fake Locke did the 1st time he saw Richard: "Good to see you out of those chains."
Nice callback.
So does Isabella's presence mean that you don't have to be a corpse on the island to be a ghost on it?
As I mentioned on Twitter, I absolutely loved the write up as usual. My lingering question is: How do we know Isabella's ghost wasn't Jacob manipulating Hurley & Richard? We know that Jacob & the Man in Black both are aware of the characters' pasts and can accordingly pose as those characters with that knowledge (the cross necklace, etc.). Thoughts?
Benjamin Standig said...
Man, not saying I didn't like it, but to compare it to some of the other great episodes in the series, not seeing it. Maybe I need to watch it again, but frankly I was tired of all the time spent inside the Black Rock.
With that said, we did get some answers and I thought Nestor Carbonell did a great job overall.
After the episode aired, I immediately thought I had Jacob pegged as the good guy, but have been reading comments in other forums and many are saying the opposite because he brought so many to the island that he in essence, gave them a death sentence. Hmmm, need to ponder more.
"Are you sure you're not dead?" = "Where's the fucking money, shithead?"
To Anonymous at 12:02 AM...
when Sawyer and co. jumped and saw the whole statue, it was a very short jump with no indication of the time period.
Sawyer and crew flashed back to many different times and apparently went all the way back to Pre-1867 or whatever year the Black Rock crashed.
So we've "known" for a while that Smokey can assume the form of dead folk (Locke, Eko's brother, Temple Alex, Kate's Horse.) My question is: does Jacob have this ability as well, appearing as Isabella and ... Jacob?
Only complaint is that the Black Rock was cleary visible from the Island back during Jacob/MiB's "first" breakfast chat. How then do we explain the nighttime monsoon?
When Jacob repeatedly dunked Richard's head in the ocean, it was like a flashback to The Big Lebowski--the same actor dunking The Dude's head repeatedly in the toilet. Good times.
That was great.
My thoughts are still just whirling right now but there is one thing that really stood out for me. Jacob's describing the island as a cork I found very intriguing. I noticed he said the island was preventing the evil, malevalance etc from escaping BUT he never said MIB was the evil.
A thought occurred to me that maybe they are actually working somewhat together but smokey's just tired of being there.
I don't know - what a great story though.
Joe Thoemke said...
"Confused how the statue was destroyed by the Black Rock in the 1860's, but still standing when Sawyer and crew flashed back to the 1950's and 70's in Season 5."
The flash where they saw the statue standing was a separate flash than the ones that took them to the 50s and 70s - it only lasted a couple of minutes while they were standing by the well.
This was a fantastic hour of television, but it really underscored how frustrating the flashsideways have been. I think Darlton may have been thinking too much about how the season will play on DVD in the years to come and not enough about how it plays as a weekly series right now.
Too bad Tenerife is headed for relegation in Spain's La Liga.
(Note: I am the same anon that posted the first comment)
I have to totally agree with Danny F. too. I can't disagree more about this being a great character piece and I wasn't the least bit captivated by this "tale of love and redemption". Again, it's been done to death and I thought it was just soap-opera bad in its execution.
Richard's just a poor, simple farmer!
The evil, rich doctor has no compassion for this poor soul!
Richard's beloved dies! He is eternally grief-stricken!
But wait! Someday Richard will be reunited with his true love!
Blech.
BF, we were never explicitly told that the ship at the beginning of the Incident was the Black Rock.
Also, in that ep, Titus W.'s hair was long and this one quite short.
Don't know if that's a real world inconsistency or a signal that these two events are happening at different times.
Nitpick... Didn't the Black Rock arrive during a sunny morning in "The Incident" and not a storm? Or was it ever confirmed that that was actually the Black Rock? And if Smokey wants to get off the island, why would he kill people that could potentially help him, like the sailors on the BR?
Other than those, this was pretty freaking awesome and Nestor Carbonell really did a great job.
I though the episode was decent but out of place. It felt like this should have come some time in season 2 instead of 6. The flashback take away from the overall atmosphere that the series is ending. I just wish they had done this a lot sooner than waiting to interrupt the flow of the final season.
On that note, I enjoyed seeing a less serene, at peace Jacob.
Did anyone else catch what time period Richard was from? 1863 or there abouts? Does that seem appropriate? Did they still call America the new world then? Kind of felt like it should have been earlier.
I wish the story was written with John Locke not becoming Man In Black and this actor playing the character instead.
Pman007g said...
I'm not going to say i hated the episode, but I didn't feel it told us to much we didn't already know. We already knew Richard was on the Black Rock, he didn't age because of Jacob, and Jacob and MIB are good and evil (who is who is still up for debate). What did we really learn this episode? Nestor Carbonel was amazing, but i don't have the emotional connection to Richard that i do with the castaways, so his story didn't move me the way episodes like The Constant did. I would have been curious to see Richard's time on the island and seen his interaction with The Others and why he visisted young Locke. I'm sure I am in the minority with my opinons though.
If the island is the cork that keeps malevolence from escaping, why is the world off the island such a fucked up place?
I guess I'd hate to see it full of (more) malevolence?
We already knew Hanso was associated with the Black Rock from when the ship's log was sold at auction.
Okay, so Jacob wants to prove to the Man in Black that man isn't sinful by nature.
Also, based on the description of the man in black (malevolence, evil, death) provided by Jacob does that explain why he keeps promising that he'll bring back the one you love? Maybe because he actually can remove someone from death and place them back alive where as Jacob has no connection to that area hence his powers reflect a continuation of life (curing of cancer, removal of aging).
Blogger Pman007g said...
What did we really learn this episode? Nestor Carbonel was amazing, but i don't have the emotional connection to Richard that i do with the castaways, so his story didn't move me the way episodes like The Constant did. I would have been curious to see Richard's time on the island and seen his interaction with The Others and why he visisted young Locke. I'm sure I am in the minority with my opinons though.
I totally agree. Not that it was bad, but there was sooooooo much more about Richard we could have learned; his time on the island, his dealing with "The Others", and like you said, going to see Locke.
There was a point about half way through when I started to feel "too much time in the Black Rock" and I realized the flashback was going to be the whole episode. However, the performance, the answers, things clicking into place, Hurly, Isabella, it just all came together for me and I ended up thinking, "Wow, if every hour of television kept me this engaged, thinking, solving, wondering, tearing up, etc. I would never leave the house.
Kudos to the Lost writers for some of the best episodes ever written for television and the producers for assembling some amazing actors and giving them a terrific platform to show their stuff.
Re-watching that scene with Richard and Jacob on the beach. Liked it overall but...
hell = malevolence = evil ??
Don't think that's a natural progression....
To quote another famous Spainaird, "I do not think that means what you think it means."
Sean L said...
I also wondered about this apparent contradiction. However the ship was quite far out at that point, and a scenario where Jacob sat there all day contemplating the drama about to play out whilst the Black Rock was stalled without wind and only raising the hellish storm that marooned them come nightfall is fairly acceptable to me.
Overall I hugely enjoyed the episode, although I do have a slight sense of disappointment that having waited for an explanation of Richard's agelessness since TMBtC by the time we got here I had pretty much figured out what and how (but not why - which admittedly played out nicely as the third option on his wishlist).
Zach said...
If I'm not mistaken in the Season 5 finale when we see the breakfast chat and the ship (most probably the black rock) it is a nice, sunny day. But then we see the ship arrive during a storm.... when the ship was in the area, maybe the storm hit after and then brought the ship there. Maybe (not that it makes so much of a difference)?
ZeppJets said...
Really enjoyed this hour.
The long-awaited Richard-Flashback hour could have been a thin info-dump, but this episode had great soul: Isabella. Catholic guilt. A man shackled alone just inches from drinkable water.
It also confirmed a couple of ideas that were still mixing in my head: about Smokey wanting to leave the island- and the role of the island as a jail to protect the rest of the world from him. Which also goes a long way toward explaining the dire pronouncements of the Jacobs, Widmores, and Bens about how important it is to control this island.
It's sometimes fun to think of Lost like X-Men- individual conflicts are affected by what each character brings with them. Jack's medical skills put him in a leadership position early on. Charlie got to finally be useful when it was necessary to code in "Good Vibrations" at the Looking Glass. And Hurley's powers? Good thing we have a guy who can speak Spanish.... to dead people.
lukeOB said...
Another parallel from a recent episode: When Smokey says "nice to see you out of those chains" to Richard after he frees him from his literal chains in the Black Pearl. Smokey-as-John-Locke says the same thing to Richard when he first sees him post-Jacob's death, talking about the figurative chains that Jacob supposedly had on Richard.
I felt the first half really dragged and it didn't pick up until Titus Welliver showed up. I enjoyed it from that point on, but the tedious first part keeps it from being a classic. At least Richard didn't have daddy issues.
I was surprised by how invested I was in Richard's character this episode: I was deflated when he marched off in the beginning; as he tried to get out of those chains and as Smokey and Jacob were vying for his trust, I was genuinely tense. I was anxious when he went to defect, hoping it was Ilana in the jungle behind him, and both relieved and excited when it was Hurley. I kind of expected them to pull one over on us by giving us no new answers or information tonight, and I was right, but I enjoyed it none the less.
Another huge grip I had with this episode was Richard learning English so quickly. I suppose he spoke it on the boat while in chains but we have no idea how long he was in those chains (week or two, maybe 3 at tops?)
Only complaint is that I would have liked to see more about who the original hostiles were and how Richard got them to be on Jacob's team. I assume the hostiles were just other people Jacob brought to the island at various points, but why did none of them side with Smokey? And why did they fight with the Dharma folks instead of trying to get along with them? How did Jacob use Richard to rule them, etc.
Loved the episode. Confirmed a lot. I think we do know now that Jacob = good while smokey = bad. Makes sense that Jacob wants to keep his evil contained. Also now makes sense why smokey wants to get off the island.
I'm no longer worried about some terrible Sopranos ending to the show. I can now sit back and enjoy the ride.
Billiam said...
Was "It's a cork" a partial answer to the question of "What is the island?" Or is it, as not-Locke said, "just an island" and it's Jacob/MIB that's the source of all the crazy stuff associated with it (namely people being healed)? Except the island has to be somewhat special on its own, due to the magnetism.
Now, the only thing left to explain why the hell does man in black sound so fraking mechanical?
I loved this episode, I think I enjoy Lost on your more basic level so an episode like this is right up my alley. Plus I love me some Richard and to see him showcased like this was awesome. I loved the story of his wife Isabella and the end with Hurley made me all teary. But I'm a weeper....
For the first time since The Constant I loved an episode. I thought it was entertaining and I thought the acting was amazing, especially Carbonell. In the long run, will it mean anything or will it be muddled again? Who knows? But at least I was entertained again, if only for one night.
So who keeps Smokey on the island while Jacob's in the US recruiting folks?
Also, the answer to the free will vs. fate debate is "It's fate until you get to the island - then it's free will because you guys should figure out right & wrong on your own."
What are the consequences of Jacob's game with Smokey? Does evil cease to exist if only one man decides to do the right thing?
Lastly, if I'm Smokey and I want to recruit a guy to stab a dude in the chest...shouldn't I choose the guy that was just cold-bloodedly stabbing multiple dudes in the chest (Capt. Whitfield) instead of smokifying him?
This might shed some light on the jacob/smoke monster situation (from Genesis):
Esau fell to his knees. “Is there nothing left for me?” he cried out.
Then his father said to him,
“You will not have the richness of the earth,
The dew from heaven won’t be given to you.
You will have to live by taking,
and you will serve your brother.
But one day you will break free.”
From that day on Esau hated his brother Jacob. “One day, my father will die,” he said, “And then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
To explain away the ship in "The Incident," Jacob said in this episode that there were others before Richard. That was most likely one of those ships. We always just thought it was the Black Rock because we didn't know other ships had come to the island before. Plus, the statue was whole in that scene, which gives credence for it taking place pre-Richard/Ricardos.
After a plodding start, the episode closed with some nice bits of drama, but I have to say that I'm a bit underwhelmed by most of the "answers" provided (mainly because of them were particularly surprising):
(1) I always assumed Jacob made Richard immortal, but never really cared about why Richard would want that.
(2) A crash between the ship and the statue has long been a suspected cause of the extant toe and the stranded ship (check lost.about.com-- seems straightforward to kill two birds with one Black Rock).
I'm much more interested in why/how the statue was originally built than in its current condition.
(3) Jacob causing a storm to bring the people on the ship to the island seems like a dumb plan, given that he let Smokey kill almost all of them soon after their arrival. I was disappointed to learn that Jacob didn't create the storm in order specifically for Ricardo, who I was expecting him to have surreptitiously interacted with off the island.
(4) Now the one thing I really did like was the the island as the stopgap for Hell revelation, which was a nice unexpected (at least to me) twist. But given that the island is so important, it seems a bit silly of Jacob to be engaging in these capricious games while trying to maintain control of it.
I know it wouldn't make for good drama, but if Jacob had simply shared with the remaining candidates the same stopgap analogy he imparted to Richard, I'm pretty sure they would have all signed up on his side. So why doesn't he? Wouldn't more complete information help them better exercise their free will?
Lastly, the main problem I have with this episode is that I don't really understand why Richard is so disillusioned with Jacob. Doesn't Richard know that the reason he's been traveling the world checking up on Locke and whomever else is to help find Jacob's successor? So why was he so freaked out by Jacob's death?
Dave S said...
I think Widmore & Locke are on the same side. As evidence I present that Widmore wanted Locke to come to the island and that Widmore was unceremoniously banished from the island by Jacob, who supposedly doesn't interfere.
I'm sure that's terribly unnuanced, but that's my new theory if Locke is indeed the evil character in this all-things-gray story.
mck said...
"Because Jacob is a hands-off deity who believes in free will for all those he brings to the island (as he told Ben before he killed him, "You have a choice")."
I think they both actually believe in free will. Smokey just has a very negative opinion of mankind. He believes are weak and can be corrupted, but he does not take away free will. He manipulates and convinces. This may seem like a bad thing, but I don't think Jacob is that great of a guy for bringing people to the island in the first place. They had already made their decisions for good or bad off the island.
I know many people don't want Lost to become an epic showdown between Smokey and Jacob in the final season, but I'm loving it. It's so complicated. I love trying to wrap my mind around it.
Check out my other Lost thoughts at my blog: http://mcklowry.blogspot.com
Richard knew English before he even got on the boat. That was established in the prison in the scene with the priest.
I think the only thing that really struck me as false was the guy killing all of the chained prisoners. Because seriously? You just landed there, you have no idea how large the island is, if there could be some fresh water somewhere...yada, yada. You don't know who or what is on the island, wouldn't you want as many men as possible for the first few days to help build shelter, search for food and water, safety in numbers etc? Then kill them if they aren't going to be useful.
But the scene with Richard and Isabella at the end made me happy again so it all balances out at the end.
@Greg: I feel like having the ghosts be MiB incarnations might be too much; there have to be some rules, and Hurley has seen many ghosts off-island (where MiB theoretically cannot travel). If Isabella was (for some reason) an incarnation of MiB when she spoke to Hurley, then I think all of the ghosts would have to be either Jacob or MiB. Which is possible, but I think unlikely.
Regarding the ship in the Incident - assuming time for Jacob and MiB is linear (which I know is a huge assumption to make), all we know is that that happened in the past. Pre-airplanes, ships are the most likely way for anyone to get to the island. Considering Jacob has brought many, many people there by his own admission, it stands to reason that that could have been one of many, many ships.
Jacob's insistence that he doesn't interfere fascinated me - is he a liar or does he believe that? Unless things have changed fairly recently, we know he chooses people and then forces them to come to the island (by downing their planes, crashing their ships, breaking up their rafts, or whatever). How he can say he doesn't interfere is beyond me - their being there is obviously bound to have an affect on their behavior. In the present we know he does other things, like meet them in their regular lives, (perhaps) heal them, and give information to Hurley. I suppose his argument is that he doesn't "force" them to do his will, but his version of the scientific method seems quite flawed.
It's also interesting that he brings people to the island when, apparently, the only person who must remain on the island (MiB) is the only one who cannot kill him. Maybe he just gets bored, but that's playing with fire. Liked that he seemed genuinely surprised by Richard's point that someone must intervene - I guess you can teach an old god new tricks (sorry).
All in all, a fun episode that I think wisely focused on Richard's life and his motivation rather than trying to be a greatest hits.
"(4) Now the one thing I really did like was the the island as the stopgap for Hell revelation, which was a nice unexpected (at least to me) twist. But given that the island is so important, it seems a bit silly of Jacob to be engaging in these capricious games while trying to maintain control of it."
The producers have repeated time after time after time that the island is not purgatory. If it now actually is, they will have an absolute shitstorm to deal with.
I don't think there are any consequences. I think that the conflict between Jacob and Smokey is an excuse to have the Losties kill each other in climactic fashion.
Seriously. If one man does the right thing on Craphole Island, does he make a sound? The answer is no. The reason this season sucks is that with every episode we get closer to learning (definitively) that everything we've ever learned about Jacob was a waste.
I loved the episode for its pure entertainment value and the fact that we FINALLY got a Richard centric, BUT I am disappointed in the trajectory of the mythology. I figured this was inevitable, and I am hoping they still have some twists and turns coming, including alluding to other, non-Christian philosophies of good vs. evil and human nature, but I am disappointed in the Christian-centric mythology here.
Of course, one could argue that it was necessary because the main character - Alpert - was a nineteenth century Spanish Catholic, and that was the lens through which the story was being told. This is what I am hoping. I would love them to come at us in another couple of week with some more obscure Egyptian references, or, even better, and more appropriate, Zoroastrian.
Okay, so maybe I can get into it. Haha.
I've been fearing it would go this way since the faith vs. science stuff began, and I was hoping they'd have the balls to either make a pro-rationality metaphor of the show or at least come up with something tantalizing different vis a vis metaphors for the human condition, but... nope.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that it's turning into a medieval morality play filtered through 'Touched By an Angel' - it is, after all, on American network TV. And this season's poster was the Last Supper.
So in that sense, I found it a giant cop-out and disappointment - so far. Lost just keeps getting more and more metaphysical and woo-y. If the end message ends up being, as I have feared since "Man of Science, Man of Faith," that "you just have to BELIEVE," I am going to demand a refund.
I thought Nestor Carbonell was wonderful -if it was a bit soap opera-ish at times, and as someone upthread said, it was a delight to just sit back and ENJOY the pacing, suspense, and thriller aspect of Lost again. Unlike another poster, I looked at the clock halfway through, realizing the episode was almost entirely set in 1867, and I was thrilled. It was such a relief not to "waste time" with any AR for once.
Some other odd thoughts I've had:
Re: Cork-in-a-bottle - Flocke is a genie. (The English word "genie" derives from the Arabic word "jinn," and jinn are another category of creation along with humans and angels in Islam.)
Re: Isabella telling Richard, "We're already together." - Did anyone else notice that the camera panned *sideways* behind Hurley just then. Echoes of Juliet's coffee date? AR? "See you in another life, brotha" ?
Re: The Black Rock destroying the statue in a Jacob-induced tidal wave / storm = lame.
Re: Parallels of language. Isabella looked into the eyes of the smoke monster and saw evil. Locke looked into the eyes of the smoke monster, and it was beautiful. Dogen told Sayid to stab Flocke immediately upon seeing him, and not to let him speak. The Man in Black told Ricardo to stab Jacob immediately and not let him speak. Both would-be assassins were using special swords given by the orchestrator.
And, finally, one ending I would be satisfied with would be if the Losties got tired of being pawns in the games of these gods and resolved to kill BOTH of them, Nietzsche-style.
Visceralist said...
How exactly did the Black Rock get high enough in the air to totally destroy the statue like that? Jacob creates tsunamis now?
That said, great frickin episode. Has an episode of Lost ever lived up to the hype so well (saying this assuming that most people knew this was going to be a Richard episode)?
I agree with the poster up thread who said FLocke is a genie. It's the answer that fits most. The island is the bottle and Jacob was sort of the cork. I know Jacob said the island was the cork but I think this formulation is probably closer.
Carbonell did a great acting job. Like others I'd like to learn more about some of the things he's said and done that need explaining but this was pretty good.
One big question:
When Richard comes to kill Jacob, Jacob stops him by beating the s*** out of him.
When Ben comes to kill Jacob, Jacob doesn't try to stop him.
Why did he stop Richard and not Ben? Shouldn't he have given both of them the choice?
"The producers have repeated time after time after time that the island is not purgatory. If it now actually is, they will have an absolute shitstorm to deal with."
I didn't interpret the stopgap analogy to indicate the island is purgatory-- it's more like a Hellmouth that's currently blocked ... maybe the next time the island moves, it will show up in suburban Los Angeles.
In the episode "Because You Left" this happened during the fllashes:
"another flash takes Locke through time again. This time, he is found by Richard, who explains that he knew where to find him from Locke himself. He informs Locke that they will be strangers at their next meeting, and thus gives him a compass to get his younger self to trust Locke. He also tells Locke this is happening because of those that have left the Island. To get them to return, he will need to die."
--Wikipedia
Why would Richard be helping "Esau" find a loophole to kill Jacob (John dieing and taking over as "Esau" is the loophole), I thought Richard follows the one in charge? Especially since now it seems he was loyal to Jacob's plan until his death and at that point he hadn't died?
Zach:
Re: "Why would Richard be helping "Esau" find a loophole to kill Jacob (John dieing and taking over as "Esau" is the loophole), I thought Richard follows the one in charge? Especially since now it seems he was loyal to Jacob's plan until his death and at that point he hadn't died?"
Because the visitation to Alpert that set the whole thing going WAS Flocke. In "Follow the Leader," when he visits the US Army camp being used by the Others, including young Widmore and young Hawking.
Such a great episode. Sometimes you need to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Nitpicking the storm (how many times has the weather changed in an instant especially when entering that close to the island) or the crash through a statue. Hello there is a man who turns into black smoke! You just have to take somethings for what they are- this is the island after all. I have been waiting for this episode for a long time and it was more than worth the wait. I am sitting back and enjoying this season and enjoying it for what it is, I won't allow myself to be disappointed. The more you try to read into the little things at this point, the unhappier you will be in the end. Sometimes you just have to sit back and let the black smoke take you.
My dear US friends. Tonight was the first time I have ever watched this television series "Lost" but I have heard about it. I do not know one person's name on the show, nor do I understand the plot, but still I enjoyed it tremendously tonight just because the acting that I saw tonight was superb and the 66 minutes were greatly interesting. A ship made of solid wood landing in the jungle? A man who does not age since the year AD 1867? A devil figure and a man imprisoning this devil figure? A corrupt priest refusing to shrive a condemned man, and slavers and a being constructed of black gaseous matter? All I can say is: imaginative throughout. My delight in viewing what I saw tonight on ABC television proves the power of good storytelling can stand alone, good friends.
Pandois Thursteem
Native of Turkey
Anyone else finding it somewhat difficult to take Jacob at his word? I think that the guy is being truthful about the Man in Black to a certain extent, but with all his talk about wanting to prove Smokey wrong, it just seems that Jacob only has his own self-interests in mind when it comes to our characters.
He claims that he doesn't want to interfere, that he wants people to come to their own conclusions, but from all we know about him, he's been intervening in people's lives from day one.
I just don't think the Jacob = lightness/good and MiB = darkness/evil. Each of these entities have their own goals in mind.
If anyone is interested, you can find more of my thoughts on this episode on my blog where I go into detail about the implications this episode has on Eko's fatal encounter with the monster as well as why I think Rose and Bernard may be the smartest and most spiritually content characters to appear on "Lost". Click my username for the link.
No, Richard didn't know about any of this candidate business until Smokey mentioned it to him in "The Substitute". Smokey even said, "you mean you've been doing everything he told you all this time and he never said why? I would never have done that to you. I would never have kept you in the dark."
And it remains to be seen how Richard is supposed to know what to "do next". So he's really got plenty of reasons to be questioning everything Jacob's ever told him.
It's hell, not purgatory. There is a significant difference between the two.
Jacob/MIB's game: The Book of Job
The island as hell: Not in the sense that it is the place of the damned, but in the sense that the devil was cast out of heaven into hell.
Pandora's Box: I love this analogy the most, actually. Because it works perfectly with Jacob's description. Letting the cork out, so to speak, would be like opening the box. Of course, there's another part to that story (Remember what Locke said way back in Season 1 what he thought was in the hatch? Hope.)
If it turns out that the man-in-black's name is Randall Flagg, I'm going to be seriously disappointed.
I was intrigued by how angry and vicious Jacob was when attacked (which we have never seen before), versus how passive he was when Ben killed him and how nice he was to the candidates. I was thinking of it in an Old Testament/New Testament parallel (Vengeful God vs Merciful God), though what would that make Richard? At most he is a prophet for Jacob.
"Zeus did not want man to throw his life away, no matter how much the other evils might torment him, but rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew. To that end, he gives man hope. In truth, it is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment."
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
J.B. said...
At this point I am less concerned about figuring out the mystery and am simply enjoying the ride. I really think LOST has the best acting on television. Instead of trying to nitpick every detail I let myself get lost in the characters. Nestor Carbonell was heart wrenching and insanely unbelievably great in the episode.
KeepingAwake here:
You touched on most of what I loved about this episode, so I shan't repeat it.
But after six seasons of religious themes in Lost, I'm surprised to see Lost echoing my own idea of religion in this episode. (Warning, some people are going to be offended. This is my opinion, not a condemnation of anyone else's views, so please hold your hate mail. ;))
The idea of a God creating man to see him run through a maze of "will he or won't he" tests, if you will, for his own entertainment is what has always put me off religion. Always seemed cruel to me, and it certainly does here in Ab Aeterno. I'm not sure whether Darlton mean to present this view of religion or whether it simply services the story at this point. But there seems to be a theme of cruelty in the way the Jacob/MIB story was presented tonight, with both sides coming off as somewhat evil. Yes, they both say they have a higher ideal, but it's cruel on both sides and reduces the players to pawns in a game. I can't be the only one who feels this way.
bribri said...
Lost season 6 = Indiana Jones 4
also, what about the dynamite?
I think I'm going to have to rewatch it before I get into many details. But this episode underlined what I love about "Lost".
Great story-telling. Sure, I wanted answers at the beginning of the season. Now I'm more content with a satisfying execution and so many intriguing possibilities. (Others' mileage may vary.)
Literary allusions or reminders of great novels. This one was like a classic like "The Coubnt of Monte Cristo" crossed with an old horror story.
Incredible acting and development of many characters. In particular - Emerson, O'Quinn bring depth and wry humor, week after week. This episode gave time and nuance to both Titus Welliver and Nestor Carbonell.
The joys of digging through all the possibilies of meaning and resolutions. The stories inspire the best reviewers and posters to be original, playful, insightful, and if nothing else, damn entertaining.
I thik this one will grow in stature as it's rewatched. My compliments to Alan and many of the people here and elsewhere.
Lousy episode, serious missed opportunity. Richard's been on the island for 140 years, and we spend ten minutes of show in a (very empty) cargo hold? If the last 26 minutes -- where they talked out the answers everyone's been desperate for and very modestly (lamely, more like) played out the whole good/evil manipulation that's the foundation of this season -- were at all compelling, that still only came after 40 minutes of a tossed-off, uninvolving, irrelevant backstory.
Instead of getting to know Richard as he watches generations of people try and fail to resist the draw of evil, we got a very random love story. (The "island as hell" idea sort of went out the window when people left the island.) The producers struck gold with Des & Penny and Sawyer & Juliet, they successfully complicated Sun & Jin for a while, they've toyed the Jack-Kate-Sawyer triangle out interminably. The love well's dry.
Instead of carrying the heft of fate or the sad wisdom of time, this felt like a time-filler with a few audience-pleasing relevations tacked on at the end. Assuming this is the only Richard-centric episode there will be, it stands as one of the show's great failures.
Count Screwloose said...
That was very, very good.
If the whole damn series was always gonna boil down to an epic struggle between two supernatural characters, then I would have liked to have met the characters at some point in the first 5 f-ing seasons (or until the 5th finale if you like).
And if we find out that Jacob and/or Smokey are on the island because of spousal/parental issues like every other character, I might throw my tv out the window. Very weak and lazy execution of the long-awaited "Richard episode".
I found it interesting that Lost is about plane crashes and Tenerife is known for being the locale of the worst air disaster in history, as Walt White so keenly pointed out.
Lester, the executive producers have been saying since like season 2 that THE STAND was a big influence on the show, and I never really understood what they were saying until two or three weeks ago with SUNDOWN.
They still didn't answer the mystery of Richard's eyeliner, dammit ;-)
I loved this episode start to finish. Still don't know what to make of Jacob (he beat Richard, said he only lets people into his house he invites--like a reverse vampire, I guess--and he was kind of a dick), but I loved it nonetheless. Batmanuel done good tonight.
dying alone said...
There were a lot of religious allegories in this week's episode.
1) Richard as St. Peter. Just as St. Peter was a disciple of Jesus, so too is Richard a disciple of Jacob (the Jesus figure). And like St. Peter, Richard is bound in chains -- though Richard is released from the chains by the Man in Black and not an angel sent by God. (Though if the Man in Black is seen as the Devil, then he is by extension Lucifer, a fallen angel who is jealous of God's creation.) Also, Peter is the first one to enter Jesus' tomb. Richard goes to Jacob's tomb (at the foot of the statue) and does not originally see him.
2) Richard is born-again. This becomes more obvious at the end of the episode, when Isabella confirms for Richard that he picked the correct (moral) side. But throughout the episode, Richard is constantly "giving up" his religion. He gives Isabella's crucifix to the doctor, saying "Now you have everything." He gives up his mortality (in a sense his faith) to avoid eternal damnation. But when he tells Jacob that he is dead (meaning faithless), Jacob then dunks him in the ocean -- the ritual of baptism. Richard is then pulled out and knows he is not dead (meaning his faith is restored), and he is now born-again.
Up until Titus came on to the screen, it was pretty slow. I felt like we spent half of it with Richard in chains. I mean, as much I love the fact that Richard was NOT the captain and him getting immorality made sense, it felt really slow. I think they could have inserted more of the other stuff. Then again, I agree that I just want to be entertained more than have questions answered even though the season is practically almost half over.
I liked the episode for the most part. I thought this was definitely one of the better ones of the season. The first 20 minutes or so dragged. The love story part was kinda lame. I mean, we don't know much about Richard, and expecting us to care about his love story in 45 minutes is a bit much. Nestor and his eye liner rocked it tonight.
Oh, I could have done without FLocke turning to the camera after Richard and the Ghost Whisperer's conversation. Break the 4th wall much? Seriously, it was a good episode. I hope it starts an upward trend
I am torn. If I take a step back and think of the episode as a singular entity, it was good. But as the 8th to last episode of a show I have spent 5 years watching... not so much. I know we are getting answers, but they are answers to questions posed more than half way through the show's run. This episode, and this whole season to an extent seem like the first season of what would be a good show. So many new characters and situations and soooo many dangling questions.
Call me crazy, but I want to know about the whispers, and Walt and the infertility. Yes, these questions are 4 years old, but just replacing them with myriad new questions and then providing answers to the new questions is not satisfying to me.
Maybe once Jacob saw that Smokey was actively trying to kill him, he decided that despite his policy of non-interference, he needed help from Richard in order to seek out a candidate to replace him should Smokey ever succeed.
God, Ricardo was the world's biggest butt monkey, wasn't he? Woobie, indeed.
What redeemed it for me was finally hearing from Jacob wtf was going on there: he's evil's personal keeper. Allrighty then, thanks for some answers for once!
I enjoy Hurley, period. I vote for him for Class Protector...er, island protector.
This episode actually proved more than any that Richard isn't wearing eyeliner... it's just that Carbonell has the kind of dark, thick eyelashes that former costar Brooke Shields is trying to get women to use medication to get.
But that actually created an interesting effect, as the scenes with a despairing Richard walking around the island looked a lot like a silent movie.
One Question:
How does a ship going from the Canary Islands (near Morocco) to the "new world" end up in the Pacific Ocean?
One more Question:
When Ricardo dropped the nail, why didn't he just use his feet which were not chained to the wall?
RD said...
I absolutely loved this episode. Best episode of the season by far.
I've hated every single minute of this program since the first episode.
I'm not a structural engineer but how did a wooden ship break a stone statue w/o out being shattered into pieces? And instead wound up landing a 1/2 a mile inland w/ the back end still intact? lame indeed.
A long time ago Leonard Simms told Hurley "You've opened the box!"
I've always trusted crazy people in fiction to tell me what's really going on, so I wondered back then what Leonard meant... actually the line gives me chills, even as I look it up on Lostpedia.
The Pandora's "Box" perchance?
Also remember Benjamin Linus: "Let me put it so you'll understand. Picture a box. You know something about boxes, don't you John? What if I told you that, somewhere on this island, there is a very large box and whatever you imagined, whatever you wanted to be in it when you opened that box, there it would be? What would you say about that, John?"
This never got paid off on the show and had me wondering... allegedly it's still on the island... or is it the island itself?
- One of my pet theories, that Flocke could leave the island as easily as Jacob was shot down (and that Flocke still wanted to leave, but desired to leave the plane of existence (and return to heaven))
- Enjoyed that Jacob mentioned that past sins meant nothing here to RA. Jacob further mentioned his reasons for lack of involvement... however the execution of Jacob's lack of involvement has been fairly suspect through the course of the show.
- I think we're officially over all of the build up... the car is at the top of the roller-coaster and is on the way down for the rest of the season. Can't wait to see where it goes... but for all those people who say they just want it to be a good story I call "bogus." It is all about the ending and the final answers. We as an audience want to be rewarded for our 6 seasons of patience with answers to the big questions and an ending that polarizes people so that eternal debates about how it "should have ended" persist.
LOSTMyMind said...
I suspected last week that MIB was being held prisoner on the island by Jacob. I think Jacob doesn't interfere outside the island with people, only the candidates.
No Flash Sideways could mean that Richard doesn't exist off the island. How could he really if he is eternal?
Loved when MIB made the chains comment. When he said it in 1997, I realized it was he was of letting Richard know who he was since he was in Locke's body.
I am stuck on the part when MIB said this about Jacob, "he took my body, he took my humanity." Also how this will all connect to the Flash Sideways.
I think they are doing a great job answering questions. I think I can take all the ones we were given tonight at face value, why Richard lives forever, the analogy of the island not a mechanism to contain evil, and Jacob hoping for the good in people he brings and MIB expecting the bad. Finally that first he had to kill Jacob and then he could get off the island. I believe he needs a replacement as well first to leave.
Excellent review as always Alan.
I enjoyed it BUT in a season that is shaping up to be the biggest deviation of the 6 seasons, this ep was the biggest deviation of the series. Began with a flashback of one character (Ilana), then almost all flashback about another character in a farflung past that is largely removed from our idea of what 'Lost' is, about a peripheral character acting contrary to every scene we've ever seen of him. Enjoyable, but it still didn't quite work for me.
I was hoping Darlton would dig back into their love of Watchmen on this one and bring us a Dr. Manhattan on Mars-ish existential meditation on mortality as viewed by an outsider. Maybe we could have seen him found the Others, teaching them all latin, being an advisor to changing leaders, intermediary to Jacob over decades, etc. Instead we learn that being 160 years old hasn't made our man any smarter than his peasant in the boonies origin.
We're 9 out of 18 hours into season 6 and none of my 10 deal breaker mysteries have been answered. 1. Eloise Hawking's omniscience (Flashes Before Your Eyes). 2. Why do pregnant women die post 1977? 3. Why do the Others kidnap kids? 4. What was up with Walt? 5. What are the flash sideways? 6. What are the "rules" for Ben & Widmore? 7. What are the "rules" for Jacob and Smoke Monster? 8. What is the "infection" as it pertains to Sayid/Claire? 9. What is up with Christian Shephard? 10. Are we supposed to accept that Dogen died by being drowned in the same hot tub life machine that saved Sayid's life just 4 eps earlier?
Here's hoping Lost reverses course and pulls off a miracle in the second half of the final season.
I am completely baffled that a review of an episode in which we saw both Titus Welliver and a pig (boar) sniffing at a dead body, there was no mention of Mr. Wu's pigs. But, as always, my brain always goes to Deadwood first.
I thought it was great, but while it answered or clarified a few things, it still confused me on a few fronts. For one, this obviously takes place after the scene on the beach in "The Incident," and yet the Man in Black seems to be announcing his intent to kill Jacob for the first time. Maybe that was just me.
Also, why was Jacob so aggressive? Perhaps he's tired of being on the island? I thought it was interesting, but they're obviously gonna have to explain that.
Richard's origin story was great, but if we accept that he is the voice of Jacob, stepping in to prevent the violence that the people on the island always commit, then what about when the Others/Hostiles killed the army guys, or their ongoing feud with DHARMA, or, I dunno, the friggin DHARMA purge? Seems like a lot of killing encouraged, allowed or possibly perpetrated by Jacob's voice of reason.
Still, I loved the episode, and I'm confident it'll all come together.
Bob Timmermann said...
So what was in the medicine that the doctor in the Canary Islands was going to come up with to give to Ricardo (not yet Richard) to save his wife? She had a high fever and was coughing up blood. She likely had a major infection. It was 1867. There wasn't much to give her.
Unless the Canary Islands doctor had some magical Cipro powder.
Drifter said: 1. Eloise Hawking's omniscience (Flashes Before Your Eyes). 2. Why do pregnant women die post 1977? 3. Why do the Others kidnap kids? 4. What was up with Walt? 5. What are the flash sideways? 6. What are the "rules" for Ben & Widmore? 7. What are the "rules" for Jacob and Smoke Monster? 8. What is the "infection" as it pertains to Sayid/Claire? 9. What is up with Christian Shephard? 10. Are we supposed to accept that Dogen died by being drowned in the same hot tub life machine that saved Sayid's life just 4 eps earlier?
1)She's not. 2) The Incident. 3) They can't have kids of their own, so they steal other people's. 4) Dunno. 5) Dunno yet, but that's almost certainly going to be answered. 6) Probably a gentlemen's agreement not to attack each others' family. 7) As far as I can tell, Smokey can't personally hurt Jacob, and is stopped by ash. 8) Dunno, but probably a part of Smokey is in them. 9) Good question. 10) Yes, it stopped working when Jacob died. Sayid was saved by other means.
Here's the lostpedia description of Desmond's first meeting with Eloise Hawking in the season 3 episode, "Flashes Before Your Eyes":
"Some time later, Desmond looks at diamond rings in a shop. Ms. Hawking, the shop keeper, aids him in his browsing, finding him the perfect one for his price range. He says he'll take the ring, but is taken aback when she says "no, you won't." Ms. Hawking tells the astonished Desmond that he isn't supposed to take the ring, because his not buying it led to his original fate of ending up on the island and turning the fail-safe key. She also states that "if you don't do those things, Desmond David Hume, every single one of us is dead."
"Ms. Hawking points out a man wearing red shoes.
Ms. Hawking decides that Desmond needs persuasion and brings him outside. She buys some chestnuts from a street vendor and points out a man wearing red shoes. Desmond theorizes that she is really his subconscious but she only smiles. Desmond says he is determined to marry Penny, but Ms. Hawking is confident that that won't happen. Suddenly, scaffolding falls on the man wearing red shoes, and Desmond accuses Ms. Hawking of knowing what would happen, asking why she didn't try to stop it. She says it was his fate to die and that no one can change their fate; if she'd warned him, he would have died anyway from something else. If someone manages to forestall fate, the universe will "course correct" itself and find another way of forcing them back on their prescribed path. Desmond, however, refuses to concede that he is a slave to the universe, and takes the ring anyway."
Maybe she's not omniscient, but she certainly seems to know a lot about what certain people's fates are. So the question still remains: how does she know all this stuff?
benj said...
"1. Eloise Hawking's omniscience (Flashes Before Your Eyes). 2. Why do pregnant women die post 1977? 3. Why do the Others kidnap kids? 4. What was up with Walt? 5. What are the flash sideways? 6. What are the "rules" for Ben & Widmore? 7. What are the "rules" for Jacob and Smoke Monster? 8. What is the "infection" as it pertains to Sayid/Claire? 9. What is up with Christian Shephard? 10. Are we supposed to accept that Dogen died by being drowned in the same hot tub life machine that saved Sayid's life just 4 eps earlier?"
1. She had her son's journal. That's why she has no idea what happens after 2007. I don't know how she knew about the red shoe guy, but it's not very important.
2. Maybe the Incident. We will see.
3. Because they can't have children I guess. To recruit. Anyway, they kidnap people of any ages not just children.
4-5-6-7-8: Let's wait for the answers.
9. He was the Man in Black.
10. The hot tub did *not* save Sayid, that was made very clear. So yes he is dead.
I enjoyed the episode as a long awaited showcase behind Richard's story, but as I've been saying for a few weeks now, really not liking the whole Jacob is the protector and good guy and The Man in Black is the devil idea, which in this epsiode, was more explicitly confirmed in this episode. I still like the show and its characters and will of course watch it til the end, but I am sorely disappointed in the 'mystery' part of the show for now.(Unless we get some huge mindfrak, which would be great.)
UGH. Is it just me, or is Jacob just kind of this insufferable God type guy who thinks he's always doing the right thing and be all high and mighty about it(letting people have 'free will', yet basically forcing them to be imprisoned on this island (and thus Smokey killing all those people, I can't help but think Jacob is an accessory), and in Richard's case (or perhaps like Jack thinks, ALL of who Jacob touched, immortality, giving them such limited information (like someone said earlier, why did Richard get a chance to sit down and talk with Jacob whereas Ben didn't,etc) to make their 'moral' choices (which is more of a choice of "you're either with him or you're with me", which makes me root for Sawyer who wants no part of it and would follow neither)?
I don't know, Jacob just rubs me the wrong way and having his godlike status as the 'good guy' somewhat validated in this episode makes me really, really annoyed. (And wishes more than anything that Sawyer - the atheist? - will be the one who wins this stupid game, becaue he chose his own way rather than following either Jacob or Smokey).
belinda said: UGH. Is it just me, or is Jacob just kind of this insufferable God type guy who thinks he's always doing the right thing and be all high and mighty about it(letting people have 'free will', yet basically forcing them to be imprisoned on this island (and thus Smokey killing all those people, I can't help but think Jacob is an accessory)
Screw that. What about the far greater number of people who died in Jacob's actions getting people on the island at all. The boat wreck kill most of the Black Rock crew. The plane crashes kill most of the people on board. Jacob killed far more than the MIB ever could.
While I don't think this was a bad episode, I agree with some of the other commenters that this is a missed opportunity. What is interesting about Richard is that he has an eyewitness view on 150 years on the island. He has seen the beginning of the Dharma Initiative, the choosing of island leaders like Ben and Locke, advised/supervised children being stolen from their families, etc. There's a lot of insight that he could offer, in particular about how people do (or don't) change over time. And the episode suggested to an extent that he hasn't learned anything in 150 years--even what seems to be obvious, that Smokey was lying about seeing his wife (and was the one who posed as her in the past).
Gridlock said...
"I've been here longer than you could possibly imagine" was right there in the Previously.. Umm, I can imagine 150 years. It's a bit longer than a record lifespan. And what's with the latinised "Ricardus"?
bsangs said...
Been watching since Day 1. Even watch some of those pop-up episodes. I know Lost and senator, this was not Lost. Worst Lost ever. Ever. End of story. I can't believe we get this episode among the final 8. Unreal.
Alan, first off-- you're such a fine writer, and I thank you not only for these great LOST notes, but for all the great observation and writing you do.
As for the Boylan family, we were really disspirited with this episode. (Sorry to disagree with you.) My teenagers felt the first half-hour played out like "some cliched pirate romance movie." I mostly agree.
I felt as if most of the stuff that was "revealed" at last about Richard we already knew. Didn't we? We knew that he'd come to the island on the Black Rock (from Smokey's "good to see you out of those chains.") And we assume he's immortal as a gift from Jacob, right? So what exactly was revealed?
I for one have always hated the s & m touches the writers adore-- has a show EVER given its fans so many scenes of people being whipped and tortured, burned with hot pokers, or, in this case, chained to a wall while dying of thirst? I said "Enough" to all of this during the needless hot poker scene with Sayid earlier this season. I was SO ready for Ricardo to get off of the freakin' Black Rock and start doing things I had not guessed at earlier.
I never thought I'd miss the "flash sideways," but I did last night. This is one of the first LOST episodes ever to pretty much stay in one flashback for the full hour. I really did miss the point/counterpoint the show usually gives us between past and present (or future). And hey-- the "present" character was Ilana, not Richard. About whom, I'm sorry, am I supposed to care?
I did like seeing Jacob and Smokey Classic; that was satisfying. (They're playing a game of good and evil! Who'd have EVER guessed!) And loved, as always, every single moment of Hurley.
Big, big expectations for last night. Not really satisfied, at least not in that "I never saw that coming" way we love.
But will we keep watching every single moment until May? You'd better believe it.
Jennifer said: My teenagers felt the first half-hour played out like "some cliched pirate romance movie."
That's it exactly. It was "Captain Blood" done poorly.
Well, I got to say Lost is always surprising me and this week's episode it happened again.
I got myself unbelieving when i first saw ricardus back on the old ages.
Come on that was great.
I'm sure it's on my "greatest hits", of course i'm mentioning charlies's speech at the third season as he turned out.
So I have to say the lost's misteries has finally been solved, and that cheers me up, cause ive never had any idea of how the hell the Black Rock got landed into the Island, either how the statue was broken, and this episode was good on telling us all this.
Great, Great, Great.
That's all I've to say for now.
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I loved this episode, but two bits that bothered me –
1 the implausibility of a wooden ship breaking the statue, although given all the other unbelievable happenings (primarily that anyone survived the plane crash), I can let this go.
2 The timeline of the Black Rock – this one I think is a continuity error. In The Constant, it is stated that “The Black Rock set sail from Portsmouth England on March 22, 1845 on a trading mission to the kingdom of Siam, when she was tragically lost at sea. The only known artifact of this journey is the journal of the ship's first mate, which was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on the Ile Sante-Marie off the coast of Madagascar seven years later.” So….it’s implied that noone heard from the Black Rock after 1845 – what happened in the 2 years between the time it left Portsmouth and its arrival at the Canary Islands?
I think it´s more like a yin and yang thing, not good vs evil.
Perhaps Jacob needs smokey to maintain the balance so pandoras box won´t be opened.
For you, he was from Suddenly Susan, for some of us, he will always be Bat Manuel :-)
Chijip 12:21 - …I assume the hostiles were just other people Jacob brought to the island at various points, but why did none of them side with Smokey? …
I think we got a glimpse of this when we saw Rousseau's backstory in Season 5 (This Place is Death). Smokey did "infect" some of Rousseau's team, but when she realized thay had changed, she killed them. This was the story for one group of people who arrived on the island; we can assume the stories for other groups might be similar.
Josh 1:21 If the whole damn series was always gonna boil down to an epic struggle between two supernatural characters, then I would have liked to have met the characters at some point in the first 5 f-ing seasons (or until the 5th finale if you like).
In a way, we did. The smoke monster appeared (albeit not as "smoke") in the Pilot episode, and we first heard of Jacob in Season 3.
Looks like folks have covered about everything, so I'll just praise Nestor Carbonell's horsemanship. On a horse at full gallop and you could have balanced a book on his head. Smooooth!
~The Mutt
BTW Alan you complain about characters not sharing information, I think we finally saw why those scenes with character sharing information don't work. The scene with Ben & Illana filling in Jack/Frank on Richard was the only scene in this episode that did not work for me.
Hey Bryan, that last comment strayed a little too far over the "Talk about the show, not each other" line from the commenting rules.
Rinaldo said...
Yes, something like that. Especially as Jacob certainly isn't much of a representative for good, the way he let Ricardo's (unfounded, by Catholic dogma -- sincere repentance is always accepted, and you might still earn lots of Purgatory time but you won't go to Hell) fear of damnation trap him. He was as much a liar (if only by omission) as the priest in that respect.
I enjoyed this episodes. Lots happened, lots was answered for me.
sorry Alan - lame humor.
I did have another thought though. These 2 guys have an awful lot of power (Jacob can grant eternal life) but are not all powerful (can't give absolution) makes me wonder if they're not candidates for something themselves.
Mike K. said...
Some interesting parallels coming to light in this episode. The most notable to me is the cork theory. Jacob must keep Smokey at bay, and requires a successor (which I assume means he knew Smokey would kill him), and how the island contains an energy that must be kept at bay, lest both destroy the world. Desmond was the successor, the keeper of the energy in a sense. He was in essence Jacob in a manner of speaking, so I think that's why the rules didn't apply to him. Also, the Widmore/Ben and Jacob/Smokey parallel. The more I think about it, the more I lean towards Widmore wanting to somehow contain and use Smokey for his own gain. Widmore understands the true power of the island, and that smokey is somehow connected to the power source within the island.
Overall great episode. I loved learning more about Richard, I felt like they answered and clarified a lot of things, and the struggle is clearly defined. Smokey can't leave until all the candidates are dead, as each one holds power over him. I don't think Smokey can kill anyone that Jacob has touched, either. At least not directly.
One other note, I believe I know why Smokey spared and then killed Eko. He would judge a persons soul, seeking the darkness in their heart that he could manipulate. He first finds Eko with that Darkness, and he feels he can use him to kill Jacob. Once Eko is at peace, he is no longer useful. Richard had that darkness, but was saved by Jacob in a manner of speaking, and Smokey had no power over him anymore.
At the beginning of the episode when they were sitting around the fire on the beach, Sun said, "I'm a candidate."
I thought Ilana had said she didn't know which Kwon was the candidate? That she only had the name Kwon.
Jacob can grant immortality, but only Smokey can bring back the dead - I know where this puts me on the whole "who's really evil?" thing.
In an ideal world the final episode would be a crossover with Supernatural (where MP plays Lucifer), just to punish Alan for 'ignoring' it all these years :D
wv: masto - Hanso had a masto, but it broke-o.
There's 3 Kwons that could be candidates, not 2, by the way. And one's been conspicuously absent.
about me said...
ONE THING that I took from the episode was in the discussion at the end between Jacob and Classic Smokey; Classic Smokey told Jacob "I'm going to kill you and won't stop trying"
To me, this was the beginning of Jacob's quest to find candidates. Just incase classic smokey succeeded.
Gregor said...
It wasn't that good. Nestor did what he could, but this episode could have been a DVD extra, to me. It was about 5 minutes of content expanded into 66 minutes of episode.
JinNJ said...
Two things...there's a difference between not aging and being immortal. If Richard cannot die, then what does he have to fear from the MiB? Also, how did he think he was going to kill himself? Second thing, where did Richard's wrist wounds go? My husband and I both thought he'd be screaming in pain when Jacob dunked him in the ocean because of the salt water hitting those wounds. Did MiB or Jacob heal them?
It kind of boggles my mind that people complain that we didn't learn anything new. People say that we already knew Richard was on the Black Rock and Jacob gave him eternal life, but we had absolutely no idea what the context of any of this was. I just feel like so many people want things both ways; they think they have figured everything out so when things are clarified they think it's pointless...but at the same time when certain things are left vague people cry foul. It's like saying that we probably knew Locke ended up in a wheel chair because of his Dad so that it was pointless to see that play out. To ground these answers/clarifications within an emotional story made everything much more enjoyable and satisfying to me.
This episode was one that everyone has been waiting for a long time, and I'm sure it was bound to disappoint some regardless of the story it told, but I think as an hour of television and a big chunk of the Lost mythology puzzle that it was outstanding.
-MJ
bakija said...
JinNJ wrote:
>>Two things...there's a difference between not aging and being immortal. If Richard cannot die, then what does he have to fear from the MiB?>>
We already established that he can't die by natural means nor by his own hand. But if someone else whacks him, he is probably going to die (see: trying to get Jack to kill him). That plan failed 'cause Jack needs to not die too.
Mr Whirly said...
My theory is that whatever the answer to what the island is, it will be lame. I don’t want it to be, I just don’t expect much anymore.
Like most of them this season, that episode just kind of crept along too slowly with too much detail in the back story. I was expecting (Ricky) Ricardo's story to be a lot more mind blowing than that. I cannot help but think I am in for a giant let down at the end (which could just be the fault of all the hype and not because it was a badly written final season by Darlton.)
Richard flipped from MiB to Jacob pretty darn quick. How does a ship that is high enough to hit the top of a statue not shatter into a million pieces when it hits the ground? That scene alone had me doing "Really" like Seth Myers and Amy Poehler (not Jerry Seinfeld.)
No argument that the acting has been top notch this season but the story seems too rushed and too slow in the same episodes.
Richard flipped from MiB to Jacob pretty darn quick.
This is where LOST is starting to annoy me - everyone's carrying the damn idiot ball
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall
Waaaaaaaa! He said he had a plan, and now he's gone (even though I know Hurley can/has spoken to him) so, despite knowing the stakes, I'm going to go and help what may be the Devil! That'll show him! Even though he's dead.
GAAAAH.
As for the discrepancy of the Block Rock day/night, I am going to give a little insight as someone who sails. With todays light boats, carbon fiber sails it can still take all day to deliver a boat 20 miles, without using any auxillary power. Now take a huge wooden hulled sailboat, weighed down with supplies, slaves, crew, etc...add in a headwind or no wind, and that boat could easily bob around out there for hours or days. There have been modern day races where boats have sat in nearly the same spot for days and had to drop out of the race and turn on the engines on, since they were going no where and running out of supplies.
So that does not bother me at all.
I liked the episode, at first I thought the man who saved Richard from death was named Widmore, but it was Whitfield.
The Captians name was Magnus Hanso...
"I am torn. If I take a step back and think of the episode as a singular entity, it was good. But as the 8th to last episode of a show I have spent 5 years watching... not so much."
Herein lies the problem that many people have with this last season. I've also seen it articulated that this late in the show's run every episode should be like a season finale.
While I understand the impulse, the show never really implied it was anything other than what we've seen. Cuse and Lindelof have said repeatedly that the show isn't really about the island or the mysteries it's about the characters, primarily the 815 survivors. We may get some answers but all that really matters in this show is using those answers to show us more about these people we've been watching for six years.
The ship at sea was a different one to the Black Rock - it had different superstructure (more galleon-like whereas the BR has a flat deck). This has been written off as continuity but it would now seem to be deliberate.
I was hoping to find out Ricardus has actually been there "longer than you could imagine" and get a nice flashback to a papyrus reed boat or Roman warship. If it turns out the writers are keen of this kind of hyperbole then the whole ending might be very much a damp squib - "Longer than you could possibly imagine" turns out to be 150 years, who knows what else they've been hyping?
Or maybe we're not done with time travel/loops just yet..
Nitpicking from a historian - the British had long since given up the slave trade by 1867. No ship flagged "Portsmouth" would have been in the slave trade, at least not legally. And where were they taking Ricardo that his ability to speak English was so important? Canada? No slavery. USA? Just finished the Civil War. Maybe some other English speaking colony such as Belize or Bermuda? Eh...
Best. Episode. of. the. season.
By far. Even better than the premiere.
Maybe it's because the only question I was demanding an answer to at the beginning of the year was Richard's backstory and age. I was totally happy with the episode from start to finish.
Question: Did Jacob's conversation with Richard on the beach mean that Widmore was at one time a candidate? Jacob told Richard that Richard would act as his proxy and guide the "candidates" that Jacob brought to the island. From that statement, I infer that the Others that Ben met when he was 12 were all candidates brought to the island, Widmore (and Eloise, for that matter) included.
I find that a very interesting piece of the puzzle.
Also, an analogy to think about: Hurley = Neo?
Finally, obviously Alan's got a job to do but the success or failure of LOST will, for me, depend on a second viewing. Did they set out to write a Homeric epic or were they just pulling stuff out of their asses each time they got a season renewal?
Assuming that Hurley is somewhat "the voice of the fan" then the Adam & Eve scene suggests we're going to get one answer that is supposed to allow us to resolve everything, not a series of micro-answers.
This doesn't excuse 121 hours of wishing Jack would just stop being a massive cock (I so, so, so wanted him to explode).
bh said...
I'm glad to finally find a solid contingent of people who were bored stiff by the episode (even if we do seem to be the minority here).
Maybe Lost just isn't as involving for me as other shows (or as it is for other people), but it's never occurred to me that we needed an entire episode about Richard. Moreover, nothing about the extended flashback struck me as so vital (or so compellingly realized) that it couldn't have been delivered in a third of the time via another route, even a modestly sized monologue. I know this would violate the "show don't tell" precept, but, for me, this episode was an effective case for the rule's inverse.
Not that some of it wasn't good. I did enjoy the cork and bottle metaphor, and I agree that Titus Welliver is always welcome. Of all the things this episode (or, the show at this point) could be explaining, I'd rather know why the Man In Black can't just murder jacob himself, rather than by proxy. That seeming "rule" smacks of the show's silliest contrivances (like the unexplained importance of the Oceanic 6 recreating the circumstances of the Oceanic 815 flight in order to return to the island).
At this point, with so little time left, every episode has an opportunity cost and for me this week's was huge.
Just while I'm bringing up rewatching though, wouldn't you have to be a massive idiot to buy/produce a box set of LOST before it's all done?
All the director's commentary, extra features etc with absolutely no context for what's happening on screen - "Umm, now Jack's doing this, but, umm, best not ask why, just yet, and, umm, this is called back to in a few seasons, but we've not written them yet"
Rightbug said...
Back when folks were specualting about the Egyptian God represented by the statue, Sobek's name was tossed around. While the statue was later revealed to be Taweret, Sobek is still interesting in that he was not a direct interventionist. Sobek is more of a manipulator, nudging things along from afar.
As the show seems to be pulling from multiple religions and philosophies, I think this interpreation of Jakob's actions is relevant. It also ties into the theme of free will. Jakob set things in motion but, without free will, no one's actions would have any moral consequences. Jakob has given man free will while the man in black believes that people are destined to violence, death and conflict
I've been kind of shocked at the split reaction to this episode, as I thought it was a top-fiver. And it got me to thinking, and I've come to a conclusion. Carlton and Cuse, while trying to do the right thing in terms of fan service, made a huge error in judgement when they said before the season started that they weren't going to answer all the questions. I understand why they did this, but I think it's had the opposite effect. If they'd never said anything I think people would be watching the season much more organically, letting the events unfold as they were meant to. Instead, now people watch each episode with a scorecard, trying to keep track of what questions were answered and what questions weren't. I mean, we're only halfway through the season. Should we really be concerned with nine hours of television left what has and hasn't been answered at this point? I've decided I no longer care about what does and doesn't get answered. I'll sort through all that when the series is over. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Hollywodaholic said...
Great episode, whether as part of the continuing saga or as a stand-alone. It reminded me of Charles Beaumont's classic story for The Twilight Zone called "The Howling Man," where the Devil has been kept prisoner in a monastery for hundreds of years, and tricks a unwitting visitor who stumbled upon the monastery into setting him free by convincing him that his captors are the evil ones.
Medrawt said...
Gridlock -
For reasons I barely understand - grim curiosity, I guess - I'm currently steamrolling through my personal Lost marathon, after not having seen the show since mid-second season. This is certainly a radically different viewing experience than the one people have had watching the show as it aired. Frankly, I'm not enjoying it very much (and yet I go on!), and there's several reasons why I'm not the ideal audience for the show, but my take is that whereas I generally enjoy serialized dramas more when I watch them via DVD marathon, Lost is suffering for it (at least at the point I'm at). And the show I'm watching is...hard to relate to the show getting talked about here (I'm at the end of Season 3). Since I've read about the plot of seasons 4-6, I know what might or might not be getting woven in along the way, and I still don't get it.
OTOH, lots of people thought the Battlestar finale's use of the supernatural was a copout, whereas I thought it was clearly telegraphed from the first season. So it's just one man's opinion over here.
I want to join the petty gripe game!
Why do the demigods converse in English and with American accents? Even back when Ricardo just arrived and it'd have been easier to speak to him in his native tongue.
Flocke gave a big clue to his identity, but I haven't connected it to an ancient figure yet. "I had a crazy mother" and "spent a long time working that out" (or something to that effect). Does anyone have an idea here? Greek? Egyptian?
Thanks - I'm of the opinion that when I go back and watch it, I'll think less of it. "Even the f###ing trees walk", as Kevin Smith put it by proxy - whole arcs of meaningless filler and a confused idea of where they're going.
Prove me wrong, Darlton!
Also, thanks for either spoiling the whole of BSG (bought, not yet watched) or for making the whole experience slightly more rewarding :D
Well said Katie!
If Craphole Island is the cork over a hellmouth (wonder if Darlton are Buffy fans?) or something to that effect, then there must be a direct significance of the island being underwater in the flash sideways, right? Either the island has firmly been placed deeper in the mythical bottle or the MiB escaped. It must be one or the other...right?
This episode really gives credence to everyone needing to protect "the island" and not the people on it, as the island is in and of itself the most important piece of the puzzle.
For the record, I really enjoyed this episode, and like how we got some definitive answers...and we still don't have a totally clear idea of what is going on yet.
Instead of getting to know Richard as he watches generations of people try and fail to resist the draw of evil, we got a very random love story.
But it wasn't a random love story. It was the reason why Richard has immortality. And wasn't that one of the questions most people wanted to know? Why Richard has lived for so long? I understand the appeal of wanting to watch Richard watch other people try and fail etc. but I'm happier knowing why Richard has lived for so long. And the fact that it was basically because of love warms even my cold, black heart.
Compare Satellite TV said...
i watched this once, and it did not happen again. or maybe i just don't understand the plot of the story anymore.
Larry C said...
Minor question / nitpick:
I had assumed all along that Smokey could appear in the form of a dead person so long as he had touched the body (e.g, Christian, Locke, Alix, Yemi)
So, when Richard saw Isabelle while locked on the boat, was it Smokey taking Isabelle's form, or was it just a hallucination?
Hey Lost fans... today's the last day to vote for Evangeline Lilly and Tania Raymonde in the 2010 Tournament of Broads.
Maybe Isabella was in the hold... There's a rich LOST history of corpse delivery, and you have to suspect Hanso knew what he was doing.
@Michaelangelo-I think that's a solid theory. People are freaked out over answers, because they know all questions won't be answered, and they want their particular question answered. I'm as guilty as anyone, since I said after last night's episode that I could watch the rest of the show in peace because I got Richard's backstory and that's ALL I really wanted from this season.
Regarding the language spoken - I know that I don't really want to watch an entire hour of Lost where the characters speak in their native language and I'm forced to read subtitles. I don't need that much realism. :)
I'm a little baffled by the episode, however one thing I'm not buying is Jacob = good, Smokey = evil. I strongly doubt it'll be that clear cut in the end. The writer's want this show to be something people can go on debating, even after it's finished.
I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of: Jacob does good things for bad reasons, Smokey does bad things for good reasons. Something balanced like that, where it's ultimately very tricky to determine who you really feel is 'right' or 'wrong', 'good' or 'bad'.
(Although after writing this I noticed I'm a little biased towards the idea of the MiB just being a misunderstood 'good guy', but at the same time I'm sure Jacob will have his justified reasons too).
I think Jacob manipulated Richard from the beginning, particularly as the very first thing he asks Richard is who gave him the sword, a question he surely already knew the answer to?
In contrast to this, the MiB is honest and doesn't try to hide the fact that that he is the smoke monster from Richard, openly admitting it to him early on. And although quite cut throat and harsh, he's straight to the point with the conditions on which he releases Richard from the chains. He doesn't even bother pretending to be 'the charitable friendly nice guy', (possibly a sign of how weary he is of being on the island).
Jacob also seemed to take some sadistic pleasure in his 'trapping' of the MiB, taunting him with the wine bottle. MiB to me comes across as genuinely frustrated and just wanting to go home. He sounds desperate at the end of the episode when he says, "just let me leave Jacob'.
It also sounds like Jacob has tricked the MiB into his current role, "the devil betrayed me, took my body and humanity", possibly why he now see's Jacob as the devil?
And whose body is he assuming as Titus Welliver? This is presumably not his real form, as the 'devil' took his original body. Does this then suggest that the body of Jacob actually belongs to the MiB? Further to the mystery of who (and/or what), is Jacob?!!
Maybe they're both necessary to contain 'hell/malevolance', but for the MiB to leave, both 'posts' have to be filled by willing participants. Jacob seems to enjoy his role on the island, MiB doesn't enjoy his. Hence Jacob wants to stay and carry on, MiB is sick of it and just really wants to go home. Maybe Jacob doesn't have a home he wishes to go back to. (Where-ever, and, when-ever, their homes might be?).
To me alot of the mythology now seems to boil down to the 'rules'. What are the origins and purpose of the rules? Why can Jacob be replaced when he dies, but for the MiB to be replaced, he needs Jacob dead? (i.e. when he tells Ben that he needs someone to replace him to be in charge of the island when he leaves). Why can't he kill candidates? Why can't he kill Jacob himself?
Does anyone else get the impression that Jacob can only be killed inside the statue (possibly also only with that special dagger)? Hence people only allowed in if they're invited in by Jacob?
It seems that Jacob can possibly assume ghost forms, whether or not their bodies were ever on the island, whilst MiB can only assume bodies of dead people on the island, although these are visible and tangible to everyone. I'm thinking this because all ghost appearances appear to be supporting Jacob's goals, and particularly because the MiB would presumably not choose appear as a ghost telling Hurley etc, to prevent himself finally leaving.
I think I've rambled way too long already, and like all 'losties' I could keep going and going! But still, any thoughts or opinions on my ramblings from anyone would be much appreciated! :)
One final thing, what's the MiB's goddam real name????!!!!
Archie said...
Been a while since I did this ....
Why did Smokey stop at Ricardo/Ricardus/Richard? Why did he not kill him??????
Also - with the whole dialog between him and Jacob during that fight scene, his outburst at the beach with the Losties and later, Jacob and MIB - I half expected to hear the words - All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again.
Nice callback on the fans' theory of this whole place being hell. Would have been a complete and utter cop-out - so I really wasn't expecting that to happen.
Question - what is so damned different about the Flocke-evil that he needs to be kept on the Island??? And what about the Island keeps him there??? I mean c'mon - he tempts people to sin??? So do about a bagillion things in this world!!!
Tyrone said...
Just to connect the dots: In the LA X world, the Island is at the bottom of the sea, so presumably the cork's been popped and the evil has been loosed in that timestream.
. . . or: what Manton said.
It amazes me that some people here still cry when certain things are not yet revealed. LOST has operated this way for 120-something episodes. It reveals answers bit by bit and at a much slower pace than many would like. This is nothing new. If you don't like it, then why continue to watch?
And if Darlton revealed the answers to those ten questions, then where would be the excitement for coming episodes? They have to string us along to keep us watching.
I love what they are doing with season 6. I look at current shows that have been on for a while (How I met Your Mother, The Office) and I notice that they have both gone downhill significantly. Why? Because it's the same characters and eventually their mannerisms, affectations, and stories get stale. The greatest show of all time, The Wire, introduced brand new characters every season, and that is one of the reasons that made it work so well.
I don't need to see another hour about Sayid, or Jin. I get who they are, and why they act the way they do. If LOST only focused on the 815ers, it would become stale.
My favorite characters are Ben, Desmond and Eko. None of them were in the first season. If we had six seasons of just the original Losties, I would not still be watching.
That was a fantastic hour of TV. Sterling writing, moving storytelling, visual excellence, and great acting.
It really makes you remember how good this show might have been if they had been able to achieve a coherent, involving story arc like this one for even ONE of the ten main characters on the show.
It also makes you realize what a hokey, distracting gimmick the serio-comic flash-sideways we have suffered through have been this season.
It was the best episode in several seasons. I wish there could be more like it.
I just had an epiphany. Have the 6 that have been chosen all killed someone be it on purpose or by mistake? And is that why the smoke monster can't kill them, just like it couldn't/didn't kill Ricardo? I'm trying to think back, but my memory is a bit fuzzy.
It makes me wonder who was really in the cabin, Jacob-as-Locke or the Flocke we have now, too. The cabin was destroyed afte the ash around it was disturbed, but was it destroyed from without or within?
@Gridlock, I'm the kind of "massive idiot" who's been buying the LOST DVD seasons for about three seasons now. I like being able to pop in a season whenever I like and I like the bonus features.
I think he saw something he could use in Richard (i.e., desire to get off the island and get his wife back). Unfortunately for him, Richard listened to Jacob.
Kelly said: But it wasn't a random love story. It was the reason why Richard has immortality. And wasn't that one of the questions most people wanted to know? Why Richard has lived for so long? I understand the appeal of wanting to watch Richard watch other people try and fail etc. but I'm happier knowing why Richard has lived for so long.
That Richard lived as long as he has is interesting.
What has happened to him in his extraordinarily long life is very important. And unanswered
How he got that way was mind-numbingly obvious. Jacob granted him immortality. Duh. If you hadn't already assumed that, I dunno what to tell you. It wasn't subtle.
If you think there were answers in this episode, you are just dense. Everything that was supposedly answered should have been obvious for while now. The only thing Alan mentions in his blog that shouldn't have been obviously long before this is what happened to the statue. And that's the dumbest part of the episode. Freakin' hell, the statue's destruction should have been a symbol of just how long this fight has been going on, not a random accident 150 years ago.
This episode was terrible. One of the worst of the entire series. The performances by the various actors are its only redeeming qualities. The writers should be embarrassed for taking such an easy job and messing it up so badly.
Chris said: I just had an epiphany. Have the 6 that have been chosen all killed someone be it on purpose or by mistake?
I'm fairly sure Hurley never killed anyone by any means. I don't think Sun or Jin did either.
Episode: A-
Alan's review: B+
Comments: D
Hurly FEELS like he is responsible for a couple accidental deaths though. It's why he ended up in a mental institution. I don't believe Sun or Jin killed anyone though.
Hugo had several deaths on his conscience. All the deaths with the lottery, and then the incident with the deck. Jin assaulted many people, and didn't he kill the man his Sun was having an affair with?
aempey said...
The 'soapy drama' character bits are NOT the best done, they will never compare to real shows or films with long-term character development, but in the TV format it's absolutely necessary, and they pulled a good one off this time. (no kate)
If they didn't have character drama they would be in sci-fi niche hell.
Character drama is what gets my girlfriend to at least stay on the couch and watch with me.
We stay up afterwards and had some fun discussions about theories and such.
I'm starting to think that hardcore lostophiles are actually jealous of 'easily given secrets' and would rather stay confused and nitpick the tiniest details into oblivion rather than have the series wrap up the loose ends.
I loved this episode, and I hope that there is plenty more 'science vs. spirituality' to be had in the final 9 or 10 hours.
Were the revelations of this episode pretty spiritual? Sure. But we have yet to see the origins of the spiritual leaders
You know, after spending some time reading a lot of posts and recaps, and after spending even more time writing up some thoughts of my own on my blog, I've come to the conclusion that Jacob didn't bring the Black Rock to the Island; Smokey did. He brought the slavers there looking to jump start his loophole plan, and I think there were a number of things last night to support that theory.
1. People wonder about the difference in the weather during the scene between Jacob and MiB we saw last season and the weather during the Black Rock arrival. Perhaps that scene was a much earlier time and a different ship, and Jacob was bringing it in much more gently than the MiB choose to do with the Black Rock, which Smokey may have thought necessary to both scare the bejesus out of the passengers and keep the ship far away from the shoreline where Jacob hung out.
2. That would explain the tetchy, frustrated, ass-kicking Jacob we saw last night. Between the scene we saw last season and the one we saw last night, Jacob obviously had not yet been able to win his bet with the MiB, and so that would account for the very different seeming Jacob we witnessed last night. And it would account for why he was so surprised to see Richard. If Jacob had really brought Richard to the Island, then I think it would have been dramatized differently. Jacob genuinely seemed to have no idea who Richard was or what he was doing there.
3. That would change the white stone gift from Jacob to the MiB from a minor and cheesy plot point to one fraught with meaning. The MiB brought the Black Rock to the Island, and Jacob was rubbing Smokey's nose in his first defeat in this War of the Island with the white rock. So, the white rock wasn't so much a portentous symbol as a joke Jacob was playing on Smokey.
4. Jacob was also likely pissed at the destruction of his statue home, for nothing we saw last night would explain even remotely why Jacob wanted to destroy the statue, but the show definitely made sense if you accept that destroying the statue was the MiB's first symbolic shot at Jacob in this war.
I leave the rest of my BS to my own blog. Hope someone will come over and let me know what they think, for good or for ill, as it is my first recap ever.
"How he got that way was mind-numbingly obvious. Jacob granted him immortality. Duh. If you hadn't already assumed that, I dunno what to tell you. It wasn't subtle."
Was it fairly easy to guess how Ricahard became immortal? Sure. But as with most things on this show, the interesting part is not so much the how but the why.
"If you think there were answers in this episode, you are just dense. Everything that was supposedly answered should have been obvious for while now."
Was calling people dense really necessary? You may not have seen the value in the revelations but there was cleary information in this episode we didn't already have and even more that had not been confirmed.
We had no idea who Richard was before the island nor why he became Jacob's instrument. That information may not be interesting to some viewers but it is certainly new. Apologies if this crosses any lines Alan.
If Christian Shephard is the smoke monster, how did he get off the island when Jack saw him in Season 4?
John Coulter said...
The Tenerife mention was a classic "plate o' shrimp/cosmic unconscious" moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4HQyqc-aVU
Jin has most assuredly killed someone in his job for Sun's father.
Sun, I believe, may have killed her English speaking lover way back in S3 (can't remember if the killer was ambiguous or not).
As far as "obvious" answers, it does seem that most of the answers we've been given this season have been theorized or guessed at by at least one person, on one comment board in the last 5 years, and so they seem pretty "obvious" to many people, and thus not necessary to address during the course of the show.
However, for a large section of viewers, those "answers" were nothing more than theory until the show itself confirmed them. Yes, most of us THEORIZED that Jacob gave Richard his immortality, but we did not KNOW this for sure until last night. Most of us THEORIZED that the MIB=Smokey, but we weren't positive until the show confirmed it. But none of us (unless you've been reading spoilers) knew WHY. The why, the context of the situation surrounding the answer is far more important to me than the answers themselves, which is why I personally enjoyed last night's episode so much.
mela mela said...
xChris said...
I think the difference is that Ben knew Jacob, and the island. Ben already had the information that Jacob had to beat into Richard, lol.
Dr. Milton von Fünkdoctorspock said...
Anyone sleuth out the Bible passage shown when Richard's English copy was shown? The passage was about a prophet who's not understood in his own land.
I personally think Cabin Fever was a character story rather than a big mythology story. The main mythology we got in it was that the Island had been looking for Locke for a long time. But the reasons why, as revealed in subsequent episodes, are about Locke's character.
I find that the flashbacks in Cabin Fever take on more poignancy with each new John Locke reveal---first the reveal of his death (S4 finale), then his sacrifice to get Jack and everyone to come back (Jeremy Bentham), then the fact that he really was dead and not resurrected by the Island (The Incident), then the reveal that he was tricked into thinking the Island loved him as part of a very long con (The Incident/LA X), and finally the suggestion that it all could've been avoided had he been able to accept himself for who he was (The Substitute). Cabin Fever is so tragic in retrospect that it's almost hard to watch.
NYCIC said...
Ok, opposing poles of good and evil rolling the dice, as it were. A wager of cosmic proportions. Why, then, do I not feel at all secure about where this saga is heading?
LinGin said...
Anonymous at 1:03 am -
"If it turns out that the man-in-black's name is Randall Flagg, I'm going to be ECSTATIC." Fixed. (grin)
Since I've been filtering the series through Stephen King's oeuvre, particularly "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series, I would be delighted.
No-brainer (for me) - Hurley should be Jacob's replacement. He is a genuinely kind soul. However, I don't think there is going to be need for a replacement (on the island anyway). Remember Jacob's words to MIB in last season's finale, "It only ends once. All the rest is progress." Apparently there are only six candidates left (I think Jin and Sun are both being considered) and we saw the island submerged in this season's opener. All that remains is for the end game to be played out.
Anthony Strand said...
Sun didn't kill her lover (he killed himself), but she did kill Colleen, one of The Others in season 3.
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Colleen
"Anyone sleuth out the Bible passage shown when Richard's English copy was shown?"
It was Luke 4:24 - And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
if jacob granted richard immortality, why didnt he give it to himself, not allowing him to die, not allowing the MIB to leave, because jacob has to die for him to leave... thoughts?
So does this episode mean that eternal life and the ability to speak to the dead or to walk again are basically equivalent to a vending-machine candy bar?
And clearly Richard is going to be Jacob-2 because he's the only one who doesn't flash sideways.
Verification: ecturr, aka fighting the Greek champion Protesilaus
@Manton:
"If Craphole Island is the cork over a hellmouth (wonder if Darlton are Buffy fans?) or something to that effect, then there must be a direct significance of the island being underwater in the flash sideways, right? Either the island has firmly been placed deeper in the mythical bottle or the MiB escaped. It must be one or the other...right?"
Ooh, I like that. Perhaps we are seeing that what Jacob is protecting really isn't that dangerous, that he's built it up in his mind to justify the games he plays, but really MiB is more dangerous on-island than off?
I've been thinking a bit more about the whole free will thing, and Jacob's take is still not clear to me. MiB believes men are corruptible, which they obviously are (although perhaps not "prone" to corruption). Jacob believes...what, I suppose, that we are not prone to corruption, but prone to good? If I'm understanding that clearly, it's not really a question of free will. In both cases the characters have a choice, but Jacob and MiB differ on what choice they will make. Apparently, Jacob has been proven wrong over and over and over again.
This all seems very Jobian, with things like the purge being ideas Jacob presents that he *hopes* won't be followed through on. A cruel, cruel game.
We also still have no real sense of how involved he was with the Others, and I think that's essential to determining his overall "goodness". Richard was there, day-to-day while they killed, kidnapped and brainwashed under Ben (and who knows exactly what they did prior to his reign). What instructions was Jacob giving Richard, since most of his interference seems to have been negative?
Also, who did Locke see in the cabin? Ilana led us to believe it wasn't Jacob, but was it the MiB? Did he not have a body? Was he just putting on a show, or was he truly trapped?
I enjoy the questions, so I'm not critiquing the show for not providing answers to all of them right now. I just hope they realize how intricate their tangles are getting.
"but I'm happier knowing why Richard has lived for so long. And the fact that it was basically because of love"
This is not how I interpreted the request. Richard asks for immortality after knowing Jacob cannot absolve him of his sins. Therefore, immorality is the only way Richard can escape eternal damnation in hell, which would presumably be without his wife.
"When Ben comes to kill Jacob, Jacob doesn't try to stop him.
Why did he stop Richard and not Ben? Shouldn't he have given both of them the choice?"
I thought about this too, and I think the distinction was Jacob's point about free will. Richard was coerced and did not know what he was doing, so he was not truly acting of his own accord. Ben, on the other hand, knew exactly what he was doing. Jacob even reaffirmed this when he told Ben "you have a choice."
I assume this distinction is one of their "rules." As Jacob seems to have a general optimism about humanity, he doesn't believe anyone would knowingly kill him if he knew the reality of the situation. This would explain why he's comfortable bringing people to the island when knows that this is the only way he can be destroyed.
black and white..good and evil..two colored stones..jacob and MiB..symbolism
I continue to be curious as to the whereabouts of Rose and Bernard..black and white
Their commitment to love and each other was a constant on this show..now they're non-important to the cast?
I'm missing something?
Where are they? Could it be that we are being led by the writers to forget them?.. Could it be..Rose and Bernard somehow figure into taking care of the island?
Rose dies in the 'real world', otherwise.
And? Where's Vincent? The writers cannot expect us to simply forget about Rose, Bernard, and the dog..can they??
JamesG said:
"Therefore, immorality is the only way Richard can escape eternal damnation in hell,"
Hee. Typos are a good time.
Mark Russell said...
I noticed that when Jacob visited Illyana (sp?) in the hospital that he was wearing all black. Significant? I still think that Jacob is not the good guy of this story. Maybe they will pull a Babylon 5 and say that both Jacob and Smokie are bad guys (just in different ways).
Also, I love the comment about Rose and Bernard also being black & white symbolism. Although perhaps a good version of it... Would be cool if the two of them replace both Jacob and Smokey and change the relationship to a peaceful, positive one.
rae wrote:
>>And? Where's Vincent? The writers cannot expect us to simply forget about Rose, Bernard, and the dog..can they??>>
A) Somewhere on the island and they will show up eventually, just like last season--keep in mind that in terms of time-in-show, like, maybe 2 days have passed since The Incident.
B) They somehow stayed in the past and are dead. And their bodies are in the cave. And eventually everyone will figure that out.
Jacob said Richard would be his representative to the people he brings to the Island. He didn't say they were candidates. Most of the Others were just people who had been brought to the Island to play out Jacob & Smokey's game and had been recruited onto Jacob's team. Not necessarily candidates.
Re: Eloise Hawking's omniscience
I feel this is going to be the biggest plothole in the show when all is said and done. Some people above mentioned that she knew the future because in 1977 she received a filled in journal from Daniel Faraday detailing all sorts of future events so that's how she knew she'd need to "leave the island, get a job at a jewelry shop on west 8th street on Monday between 3 and 5pm, June 5th, 1997 to meet a man named Desmond Hume and tell him not to buy an engagement ring so he could get to the island and press a button. Also a man wearing red shoes will be killed when a scaffolding falls on him on a specific intersection in the city at 3:57pm, so make sure you take Desmond there and tell him about course correction." Not only is it unlikely Eloise could act on that kind of info, it's impossible that Faraday would have known about it and then wrote it down in his journal. When Faraday met Desmond in 'The Constant' they didn't go out for beers afterwards to divulge detailed info about convoluted mysterious moments in each other's past so Faraday could write it down.
My biggest problem with the series is from 'The Variable' when Eloise Hawking kills Faraday closing a time loop. If you had just shot the grown up version of the child that was in your stomach you would do any and everything to keep that from repeating. Like starting by, I don't know, maybe not naming your son 'DANIEL FARADAY?' You'd also keep him away from any Physics books his entire life. Even if you assumed Eloise is just a mean woman, she had nothing to gain from trying to make him go back in time to die.
Liked the episode. Found myself (tangentially) wondering: how did the statue and temple building Egyptians sail to an island in the ostensible South Pacific? That would have been some storm.
Mark Russell, I think you just nailed the perfect ending to Lost.
Normally, I root for dark, unhappy endings to science fiction b/c I've read/watched enough sappy, way over-the-top happy-touchy-feely endings for a lifetime (or at least half of one), BUT... if Lost has to have a happy ending, that is the one.
That is pure win. Thanks, dude! If Lost ends--well... "unwell," let's say--I'll just substitute your idea in place of the real ending in my mind. :)
jarborra said...
Anonymous 1 said:
And where were they taking
Ricardo that his ability to speak English was so important? Canada? No slavery. USA? Just finished the Civil War. Maybe some other English speaking colony such as Belize or Bermuda? Eh...
Australia. That explains the use of the "New World" moniker as late as 1867, it explains the geographical location of the ship and it explains the slavery point above. Richard wasn't a slave, he was a prisoner and prisoners were routinely sent to Australia as prison labor. QED.
To everyone wondering about the location of the island: we've been told it moves, so that's covered.
The ship in "The Incident" was almost certainly not The Black Rock.
I've been thinking today, and this just hit me: Richard is the original Other. I guess that seems obvious, so I'll clarify. Before Richard was recruited as Jacob's representative or whatever he is, everyone killed each other or died from some means, as explained by Jacob telling Richard that everyone else that's come before him is dead. So either Richard's presence had a real, positive effect on the people who were brought to the island between 1867 and 1954, the earliest we've seen the Others, or Jacob has him collecting and grooming people such as Charles and Eloise for the benefit of the island, or as candidates.
I'm sure the gaps will be filled in, but I find it interesting that no one survived the tests of the island until after Richard came to be Jacob's voice of reason.
There is an odd issue that episode. Smokey told Alpert to stab Jacob before he speaks or you can't kill him, yet he spoke to Ben and Ben was able to kill him. This is of course opposite of Sayid who tried to kill Smokey after hearing his voice and failed. Somebody better clear that up.
Also other things that need clearing up - Did Jacob bring Dharma to the island? How did Richard leave the island to meet with guys like Locke in real life? Why does Smokey kill some people, but only investigates others and elects not to kill them? How was Ben able to summon Smokey, but not Jacob?
Knowing that Jacob was hands-off, and that we've seen Christian and Claire in the cabin, how do we know that the Cabin wasn't really Smokey? Also, who built the statue, temple, lighthouse, etc.?
Possible theory - Widmore purchased the Black Rock log to get proof that Alpert was 200 years old, thereby fueling his fire to obtain the island for its "fountain of youth".
These boys have a lot to tie up in the next few episodes.
Mark Russell said:
"Also, I love the comment about Rose and Bernard also being black & white symbolism. Although perhaps a good version of it... Would be cool if the two of them replace both Jacob and Smokey and change the relationship to a peaceful, positive one."
Thanks, Mark! you are so getting where I'm at
"Flashes Before Your Eyes" strongly implied that Eloise was some sort of timecop to traveled through time to make sure things happened the right way, and Lindelof even confirmed that she was a "temporal policeman." That looks like something that changed. Of course, Desmond's time travel doesn't really make sense with the show's version of time travel unless he was traveling to different timelines, which is probably the case, especially after the weirdness of his appearance in the first flash sideways.
I don't think the "timecop" idea changed. The Variable pretty much confirmed that she was making sure everything would happen the way Faraday's journal said it did. She was a time cop in that respect, even if she was not traveling through time herself.
vampy said...
"Smokey told Alpert to stab Jacob before he speaks or you can't kill him, yet he spoke to Ben and Ben was able to kill him." -- George
I don't think that was supposed to be magic, I think it was based on the fear that he would be talked out of it. Which, actually, is what happened. I feel if Richard had stabbed Jacob, Jacob still would have died.
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Classes, Photos, and Claire pt. 2 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)
I think tonight's entry is going to have to be short, because I'm falling asleep. I got registered for one of my two CS classes today, but I'm still not able to register for the graduate class. I need to deal with that tomorrow.
I also edited and uploaded a bunch of photos to prepare for my photo album online. But that's still a few days away.
And I guess the big news of the day is that Claire broke up with Shayne, officially, so now I get to try and keep her a little longer this time.
Okay, that was really short, but oh well, I'm tired, and I wanna go to bed. I'll write more tomorrow. Good night!
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The invisible hand of monopolies
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Not only are Noynoy and his allies complaining about Chief Justice Renato Corona’s personal visits to media outfits to make his defense against the muckraking operations launched against him but are now appear to be shaking in their boots as Corona starts to lay down his cards on the table.
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Corona had confirmed the long talked about term-sharing agreement with Senior Justice Antonio Carpio during his media swings and many more underhanded moves of Noynoy and his allies..... MORE
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United States Attorney General Eric Holder recently explained how the president can order the assassination of his own citizens abroad. But did his rationalization justify executions within the US? Apparently, the FBI wouldn’t exclude it.
Responding to a congressional inquiry this week on the rationale of assassinating Americans, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller affirmed that he himself isn’t too clear on the what Holder explained.
The attorney general addressed an audience at Northwestern University in Chicago this week with an explanation for US President Barack Obama’s killing of three American citizens overseas last year..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/fbi-mueller-assassination-holder-193/
Syrian stalemate hampers Annan peace talks (w/ Video)
Syrian stalemate hampers Annan peace talks
The UN delegation led by Kofi Annan is holding its second round of talks with Syrian President Assad. But with both the opposition and the regime flatly refusing to open dialogue until violence has ended, the likelihood of progress seems slim.
Former UN chief Kofi Annan’s first round of talks failed to reach any tangible resolution on the conflict. President Assad made it clear on Saturday that negotiations would not be open while “armed terrorist groups were still operating in the country.”.... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/un-annan-ceasefire-talks-293/
Quake enigma: The more it shakes, the less it shows
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan’s east coast exactly one year ago were not supposed to happen. At least if seismic hazard maps are not cheating. But can modern science really predict such disasters?
As Joel Achenbach noted quite rightly in his Washington Post article, Earth paid no heed to scientific orthodoxy. And while geologists were theorizing, a massive slab of our planet’s crust moved 55 meters (180 feet) eastwards. It lifted the ocean bed almost 5 meters up (15 feet), and that brought all the might of the waters of the Pacific upon Japan’s eastern coast..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/earthquake-maps-tsunami-japan-279/
‘So this is what dying is like’: Japan remembers disaster (w/ Video)
‘So this is what dying is like’: Japan remembers disaster
A year ago to the day, Japan was hit by a 9.0 earthquake and a resulting tsunami that led to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Thousands lost their lives but the question is: if it all happened again, would things turn out any differently?
Sixteen thousand candles: one for each victim of the disaster. With the names of the dead etched on them, all were lit at a Buddhist memorial service in Osaka on Saturday.
Five hundred bodies remain unidentified. More than 3,000 are still missing..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/japan-tsunami-fukushima-anniversary-277/
Just thinking VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 03/11/2012
The ongoing impeachment trial has been receiving not only national interest and attention but also various perceptions on the part of Filipinos as to its cause (How come?) as well as its nature (What?) and finality (Why?).
How come there is such a distinct and even unfamiliar process altogether financed by public funds? What does it mean for the people who have been long in need and waiting for a better life? Why is it undertaken to judge on but one person when graft and corruption are still a composite living institutional practice in the different agencies of government?
There can be many answers to the many questions thus raised about the more and more interesting impeachment process. Both the questions thereon and the answers thereto can be as the varied different groups of individuals who respond thereto — depending on such factors as the following: The political loyalties of those playing a direct active role therein..... MORE
Statistics on various crimes against women alarming – CWR
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8, the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) said that despite the existence and supposed enforcement of 37 Philippine laws, executive orders, resolutions that are supposed to protect and serve the welfare and development of women, violence against them continues.
The group defines violence against women as “an act or series of acts that involves coercion, intimidation, threat, and/or deception. It causes physical, sexual or psychological harm. The CWR also explained that violence against women also includes the neglect of women’s interests, needs, and welfare.
Victims of political repression
Listing what it said were “sins” being committed against Filipino women on a daily basis, the CWR said the Benigno Aquino III administration has yet to prove that it is genuinely pro-women. It also said the armed forces of the government are using violence against women as a means of political repression.
From July 2010 to December 2011, six women fell victim to extra-judicial killings that were politically-motivated. There are currently 35 women political prisoners in different jails in the country. Detained women are more vulnerable to sexual abuse and torture as seen in the cases of former political detainee and now Selda secretary general Angie Ipong and the women belonging to the Morong 43.
Out of the government’s 23 women detainees, 16 reported being subjected to torture.
Apart from the serious implications of political repression, counted among the more serious violations being perpetrated against women is the act of rape. Based on data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Women’s Crisis and Child Protection Center (WCCPC) , there were 14,201 recorded cases of rape (76.56 percent of all crimes committed against women of a sexual nature), attempted rape (18.68 percent) and incestuous rape (5.74 percent) from January 2000 to August 2011..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/09/statistics-on-various-crimes-against-women-alarming-%E2%80%93-cwr/
Groups investigate militarization reports at Hacienda Luisita 03/11/2012
Groups investigate militarization reports at Hacienda Luisita
Possible military abuse had reared its ugly head anew at Hacienda Luisita, which is owned by President Aquino’s relatives and subject of a Supreme Court order for land distribution, as representatives of cause-oriented groups went to the vast Cojuangco-Aquino estate to conduct a fact-finding mission on the situation of its farm workers amid reports of militarization and harassment by military and private security groups.
The Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala) said in a statement that the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon, Karapatan, Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura, Luisita Peasants’ and Peoples’ Alliance, and other organizations will join the fact-finding mission that covers the barangays (villages) of Balete, Mapalacsiao, Lourdes, Cutcut and Asturias in Tarlac City; Motrico and Bantog in La Paz; and Mabilog, Pando, and Parang all in Concepcion..... MORE
Defense to focus on hands behind Corona impeach 03/11/2012
DEFECTS OF HOUSE COMPLAINT ALSO IN AGENDA
Defense to focus on hands behind Corona impeach
The lawyers of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday bared their defense strategy focusing on unmasking the forces behind the effort at the House of Representatives to ram through the impeachment complaint and the defects of the charges against Corona after it failed to go through the proper legislative procedures.
In contrast to the prosecution panel’s amateurish performance at the impeachment trial, the defense lawyers promised a clear-cut and structured defense presentation at the resumption of the impeachment trial tomorrow.
“We will show on the first day that there were invisible hands moving to have the impeachment complaint immediately filed at the Senate. Next, we will prove our initial comments about the verified complaint not going through the proper process at the House,” defense spokesman Rico Quicho said..... MORE
UPLB slay case solved with arrest of 3rd suspect By Gina Peralta-Elorde and Efren B. Chavez 03/11/2012
UPLB slay case solved with arrest of 3rd suspect
By Gina Peralta-Elorde and Efren B. Chavez 03/11/2012
Task Force Penaranda yesterday announced that the killing of University of the Philippines Los Baos (UPLB) agriculture student Ray Bernard Pearanda was considered solved following the arrest of the third suspect during a police pursuit operation against him in Bicol region.
Police Regional Office 4 Dir. James Andres Melad said the task force teams have captured Carl Dactil de Guzman, 27, the third and last suspect in the murder of Pearanda.
De Guzman was apprehended in Barangay Tagas, Daraga, Albay before 2 p.m. on Friday following hot pursuit operations. He said de Guzman went into hiding in his relatives home there..... MORE
Pope sends condolences on death of Cardinal Sanchez 03/11/2012
Pope sends condolences on death of Cardinal Sanchez
Pope Benedict XVI has conveyed his condolences on the death of Cardinal Jose Sanchez in a telegram sent to Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, archbishop emeritus of Cebu.
According to the Vatican’s Information Service, the text of the pope’s telegram gratefully recalls “the late cardinal’s dedicated service to the Lord as a priest and bishop in his native country, as well as our service together in the Roman Curia during the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II.”
The Holy Father commends Cardinal Sanchez’s “noble soul” to the Lord and prays “that his witness will inspire others to dedicate their lives to the service of the Lord and His Holy Church, especially in the priesthood.”.... MORE
Former NBI chief asks DoJ: Defer proceedings against me By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/11/2012
Former NBI chief asks DoJ: Defer proceedings against me
Former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Magtanggol Gatdula has asked the Department of Justice (DoJ) to defer its proceedings against him, citing the pending case before the courts he filed against his persecutors.
In a petition, Gatdula through his lawyer Abraham Espejo asked the DoJ to “suspend (the) proceedings” against him.
Gatdula had been accused of abduction and extortion by a Japanese woman, Noriyo Ohara, who claimed NBI operatives demanded P6 million from her for her protection.
Gatdula who denied Ohara’s claim pointed out that the DoJ proceedings should be set aside in the meantime..... MORE
Palace mouthpiece says call for increase in workers’ pay ‘premature’ 03/11/2012
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A top Palace official yesterday described the call for the government to consider increasing the salaries of the Filipino workers as “premature.”
Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said in a radio briefing that aside from being premature, petitions for wage adjustments should not be directed to Malacañang but to the regional wage boards.
She added the regional wage boards should discuss calls from some groups for a wage hike to help workers cope with rising costs of living.
“It (the call for a wage hike) is something that should be entertained by the regional wage board,” Valte said on government-run radio station..... MORE
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At the end of the war, a group of high ranking German officers ended up in an American POW camp. These officers wrote a series of reports, which were used by the Americans to study tank tactics. These reports were the main account of a battle, where a single KV tank stopped the advance of the German Kampfgruppe Raus, a part of the 4th Panzer Group, for 24 hours. Today, most historians agree that it was a KV-2, but there is no certainty of this fact, so the rest of this article will not use a numeric index. This unique battle happened on June 24-25th, 1941, next to the Lithuanian village of Raseiniai.
Kampfgruppe Raus was formed from elements of the 6th tank division before the invasion of the USSR. A second group, formed from the same division, received the name "Von Seckendorff". On June 23rd, both groups set up on the eastern shore of the river Dubis.
German air reconnaisance reported that Soviet tanks are moving towards the Von Seckendorff group. These were vehicles from the 2nd tank division of the RKKA, delivering a flanking counterattack. However, due to poor coordination and the general chaos of the first few days of war, the tanks were late. Instead of a flank, the Soviets were met with the front of the German forces.
A battalion of heavy KV tanks was included in the 2nd tank division. Contrary to the myth that KV tanks caused panic among German soldiers, it was possible to deal with them, if the enemy was sufficiently prepared. However, for Von Seckendorff, this was an unpleaseant surprise. Soviet tanks cleaved through German infantry and entered artillery positions. German 37mm AT guns were not strong enough to penetrate their armour. Neither were the Czech Pz35(t) tanks, which were all the Germans had. The only defense against KV tanks were the 88mm anti-aircraft guns. After losing several tanks to them, the Soviets retreated.
While Von Seckendorff fought with Soviet heavies, Raus did not encounter anything interesting. The Germans fortified their positions, scouted out the area, planned out further actions. Sometimes they would encounter individual squads of Red Army soldiers. Some prisoners were captured, and were sent to a nearby city.
A convoy of imprisoned Soviets and wounded Germans left in the first half of June 24th. 1.5km along, they encountered a single KV. It seemed likely that the tank was meant for nearby battles, and was left behind. According to local peasants, the tank arrived the day before, on June 23rd. It drove into the crossroads, stopped, and remained motionless all night.
When the column was spotted by the tank, it opened fire. The Germans turned around and returned to the base. Raus headquarters, knowing that somewhere soon the RKKA would counterattack, decided that this was it. As if on purpose, the KV tore a telephone line, disconnecting Raus from the headquarters of the 6th division.
While the Germans were figuring out what was happening, a convoy with fuel and ammunition stumbled upon the lone tank. The group commander recalled 12 burning trucks. On both sides of the road, outside of the KV's line of fire, traffic jams formed.
For several hours, the KV remained on the road, periodically shooting towards Raseiniai. Why wasn't it moving? Perhaps it ran out of fuel, or suffered an engine failure. Perhaps the crew had orders to cover the road. Perhaps, knowing that sooner or later the tank would be immobilized, the commander decided to pick an advantageous position to fight from. The tank crew must have understood, that this battle would be their last. It is hard to imagine what it must have been like to make that choice.
It took some time for the Germans to figure out that they were dealing with one tank, and not an entire division. Meanwhile, the KV sat under the burning sun. Raus gave the order to eliminate the tank as soon as possible. His group needed ammunition badly, the wounded had to get to a hospital. Trucks that tried to go around the KV got stuck in the swamps.
Germans moved a battery of four 50mm AT guns against the KV. German soldiers expected an easy kill, taking up positions where the effect of the battery could be easily seen. Soviet tankers, presumably, did not notice the battery. Their gun was still pointing towards Raseiniai.
The first shot was fired. Observers cheered. Another seven shots hit the Soviet tank. It seemed that it was over. However, several minutes later, the tank started turning its turret. It is necessary to point out that after being hit, the noise inside the tank is deafening. Even machine gun fire sounds like the tank is being hammered with a mallet. After artillery fire, the crew's eardrums burst, blood flows from the ears, nose, eyes, people lose consciousness. Recall, that the tank was boiling inside during the summer. The tankers were not able to open fire straight away.
The tank pointed its gun towards the battery and opened fire. Two guns were knocked out, along with their crews, two more were damaged. Germans attempted to destroy the KV with indirect fire from a 105mm howitzer, but were unable to hit it. Then Raus requested an 88mm AA gun from headquarters. That was the only gun capable of penetrating the armour on a KV.
The arriving AA gunners opened fire from 2000m, then decided to get closer, to be sure. Taking cover behind burning trucks, they approached to a distance of 700 meters. The KV was ready, and destroyed the AA gun on the first shot. The mood of the Germans was ruined. They had no possibility to bring in supplies, no way to deliver the wounded to a hospital. Raus was taking casualties, all for nothing.
At night, the Germans tried to lay explosives underneath the tank. Sappers that crawled up were surprised that someone still remained at the Soviet tank. Cracking branches, creaking hatches, careful steps were heard. The Germans decided that local villagers were bringing food and water to the Soviets. When the mysterious sounds died down, the Germans came closer and laid their charges. Before the echo from the detonation died down, the Soviet tank answered with machine gun fire. Either there was not enough explosive, or the sappers were bad at their jobs, but the only thing the charges did was damage track links.
Next morning, while more AA guns were delivered from Raseiniai, Raus ordered his tanks to attack. He understood that their guns were useless, but the attack was not meant to disable the KV. The light tanks needed to distract the KV while artillery gunners moved into position. Pz35(t)s maneuvered next to the tank, trying not to fall victim to its gun. The KV did not fire. The gunner knew that hitting fast moving tanks would be very difficult.
The AA gun set up, and opened fire. The first shot hit its target. The KV tried to fight back, and started rotating the turret towards the new threat. Another shot, another hit, the turret stopped. The Germans did not believe that they finally stopped the invincible tank. They sent another 4 armour piercing shells into the side of the tank.
After about half an hour, the most curious German soldiers approached the tank. They surrounded it, curiously observing the dents from 50mm AP shells. Only two penetrations were in the hull, from AA shells. Someone knocked on the armour of the tank. As if in response, the turret moved. Frightened screams were heard, and the German soldiers ran from the tank. Someone threw a grenade into the KV through one of the breaches. The explosion threw open the hatch on the top of the turret. The Germans approached again, and found six dead crewmen inside the tank. The bravery of these people struck them so much that they did not abandon their bodies, but buried them.
In 1965, the remains were transferred to a cemetery in Raseiniai. We still do not know who was in this crew. The gravestone reads "Yershov P.E, Smirnov V.A., a warrior with initials Sh. N. A., and three unknown warriors."
Original article available here.
Labels: 1941, KV-2, Raseiniai, World of Tanks
Eternal glory to these true heroes, admirably done, thank you for publishing this story.
lisiate 14 August 2013 at 17:49
A great story, well told. I've only just found this site through a link from the WoTlabs forum. I'm now going to avidly read every post. Thanks for your hard work.
The tank was 15 km west of Raseiniai, not 1.5
corekcion 5 KM from the brige of Dubysa
Amazing story! Found this blog from a Facebook page I follow. Definitely sharing this story with my Facebook friends.
I've read references to this battle in a number of sources, but only here have I been able to find any details of the identity of this brave crew.
A fan of History 27 July 2014 at 02:54
I'm crying...
As an ex serving British soldier I find it easy to admire and respect the bravery of soldiers, from any country, who fight without fanatacism or ideology, but with pride for their country and homeland. There is a brotherhood amongst soldiers who have been compelled to fight by politicians who do not know the real meaning of valour, bravery or the fear of battle, and this is demonstrated by the acts of the German soldiers who respectfully buried their adversaries after a hard fought and heroic battle. It is always the soldiers who pay in blood and lives lost for the failure, arrogance and ego of the political "leaders" who only see the serviceman's sacrifice as a number to be counted on a casualty list or a plot on a map. I was proud to answer the call of my country, and put myself in the line of fire, but I hope with all my heart that future generations will be spared the horror of war. Unfortunately, given current the unrest in the middle east, Ukraine, Korea and the tensions between China & Japan, I feel the world is being driven to another mass cull of the general population to further political ambitions. Politicians are generally a spineless bunch who cannot even bear to fall on a metaphoric sword when they s***w up so I think that in order to fine-tune modern political mind about the horror of war legislation should be put in place that forbids anyone standing for election as a politician unless they have served in the military, behind the flag of their country, and know what it is to be expected to make the ultimate sacrifice. Politiicians seem to know what blood is worth in numeric terms, but until they recognise it's value the world will be a very sorry place to live.
Core Memory 25 June 2016 at 22:43
Metal Slug81 9 September 2014 at 22:39
What a great story indeed. These were the times when ordinary men fought with courage, bravery and honor. Though enemies they come to respect each other.
more about this battle (written in lithuanian, google translate google translate will help :p )
http://krastietis.lt/vieniso-sovietu-galijoto-issukis/
http://krastietis.lt/vieniso-tanko-kv-pedsakais/
http://krastietis.lt/maksimo-kolomijco-apsilankymas-raseiniu-kraste/
Sounds like it had to be a KV-II. The article mentions 6 dead crewmen found; a KV-I had 5; a KV-II had 6. I originally read about this battle in the book "Hitler Moves East" by Paul Carell (Paul Karl Schmidt) where I remember he said it was a KV-II.
Peter 25 August 2015 at 23:36
Maksim Kolomiyets covers the battle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIxvRx4_l0
It was certainly a KV-1. There are photos of KV-1s attributed to this area, whereas photos of KV-2s allegedly from Raseiniai are actually from Ostrov.
Made me cry. Wish i was there when the battle was taking place. would've been amazing.
Markus 20 November 2015 at 05:45
Fools are still focusing WW2 armour though big powers actually invested some 3-7% of their warfare for armour. The war was not won or lost by tanks but western allied massive, total air and sea power. Germans lost the war because RAF, USAAF, Royal Navy and US Navy dominated sea and air and strangled German Kriegsmarine and hapless Luftwaffe. On the other hand land battles had much minor role because after all bulk infantry soldiers had very low battle value.
The more backward military forces the more heavy human casualties. It means that both Soviet Red Army and German Heer were very very backward for modern effective warfare with no strategic power at all. The war was won mostly by western allied air and sea power.
i agree, that air power was superior, and its nowdays even more important, but thats a pretty retarded false opinion that the war was won by the western air and sea powers....
I hope you are not conflating WWII facts and Cold War propaganda. I don't consider myself an apologist for Stalin and his regime. Cheers friend, see you on jmantimes youtube channel. :-)
The USSR were at the forefront of the study and implementation of combined arms tactics right along with the Germans, who they were allies with until the summer of 1941. I consider my countryr, Canada; to be a fairly advanced nation, yet in WWII, the best domestically designed tank Canada could come up with was the RAM tank, which was a failure. We could make commonwealth tanks in the hundreds, which were successful (Vickers Valentine tank, for example).
Motzkor 22 June 2016 at 15:32
"Irony mode on" Very good point Markus, defeating the 75% of European Axis power, most elite and better corps included, didn't help in anything to win the WWII. "Irony mode off"
if you go to raseinei neir the river my uncle said that some wer in the riwer ther is a sunk russia tank with is gun0 poking out
I think they retrieved that tank. I saw a story about a KV1 they pulled out of water because passing ships got damaged because of his gun. Not site if it was the same tank.
Could any Lithuanian readers do everyone a solid and take a photo of that grave marker? I'd love to see the memorial to this bit of heroism.
Bam 9 August 2017 at 17:36
at bottom of this site's article, link into the original article via the "Original article available here."sign, & there's a pic of the grave..
Ute 69 8 March 2017 at 21:16
A tank fighting a last ditch battle at a crossroads.......
At least I know where the writers of "Fury" got their inspiration from now.
Motzkor 9 March 2017 at 02:25
Ute I think they actually took the idea from here,
http://tankarchives.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/fury.html
HugoTroop 25 April 2018 at 17:48
I am sensing that the writers of this article took a little bit of creative license. Some of the details seem too precise and some of the information would simply be unattainable. (For example, Did they know the 50mm shells blew out their eardrums? Or was it just a guess?)
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Pilgrimage journey through Poland - 12 days
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We invite you on a journey through Poland. A land of Baroque palaces, Gothic Churches, exciting, rugged mountains, pristine forests, rushing rivers, peaceful lakes, bountiful farmlands and bustling cities - a beautiful country brimming with century upon century of fascinating history. You will venture into the very heart of Eastern Europe to discover nations of legend, history, culture, music and Christianity.
WARSZAWA - CZĘSTOCHOWA - KRAKÓW - AUSCHWITZ - WADOWICE - KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKA - WIELICZKA - LUDŹMIERZ - ZAKOPANE - WROCŁAW - KSIĄŻ - TRZEBNICA - LICHEŃ - TORUŃ - GDAŃSK - KASZUBY REGION
Early morning arrival in Warszawa. Meet your escort at the Warszawa Okęcie Airport. Start city tour of Warszawa including visit to St. Stanislaw Kostka Church and the special exhibition devoted to Father Jerzy Popieluszko, one of the greatest church personalities in Poland murdered by the communists. Holy Mass at St. Kostka Church.Afternoon free at leisure. Welcome Dinner at the local restaurant in Warszawa. Overnight in hotel in Warszawa.
Morning departure for Kraków with leisurely stop in Czestochowa. Visit to Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa. See the Black Madonna Shrine and the Treasury Room where you will see an impressive collection of many precious gifts received by the monastery throughout the ages. Walk along the fortification walls of the Pauline Monastery and the Way of the Cross.Holy Mass at one of the chapels on Jasna Góra Monastery.Depart for Krakow. Dinner at the local restaurant in Krakow. Overnight in hotel in Krakow.
Morning half day city tour of Kraków including visits to: Wawel Royal Cathedral – the scene of coronations and the eternal resting place of the kings of Poland, St. Mary’s Church – famous for its wooden altar by Wit Stwosz. Admire as well the Franciscan Church to see the most interesting Art-Nouveau stained-glass windows and famous “Pope’s Window” on Franciszkańska Street. Lunch at the local restaurant in Krakow. Afternoon you will drive to Łagiewniki for visiting the Blessed Sister Faustina Convent, Sanctuary of Divine Mercy and centre of John Paul II “Have no fear!“. Sister Faustina was the person whom Jesus appeared in 1931 bringing the wonderful message of Mercy for all of mankind. Holy Mass at Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki.Dinner and overnight in the hotel in Krakow.
Morning depart for Oświęcim and visit the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau – the biggest factory of death in the history of humanity and the silent witness of human tragedy. Transfer for Wadowice for the lunch at the local restaurant. Following lunch, visit Wadowice – a small village where our Pope Karol Wojtyla – John Paul II was born on May 18, 1920. Visit the house, now a museum, where He was born and see the Wadowice Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, where He was baptized. Holy Mass at Wadowice Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary. After Holy Mass transfer for Kalwaria Zebrzydowska- a huge monastery with beautiful located Stations of the Cross – each one a separate chapel. The newest acquisition on the UNESCO List of the World Heritage in Poland. Dinner at the local restaurant in Krakow . Overnight in Krakow.
Morning transfer to Wieliczka to visit the oldest salt mine in Europe (operated since 13th century) and impressive underground world of salt lakes, chambers, galleries and unique Salt Works created by many generations of Polish miners. Tourists are visiting 3 levels of the mine, to the depth of 136 meters – the part which have been worked in the 17th – 19th centuries. The Wieliczka Salt Mine belongs to the UNESCO Treasures. Holy Mass at one of the chapel down in the Salt Mine. Lunch at restaurant in Wieliczka and transfer to Ludzmierz to visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ludźmierz known as the Shepherdess of Podhale or in Polish “Gaździna Podhala”. The cult of Our Lady of Ludźmierz is strongly identified with Poland Highlander’s (Górale) who live in the surrounding Tatra Mountains. Continue your journey to Zakopane. Evening special dinner at the local Highlanders’ Inn including Highlanders’ Folklore Show. Overnight in hotel in Zakopane
In the morning, you will have a sightseeing tour of Zakopane, whose wooden architecture blends with the natural landscapes and it is copied in other parts of Poland; known as Zakopianski Style. You will visit the Jaszczurówka Chapel and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at Krzeptowki, which was built by the people of Zakopane to thank the Lady of Fatima for saving the Pope after an attempt on His life. Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at Krzeptowki. Lunch at the local restaurant. Free time for own exploring Zakopane and shopping. Dinner at a local Highlanders’ Inn. Overnight in hotel in Zakopane.
In the morning transfer to Wroclaw. Lunch in the restaurant en route. After arrival in Wroclawcheck in at hotel and short city tour of Wroclaw the historic capital of Silesia, a large Slav settlement by the 10th century, growing through many years. Visit the Old Town of the city dominated by the building of the gothic Town Hall dated 14th – 15th centuries. Holy Mass at the local church in Wroclaw. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in hotel in Wroclaw.
Morning visit Ostrów Tumski – the residence of bishops and princes in the early Middle Ages. The main feature is the enormous gothic cathedral of St John the Baptist dating back to 13th – 14th centuries. Holy Mass at the local church in Wroclaw. Lunch at the local restaurant and transfer to KsiążCastle. Visiting Książ – Poland's third largest castle, built in 1288-1292 under Bolko I the Strict. The gothic structure was originally made for fortification but when the Hochberg family, one of the richest families in Prussia, got possession of the castle in the 17th century, it was converted into a luxurious palace. It is often called 'The Lower Silesian Versailles' because of its 400 chambers and over 200 fireplaces. After visiting transfer back for Wroclaw for dinner. Overnight in hotel in Wroclaw.
Morning transfer to Trzebnica and visit of the Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica – convent for Cistercian nuns founded in 1203. After a few decades of abandonment in the 19th century, it is an abbey of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo since 1889.Holy Mass at Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga. Continue to Licheń where you visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Lichen – a Roman Catholic Church designed by Barbara Bielecka and built between 1994 and 2004. The construction was funded by pilgrims' donations. With the nave 120 meters long and 77 meters wide, with a central dome 98 metershigh, and with a tower 141.5 meters tall, it is Poland's largest church and one of the largest churches in the world. Lunch at local restaurant. Transfer to Torun for dinner at the hotel and overnight.
10th Day
Morning short city tour of Toruń – the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, who made a crucial discovery that the Earth is not the centre of universe. You may admire the Monument to Nicholas Copernicus as well as the House where he was born. Lunch at local restaurant. Transfer to Gdańsk– the city that was first mentioned in 997 as astronghold of the Dukes of Pomerania with the fishing and merchant port. You will visit the marvelous Old Town and its main street - Długi Targ- Long Market with Town Hall, 15th century Arthus Court and the most famous Gdansk symbol – the Neptune’s Fountain dating from 17th & 18th centuries. Holy Mass at the local church in Gdansk. Dinner at the local restaurant in Gdansk. Overnight in hotel in Gdansk
Full day in the Kaszuby Region. Visiting the Kashubian Regional Museum in Kartuzy will introduce you to some of the intricacies of Kashubian domestic, cultural and religious traditions. Following the visit lunch at local restaurant. Transfer to Wiele and Lipusz villages. Admire the Wielewska Calvary whose founders were Fr. Joseph Szydzik and the local host Durajewski who gave land for the construction of Calvary. Holy Mass at St. Nicholas Church in Wiele.Following visits transfer back to Gdansk for Farewell Dinner at the local restaurant. Overnight in hotel in Gdansk.
Transfer to Gdansk or Warszawa Airport.
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Time-resolved Langmuir probe measurements at the substrate position in a pulsed mid-frequency DC magnetron plasma
Bradley, JW, Bäcker, H, Kelly, PJ and Arnell, RD 2001, 'Time-resolved Langmuir probe measurements at the substrate position in a pulsed mid-frequency DC magnetron plasma' , Surface and Coatings Technology, 135 (2-3) , pp. 221-228.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(00)00990-7
The time evolution of the electron density Ne, effective electron temperature Teff, floating Vf and plasma potential Vp has been measured using a Langmuir probe in a mid-frequency bipolar pulsed DC magnetron system. The measurements were made at the position of the substrate for pulse frequencies of 50 and 100 kHz, and a duty cycle of 80%. Non-reactive sputtering of an Al target in argon at a pressure of 0.27 Pa was performed. On the application of the duty power ('pulse on'), a burst of 'hot' or 'beam-like electrons' are detected with Teff~20 and 8 eV for pulse frequencies of 50 and 100 kHz, respectively. Approximately 1 mus later, secondary energetic, but cooler groups are seen. During the rest of the duty cycle, Teff remains roughly constant, however, above the value obtained in the DC equivalent conditions, (there is a 25% increase in time-averaged value of Teff at 50 kHz and 33% at 100 kHz). During the positive voltage reversal ('pulse off'), Teff decays slowly with a characteristic cooling time of approximately 20 mus. However, in this phase, Ne falls by approximately an order of magnitude with a decay time constant of approximately 1 mus. As well as electron heating, measurements show pulsing the discharge increases the time averaged electron density, (21% at 50 kHz and 18% at 100 kHz). The presence of energetic electrons detected at the probe is discussed in terms of their acceleration in the rapidly expanding cathode sheath and subsequent transport both along and across the magnetic field. A simple model for the observed net electron heating due to pulsing of the cathode sheath is proposed and the effect of denser and more energetic plasmas on the flux and energy flux of impinging ions at the substrate is also discussed.
Magnetron; Pulsed; Langmuir probe; Time resolved
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http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/340
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Viola Wills 1939-2009 RIP
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©Viola Wills 2004 - present
(Expanded biography by David Cole here)
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Viola Wills is an international recording artiste who started her career off at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She later worked with Barry White, Joe Cocker, Smokey Robinson and many other established recording artistes until she recorded her first album of her own original songs "Soft Centers" in London England.
Her first major break into the mainstream came with her version of "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" which started a string of dance hits and Viola's subsequent title of a "disco diva".
Determined to have a career writing and singing her own songs, Viola recorded and charted her first original hit "Dare To Dream", followed by her version of "Both Sides Now". All three of the songs would land Viola in the Guiness Book of Records for the UK.
Eventually Viola took a break and returned to America to work on a college degree in music therapy. During this period she wrote and produced her one-woman show "Willspower".
A demand for 80's music brought Viola back to Europe where she firmly committed herself to promote her own music. With this new committment in mind Ms Wills has formed a new band and created her own unique style of music "Jazzspel", a mix of jazz and gospel, that has universal appeal. Most of the band members are graduates of Brighton University. When not gigging they teach music in their own respective genres. The musicians' classical and jazz genius mixed in the soulful sponaneity of Viola's gospel roots make a perfect blend for the ears and the soul.
Some of the UK venues Viola has appeared on or at are Top of The Pops, Pebble Mill, Soul Train, Jules Holland, Ronnie Scott's, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and a residency at Joogleberry's Playhouse in Brighton.
Viola eventually returned to the USA.
On May 6 2009 Viola passed peacefully away after a short illness.
Viola left behind six children - Vincent, Christopher, Regina, Madonna, David and Rejal, 21 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Viola's Perfect Day
On a beach, probably Venice Beach, Malibu.
What Music:
Jazz, Stevie Wonder, James Renford.
What Film:
Funny films or anything with Denzil Washington - loved Malcolm X - or Meryl Streep
What Book:
Clinton - my favourite subject - and Hilary, John Edwards.
What Food:
Salmon, broccoli - healthy food.
What Drinks:
The occasional gin and tonic, Long Island tea.
What Activity:
What luxury would I wish for:
Favorite Sports Team:
LA Lakers.
Favorite Auto:
Cadillac.
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Llandawke
Llandawke AP/CP
Parish-level Unit
Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Click on the hyperlinks for direct access to key graphs and tables.
Total Population 1801 to 1931: Population grew from 24 in 1801 to 40 in 1931.
Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
Ancient Parish
1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
Llandawke AP/CP, Carmarthenshire
The following alternative names exist:
LLANDAWKE Preferred English 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDAWK Alternate English 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
This unit was associated with the following other units:
Nature of association
Other unit involved
was succeeded by LLAN DAWG EP Ecclesiastical Parish M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 105.
CARMARTHENSHIRE Ancient County 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CARMARTHEN PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
CARMARTHEN RD Local Government District 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
CARMARTHEN RSD Sanitary District 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
DERLLYS Hundred Ancient District 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST CLEARS Registration sub-District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Type of change
Area transferred
01 Apr 1935 was abolished to create LLANDDOWROR AP/CP Area: 610 acres. Population in 1931: 40. 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 78579. The County of Carmarthen Review Order, 1935
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Llandawke AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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98 Degrees Confess They've Hooked Up With Fans (but That's Not All)
Get ready guys, because it's about to feel like 1999 all over again!
The boy band you all know and love, 98 Degrees, took some time off from preparing for their super-nostalgic tour to hang out with E! News, so we made sure to have a little fun with the guys and play a game that surely wouldn't disappoint.
Brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons sat down and agreed to play a round of "Never Have I Ever" with Zuri Hall, and you won't believe what they confessed to doing!
Whether it was faking lyrics during a concert, getting into it with other boy band members or hooking up with fans (um, say what?!) these guys definitely didn't hold back. We appreciate the honesty, guys.
These four singers, who helped boost the boy band craze to an ultimate high in the late '90s and early 2000s, have teamed up with O-Town, girl group Dream and solo singer-songwriter Ryan Cabrera for one ultimate tour.
Appropriately dubbed The My2K Tour, will stop in 33 cities across the U.S., kicking off July 8 in Park City, Kansas, and wrapping up on Aug. 28 in Saratoga, Calif. The tour originally planned to also make a stop in North Carolina, however that's since been changed due to the anti-gay law that passed in the state.
98 Degrees announced the decision on Tuesday afternoon to drop two North Carolina dates (in Charlotte and Raleigh) due to the state's controversial new law that limits protections and public accommodations for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The boy band follows fellow performers like Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas and Cirque du Soleil that have skipped performances in the state, according to Billboard.
But before they hit the road, check out the video above to see what really goes down when you're a member of 98 Degrees.
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April 30, 2018 Optimizing Our Highways: Moving more people with fewer cars - Burlingame, CA
An express lane is now being considered on 101 from San Francisco to San Jose, but projections show that it alone will do little to solve Bay Area traffic woes. It is increasingly clear that the only way to get to the root of congestion — and to reduce climate emissions — is by catalyzing a dramatic shift from solo driving to carpools, shuttles, transit and incentivizing a shift to clean vehicles. Can we make Silicon Valley the place to break out with truly disruptive ideas that work?
Stuart Cohen and Chris Lepe, Executive Director and Senior Community Planner at TransForm, outlined how a 101 Mobility Action Plan (MAP) can achieve stronger equity and environmental outcomes while improving mobility.
Jeff Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson\Nygaard, discussed how to best implement managed/express lanes.
We'll also create ways for the audience to get your ideas into the mix.
Proudly co-sponsored by the Mineta Transportation Institute.
April 27, 2018 Careers in Transportation - Duncan, B.C.
MTI's Director of Research and Technology Transfer presented on careers in transportation to Grade 2 students at Bench Elementary School.
April 19, 2018 Three Revolutions: Planning for an electric, autonomous, shared transportation future - San Carlos, CA
Three revolutions will fundamentally change transportation. But whether these changes will be for better or worse for social equity, traffic congestion, pollution, and energy use, will depend on the policy choices people make now.
Topics/ Speakers
Dan Sperling, UC Davis - 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program
Debs Schrimmer, Lyft - Technology/service provider perspective
Clarrissa Cabansagan, TransForm - Policy and Equity considerations
Moderator: Billy Riggs, MTI Research Associate
Co-sponsors: SAMCEDA, Menlo Spark, TransForm, Friends of Caltrain, Mineta Transportation Institute
April 2, 2018 Beyond Commuter Rail: International models of rail excellence - Mountain View
Alon Levy, writer and analyst about transit systems around the world, visited the United States to present international examples of effective rail and transit systems, and a critique of the practices that hold the U.S. back from excellent service.
As Caltrain prepares a business plan for the era of electric service, the event addressed what the U.S. could learn about the transformation of commuter rail around the world. As well as, what the Bay Area could learn about pulling together seamlessly integrated transit systems in complex regions?
Co-sponsors: Menlo Spark, San Francisco Transit Riders, Seamless Bay Area, Silicon Valley Climate Action Alliance, TransForm, Mineta Transportation Institute
March 26, 2018 Car-Light Housing: More affordability, less traffic - San Mateo, CA
We need to address the housing affordability crisis, but we don’t want to make it harder to get around town or harm the climate. This event discussed the following:
Learned about the connections between housing affordability, traffic reduction, and climate change;
Heard what neighboring communities are doing to reduce the need to drive; and
Saw how people can help make their community more walkable, affordable, and transit-friendly.
Nina Rizzo manages GreenTRIP Certifications at TransForm. The GreenTRIP program supports multi-family residential developments that implement strategies to reduce traffic, parking and greenhouse gas emissions
Nevada Merriman of MidPen Housing is designing and developing affordable housing where residents can reduce their reliance on cars
Elaine Breeze of SummerHill Apartments works on “smart growth” multi-family rental housing and mixed use developments
MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.
March 17, 2018 Innovative Technologies in Urban Planning - San José, CA
On Saturday, March 17, San Jose State University’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Urban Planning Coalition hosted the Annual Symposium at the Martin Luther King Library. This event was proudly co-sponsored by MTI.
Special guest appearance Julia Lave Johnston President Elect at California Chapter, American Planning Association helped to kickoff the spring symposium.
The symposium focused on “Innovative Technologies in Urban Planning.” Keynote speaker was Dr. Paul Waddell, who has led the development of the UrbanSim model of urban simulation now used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other local and regional agencies. He was introduced by Dr. Shishir Mathur from San Jose State University.
Panel discussions addressed the following:
Using Urban Simulation and Data Science to Evaluate Land Uses
Moderated by Richard Kos, AICP
Sam Blanchard (UrbanSim)
Adam Garcia (Greenbelt Alliance)
Yanwen Luo (Guanxi University)
Di Meng (Gensler)
Providing Services Using Emerging Technologies
Moderated by Dr. Serena Alexander
Ryan Wold (Civic Studio)
Jerry Zeyu Gao (San Jose State University)
Allen Tai, AICP (City of Alameda)
Transportation and Technology in the Urban Environment
Moderated by Dr. Joseph Kott
Dr. Serena Alexander (San Jose State University) & Dr. Anurag Pande (Cal Poly)
Dr. Kevin Fang (San Jose State University)
Melissa Ruhl (Arup)
Sam Sadle (LimeBike)
4 AICP CM credits available
March 14, 2018 to March 16, 2018 CALCOG Regional Leadership Forum: Takin’ It To The Streets! - Monterey, CA
Every year, leaders from regions across California gather in Monterey for the Regional Leadership Forum. This event combined a focus on current issues with deeper level discussions about the role of regional governance in California. For 2018, the Forum explored the ways that Senate Bill 1 is making California a better place to live, work, and thrive. MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.
March 6, 2018 to March 8, 2018 West Coast Rail Conference - Los Angeles, CA
The world's leading rail experts joined with business and political leaders to discuss bringing fast rail to America at this conference. Construction is underway on the first phase of the 800-mile, state-of-the-art transportation system set to revolutionize mobility in America, starting with California. Once the system is built out, it will carry more than 100 million people each year, saving time, money, energy, and lives. MTI was a proud co-sponsor of this event.
February 21, 2018 Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Rotary Event: Retrospective on the Career of an Icon - San José, CA
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta is a hometown boy hardened in the crucible of the Japanese American internment camps of WWII; who succeeded against all odds as San Jose High School student body president, a UC Berkeley and ROTC graduate, Army intelligence officer during Korea, the first Japanese American mayor of a major US city, 21 years in congress in progressively more powerful positions retiring as chair of the powerful House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, president of a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and the Secretary of Commerce for Democratic President Clinton then Secretary of Transportation for Republican President Bush where he served for seven years, the longest in history. Though now retired, that quiet but profound super-achiever continues to maintain his hometown contacts through SJSU's Mineta Transportation Institute, the San Jose Norman Y. Mineta International Airport, and by serving on numerous nonprofit and commercial Silicon Valley boards. The Rotary Club of San Jose is immensely proud to host this most distinguished of the Valley's public benefactors, an honorary member of the Rotary Club of San Jose, and the dear friend to all who know him simply as, "Norm".
February 20, 2018 Implementing the State Rail Plan - San José, CA
In the fall of 2017, California released its State Rail Plan, a strategic vision that provides an innovative framework for our rail network over the next two decades with the intended goal of creating a state-of-the-art rail system by 2040. During this event, participants explored the plan to learn more about its vision, how it supports the intermodal connections at Diridon Station and how it might change the future of travel throughout California for the better. Mineta Transportation Institute was a proud co-presenter of this event.
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AIG Will Attract and Retain Best Chimps to Improve Operations
Generous banana incentives already tempting new talent.
DWARD LIDDY, CEO of the disgraced insurance giant, American International Group (AIG), announced this morning at a press conference that he had directed his team of talent recruiters "to throw all the old models aside in terms of how to attract the best and brightest to our organization."
"AIG is committed to revamping our recruitment process so that we can provide our customers with the best possible services," said Mr. Liddy. "We also want the American people to know that cash bonuses are a thing of the past. There are other ways to reward successful behavior, and one of those ways is with a nice, ripe, organic banana."
Unpeeling a fresh banana before the press corps, Mr. Liddy called out, "Fred? Fred would you please come out here a minute?"
Fred the Chimp waddled toward the podium, looking quite dapper in a Thom Browne pin stripe, and gently pulled the banana from Mr. Liddy's outstretched hand. When finished, Fred wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.
"Fred here is the new Divisional Manager for our domestic Asset Management operation," explained Mr. Liddy. "After reviewing Fred's impressive résumé, we are quite confident that he and the chimps he brings onto his team will provide stellar service to our customers. In short, no chimp of AIG's is going to rip anybody's face off, you can rest assured."
Mr. Liddy also announced that Darla the Chimp would head AIG's Financial Services Division, and that Life Insurance would be led by Moe the Chimp and his Dancing Girls, Twinkle, Lorna, and Kiki.
Continued Mr. Liddy, "We're especially excited to tell you that one of our International units will be managed by the renowned Italian Bike-Riding chimp, Luigi, who has already been throwing some of our more complex products in the air while riding in circles, generating higher rates of return than we ever thought possible."
When asked how bonuses would be handled to reward performance, Mr. Liddy said that bananas were "naturally, highest on the list," but were followed closely by toilet paper, nerf balls, and toothpaste.
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KLRB1
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Killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily B, member 1, also known as NK1.1,KLRB1, NKR-P1A or CD161 (cluster of differentiation 161), is a human gene.[1]
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that mediate cytotoxicity and secrete cytokines after immune stimulation. Several genes of the C-type lectin superfamily, including the rodent NKRP1 family of glycoproteins, are expressed by NK cells and may be involved in the regulation of NK cell function. The KLRB1 protein contains an extracellular domain with several motifs characteristic of C-type lectins, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain. The KLRB1 protein, NKR-P1A or CD161, is classified as a type II membrane protein because it has an external C terminus.[1] NKR-P1A, the receptor encoded by the KLRB1 gene, recognizes Lectin Like Transcript-1 (LLT1) as a functional ligand.
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: KLRB1 killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily B, member 1".
Smith FB, Connor JM, Lee AJ, Cooke A, Lowe GD, Rumley A, Fowkes FG (2004). "Relationship of the platelet glycoprotein PlA and fibrinogen T/G+1689 polymorphisms with peripheral arterial disease and ischaemic heart disease". Thrombosis Research. 112 (4): 209–16. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2003.11.010. PMID 14987913.
Lanier LL, Chang C, Phillips JH (September 1994). "Human NKR-P1A. A disulfide-linked homodimer of the C-type lectin superfamily expressed by a subset of NK and T lymphocytes". Journal of Immunology. 153 (6): 2417–28. PMID 8077657.
Poggi A, Costa P, Morelli L, Cantoni C, Pella N, Spada F, Biassoni R, Nanni L, Revello V, Tomasello E, Mingari MC, Moretta A, Moretta L (June 1996). "Expression of human NKRP1A by CD34+ immature thymocytes: NKRP1A-mediated regulation of proliferation and cytolytic activity". European Journal of Immunology. 26 (6): 1266–72. doi:10.1002/eji.1830260613. PMID 8647203.
Renedo M, Arce I, Rodríguez A, Carretero M, Lanier LL, López-Botet M, Fernández-Ruiz E (1997). "The human natural killer gene complex is located on chromosome 12p12-p13". Immunogenetics. 46 (4): 307–11. doi:10.1007/s002510050276. PMID 9218532.
Poggi A, Costa P, Zocchi MR, Moretta L (September 1997). "Phenotypic and functional analysis of CD4+ NKRP1A+ human T lymphocytes. Direct evidence that the NKRP1A molecule is involved in transendothelial migration". European Journal of Immunology. 27 (9): 2345–50. doi:10.1002/eji.1830270932. PMID 9341779.
Poggi A, Rubartelli A, Moretta L, Zocchi MR (November 1997). "Expression and function of NKRP1A molecule on human monocytes and dendritic cells". European Journal of Immunology. 27 (11): 2965–70. doi:10.1002/eji.1830271132. PMID 9394825.
Poggi A, Costa P, Tomasello E, Moretta L (May 1998). "IL-12-induced up-regulation of NKRP1A expression in human NK cells and consequent NKRP1A-mediated down-regulation of NK cell activation". European Journal of Immunology. 28 (5): 1611–6. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199805)28:05<1611::AID-IMMU1611>3.0.CO;2-6. PMID 9603467.
Carlyle JR, Martin A, Mehra A, Attisano L, Tsui FW, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC (May 1999). "Mouse NKR-P1B, a novel NK1.1 antigen with inhibitory function". Journal of Immunology. 162 (10): 5917–23. PMID 10229828.
Ishihara S, Nieda M, Kitayama J, Osada T, Yabe T, Ishikawa Y, Nagawa H, Muto T, Juji T (August 1999). "CD8(+)NKR-P1A (+)T cells preferentially accumulate in human liver". European Journal of Immunology. 29 (8): 2406–13. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199908)29:08<2406::AID-IMMU2406>3.0.CO;2-F. PMID 10458753.
Iiai T, Watanabe H, Suda T, Okamoto H, Abo T, Hatakeyama K (July 2002). "CD161+ T (NT) cells exist predominantly in human intestinal epithelium as well as in liver". Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 129 (1): 92–8. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01886.x. PMC 1906419. PMID 12100027.
Iizuka K, Naidenko OV, Plougastel BF, Fremont DH, Yokoyama WM (August 2003). "Genetically linked C-type lectin-related ligands for the NKRP1 family of natural killer cell receptors". Nature Immunology. 4 (8): 801–7. doi:10.1038/ni954. PMID 12858173.
Carlyle JR, Jamieson AM, Gasser S, Clingan CS, Arase H, Raulet DH (March 2004). "Missing self-recognition of Ocil/Clr-b by inhibitory NKR-P1 natural killer cell receptors". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101 (10): 3527–32. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308304101. PMC 373496. PMID 14990792.
Aldemir H, Prod'homme V, Dumaurier MJ, Retiere C, Poupon G, Cazareth J, Bihl F, Braud VM (December 2005). "Cutting edge: lectin-like transcript 1 is a ligand for the CD161 receptor". Journal of Immunology. 175 (12): 7791–5. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.175.12.7791. PMID 16339512.
Rosen DB, Bettadapura J, Alsharifi M, Mathew PA, Warren HS, Lanier LL (December 2005). "Cutting edge: lectin-like transcript-1 is a ligand for the inhibitory human NKR-P1A receptor". Journal of Immunology. 175 (12): 7796–9. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.175.12.7796. PMID 16339513.
Pozo D, Valés-Gómez M, Mavaddat N, Williamson SC, Chisholm SE, Reyburn H (February 2006). "CD161 (human NKR-P1A) signaling in NK cells involves the activation of acid sphingomyelinase". Journal of Immunology. 176 (4): 2397–406. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2397. PMID 16455998.
Christiansen D, Mouhtouris E, Milland J, Zingoni A, Santoni A, Sandrin MS (September 2006). "Recognition of a carbohydrate xenoepitope by human NKRP1A (CD161)". Xenotransplantation. 13 (5): 440–6. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00332.x. PMID 16925668.
Rosen DB, Cao W, Avery DT, Tangye SG, Liu YJ, Houchins JP, Lanier LL (May 2008). "Functional consequences of interactions between human NKR-P1A and its ligand LLT1 expressed on activated dendritic cells and B cells". Journal of Immunology. 180 (10): 6508–17. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.180.10.6508. PMC 2577150. PMID 18453569.
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1. MASTERTON
MASTERTON — . Unknown [Group Sheet]
2. MASTERTON Alice
3. MASTERTON David died Bef 15 Aug 1818.
4. MASTERTON Thomas was born 1782; died Mar 1845, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
2. MASTERTON Alice (1.MASTERTON1)
Alice married WRIGHT William 18 Jan 1803, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]
3. MASTERTON David (1.MASTERTON1) died Bef 15 Aug 1818.
David married SMITH Elizabeth Sheriff 27 Apr 1809, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of SMITH and Mary) was born Bef 21 Sep 1787; died Bef 21 Sep 1827, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England; was buried 21 Sep 1827, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]
5. MASTERTON David was born Bef 12 Jun 1811, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England; was christened 12 Jun 1811, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Bef 25 Jun 1845, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England; was buried 25 Jun 1845, St Dunston, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
6. MASTERTON Thomas was born 15 Jul 1812, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England; died 12 Aug 1812, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England.
4. MASTERTON Thomas (1.MASTERTON1) was born 1782; died Mar 1845, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
Thomas married CLARKE Elizabeth 20 Jun 1816, Aldeburgh with Hazlewood, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Mary) was born 1788; died Mar 1849, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England. [Group Sheet]
7. MASTERTON Elizabeth was born 18 May 1817, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
8. MASTERTON Mary Clarke was born 16 Jul 1821, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
9. MASTERTON Thomas was born 28 Jul 1823, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
10. MASTERTON William Wright was born 11 Sep 1826, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England; died Sep 1908, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
5. MASTERTON David (3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Bef 12 Jun 1811, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England; was christened 12 Jun 1811, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Bef 25 Jun 1845, St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England; was buried 25 Jun 1845, St Dunston, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
David married HARRIS Mary Ann 22 Jul 1834, St Anne, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, London, England. Mary (daughter of HARRIS John and Catherine) was born Abt 1816. [Group Sheet]
11. MASTERTON David was born 7 Jun 1835, Middlesex, England; was christened 8 Jul 1835, St Paul, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; died Bef 19 Jan 1841, Stepney, Middlesex, England; was buried 19 Jan 1841, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
12. MASTERTON Mary Ann Eliza was born 18 Apr 1837, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; was christened 17 May 1837, St Paul, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; died 25 Sep 1840, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
13. MASTERTON Catherine was born Mar 1839, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Mar 1839, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
14. MASTERTON Albert was born Mar 1840, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Sep 1890, City of London, England.
15. MASTERTON Emily was born Jun 1842, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
6. MASTERTON Thomas (3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 15 Jul 1812, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England; died 12 Aug 1812, Ratcliff, St Dunstan Stepney, London, England.
7. MASTERTON Elizabeth (4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 18 May 1817, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
Elizabeth married ELSON Edwin John 31 Mar 1839, Parish Church, St George in the East, London, England. (son of ELSON James) [Group Sheet]
8. MASTERTON Mary Clarke (4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 16 Jul 1821, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
9. MASTERTON Thomas (4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 28 Jul 1823, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
10. MASTERTON William Wright (4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 11 Sep 1826, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England; died Sep 1908, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
William married BAILEY Emily 23 May 1852, Wandsworth, London, England. Emily was born Bef Jun 1829; died Jun 1909, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England. [Group Sheet]
16. MASTERTON William was born Jun 1854, Saint George in the East, London, England.
17. MASTERTON Emily Elizabeth was born Jun 1857, Saint George in the East, London, England.
18. MASTERTON Thomas was born Dec 1860, Saint George in the East, London, England; died Dec 1869, Saint George in the East, London, England.
19. MASTERTON Edith Caroline was born Mar 1873, Saint George in the East, London, England; died Sep 1873, Saint George in the East, London, England.
11. MASTERTON David (5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 7 Jun 1835, Middlesex, England; was christened 8 Jul 1835, St Paul, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; died Bef 19 Jan 1841, Stepney, Middlesex, England; was buried 19 Jan 1841, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
12. MASTERTON Mary Ann Eliza (5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 18 Apr 1837, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; was christened 17 May 1837, St Paul, Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England; died 25 Sep 1840, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
13. MASTERTON Catherine (5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1839, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Mar 1839, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
14. MASTERTON Albert (5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1840, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died Sep 1890, City of London, England.
Albert married BAILEY Caroline Jun 1861, East Grinstead, Sussex, England. Caroline (daughter of BAILEY and Harriet) was born Bef 30 Apr 1836, East Grinstead, Sussex, England; died Mar 1917, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet]
20. MASTERTON Albert Bailey was born Mar 1862, East Grinstead, Sussex, England; died Dec 1925, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
15. MASTERTON Emily (5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1842, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
Emily married PARRISH Coulson Douglas 16 Jan 1872, Church of the Holy Trinity, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Coulson (son of PARRISH George) was born Bef 30 Apr 1843, Barking, Essex, England. [Group Sheet]
16. MASTERTON William (10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1854, Saint George in the East, London, England.
William married BLACK Charlotte Mary Sep 1887, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England. Charlotte died Dec 1895, Mile End Old Town, London, England. [Group Sheet]
21. MASTERTON Henry William was born Sep 1888, Holborn, London, England; died 1977, South East Hampshire, England.
22. MASTERTON Charles Ernest Clarke was born Dec 1889, Holborn, London, England; died Dec 1919, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
23. MASTERTON Arthur Thomas was born Jun 1893, Holborn, London, England; died Jun 1895, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
24. MASTERTON George Edward was born Mar 1892, Holborn, London, England; died Sep 1949, Surrey South-Western, England.
25. MASTERTON Leonard Herbert was born Sep 1894, Mile End Old Town, London, England; died Jun 1895, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
26. MASTERTON Walter Clark was born Dec 1895, Mile End Old Town, London, England; died Mar 1896, Mile End Old Town, London, England.
17. MASTERTON Emily Elizabeth (10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1857, Saint George in the East, London, England.
Emily married Sep 1881, Mile End Old Town, London, England. [Group Sheet]
18. MASTERTON Thomas (10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Dec 1860, Saint George in the East, London, England; died Dec 1869, Saint George in the East, London, England.
19. MASTERTON Edith Caroline (10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1873, Saint George in the East, London, England; died Sep 1873, Saint George in the East, London, England.
20. MASTERTON Albert Bailey (14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1862, East Grinstead, Sussex, England; died Dec 1925, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Albert married GOODWIN Rose Rachel 1886, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rose was born Bef Mar 1867, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England; died Mar 1940, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet]
27. MASTERTON Frances Nellie was born 1885, Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died Sep 1904, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
28. MASTERTON Albert Douglas Goodwin was born Sep 1887, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England; died Jun 1934, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
29. MASTERTON Harriet Rosey was born Mar 1890, Worcester, Worcestershire, England; died 1946, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
30. MASTERTON Florence Fanny was born 1893, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England; died 1976, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
31. MASTERTON Alfred William was born Jun 1898, Billesdon, Tugby, Leicestershire, England; died Mar 1972, Kettering, Yorkshire, England.
32. MASTERTON Caroline was born Mar 1900, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
33. MASTERTON Sarah Winifred Louisa (Winnie) was born Mar 1902, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died 23 Sep 1998, Kettering, Yorkshire, England.
34. MASTERTON Jenny (Genty) was born Sep 1905, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
35. MASTERTON Charles David was born Mar 1908, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died Sep 1908, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
21. MASTERTON Henry William (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Sep 1888, Holborn, London, England; died 1977, South East Hampshire, England.
Henry married MERRITT Dorothy E Sep 1916, Mile End Old Town, London, England. [Group Sheet]
22. MASTERTON Charles Ernest Clarke (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Dec 1889, Holborn, London, England; died Dec 1919, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
23. MASTERTON Arthur Thomas (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1893, Holborn, London, England; died Jun 1895, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
24. MASTERTON George Edward (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1892, Holborn, London, England; died Sep 1949, Surrey South-Western, England.
George married CROUCH Edith E Jun 1914, Mile End Old Town, London, England. Edith died 1947, Surrey South-Western, England. [Group Sheet]
36. Living
37. MASTERTON John Edgar W was born Jun 1919, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died 2001, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
25. MASTERTON Leonard Herbert (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Sep 1894, Mile End Old Town, London, England; died Jun 1895, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England.
26. MASTERTON Walter Clark (16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Dec 1895, Mile End Old Town, London, England; died Mar 1896, Mile End Old Town, London, England.
27. MASTERTON Frances Nellie (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 1885, Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died Sep 1904, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
28. MASTERTON Albert Douglas Goodwin (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Sep 1887, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England; died Jun 1934, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Albert married CHAPLIN Edith M Jun 1913, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet]
39. MASTERTON Albert Edward was born Mar 1915, Kettering, Yorkshire, England; died Jun 1963, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
29. MASTERTON Harriet Rosey (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1890, Worcester, Worcestershire, England; died 1946, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Harriet married EVERETT Frederick G Dec 1914, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Frederick was born Abt 1888. [Group Sheet]
41. EVERETT Frederick
30. MASTERTON Florence Fanny (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 1893, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England; died 1976, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Florence married WOOD Bernard C Jun 1915, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Bernard was born Abt 1891. [Group Sheet]
42. WOOD Edna
43. WOOD Bernard
31. MASTERTON Alfred William (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1898, Billesdon, Tugby, Leicestershire, England; died Mar 1972, Kettering, Yorkshire, England.
Alfred married MORRIS Ivy Dec 1927, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Ivy was born Abt 1900. [Group Sheet]
44. MASTERTON Racheal
32. MASTERTON Caroline (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1900, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
Caroline married CLAY George Dec 1922, St Nicholas Church, Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. George was born Abt 1898. [Group Sheet]
45. CLAY Lillian
46. CLAY David
33. MASTERTON Sarah Winifred Louisa (Winnie) (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1902, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died 23 Sep 1998, Kettering, Yorkshire, England.
Sarah married GARDNER Leonard Philip 25 Dec 1920, St Nicholas Church, Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Leonard was born 1899; died 16 Dec 1977, Kettering, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]
48. GARDNER Jack Leonard was born 6 Nov 1926, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died 11 Nov 1978, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
34. MASTERTON Jenny (Genty) (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Sep 1905, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
35. MASTERTON Charles David (20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1908, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died Sep 1908, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
36. Living (24.George5, 16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1)
Living married POTTER M.L. [Group Sheet]
37. MASTERTON John Edgar W (24.George5, 16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Jun 1919, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died 2001, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
John married BLOODWORTH Elsie Dec 1941, Loughborough, Staffordshire, England. Elsie died 1999, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]
39. MASTERTON Albert Edward (28.Albert6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born Mar 1915, Kettering, Yorkshire, England; died Jun 1963, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
40. Living (28.Albert6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
41. EVERETT Frederick (29.Harriet6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
42. WOOD Edna (30.Florence6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
43. WOOD Bernard (30.Florence6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
44. MASTERTON Racheal (31.Alfred6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
45. CLAY Lillian (32.Caroline6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
46. CLAY David (32.Caroline6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
47. Living (33.Sarah6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1)
48. GARDNER Jack Leonard (33.Sarah6, 20.Albert5, 14.Albert4, 5.David3, 3.David2, 1.MASTERTON1) was born 6 Nov 1926, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died 11 Nov 1978, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
51. Living (36.Living6, 24.George5, 16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1)
54. Living (37.John6, 24.George5, 16.William4, 10.William3, 4.Thomas2, 1.MASTERTON1)
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