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__label__wiki	0.853113	0.853113	Chad Lowe of Pretty Little Liars and wife Kim Painter welcome second baby girl By albert777 on November 18, 2012 No Comment Actor Chad Lowe and his wife, producer Kim Painter welcomed a baby girl, in Los Angeles, on Thursday, November 15, 2012. It’s the couple’s second daughter. Lowe announced the birth via Tweeter writing, “It’s a girl!!! And she’s as beautiful as her mommy (@ikimlowe) & big sister Mabel!! We are blessed!” Lowe is a star of Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family, is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe and the former husband of Hilary Swank. He and Kim, met in 2007, welcomed Mabel, now 3, in 2009, and married in August 2010. The couple, announced the pregnancy in June. Mabel was the first girl in the Lowe family in almost four generations, so we’re sure she’ll be happy to have another girl in the brood. Sunday, Kim Lowe tweeted, “Thanks everyone, for all your kind words!! We r exhausted but loving every minute with our new little addition :-).” Just before the birth, Kim Lowe sounded anxious for it to be over. “If I get sucker-punched in the ribs one more time, I may start fighting back. Holy Toledo…Ouch!!!! (ninja growing in there for sure)!!!” It’s amazing that women in labor can still find the strength to pull out their phones and tweet. “I’m trying to bank some sleeping hours, which is a little tough,” Lowe joked to PEOPLE last Saturday. The Emmy-winning actor–who was previously married to Hilary Swank–and his producer wife have been married for two years. Over the weekend, Chad told People magazine that they were busing gearing up for the little one’s arrival, and it looks like their bundle of joy arrived right on time since he revealed that his wife was due this week. Lowe rose to fame playing Jesse McKenna, an HIV-positive high school student, on the 1990s drama series “Life Goes On” and won an Emmy for his role. He also played Luke on the show “Popular” in 1999, Dr. George Henry on “ER” and Reed Pollock on “24.” He currently portrays Byron Montgomery on the ABC Family series “Pretty Little Liars.” Chad Lowe of Pretty Little Liars and wife Kim Painter welcome second baby girl added by albert777 on November 18, 2012 View all posts by albert777 →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34504
__label__cc	0.728473	0.271527	Why gvcerv? Consumer/B2B Video and Presentation Studio articles @ GV CERV Legal practice website Performed site/brand design for Jill Taylor Law, a local Montclair New Jersey firm. Jill Taylor Law, provides legal services for individuals and families throughout New York and New Jersey in the areas of Family Law, Personal Injury, and Municipal Traffic Matters. Jill Taylor Law is available to represent clients’ interests throughout Northern and Central New Jersey including Bergen, Hudson, Hunterdon, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties as well as the five Boroughs of New York City and Rockland and Westchester Counties in New York. Short Documentary Premiere Short Film “Approved” for “A Story about a Harbor.” Type 2 Diabetes wins ClearMark Award of Distinction A film telling the story – Celebrate 50 years of Special Education! Patient Education Design: It goes beyond just words and pictures What Makes a Good Flag Design 732.996.6328 (mobile) gvelazquez@gvcerv.com GV CERV Communications is graphic and web design studio in NJ offering web design and development, and marketing support across print and online platforms. Founded in 2000, we have supported industries in the healthcare, educational, non-profits and multitudes of other industries. ©2020 GV CERV Communications, Inc. All copyrights belong to their respective owners.Images, logos (with the exception of the gvcerv logo), and graphics are owned by other copyright holders and are used here under the guidelines of the Fair Use provisions of United States Copyright Law. Images, logos, and graphics displayed on this site are used here only for the purpose of presenting examples of work-for-hire designs created by GV CERV Communications. Under no circumstances does GV CERV Communications and/or its respective owners claim any copyright to the elements mentioned above.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34509
__label__cc	0.747157	0.252843	The Value Every Business Needs to Create Now Umair Haque In the vast majority of boardrooms I’ve been in this year, decision-makers are asking fundamental questions about profitability. And they’re not the only ones. Here’s an exchange between Stephen L Carter, an eminent law professor, and James Kwak, one of his students — debating the merits of megaprofits. Their exchange mirrors the very first question I’m often asked: when should we strive to profit — and when shouldn’t we? Is profit a “good” thing — or isn’t it? My answer is: not all profit is created equal. Consider David Pogue’s recent campaign to ask mobile operators to do away with hidden and unfair charges: “I’ve been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by American cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions. …These little 15-second waits add up-big time. If Verizon’s 70 million customers leave or check messages twice a weekday, Verizon rakes in about $620 million a year.” Pogue then adroitly points out that these messages are strategic — they’re there for the benefit of operators, not customers: “In 2007, I spoke at an international cellular conference in Italy. The big buzzword was ARPU—Average Revenue Per User. The seminars all had titles like, “Maximizing ARPU In a Digital Age.” And yes, several attendees (cell executives) admitted to me, point-blank, that the voicemail instructions exist primarily to make you use up airtime, thereby maximizing ARPU.” Ethically questionable — but that’s just hard-as-nails business-as-usual, right? Wrong. Welcome to the 21st Century: Profit through economic harm to others results in what I’ve termed “thin value.” Thin value is an economic illusion: profit that is economically meaningless, because it leaves others worse off, or, at best, no one better off. When you have to spend an extra 30 seconds for no reason, mobile operators win — but you lose time, money, and productivity. Mobile networks’ marginal profits are simply counterbalanced by your marginal losses. That marginal profit doesn’t reflect, often, the creation of authentic, meaningful value. Thin value is what the zombieconomy creates. The healthcare industry profits, but Americans get poor healthcare. Automakers fought tooth and nail against making sustainably powered cars. Manufacturers of all stripes stay mum about environmental costs. Clothing companies can’t break up with sweatshop labour. The clearest example of thin value, is, of course, banks: they invested our national wealth in assets that turned out to be literally worthless. The fundamental challenge for 21st Century businesses — and economies — is learning to create thick value. We’re seeing the endgame of a global economy built to create thin value: collapse. Why? Simple: thin value is a mirage — and like all mirages, it ultimately evaporates. In the 21st Century, we’ve got to reconceive value creation. Constructive Capitalists are disrupting their rivals by creating thicker value. Thick value is sustainable, meaningful value — and a new generation of radical innovators is wielding it like a strategic superweapon. Wal-Mart is learning to create thick value: it is turning into one of the 21st Century’s great Constructive Capitalists. Apple’s challenge, as I’ve recently demonstrated, is learning to create a thicker kind of value: creating a better iPod that’s worth the ~ $60 premium producing it ethically might cost. Here’s a deeper discussion of the economics of thin and thick value, for those who are interested. For now, ask yourself: how thick is the value you’re creating? Are your profits, like mobile operators, built on hidden costs, surcharges, and monopoly power — or on awesome stuff that makes people meaningfully better off? For those whose answer is the former — there’s a Constructive Capitalist out there somewhere, and your business is directly in their cross hairs. Fire away in with questions, criticism, or comments. Umair Haque is Director of Havas Media Labs and author of Betterness: Economics for Humans and The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. He is ranked one of the world’s most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. Follow him on twitter @umairh. This article is about ECONOMY	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34519
__label__cc	0.669501	0.330499	Ponder These 4 Reasons For Roth IRA Conversions The hubbub over Roth IRA conversions continues unabated. Many who haven't taken the plunge are debating whether to use this technique, while others who already have transferred traditional IRA funds to a Roth are looking to feather their growing nest egg. Barring any radical changes in the tax law, a conversion remains a workable option for knowledgeable retirement-savers. What's the driving force behind the conversion trend? The reasons may vary from one person to the next, but there are essentially four main types of conversions: strategic, tactical, opportunistic, and hedging. First, let's examine the roots of a Roth conversion. With a traditional IRA, you can build up your account with contributions that may be partially or totally tax-deductible, in addition to amounts that are rolled over tax-free from an employer's retirement plan such as a 401(k). But distributions are taxable at ordinary income tax rates to the extent they represent deductible contributions and earnings. What's more, you must begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from an IRA in the year after you turn age 70½. In contrast, contributions to a Roth IRA are never tax-deductible, and you have to pay tax on a rollover from an employer plan. But the tax benefits come fast and furious on the back end. "Qualified" distributions - those made after age 59½, on account of death or disability, or used to pay first-time homebuyer expenses, up to a lifetime limit of $10,000 - from a Roth that's at least five years old are completely exempt from federal income tax. Other payouts are taxed under special "ordering rules," which treat amounts as coming first from nontaxable contributions. To top things off, you don't have to take distributions from a Roth IRA during your lifetime. That can help preserve your nest egg for the benefit of your heirs. The money you convert from a traditional IRA to a Roth is taxable as income, and that negates some of the benefits of transferring those funds. Why convert? Here's a quick breakdown of the four main types of Roth conversions and the reasons for converting: Strategic: This kind of conversion is motivated by long-term wealth transfer objectives. For instance, if you intend to pass most of your IRA assets to your heirs, the ability to avoid RMDs during your lifetime may figure prominently in your plans. A Roth IRA lets you withdraw funds only as you see fit. In addition, converting to a Roth may be especially helpful from a strategic point of view if you're in a lower tax bracket now than you expect to be later in retirement (and thus might pay a lower rate on the conversion than you otherwise would pay on future distributions). Tactical: These are based on shorter-term incentives that may expire - relatively low tax rates, tax credits, charitable contribution carryovers, and net operating loss (NOL) carryovers. Suppose you've carried over a large charitable deduction from a few years earlier. (Charitable carryovers last only five years while NOLs may be carried over for up to 20 years.) By converting to a Roth this year, you can use the carryover to offset much or even all of the conversion tax. Opportunistic: With this type of conversion, you may be trying to benefit from short-term stock market volatility or the ups and downs of particular sectors or kinds of assets. If stocks, say, have declined in value, thus bringing down the value of your traditional IRA, you could end up paying a lower conversion tax. To take advantage of such opportunities you might create multiple Roth IRAs, using a different kind of asset class for each one. Hedging: This is the least common motivation for a Roth conversion. 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__label__cc	0.740606	0.259394	Blooming where you’re planted, flourishing in stony soil, plus Robert Frost June 23, 2015 / Historiann #amweeding Tom Bredehoft has another post up at Chancery Hill Books about the ways in which not teaching at an R-1 fundamentally shaped his career as a scholar in fruitful ways. In brief, he writes that building his career at a regional comprehensive university and then adjuncting for a few years at another university made him a more creative and more theoretically inclined scholar than he ever thought he would be as a medieval Old English literature expert: Between the University of Northern Colorado and West Virginia University, I regularly offered classes in composition, in the English language, in British Literature surveys, and in both contemporary comics and science fiction and fantasy. Only occasionally, in comparison, did I teach courses in Medieval Literature, which was my nominal specialty as a scholar. But all that teaching—and the reading and thinking it involved—in areas outside of my primary area of specialization, I am starting to think, is actually what helped me to start thinking more usefully about questions that span all of English letters. For me the study of Old English meter and the study of modern graphic narratives grew to be connected somehow. At one level, I ascribed both interests to my recognition that I was a formalist by inclination. At another level, though, it was the kind of question—just what does link Old English verse to comics?—that could only be answered by looking at the truly big picture. In a sense, I needed to become a theorist to understand the question itself, much less begin to answer it. I couldn’t rely on other theorists’ thinking, or build upon it: the questions I was trying to answer were my own. As much as the breadth of my teaching helped me both to discover some of these questions and to begin to answer them, it is certainly true, too, that my work in selling books has affected the range of things I attend to in my scholarly work: I know much more about the bibliographic details and publication history of works like Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings from having bought and sold and collected them than I do from having taught them, no matter how often. And both topics make an appearance in my 2014 academic book, The Visible Text. Perhaps my experience cannot be generalized; I’d be among the first to acknowledge that the way I’ve gone about things in my career may not be for everyone. But it seems odd to me to realize that if I’d had a conventional faculty job at a true research-oriented university, there might have been a far greater match between my scholarly focus and the classes I taught. But the consequence of that greater degree of matching is that I might never have had the tools and experience of books and texts to write a book that considers literature and material textuality from the eighth century to the present. Certainly, as a research faculty member at a research university, I’d have been encouraged (actively or passively) to have a narrower, more defined focus, and the teaching part of my work would have involved fewer courses and fewer sections of them. Part of me thinks that it may well be the case that my work as a teaching faculty member and bookseller might have prepared me to address new theoretical questions better than any other aspect of my training and career. His experience resonates with me, as I’ve been reflecting on the first twenty years of my career as I chop, hack, and weed my way out of ten months of neglect in my garden. I’ve been thinking a great deal about what public historians call a sense of place, and the ways that geography and circumstance have shaped both my teaching and my writing, both online and in scholarly publications. Many of you know me as a cowgirl on the interwebs, an identity I would probably not have chosen if it weren’t for the fact that I have lived in Colorado for fourteen years. But beyond that, I wonder: would I ever have been interested in writing a book about an English-born Wabanaki captive turned French-Canadian nun if I hadn’t taught at two Catholic universities along the way and worked with historians of Catholicism? Would I have had the courage or the tools to write my book, The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright (forthcoming, Yale University Press, fall 2016) if I hadn’t landed in my current department? After all, it’s my colleagues in public history (with its emphasis on material culture and the built environment) and environmental history, who offered examples for how to use botany, medicine, and ways of thinking about the anthropocene to inform historical analysis. Like Tom, I chose to bloom where I was planted, and to learn what I could from the colleagues and students I have, rather than worry about the ones I don’t have. I keep thinking of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” about choosing the road less traveled, and “that has made all the difference.” I think teaching at a regional comprehensive or at other institutions that require engagement with composition 101 and survey courses is clearly the road more often traveled by most humanists, and that teaching at selective private universities and R-1s is in fact the road less traveled, but the divergence of the roads, not their traffic, is more to the point. As it turns out, the sandy, dry soils and sunny, clear days out here have proved pretty fruitful for me. But what about you? If you’re a scholar or a teacher, how has your specific day job (and/or specific sense of place) affected your scholarship or how you think about your work? American history, happy endings, jobs, publication, students ← Switched at birth? My peaceable kingdom: lambs and the indignity of old age among lions → 23 thoughts on “Blooming where you’re planted, flourishing in stony soil, plus Robert Frost” Joseph M. Adelman Thanks for linking to Tom’s post, Historiann. This actually relates to something I talked about in the blogging roundtable at the OI conference last week. By being at a teaching-intensive institution, I’ve both gotten more drawn into and am able to develop more thoroughly as a blogger (or public writer, or whatever term you like), in no small measure because the demands for traditional forms of scholarship are somewhat looser. In that regard, I noticed, it’s actually easier to be public scholar at a smaller school than an R1, where colleagues (and deans…) often look down their noses at anything that’s not producing a book every three years. Being engaged publicly has then had all sorts of other residual effects (some positive, some negative) on my career that I’ve written about elsewhere and will spare your comment section of. But place has definitely been important for me, and not just geographically. Sorry to have missed the Omohundro this year (as well as the NAISA in Washington earlier this month)–but I was moving back to Colorado last week & so it wasn’t practical at all. I think you’re right that it may be easier to be a publicly engaged scholar at regional comprehensives, but I think that’s mostly because of the range of students and courses we teach, and the fact that we’re the resident experts in our own field (or fields, since most of us wear many hats.) I don’t think it’s true in all cases that folks at R1s look down on public history or publicly engaged scholarship–in fact, they’re demanding it as much as our unis are. However, in the context of those larger departments, you’d be just one person among four or maybe five other people who also teach in your field, and those departments tend to be really hierarchical and territorial about who can do what, who’s allowed to submit an op-ed to the local paper, who gets called to comment on a current events issue, etc., as well as the usual top-down academic politics of who gets how much say over grad student admissions, curricular issues, etc. It’s needless to point it out to you, but this means that frequently the younger and more digitally experienced & aware & creative people are told to back off and tone it down for fear of disrupting this hierarchy. Whereas in departments like ours, we’re the sovereigns of our own castles. (They may be castles no one else wants to occupy, but whatever! It’s home for us.) This is a great post, as is Tom’s. I don’t know that I’m a better scholar than I would have been had I landed at an R1 job–it’s impossible to know what those conditions would have been like, or what specific teaching or colleagial resources I would have had at some imaginary other job–but I’m certain that I’m no worse, and like the two of you I see concrete connections between the teaching I’ve been able/expected to do and the research I’ve done. I consider myself primarily a Miltonist, and I’ve been lucky to be able to teach either an advanced undergrad or M.A. Milton class roughly every other year–probably as often as I would have been able to teach it at an R1. But I’ve been expected to teach Shakespeare every semester, which I definitely would not have been allowed to do, in a department with four or five early modernists. I now have one forthcoming article on Shakespeare and another in process. My research has also started stretching back to the Middle Ages–the literature of which I know mostly from teaching surveys or from self-designed topical classes–and I’m doing work even further afield in biblical literature and early church history, because my closest colleague is a New Testament and Classics scholar and we’ve often collaborated or swapped classes. Being in a smaller department, and having the freedom to teach things outside my subfield, has definitely made me less inhibited about researching them: sure, it means working up a large body of new knowledge, but it doesn’t feel inapproachable, or off-limits, or like stepping on anyone’s toes. Yes, exactly: not allowed to teach something! It seems like such an outrage, but that’s the way they roll in those big departments. I remember those lines even being drawn around me as a grad student when I (officially an “Americanist”) wanted to TA for Lynn Hunt, because Lynn Hunt!!! but also, I figured that some experience teaching Western Civ might come in handy in terms of my future career. (I attended a college in which everyone taught Western Civ). Some of the Europeanist grad students resented my interest in TAing for Western Civ, because Lynn Hunt!!! but also, they decided that I didn’t need to teach Western Civ because I was an “Americanist”. Isn’t that stupid? I like to think that that kind of boundary-patrolling has gone way out of fashion because of the transnational turn in history, but who knows? My perspective has probably been unalterably changed by my career on the open range out here, where never is heard a discouraging word. (Or at least, if I’ve heard a discouraging word, it’s been only rarely.) Here’s my favorite boundary-patrolling story, from my Ivy Grad School: I was a TA on the first offering of an introductory world religions course, a class that was extremely controversial to get through as faculty believed that you should not teach anything about any religion for which you did not have the requisite languages. The fact that the professor would be talking about Hinduism for three weeks without knowing Sanskrit was a huge deal. At my regional comprehensive, people teach either “Eastern” or “Western” depending on their general area, but it’s a given that if you do Christianity, you’ll cover Judaism and Islam, and the same kind of thing on the Eastern side. And most of the upper-levels have to cover multiple traditions. This hasn’t affected my research, exactly, but it does make me think differently about the distinctiveness of Christianity, and I think that filters in to everything I do. Oh, and teaching lower-level classes focused on skills and methods (how to analyze poetry; how to write a coherent argument), and teaching a graduate student population that also benefits from giving careful & explicit attention to things like how scholarly articles work, has also helped me think more clearly about my own writing. Turns out that being able to break down and demystify our methods to others helps us to understand our own processes, too! J Liedl Blooming where you’re planted is an interesting metaphor. I literally landed on rocky ground (at least the acidic residue of the nickel refining process makes for good blueberry growing) so maybe that explains why some years were so difficult but maybe, as well, how I’ve been so resilient. Working as the only premodernist in a program was scary but also refreshing. A friend working in a much larger department told me about how carefully scribed her teaching options were by other colleagues who jealously guarded “their” courses and subjects. I can (and have) taught almost anything. 5500 years of history and a bit more across many different topics. This has sparked research interests and publications far afield from my early Tudor political history dissertation, so yay? I also think that working at a regional comprehensive and combining that with some online community connections profoundly reshaped my career. I focused on online sources and made online connections. I got creative with how I thought about history and what types of source analysis I could employ while I worked with the place-bound consequences of a special needs child. I valued making connections with my communities, near and far, with my writing and teaching. I even dabbled a bit in Canadian history: ask me about Victorian Canadians and the Vinland craze! So while the winters drive me to despair, while the distances to relatives and archives are daunting, while my partner’s lack of possibilities here remains maddening, and while I continue to curse my subpar French-language skills, I know how fortunate I am to be on faculty here. If you have supportive colleagues and/or a good community connection, if you get encouragement and excitement regarding your prospects, if you have all of that, you may well find that even the rocky ground on which you’ve found yourself can be a place where you can bloom. Thanks for this, Janice. You’re one of the people I had in mind when I wrote this post–your career reminds me of Tom’s, given your mutual interest in sci-fi/fantasy literature as well as the distant past! I think we can make connections if we’re offered the opportunity and have the inclination to wander around in a 5,500 (or merely a 1,000) year timespan. Glad that you’ve made it back on your patch, Historiann! I’ve heard you use the phrase, about blooming where you’re planted, multiple times over the years, and thought about it in that context a lot more times than that, without ever thinking specifically about scholarly choices and outcomes. None of my projects has ever had any resemblance to any of the others, that I can see, at least, but I’m not sure whether that reflects internal idiosyncratism or institutional contexts. Probably the former, I’d say, now that I think about it. As to teaching, I never took a single course at any level from pre-school to grad school that bore any categorical resemblance to any of the courses I’ve subsequently taught, not a one. How I bootlegged that kind of a profile past even a single search committee is probably one of those wonders of academical nature. I don’t think I would have bloomed where I was planted, in any serious way, save for a willingness to be locationally nomadic on a continued basis, within the context of a long-term stably-tenured situation, with attendant costs and benefits. But you do what you think you have to do. Good post–this subject will be a matter of ongoing meditation, as it always has been, albeit perhaps in somewhat different terms now! Hey Indyanna–I still can’t get email to you. It says that the operation timed out before your account would accept delivery. We got your nice card from Britain, though–that arrived this afternoon, so thank you! Thanks, Ann. I’ll work on this–get my whole IT team on it. Hope you had a great National Park trip back from the Coast! Matt_L Yes, I think there is a lot to be said for place and how it affected my work. I’ve been at my institution for eleven years now. Its a regional comprehensive that specializes in turning out nurses, teachers, and a slew of liberal arts and science majors. The emphasis is on teaching and some scholarship. I’ve struggled with the scholarship part; not enough time for conferences or resources to go to the archives of the Peoples Republic of Megalomania. I spend most of my time trying to research like I was at an R1 and that has resulted in a bunch of dead ends. I will admit that my mistakes were mostly self-inflicted. A different approach, one that rejected most of the lessons I learned in grad school and was more flexible on what counted in my own mind as scholarship would have yielded a better crop. I have changed my ways, lets see if it produces better results. The one place I have bloomed is in teaching. I have taught three surveys and an upper division every semester. Most of the things I have taught have been well outside my narrow area of expertise. Boy, those comparative fields in my MA and PhD exams have come in handy! Plus a voracious reading habit and generous colleagues have made it possible for me to develop expertise in teaching a lot of areas. Western Civ, East Asia, Eurasia, Middle East, Antarctica, I’ve taught almost all of the globe, except the Americas. We are going to develop a contemporary world history class, so I bet I will get to teach some case studies from US and Latin American history at some point. All these experiences have encouraged me to write a textbook on my regional expertise of Central Europe in a global context. I don’t think I could have seen the comparative approach without teaching these different classes and a ton of survey level classes. My goal in writing now is to figure out how to explain things to my students rather than trying to impress the specialists in my field. I feel more comfortable with that kind of writing and it shows in the number of pages I can write in a day and the way the project is taking shape. I think I am a late bloomer. In ten years we’ll see how it all worked out. I think I am a much more interesting historian because I’ve had such a non-traditional career. I started at a SLAC with a pretty predictable teaching profile, though it was a broad European focus, and probably a bit longer than most would have. But I then spent 18 years teaching in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, where I functioned more as an intellectual editor and guide than a subject expert; I think I worked with two people in that time who were interested somewhat I what I did. But that gave me great freedom as a scholar, and allowed me to take a non-traditional turn. . . I’m trying to cultivate the “every crisis is an opportunity” attitude. It’s like the improv rule that you can’t ever say “no,” you must always say “YES, and. . . ” You’re really good at the YES, and. . . part of life, Susan! I want to move this way because 1) it’s better for overall happiness to say YES instead of “no,” and also I find that History departments seem always to be the department of “no” and the HQ of “we’ve always done it THIS way” thinking. So boring & shortsighted! geogeek I’m an earth scientist teaching at a community college, and since there is no research requirement here my answer may be slanted differently than the intent of your question, but compared to what I thought I would be doing (running a big, happy lab full of grad students at an R1), my specific day job has waaay more 101 again and again than I ever thought I would teach. I have kept it fresh in part by basically teaching myself a lot of sub-topics that I had no interest in before (landslides, soil development, glacial processes, forestry), which are highly relevant to our school’s geography, and by finding local and regional examples of most other topics. I’ve also found that I’m more able to read broadly in the primary literature than I would have as a researcher. My next question is a combination of “Can I develop other 100-level courses that give me some new things to think about and still draw students?” and “Can I get myself and/or some of my students involved in some kind of research about the stuff I was actual really good at before teaching became my primary focus?” Hi Geogeek–thanks for commenting. It sounds like your trajectory is very similar to Matt L’s, described above. He’s taking his expertise in teaching broad surveys into textbook writing–something that can actually make you some $$$ from your broader secondary reading and innovative teaching, with the added bonus of writing the textbook most useful for your students and teaching goals. truffula I left a department that was my disciplinary native ground in which I taught the stuff I know best, albeit broadly, and moved to a department in an allied discipline where I teach fundamentals, plus a really eclectic combination of high end specialty modules in other people’s classes. It’s been harder than I thought it would be and I miss teaching the things that made me special but I am learning how to be a good teacher in a substantially different environment and I value that. Folks in this new department are excellent and I feel like I’m part of the (extended) family but I still don’t feel like these people are my people, if that makes sense. I’m working on it, and I think following along with what others have written, I’m doing so by picking up what used to be a side interest and turning it into something more. It turns out that a colleague here does related work, which means I have a chance to follow an interest that was out of reach before. Thanks, truffula–I’m glad you’re feeling challenged and rewarded in your mid-career switcheroo. Northern Barbarian Being the only person in my field at a SLAC, and so having to teach the entire 1000-year range of Russian history plus other areas, has been crucial to my intellectual development. My best article to date (on a slice of Soviet history) could not have been written if I had not become familiar with a bunch of sources from much earlier eras — I would not have been able to draw the connections. I think the biggest benefit of having to teach broadly is that it enables me to see my own research area in a much richer context than I would have if I confined my reading to just my niche. My graduate professors are eminent in the field and excellent scholars, but the fact is I know the big historical picture much better than they do, and I think it makes me a better historian. kaminskitheresa I like this phrase! In terms of teaching, I’m the only women’s historian, so I’ve always been able to teach what I want. I think that has helped me keep current in my field (even though with a 4-4 load, most of my courses are surveys). For scholarship, sense of place played a part in choosing my second book project, the biography of an “ordinary” woman from the state I teach in. And that was a smart move, too, Theresa–to write a second book with a local connection and presumably nearby archival and library resources. It’s something I failed to to, big-time, with my second book. PRO TIP: Don’t try to write about a subject on a faraway place from where you live and work UNLESS there are archives in faraway place that dole out research grants to help facilitate your travel, or UNLESS your institution can support your research generously. My uni has supported some of my travel, but I always have to partially self-fund my trips. And while Quebec has been a congenial place to do my research, the archives I’ve worked in don’t offer travel grants or fellowships. In the poem, it’s the choosing that makes the difference, not the road. One thing I love about teaching at a community college is that my students take literature, and its connection to life, absolutely seriously. And in the poem, the speaker can’t conceive of off-roading, or walking outside the paths already well-trodden by other feet. While that’s laudable in a delicate ecosystem, it’s not really a big challenge to the status quo. 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__label__cc	0.599448	0.400552	What types of jobs did upper class Romans do? I am working on a book based on the first century, I need to know the types of jobs you'd need to be in the upper class, as well as the poor. ancient-history roman-empire 1st-century Steve Bird Being upper class meant that you didn't have a 'job', pretty much by definition, other than being in the Senate or elected/appointed to some upper-level government position. – jamesqf Mar 8 '17 at 6:15 Prior to the Industrial Revolution, "upper class" was almost synonymous with "landowner". "Job" was a lower class activity. I recommend that you look into latifundia, which will help you to understand the economy. You'll also want to understand client/patron relationships, the bread dole, and Roman gangs. – Mark C. Wallace♦ Mar 8 '17 at 9:13 And of course, there is the "cursus honorum" but they were public offices and not "jobs" (and in fact, IIRC, many of them were not only not paid at all(except with bribes and other corrupt practices) but involved paying for the expenses of the position). – SJuan76 Mar 8 '17 at 11:37 Being implicated in a political conspiracy of some kind was a bad career move – Ne Mo Mar 8 '17 at 14:45 Ne Mo - Being implicated in an unsuccessful political conspiracy was a bad career move, but not a successful one. "treason doth never prosper what's the reason. If it prosper none dare call it treason." – MAGolding Mar 8 '17 at 15:41 There is an ample evidence (from authors like Plutarch, Cicero etc.) that the only occupations which were considered appropriate for the Romans from good families were military, politics, administration, law and literature. (To be sure many of them were involved in business but they did not like to advertise this). Doctors, engineers, artists (including painters, sculptors etc.) and architects were definitely out of the list of desirable professions for a noble. Let me illustrate this by a cite from Plutarch: In other cases, admiration of the deed is not immediately accompanied by an impulse to do it. Nay, many times, on the contrary, while we delight in the work, we despise the workman, as, for instance, in the case of perfumes and dyes; we take a delight in them, but dyers and perfumers we regard as illiberal and vulgar folk. Therefore it was a fine saying of Antisthenes, when he heard that Ismenias was an excellent piper: "But he's a worthless man," said he, "otherwise he wouldn't be so good a piper." And so Philip once said to his son, who, as the wine went round, plucked the strings charmingly and skilfully, "Art thou not ashamed to pluck the strings so well?" It is enough, surely, if a king have leisure to hear others pluck the strings, and he pays great deference to the Muses if he be but a spectator of such contests. Labour with one's own hands on lowly tasks gives witness, in the toil thus expended on useless things, to one's own indifference to higher things. No generous youth, from seeing the Zeus at Pisa, or the Hera at Argos, longs to be Pheidias or Polycleitus; nor to be Anacreon or Philetas or Archilochus out of pleasure in their poems. For it does not of necessity follow that, if the work delights you with its grace, the one who wrought it is worthy of your esteem. (Plutarch, Pericles I-II). AlexAlex 31k11 gold badge6161 silver badges115115 bronze badges Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged ancient-history roman-empire 1st-century or ask your own question. Who suppressed the Book of Jubilees and why? What happened north of the Alps after the Romans “left”? What jobs were available for migrants from the country to Rome? What languages were common in first century Jerusalem? Why are some Pharaohs depicted wearing the red or the white crowns even after the unification of Egypt? Did ancient Romans anticipate the fall of Rome?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34525
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__label__wiki	0.616533	0.616533	Heritage Science New perspective on Jun glaze corrosion: study on the corrosion of light greenish blue and reddish purple glazes from Juntai Kiln, Yuzhou, Henan, China Zhimin Li1, Ying Ma1, Qinglin Ma ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5542-23882, Jiachang Chen3 & Yan Song4 Heritage Science volume 8, Article number: 2 (2020) Cite this article The ancient Chinese Jun Porcelain has of typical high fired calcium silicate glaze. After observation of Jun porcelain shards excavated from Juntai Kiln in Yuzhou, Henan Province, China, two pieces with light greenish blue glaze and reddish purple glaze are selected for study as special corrosion samples buried in soil environment. Taking the corrosion of each phase of the overall glaze into consideration, the chemistry compositional and morphological structural features of the earthworm-walking patterns and their surrounding white area (corroded zone) in the glazes are compared and studied with optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM–EDS), Raman spectroscopy (Raman) and electron microprobe (EPMA): during the firing of Jun Porcelain, the dendritic and columnar crystals coming out of the glaze and mostly in surrounding corroded areas are identified as wollastonite (CaSiO3), which provides active sites for localized corrosion. The wollastonite crystalline phases have preferential corrosion initiated by pitting corrosion relative to glassy phase, leaving dendritic or columnar pits and craters to dissolve into calcium ions and silicic acid and losing into the burial environment. Some calcium ions in the surface pits react with dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from the soil to form calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitated on the surface of the glazes. The cracks formed during the cooling process and the interconnected craters caused by crystals dissolution can provide channels to facilitate the progression of the corrosion. This research is of great significance to the study of the corrosion mechanism of ancient porcelain and the conservation of its cultural relics. It has changed the traditional view that porcelain is corrosion-resistant. At the same time, the study of the corrosion process and characteristics of ancient porcelain can provide reference for modern ceramic research and corrosion protection. Glaze, the glass phase layer covering a porcelain body, is synthesized with natural raw minerals in firing and cooling process. It is essentially the same as glass in material structure and physicochemical properties [1]. Vitreous materials such as coating glaze have a potential chemical resistance. Nevertheless, all vitreous coating can be affected to some extent when coming into contact with water, acid or alkaline liquids [2]. The corrosion of silicate glass in aqueous solutions includes the ion exchange between modifications in glass matrix and hydrogenated species (H+, H3O+, H2O), hydrolysis of ionic-covalent bonds (Si–O–M, M = Si, Al), formation of an amorphous silica layer and precipitation of secondary phase crystalline [3,4,5]. Previous research mainly focuses on the environmental degradation, corrosion mechanisms and long-term behavior of the nuclear waste silicate glass to ensure its safe disposal [6]. Most of the available data are based on short-term simulated corrosion experiments for several days, months or even years to predict the long-term corrosion behavior of glass in specific environments. Under the action of water, acid, alkali, salt, gas and other mediums, the glaze of ancient glass and ceramics undergoes physical and chemical etching, which is dominated by chemical reactions, in the terrestrial burial environment, immersed in water (ocean, river and lake) or atmospheric environment, resulting in various corrosion phenomena, such as lower gloss, lower smoothness, rough surface, shallower tone, and even more. In some cases, cracks, dense corrosion pits and sediments are formed. Therefore, ancient glaze and ceramic glaze samples exhibit long-term corrosion and weathering behavior in natural preservation environment for hundreds of years or even nearly two thousand years, which can provide helpful information for glaze corrosion studies. Ancient glass and porcelain corrosion research mainly includes burial-site alteration of lead silicate glaze [7,8,9], burial-site weathering of lead silicate glass or lead-barium silicate glasses [10], atmospheric or aqueous decay of potassium silicate stained glass window [11,12,13], geochemical alteration of soda-lime silicate glasses [14], museum condition alteration of soda-rich-silicate and soda-lime silicate glasses [15]. The corrosion of glass and glaze is mostly studied in terms of the glassy phase. The traditional high-temperature glaze in ancient China belongs to calcium glaze, which can be represented by CaO(MgO)–K2O(Na2O)–Al2O3–SiO2 system. However, the ancient Chinese high-temperatured glaze (> 1200 °C) belongs to calcium glaze or calcium-alkali glaze. Its chemical composition determines that a kind of glaze with complex crystallization, phase separation or phase separation-crystallization structure can be formed during the firing process of calcium glaze [16]. Among these complex glaze-layer porcelains, Jun Porcelain breaks through the previous single-colored glaze such as blue glaze, white glaze and black glaze, and becomes a new variety with bright and changeable colors (such as dramatic bluish opalescent opacity, purple colors and earthworm-walking patterns) [17]. The earthworm-walking patterns are famous and very special phenomenon in Chinese Jun porcelains. The earthworm-walking patterns are formed as follows: when the glaze materials are dried or the kiln is preheated, cracks appear as the water evaporates and the glaze consequently over contracts; as the kiln temperature rises, part of the glaze materials that most easily melt flow to fill the crackles [18]; another view figures out that the glaze materials with large particle size are applied on the body, and cracks appears when the glaze layer is dried, then the other layer of surface glaze with higher CaO content is also applied on the first glaze, and during firing processing, the surface glaze with lower melting temperature follow to the cracks forming the enamel with different composition [19]. Jun glaze is a glass body with complex phases, such as liquid–liquid phase separation [20, 21], wollastonite, calcareous feldspar and cristobalite crystallization [22], which are formed by complex physical and chemical changes in its firing process. It is both representative and challenging for corrosion research. In this paper, two typical pieces of light greenish blue and reddish purple Jun glaze unearthed from Juntai Kiln site in Yuzhou, Henan Province are explored. The phenomenon and process of long-term corrosion behavior of glaze with complex phases, not limited to glass phase, are discussed from a new perspective. Juntai Kilns in Yuzhou made its debut at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1127), culminated in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and continued in operation during Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115–1234) and early Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1271–1368). A variety of Jun Porcelain shards of Song Dynasty (960–1279 A.D.), such as flowerpots and flowerpot holders and their broken pieces, was excavated from this site. Two flowerpot shard samples are selected for its unique colors and glaze corrosion. One has white stripes with earthworm-walking patterns scattered on light greenish blue background (Fig. 1a, b), and the other has white stripes with earthworm-walking patterns scattered on reddish purple background (Fig. 1c, d). Jun porcelain flowerpot shards excavated at Juntai Kiln, Yuzhou, Henan: a, b with light greenish blue glaze; c, d with reddish purple glaze; linear patterns resembling earthworm-walking patterns (where the white arrows pointing to) The two pieces of shards are embedded in epoxy resin and polished with diamond pastes down to 0.1 μm to obtain cross-sections. The samples are examined using a Lecia 4000M optical microscope (OM). A Renishaw invia Raman spectrometer coupled with 100× objective lens is employed for identification of crystallized phases in the glaze and the second precipitated crystalline phase on the glaze surface (Raman). The 785 nm red laser is used and the spectrum is recorded for 20 × 100 s with a resolution of 2 cm−1. The spectra of crystals are representative and chosen from at least three different points. After optical observation and Raman analysis, the surface and cross-sections of the samples are coated with carbon and examined under a TESCAN VEGA3 scanning electron microscope (SEM), with Bruker XFlash 610 M energy dispersive X-ray (EDS) at an accelerating voltage of 20 kv. A Shimadzu EPMA-1720 electron microprobe (EPMA) is used for the chemical analysis of the cross-section of the samples. An electron beam with a diameter of 30 μm is used and the probe is run at an accelerating voltage of 20 kv and a beam current of 5 nA. The system is calibrated with a natural basalt glass standard. Glaze composition The electron microprobe results shown in Table 1 provides the chemical composition of light greenish blue glaze and reddish purple glaze (oxides wt%). The compositions are quite complex and typical calcium glazes, SiO2, Al2O3, CaO and K2O being the four major constituents. Table 1 Chemical composition (wt%) of the glazes and bodies analyzed by EPMA Corrosion of light greenish blue glaze The gloss and smoothness of the light greenish blue glaze decrease due to corrosion. The enamel around the earthworm-walking patterns is corroded seriously. The moon white rubbery color of the stripes turns to yellowish and the surface is rough. In this study, the surface and cross-section of the light greenish blue glaze are examined with OM, SEM–EDS and Raman to compare the compositional and chemical characterization of earthworm-walking patterns area with the result of corroded area. Surface examinations Figure 2 shows OM and SEM–BSE images of the surface of the light greenish blue glaze. No signs of corrosion in the earthworm-walking patterns area can be seen (Fig. 2a), while dendritic pits or holes in corroded areas can be seen, making the glass phase change to yellow (Fig. 2b). Figure 2c indicates that the glaze in earthworm-walking patterns area is very variable: the grayish white round area (where the black arrow pointing to) of the glaze, appearing opaque, is much smoother than its surrounding area, and residual quartz grains and crystals can be seen at its core. SEM–EDS analysis shows that this area has higher CaO and Fe2O3 content than its surroundings (Table 2). Figure 2d shows dendritic pits and holes on the surface of corroded areas. OM photos and SEM–BSE images of the light greenish blue glaze surface: a, c the linear patterns resembling earthworm-walking patterns, i.e. the area without corrosion; c grayish white area (where the black arrow pointing to) with Ca-content and Fe-content higher than its surrounding area; b, d corrosion area with dendritic pits and holes Table 2 Chemical composition (wt%) of the earthworm-walking patterns area (Fig. 2c) of light greenish blue glaze surface Cross-section examinations To complete the study, the cross-section of the greenish blue glaze (Fig. 3) is also examined with OM and SEM–EDS and the chemical composition of different areas is shown in Table 3. OM photos and SEM–BSE images of light greenish blue glaze cross section: a, b the hole glaze, a □C linear patterns resembling earthworm-walking patterns, i.e. the area without corrosion; □E and J corrosion area; c, d corresponding to Fig. 1a □C; e, f corresponding to Fig. 1a □E, dendritic pits after crystals corrosion(where the black arrow pointing to), cracks passing through the crystals, g, h and i enlarged images corresponding to Fig. 1f □G, small holes (where the black arrow pointing to) in crystals; j, k corresponding to Fig. 1a □J, dendritic pits and holes, unmelted quartz grains (Q) and cracks Table 3 Chemical composition (wt. %) of the light greenish blue glaze cross section Figure 3a, b indicates the morphology of the cross-section of the whole glaze. In Fig. 3a, the earthworm-walking patterns area is marked as □C and the corroded areas are marked as □E and □J. Figure 3c, d shows the morphologic characterization of earthworm-walking patterns area, corresponding to Fig. 3a □C. In this area, the glassy phase is not corroded and can be related with better chemical resistance, containing blue-transparent areas and opaque areas. The crystals formed during the firing are severely corroded as seen at the black dendritic pits and holes (where the black arrow pointing to) in Fig. 3e and 3f, and the areas containing crystals without corrosion present the white color and opaque effect like jade. Figure 3g, h are enlarged pictures corresponding to the Fig. 3f □G, further conforming these black pits and holes (where the black arrow pointing to) are caused by crystals dissolution because the shape of the pits and holes is consistent with crystal morphology, and the crystals are also corroded preferentially along the cracks. The corrosion micro-pits (where the white arrow pointing to) observed in the dendritic crystals in Fig. 3i show the evidence that the pitting corrosion is mostly caused by incongruent dissolution in the crystals. These pits and holes are more clearly seen along the cracks in Fig. 3k, which corresponds to the area in Fig. 3j with opaque yellow color. The cracks mainly propagate in various directions from the glaze surface to the inner glaze taking larger residual quartz as the core (□Q, SiO2 100.0 wt%). These cracks are formed during the firing process and easily shown in the crystals, even as larger grains. During the cooling process, constraints occur at the interface due to difference thermal expansion, and when the mechanical stress reaches a critical value, cracks form and release part of the constraints. These residual constraints, crystals and bubbles are heterogeneities that cause the nucleation of cracks. Depending on the distribution of nucleation sites and on the mechanical stress remaining in the system, cracks can propagate in various directions from the glaze–body interface to the glaze surface [23, 24]. The microstructure of Jun glaze is very complex. It includes amorphous glassy phase, liquid–liquid phase separation in glass matrix, crystalline phase and gas phase, leading to inhomogeneous chemical composition of the glaze layer. In sum, for the earthworm-walking patterns area, when compared with blue-transparent areas, opaque areas have higher CaO content (each color area is analyzed with SEM–EDS at three different places, e.g. Fig. 3d EDS1: CaO 11.9 wt%, EDS2: CaO 14.1 wt%). Consistent with the contributing factors for earthworm-walking patterns [18, 19], the content of CaO as flux and Fe2O3 as the colorants of the patterns are higher than those of the glaze at corroded areas (comparing blue area of this pattern with blue area in corroded areas, e.g. Figure 3d EDS1: CaO 11.9 wt%, Fe2O3 2.6 wt% with Fig. 3f EDS1: CaO 10.8 wt%, Fe2O3 1.6 wt%). As the contents of CaO and Fe2O3 increase, the glaze viscosity and surface roughness decrease, resulting in a smooth surface and better chemical durability of this area. For corroded areas, several dendritic crystals without corrosion appear. These crystals have CaO and SiO2 as their main constituents (three different points are analyzed and their composition is similar, e.g. Fig. 3h EDS1), and Raman spectra (Fig. 4) indicate these crystals are wollastonite, i.e. CaSiO3. Comparing the element composition of wollastonite corroded pits area (Fig. 3g EDS1) with uncorroded wollastonite area (Fig. 3g EDS2), the CaO is depleted, suggesting the dissolution of wollastonite crystals. Raman spectrum of crystals in the glaze of cross section samples: blue line for dendritic crystals in light greenish blue glaze and purple line for columnar crystals in reddish purple glaze. Analyzed one point by one point, wollastonite were the main crystals observed in the glaze, nevertheless other crystalline phases like pseudowollastonite, diopside and plagioclase were not detected Corrosion of reddish purple glaze Similar to the light greenish blue glaze, the reddish purple glaze sample is also examined. Surface examination Slight signs of corrosion in the earthworm-walking patterns area can be seen as columnar pits only at the glaze surface in Fig. 5a, b. Figure 5c show the white stripes and tiny craters scatter in the glass matrix in the corrosion area. Obviously in Fig. 5d, both columnar pits and craters can be seen. In this area, columnar pits are denser than those in the earthworm-walking patterns area and craters spread from surface to inner glaze (where white arrows pointing to). The SEM–EDS analysis indicates higher flux and colorant contents of this area than its surroundings (the corrosion area), consistent with the result from the light greenish blue glaze. Some secondary phases rich in calcium in terms of precipitated crystals (where the black arrow pointing to) form in the pits and craters as seen in Fig. 5e, f. Further Raman analysis indicates that these white crystalline phases are calcium carbonate, CaCO3 (Fig. 6). OM photos and SEM–BSE images of the reddish purple glaze surface: a, b linear patterns resembling earthworm-walking patterns, i.e. the area with crystals corrosion only at the glaze surface; c, d the corrosion area, columnar pits and craters spreading to inner glaze (where white arrows pointing to), e, f secondary phases precipitated crystals in pits and craters (black arrow), pits without crystals (where white arrows pointing to) Raman spectrum of second phase precipitated crystals The cross-section of the reddish purple glaze (Fig. 7) is also analyzed with OM and SEM–EDS and the chemical composition of different areas is shown in Table 4. OM photos and SEM–BSE images of the reddish purple glaze cross section: a, b the hole glaze, a □C linear patterns resembling earthworm-walking patterns, i.e. the area without corrosion; □E corrosion area; c, d corresponding to Fig. 1a □C; e, f corresponding to Fig. 1a □E, columnar pits and craters after crystals corrosion, large interconnecting craters from the surface to inner glaze (where white arrows pointing to) Table 4 Chemical composition (wt.%) of the reddish purple glaze cross section Figure 7a, b reveals the morphology of the whole reddish purple glaze cross-section. In Fig. 7a, the earthworm-walking patterns area is marked as area □C and corroded area marked as area □E. Figure 7c and d are enlarged images of the earthworm-walking patterns area, which shows the purple-transparent glassy phase layer at the inner surface and tiny columnar crystals in vitreous matrix under the transparent layer. The areas (Fig. 7d EDS2) containing tiny crystals also show opaque effect and are not corroded because they are covered by glassy phase. These crystals are also confirmed to be wollastonite through Raman analysis as shown in Fig. 4. According to the result of the surface examination, the wollastonite crystals are corroded only at the glaze-surface in this area since the propagation path of crystals stops before reaching the inner glaze. Figure 7e, f indicates that tiny columnar wollastonite crystals connect to each other and propagate from the glaze surface to inner glaze. The interconnected pits and craters formed by these crystals are severely corroded, which can be seen where white arrows are pointing to in Fig. 7f. In addition, these interconnected pits and craters as transfer channels allowing the medium to reach the inner glaze enhance the development of corrosion. When comparing the element composition of wollastonite corroded pits area (Fig. 7f EDS1) with the uncorroded wollastonite area (Fig. 7d EDS2), It indicates that the CaO content of the latter also decreases. Glaze characterization The ancient Jun Porcelain is celebrated for its variety of glaze colors, such as rose purple, begonia red, reddish purple, grape purple, greenish blue, moon white, sky blue, light yellow, soybean green, which can be grouped into two types of blue/green and purple/red colorants [25] (Fig. 1). The blue/green colors are related to both iron oxide colorant and the blue-opaque caused by the microstructure change of liquid–liquid phase separation [26]. The purple/red colors are the result of the presence of small copper metal nanoparticles or even copper sulfide particles [27]. Moreover, the presence of unmelted quartz, micro-crystallites, bubbles and cracks is also responsible for the opalescence. Jun glaze, composed of crystals, bubbles, phase separation, is inhomogeneous as a result of the difference in raw materials and manufacture technology. Meanwhile, defects such as cracks, pinholes, blemishes, blisters and solid grains appear at its surface. These defects can easily induce aqueous medium retention and provide both surface area for sustained reactions and active sites for localized corrosion [28]. In the light greenish blue glaze and reddish purple glaze corrosion areas, dendritic and columnar wollastonite crystalline particles form at their surface, appearing to become active corrosion sites and tend to produce selective corrosion for the overall glaze. The cracks penetrating from the surface to inner light greenish blue glaze provide channels for the corrosive medium to immerse into internal glaze and react with the crystals. Corrosion occurs at the crack lines. Nevertheless, the corrosion channels in reddish purple glaze form as a result of interconnected columnar pits or craters caused by localized corrosion of wollastonite crystals. The corrosion channels force the corrosion front to move into internal glaze from the surface. These corrosion pits or craters contribute to the appearance of Jun glaze seen today, with its opaque effect even enhanced. Glaze corrosion behavior and process The corrosion of Jun glaze occurs as a result of environmental interaction during its burial at ambient temperature. A possible explanation for the findings previously discussed about surface and cross-section examinations is schematically presented in Fig. 8. The behavior and process of glaze corrosion is explained as follows: Schematic illustration of the process of Jun glaze corrosion Step 1. Crystal dissolution These Jun Porcelain shards are found near the surface, about 0.4–0.8 m down, in grayish brown and loose soils in Yuzhou, Henan Province [25]. The structure of wollastonite consists of infinite chains composed of a pair of corner-sharing tetrahedra alternating with a single tetrahedron with one edge parallel to the chain direction; layers of Ca atoms in octahedral coordination alternate with layers of Si atoms [29, 30]. It is generally known that wollastonite dissolves incongruently with the faster release of Ca relative to Si in an acid solution. The Ca–H exchanges reactions and forms altered layers enriched in silica [30, 31]. The wollastonite crystals in the glaze dissolve in acidic and neutral aqueous solutions through corrosion reactions at interfaces, crystal planes and boundaries [32]. The tiny columnar wollastonite crystals at the glaze surface dissolve easily in acidic to slightly alkaline solutions. The dendritic wollastonite crystals dissolve only in acidic solutions in 4 days, showing a better chemical resistance when they contain some alumina [33]. Wollastonite-type crystals in the glaze surfaces were attacked in a slightly alkaline aqueous solutions containing typical cleaning agents [34]. As for the overall Jun glaze, wollastonite crystals have a poor chemical resistance for aqueous solutions, resulting in the preferential corrosion of wollastonite crystals relative to the glassy phase. Water molecules in soil can be absorbed from soil moisture and form a water film on the glaze surface, even more easily on glaze defects. The exchange between Ca2+ and H+ occurs at wollastonite surface in solutions which releases Ca and Si (Eq. 1) and (Eq. 2): $${\text{CaSiO}}_{ 3} + {\text{ 2H}}^{ + } \to {\text{Ca}}^{ 2+ } + {\text{ SiO}}_{ 2} \cdot{\text{H}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}$$ $${\text{H}}_{ 2} {\text{SiO}}_{ 3} + {\text{ H}}_{ 2} {\text{O }} \to {\text{H}}_{ 4} {\text{SiO}}_{ 4}$$ The release rate of wollastonite dissolving with calcium is higher than the silicon one until Ca is depleted, and preferential (incongruent) Ca-leaching relative to Si can be confirmed by the perseverance of etch micro-pits in the dendritic wollastonite (Fig. 3i) and the decrease of Ca content and Wollastonite dissolution creates pits and craters in the glaze. Step 2. Secondary phase precipitation Water interacting with CO2 (Eqs. 3, 4) forms the dissolved inorganic carbon $\left( {{\text{DIC}} = \, \left[ {{\text{CO}}_{ 2} \left( {\text{aq}} \right)} \right] + \left[ {{\text{ HCO}}_{ 3}^{ - } } \right] + \left[ {{\text{CO}}_{ 3}^{ 2- } } \right]} \right)$ [35]: $${\text{CO}}_{ 2} \left( {\text{g}} \right) \, \leftrightarrow {\text{ CO}}_{ 2} \left( {\text{aq}} \right)$$ $$\begin{aligned} {\text{CO}}_{ 2} \left( {\text{aq}} \right) \, + {\text{ H}}_{ 2} {\text{O }} & \leftrightarrow {\text{ H}}_{ 2} {\text{CO}}_{ 3} \\ & \leftrightarrow {\text{ HCO}}_{ 3}^{ - } + {\text{ H}}^{ + } \\ & \leftrightarrow {\text{ CO}}_{ 3}^{ 2- } + {\text{ 2H}}^{ + } \\ \end{aligned}$$ $${\text{Ca}}^{ 2+ } + {\text{ CO}}_{ 3}^{ 2- } \to {\text{ CaCO}}_{ 3} \downarrow \, + {\text{ H}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}$$ With the reaction (1) and (2), H+ ions is consumed whereas Ca2+ ions increases. Calcium ions react with water and CO2 or CO32− (Eq. 5) at the solid/liquid interface to form calcium carbonate enriched in the pits and craters. On the basis of the carbonation wollastonite equation, i.e. ${\text{CaSiO}}_{ 3} + {\text{ CO}}_{ 2} \to {\text{ CaCO}}_{ 3} + {\text{ SiO}}_{ 2}$, the standard Gibbs free energy of the reaction is − 134.00 kJ/mol, given that ΔG < 0, the crystallization reaction can occur spontaneously at the standard state [36]. In the summary, the carbonation of wollastonite crystals in the Jun glaze easily occurs under the influence of environment inorganic carbon (DIC) at the burial atmosphere. In this research, two typical samples of light greenish blue and reddish purple Jun Porcelain glazes from an over 1000-year-old kiln site in Yuzhou, Henan Province are selected to study the corrosion phenomenon and process of Jun glaze in burial site. The results are summarized as below: During the firing of Jun Porcelain, dendritic and columnar crystals separated from the light greenish blue and reddish purple glaze are identified to be wollastonite (CaSiO3). These crystals coming out of the surface appear to form inhomogeneous area and provide active sites for localized corrosions. For the overall Jun glaze, the corrosion is different and selective corrosions tend to occur. The wollastonite crystalline phases have preferential corrosion relative to glassy phase in burial sites, leaving dendritic or columnar pits and craters in the glaze, whereas dendritic wollastonite crystals dissolution is initiated by pitting corrosion. The wollastonite crystals in Jun glaze dissolve into calcium ions and silicic acid, losing into the burial environment. Some calcium ions in the surface pits react with dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from the soil to precipitate crystalline calcium carbonate second phase CaCO3. 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__label__wiki	0.807606	0.807606	Archives for posts with tag: depravity Rough Night * Aspiring state senator Jess (Scarlett Johansson) agrees to join a handful of her old college friends for one last decadent blast in Miami before tying the knot. The challenge will be to get through the debauchery of the bachelorette blowout planned by old pal Alice (Jillian Bell) without tarnishing her public image in advance of the vote. Some tension between the chubby Alice and Jess’s new Australian buddy Pippa (Kate McKinnon) notwithstanding, the getaway seems to be going well enough until the accidental death of a stripper (Ryan Cooper), which has the women scrambling to dispose of the body before their lives – and, of course, Jess’s electoral prospects – are ruined forever. Rough Night is not exactly bad in the way that being bent over a toilet vomiting is bad, for example; but it is rather bad in the sense that the feeling of having squandered an evening is arguably worse. 3 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Rough Night is: 6. Green, with Al Gore receiving an endorsement. 5. Pro-gay, with Ilana Glazer appearing as token lesbian buddy Frankie. A black transvestite DJ also contributes to the movie’s festive atmosphere. 4. Activism-ambivalent. Frankie participates in a protest of government surveillance, but her idealism is characterized as, at best, a side-effect of the idleness of the unemployed. Hers is a loser’s pastime, a dismissive assessment reinforced when she later announces her resolution to take a “protest dump”. 3. Pro-miscegenation – and, honestly, it’s the rare Hollywood product these days that doesn’t fall into this category in one way or another. This time, it’s mystery meat lesbos. 2. Feminist/pro-slut, with Alice looking forward to “swimmin’ in dick”. Alice’s assortment of sex novelties – penis glasses and the like – is supposed to be funny, but the whole hedonistic ethos unintentionally bores and comes across as stale in this film, which surely represents peak slut and the high-water mark for blasé depravity in western civilization. Blair (Zoe Kravitz) experiences a revelatory orgasm when, as part of a plan to steal a surveillance video, she participates in a threesome with swinger Demi Moore and her husband. The consequences of promiscuity are, moreover, trivialized when one of Blair’s friends reassures her, “Whatever. We all have HPV.” Anyone, the screenplay suggests, who has had sex after 1991 has probably contracted HPV – so what’s the point of being careful, right? The stripper dies immediately after having called Jess a slut, the viewer having the impression that his death is a form of instant karma. 1.Pro-drug. In a flashback sequence to Jess’s college days, she wears a costume referencing marijuana culture. Frankie, complimented on her scent, replies that she has a pound of weed in her bra. Elsewhere, the movie promotes abuse of prescription drugs like the tranquilizer Xanax (“Oh, God, that was good”). Perhaps most disturbingly, Rough Night joins the ranks of Ted, Trainwreck, White Girl, and Office Christmas Party in rehabilitating recreational cocaine use. Coke, in Rough Night, facilitates the bonding of a girls’ night out: “It would mean so much to me if we could do a little bit of cocaine together,” Alice pleads. The filmmakers could point to the fact that Alice is under the influence of cocaine when she accidentally kills the stripper – but her sexual recklessness turns out to have been serendipitous when the stripper is revealed to have been a dangerous criminal. Why does human papillomavirus look so much like the Star of David? Is God trying to tell us something? pic.twitter.com/e91iqqNiA8 — R. Chlodwig von K. (@icareviews) January 7, 2018 Tags activism, Al Gore, bachelorette party, cocaine, corpse, decadence, Demi Moore, depravity, drugs, feminism, Florida, friendship, green, hedonism, HPV, human papillomavirus, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, Kate McKinnon, lesbian, lesbianism, Miami, miscegenation, misogyny, party, politician, politics, pro-miscegenation, pro-slut, promiscuity, protest, race mixing, reunion, Rough Night, Ryan Cooper, Scarlett Johnasson, sleaze, slut, STD, stripper, surveillance, surveillance state, toilet humor, tranny, trash, venereal disease, Xanax, Zoe Kravitz Office Christmas Party 1/2 Jason Bateman plays straight man to a cast of corporate crazies in Office Hanukkah Party, Hollywood’s latest assault on every decent thing left in this maggoty world. The movie does manage to lampoon the self-negating neuroses bred by workplace compliance with inclusivity policies and political correctness, but ultimately embraces the same sort of idiocy, only spicing it up with vice and obscenity in order to make the New World Order seem somehow appealing. Viewed in isolation from any moral considerations or greater societal impact, Office Hanukkah Party is an admittedly fun film buoyed by a talented cast of comedic actors including Jennifer Aniston and T.J. Miller as feuding tech executive siblings Carol and Clay. Kate McKinnon insults Christians everywhere in the role of the rigid but flatulent “Mary”, while Vanessa Bayer and Randall Park reprise their interracial flirtation from the similarly depraved Trainwreck. 4.5 out of 5 stars – and, to be absolutely clear, this rating reflects not the film’s sociological value but its likely appeal to its intended audience of unredeemed degenerates. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Office Hanukkah Party is: 9. Disingenuously anti-corporate, disapproving of impersonal business cultures, profit-prioritizing layoffs, and the like, but fully endorsing the atomized hedonism favored by the neoliberal establishment. (I find a pleasing irony in the fact that the film’s initials, O.C.P., are also those of Omni Consumer Products, the evil military-industrial megacorporation from RoboCop.) Just look at this sinister foreign face with its corporate sponsor looming in the background. The nice guy nerd from Office Hanukkah Party. pic.twitter.com/6v8DkxHy2M — R. Chlodwig von K. (@icareviews) June 5, 2017 8. Russophobic, with Russians depicted as gangsters. One of them, a thug named Alexei (Michael Tourek), gets nightsticked for calling a liberated American woman “bitch”. 7. Jewish supremacist. Indicating priorities in the opening moments of the movie, a menorah occupies the center of the frame in a shot of a holiday snack table. Aniston also demonstrates the superior merits of Krav Maga. In a possible insult to Arabs, a foreign-looking fellow is seen literally fucking a camel statue in the back of a truck. 6. Feminist. Carol, in addition to being able to hold her own in a fight against her brother, refers to God as “Her”. “Suck my dick,” a woman tells her male supervisor. 5. Anti-Christian. The entire movie constitutes a denigration of Christians’ celebration of the birth of Christ, as symbolized when Clay sleds down a staircase and demolishes a Nativity scene. 4. Anti-family. Learning that Allison (Bayer) is a single mother, Fred (Park) replies, “That’s great. I was raised by a single mom.” Children are bothers and fit primarily for corruption, as in the end credits image of two women who appear to be snorting cocaine in the presence of a minor. Asked what is most annoying about the internet, Jeremy (Rob Corddry) replies, “Pictures of people’s kids.” A youthful caroler thrusts his middle finger at the protagonist, while the inappropriately named Carol tells another child, “Fuck you” – continuing Hollywood’s use of foul language referencing sex acts with children (cf. Cooties). 3. Pro-gay. “I’m talkin’ ‘bout take your pee-pees out and put ‘em in some booties,” proclaims DJ Calvis (Sam Richardson). Clay, meanwhile, is “straight – except for that one time.” Viewers are also treated to a guy-guy dancefloor kiss and the sight of Jason Bateman simulating fellatio with an ice sculpture. Then, too, there is mention of a “Human Centipede situation in the men’s room.” 2. Pro-miscegenation. Josh (Bateman) finds himself attracted to icy Eurasian cutie Tracey (Munn). Allison, meanwhile, after being grossed out by Fred’s mommy fetish, winds up smooching with Indian nerd Nate (Karan Soni). There is also a briefly glimpsed interracial toilet stall orgy. 1. Pro-drug. Drug humor in Office Christmas Party runs the gamut of cocaine, booze, and the abuse of prescription medications. One employee remarks that it is “boring as shit” that no one gets inebriated before noon. It is only after a bag of cocaine is accidentally dropped into a snow machine that the party really comes alive. Straight-laced black executive Walter Davis (Courtney B. Vance, the indispensable negro sonar genius from The Hunt for Red October) gets particularly loose after taking a blast of powder in the face and later declares that this has been “the best night of my life” even after being hospitalized following a brutal fall. Clay, too, snorts a quantity of cocaine and gets into a wreck which serendipitously corrects a previous fracture. Tags alcohol, anal sex, anti-Christian, anti-corporate, anti-family, anti-Russian, anti-Slav, antinatalism, antinatalist, atomization, camel, car accident, CEO, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, cocaine, comedy, Cooties, corporation, Courtney B. 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Miller, technology, The Human Centipede, The Hunt for Red October, toilet humor, Trainwreck, trash, Vanessa Bayer, venereal disease, Vice, vulgarity Fading Gigolo 1/2 Celebrated pedophile Allan Konigsberg plays an elderly pervert who gets the idea to pimp his buddy John Turturro to rich New York bitches Sofia Vergara and Sharon Stone. Vanessa Paradis, meanwhile, is a rabbi’s widow and object of Turturro’s infatuation, while Liev Schreiber is the neighborhood watchman who has his eyes on both Paradis and Turturro for different reasons. If one can get past the goofy concept of Sharon Stone paying to have sex with John Turturro, Fading Gigolo is a nicely played (if imprecisely titled) drama that shines particularly in moments of intimacy. The film conveys a real sense of the tension, suspense, and awkwardness that occur when a man and woman meet and find themselves alone in a room. Writer-director Turturro’s storytelling is slightly sloppy, and one character’s arc makes a rather abrupt angle without sufficient articulation or warrant; but the fine performances make most of the material work. 3.5 of 5 possible stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Fading Gigolo is: 5. Multiculturalist/pro-miscegenation. Konigsberg’s family is black. Arguably the most disturbing moment of the movie (given Konigsberg’s history) is when a black kid comes out of the bathroom and announces, “My butt hurts.” 4. Anti-marriage. “Fuck you, Claude!” Stone shouts at a photograph of her husband as Turturro screws her. 3. Pro-slut. The film at no point evinces a judgmental attitude toward any of the various characters’ nihilistic depravity. Prostitution is no more or less respectable a profession than fixing pipes or driving a cab. 2. Anti-religion. Conservative Judaism places unnatural constraints on Paradis, who is never at leisure to feel comfortable as a sexual being. A gathering of rabbis appears as backward and petty. 1. Jewish supremacist. Notwithstanding Fading Gigolo’s irreverence toward Judaism, there is one revealing scene in which Konigsberg, in giving Turturro a pep talk before an appointment, compares the necessity of enabling (gentile) women’s debauchery to a butcher accustoming himself to dismembering cattle. A sinister meaning might also be read into a scene in which Paradis explains the best way to cut a fish into fillets. Tags Allan Konigsberg, anti-Christian, anti-marriage, anti-religion, comedy, debauchery, depravity, drama, Fading Gigolo, gigolo, goy, goy cattle, infidelity, Jewish supremacism, Jewish supremacist, Jewry, Jews, John Turturro, Judaism, Liev Schreiber, miscegenation, multiculturalism, multiculturalist, neighborhood watch, New York, pedophile, pedophilia, pro-miscegenation, pro-slut, prostitution, romance, Sharon Stone, Shomrim, slut, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis, whore, Woody Allen Apolitical Home Viewing: Multifarious Molinsky March 4, 2015 // The needle on the Jewometer just broke. Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1985) * Joan Molinsky (alias Rivers) appears as herself in this Showtime comedy special about a star-studded Las Vegas tribute to notorious (fictional) nymphomaniac Heidi Abromowitz. A veritable constellation of A-and B-level celebrities is in attendance to toast this tart, “the biggest tramp since Charlie Chaplin”. The only problem is that nobody can find her, so that cantankerous hostess Joan is reduced to rushing around a hotel trying to find out where Heidi is holed up probably getting gang-shagged. This incredibly raunchy campfest mostly consists of hit-and-miss one-liners (Heidi is alleged to have invented “eightplay”, or simultaneous foreplay with two guys) and nostalgia-tickling cameos from the likes of Kris Kristofferson, New York City Mayor Ed Koch, Anthony Perkins, Brooke Shields, Selma Diamond, Robin Leach (who of course gets to spoof Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous), Joyce Brothers, Ruth Westheimer, Willie Nelson, Tony Randall, Erma Bombeck, Little Richard, Betty White, Suzanne Somers, Ali McGraw, Howie Mandel, Elvira, Garry Shandling, Vincent Price, Morgan Fairchild, Father Guido Sarducci – and more! The Solid Gold Dancers even put in an appearance, taking the stage to the tune of Olivia Newton John’s hit “Physical”. 80s buffs will be thrilled by the totally retro references to Mother Theresa, Mr. T, and Boy George (“Just what England needs,” Joan kvetches, “another queen who can’t dress!”). The highlight of this extravaganza, however, is not a celebrity, but a hilarious troupe of trained orangutans, one of which specializes in flipping the bird. The only real drawback to this trash treasure is its off-putting Talmudic attitude in promoting juvenile sexuality. “Harder! Harder!” Heidi is supposed to have exclaimed as a newborn when the doctor slapped her bottom, and she is also supposed to have enjoyed an outdoor orgy with several boys as a girl. The best line in Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz definitely comes from negro janitor Vernon Washington: “Joan Rivers? Sheeeit. I thought you was Tony Orlando.” 4 out of 5 possible stars “We’ll say United 93 went down in this trench here in Shanksville . . .” How to Murder a Millionaire (1990) 1/2 Joan Molinsky, the grotesque diva to out-bitch them all, gets to display her sensitive side in this tacky TV comedy feature about a privileged, rich housewife whose life revolves around shopping, hoarsely kvetching to best friend Morgan Fairchild, and watching interviews with transvestites on Monique in the Morning followed by Monique in the Afternoon. Unfortunately, Joan’s idle idylls are thrown into chaos when she begins to suspect that husband Alex Rocco may be trying to murder her – and, even worse, that he may be having an affair! (“What possible motive could he have?” her friend hilariously consoles her. “You look great.”) Desperate for refuge, Joan hides out in a ghetto rat’s nest (“This place just screams for a decorator”) with Fairchild’s thieving black maid (Telma Hopkins) and even goes to work with her as a housecleaner. All of this, of course, is just an excuse for such fish-out-of-water scenes as Joan cleaning a toilet and trying to make herself comfortable on a disgusting black person’s couch – but not before covering it with sanitary tissues. How to Murder a Millionaire is something of a rarity in Molinsky’s list of movie credits in that it is a genuine starring vehicle for her as opposed to a cameo. For that reason alone, Molinsky admirers (i.e. homos) will probably want to check it out and treat themselves to such TV candy as Joan slumming in her expensive fur coat, washing a window with her rump, and self-pityingly crying while treating her eyes with cucumber slices. Nostalgiacs, furthermore, should enjoy the chintzy early 90s muzak and period cultural references to Leona Helmsley, Arsenio Hall, and the forbidden dance of lambada. What other movie, pray tell, has the sass to ask the question, “Does a bear shop in the woods?” 3.5 of 5 possible stars. Tags 80s, 90s, affair, Alex Rocco, Ali McGraw, Anthony Perkins, Arsenio Hall, Betty White, Boy George, Brooke Shields, burglary, cable, Caesars Palace, celebrity roast, Charlie Chaplin, cinema, comedy, depravity, Ed Koch, eighties, Elvira, Erma Bombeck, Father Guido Sarducci, film, gangbang, Garry Shandling, ghetto, group sex, How to Murder a Millionaire, Howie Mandel, infidelity, Jewry, Joan Molinsky, Joan Rivers, Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz, Joyce Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Lambada, Las Vegas, Leona Helmsley, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Little Richard, maid, mansion, Morgan Fairchild, Mother Theresa, movies, Mr. T, murder, nineties, Olivia Newton John, orgy, pedophilia, review, Robin Leach, Ruth Westheimer, Selma Diamond, Showtime, sleaze, Solid Gold Dancers, Suzanne Somers, Talmud, television, Telma Hopkins, thief, Tony Orlando, Tony Randall, tribute, TV, tv movie, Vernon Washington, VHS, Vincent Price, Willie Nelson Lap Dance As salacious and lugubrious as its title indicates, this female version of Magic Mike concerns the lure of glorified whoring that euphemizes itself as “dancing” and warns of the stresses it places on a committed relationship. Aspiring actress Monica (Ali Cobrin) seems to have found happiness with her fiancé Kevin (Robert Hoffman) until her father (James Remar) is hospitalized with cancer. When the hospital bills overwhelm the family, Monica rolls up her sleeves and skirt and goes to work in a strip club giving lap dances to cash-flashing black guys. In addition to straining relations with Kevin, Monica raises the ire of a rival performer, Lexus (Carmen Electra), who feels threatened when her top boyfriend/client Chicago (Datari Turner) begins making advances toward Monica for more than a lap lambada. Meanwhile, Kevin, neglected by Monica, drifts into a friendship and liaison with Jade Lee (K.D. Aubert), another dancer at the club. Lap Dance delivers plenty of the cheap thrills promised by its title, but has some substance to offer, too – substances other than those called to mind by a movie titled Lap Dance. 3 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Lap Dance is: 5. Drug-ambivalent. Kevin takes a devil-may-care attitude toward weed, but ecstasy, while pleasurable, carries a more sinister vibe in the film. 4. Pro-gay. Lexus and lesbian lover Jade Lee hope to “start a family”. 3. Anti-capitalistic. Whites come into social and inevitable sexual contact with blacks only through the sordid pursuit of Mammon. Addiction to money and ersatz glamor cause Monica to forget her principles and her promises. “I sucked a big black dick,” Monica taunts Kevin when he asks her what she had to do to get so much money. 2. Miscegenation-ambivalent. Lap Dance was produced, written, and directed by blacks – star/producer Datari Turner and screenwriter-director Greg Carter – which makes its mixed message about mixed relationships something of an enigma. On the one hand, the stock Hollywood type of Africanus cinematicus is very much in evidence, with blacks portrayed as physically desirable, intelligent, ambitious, and capable – appearing as doctors, playing chess, making plans to attend the opera, and giving advice to whites about the value of hard work – but whites’ increasing involvement with blacks in Lap Dance parallels and expresses their flirtation with darkness, which is to say evil, the strip club appearing as twilit netherworld frequented by well-heeled black devils. Blacks, furthermore, are depicted as privately brutish and sexually promiscuous, with Chicago issuing orders to the women in his life and brusquely grabbing Lexus by her hair. “The minute you go runnin’ after a woman is the minute you lose your power,” is Chicago’s approach to romance. Still, “We both got jungle fever,” Kevin confesses to Monica. Whatever the negatives associated with blacks and miscegenation in Lap Dance – promiscuity, infidelity, drugs, dishonesty, and cruelty – the fact that it seems such a matter of course and that Kevin raises no objections to his fiancée grinding against congoid crotches for a living works as a de facto normalization and hence endorsement of interracial depravity. 1. Anti-slut. Lap Dance functions as a compression and microcosm depicting the moral decline and fall of the European woman. “The woman that I loved was a good girl,” Kevin tells Monica after their relationship has hit the rocks. “She loved her family and she loved herself”; but now, he tells her, “You’re just a cheap trick.” Woman’s descent into misery has been brought about not by a totalitarian patriarchy, but by her own abandonment of traditional values and men’s permissive short-sighted nihilism. Tags affair, African-American, Africanus cinematicus, Ali Cobrin, anti-capitalistic, anti-slut, black people, cancer, capitalism, Carmen Electra, cheating, cinema, criticism, critique, dancer, Datari Turner, degeneracy, depravity, drug-ambivalent, drugs, ecstasy, engagement, fiance, fiancee, film, Greg Carter, group sex, homosexuality, independent film, infidelity, James Remar, jungle fever, K.D. Aubert, lap dance, lesbian, lesbianism, low budget, Magic Mike, male chauvinist pig, marijuana, miscegenation, miscegenation-ambivalent, movies, nudity, orgy, pro-gay, prostitute, record producer, review, Robert Hoffman, sexism, sleaze, slut, stripper, temptation, Texas, thug, weed, whore Remembering Joan Molinsky September 6, 2014 // Joan Alexandra Molinsky, better known as Joan Rivers, was a popular tramp comedienne, writer, and actress in the tough, self-deprecating, and bitchy Phyllis Diller tradition, and familiar to Zionist propaganda box addicts as the host of The Joan Rivers Show and various vapid red carpet vanity extravaganzas. She was also an anti-white promoter of interracial depravity and a Jewish supremacist cannibal who advocated the genocide of the Palestinian people. Tags depravity, government media complex, imperialism, Israel, Jew, Jewish, Jewish supremacism, Jewry, Jews, Joan Molinsky, Joan Rivers, media, miscegenation, movies, obituary, Palestine, Palestinians, Phyllis Diller, Ry Dawson, television, The Joan Rivers Show, The View, Zion, Zionism, Zionist Categories Polemic For a Good Time, Call . . . * Two New York Jewesses (Lauren Miller and Ari Graynor) start their own phone sex service in this lightweight but basically enjoyable chick flick. The film is plenty nasty, but in a matter-of-fact way that may leave male viewers wanting something harder-edged and rowdier, as at heart this is a film about female friendship and sisterhood. Miller and Graynor are fine in the leads, as is high-energy Justin Long as the obligatory stereotypical gay guy friend. Viewers may wish, however, that the grubby cameos by Seth Rogen and Kevin Smith had been expanded into full-fledged supporting roles, as the movie verges dangerously on an estrogen overdose. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that For a Good Time, Call . . . is: 7. Multiculturalist/pro-miscegenation. New York City appears as an orderly multiracial metropolis. Admiring references are made to a “Peruvian boy” and “hot Asian guys.” Dark-colored dildos (one named Earl) make more than one appearance. 6. Pro-drug. Katie (Graynor) and Lauren (Miller) both smoke marijuana. While hard drinking results in foolish behavior, vomiting, and increased risk of rape (which receives somewhat irreverent mention), more responsible imbibing carries no consequences. 5. Anti-Christian. Krissy (Sugar Lyn Beard), a promising phone sex hiree, turns out to be an undercover Christian missionary who tries to shame the callers into repentance. “We’re Jews,” Katie proclaims defiantly as she and Lauren give Krissy her walking papers. Jesse and Katie, both living it up at a debauched college party, are revealed to have met in a religious studies class. 4. Anti-family. “It’s not so bad being alone.” Lauren’s parents keep her finances under surveillance, and Katie speaks dismissively of their controlling anal retention: “Your rich parents from Long Island, they cut your sandwich into cute little four squares until you went to prep school.” Katie, after first expressing a sentimental wish to retain her grandmother’s furnishings in their apartment, later decides, “Fuck Grandma. Can I get us that new couch?” A jailed dyke complains of phone sex being “more depressing than the macaroni necklace my kid sends me.” 3. Pro-gay/pro-castration, extolling the sensitive, effeminized man, particularly in the characters of wimpy phone sex aficionado Sean (Mark Webber) and homosexual Jesse (Justin Long), who proves that a girl’s best friend is the man who never wants to have sex with her – something, in short, like an unusually well-behaved dog. 2. Capitalist/corporate. “You ladies are living some fucked-up version of the American Dream.” For a Good Time, Call . . . thus celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit. That it characterizes business as whoring might be construed as a criticism if not for the fact that this film champions the slut ideal. In a crude instance of product placement, Jesse compliments Lauren by telling her, “You’re like a Subway gift card.” The integrity of meritocracy is dealt a blow, however, when a job opening is said to have been filled through nepotism. 1.Feminist/pro-slut. Roach spray works in place of Mace, the implication being that men are predatory, noxious insects. One reference is made to venereal disease, but women mostly discuss their anatomy without an ounce of shame. “I’m a slut,” Lauren reflects after her first phone sex. “Is it okay I’m a slut?” “Yeah,” Katie approves, “a slut that made $800 in one night.” Sexual inexperience is a source of shame for Katie, whom Lauren insults as an “insecure virgin”. Also, “We should probably, like, have sex before we live together.” Ironically, however, the film also illustrates the destructive outcomes of feminism in its portrait of a generation of disenfranchised men who, owing to the personally scabrous, unfeminine, and biologically contaminated nature of the women around them, prefer the safety of sanitary remote stimulation to physical interaction with them. Tags alcohol, American dream, analysis, anti-Christian, anti-family, Ari Graynor, capitalism, capitalist, chick flick, Christianity, cinema, comedy, critique, depravity, dildo, dirty, drugs, entrepreneur, female bonding, feminism, feminist, film, For a Good Time Call . . ., gay, grandmother, Jew, Jewish, Jewry, Jews, Judaism, Justin Long, Kevin Smith, Lauren Miller, lesbian, lesbianism, Mark Webber, materialism, meritocracy, miscegenation, movies, multiculturalism, multiculturalist, nasty, New York, obscene, obscenity, perversion, pervert, phone sex, pro-castration, pro-drug, pro-gay, pro-miscegenation, product placement, prostiution, rape, raunchy, review, roommate, Seth Rogen, sex, sex comedy, slut, Subway, Sugar Lyn Beard, virgin, virginity, wimp American Hustle * To be perfectly honest, this reviewer was bored for lengthy portions of American Hustle, David O. Russell’s unaccountably lauded opus about the Abscam scandal. Like too many period pieces set in fashion-distinctive epochs, Hustle evinces an overly polished and inorganic quality, more concerned with fussing about its garish clothing, bizarre hairstyles, and flaunting an unwarranted sense of its own super-coolness than with the development of characters deserving of the audience’s interest. As with the less inspired moments in Scorsese’s oeuvre, American Hustle is too content to slide by on the likability of its vintage pop soundtrack and slick but empty visual flair, with – of course! – the obligatory trip to a decadent discotheque. The performances of Bale, Cooper, and others are fine, but hardly career highlights. Russell’s unconvincing dialogue, co-credited to Eric Warren Singer, bears much of the blame for the film’s lifelessness. Actors can hardly be blamed for failing to salvage compelling drama out of the likes of the following yawners: “This is bullshit. We are bullshit. You were bullshit. You were bullshit.” While no character in American Hustle is particularly sympathetic, there are some affecting moments toward the end of the film when flimflam man Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) begins to feel guilty about misleading and ruining a mark he has come to view as his friend. This in no way justifies a run time in excess of two hours, however – leaving the viewer to wonder whether the tale of this potbellied, philandering Jew con artist with a heart of gold needed to be told at all. ICA’s advice: For a 70s con game period piece, see Richard Gere in The Hoax instead. 3 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that American Hustle is: 8. Pro-drug. Nothing sells marijuana like the sight of a beautiful temptress (Amy Adams) smoking a joint. 7. Anti-American. Check the title. 6. Multiculturalist. Mayor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner) maintains friendly relations with the minority community and even adopts a black kid to show what a great guy he is. 5. Pro-gay, with one gratuitous lesbian kiss. 4. Pro-slut. Movie stars making out in a bathroom – how glamorous! Rosenfeld does “the right thing” by marrying single mother Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence). 3. Zionist, calling attention to the undying bogeyman of American politicians’ insidious willingness to sell out the country’s well-being to the Arabs. Dismissive reference is also made to (Israel-hating, Palestine-loving) “fuckin’ Jimmy Carter”. 2. Relativistic. “That’s the way the world works. Not black and white like you say. Extremely gray.” 1. Obamist. In union-friendly Carmine Polito, American Hustle portrays the corrupt but humble and likable politician as tragic hero, a man of the people, a caring, avuncular figure genuinely concerned with the welfare of his constituents, and who presides over a system of corruption only so as to create new jobs. “We dream and we build,” he says. Overly zealous investigators like DiMaso (Cooper) are ruining America, Rosenfeld charges, by exposing high misdeeds and so destroying the people’s faith in their leaders. So lay off the Solyndra, Benghazi, NSA, IRS, and other scandals, American Hustle cautions, lest the spiritually vulnerable masses lose their precious hope. Tags 70s, Abscam, American Hustle, Amy Adams, anti-American, Arabs, Barack Obama, bathroom, Benghazi, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, cinema, con, con artist, con man, corruption, David O. Russell, decadence, degeneracy, depravity, disco, discotheque, employment, Eric Warren Singer, FBI, film, flimflam, gangster, great recession, homosexuality, IRS, Israel, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Jew, Jewish, Jewry, Jews, Jimmy Carter, mafia, Martin Scorsese, mayor, miscegenation, movies, multiculturalism, multiculturalist, New Jersey, NSA, Obamist, organized crime, Palestine, politician, politics, pro-drug, pro-gay, pro-slut, recession, relativism, relativist, review, Richard Gere, single mother, slut, Solyndra, sting, The Hoax, unemployment, unions, Zion, Zionism, Zionist A Haunted House * To make a comedy that will satisfy its target black audience, experience shows that it helps immensely for certain crucial elements to be firmly in place. Does A Haunted House fulfill these requirements? Serious students of cinema art are encouraged to consult the following checklist of quality standards, not only in judging the movie under consideration, but in all future encounters with the African-American comedy form. 1. Stupid honkies? Check. 2. Honkies with insatiable lust for blacks? Check. 3. Industrial-strength-funk toilet humor? Triple check. 4. Jewish names credited as producers? Check and double check. Clearly, in renting or (preferably) purchasing the remarkable Michael Tiddes joint/cinematic celebration A Haunted House, the viewer has in hand what promises to be remembered as a timeless classic to rank alongside The Ladies Man and (yes, even) Who’s Your Caddy?. The flimsy pretense of a plot concerns the haunting of live-in lovers Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) and serves to set in motion an unremitting cavalcade of hit-and-miss sight gags and surplus dirty jokes. In its defense, A Haunted House does contain a few genuinely amusing cheap laughs at flatulence, bad breath, body hair, the sight of Marlon Wayans sweatily humping multiple stuffed animals, shitting on his own carpet, and so forth, but the film is only recommended to non-whites or the most contemptible and unsalvageable of white ethnomasochists. 3 stars for the full, screeching, monkey-like intensity of Marlon Wayans’s physiological investment in his part, and Cedric the Entertainer’s earthy turn in a disappointingly small supporting role as a ghetto priest. ICA’s advice: for a funnier, less disgusting movie about spooked blacks bugging their eyes out and acting like utter buffoons, see Mantan Moreland in Lucky Ghost instead. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that A Haunted House is: 10. Pro-life. “But good thing that clinic was closed,” Kisha’s mother (Robin Thede) says, remembering how she almost aborted her daughter. “Hoo, God is good.” 9. Sexist! Kisha once made a deal with the Devil for a pair of designer shoes. 8. Pro-gay. The ghost has anal sex with Malcolm, and psychic Chip (Nick Swardson) slobbers over the chocolate comic stud and gropes him in every scene in which the two appear together. Kisha experimented with lesbianism in college. 7. Pro-drug. Malcolm and Kisha get high with the ghost (see also no. 4). 6. Anti-gun. Malcolm promises Kisha that no harm will come to her “unless a nigger got a gun – and then you on your own.” 5. Anti-marriage/anti-family. Each couple in the film illustrates the new, childless norm of the West. Dan (David Koechner) becomes hysterical as he remembers how he caught his wife having sex with a mail carrier. 4. Anti-Christian. Father Williams (Cedric the Entertainer) keeps weed in his Bible and cocaine in his crucifix. While possessed, Kisha masturbates with a cross. 3. Racist!/anti-immigration. Mexican housekeeper Rosa (Marlene Forte) is irascible and duplicitous, pretending not to know English when in actuality she speaks it fluently. Kisha, displaying the typical touchiness and quickness to anger of the entitled American negro, suspects Rosa of seducing Malcolm and boils over with rage when Rosa uses the word “negra” (black), with Kisha mistaking it for “nigger”. Further tarnishing the reputation of Hispanics are the revelations that Rosa is running a cocaine ring out of Malcolm’s house and that she is also a murderess and nymphomaniac who has sex on the kitchen table while her employers are away. (Contrarily, if the intention is to portray Mexican women as sexy, sexually available, and proficient in English, then A Haunted House could be interpreted as favoring immigration – at least from the male standpoint – which, considering that one of the screenwriters is named Alvarez, is arguably more probable.) 2. Anti-white. The Caucasians in A Haunted House are awkward, neurotic apes obsessed with stereotypes of blacks. Chip, for instance, assumes that Malcolm plays basketball, while Dan the Security Man (David Koechner) has hardly set foot on the property before he starts blabbing about fried chicken, ribs, hot wings, cornbread, and watermelon. For some reason, he also begs Malcolm for permission to use the word “nigger”. “You can call me a cracker . . . Let me say it.” Dan’s partner Bob (Dov Zakheim lookalike Dave Sheridan) is brain-damaged, illiterate, and, like Dan, a racist. When the pair first meets Malcolm, Dan asks if the owner is home. “You’re talkin’ to him,” Malcolm answers. “Yeah, right,” Bob objects, clearly disinclined to believe that a black man could be the legitimate owner of such a nice suburban home. 1. Pro-miscegenation (i.e., pro-AIDS). Not only are whites in A Haunted House as dumb as dung; they are also racially suicidal and bent on miscegenation at the cost of every dignity. Sickening prostitutes Alanna Ubach and Andrew Daly play the protagonists’ white friends Jenny and Steve, swingers who constantly try to get Malcolm and Kisha to swap partners. Hoping to entice them, Jenny flashes her breasts and snaps her teeth like an alligator, while enthusiastic cuckold Steve proposes to “double-stuff the Oreo a little bit, huh? Dirty up the white snow . . . black poles, white holes . . .” Finally, the couple settles instead for a “Mandingo party” or black-on-white gangbang with Malcolm’s primitive cousin Ray-Ray (Affion Crockett) and other subhumans assembled to do the job. This scene, which graphically visualizes a bare-bottomed ogre in the process of turd-rodding ecstatically grinning Jenny, is easily the most depressing thing this battle-hardened reviewer has witnessed in some time. To see that Universal Studios, a brand once known for genre classics like Frankenstein and Jaws, has sunk to distributing biohazardous sludge like this is to realize how close to death this civilization really is. Ubach’s IMDb profile claims that this indeterminate slimewad is “Half Mexican and half Puerto Rican”, but she is no doubt supposed to be portraying a representative Caucasian human female. In any case, this person deserves the scorn of white moviegoers everywhere, who would be entirely justified in boycotting any future productions in which she, Daly, or other perpetrators of this hideous scene participate. Of all of the values, ideals, or lifestyles that Hollywood might spend its time, vast resources, and influence promoting – bravery, devotion, tradition, forbearance, intellect, or self-reliance – screenwriters Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez and their backers instead expect audiences to be entertained by the sight of a white woman rapturous in self-immolation and racial death as congoids line up to use her twat for a toilet. Aesthetic considerations aside, one might think that a basic human concern for the public’s health would prevent these lowlifes from promoting promiscuous sex with blacks, one of the most frequent sources of AIDS. But sex hygiene is so boring and unprogressive, right? Tags 9/11, Affion Crockett, African-American, AIDS, Alanna Ubach, anal sex, Andrew Daly, anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-gun, anti-immigration, anti-marriage, anti-white, Baby Way Productions, basketball, bestiality, Bible, black people, Cedric the Entertainer, cinema, cocaine, comedy, Dave Sheridan, David Koechner, decay, degeneracy, degenerate, depravity, devil, dirty jokes, Dov Zakheim, Endgame Entertainment, Essence Atkins, ethnomasochism, evil, evil spirit, farting, film, flatulence, Frankenstein, gangbang, gay interest, ghost, gun control, haunted house, homosexuality, honky, IM Global, immigration, immorality, Israel, Jaws, Jewish, Jewry, Jews, jungle fever, leftism, leftist, liberal, Lucky Ghost, mandingo party, Mantan Moreland, marijuana, Marlene Forte, Marlon Wayans, Mexicans, Michael Tiddes, miscegenation, movies, Nick Swardson, nudity, Open Road, orgy, paranormal, perversion, pervert, perverted, priest, pro-drug, pro-gay, pro-life, pro-miscegenation, psychic, race relations, racial slur, racism, racist, rape, review, Rick Alvarez, Robin Thede, Satan, scatalogical, sex, sexism, sexist, sexual experimentation, sight gags, slapstick, soul food, spirit, stereotype, supernatural, swingers, swinging, The Ladies Man, thug, toilet humor, Universal Studios, venereal disease, weed, western civilization, white people, Who's Your Caddy?, wife swapping Checkout Line Blight Depravity Fair: Tags African-American, Anti-racist is code for anti-white, anti-white, black people, degeneracy, depravity, film industry, Hollywood, liberal media, magazine, miscegenation, perversion, pro-miscegenation, pro-slut, race relations, slut, Vanity Fair, white genocide	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34552
__label__cc	0.728464	0.271536	Sabine violates restraining order again…in German Hands up, everyone who knew that in addition to her multitude of English blogs (50+ at last count), Sabine also runs a blog in German. No, we weren’t aware either. At least, not until one of our sharp-eyed readers pointed it out to us. It’ll come as no surprise, then, to discover that Sabine has posted a blog there titled “Was mir passierte, nachdem ich in London organisierten Kindermissbrauch aufdeckte“. Translation: “What happened to me after I reported organised child abuse in London”. The blog post is date-stamped 31 July 2016, so there’s no way for her to argue that she wasn’t aware of the restraining order. The post starts with a reference to Sabine’s pre-trial trip to Brussels: This very interesting conversation was held in March 2016 in Brussels, while the London police were still insisting that I stay in my apartment. Luckily, thanks to the EuroStar, Brussels is a day-trip from London. The travel ban was one of the conditions imposed on me after I was arrested on 4 August 2015 at the Royal Courts of Justice. A dear former neighbour from Buschower had accompanied me to be a witness to whether my return, after six months’ exile in Spandau, was to take me to jail. The arrest can be viewed here: What was my ‘crime’? On behalf of a mother, I had threatened a judge: either give her her children back, or we would turn to the online world. In November 2014 the Russian mother had contacted me on the basis of my website, because she was looking for help to get her two children returned to her care. The police had removed them, claiming that she and her partner would be a danger to her children, then 8 and 9 years old. During their summer vacation the children had broken a pact with their English father, who had threatened to kill them if they told the mother what he was doing to them and other children, as head of a cult. The details the children described about their abuse could not be invented, unless they had actually experienced them. The children also included drawings of the genitalia of their abusers: However, High Court Judge Pauffley decided in her judgement that it was all fantasies, although medical reports confirmed anal scarring. But the judge said the injuries pointed not to the father, but to the current boyfriend of the mother. The drawings were also suppressed by the police; the judge, therefore, never saw them. The mother and I fled at the same time in February 2015 because of two documents issued by the secret family court, which threatened us with jail. The mother was also visited by a minibus of nine police officers who wanted to pick her up. She escaped through the back door, while a lawyer, through a closed door, insisted on a court order. This conversation was inter alia recorded, and became one of many videos that the children’s supporters produced. While I was living in my nephew’s apartment in Spandau, Interpol had been alerted and the London police had searched my apartment. An arrest warrant was made, and enacted on 4 August 2015. This was the first of four arrests, three crimes against me, a six-day-long court process in which I emerged the winner, and other court hearings involving money, not prison. I’m going to tell more about this to my clients. I have reason to lead the Buschower Birthday culture in Märkische Heide further and visit the Friesenhof with English friends. The Havelland happens to have become my soul home! Funnily enough, Sabine seems to have neglected a few facts here, including that pesky restraining order that should have prevented her from writing this post in the first place. We’re sure the courts will be very interested in this, so we’ve forwarded it along to the police on Sabine’s behalf. 09/08/2016 in Sabine McNeill. Tags: arrest, blog, criminal charges, evidence, restraining order, Sabine McNeill ← More threats from Rupert…yes, again. If Rupert were a ‘real’ journalist… → 128 thoughts on “Sabine violates restraining order again…in German” “The blog post is date-stamped 31 July 2015” – 2016 surely? Bet she’s really cross that this one’s been spotted – especially as she has gone out of her way to make her breach really clear! LOL…. I bet she’s actually stupid enough to imagine nobody she’s crossed reads German. Whoa, time warp! Thanks—fixed now. I bet you’re both right! 🙂 Oh FFS. Sie ist eine hinterhältige kleine Scheisser Sabine is really flicking the “V” at the courts.She may as well go the full hog andstart doing guided tours of Hampstead SRA sites on skis for Japanese tourists. Die Frau ist ein dummkopf! I think it is more than one person. Hands Off Hampstead says: Listen in awe as Angie attempts to rationalise her Rupert’s calls for the residents of Hampstead to be put to death. How many lies do you think she’ll manage to squeeze into one short answer? How so? Do you mean more than one person posts on that blog? I think that’s right, but it does belong to Sabine. Here’s the ‘About Me’ page: https://buschow.online/redaktion/ The 2015 error occurs at beginning of vid here as well. Must be something in the stars 🙂 Cheers HOH Noooo, lol, more than one person that reads German. Sabine, as an ex CERN computer programmer I am sure has her own blogs nailed down tight. She’s not unintelligent is she, as I am sure she has explained many a time. Reason for her arrest maybe? Nicely done! Angie really sinks her own battleship here. Ah, this makes sense—sorry I misread. Yes, I think many people read German, at least well enough to see what she’s up to. As far as I’m aware, the police weren’t aware of this breach until yesterday; however, I could be mistaken. Always did have her down as a tad schizo. Thanks, Mik. All fixed now 🙂 Hats off to HOH customer service team 🙂 I’m alerting the FBI. This man is extremely dangerous and advocating vigilantism and the Yanks know full well this can end in tragedy when those who Rupert Wilson Quaintance attempts to stir into action may become frustrated at who they perceive are not acting correctly – such as police or teachers etc – should be punished as well. This is so very serious and appears to be an extraordinary Contempt of Court. This woman continues to snub her nose at the courts and mock them. Not only does she continue to breach 2 very serious court orders and an injunction – the first is not just a civil matter as it involves the family court – but she allowed her barrister to tell a blatant lie to the Criminal Court that his client accepted there was no “satanism” and baby killing & cannibalism in the Hampstead case. I’m still waiting on a response to my complaint to the Law Society as to whether a barrister deliberately misled the UK Criminal Court in this case (unwittingly & on behalf of his client) but I’m making a further complaint about McNeill’s solicitor who appears to have deliberately frustrated police by assisting Draper and Christie to escape justice. I doubt I may get a response as these may become matters that entail further court actions but the first thing the Law Society does is contact the complained about party to ask for a response. Rupert Wilson Quaintance 1V doth protest too much. He doth, dothn’t he? Pingback: Sabine violates restraining order again…in German \| ShevaBurton. Cross of Change Blog Yes, I agree—this is another serious breach on Sabine’s part. I’ll be interested to see the outcome of your complaints, Sam. What’s this about Rupert Wilson Quaintance 1V isn’t his name? He might go by the name Wilson, but surely it’s the one in his passport that counts? About these creeps saying they have IP addresses, i have conversed with them on facebook and youtube, can they get my IP from those? if he comes anywhere near my house i shall treat it as what he has boasted it is, a threat of violence. If he is arrested and not deported but jailed, his F a kid in the A statement wont go down too well, he may have to go on the protection wing, especially if someone informs some of the inmates. No, they can’t get IP addresses from Facebook or YouTube. If you’ve emailed someone or commented on a blog without using a proxy or VPN, then yes, it’s possible to find an IP. It’s possible to use email that keeps your IP private—Hushmail is an example. I expect that if Rupert were arrested here, he would be deported. No country wants to take on the time and expense involved in prosecuting and then jailing a non-national, if they can just as easily ship the person off home and let them deal with him there. Yes, I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s using a fake name. His mother seems to think he’s real enough! 🙂 They’ll probably ask him to leave like Christine Ann Sands was, though she did have a return ticket to fly back to the USA. Along with a nice juicy fine too, that he’ll no doubt get his gullible supporters to pay, just like all these con men such as Malcolm Blackman aka Joe Public on fb do. Rupert not having a return ticket might be problematic for him though so maybe he’ll be remanded in Custody. He’ll get a taste of UK prisons then as he’s wanted to do in the past. What a complete and utter fool he is. Btw what on earth is a YOUNG BLOOD COUNTRY BOY as Angela calls him. I don’t like the sound of the blood, is that some kind of Freudian slip on her part? She’s making him sound backward at the very least. Perhaps his performance in the bedroom department is not up to scratch… I’t a no-brainer, isn’t it. He’s a US citizen openly committing attempted mass-murder. And his public calls to murder innocent people in both the UK and the US are essentially acts of terrorism. The FBI should be very interested. Mate, the clueless twats have been threatening to trace us through our IP addresses for 18 months. They’re full of shit. Here are some from February 2015: And to be fair, his dad is Rupert Quaintance III, so it tallies. https://www.facebook.com/rupert.w.quaintance?fref=ts Sad but true. The ‘genius’ that is Rupert ‘I want to fuck a little kid in the ass’ Quaintance the iV…. “Pip, pip, pip,pi, pip just like a young” tier II sex offender under federal law. – Which Mike Tyson is; a man on the Sex Offender’s register. Rupert isn’t FIGHTING paedophiles – He’s a complete fucking hypocrite! The man IS a paedophile! – that’s why, at THIRTY FUCKING SEVEN YEARS OF AGE he dresses and acts like a child. That’s why he’s blowing all this smoke! – Much of it dirty stinking drugs; it’s more ‘candy for the kiddies’ he wants to attract. – Wanting to anally rape a child is not a subject for humour! It’s no laughing matter. Only a pervert could come out with such a thing….. It’s the lowest form of perversion; and Rupert has clearly stated his wish to indulge in it! And what of Hampstead….. Two little children, clearly exhibiting signs of having being beaten, parroting filthy fantasises thumped into them by what kind of man exactly? – ANOTHER dirty drug-addict with a long criminal past including violence, drug dealing and a rape allegation. Disney…… No wonder her family has disowned her! She’s yet ANOTHER piece of drug-addicted scum! The evidence of her indulging in illegal substances is all over YouTube and admitted by herself….. She’s a child-beater, a fantasist and from what I can tell, a bloody fraudster……. Seriously….. These people are lowlife scum-of-the-fucking earth. Now they’re openly threatening to disrupt the lives of innocent ordinary respectable people? and they imagine this is somehow ‘OK’ or even justified? This small-town, small-mind, small-brain, ill-bred, freak-of-nature American PERVERT thinks he has something to educate ordinary British people in? The more I learn of these hoaxes the more obvious it becomes that they’re mainly the product of perverts crying wolf to try and draw the heat away from their own perverted ways. I’m not worried in the slightest about Rupert’s threats of tracing IP addresses. What good is someone’s address? Rupert will do sweet fanny adams. I don’t live anywhere near Hampstead and if Rupert or any of the mob want to turn up at my door, let them. Morons. I had an escaped Machete man breaking my side wall, glass topped shed and frightening my Ginger cat a couple of weeks ago and I saw him off. Police helicopter flying over head, 4 police cars, 1 van (that I could see down the side of the road), more around the corner. I don’t think Rupert and his ilk will bother with me and if he bothers with any of the people living in Hampstead, assuming he does visit Hampstead and he hasn’t being apprehended beforehand then the Police will have to be called I suppose. I can’t really see Rupert showing up at anyone’s door, doorstepping. If he does, he’s got some cheek he intruding into people’s lives when he’s clearly not welcome. Is he going to bring his girlfriend Angie as his accomplice? Rupert’s threats of violence are particularly distasteful. What a vile creep he is at the very least and possibly worse. Rupert and his “team” are a joke! As are the “legal team” and the “forensics” team. I don’t believe a word of it. More damning no nonsence from the MK Devils camp No – He’s using his real name. Someone up here had someone over there do various searches on him that included having people local to him verify his ‘story’. He’s a well known creep in his hometown and there are hints of his ‘mom and pop’ bailing him out of big trouble on more than one occasion. From what we can tell they’re a generally disliked, generally dishonest family; but they have money and a position within the community which means they’re able to hold people to ransom and maintain a ‘respectable’ (as in respect me or else) facade…. ‘Neds with money’. – Pretty scummy people from what we can glean (IMHO). I don’t think this Hoax Mob have even met a person who was abused as a child or an abused child. Abuse victims do not relate tales like these two kids did who are clearly and almost excitedly repeating a script in the expectation that either a reward will follow or perhaps certain actions will stop (waterboarding? clips over the ear from a thug?). It makes the real abuse from Christie with the passive acceptance of the mother even more sinister in the manner they have abused these children’s joyful innocence. If I were a member of this hoax mob I would not look forward to the time these kids grow into teenagers & young adults. As for the mother Draper, all I can think of is how my mother defended all her 4 children with a (Russian heritage) ferocity that belies Draper’s background given how family is so important to East Europeans as often, it’s all they have in life. I cannot think of a mother who would ever abandon her children under any circumstances. I’ve spoken to Police Officers who actually ARE involved in tracking down online criminals. They tell me it’s a complex process somewhat comparable to old-fashioned line-tracing in the days of mechanical switching. – It’s possible, if they have good reason, for the police to have a particular line ‘monitored’ but even that doesn’t produce straightforward answers. I also have a Brother who works for BT Outreach and have gleaned much of the following from him……….. IP addresses are useful only to people like law enforcement….. At best you’ll get the name of the ISP and a location within about 20 miles of where the user is logged on from. Even an engineer for the firm concerned has to go through another process which identifies THEM to even get as far as the street cabinet….. And from there they need to access other information to tie a particular line to a particular subscriber! A user complaining or suspecting that their line is being traced this way WILL result in the proverbial ton of bricks being dropped on said staff member their team manger etc. etc. etc! 20 years ago when people were on dial-up, or even 12-15 years ago before broadband became virtually standard, there is a slim chance an engineer with access to an exchange could have pulled this off unnoticed, but not now. There are data protection teams that monitor and steward this sort of thing. Besides which, most ordinary users have dynamic IPs; these change every time their modem is reset and/or randomly by the exchange. To trace an actual user, you’d need to be able to access the ISP’s logs and tie-in a particular IP at a particular time to a particular subscriber; which means the Data Protection Act and at least two different databases kick in. The ISP need a good reason to give that information out. – Something similar is true for those that, for whatever reason, have a fixed IP. – i.e. maybe they run a server from that address and line. Having done that, you may just get to the building….. If its a shared facility such as a cybercafe or a business centre; are there even any logs as to who was logged in where and when? There must be dozens of users and sub-users in the building I’m logged in from. And I believe the building gets its telephone service via the estate landlord! And – I can work just as well from the same ‘virtual machine’ from across the street or 40 miles away back in Glasgow! – I simply type a particular IP into my browser and log on via remote desktop! Has Eyelash sacked Angie? Go you! Fanny, your forename is very apt, as you clearly have hidden depths. These bastards may take our lives, they may take our freedom, but they’ll never take our ginger pussycats! The result of chaotic empty lives who blame exterior world for interior world disharmony.Their problems and solutions lie far closer to home than they are willing or dare to look. The haze of self medication adds fuel to this unproductive mal direction as does the mutual feeding and false confirmation of others in the failed bipeds community. Commonly most decay and self destruct prematurely and proceed towards end of life isolation and basically talking to themselves. The dangerous aspect for innocents going about their daily lives trying to get safely from A to B is that on occasions the circumstances combine such that an individual acts in the real world to harm or destroy false enemies. Rupert in particular reveals signs of being a genuine candidate for such violent resolution and those tasked with responsibilty for such matters need to act unequivocally to ensure opportunity is denied. Oh and make sure her majesties peas are wrongly aligned with carrots just for the sheer hell of it. MUHAHAHAHA Do we have to bring families into this? I’m an ex Virginia resident and made enquiries too and got a different picture than this one. Besides aren’t we acting like Hoaxtenders when we start involving peoples families? I was disgusted when RD’s mother and grandmother were featured and personally think Rupert’s long suffering parents should be left out of this. His mother may (in our view) be misguided when she supports him, but she obviously doesn’t understand the issues and if she were able to sit down and talk to Hampstead mums she might change her mind quickly when she hears what they’ve been through. Personally I think Rupert is on track with his unconscious agenda to trash the family name – or maybe he’s too dope adled to know what he’s doing. What I’m getting at though is the fact that it’s hard to get a full picture on the net and from reports of someone who knows someone. crazy mf says: How sure are You that this Man is his Dad? Rupert thinks that Ella went to the police and seems to have no idea that Abe’s brother in law was the one who reported it. Ella then had no choice but to go to the police. They called her in and she had to go. Fact checking Rupert! The first thing you do is read everything and not just the accounts that confirm your biases. I’m intrigued, Fnord! Where have you heard that? To be honest, i don’t think Eilish has that kind of clout. It would be up to Mel and Biggy to do the hiring and firing. It wouldn’t surprise me if Eilish has fallen out with her, though. That’s been on the cards since Angie started spouting all that heartless bollocks about Max Spiers and his family literally within hours of his death being announced. Meanwhile, there is another intriguing tidbit about Angie’s “employment” at CCN which EC and others are looking into, so watch this space! Well, not this space exactly (that would be silly) but a space somewhere up ^thataway^ 😀 Jimmy Jones says: Sabine ist so dick wie Scheiße MKD have made a good point about the crime number. I’ve asked Angie for this on several occasions, to prove she isn’t bullshitting. But answer comes there none. Mainly because she IS bullshitting. You can report material such as: articles, images, speeches or videos that promote terrorism or encourage violence content encouraging people to commit acts of terrorism websites made by terrorist or extremist organisations videos of terrorist attacks https://www.gov.uk/report-terrorism Crimes committed against someone because of their disability, gender-identity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation are hate crimes and should be reported to the police. Hate crimes can include: threatening behaviour inciting others to commit hate crimes http://report-it.org.uk/your_police_force That’s such a lovely thumbnail. It’s good to know that Catweazle and Oddjob are still finding work. Big Earl says: Yes take your point. Abe’s brother in law is a ‘special constable’ meaning a volunteer. I’ve speculated that they might have gone to him hoping he’d give evidence in family court and they didn’t expect him to go to Scotland Yard. I think he told the Police he thought the children should be taken into ‘care’ for their own safety and seeing as they were with Abe and Ella at the time that speaks volumes. Someone correct me if I got this wrong. Well said Joe Kerr, spot on I remember someone posted on this blog Ruperts old Youtube channel and he was totally different from how he presents himself now. He was quite the posh boy sitting down trying to look intellectual while listening to someone playing violin to him. He was still as pathetic as he is now Rupert @ 8:18 – “That’s all I gotta say about that.” No it isn’t, Rupert. You haven’t fucking shut up about it since! I hope Steffi has a sit down and thinks about what Gabriella told her about Angie. Angie certainly isn’t a friend of hers. Angie just used Steffi as entertainment for herself and Rupert, what a cruel twisted thing to do to somebody. Two more new ones from MKD: Yes Fnord we do…… VERY much so. Bear in mind we have genuine Journalists and actual Police Officers at hand here. Calls were made and information sought about this worthless little guttersnipe at an early stage…. The difference between the Hampstead residents (including Dearman) and the Quaintances, is that they are completely innocent people who did absolutely nothing to precipitate any of this…. Let’s also not forget that the people whose lives he is threatening to wreck and the children whose minds he is about to forever-sully with his perverted filth are families too….. And unlike him and his, they really-are complete innocents. This is a hoax perpetrated by a pervert and drug dealer. It’s already wrecked lives and harmed innocent children. And now this sub-human pervert manchild is issuing to do further harm? Lest we forget that one of Rupert’s Key defenders is his God-damned psycho-bitch of a Mother! That woman is every bit as bad as her son and has proven herself so – she’s actually threatened to turn firearms on people; and by any sane measure that could only be the rhetoric of a psychopath…. And PULEEZEEE don’t make the ‘different culture’ excuse. The apple, quite obviously, didn’t fall far from a very rotten tree here! Long suffering parents my arse; they’re the source of the problem!! The notion that this is some ‘little misunderstanding’ or ‘difference of opinion’ that can be settled with a discussion is insane! If Rupert’s Mother had a decent and/or honest bone in her body, she’d firstly admit to herself what an utter disgrace and failure of parenting her offspring is. THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF AGE – acting like a slow-witted (I’m reluctant to use the word ‘retarded’ but maybe it’s better-understandable in American parlance) teenager….. Irrefutably a drug-abuser….. Threatening to desecrate churches, invade schools, disrupt the lives of innocent law-abiding people… She’s defending him; and encouraging him to live the life of a scrounging drug-addicted con artist. That’s not “misguided” – she’s quite obviously as stupid and evil as he is! Likewise – Rupert ‘fannybaws’ Quaintance IV is his Father’s Son; if the Quaintances are such ‘nice’ people then THEY need to reign their ill-bred stray dog in. He’s THEIR responsibility and the product of THEIR up upbringing. They’ve produced a manchild? Rupert hasn’t grown up? Aww shame! Then they’ve failed to date and need to exercise the discipline they should have done when he was an actual child; that or they disown him…. Instead the Quaintance family are actively supporting this filthy beast, which makes them very-much part of the problem…. BIG contrast there between them and the Dearmans. The picture we have here – and at some point somebody might just choose to run with the evidence – is of a dysfunctional family that thinks it can use its money to buy and/or bully their way out of trouble. Their ‘good reputation’? Bought and paid for, not earned. And as fragile as a two-bob china dog! – That’s WHY their middle-aged failure of a drug addicted son is the way he is. No. Sorry. the Quaintances aren’t the ‘nice respectable people’ they might like to be portrayed as; they’ve had this moron running loose for nigh-on forty years; he’s a middle-aged man. And they’re actively defending the indefensible….. Part of the problem. We are being spoilt by Hands Off Hampstead and McKenzies Devils. We’ve seen that too AF. That was when he was trying to ‘bludge’ his way through life off the family connections. He got as far as getting a clerk’s job at a Hotel where he remained ’till quite recently. But basically he’s been a waster and non-achiever all his life. What happened Rupert? His family were traced and public records accessed….. If you have some evidence that this isn’t the ‘real’ Rupert Quaintance IV then please present it. Otherwise, I’m afraid he ties in with birth and employment records and is ‘known’ in the area he claims to come from. They’re all hooked up on Farcebook. Fnord, no one’s involved families. Rupert’s mum and dad were only mentioned above in response to the question about whether Rupert was using his real name and nothing derogatory was said. Meanwhile, Rupert’s mother has involved herself by trolling various Hoaxtead Research associates on Farcebook, making several anti-British comments, applauding and encouraging her son’s disgraceful antics and threatening to shoot Gabriella Barney, so forgive me if I’m not oozing with sympathy for her. I’m confused – in his radio show on Saturday, Rupert claimed never to have had a paid job in his life. Nice find, AP. So Rupert was already on the fiddle long before he met Angie, then. No HOH…. Someone else has the detail, but he worked for some years in a kind of ‘low rate’ hotel as a bookings clerk. – I think there was also some trace of him working in a music shop; drum store to be precise….. Possibly in Florida IIRC? But much of his life has been spent as a bum basically; and that’s been indulged by his parents. Lmao, this is the guy who brags about how tough he is. He ain’t fooling anybody with his trash talk. What’s this video? Threats of violins as opposed to threats of violence. Here’s the little bum proving he can’t play drums…. Rupert-the-stick fell(ate)s a tree. I always thought he was bit of a beaver Hahaha, nice one, AF! “Violins, not violence” could become a great peace-rallying slogan along the lines of “Make love, not war”… I wonder if Angie’s let him pluck her G-string yet. Poor old Rupert – stumped again. The, brainless drug-addled twat is still trying to talk tough to cover up the fact that he’s just a spoilt GILF-shagging pussy: HOH I think he said he hadn’t had a salaried job in his life. He probably got paid weekly. Jesus Christ what a cretin the is Quaintance is. Did his “research”?. The mother went to the police. Not true. And “Jimmy Seville in Hempstead”? Anyone know who this Jimmy Seville is? What a fuckwit. Keep the pressure up on this goon as he is clearly rattled. Get used to those handcuffs, Neelu! With all these restraining order breaches, you should be wearing them again soon. And isn’t it good to see that Angie has her finger on the pulse of current affairs, as always: Good to know that pretend journalism degree hasn’t gone to waste 😀 So Rupert Bear is in reality a nerd (apologies to all reasonable nerds) and Macho Kung Fu Panda Rupert is a recent invention. Explains a lot. Quaintance’s desperate repressions of his inner fears have now surfaced. Who is more desperate- Rupert or Angie ?..pass the sick bag Alice..please don’t answer that. And did Macho Rupert find her G-Spot?. Oh stop it, now you are just being wicked. Thanks for the info’, JK. And oh my God, that drumming is appalling! 😮 It must be something in the water in that neck of the woods (chem trails?). Poor Steffi thinks the Muslim is coming to take her pig. When “The Muslims” invade the Ozarks you can be sure the safest beings will be pigs. But I saw Deliverance and I think the pig’s real enemies may be the locals. Poor Neelu can’t help herself. She’s quick old Angie isn’t she? Probably took her this long to get her head straight after getting stoned with Rupert. Looking at Rupert’s old videos, I prefer the ‘Love Police’ Rupert. Though i’m not sure standing around with a cardboard sign saying “Everything is OK”, in response to a young woman being brutally murdered, is the appropriate response. Not sure he came across as a young Mike Tyson either. Interesting. If she and Sabine were such fast friends, you’d think Angie would have known almost immediately. Bears out the info I’ve received lately about a major split amongst the driving forces behind the hoax. Hmmm, that comment is just ‘Greek’ to me! I can’t see whether him being Gay or Straight makes any difference….. He’s certainly not ‘normal’ in that he parades about dressed and acting like a slow-witted teenage boy. And I for one am of the opinion that’s part of a ‘Pied Piper’ act. I’m aware of another American Paedophile who behaved similarly (still does I think). – I can’t see who his demeanour would be attractive to except a child. He definitely seems inadequate in that he would be repellent to any normally-adjusted adult. – But his sexual orientation is nothing to do with anything. For the record: The above is a response to a homophobic comment that has now disappeared. Yes, I removed the original comment as I didn’t feel it’s appropriate. It certainly wasn’t. I sense an agenda to either lead us up a garden path or get a ‘rise’ out of people that Rupert would then manipulate….. Ain’t gonna happen Rupey. Joe your sense of agenda are figment of poor imagination. calling me homophobic is stupid and irresponsible because i was questioning the gender of Rupert and NOT attacking homosexuals. .And there are questions that rises about various comments appearing in this blog Madness continues on Neelu’s FB page with court transcripts: “Judge Worsley: Who is Lotus princess? Ruth Munro: My client ” lol and on this website : http://comedycourt.webs.com/millenium-trial I do not believe the material was obtained legally but rather by someone recording in the court. I believe Neelu Berry should be asked how she obtained this transcript as she has been agitating for $10K plus for the court transcript. It’s just not logical that she could have raised the money in this time. More contempt of court? My sources advize efforts were made to channel young Ruperts erratic behaviour during his formative years but his parents couldnt cope with his masturbation at dinner parties and eventually decided to release him into the wild.Here is some rare footage from the Quaintance family archive before it all went wrong. Reminds me of Jason Manford’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ series, which I absolutely love. You say that comment was “Greek to me”, JK. Where’s Yannis when we need him? Yannis Emmanouilidis says: Εδώ είμαι. τι θέλετε πείτε μου. This has been covered before, Sam – it’s not a transcript but a write-up of Neelu’s handwritten notes taken at the time. Here I am . Who called me? lol OMG, one of Steffi’s monkeys has escaped! Call the rozzers! Hahaha, that was way too quick, Yan. People will think you’re me now, lol. Mind you, the hoaxers have often alleged that I’m you anyway 😀 ZZZZZzzzzzzz Lets admit It you is me and me is you (hands off hamstead Also according to few Ricky Dearman is my best Mate comes to my house, we make few movies, together then we go to US on Holiday. So if Ricky reads this Mate you owe me a holiday. Neelu has said that this material is the result of her dictating her notes into a voice-to-text online programme. I believe she was taking copious notes during the trial, but reading her version here it’s very clear that she was watching the proceedings from the Planet Zog. Possibly another universe, even. It would be funny if it weren’t sad. It’s not the first time Rupert has caused problems “on air”. I found this on http://nformd.yolasite.com “Now we will address Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV, Rupert was a host on Nformd for several months, there was a slow downward spiral with Rupert where he began drinking heavily while on air. On Sept. 6th 2010, Rupert had Charlie Veitch on for an interview, Toward the end of the interview Ziggy was able to jump on air and began attacking Charlie about how she had gotten him a lawyer back when he was arrested in Canada and that she was very upset that he disrespected her by finding another lawyer. That evening, Rupert had came on air, very drunk and began attacking several of the NFormd hosts, including myself. That evening we decided it would be best if Rupert take a break from NFormd. Within days he was being aired on “ITS”. More recently we found out that Rupert’s father is actually employed by DISA, a branch of the Department of Defense.” Oh dear, Rupert… 😀 Looks like it’s not the first time Rupert has caused problems “on air”, I found this online: Now we will address Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV, Rupert was a host on Nformd for several months, there was a slow downward spiral with Rupert where he began drinking heavily while on air. On Sept. 6th 2010, Rupert had Charlie Veitch on for an interview, Toward the end of the interview Ziggy was able to jump on air and began attacking Charlie about how she had gotten him a lawyer back when he was arrested in Canada and that she was very upset that he disrespected her by finding another lawyer. That evening, Rupert had came on air, very drunk and began attacking several of the NFormd hosts, including myself. That evening we decided it would be best if Rupert take a break from NFormd. Within days he was being aired on “ITS”.More recently we found out that Rupert’s father is actually employed by DISA, a branch of the Department of Defense.” I found the above here: http://nformd.yolasite.com/nformd-blog/absolute-fabrication Whatever quality genetic stock the Quaintance family may proudly consider they have inherited through the ages their latest progeny provides ample evidence that idiotism figures significantly in the mix. MKDevils latest fare. As for Sabine, did she really think she could get away with breaching the RO by typing in her native language? haha.. well done to the sharp-eyed reader who found it! Yes, we love our readers! 🙂 The hoax is dead. Its official. I meant ‘sacked’ as in no longer friends. It says in the post above that there are people who no longer want anything to do with Angie and that includes Eyelash….t’was news to me. Rupert playing at being a Rothschild… Unfortunately none of us know exactly what Sabine was arrested for last week – It might be a separate unrelated matter. I do hope that the Police and CPS act quickly with regards the post Sabine made on her German blog (as identified by EC at the start of this post) If you look at the post of Sabine you will see a link to a YouTube video, that ends with a page of links to old posts about the hoax. The order states: Sabine’s post is clearly in breach of the restraining order against her last month. As such she faces a possible prison sentence The page of links in Sabine’s German post Just in case Sabine now decides to delete the page, its now archived on Wayback Machine. The videos are also saved and archived….. Hopefully the Police have done the same Why do we bother, LOL? Ooh, we’ll have to arrange a reception committee made up of some of those nice boys and girls in blue. The trolling bitch will probably have her creepy toy boy in tow – two birds, one stone. I’ve just noticed that Angela has removed her illegal post showing the children’s names and faces and the usual libel. We’ve got these biatches rattled, folks! 😀 Thanks, Jake, Nice find! And you’ll be pleased to know I’ve posted a screenshot of your comment to both Rupert and Angela. I also found this: Indeed, Yannis! I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together 😀 What happened to Rupert? He went bald. Massive narcissistic injury. There are some nice little moments dotted throughout this show (including fumbling, rambling, pregnant pauses, “technical hitches” and embarrassingly loud burps – so professional, Roops!). Rupert is clearly drunk. Or just blindingly incompetent. Oh and he admits to having taken MDMA. And there’s a nice little confrontation between Veitch and “Ziggy” at 39 minutes. Excellent find of the inebriated loopy Roopy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34554
__label__cc	0.575752	0.424248	Wedger pushes SRA, invites ‘testimony’ from survivors It’s been a while since we heard from ex-Met police officer Jon Wedger, but yesterday he and his friend Lou Collins released an interview on Collins’ radio show and blog. “An Interview with Jon Wedger 1 year on—Satanic Ritual Abuse” is pretty much what it sounds like. Following a review of the various physical challenges which Wedger took on in 2018 (walking from Parliament to Manchester, cycling from Parliament to Penzance, swimming round the Isles of Scilly, where he claims “dark forces were at work” as there were a lot of stinging jellyfish about), he and Collins settle in to discuss the difficulties he’s encountered in his campaign. Wedger says he’s sat down with cabinet ministers, sexual abuse survivors, and therapists. He claims to have met with “one of top criminal profilers in Belgium”—we assume he is referring to Carine Hutsebaut, a “Commissioner” at the ITNJ cosplay in London, about which we’ve written fairly extensively. Hutsebaut is particularly noted for her interest in the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory, as well as “global pedocriminal pedosexual networks“, chemtrails, QAnon, and various health frauds such as “vaccines cause autism”. Wedger also mentions having sat down with “former gangsters”, a reference to Kray twins enforcer Chris Lambrianou, who is linked to the “Jesus Army”, described by some as an abusive cult: Trolls, trolls, trolls… Wedger and Collins agree that one of the worst problems he’s faced in the past year is relentless trolling: Collins: You’ve been targeted by, you know, you’ve had various things happen to you. Has that increased, or has it sort of like, uh… Wedger: Well what’s happened is, the trolling came soon as I started raising money, that came, and it did increase, and it got to a bit of a fever pitch, and I’m not going to name names, but we all know who it was, uh, luckily, you know, there’s no words for these people. There’s no words, and I said this from the very start. the one thing that causes any campaign of this nature to fail is division. It is divide and rule. Anyone who seeks to drive a wedge between any of us doing right must be looked on with incredibly suspicious eyes. There was another campaign by someone else that I’m going to class as double despicable, and that’s because he’s an ex-copper. And he’s tried doing it. And I think that’s a bit like, um… Collins: Kind of horrendous. The “double-despicable” campaign “run by an ex-copper” is a reference to some questions raised by Julian King, who runs an organisation called the Independent Police Support Group. Just last month, King posed some uncomfortable questions about Wedger’s claims to be a “whistleblower”. Wedger: And you know, I don’t know what motivates them. Maybe there’s guilt, maybe there’s jealousy, but none of it is benevolent. And they can sod off because I’ve really not got words for them, Lou. I really haven’t got words for these trolls, and really, they are exposing themselves when they do this. I mean, stupid little things that they’re picking up on. I mean, one fellow has gone through every single one of my interviews, and picked up every inconsistency that he can, and said, ‘look, I’ve found Jon Wedger out’, and I think one of them was, I think I was a week out on one of my dates that I gave. Now there’s a term in law, you know, that discrepancy does not constitute a breach. And this is what it is, you know, there’s always going to be discrepancy, especially when you have suffered like myself and many others have, you do suffer mental trauma, and… Collins: Course you do! Wedger: …and lapses in memory and everything else, so, um…but no, on the whole I’ve broadened my shoulders with them, I don’t care for them any more, and I’ll just say to anyone that does look on all that, that you’ve just got to take it for what it is. Everyone has their critics… Collins: It’s the people that are putting it out there, and are supplying the information, they’re not hiding their faces, their names are out there, their faces out there. These people who are attacking are behind the shadows. There is no names. Wedger: Oh yeah, yeah, that’s right. Well the other thing is…I mean one group that I’ll happily name is a group called Hoaxtead. Collins: Right. Wedger: I mean, they must be the most vilest campaign group I’ve ever come across, and I’d encourage anyone to look at their work. Not that I want to advertise their work, cause it’s absolutely disgusting. And what it is, is a group in my opinion that have got Satanic roots! They centre anyone that starts exposing the negative religious connotation to abuse, which is Satanism, and it is real, and it is prevalent, and there have been dozens of cited cases in recent criminal history in our Crown Courts, where Satanism has been used, and Satanists have been convicted for that reason. So this is not a myth, it is reality, and it does go on. Satanism does go on. Yes, Satanism definitely “goes on”. No doubt about that—just ask James Hind, who has commented here as Satanic Views for nearly four years. However, we would be very interested if Wedger could provide us with a list of actual criminal cases involving “Satanic ritual abuse”. As we wrote a few days ago, horrific crimes are committed against children who are believed to be possessed by evil spirits—but those crimes are committed by religious fanatics who believe that children can be “possessed” by evil spirits. This is not the same thing as SRA, and to claim that it is betrays either fundamental ignorance or extreme disingenuousness, we don’t like to guess which. ‘All us brave whistleblowers’ Wedger throws in a good word for Mike Veale, former chief constable of Cleveland Police, who resigned last month and is currently facing and investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC); he claims that Veale was pressured out of his job by MI5, and that “this is what the Establishment does to all us brave whistleblowers”. Claiming that “the rape of a child is probably the biggest, most lucrative crime there is”, Wedger urged listeners, “So get on board, because we need each other. I need your testimonies, I will bravely put your testimonies out, but you need to stand by”. This call for survivors of sexual abuse to bring him their testimonies so that he can make them public—sorry, bravely make them public—strikes us as a very poor idea indeed. First, should survivors really be bringing their stories to Wedger, who is no longer a police officer, rather than to the actual police? He has expressed some very odd ideas, affiliated with some very dodgy people, and has stated outright that he does not trust the police, so how does he propose to assist any survivors who might approach him? What does Wedger propose do with the information he receives from any survivors who do accept his invitation? Does he have protocols in place to protect people’s confidentiality? Will he be able to assist anyone in coming to terms with their abuse? Will he be able to help bring abusers to justice? By his own account, all Wedger has to offer survivors is publicity, but that’s okay, because he seems to think that’s all they really want: Wedger: When you speak to the victims, you say, “What to you actually want?” and they all say, “We want the world to know what went on”. I’ve got a platform for it now, and I talk about it. For me, there is no other subject, because this is the end of humanity if we allow our children to… Collins: Children are our future, this is why we’re here, we’re here to recreate. We’re on this time, this earth, this plane for a short time, we’re here to create, and we have children… If Wedger’s unswerving belief in SRA weren’t enough, his dedicated self-promotion and puffery, as well as his emerging status as a full-blown conspiraloon, ought to be sending up some serious red flags for anybody who cares about the well-being of survivors of abuse. 02/02/2019 in Assorted knobheads. Tags: child abuse, conspiracy theories, Jonathan Wedger, Satanic ritual abuse Wedger & Wong: The SRA agenda Jon Wedger’s claims: More questions than answers Wedger’s campaign of self-glorification ← Bearing false witness Wedger’s campaign of self-glorification → 74 thoughts on “Wedger pushes SRA, invites ‘testimony’ from survivors” You have “He claims to have met with “one of top criminal profilers in Belgium”—we assume he is referring to Carine Hutsebaut, a “Commissioner” at the ITNJ cosplay in London, about which we’ve written fairly extensively. ” repeated… Thanks, Steve. Fixed. 🙂 He is definitely going down the rabbithole… Considering the company he has been keeping, I would worry if any abuse survivor had given him anything, these people seem determined to gather peoples details and stories, yet have literally no protections in place, and many of them are actually associates of convicted predators… One does wonder how many of these convicted ones (and unknown/unconvicted ones) are using these to actually get the ‘lurid details’ to gratify themselves??? What a pompous puffed-up windbag he is and now that we are seeing him beginning in full stride it’s obvious he’s just another in a long line of self-appointed “whistle-blowers” who are yet to blow a whistle on anything. Instead they make these sweeping generalizations which is the opposite to a genuine whistle-blower who reveals actual evidence. To ask for donations to do this seems pretty sick to me. And ex-plod Mike Veale deserves everything coming to him. While innocent unless otherwise proved with his cowardly manner of resigning (which leave his generous pension intact) the allegations made by two female officers should be fully investigated as the public has a right to know and other Wiltshire coppers have a right to have their name cleared. I’d love to know why Wedger left the force but of course all who do have a right to privacy except when they are making sweeping generalizations and accusing others of malfeasance even if it is MI5. I suggest he may have been invited to. Baloney’s last remaining fan, lol: Sorry if I’m overthinking this but I find it pretty disturbing that vulnerable people are turning to Wedgie as their guiding light and saviour. There just aren’t enough sick buckets in the World… I see Davy hasn’t closed those speech marks yet, so presumably he’s still banging on about Wedger somewhere. Ah, the joy of reporting a Piers Morgan tweet 🤭 people like wedger are not interested in children one bit. there has been a Bees Nest of a child abuse cover up on his own door step for years and he isn`t the slightest bit interested. Piers Morgan who got the sack from a well known news paper a few years back for putting fake pictures of soldiers on the front page. I lost part of a post. TInribs and Steved have pre-empted me stating it’s dubious whether Mr W is an appropriate person to whom survivors of abuse should turn. I don’t want any survivors of abuse who might read this page to ‘out’ by saying ‘Well I went to so and so’ themselves but surely there are genuine and trustworthy organisations to whom survivors could turn. I can’t make my mind up whether Mr W means well but is going about things the wrong way. I’m not even saying there isn’t any satanic abuse goes on though I think it is rarer than some people would suggest.I’ve read on this board that there have been some alleged satanic abuses which did qualify as abuse though didn’t have a satanic element. When such abuse does occur it is difficult to know whether people do despicable things expecting Old NIck to manifest himself hooves, horns, tail and all or whether they just use the name as a vehicle for doing nasty things. Flo Destroyer says: Have you noticed what has been published on Amazon by horizontal Iphone expert Anna Brees? It is a book from a survivor who these people have been interviewing under the brand Brees Media. Now colour me cynical but I think this may be why they are pursuing survivors stories to try and profit from the misery of the story they can sell rather than solve any issues regarding child abuse. There are to many desperate money grabs and publicity stunts for it to be anything other than a shoddy marketing campaign to sell some books and grow a brand. Reverend Bruce Howard says: David Icke’s James Busby attacks The SAFF few weeks back. Wedger talks ill of Hoaxtead in the same month. Odd. My conspiracy mind says its a coincidence and there is no such thing as a coincidence! Hoaxtead is a poisoned chalice. Once reading you turn full Satan and the only way back is to buy a Jon Wedger T-shirt and coming soon the full motion picture “Wedger – the Movie. I was a cop, but no Kojak” Seems even those that have never read Hoaxtead and ask questions of people like Jon, Andy and that circus are also Hoaxtead. Didn’t realise Hoaxtead was a gang? Is it official, you know like postcode gangs? WTF? I mean what has Wedger actually exposed?. Sod all. There are bound to be terrible cover-ups of all manner of crimes but he’s all talk. I say fck Jon Wedger. The minute he made the ludicrous claim MI5 nobbled Mike Veale is the minute this dill should be ignored. As with all these fanatics: their propensity to aid and comfort highly dodgy people is legendary. We’ve seen how those who promote the Hampstead hoax are not only friends with convicted pedophiles and proven child abusers they actually go out of their way to promote them. Belinda McKenzie even housed one who was on the run. The frightening thing about bozos like Wedger is that they truly believe Satan has all these powers and that the only way anyone can obtain power is by selling their soul to him/her. Some of them even say The Beatles didn’t write their songs and are a manufactured tool of The Devil to seduce young people (mind you all their fans are now aged pensioners). They think all politicians have got where they are because they are cannibal baby abusers who are blackmailed by Beelzebub into doing something or other. Madness. It’s only a matter of time before they claim 788 – 790 Finchley Road is a portal to the underworld and Mephistopheles is the real landlord. Speaking of Pandora’s Box Nutters- has anyone heard of John Paterson lately? I wonder if he is enjoying the hospitality of HM Prisons?. I still say Wedger missed his calling and should have had a main role in I Claudius. They were all barking mad as well. Mephistopheles, I believe that was the name of the debt collection agency run by a ‘star’ Mckenzie. The other partner being a notorious paedophile. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/law-report-order-against-litigant-affects-partners-mephistopheles-debt-collection-service-a-firm-v-1419645.html Oh, GoS, I sometimes wonder if things have become more loony in the 21st century but of course it is probably more likely that the internet is giving strange ideas a chance to flourish more widely. I’ve never been sure whether 788/790 Finchley Road is a place that sells ‘off the shelf’ companies or a firm (legal firm?) that acts as the registered address for various companies. I’ve come across a conspiracy theory that Paul McCartney was replaced (I don’t believe it before people jump on me metaphorically). SOME of what David Icke says is true (mind you it’s stuff that is in the public domain) but when he goes on about the British royal family being lizards and the moon being an illusion he loses all credibility for me. Also he goes on about not having been sued but there was a Canadian man who sued him successfully. I imagine that most if not all of us who comment here take YouTube ‘truthers’ with a liberal grain of salt but I do have some fears in case unstable people were triggered by the loonies. Mr Trans Investigator’s channel was taken down but I saw a comment there (more fool me for looking at it – but some of the comments are the things that worry me). I may have mentioned this before but someone had made a comment about somebody should kick a pregnant celebrity’s belly (because they are convinced most female celebrities aren’t really female). What if some nutter acted on that and attacked a pregnant lady. Mind you, there is no reasoning with some people, one can try and point out that their reasoning is a syllogism – Female Celebrity X is pregnant, ‘moon bumps’ exist, ego X is faking a pregnancy with a ‘moon bump’ – you can try saying till the cows come home that I (i.e. CAW) exist, dogs exist but that doesn’t make me a dog owner but it’s to no avail. I won’t link (they don’t have to do with the Hampstead Hoax) but a YouTuber called Shoe0nHead did a reaction video to an offering by another YouTuber (HeatherGotRedPilled) implying that Shoe is a secret transgender. Shoe’s reaction was just funny but she provided a link to HGRP’s channel to prove it was an actual channel but asked people not to ‘troll’. However some of Shoe’s fans went over to HGRP’s channel and made disapproving remarks about her video and HGRP accused S0H of being a bully! Petty Politics also did a send-up (PP does a ‘trainwreck of the month’) about Mary40 (Australian YouTuber – she’s another one who promotes the ‘everyone famous is secretly transgender’. The Mary40 fans were all over the comments section like a rash but I thought it was funny. Gatehouse says: Sniff the bullshit… Being called stupid by Cat Scot is like being called smelly by a skunk. By the way, the Chrome spellchecker doesn’t recognise ‘Catriona’ and is suggesting ‘castration’. I think on balance I’d take the latter. @PoliceSupportUK says: Thought it necessary to add my comments as i am mentioned in this blog post. I am not running a campaign against Mr Wedger, I just give the facts and the public can make up their own minds, I have noticed that sometimes people are blinkered and no matter how much evidence is available they will continue to support people like John Wedger. I am not an armchair warrior and proactively help police whistleblowers having been one myself and am still being victimised for doing so after many years. I have personally met Mr Wedger on 3 occasions initially to try and help him as a whistleblower and it soon became apparent that he is not a genuine whistleblower, did not want any help wishing to go solo and did not care about or show any concern for other police whistleblowers. He did also not seem to care about the victims he talks about and I found a nasty side to him supported by vile messages he sent to me recently. Reading this blog post there is mention of people picking up on discrepancies in Mr Wedger’s interviews, these are not discrepancies and down right lies. Everything he says is either false or embellished. He was not on pay for 3 years, he served 23 years not 25 years and only a small proportion of this time on child abuse. He has lied about Maggie Oliver’s and my own case to try and bolster his own case. When he was of sick he was swinging the lead including healing victims at his home address apparently by touching their hands. He had nothing to do with SRA until recently when being followed on Facebook for those in that field. I know his promoter Anna Brees as I did one of her mobile video courses along with another volunteer organisation. She was a nice lady but I feel was a bit naive having undertaken Jon Wedger as her first project having returned to work after being away from work for a long time having had children. She has too much invested including her reputation to withdraw. At the end of the day it call comes down to money, Wedger is a good source of clients including for a former officer Rick Pendlebury who runs a new criminal defence company. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-sergeant-cleared-shoplifting-charge-14186744 https://wrongfullyaccusednow.co.uk/ Rick seems to be now sucking up to Jon Wedger when he previously was against him following issues that arose from the now well known Manchester whistleblowers meeting which was hijacked by Jon Wedger. Jon informed me that he acted at work in the same aggressive way that his friend Bill Maloney acted because it got results and his bosses could not deal with him. He was refused an ill health pension and went to a Police medicals Appeal Board where he informed me that he threw a chair at a doctor who ran out of the room. He is a good actor but he is not what we would consider a genuine police whistleblower, he is in it for himself and will continue to act up so long as people are blowing smoke up his ar* and burying their heads in the sand. ‘It’s only a matter of time before they claim 788 – 790 Finchley Road is a portal to the underworld and Mephistopheles is the real landlord.’ I spit my coffee out when I read that….still laughing. Careful. That way lies madness.😜 You are heading into Encyclopedia Dramatica territory! Yes, this is disturbing. I think of organisations like the “Fresh Start Foundation”, and individuals like Kevin Annett, who collect people’s stories not in order to help them in any way, but to exploit them for their own gain. It’s all about pushing a specific agenda, and it stinks. Join the dots, people! It’s all falling into place now…. I haven’t seen that, Flo. Very concerning. This is the publication in question. Thanks for commenting, PSUK, your thoughts are much appreciated. Hello PoliceSupportUK. I know you aren’t running a campaign, but you have posted a couple of not 100% supportive articles. You aren’t the only non-Hoaxteader with concerns by any means. I have serious concersns about his behaviour while off sick, but still employed as a police officer. He was in communication with Plymouth Studio in a shed bloke. He somehow got hold of Ella’s list which was the class list that parents pass round to arrange play dates and meet ups down the pub. Ella Draper read this out later on accusing them all of killing and raping babies. Jon Wedger “Nathan Numnuts” forwarded this to professional standards (AFAIK and based in Empress State). No problems with that. BUT! Brian Gerrish then claimed a police officer had been warned off. Fast forward a few years and Jon Wedger claims he was warned off. I mean, for fuck’s sake, he was off sick and getting involved in a police investigation, I would expect him to be told to back off. Imagine JW having to go to court? Muppet. There is also a weird thing that Brian Harvey claimed. He claimed JW used a key to let them into a block of flats and record on the roof. If JW used a **** key to get into a block of flats he had no business being in I think that is disgusting. frasersherman says: Rape of a child is lucrative? Clearly all the actual pedophiles I read about are doing it wrong. Sorry to see the whackaloons that side of the Atlantic are as bad as the ones here in the US. Order Of Truth says: Maybe it’s just me, but Wedger seems far too THICK to have been a detective police sergeant – or even a bobby – but perhaps he may just have scraped by as a traffic warden (no offence to traffic wardens) if he is able to write some numbers and big letters (in ink – not crayon). Talking of coppers, whatever happened to that ‘Ray’ or ‘Roy’ the ex-copper from Sussex who ran a caravan park and seemed to have an unhealthy interest in SRA stuff and kidnapping children? He seems to have disappeared. According to press reports the idiot was a constable, not a sergeant as the lunatic Disney whatsername claims. JOHN WANOA’S PETITION Don’t all rush at once, now 🤭 “46 have signed. Let’s get to 100!” OMG, the dizzy heights of success 😂 Eddieisacock live again 🙄 Immediately blocked for asking an awkward question, Quell surprise 🙄 Jay Wratten says: Eddie: “Keep deleting those devils. We don’t need the wickedness” 😂 He’s just blocked and deleted CatChair, Max Frisch and Kells Bells too. Anyone find it ironic that Eddie’s on a pro-free speech march… blocking everyone who disagrees with him or asks awkward questions? I read your article and thought it extremely fair and non-judgemental in that you laid out the facts and pointed out important discrepancies that need answering when someone, Mr Wedger in this case, is on a “crusade”. In fact I cannot see any reason Jon Wedger won’t speak to you as there are matters he needs to clear up. Yes, our whackaloons are top-notch. World-class, even. And yes, the business about child rape being lucrative was apparently plucked from Wedger’s nether regions. He needs to clarify his definitions. Everyone who disagrees with him is a troll…or a devil. Which is it, Paul? Also, could he please clarify whether his surname is spelt “Rogers” or “Rodgers”? I’ve seen both. A “Yellow vet weekend”. Has a veterinarian chickened out of spaying Cat? He used to be Paul Rodgers but he’s all right now. I think there’s been a jaundice outbreak 😮 I have looked at that site (ED) but only for a laugh. Although I have worried about conspiracy theory believers the existence of sites like Rational Wiki reassure me somewhat. “He is a good actor but he is not what we would consider a genuine police whistleblower….and will continue to act up”. Aha..did I not say so!. (editor- you’ve already done this..you’re fired) He gave us permission to speak… then took down the video 😆 I still don’t get Eddie’s pathological hatred of “fat” people, especially as he’s looking a little porky around the gills himself these days. Besides, I’ve seen EC and she is in fact very slim. Find a healthier way to deal with your jealousy, Eddie. I’m really not sure why he’s so interested in my body in any case. Creepy little wanker. Get some sleep, Andy 🙄 788 – 790 Finchley Road is a portal to the underworld I would watch that movie. Eddieisacock says: Fregoli update Lovely little Hoaxtead rant by Devine @19:58: And midichlorians come from Midian. Connect the dots people! Devine @ 12:44 – Everyone keeps thinking I’m the intelligent one” Trust me, Andy – they don’t. 🙄💤 Define “everyone”. Of course it does. Meanwhile you are the genius who can talk for hours about the lizard people, aliens and clones. I’m so impressed with your ability to rabbit on for hours about sod all….I know I couldn’t do it. If he’s the intelligent one I can only pity the others. So he didn’t take it down because he was embarrassed about the comments then. Nice to know. ‘They’re evil mate….they’re evil’. That’s not what CW Chanter says: Soulless Hive Minds? I heard them once at the Brixton Academy as the support band at a Sex Gang Children concert. Pingback: Wedger’s campaign of self-glorification \| HOAXTEAD RESEARCH I humped* the Sex Gang Children in 1983. * I would like to point out that humped in this context refers to who transferring a band’s equipment from their vehicular transport to the stage and then back again at the end of the gig! 🤣 naqsej says: The debt agency said it would “pursue debtors to the gates of Hell if necessary” – given that one of the partners was a convicted paedophile and the other a serial conman, they probably knew the way.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34555
__label__wiki	0.846725	0.846725	Notice of updates ! Since the last time you logged in our privacy statement has been updated. We want to ensure that you are kept up to date with any changes and as such would ask that you take a moment to review the changes. You will not continue to receive KPMG subscriptions until you accept the changes. Our privacy policy has been updated since the last time you logged in We want to make sure you're kept up to date. Please take a moment to review these changes. You will not receive KPMG subscription messages until you agree to the new policy. Ignore and log out Masaaki Tsuya, Bridgestone Global tire manufacturer focused on the future by forging new alliances and partnerships to seize opportunities. Focused on the future by forging new alliances and partnerships to seize opportunities. Explore the report › Masaaki Tsuya, Bridgestone Henadi Al-Saleh, Agility James Bracken, Fortitude Re Jonas Prising, ManpowerGroup Kathy Warden, Northrop Grumman Markus Tacke, Siemens Gamesa Doug McMillon, Walmart Global tire manufacturer Bridgestone has always had an eye on the future. When Shojiro Ishibashi founded the company in Japan in 1931, he used an English translation of his surname for the name of the company, anticipating its expansion to a global brand. Today, as the industry enters a new and disrupted phase, the company and its leadership still have one eye firmly on the future. “We are in the midst of radical change: politics, economy, society, people's lives, and our businesses,” says Masaaki Tsuya, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Representative Executive Officer. “In the automobile industry, it’s a ‘once-in-a-100-years revolution’.” For Masaaki Tsuya, these changes represent significant growth opportunities for those who are prepared to innovate their business model. The introduction of CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric) technologies has created a new set of opportunities for automotive companies. “There will be opportunities for companies who develop new technologies, business models, and innovations to grow,” he says. Forging alliances and innovative partnerships with start-ups will be critical in seizing those opportunities. “In 2018, we jointly established ‘TireHub’, a distributor of passenger and light truck tires in the US, with Goodyear,” explains Masaaki Tsuya. “Establishing a joint venture with Goodyear, one of our competitors, would have been unthought of ten years ago. We need to know when to stick to our own way and when to do it differently and collaborate with other companies in a dynamic manner. This will include more relationships with startup companies with new technologies.” This sort of approach reflects the culture and philosophy of Bridgestone, which is to always be on the front-foot. “If a hundred out of a hundred people say something is good, it’s more likely it’s in fact ordinary. That's because you are not doing things differently and taking a risk. Consumer perspectives and behavior are changing at an accelerated pace, and we need to change quickly. A company cannot survive without anticipating the future and having a pioneer mindset.” One thing that has not changed significantly is Masaaki Tsuya’s belief in what a CEO needs to succeed. “I use ‘VIP’ to express the minimum requirements for leaders, which stands for Vision, Integrity, and Principle,” he says. “Vision shows where the company is heading and you cannot lead without one. In order to be a leader, you need to decide what Principles are fixed and unchanged and which situations allow for realistic, practical, and flexible compromises. And Integrity connects these two together, as leaders need to have integrity and be unwavering in their purpose.” Throughout this document, “we”, “KPMG”, “us” and “our” refer to the network of independent member firms operating under the KPMG name and affiliated with KPMG International or to one or more of these firms or to KPMG International. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the interviewees and survey respondents and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of KPMG International or any KPMG member firm. KPMG’s involvement is not an endorsement, sponsorship or implied backing of any company’s products or services. Leading in uncertain times Changing from within The evolution of the CEO CEO profiles Contact Alumni linkedin. Opens in a new window twitter. Opens in a new window Find out how KPMG's expertise can help you and your company. Subscribe to KPMG Insights © 2020 KPMG Limited, a Cyprus limited liability company and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34560
__label__cc	0.644002	0.355998	Meaning of the name Ruth: Friendship Relevant Scriptures: Ruth 1:1-5, 11-19, 2:1-13, 3:1-13, 4:8-12 Ruth was married to one of Naomi’s sons. Ruth was not an Israelite, she was from Moab. Although Ruth’s husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law were dead, Ruth refused to return to her people at Naomi’s urging. Ruth pledged to go where Naomi went, to stay where Naomi stayed, that Naomi’s people would be her people and Naomi’s God would be her God. Ruth went to Bethlehem with Naomi. Boaz was a relative on Naomi’s husband side, from the clan of Elimelek. Ruth went to the fields owned by Boaz to glean behind the harvesters. Upon seeing Ruth, Boaz asked his overseer to whom did she belong? Boaz offered Ruth his protection and advised her not to glean in another field. He also instructed his overseer not to reprimand her, to pull out stalks for her the bundles and to leave them where she would be able to find them. Naomi advised Ruth that she needed to find a home for her where she would be provided for. She told Ruth that Boaz would be winnowing the barley on the threshing floor, to wash, put on perfume, her best clothes and go there but do not let him know she is there until after he finishes eating and drinking. Naomi told Ruth to lay at Boaz feet and wait for him to tell her what to do. Ruth agrees to all that Naomi instructed her to do. Boaz asked Ruth “Who are you”, she told him that she was his servant Ruth and to cover her with his garment since he was the guardian redeemer of the family. Boaz was pleased that Ruth showed him kindness by choosing him instead of running after a younger man whether richer or poorer. In order to make Ruth his wife Boaz had to ensure that the family’s other guardian redeemer who was more closely related did not want to redeem the property that belong to Naomi’s deceased husband. Naomi and Ruth were considered part of the property that would also be acquired once the property had been redeemed by Boaz. Ruth and Boaz was blessed with a son named Obed, who was the father of Jesse and Jesse was the father of David. The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, 1995. (All scriptures, Footnotes & Introduction to Ruth) Women of the Bible, 52 Bible Studies for Individuals and Group, Jean E. Syswerda, Zondervan 1999 July 30, 2015 Lisa Jones Bible Study, Boaz, Elimelek, kinsman redeemer, Naomi, Ruth, Small Group Bible Study, Tampa Bay, Women of the Bible One thought on “Ruth – 15 Points for Bible Study” Frank Brunson says: Reblogged this on Homewords Ministry and commented: The Ruth Bible study is rescheduled for 08/29/15, Here are the points.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34561
__label__wiki	0.606371	0.606371	http://standardspeaker.com/eedition Latest Agriculture and the environment News Wyoming OKs permit to test treated oil wastewater on a farm CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming regulators have issued a one-time permit for a company to test whether its technology to treat oil drilling and manufacturing wastewater can help vegetation grow on a farm. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality permit issued this month allows Encore Green... Protesters in Berlin support environment-friendly farming BERLIN (AP) — Demonstrators in Berlin called for more environment-friendly agriculture practices at a protest Saturday in Berlin that included farmers with more than 150 tractors. Thousands of people gathered at the German capital's Brandenburg Gate for the protest under the motto “We've had... CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Like all the best con artists, Randy Constant was a charmer, hard not to like. Big hearted. Good listener. You’d never have guessed that the father of three, grandfather of five was a liar, cheat and serial philanderer who masterminded one of the biggest and longest-running... EPA petition asks for action on tainted drinking water Eight state and national health and environment groups are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take emergency action because they say Oregon regulators have failed to curb nitrate contamination in drinking water sources near large dairies and feedlots. The groups filed a Safe Drinking Water Act... Pine Tree State's new ag marketing to highlight "Real Maine" AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's agriculture department has unveiled a new marketing program that officials believe will better represent the state's products. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry released the new “Real Maine” logo on Tuesday. The move coincided with... Minnesotans are drinking water contaminated by nitrate MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Years of unchecked agricultural pollution has led Minnesotans to drink tap water that is contaminated with unsafe levels of nitrate, a chemical associated with cancer and other serious health problems. In a report released Tuesday morning by the Environmental Working Group, it was found... Group: Cattle hooves, manure spoiling Southwest US waterways FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An environmental group is suing the federal government to try to keep livestock away from Southwestern waterways that are home to threatened and endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit Monday, alleging the U.S. Forest Service isn't adequately... China's foreign minister arrives in Zimbabwe on Africa tour HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — China’s foreign minister has arrived in Zimbabwe Saturday as part of a five-nation tour of Africa that seeks to promote the Asian giant's economic and political interests on the continent. Wang Yi is set to visit a Zimbabwe tobacco farm and meet with President Emmerson... Fence project to keep horses off highway to begin next phase MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Tonto National Forest officials say workers plan Monday to begin installing 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) of steel fencing along and near the lower Salt River east of metro Phoenix to prevent wild horses from crossing the Bush Highway and to keep livestock from mingling with the horse herd.... Claim by advocates seeking to stop wolf shooting dismissed SEATTLE (AP) — Wolf advocates seeking to halt the Washington Department Fish and Wildlife from shooting wolves to protect livestock have suffered another legal setback. The Capital Press reports King County Superior Court Judge John McHale on Friday dismissed claims that Fish and Wildlife's lethal-control... Hazleton News Little done to promote census to Latinos in Hazleton MLK Jr. Day makes us take a look at the past, present and future Sides dig in on Francis E. Walter Dam debate	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34565
__label__wiki	0.697279	0.697279	Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/fip/fedbwp/97-5.html Collateral damage: effects of the Japanese real estate collapse on credit availability and real activity in the United States Joe Peek Eric S. Rosengren Eric Rosengren The dramatic 70 percent decline in Japanese commercial real estate prices from their peak in 1990 provides a natural experiment to test the extent to which a loan supply shock can affect real economic activity. Because the shock was external to U.S. credit markets, yet connected through the substantial penetration of U.S. lending markets by Japanese banks, this event allows us to identify an exogenous loan supply shock and ultimately link that shock to construction activity in major commercial real estate markets in the United States. We use panel data that exploit the variation across geographically distinct commercial real estate markets in the United States, both in degree of Japanese bank penetration and in local demand conditions, to establish conclusively that loan supply shocks emanating from loan problems in Japan had real effects on economic activity in the United States. Revised 1999. Joe Peek & Eric S. Rosengren, 1997. "Collateral damage: effects of the Japanese real estate collapse on credit availability and real activity in the United States," Working Papers 97-5, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, revised 1997. Handle: RePEc:fip:fedbwp:97-5 File URL: http://www.bostonfed.org/economic/wp/wp1997/wp97_5.htm File URL: http://www.bostonfed.org/economic/wp/wp1997/wp97_5.pdf Peek, Joe & Rosengren, Eric, 1995. "Bank regulation and the credit crunch," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 19(3-4), pages 679-692, June. Eric S. Rosengren & Joe Peek, 1993. 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"Banking on crises : expensive lessons from recent financial crises," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1979, The World Bank. Credit; All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:fip:fedbwp:97-5. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc. For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Catherine Spozio). General contact details of provider: http://edirc.repec.org/data/frbbous.html .	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34568
__label__cc	0.592105	0.407895	Home / Science & Nature / Plants / Washington, D.C.’s Cherry Trees are Very Good at Planning for the Future In Plants, Research News, Science & Nature / 9 April 2015 By John Gibbons No one can exactly predict when the blossoming cherry trees will reach their peak, since it is all driven by the weather. (Photo by John Gibbons) On March 26, 1912, a donation from Japan arrived in Washington, D.C.―3,020 ornamental cherry trees, sparking one of the biggest springtime annual attractions in the capital city: the viewing of the cherry blossoms. But planning to see them can be tricky, since the peak blooming time is completely driven by the weather, and can change from year to year. However, according to Greg Huse, an arborist with Smithsonian Gardens, the blossoms are on the trees almost the entire year. “The blooms that people come to see each spring were actually created almost a year earlier. In the late summer and early fall, the tree begins to release a protein called an FT protein, which triggers the tree to start forming new flower buds for the following year. The buds are fully formed by the time the tree goes dormant in the winter.” Once there is a sustained warming trend in spring, it triggers the cherry trees release their buds from the protective scales and begin to blossom. (Photo by John Gibbons) So why can’t we see the newly formed flowers and how are they not killed by cold winter temperatures? Huse has the answer. “The tree’s flowers for the following year develop inside the protection of bud scales, which are like the tree’s armor for the tender flowers underneath. This envelope of thicker material keeps the delicate buds safe from winter’s ice and snow. If we had a sustained cold snap of -20 or -30 degrees, that may cause some die-back, but that’s unlikely in most places where ornamental cherry trees are planted.” Greg Huse, an arborist with Smithsonian Gardens, inspects the weeping cherry tree in the Smithsonian’s Moon Gate Garden in Washington, D.C. (Photo by John Gibbons) So, after spending its summer and fall making hundreds, if not thousands of buds, and then taking a long winter’s nap, who wakes the tree up and tells it it’s showtime? Mother Nature, of course! “The signal the trees are looking for is the same one we’re all looking for after winter―warm days,” Huse says. “While there isn’t a magic number of days, the trees are triggered by a sustained warming trend. That’s why you cannot really predict when they’ll definitely bloom. Sometimes that warming trend comes in March; sometimes it waits until April. The only danger with the trees blooming early is the chance of an early spring frost, which can kill the blossoms.” The Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. surrounded by flowering cherry trees at their peak. (Photo by Leosmedley) If a frost does kill the blossoms once they’ve opened, admirers lose their chance to see the beautiful blooms and will have to come back next year. The trees, however, will only have to wait a couple of months before they have buds again. 5 More Cherry Tree Facts * All that selective breeding and genetic manipulation comes at a price: in the world of trees, ornamental cherry trees have a relatively short life span of 20 to 30 years, although there have been exceptions that lived past 50. * Like many ornamental trees, a flowering cherry is not the single tree it appears to be. The genetic manipulation it takes to create its beauty also makes it less hardy and susceptible to disease. So the trunk of the ornamental tree is grafted (attached) to the root stock from a healthier type of tree, thereby making the ornamental part stronger. * The crowns of weeping cherry trees are actually grafted upside down to the trunk of a healthier specimen. So, while the tree thinks its branches are growing upward as they normally would, they actually grow down, giving the tree its weeping appearance. Weeping cherry tree in the Smithsonian’s Moon Gate Garden, Washington, D.C. (Photo by John Gibbons) * The 1912 donation of cherry trees from Japan to the U.S. was actually a second attempt. Japan’s original donation of 2,000 cherry trees arrived in Washington on January 6, 1910. But they were found to be diseased and infested with insects. To protect American growers, the trees were burned. * Japanese poets and artists have long associated cherry blossoms with the transience and shortness of life. This is an animated version of “Cherry Blossom Flurry at Kambayashi Hot Spring” by Kasamatsu Shiro. Escape of the invasives: Top six invasive plant species in the United States Smithsonian botanist writes book on his discoveries in the secret land of Myanmar Fungi may determine the future of soil carbon Cherry Blossom Flurry at Kambayashi Hot Spring	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34577
__label__wiki	0.553767	0.553767	Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare” Included A Family With Two Dads March 16, 2019 December 30, 2018 by Devin Randall Oscar and Marcos with their two dads Liberty and Marcos / Screenshot A ‘90s classic just got a major modern update. Earlier this year, kids’ channel Nickelodeon brought back the competition show Double Dare that originally ran from 1986 to 1993 (and briefly returned in 2000). The family against family version of the series shows two parents and two kids competing in toss-up physical challenges. The winning team then receives control of the round and money for their final score. The host, YouTuber Liza Koshy, then asks contestants trivia questions. Each correct answer earns more money for their score and incorrect answers give the other team control. The name of the series comes from the dare mechanic. A team in control can dare the other team to answer a question and double the monetary value. That team though can double dare for quadruple the original value. But why are we talking about the series here? Because a recent episode contained a family with same-sex parents. “This is one of those things that I hope won’t be a big deal soon, but right now I think it’s worth noting: A Christmas week episode of Double Dare featured a family with two dads competing, which I think has to be one of the first real-life examples of same-sex families on kids’ TV,” wrote game show expert Chad Mosher on Twitter. This is one of those things that I hope won't be a big deal soon, but right now I think it's worth noting: Last night's episode of Double Dare featured a family with two dads competing, which I think has to be one of the first real-life examples of same-sex families on kids' TV. pic.twitter.com/Fd5Fm3UBiB — Chad Mosher (@ChadMosher) December 28, 2018 Host Liza Koshy also commented on the moment by saying, “They love football and they love each other,” Koshy said. “They are team ’Double Dads.’ That’s right! It’s about time we had double dads on Double Dare!” You can watch some of the moment down below. Tags #DoubleDads, #DoubleDare, #GayParents, #SameSexParents, TV ← Man Doing Martial Arts In High Heels Goes Viral → Michigan's Governor Bans LGBT Discrimination For Contracts Instinct Digest - January 3, 2019 A Fuller House Writer Talks Introducing Gay Characters Into Wholesome Sitcoms And Beyond New Study Says Kids Of Gay Parents Grow Up Just Fine Does Meeting The Parents Make Your Relationship Official?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34581
__label__wiki	0.824762	0.824762	Get access to exclusive stories you won’t find anywhere else. Get Access Home Now reading Top Stories Top Stories RSS Get our newsletter July 25, 2019 Top Stories No comments Views: 515 2018 Insurance Company M&A Activity Fueled By CVS-Aetna Deal By John Hilton Merger activity continues to be very high in the insurance industry, new data indicates. The merger bug is even hitting trade associations. Although insurance company merger-and-acquisition activity was relatively high in 2018, the sector is generally cold, an industry consultant said today. There were 87 insurance company transactions during the year, the highest number tracked by Tiburon Strategic Advisors in at least five years. Fueled by the mega-merger between CVS Health and Aetna, the 87 transactions averaged $971 million per deal, more than twice the 2017 average. But that transaction value should decrease moving forward, said Chip Roame, managing director of the Tiburon, Calif. consulting firm. "This is not the hot area," Roame said. "A lot of this was a cash flow buy. There’s a lot of old blocks of annuities that are out there. There’s a lot of insurance deals where you can just buy the risk for a slight discount of what it’s actually worth. So there’s a lot of M&A insurance that is really a cash flow buy." Overall, Tiburon reported 800 transactions across the five sectors it tracks: retail banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, investment management firms and fintech. While it is just three fewer transactions than Tiburon recorded in 2017, it is also the lowest number since 2005 (787 transactions). The 800 transactions in 2018 had a total market value of about $150 billion, Roame said. "The largest category in numbers would be banks, but it’s a lot of community banks with low numbers," he explained. "The largest category in transaction values would be in fintech." 'Substantial Growth' In fact, Tiburon counted 179 fintech transactions with a market value of $52.5 billion. By comparison, in 2017, fintech transactions had a total market value of $14 billion. "The news is fintech right now," Roame said. First Data Corp. and Fiserv Inc. expect to close Monday on Fiserv’s $22-billion acquisition of First Data. The deal, announced in January, is one of the largest fintech transactions and a sign of things to come. Tiburon is projecting "substantial growth" in both the numbers of fintech deals, as well as the dollars involved. InsuranceNewsNet Senior Editor John Hilton has covered business and other beats in more than 20 years of daily journalism. John may be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @INNJohnH. © Entire contents copyright 2019 by InsuranceNewsNet.com Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reprinted without the expressed written consent from InsuranceNewsNet.com. Nearly 40% Of Older Households Have Spending Issues: Study 5 Ways Insurance Agents Can Improve Client Communication	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34582
__label__wiki	0.914533	0.914533	HISTORY / Former Soviet Republics matches 479 work(s) at beginning \| displaying 1 to 25 \| next 25 > Jump to start at \| 1 26 51 76 101 126 151 176 201 more > show results in order: alphabetically \| oldest to newest \| newest to oldest A History of Lithuania in 50 Objects Product Description: The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago holds a wide range of items which span Lithuania's history, from prehistory through to the rebirth of the Lithuanian nation in 1990. The fifty objects chosen here capture the Lithuanian spirit and illuminate universal themes that run through all American life and history...read more By Rita Janz See complete details on each edition (1 edition listed) 9781907804908 \| D Giles Ltd, March 14, 2017, cover price $17.95 \| About this edition: The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago holds a wide range of items which span Lithuania's history, from prehistory through to the rebirth of the Lithuanian nation in 1990. Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 Product Description: The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war...read more By Prit Buttar See complete details on each edition (2 editions listed) Hardcover: 9781472807953 \| Osprey Pub Co, August 18, 2015, cover price $29.95 \| About this edition: While millions of men died in France and Belgium in 1915, battles equally as large and bloody were being fought on the Eastern Front, as Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia clashed on a scale greater than anything seen on the Western Front. 9781472819376 \| Osprey Pub Co, February 21, 2017, cover price $18.00 \| About this edition: The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. City of Lions Product Description: The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals...read more By Antonia Lloyd-Jones (trans) 9781782271178 \| Pushkin Pr Ltd, February 7, 2017, cover price $18.00 \| About this edition: The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. The Great West Ukrainian Prison Massacre of 1941: A Sourcebook Product Description: After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, executed a staggering number of political prisoners in Western Ukraineâsomewhere between 10,000 and 40,000âin the space of eight days, in one of the greatest atrocities perpetrated by the Soviet state...read more By Ksenya Kiebuzinski (editor) 9789089648341 \| Amsterdam Univ Pr, December 15, 2016, cover price $62.50 \| About this edition: After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, executed a staggering number of political prisoners in Western Ukraineâsomewhere between 10,000 and 40,000âin the space of eight days, in one of the greatest atrocities perpetrated by the Soviet state. Black Square: Adventures in Post-soviet Ukraine Product Description: A distinctive writerâs fascinating journey into the heart of a troubled region.Ukraine has rebuilt itself over and over again in the last century, plagued by the same conflicts: corruption, poverty, substance abuse, ethnic clashes, and Russian aggression...read more By Sophie Pinkham 9780393247978 \| W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1, 2016, cover price $26.95 \| About this edition: A distinctive writerâs fascinating journey into the heart of a troubled region. In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine Product Description: From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. Ever since Ukraine’s violent 2014 revolution, followed by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the country has been at war...read more By Tim Judah 9780451495471 \| Tim Duggan Books, October 11, 2016, cover price $27.00 \| About this edition: From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. 9780241198827 \| Gardners Books, December 1, 2015, cover price $32.75 \| About this edition: Urgent and insightful, Tim Judah's account of the human side of the conflict in Ukraine is an evocative exploration of what the second largest country in Europe feels like in wartime. Yugoslavian Inferno: Ethnoreligious Warfare in the Balkans Product Description: After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, no-one was prepared for the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia. Suddenly old terms like chetnik and ustasha found new currency, and a new term surfaced â 'ethnic cleansing' â with its sickening echo of 'final solution'...read more By Paul Mojzes 9781474288378 \| Bloomsbury USA Academic, October 6, 2016, cover price $128.00 \| About this edition: After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, no-one was prepared for the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia. 9780826406835 \| Continuum Intl Pub Group, January 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 \| About this edition: This authoritative and comprehensive account provides a rich analysis of the complex issues that brought about the demise of Yugoslavia and the ensuing fraticidal warfare. Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941-44 Nazi and Soviet armies fought over the Crimean Peninsula for three long years using sieges, dozens of amphibious landings, and large scale maneuvers. This definitive English-language work on the savage battle for the Crimea, Where the Iron Crosses Grow sheds new light on this vital aspect of the Eastern Front.The Crimea was one of the crucibles of the war on the Eastern Front, where first a Soviet and then a German army were surrounded, fought desperate battles and were eventually destroyed. The fighting in the region was unusual for the Eastern Front in many ways, in that naval supply, amphibious landings and naval evacuation played major roles, while both sides were also conducting ethnic cleansing as part of their strategy - the Germans eliminating the Jews and the Soviets to purging the region of Tartars.From 1941, when the first Soviets first created the Sevastopol fortified region, the Crimea was a focal point of the war in the East. German forces under the noted commander Manstein conquered the area in 1941-42, which was followed by two years of brutal colonization and occupation before the Soviet counteroffensive in 1944 destroyed the German 17th Army. By Robert Forczyk 9781782006251 \| Osprey Pub Co, September 23, 2014, cover price $25.95 \| About this edition: Nazi and Soviet armies fought over the Crimean Peninsula for three long years using sieges, dozens of amphibious landings, and large scale maneuvers. 9781472816788 \| Reprint edition (Osprey Pub Co, September 20, 2016), cover price $17.00 CD/Spoken Word: 9781494507862 \| Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, January 21, 2015), cover price $44.99 \| About this edition: The Crimea was one of the crucibles of the war on the Eastern Front, where first a Soviet and then a German army were surrounded, fought desperate battles, and were eventually destroyed. True Believer: StalinÂs Last American Spy Product Description: âRelevant...fascinating...vividly reconstructed.â âThe New York Times Book Review âRiveting reading...a mesmerizing look at Cold War espionage.â âUSA TODAY This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le CarrÃ©, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to...read more By Kati Marton 9781476763767, titled "True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy" \| Simon & Schuster, September 6, 2016, cover price $27.00 \| About this edition: âRelevant. Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region Product Description: From the acclaimed author of The Man Without a Face, the previously untold story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia that reveals the complex, strange, and heart-wrenching truth behind the familiar narrative that begins with pogroms and ends with emigration...read more 9780805242461 \| Schocken Books, August 30, 2016, cover price $25.00 \| About this edition: From the acclaimed author of The Man Without a Face, the previously untold story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia that reveals the complex, strange, and heart-wrenching truth behind the familiar narrative that begins with pogroms and ends with emigration. Moscow December 25 1991: The Last Day of the Soviet Union Product Description: The implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future. Mikhail Gorbachev, a sophisticated and urbane reformer, sought to modernize and preserve the USSR; Boris Yeltsin, a coarse and a hard drinking âbulldozer,â wished to destroy the union and create a capitalist Russia...read more By Don Hagen (narrator) 9781520020280 \| Unabridged edition (Gildan Media on Dreamscape Audio, August 23, 2016), cover price $59.99 \| About this edition: The implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future. 9781520020297 \| Mp3 una edition (Gildan Media on Dreamscape Audio, August 23, 2016), cover price $29.99 \| About this edition: The implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future. The Lost Revolution: Germany 1918 to 1923 Product Description: Chris Harman unearths the history of the lost revolution in Germanyâthe swastika entered modern history on uniforms of the counterrevolutionary troops of 1918â1923âand reveals its lessons for struggles for a better world.Chris Harman is the author ofÂ many books, including A People's History of the World...read more By Chris Harman 9781608465392 \| 2 edition (Haymarket Books, July 26, 2016), cover price $18.00 \| About this edition: Chris Harman unearths the history of the lost revolution in Germanyâthe swastika entered modern history on uniforms of the counterrevolutionary troops of 1918â1923âand reveals its lessons for struggles for a better world. Monastische Kultur Als Transkonfessionelles PhÃ¤nomen: BeitrÃ¤ge Einer Deutsch-russischen InterdisziplinÃ¤ren Tagung in Vladimir Und SuzdalÂ Product Description: A comparison between Western European Catholic monasteries and Russian Orthodox monasteries during the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period reveals their common roots in the Western and Eastern monastic traditions as well as similarities in the meaning and practical implementation of their shared early Christian heritage...read more By Oliver Auge (editor) and Ludwig Steindorff (editor) 9783110378221, titled "Monastische Kultur Als Transkonfessionelles PhÃ¤nomen: BeitrÃ¤ge Einer Deutsch-russischen InterdisziplinÃ¤ren Tagung in Vladimir Und Suzdalâ" \| De Gruyter, July 31, 2016, cover price $77.00 \| About this edition: A comparison between Western European Catholic monasteries and Russian Orthodox monasteries during the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period reveals their common roots in the Western and Eastern monastic traditions as well as similarities in the meaning and practical implementation of their shared early Christian heritage. Los muchachos de zinc / Zinky Boys Product Description: Una obra maestra con una perspectiva Ãºnica y desgarradora sobre la guerra de AfganistÃ¡n, de la Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015, Svetlana AlexiÃ©vich, Â«la voz de los sin vozÂ».Entre 1979 y 1989 un millÃ³n de tropas soviÃ©ticas combatieron en una guerra devastadora en AfganistÃ¡n que provocÃ³ mÃ¡s de 50...read more By Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexievich 9788499926292 \| Debate Editorial, July 26, 2016, cover price $19.95 \| About this edition: Una obra maestra con una perspectiva Ãºnica y desgarradora sobre la guerra de AfganistÃ¡n, de la Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015, Svetlana AlexiÃ©vich, Â«la voz de los sin vozÂ». Lenin's Moscow Product Description: When Alfred Rosmer arrived in Russia in 1919 it was considered by millions to be the center of world revolution. It was also a society beleaguered by civil war and encircled by hostile powers seeking to snuff out the promise and potential the first successful workers’ revolution represented...read more By Ian Birchall (introduced by) 9781608466153 \| 3 edition (Haymarket Books, July 5, 2016), cover price $18.00 \| About this edition: When Alfred Rosmer arrived in Russia in 1919 it was considered by millions to be the center of world revolution. Holocaust in Croatia Product Description: Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Holocaust in Croatia recounts the history of the Croatian Jewish community during the Second World War, with a focus on the city of Zagreb. Ivo and Slavko Goldstein have grounded their study on extensive research in recently opened archives, additionally aided by the memories of survivors to supplement and enrich the interpretation of documents...read more By Slavko Goldstein 9780822944515, titled "The Holocaust in Croatia" \| Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, July 29, 2016, cover price $39.95 \| About this edition: Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. One Soldier's War Product Description: One Soldier's War is a visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier's experience in the Chechen wars that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. An excerpt of the book was hailed by Tibor Fisher in the Guardian as right up there with Catch-22 and Michael Herr's Dispatches, and the book won Russia's inaugural Debut Prize, which recognizes authors who write despite, not because of, their life circumstances...read more By Derek Perkins (narrator) 9781522691976 \| Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, May 31, 2016), cover price $9.99 \| About this edition: One Soldier's War is a visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier's experience in the Chechen wars that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. Die Sowjetunion 1917-1991 Product Description: Die Sowjetunion pragte das 20. Jahrhundert wie ausser ihr nur noch die USA. In den 60er und fruhen 70er Jahren konnte sie mit guten Grunden als zweite Supermacht gelten. M. Hildermeier gibt eine Ubersicht uber die wichtigsten Entwicklungsphasen, Weichenstellungen und Zasuren der sowjetischen Geschichte; der aktualisierte Forschungsteil beschaftigt sich v...read more By Manfred Hildermeier 9783486564976, titled "Die Sowjetunion: 1917-1991" \| Reprint edition (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, May 3, 2001), cover price $140.00 \| About this edition: Die Sowjetunion hat die Geschichte des 20. 9783486718485 \| 3 edition (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, May 23, 2016), cover price $35.00 \| About this edition: Die Sowjetunion pragte das 20. 9783486583274 \| 2 edition (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, September 17, 2007), cover price $35.00 \| About this edition: Die Sowjetunion hat die Geschichte des 20. Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide Product Description: The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Around one million Armenians were killed, and the survivors were scattered across the world. Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is still a live and divisive issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U...read more By David Rapkin (narrator) 9781522659808 \| Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, May 31, 2016), cover price $9.99 \| About this edition: The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets Product Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature—a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Wall Street Journal • NPR • Financial Times • Kirkus Reviews When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions—a history of the soul...read more By Svetlana Alexievich and Bela Shayevich (trans) 9780399588808 \| Random House Inc, May 24, 2016, cover price $30.00 \| About this edition: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature—a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Wall Street Journal • NPR • Financial Times • Kirkus Reviews When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions—a history of the soul. Modern Russia: The Basics Product Description: Modern Russia: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the key events and transformations which have taken place in Russia from the late 19th century to the present day. Exploring the subject in seven clearly defined chronological periods, this text examines the politics, economics, culture of Russia, and studies its evolving relationship with neighbouring states...read more By Charlotte Alston 9780415633680 \| Routledge, May 22, 2016, cover price $115.00 \| About this edition: Modern Russia: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the key events and transformations which have taken place in Russia from the late 19th century to the present day. 9780415633697 \| Routledge, May 22, 2016, cover price $29.95 \| About this edition: Modern Russia: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the key events and transformations which have taken place in Russia from the late 19th century to the present day. Living Soviet in Ukraine from Stalin to Maidan: Under the Falling Red Star in Kharkiv Product Description: What the world is now witnessing in Ukraine is the cumulative effect of history and memory in the lives of the people of the region—and this book directly addresses those subjects. Although the majority of scholarship on the Soviet Union focuses on top-level political and intellectual elites, these groups were only tiny minorities...read more By Michael T. Westrate 9781498523400 \| Lexington Books, April 29, 2016, cover price $85.00 \| About this edition: What the world is now witnessing in Ukraine is the cumulative effect of history and memory in the lives of the people of the region—and this book directly addresses those subjects. Politicising the Communist Past: The Politics of Truth Revelation in Post-communist Poland By Aleks Szczerbiak 9781138824737 \| Routledge, October 7, 2016, cover price $160.00 Gareth Jones: Eyewitness to the Holodomor Product Description: Now available in paperback! Gareth Jones (1905-1934), the young Welsh investigative journalist, is revered in Ukraine as a national hero and is now rightly recognised as the first reporter to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet Government-induced famine of the early 1930s, which killed millions of Ukrainians...read more By Ray Gamache 9781860570568 \| Welsh Academic Pr, August 1, 2013, cover price $84.50 \| About this edition: This is the first academic study of Gareth Jones, now recognized as one of the first journalists to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet government-induced famine in the early 1930s which killed millions of Ukrainians. 9781860571220 \| Reprint edition (Welsh Academic Pr, May 27, 2016), cover price $49.99 \| About this edition: Now available in paperback! Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution Product Description: For about eight months in 1968 Czechoslovakia underwent rapid and radical changes that were unparalleled in the history of communist reform; in the eight months that followed, those changes were dramatically reversed. H. Gordon Skilling provides a comprehensive analysis of the events of 1968, assessing their significance both for Czechoslovakia and for communism generally...read more By Harold Gordon Skilling 9780691644189 \| Princeton Univ Pr, April 19, 2016, cover price $343.95 \| About this edition: For about eight months in 1968 Czechoslovakia underwent rapid and radical changes that were unparalleled in the history of communist reform; in the eight months that followed, those changes were dramatically reversed. 9780691617008 \| Princeton Univ Pr, March 8, 2015, cover price $137.50 \| About this edition: For about eight months in 1968 Czechoslovakia underwent rapid and radical changes that were unparalleled in the history of communist reform; in the eight months that followed, those changes were dramatically reversed.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34587
__label__cc	0.702597	0.297403	Breitling Spent A Lot Of Money Trying To Make Me Puke In A Crazy Jet Kristen Lee Filed to:Planelopnik I like planes, but we have only ever had a very casual relationship. Commercial airline stuff. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that a press drive tangentially involving Bentleys would also mean flying in a jet trainer at 4 Gs, redefining my perceptions of gravity—and astonishing me with the ends the brands will go to for good press. (Full disclosure: Breitling wanted us to do cool shit in jets and Bentleys so badly that it flew me last minute to San Diego, put me up in the gorgeous Hotel Del Coronado, fed me and gave me the opportunity to spend the day flying around in a bunch of different aircraft.) I won’t bullshit you: there are a lot of perks that come with this job. You get to travel, stay in bad hotels that try to pretend to luxury, eat food you can’t and wouldn’t want to afford, and drive incredible cars you also can’t afford but have always wanted—all on the corporate dimes. Occasionally, the press trips get really over the top. Here’s how mine started. Yes, I fully admit that it took me about three minutes to decide. I’m ashamed. Image credit: Kristen Lee This trip that Breitling planned wasn’t a press trip, exactly. All the Breitling people I spoke to on that trip called it “the Experience,” and it certainly was, uh, an experience. There were only two journalists there, myself included. Everyone else was a jeweler or a watch dealer or some sort of person who made and sold fancy baubles, who all brought along a potential client or buyer or someone who likes fancy baubles. They did not purchase a ticket to come, they were all invited. Because there apparently is a point where you can be so fabulously wealthy that buying sweet gigs like this no longer becomes necessary: you get it for free. The point was to let these people experience Breitling’s aviation ties and to have them walk away with the subjective knowledge that Breitling is A Cool Brand. At first, I thought this was a joint trip between Breitling and Bentley, since the two do a bunch of marketing stuff together, but it wasn’t really about Bentley at all. Though, there was a Bentley Continental GT Speed Breitling Jet Team Series edition parked nearby. Lots of things can be made better if you just park a Bentley in the general vicinity, if you’re that sort of person. After a light breakfast (nothing greasy encouraged), they shuttled us south of San Diego proper, driving until the glittering neighborhoods fell away one by one and were replaced by dusty tire shops and tired nail salons. We pulled into a tiny airport and were let off in front of a hangar that Breitling had rented just for this. Parked before the hangar was the Breitling Jet Team: eight Aero L-39 Albatros jets—trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia—that glittered in the early morning Southern California sun. The day was broken up into sections—there were too many of us to fly in the jets all at once. But one of the unspoken rules that added to the bizarreness of the day was the banning of boredom. To combat the horrors of idleness, Breitling also offered up skydiving trips, helicopter rides, biplane rides and an outing in an aerobatic plane. When it came turn for my group to jet, we zipped and buckled ourselves into the black flight suits Breitling provided and we went over a very complicated lesson on what to do should we need to eject. I promptly forgot everything they told me as soon as they told me and only remembered what my friend in the Navy said: when ejecting, keep your head back or else it’ll end up in your stomach. Image credit: Breitling The Breitling Jet Team is an aerobatic display team based in Dijon, France. They tour the world, performing at air shows, weddings, birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. (I’m not sure about the last three, but you can certainly try.) The fleet is made up of seven L-39C Albatros trainer jets, capable of hitting 465 mph in level flight, 565 MPH in a dive and with 3,970 pounds of thrust. They are 40 ft long and have a wingspan of 31 ft. That day, there was an extra jet, for some reason. I was paired with the No.3 pilot, whose name is Christophe Deketelaere but went with the nickname “Douky,” which is much easier for us silly Americans to pronounce. Douky has been flying since 1984, when he was 19 years old. He flew in the French Air Force, piloting Jaguar and Alpha Jet aircraft, and left to fly for Breitling in 2002. As we walked out to the parked jets, Douky leaned down and asked, “What should we sing today?” “Beg your pardon?” I said, tripping slightly on my flight suit. “Sing?” Douky’s tanned skin wrinkled beneath his aviators when he grinned. “I like to sing when I fly. What should we sing?” “Oh! Umm... how about the French national anthem?” I said, thinking it would be fitting. It was only later that I actually looked up the lyrics: Let’s march, let’s march! Let an impure blood Soak our fields! In hindsight, not the best song for when I was already nervous. After I was seated and buckled into the rear seat, I was told to touch nothing in front of me: don’t touch any of the levers, buttons, pedals, gauges or switches. Despite what you would think, I didn’t immediately have an urge to touch everything. I had this vision of the jet completely self-destructing. Then they closed the cabin and left me alone. I could hear Douky talking in French with the other pilots, as well as all the other ambient air traffic chatter, through the built-in headset in my helmet. We taxiied to the runway. There was an awesome noise coming from the thrusters, growing to a roar as they smoothly shot us forward and up into the pristine sky. This puzzled me for a moment, as taking off in a 911 Porsche Turbo S felt more violent than the jet—but then I looked up and swiftly forgot all about the car. We had caught up to the rest of the squadron and were flying tightly in formation. Here is a cool Breitling press photo. I would have taken one myself, but I was indisposed at the time. Also, they didn’t allow any cameras or cell phones in the cockpit. Even though we were about 6,000 feet up, moving at about 350 mph, the closest plane was only less than 20 feet away. They hovered like ghosts around us, bobbing in the air slightly. We looked for all the world to be part of some heavenly marionette show. Douky’s voice crackled over the mic, humming and singing the French national anthem. “Okay, now we go,” he announced. The noses of the jets tilted upwards for a loop and suddenly I felt the crushing sensation of 4 Gs—like a stifling, invisible blanket that I could still breathe through—descend upon me. The crushing sensation was like a magnificent suction had opened up somewhere beneath my butt and was intent on dragging every single molecule in body my down toward it. My face felt like it was being pulled from my skull like warmed taffy and I wondered if that showed up on camera (it didn’t, miraculously). Above my head, the scraggly Southern California landscape spun lazily with us, the sun lolling across my field of view like a time-lapse. It was utterly wonderful. The trepidation I expected to feel never came. Perhaps it was because the pilots were trained not to scare the shit out their civilian passengers. Even this maneuver at this height at this speed didn’t feel any more threatening than if I were at home in bed with a powerful case of the spins. Changing position now, we moved into the center of the formation to perform a barrel roll. “You can sing if you want!” Douky suggested. I thought for a second and realized that the ability to sing had utterly left me at that moment. Nor could I remember what a song was. “I can’t remember how!” I howled. This was funny to the both of us. Here’s another Breitling press photo. Whee. We straightened out from the barrel roll and went to perform another loop. Another round of crushing G-force, of otherworldly wonder and awe. As we straightened out again and the jet gave a little wobble on a pocket of air, I felt it: the sickening and cold wave of nausea that rolled through me like a terrible and clammy python. The jet wobbled again and I felt the movement echo dizzyingly in my stomach. My hands, previously lying loosely in my lap, clenched into fists. “How are you doing, Kristen?” Douky asked. He must have been very used to hearing this, because he responded smartly, “Okay, we’ll take it easy from here.” I didn’t have the words to tell him that my stomach was getting ready to pour out my ears at the time. There were still about five minutes of soaring around to do until it was time to land. Those five minutes might as well have been five years—that’s how time seems to pass when you’re desperately trying not to vomit. In retrospect, I’m sure I could have asked Douky to take us down early, but that would have counted as bitching out and I’m not about that. This was one of those bucket list items, so I was not letting something as mortal as motion sickness ruin things. They had supplied the jets with barf bags, clipped within arm’s reach right under the GoPro trained on my face. My iron resolve not to throw up stemmed from pride, not wanting to mess up the nice jet and that if I did throw up, both of our video editors, Jared Auslander and Mike Roselli, wouldn’t be able to unsee it from the footage. No fucking way was that happening. “You can see Mexico from up here,” Douky announced. “But I don’t see Donald Trump’s wall, hahahaha...” Flying in formation, still, we loped above the tiny airport in preparation for landing. Douky peeled off from the group and swung around, tilting the nose of the jet downwards now, toward the runway. My lips were pursed together, my breathing shallow, my mouth dry. Don’ttthrowupdon’tthrowupdon’tthrowup... I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit relieved when I felt the jet’s wheels hit the pavement. Once we reached the hangar, I unzipped my suit—I was covered in cold sweat inside. Still, though, my smile was just as big as it was when I climbed into the jet: this was an experience I would never forget. But that didn’t change the fact that everything about this whole day was all very weird. Some watches that were there. How much did this event cost Breitling? Like I mentioned above, nobody paid to be here. This event was invite-only. Just for me alone, Breitling paid for my flight, transfer from the airport to the hotel, a night at a fancy and historical hotel, a fancy dinner, a breakfast buffet at the hotel restaurant, the shuttle to the hangar, a helicopter ride, a ride in a jet, lunch, various beverages and light snacks throughout the day, a ride in an aerobatic plane, necessary jet fuel, a shuttle back to the hangar and finally a transfer back to the airport. There were roughly 30 guests... so you can do the math. Of course, it’s hard to say definitively if going to this experience will result in any more Breitling sales than if these people didn’t go. But as a Breitling spokeswoman explained to me over dinner, this experience is about altering brand perception, not making sales. I remember being skeptical. Too often I see brands try and push their image onto the public through the use of pointless hashtags and vague, unrelated lifestyle campaigns. Breitling’s experience was exactly a publicity stunt—an extreme example of one. But rather than inventing relationships to seem “relevant,” at least it felt like the brand staying true its early aviation ties to me. Was it ostentatious and completely over the top? Absolutely. Then again, so is a $25,000 watch. Syrian Rebels Blast Two L-39 Albatross Jets With A Single TOW Missile Flying A Stunt Plane Will Destroy Everything You Know About 'Fast' F-35 Beats Every Other Fighter Jet In Scandinavian Air Force Evaluations Writer at Jalopnik and consumer of many noodles.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34591
__label__cc	0.592318	0.407682	ABOUT TRUSSART \| TESTIMONIALS James Trussart is one of the few builders who has broken the mold of traditional guitar making. Working with steel as the primary material, he produces guitars that are as unique in appearance as they are in tone. Trussart is a musician-turned-luthier. The French native began his career as a fiddler, accompanying Cajun singer-songwriter Zachary Richard in the late '70s, before turning his attention to crafting violins and later guitars (in the 1980s). From his Los Angeles home and workshop (where he has resided since 2000), Trussart crafts custom steel-bodied guitars, basses, and violins in a dazzling array of finishes, reminiscent of shiny chrome resonator instruments and rusty, weathered, fossilized discarded machinery. The tone is so distinctive that Trussart guitars have become 'must-have' instruments in the arsenals of influential artists including Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Jack White, Charlie Sexton, Daniel Lanois, Marc Ribot, Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow), Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), Sonny Landreth, Joe Perry, Tom Morello, Billy Corgan, The Roots, and many, many more. “I've always liked the look and feel of old guitars, believing them to have a life beyond that of their creator, and I wanted to somehow emulate that effect of age and history on my own guitars. I wanted to make a guitar that came with a history and a slight element of neglect, of decay, so it had a personality of its own.” Trussart's creations are designed to have the look and feel of a vintage instrument with the added appeal of metal construction. His "Rust-O-Matic" technique (a term coined by Billy Gibbons regarding Trussart's unique finishes) involves leaving the guitar body exposed to the elements for several weeks, allowing it to corrode before treating it to stop the corrosion. He then sands it to replicate years of distress, and then finishes it with a clear satin coat. Many of the Trussart models feature patterns either engraved or literally imprinted into the metal bodies or on the pickguard or headstock. Engraved skulls, roses, and tribal art are some of the more common themes, while others feature textures of alligator skin or plant materials. He literally 'sandwiches' the metal with the alligator skin and lets it sit in water for several days. Various pickup options are offered, but standard fare is Arcane Inc. Custom Pickups that are built specifically for the Trussart guitars and basses. Neck options offered are the classic radius and shape guaranteed to fit the most demanding player's needs. And the sound? Former Guitar Player magazine editor and guitarist Joe Gore (Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman) summed the distinguishing tone of Trussart's Steelcaster with the following rave: “I literally believe this guitar makes me play better. I love the combination of ultra-articulate attack and full-bodied sustain. It's almost as if one is playing through a high-quality compressor, only without sacrificing a shred of transient impact. The subtle metallic resonance - that extra midrange peachiness - telegraphs articulation details. I play predominantly with my bare fingers, and I've never before encountered an electric guitar that communicates the texture of skin, nail, and combinations therof with such breathtaking immediacy. I also find myself better able to 'shape' notes. I think that's due to a combination of the guitar's innate sustain, the perfect fretwork, the way subtle neck bends compliment finger vibrato, and the gratifying 'feedback loop' created when the metal body hums against your chest.” Just a note to let you know we're thrashin' them blues on the FINE JAMES TRUSSART silver 6-string. It's funky. The tone is the thing...and this instrument has got some tone. ~ Billy F. Gibbons // ZZ Top I have been playing Trussarts for years now. James' approach is very inspiring not only from a design standpoint, but also from how well the guitars play and how unique they sound. ~ Rich Robinson // The Black Crowes The SteelDeville is the only guitar with more Mojo and more sustain than a 50's Les Paul. ~ Danny B. Harvey // The Head Cat and Lonesome Spurs I literally believe this guitar makes me play better. I love the combination of ultra-articulate attack and full-bodied sustain. The subtle metallic resonance� that extra midrange peachiness�telegraphs articulation details. I think that's dueto: a combination of the guitar's innate sustain, the perfect fretwork, the way subtle neck bends complement finger vibrato, and the gratifying �feedback loop' created when the metal body hums against your chest. ~ Joe Gore // Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman The spank and fidelity of my SteelTop with TV Jones pick-ups is like no other guitar I've owned. This guitar is a keeper for life. James' guitars are truly works of art... No two are exactly alike. So when you get one, it's "your voice" and no one can touch it. ~ Peter Stroud // Sheryl Crow What I love most about my Trussart guitars is that they give me the playability and intonation of a modern instrument blended with the soul and vibe of a vintage guitar. When I need to be my best, on stage or in the studio, I reach for my Trussarts. They are as unique as the players who play them. ~ Phil Hurley // Stonehoney Hey James, that chrome Steelcaster I play with Morrissey is a great looker and a great player. Many thanks ~ Boz Boorer // Morrissey I also have three guitars made by James Trussart, a great French guitar builder out of Los Angeles. I discovered one of his Steeltops in Chicago last year when I was there with Ringo. I never buy new guitars, but I had to have this one. I went to see him out in LA, and we designed another one, which is basically a strat in a Les Paul style body. Then he came up with the Snakeskin Steelphonic, and that was another 'must-have.' There's a lot of soul in these instruments. ~ Billy Squier Out of all the guitars there are to choose from these days I think James has created a guitar that's unique in style and performance, I don't think people realize just how well these guitars are made, after you get passed the looks there is a guitar that is a joy to play, it offers a new sound to add to your bag, there's Gibson, Fender and Trussart. ~ Marc Ford Man, i am still so in love with that guitar, i can't even tell you. it's absolutely my favorite. I just co-wrote the score to the new peter jackson film with eno, and that guitar is all over it - it has the most beautiful sound. ~ Leo Abrahams // Brian Eno, Ed Hartcourt, Bryan Ferry, The Ministry of Sound, Marianne Faithfull/Nick Cave James Trussart Custom Guitars 1307 Allesandro St. Email: info@jamestrussart.com Home \| Models \| Artists \| Dealers \| Gallery Available Stock \| About \| News \| Contact All content Copyright © 2020 James Trussart Custom Guitars	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34592
__label__cc	0.601163	0.398837	Commission Some Research Channel Islands Family History Society / Commission Some Research The postal address for Research queries has changed. Please send enquiries to: CIFHS Research Secretary Elmside St Saviour JE2 7NR Alternatively you can email the CIFHS Research Secretary at cifhs.research@gmail.com As of 1 April 2015 our family history research rates are £10 per hour for Members and £15 per hour for Non Members. The Research Groups The Channel Island Family History Society has developed several specialist groups over the years, each with their own expertise. In the early years for instance, the church records from each parish were transcribed by several of its members and many of you will be thankful that another group within the Society has indexed several of the Censuses. What is a Research Group? It is a small group of people (about a dozen) who meet regularly to discuss and take on enquiries. They are unpaid volunteers with specialist knowledge of family history; the fees received for their work go to the Society to further its work. Why use the Research Group? All the Jersey centres (the Family History Society, the Société Jersiaise and the Jersey Archive) use the same information, so why use the Research Group? The main advantage is the breadth and depth of knowledge the members have of local families and the connection between them. Some have detailed and specialist knowledge of particularly families for instance and all have a good knowledge of local history which sometimes suggests a line of enquiry. What information is used? The Society has an impressive collection of material: church records – some from the early 1600s to 1842, census material, rate books, local history books and other records. Some members have donated copies of their family trees following extensive research. Most of the collection is held at the Jersey Archive, where it can be used by visitors, but the Research Group also uses other sources such as early local newspapers and archived Court records. How much will research cost me? The standard charge is £15 per hour for non members and £10 for members, which is payable in advance. Can we obtain birth, marriage and death certificates? The short answer is yes, but there are two points to remember; first, certificates are available only from 1842 and second, they need to be ordered from the Superintendent Registrar’s office. We can arrange this but the Registrar’s charge is £30 for each certificate, payable in advance. Help us to help you and keep the cost down. Tell us as much as you can about the individual or family that you are interested in. Tell us what sources of information you have already used or tried, even if unsuccessful. That way our researchers will not waste their time (and your fees) looking for information which has already been researched. In these circumstances, too much information is better than too little. Starting your Family Tree Research and Other Payments Member Interests: Surnames Member Interests: Specific Individuals Member Interests: Topics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34600
__label__cc	0.531805	0.468195	Valuable masterpieces in UK galleries replaced with fakes \| ArtsHub United Kingdom Seven paintings were replaced with copies by Sky Arts for a new TV series called Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge. Only the museum curators, the production team from IWC Media, and presenters Giles Coren and art historian Rose Balston, know which pictures are real and which have been replaced. Members of the public are invited to use their investigative skills to spot the fakes hiding in plain sight on the walls of six galleries in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and Manchester. ‘You don’t have to be an art historian to have a go at this,’ said Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, ‘all you need is a sense of curiosity and an eye for detail. We wanted to tell the story of British art with a sense of fun, and in a way that would encourage us all to take a closer and more critical look at the works of great British artists.’ Source: Valuable masterpieces in UK galleries replaced with fakes \| ArtsHub United Kingdom Love the idea!!! 10 comments on “Valuable masterpieces in UK galleries replaced with fakes \| ArtsHub United Kingdom” Fakes are all over the place it seems, and I’ve long suspected you, Madblog and Roughseas are one and the same person. 😉 LOL. Is madblog that odd Christian woman who comments at VioletWisp? Yes – banned JZ from her blog, apparently. He gets banned everywhere 😀 I’m surprised I don’t. But there’s time. I’m only banned from InsanityBytes and Roughseas. That I know of, anyway. You need to drink more before commenting. tildeb This substituting fakes is a dangerous idea because it would reveal the art world as it really is: built mostly on pretension. Art history is an art 😛 This entry was posted on July 1, 2016 by The Pink Agendist in Uncategorized and tagged art, history, museums, old masters, painting. https://wp.me/p5pRqI-zu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34603
__label__cc	0.607395	0.392605	JWGP Tag Archives: WWE 2017, Broadcasting, F1, FOM, Formula 1, Formula One, Social Media, Sport Formula One: Improving the Show – Tune in to the #USGP Early! October 22, 2017 Jon Wilde - @jonnywilde 1 Comment If you’re the type of Formula One fan that likes to tune into Race Day coverage 5 minutes before the start having grown tired of former driver pundits sitting on the fence over pre-race predictions, you might want to make an exception for today’s US Grand Prix. As Formula One Management continue to evaluate new ways in which to engage with fans, one focus of this weekend is a plan to “showcase the talent”. Formula One drivers, with a few notable exceptions, have long been criticised for lacking personality and not engaging with fans. Formula One Management plans to start to address this in the build-up to the US Grand Prix this weekend with a new addition to the Show. WWE legend Michael Buffer has been drafted in for the race and will announce each of the drivers as they take to the grid ahead of the race. At this time, it is unclear what format this will take, and how driver introductions will be incorporated into the pre-race schedule, but if Buffer’s profile in WWE is anything to go by, an approach of ‘Go big or Go home’ will be on the agenda. Perhaps in a bid to inspire drivers to come out of themselves in their introductions, Usain Bolt, who bought showmanship to the world of athletics, is a guest of Formula One Management this weekend at the Grand Prix, no doubt he’ll be offering advice to a few of the drivers less comfortable being the centre of attention. Can you imagine the likes of Pascal Wehrlein mimicking Usian Bolt’s classic moments seen here: One driver likely to thieve in this feature of an F1 race will be Daniel Ricciardo, never afraid to out his personality out there for the world to enjoy: For drivers still looking for inspiration for the big roll call, perhaps they should check out these classic moments from WWE. Will Formula One management open a social media poll for the best introduction? Another key point of interest in the build-up to the USGP will be the actions of drivers during the National Anthem, and rather than read about the actions of any driver in a post-race write-up, fans would do well to watch for themselves and hear the rationale for any actions directly from the drivers. Should any driver elect to take a knee or simply not attend the National Anthem ceremony ahead of the Grand Prix, there are two key points to remain mindful of. First, the process of drivers coming together at the front of the grid to collectively pay respect to the National Anthem of the country in which a Grand Prix is taking place was actually only introduced in 2014 at the request of Russian Grand Prix officials. It is not a long-held tradition within the sport. Secondly, Sebastian Vettel’s reprimand for missing the start of the Japanese National Anthem 2 weeks go set a precedent for other drivers. If a driver misses the National Anthem or behaves in a manner outside of the recommended procedure they can expect a reprimand and penalty points. Armed with this knowledge driver’s can make an informed decision around how to present themselves ahead of the Grand Prix with team’s well positioned to define a rational penalties with a precedent having been set. So, if for no other reason than to hear the voice of Michael Buffer and to see Daniel Ricciardo throwing some magnificent pre-race shapes. 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__label__cc	0.680274	0.319726	Kadir Ayhan’s Blog Follow Kadir Ayhan’s Blog on WordPress.com nation branding non-state actors Donga Ilbo Columns book article civil society collaboration collaborative public diplomacy Cultural Proximity east asia East Asian Regionalization edited book English Globalization Hallyu journal article Korean Korean Wave networked public diplomacy NGOs non-state actors Popular Culture public diplomacy public relations Regionalization relational public diplomacy social integration social policies 사회정책 시민사회 터키 한국어 View kadirayhan’s profile on Twitter View kadirayhan’s profile on LinkedIn [Preprint] The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Non-State Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives (International Studies Perspectives, 2019, 20(1)) May 21, 2018 May 21, 2018 Kadir AyhanLeave a comment The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Non-State Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives Kadir Ayhan Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Public diplomacy (PD) lacks an agreed-upon definition and boundaries. The ambiguity surrounding the nature of conceptualization of the term leads to confusion among scholars and practitioners and hinders the consolidation of PD as an academic field. This article surveys 160 articles and books on PD and categorizes diverse perspectives into a taxonomy and explores the coherence of each: State-Centric Perspectives, Neo-Statist Perspectives, Nontraditional Perspectives, Society-Centric Perspectives and Accommodative Perspectives. The article maps the boundaries of public diplomacy with much-needed clear and coherent criteria and positions PD within the broader discipline of International Relations (IR). Keywords: public diplomacy, non-state actors, taxonomy, diplomacy studies, international relations theories Why Do We Need Non-state Actors in Public Diplomacy?: Theoretical Discussion of Relational, Networked and Collaborative Public Diplomacy July 24, 2015 May 21, 2018 Kadir Ayhancivil society, collaboration, collaborative public diplomacy, English, journal article, networked public diplomacy, NGOs, non-state actors, public diplomacy, public relations, relational public diplomacyLeave a comment Lee, G., & Ayhan, K. (2015). Why Do We Need Non-state Actors in Public Diplomacy?: Theoretical Discussion of Relational, Networked and Collaborative Public Diplomacy. Journal of International and Area Studies, 23(1), 57-77. As a consequence of changing domestic and international socio-political environment, public diplomacy policies require relational, networked and collaborative approaches for more effective and long-term outcomes. This article explores the relevance of non-state actors to public diplomacy and suggests why and how collaboration takes place between state and non-state actors. Furthermore, the article develops a typology of collaboration between state and non-state actors for public diplomacy initiatives based on two dimensions: whose objectives are prioritized in the collaboration and who proposes collaboration. The article suggests that non-state actors’ potential for public diplomacy can be tapped by state when state approaches non-state actors for collaboration as well as opening its channels for collaboration opportunities coming from non-state actors. Keywords: public diplomacy, non-state actors, public relations, social networks, collaboration Branding Korea as ‘My Friend’s Country’ The Case of VANK’s Cyber Public Diplomats (Korea Observer, 2018, 49(1)) Branding Korea as “My Friend’s Country”: The Case of VANK’s Cyber Public Diplomats Kadir Ayhan, Ph.D. The role of non-state actors in public diplomacy remains an unsettled question in the literature. However, various transnational activities of non-state actors are often called public diplomacy, without discrimination. The lack of empirical studies on non-state public diplomacy is to blame for this conceptual confusion. Analytical and empirical studies of non-state public diplomacy are needed to consolidate this phenomenon, which is relatively new, while maintaining the conceptual clarity of public diplomacy. This study explores how Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a Korean NGO, conducts public diplomacy and nation branding of Korea based on its members’ relationships with foreigners. To gain an in-depth understanding of VANK’s activities from the perspectives of public diplomacy and nation branding, this study follows an exploratory single case study method. The findings of this article suggest how VANK and similar non-state actors offer potential for public diplomacy and nation branding that can be utilized also by state agencies. Keywords: public diplomacy, nation branding, cyber public diplomacy, non-state actors, relationship management 사회정책과 사회통합의 국가비교: 아시아 국가를 중심으로 1 (터키) (Country Comparisons of Social Policies and Social Integration: The Case of Asian Countries 1 (Turkey)) July 27, 2015 January 25, 2018 Kadir Ayhancivil society, edited book, 사회정책, 터키, 시민사회, 한국어, Korean, social integration, social policiesLeave a comment Co-edited the book by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (한국보건사회연구원) on social policies and social integration in Turkey. in Korean. Available here: https://www.kyobobook.co.kr/product/detailViewKor.laf?mallGb=KOR&ejkGb=KOR&barcode=9788981879624 An Analysis of the Nexus between Popular Culture Consumption and East Asian Regionalisation July 27, 2015 May 21, 2018 Kadir Ayhanbook article, Cultural Proximity, east asia, East Asian Regionalization, English, Globalization, Hallyu, Korean Wave, Popular Culture, RegionalizationLeave a comment East Asia is becoming a more connected region. The emerging connectedness is driven by informal regionalization processes. In East Asia where historical animosities and territorial problems have disrupted interstate and inter-societal transactions and communications, corporations and people have increased their intraregional interactions. An under-researched area of East Asian regionalization is the nexus between intraregional flows of popular culture and increasing regional interactions. This research project studies the contributions made by the consumption of pop culture products to East Asian regionalization in two dimensions: social and economic. In both dimensions, pop culture products have provided the grounds for more interactions, which have contributed to the emerging regionalization of East Asia. The intraregional flows of Korean pop culture products and their role in increasing social and economic interactions between Korea and other countries in the region are analyzed as part of the East Asian regionalization processes. In the social dimension, pop culture products brought to light commonalities based on the interactions between societies that have some level of cultural similarities and similar modernization experiences. Furthermore, pop culture products have provided East Asian peoples with opportunities to meet and encounter the ‘others’ in the geographic proximity, and in turn, create new (often better and less conspicuous) images of the ‘others,’ who are in this case Koreans. In the economic dimension, trends in the spread of East Asian pop culture products, including Korean products, point to an emergence of a regional market for East Asian stars and pop culture products. Key Words: East Asia, regionalization, popular culture, Korean Wave, globalization, cultural proximity. Utilizing Non-state Actors for Korean Public Diplomacy July 27, 2015 Kadir Ayhanbook article, civil society, collaborative public diplomacy, English, NGOs, non-state actors, public diplomacy, public relations, relational public diplomacyLeave a comment Public diplomacy is relatively a new concept in the field of international relations. Public diplomacy’s meaning and scope is still being contested, yet many experts –both practitioners and academics- share the view that the role non-state actors can play has become vital for effective public diplomacy. Nevertheless, non-state actors’ networking capability and credibility with target audiences of public diplomacy is not utilized enough. Korea is one of the countries that have realized not only the importance of new trends in public diplomacy, but also advantages of cooperation with non-state actors to conduct more effective public diplomacy. This article analyzes non-state actors’ role in South Korea’s public diplomacy and suggests ways to exploit unrealized potential more effectively. PDF: Korea-in-the-World-Final-Document	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34606
__label__cc	0.506806	0.493194	Is Perception Always Reality? You can listen to the podcast at Recruiter Earth on The Catalyst. I once had a boss who said "Perception is Reality" with such frequency one would think it to be her mantra for meditation. She long ago moved on to her "next life" (another term that grates on me), but apparently she repeated the phrase so often it still permeated the halls for years after she left. Perception is Reality It is pop culture's catch all phrase for "I believe it so it has to be," and license for one to create his or her own pathological situation and avoid investigation into empirical realities. It can seriously taint the mind. It can ruin personal and professional relationships. Unhealthy perception is a warm cozy partner to schizophrenia. Perception: The process of organizing, interpreting, and selectively extracting sensory information. Your error is to seek to reduce the world to your size, whereas the greater your understanding of things, the better your understanding of yourself. ~ Monet Perception is often fraught with transference of feelings about someone or something from one's past and melded with current events to create a misconception. Perception can be fantasy. The reality of a situation can have nothing to do with what one is experiencing unconsciously. The interpretation of events is reliant on one's analytic frame. Our memory is stretched and warped like a rubber band to conform to our perception of reality. This affects witnesses, allows for magicians to make a living, causes UFOs and white lights at the end of tunnels (unless you believe they exist!). There is a certain arrogance to assume that one's own perceptions are similar to all perceptions, and that a singular perception has any bearing on something as infinitely complex as reality. Transference is the experiencing of feelings, drives, attitudes, fantasies, and defenses toward a person in the present which do not befit that person, but are repetition of reactions originating in regard to significant persons of early childhood, unconsciously displaced onto figures in the present. ~ Greenson, 1971/1990 The adult mind selects and rejects data, whether consciously or habitually, according to the mind-set and/or the environmental setting. It's easy to understand Perceptual Relativism and Wertheimer's Gestalt psychology with the analogy of "changing the radio station until you hear a song you like". In regard to personal and professional relationships, it's important to critically challenge one's own perceptions and perhaps do a little fact checking before allowing them to become reality. You just might find your perceptions were fantasy after all. This is a repost from October 28, 2007 from the Myspace page I started in 2006. I started to experiment with it as a recruitment tool when I was tasked with reducing cost per hire. It resulted in a 40% reduction in the first year. Unfortunately, when I left the company and turned the password over it was never kept up. ghds uk / Oct 5, 2010 @ 3:07 PM RT @Shennee_Rutt: RT @HRMargo: RT @karla_porter: Is perception always reality 2010 Is All About You! 3 Things HR Can Do to Make a Difference	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34611
__label__cc	0.561246	0.438754	Kel & Mel Reviews We reserve the right to call it shit and still like it! CJKpop Freeleases Contact Us (and other stuff) Artist Submission Form The Ratings System Albums/Mixtapes Video Jesse Boykins III – Bartholomew Posted by kelmelreviews on December 12, 2017 Note: This post has been updated to represent the “new” visual version. Jesse Boykins III is a special kind of soulful. If you’ve ever heard Victoria from his 2008 album, The Beauty Created, you know the kind of multi-layered elegance that he comes with. He is one of the few that can layer understandable but strongly poetic lyrics with smooth vocals and poignant production for something that pleases the ear but doesn’t necessarily fit a mold, creating something uniquely him. And now he’s giving it away for free. (Note: Well…he was.) Bartholomew is not a collection of half-measures; this compares favorably with any other album in his discography. Boykins takes his brand of soul to another level by removing some of the smoothed-out extras from the production in many places in favor of a more tribal, elemental sound. It still manages to be smooth, but it’s due almost entirely to the vocals of those featured and Boykins himself. And this is also a star-studded set when it comes to features and production. Between songs that feature Dej Loaf, Melanie Fiona, Luke James, Audiopush, and Bridgett Kelly (just to name a few) and production that features K. Roosevelt, Leon Thomas III, MeLo-X, and Dot da Genius (just to name a few more), you would think this would sound like a chaotic mess. Instead, what you get is a coherent and cohesive album that flows from one distinctive song to another without leaving the listener feeling like they’re lurching uncontrollably through someone’s thoughts. Lyrically, this offers a little something for everyone. All the tracks have poetic bent to them, but songs like Earth Girls and Everybody Shut Up are more straightforward than tracks like LARain and Vegetables. The fact that set seems to build its metaphorical well as it progresses means that it takes the listener along instead of leaving them to flail in a sea of words. On an already well-crafted album, it puts the icing on the cake. Our favorite tracks are Into You, Solar Sisters, Mean Girls, and Eye of the Gentle Tiger. Update: I can only guess how some of you may have felt when this album essentially disappeared not too long after its late summer 2016 debut. We saw a Wave I set that made the rounds, but it only had three tracks and none of them were on the version we posted about a year ago. We were beginning to think we imagined the whole thing and were going to get ourselves checked out…when this popped. From an audio standpoint, this is almost the exact same album that he dropped last year and it holds up just as well. There are a few places where the production either has been cleaned up or changed slightly, but it’s so minute that you can barely tell the difference if you aren’t listening closely. The lyrics are the same too, with no detectable changes at all. The biggest difference seems to be the loss of two feature. Both Isaiah Rashad and Mick Jenkins were included as features on tracks and they have both been removed (from Everybody Shut Up and Only Way Out respectively). This change to be more about the songs flow better than a statement about the verses (both were solid) and give Boykins more time to himself on more tracks. They weren’t essential to the songs’ understanding, but they are something we missed when they didn’t appear as expected. One thing we want to warn you about is to not be fooled by how static the image for the first track is. There is a lot more in this visual than just a series of songs with a series of set barely moving pictures for their duration. This is not a visual album in the way that a lot of people may be expecting. This is far more arthouse, with long swaths of time spent with the singer(s) spent staring at the camera motionlessly. There are interruptions of movement and facial expression, but they are not so much acting out the lyrics as conveying the emotional resonance of them. It’s an intriguing experience and something everyone should see at least once. After listening to this again, we’re adding Earth Girls and LikeMinded to our favorites because we were fools to leave them off the first time. #Bartholomew#Jesse Boykins III#Visual Expressions#YouTube ← SAAY (feat. Crush) – Sweaty Lion Babe (feat. 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__label__wiki	0.83539	0.83539	KERN Ireland The Left & The Leaving Sale price Price €15,00 Regular price Unit price / per The Left and The Leaving is the second album from critically-admired Irish contemporary folk trio Kern. The band comprises champion fiddle player Barry Kieran, uilleann piper extraordinaire Brendan McCreanor and critically acclaimed songwriter and singer SJ McArdle. As on the band’s debut, False Deceiver, this album is a blend of original songs and tunes written by the band members themselves alongside traditional material from their home county of Louth. The tracks were once again produced by Trevor Hutchinson and feature the Lúnasa/Waterboys man on double bass throughout. Kern have been hard at work since the extensive press and radio coverage which accompanied the first album’s release, clocking up the miles on Ireland’s highways and byways and playing shows in Germany, Canada and the US, including at Milwaukee Irish Fest and Folk Alliance International in Montréal. The band also won the 2018 Temple Bar TradFest showcase. "A solid grasp of traditional and contemporary forms. Rich sonorous blending of uilleann pipes and fiddles lift the instrumentals while SJ McArdle's gritty voice and dexterous songs add an interesting extra lustre" - fRoots Magazine	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34620
__label__wiki	0.794025	0.794025	Tag Archives: Jennifer Hagan Blonde Poison Posted on August 3, 2015 by jolitson Old Fitz Theatre, July 30 Belinda Giblin as Stella Goldschlag. Photo: Marnya Rothe Gail Louw’s one-woman play Blonde Poison tells the confronting, true story of Stella Goldschlag, taking its title from the nickname the Nazis gave her. Also known as “the blonde ghost”, Berlin-born Goldschlag was 18 when World War II began. Very beautiful with blonde hair and blue eyes, she looked Aryan but was actually Jewish. Living illegally in war-torn Berlin, she was captured and tortured by the Gestapo. In order to save herself and her parents from Auschwitz, she agreed to become a “greifer” or “catcher”, informing on Jews in hiding. Because of her, up to 3000 Jews are said to have been sent to concentration camps. The play requires an extraordinary performance to keep you riveted for its entire 90 minutes – and it gets it from Belinda Giblin in a production currently playing at Sydney’s Old Fitz Theatre, produced by Adam Liberman in association with Red Line Productions. Louw is a British playwright, whose grandparents died during the Holocaust. She based her play largely on a book by David Wyden, a journalist who had been smitten with Goldschlag at school and interviewed her when she was in her 70s. Wyden’s family was able to escape Berlin in 1937 and go to the US, but Goldschlag’s family didn’t have the means or the connections. In the play, Goldschlag – now living as a recluse – is waiting nervously for Wyden to arrive and begins going over in her mind all the questions he is bound to ask about her life. Louw has Goldschlag tell her story in fairly straightforward fashion but she doesn’t dodge the moral complexities, with our sympathy shifting back and forth. Jennifer Hagan directs the play with understated sensitivity, eschewing bells and whistles and Giblin gives one of the performances of her career with an emotionally layered portrayal that is full of nuance and complexity. Brought up to think of herself as “a princess” by her father and beloved Mutti, Giblin portrays a vain woman with a strong sense of entitlement and a keen awareness of her sexual power. At the same time, she is a victim of her time and place, who makes difficult choices in order to survive. At times, we understand and empathise with Goldschlag; at other times we are taken aback by her ruthlessness and her candid admission that she loved the power and privilege her acts of betrayal conferred on her. One particular incident, where she nearly seals the fate of a Jewish boy in the Hitler Youth, and describes the thrill she experiences is particularly unsettling. Giblin plays it all beautifully without ever judging the character. She also conveys Goldschlag’s heartbreak when her daughter is taken away from her as a baby and later rejects her. Belinda Giblin. Photo: Marnya Rothe Derrick Cox has designed a small, shabby apartment that makes for a convincingly naturalistic setting in which a basket of rag dolls sits oddly for such a stylish, tough woman: a sad, almost pathetic, substitute for or reminder of the daughter she lost. The play itself is a bit long-winded and repetitive and could easily be trimmed. However, Hagan’s production (with sound by Jeremy Silver and lighting by Matthew Tunchon) is powerfully evoked. But it’s Giblin’s portrayal of a flawed human being that makes the play soar, keeping us gripped, fascinated, appalled and moved as we contemplate what we would have done in her place. Blonde Poison runs at the Old Fitz Theatre, Woolloomooloo until August 15. Bookings: http://www.oldfitztheatre.com Posted in Theatre \| Tagged Adam Liberman, Belinda Giblin, Derrick Cox, Gail Louw, Jennifer Hagan, Jeremy Silver, Matthew Tunchon \| Leave a reply The Lysicrates Prize Posted on January 31, 2015 by jolitson Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Royal Botanic Garden, January 30 In front of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at the Royal Botanic Garden. From left: Lee Lewis, Artistic Director Griffin Theatre Company, Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet, Environment Minister Rob Stokes, Patricia Azarias, Kim Ellis, Executive Director, Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands, NSW Premier Mike Baird, and John Azarias. Photo: Jessica Lindsay The inaugural Lysicrates Prize for new Australian playwriting was to have taken place in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden on the Band Lawn near the replica of the original Choragic Monument of Lysicrates that gives the competition its name. It would have been a lovely spot for such an event. However, torrential rain earlier in the week left the grass too wet for the seating stand, so the play readings took place in Verbrugghen Hall. Guests then walked down to the lawn for the announcement of the prizewinner by NSW Premier Mike Baird. The Lysicrates Prize calls for Australian playwrights to submit the first act of a new play. The three short-listed submissions are given a rehearsed play-reading in front of an invited audience. What sets this Prize apart from any other Australian playwriting award is that the audience decides the winner – as happened in Ancient Greece. The prize is a $12,500 commission from Griffin Theatre Company, with the runners-up receiving $1000 each. The three finalists for the inaugural 2015 Lysicrates Prize were Steve Rodgers, Lally Katz and Justin Fleming, with Rodgers awarded the prize for his play Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam. It all began early in 2014 when John and Patricia Azarias, the founders of the Prize, took a walk through the Botanic Garden. John Azarias loves Hellenic culture and had seen the original monument in Athens. On that particular day, as he and his wife approached the sandstone replica (commissioned in 1870 by Sir James Martin), they were struck by how eroded it was becoming. He decided then and there to raise the funds for its restoration in readiness for the Botanic Garden’s bicentenary in 2016. The original monument was built by a rich sponsor (or choregoi) called Lysicrates to celebrate the winning play at the Dionysia Festival in Athens in 334 BC, as was the tradition during the 4th and 5th centuries BC. The monument has a frieze featuring Dionysus, the god of theatre. In a nice little link, the name ‘Sydney’ is an English version of the French ‘St Denis’, which in turn is a Gallic version of ‘St Dionysius’ – as John explained in his welcoming speech. Patricia suggested that they also establish a theatre competition associated with the monument as a way to celebrate its restoration. They approached Lee Lewis at Griffin Theatre Company, which is dedicated to the performance of Australian plays, who agreed to run the competition. With some assistance from the NSW Government, along with additional funds raised by John, and the support of the Royal Botanic Garden, they were off. For the first Lysicrates Prize, an audience made up of Griffin supporters and subscribers, politicians and theatre industry folk gathered at the Conservatorium to watch readings (rehearsed over three days) of the three short-listed plays. Entering the auditorium, audience members were each given a gold coin with which to cast our vote in large pottery urns. Rodgers’ Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam is adapted from Peter Goldsworthy’s novella and is a haunting story of suffocating love, grief and loss, and a family so close that the parents made an extreme decision when their young daughter is diagnosed with leukemia; a decision their son will struggle to understand. Darren Yap – who approached Rodgers in the first place about a stage adaptation – directed the extract, which was performed by Jennifer Hagan, Anthony Harkin, Natalie O’Donnell, Rodgers himself and Govinda Röser-Finch. The emotional scenario and complex moral dilemma posed clearly struck a chord with the audience. Prize winner Steve Rodgers. Photo: Jessica Lindsay Rodgers said of his win: “Jesus Wants me For a Sunbeam isn’t a play yet. It’s just a bunch of scenes and ideas adapted from Peter Goldsworthy’s novel. But because of The Lysicrates Prize, we now get the chance to develop it into a truly important new Australian play. I’m over the moon. “Philanthropy of this kind in Australia isn’t common, so obviously I’m more than thrilled. This play is about family and explores a kind of love that in one moment you’re completely in sympathy with, and the next, you’re reeling away from in horror. The Lysicrates Prize gives us the chance, to hopefully unleash all that familial complexity on an audience.” The evening began with Lally Katz’s Fortune, directed by Kate Gaul and performed by Briallen Clarke, Anni Finsterer, Sean Hawkins and Russell Kiefel. The black comedy is set in a seedy hotel in the US where the woman who owns it has asked a psychic with a crystal ball to tell her about a man who spent time in one of the rooms. The Romany fortune-teller is pregnant and she and her cowboy boyfriend desperately need money to start a new life on his father’s land. Meanwhile, two men who have just lost their Wall Street jobs in the GFC are waiting to book into the hotel: one of them has been around the block, the other is a young Australian who had only just joined the company. It’s an intriguing set-up, the characters are all fascinating and I can’t wait to see how it unfolds. The night wound up with Justin Fleming’s The Savvy Women, another of his rollicking, contemporary Australian adaptations of Molière, following his success with Tartuffe and The School for Wives. Directed by Gale Edwards, and performed by Andrea Demetriades, Morgan Powell, Fiona Press and Christopher Stollery, it began with two sisters vying for one man, their parents arguing over which daughter should prevail, and the mother’s sacking of the maid for her massacre of the English language. Fleming’s clever, witty rhymes drew much laughter, especially the maid’s bogan utterings. Having the audience choose is a different way of commissioning a play these days. The proof will be in the production. But you’d have to say it was an impressive, well-chosen short list. All three extracts were entertaining and showed significant potential; hopefully we will get to see productions of them all in the fullness of time. Posted in Theatre \| Tagged Andrea Demetriades, Anni Finsterer, Anthony Harkin, Briallen Clarke, Christopher Stollery, Darren Yap, Dominic Perrottet, Fiona Press, Gale Edwards, Govinda Roser-Finch, Jennifer Hagan, John Azarias, Justin Fleming, Kate Gaul, Kim Ellis, Lally Katz, Lee Lewis, Mike Baird, Morgan Powell, Natalie O'Donnell, Patricia Azarias, Rob Stokes, Russell Kiefel, Sean Hawkins, Steve Rodgers \| Leave a reply Drama Theatre, July 30 Kate Mulvany, Geraldine Hakewill, Charlie Garber, Sean O’Shea, Helen Dallimore, Jennifer Hagan and Robert Jago. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti Right from the get-go, Justine Fleming’s contemporary adaptation of Molière’s Tartuffe has the audience chortling in this new Bell Shakespeare production. As with his adaptation for Bell’s 2012 production of Molière’s The School for Wives, Fleming combines colourful, irreverent colloquialism with rhyming couplets. Phrases such as “bunch of losers”, “shut your gob” and “a piddle short of a piss” had the delighted audience in stitches. At the same time, it’s an extremely clever adaptation that faithfully captures the spirit of Molière’s satire about religious hypocrisy and gullibility and tells the story with great élan and clarity. Locating it in the present day, the themes certainly feel as relevant as ever. Rich, successful and married to a gorgeous, younger second wife Elmire (Helen Dallimore), Orgon (Sean O’Shea) is looking for spiritual meaning in his life. Sensing that he’s ripe for the picking, the devious, duplicitous Tartuffe (Leon Ford) schemes to take him to the cleaners. Tartuffe also has his eye on Elmire, while Orgon wants him to marry his daughter Mariane (Geraldine Hakewill). No matter that she is already promised to Valère (Tom Hobbs). Orgon and his mother (Jennifer Hagan) may be taken in, but the rest of the family see straight through Tartuffe’s fraud and plot to trick him into revealing his true nature. Peter Evans directs a rollicking, extremely funny production on a set by Anna Cordingley with oversized furniture that not only matches the excess of all that unfolds but also suggests the childishness of their behaviour. Besides a massive sofa, there’s an off-kilter grandfather clock and a giant closet with an ever-changing interior. In the second act a sign descends inviting you, in Facebook fashion, to “accept” or “ignore” a request to befriend Jesus. Cordingley’s colourful costumes are also amusing, wittily combining styles and eras, while Kelly Ryall’s jaunty, synthesised versions of baroque music work a treat. In the original 1664 comedy, tragedy is averted at the last minute with an intervention from the King. Here, Fleming puts his own twist on the ending with Poetic Justice saving the day, while tipping a nod to Molière being the French Shakespeare. The cast all bring an enormous vigour to the roles. Kate Mulvany is a knockout as the outspoken, sassy, exasperated maid Dorine. Tottering around on vertiginous heels, her effortless command of the language and comedy is deliciously spot-on. Ford is smoothly, smarmily sanctimonious as Tartuffe one minute, then breaks out with hilarious abandon when he thinks no one is watching. His pelvic thrusting move across the stage to Elmire is hilarious while his amorous advance on her, using her fishnets and high heels, is one of the funniest things I’ve seen on stage in ages. Leon Ford and Helen Dallimore. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti O’Shea is also very funny as the well-meaning but bullish, deluded Orgon. I’m not sure that in this day and age Mariane needed to be quite such a ditzy bimbo but Hakewill plays it to the hilt. The lovers’ tiff between her and Valère is a hoot, while Hobbs has fun and games breaking the fourth wall. In fact, there are terrific performances all round from Charlie Garber as Orgon’s hot-headed son Damis, Robert Jago as Orgon’s level-headed, clear-sighted brother-in-law Cléante, Hagan as the haughty, disapproving Madame Pernelle, Russell Smith as Monsieur Loyal and Scott Witt as the bumbling servant (among other roles). All in all, the production is a delight, full of inspired comic touches from the funny little bounce as various characters flop onto the sofa to Dorine stashing a half-smoked cigarette in her bra. Too much fun. Highly recommended. Tartuffe is at the Drama Theatre until August 23. Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com or 02 9250 7777 A version of this review ran in the Sunday Telegraph on August 3 Posted in Theatre \| Tagged Anna Cordingley, Bell Shakespeare, Charlie Garber, Geraldine Hakewill, Helen Dallimore, Jennifer Hagan, Justin Fleming, Kate Mulvany, Kelly Ryall, Leon Ford, Peter Evans, Robert Jago, Russell Smith, Scott Witt, Sean O'Shea, Tom Hobbs \| Leave a reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34624
__label__cc	0.743842	0.256158	Weekend Bloggers Civility Rule Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks Environment, International March 20, 2019 March 19, 2019 Study: 800,000 People Die Prematurely In Europe Due To Pollution We have previously discussed how the environmental values often lose out to business or economic arguments because the environment remains something of an abstraction. When President Donald Trump heralds lower gas prices, that is a concrete value. However, when many of us call for cleaner air, it is treated as a good but not an immediate benefit. There is yet another study (in addition to our earlier discussed studies here and here and here) that show the real costs of air pollution. An article published in the European Heart Journal estimates that nearly 800,000 people die prematurely each year in Europe due to pollution and that every life is cut short by about two years. If that cheaper gas is put against a death or a two-year reduction in life expectancy, the political calculus may change. The study found much higher rates in Germany as opposed England. Germany showed 154 early deaths per 100,000 while England showed 98. The rate is likely much higher in the third world and countries like China and India with massive pollution problems. Various studies are finding the prior estimates were far too low. For example, research published in September found that 8.8 million people die prematurely around the world. Supreme Court Rules For Trump On Another Immigration Issue Augsburg University and UChicago Face Protests Over Classroom Use Of The N-Word 43 thoughts on “Study: 800,000 People Die Prematurely In Europe Due To Pollution” Corlyss says: Anybody think to question the alleged “statistics” that substantiate this statement? If not, why not? Dollars to donuts the study results cannot be reproduced. Do they still burn their trash in incinerators? The air in Los Angeles used to be unbearable when everyone had an incinerator. Personanongrata says: If that cheaper gas is put against a death or a two-year reduction in life expectancy, the political calculus may change. The 800,000 excess European deaths are not solely the result of particulate emissions from the burning of fossil fuels (ie gas). The report you reference lists five sources of air particulate pollution: Predominant sources of fine particulates are fossil fuel and biomass combustion, industry, agriculture, and wind-blown dust.6 One of the sources of particulates listed in the report – biomass combustion – is classified as a renewable energy source even though it emits higher levels of pollutants when combusted than fossil fuels. https://www.pfpi.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PFPI-Biomass-Factsheet.pdf It may be true that 800,000 European excess deaths are attributed to fine particulates some emitted during the burning of fossil fuels but how many life spans have been increased due to the use of fossil fuels? What about increased standards of living? The use of fossil fuels to power humanities dreams (eg refrigeration, transportation, communication, sciences, farming, etc) has lead an exponential increases in total human population, human life span and standards of living. https://cei.org/blog/climate-change-fossil-fuels-and-human-well-being Unfortunately there will always be excess human deaths attributable to particulate pollution but without fossil fuels humanity would still be living in the Dark Ages. Every human would struggle each and every day to eek out a meager subsistence while seeking to avoid the twin scourges of famine and pestilence. P. Hill says: TURLEY’S TRUMPERS THINK CLEAN AIR IS LIBERAL ISSUE Of all the columns Professor Turley has posted, this one, more than any, has revealed the essential stupidity of Trump supporters. Here the Professor reminds us that polluted air is harmful to the general population. 50 years ago this finding would ‘not’ have been politically sensitive or offensive to Republicans. 50 years ago, leaded gasoline gave American cities a hazy smog on summer days. People could see with their own eyes the extent of air pollution. In these past 20 years, however, right-wing media has conditioned conservatives to think only liberals care about the environment. Which means clean air is a ‘gay issue’! That’s how dumb it gets!! ‘Liberals are flaky and, or, gay’, so any any issue that concerns them is discredited as less than masculine. American right-wing media has clearly dumbed-down conservatives. And the presidency of Donald Trump is dumbing-down his supporters to new lows every week. That’s because Trump himself has been dumbed-down by right wing media. So we’ve arrived at a point where establishment Republicans like Professor Turley are considered ‘wobbly’ for noting air pollution studies. Because Trumpers know their president doesn’t care about the environment. Trump’s new budget, in fact, calls for sharp cuts in EPA funding. Jim22 says: And yet life expectancy is greater than 50 years ago. What’s your point? So Jim does that mean we needn’t concern ourselves with environmental matters? Like we’ve arrived at a point where air quality is inconsequential? Like Professor Turley is a sap for even raising the issue? That’s like saying, ‘My business hasn’t burned down yet so why do I a sprinkler system?’ Mr Kurtz says: The Clean Air Act was a good law that helped cut soot and other noxious emissions. Soot emission were super harmful and a terrible externality forced on local people by industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States) Soot which is carbon particulate is different than carbon dioxide. CO2 is actually needed by plants to breath and is odorless. It is a natural part of the atmosphere. It too can become a problem, for sure, but it is not on the same level as plain old soot. Apples to organges. Tom Nash says: https://www.theonion.com/world-death-rate-holding-steady-at-100-percent-1819564171 It seems to me that estimates like this distract from the much larger, ” big picture” problem tackled in the linked article. Liberty2nd says: (music- to the tune of Randy Newman’s Short People) Dumb smokers got no reason. Domb smokers got no reason! Dump smokers got no reason to Live! They got little bitty eyes, and little bitty feet.. Little bitty voices going peep peep peep! Don’t want no dumb smokers. Don’t want no dumb smokers round here. How many of those dead people smoked tobacco? What evidence supports your assertion that “environmental values” often lose to business and economic arguments? According to the EPA, emissions of six common pollutants have declined 73% since 1970. During that time, annualized real GDP has increased by 262%. That seems like a win/win. In other words, business allocated the resources necessary to provide the goods and services we want/need to improve our life while at the same time we are breathing the cleanest air we’ve ever breathed in our life. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-07/2017_baby_graphic_1970-2017.png We also increased our population by about 120 million people since 1970 and we drive around 3 trillion vehicle miles per year compared to around 1 trillion vehicle miles in 1970. Higher GDP; increased population; and increased vehicular travel theoretically ought to create greater air pollution. Instead, pollutant emissions declined 73%. I don’t see how you interpret that as “environmental values” losing. This is absurd x 3 says: We have previously discussed how the environmental values often lose out to business or economic arguments because the environment remains something of an abstraction. Only cranks adhere to ‘environmental values’. Ordinary people understand that pleasant surroundings are an amenity and the production of amenities is subject to consideration of scarcity and cost, like the production of anything else. The sticky point is that market transactions are insufficient in the endeavour to strike optimal balanaces when you have externalities and common property resources, so you need to apply public policy tools to induce welfare improvements. mespo727272 says: I suppose to doctrinaire environmentalists a relatively quick death by starvation is preferable to a protracted death by air pollution. Forgive me for understanding the world is full of trade-offs and that totally favorable outcomes reside in the next world not the present one. I don’t buy the study for reasons articulated by Thomas Johnson (infra) along with the maddening rise of advocacy science rooted in “we-know-betterism.” Scientists used to be our trusted advisers and not our pestering nannies. That old saw, “believe half of what you read and none of what you hear” needs to be reworked to equalize the options. Funny how there is no mention on how much technology and cheap energy has added to life expectancy. If the true goal is increasing life, then you would think we would be advocating way less regulation to unleash large numbers of “two guys in a garage” type experimenting in all fields. Yes this leads to several failures but it also spawns way more innovations than an over regulated population. Jim 22, I just briefly skimmed parts of the report from the European Heart Journal….it would take hours to really “look up under the hood” of the report’s details. One comment that stood out was the estimate of 8-9 million annual deaths due to “adverse environmental conditions”. The report seems to focus soley on pollution in developed countries as the “adverse environmental conditions”. If there’s a study that draws conclusions about the adverse environmental factors in third-world countries, it’d be interesting to see the “additional death estimates” caused by polluted water supplies, unsanitary living conditions, etc. I remember a discussion in college in the 1970s when a classmate, decrying the presence of chemicals like chorine in cities’ water supplies, seemed to prefer more “organic hazards” like E Coli, etc., to the possible long-term dangers of exposure to chemicals like chlorine that “might” be suspected of slightly elevating cancer risks with a lifetime of exposure. I suppose if that particular risk is suspected, an effective way of reducing elevated long term cancer risks is to kill people off much sooner with the immediate (and “organic” ) health hazards; that’s what made me wonder if there are similar studies including all “adverse environmental” factors in third world countries. Oky1 says: Heard 3/20 Bayers new Roundup is twice as strong as Monsanto’s crap. Only in American, Hitler’s Chemical Weapon plants continue. Please, give us all a break. Science and technology are rapidly developing solutions to pollution. It’s not that we “know better,” it’s that we “know.” Wally: Being omniscient then, our lab-coated masters should tell us about the brave new world they envision instead of whining before Congress that “We’re all gonna die!!” Share › Stan Wiggins Da Trumpstah • 5 hours ago Park in a more obscure location, get out and use the hood. If the police catch you while your partner is bent over, claim innocence, say your partner had a heart attack and ask them to call an ambulance. Of course, the police will say that you don’t have sex, you give mouth to mouth, so you just calmly look them in the eyes, stand proud, and ask “How do you think this got started?” Thomas Johnson says: I have always wondered about the methodology of these kinds of claims. I want to see empirical data that unequivocally shows a carbon or any other atom or molecule was the singular cause of death. I’ll never see it because it doesn’t exist, rather these studies are mere speculation and estimations wrapped in emotional pontifications. Any individual, if they cared, could wear filtering apparatuses. Homes and buildings could, if individuals wanted, have air filtration. Keep in mind the key phrase in the study’s title: “novel hazard ratio functions.” The study’s content explicitly says “estimations.” Well, “bs” is also an estimation. How about a little concrete? Arnie Gunderson was studying the fallout from Fukushima. His team was trying to collect car air filters & such items from here & I think around the world. Notice not a word in the news about it now 8-9 years later. And don’t look at all the sea life dying in the Pacific……. I’m interested in Turley’s article here, but I was thinking of some fun 1st. Shows that priorities are often out of step with needs. I seen in the news feeds today another person won their case in front of a jury that Monsanto’s Roundup caused their cancer. With Spring here every fool will be our spraying Roundup North/South/East/West in the US to get rid of a few weeds. The Ironic thing is that even the Cancer Treatment Center’s ground keepers will also be spraying it & the people, like everyone, they’ll whine, why did my family member, friend or myself get cancer, we don’t smoke after all. LOL, Sarc. Not to keep going, just look at the messes Nuke Energy is making. 1st the Mine sites, places like the Hanford (sic) site in Washington, the toxic sites on the East Coast & elsewhere, Chernobyl & the notorious Fukushima (sic) the Radiation Cancer Gifts that keep on giving. Surprising that Monsanto recognized the court considering the company answers only to Satan Foxtrot Foxtrot Sierra says: I still wonder what on earth Bayer was thinking when they paid good money to subject themselves to all that legal exposure. I guess when a company made itself famous for creating blood thinning aspirin, they are accustomed to hemorrhaging. Fantastic, Darren! May I use this please? as much as you like Nuclear is the cleanest safest power gen we have. That’s the myth they sold some people. It’s not cheap energy, nor is clean energy & it’s the most inefficient, in it’s current form. That’s the way it is when one considers the whole process from the ground the uranium is mined from to the almost never ending cost of storing the waste, plus the radiation pollution problems. There are those that think maybe Thorium-based nuclear power can over come those problems with the current nuke power planets. I’d be interested in that sale’s pitch. I disagree. Nuclear has never been done correctly here due to our own red tape. What radiation pollution problem? As for Thorium I agree. Sodium reactors are the better solution but unfortunately the DOD got involved with the decision and light water reactors won. Small modular reactors were killed in the 1950’s and 1960s. They were killed by regulators, politicians, media, entertainment industry and public fear all as a result of the anti-nuclear power protest movement. Below is a quote from Note [V] in my recent paper “Nuclear power learning and deployment rates; disruption and global benefits forgone” http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2169/htm (see Appendix B): The average construction duration of the early nuclear power reactors built globally (i.e., all countries) was: 3.5 years for the first three, 4.0 years for the first ten, 4.4 years for the first twenty, 5 years for the first thirty, and 5.4 years for the first eighty [18]. The first completed US power reactor was constructed and sending power to the grid in 1.8 years [29,35]. That was 60 years ago. It’s useful to compare how construction duration decreased in other large, complex systems as more were built. Fifty Casablanca Class aircraft carriers were built and commissioned for the US Navy between November 1942 and July 1944. The duration was reduced from a maximum of 277 days to 101 days [36]. This represents a learning rate for build duration of 22% for all fifty, and 34% for the last thirty-eight. That first US power reactor was 5 MW, totally free enterprise, no government money involved and was built from scratch to supplying power to the grid in just 22 months http://www.asme.org/getmedia/3663519d-0882-4b7e-ab6c-f036b080cfdd/128-vallecitos-boiling-water-reactor-1957.aspx . IE: The Houston Toxic Chemical Inferno Keep it in mind it’s just a rumour that Tesla’s latest self driving car, the Tesla Exploder, went out of control again, ran into a Tank Farm & bust into flames. I think it was CNN that also had an unconfirmed factual story. Regardless, the pictures are pretty good of the Tank Farm Volcano: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-19/toxic-chemical-inferno-threatens-houston-area-black-plume-extends-miles Breaking News from CNN: CNN now has 3 unidentified sources ready to swear to Mueller’s Grand Jury that Donald J Trump was driving the said Tesla with the help of Putin in control of the joy stick connected to the car. Mueller’s all over it! andrewworkshop says: What a way to conflate things Turley. A) Gasoline isn’t the culrpit. B) The so-called study’s methodolgy wasn’t discussed at all in your article. C) We were not provided a breakout between the former Iron Curtain and western Europe. D) Weren’t the Kyoto Accords supposed to remedy all this. E) What other factors could cause more Germans to die earlier than the English? Diet. Lifestyle. Prodigious amounts of beer consumed regularly? I expect more out of you Turley. Instead, I get hysteria like this. Debating whether or not to unsubscribe from your screeds. enigmainblackcom says: “B) The so-called study’s methodolgy wasn’t discussed at all in your article. ” The article provided a link which provided much more in methodology (including maps and graphs) that I suspect you’re willing to digest. The only information I was wanting for was the deaths and shortening of life-spans in America, which you would likely ignore as well. I get those who would be impacted financially by the change required to clean up our climate. I think they’re selfish and short-sighted but I understand. What I don’t get is the people whose only link is ideology, who have been convinced it’s in their best interest to eliminate regulation and refuse to address climate change and pollution, when their only benefit is a shortened life? Unregulated technology and cheap energy has done more for our lifespan than take it away. Unregulated begs the question, “How many people are we willing to let die?” More accurately, “How many people are those in power to let die in order to maximizre their profits.” Those making those decisions, generally aren’t the ones at risk. Or to put it another way, how many are we willing to let die by artificially raising the costs of energy or stifling creativity with red tape? slohrss29 says: Unregulated begs the question, “How many people are we willing to let die?” More accurately, “How many people are those in power to let die in order to maximizre their profits.” How do you present information that is conclusive in this particular case? You can only show correlation. I would argue diet and lifestyle are a much larger and clearer threat to public health and create more of an impact on mortality. But then again, those risk factors are under one’s direct control; they serve of no use to the one’s whose goal is to obtain more repressive political power. 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__label__cc	0.531192	0.468808	Map to Blog Posts journey to 351 One man. one mission. 351 division I arenas. Vanderbilt (62) at Mississippi State (80) 01/16/2018 January 20, 2018 May 22, 2018 collegebbfanLeave a comment 54 of 351 15% complete The state of Mississippi was hit with snow and ice the day before the game. As a result, the campus was closed down but the game was still on. By Connecticut standards, the storm was nothing to be worried about but the rare occurrence of snow and ice in Mississippi causes havoc to residents not used to this type of weather. Tony and I had planned to golf on the Mississippi State campus before the game but that was not to happen. We had a whole day to go kill. So after a beer and wings at the STAGgerIN Sports Grill adorned with much Bulldog memorabilia, we drove around the MSU campus. It was a beautiful campus with new buildings and a baseball stadium under construction. So as I said in an earlier post, I have learned that it pays to mention the Operation 351 journey to whoever would listen. As we waited for the doors to open, I struck up a conversation with a couple who were season tickets holders. I told them my story and about my love for UCONN. Their women’s team upset UCONN last year but they were very complimentary of Geno and how he handled the loss. The doors opened and we went our separate ways to our seats. As you can see above, free t shirts were to be given out to all the lower level seat holders. Because the campus was closed, it was decided to offer free general admission to everyone. Naturally, I had already bought and paid for the tickets. I am also learning that it may not be a good idea ahead of time to buy tickets in advance unless absolutely necessary. After five minutes, a gentleman comes over and introduces himself as the assistant athletic director. He was told about Operation 351 and wanted to give us a tour of the arena. I looked up across the arena and there is the couple waving to me. This was Mississippi hospitality at its best. After a 15 minute tour of the facilities including a discussion about the new baseball field, we were back at our seats. After the game, a beat writer stopped by and asked a few questions about Operation 351. We had our picture taken on the court before the game. Tony on the left and me on the right were very appreciative of the efforts to make us feel at home. Suffice it to say that I am now a Bulldog fan for life. Hail State! The crowd was sparse due to the weather but the students with with no classes and free admission took full advantage and did fill the student section. Vanderbilt was missing a key player Matthew Fisher-Davis and was outplayed by the Bulldogs most of the game. Bryce Drew the Vanderbilt coach looked younger than some of this players. It was good to see Ben Howland as the MSU coach. I have memories of him in the old Big East as the Pittsburgh coach. He has won everywhere he went. Although many UCONN fans were stung by the women’ loss to MSU last year, I also remember the painful loss to MSU by the men in 1996. UCONN was the number one seed lead by Ray Allen. We were heavily favored and projected to go to our first final four. The above banner triggers the memory of that painful loss. Aric Holman from MSU was the player of the game. He is an agile 6′ 10″ forward who is the team’s best three point shooter. This Kentucky native somehow slipped under Calipari’s grasp but is doing well for the Bulldogs. The mascot wins the award for the biggest head during the Operation 351 tour. That is all for now. Next game : Rice at Southern Mississippi 01/18/18 MississippiMississippi State, Mississippi State Home, Vanderbilt Siena (70) vs. Niagara (71) 01/19/2020 Siena (63) vs. Canisius (73) 01/17/2020 Uconn (60) vs. South Florida (75) 01/04/2020 Liberty (59) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (46) 01/02/2020 Central Michigan (79) vs. Robert Morris (83) 12/17/2019 Gregory Koch on Siena (70) vs. Niagara (71)… collegebbfan on Central Michigan (79) vs. Robe… Gregory Koch on Central Michigan (79) vs. Robe… rxue13 on Northern Illinois (50) vs. Pit… Gregory Koch on Duquense (91) vs. George Washi…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34631
__label__wiki	0.505601	0.505601	Two North Texas Men Lose Fingers and Feet Due to Flu Complications Aaron Galloway Joei Smith, Brian Herndon (WFAA, KHOU) Flu season hit Texas hard this year, and it doesn't look like the epidemic is getting better any time soon. School districts across the state have shut down because of the flu, and there have already been more than 2,300 flu-related deaths reported in Texas since October. Today we learn of two North Texas men who have had their fingers and feet amputated because of the flu. 51-year-old Brian Herndon from Fort Worth reportedly lost both of his feet and nine fingers just days after getting the flu last month. Herndon's wife says her husband has no underlying medical conditions that would make the flu more dangerous, but nevertheless, he became septic which led to blood clots in his extremities. "He had a 104.7 temperature right away," Herndon's wife Jaye told WFAA. "And then he had trouble breathing. We didn't wait, we went to the ER. It was that quick." She also said he did not get a flu shot this year. A GoFundMe page for Herndon has been set up and has currently raised over $23,000 of the $40,000 goal. 33-year-old Joei Smith from Dallas has been battling life-threatening conditions since contracting the flu in December. Today, Smith will have his fingers amputated and he may also lose his toes later. Despite getting a flu shot, Smith's condition declined rapidly and he was rushed to the hospital a few hours after he started feeling weak and dizzy at work. "I got there at 12 a.m., and by 3 a.m., they were telling me I only had 24 hours to live," Smith told KHOU. “From the flu came sepsis and pneumonia,” he continued. Smith also had no underlying medical conditions that would complicate the flu and reportedly lives a healthy lifestyle. While Herndon's and Smith's extreme situations are rare, doctors still recommend that people do get the flu shot. If you are sick and your symptoms include a fever, chills, body aches, and cough, then chances are good you have the flu and should head to the doctor to be tested right away. NEXT: Wichita Falls Cowboys Fan Dies So He Doesn't Have to See Eagles, Patriots in the Super Bowl Source: Two North Texas Men Lose Fingers and Feet Due to Flu Complications Filed Under: flu Categories: Health, News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34638
__label__wiki	0.945428	0.945428	Marking 50 years since the arrest of Ernesto Miranda Today marks 50 years since the arrest of Ernesto Miranda, the Mesa man whose name became synonymous with the rights of criminal suspects.From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Steve Goldstein reports on the lasting impact of the Supreme Court case that bears Miranda’s name. Tucson faces $15 million budget shortfall Tucson may follow in the steps of Phoenix voters who approved city pension reforms last week. Tucson’s vice-mayor says the city is facing a $15 million budget gap caused by escalating retirement benefits. Scottsdale Police Commander accepts Casa Grande police chief job A Scottsdale Police Commander has accepted a job as police chief in Casa Grande. KJZZ’s Dennis Lambert has more.Casa Grande’s deputy City Manager, Larry Raines says Johnny Cervantes will replace Chief Bob Huddleston, who is retiring March 31. ASU responds to Sparky backlash It seemed like a good idea three weeks ago. That’s when ASU rolled out the new and improved version of its iconic mascot, Sparky the Sun Devil. But the university announced Monday it's already planning to change the new version. ADOT proposes alternative to damaged U.S.89 The state Transportation Department says it has come up with a temporary solution for drivers heading to Page and Lake Powell. The move was necessitated by a landslide last month on part of Route 89, which caused the roadway to buckle. SCOTUS decision on gay marriage could impact Arizona domestic benefits ruling Arizona officials will be watching closely as the U.S. Supreme Court considers gay marriage today. The outcome of the case could impact a lawsuit over benefits for domestic partners for gay state and university employees. Child custody hearing bill headed to governor A bill to require courts to hold initial hearings in custody cases sooner will go to the governor, after winning the approval of the state House of Representatives Wednesday. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie has more. State Supreme Court may consider marijuana driving case Arizona's highest court is being asked to decide whether anyone who smokes marijuana, legally or not, can ever drive legally in the state. The case involves a man who was stopped for speeding and whose blood test showed a metabolite of the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, which resulted in a charge of driving under the influence. Tucson Unified School District seeks superintendent The Tucson Unified School District is on the hunt for a new superintendent. The TUSD’s governing board approved the search Tuesday night. The Arizona Daily Star reports, the district will use an external firm to conduct the national search. Bill to count gold, silver as legal tender moving in legislature The Arizona House of Representatives has given its preliminary approval to a measure that would make privately minted gold and silver coins legal tender in the state. Under the bill, those coins would be no different under state law than the U. Phoenix veteran faces life for helping al-Qaeda in Syria An Army veteran from Arizona will remain in jail until he's tried for working with terrorists in Syria.Eric Harroun, 30, of Phoenix, faces life imprisonment for charges of using a weapon of mass destruction outside the U. Senate OKs texting spam ban Arizonans with cell phones take note, unsolicited text messages may soon be a thing of the past. Today the Senate followed the House in passing a ban on marketers sending unsolicited texts to phones. Section of Piestewa Freeway closed this weekend State Route 51 Northbound will be closed between Bell and Union Hills from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday. ADOT spokesman Doug Nintzel said crews will be installing a Freeway Management System.“That includes overhead message boards, but also crews are installing the ramp meters along the on-ramps along that stretch of State Route 51 and then also freeway cameras are going in,” Nintzel said. Phoenix hoping to bring Mexican sculptor's work to town The work of a world-renowned Mexican sculptor may be coming to Phoenix as outdoor art installations. While city officials were in Mexico City on a trade mission this past week, they discussed the possibility with the artist himself. Despite evacuation, letters sent to Flake's office not harmful The Postal Inspection Service says tests of suspicious mail sent to the Phoenix office of U.S. Senator Jeff Flake have found nothing dangerous or harmful. Authorities evacuated part of the building this morning after staff for the Republican senator came across mail that was stained with an oily substance. State Senator may face charges A State Senator may face charges for entering his teenage grandson's classroom without permission...and confronting the teacher.Yuma police have asked city prosecutors to file four misdemeanor charges against state Senator Don Shooter. Tohono O'odham Nation chairman dies The former chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation has died. The death of Augustine B. Lopez Sr. was announced Friday by his southern Arizona Tribe. Neither Lopez’s age nor cause of death was released, but a short bio was made public by tribal officials. Tobin: Medicaid expansion holding back state budget approval Governor Jan Brewer's proposal to expand Medicaid in Arizona by using federal funds is a major bone of contention for lawmakers attempting to negotiate a new state budget. Speaker of the House Andy Tobin said it is not paralyzing talks on the spending plan but it is a big hurdle. Arizona Cardinals' new management prepares for the National Football League draft The Arizona Cardinals head into Thursday's National Football League draft with new Head Coach Bruce Arians and first-time General Manager Steve Keim.Darren Urban of AZCardinals.com tells Steve Goldstein how the organization has changed and how the draft can help the team improve. Governor Brewer and Republican lawmakers continue to spar over Medicaid expansion proposal Republicans at the state capitol are continuing their fight against Governor Brewer’s proposal to expand Medicaid coverage under the Obama Administration’s health care law. They staged a small rally at the state capitol Thursday.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34644
__label__wiki	0.593315	0.593315	Fiction: The Western Route by A. A. Weiss September 25, 2019 · by jmwwblog · in Fiction. · Photo by Zoltan Tasi A wave surged against William’s calves and ankles, and warm water slopped into his shoes. Wearing socks had been a stupid oversight; now he wouldn’t be able to run at top speed when he escaped from the authorities. He’d get caught and have to invoke his passport and journalistic privilege to avoid more permanent detainment. And, really, that was the point—so said Jonas—to do everything the others did, exactly as they did it, in the spirit of how they existed. “This is how people die,” said William. Jonas smiled, slapped William on the back as though they were friends—giving him a small push towards the boat. William smelled decaying seaweed and what must have been fecal matter. He cursed Jonas, his editor, who had assumed William wished to make a career out of informing comfortable people how others suffered. At the end of this expedition William would either be famous (for a journalist) or dead, a floating body fertilizing the ocean. Jonas would deliver the eulogy at the funeral, probably the same words of celebration he’d used after William had won the award for excellence in field reporting, just a little sadder. “I guess you don’t need luck,” said Jonas. “I’ll never understand how you cowboy journalists do it.” William smiled, as though agreeing—I know, I’m awesome—and then turned toward the water as Jonas left him, retracing their steps down the beach back to town. The bobbing canoe was wide enough for three people to sit side by side, long enough for ten rows of people front to back. William was afraid he’d have to row along with the other men, be physical, but then he spotted the motor strapped on the back with rope. He wouldn’t have to do anything except sit and witness. Later he could research languages—Google translate gave authentic sound samples now—and if nothing sounded close enough to what he was hearing presently he could make something up. His comrades had been from Guinea or Sierra Leone; no one would be able to prove they hadn’t been West Africans. He dug into the breast pocket of his life vest and removed his astronaut pen that would write even when it got wet. Now find characters, a protagonist. A woman seated in front of William pulled up an anchor while others pushed. Her calf muscles were well-defined. She was pregnant—one hand on the anchor, the other on her stomach—and William felt shame that the others could tell she’d be better than him at hoisting solid steel. She wore flip-flops and, large belly or not, with those calves she’d probably run faster than him over loose sand. In his waterproof notebook—another fine purchase—William wrote fast runner. There were other women on the boat, but this fast runner was special. Details, now. More. The fast runner wore a red headscarf. Others had head scarfs, too, but no one else wore bright red. So smart, thought William. Rescuers would spot her first when they were all floating in the water. It was shameful how little he knew about successful human trafficking. Everything he’d read indicated the boat would be constructed of forgiving rubber; sturdier ones might be decommissioned fishing trawlers that could take on waves. But no, this was definitely a canoe, the kind you paddled down slow rivers to teach water safety, afterward giggling as the dumb kids splash-swam to shore while the smart ones stood up in the waist-high water. This western route across the Mediterranean was supposedly the safest. The destination coastline wouldn’t have been visible even if it were daytime, something like forty miles away. Wherever they landed, Jonas would be there. He would follow the chip in William’s cellphone and arrive with a thermos of something alcoholic for a proper toast. Everything is wrong, thought William. This is how people die. The Maine Coast Star Magazine, a regional journal with a circulation of five thousand, was supported by a recurring grant from the Maine Arts Council, on which Jonas’s father was a board member. Jonas hadn’t even flinched when William requested a budget of four thousand dollars for his first story, so evidently money wasn’t a problem in Jonas’s editorial world, only content. The Maine reading public devoured William’s first story of harrowing adventure, and then immediately called for more. A glimpse of danger wasn’t enough. People could have died during the events of that first cover story, too. A coyote named Alberto Blanco had led William, and four other paying customers from Guatemala City, through a cartel-controlled town called Coban, across the mud-jungle paths into Mexico, in busses and unmarked taxis to the border, across a river with surprisingly strong current with only an inner tube to keep their heads above water. Along the way they’d dodged gunfire from drug gangs disputing village turf, ridden on the top of a train past federales in 4×4 pursuit, and, finally, touched their wet feet in the grey-brown dirt of Texas. William had been certain someone would critique his story as exploitational or, at the very least, too politically-charged for the Downeast reading public who avoided public talk of sensitive topics like people who spoke foreign languages (other than French). But, no, the reader response was uniformly positive: William’s writing had “opened” the world for one reader, and had simply “Blown AWAY!!!” another. Really? thought William. Had no one in Maine ever been to Mexico? Had no one ever met a real-life Spanish-speaker? Did no one question even a single element of the fantastic voyage? Perhaps only Jonas. The doubt on the editor’s face had been evident when William returned to the office with no receipts to prove his whereabouts. William’s passport had been “lost” in Mexico; he hadn’t needed it to reenter the country anyway. “Any way of confirming this?” asked Jonas. “Any of it?” There was not. William hadn’t taken notes. “Alberto” was an alibi used to protect his coyote’s identity. Even describing a single distinguishing attribute of his companions would endanger them as they tried to form lives in America. “I understand if you can’t run this,” said William. “It’s bigger than you intended. But it was all so impactful, so grand. I can’t see leaving any of it out.” “Cover story,” said Jonas. “Next issue.” And after that—after taking home the award for field reporting—William’s piece became an act in need of replication in order to remain in the public focus, something like a scientific experiment that had to be replicated to prove authenticity. “People immigrate everywhere,” said Jonas. “You could go to China and get in a box sent across the ocean. You could go to Turkey and find a new way in to Europe. We are in line to win some major awards this time. Get yourself trafficked a couple more times and you’ll have enough reportage for a book!” Water sprayed William’s face at the bottom of each wave. A blue tarp shielded the first two rows of passengers from the water. He’d put that detail in the story. His pen was tucked into his pocket, his notebook elsewhere in one of a dozen khaki cargo folds, but he could remember that idea. This would be a good story, better than Mexico because of such vivid details recorded in his notebook. Sunlight indicated they were now traveling east and that meant something was wrong. He didn’t see land. Then the engine stopped. After ten minutes he grew restless, fidgety. Someone yelled at him in French, presumably to sit still. The pregnant woman turned and said a single word, unintelligible, but most likely, “Calm.” A rocking canoe endangered everyone. Sensing motion behind him, William turned to see a man pour gasoline from a 2-liter soda bottle into the engine. The empty bottle then went into the sea and William was able to calm himself by watching it float away. Later, no clouds broke the sunshine, and by midday William’s scalp hurt to touch. It took effort to suction open his dry mouth, and he tasted blood after he pulled his lips apart. Those in the front, still under the tarp, were now doubly protected from the water and sun. The pregnant woman endured the same discomforts as William, but made no little noises of protest. She would be his protagonist, clearly, and yet he had difficulty crafting a narrative. In order to focus, he needed to eat and sleep. He needed to dip a spoon into peanut butter, use his tongue like a muscle, and rest in a space with no external sounds. “What is your name?” William asked the pregnant woman. “You need a name.” She turned, but didn’t say anything. He repeated the question in French, and still got no response. The sun set quickly, light to dark in minutes. A man swore in a language unknown to William—dull sounds communicating surprise and the intention to hurt. The glow-light on William’s wristwatch indicated it was after midnight. The focus of attention for the swearing man was a light in the distance, a flash barely reflecting into the sea, not a lighthouse, not a warning at all. The glowing grew larger, millimeter by millimeter, until tiny silhouettes slinked and bobbed below it. Techno music entered the environment. Someone jumped from the canoe. William sensed this, didn’t actually see it. Another splash touched him. The pregnant woman poked him on the fleshy part of his upper arm, her finger all bone. Others jumped. More water touched him. William failed to sense her purpose in poking him until she scooted her bottom close to the side, lifted her legs over the edge, sat for a second, then slipped down into the water. Her red scarf was invisible in the dark. She could have been far ahead, in the surf, or far below. William shifted his legs over the side and submerged his feet. He’d been cold and now he was relieved by water warmer than he’d expected, like tea that had been forgotten while reading. He pulled the cord on his inflatable life vest. On the beach it looked like people were fighting, and then closer it was just aggressive dancing. Foam bubbles exploded from cannons. If this was intentional, if the canoe traffickers had landed at a foam party on purpose, then it was brilliance, everyone engulfed in bubbles, no way to tell apart tourists from refugees. Such a nice detail. William searched for the pregnant woman with the red headscarf. She was gone, alive surely, but elsewhere. Away from the beach, in the alley between resort buildings where the staff dumped liquor bottles, William scribbled in his notebook, attempting to maintain legible penmanship. The woman needed a name in his article. Maria, thought William. Her name is Maria. Of course her real name was not Maria, but perhaps his West-African protagonist had memorized a name to repeat once she arrived on free Spanish soil. Who knew where she’d been two days ago. He guessed Mali. He’d double check the capital of that country, and then make it her home. It was a story of point A to point B, direct and very simple. William could already hear the words in Jonas’s rejection of this new writing: “There’s no connection to people. In Mexico you shared the names of your cousins over a campfire. You convinced Alberto to take a discount for a Guatemalan woman seeking medical treatment in Alabama. You lived with those people.” Maria was elsewhere, probably somewhere nearby drying off. How had she disappeared so quickly? Where had all the other boat riders gone to? William had no answers to the most interesting questions. He should have followed Maria more closely off the boat, stayed at her hip as she made her way ashore, jumped with her into the same shadows. The next morning the buzzing of William’s cellphone woke him. He’d slept under fresh white linens in a cabin on the beach. In bed he held his breath until the phone went quiet after ten rings. Near the door, his salty clothes formed a mound. The receipt for the room was there on the desk beside Jonas’s company credit card and the waterproof notebook. William stretched over to look at who’d called. Jonas, of course. Three times. The editor had already tracked him down. It was so easy nowadays to track someone with a cell phone and company credit card. William imagined what Jonas would say as he struggled to open a celebratory bottle of champagne: “China next. People want to read about China.” Jonas would probably buy a new ticket for William’s next story before they even got back to Maine. The phone buzzed again. William slipped into the resort robe and left the cabin, the phone still vibrating on the table as he closed the door. Outside, the white sand had been raked clean of impurities. It must have been some guy’s job to comb the beach. In Maine you had to step around a dozen dead things between the car park and the water line. Maine was better. Ahead the beach rounded away from the seaside resorts. Waves crashed in a cove, and there, not far from the bend, a woman tended a low fire. William squinted his eyes: was she pregnant? William couldn’t be certain, but her headscarf was a familiar shade of red. She placed shrubs into the fire, and William felt the need to show her how to do it better. He could explain how to build a fire without words if necessary, through motions. With some driftwood he’d collected above the shoreline, William approached. She was not pregnant, no, but she could have been one of the other women from the canoe. Perhaps Maria had discarded her headscarf upon reaching land, an act of celebration, and this woman had retrieved it. This woman’s blue dress was dark at the bottom from wetness. William thought about Maria, about how the pregnant woman had had strong calves, and for a moment he allowed himself to picture the continuation of their intertwined fates. If only they’d spoken a common language, she might have spent the night with him in the seaside cabin. A simple smile on her part might have converted him from observer to actor. He imagined introducing her to Jonas, who would’ve had a comment founded in irony—write the story, he’d say, don’t live it!—and then returning with her home, to Maine, where she would have found more than enough space in his garden apartment that others considered too small, and the day would finally arrive and, yes, of course, he would’ve helped raise the child because he was a good man with honor. Concerned Maine citizens would start an online campaign for such a strong woman; her unborn child would receive multiple scholarships for private education. Upon seeing William, the woman tending the fire stood as though preparing to fight, not run. William grew excited. He was a danger to her, and it was exciting to be so misjudged; it would be an intellectual challenge to convince this woman that her instincts were wrong. He held the palm of his free hand visible as he dumped his driftwood into the fire. It would rekindle the embers, make her warmer. The fire hissed and steam clouded the air. Smoke followed, and the woman reached past William to wave at the air with violence. Using French, she called William an imbecile. Smoke was bad. Smoke was for a rescue, and here no rescue was needed. William backed away while the woman gathered her things. He didn’t see what she owned, what items she’d brought on her journey, but everything fit into a rolled sweater. Nothing inside the bundle made noise as she walked away, nothing metal, nothing precious. “Wait,” said William. The woman was away quickly. William followed her silhouette down the beach, far away from the resorts, and he respected the ease with which she skated over the wet rocks. Alone, he poked at the fire. The beach was nicer in this spot, with unmanicured sand, but nothing so appealing as the rocky coastline of Maine. Seaweed was missing, broken shells and sea glass, signs of nature and life. William looked over the water he could have died trying to cross and solidified the details he would feed Jonas: after getting in the canoe, they’d crossed the water and landed under the cover of a Spanish seaside rave, with bubble cannons and free shots of vodka. That was the whole story. The refugees were now somewhere far down the shoreline. He envisioned a short-term future of connecting with the others from the canoe, eating oranges from forbidden orchards, finding work that required no talking, and scratching by, day by day, until he had enough material for a new article. Jonas would like that. Jonas, Jonas, Jonas. Jonas would keep sending him on expeditions. What drastic excuse could William create for Jonas to stop sending his award-winning reporter into the field? Perhaps William could confess how the particulars of the Mexico piece weren’t just fuzzy, but fabricated. There was no ride on a train top, for instance, only knowledge that people did that kind of thing. William would be demoted for inventing facts, would toil in the editorial section of the magazine, perhaps, but at least he’d still have a job. But if that wasn’t good enough, if Jonas had no problem with fuzzy facts, William could explain further how the people in the Mexico article were composite characters, not real, per se, but the collected impressions of everyone William had encountered, their opinions, fears and actions, all rolled into four characters. It was easier to write that way, otherwise there would have been a hundred thousand words. And if that still wasn’t good enough, if Jonas didn’t have a problem with reporters inventing people and their words, then William could also admit that Alberto Blanco was not a real man, but more like the embodiment of all the advice William had picked up along the way—a spirit force, one might say, protecting and directing William on his path through Central America—a total piece of fiction. And if Jonas still did nothing—no punishment, no outrage—William could then shut everything down by confessing the full, intense truth: every aspect of the Mexico piece, the people and places, quoted thoughts, dramas and resolutions—everything—had all been complete inventions. Netflix documentaries had taught William all he needed to know about the hardships of immigration. Archived BBC news reports had identified routes of arrival and departure used by drug traffickers. And you could learn a ton about people in other countries by looking at photos, not tourist pictures, no, but ones from a Facebook profile belonging to a friend of a friend who’d once done Habitat for Humanity in a village outside Guatemala City. A confession like that would surely stop Jonas from sending his reporter on any more life-threatening missions. Was news fabrication a crime? No it was not. The reporting award hadn’t come with any money. A simple retraction on the editorial page would be sufficient to make everything go away. William would be able to get past this—that was the important thing to remember. “Ho, there!” screamed a voice advancing down the beach. “Ho!” A resort guard appeared from around a rocky corner. “No fire,” he said in English, pointing at the collection of scorched twigs by William’s feet. “I arrest you.” The guard’s shirt was white, with a gold patch embroidered on the breast to appear like a police badge. The label on the other side of his chest was the same as the logo on William’s robe—a nautical compass below the resort’s name. This guard wasn’t a police officer, no, but he could still be depicted as law enforcement in William’s article. It would be so easy to run over this beach, so smooth, no rocks like in Maine. William dug his toes into the sand. Now was the time to run, if he was going to run. “Is it illegal for patrons of the resort to build fires?” William asked. “I didn’t know.” “Only illegal people do it,” said the guard. As the guard kicked sand over the fire, William took off in a sprint, back toward the cabins, his bathrobe flapping in the air current. “Ho!” said the guard, not chasing. As William ran he focused on the story he’d write, on the notes he would scribble in his waterproof notebook before they left him completely. William looked over his shoulder, and stopped running. He coughed, struggled for his breath, and then began walking leisurely back to his cabin with his hands on his waist as he watched the guard walk back to the main resort, no longer interested in William or the fire. Inside the cabin, William sat on the bed, still in his robe. The waterproof notebook still had plenty of unused sheets. A night on the beach; a small campfire, careful to avoid smoke; a morning foot chase from authorities over a beach with no shells. So many wonderful, true details. But what about Maria? She was safe now, in Spain, that was the important thing, and he couldn’t jeopardize the safety of that woman or her baby by giving away too many details about her relocation to Europe. The readers would just have to trust William, again. The last line of his piece would be something like, “And she disappeared from my view down the shore over rocks, moving with a graceful confidence over the slippery stones that she’d learned years before while scavenging the beaches outside [Mali’s capital]. I’m not at liberty to say where she went next; that’s not my story to tell.” William’s phone buzzed on the table next to the bed. He picked it up. “Hello, Jonas.” And while he spoke to his editor, the pregnant woman appeared clearly in William’s thoughts: his real memories of her about to jell with what he would now tell Jonas—the hard lines of her calf muscles, her bony finger like a tool, and how, the very moment she’d hit the water, she’d become expertly invisible. A. A. Weiss is the author of Lenin’s Asylum (Everytime Press, 2018). His essays and short stories have appeared in BOAAT, Moon City Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Zone 3, among other places, and twice earned special mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology. He is a recipient of grants from the Bronx Council on the Arts and the Maryland State Arts Council. Visit his website at www.aaweiss.com Tags: A.A Weiss, Fiction, The Western Route ← The Taste: September 24, 2019 JMWW’S BEST OF NET NOMINATIONS 2019! → One response to “Fiction: The Western Route by A. A. Weiss” incandescentproseblog September 29, 2019 at 4:54 PM · · Reply → Those familiar ways ( Howl ) at your skin! How much running is worth a mile. What earth shattering Promise of so much Turned creepy Accusatory gossip Heart attacks, energy consuming you’re a Sunburn – ’’ she lied too me’’!, everyone laughed Memories will forever soar, memoir Shoulders goes on & on ‘ past angers humility ‘ a famous actress settling a pen name &hair, whom fixed my broken heart- for life? Only to clear – the shadows; your name, not my way; of getting Paid of these a scientific lab testing piece.. forced publishing no book Someone changes phones with differ numbers every two seconds report mandated bullshit.. Painting out a clouded picture, deserving rainn Freedom screwed – game over – Til it happens to you All the code, I can speak in; wrote a place- someone lived out ways California #ME TOO a mistake Half past let it go.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34649
__label__cc	0.708128	0.291872	MASA Jobsite Online Minnesota Association of School Administrators December 16, 2019 by jobsite Region: East Central Maple Lake Schools Closes: Jan 24, 2020 Website Maple Lake Schools The Maple Lake Schools is seeking candidates for the full time position of Superintendent of Schools. The successful candidate will begin work on or around July 1, 2020 and will receive a competitive salary and benefit package commensurate with experience and qualifications. Posting date: December 16, 2019 Closing date: January 24, 2020 Starting date: July 1, 2020 Tentative Interview Date: February 12, 2020 Applicants must hold a license as Superintendent of Schools issued by the State of Minnesota or be eligible to obtain a license at the time the application is submitted. Experience as a school superintendent is preferred. Experience as a principal or similar public school district administrative position is otherwise required. Knowledge and experience in the general administration of a comprehensive program of instructional and support services for pre-K through 12th grade students and community education patrons. Proficiency in communications and public relations including a record of positive involvement in the community. Knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of instructional and support programs for learners of all ages. Knowledge and experience in the management and development of school personnel. Knowledge and experience of Minnesota public school finance and school district financial management including budget development, deployment, and monitoring. Knowledge and experience in positive interactions with the local School Board and other governmental units. SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION: The Maple Lake School District serves 830 k-12 students. In addition, children, families and other district residents are served through early childhood and community education programs. Maple Lake services are located on one convenient campus. The district employs 130 licensed and non licensed staff members including one K-6 Principal and one 7-12 Principal, a Community Education Director shared with Annandale Schools, an Activities Director, and a Child Study Coordinator employed by MAWSECO. The district contracts transportation services and the management of food services. Maple Lake is located 30 miles southeast of St. Cloud and about the same distance west of the Twin Cities. Neighboring communities include Monticello to the northeast, Buffalo to the east, Howard Lake to the south and Annandale to the west. The district’s operating budget is approximately $10 million. Maple Lake is in a strong financial position with a growing fund balance. The district passed an operating levy in recent years; this contributed significantly to the district’s financial health. The mission of Maple Lake Public Schools is to create an exceptional place to learn and work emphasizing educational opportunities that promote academic achievement, life-long learning, and productive citizenship in our society. Additional information is available at the district’s website: https://www.maplelake.k12.mn.us/ Interested parties should submit the following electronic files, in PDF format, to Greg Vandal at [email protected] detailed resume including a list of references four current letters of recommendation evidence of licensure Additional materials may be requested as the process moves forward. Inquiries regarding the position can be directed to Search Consultant Greg Vandal at 320-247-3739 or [email protected]. District Application Guidelines Be sure to review the district’s requirements for the application process and provide all required documents. Some districts may require that candidates apply through an external link. If that is the case, the link will be noted in the job posting. If the posting does not indicate an external link, apply using your MASA online candidate profile and click on the box below. If you have not completed your candidate profile within our site, please do so by clicking here. Many districts search the profiles for promising candidates. To improve your outcome, please complete all requested information. You will need to have a Jobsite account and be signed in to view your candidate profile. © 2020 · Minnesota Association of School Administrators, MASA \| All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34654
__label__cc	0.662476	0.337524	← Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Hollywood’s Little Country Church – Emblem of Bygone Days Black Dahlia: ‘Suspect’ Dr. Adam Fairall — Another Wikipedia Prank → Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +) Posted on July 15, 2019 by lmharnisch This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Allied Artists picture “The Big Circus,” with Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David Nelson, Adele Mara, Howard McNear, Charles Watts and the World’s Greatest Circus Acts. Guest star Steve Allen, and co-starring Gilbert Roland. Screenplay by Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett and Irving Wallace, from a story by Irwin Allen. Photography by Winton Hoch. In Cinemascope and Technicolor. Music composed and conducted by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter. Title song “The Big Circus” by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. Production manager Lowell J. Farrell. Art director Albert D’Agostino, costume designer Paul Zastupnevich, choreography by Barbette, production illustrator Maurice Zuberano, construction supervisor Burt Dreyer, edited by Adrienne Fazan, assistant director William McGarry, script supervisor Irva Ross, makeup by William Tuttle, hairdressing by Sydney Guilaroff, sound effects by Finn Ulback and Bert Schoenfeld, Technicolor consultant Morgan Padelford, optical effects by Robert R. Hoag, set decoration by Robert Priestley, recording supervisor Franklin Milton, sound by Conrad Kahn, music editor Audray Granville, technical advisor Jimmie Wood. Lenses by Panavision. Produced by Irwin Allen. Directed by Joseph M. Newman. Lyrics from the theme song: “There’s nothing as gay as a day at the circus with you.” “The Big Circus” is available on DVD from Warner Archive. Writing in the New York Times (July 18, 1959), Bosley Crowther said: There is nothing very subtle about a circus. If you will keep this fact in mind — and also the fact that the world’s record in spectacular circus films is held by a most unsubtle champion, “The Greatest Show on Earth” of the late Cecil B. De Mille — then you can better be prepared for the beating you are going to have to endure when you take the kids to see Irwin Allen’s “The Big Circus,” which opened at the Roxy yesterday. One hour and forty-nine minutes of riotous cliches — that’s what you’re in for, ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, as they say, with the tiresome assurance of old showmen who persist in thinking you can’t insult the intelligence of a kid. I thought I had exhausted my collection of mystery circus pictures with “The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” but I found another one in the vault. For Monday, we have a mystery clown and two mystery companions. Update: Yes, this is Peter Lorre in clown makeup. With Marion Ross of “Happy Days” and either Eden Hartford or Anne Dorre. And for Tuesday, we have a mystery clown. He does not approve of such goings-on. Update: This is Red Buttons in clown makeup, filling in for Peter Lorre’s character. Update: Monday’s mystery woman No. 2, either Eden Hartford or Anne Dorre. Note: The identity of Monday’s mystery woman No. 2 is causing me problems. There are two actresses in the mystery film who look very much alike, and, frankly, I’m can’t decide which one is our mystery woman. So I’ll give credit for both until I can find something more definitive. Brain Trust roll call: Bob Hansen (Monday’s mystery clown), Stacia (mystery movie, Monday’s mystery clown and mystery woman No. 1), Thom and Megan (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Mary Mallory (mystery movie, Monday’s mystery clown and mystery woman No. 2), Robert Morrissey (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Dan Nather (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Suzanne Stone (Monday’s mystery clown), Anne Papineau (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Benito (Monday’s mystery clown), Tucson Barbara (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Sheila (Monday’s mystery clown), David Inman (Monday’s mystery clown), Don Danard (Monday’s mystery clown), McDee (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Chrisbo (Monday’s mystery clown), Jenny M. (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Sue Slutzky (mystery movie, Monday’s mystery clown and mystery woman No. 2), Sylvia E. (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), E. Yarber (mystery movie, Monday’s mystery clown and mystery woman No. 2) and L.C. (mystery movie and mystery cast). And via email: James Curtis (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown). Wednesday’s mystery woman is having a lovely cup of coffee. Update: This is Kathryn Grant Hi-Ho! He’s more of a Friday, but why not? Update: This is Hi-Ho Steverino Steve Allen. Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Tuesday’s mystery clown), Eve (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery clown), Chrisbo (mystery movie and Tuesday’s mystery clown), Tucson Barbara (Tuesday’s mystery clown), Lorenzo (mystery movie and both mystery clowns), E. Yarber (Tuesday’s mystery clown), Howard Mandelbaum (Tuesday’s mystery clown), Jenny M. (Tuesday’s mystery clown), Anne Papineau (Tuesday’s mystery clown) and Sue Slutzky (Tuesday’s mystery clown). For Thursday, we have a somewhat mysterious gent and a mystery companion. Update: This is the amazingly fit Gilbert Roland (in his early 50s) and Adele Mara. We also have this mystery guest and Back of the Head Guy. The actor to the left has been cropped out due to his utter lack of mysteriousness. He will appear Friday. Update: This is Dick Rich, who has 213 credits on IMDB. Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Wednesday’s mystery guests), Tucson Barbara (Wednesday’s mystery guests), Earl Boebert (Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Suzanne Stone (Wednesday’s mystery woman), Lorenzo (Wednesday’s mystery woman), Stevo 3 (Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Jenny M. (Wednesday’s mystery guests), B.J. Merholz (mystery movie), Charles Kjelland (Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Anne Papineau (Wednesday’s mystery guests), E. Yarber (Wednesday’s mystery guests), Beach Bum Bill (Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Sylvia E. (Tuesday’s clown and Wednesday’s mystery guests), Sue Slutzky (Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Dan (Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery clowns) and Patricia Van Hartesveldt (mystery movie, mystery clowns and Wednesday’s mystery guests). For Friday, we have a somewhat mysterious gent – and yes, he does not approve of such goings-on. Update: This is Howard McNear. Also this very unmysterious ringmaster…. Vincent Price delivers the “ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages” speech. And he’s a complete pro about it. Is it possible to make a movie with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre (with Red Buttons) and NOT have it be a horror picture? Well, it’s kind of like making a movie with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin and having it be a musical. Then again, those checked jackets are the real horror show. And look who we have here! David Nelson! From the same year he appeared in the immortal newspaper film “ – 30 – ” Our mystery leading lady… Update: This is Rhonda Fleming. And finally our utterly unmysterious leading man. Update: Victor Mature, about to enter some very lean years in his acting career. Brain Trust roll call: Tucson Barbara (Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists), Howard Mandelbaum (Wednesday’s mystery guests and Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists and Back of the Head Guy), Richard Wegescheide (mystery movie, Monday’s and Tuesday’s mystery clowns and Wednesday’s Hi-Ho guest), Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists, Cropped-Out Guy and Back of the Head Guy), Sheila (Tuesday’s mystery clown, Wednesday’s mystery woman and Thursday’s mystery trapeze artist), E. Yarber (Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists), Sue Slutzky (Wednesday’s mystery woman, Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists), Sylvia E. (Thursday’s mystery trapeze artists, mystery circus saboteur, Cropped-Out Guy and Back of the Head Guy) and Anne Papineau (Thursday’s mystery trapeze artist). A special thanks to Richard Wegescheide for sharing memories of the soundtrack for our mystery movie and E. Yarber for some behind-the-scenes information. About lmharnisch I am retired from the Los Angeles Times View all posts by lmharnisch → This entry was posted in 1959, Hollywood, Mystery Photo and tagged #Victor Mature, 1959, film, hollywood, Irwin Allen, mystery circus, mystery photo, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, The Big Circus, Vincent Price. Bookmark the permalink. 71 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +) This is Peter Lorre, but I don’t know the movie. That’s Peter Lorre in The Big Circus! I think that’s Anne Dore on the right, and I’d say that was Marion Ross on the left but I’ve never seen her blonde. Thom and Megan says: Today’s star is Peter Lorre in ‘The Big Circus’. Howard Mandelbaum says: Anne Dore, Peter Lorre, Marion Ross in THE BIG CIRCUS (1959). Mary Mallory says: Peter Lorre in THE BIG CIRCUS? Anne Dore and Eden Hartford. Robert Morrissey says: I think it’s Peter Lorre, and looking at his c.v., I would guess that it’s from The Big Circus, a movie I’ve never seen. I don’t recognize either of the lovely ladies. Dan Nather says: The clown looks like Peter Lorre, but it’s probably too early in the week for somebody like him . . . suzanne stone says: . . . but if it is Lorre, the movie must be THE BIG CIRCUS. Anne Papineau says: Peter Lorre portraying “Skeeter” in “The Big Circus” Late career Peter Lorre? A most curious clown. Me too. tucsonbarbara says: Peter Lorre in “The Big Circus” Peter Lorre? David Inman says: Don Danard says: Peter Lorre today but can’t come up with the films title. Not a lot of help this a.m.!! McDee says: For Monday I think that underneath that clown white is Peter Lorre in The Big Circus from 1959. Chrisbo says: Mystery clown looks like Peter Lorre, but he seems rather tall. Jenny M says: Peter Lorre in The Big Circus. Sue Slutzky says: Peter Lorre in The Big Circus. I’m not sure who the ladies are. I’ll have to do some research. The woman on the right looks a bit like Eden Hartford. Sylvia E. says: Wow. On a Monday! That never happens for moi. (hmmm, unless this is just a movie within a movie and a character within the film is watching ‘The Big Circus’ because he – or she, loves clowns.) Anyway, assuming that this is a straightforward puzzle, here I go… The Big Circus 1959 Our clown is Peter Lorre. Still working on his companions. E. Yarber says: Surely Peter Lorre is too well-known to be a Monday figure, even in heavy clown makeup. If he somehow managed to break into the quiz so early, then this week must be The Big Circus. Would that be Eden Hartford, then Mrs. Groucho Marx, with him? She’s lovely, but much more in line with a Monday puzzler. LC says: The Big Circus w/Peter Lorre, Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Vincent Price,… The Big Circus–with Peter Lorre, looking scarier than he did in M! Tuesday: Red Buttons in The Big Circus? Monday – Peter Lorre Tuesday’s clown – Red Buttons Movie – The Big Circus Either Peter Lorre got on an accelerated Atkins Diet or Tuesday is Red Buttons. I claim first prize in The Inverted Mystery Movie Contest: I am the only regular player who does not recognize any of the actors, does not know the whole cast, and does not know the name of the mystery film. I affirm that I did not withhold my answer in order to win this prize. Red Buttons. On Tuesday, Red Buttons Tuesday’s mystery clown looks like Red Buttons. Kathryn Grant and Steve Allen. You have too many Thursday and Friday people in this film. Kathryn Grant and Steve Allen Earl Boebert says: Steverino on Wednesday, but isn’t that clip from “The Sunshine Boys?” Miss Wednesday is Mrs. Bing Crosby, Kathryn Grant…. Wednesday’s mystery guest….Mrs Bing Crosby. John Cameron Swayze. lmharnisch says: Close! But alas, it is not Timex watch time. STEVO3 says: how about steve allen on tv B.J. Merholz says: I was thinking that the clues were too easy. If it is The Big Circus, I was right. Charles Kjelland says: Steve Allen on the TV, but can’t relate him to a circus movie! On Wednesday, Kathryn Grant Crosby and Steverino I think Wednesday is Kathryn Grant. On the other hand, it may be Eden Marx. I’ve been getting so blurry about all this that I thought I saw Eden Marx on the street three times yesterday, once with Erin Fleming. At least the second player can be positively identified as Mr. Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen himself, no doubt writing a song on camera. BeachBumBill says: He’s more of a Friday (but on a Wednesday) is it Steve Allen? I have a guess at Monday’s dark haired ‘clown supporter’ – Eden Hartford (one of Groucho Marx’s wives and the sister of actress Dee Hartford) but I’m really not sure at all if it’s her. There are a lot of folks in this picture who are relatives (by blood or marriage) to other celebs. Instead of writing up the cast, I’m going to take it one day at a time and guess-as-you-go, because I’m curious which actors you’ll decide to showcase tomorrow and who will be your Friday choices. This is a fun one. Tuesday – substitute clown is Red Buttons Wednesday – Kathryn Grant (later Crosby) and Steve Allen Adele Mara and Steve Allen As usual, I am either stumped or fooled. But I’m struck by the fact that the first picture of the clown has to be Peter Lorre, but the second photo of presumably the same clown looks like Red Buttons. Patricia Van Hartesveldt says: The Big Circus. Wednesday: Steve Allen, Kathryn Grant. Monday’s clown is maybe Peter Lorre? and Tuesday’s clown could be Red Buttons. Clowns are so tricky. Gilbert Roland, Adele Mara, and maybe Steve Carruthers Wednesday: Kathryn Grant, Steve Allen. Thursday: Gilbert Roland, Adele Mara, Nesdon Booth, Victor Mature. Richard Wegescheide says: I believe it is the ‘The Big Circus’ with Victor Mature. Peter Lorre is Monday, Red Buttons is Tuesday and Steve Allen is Wednesday. I have to confess that I’ve never seen this movie. On my 7th birthday, my aunt gave me the soundtrack record album for this movie since I had gone to see Ringling Bros in the spring and enjoyed it. The album cover is in brilliant color with all the cast members in circus posses on the set. In the days of black and white tv, the color photo was something to stare at. That album cover might also help with your actress identification. Gilbert Roland and Adele Mara, Vincent Price must be cut out, Nesdon Booth, and Victor Mature as back of the head guy. Red Buttons, Kathryn Grant, Gilbert Roland? A somewhat trimmed George “Gabby” Hayes. The happy high-flying couple is Gilbert Roland and Adele Mara. I assume the unshaven character is Charles Watts, but when I tried to look up a clear view of him online I wound up with a heck of a lot of pictures of the Rolling Stones. I don’t know enough about this picture to go into a long discussion of it as I sometimes do, but you can always find a lot of interesting connections when you look into the cinematographer. Winton Hoch began in documentaries, worked for Disney in live action, shot The Searchers and The Quiet Man for John Ford, then began a long association with The Big Circus’s producer Irwin Allen in Movies and TV. Future best-selling author Irving Wallace paid his dues writing the script. Correction to Wednesday’s guess: Kathryn Grant. Today’s guests: Gilbert Roland and Adele Mara. I don’t recognize the man in the hat. Thurs. – Our mystery happy couple: Gilbert Roland and Adele Mara Our ‘face front’ mystery guy is Dick Rich. Cropped out, screen left, plaid jacket guy I think is Vincent Price (found a photo with him in said jacket) and the reddish-brown jacketed, B-O-T-H guy I think is Victor Mature (lots of photos with him in a similarly colored jacket.) Looking forward to Friday’s extravaganza with its 50s movie and TV stars (sans les clown make-up, avec les trapeze outfits and sporting 50s hair-dos.) I so hope you include Howard McNear with your choices for the Friday group. Floyd the Barber may not have been a huge star in this movie, but what a treasure. Gilbert “Amigo” Roland Howard McNear, Vincent Price, Rhonda Fleming, and Victor Mature. Dick Rich as the saboteur Wednesday and is Marion Ross Mystery Lady #1 on Monday? Howard McNear, Vincent Price, Rhonda Fleming, and Victor Mature Friday: Howard McNear, Vincent Price, Rhonda Fleming and Victor Mature. I give up. It must be The Big Circus with Vincent and Rhonda and Victor. I hereby relinquish the earlier prize. Howard McNear; Vincent Price; Rhonda Fleming; Victor Mature. Considering that I am usually at a total loss for the Mystery Film, I’ll leave the unshaven guy alone and stick to what I know: Howard McNear behind bars, Vincent Price in the center ring, Rhonda Fleming preparing a press release, and Victor Mature hoping today’s filming will end in time for him to catch a few holes of golf. Ha-ha! There he is as part of Friday’s ‘reveals’, the wonderful Howard McNear (locked in a cage, but still – it’s Howard McNear and I adore him.) Thank you! Vincent Price is our ring master. Rhonda Fleming, our leading lady and Victor Mature our leading man. I’m guessing that David Nelson will be part of Saturday’s breakdown. Really enjoyed looking into this one. Thanks.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34661
__label__wiki	0.839951	0.839951	Subscribe for LANES updates and announcements Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Lanesla. (You can unsubscribe anytime) By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services, 1055 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90017, http://www.lanesla.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact Cal-HOP Grant About Lanes How LANES Works Value of Using LANES Contact LANES A huge trove of medical records and prescriptions found exposed Thousands of health records and doctor’s notes were exposed daily The original article can be found in Tech Crunch. A health tech company was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions daily after a security lapse left a server without a password. The little-known software company, California-based Meditab, bills itself as one of the leading electronic medical records software makers for hospitals, doctor’s offices, and pharmacies. The company, among other things, processes electronic faxes for healthcare providers, still a primary method for sharing patient files to other providers and pharmacies. But that fax server wasn’t properly secured, according to the security company that discovered the data. SpiderSilk, a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm, told TechCrunch of the exposed server. The exposed fax server was running a Elasticsearch database with over six million records since its creation in March 2018. Because the server had no password, anyone could read the transmitted faxes in real-time — including their contents. According to a brief review of the data, the faxes contained a host of personally identifiable information and health information, including medical records, doctor’s notes, prescription amounts and quantities, as well as illness information, such as blood test results. The faxes also included names, addresses, dates of birth, and in some cases Social Security numbers and health insurance information and payment data. The faxes also included personal data and health information on children. None of the data was encrypted. Two leaked documents found on the fax server, redacted. (Image: TechCrunch) The server was hosted on an subdomain of MedPharm Services, a Puerto Rico-based affiliate of Meditab, both founded by Kalpesh Patel. MedPharm was spun out as a separate company in San Juan to take advantage of tax breaks for those who set up businesses on the island. TechCrunch verified the records by contacting several patients who confirmed their details from the faxes. When reached about the security lapse, Patel said the company was “looking into the issue to identify the problem and solution,” but deferred comment to the company’s general counsel, Angel Marrero. “We are still reviewing our logs and records to access the scope of any potential exposure,” said Marrero in an email. We asked if the company planned to inform regulators and customers. Marrero said the company “will comply with any and all required notifications under current federal and state laws and regulations, as applicable.” It’s not immediately known if anyone else discovered the exposed server, or how long the data was exposed. Both Meditab and MedPharm claim to be compliant with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which governs how healthcare providers properly manage patient data security. Companies that expose data or violate the law can face hefty fines. Last year was a year of “record” fines — some $25 million for several exposures and breaches, including $4.3 million in fines to the University of Texas for an inadvertent disclosure of encrypted personal health data, and a settlement by Fresenius was for $3.5 million following five separate breaches. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not comment. For HIEs To Succeed, We Need To Start Small LANES Data Sharing Is Improving Patient Care in Los Angeles County A Major Telehealth Firm Signs Data Exchange Contract with LANES Beverly Hospital Signs with LANES for Data Exchange © 2018 All Rights Reserved \| Privacy Policy \| Site Map \| Terms and Conditions You are about to exit lanesla.org and visit our support site.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34667
__label__cc	0.560459	0.439541	Opinion Research Abortion Access Immigrant Women Contraceptive Equity NLIRH Applauds Judge's Decision to Temporarily Block Attack on Birth Control Get Involved Who We Are What We Do Where We Are Press Releases HomeGet InvolvedEmployment & Internships The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health is dedicated to ensuring the fundamental human right to reproductive health for Latinas, their families, and their communities through public education, policy advocacy, and community mobilization. Job Open: January 10, 2020 to January 10, 2021 POSITION DESCRIPTION: A key member of the development team this position will perform all grant program functions including grant writing, procedure development, reporting and compliance. Additionally, the Grant Writer will have responsibility for certain development department operations including but not limited to ensuring compliance with grant guidelines and will be responsible for supporting the implementation and use of Salesforce for donor management. S/he will also ensure the accuracy and timeliness of grant records and reports. The Grant Writer will be expected to work independently while collaboratively engaging a cross section of the organization for content, success stories and quantitative data to support grant proposals and fundraising appeals. Supports the Senior Director of Development and Director of Institutional Giving on donor reporting meetings and site visits as assigned. Reporting directly to and working closely with the Director of Institutional Giving the Grant Writer will design and implement a writing strategy to support the organization's goals and significantly increase and diversify organizational revenue from foundation and corporate support. S/he will maintain relationships with external grant managers and compliance officers and coordinate all proposal submissions and reporting of grant awards to ensure post-award compliance. POSITION LOCATION: Washington, DC Policy Analyst / Senior Policy Analyst Job Open: January 6, 2020 to January 6, 2021 POSITION DESCRIPTION: NLIRH seeks a Policy Analyst or Senior Policy Analyst to help promote a federal policy agenda designed to protect the reproductive health and rights of Latinas. The analyst will lead and be responsible for the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care portfolio. As such, the Policy Analyst must have a deep understanding of complex public programs, projects and studies affecting our communities and be able to develop policy solutions that center our communities. The analyst must assess NLIRH’s engagement and promote NLIRH’s policy positions across issues pertaining to abortion access and coverage, contraceptive equity, and the protection of reproductive and sexual health care in safety net health care programs and in the larger health care system. The analyst will be supervised and report to the Associate Director of Government Relations in our Washington, D.C. office. The person in this position will work as part of a dynamic team and in coalition with movement partners. POSITION LOCATION: Washington, D.C. POSITION DESCRIPTION: NLIRH seeks a Policy Analyst to help promote a federal policy agenda designed to protect the reproductive health and rights of Latinas. The policy analyst will lead and be responsible for advancing policies that improve immigrant access to health care and coverage. As such, the policy analyst must have a deep understanding of complex public programs, projects and studies affecting our communities and be able to develop policy solutions that center our communities. The policy analyst must incorporate a reproductive health care lens when assessing NLIRH’s engagement and promoting NLIRH’s policy positions across issues pertaining to access to health care and coverage for immigrants. The policy analyst will be supervised and report to the Associate Director of Government Relations in our Washington, D.C. office. The person in this position will work as part of a dynamic team and in coalition with movement partners. Development Intern – Spring 2020 Job Open: November 20, 2019 to November 20, 2020 POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Development intern will get firsthand experience in assisting our Development team with the transition of our Executive Director. This is an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of fundraising for a social justice organization as we open a new chapter in our work. In addition to our ongoing donor cultivation strategies, the Development team will look to the intern for support as we ensure our donors remain informed of our leadership transition process. As part of the on the job training process, this candidate will work closely with their supervisor on projects, presentations, and other necessary tasks specific to the Development department. Responsibilities may include but will not be limited to: learning about the funding needs and NLIRH work and programs; donor/issue area research; and supporting grant writing, donor outreach, and cultivation events. POSTITION LOCATION: Washington, DC NY Latina Advocacy Network Field and Advocacy Intern JOB DESCRIPTION: NLIRH seeks an intern to support our field and advocacy manager in the day-to-day workflow of the NY Latina Advocacy Network and our ongoing local campaign efforts. Over the course of 15 hours a week, the intern will be responsible for assisting our field and advocacy manager in preparing for several NY-wide events over the coming months. In addition, interns will serve as field and advocacy assistant for work that includes but is not limited to issue community education, administrative and civic engagement activities. We are looking for committed individuals who are passionate about organizing to elevate Latina/x power in their community. POSITION LOCATION: New York City Associate Director of Operations and Technology Job Open: November 6, 2019 to November 6, 2020 JOB DESCRIPTION: The role of the Associate Director of Operations and Technology position is designed to be a collaborative one and builds upon the collaborative culture within the departments and in the organization. The Associate Director will work report to the Senior Director of Operations and Finance and be responsible for the analysis, design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of all facets of technology and operational matters. This position provides the strategy, leadership, and day-to-day management of operations, infrastructure, software, hardware, networks, and physical and cyber security at the national and state levels for NLIRH. They will be responsible for conveying instructions and sensitive information directly to all departments and staff. 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__label__cc	0.581575	0.418425	Tag Archives: Christopher Lloyd Independent Films in Louisiana It’s true that since former Governor Bobby Jindal’s disastrous changes to Louisiana’s film tax incentive program a lot of the work has left the state. But independent filmmaking and homegrown filmmakers continue to take advantage. The good news is I’m still working plenty – the bad news is, with the far lower budgets, I’m making far less money. That said, there’s plenty to love about what’s happening here. Last year, New Orleans local actor/director Griff Furst shot Cold Moon, a thriller by the the writer of Beetlejuice. Starring Christopher Lloyd, Candy Clark, Frank Whaley, Robbie Kay, Josh Stewart and Rachele Brooke Smith, the movie’s producer list includes Furst’s father, Steven, best known as Flounder in Animal House. Continue reading → Filed under Culture, entertainment industry Tagged as #KnowMonologues, #KnowMonologues Challenge, acting, actor, Alicia Allain, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Amy Redford, Animal House, Anna Margaret, Ashton Leigh, Barry Bostwick, Becky Andrews, Billy Slaughter, Brad Dourif, Brande Roderick, Candy Clark, Chasen Schneider, Christopher Lloyd, CineFlix, Cold Moon, Dave Davis, Elesia Marie, Fable House, film, filmmaking, Frank Whaley, Griff Furst, Han Soto, Hate Crime, Inadmissible, Jean-Marc Barr, Joe Chrest, John Robinson, John Schneider, John Schneider Studios, Jordan Salloum, Josh Stewart, Jowan Carbin, JSS, Kent Perkins, Kevin Bernhardt, Lew Temple, Like Son, local, Louisiana, Maddie Nichols, Matt S. Bell, Michael Papajohn, Misty Talley, movie, Oliver Thomas, One Month Out, Ozark Sharks, Rachele Brooke Smith, Robbie Kay, Ross Britz, Ruth Buzzi, Sam Claitor, Stephanie Honoré, Stephen Furst, Steven Esteb, SyFy, tax incentive, Terence Rosemore, Thomas Francis Murphy, Vernon G. Wells, Vernon George Wells, William Baldwin, Zombie Shark	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34669
__label__cc	0.626453	0.373547	Dr. Pichan Prabhasankar Senior Scientific Officer Central Food Technological Research Institute, India PostDoc Fellow in Food Sciences from North Carolina State University, USA My URL https://livedna.org/91.4911 Create My LiveDNA Profile Food Science Technology Vijaykrishnaraj, M., B.V. Mohan Kumar, S.P. Muthukumar, N.K. Kurrey and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Antigen-specific gut inflammation and systemic immune responses induced by pro-longing wheat gluten sensitization in BALB/c murine model. J. Proteome Res. 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00199. CrossRef \| Soumya, C., M.L. Sudha, M. Vijaykrishnaraj, P.S. Negi and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Comparative study on batter, quality characteristics and storage stability of muffins using natural ingredients (preservatives) and synthetic preservatives. J. Food Proc. Preservat. 10.1111/jfpp.13242. Sarabhai, S., M.L. Sudha and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Rheological characterization and biscuit making potential of gluten free flours. J. Food Measurement Characteriz., 11: 1449-1461. CrossRef \| Direct Link \| Sakhare, S.D. and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Effect of roller milled fenugreek fiber incorporation on functional, thermal and rheological characteristics of whole wheat flour. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 11: 1315-1325. Sakhare, S.D. and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Effect of roller mill processed fenugreek fiber addition on rheological and bread making properties of wheat flour doughs. J. Food Proc. Preservat., Vol. 41. 10.1111/jfpp.13012. Pal, G.K., S.B. Kumar, P. Prabhasankar and P.V. Suresh, 2017. Inclusion of poultry based food ingredients in the formulation of noodles and their effects on noodle quality characteristics. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 11: 939-947. Ogunsakin, A.O., V. Vanajakshi, K.A. Anu-Appaiah, S.V.N. Vijayendra and S.G. Walde et al., 2017. Evaluation of functionally important lactic acid bacteria and yeasts from Nigerian sorghum as starter cultures for gluten-free sourdough preparation. LWT-Food Sci. Technol., 82: 326-334. Nambiar, S.S., N.P. Shetty, R. Ravi and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Changes in properties of muffins incorporated with Emblica officinalis fruit osmodehydrated with fructooligosaccharide. J. Food Proc. Preservat., Vol. 41. 10.1111/jfpp.12858. Mohan Kumar, B.V., U.J.S. Prasada Rao and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Immunogenicity characterization of hexaploid and tetraploid wheat varieties related to celiac disease and wheat allergy. Food Agric. Immunol., 28: 888-903. Kumar, S.B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Enzyme treated flours in noodle processing: A study on an innovative technology. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 11: 1174-1187. Inamdar, A.A. and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Influence of stone Chakki settings on the characteristics of whole wheat flour (Atta) and its chapati making quality. J. Food Proc. Preservat., Vol. 41. 10.1111/jfpp.12966. Djeukeu, W.A., I. Gouado, M.S. Leng, M. Vijaykrishnaraj and P. Prabhasankar, 2017. Effect of dried yam flour (Dioscorea schimperiana) on cooking quality, digestibility profile and antioxidant potential of wheat based pasta. J. Food Measurement Characteriz., 11: 1421-1429. Deepa, C., S. Sarabhai, P. Prabhasankar and H.U. Hebbar, 2017. Effect of micronization of maize on quality characteristics of pasta. Cereal Chem. 10.1094/CCHEM-02-17-0031-R. Vijaykrishnaraj, M., B.S. Roopa and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. Preparation of gluten free bread enriched with green mussel (Perna canaliculus) protein hydrolysates and characterization of peptides responsible for mussel flavour. Food Chem., 211: 715-725. Umashankar, K., J. Rajiv and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. Development of hypoimmunogenic muffins: Batter rheology, quality characteristics, microstructure and immunochemical validation. J. Food Sci. Technol., 53: 531-540. Sudha, M.L., C. Soumya and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. Use of dry-moist heat effects to improve the functionality, immunogenicity of whole wheat flour and its application in bread making. J. Cereal Sci., 69: 313-320. Sakhare, S.D., A.A. Inamdar and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. A study on rheological characteristics of roller milled fenugreek fractions. J. Food Sci. Technol., 53: 421-430. Laleg, K., D. Cassan, C. Barron, P. Prabhasankar and V. Micard, 2016. Structural, culinary, nutritional and anti-nutritional properties of high protein, gluten free, 100% legume pasta. PloS One, Vol. 11. 10.1371/journal.pone.0160721. Jyotsna, R., C. Soumya, S. Swati and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. Rheology, texture, quality characteristics and immunochemical validation of millet based gluten free muffins. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 10: 762-772. Bajaj, S., A. Urooj and P. Prabhasankar, 2016. Antioxidative properties of mint (Mentha spicata L.) and its application in biscuits. Curr. Res. Nutr. Food Sci. J., 4: 209-216. Vijaykrishnaraj, M., S.B. Kumar and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Green mussel (Perna canaliculus) as a marine ingredient to enrich gluten free pasta: Product quality, microstructure and biofunctional evaluation. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 9: 76-85. Vijaykrishnaraj, M. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Marine protein hydrolysates: Their present and future perspectives in food chemistry-a review. RSC Adv., 5: 34864-34877. Susanna, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Effect of different enzymes on immunogenicity of pasta. Food Agric. Immunol., 26: 231-247. Susanna, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Development of hyoimmunogenic pasta and its immunochemical validation with celiac disease patients' sera. LWT-Food Sci. Technol., 62: 333-340. Sarabhai, S., D. Indrani, M. Vijaykrishnaraj, V.A. Kumar and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Effect of protein concentrates, emulsifiers on textural and sensory characteristics of gluten free cookies and its immunochemical validation. J. Food Sci. Technol., 52: 3763-3772. Sarabhai, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Influence of whey protein concentrate and potato starch on rheological properties and baking performance of Indian water chestnut flour based gluten free cookie dough. LWT-Food Sci. Technol., 63: 1301-1308. Sakhare, S.D., A.A. Inamdar and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Roller milling process for fractionation of fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenumgraecum) and characterization of milled fractions. J. Food Sci. Technol., 52: 2211-2219. Ramya, N.S., P. Prabhasankar, L.R. Gowda, V.K. Modi and N. Bhaskar, 2015. Influence of freeze-dried shrimp meat in pasta processing qualities of Indian T. durum wheat. J. Aquatic Food Product Technol., 24: 582-596. Rajam, R., S.B. Kumar, P. Prabhasankar and C. Anandharamakrishnan, 2015. Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus plantarum MTCC 5422 in fructooligosaccharide and whey protein wall systems and its impact on noodle quality. J. Food Sci. Technol., 52: 4029-4041. Prabhasankar, P. and S.B. Kumar, 2015. Glycemic index of rajma bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) incorporated noodles: A volunteers study. Int. J. Digestive Dis., Vol. 1. 10.4172/2472-1891.100001. Kumar, S.B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Chemically modified wheat flours in noodle processing: Effect on in vitro starch digestibility and glycemic index. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 9: 575-585. Kumar, S.B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. A study on starch profile of rajma bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) incorporated noodle dough and its functional characteristics. Food Chem., 180: 124-132. Kumar, S.B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. A study on noodle dough rheology and product quality characteristics of fresh and dried noodles as influenced by low glycemic index ingredient. J. Food Sci. Technol., 52: 1404-1413. Inamdar, A.A., S.D. Sakhare and P. Prabhasankar, 2015. Chapati making quality of whole wheat flour (atta) obtained by various processing techniques. J. Food Process. Preservat., 39: 3032-3039. Fardet, A., E. Rock, J. Bassama, P. Bohuon and P. Prabhasankar et al., 2015. Current food classifications in epidemiological studies do not enable solid nutritional recommendations for preventing diet-related chronic diseases: The impact of food processing. Adv. Nutr.: Int. Rev. J., 6: 629-638. Porwal, V.B., S.B. Kumar, R. Madhumathi and P. Prabhasankar, 2014. Influence of health based ingredient and its hydrocolloid blends on noodle processing. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 8: 283-295. Kumar, S.B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2014. Low glycemic index ingredients and modified starches in wheat based food processing: A review. Trends Food Sci. Technol., 35: 32-41. Ishwarya, S.P. and P. Prabhasankar, 2014. Prebiotics: Application in bakery and pasta products. Critical Rev. Food Sci. Nutr., 54: 511-522. Susanna, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2013. A study on development of Gluten free pasta and its biochemical and immunological validation. LWT-Food Sci. Technol., 50: 613-621. Shreenithee, C.R. and P. Prabhasankar, 2013. Effect of different shapes on the quality, microstructure, sensory and nutritional characteristics of yellow pea flour incorporated pasta. J. Food Measur. Characteriz., 7: 166-176. Rekha, M.N., A.S. Chauhan, P. Prabhasankar, R.S. Ramteke and G.V. Rao, 2013. Influence of vegetable purees on quality attributes of pastas made from bread wheat (T. aestivum). CyTA-J. Food, 11: 142-149. Rajeswari, G., S. Susanna, P. Prabhasankar and G.V. Rao, 2013. Influence of onion powder and its hydrocolloid blends on pasta dough, pasting, microstructure, cooking and sensory characteristics. Food Biosci., 4: 13-20. Ishwarya, S.P. and P. Prabhasankar, 2013. Fructooligosaccharide-Retention during baking and its influence on biscuit quality. Food Biosci., 4: 68-80. Dhiraj, B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2013. Influence of wheat-milled products and their additive blends on pasta dough rheological, microstructure and product quality characteristics. Int. J. Food Sci., Vol. 2013. 10.1155/2013/538070. Susanna, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2012. A study on quality, microstructure, biochemical and immunochemical characteristics of hypoallergenic pasta. Food Sci. Technol. Int., 18: 403-411. Purnima, C., P.R. Ramasarma and P. Prabhasankar, 2012. Studied on effect of additives on protein profile, microstructure and quality characteristics of pasta. J. Food Sci. Technol., 49: 50-57. Pillai, D.S., P. Prabhasankar, B.S. Jena and C. Anandharamakrishnan, 2012. Microencapsulation of Garcinina cowa fruit extract and effect of its use on pasta process and quality. Int. J. Food Properties, 15: 590-604. Krishnan, M. and P. Prabhasankar, 2012. Health based pasta: Redefining the concept of the next generation convenience food. Critical Rev. Food Sci. Nutr., 52: 9-20. Kadam, S.U. and P. Prabhasankar, 2012. Evaluation of cooking, microstructure, texture, and sensory quality characteristics of shrimp meat based pasta. J. Texture Stud., 43: 268-274. Gangadharappa, G.H., P. Prabhasankar and B. Mundalamani, 2012. Development and performance evaluation of servo based PLC operated grain automatic weigher for flourmill industry. Innovative Syst. Design Eng., 3: 52-60. Faud, T. and P. Prabhasankar, 2012. Influence of India's local wheat varieties and additives on quality of pasta. Food Bioprocess Technol., 5: 1743-1755. Susanna, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2011. A comparative study of different bio-processing methods for reduction of wheat flour allergens. Eur. Food Res. Technol., 233: 999-1006. Madhumitha, S. and P. Prabhasankar, 2011. Influence of additives on functional and nutritional quality characteristics of black gram flour incorporated pasta. J. Texture Stud., 42: 441-450. Gurushree, M.N., C.R. Nandini, K. Pratheeksha, P. Prabhasankar and G.H. Gangadharappa, 2011. Design development and performance evaluation of chapati press cum vermicelli extruder. J. Food Sci. Technol., 48: 218-224. Gangadharappa, G.H. and P. Prabhasankar, 2011. Spreadsheet aided fuzzy model for prediction of chapati making quality. J. Food Sci. Technol., 48: 344-348. Tina, F. and P. Prabhasankar, 2010. Role of ingredients in pasta product quality: A review on recent developments. Cri. Rev. Food Sci. Nut., 50: 787-798. PubMed \| Prabhasankar, P. and G.V. Rao, 2010. Antioxidants in bakery goods. Food Eng. Ingr., 35: 16-18. Murali, K. and P. Prabhasankar, 2010. Studies on pasting, microstructure, sensory and nutritional profile of pasta influenced by sprouted finger millet (Eleucina coracana) and green banana (Musa paradisiaca) flours. J. Tex. Stud., 41: 825-841. Kadam, S.U. and P. Prabhasankar, 2010. Marine foods as functional ingredients in bakery and pasta products. Food Res. Int., 43: 1975-1980. Prabhasankar, P., P. Ganesan, N. Bhaskar, A. Hirose and S. Nimishmol Lalitha et al., 2009. Influence of edible japanese seaweed wakeme (Undaria pinnatifida) on the functional characteristics of pasta. Food Chem., 115: 501-508. Prabhasankar, P., P. Ganesan and N. Bhaskar, 2009. Influence of Indian seaweed (Sargassum marginanum) as an ingredient on quality, biofunctional and microstructure characteristics pasta. Food Sci. Technol. Int., 15: 471-479. Direct Link \| Nanditha, B.R., B.S. Jena and P. Prabhasankar, 2009. Influence of natural antioxidants and their carry‐through property in biscuit processing. J. Sci. Food Agric., 89: 288-298. Nanditha, B. and P. Prabhasankar, 2009. Antioxidants in food processing with special reference to bakery products-A review. Cri. Rev. Food Sci. Nutri., 49: 1-27. Gangadharappa, G.H., R. Ramakrishna and P. Prabhasankar, 2008. Chemical and scanning electron microscopic studies of wheat whole-meal and its streams from roller flour mill. J. Food Eng., 85: 366-371. Indrani, D., P. Prabhasankar, R. Jyostna and G.V. Rao, 2007. Influence of whey protein concentrate on the rheological characteristics of dough, microstructure and quality of unleavened flat bread (parotta). Food Res. Int., 40: 1254-1260. Prabhasankar, P., J. Rajiv, D. Indrani and G.V. Rao, 2007. Influence of whey protein concentrate, additives, their combinations on the quality and microstructure of vermicelli made from Indian T. Durum wheat variety. J. Food Eng., 80: 1239-1245. Sreenath, K., P. Prabhasankar and Y.P. Venkatesh, 2006. Generation of antibody specific to erythritol, a non-immunogenic food additive. Food Additives Contam., 23: 861-869. Shivani, B., A. Urooj and P. Prabhasankar, 2006. Effect of incorporation of mint on texture, colour and sensory parameters of biscuits. Int. J. Food Propert., 9: 691-700. Daubert, C.R., H.M. Hudson, E.A. Foegeding and P. Prabhasankar, 2006. Rheological characterization and electrokinetic phenomena of charged whey protein dispersions of defined sizes. LWT Food Sci. Technol., 39: 206-215. Prabhasankar, P., D. Indrani, R. Jyostna and R.G. Venkateswara, 2004. Influence of enzymes on rheological, microstructure and quality of parotta- unleavened Indian flat bread. J. Sci. Food Agric., 84: 2128-2134. Pollen, N.R., C.R. Daubert, P. Prabhasankar, M.A. Drake and M.L. Gumpertz, 2004. Quantifying fluid food texture. J. Texture Stud., 35: 643-657. Jyostna, R., P. Prabhasankar, D. Indrani and R.G. Venkateswara, 2004. Improvement of rheological and baking properties of cake batters with emulsifier gels. J. Food Sci., 69: 16-19. Jyostna, R., P. Prabhasankar, D. Indrani and R.G. Venkateswara, 2004. Effect of additives on the quality and microstructure of vermicelli made from Triticum aestivum. Eur. Food Res. Technol. 218: 557-562. Prabhasankar, P., D. Indrani, R. Jyostna and R.G. Venkateswara, 2003. Scanning electron microscopic and electrophoretic studies of the baking process of South Indian parotta: An unleavened flat bread. Food Chem., 82: 603-609. Indrani, D., R. Jyostna, P. Prabhasankar and R.G. Venkateswara, 2003. Chemical, rheological and parotta making characteristics of flour mill streams. Eur. Food Res. Technol., 217: 219-223. Indrani, D,, P. Prabhasankar, R. Jyostna and R.G. Venkateswara, 2003. Scanning electron microscopy, rheological characteristics and bread baking performance of wheat flour dough as affected by enzymes. J. Food Sci., 68: 2804-2809. Prabhasankar, P., S.R. Manohar and L. Gowda, 2002. Physico-chemical and biochemical characterisation of Indian wheat cultivars and their correlation with chapati making quality. Eur. Food Res. Technol., 214: 131-137. Prabhasankar, P., 2002. Electrophoretic and immunochemical characterization of wheat protein fractions of varieties and their relationship with chapati making quality. Food Chem., 78: 81-87. Prabhasankar, P. and S.R. Manohar, 2002. Development of ELISA method for chapati making quality of wheat varieties. J. Agric. Food Chem., 50: 7455-7460. Indrani, D., P. Prabhasankar, R. Jyostna and R.G. Venkateswara, 2002. 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__label__wiki	0.565249	0.565249	You are here: Home / 360 News Google Street View moves inside businesses June 3, 2014 /0 Comments/in Business View News /by local360admin Google’s Street View panoramic images of streets are moving indoors. The search engine is now posting panoramic views of the interiors of businesses. You probably remember when Google sent vans to drive through every street around town, taking pictures of the outside of businesses and homes. Now you’ll be able to see inside some businesses with the same panoramic technology. Read more at nbc12.com https://i1.wp.com/local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nbc12.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1 480 720 local360admin https://local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Local-360-Logo-WP.png local360admin2014-06-03 23:18:412016-02-17 20:48:14Google Street View moves inside businesses How to see inside businesses using Google Maps Placing the Pegman on an orange dot will give you a panoramic look at a business. Google A new feature inside Google Maps lets users peek inside businesses before visiting them, thanks to panoramic photos shared by the businesses with Google. Read more at cnet.com https://i1.wp.com/local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Set21.jpg?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1 850 1280 local360admin https://local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Local-360-Logo-WP.png local360admin2014-06-03 12:42:452016-02-17 20:49:56How to see inside businesses using Google Maps Step inside the businesses of Wales using Google Street View \| Trusted It’s amazing how much of the world you can explore on Google Street View – the map tool that gives you the option to roam over streets and roads thousands of miles away… or right inside your front door. Now Google has added the opportunity to have a good old nose around businesses, both inside and out. local360admin https://local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Local-360-Logo-WP.png local360admin2014-06-03 12:36:052015-12-11 18:07:45Step inside the businesses of Wales using Google Street View \| Trusted Google Business Photos Brings Street View Inside May 2, 2014 /0 Comments/in Business View News /by local360admin Marissa Mayer, Google VP of Location and Local Services, told a crowd at the Social Loco social networking conference that Google Business Photos will soon be bringing Street View indoors. With the new service, users will be able to explore restaurants, stores and other businesses in a panorama interface that’s very similar to Google’s Street View. While sites like Yelp let businesses and users upload photos, Google Business Photos is relying on its own photographers to populate the pages, and Google requires businesses to opt in before letting photographers visit businesses. Think of the photographers like flesh and blood Googlemobiles. Read more at HuffingtonPost.com https://i0.wp.com/local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/GOOGLE-BUSINESS-PHOTOS.jpg?fit=570%2C238&ssl=1 238 570 local360admin https://local360.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Local-360-Logo-WP.png local360admin2014-05-02 18:01:542016-02-17 20:51:16Google Business Photos Brings Street View Inside	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34690
__label__wiki	0.853223	0.853223	Dan Travis Gwen In The MorningGwen In The Morning Olivia Newton-John’s Breast Cancer Has Returned Robert Cianflone, Getty Images Olivia Newton-John will postpone her June U.S. and Canadian concert dates, due to her latest battle with breast cancer. Newton-John, 68, was originally diagnosed with the disease in 1992, but was later proclaimed cancer free after receiving chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy. However, in a statement on her website and Facebook page Tuesday (May 30), the singer announced that the cancer has returned. Newton-John had already postponed the first half of her concert tour due to back pain, which was actually an effect of the breast cancer that had metastasized to her sacrum. In her statement, Newton-John noted she will be seeking natural wellness therapies and completing a short course of photon radiation therapy to battle the disease once again. The Aussie singer, who opened the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, after her initial cancer battle, said she decided on her direction of therapies after consulting with her doctors, natural therapists and medical team at the aforementioned institute. Though a disheartening moment for the former CMA winner, Newton-John is confident she will return to the stage later in 2017 “better than ever, to celebrate her shows.” Rescheduled concert dates will be posted at OliviaNewton-John.com in the coming weeks. Ticket buyers for the postponed shows should contact venues directly about refunds. Country Stars Who've Been Affected by Cancer Next: Stars Who Unexpectedly Went Country Source: Olivia Newton-John’s Breast Cancer Has Returned Flatland Cavalry Returns To The Hacienda Odessa/Midland Business Listings 2020 LoneStar 92 is part of the Taste Of Country Network, Townsquare Media, Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34700
__label__wiki	0.65756	0.65756	Posted on February 13, 2013 by susanwbailey A feminist manifesto: wrapping up Work A Story of Experience (part two) “…Work is an expression of Alcott’s feminist principles and a major effort toward synthesizing in popular, readable form the broad set of beliefs encompassing family, education, suffrage, labor and the moral reform of social life that defined feminist ideology in the nineteenth century.” (pg. 191 from Critical Essays on Louisa May Alcott edited by Madeleine Stern) So writes Sarah Elbert in the introduction to the 1977 edition of Work: A Story of Experience. Message brought into the open Such beliefs had already been hinted at in Little Women and An Old-Fashioned Girl (most especially the latter). Now confident of her bully pulpit, Louisa put them forth in adult form using her life experience as the means. Transcendental influence According to Elbert, the influence of Transcendentalism with its belief in self-reliance and individual improvement as the means to a better society loomed large in Louisa’s brand of feminism. This is most evident in the last chapter of the book, “Forty” where Louisa sends a lady of fashion, Bella Carroll, on a mission to educate her friends on leading a more purposeful life through deliberate conversation and reading (see previous post). From personal to universal Rev. Theodore Parker (left), the prototype for Rev. Power In Work Louisa was able to fashion a personal search for meaning through a tale with universal appeal. Elbert points to the Reverend Theodore Parker, a radical preacher (see previous post) whose sermons, “The Public Function of Woman” and “Laborious Young Women” deeply inspired Louisa at a time when she was at her lowest point. He became the Rev. Power in the story whose words, practical assistance and guidance led Christie from her despair into a new life full of purpose. Christie Devon was a pioneer of sorts. As an orphan freed from taking care of aging parents, she opted for independence over marriage announcing to her Aunt Betsey that (taking words from the Seneca Falls Convention – Ibid, pg. 193) “there’s going to be a new Declaration of Independence.” She then proceeded to knead her bread most vigorously, “kneading the dough as if it was her destiny, and she was shaping it to suit herself …” (Chapter 1, Work A Story of Experience from archive.org). War brings change Elbert saw this as a symbolic gesture marking a farewell to the rural way of life, a narrow way which for generations had so shaped a woman’s life. The Civil War, much like World War II, had shaken society and the family to its foundations. Because the men were called away, the women stepped up and took their places, as head of households and workers in the public sphere. (pg. 193 from Critical Essays on Louisa May Alcott). Skillful yet unappreciated Wages were seen as a path to independence but that path would be very hard. Christie, like most women, was trained in housewifery, a skill that was not valued in the workplace. She soon learned it was necessary for her to cultivate one skill. Subtle humiliation The obvious place to start was domestic service. By all outward appearances, being a servant didn’t seem all that bad: the work place was in a fine home with many comfortable accoutrements. It was not long before Christie saw the pitfalls: she was expected to serve the family with all the devotion and loyalty of a family member but without any of the benefits. She was not even allowed to retain her own name. It was work meant to keep her in her place through endless and subtle humiliation, with the ultimate being her firing because her “fashionable” employer forgot herself in chastising her employee and couldn’t live with it. In her search for meaningful employment, Christie went through a succession of jobs, from actress, to governess, to companion, to seamstress in a factory. Choosing between being true or being successful Christie grew quite talented as an actress and could have been successful. She felt, however, that the unwholesome temptations and vanities prevented her from being a true woman of character. Louisa had long dreamt of a life on the stage and through Christie she realized that dream only to have it fade when the consequences of that life proved too costly. Undoubtedly Louisa too flirted with the unwholesome aspects of the stage, and she knew some success but not at the level that Christie enjoyed. In a sense, she used Christie’s experience to rationalize her own decision to leave the theatre. One other option As a governess, Christie was tempted to “marry for a living” with Philip Fletcher thus securing a position in the world of fashion. It was the only alternative to low wage work or slavery. Louisa must remain true to herself and therefore so must her heroine, and Christie refuses his marriage proposal. Elbert pointed out that marriage of this sort could only mean subordination and dependency; this surely was in opposition to the life Christie meant to live when she declared her independence from her Aunt Betsey. Again, she chose to walk away. The need for friendship Domestic service did not lend much opportunity for friendship. Christie did manage to maintain relations with Hepsey, a freed slave who worked with her as a servant, and chapter 20 demonstrated that she also kept in touch with Helen’s younger sister Bella whom she eventually sent out on a mission (see previous post). True friendship however did not come until she became a seamstress in a factory. Her relationship with Rachel, a fallen woman trying to start her life over again proved both costly (she quit her seamstress job because Rachel was being fired because of her past sin) and life-giving (Rachel saved her from suicide). Rachel and Christie enjoyed a sisterhood that became formalized when it was revealed she was David’s long lost sister, Letty. True womanhood at odds with working Elbert pointed out an interesting scenario created by Rachel’s presence at the factory. Hired because of her “superior” taste, she is subsequently fired when it is revealed that she had an unmarried affair with a man. Elbert wrote, “The respectable workshop manager must be intent not only on production but also on maintaining the legitimacy of such a system by hiring only girls of good character. In a dramatic confrontation between the necessities of production and the maintenance of social order, Rachel is fired as an undesirable influence on the workers, and the contractions between true womanhood and waged work are made explicit.” (Ibid, pg. 197). True to her friend Christie’s response to the injustice and harsh judgment visited upon Rachel was swift with her own resignation. She offered to take Rachel in but Rachel insisted on leaving in order to redeem her life and be worthy of Christie’s friendship. Live-giving sisterhood Again, Christie stood tall and walked away but her independent stand came at her own peril. Subsequent lack of work coupled with terrible isolation drove her to attempt suicide. It was poetic on Louisa’s part to have Rachel reappear to be Christie’s savior, demonstrating that for the independent woman, a sisterhood was essential: a familiar theme in Little Women and in An Old-Fashioned Girl. Elbert wrote, “Female friendships were doubly important to spinsters.” Louisa observed that “a brief but most sincere affection between two women was a viable experience which could open the heart to happiness that was its right.” (Ibid) Independence like anything else must be maintained in community. Equality and love, short-lived Mrs. Sterling and David After her bout with despair, Christie met Cynthy Wilkins and through her, the Rev. Power. He sent Christie to the home of a Quaker woman, Mrs. Sterling, and her son, David whom Christie eventually married. The romance between David (an idealized Thoreau according to Elbert) and Christie began with friendship, one of equality based on mutual interests, and evolved into a companionate marriage. The two served together in the Civil War as evidence of this equality but the marriage was cut short by David’s death. While Louisa believed that a companionate marriage was possible, she didn’t believe it was for her; if she couldn’t realize it, her alter ego could not either. Fully evolved David’s death released Christie back into the working world, something that Louisa felt a lot surer about (Ibid, pg. 200). Rather than simply live off of her husband’s pension, she developed his flower business and hired women like herself. Her evolution is complete at forty, where, as a confident and independent woman comfortable in her own skin, she is able to share her experiences in a public forum, inspiring other women. The vibrancy of Work Elbert concludes, “Louisa May Alcott was a working woman all her life, moving through the experiences of domesticity, jobs, and unemployment. Her awareness of these experiences as sharing women’s responses to the expectations raised by the dominant ideology of individualism enabled her to write more vividly and with a greater sense of urgency in Work than in any of her more commercially successful novels … she was able to present both the common sensibility of women and their individual experiences in a way that exhibited the conflict of interests manifest in their lives … The strength of her vision is revealed in the authenticity of Work; the facts of women’s lives in the mid-nineteenth century, as well as we can reconstruct them, are vivid and true in Alcott’s novel.” (Ibid, pgs. 200-201) All drawings by Sol Eytinge, from Work A Story of Experience online Click to Tweet & Share: A feminist manifesto: wrapping up Work A Story of Experience (part two) http://wp.me/p125Rp-1oN Susan’s ebook, “Game Changer” is now available From the Garret – download for free! CategoriesChristie Devon, Cynthy Wilkins, David Sterling, Feminism, Louisa May Alcott as a reformer; how it shows in her writing, Rev. Thomas Power, Sarah Elbert, Work A Story of Experience posts, Work: A Story of Experience Tagscompanionate marriage, marriage in the 19th century, sisterhood, sisters, Theodore Parker, Transcendentalism, working women in the 19th century 6 Replies to “A feminist manifesto: wrapping up Work A Story of Experience (part two)” SilverSeason says: Thank you for this detailed analysis of Work. I find Work to be one of Alcott’s most interesting books, both for what it says and what it does not say. Certainly her account of the various jobs — the good and the bad — seems more real than the romance between Christie and David. There must have been a lot of wish-fulfillment in Christie’s long and successful service as a Civil War nurse, in contrast to Alcott’s debilitating illness after only a few weeks. Did you notice that Christie never served as a teacher, even though that was one of the few occupations open to a respectable woman. Speaking of respectability, those watching Downton Abbey and thinking that the continuing punishment of serving-maid Ethel who is no longer a prostitute is exaggerated need to look at Work. The concept was that a forbidden sexual experience permanently contaminated a woman. Good catch! She really must have detested teaching to not have included it as a profession. And thank you for bringing up Downton Abbey! You’re absolutely right about Ethel. To have just emerged from reading Work to watching Downton Abbey for the first time made that show so much more meaningful. I kept thinking of the chapter where Christie served in a household and the little humiliations she had to go through. I particularly am drawn to the maid that wants to become a secretary. And Lady Edith wants to do “something” with her life and now will be writing a column. There are so many parallels. It’s awesome. 🙂 And now that you remind me of Lady Edith, I note that Christie does not consider journalism/writing as an income source. Downton Abbey is set at a somewhat later time, about 30 years later, but some attitudes change very slowly. You are also reminding me that the devoted staff at Downton like the housekeeper and cook are clearly committed to service as their life work. Guess Louisa didn’t want to be too obvious that she was writing from her own experiences. What cracks me up about the Downton Abbey staff is that sometimes they are even more snobby and concerned about protocol than the family! Niina Niskanen says: That was interesting history behind Work. I wonder if Louisa came to the conclusion that she did not posses the genius in the terms of acting. Same conclusion that Laurie and Amy come in terms with their skills in Little Women. She had the talent but lacked vision or maybe the fire to write was simply more powerful. Both Mrs. Sterling and Mrs Wilkins represented the mother figure that Christie had been lacking in her life and Rachel symbolised the sisterhood. Good insight connecting Christie’s reasoning for giving up acting and Amy and Laurie with her art. Not sure if that was how Louisa felt in real life about acting. I think the lifestyle associated with acting did not gel with taking care of her family. Previous PostPrevious A tale of two books: wrapping up Work A Story of Experience (part one) Next PostNext New releases coming! New annotated Little Women edited by Daniel Shealy; plus book on Louisa May Alcott and Edith Wharton	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34708
__label__cc	0.70823	0.29177	Tag Archives: Han and Leia Why do we read Romance? books, fantastical, fantasy, Han and Leia, hermoine, john carter, katniss, kyle reese, love story, movies, peeta, readers, reading, romance, ron, Sarah Connor, sci fi, terminator I’m happy to admit I’m a sucker for romance, and in the same way that chocolate should be a part of every meal (it is one of the important food groups after all) I’d love to see romance having a place in every story. Because whether I’m deep into reading sci fi, fantasy or a zombie apocalypse, I still want a hint of a sniff of a love story. Star Wars – where would it be without Han and Leia, not to mention Buttercup and Westley, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, Katniss and Peeta, hell, even Ron and Hermione. I love the fantastical elements of speculative fiction worlds, but unless there’s a romance in there, the story isn’t enough for me. I adore the attraction, the pursuit (no matter how clumsy or unlikely to succeed) the tender awkward moments, then there’s the surety and confidence that characters experience when they know their love is returned. But why is romance such an important element for so many women? Not to mention the men who have a soft spot for love stories and who don’t mind a bit of schmaltz mixed in with their blood and guts. Terminator is full of hide-behind-the-hands violence, but when Kyle Reese says to Sarah Connor “I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have,” I just melt. BTW, if you’re a sucker for the Kyle/Sarah love story, here’s a tissue-worthy recap: So why do we love a good love story? The easy answer would be that we’re love starved, but statistically that doesn’t hold up. In fact, romance writers as a group have one of the highest levels of happy relationships, which may have something to do with writing love scenes on a regular basis. Many’s the time I’ve heard of a romance writer phoning their partner for a little “romance” after having written a scene that’s gotten them all hot and bothered. And surely that makes for happier marriages. But does the same thing happen for readers? Do women call their husbands after devouring a bit of Fifty Shades and tell them to come home for lunch? Sex aside (I know, you got a visual there, but I was saying aside not astride) what is it about romance that makes a story feel complete? Do we have any philosophers out there? I’d love to hear your thoughts…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34709
__label__wiki	0.871392	0.871392	Swim teams rank in the top 10 in the nation Both the men's and women's swim teams practice early in the morning during the week. They are preparing for their next meet in San Antonio on Nov. 21, 2019. Photo credit: Courtesy of Parker Elliott Breanna Henry After being ranked third in the nation by the latest coaches’ poll, Loyola’s swim team is topping the charts. “The swim team has been doing incredible thus far,” said business analytics senior Warren Massimini. Reaching such a high feat, although impressive, wasn’t much of a surprise to biology senior John Tarpey. “It was something most of us saw coming,” Tarpey said. “We knew what we were capable of as a program. It was nice to see we weren’t alone in thinking that.” However, Swim meets aren’t without challenges. Tarpey had to struggle through a broken foot, but it didn’t hinder the progress of the team. “That was all a part of the game though. You get sick, you get injured and you just have to roll with the punches. A bunch of us were working through injuries, but you win and lose as a team so you just have to do what you can for everyone else,” Tarpey said. There were some stand out moments during the season, like the Keiser meet, according to public relations seniorPaige Carter. “We all were hyped about it and it being the first home meet, got the adrenaline pumping,” Carter said. Carter is sad for the inevitable end of the season coming in March. “This is my last season,” she said. “I’m looking forward to bonding with friends more outside of swim, but I will truly miss it when it’s over,” said Carter. A big part of the success of the team is due to the new swimmers that joined, according to Warren Massimini. “We recruited another 5 new swimmers who have fit right in with the Men’s team,” Massimini said. “They fit right into the atmosphere and work ethic of the Men’s team and the difference they make is evident every day.” Given that swimming has the longest season of any collegiate sport, they are only halfway through. Already ranking high, they still have a ways to go. “Our relays and individual events are highly ranked across the board which makes me very excited to see what we can do come Conference and Nationals,” Massimini said. Their next meet will be in San Antonio, Texas from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23. Wolf Pack hires new track and cross country Coach Track and Field prepares for success Men’s and women’s basketball end Spring Hill games in victory Pack News Vikings pull off the upset against Saints Archbishop Rummel caps perfect season with state championship win over Catholic High, 14-10 New hires find family atmosphere in Wolf Pack athletic department Loyola Jesuits cheer on the New Orleans Saints Coach Hollowell earns 100th win New Orleans Saints linebacker defends public attorneys	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34711
__label__wiki	0.841929	0.841929	Home Music Folk Khruangbin brings the mellow funk with “Con Todo El Mundo” Khruangbin brings the mellow funk with “Con Todo El Mundo” Austin R. Ryan (The cover art for “Con Todo El Mundo,” Khruangbin’s new album. Courtesy of their Bandcamp page.) Khruangbin is a damn cool band and they prove it with their new album “Con Todo El Mundo.” This Texas outfit makes a very nice fusion of funk and classic ’60’s psychedelic music that usually feels smooth, interesting, and pretty effortless. They take inspiration from funk and Thai psychedelic rock and funk cassette tapes from the ’60’s and ’70’s and got their start practicing in a Texas barn and named their album after an exchange between the bassist and her grandpa. Her grandpa would ask “Cómo me quieres?” (“How much do you love me?”) and would only accept “Con todo el mundo.” (“With all the world”) as an answer. Often, when a band has these little quirks you can’t really hear them in the music. In Khruangbin’s case, the personalities and influences behind the name bleed into the music. This band has an odd mix of Southwestern vibes, ’60’s psychedelic tropes, and free-wheeling Thai-styled strings that could only come from their unique musical background. “Con Todo El Mundo” definitely showcases a lot of Khruangbin’s strengths. The whole album feels very chill but also very fun. There’s a sense of levity and joy to the relaxed vibe that comes across over a lot of songs. The album splits between the groovier, funkier songs (“Maria También,” “Lady and Man,” “Evan Finds the Third Room,” “Shades of Man”) and the slower, smoother ones (“Cómo Me Quieres,” “August 10,” “Cómo Te Quiero,” “Friday Morning”). My main complaint about “Con Todo El Mundo” is that the funkier tracks felt strikingly better than the slower tracks. I had trouble remembering a lot of the more downtempo tracks while almost all of the more energetic, funky ones stuck with me. Some of that comes from my preference as a listener that prefers funky, exciting tracks. Some of it comes from the fact that Khruangbin’s funkier tracks have so much more going on in them than the slow songs and it often makes them feel more entertaining and smooth than their slow counterparts. The result is the slow songs feel lazier in comparison. “Maria También” and “August 10” make for a great comparison point. “Maria También” has a striking rhythm made up of all sorts of unique percussions including clapping, bells, shakers, maybe a washboard, spooky keys, and a really incredible guitar dynamic. This song doesn’t just do a lot, it moves so fluidly that it’s easy to miss how much it does. It never stays still, never rests on one rhythm but it still feels relaxing, smooth, and never jarring. “August 10” follows it up and does have a nice beat. It uses some interesting percussions in its own right and the bass and guitar have nice complementing rhythms. Still, it never moves like “Maria También.” The guitar part changes up a lot and prevents the song from being boring but the backing rhythms stay mostly the same and there’s not much meat to the song. It’s a bit disappointing to hear after all the movement that goes on “Maria También.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjQSSYOTXzk Even the weak songs on “Con Todo El Mundo” are not bad songs. They frustrate me a bit not because they sound bad but because some tracks on the album make me expect so much from Khruangbin and the slower songs on the album don’t quite deliver. Some songs, like “Cómo Te Quiero,” even feel skippable to me. The guitar is interesting and the mood the song creates is super rich but Khruangbin sacrifices so much when they don’t have to. The percussions, the bass, and the vocals in “Cómo Te Quiero” all feel pretty dull – – sacrificed to create a mood that the funkier tracks have too. Not two songs later Khruangbin proves they don’t need to make boring instrumentation to make a nice mellow track. “Evan Finds the Third Room” is more interesting than “Cómo Te Quiero” on pretty much every account and has a relaxed vibe all of its own. “Evan Finds the Third Room” has a simple bass line that feels interesting because it shifts pitch and moves. It even experiments with incredibly delightful, flirty, breathy 60’s hippie vocals that parody a phone menu (“If you’d like to say hello/ Press one / hello hello”). Everything about the funkier tracks pop so much more than the slower ones that it becomes hard to ignore. The slight gain in mellowness the slow songs provide does not feel worth losing all the energy and interesting rhythms the funky tracks have. That said, the lacking slow songs are my main complaint an album that has a lot worth praising. The instrumentation on “Con Todo El Mundo” has a great Southwestern touch to it with tons of maracas and folksier instruments that fit Khruangbin’s style perfectly. The occasional vocals do a lot to bring humor and soul to the album. Songs don’t overstay their welcome and some slow songs – – like “A Hymn” and “Rules” – – have interesting backbeats that make them near as good as the funkier tracks. The way the guitar works – almost freestyling rhythms – is really nice. It’s a refreshing take on a lead guitar rhythm. “Con Todo El Mundo” captures a mood and aesthetic better than most albums in 2018 will. Khruangbin knows what they are and get better at expressing it with each album. What they are is at once hard to define but easy to understand. It’s a unique take on 60’s psychedelic music, global funk trends, and the music of the American Southwest that’s definitely worth listening to. 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__label__cc	0.678706	0.321294	Archive \| October, 2015 * Halloween / Samhain Blessings! Entering the mid SCORPIO ‘Gate of Power’ – the Power of Letting GO! We are approaching in the Zodiac the Heart of the Scorpion – the center of the Fall Season, and Celtic festival of Samhain. Which is traditionally celebrated on Oct 31 when the ‘Summer’ and harvest time ended. On Nov 1 began a new Celtic calendar year. With large fires, the Celtic people thanked the Sun God for the good harvest, and expelled the evil spirits who wandered around that night. On Oct 31 also those who died in the past year were commemorated. Many believed that the dead returned to their old homes in the night to find warmth and friendship. The lit pumpkins at the door steps or in the windows symbolize skulls with the eternal light of the soul in it. The spirits who had not walked home into the light, wandering at night, scared people, and played tricks on them. Nov 1 was eventually declared by the Church the Day of All Saints (holy ones), and Nov 2 All Soul’s Day. ‘All Hallows Evening’ or simply ‘Hallows E’en’ became later Halloween. Even though, mid Scorpio and central Fall are traditionally being celebrated with Halloween / Samhain on Oct 31, the actual centre (15°) of Scorpio is not on Oct 31 but round Nov 7. No, unfortunately wasn’t me who carved these master pieces… Pumpkin ‘Legacy’ from the Legendary Fernwood Pumpkin Yard Vintage photo by Melanie, Oct 2009 🙂 The Scorpionic energy becomes very concentrated in this ‘fixed’ part of mid SCORPIO. Deep, otherwise hidden, psychic material comes out, like ghosts from the past. Only to be released, with love and compassion… This year, the mid SCO SUN is in trine with NEPTUNE retro in PI (exact yesterday Oct 30), and in trine with CHIRON retro in PI (exact on Nov 9): Love is Letting Go(d). Things are not as hard and difficult anymore as under the SATURN in SCO years (Oct 2012 – Sept 2015) which cleared our ‘skeletons in the closet’ – not once and for all, but a lot of stuck energy had to be processed, compliments to SATURN. Celtic Wheel of the Year with the cardinal Turning Points of the Equinoxes and Solstices, and the fixed ‘Gates of Power’ of Beltane, Lammas, Samhain / Halloween, and Imbolc. Fear not. Dive, purge, swim, flow, let go. Do sacred practice. To thyself be true. Blessings for the magical season! Tags: Gates of Power, Halloween, Samhain, Scorpio * TAURUS – SCORPIO Full Moon Oct 27: Deep Change Sustains. * TAURUS – SCORPIO Full Moon Oct 27: Deep Change Sustains. Mexican Dia de los Muertos Calavera Altar (from Wiki Commons) Sabian Symbols: 4° TAURUS: The Pot of Gold… 4° SCORPIO: Devotional Ritual Can you feel it? Is is real? We have come through a lot. Time to enjoy (TAURUS) our settling in a new foundation – which has only been possible through the deep change, in the last while. By ‘last while’ I mean even the fact that we had a 3 year ‘anniversary’ since SATURN entered SCORPIO, on Oct 6, 2012, and catalyzed PLUTO in CAP (they were in ‘mutual reception’ until SATURN left SCO on Sept 17, 2015), initiating for many of us the deepest changes in our lives. Yep, we’re through the SATURN in SCO phase (not to return until 2041, with different overall ‘cosmic matrix’ by then, of course). The ‘Dia de los Muertos’ celebrations and ceremonies that happen round this time show us about the bridging of Life and Death, and that we owe our life force in physical embodiment to an ancestral lineage. Without their procreation we wouldn’t be here. Very much apropos TAU – SCO: Deep Change Sustains. Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and acknowledged around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. In 2008 (Melanie: ah, that’s when PLUTO entered CAP) the tradition was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.[1] It is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public holiday. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer. It was moved to October 31, November 1 and November 2 to coincide with the Roman Catholic triduum festival of Allhallowtide: All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day.[2][3]Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas, honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors also leave possessions of the deceased at the graves. The food offerings are another TAUREAN symbol. Yes, now as blood, sweat, and tears, and our old skin have been shed, we are invited to offer something tasty and beautiful (TAU is ruled by VENUS) as a gift to the transformation, as we embrace change and ‘deathing’ as a necessary process in the cycle. Of course, resistance to change, and attachment to keeping what one ‘has’ is the human default response. SCO and TAU are both fixed Zodiac energies that can get attached. The Buddha summed it up, and it’s common sense yet keeps ‘biting’ us: Attachment leads to suffering. I.e. attachment out of desire and wanting what we don’t ‘have’, or trying to get rid of the unwanted. Welcome to the human condition…. The ‘simple’ but not always easy response to that is: Everything is impermanent, and changes all the time. How and where are we invited to embrace the change? This Full Moon, with the MOON in TAURUS and the SUN in SCORPIO is the opposite mirror image of the WESAK MOON in May that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing, when the SUN is in TAURUS and the MOON is in SCORPIO. The WESAK Moon reminds us that despite everything is bursting with life in TAUREAN Spring, enticing the senses, and evoking pleasure, and enjoyment, nothing will be permanent (even though TAURUS would love that). This TAU – SCO Full Moon invites us to find joy and stability (esp. after all the changes) without getting attached to what we ‘have (built)’. And what does the Full Moon chart look like??? More than the TAU MOON – SCO SUN Opposition going on there, plus the MOON receives a Yod, and turns into a focal point. Interesting also that at the exact time of the Full Moon (5:05 am PDT today Oct 27) from the West Coast perspective, the SCO SUN will be in the 2nd house (which is ruled by TAU), and the MOON in TAU will be in the 8th house (which is ruled by SCO): Let’s own (2nd house) the consciousness of transformation (SCO SUN). Let’s find the stability and life sustenance (TAU MOON) in and through deep processes (8th house). Something rare: The Full Moon in TAU is the apex point of a Yod (elongated green triangle pointing to the MOON which signifies a quest, a ‘dowsing rod’, a ‘compass needle’, pointing in a direction that’s searched, walked towards, like a pilgrimage, or a treasure to be found. Yes, we are called to turn into that direction where early TAU is in our charts, and orient ourselves towards stability through something that gives security in our physical embodiment – without getting attached. More like ‘just feeling good in our skin’. See: there is not ‘just’ the SUN – MOON opposition in the Full Moon ‘matrix’ but also still a strong polarity from VIRGO (JUPITER, VENUS, MARS) to CHIRON in PISCES (which slowly disintegrates). So we are called to bridge and balance the two apparent opposites of organizing things, and finding solutions to problems in VIR fashion, and allowing things to come together or show us their interconnectedness (PI). When we are in flow and connected the ‘job’ gets done much easier. VENUS in VIR just connected with JUPITER on Sunday (Oct 25), opposes CHIRON in PI today Oct 27, just two hours after the Full Moon, and will meet (and pass) MARS on Nov 2. Let the inner ‘High Priestess’ (VENUS / JUPITER in VIR) perform intentional acts (MARS) of service, and BE the blessing that heals. The Sabian Symbol for the Full Moon degree (3°44’ TAU) says: 4° TAURUS Voyager Tarot XIV ART, Crystal Activated Photo by Melanie “THE POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. Keynote: Riches that come from linking the celestial and the earthly nature. In Genesis, the rainbow is the symbol of the Covenant of God with Noah. In all mythologies it expresses, in one way or another, a linking process – or the bridge used by divine beings to communicate with mortals. What the linking process brings to the individual consciousness is elusive, as the rainbow never ends where you are, yet it is the source of symbolic, universally valid wealth. All wealth, in a real sense, comes from ‘commerce’, i.e. from the commingling of minds and from contracts, and thus is based on faith in the validity of a promise. At this… stage we are given a mode of operation, which reminds us of the symbol “An Electrical Storm”. One need not be overawed by the celestial display of power, for it leads to a fruitful contact with beings of light. This is a natural kind of COMMUNION, involving a transubstantiation of matter.” Here’s a photo that my friend Tanya Devine took last month in Australia. I saw her synchronous posts last night J Big thanks, Tanya! Rainbow at the Rainbow Corroboree, NSW AUS Wow. I love how the theme of the alchemical gold is shown as the effect of linking with other rainbow spirited light beings. What a beautiful contrast to the conventional Taurean understanding of ‘wealth’, and how Scorpio is implicit, as in: matter is constantly shaped and trans-formed in the alchemy of life. The symbol also speaks to the VIR – PI dynamic (see chart above), in terms of linking the celestial and earthly nature which brings riches that are intrinsically valuable – VIRGO’s alignment is such a gift in itself and to herself. Let’s also be inspired by the Sabian Symbol for the SUN degree (3°44’ SCO): 4° SCORPIO ‘Candlelight’ Vigil – 21st Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests in Beijing (1989) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 “A YOUTH CARRIES A LIGHTED CANDLE IN A DEVOTIONAL RITUAL. Keynote: The educative power of ceremonies which impress the great images of a culture upon its gathered participants. A community of human beings is ensouled by a few basic symbols which structure and illustrate the group’s particular culture and way of life. Rituals and social ceremonies of all types (from a baseball game to a religious service in an old cathedral) incorporate these symbol in traditional forms of activity. As they participate in these collective presentations of commonly accepted values and ideals, the minds and feelings of young people are formed by these symbols. They take the values for granted until the day when they chose to assert their own individuality – or their participation in a generation’s revolt – by scorning the traditional rituals, including as well business rituals. Then they may poignantly search for new ones to participate in. This…symbol pictures for us the method by which a community of feelings is built during the formative years of childhood and adolescence. The zodiacal sign Scorpio is especially related to rituals including the sex rituals which unite the communicants at the root of their beings. In these sex rituals too, THE POWER OF SYMBOLS is evident, above and beyond the mere biological act.” The Communion at 4° TAURUS is happening on a deeper, visceral level here. SCORPIO is associated with ‘power, death, sex, transformation’, and ruled by PLUTO. Brave and fearless souls like the ones who stood up against the Chinese Communist regime in June 1989 (when PLUTO was in SCO, and SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE in CAP) can, rarely by themselves, but powerfully so in an ‘ensouled’ movement, catalyze collective change. A grand, devoted, and transformational ‘ritual’. Tags: Astrology, Full Moon, October 2015, Sabian Symbols, Taurus - Scorpio SCO Entry with VIR – PI Bridge of Oct / Nov 2015 : Healing Works of Love ~ Unifying Medicine ~ Fulfilling Service As you see in the ‘SCO Mutability 2015’ chart below – set up for the entry of the SUN into SCO on Oct 23, 2015 at 10:50 am PDT, we also experience presently a strong VIR – PI ‘Opposition’ which will get even more pronounced towards end of Oct. Here are the specific details of the timing and alignments, for your VIR interest: VENUS (Oct 8 – Nov 8), MARS (Sept 24 – Nov 12), and JUPITER (Aug 11, 2015 – Sept 10, 2016) are all in VIR NEPTUNE (2012 – 2026) and CHIRON (2010 – 2018) are in PI for a longer period, and affect the Collective. The LUNAR NODES entered PI (South Node) and VIR (North Node) on Oct 10. They will link up with JUPITER in VIR in Jan / Feb 2016, with CHIRON in PI on March 19, 2016, and with NEPTUNE in PI on Nov 4, 2016: The VIR planets have been and will continue to oppose the slow moving PI planets in the next while, activating the VIR – PI axis from mid Sept until early Nov: JUPITER in VIR opposed NEPTUNE in PI on Sept 16, and will oppose CHIRON in PI on Nov 3. MARS in VIR opposed NEPTUNE in PI on Oct 6, and will oppose CHIRON in PI on Oct 16, and meet up with JUPITER in VIR on Oct 17. VENUS in VIR has just squared SATURN on Oct 10, and will oppose NEPTUNE on Oct 16, and trines PLUTO on Oct 23. VENUS in VIR meets JUPITER on Oct 25, and opposes CHIRON in PI on Oct 27 (Full Moon Day). Virgo, ruled by Mercury. By Johfra Bosschart Pisces, ruled by Neptune. By Johfra Bosschart Another big shift of the season if not of the year (every 1 ½ years) just happened: The Lunar Nodes (always going backwards in the Zodiac) crossed from ARIES (South Node) to PISCES, and from LIBRA to VIRGO (North Node) on Oct 10. We are invited now to bring our sensitivity and connectedness (PI) into alignment and practical service (VIR).The Nodes are all about balance. Replenishing on the PI side of all-connectedness and flow gives us energy to do any work well. When we are connected and loving the work goes so much easier, and healing happens. The VIR – PI axis is all about… … from the VIR side (with VENUS – since Oct 8 until Nov 8, MARS – since Sept 24 until Nov 12, and JUPITER – until Sept 10, 2016, and Lunar North Node – since Oct 10 until May 10, 2017) being ‘in our temple’ of alignment with our true, holistic nature, doing our wellness and wholeness practice, and using this precious life time to dedicate our gifts and skills to make the world a better place. In other words, offering sacred service. VIR is also about digesting experiences, ordering and organizing. In the body, it rules the small intestines. … from the PI (with Neptune – until 2026, CHIRON – until 2018, and Lunar South Node) being in all-encompassing love and flow, nothing needs to be ‘done’, our ‘job’ is rather to perhaps let our ego and attachment to a certain outcome get out of the way, be open, surrender, be available, allow, hold space, or simply: BE present. In our embodiment, PI rules the immune system, our aura, energy field, the subtle bodies and chakras (as a field). Themes for the PI SN – VIR NN are: Random acts of service bring fulfillment. Doing work and being of service, while coming from a place of loving compassion – and skilfulness. Doing what we love, and loving what we do Rather than getting overwhelmed and feeling lost and useless (low vibration of PI SN, linking up with CHIRON and NEPTUNE), where is something practical, healthy, simple we can do that serves others and our own well-being? What would be beneficial practices and techniques (JUPITER / NN in VIR) we could adopt? Something that brings ease and flow (PI)? What can we do to clean up the chaos / mess – while being in the flow of love? Practically speaking: play music while cleaning the closet, and giving away what’s not being used. How can the sensitive and naturally attuned artist and empath in you (PI) bring this gift into something practical (VIR) that helps you and others? God helps those who help themselves. Doing our share, and trusting divine intervention. Love Heals. The Lunar Nodes were in PI – VIR in these years: April 1941 – Nov 1942 Dec 1959 – June 1961 July 1978 – Feb 1980 March 1997 – Sept 1988 If you were born in those times, which themes are coming full circle now for you to be released and resourced? Tags: Astrology, Lunar Nodes, October 2015, Plsces, Scorpio, Virgo Special Astro~News: Canada’s DAY ONE – Did Justin Arrive Just in Time? Well, on this historical DAY ONE, I HAD to write a Special Issue of Astro~News… YES, it’s real and true: We have a new majority government and a new Prime Minister, since yesterday (Oct 19) evening! What a surprise – yet so in accord with the Wake-up / Shake-up Renewing URANUS influence now (for the first time in 84 years!!!) in CANADA’s first house: Canada – Wake up, and Rise up to the Occasion! Quoting my own interpretation of the Election Activation Transits in the last Astro~News here 🙂 The results of the elections have produced a precedent (also URANUS in ARIES – something new emerges), insofar as we see the son of former PM Pierre Trudeau now stepping into the office. A legacy / dynasty… which shows the PLUTO in CAP effect – transformation and regeneration, from and with the spirit of the ancestors or a lineage. Justin Trudeau gave an inspiring, intelligent, inclusive, heart centred victory speech last night. Couldn’t help paying attention to the time when he started: 12:12 am EDT on Oct 20 in Montreal. Of course, I set up a chart for this epochal moment, in relation to Canada’s chart – showing the transits for Canada at that time. And Justin Trudeau’s chart in relation to the election speech, and to Canada. Voila – please find my take on it in this ASTRO~NEWS Special Edition: Canada’s DAY ONE! Suspense, surprise, the unexpected… a thrilling, electrical atmosphere yesterday evening…! The MOON in CAP post passing PLUTO (12:12 pm PDT) – “I smell change” – was gearing up to square URANUS in ARIES, exact at 9:25 pm PDT / 12:25 am EDT. URANUS in ARIES was right overhead AND squared by the MOON when newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his 25 min. bi-lingual victory speech in Montreal which started at 12:12 am EDT. The SUN in LIBRA in the 4th house (unaspected ‘free agent’) marked a memory of the spirit of Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, long term (15 years altogether) Canadian PM (1968 – 1979, and again 1980 – 1984), see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau It would have been Pierre Trudeau’s birthday on Oct 18 – the day before the elections. Seems like quite a dynasty / legacy / remembrance theme right there… Voila, the speech: http://globalnews.ca/video/2287260/federal-election-2015-justin-trudeaus-full-acceptance-speech-following-towering-win The AC was at 6° LEO (exactly on J.T.’s South Node) when he stepped on the podium, and started with invoking a quote “Sunny ways, my friends, sunny ways…” (very LEO – SAG) by Liberal leader and PM Wilfried Laurier who was in office for 15 years (1896 – 1911). His portrait is on the $ 5 bill. Wiki says about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier “Canada’s first francophone prime minister, Laurier is often considered one of the country’s greatest statesmen. He is well known for his policies of conciliation, expanding Confederation, and compromise between French and English Canada. His vision for Canada was a land of individual liberty and decentralized federalism. He also argued for an English-French partnership in Canada. “I have had before me as a pillar of fire,” he said, “a policy of true Canadianism, of moderation, of reconciliation.” He passionately defended individual liberty, “Canada is free and freedom is its nationality,” and “Nothing will prevent me from continuing my task of preserving at all cost our civil liberty.” Laurier was also well-regarded for his efforts to establish Canada as an autonomous country within the British Empire, and he supported the continuation of the Empire if it was based on “absolute liberty political and commercial”. Interestingly, W. Laurier died in 1919, 8 months before Pierre Trudeau was born… 7° LEO marks J.T. South Node on his 12th house cusp – good for him, and all lined up to use his natural confidence and photogenic stage presence. Yet, this ‘golden boy’ who grew up in a privileged environment, always seen by the public eye, is called not to glorify these privileges in a playboy kind of way but to bring them into service for the Canadian and world community, with the North Node / VENUS on the cusp of his 6th house in AQ. Fortunately, he is drawn to that and the world is attracted to this quality in him (VENUS). J.T. had his 2nd Nodal Return in 2009 when he entered parliament as a member of the Official Opposition… That’s also when PLUTO entered CAP, and approached J.T.’s SUN (exact 2010 / 2011 – when he stepped into political leadership). Justin Trudeau was born on Dec 25, 1971 at 9:27 pm EST. Here is his birth chart, and his chart in dynamics with the transits of the election speech – marking therefore also his transits: Did Justin Arrive Just in Time? What stands out most about Justin Trudeau’s surprising Emergence as the new Canadian PM is the exact transit of URANUS in ARIES on his MOON, simultaneously with his exact URANUS Opposition (his MOON is at 17° 16’ ARIES, and his URANUS is at 17°57’ LIBRA, and URANUS is presently at 18°10’ ARIES)! Justin T.’s URANUS is also on Pierre T.’s SUN – a renewal of the spirit of the father? The North Node, now in late VIR, together with MERCURY and LILITH in early LIBRA, just crossed with the Total Lunar Eclipse on Sept 27 / 28 J.T.’s PLUTO in LIBRA in his 2nd house. A karmic time of opportunity. If he has the capacity to be a catalyst for a regeneration of fairness, justice, balance, all power to him – and the forces of change. On Oct 10 the North Node entered VIR, J.T.’s rising sign and 1st house. Time to do the work, be reasonable, of service, clean up, bring order into chaos. VENUS, JUPITER, and MARS in VIR in J.T.’s 1st house presently give him an extra charisma boost. The South Node is now exactly on his MARS in PI in his 8th house. Not so great and loss of energy if he would be drawn into over adapting, trying to be everything to everybody, or riding the energy of the masculine ‘chameleon’. Good to know he’s got ARIES energy next to his MARS pulling him out of this tendency. His ARIES MOON together with CHIRON, beyond his last degree of PISCES MARS, is quite a heroic placement. Depending on how consciously he uses it. CHIRON in ARIES is a mini-generational placement for people born in the late sixties to mid-seventies whose ‘healing journey’ initiation is about starting fresh / again, being a hero/ine or pioneer in their own right, taking initiative, and ‘simply’ being themselves. His potential to represent an ARIES precedent, and to be associated with a renewal of spirit, a new Canada perhaps even (the MOON represents in countries the people and collective needs) is being – maybe to his own astonishment – suddenly catalyzed by URANUS (Unexpected Liberal majority). The MOON in J.T.’s 8th house of marriage and other alliances represents also his wife Sophie Gregoire (* Apr 24, 1975, birth time / chart not published yet but the date tells me she’s got JUPITER in ARIES, otherwise quite ‘earthy’) who showed up very real and raw at election night. I’m sure we will hear more about her in her new function. A short introduction of her: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/20/trudeau-wife-sophie-gregoire_n_8335392.html And an interesting interview with S.G. from Sunday Oct 18: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/sophie-gregoire-trudeau-on-life-with-justin-we-re-obviously-shoulder-to-shoulder-1.2615478 URANUS in ARIES – in contrast to PLUTO in CAP (which represents the transformation that must happen and which purges the shadow of die-hard structures) says: Sometimes, cathartic events produce quantum shifts, liberation of consciousness, and accelerations of change. URANUS in ARIES was right overhead Montreal when J.T. held his speech. The Liberal ‘Real Change Now’ motto points to a simple 3-word expression of URANUS in ARIES square PLUTO in CAP. PLUTO in CAP is all about deep, substantial and sustainable transformation of leadership, governing structures, and of working with resources. URANUS in ARIES catalyzes innovation, liberation, and a fresh, new, young spirit of collaboration and future orientation. URANUS wins now over PLUTO… Since the last URANUS – PLUTO square in April 2015, URANUS is now ahead, and planetary transits (yesterday the MOON in CAP) ‘hit’ first PLUTO and then URANUS, in other words, the old is being processed and transformed, making room for the new to emerge. Nice sequence, eh? (it was the other way round until April 2015 – new revolutionary action – see Arab Spring, Occupy Movement etc. – emerged but being suppressed / went under again through the power of the old….). Is new trust in the future Justi-fied, under Justin T. and the Liberal majority government? A political and personal affinity question, of course. What does Astrology say about the inspiration, promise, and reality check? Well, yeah, SATURN in SAG (now ‘established’ there since Sept 17) demands evidence for promises, and calls us to make the vision a reality. And it looks like, with his NEPTUNE, MERCURY, and JUPITER in SAG (in his 4th house), J.T. can be very visionary, enthusiastic, idealistic, and charismatic in his speech and spirit – some of that inherited from his dad (4th house is related to the father, and Pierre T. had NEPTUNE, JUPITER and the MOON also united in a fire sign, LEO). Just think of sentence fragments in his election speech, like:” Have faith in yourself and your country!” “We believe in our hearts….” “Being open-minded and optimistic”, “This is Canada. Better is always possible.” “We beat fear with hope….” SATURN in SAG tests us re: can we achieve what we are aiming for? And also, I say to my clients who are affected by this transit: “It matters where you are going, but it matters just as much if not more where you are coming from. The archer/ess pulls the arrow back to his / her heart before aiming, and releasing it. With the heart at the right place and connected Spirit moves us where we need to go / be.” J.T. is experiencing SATURN in SAG transiting his NEPTUNE this year (exact Feb – April, and again just now, end of October!). Literally: The hard work of bringing his vision into a form and being a visionary leader – and the effects of that will be shown. Also, since it all happens in his 4th house, relating to home / father: An initiation / threshold, outgrowing and yet being blessed by the charismatic spirit of his dad. Amazing how the elections happened one day after Pierre T.’s birthday, and how his spirit is now very present in Canada. SATURN on J.T.’s MERCURY (thoughts, communication, mind, speech) and JUPITER (gifts and opportunities) in SAG will be tested, filtered, matured, and re-established in a grounded way in 2016 (MERCURY) and 2017 (JUPITER). This SATURN transit over his SAG planets is only the second one in his life (SATURN has a 29 year cycle). The SATURN in SAG transit comes for J.T. also as a SATURN opposition! He has basically a SATURN and a URANUS opposition now. Relatively rare, since he is at age 43 coming up to 44 late with the URANUS opp. (in one’s late 30’s / early 40’s) while just in time with his SATURN opp. (between 43 and 44). So, yes, his natal SATURN (the only retrograde planet in his chart) is in early GEMINI, on his midheaven! A big call to grow up from a Gemini like adolescence, and find his inner authority (SATURN retro), supported by perhaps an old connection with dad, yet to step into leadership in his own right. The time is ripe for that. A SATURN opposition shows what comes to fruition from the seed that was planted under the SATURN Return, but also where we stand now, in relation to that time. At his SATURN return, in the year 2000, Pierre Trudeau died – on Sept 28 when SATURN was stationary on the first degree of GEM – right on Justin Trudeau’s SATURN. He gave at age 28 a eulogy for his father that caught attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_jiFO3uBTw http://www.clevernet.net/pierre_trudeau/justin_trudeau_eulogy.html, Lots of evidence of that SATURN in GEMINI opposed by SATURN in SAG theme in the election speech: Authentically bi-lingual… “Quebec is truly returning to the government of Canada(!)” Committed to diversity. Intending to bring people of different perspectives together. All in all, yes, he raised the bar with his speech, and the next year will certainly be a testing time for how the ideals can be implemented. Justin & Canada Lastly, an illustration of Justin Trudeau’s connection with Canada: What stands out is: His ARIES MOON / CHIRON on Canada’s NEPTUNE / AC: A new hero for the country? URANUS transiting Canada’s AC and J.T.’s MOON may use his appearance as a catalyst for breakthroughs (“I am here because you put me here…!” has perhaps a deeper meaning…). His MARS in PI on Canada’s CHIRON, presently transited by the North Node: Releasing the passivity / waiting position. Canada’s MARS on J.T.’s VIRGO AC: Be of service, and step into action! J.T.’s URANUS / LILITH in LIBRA on Canada’s DC: A ‘significant partner’ for the country who may be considered odd, different, or a breath of fresh air, to create new balance. Justin Trudeau’s early CAP SUN (transited by PLUTO in 2009 / 2010) on Canada’s LILITH / midheaven, and opposite Canada’s MOON – SUN / URANUS midpoint: This country needs leadership in true essential integrity, authorities who lead by example (not by position), and who are able to speak to a variety and diversity of people and groups (MOON in GEM). Canada being home to people who maintain or regain their freedom and uniqueness (SUN / URANUS in CAN) requires leadership that respects and supports this unity in diversity. That’s it for today, we’re only on DAY ONE. Tags: Astrology, Canada, Elections, Justin Trudeau, October 2015, Saturn Opposition, Uranus - Moon, Uranus Opposition * LIBRA NEW MOON Oct 12 Opposite URANUS retro in ARIES: Authenticity and Balance with All Our Relations Check out this ‘New Moon’ chart – looks (and feels!) like a Full Moon, with the opposition to URANUS in ARIES – a reverberation and integration of the AR – LI Harvest SuperMoon Eclipse?! Obviously, we’re not ‘done’ with the AR – LI theme… As you can see, the SUN and MOON union in LI is exactly (only 1° difference) opposite URANUS retro in AR. Planet Earth is now exactly between these two energy activations, and we are called to integrate ‘best of both worlds’ (opposition). All oppositions can in ‘Libra like’ ways be felt as ‘either – or’ dilemmas that call to be synergistically bridged. URANUS in ARIES has been ‘around’ for a while already, exactly since March 11, 2011 (remember what happened on that very day? Fukushima, from sea quake in the last hours of URANUS in PI to reactor accident when URANUS had entered AR – a major wake-up call for humanity, incl. involving the use of Uranium / Plutonium). Lots of uprising, like Arab Spring and Occupy Movement also happened right at the onset of URANUS in AR. Humanity is waking up, societally, politically, environmentally, relationally, and we are personally awakening and liberated from the dream, and into the authentic Self. URANUS will be in AR until March 2019. Angel of Revelation, by William Blake Where ARIES is in your chart… …that’s the area of life in and from which you have experienced any or many of the following: shocks, surprises, jolts, the unexpected, unsettled times, complete renewal, freedom from and for…, living radically authentically, wake-up calls, and awakening. If you have your AC, MC, SUN, MOON, or planets in ARIES get ready to be completely new with, and even free from your identification with these archetypal energies (those of you with early / mid ARIES in their charts know well what I’m pointing to)! URANUS in AR squared PLUTO in CAP between 2012 and 2015 SEVEN times, as the forces of the new, radical, awake, and revolutionary challenged controlling structures. But also new evolutionary and innovative expressions of ancient traditions with their timeless wisdom, and sustainable ways of working with resources are transforming and reforming the old ‘operations’ from within. The New Moon in LI activates URANUS retro in AR, via opposition, and is ‘backed up’ by VIR planets: When you are truly authentic in a liberated way (the aggressive, reactive, ‘survivor and fighter’ shadow side of AR is now being transformed, via the AR South Node Total Lunar Eclipse from Sept 27 / 28) this helps with breakthroughs in / liberation from old relationship issues. You attract from an authentic and balanced place new and better matches for synergies, cooperation, win-win situations, and partnerships on all levels, as the Universe responds to your powerful vibration of being radically YOU. Practicing living from our Higher Self receives now a big incentive and energy boost, via VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, and newly also the North Node in VIR, and leads to balance, health, and well matched relationships on all levels. LIBRA by Johfra Bosschart Symbolism from several esoteric traditions Where LIBRA is in your chart… LIBRA in your…. House: Invite authentic newness and dynamic balance into your… 1st house: Self (as you show up) 2nd house: Security, Belongings, Finances 3rd house: Environment, Learning 4th house: Home / Family 5th house: Play / Creativity / Children 6th house: Lifestyle, Work, Health 7th house: Relationships with significant others 8th house: Involvement and Sharing 9th house: Travel, Teaching, Life Direction 10th house: Purpose 11th house: Social co-creation, Friendships 12th house: Soulful Surrender If you live at a place significantly distant from your birth place (more than 300 km away) your houses change, and the New Moon also brings Newness into the area of life corresponding to the house where LIBRA is in your relocation chart. If you have your AC, MC, SUN, MOON, or planets in LIBRA these sides of you move into a new seasonal cycle, asking you to be in well balanced relatedness, while authentic, awake, and free to be YOU (via URANUS in AR opposite). The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon degree (19°20’ AR) says: 20° LIBRA Moses with the 10 Commandments, by Rembrandt “A RABBI PERFORMING HIS DUTIES. KEYNOTE: The ability to draw on the power of an ancestral tradition in order to serve and inspire one’s fellow human beings. Here we see at work the constructive use of rather rigid yet effectual sociocultural and religious patterns. The energies of the collective Unconscious are channeled through well-defined, age-old forms and formulas. This implies limitations and the possibility of sclerosis or inertia when confronted with new situations, yet there is beauty and wisdom in such a ritualization of behaviour and of thinking. At this stage, the relation of the individual to his community and beyond it, the universe – is seen in stabilized and effective operation. INHERITED WISDOM can be focused through a person who accepts its limitations.” Looks like this symbol, technically for the New Moon in LIBRA, also points us to PLUTO now stationary in CAP: working with and living from the simple essence of ancestral wisdom and traditions, for the highest good – natural laws that our inner ultimate authority / soul / conscience know. BE the Spiritual Authority in your life that knows about Balance and Right Relationship with All Our Relations. And the Sabian Symbol for the URANUS degree (18°28’ AR – going further retro until 17°46’ AR this month) says: 18° ARIES “AN EMPTY HAMMOCK STRETCHED BETWEEN TWO TREES. KEYNOTE: A constructive alternation of activity and rest. The symbol refers to the ability to balance outer vitalistic activity and withdrawal from such activity and relaxation. The owner of the hammock is active, but in his / her consciousness s/he can hold the image of rest in the midst of reenergizing nature. The concept of following the rat race of business therefore has no hold. Potency may be preserved and extremes avoided. Time is found for recuperation. This is a third stage (here: 3rd decanate of Aries) symbol which suggests a middle path between total involvement in instinctual or social drives, and withdrawal in impotent silence and narcissism – thus LIVING RHYTHMICALLY.” What a wonderful symbol of pro-active balance, following natural rhythms. In itself very much ARIES – LIBRA. And a good symbol for the spirit of Thanksgiving – not as a once a year ‘to be observed holiday’ (which can turn into more busy ‘production’) but as an inbuilt spirit into our every-days as holy / wholeness days with healthy balance and an attitude of gratitude. Tags: Libra New Moon 2015, Sabian Symbols, Uranus in Aries * The LUNAR NODES enter PISCES (SN) and VIRGO (NN) on Oct 10: Healing Works of Love ~ Unifying Medicine ~ Fulfilling Service The Lunar Nodes will go into PI (South Node) – VIR (North Node) from Oct 10, 2015 – May 10, 2017. Presently there is a lot of archetypal activation in VIR (VENUS since Oct 8, MARS until Nov 15, and JUPITER. The North Node will be met by all 3 planets (MARS / VENUS early Nov. and JUPITER in Jan / Feb 2016). The South Node in PI will link up with CHIRON (March 19, 2016) and NEPTUNE in PI (Nov 4, 2016). Another big shift of the season if not of the year (every 1 ½ years): The Lunar Nodes (always going backwards in the Zodiac) cross from ARIES (South Node) to PISCES, and from LIBRA to VIRGO (North Node) on Oct 10. Have we gotten out of balance with natural rhythms? Do you have a sense of overwhelm and chaos? Our sensitivity and sense of oneness with all life (PI) can on a personal level feel quite overwhelming . Its time now to do practical things to make the world a better place, clean up, take care of the environment, resolve problems, and do it all in an attitude of service that gives so much back. Is our work in alignment with who we are? The Nodal axis is about balance. Replenishing on the PI side of all-connectedness, empathy, loving unity and flow gives us energy to do any work well. When we are connected and loving the work goes so much easier, and healing happens for everyone involved. … from the VIR side: Being ‘in our temple’ of alignment with our true, holistic nature, doing our work and practice that supports wellness and wholeness, and using this precious life time to dedicate our gifts and skills to make the world a better place. In other words, offering sacred service. … from the PI side: Being in all-encompassing love and flow, nothing needs to be ‘done’, our ‘job’ is rather to perhaps get our ego and attachment to a certain outcome out of the way, be open, surrender, be available, allow, hold space, or simply: BE present. Doing work and being of service, while coming from a place of loving compassion – and skillfulness. God helps those who help themselves. Doing our share, and trusting divine intervention Tags: Astrology, Lunar Nodes, October 2015, Pisces, Virgo * VENUS crosses the ‘SPHINX Point’, and enters VIRGO on Oct 8 :: Inner Sacred Feminine in the Temple of Wholeness, Relax, Receive, and Reconnect! VENUS crosses the ‘Sphinx Point’, and enters VIRGO on Oct 8 for a journey in the sign of the Sacred Feminine until Nov 8. VENUS is about to square (can you feel it already?) SATURN in SAG on Oct 10, and oppose NEPTUNE retro in PI on Oct 16. Later on this month, VENUS will go into trine alignment in Earth signs with PLUTO on Oct 23, meet JUPITER on Oct 25, and opposes CHIRON retro in PI on Oct 27 (Full Moon Day). The grand finale of VENUS’ journey in VIRGO land will be ‘her’ conjunction with MARS (they were already together, in LEO, on Aug 31) on Nov 2. Johfra Bosschart: Virgo, ruled by Mercury Inner Sacred Feminine in the Temple of Wholeness, Relax, Receive, and Reconnect! Get ready to bode VENUS farewell in LEO where ‘she’ has been for an unusually long time this Summer and early Fall, due to her retrograde journey (July 25 – Sept 6), almost entirely in LEO. What an extended and generous – too hot and fiery in the forests and in the land! – Summer 2015 it’s been! I trust your inner journey has shown what brings you true joy, from the inside out. VENUS will re-visit the Sphinx Point from LEO to VIRGO on Oct 8 – where ‘she’ already hovered from July 18 – 31, and from which ‘she’ went retrograde on July 25. Remember? After the retro phase that completes its shadow phase just now (yep, the shadow takes until VENUS goes in forward motion to the place from which ‘she’ went retro before) the ‘RE-newed VENUS’ enters VIRGO on Oct 8 to travel fully through this energy of initiation, purity, alignment, practice, service – and these qualities come now from our intrinsic value/s. Have you RE-visited old stories of being too dependent on and oriented towards how others respond to you, where you have been strategizing your relatedness, under VENUS retro? The new VENUS (in her Morning Star glory) attracts from her intrinsic values, and the VIR side shows us that we don’t ‘need’ private one-on-one relationships because we feel incomplete or ‘not good enough’ without them. What matters primarily is our wholeness, in alignment with spirit and soul. We offer our skills and service from that place. ‘Work relationships’ in this sense are fulfilling. The LIBRAN dance with another may follow. VENUS on the ‘Sphinx Point’ again – yet anew now – initiates us into self-awareness and service. A time for RE-flection, indeed, also under MERCURY now in retro storm (going direct on Oct 9), in LIBRA (until Nov 1) which is ruled by VENUS. VENUS in VIR (ruled by Mercury) and MERCURY in LIBRA, both travelling about the same speed, one sign from each other, and they will be in ‘mutual reception’ (in each others’ ruled signs) that creates an ‘infinite loop’ and energetic focal point. Which can be a good thing, as we enjoy getting things done, cleared and organized, and drawn to develop healthy, productive habits (VENUS in VIR), and engage our mind in reciprocity and mutuality (MERCURY in LI) – in other words, we don’t have to do it all ourselves (VIR is so self contained – partially out of integrity, partially out of perfectionism, or even angst), yay! VENUS in VIR and MERCURY in LI in combination are not the best team to be blunt, direct, and assertive. Diplomacy and cautious, considerate negotiation and coordination with others are rather their signature. Which is an art and virtue, but can be also an obstacle when it comes to pro-actively stepping forward. Who’s making the first move? Good thing that both of these planetary energies are now REnewed, and ‘Morning Stars’, AFTER the VENUS RETRO phase and the MERCURY RETRO phase, and can be accessed more ‘from the inside out’ and Self directed: With VENUS post-retro, we can more fully value ourselves and attract from there, yet also know that what we attract is a reflection of aspects (incl. projected shadow aspects) of ourselves. VENUS, only 2 days into VIRGO will on 10 / 10 square SATURN in SAG which helps us see that shadow projection too. You may say: VENUS is considered ‘in Fall’ in VIR (‘she’ is exalted in PI) – what’s with that? This too only illustrates and warns us of the shadow and ‘low grade’ VENUS in VIR: Pleasing because of inner inadequacy, self-critical tendencies, and a need to fabricate perfection. After the VENUS retro phase there is a much better chance to not buy into those old stories and conditioning anymore, and rather value one’s wholistic inner sacred Feminine. Our work and practice is our temple, and so is our body. Let’s treat them with reverence, and begin every day and every new act of service as if we entered a sacred space. VIRGO’s journey has to do with alignment of the human self with cosmic consciousness, through awareness, spiritual practice, and acts of service. The MOON – esoteric ruler of VIRGO – Sacred Feminine / Priestess / Virgin / Mother Mary, and Harvest Goddesses /– welcomes VENUS on Oct 8. All of us are called to do our sacred work and practice, in this Body-Temple and Temple of the Here-Now. And to harvest its fruits, in inner fulfillment. On Oct 10, right after entering VIR, VENUS squares SATURN – for the 3rd and last time since ‘her’ retro phase (also on July 13 in pre-retro, and in retro on Aug 5). Having gone through the VENUS retro phase of RE-connecting with intrinsic values and healthy self-love, it is much easier and we are clearer when it comes to discerning what serves and is healthy (VIR) and saying NO (SATURN) to certain offers and directions (SAG) so that we can say YES to others that we are aligned with (VIR). When such a challenge arises that feels like a rejection / limitation ask yourself: What’s the initiation here? It might feel like a test – but hey, be the tester too! VENUS will oppose NEPTUNE retro in PI on Oct 16 – not really a ‘challenging’ transit aspect. More a dilemma between (VENUS in VIR) our love for ‘doing the work’, and receiving, surrendering, relaxing, just being (NEPTUNE in PI). NEPTUNE is also the ‘higher octave’ of VENUS, transpersonal and universal loving-beingness. So let’s allow it to reach us, and allow ourselves to reach others and meet life from this space. Working in the ‘field’ (as in: quantum field), and helping from a loving place where energy streams is a beautiful way of being with this tension. On Oct 23, VENUS in VIR will go into trine with PLUTO in CAP, a stabilizing effect, esp. for relationships and work projects that have integrity. VENUS in VIR meets JUPITER on Oct 25, and opposes CHIRON on Oct 27 (Full Moon Day). Yes, this will be also the signature of the Full Moon in TAU – SCO on Oct 27. Doing the work, being of service, and doing the ‘little things well’ can be very fulfilling. Let us be grateful (JUPITER) for our health and well-being that allows us to be available, to offer our presence, and to be where help is needed. The VENUS / JUPITER in VIR – NEPTUNE / CHIRON in PI bridge is also loosely linked up with the new Nodal Axis theme, of Lunar South Node in PI and Lunar North Node in VIR, from Oct 10 on. More about the NODAL SHIFT in the next ASTRO~NEWS Blog. Finally, at the very end of her journey through VIR, VENUS has a ‘date’ with MARS, on Nov 2. Not the first one this round (usually once a year), mind you, since both planets already united on Aug 31 in LEO, while VENUS was still retro which could have evoked drama, passion, the need to be seen and loved, and how that is projected outward and onto us. Did we engage in the outer world / with others, or take time for reflection in that regard? Maybe both. We know more now, are more seasoned and down-to-Earth again, which can support unions and creative endeavours that are more healthy and functional, and where we come from a place of integrity and inner wholeness. Blessings for the month with VENUS in VIRGO! May the inner Priestess-in-wholeness be our muse and mentor. Tags: Astrology, October 2015, Sphinx Point, Venus, Virgo	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34720
__label__cc	0.525106	0.474894	BrowseArtistsJJohn Newman Music from Movies Real Artists, real music for your YouTube videos. All claims free, so you can monetise your uploads straight away and keep all your earnings. Heart Goes Deeper The Hardest Word Is Goodbye A.N.i.M.A.L Mama (Acoustic) John Newman, Nina Nesbitt Out of the Blue (Acoustic) John Newman whose 3 huge number 1 hit singles established the Yorkshire born singer songwriter as one of the UK’s most singular talents, follows his recently released track “Without You”, (featuring Nina Nesbitt) with the release of a new EP entitled “A.N.i.M.A.L.”. The 4-track collection of new music features “A.N.i.M.A.L.”, “Heart Goes Deeper”, “The Hardest Word Is Goodbye”, lead track “Without You and is released ahead of John’s sold out October UK tour. Dates below. Speaking about the inspiration behind the EP John says: “I have been going back and forth to these songs for a couple of years now and am finally ready to put them out there. These four very personal songs are really close to my heart and have carried me through some hard times. The EP deals with themes such as the unnecessary pressures we put ourselves under, struggles with mental health and the power of love to conquer all. The process also reminded me why I love writing and recording and releasing music and made me realise how lucky I am to have this creative outlet”. Following a period of introspection and soul-searching Newman, has experienced a renewed enthusiasm for making music. In the last few months John has been writing and recording again with a passion that has produced the three acoustic tracks he dropped over the last month as well as this collaboration with Nina Nesbitt and the other three tracks which make up the EP. Producers include Red Triangle, The 23rd and Jarly. John has also been putting a documentary together of the Out Of The Blue campervan tour, as well as launching his Fast Food Challenge alongside Keith Lemon online. John Newman has written and performed on some of the biggest anthems of the last 6 years ever since bursting onto the scene as the co-writer and voice on Rudimental’s classic “Feel The Love”. He quickly followed that number 1 smash with his own debut number 1 single the modern classic “Love Me Again”. A third chart topping single, the Calvin Harris worldwide hit “Blame” with John on lead vocals followed. Since then Newman has travelled the world, headlining some of the most legendary venues and performing on some of the biggest stages. Audio Swapouts Example license Brand Sponsored Video Platforms YouTube & Content ID For MCN's For Record Labels › Hospital Records › Sentric Music › Musichelp › Wipe Out Music › Nang » Acoustic » Ambient » Drum & Bass » Dubstep » Electronic » Folk » Indie » Punk » Soul Music Themes » Autos & Vehicles » Beauty & Fashion » Comedy » Film & Animation » Gaming » Howto & Style » News & Politics » People & Blogs » Pets & Animals » Science & Technology » Travel & Events Lickd is a digital platform helping YouTube content creators legally use the music they love. We provide commercial music from real labels for licensing in YouTube videos without the fear of a Creator losing their ad revenue to a Copyright Claim. © 2019 Lickd limited - Real Artists. Real Music. Claims Free. For YouTube. Preview the full track when you register / sign in	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34721
__label__wiki	0.543757	0.543757	Our General Election candidates for 2019 have agreed the policies below. This page may be updated over the course of the election, to add policy clarification requested by constituents. Should you have a question regarding our policies on a particular issue, please email press@lbgreenparty.org.uk. Our national manifesto is available here. Waste Incinerators Christina MacGregor, 2019. We oppose waste incineration and have been active locally in raising funds and campaigning with BACI (Bedfordshire against covanta incinerator) against the Covanta incinerator at Stewartby. Baroness Jenny Jones has presented a bill to the House of Lords making clean air a fundamental human right and proposing a regulator with real teeth that would be a massive step in protecting us from polluters like incinerators. HEALTHCARE and public services It is vital that both Bedford and Luton & Dunstable hospitals retain all key local services, including local A&E, paediatrics, maternity and inpatient mental health provision. We support a return to a fully nationalised health service, and properly funded public services. The Green Party would increase health funding by £6bn a year for the next decade, improving access to GP appointments and hospital care. We support increased investment into all local public services, including the police force, and education. Funding for all essential public services have all been cut to the bone. This can't be allowed to continue. Bedford Hospital Electrification of Railway Line. All rail routes should be electrified, and Midland Mainline electrification should go north to Leicester and beyond. The role of passenger railways should be to provide carbon neutral and energy efficient transport in a variety of directions (like Luton and Bedford to Leicester and beyond), not ever-longer distance commutes into London. Investment is needed in improving accessibility for disabled people to our stations, with priorities in Bedfordshire being Luton, Biggleswade, Flitwick, Sandy, Arlesey and Harlington. If these accessibility improvements are to be meaningful, they can’t rely on lifts as unreliable as those we currently have at Bedford and Luton Airport Parkway stations. Rail services should be brought back into public ownership, to provide a better service for consumers and make carbon reductions across the network easier to implement. We need increased provision for cycling and buses to stations rather than any increased carparks. The tyranny of the car in rural villages is a very important local issue. We support improved bus services, particular to rural areas left cut off from public transport networks. We support measures to increase cycling and walking and to reduce speeds in built up areas to 20 mph. We support a 40 mph speed limit for rural non-trunk roads and in quiet green country lanes where bikes, pedestrians and horses should have priority. Town centre traffic across the region is out of control, driving away shoppers and visitors and damaging the health of local people. Improved public transport is essential. We wholeheartedly support East-West Rail, provided it is routed through Bedford station. Oxford/Cambridge Expressway – We oppose this scheme to concrete over a great chunk of this part of the world, which will also be used to drive further housebuilding in a part of the country with too much urban sprawl and too little countryside already. The money should instead be spent on upgrading existing railways and building East-West rail sooner. Luton Airport expansion – We oppose this scheme to speed up the world’s headlong descent into climate breakdown. Indeed, we support a reduction in size/use of the airport (even though that will mean that employment there would be reduced). We support the creation of an integrated transport plan that would drive traffic off the roads and on to fast, reliable, clean and affordable public transport, safe cycle paths and pedestrian walkways. We support housebuilding on sites like LU2ON by Luton Airport Parkway station and most other brownfield sites, but they must include local employment: we aim for a world in which most people can, once more, walk or cycle to work in secure jobs. The Green Party’s national policy of a citizen’s income would mean that people would no longer be forced into taking low-paid insecure jobs in places so far away that they are driving for hours each day passing people driving in the opposite direction to do pretty much the same job. All new homes should be built to highest emissions standards along the lines of Passivhaus. Sites for employment – we oppose ‘distribution depots’ and ever more Amazon ‘fulfillment’ depots. They provide low skilled, low paid, insecure (often zero hours contract) employment based on use of the motorway network. We support small local businesses with premises integrated with housing so people can walk or cycle to work. The Green Party’s plan for £100bn/year investment in decarbonising would provide a massive boost to such businesses and employment. We support Green Party national policies, including treeplanting, the Green New Deal, an end to austerity, modernising our outdated electoral system, a People's Vote on Brexit, Remaining in the EU, and scrapping Universal credit. Read more on Green Party Policies.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34726
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__label__wiki	0.61855	0.61855	Mark Cathey's Tech Site Tag Archives: Smart TV Hardware, Security, Software Samsung Warns Customers To Think Twice About What They Say Near Smart TVs March 30, 2016 Mark Cathey Leave a comment (ANTIMEDIA) — In a troubling new development in the domestic consumer surveillance debate, an investigation into Samsung Smart TVs has revealed that user voice commands are recorded, stored, and transmitted to a third party. The company evenwarns customers not to discusspersonal or sensitive information within earshot of the device. This is in stark contrast to previous claims by tech manufacturers, like Playstation, who vehemently deny their devices record personal information, despite evidence to the contrary, including news that hackers can gain access to unencrypted streams of credit card information. The new Samsung controversy stems from the discovery of a single haunting statement in the company’s “privacy policy,” which states: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.” This sparked a back and forth between the Daily Beast and Samsung regarding not only consumer privacy but also security concerns. If our conversations are “captured and transmitted,” eavesdropping hackers may be able to use our “personal or other sensitive information” for identity theft or any number of nefarious purposes. There is also the concern that such information could be turned over to law enforcement or government agencies. With the revelation of the PRISMprogram — by which the NSA collected data from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook — and other such NSA spying programs, neither the government nor the private sector has the benefit of the doubt in claiming tech companies are not conscripted into divulging sensitive consumer info under the auspices of national security. Michael Price, counsel in the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, stated: “I do not doubt that this data is important to providing customized content and convenience, but it is also incredibly personal, constitutionally protected information that should not be for sale to advertisers and should require a warrant for law enforcement to access.” Responding to the controversy, Samsung updated its privacy policy, named its third party partner, and issued the following statement: “Voice recognition, which allows the user to control the TV using voice commands, is a Samsung Smart TV feature, which can be activated or deactivated by the user. The TV owner can also disconnect the TV from the Wi-Fi network.” Under still more pressure,Samsung named its third party affiliate, Nuance Communications. In a statement to Anti-Media, Nuance said: “Samsung is a Nuance customer. The data that Nuance collects is speech data. Nuance respects the privacy of its users in its use of speech data. Our use of such data is for the development and improvement of our voice recognition and natural language understanding technologies. As outlined in our privacy policy, third parties work under contract with Nuance, pursuant to confidentiality agreements, to help Nuance tailor and deliver the speech recognition and natural language service, and to help Nuance develop, tune, enhance, and improve its products and services. “We do not sell that speech data for marketing or advertising. Nuance does not have a relationship with government agencies to turn over consumer data…..There is no intention to trace these samples to specific people or users.” Nuance’s Wikipedia pagementions that the company maintains a small division for government and military system development, but that is not confirmed at this time. Despite protestations from these companies that our voice command data is not being traced to specific users or, worse, stored for use by government or law enforcement agencies, it seems that when it comes to constitutional civil liberties, the end zone keeps getting pushed further and further down the field. For years, technologists and smart device enthusiasts claimed webcam and voice recording devices did not store our information. While Samsung may be telling the truth about the use of that data, there are countless companies integrating smart technology who may not be using proper encryption methods and may have varying contractual obligations to government or law enforcement. Is it really safe for us to assume that the now exceedingly evident symbiotic relationship between multinational corporations and government agencies does not still include a revolving door for the sharing of sensitive consumer data? 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__label__wiki	0.515872	0.515872	O&G Industries Masonry Division Recruits Architectural Sales Representative Published by Anita Goerig at July 11, 2017 Architectural Sales Rep Ben Canino Ben Canino’s Expertise Tapped to Expand O&G’s Masonry Business Targeting Professional Architects Throughout the Northeast [TORRINGTON, CT July 10, 2017] Effective immediately, Ben Canino has been named Architectural Sales Representative for O&G Industries Masonry Division, the news was announced today by Robert Rizzo, Vice-President. In his new position, Canino will continue the efforts of the team to build new relationships with architectural firms, secure specifications, and join the network of professional clients already established with O&G throughout the Northeast. “Ben has experience calling on engineers, architects, and municipalities within the underground utility industry and is excited to learn the masonry industry. We selected Ben from a wide pool of candidates based on his motivation and eagerness to learn a new industry and apply his experience calling on the same community selling more exciting and rewarding products,” Rizzo said. “We are pleased to have him join our staff.” Ben has over seven years of sales experience and a background in managing the diverse set of requirements clients demand. “I am grateful for the opportunity to join the best company in the business, and look forward to working with the team that is leading the gold standard within the industry,” Canino remarked. Canino holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from UCONN. He lives in New Hartford, Connecticut with his family. ABOUT O&G INDUSTRIES MASONRY DIVISION Since its inception in 1923, O&G Industries, Inc. has grown to become one of the most diversified construction companies in the Northeast and one of the largest suppliers of masonry products and services in New England. Headquartered in Connecticut, the masonry division’s facilities include: Seven mason stores and stone yards; Six Earth Products Showcase retail showrooms; and a Fabrication and Distribution Center for custom stonework. Meeting design specifications, product requirements, and budgets O&G sales representatives work with professionals and homeowners alike to guide them through the widest selection of earth-based materials and services available. O&G’s value-added services extend to over 30 one-hour AIA/CEU programs for professionals. Visit an Earth Products Showcase featuring elegantly appointed vignettes from classic to contemporary design styles in a comfortable, natural setting. For more information about O&G Industries Masonry Division, please navigate to our new website or contact Anita Goerig, Director of Marketing directly at 203-881-5192. Anita Goerig Director of Marketing, O&G Industries Masonry Division An Exceptional Recreational Experience An Extraordinary Place: Unique Natural Stone Fireplace Surround Logan McDermott: Internship with O&G’s Masonry Division	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34752
__label__cc	0.702738	0.297262	Hotfrog migrated to 38 countries Moboom and Web.com complete Hotfrog migration for 38 countries - adding six new countries Moboom Limited is pleased to announce that it has completed the migration of all 32 Hotfrog country directories onto Web.com’s Central Index platform. The Company has also added 6 new country directories, which brings the total number of Hotfrog directories to 38. The achievement also enables Hotfrog to significantly reduce exposure to technology and personnel costs as Web.com has now assumed management of the directories including sales and support as per the commercial agreement. It has also locked in revenue growth for Moboom products which Web.com are marketing to the Hotfrog subscriber base. Further revenue growth is anticipated in the near term as 12 more country sites are scheduled to be deployed by the end of Q3, 2019, bringing the total number of country sites to 50. At that stage Hotfrog will be present in the 30 countries that top internet usage globally. The massive footprint provides a platform for Web.com to market Moboom products to the small business subscribers in each country Hotfrog has a presence.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34757
__label__wiki	0.950418	0.950418	Multiple Centuries[remove]29 Yes[remove]29 You searched for: Collection MSS. Douce Remove constraint Collection: MSS. Douce Century Multiple Centuries Remove constraint Century: Multiple Centuries Decoration Yes Remove constraint Decoration: Yes Repository Bodleian Library Remove constraint Repository: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 24 Psalter (portable) — 13th century, late, or 14th century, early; Flemish (French Flanders), diocese of Thérouanne (?) Album amicorum — 1583-1604 Psalter (portable) — 13th century, late, or 14th century, early; Flemish, Bruges (?) Psalter — 1235-1255 (?); French, Paris Book of Hours, Use of Metz — 14th century, beginning; French, Metz Untitled work or fragment — c. 1490; Flemish Untitled work or fragment — c. 1500; French Calendar — 14th century, early; English Odo of Cheriton, etc. — 13th century, end; English Treatise on the care of horses — 13th century, first half; English Bestiary, Miscellaneous texts and extracts — c. 1300; English Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Calendar (Utrecht), etc. — Multiple dates; Dutch, Utrecht Psalter — c. 1290-1310; French, Lorraine (?) Ps.-Boethius — 10th century - 11th century; English Gilbertine institutions and statutes, with additions to 1525 — 13th century, first half, and 13th century, second half; additions to 1525; English Primasius — 7th century, late, or 8th century, early (before 719); England, south-west (?) Rabanus Maurus — Multiple dates; French Gratian — 13th century, beginning; English, London (?) Missal, Use of Sarum — 15th century, first quarter; English Breviary (Franciscan) — 14th century, second quarter; additions, 15th century, beginning; French, Paris Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Alexander de Villa Dei, etc. — 1381; decoration, 15th century, second half; English Ps.-Bonaventure, etc. — 15th century, first half (?) - 16th century, 1st quarter; English Treatises on heraldry and the Order of the Garter, Religious treatise — 15th century, third quarter; additions, 16th century; English Psalter — 11th century, second quarter or middle (after 1023 (?)), with 11th- and 12th-century additions; English, probably East Anglia, perhaps Ely, Peterborough, or Crowland (?) Rule of St. Benedict — 13th century, first half; French (?) Psalter and Canticles (Psalter of Montebourg) — 12th century, first half; French (?) Bible, Epistle and Gospel list, Use of Sarum — Multiple dates; French; list added in England (?) Statutes of the Council of Forty at Venice with additions up to 1401 — before 1401; Italian, Venice Psalter ('The Ormesby Psalter'), Calendar, etc. — 13th century, late; additions, c. 1310-20 and c. 1325; English, East Anglia; additions, Norwich Poems written for the Puy of the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception at Rouen , 1511 — after 1511; French Gesta Normannorum — 14th century, first half; French Lancelot du lac (?) — 14th century; French Hélie de Boron — before 1500; Flemish Collectar — 15th century Calendar — c. 1400; English Law dictionary — 1338; Italian, Pisa Romance — 14th century, second quarter; French Antiphonal or Gradual — c. 1480; Italian, Lombardy Antiphonal or Gradual — 15th century, middle; Italian, Lombardy Antiphonal or Gradual — 15th century, second quarter; Italian, Lombardy Guyart Desmoulins — 15th century, beginning; French Alphabet of painted capitals — 16th century, beginning; French Psalter (?) — 12th century, end; French Cutting — 15th century, beginning; French	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34763
__label__wiki	0.792509	0.792509	Family TravelCity GuidesKidsSouthNashvilleUnited States Take a tour of the Lost River Caverns. 25 Things To Do in Nashville, TN with Kids 9/29/18 - By Carrie Taylor It only takes one minute in the Music City to see it's truly alive, from the constant pulse of live music in almost every public space and eatery to the rich history and beautiful landmarks. One thing is for sure, your family will never be bored. There is something for every kid, from the train enthusiast to the science lover to the outdoor adventurer. And for more guides on visiting cities around the world with kids, check out our Mommy Poppins Family City Guide. 1. Take line dancing lessons at Wildhorse Saloon. 2. Tour the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It's incredibly well done and has an area where interactive, kid-friendly exhibits rotate, like the Taylor Swift exhibit, where visitors draw and decorate their own stage costumes. 3. Just west of Nashville you can escape city life and soak up the outdoors by ziplining through the forest. Ziplining through the treetops! 4. Visit and tour the state's capital building on the hill. 5. After your capital building tour, play and learn in the massive Bicentennial Capitol Park, where there are family-friendly activities and events almost every day. 6. Take a boat tour through the Lost River Caverns, located about an hour north of the city. There's a zipline here, too! 7. Work on your stand-up paddleboard skills on the Cumberland River. 8. Soak up the sights at the historic Riverfront Park commemorating Nashville's first settlers. It's also known to host inexpensive concerts featuring some of Country's greats. 9. Catch a Titans football game at Nissan Stadium. 10. See the animals (375 species and counting!) at the lush and beautiful Nashville Zoo. 11. Ride the waves at Wave Country, where admission is affordable and kids ages 2 and under are free! 12. Tackle one of the coolest climbing towers we've ever seen at SOAR Nashville. It's four stories high and features more than 100 climbing features. Oh, and there's mini golf, too. 13. Escape to Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort, home to outdoor adventure, a waterpark, and marina. 14. See Nashville's budding talent perform through the Nashville Children's Theatre. 15. Play in the beautiful 132-acre Centennial Park, which is also home to a stunning replica of the Parthenon. There are lots of amazing things to see at the Adventure Science Center 16. Learn and play as a family at the interactive Adventure Science Center, and while you're there, admire the stars at the Sudekum Planetarium. 17. Visit the Discovery Center, which is well worth the half-hour drive southeast of the city. It's a hybrid children's museum and nature center with themed "discovery" centers that feature interactive, hands-on displays, from trains and cars to the exciting Shadow Room. 18. Discover unique and original art at Frist Art Museum, where admission is free for guests ages 18 and under. 19. Ride the historical passenger train at the Tenessee Railway Museum. 20. Tour the Belmont Mansion, a massive and elaborately designed villa built in the mid-1800s. 21. Spend the day in Franklin, a small town south of Nashville and steeped in Civil War history. There are lots of great tours to be taken here, from casual walking tours to ghost expeditions. 22. Take a tour of the city on an old-time trolley downtown. Photo courtesy of Madame Tussauds 23. See the stars at Madame Tussauds wax museum. 24. Treat your sweet tooth at one of Nashville's many candy shops, like The Bang Candy Company and Savannah's Candy Kitchen. 25. Eat some delicious local delicacies. Try the hot chicken at Hattie B's or Party Fowl, and dig into barbecue at Acme Feed & Seed or Puckett's Grocery. All photos courtesy of Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation, unless otherwise noted Tel Aviv with Kids: 35 Top Things to Do in Tel Aviv 25 Top Palm Springs Resorts, Attractions, & Things To Do for Families 25 Things To Do in Barcelona with Kids 25 Things to Do in Raleigh, NC, with Kids	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34778
__label__cc	0.7392	0.2608	What's so hard about a mutual fund manager pricing their mutual fund? An article in today's Wall Street Journal (2015-08-16) titled A New Computer Glitch is Rocking the Mutual Fund Industry is all about how some kind of computer (software?) failure at a company called SunGard Data Systems Inc. is impacting large mutual fund and ETF companies in that they're unable to accurately value their funds (compute the net asset value). Several traders said they were forced to calculate their own net asset value for ETFs and that they widened the spreads, or the difference, between listed buying and selling prices to accommodate for the higher risk of trading. So, putting aside ETFs for the moment (perhaps they need valuations during the day) a mutual fund's valuation is published once per day, at close of market. Given that a mutual fund manager knows, at the end of the day, precisely how many shares/units/whatever of each investment (stock, equity, etc.) they own, plus their bank balance, what is there about exactly computing a mutual fund's value that can't be done with a query against finance.yahoo.com and a very simple Excel spreadsheet? mutual-funds stock-valuation fund-manager davidbak davidbakdavidbak Given that a mutual fund manager knows, at the end of the day, precisely how many shares/units/whatever of each investment (stock, equity, etc.) they own, plus their bank balance, It is calculating this given. There are multiple orders that a fund manager requests for execution, some get settled [i.e. get converted into trade], the shares itself don't get into account immediately, but next day or 2 days later depending on the exchange. Similarly he would have sold quite a few shares and that would still show shares in his account. The bank balance itself will not show the funds to pay as the fund manager has purchased something ... or the funds received as the fund manager has sold something. So in general they roughly know the value ... but they don't exactly know the value and would have to factor the above variables. That's not a simple task when you are talking about multiple trades across multiple shares. DheerDheer Remember that in most news outlets journalists do not get to pick the titles of their articles. That's up to the editor. So even though the article was primarily about ETFs, the reporter made the mistake of including some tangential references to mutual funds. The editor then saw that the article talked about ETFs and mutual funds and -- knowing even less about the subject matter than the reporter, but recognizing that more readers' eyeballs would be attracted to a headline about mutual funds than to a headline about ETFs -- went with the "shocking" headline about the former. In any case, as you already pointed out, ETFs need to know their value throughout the day, as do the investors in that ETF. Even momentary outages of price sources can be disastrous. Although mutual funds do not generally make transactions throughout the day, and fund investors are not typically interested in the fund's NAV more than once per day, the fund managers don't just sit around all day doing nothing and then press a couple buttons before the market closes. They do watch their NAV very closely during the day and think very carefully about which buttons to press at the end of the day. If their source of stock price data goes offline, then they're impacted almost as severely as -- if less visibly than -- an ETF. Asking Yahoo for prices seems straightforward, but (1) you get what you pay for, and (2) these fund companies are built on massive automated infrastructures that expect to receive their data from a certain source in a certain way at a certain time. (And they pay a lot of money in order to be able to expect that.) It would be quite difficult to just feed in manual data, although in the end I suspect some of these companies did just that. Either they fell back to a secondary data supplier, or they manually constructed datasets for their programs to consume. dg99dg99 Thanks. BTW, referring to yahoo and Excel was an exaggeration for effect... But I think your answer doesn't really get to the heart of the question, which is: cash + sum over (# shares * most recent price) = NAV, yes or no? Apparently no, so what else is there? Exactly what is going on that you outsource to a third party this calculation which you could easily do yourself? – davidbak Aug 28 '15 at 17:01 Yes, the calculation is simple. No, a company can't generate stock prices themselves. They need to subscribe to the market feeds or use a vendor who subscribes to the market feeds (see the link in my answer). In this case it sounds like one of the popular vendors broke down, so their customers couldn't get the prices. – dg99 Aug 28 '15 at 19:25 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged mutual-funds stock-valuation fund-manager or ask your own question. Yahoo Finance not showing detailed information for foreign stocks What resources can I use to try and find out the name of the manager for a given fund? What is the difference between a fund manager and a portfolio manager? What is the role of a manager in a passively managed index fund? When should you use an actively managed mutual fund in a 401k? How do management fees affect the money invested in a mutual fund Do mutual fund companies deliberately “censor” their portfolios/funds? Mutual Fund with Dividends	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34781
__label__wiki	0.660556	0.660556	About Motown Junkies Alan, Lee Anthony, Richard Ben, LaBrenda Blakely, Cornell Bohanon, George Breen, Bobby Burnadettes Campbell, Choker Channel, Bruce Chuck-a-Lucks Crawford, Carolyn Dalton Boys Darnells Day, Danny Dean, Debbie Diamond, Hank & Carol Downbeats Dozier, Lamont Eckstine, Billy Elgins Equadors Funk Brothers Gaye, Marvin Golden Harmoneers Good, Tommy Gorman, Freddie Gospel Stars Greer, Paula Griffin, Herman Griffith, Johnny Griner, Linda Hamilton, Dave Haney & Armstrong Hartfield, Pete Heard, Oma Henslee, Gene Hillsiders Hit Pack Holland, Eddie Holland-Dozier Holloway, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Joanne & the Triangles John, Mable Johnson, Marv Jones, Wade Kayli, Bob Lands, Liz Lee & the Leopards Leverett, Chico Lewis Sisters Little Iva Little Lisa Little Otis Littles, Hattie Long, Shorty Lumpkin, Henry Majestics Mallett, Saundra Mann, Columbus Martin, Tony Marvelettes McCullers, Mickey McKenzie, Don McNair, Barbara Merced Blue Notes Merritt, Billy Mike & the Modifiers Milburn, Amos Morrocco Muzik Makers Mullins, Dee Nick & the Jaguars Oddis, Ray Parks, Gino Paul, Bunny Remus, Eugene Ron & Bill Ruffin, Jimmy Satintones Sebastian, Joel Serenaders Strong, Barrett Swinging Tigers Taylor, R. Dean Taylor, Sherri Terrell, Tammi Turner, Sammy Twistin’ Kings Valadiers Valvano, Mike Van Dyke, Connie Van Dyke, Earl Vells Velvelettes Walker, Junior (& All-Stars) Ward, (Singin’) Sammy Washington, Earl Wells, Mary Weston, Kim Williams, André Wilson, Frank Woods, Mickey Wright Specials Wylie, Richard “Popcorn” Great Songwriters Gordy Mel-o-dy Melodyland MoWest Tamla Workshop Jazz Marks Out Of Ten I Disagree! ~ because it's what's in the grooves that counts 423. Dorsey Burnette: “Little Acorn” Posted by The Nixon Administration in Dorsey Burnette Mel-o-dy 113 (A), May 1964 b/w Cold As Usual (Written by Dorsey Burnette and Joe Osborn) After a brief pop digression with Bruce Channel’s Satisfied Mind, Mel-o-dy Records heads back to country and western territory with Dorsey Burnette – a bona fide rockabilly legend, former member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio and later an inductee of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (who knew there was such a thing? Not me, that’s for sure.) My knowledge of this scene is shaky at best, but the material suggests Motown pulled off something of a coup in luring Burnette to their country subsidiary label. This starts out in baffling fashion, a cold open featuring nothing but a bashed tambourine and a menacing series of finger-snaps for a few bars. Then, enter Dorsey, doing a call-and-response vocal with bass and guitars: A little squirrel (BOM BOM BOM BOM) Found an acorn And buried it Down deep in the ground It’s weird, plonky and plodding, and slightly dispiriting. It gets worse, too, the lyrics degenerating into a simplistic, annoying hymnal along the lines of “The House that Jack Built”, detailing how that acorn grew into a tree, and the tree gave wood for a house, and the house housed a young couple who had a baby, and only God can make a tree, or something. But Dorsey’s voice is friendly and engaging, and I find him strangely likeable, for some reason; while this is definitely more in the country bag than Bruce Channel’s effort, there’s still a certain pop sensibility to this. By the time we get to the chorus, with a big swoon of horns and female backing vocals, then – Dorsey’s whiter-than-white rockabilly delivery and Southern twang aside – there’s not a vast gulf between this and the likes of, say, Eddie Holland’s I Couldn’t Cry If I Wanted To, or any of Motown’s records cut with white radio in mind. I’m overselling this – the verses are schlocky and twee, and the whole thing lacks bite – but Burnette is palpably enjoying himself a great deal, and his avuncular enthusiasm is infectious enough to paper over some of the giant, yawning cracks in this song. Eh, what can I say, I’ve got a sneaking soft spot for this in spite of almost everything about it. Don’t take that as a recommendation – but nor is it a savage kicking. MOTOWN JUNKIES VERDICT (I’ve had MY say, now it’s your turn. Agree? Disagree? Leave a comment, or click the thumbs at the bottom there. Dissent is encouraged!) You’re reading Motown Junkies, an attempt to review every Motown A- and B-side ever released. Click on the “previous” and “next” buttons below to go back and forth through the catalogue, or visit the Master Index for a full list of reviews so far. (Or maybe you’re only interested in Dorsey Burnette? Click for more.) “This Little Girl” Dorsey Burnette “Cold As Usual” DISCOVERING MOTOWN Like the blog? Listen to our radio show! Motown Junkies presents the finest Motown cuts, big hits and hard to find classics. Listen to all past episodes here. 8 thoughts on “423. Dorsey Burnette: “Little Acorn”” Ed Pauli said: I just traded away a copy of this. and someone, believe it or not wrote “Sh*t” twcie on the label. My knowledge of country music and rockabilly is probably a bit more than the average Motown fan [if I were British I’d likely be more of a Ted than a Mod] Dorsey had been label hopping during his lifetime. After the Trio broke up, he went to Fabor Robison’s ABBOTT label then after reuniting with brother Johnny landed a gig with Imperial [most likely because of their association with Ricky Nelson], then off To Era [where he had his biggest hit with Tall Oak Tree] folliwng which he had a brief spell at Dot, then to Reprise [ one of Sinatra’s first “rock n roll signings but was given over to Jimmy Bowen to produce] Shortly before he came to Motown, he did some production work for Herb Alpert at A & M [for French Canadian rockabilly singer Lucille Starr]. After that we come to this period covered here]Sadly, three months later. JOhnny was killed in a boating accident in California. Which will probably account for why none of his three Mel-O-Dy singles made much fof an impact. Let it be said that Dorsey’s productions had nothing to do with the Texas division of Mel-O-Dy–or anything else!! The Nixon Administration said: Thanks for the background, Ed – I freely admit this is outside my area of expertise. I love the idea someone would bother to write that on a label. I like to think it’s because they couldn’t remember whether they liked something or not. I wonder if some of their other records had things like “AMAZING” or “FAIRLY AVERAGE, REALLY” scrawled on them. Robb Klein said: “Little Acorn” is the “child” of his mega hit, “Tall Oak Tree”. It’s a poor facsimile. I DO, however, like “Everybody’s Angel”, his second Mel-o-dy release. I “scrounged” for records from 1953-1972 in Canada and USA, and have looked through, literally, millions of 45s. I have seen thousands with writing on them describing the “quality” of the songs (“fantastic fast Doowop!”, “pure shit!”, “Garbage”, “nice ballad”, “great uptempo”, etc.) You should see what some people wrote on Dora Hall’s records! You should see what people do with Dora Hall records–they do make nice ashtrays!! Did Dora ever cover any Motown song?? She certainly did. And, it was played on The Northern Soul Scene, no less! She recorded “I heard It Through The Grapevine”, and several other Motown (HDH) songs (luckily, for my sanity, I can’t remember which (although I recall a couple Four Tops, Temptations and Mary Wells). I lived in Chicago during her heydey. i should have gone to Calamo Records and asked her millionaire husband, “WHY???” The most exciting thing I can add to this discussion is that his son Billy replaced Lindsay Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac. Seven years later and IMHO Fleetwood Mac died when Peter green left Have Your Say (dissent is encouraged!) Cancel reply This is Motown Junkies, an unofficial track by track history of Motown: in-depth analysis and discussion of both sides of every Motown single ever released between 1959 and 1988. Enjoy! Index of all reviews to date Lucky Dip (a random review) Best Music & Entertainment Blog Wales Blog Awards 2012 693. The Four Tops: “Just As Long As You Need Me” 692. The Four Tops: “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)” 691. Marvin Gaye: “When I Had Your Love” 690. Marvin Gaye: “One More Heartache” 689. The Isley Brothers: “There’s No Love Left” G.J. on 19. The Miracles: “Bad… Robb Klein on 145. The Miracles: “I… Topkat on 145. The Miracles: “I… Robb Klein on 124. Eddie Holland: “Jam… Mick on 124. Eddie Holland: “Jam… kevintimba on 681. Frank Wilson: “Do I… 144man on 410. Brenda Holloway: “E… Robb Klein on 410. 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Think of it as an unauthorised track-by-track companion to the magnificent The Complete Motown Singles CD box sets, and beyond, with marks out of ten. I'm NOT Paul Nixon. More info about the blog (and me) can be found here. If you want to leave a comment on any review, please feel free to do so - all feedback, corrections, disagreements and encouragements gratefully received. If you've something you'd rather not say in public, I can be contacted at fosse8 at gmail dot com. (Oh, and if you arrived here looking for the Motown Junkies music group, they're nothing to do with me, I'm afraid - but they are very nice people, and they can be found at www.motownjunkies.com instead.) You can jump straight to the full list of reviews so far in the Master Index, or browse by label instead. If you're looking for something a bit more specific, you can click an artist's name in the "Artist" menu at the top of the screen to see a little biography and all the reviews we've done for them so far. 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__label__wiki	0.823311	0.823311	Home Pan American World Airways Records Page 1 Report from management, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 5, 1961 ' ! v z~ 3 - :«y &&& 'S ■ »■?’• "J REPORT FROM LAD MANAGEMENT TO ALL SUPERVISORY AND PILOT PERSONNEL Vol. 1, No. 9 (Distribution Restricted) CONFIDENTIAL 5 May 1961 “FLY U.S.,” GOVERNMENT TELLS EMPLOYES After May 15 air travel by federal employes and their dependents must be on U.S. airlines wherever possible when the government foots the bill. Senator Warren G. Magnuson, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said a Budget Bureau directive will order use of American-owned airlines. Exceptions may be made in case of inadequate time schedules, lack of reservations and higher costs. THREATENED NOISE SUIT SETTLED A noise abatement suit, brought against Pan American and others by the Village of Virginia Gardens, Dade County, has been dismissed by agreement of the plaintiff. A mutually satisfactory solution of the problem was reached by the airline and village authorities. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN, GONE AGAIN! United States - Russian bilateral talks in the immediate future appear to be unlikely in view of the present world situation. The U.S. told Russia it would be willing to open the negotiations broken off last July, but it is believed the Russians have not replied. Pan American has been designated as the U.S. carrier to serve Moscow. MIAMI WANTS MORE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE The Metropolitan Dade County Port Authority says it will launch a campaign to have some of the transatlantic flights which now use New York's Idlewild transferred to Miami International Airport. The Commission said traffic congestion over New York could be relieved by diverting some flights to other cities. Title Report from management, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 5, 1961 Alternative Title Report from LAD management <February 1961>-1962 Uniform Title Report from management (Pan American World Airways, Inc., Latin American Division) Creator Pan American World Airways, Inc. Latin American Division Note "To all supervisory and pilot personnel." Subject Pan American World Airways, Inc. Latin American Division -- Periodicals Airlines -- Management -- Periodicals Aeronautics, Commercial -- Management -- Periodicals Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Latin American Division, Pan American World Airways, Inc. Call Number HE9803.P36 R47 Succeeding Title Management newsletter (Pan American World Airways, Inc., Latin American Division) Collection Title Pan American World Airways, Inc. records Series Printed Materials: Periodicals Container Box No. 48 of 49 Box Title: Assorted Newsletters (2 of 3) Folder Title: Management Newsletter Latin American Division Sponsor This item was digitized as part of the “Cleared to Land” project, supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). OCLC No. 893862047 Rights This material is in the public domain in the United States. The Pan Am brand remains under trademark. For additional information, please visit: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html Full Text + ' ! v z~ 3 - :«y &&& 'S ■ »■?’• "J REPORT FROM LAD MANAGEMENT TO ALL SUPERVISORY AND PILOT PERSONNEL Vol. 1, No. 9 (Distribution Restricted) CONFIDENTIAL 5 May 1961 GENERAL “FLY U.S.,” GOVERNMENT TELLS EMPLOYES After May 15 air travel by federal employes and their dependents must be on U.S. airlines wherever possible when the government foots the bill. Senator Warren G. Magnuson, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said a Budget Bureau directive will order use of American-owned airlines. Exceptions may be made in case of inadequate time schedules, lack of reservations and higher costs. THREATENED NOISE SUIT SETTLED A noise abatement suit, brought against Pan American and others by the Village of Virginia Gardens, Dade County, has been dismissed by agreement of the plaintiff. A mutually satisfactory solution of the problem was reached by the airline and village authorities. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN, GONE AGAIN! United States - Russian bilateral talks in the immediate future appear to be unlikely in view of the present world situation. The U.S. told Russia it would be willing to open the negotiations broken off last July, but it is believed the Russians have not replied. Pan American has been designated as the U.S. carrier to serve Moscow. MIAMI WANTS MORE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE The Metropolitan Dade County Port Authority says it will launch a campaign to have some of the transatlantic flights which now use New York's Idlewild transferred to Miami International Airport. The Commission said traffic congestion over New York could be relieved by diverting some flights to other cities. (more)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34788
__label__wiki	0.761662	0.761662	Rossi edges Stoner for first US win metrowebukmetroMonday 21 Jul 2008 8:14 am Valentino Rossi extended his Moto GP championship lead after a fascinating duel with Casey Stoner saw him claim his maiden victory at the United States MotoGP at Laguna Seca. There had been nothing to choose between the pair until Stoner rode into the gravel with eight laps remaining and although he managed to get back into the race, the Australian could not claw back the gap. However, the duo had built up such a lead that the Ducati of Stoner was still able to finish ahead of Chris Vermeulen in third with Britain’s James Toseland finishing ninth. Yamaha’s Rossi finished in 44minutes 04.01seconds ahead of Stoner in 44mins 17.31secs with last year’s runner-up Vermeulen clocking 44:30.92. The result sees Rossi take a 25-point lead over Stoner in the championship standings as the riders go into their four-week summer break before the next race in Brno. With Dani Pedrosa injured, Stoner had been expected to narrow the gap on Rossi after dominating practice and qualifying. However, Rossi overtook Stoner on the first lap and the pair were involved in a battle of their own. It was impossible to call with one rider overtaking the other on a number of occasions and at times were even within touching distance. However, it was Rossi who was dominant but on lap 24 Stoner got too close to his rival and was forced to slow down and go into the gravel. His front wheel became stuck in a hole and the bike toppled over to rob the race of a dramatic finale and seal victory for Rossi who went on to take his first win at Laguna Seca. Stoner admitted he was responsible for going into the gravel but he was clearly unhappy with elements of the battle with his opponent. ‘I completely made the mistake, it was all my own (going off the track)’, he said. ‘But at the beginning of the race, with some of those overtaking moves, I was so nearly on the floor that it wasn’t funny. ‘I know it’s hard racing, I’ve been in hard racing all my life but some of that was past the point. I don’t think it was necessary.’ However, it was not all good news for Rossi whose Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo is thought to have broken a bone in his foot after coming off on the first lap. Toseland finished ninth in 44:47.33 but it was a disappointing end for the Briton who had spent a long time in seventh spot. Rossi heads into the break with the knowledge he has the edge over reigning champion Stoner in the championship race. ‘It was a great weekend,’ said Rossi. ‘These 25 points are like gold for our championship.’ Toseland was glad to have improved on his recent run of form but is now looking to become a real contender in order to rise from his ninth spot in the championship. ‘I tried to keep those guys behind but I’d pretty much shot the rear tyre by the end,’ Toseland said. ‘The team’s working well but we’ve had some problems behind the scenes which need to change for the next race. ‘I’ve been riding round, not racing round, and I don’t like that. To be in the top 10 is nice but the potential is there to be a lot better.’ Casey StonerDani PedrosaJames ToselandJorge LorenzoValentino Rossi UFC star Conor McGregor responds to Floyd Mayweather’s rematch poster Nate Diaz slams Conor McGregor’s ‘fake’ performance against Donald Cerrone Conor McGregor slams ‘weird’ Jorge Masvidal over ‘ridiculous’ robe stunt at UFC 246 Home › Sport	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34789
__label__cc	0.652196	0.347804	← >What To Watch For Tonight President-Elect Barack Obama → What World Needs From US: Economic meltdown, climate change top list of things that are in need of global dialogue by Mitch Potter – The Toronto Star FROM: THE WORLD We know you are not quite there yet. Whatever. The rest of the planet now has concluded you will be. Your honeymoon suite awaits with a euphoria that spans the globe. A word of warning, however, before you snuggle in for that first group hug. There are bedbugs. And they bite. A year of rising expectations is about to fall on your shoulders, with a thundering weight many now predict will buckle you. Here in London, Simon Jenkins of the Guardian nailed the point, announcing the end of the bull market in Barack. “Sell Obamas now,” Jenkins advised his readers. “They are overpriced and the forward market has gone crazy. If he becomes president, the bubble will burst, I guess in the spring of next year.” Your era will begin with some immediate international advantages, it is true. Not least, the sheer glee that your name is not George. “The first thing the world needs from America is the absence of George W. Bush,” is how François Heisbourg, director of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Studies, framed things in an interview with the Star. “That guarantees a tremendous advantage. And for Obama – I assume it will be him – it will be all the greater.” How bloated are the expectations? On the waterfront in Barcelona today, artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada and an army of volunteers are shaping a mountain of sand, earth and gravel into a giant portrait of you. This is not a joke. “The piece is ephemeral, it is not designed to last,” Rodriguez-Gerada told the Daily Telegraph, explaining the artwork, titled “Expectation,” is intended not as praise for you but rather, as a commentary on how desperately the world lusts for the idea of you. “Who knows if the euphoria surrounding Obama will fade away like sand or lead to something more permanent?” Many anticipate your first step will be to reboot America’s conversation with the world. A kind of “great cleansing,” in the words of Charlie Beckett, director of POLIS, the journalism think-tank at London School of Economics. “Right now there is an enormous residual ‘turning off’ when Americans speak. The feeling is that during the Bush era, ‘They caused mayhem, they ignored the world, they didn’t listen to us – so why should we listen to them.’ “Now the conversation will renew. Which is tremendously important for the world. Especially for those of us who believe in America’s place in the world as a force for democracy and freedom.” That, of course, is the easy part, given your deft oratorical skills. But the going is almost certainly going to get messy soon thereafter, when talk collides with realpolitik. As Heisbourg notes, “America’s national interest is not going to change just because the president changes.” We got a sense of this in Berlin earlier this summer. Up there on stage, all you could see was a throng of 200,000 people chanting your name. But where we were, down in the crowd, we felt a distinct chill when you spoke of a stepped-up effort in war-weary Afghanistan – a conflict that Germans have just about had their fill of. And the rest of Europe is not far behind. But Afghanistan may in fact prove the least of your worries, given the cluster of global crises on your morning-after to-do list. Global economic meltdown, far and away, trumps them all. Yet the interconnected issues of climate change and energy burn close behind. Add to that the whole series of other urgent global challenges, from bioethics to migration to nuclear proliferation, and the task ahead wildly exceeds the bounds of a single brain, even one as well-appointed as yours. Where to begin? Many of your unofficial global advisers suggest the only way forward is a Herculean act of multitasking. You need to dispatch individual teams on every one of these problems, each with marching orders to map how the United States can lead in crafting – and crucially,obeying – a new global rulebook. Take solace in two important facts as you go forward. First, know that for now, at least, your name is the gold standard of global goodwill. People want you to succeed. And, most importantly, know that however ridiculous the expectations may be, nobody truly expects you to have the all the answers. “One of the ways to manage unrealistic expectations is to recognize that the United States doesn’t have to do everything. It doesn’t have to solve all the problems. It just needs to be a constructive global player,” said Ian Goldin, director of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University. Goldin, a former World Bank vice president, said the next leader’s greatest challenge would be to rise above national self-interest. To see the global forest despite the domestic trees, and to understand that what is good for the world will, ultimately, be very good for the U.S. “It comes down to a question of accepting there will be global rules and to abide by them. The problem with a superpower is that when the world shows you the red card, do you accept the red card or do you play the global bully?” said Goldin. “That’s why there is so much optimism today. There is a view that the United States now will not only participate very actively in establishing the rules of the game. But also they will be responsible players.” superpower, Filed under Barack Obama, expectations, George Bush, memorandum, Mitch Potter, superpower, The Toronto Star, wars, world economy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34795
__label__cc	0.630871	0.369129	[SPOILER ALERT] Season 5 Orange Is The New Black Trailer? Finally! Kayla Rigler Photo credit to http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Orange-Black-Season-4-What-We-Know-So-Far-87717.html We all know the show, even if we don’t want to admit that we watch it. It is a guilty pleasure show. Orange is the New Black definitely took over our brains when it came out in 2013. This Netflix Original was unscripted, unedited (not literally–figuratively), and full of adult humor. This may be a far depiction of what goes on in prison, but to the outside world we see relationships being made, relationships being broken, fun, laughs, sadness, and reality when it comes to humankind. So what can OITNB possibly bring to us that they haven’t already brought us? NOTE: [SPOILERS]–If you haven’t seen season four yet, stop reading… You don’t want to miss the action that happened there and season five will surely pick up where season four left off. Alex and Piper’s past come to haunt them when an undercover ‘agent’ that worked for Kubra comes in as a C.O. to keep eyes on them. Once they figure it out, their lives become so much more complicated when they end up having to choose between their lives and the undercover C.O. The body of Kubra’s associate that Piper and Alex buried to save their own hide, was found, dug up, and that’s when the guards realized that was the missing C.O. The other guards had now come to the realization that they’ve got a murder/murderer on their hands. Caputo instructed that there would be investigations going on that involved the FBI. That wasn’t good enough for Piscatella. There were investigations about the murder that happened at Litchfield against Caputo’s wishes conducted by Piscatella and his cronies. During these investigations, the inmates were forced by C.O. Humphrey to fight. He knew exactly what to say to instigate them to begin fighting all on their own. Yet another way of him fighting dirty. Photo credit to http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/orange-is-new-blacks-dascha-907729 It started with a protest to get better food in the cafeteria instead of the slop they were getting. Poussey was killed by C.O. Bayley while trying to defend Suzanne after having an emotional breakdown after they were forced to clear the cafeteria where they were protesting. She wasn’t shot, she was literally suffocated to death by the officer kneeling on her back trying to subdue her. Talk about a shocking moment where we all cried. Between the forced fighting and Poussey’s death, the inmates plotted together to be a team to become something so much more to take down the dirty C.O.’s. This takes us to the season finale. In the season finale we see the inmates taking revenge. The end scene, we see Daya holding the gun against C.O. Humphrey. That is where producer Matthew Weiner leaves us hanging. It’s rather awful if you ask me. I’ve been waiting a whole year to see what happens. Maybe one day I will learn to curb my Netflix binging. In the official trailer for season 5, we see Daya holding the gun to C.O. Humphrey, while he is on his knees surrounded by inmates. All the inmates want are justice and the ability to feel human. Is that so much to ask? What are the plots that these ladies come up with? Will they succeed in what they want? I know I can’t wait to find out what happens with this gang of angry women against the people that made their lives terrible. There are going to be tons of surprising moments, sad moments, angry moments, and happy moments. June 9 can’t come soon enough, can it? Stick with Netflix Update for all the juicy tidbits for all your favorite shows! 10 Best Drama Movies You Didn’t Know Were On Netflix 10 Best Anime Series On Netflix For All Ages: Libraries Of Anime Series Love The Walking Dead? Check Out The 10 Best Zombie Movies On Netflix ‘Stranger Things’ Bingers Just Got the Best News Ever… Jen Froderman - December 4, 2017 Netflix Kids Shows Available Right Now! Stephanie Church - January 19, 2017 It’s All a Lie: The Office and Netflix Aren’t What it Seems Kayla Rigler - July 3, 2017 Coming Soon To Netflix March 2017 Stephanie Church - February 27, 2017 7 Best Christmas Movies To Put You In The Holiday Spirit On Netflix Dean Tellwright - November 20, 2018	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34798
__label__wiki	0.929151	0.929151	Senran Kagura Producer: ‘We’ve Stopped Putting in Sexual Content with No Narrative Reason’ in Anime, News Senran Kagura series producer Kenichirō Takaki was featured in an interview with pop culture website Akiba-Souken on Saturday. He shared his thoughts on the sexual depictions in the currently airing Senran Kagura Shinovi Master TV anime series, which he has been writing scripts for. Takaki said that across all the Senran Kagura media, the teams have “stopped putting in sexual content with no narrative reason.” Whenever something sexual happens in Senran Kagura , there needs to be a narrative explanation for it. Characters should no longer just strip or look up each other’s skirts “for some vague reason.” Takaki further stated that he wants the stories to properly convey character growth and have serious elements that co-exist with humorous elements. The anime has a heavy focus on action for this reason. However, he also admitted that sometimes the logic behind the fanservice scenes can’t be fully explained and viewers should take it in stride. Takaki also mentioned that, because of increasing international scrutiny due to the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, it has been getting harder to push the envelope with sexual content in both the games and anime. Games website Siliconera translated a small excerpt of the interview as follows: “Lately, regulations regarding sexual depictions have become more strict around the world, and for this reason, we need to make sure there isn’t any misunderstandings in what we make. There are some parts that are difficult to work with, likely more so than we’ve ever experienced.” Takaki does not appear to think that sexual content is doomed, however. “There are people that want to see [sexual content], and there are people like us who want to make such games, so I’d like to think of a way for us to slip our way through.” Crunchyroll is streaming both the censored and uncensored versions of Senran Kagura Shinovi Master . (The uncensored version is not available for free members.) The English release of the Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal game was recently delayed to remove the “intimacy mode” from the PS4 version. The Steam version will still include the mode. Sources: Akiba-Souken, Siliconera Tags: anime Senran KaguraSenran KaguraSenran Kagura season 2Senran Kagura ss2 Devils’ Line Gets Side Story Manga After Finale The second 2019 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Morning two magazine published the final chapter of Ryo Hanada's Devils' Line manga on Sunday and announced details on a new... En En no Shouboutai Anime’s 1st PV Previews Gakuto Kajiwara as Shinra Kusakabe The official website for the television anime of Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shouboutai) manga began streaming the first teaser video for the... Eiga Precure Miracle Universe Anime Movie Reveals Poster Visual Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai TV Anime Reveals 1st PV Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale Anime Movie’s Trailer Streamed Manga Time Kirara Carat Magazine to Have ‘Important Announcements’ in Next 3 Issues Mirai Anime Film Receives Golden Globes Nomination © 2018 NeetOtaku	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34807
__label__wiki	0.605243	0.605243	Home›Reviews›Keyboard Reviews›Casio Privia Pro PX-5S Casio Privia Pro PX-5S Keyboard Reviews, Keyboards, Synths & Workstations Reviews, Reviews, Workstations, Pianos & Organs Reviews The past couple of years have seen Casio making a significant re-entry into the hearts and minds of the professional keyboard player. We’d have to say they’ve been reasonably successful, with some popular synthesizers paving the way for their next big play: the Privia Pro PX-5S, a digital keyboard that is one part stage piano, one part synth, one part controller, one part… so many different things! Category Value Rating Features 20% Usability 25% Sound 25% Documentation & Support 10% Price 20% OVERALL RATING = 3.4 Stars 3.6 stars or better: Outstanding, WIHO Award 3 stars or better: Worth considering 2 stars or better: Suited to specific needs 1 star or less: Not recommended While Casio digital pianos have always been popular with the solo guys in tuxedos, the typical musician in rock/pop has regarded the brand with some sense of disdain (like us, they probably pine for the days of the CZ-5000, if they’re old enough to remember the ‘80s), but we have to say: everyone who has played the PX-5S in our studio has come away notably impressed, and with a newfound appreciation for where Casio is going. If you needed nothing more than a stage piano or piano controller for your studio, $1,000 gets you a decent sounding, great feeling, 88-key, fully weighted, digital piano that is so ridiculously light weight (under 25 pounds) that you could put it in a long gig bag and take it with you on a NYC subway. Wow. And, it has great electric and electro-mechanical piano sounds, too! Despite its sleek exterior, the PX-5S is far more than just a piano—it’s really more of a sample-based ROMpler and synthesizer, or perhaps you can think of it as a keyboard workstation minus the sequencer, and it would serve well in many different scenarios. Our biggest challenge with the Privia PX-5S is that it has so much to offer, but it hides that goodness behind a user interface that is decades behind the competition, and this makes it rather frustrating to work with. For the right keyboard player in the right circumstance, you won’t go wrong with the keyboard. There are great sounds, and a particularly expressive sounding synthesizer. For players like us, the PX-5S is a great teaser for what is yet to come from Casio, and that excites us. Either way, it’s one big step in the right direction for Casio, and to that, we say, “Welcome back!” At a glance, the Casio Privia Pro PX-5S is a sharp looking stage piano dressed in black and white, with a cool blue accent line. But looks are deceiving, and it would be a mistake to simply call this a digital piano, when in fact it’s far more than that. Of course, the star attraction here is the 88-note,Tri-Sensor Scaled Hammer Action II Keyboard, which is Casio’s fancy name for their very nice, fully weighted piano keyboard. The hard plastic keys have a faux wood grain texture to them… and this texture is intended to reduce finger slide and provide a solid contact. Sadly, aftertouch is a missing feature, and while most $1,000 keyboards lack it, the PX-5S has so many great qualities that it feels like a raw omission. The Privia Pro PX-5S is a four-zone master controller, and sounds/patches (called Stage Settings) can easily be assigned to each of the four zones, with user-assignable split and layer points. With 256-note polyphonic, you can really take advantage of the zones, stacking sounds galore. Or, you can just as simply assign any of the zones to external controllers for working with outboard keyboard gear. With ease of use in a live setting intended, stage settings are arranged in banks so that a single button press switches instantly between sounds, though it takes a few buttons to change from one bank to the next. The Privia Pro PX-5S is both a samples-based keyboard as well as a synthesizer. In the natural instrument realm, it features acoustic pianos, electric pianos, electro-mechanical pianos, organs, strings, brass, guitar/bass, and percussion sounds (300 multi-sampled waveforms). It holds twenty drum kits that draw upon 290 sampled drum and percussion sounds. The keyboard is split into four zones that can be split or layered, both with internal sounds or with external sounds. Featuring four knobs, six sliders, pitch bend and mod wheels, and two pedal inputs, the PX-5S makes a capable controller. As a very nice touch, the PX-5S includes a simple latching pedal in the box. You’ll probably want to get one with more of a piano feel, but having the right pedal the day you unbox the keyboard is a welcome thing. Outside of its traditional sample-based sounds, the Privia Pro PX-5S is a very capable digital synthesizer, where two of the four zones on any given performance can utilize a Hex layer instead of a sample-based tone. Here’s Casio’s explanation of this part of the sound engine: “A Hex Layer is a single complex tone that can be made up of six sample layers. These can be stacked (layered), split or velocity switched. Each of those six layers gets its own filter (LP, HP, BP) and filter envelope, its own AMP envelope and pitch envelope (all 7 stage envelopes). You can even have layers that are triggered on key-release. A Hex Layer tone gets its own insert effect but you can choose if a layer uses that insert or the amount that goes to the system effects (chorus, delay, reverb).” Although there are four layers of sounds that you can easily split or layer, only two of them can utilize the Hex layers in a single performance. But when you consider that each of those is, effectively, six independent synthesizers, the potential for building complex sounds is obvious. There is up to 256-note polyphony, and obviously, you can create sounds that take advantage of all the voices you want to throw at them especially once you start making use of your sustain pedal. The arpeggiator is 16-step programmable, and you can have four independent arpeggiators working on one performance (assuming you’ve used all four zones for the sound). There are 100 patterns, and you can modify/overwrite any of them. And if that’s not enough for you, there is an onboard “phrase sampler” that lets you record short sequences that play back as tempo-synced loops. 100 samples are provided; there’s memory for 900 additional. The obvious use for these is drum beats, but you can use it for any type of music you want to loop. All of your standard effects are included: modulation, delay and reverb, compression, etc. and there are even wah and auto-wah effects for use on those vintage sounds. A USB port on the rear provides standard computer connectivity, while a USB memory stick slot on the face of the keyboard is used to let you make audio recordings of your performances, kind of like a memo recorder. Rather unique for electronic keyboards, the PX-5S sports a pair of stereo headphone jacks on the rear, too! We already alluded to the light weight of the PX-5S—all of the mass resides in the keyboard itself! The keys have a somewhat heavy feel overall compared with many controllers on the market, which makes it a little more challenging for playing ripping synth leads if using it as a controller, but for playing traditional piano, it feels very nice, and appreciably better than other controllers near its price point. The textured keys never felt slick, and players who often find themselves sliding over their keys will appreciate how the textured keys deliver a firm contact even hours into a wicked set. We just wish the PX-5S featured aftertouch, because the Privia Pro PX-5S is so much more than just another stage piano. Aside from the top quality keyboard, the case itself feels like a very thin plastic, and the soft plastic buttons and knobs, and logic-board mounted rear connectors, did little to instill confidence about long-term reliability. For easy gigging, though, never before has it been so easy to bring along an 88-key, fully weighted keyboard. So, one caveat is balanced against a big feature. As you’ll discover, this keyboard is all about tradeoffs like this. The keyboard has a removable top plate in which you can install batteries for truly portable use, but without onboard speakers, we’re not sure just how useful this feature will be to anyone. Considering the PX-5S has such a great feeling keyboard, we would have preferred filling the battery space with an internal power supply so that a standard IEC power cable could be used instead of a wall wart. The keyboard is so light weight that we wouldn’t even mind a few pounds being added to the package. The user interface is a bit rudimentary, and at first glance, was a bit confusing. It seemed like pressing the Tone buttons (Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, etc.) would provide a shortcut to sounds in those categories, which is pretty typical of instruments with hundreds or more of onboard presets, but those are for editing the individual layers within each of your sounds. Also confusing was how some features require holding a button down for an extended period of time to activate their alternate features, but exiting out of those features requires hitting an Exit button, located elsewhere in the controls. It took minutes just to figure out how to get out of something as simple as the Tap Tempo settings. We also found it disorienting that the display’s navigational controls (left, up, down, right) are laid out sequentially from left to right instead of being arranged in a compass-like cluster as found on many other instruments. Stage settings are arranged in ten banks of ten sounds, and switching from one bank to the next involves first hitting the Bank button, then the next numbered key you hit selects the bank, and then you press one of the numbered keys again to select a performance and immerse yourself in that particular bank of sounds. Direct access to performances and/or an alpha dial would have proved handy. The four sliders and four knobs are fully assignable to various internal and external controls. Unfortunately, there’s no visual indication of their assignments until you touch them, in which case their function appears on the display. We found some inconsistencies in their programming, however. For many of the traditional instrument sounds, the knobs were assigned to EQ controls for lows, mids, and highs, but not always, so just when we got used to grabbing quick adjustments of our sound, we’d pull up another similar sound only to find that our quick low-end frequency boost resulted in a filter adjustment. Likewise, with organ sounds, sometimes the sliders mapped to drawbar-type controls over the organ sounds, but not always. The Privia PX-5S has extensive MIDI capabilities, not just in terms of easily mapping its controllers to various MIDI settings, but also in terms of its use as a MIDI controller for additional MIDI devices/sound modules/etc. Through the Casio Data Editor running on our Apple laptop, it was extremely easy to assign program changes as well as bank select (MSB and LSB) assignments to each of the four parts of a performance, along with key ranges, to control some other sound modules residing in one of our racks. Speaking of the Casio Data Editor for PX-5S application (tested version 1.0.1), you’ll need this if you have any hopes of programming synth sounds in the Privia PX-5S. The Achilles heel of the keyboard is certainly the limited, three-line, monochromatic LCD display. Although al parameters are accessible, doing anything programming related for sound creation directly on the PX-5S involves using arrow keys to scroll up and down through a series of menu options and parameters and adjusting numerical values. This interface is just, so… 1980s. Fortunately, the Data Editor application provides a somewhat visual approach to building sounds, arranging the layers and splits, assigning MIDI parameters, and of course, adjusting synth sound parameters. But as with the dated physical interface on the keyboard, the software takes a page out of earlier decades, too. The interface requires scrolling in order to see all of the parameters you’re trying to work with at any one time, and it doesn’t utilize many of the modern user interface conventions found in typical virtual instruments and editors. The functionality is in there, and operation is reasonably simple, but it’s equal parts frustrating because it’s so archaic. And that’s part of our challenge with the Privia Pro PX-5S. It has many features that you’d want in a sample based virtual instrument and synthesizer, but the implementation is so retro that it’s not a keyboard we enjoy operationally. This is where things get really exciting. If all you wanted was a good acoustic piano with a great feeling keyboard, the Privia Pro PX-5S’s $1,000 price tag undercuts its main competition by at least half. The fact that it has so many other sounds and abilities makes the value proposition even more ridiculous, and we mean that in the most complimentary way. Focusing on the bread and butter, “obvious” sounds, Casio did a great job here. The concert grand piano sounds authentic, and we couldn’t detect any obvious signs of looping samples or other sonic detriments. Our only problem with it was that we felt the low end was a bit too thin for our tastes—just not quite as grand as grand should be. For playing in a band context, this isn’t a problem, and may result in a better overall mix, but for the unaccompanied pianist, it’s not as rich as some of Casio’s other digital pianos, or some of the pricier competitors (and if you’re just using this as a low-cost way to control something virtual, like Ivory or PianoTeq, don’t sweat it at all). There are actually a variety of different piano sounds in the PX-5S, not just a concert grand. Though it’s possibly the most detailed sounding of the bunch, there are nice sounding pianos in a variety of styles and timbres, too, ranging from rock to jazz to studio and so on. While we thought the grand piano was good, we found the various electric pianos and electro-mechanical recreations to be even better. If you’re playing classic rock/pop and need vintage ‘60s and ‘70s tones, the PX-5S delivers them with all the right presence and none of the noise. And if you’re into ‘80s electric piano, some of you might get a bit of a DX-7 vibe here, but we came away thinking more of the classic Casio CZ-series FM synths. Organ sounds were extremely usable in the rock and pop context, too, and the overdrive effect was quite useful both here as well as on some of the vintage piano sounds. Although string sounds were usable, they didn’t really grab us, as we’re used to larger, multi-sampled orchestral fare, but the brass sounds—trumpets in particular—were great. The real surprise, though, was how great the Hex-layer synth sounds were! Borrowing from the current generation of Casio synthesizers, here, we found great synth pads with rhythmic pulses and syncopations, with dreamy names like “Rainy Dayz” and “Wonderland.” These sounds were unique, musical, and inspirational, leading to extended bouts of improvisational jam sessions. In fact, they were so inspiring that we’re now more intrigued than ever to explore Casio’s newest synthesizers. The sequencer is a blast to use, and is filled with so many musical patterns that one basic synth sound became the basis of numerous musical creations as we worked through the various patterns. The drum sounds and loops/beats sounded generally excellent for pop and dance/electronic work, though the interface left us just playing around with presets that featured drum loops as opposed to actively creating new drum patterns, despite there being plenty of onboard storage for drum beats of our own design. The PX-5S isn’t really trying to be a music workstation, though, so we regarded these sounds simply as nice extras. On board effects were as good as everything else inside, from reverbs to delays to modulation. Adjustable parameters were often kept to a minimum, and in the context of this instrument, that’s fine with us. It was very easy to make changes, like take a piano and then slap a variety of different effects on it. As if there’s not enough of a variety of great sounds already on board, Casio directed us to a thriving online community at casiomusicforums.com where you’ll find over 500 additional, downloadable sounds. Documentation and Product Support There are three manuals for the Privia Pro PX-5S: a basics user’s guide, a user’s tutorial guide, and a PDF dedicated to everything related to the MIDI Implementation. They are quite thorough, and written more clearly than many of the typical manuals written by foreign engineers. The Casio Privia Pro PX-5S (MSRP $1,299) sells for approximately $1,000. This is a great price for a stage piano with such a good feeling, 88-note keyboard. If all you needed were piano and a handful of related electric piano type sounds, our usability gripes shouldn’t even be a concern, as all of the other capabilities might be seen as “bonus” material. As a first general purpose electronic keyboard, the Privia Pro PX-5S will certainly open up a wide range of musical options, and for players who need a good piano controller in the studio, you get a great interface for playing your computer-based instruments, plus the added bonus of a ton of great sounds. www.casiomusicgear.com Tagscasiopriviapx-5sstage piano Yamaha Montage OS 3.0 Drum Workshop Acquires Slingerland from Gibson Scott Kahn Scott Kahn, Editor in Chief, was the co-founder and associate editor of Korg Connection, the first official user group publication for users of Korg musical instruments. During a decade of work in Silicon Valley, CA, Scott wrote professionally for computer industry publications including PC Week Magazine and NewMedia Magazine. Outside of work, Scott is an accomplished musician and producer with many independent CD credits writing, playing, and producing. Scott launched MusicPlayers.com in 1998 as a simple website hosting musicians' classifieds for the first few years, but he knew that when the time was right, he would turn his attention to building MusicPlayers.com into the kind of destination site that he wanted to visit as a serious musician himself. In March 2006, MusicPlayers.com was officially re-launched as an online magazine focused on the needs of serious musicians, and in December 2017, the site underwent a next-generation overhaul to position it better for continued growth. Scott is also author of the popular Hal-Leonard book, Modern Guitar Rigs: The Tone Fanatic's Guide to Integrating Amps & Effects, now in its second edition. 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__label__cc	0.613455	0.386545	Amend 33, News Victory to Amend the TN Constitution April 23, 2019 Jeannie Alexanderabolition, Constitutional Ammendment, Legislature, No Exceptions Prison Collective, Tennessee Leave a comment On April 22, 2019, after years of work, SJR159 passed, which is the first step in making the abolition of slavery universal in Tennessee, with no exceptions. A friend in prison convinced me years ago that mass incarceration will never end until we can no longer apply slavery and involuntary servitude to those who are convicted of a crime. Four and a half years ago when I pledged that No Exceptions would lead the struggle for universal abolition, I was told by numerous individuals that it would never happen in Tennessee. It’s happening. Thank you to all of you who believed. Stay tuned though, we aren’t close to finished, this is the first step in a multi-year process in Tennessee, and once it is on the ballot we will need folks fighting for this constitutional amendment across the state. Additionally, we are taking this fight to the federal level. The 13th Amendment doesn’t actually abolish slavery as most of you know by now. In collaboration with other groups at the national level, we’re going to change that reality. A huge thank you to our partner in this struggle Rep. Joe Towns, who never quits; and also a big thank you to Sen. Akbari for working this through the Senate. New Book from No Exceptions Co-Founder December 21, 2015 No Exceptions Prison CollectiveDesmond Tutu, forgiveness, mass incarceration, Michael McRay, No Exceptions Prison Collective, prison, prisoners, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, TDOC, Tennessee, The New Jim Crow Leave a comment Cascade Books has just released No Exceptions co-founder Michael T. McRay’s new book Where the River Bends: Considering Forgiveness in the Lives of Prisoners, with a foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Myriad works discuss forgiveness, but few address it in the prison context. For most people, prisoners exist “out of sight and out of mind.” Their stories are often reduced to a few short lines in news articles at the time of arrest or conviction. But what happened before in the lives of the convicted? What has happened after? How have people in prison dealt with the harm they have caused and the harm they have suffered? What does forgiveness mean to them? What can we outsiders learn about the nature of forgiveness and prison from individuals who have both dealt and endured some of life’s most painful experiences? Expanding on his MPhil dissertation Echoes from Exile (with Distinction) from Trinity College Dublin, Michael McRay’s new book brings the perspectives and stories of fourteen Tennessee prisoners into public awareness. Weaving these narratives into a survey of forgiveness literature, McRay offers a map of the forgiveness topography. At once storytelling, academic, activism, and cartography, McRay’s book is as necessary as it is accessible. There is a whole demographic we have essentially ignored when it comes to conversations on forgiveness. What would we learn if we listened? Here’s what some folks had to say about it: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, from the foreword “[T]his book is important … We cannot encounter these pages and remain unaffected. But what will happen to us if we listen to those we tend to ignore? This book is one way to find out. I encourage us all to listen.” Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling The New Jim Crow “At a time when our nation leads the world in incarceration rates, and activists as well as politicians across the political spectrum are questioning for the first time whether the ‘get tough’ movement and the politics of punitiveness have taken our nation down the wrong path, we would be wise to pause and consider whether forgiveness might hold transformative power and potential. We can theorize about what forgiveness really means, or we can talk and listen to those we have viewed as unforgivable. Where the River Bends does both, and thus offers depth of insight and perspective that is rare yet essential if we are going to move to higher ground.” Shane Claiborne, activist, abolitionist, and author of Executing Graceand the best-selling Irresistible Revolution “In this book, Michael McRay shares the stories that should make the headlines, but usually don’t. These are the stories of grace, mercy, and forgiveness—both the rewards and challenges. They are the stories of offenders who made victims and were also victims themselves. These stories are about folks who desire forgiveness but not forgetfulness, whose memories demonstrate the power and pain of mercy. On these pages, Michael McRay proves that our wounds have the power to hold us hostage to the past or to compel us to build a future where grace gets the last word. Here is a book pregnant with the hope that comes through the power of forgiveness. Don’t just read this book–let it move you to become an agent of mercy in a merciless world.” Everett L. Worthington, Jr., author of Moving Forward: Six Steps to Forgiving Yourself and Breaking Free from the Past “Michael McRay has written an extraordinary book. It tells the grand narrative of how justice, forgiveness from God, seeking and receiving forgiveness from others, and struggling with forgiving the self come together like a turbulent river. The origin of this particular river is in McRay’s understanding of forgiveness, and McRay draws most heavily upon the superb theology and psychology of theologian Miroslav Volf, and peacemakers John Paul Lederach and Desmond Tutu. Then, fourteen prisoners’ personal stories form ‘tributaries’ that arise from the turbulent river. Those stories recount crimes, address justice, and describe self-recrimination. It is forgiveness that often bends the flow of narrative into the grand narrative that forgiveness of self and others changes lives. This book could actually change your life.” Donald B. Kraybill, co-author Amish Grace “This book stands tall among the tomes on forgiveness. McRay takes us deep into the souls of prisoners, who explain the hard grubby work of releasing rage. Their stories make it clear: the recipe for forgiveness is not simple or easy. Yet the gritty work of letting go, opens the door to freedom even behind bars. Caution: reading these heart-wrenching stories may change your life.” The book can be purchased on Amazon for paperback or Kindle, as well as at Wipfandstock.com. Type in “Noel” at purchase to get 40% off. Reflections, Resistance Why I No Longer Volunteer in Prison April 12, 2015 No Exceptions Prison Collectiveexile, Michael McRay, No Exceptions Prison Collective, prison, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, TDOC, Tennessee, Tier Management 4 Comments It is not what you think. I was not harassed by prisoners. I did not burn out from over four years of regular volunteering. Actually, I was banned by the warden. In 2009, I began volunteering inside Nashville’s Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. Over the next four years, I spent most Saturday evenings at Riverbend with several insiders and outsiders, participating in a contemplative prayer/conversation group. This was my church. After returning to Nashville in May 2013 from graduate study in Belfast, I began volunteering as a chaplain and built meaningful relationships with men all over the compound. But everything changed in March 2014. Word spread around the compound that a new “security” system called “Tier Management” (TM) was coming to Unit 6. With two tiers of cells in each pod, TM promised to unlock only one tier of cells at a time, theoretically segregating the unit’s population. This system was expressly intended to affect inmates in “medium- or higher-custody units,” and though Unit 6 is designated as a medium-security unit, it housed staff-support inmates who were primarily minimum-security. This unit has had few, if any, major security incidents in the 26 years since the prison opened. One could argue it is the model unit in all TDOC (Department of Correction) facilities. Men work hard for years keeping their records clean to gain transfer to Unit 6. Genuine cultivation of good character among many prisoners, as well as various incentives (such as extended available recreation time), made Unit 6 one of the most non-violent units in Tennessee, a reality especially attractive when facing a life sentence, with or without parole (which in Tennessee is practically the same thing). Thus, instituting this “security” system seemed unnecessary at best and malicious at worst. During my chaplaincy rounds, I heard anxiety from many men. Aware of the effects of TM on the maximum-security side, the men feared significant disruption to their lives, including the loss of various programs, Bible studies, and reduced rec time. These men lived as “general population,” able to move about various parts of the compound relatively unhindered. Generally, their clean records demonstrated their gratitude for these liberties. TM threatened all that, and no one knew why it was coming. The administration, upon hearing the disquietude, offered no clarification. So, I organized free-world volunteers to write/call the TDOC administration and express concerns regarding implementing TM on Unit 6. I suspect calls and emails inundated them because I soon received a phone call from a high-ranking TDOC individual, expressing deep disapproval of my actions. Shortly after, the warden summoned me. At the end of the hour-long interrogation, he told me the administration would be “evaluating whether you are a benefit to the institution,” and I would know my volunteer status “within 24 hours.” One month later, I finally received a letter, terminating my services. I emailed the warden to ask if I could return once more to say goodbye to my close friends, with whom I had visited for over four years. His response: “There is no other need for you to enter the facility.” Just like that, my committed presence at Riverbend ended. Soon after I had received the call from TDOC in mid-March, I also received an email from TDOC Commissioner Schofield stating, among other things, that as volunteers, we are expected “not to discuss problems concerning the institution … with an inmate” and “not to challenge the policies of the institution or department.” This seemed directly contrary to previous invitations from TDOC for volunteers to offer feedback to the administration. “You are our eyes and ears,” I heard TDOC officials say in more than one forum. “We value your feedback.” But when a collective outcry arose, punishment was swift. As a Tennessee resident, this deeply concerns me. Why does our prison administration require silence from its volunteers regarding the implementation of policy and “on-the-ground” dynamics in the prison? Why does it wish to mute the concerns of those who spend significant time working with and relating to prisoners? One of my friends on the inside was shipped from Riverbend some months back after residing there for years. He and I had been writing letters about a new book I’m working on. Upon his transfer, the administration told him that writing me indicated he was working as an “informant.” In a government-run prison, funded by our one billion tax dollars, why is TDOC dismissing challenging voices and accusing prisoners of being “informants”? What is happening inside Tennessee prisons that would make TDOC so afraid of transparency? What would happen if we all demanded an answer?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34818
__label__wiki	0.592991	0.592991	N365 Group nominated at International Content Marketing Awards By Anders Löf 2019-10-08 No Comments N365 Group are delighted to have been nominated in the category of ‘Best Specialist’ at the International Content Marketing Awards, with the campaign ‘Your Career Track’ for client Network Rail. The prestigious annual award celebrates the best and most effective content marketing campaigns from around the world, and is a highly coveted prize within the industry amongst both content agencies and their clients. N365 Group created ‘Your Career Track’, a data-informed and content-led campaign with the aim of recruiting more female school leavers for Network Rail’s engineering apprenticeships – typically a hugely male-dominated area of the job market. “We’re absolutely delighted to have been nominated for this award, and it’s great that our team gets the appreciation they deserve. Our clients already know we’re hard to beat when it comes to data driven native advertising, but I’m really happy that we now can show our campaign with Network Rail externally to share the kind of effect it can give”, said Björn Forsgren, N365 UK Country Manager. This is the second recruitment marketing campaign N365 Group have been shortlisted for in the past year, having won ‘Best Use of Facebook’ at the Native Advertising Awards in 2018 for a campaign with Swedish healthcare job-matching service USKA. This nomination also signals a very strong year for the Mediaplanet Group, with both Mediaplanet and Appelberg also nominated for awards in different categories. This year’s awards evening will be held on Tuesday 26th November at a gala dinner at Troxy, London. Here is the full list of nominations for this year’s awards. Here is a link to the ‘Your Career Track’ campaign. Love0 Share Tweet Share Newsner to launch “Super Duper Billion Package” after getting 5.2 billion video views last year Anders Löf N365 Group takes home gold at the Native Advertising Awards N365 Group nominated for award at Agency of the Year 2019 © 2019 N365 Group This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Read More Accept Settings	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34826
__label__wiki	0.707952	0.707952	Home Throwback Music Throwback: Alex Zitto – Walakolombo (Audio+Video) Throwback: Alex Zitto – Walakolombo (Audio+Video) Samtech Alex Zitto is a household name in Nigerian music. One can even say he attained legendary status in the Nigerian music industry. The half Nigerian, half Ghanian singer first professional shot at music was in the early 80s when he was enlisted by another Nigerian music legend Evangelist Ebenezer Obey to become the bassist (bass guitar) for his famous Miliki Band. In 1988, Alex Zitto won the Lekki Song Contest with his debut hit song “Tickle Me” which launched him unto bigger things. He got signed to the PolyGram International recording label and recorded his debut album with same name “Tickle Me“. The album was a huge success and the following year, he released his sophomore album “Walakolombo” which made him a household name in Nigeria. At that point, he was one of the most listened-to and sought-after Nigerian musicians. The massive hit single “Walakolombo” with his reggae laden vibes infused with RnB & a bit of calypso is still a crowd favourite till date. Go on! Press play after reading this. I loved the video to bits back then with the hot chicks playing guitars like they were playing guitar hero 5 on wii. In the middle of this success, Alex Zitto decided to up and leave Nigeria because of the political impasse that followed the annulled June 12 election which nearly crippled the economy of the country including the music industry. He finally settled in USA where he still resides. Known to play different instruments like drums, bass guitar, guitar & keyboards, Alex Zitto is the founder and President of TIYGGI (Talent is Your God Given Industry) Inc., a state-of-the-art recording studio which is situated in Minnesota. The studio’s primary goal is to groom young talents into world-class performers and also nuture artists to reach their full potential beyond their limitations. Also read: DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM: 2PAC – THUG LIFE (ALBUM) ZIP DOWNLOAD You can also listen to samples of new songs by Alex Zitto on his website. He hasn’t lost his touch. Download Alex Zito – Baby Walakolombo old school music Previous articleThrowback: Remedies – Shakomo (Audio+Video) Next articleThrowback: Kris Okotie – I Need Someone http://naijamobile.com.ng Samtech is the Founder of NaijamobileNg.com, he's a Fanatical Web Designer & Developer. He believes that the internet is a magical place where wonderful things can happen. Throwback: C.A.C Good Women – Odun Nlo Sopin Throwback: Harry Mosco – Sugar Cane Baby Throwback: Oritz Wiliki – Heart Of Stone Throwback: Mike Okri – Time Na Money	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34827
__label__wiki	0.762006	0.762006	Update: Panic as vandalised pipeline explodes in Lagos Home Business News Ethiopian Airlines crash: Insurance claims hit $60m as Air Peace awaits probe Ethiopian Airlines crash: Insurance claims hit $60m as Air Peace awaits probe Fakoyejo Olalekan Insurance claims emanating from the crashed Boeing 737 Max jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines, has been estimated at between $50 million to $60 million. The crash killed all 157 passengers on board, including two Nigerians. According to Reuters, global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Willis Towers Watson, is the lead insurer for Ethiopian Airline. The leading insurance provider — Chubb will serve as the lead underwriter. Initial compensations for the families of the 157 victims are expected to be within the range of $25 million. However, the amount is expected to increase as litigation mount against both Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing. Note that while the initial insurance payments is expected to come from Ethiopian Airlines’ insurers, they could try to recoup their money from Boeing’s insurers. But this is dependent on their ability to prove that the aircraft was faulty. In the meantime, the insured value of the downed plane alone is pegged at $50 million, industry sources said. A catastrophic crash: As Nairametrics reported, the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed early Sunday morning on its way to Kenya, from Ethiopia. Everybody onboard the flight died. Prior to the crash, the pilot was said to have reported some technical difficulties minutes after takeoff, for which he was cleared to return to the airport. Unfortunately, the plane never made it back to the Bole International Airport. Nigerian died on that flight: Nigerians involved in the crash were popular Nigerian-born Canadian professor and writer, Pius Adesanmi, and Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, a former Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan. In the meantime, Air Peace is not cancelling its Boeing 737-MAX 800 order Despite ban by various countries on the Boeing 737-MAX 800 jets, Nigeria’s airline operator, Air Peace has stated that it has no intention to cancel the order the it made earlier last year. Air Peace and the American aircraft manufacturer, had on September 13, 2018 signed agreement for the delivery of 10 brand new B737 MAX 800 aircraft. And following safety concerns originating from the recent crash, a spokesman for the company, Mr Chris Iwarah, said it is rather premature to start considering cancelling the orders. “At this moment, it is premature to begin to talk about things and conclusions that have not been put in the public domain. “Investigations into the crashes involving B737Max 800 are ongoing. So, it will not be fair at this time to begin to make definite comments on those issues. “We are still in the domain of investigation. But, we want to assure the public that we are following the development very closely.” Ethiopian Arlines flight 302 crash Olalekan is a certified media practitioner from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ). In the era of media convergence, Olalekan is a valuable asset, with ability to curate and broadcast news. His zeal to write was developed out of passion to shape people’s thought and opinion; serving as a guideline for their daily lives. Contact for tips: fakoyejo.olalekan@nairametrics.com. Abiola Odutola - January 19, 2020 Pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation exploded in the area. The fire erupted after some vandals allegedly ruptured the pipeline in a bid to scoop fuel. #NNPC GTBank crashes ‘Quick credit’ to 1.33% monthly Nairametrics - January 19, 2020 Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria's largest bank by market capitalization, has crashed its interest rate for its payday loans from 1.75% to 1.33% per month. The bank reviewed its rate, which is published on its website, as it becomes one of the lowest in the lending space. #GTBANK Emmanuel Abara Benson - January 20, 2020 Nigerian entrepreneurs have been advised to consider viable businesses that will require little to zero capital to start.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34828
__label__wiki	0.76745	0.76745	SAKOR Technologies Selected to Build Test System for Dream Chaser Atmospheric Flight Control System Sakor Technologies, Inc. Dec 01, 2016 Test system acts as spacecraft emulator to test overall system performance SAKOR Technologies, Inc., a recognized leader in the implementation of instrumentation products for dynamometer testing, announces that it has supplied a test system to Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) to be used to test the atmospheric flight control system for the Dream Chaser® spacecraft. Dream Chaser is a lifting-body, reusable, crewed or uncrewed horizontal-landing vehicle. It is owned and operated by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and is designed as a space utility vehicle for low-Earth orbit. SwRI, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organizations in the United States. Contracted by SNC to design and build the atmospheric flight control system, SwRI selected SAKOR to build a sophisticated system to exercise Dream Chaser's new control system and simulate flight from atmospheric interface to landing. The system characterizes overall design performance as well as dynamic response to physical forces typically experienced in standard and extreme flight conditions. The Dream Chaser spacecraft features seven control surfaces and the SAKOR-designed test system features seven dynamometers, each simulating dynamic loads on a specific control surface. SAKOR's DynoLABT data acquisition and control system controls the entire test stand, acting as a space craft emulator. Sending test profiles to the atmospheric flight controller as well as simulating force feedback from each control surface, DynoLAB communicates directly with the atmospheric flight control system via MIL-STD-1553B bus, which is a built-in capability of the DynoLAB system. "We are extremely proud to have been selected for this project, which is so critical to our nation's next-generation space capabilities," said Randal Beattie, president of SAKOR. "We are confident that the system will push the design envelope to ensure the atmospheric control system can handle anything it may have thrown at it." About SAKOR Technologies, Inc. SAKOR Technologies, Inc. is a recognized leader in the manufacture and development of reliable and cost-effective automated test instrumentation systems for a wide range of applications. For over 28 years, the company has been providing quality products and superior customer service to a variety of markets including automotive, military, aerospace, marine, heavy equipment, electric motor, performance racing, consumer appliance and more. For more information, contact us at 517-332-7256, via e-mail at: info@SAKOR.com, or visit SAKOR's website at www.sakor.com. SAKOR TECHNOLOGIES 1900 Krouse Rd Owosso MI 48867 MGR Strategic Communications judi.handel@mgr1.com SGs Protocol Emulator implements mobile terminating SGsAP procedure. MAPS™ ED-137 Radio Emulator features multicast mode operation. UMTS IuCS and IuH Interface Emulator features RTP traffic simulation. DSP Emulator features standard USB 2.0 interface. New HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 EDID Emulators Support Learning and Emulation Modes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34831
__label__cc	0.656132	0.343868	Governor Rauner Ups the Heat on Democrats Paris Schutz \| October 7, 2015 3:48 pm Illinois is now more than four months into its fiscal year without a state budget, and today Gov. Bruce Rauner said enough is enough. He urged Democrats to get on board with a set of reforms that he is pushing in exchange for a tax increase that he says they want. But will his latest appeal move his opponents to sit down and talk? The governor is pressuring the legislature by using the bully pulpit, giving a speech, and doubling down on some of the more controversial elements of his so-called turnaround agenda that includes the call to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees as well as allow governments to competitively bid on construction projects to bring down costs. He made these remarks today before a south suburban convention and visitor’s bureau, saying a budget agreement would remain elusive without those collective bargaining agreement reforms and other reforms like term limits and an end to gerrymandered legislative districts. He repeated his contention that he's open to higher taxes, but issued this ultimatum to House Speaker Michael Madigan and Illinois Democrats. “Join us in passing structural reforms and a balanced budget or continue to block structural reforms, including term limits and fair maps,” Rauner said. “But if you block reforms, than use your supermajority to pass your own tax increase to pay for the spending level that you want. But please choose now. Time’s up.” The governor also called for legislators to pass pension reform that he says could save a billion dollars by using the Illinois Senate President John Cullerton blueprint offering employees and retirees a choice: have a lower pensionable salary or keep your cost of living raise. We don’t know if that’s constitutional, and other Republicans told “Chicago Tonight” that there is no bill filed to deal with this. I implore the Democrat leaders to take up the governor’s offer of sitting down and negotiating this budget. –Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin The union issues are precisely what the Democrats say they will not support that they will not compromise on. So why is the governor doubling down on it? The governor says that’s the only place the state’s going to be able to make structural reform and get significant savings—billions of dollars’ worth. Rauner says construction projects at the local government level are often more expensive in Illinois because of labor agreements that mandate higher wages than normal, and collective bargaining should be curbed, if not altogether eliminated for public employees. “Illinois is unusual in our position on these issues. Across America, 33 states limit all or a portion of collective bargaining in state or local governments. That is the norm. That is not a radical idea. Many of those 33 states are controlled by Democrats.” After his speech, Rauner immediately ducked out of a backdoor and drove away in his SUV convoy, evading any reporter’s follow up questions. He’s very infrequently granted questions from the Chicago media, but he did arrange for the top republicans in the house and the senate to answer questions instead. They agreed collective bargaining reforms were necessary for a budget deal, and they also say that a deal won’t necessarily come in Springfield. “We have to negotiate. We have to provide a framework to get this done. We can do that anywhere. We don’t need to be in Springfield to do that. We can do it here in Chicago, and I implore the Democrat leaders to take up the governor’s offer of sitting down and negotiating this budget,” Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin said. “The fact that Illinois has become so much an outlier in how we handle our public employees has caused our property taxes to be several times that of other states,” said Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno. “People know they can buy the same type of property in a different state and have property taxes that are only 20 percent of what they’re paying here. A lot of that comes back to the local control over bargaining and also the number of units of local government that we have.” The governor’s speech didn’t seem to have an effect on the state’s most powerful Democrat, House Speaker Michael Madigan, who almost immediately after the speech issued the following statement: “There is no question all of the disruption caused by the current impasse is due to the Governor’s decision to veto the spending plan approved by the legislature. I’ve stated all year that I will work with the governor cooperatively and professionally, but we will not devastate Illinois’ middle class and struggling families by furthering an agenda aimed at driving down their wages and their standard of living.” The governor’s also reduced spending on state subsidized child care for low-income parents—90 percent fewer parents can apply or qualify for this service. This was the subject of hearings downtown where people were pleading for the governor to restore that spending. Ninety percent of state spending is still happening because court orders have determined that they should happen without a budget. The state is not taking in nearly enough money to pay those bills, the deficit is growing larger, and the House and Senate are not scheduled to be back in Springfield for another two weeks. More 'Chicago Tonight' stories on the state budget Rauner Slashes Social Services For nearly half of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s term, Illinois has been without a budget. Rauner argues the budget impasse constitutes a state of emergency, which is his rationale for using an obscure rule-making procedure to cut spending and set up stricter eligibility requirements for social services. Amanda Vinicky joined us to discuss the governor’s plans. 'Rebel' Lawmakers on Political Impasse As summer turns to fall, time seems to be at a standstill in Springfield. With the House not scheduled to meet anytime soon, is now the time for state lawmakers to break ranks and come up with a plan B? And if so, what practical options do they have? We talk with a group of so-called rebel lawmakers. Gov. Rauner Unveils His Budget In February, the governor unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2016, which included proposed spending cuts as well as reforms. The day after Rauner’s budget was released, Carol Marin discussed his priorities and the likelihood of the Democratically controlled General Assembly supporting him with Diana Rickert, Madeleine Doubek and Ralph Martire. Revisit our conversation and listen to legislative leaders’ initial reactions to Rauner’s proposed budget. Lawmakers on 2016 Budget Negotiations In late March, the Illinois Legislature passed a stopgap budget fix to plug a $1.6 billion deficit and avoid running out of money before the end of Fiscal Year 2015. Carol Marin spoke with Sens. Kwame Raoul and Sue Rezin about the legislators’ work refining the proposed budget by Rauner. Springfield News with Amanda Vinicky In May, "Chicago Tonight" Springfield reporter Amanda Vinicky updated us on the budget proposal unveiled by House Speaker Michael Madigan that’s at least $3 billion short. Budget Battle Rages on in Springfield Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic lawmakers were unable to agree on a budget plan for the state by the deadline for the spring legislative session. Powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan said his chamber plans to be in “continuous session” this summer to address the state’s $6 billion budget shortfall. Gov. Rauner Vetoes Budget Bills Lawmakers and the governor are now back to square one on the state budget, just five days before a potential state government shutdown. Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed all but the education portion of the budget sent to him by the General Assembly, saying it was $4 billion out of whack. The governor's veto came on June 25, just days before the beginning of fiscal year 2016. Bruce Rauner budget crisis springfield Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel springfield politics illinois republicans Illinois House illinois democrats	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34832
__label__wiki	0.757618	0.757618	LISTEN: 11 Years Later, Rafael Palmeiro Stands Firm That He Never Used SteroidsEleven years after he wagged his finger in front of Congress, Rafael Palmeiro has not backed off his story that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. Legendary Met Mike Piazza To Address Steroid, PED Rumors In New BookThe 1993 National League Rookie of the Year will address the rumors of steroid use in his new book, "Long Shot," co-author Lonnie Wheeler told Newsday. Goose: If Bonds, Clemens Ever Get Elected, 'I Probably Will Never Go Back To HOF'"What kind of a society and what kind of world are we living in where we reward these guys for cheating? What kind of message does that send? And you know what? If any of these guys ever get in, I probably will never go back to the Hall of Fame." Hartnett: Hall Of Fame Voters Got It Wrong With Piazza, BiggioThere wasn't a positive drug test or smoking syringe implicating them. They weren't dragged in front of committees on Capitol Hill to explain themselves, and their names haven't been tarnished by clubhouse trainers. Voters Pitch A Shutout: No Players Elected To Baseball Hall Of FameSteroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa have been denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades. Guilty By Association, Mets Legend Mike Piazza Is Snubbed By Hall Of Fame VotersThe 1993 National League Rookie of the Year was a Met from 1998-2005. He won 10 Silver Slugger Awards and was the All-Star Game MVP in 1996. He also holds the record for most home runs by a catcher with 396. By The Numbers: Do Bonds, Clemens, Mac, Palmeiro and Sosa Belong In The Hall?In this installment of By The Numbers, I would like to briefly discuss five candidates. In alphabetical order they are Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa. Mets' Great Piazza Heads 2013 Hall Of Fame CandidatesFormer Mets' great Mike Piazza is among 24 first-time Hall of Fame candidates. Silverman: Gatekeepers Must Keep Bonds, Clemens, Sosa Out Of HallBaseball writers do the voting and they have become the gatekeepers. Baseball writers must judge the game diligently and expertly. Roger Clemens, Hall Of Famer? Debate Begins Anew After AcquittalStandards for conviction are clear in court, less so in baseball, where Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro have been bypassed for the Hall thus far despite distinguished careers. Kallas: Ryan Braun: Innocent Or "Just" Not GuiltyRyan Braun, in this writer’s opinion, he still has issues. And the facts to come out in the next few days or weeks or months will determine whether he can win that public battle. No Shoo-Ins For Baseball Hall Of Fame, But Larkin Has Best ShotLarkin received 51.6 percent of the votes when he appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2010, then got 62.1 percent last year. Hartnett: CC Sabathia Proves Once Again He’s ‘The Anti A-Rod’By agreeing to an extension without opting out, CC Sabathia again demonstrated why he'll be remembered as a beloved Yankee and not a mercenary -- like Alex Rodriguez. B&C Show Blog & Audio: Leave 'Em Out Or Put 'Em InThe baseball writers voted two players, Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar, into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday - but the story here is those that did not make the cut. On WFAN: Blyleven Talks HOF, Pete Rose, Steroid EraBert Blyleven joined WFAN's Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton on Thursday to celebrate his long-awaited selection into baseball's Hall of Fame.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34837
__label__wiki	0.758945	0.758945	Andy Schneider Andy Schneider, much better known as The Chicken Whisperer® has become the guy across the nation for anything chickens. Over the years he's helped a amount of people start their very own backyard flocks. He is not only the author of, The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens, but also Editor In Chief of, Chicken Whisperer Magazine, National Spokesperson for its USDA-APHIS Biosecurity for Birds Program, and Host of the very famous, Backyard Poultry together with the Chicken Whisperer net radio show and podcast. He's been featured on CNN, HLN, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, in Addition to in The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, The Economist, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New Life Journal, and several other national and local publications. Andy takes pride in offering science based, reality based, and research established information for his fans to be certain they have the ideal information to watch over their garden flocks. Fact his most recent project or Chicken Poop provides a place for his fans to go to find out whether the information that they read on a poultry blog or chicken forum is either Truth or Chicken Poop! Andy travels the state with his loved ones spreading the chicken adore in state to state. Events are held at feed and seed stores and comprise a Getting Started with book signing Backyard Chickens workshop, Q&A, photos and autographs, and a lot of free materials. Andy likes to remind his fans that when studying poultry sites and chicken forums your four favorite words should really be, Show Me The Proof! POWER TO THE POULTRY! Andy Schneider has 1 products available for sale in the category of Books. Andy Schneider is rated 8 out of 10 based on 76 reviews. Andy Schneider Quality Chart Review - The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Everything You Need to Know . . . and Didn't Know You Needed to Know About Backyard and Urban Chickens By Andy Schneider NextThing is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com. Amazon, Amazon Prime, the Amazon logo and Amazon Prime logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. About Us FAQ Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34841
__label__wiki	0.644057	0.644057	Cong, RJD Flay Odisha’s BJD For Supporting Citizenship Amendment Bill OdishaPolicy & Politics Bhubaneswar: The Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday came down heavily on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for supporting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which was passed in the Parliament by the BJP-led NDA government on Wednesday. Launching a scathing attack, AICC leader and former Odisha Congress in charge BK Hariprasad said the Union Home Minister Amit Shah might have blackmailed the BJD to support the CAB, failing which he would lay bare the mega chit fund scam case. RJD leader Manoj Jha said that the BJP and BJD have done their best to fulfill the dream of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. BJD has been formed in the name of Biju Babu. Had the legendary leader been alive, he would have never allowed the Constitution to be sullied in this manner with the passing of the CAB in Parliament. “I don’t know what weakness Naveen Babu has for the BJP,” he pointed out. In his reaction, BJD leader Sashi Bhusan Behera said there is no question of blackmailing his party, which has won the election with absolute majority. “Moreover, BJD has always taken such a decision keeping the well being of the people and the state in view. It will never compromise on any decision or issue, which will affect the larger interest of the state,” he pointed out. Amit ShahBiju BabuBJDBK HariprasadcabCitizenship Amendment BillCongressManoj Jha OPSC Releases ACF, Forest Ranger Exam Admit Card Prof RK Chauhan Is New VC Of Odisha’s SOA Deemed To Be University	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34842
__label__cc	0.525607	0.474393	Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma: immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. Toshihiko Matsuo, Kouichi Ichimura, Katsuji Shinagawa, Tadashi Yoshino Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences The purpose of this study is to show that the histopathological type of an orbital lymphoma can differ from the systemic follicular lymphoma that precedes it. A 44-year-old man (Patient #1) and a 50-year-old man (Patient #2) presented with generalized lymphadenopathy due to grade 1 follicular lymphoma proven on lymph node biopsy. Patient #1 was followed without treatment for 16 years when he developed a right orbital mass. Patient #2 underwent several courses of combination chemotherapy as well as radiation but relapsed. The second biopsy of the lymph node nine years later showed the same histopathological type of follicular lymphoma. He developed an orbital mass on the right side 16 years after the initial presentation. In Patient #1, excisional biopsy of the orbital masses showed extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). In Patient #2, biopsy revealed the orbital mass to be T-cell/histiocyte-rich diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In Patient #1, when comparing the original lymph node biopsy to the orbital biopsy obtained years later, no evidence for clonality was noted by polymerase chain reaction. In Patient #2, the amplification by polymerase chain reaction of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement in the lymph node lesion and the orbital lesion gave rise to a single discrete band with the same DNA sequence except for five nucleotide changes, indicating the same clonality in the presence of genomic changes. In conclusion, orbital lymphomas can occur as a second lymphoma with a different histopathological type in the long-term follow-up of systemic lymphomas. The original and subsequent lymphomatous lesions may or may not share neoplastic cell clonality and all genomics. Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.48.17 Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Genes Polymerase Chain Reaction Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse Orbital lymphoma Gene Rearrangement Combination Drug Therapy Matsuo, T., Ichimura, K., Shinagawa, K., & Yoshino, T. (2008). Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma: immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH, 48(1), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.48.17 Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma : immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. / Matsuo, Toshihiko; Ichimura, Kouichi; Shinagawa, Katsuji; Yoshino, Tadashi. In: Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH, Vol. 48, No. 1, 04.2008, p. 17-24. Matsuo, T, Ichimura, K, Shinagawa, K & Yoshino, T 2008, 'Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma: immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases.', Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 17-24. https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.48.17 Matsuo T, Ichimura K, Shinagawa K, Yoshino T. Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma: immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH. 2008 Apr;48(1):17-24. https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.48.17 Matsuo, Toshihiko ; Ichimura, Kouichi ; Shinagawa, Katsuji ; Yoshino, Tadashi. / Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma : immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. In: Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH. 2008 ; Vol. 48, No. 1. pp. 17-24. @article{08b4338c308646929227656560c23862, title = "Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma: immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases.", abstract = "The purpose of this study is to show that the histopathological type of an orbital lymphoma can differ from the systemic follicular lymphoma that precedes it. A 44-year-old man (Patient #1) and a 50-year-old man (Patient #2) presented with generalized lymphadenopathy due to grade 1 follicular lymphoma proven on lymph node biopsy. Patient #1 was followed without treatment for 16 years when he developed a right orbital mass. Patient #2 underwent several courses of combination chemotherapy as well as radiation but relapsed. The second biopsy of the lymph node nine years later showed the same histopathological type of follicular lymphoma. He developed an orbital mass on the right side 16 years after the initial presentation. In Patient #1, excisional biopsy of the orbital masses showed extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). In Patient #2, biopsy revealed the orbital mass to be T-cell/histiocyte-rich diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In Patient #1, when comparing the original lymph node biopsy to the orbital biopsy obtained years later, no evidence for clonality was noted by polymerase chain reaction. In Patient #2, the amplification by polymerase chain reaction of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement in the lymph node lesion and the orbital lesion gave rise to a single discrete band with the same DNA sequence except for five nucleotide changes, indicating the same clonality in the presence of genomic changes. In conclusion, orbital lymphomas can occur as a second lymphoma with a different histopathological type in the long-term follow-up of systemic lymphomas. The original and subsequent lymphomatous lesions may or may not share neoplastic cell clonality and all genomics.", author = "Toshihiko Matsuo and Kouichi Ichimura and Katsuji Shinagawa and Tadashi Yoshino", doi = "10.3960/jslrt.48.17", journal = "Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH", publisher = "Nihon Rinpa Monaikei Gakkai", T1 - Different histopathological types of orbital lymphoma 16 years after systemic follicular lymphoma T2 - immunohistochemical and immunogenetic analyses of two cases. AU - Matsuo, Toshihiko AU - Ichimura, Kouichi AU - Shinagawa, Katsuji AU - Yoshino, Tadashi N2 - The purpose of this study is to show that the histopathological type of an orbital lymphoma can differ from the systemic follicular lymphoma that precedes it. A 44-year-old man (Patient #1) and a 50-year-old man (Patient #2) presented with generalized lymphadenopathy due to grade 1 follicular lymphoma proven on lymph node biopsy. Patient #1 was followed without treatment for 16 years when he developed a right orbital mass. Patient #2 underwent several courses of combination chemotherapy as well as radiation but relapsed. The second biopsy of the lymph node nine years later showed the same histopathological type of follicular lymphoma. He developed an orbital mass on the right side 16 years after the initial presentation. In Patient #1, excisional biopsy of the orbital masses showed extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). In Patient #2, biopsy revealed the orbital mass to be T-cell/histiocyte-rich diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In Patient #1, when comparing the original lymph node biopsy to the orbital biopsy obtained years later, no evidence for clonality was noted by polymerase chain reaction. In Patient #2, the amplification by polymerase chain reaction of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement in the lymph node lesion and the orbital lesion gave rise to a single discrete band with the same DNA sequence except for five nucleotide changes, indicating the same clonality in the presence of genomic changes. In conclusion, orbital lymphomas can occur as a second lymphoma with a different histopathological type in the long-term follow-up of systemic lymphomas. The original and subsequent lymphomatous lesions may or may not share neoplastic cell clonality and all genomics. AB - The purpose of this study is to show that the histopathological type of an orbital lymphoma can differ from the systemic follicular lymphoma that precedes it. A 44-year-old man (Patient #1) and a 50-year-old man (Patient #2) presented with generalized lymphadenopathy due to grade 1 follicular lymphoma proven on lymph node biopsy. Patient #1 was followed without treatment for 16 years when he developed a right orbital mass. Patient #2 underwent several courses of combination chemotherapy as well as radiation but relapsed. The second biopsy of the lymph node nine years later showed the same histopathological type of follicular lymphoma. He developed an orbital mass on the right side 16 years after the initial presentation. In Patient #1, excisional biopsy of the orbital masses showed extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). In Patient #2, biopsy revealed the orbital mass to be T-cell/histiocyte-rich diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In Patient #1, when comparing the original lymph node biopsy to the orbital biopsy obtained years later, no evidence for clonality was noted by polymerase chain reaction. In Patient #2, the amplification by polymerase chain reaction of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement in the lymph node lesion and the orbital lesion gave rise to a single discrete band with the same DNA sequence except for five nucleotide changes, indicating the same clonality in the presence of genomic changes. In conclusion, orbital lymphomas can occur as a second lymphoma with a different histopathological type in the long-term follow-up of systemic lymphomas. The original and subsequent lymphomatous lesions may or may not share neoplastic cell clonality and all genomics. U2 - 10.3960/jslrt.48.17 DO - 10.3960/jslrt.48.17 JO - Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH JF - Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH 10.3960/jslrt.48.17	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34847
__label__cc	0.692932	0.307068	U.S. Equities Global & International Equities Allocation Strategies All Investment Strategies Risk and Volitility Finding the Right Angle – Multi Strategy Allocation Approach The Multi–Strategy Fund finds unique opportunities through an agile yet focused approach. The Multi-Strategy approach represents one of North Square’s core investment ideas – to provide active portfolios that are meaningful to diversification. The idea that active investors can add strategic value to investment portfolios in asset classes is guided by a focused, research-driven process. As is often the case with market movements, certain asset classes may become distorted in the short-term while the long-term outlook remains unchanged. This is when a flexible, long-term portfolio allocation strategy can be driven by research expertise. An intuitive straight forward approach can navigate portfolio positioning through these market conditions. Bringing together the best opportunities. By partnering with asset managers in niche areas, North Square aims to build a diversified lineup of investment strategies. The Multi-Strategy team combines these diversified investment strategies with internal research to arrive at a portfolio allocation that seeks to outperform the market over the long-term. Within this backdrop, the portfolio team’s view of a specific asset class can be positive, negative, or neutral. Allocation weights tend to focus on areas where the team is more confident, carrying a higher weight in the portfolio. Likewise, when the team believes there is more uncertainty around a specific area, the weighting becomes neutral or underweight. Research inputs Overall, the Multi-Strategy team takes less of a view on where markets are going but looks for lasting themes that may enhance long-term return potential. By drawing on North Square’s affiliated asset management partners, this expertise complements the team’s own research. 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The Fund invests in foreign securities which involves certain risks such as currency volatility, political and social instability and reduced market liquidity. Emerging markets may be more volatile and less liquid than more developed markets and therefore may involve greater risks. The Fund invests in ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) and is therefore subject to the same risks as the underlying securities in which the ETF invests as well as entails higher expenses than if invested into the underlying ETF directly. Fixed income securities are subject to credit risk, including the risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. The prices of fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to changes in an issuer’s credit rating or market perceptions about the creditworthiness of an issuer. 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__label__cc	0.608848	0.391152	20. January 2020 \| Government outrage causes Bollestad to drop Malawi travel Doesn’t rule out demand from shipyard TOPICS:KNM Helge IngstadNorwayNorway TodayShipyardSolbergSpain The barge «Rambiz» with a lift capacity of 3,000 metric ton on the way from Hanøytangen to the accident site to help with the securing of KNM «Helge Ingstad». Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB scanpix Posted By: Pieter Wijnen 30. November 2018 Doesn’t rule out demand from Spanish shipyard Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Conservatives) does not rule out that claims for compensation can be made after finding major design flaws in all five of Norway’s Spanish built Frigates. The Prime Minister commented on Friday the announcement that the Norwegian Accident Commission has found flaws on all frigates of the «Nansen» class in the wake of the floundering of KNM «Helge Ingstad». – We do not possess Frigates with the classification that we presumed, the Prime Minister states. She is biding her time, but not rejecting the question of claiming damages from the Spanish Navantia wharf. But first, experts need to find out where the design flaw originates, and the Armed Forces must review the contracts and specifications that apply to the Frigates. – We do not possess an overview of any of this at present. We must go through this in legal terms and will keep open if claims for compensation are in the cards when the time is ripe. First of all, we have to figure out where in the process these design flaws have been made, she continues. One of the reasons why the frigate sunk so fast is that large amounts of water moved between the watertight bulkheads via the hollow propeller shafts. This weakened the vessel’s stability. Due to the rapid water penetration after the collision was KNM Helge Ingstad evacuated. It subsequently sank 900 metres outside the Sture Terminal ten minutes after the collision with the tanker. Spanish Navantia delivered all the five Norwegian Frigates of the «Nansen» class in the period 2003 to 2010. The total price tag of the controversial acquisition was NOK 21 billion. How much money the rescue mission after the shipwreck and the repairs of the other Frigates will amount to, neither the Armed Forces nor anyone in the Government wishes to comment on. – I don’t know how much we are talking about, but we are short of a Frigate, and that can be expensive to replace, Solberg answers. So far, NOK 50 million in extra funding has been allocated to the salvage operation. Weakened defence capability After the floundering, questions are raised whether Norway’s defence capacity is weakened. The predicament has been reinforced by the fact that all the Norwegian Frigates have the same critical design flaw. The Norwegian Navy has taken interim measures to ensure that the four remaining Frigates stay operational. – A Frigate less in operational service is not critical to Norwegian defence capabilities in the short term. In the long run, we have to ensure that we have a Navy that has enough capacity for it to perform, the Norwegian Minister of Defence, Frank Bakke-Jensen, tells NTB. KNM Helge Ingstad was a part of NATO’s standing Atlantic force when it capsised. When asked whether Norway’s contribution to NATO cooperation is affected by the accident, the Cabinet Minister replies that it may be possible to compensate for the loss with other resources. -We can contribute to NATO in other ways perhaps. We’ll see what kind of solutions exist, Bakke-Jensen concludes. See the graphics of what happened here. More asylum seekers want to go home Education, News, Travel Warns against using WhatsApp in China Rigging Company lays off 230 more employees Norwegian special vessel to find MH370 Government outrage causes Bollestad to drop Malawi travel Olaug Bollestad, the first deputy leader of the Christian People’s Party, was originally scheduled to travel to Malawi on Monday, but canceled the trip because…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34852
__label__cc	0.729415	0.270585	By DJ360, August 11, 2017 in Owt' Abaaht Nowt ! MargieH 5,980 MargieH Location:Ely, Cambs Interests:Family and friends, church and trying to make the world a happier and more peaceful place in whatever way I can! Brew, I know it wasn't called that - it's just what happened. As I said, I wasn't the only one to go up a class, so I didn't feel alone. I was always happy at school and we didn't think anything about it at the time... Billy Paul syndrome today..elections and all. Set a wollemia pine. Mainlining Battenberg..need some ket..tatered. Of to exercise my compulsory democratic right today and possibly partake of a "democracy sausage" if it is around lunchtime. Do community groups hold sausage sizzles at polling stations in the UK? It is going to be a sunny 23 deg today, not bad day for late autumn and thankfully a little more rain tomorrow. Brew 3,164 Location:Derbyshire Interests:Flying - Cars - Computers anything and everything to do with 'technology' I've never heard of them Otz... nonnaB 3,387 Location:Italy Interests:Computer, baking, making home preserves, cross stitch, ancestry.and many more. I don't like being bored. 16 hours ago, FLY2 said: It was at a hotel in Skegness nonna, and I couldn't stand the hot soup burning my thumbs, or mushy peas running down my fingers ! I agree Fly , not very amusing. My daughter was assistant chef to my husband at our restaurant in Radcliffe and one busy evening had to take a couple of prawn cocktails ( they're old fashioned now but still nice) to a table and halfway there they started to wobble and in her panic they splattered to the floor. She's very shy and it was the last thing she wanted to do was to go into a dining room full of people. Even now in her own restaurant if anyone wants to see or speak to her she won't go into the dining room they have to go to the kitchen. But the shyness disappears when she has to keep her staff under control. 15 hours ago, Brew said: I said on here before I'm glad I did Uni but the driving force that set me on the that course was to make me Mam proud. Was it worth it? hmmm ask me another.. I had no real idea what I wanted to do with my life and still can't decide what to do when I grow up. I went down the Uni route, a good friend went down the pit (Clifton). I was scraping by on £3 a week, he was on £54, I was on a cycle he had a Triumph... At the end of the day when we meet we're just two little old men on a park bench. Was it all worth it? You tell me... But Brew have you had and are you having a good life, are you healthy? Money isn't everything although ......I only had a small wage but I got by. I didn't really know what I wanted to do so my mum got me into hairdressing. Ok I enjoyed it but wasn't ambitious enough to go through what a lot of others went through. I failed my City & Guilds through science . Hygiene and english were the other 2 theory subjects. Practical I passed with flying colours and that to me was the most important. Beekay 1,667 Location:Nr. Lewes, East Sussex Interests:Photography,video filming,painting, reading and volunteer work @ local hospital & Sheffield park garden. I remember once being served by a waitress in Skegness and noticed she had her thumb on my toast. When I mentioned it to her she simply said , " Ah that's to stop it falling on the floor agen !". It's true nonna that money isn't everything - now. I would have argued with you about it as a young man and even more so when we had young children . Totally, utterly and completely pi$$ed off. Just found out that the FA Cup final is not on free to air television in Australia. It is on pay TV, ESPN Instead we get UEFA Women's Champions League? WTF is happening with our international sporting events more and more are being put behind the pay wall. DJ360 4,775 Location:Billinge, Lancs. Interests:"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things:... Likes: Music, Hi-Fi, Grandkids, Science, Wildlife, Exercise, Wine, Polite Discussion. Dislikes: Fish Everything can be turned into a business opportunity. I'll say no more here but there's a certain thread where I can rant on about it all day.. That's why i got the Sly TV...all the sports and more- Jonah Barrington matches..vintage squash. If I could give them a few quid $ and have say ten channels of my choice not the endless channels of dross you get with the normal package then I would pay for it. I guess I'll just have to stream it. Wait til you get the LGBT only sports channel,BBC bound to have the rights for that one Snatch Of The Day Rog? Arm wrestling for the limp wristed ...such as this! hand bags at dawn Couple of engines for Plantfit. One more Rog. Hope you approve. Love old machinery BK, two Spitfires flew over my place today,don't know where they were going but they sure sounded nice at about five hundred feet Rog it was the Moira canal festival in Leicester, a Spitfire and a Hurricane flew over Newark about 13.20. We went toTelford for the day today - 260 miles round trip, with a couple of diversions because of roadworks. Paul needed to go to the Baptist Assembly in the International Centre there but I spent the morning in the new, improved shopping centre (kept getting lost in there so did lots of 'steps' ) and the afternoon at the cinema. It was the first time in my life that I've ever been to the flicks on my own and it felt very strange at first. I saw 'Tolkien' and it was a very moving film. I love 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and it was fascinating to see how his experiences in life came out in the books. I wasn't expecting the film to make me feel so emotional.... when Paul asked me what it was like I got quite choked up just telling him. Anyway, we've got back home safely and are now watching the Eurovision Song Contest... some strange songs as usual! 13 hours ago, Beekay said: I remember once being served by a waitress in Skegness and noticed she had her thumb on my toast. When I mentioned it to her she simply said , " Ah that's to stop it falling on the floor agen !". Hope you sent it back Course I didn't. Put me fried egg on it.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34856
__label__wiki	0.585228	0.585228	Knowledge Platform Conversational Platform Multichannel Platform Analytics Platform A Short History of Voice Assistants with Alexa Trying to trace the evolution of voice assistants as a single unit can be difficult. Especially, as every voice assistant comes with its smart speaker devices. In 1960s, IBM introduced the first voice assistant with the Shoebox device. This formed the foundation of the modern voice assistant era which involves voice design and activation as well as smart voice devices. Download our free e-book to learn everything you need to know about chatbots for your business. In this post we take a look at the Alexa voice assistant and Amazon Echo smart speaker which seems to be the future of smart voice assistant technology. The history of voice in Alexa dates back to 2014 when Amazon launched the innovation, which paved the way for the Smart Speaker revolution. Since its launch, the Amazon virtual smart assistant has been getting greater and smarter. Today, it allows the user to give commands that controls products in their homes, listen to music among other things. Alexa is an intelligent virtual personal assistant which was designed in Amazon Lab126. It was first used with Amazon Echo and the Dot devices. Alexa enables music playback, voice interaction, streaming podcasts, playing audios, creating a to-do list, providing traffic and weather updates in and controlling home automation devices. Alexa listens to the user voice commands and responds with the appropriate responses to get a certain job done. It allows the user to activate the smart device using wake word or by pressing a button as the case with the Amazon Alexa mobile app. The name Alexa came about for two reasons. First, because of the uncommon consonant ‘X’ sound giving it a name that would be less confusing to accidentally activating the device with similar names. And second, due to its link with the “Library of Alexandria”. For those who aren’t Star Trek fans: The library of Alexandria was at one time the keeper of “all knowledge”. Popular Alexa is known for its use in Amazon Echo, a combination of smart speaker and smart home hub but today it works in many devices from different manufacturers. History of Voice In Alexa Voice design in Alexa was inspired by two innovations; conversational system (automatic speech recognition) and computer voice (artificial production of human speech). When Echo was introduced into the market in 2014, it was pitched as smart speaker that allowed the user to control music with their voice. Echo was originally a speech synthesizer-based text-reader with multi-directional mics and a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth speakers. Alexa, the cloud-based voice assistant service used in Echo, has evolved to become the way to control most smart home devices using your voice. Alexa combines the Amazon Web Service (AWS), high quality speech synthesizer and independent speech recognizer, which is tied to a simple hardware to listen to commands in speech form, decode the commands and responds with the appropriate responses. To activate Alexa, you just need to call out on the name “Alexa” or “Amazon” or any other name as you may have customized and get things done. With this modern voice personal assistant, you can control many appliances including lightbulbs, thermostats, curtain blinds and other appliances with a simple voice commands. Currently Alexa is available in German and English. However, through machine learning, the Alexa voice service allows the users to do their own voice design on different smart devices and to install new skills to their Alexa-enabled devices to do more and more. It operates using skills (discrete program that interact with a given device) to perform the given commands. Today Alexa has over 20,000 skills and over 100 skills being added per day. Check out 10 of our favourite Alexa Skills (so far) for your everyday use. The history of voice in Alexa doesn’t stop here as more and more integrations are underway and the future of the next computing generation will find its roots in the Alexa voice assistant. Valentina Kössler Would you like to automate your customer communication? I’m happy to discuss your requirements and show you the advantages of our AI chatbots in an online demo. Arrange a consultation call Ina2019-11-19T15:35:32+01:00January 12th, 2018\| About the Author: Ina The ultimate guide to chatbots for businesses By submitting my e-mail address, I consent to the storage and processing of my personal data according to the privacy policy of Onlim GmbH. This consent can be revoked at any time in writing. Follow us and subscribe to learn more about chatbots, voice assistants and co. 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__label__cc	0.718306	0.281694	Home » ANU Research » ANU Scholarly Output » ANU Research Publications » An evaluation of snowline data across New Guinea during the last major glaciation, and area-based glacier snowlines in the Mt. Jaya region of Papua, Indonesia, during the Last Glacial Maximum An evaluation of snowline data across New Guinea during the last major glaciation, and area-based glacier snowlines in the Mt. Jaya region of Papua, Indonesia, during the Last Glacial Maximum Prentice, M L; Hope, Geoffrey; Maryunani, K; Peterson, J A Geomorphological mapping and lake-core data from Mt. Jaya, western New Guinea, show that Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) glaciation was less extensive than previously thought. Average equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs), calculated using the area-altitude-balance ratio method, for minimum and maximum ice configurations were 4050±49 and 4000±56 m a.s.l., respectively. This is about 600 m below the ELA of the Mt. Jaya glaciers in 1971-73 and ca 400 m higher than values previously quoted for LGM ELAs in...[Show more] this area. A reappraisal of the evidence used to reconstruct the ELA of glaciers across New Guinea suggests that published chronologies are not sufficient to demonstrate that reported ELAs fall within the LGM window of 21,000±2 yr BP. Furthermore, the published information only constrains the altitude of the ELAs between 3400 and 3800 m a.s.l., not including uncertainty in topography. A simple mass and energy-balance model indicates that an ELA depression of 500 m (i.e., the observed change at Mt. Jaya after adjustment for sea-level change) could be accomplished with 2.5-3 °C of cooling provided precipitation was reduced by 35% and lapse rate changed. This cooling is less than the 6-8 °C cooling inferred from LGM pollen. Quaternary International 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.02.008 01_Prentice_An_evaluation_of_snowline_data_2004.pdf 2.77 MB Adobe PDF Request a copy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34865
__label__cc	0.61868	0.38132	Renee A. Simon MS. CNS - Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist - Registered Yoga Teacher - Reiki Master Teacher Cleanse Program Rejuvenation Yoga Corporate & Fitness Programs Comprehensive Children’s Programs Renee’s Philosophy You are here: Home / Case Studies Weight Loss, High Cholesterol & Triglycerides, Osteoarthritis December 31, 2017 /in Articles, Case Studies /by Renee Simon Brian was a retired 60 year old who came to see me to lose weight and lower his cholesterol and triglycerides. 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She was 5’4” and weighed 245 lbs. She had gained a lot of weight with her three pregnancies and was never able to get back to her pre-pregnancy weight of 150. She wanted a program that would allow slow, gradual weight loss, help boost her energy level and provide a healthy eating program for her whole family, who were all overweight. https://nutritionyogahealing.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bigstock-grilled-salmon-with-broccoli-a-29995520.jpg 1067 1600 Renee Simon /wp-content/themes/renee-simon/images/logo.png Renee Simon2017-01-12 01:22:512017-01-14 16:32:43Weight Loss, Allergies, Sinus & Yeast Infections Poorly Functioning Immune System, Chronic Strep Throat Bobby was seven years old when he came to see me. He had chronic strep throat; 12 times in the last two years, with one incident taking three courses of antibiotics to clear up. In addition, he had moderate irritability, tantrums, low muscle tone, fatigue, and some food allergies. 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__label__wiki	0.631419	0.631419	About NYSBA College Division/Next Gen Futures Committee About the NCSA ABIP Political Broadcasting Advertising Regulations Excellence In Broadcasting Serving New York Digital Leadership Academy Regional Digital Sales Training Broadcast Leadership Hall of Fame Luncheon NY NewStream Federal Alerts NY State Alerts STELAR Compromise to be Included in End of Session Spending Legislation As we have reported previously, STELAR expires on December 31st of this year. STELAR is an exception to the copyright law that allows satellite companies to import distant network signals into areas that cannot receive an over their air TV signal. It was enacted 30 years ago at a time when satellite companies lacked the technical capacity to provide local-into-local service to all TV markets. While this is no longer a problem today, ATT/DirecTV still does not provide local-into-local service in about 12 small markets outside New York State. STELAR is up for renewal every five years. Unfortunately, it has become a vehicle to impose new, onerous regulations on TV stations. NYSBA believes STELAR should expire. Last week we outlined the four bills moving through the House of Representatives and Senate. Together these bills would allow STELAR to expire. The leadership of both the House and Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees reached agreement. The compromise will be included in the end of year spending bill. Generally the agreement follows the provisions contained in the two House bills. STELAR will not be extended. This is a huge win, as it eliminates the legislative vehicle for imposing new regulations on TV stations. The STELAR copyright exemption will remain for providing out of market TV service to RV’s, Trailers and short markets (i.e. those markets without a full complement of network signals). To use this exemption, however, ATT/Direct TV will have until May 31, 2020 to provide local-into-local service to the dozen markets that currently do not have this service. There will be no waivers after this date. (Note, this does not impact NY, as all markets have local-into-local service) There will be a permanent “good faith negotiation” requirement for retransmission consent agreements. Current law already requires us to negotiate in good faith. There will be greater transparency in cable bills. Smaller cable companies, i.e., those with a nation-wide subscriber base of 500,000 or less, will be allowed to form collective bargaining units to negotiate retransmission consent agreements. However, the buying group’s reach may not exceed more than 25 percent in any local market. Also, these collective negotiations only apply to broadcast companies that have a national reach that is greater than 20 percent. We had some concerns about the collective bargaining provisions. However, provisions appear to have been narrowed somewhat. Moreover, it will not apply to the major cable companies (e.g., Charter/Spectrum, COMCAST, Altice) that represent the overwhelming majority of cable subscribers in NY TV markets. This is an important victory for television stations. NAB did a terrific job. We want to thank House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer for their support. They were instrumental in getting the compromise across the finish line. Click HERE for next story Click HERE for previous story Copyright © 2018 New York State Broadcasters Association Website Development by WBNG	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34870
__label__cc	0.648547	0.351453	Education sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits Part 3: Non-financial performance reporting by tertiary education institutions Part 2: Results of tertiary education institution audits for 2010 Part 4: Non-standard audit reports issued Part 5: How early childhood education services are funded Part 6: The financial management of Māori immersion schools Part 7: Our recent and ongoing work in the education sector Appendix 1: Education providers Appendix 2: Public entities with a core role in the education sector Appendix 3: Deciding on the appropriate form of an audit report Appendix 4: Details of the non-standard audit reports issued in 2011 Part 3: Non-financial performance reporting by tertiary education institutions Education sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits. https://oag.govt.nz/2011/education-2010-11-audits/part3.htm https://oag.govt.nz/@@site-logo/logo.png Education sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits. In this Part, we discuss our review of the performance information in the 2011–13 investment plans of most tertiary education institutions (TEIs).9 The performance information in these plans will be the basis of TEIs' reports of their service performance in their 2011, 2012, and 2013 annual reports. We note the legislative content requirements for the investment plans and discuss general requirements for performance reporting before outlining our preliminary observations. For this review, our comments are limited to presentation and content matters rather than the overall appropriateness of the performance information. From next year, auditors will assess performance information within the context of their knowledge and understanding of the entity's strategies, operations, and priorities, and the performance management arrangements underpinning them.10 Overall, the presentation of performance or outcomes frameworks is a step forward for performance reporting by TEIs. We are aware of several initiatives under way to further develop performance information for the sector. We trust that our observations will be useful to TEIs as they make progress in this regard. The Education Act 1989 requires a TEI's investment plan to describe its proposed outcomes – what it will achieve through its education programmes and services – and the performance indicators it will use to measure whether those outcomes have been achieved. The annual report has to contain a statement that reports the TEI's performance in relation to those outcomes (a statement of service performance, or SSP). Under generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP), an SSP reports primarily on output or service delivery performance – effectively, the services produced. The Tertiary Education Commission (the TEC) has clarified that: Those parts of an institution's Plan that make up the forecast Statement of Service Performance will be expected to reflect the outcome framework agreed with TEC and be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.11 The TEC has set out separate outcomes frameworks for universities and for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs). Although aspects of the outcomes frameworks use slightly different terms from those used in GAAP, they capture the significant parts of a performance framework. The significant parts include inputs, services, the immediate effects of those services, and longer-term outcomes, together with associated performance measures. TEIs' investment plans must include the following parts: The Plan Context, which covers a variety of background information. For example, the TEI's response to government priorities in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2010–2015 (the Strategy), the needs of learners and industry and employers, and how the TEI will improve its educational performance. The Summary of Activity, which sets out information on the services the TEI plans to deliver (commonly referred to as the "mix of provision") during the period of the plan. The Performance Commitments, which sets out the proposed performance commitments and the associated indicators used in evaluating performance. TEIs are expected to use common "educational performance indicators" (EPIs). From 2012, 5% of the Student Achievement Component funding received by TEIs will be based on their performance against mandatory EPIs. The EPIs, all related to student achievement, are: successful course completion; student retention; qualification completion; and student progression. Dimensions relevant to the Strategy, such as age and ethnicity, are presented for each indicator. The TEC provided a template to TEIs for recording Performance Commitments. The template included the mandatory indicators, measures on participation of targeted priority groups,12 and measures relating to literacy and numeracy. Performance frameworks A non-financial performance framework, in both the forecast and historical (annual) reports, typically comprises information on the entity's outcomes, impacts, and related performance measures and targets, linked to outputs, performance measures, and targets. The reporting is about how well services are delivered and the effects of the services on the community. In their investment plans, only a small number of TEIs presented performance frameworks that explicitly distinguished outcomes, impacts, and outputs and/or provided a diagram that identified these and indicated the links between them. However, they discussed to varying degrees in the investment plans what they were trying to achieve and how they planned to do it. This made it possible to infer the formal performance elements (outcomes, impacts, and outputs), and the links between them, from the narrative (the performance story). For example: planned courses are linked to the needs of local industry and employers - Waiariki Institute of Technology supported this discussion with a table that linked its planned programmes with historical and predicted employment trends; and initiatives related to the quality of teaching are discussed within the context of influencing student achievement rates - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology stated: We aim to improve the educational performance of our learners by … improving teaching and learning. … For NMIT students, the most important indicator of quality is the standard of teaching and learning they receive. … The Teaching and Learning Observation programme is … designed to ensure maximum effectiveness of curriculum delivery by encouraging good practice within NMIT to be shared … We encourage TEIs to consider presenting the SSP so that it clearly identifies the relevant aspects of performance (including costs of outputs), logically groups these aspects, and explicitly attaches measures to these aspects. Such a coherent, cohesive presentation of performance information helps the reader to understand the relevance of the performance information and is consistent with external performance reporting requirements (based on legislative requirements, GAAP, and the TEC's expectations). This information and these linkages would ideally be drawn from, and feed into, TEIs' internal strategic planning. Outcomes and impacts – the difference tertiary education institutions make The TEC-published outcomes frameworks relate high-level outcome measures (measures of whether outcomes are achieved) to economic development, social and community development, and environmental enhancement. The impacts – the more immediate differences a TEI will make from delivering its outputs or services – in TEIs' investment plans are different for universities and ITPs (see Figure 11). Impacts, as described in the outcomes frameworks for tertiary education institutions Institutes of technology and polytechnics People with critical thinking skills People progress to higher levels of learning Educated and skilled workforce People progress to (self) employment Value to society Value added to industry and society More engaged communities Enhanced environmental sustainability In the TEIs' investment plans, the outcomes and impacts we found were often addressed (to varying extents) through the narrative rather than through formal outcome and/or impact statements. In measuring their achievement of, or progress towards, the outcomes and impacts, we note that: The TEC-published outcomes frameworks note that central government agencies will carry out research and analysis of system-level measures for TEIs' outcomes and impacts. An example of this is the Employment Outcomes of Tertiary Education project, which looks at the post-study earnings of recent participants in tertiary education and training. The feasibility study was a joint project by Statistics New Zealand, the Ministry of Education, the Department of Labour, the Inland Revenue Department, and the TEC.13 Consistent with this, it is likely to be appropriate that performance measures for individual TEIs focus on measuring lower-level impacts (such as the employment rate of graduates), but with commentary, linkages, and, where relevant, measurement of the expected contribution of these to the bigger picture. In their investment plans, several TEIs presented a measure on the destination of graduates – such as the percentage of those who were in employment or further education within six months of graduation. At least one TEI commented on efforts to improve response rates to the survey. A number also presented a measure on the satisfaction of employers with graduates from their institute. A new longitudinal study of university graduates has replaced the Graduates Destination Survey that questioned all New Zealand university graduates about their employment outcomes six months after graduation. The study aims to determine the ongoing effect of a tertiary education on university graduates.14 This may provide useful data for future performance reporting in TEIs' annual reports. The mandatory EPIs on student achievement were the most commonly used measures in TEIs' investment plans. Student achievement measures best fit as impact measures given they are a consequence of service or output (that is, courses or programmes taught) delivery. In our view, the TEIs' performance stories should help the reader to understand how to interpret planned (and actual) performance against these measures. At least some of the universities used impact measures for research. Measuring research outcomes seems to be a "work in progress". Some TEC guidance for universities discusses the links between the research produced by universities and economic, social, health, and environmental outcomes, and the importance of strong connections with firms to enable the use and commercialisation of research. The guidance says that the "TEC will discuss with universities how their research contributions to national goals can be best measured."15 Outputs – what tertiary education institutions produce or do Based on the core roles of TEIs (see Figure 12), there is potential for fairly standard descriptions of TEIs' outputs in their (forecast) SSPs. Outputs are services delivered to external parties. Core roles of universities and institutes of technology and polytechnics, as described in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015 To carry out research that adds to the store of knowledge To deliver vocational education that provides skills for employment To provide a wide range of research-led degree and postgraduate education that is of an international standard To carry out applied research that supports vocational learning and technology transfer To act as sources of critical thinking and intellectual talent To assist progression to higher levels of learning or work through foundation education In their investment plans, the forecast SSPs for ITPs typically consisted of the completed standard Performance Commitments template provided by the TEC. This template groups the measures under participation, educational performance, and financial performance. Some TEIs added other groups of measures into the template. There was no description of the output at the start of each group of measures. Universities relied less on the standard template for presenting their performance measures but did not necessarily explicitly describe their "outputs". For example, about half of the universities set out their performance measures by objectives. Although outputs did not tend to be explicitly identified as such, or described when presenting the performance measures, it was clear that they related primarily to teaching and (applied) research. There are risks if outputs are not explicitly identified, including: groups of internally focused measures, such as financial, asset, and resourcing measures, being incorrectly presented in the SSP; a lack of explicit distinction between impact and outputs and their measures. This differentiation is important for internal performance management and for telling a complete and meaningful performance story, and for clearly depicting TEIs' accountability for their service performance (what they plan to deliver), as opposed to the effects of providing those services (over which TEIs have varying levels of influence), and for allowing a better view of the completeness of the output performance information; and non-compliance with GAAP. As well as disclosing output performance, GAAP also requires that TEIs disclose the cost of each output. For example, if universities identify research as an output, they need to separately disclose how much they plan to spend on it. Output performance measures Investment plans serve two main purposes – they are a funding agreement between the TEIs and the TEC, on behalf of the Government, and they inform the annual report, which is the accountability document to Parliament and the public. The TEC template of performance measures contains useful measures. However, in our view, a broader set of performance measures is more appropriate for accountability purposes. The output measures and targets need to provide a balanced and rounded performance story about service delivery by covering various dimensions of performance, such as quantity and quality of service delivery. Appropriate performance information is relevant, reliable, understandable, and comparable. Nearly half the ITPs relied primarily on the measures in the TEC template. The other ITPs, and most of the universities, presented a more comprehensive set of performance measures and, in our view, provided a more meaningful and complete picture of their forecast service performance. The investment plans, as reviewed, present a list of courses offered and the planned number of Equivalent Full-Time Students for each course. TEIs could consider what level of information on courses and/or faculties might be appropriate to include in the SSP in the annual report – for instance: Were the courses provided as planned and were there any significant changes? It might be difficult for a lay reader to understand the different levels of courses (such as Levels 1 – 3), the different types of qualifications (such as certificates, diplomas, degrees), and the cross-over between schools, ITPs, and universities. There are existing quality assurance mechanisms in place for course approval, accreditation, and external review. It would be worthwhile considering to what extent, if at all, aspects of these processes should be reflected in formal performance measures. Some TEIs do reflect them. A common indirect measure of the quality of teaching/course provision is student satisfaction. A few TEIs presented measures from a benchmarked Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) and one university presented a measure from the Staff Student Engagement Survey. As would be expected, the universities had a much stronger focus on research and more measures on research. In general, they appeared to present a reasonable set of measures, covering a range of performance dimensions. Measures impart costs to institutions and should only be included if they are useful to the business decisions of the institution. The value of some measures might be questionable without associated analysis, interpretation, and indication of planned responses. Performance story Finally, it is important that a TEI's performance story, in both the investment plan and the annual report, gives a complete and meaningful picture of the entity and its performance, especially where similar measures are being presented. TEIs have the opportunity in their investment plans and annual reports to explain their own context, including their performance on the mandatory performance indicators of student achievement. Figure 13 defines outcomes, impacts, outputs, and inputs.16 It presents extracts from some TEIs' investment plans and annual reports for the teaching/education output and shows the type of logical flow of performance information we would expect to see. (Note that these are not the only TEIs presenting this information – they are just used as examples.) Performance framework definitions and examples from current investment plans Outcomes – definition Example outcome Example outcome measures Changes in the state of, condition of, effects on, or consequences for the community, society, economy, or environment resulting from the existence and operations of the entity. Through skills in leadership, in communication and in critical and creative thinking, our graduates contribute to a more educated and skilled workforce and society. (Victoria University of Wellington) Earnings gained by new graduates. Standard of living. (Unitec Institute of Technology) Impacts – definition Example impact Example impact measures The contributions made to an outcome by a specified set of outputs. Often referred to as "intermediate outcomes", they represent the relatively immediate or direct effect on stakeholders of the entity's outputs. Graduates who are advanced practitioners, highly sought after and who will make an impact. (Auckland University of Technology) Proportion of graduates gaining employment or going on to further study (annual graduate destination survey). Relevant qualifications (annual employer satisfaction survey). Work readiness of graduates (annual employer satisfaction survey). (Wellington Institute of Technology) Student progression rates. Qualification completion rates. Student retention rates. Course completion rates. (mandatory EPIs) Outputs – definition Example output Example output measures The goods or services that are produced by the entity for third parties. The major output provided by the Polytechnic is education and training to students. Full-time, short, and part-time, pre-vocational, vocational, and personal development courses are provided to Certificate and/or Diploma level. (Aoraki Polytechnic) Deliver high quality, relevant courses and qualifications and support students. (University of Canterbury) External Evaluation and Review reports "High Confidence" in both Educational Performance and Capability in Self Assessment. (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology) Level and nature of students' contacts with teaching staff (benchmarked, percentage- based measure from the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement – AUSSE). (University of Canterbury) Percentage of students who would recommend the TEI to others. (Auckland University of Technology) Proportion of students evaluating lecturers as "excellent" or "good". (Lincoln University) Student satisfaction with student support services and facilities. (Unitec Institute of Technology) Student engagement – proportion of students who are withdrawn by the Polytechnic because of non-engagement. (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand) Academic staff with a doctoral qualification ratio (% of full-time equivalent). (Massey University). Inputs – definition Example input The resources used by the entity to produce its outputs Implement the annual published programme of staff development. (Victoria University of Wellington) This example is from the annual report, rather than the investment plan. 9: The investment plans are public documents (as required under section 159YO of the Education Act 1989) and are available from each TEI. Our review did not include the three wānanga. 10: For 2012 reporting, auditors will apply the Auditor-General's revised auditing standard, AG-4 The audit of service performance reports, to their audits of TEIs' performance information. The most significant change in the revised standard is that auditors will be required to attest to whether the statement of service performance (SSP) fairly reflects actual service performance for the year – previously, they attested to whether the SSP reported faithfully against the forecast SSP (which will still be the basis of the audit opinion on the 2011 annual reports). 11: New Zealand Gazette (3 June 2010), "Requirements and Exemptions for Investment Plans from 2011 onwards for Tertiary Education Organisations", Notice 4030. 12: Māori, Pasifika, those aged under 25, and international students. 13: Available on Statistics New Zealand's website (www.stats.govt.nz). 14: See "Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand" at www.glsnz.org.nz. 15: See "Strengthen research and economic outcomes" in the universities' section of the TEC's website (www.tec.govt.nz). 16: Based on GAAP and definitions in the Public Finance Act 1989 and the Crown Entities Act 2004.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34871
__label__wiki	0.618899	0.618899	Tag Archives: Awaken Cafe by Anya de Marie Leave a comment Women Runnin It: Interview with Sarah Sexton “Women Runnin It” features women in dynamic positions of cultural leadership in Oakland. Our first focus in this series brought a spotlight to Oakland female producers and promoters. Usually behind the scenes, these women are the ones bringing your favorite concerts, shows and nights for you to soak in and live the culture of Oakland. How do they build community and social arts networks? How do they curate a meaningful event or a club party? This installment of the “Women Runnin It” series features Sarah Sexton, owner and creative director of Oaktown Indie Mayhem Productions. Ambitious and hard-working, Sarah has forged a noticeable steam train as a promoter in the last five years. She produces concerts and events, co-founded the Mayhem Fest along with Awaken Cafe’s Courtt Dunlap (an online song and video contest exclusively for Oakland-based bands), and most recently held down a monthly residency at Leo’s and co-founded a new record label out of Oakland, OIM Records. Currently the booker for both Awaken Cafe and Legionnaire, the eclectic diversity of Sexton’s programming displays a commitment to community strength, engagement, and capacity-building. A Texan-born Southerner, Sarah grew up in Alabama and Florida and spent time in Seattle before eventually moving to the Bay in 2005. She has been producing events here since 2009. She says her drive to share the resiliency of the cultural arts of Oakland was a motivating factor in her work. “Art, music, & nature are the only things that could ever express both the beauties & the atrocities I felt on the inside about life,” she explains. “[It’s] like a secret moment between the artist & myself. Some things are too hard to voice without a vessel, but art can be that vessel. That is why I created Oaktown Indie Mayhem.” Her newly established OIM Records, focusing on the indie rock scene in the Bay Area, is a collaboration with producer and engineer Jeff Saltzman and Angelica Tavella, the founder of Oakland Drops Beats. Their debut release, set to be released June 23rd, is a compilation album featuring tracks from thirteen Bay Area bands; the first video release “Frayed” has already received positive reviews for its use of dance and 40,000 still photographs. A special limited edition run of vinyl will be pressed and free cassette tapes are offered at OIM’s June residency tonight at Leo’s with Lila Rose. Sarah Sexton Oakulture: What’s exciting to you about Oakland culture right now? Sarah Sexton: The collaboration factor seems pretty amazing to me right now. There seems to be this overwhelming feeling of musical camaraderie, rather than competition, that seems to be boiling over in this ever glorious puddle of creativity. Artists here genuinely seem excited and inspired by other musicians. I think thats pretty exciting. Oakulture: What relationship is there between your artistic work and your promotional and production work? Sarah Sexton: If you mean, my own creative craft, it’s been an interesting path. I have found that although my passion growing up was painting, writing, and performing. I hit a wall several years ago and got a kind of artist’s block. I had started booking and promoting music and for a while blamed my work for sucking the energy out of my art . . . but in time I realized that the way that I express myself artistically has always changed throughout the years. I hadn’t lost my passion, my medium had just changed. I’m currently learning piano and it’s the perfect accompaniment to my career. It can totally mellow me out after a long day of deadlines and emails and scheduling, which I’m really grateful for. Oakulture: What approach or strategies do you use for creating and maintaining an inclusive space? Sarah Sexton: It definitely has always been important to me to be conscious in my booking so that i offer a wide array of artists opportunity to express themselves. However, it’s not something that is always easy. It takes breaking out of comfort zones to approach new communities, and taking risks on bands that you don’t necessarily have personal connections to or the inside scoop on. There’s also the whole factor of stepping on toes…I don’t believe I can cover everything on my own . . . it’s not possible. So I might be really strong at promoting/booking indie rock and world music lineups, but that doesn’t mean I know the local hip hop or electronic communities. And if I did, what a boring world it would be if Sarah Sexton thought she had enough taste to book everything. So I prefer to try my hand at an array of styles, but also invite others in to curate their own shows, highlight their communities, and make the venues i work with feel like their home for a night too! I believe diversity is what keeps art forever evolving and blossoming in new incarnations, and hope to support that. Oakulture: What do you wish people knew or understood more about the behind-the-scenes? Sarah Sexton: It’s all out of love. Love for the music and how it makes me feel inside. Love for the community that deserves a platform for expression. Love for the venues that understand the impact art & creativity has on people and how desperately we need it to heal. There are a lot of other careers that would guarantee a lot more security, but I follow my heart, and my heart says Oakland. Oakulture: Role models? Who do you admire artistically and why? Sarah Sexton: This may sound kinda cheesy, but i’m really enamored by Bill Graham. How people associate him today in some ways is neither here nor there for me, anytime someone gets big enough there is bound to be the ups + downs of their contributions to society I suppose. But it’s what he helped to build that blows my mind every time i think on it. As a young kid separated from his family in Europe, and coming to America post-Holocaust, he managed to grow up to play a pivotal role in a movement that drastically changed the entire world of rock n roll. That’s pretty epic in my opinion. Oakulture: Oakland heroines? Sarah Sexton: I have a few Oakland femme fatales that keep me ever striving upward and forward in the hopes of bringing their level of ferocity and classiness to the game. Women like Jennifer Johns, Antique (Naked Soul), and Zakiya Harris all have inspired me endlessly in their undying commitment to both their music and their community. Strong minds, hearts, and drive show that you can reach great heights if you allow yourself to be the glorious you. Oakulture: Words to live by? Sarah Sexton: There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; my philosophy is kindness. -The Dalai Lama ‘Frayed’ by Waterstrider from OIM Records on Vimeo. OIM Records Residency at Leo’s TONIGHT! Lila Rose, Emily Afton, Yassou Benedict, + El Elle $12 DOS / $8 ADV Doors 8pm, Show 9pm 18+ Oaktown Indie Mayhem Productions Twitter @HellaOIM Get to know the women previously highlighted in the series, including Candi Martinez, Chaney Turner, Nina Menendez, Gina Madrid aka Raw-G, DJ Zita, the Soulovely crew Lady Ryan, Aima the Dreamer and DJ EMancipacion and Ramona Webb. Follow Oakulture by entering your email above and Like Us on Facebook to keep up. 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__label__cc	0.568274	0.431726	C.S. Lewis Chronicales Of Narnia Analysis (With Topics) Topic # 3: Evaluate what seems to you the most important word, sentence, or paragraphin your novel and give reasons for your choice. The Great Lion Aslan speaks to Jill about the quest which she and Eustace wouldgo on in the story, "I lay on you this command, that you seek this lost prince until eitheryou have found him and brought him to his father's house, or else died in the attempt, orelse gone back to your won world." This sentence along with four signs that Aslan says,if followed, will lead to the prince, are the most important paragraph in the novel.Without this insight of the situation, a person will not clearly know what is happeningthrough a good part of the book. The signs ...view middle of the document... If the story is in Puddleglum the Marsh Wiggle's point of view it would beboring but colorful. The mood with out the third point of view would be distorted, everycharacter looks at Narnia in a different way; you would not really know what ishappening around the story. The third point of view is excellent also for, the maincharacters are not always together, there are actions and situations that you would notknow happen; the story would not be very clear.Topic # 25: Identify the climax of the story and relate the climax to the inciting incident. The climax is when Prince Rilian, Puddleglum, and Eustace fight the evil witchserpent to her death in "the Dark Castle" deep under the ground. Before finding theprince and encountering the witch; Jill, Eustace, and Puddleglum find their way into thecaverns by accident while being chased by the giants. They slide deep down into thecaverns once they find the small entrance to hide from the giants. When they arrive to thebottom of the cavern they encounter some creatures, "What make you here, creatures ofthe Overworld?" The three travelers are quickly taken by the Warden of the Marches ofUnderland, and his one hundred Earthmen. "Many fall down, and few return to the sunlitlands. Make ready now to come with me to the Queen of the Deep Realm." The Queen isthe evil witch; they travel for countless hours if not days to the queen. They arrive at theDark Castle, that is where they find Prince Rilian, the objective of the quest.Topic # 1: Give reasons for a character's behavior. Prince Rilian is enchanted when the three travelers find him. The prince loves thequeen or evil witch and thinks she is the most kind woman to ever live, "I am the morethankful to her for all her infinite bounty to such a poor mortal wretch as I." The princewent after the queen for many years to revenge his mother's death, this he would not sayin the world. Every night the Prince says, "my mind is most horribly changed, and, aftermy mind, my body. 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The four siblings' father is in the war; and, Peter, the leader of the bunch, Susan, the motherly figure, Edmund, the lost middle child, and Lucy, with the sweetest heart, leave their unsafe home and stay with an elderly professor at his mansion-type home. This is where a not so ordinary wardrobe is found and within it the land of Narnia is A non comprehensive reading list of recommended literature for the reading snob - Ellery High - Essay 557 words - 3 pages . Almedingen Across Five Aprils – Irene Hunt I, Juan de Pareja – Elizabeth Borton de Trevino The Journeyman – Elizabeth Yates The Trumpeter of Krakow – Eric Kelly The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken Because of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo FAIRY TALE/FANTASY FOR THE BOOKSHELF The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis The Hobbit – J.R.R. 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Tolkien presents examples of those who desire only the will to power, and contrasts them with those who chose the will to love. These examples prove the point made by writer C.S. Lewis in his work The Four Loves. Lewis firmly believes that the two wills are incompatible with each other and that the will to love is superior. The theme of friendship is an important one in the trilogy, for it is short chemistry about ionic packet for lab chemistry for ionic atoms ans duck - chemistry - assignment 1876 words - 8 pages electronegative and pull the electrons close, away from the larger, less electronegative metals. 2. When naming ionic compounds, the Metal is named first, followed by the nonmetal with an –ide ending. Ex. Sodium Fluorine becomes Sodium Fluoride. 3. Formula Unit: Lowest whole number ratio of elements in the compound. Ex. Ca3N2 1. Draw the Lewis Structure for Mg & Cl Formula Unit: _________ Name of Compound: 2. Draw the Lewis Structure for Mg Assignment. The Life Of C.S. 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__label__wiki	0.796755	0.796755	Tim Wheeler HomeAuthorsTim Wheeler Tim Wheeler estimates he has written 10,000 news reports, exposés, op-eds, and commentaries in his half-century as a journalist for the Worker, Daily World and People’s World. Tim also served as editor of the People’s Weekly World newspaper. He lives in Sequim, Wash., in the home he shared with his beloved late wife Joyce Wheeler. His book News for the 99% is a selection of his writings over the last 50 years representing a kind of history of the nation and the world from a working-class point of view. LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler Answer Trump’s smear of Baltimore by voting him out August 1, 2019 By Tim Wheeler The Baltimore Sun got it right: “Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.” James Jackson: Communist leader and pioneer fighter for civil rights June 7, 2019 By Tim Wheeler It would be hard to make sense of the civil rights struggles of the ’60s without a knowledge of this earlier movement that Jim Jackson helped build. Victory for long term care, but sharp fight to protect rural health care May 23, 2019 By Tim Wheeler It is a war on two fronts, a case of government giving with one hand and taking away with the other. The fighting history of Earl George, for worker rights, equality Tim Wheeler recalls the profound influence Earl George had on him and his family, as well as his great contributions to the ILWU and the Daily World. Boeing engineers: Company was negligent, Trump’s FAA undermined inspections May 9, 2019 By Tim Wheeler The privatization of safety inspections is a classic case of Boeing assigning the fox to guard the henhouse. Seattle Labor Chorus sings of 1919 General Strike April 18, 2019 By Tim Wheeler Workers from 100 unions a century ago walked off their jobs in solidarity with striking Seattle and Tacoma shipyard workers, idling the city for five days. The Resistance and the elections are reasons for Thanksgiving this year November 13, 2018 By Tim Wheeler On Thanksgiving, give thanks to the grassroots movements and all their candidates who barnstormed across the nation and rallied the voters to oust right-wing Republicans. Hanford nuke workers win health and safety deal September 25, 2018 By Tim Wheeler The U.S. Department of Energy signed an agreement to install scrubbers to remove poisonous vapors leaking from more than 700 tanks filled with radioactive wastes. Take control of the means of news production. Become a People's World sustainer today. About People’s World Political Affairs Archive Mundo Popular Archive Copyright 2019 Some Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34883
__label__cc	0.686698	0.313302	Motivational factors of themed park an Preschool projects New medical advances gave hemophiliacs privacy of home treatment Home homework help chatting The symbolism in a chinese lion dance performance The symbolism in a chinese lion dance performance There has been an old tradition in China of dancers wearing masks to resemble animals or mythical beasts since antiquity, and performances described in ancient texts such as Shujing where wild beasts and phoenix danced may have been masked dances. There were different versions of the dance in the Tang Dynasty. Normally dance or dance is part of festivities like Chinese New Year, the Moon Festival August, the openings of restaurants and weddings. If done well, it is believed that the lion dance brings luck and happiness. Although lions are not native in China, they came to this country for the famous Silk Road. The rulers of what is today Iran and Afghanistan sent them lions to Chinese emperors as gifts for the right to negotiate with merchants of silk route. The lion dance is prior to the Han Dynasty B. D in China and is during the Tang Dynasty A. It was made particularly during religious festivals. The lion dance was introduced not only in China, but also did in Korea and Taiwan, where lions are not native either. The dances are not exactly the same in these countries, but the symbolism is quite similar. The difference is in the way the lions move, but the biggest difference is in their colorful, the lion of the north has a hairy and yellow Caraa and less movable mouth, the lion of the south has a normally colored body not both long hair and a more movable mouth. The Lion dance performance is performed by two dancers. One head handles, made of strong but lightweight materials such as paper-mache and bamboo, the other parts, the body and tail of fabric that are attached to the head. Leon is accompanied by three musicians, playing a large drum, cymbals and a gong also it accompanies a small Buddha, this small Buddha tells the story that is a monk of Shaolin Temple was too rebellious for training the Temple and he was expelled from the Temple. The person who performs it is usually very acrobatic and flexible management has a very good body. The suit carrying a Traditional Kung Fu suit or uniform Monk, sometimes a bright color Under the suit usually wear something that makes you look fat, usually a cushion or pillow. Also usually wear face covered with a mask, the little Buddha is constantly fastidar the lion with a fan bearing, this character is very acrobatic but very clumsy and constantly falls. During the dance the head can move lion eyes, mouth and ears for the different expressions of lion, plus dance contains parts such as saluting, walking, eating, climbing an obstacle, special moves, during the execution of all of them You should imitate the lion. Each type of movement has a specific musical rhythm. Dancing quality depends on the level of difficulty, the correct form and positions the enconjunto have a right rhythm. The level of difficulty is governed by the performance of the dancers with high jumps, you put one above the other, etc. Lion dance combines art, history and kung fu moves, so usually those who perform dance are practicing kung fu. What is the symbolic meaning behind the Chinese lion? \| Yahoo Answers Quite often people who watch the dances think they are seeing dragons. The main difference between Lion dance performance and dragon dance is that the latter is made more than six people.According to traditional Chinese belief, the lion signifies courage, stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits, and since the monsters, ghosts, evil spirits and giants like Nian are afraid of loud noises, the dance has become a natural complement to the fire crackers' noise. Clashing cymbals, a gong and drums usually accompany this lively scene. The lion’s . The lion dance is an older traditional dance filled with symbolism relating to old traditional Chinese culture. It is not a modern competition Malaysian dance. A typical performance is outlined below. Lion Dance is the most popular folk dance in China, it originated in China more than a thousand years ago. Lion dances are also usually more popular than dragon tranceformingnlp.come lion dances are broadly categorized into two major styles. Apr 05, · the Chinese Lion Dance! The brightly colored lion what is the symbolic meaning behind the Chinese lion? their is a lion which sits at the feet of Buddha or a Bodhisavatha or lotus pad. the seat of Buddha is known as the lion's seat. The symbol above is that the the power of Buddha is so great that even the King of the jungle Status: Resolved. The Chinese Lion Dance is often confused with the Chinese Dragon Dance. They are both an important part of traditional Chinese festivities, specially Chinese New Year, and both are thought to bring good luck and scare away the evil spirits. Chinese Lion Dancing Many who see a Chinese Lion Dance performed, and even many of the performers, do not stop to reflect on the symbolisms being presented. However, by understanding them, a greater appreciation for this ancient ritual can be gained. Feb 21, · If you want more information about our Chinese Lion Dance please call us at The Chinese Southern Lion (simplified Chinese: 南狮; traditional Chinese: 南獅; pinyin: Nán shī) or Cantonese Lion dance originated from Guangdong. The Southern Lion has a single horn, and is associated with the legend of a mythical monster called Nian. Chinese guardian lions or Imperial guardian lions, often miscalled "Foo Dogs" in the West, are a common representation of the lion in imperial China. 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__label__wiki	0.836937	0.836937	Caitlin Ultimo October 30, 2017 Behavior / Breed Lists 13 Strongest Dog Breeds If you’ve ever watched a dog show, it’s easy to see that many breeds come from hardy stock—consider the herding group, sporting group and working group, for instance. While it is true that many dogs have been bred to excel at certain tasks, some breeds go above and beyond when it comes to their strength. Whether it’s racing across miles of frozen tundra or working hours besides their policeman counterparts, these 13 breeds have more than earned their status as the strongest dogs: A confident guardian that has worked to guard, drive and hold cattle throughout Europe since Roman times, the Rottie became a well-known police dog in the early 20th century, says Gina DiNardo, executive secretary with the American Kennel Club. “These dogs are large, powerful and robust,” she says. “They’re very strong, have inherent protective instincts, and are extremely loyal. They need at least two vigorous workouts a day.” A Spitz breed that’s over 2,000 years old, the Siberian Husky was developed for pulling sleds and warning of approaching animals and people. “They are medium-size dogs and they excel at working on a team,” says Thom Stanfield, president of the Terry-All Kennel Club. Siberian Huskies require plenty of exercise, are known to be affectionate and, while they don’t necessarily bark a lot, Stanfield says they have been known to “talk” a lot and howl at any siren that goes by. “I love this breed and would recommend it to any family, as they bond quickly,” he adds. The largest of the Arctic breeds, the Inuit tribes of western Alaska used the Alaskan Malamute to hunt and carry freight through the deep snow. “Malamutes are large, powerful and heavy boned,” DiNardo says. “They possess great strength and endurance, as they’re designed to carry large loads over long distances.” They also have a high activity level, which requires daily exercise, and although they are quite affectionate and devoted to their families, they also have independent natures. Known as “gentle giants,” Great Danes are an extremely large and immensely strong breed originally used as boar hunters. “The breed has a powerful, muscular body,” says DiNardo. “They’re spirited and courageous, but also known for their sensitive, gentle nature. Great Danes are moderately active, needing a few good walks a day.” Originally used as a hunting, guard and farm dog throughout Italy, the breed was also used as an “auxiliary warrior” in battles, says DiNardo. “These dogs are athletic, muscular, and large boned,” she says. “They are very strong with a moderate activity level, needing daily exercise.” While the Cane Corso has strong protective and territorial instincts, it is also known to be quiet, docile and affectionate. “Elkies” are another very old breed of dog, says Stanfield. A medium-sized dog with a strong jaw and neck, they’re very strong, and their protectiveness of their owners makes them a good watchdog. “Elkhounds are a very versatile dog, excelling in tracking, obedience, sled pulling and weight pulls,” Stanfield says. “They are extremely loyal to their family and will protect it against all odds. This breed is easily trained to do any task.” The Doberman originated in Germany as a reliable guard dog and companion. Since then, the breed has been widely used as a war dog and police dog, says DiNardo. “Dobermans are compact, muscular dogs that possess great endurance and speed,” she says. “They are intelligent, powerful, agile and have a high activity level. They need lots of mental and physical activity.” The Newfoundland is an all-purpose working dog and master long-distance swimmer with lifesaving instincts in the water. “Newfs are large, strong dogs that are heavy boned and muscular with powerful hindquarters,” says DiNardo. “The breed is well-known for its temperament—these are sweet, good-natured, gentle dogs that are devoted to their families and notoriously good with kids.” Newfoundlands have a moderate activity level, and they require daily exercise like swimming and walking. Impressive to look at, the St. Bernard is known for its heroic, lifesaving duties in the Swiss Alps. “The breed was used as a rescue dog, draft dog and guard by the monks [and] saved travelers from avalanches and snow drifts,” says DiNardo. “The St. Bernard has broad, powerful shoulders and is strong and muscular.” This breed is loyal, gentle, affectionate and intelligent. Daily walks and romps in a fenced in yard will keep him happy. Courageous, well-balanced and muscular are a few of the words used to describe the American Staffordshire Terrier. “These dogs are athletic and have a strong, powerful head,” DiNardo says. “Despite its historic background as a fighting dog, the American Staffordshire Terrier is known for its affectionate disposition.” Am Staffs are sociable, very people-oriented and have a lot of energy and endurance which means they require plenty of exercise. Bred as a hunter and protector of livestock and homes, the Rhodesian Ridgeback is a strong, muscular dog. “The breed is still used for hunting and guarding, as well as a family companion,” says DiNardo. “Rhodesian Ridgebacks have strong protective instincts. They are athletic and need daily exercise such as running, long walks or vigorous interactive play.” The Bouvier des Flandres was developed in Belgium as a versatile, all-purpose farm dog. “The breed has done everything from pulling carts and driving cattle to guarding livestock and homes,” DiNardo says. “The Bouvier is a big, sturdy, powerfully built dog with strong bone. These dogs are quick learners and vigilant watchdogs.” The breed has a moderate-to-high activity level and needs a good deal of daily exercise. One of the oldest breeds of dog, Mastiffs have been used as guardians, hunters and war dogs. “Mastiffs are heavy boned with a powerful neck and firm back,” says DiNardo. “They are gentle, calm and self assured.” The courageous and loyal breed is devoted to and protective of their families, and their low-to-moderate activity level means a nice long walk will keep them happy. Cheryl Lock BehaviorBreed Lists Golden Retriever Dog Breed: Facts, Temperament and Care Info German Shepherd Dog Breed: Facts, Temperament and Care Info Pug Dog Breed: Facts, Temperament and Care Info Chihuahua Dog Breed: Facts, Temperament and Care Info Beagle Dog Breed: Facts, Temperament and Care Info	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34887
__label__cc	0.729442	0.270558	John Steiner: Terry Patten with Jim Turner (Audio with Summary) – Liberating the “Innate Intelligence of the Body Politic” Liberating the “Innate Intelligence of the Body Politic” by Terry Patten On Sunday, July 15th, longtime Washington DC attorney and natural health advocate, Jim Turner, joined me for an inspiring conversation on what he calls the “innate intelligence of the body politic.” It was unlike any of my previous dialogs, focusing (on the surface) not on spirituality and consciousness but on the practical matters of bringing holistic principles to bear on Washington, DC political processes, the kinds of issues we hear about on the news. Terry Patten But Jim approached these issues from a very different perspective, and I left my conversation with him with an unexpected sense of uplift and inspiration. I highly recommend you download the dialog if you haven’t listened already! Our conversation began with Jim describing the importance of and inspiring possibilities for transpartisanship in American politics, and then he explained the vision of the political organization he is now leading, Voice for HOPE (Healers of Planet Earth). On the surface, Voice for HOPE’s purpose is to make “natural” (alternative, complementary, and integrative) approaches to health and healing an explicit and valued part of national health policy by tapping into the energy of the nearly one hundred organized “natural” health modalities currently being used by an estimated 200 million Americans. HOPE focuses that energy onto the national health policy debate by organizing a broad range of individuals and professionals (an undertaking intended to transcend political identities and affiliations) as “Citizen Healers” and training them to educate policymakers about the principles of natural healing (most of which liberate the “innate intelligence of the body”). HOPE was founded on a subtle but radically holistic insight — that our politics function a lot like our individual health. There’s a fundamentally healthy, self-correcting, self-healing, intelligence to the “body politic”, and if we begin with this understanding, rather than with a presumption of problem and disease, we have reason to hope we can achieve the kind of results we really want. From there, our conversation ranged far and wide. We discussed such things as: * The California ballot initiative requiring the labeling of GMOs in food. * The FDA’s withdrawal of its December 2011 proposal to restrict access to dietary supplements. * A radical approach to tax reform—in which a transaction tax or “user fee” could replace the entire taxing system. On every transaction, the government would collect a fee of .6%. Although we’d need international partners, we could use this to replace the whole income tax code (which would appeal to partisans on both the right and the left.) * The paradoxical intelligence (rather than naïve stupidity) of public attitudes (polls show we want to pay lower taxes AND get more services). Maybe we’re right! Jim believes there’s a political impulse at loose in the country that has a resonance with these kinds of ideas. We aren’t hearing about them because they’re not fitting in to the existing left-right power struggle. But there are many underlying (and usually unseen) polarities that often make for strange bedfellows (like the value of order, embraced by McCain and Feingold’s alliance on campaign finance reform, or the value of freedom, embraced by the NRA and the ACLU, both supporting the Citizens United decision.) Or the fact that Chief Justice John Roberts recently wrote a decision in which he enumerated a series of ways in which corporations are not people. Jim resonated with the simultaneous policy implementation ideas that John Bunzl put forward in his recent Beyond Awakening dialog (in fact, they’re endemic to his transaction tax idea.) Interest piqued? I hope you’ll find time to either play online or download and tune into this inspiring and timely dialog. (Warning, if you do, you might find yourself feeling an unfamiliar sense of hope for our future.) CategoriesCultural Intelligence Previous PostPrevious Search: Aquifers of the World + Water RECAP Next PostNext Anthony Judge: Implication of Indwelling Intelligence in Global Confidence-building	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34890
__label__cc	0.605988	0.394012	2014 Ram Trucks Test Drive Posted on July 21, 2014 by B. Schaffer Dog in the next truck checks out the new Ram truck. By Barbara & Bill Schaffer On recent trip to visit Bill?s family in Montana, we discovered that most of them had become Ram Truck owners. Because we only get to Montana about once a year, we don?t know exactly when this change occurred, but we remember Fords and a GMC in the mix before. Now almost everyone drives Ram Trucks? although one nephew still drives a Ford. Bill’s sister’s Ram 3500 chassis cab Bill’s broher’s Ram 1500 Hemi Bill’s sister’s Ram 3500 pickup The point is, Ram trucks have become a big deal in our family, and they are becoming a very big deal in the U.S. market with sales continuing to climb. In 2013, there were 355,673 Ram trucks sold making it the fifth largest selling vehicle in the U.S. Ram has also been a big winner in the awards circuit too, finishing as the Motor Trend Truck of the Year (2013 and 2014), 2014 Truck of Texas?, North American Truck of the Year 2014 along with several other major awards. We recently arranged to drive a couple of different 2014 Ram trucks to get a sense of their growing popularity. First we drove the 2014 Ram 2500 Laramie Longhorn Crew Cab 4×4 with Cummins diesel engine. The name alone is a mouthful, but once we spent some time in this big heavy duty truck cab, we were in awe of the posh environment, western d?cor and diesel power. Then we drove the new lighter-duty Ram 1500 with its impressive new Eco-friendly diesel engine. 2014 Ram 2500 Laramie Longhorn Crew Cab 4×4 Truck buying can be an extremely complex process when you start to compare the options, capacities, sizes and trim levels. Ram trucks come in two- or four-wheel drive, with three cab styles, three pickup box lengths (plus Chassis Cabs) and up to ten trim levels for some models. Add in the engine, transmission, suspension, axle ratios and the long lists of comfort, convenience and available packages along with dozens of color choices and there are about a gazillion possible combinations. For 2014, the heavy duty Ram trucks have increased the potential maximum towing capacity to 30,000 pounds and added a new 410-hp 6.4-liter Hemi? V-8 engine. The big Hemi not only produces best in class horsepower and torque (429-lb.ft.) it also has a fuel saving cylinder deactivation system that improves fuel economy. The Ram 2500 we drove was equipped with the optional ($7,995) 6.7-liter Cummins Turbo Diesel with Exhaust Brake. The legendary engine produces 370 horsepower and 800-lb.ft. of torque at only 1,600 rpms. The transmission is a smooth strong six-speed automatic. The truck has a towing capacity of 16,870 pounds using a goose neck fifth wheel hitch. An optional feature on this 2500 truck was the rear air suspension with auto leveling system that keeps the truck flat at all times so it doesn?t sink in the rear when loaded with cargo or pulling a trailer. The Cummins engine uses a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) that is injected into the exhaust to reduce NOx (Nitrogen Oxides) emissions coming out of the tail pipe. Unlike some competitor?s systems, the Ram Heavy Duty maintains full power even when fluid is low. The DEF is held in a 5.7 gallon tank that is conveniently accessed at the fuel door. As impressive as the engine and drivetrain might be, it?s the interior that really adds bling. Our Longhorn model test truck had the beautiful and very comfortable black and cattle tan premium leather seats. The Western theme interior was adorned with leather Longhorn badges, wood and leather heated steering wheel, contrasting black piping on the seats, barbwire design floor mats and even saddlebag-like covers on the backs of the front seat as storage compartments. The Ram was equipped with many of the latest technologies, even though the design was reminiscent of the old west. We think the Ram?s Uconnect? navigation and audio system is one of the industry?s best. With its large user-friendly 8.4-inch screen and extensive services like TravelLink?, Sirius XM Traffic ? and even a Wi-Fi media hub, the system provides state of the art connectivity and entertainment. Our test vehicle also has creature comforts like heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats and adjustable pedals with memory. Ram 2500 model truck pricing ranges from $31,310 for a two-wheel drive Tradesman with regular cab to as high as $67,875 for the full-loaded Laramie Longhorn Crew Cab 4×4 with the Cummins Diesel engine. We usually prefer smaller vehicles, but were impressed by how drivable the 2014 Ram Crew Cab is. Steering is precise and brakes are strong, but they have a big load to stop. For a tall truck, it?s even easy to get up into with the full-length running board. The running board extends from wheel well to wheel well providing easy access to the cabin and the front of the cargo bed. Driving the Ram is comfortable and extremely quiet, with virtually no diesel sound entering the cabin. The ride quality is excellent and handling is good for such a large vehicle. If we had a big boat, trailer, or had horses to haul, this would certainly be at the top of our shopping list. 2014 Ram 1500 Big Horn Crew Cab 4×4 A couple of weeks later we had a chance to get into the 2014 Ram 1500 Big Horn Crew Cab 4×4 with the new light-duty diesel engine. This engine puts Ram even more into a leadership position and at the top fuel economy for the full-size truck segment. The 3.0-liter V-6 EcoDiesel engine was developed and manufactured by VM Motori (a Chrysler supplier since 1992). It is one of the most advanced diesel engines in themarketplace and includes a diesel oxidation catalyst, diesel particulate filter, and selective catalytic reduction — it is emissions-compliant in all 50 states.?The diesel engine is a $4,000 option and ends up costing $2,850 over the price of a similarly equipped Hemi? V-8 powered model. The 240-horsepower engine is rated at 420-lb.ft. of torque and is mated with Ram?s TorqueFlite transmission which is the Ram adaptation of the ZF eight-speed automatic transmission. The transmission is controlled by a large round knob mounted on the dash to the right of the steering wheel. Gear changes can be made manually by using two buttons mounted on the face of the steering wheel. We think it?s one of the best transmissions in the business and is being used now by a large number of manufacturers worldwide and in many of the latest Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. The combination diesel and eight-speed automatic transmission gets an EPA rating of 19 mpg city, 27 mpg highway and 22 mpg combined. In mixed driving for a week, we averaged 25.6 mpg, beating the combined EPA number by over three miles per gallon. The diesel powered Ram has a 9,200-pound towing capacity. The standard engine in the Ram 1500 is the award winning 3.6-liter Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 and the optional gasoline engine is a 395-hp 5.7-liter Hemi V-8. Like the 2500, the Ram 1500 is available in what seems like an infinite number of possible combinations. The Crew Cab we drove is offered in 10 different trim levels ranging in price from $26,005 for the regular cab, two-wheel drive Tradesman model, which is generally used for a work truck. The top model the Laramie? Limited with a base price of $49,875 and tops out at $53,615 with all the option boxes checked. This is a perfect truck for someone that uses their truck as an everyday driver and occasional tow truck for a boat, camper or smaller horse trailer. It has lots of power, but the fuel economy is easier to live with. We were amazed by how quiet and smooth this truck is. The only time we could tell it was a diesel was when we first started it or when idling at the mailbox. Speaking of starting; there are no rituals of allowing the glow plugs to heat up when starting this engine. Simply turn the key to the start position and let off?in a few seconds when the plugs are properly heated, the engine starts. Like most of the trucks, the Ram 1500 has a good selection of driver aids like parking cameras and sensors, remote start and the Uconnect communications and infotainment system. What we didn?t find on the 2014 Ram trucks were some of the important new safety technologies like blind spot warning, automatic cruise control and lane departure warning. It wasn’t too many years ago that we thought the massive grille on the Ram trucks was excessive, but now it looks small compared to the Ford and General Motors offerings. The new Ram looks good inside and out, and the interior is even one of the Ward?s 10 Best Interiors. Ram backs up all its powertrains with a five-year /100,000-mile Powertrain Limited Warranty. The powertrain-limited warranty covers the cost of all parts and labor needed to repair a covered powertrain component ? engine, transmission and drive system and includes free towing to the nearest Ram dealer, if necessary. 2014 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0T TSI Test Drive 2015 Dodge Challenger /SRT/Hellcat Test Drive 2020 Genesis G90: First Drive Review Nik Miles Best Car Deals of the Year WXIN Fox 59 Mike Caudill Best Deals of the Year KDVR Fox 31 What Would Santa Drive?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34892
__label__wiki	0.708753	0.708753	Regional and National History x Engineering and Technology x African History x clear all Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596), pirate, sea captain, and explorer Harry Kelsey. Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; World History; Maps and Map-making; Australasian and Pacific History; History of the Americas; Property Law; Property Crime; African History; Travel and Holiday. 12828 words. Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596), pirate, sea captain, and explorer, was born about February or March 1540 in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon, the eldest of five known children of Edmund... Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–1594), privateer, explorer, and naval commander James McDermott. Reference Entry. Subjects: Military History; Naval Forces and Warfare; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; World History; Maps and Map-making; History of the Americas; African History; Travel and Holiday. 4111 words. Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–1594), privateer, explorer, and naval commander, was descended from John Frobisher (b. c.1260), a Scot settled in lands near Chirk in Denbighshire granted in... Laird, Macgregor (1808–1861), shipbuilder and explorer John Flint. Reference Entry. Subjects: World History; Maps and Map-making; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; African History. 1276 words. Laird, Macgregor (1808–1861), shipbuilder and explorer, was born in Greenock, the younger son of William Laird, founder of the Birkenhead firm of shipbuilders, and Agnes Macgregor; he was...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34896
__label__wiki	0.813327	0.813327	Peter Lawford’s widow holds a Kennedy grudge By Richard Johnson President Kennedy and his then brother-in-law Peter Lawford in 1962. Corbis Website wants Camille Grammer's husband David C. Meyer disbarred Ansel Elgort and girlfriend Violetta Komyshan stun at ballet event Andy Cohen's threesome highlighted in new Howard Stern book TransPerfect co-CEO Phil Shawe suing Lionbridge Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake can practice golf swing at new club Someone is missing from all the coverage of the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination: Peter Lawford, the handsome British member of the Rat Pack whose first wife was the president’s sister, Patricia Kennedy. Lawford’s fourth wife and widow, also named Patricia, blames the Kennedy family for erasing Lawford from history in retaliation for her refusal to share footage from Kennedy’s Inaugural Ball on Jan. 19, 1961. The ball featured performances by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Leonard Bernstein, Milton Berle, Sir Laurence Olivier and Gene Kelly, and a short speech by Eleanor Roosevelt. “Peter organized it. I have the copyright. They want me to donate it to the Kennedy Library, but I refuse,” Patricia told me. “There’s a Kennedy at every TV network, and they have deliberately deleted Peter from every story.” Patricia — now married to Beverly Hills private eye Dan Stewart — cites the iconic image from the president’s funeral, showing a white horse pulling the caisson with JFK’s casket as John John salutes. Lawford is there behind Jackie. “But every time I see the photo now, Peter’s head is nearly cut off, and he never is named in the caption,” Patricia said. Lawford was dubbed “Brother-in-Lawford” by Sinatra. But after President Kennedy was advised to steer clear of Sinatra in 1962 because of his mob ties, Sinatra blamed Lawford and shunned him. “It was downhill from there,” Patrica told me. Lawford, a big drinker, died in 1984 at age 61. Filed under john f. kennedy , kennedys , patricia kennedy , patricia lawford ‘Homeland’ star gets private screening	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34898
__label__cc	0.745896	0.254104	Math teachers demonstrate a bias toward white male students by SAGE Publications While theories about race, gender, and math ability among high school students have long been debated, a recent study found that math teachers are in fact, unjustifiably biased toward their white male students. This study was published in a new article released in the April 2012 issue of Gender & Society (GENDSOC), the official journal of the Sociologists for Women in Society, published by SAGE. "This speaks to the presence of a perhaps subtle yet omnipresent stereotype in high school classrooms: Math, comparatively speaking, is just easier for white males than it is for white females," wrote the authors. Researchers Catherine Riegle-Crumb and Melissa Humphries analyzed data collected by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) that consisted of a nationally representative group of about 15,000 students. Their data also included teacher surveys in which math teachers were asked to offer their personal assessment of individual students, indicating whether they felt that the course was too easy for the student, the appropriate level, or too difficult. The researchers compared these assessments with other data about the students such as their math GPA and their score on a standardized math test in order to determine if the teachers' perceptions of their students' abilities matched up with the students' actual scores. After analyzing this data, the researchers found disparities between teachers' favorable perceptions of the abilities of their white male students and these students' scores. Conversely, white female students were perceived by teachers to be doing more poorly in their math classes than they actually were. The researchers did not, however, find the same disparities between white students and minority students. In fact, they found that math teachers actually favored black female students, claiming that these students were more successful in their math classes than they actually were. The authors wrote, "Once we take into account that, on average, Black and Hispanic male and female students have lower grades and test scores than white males, teachers do not rate the math ability of minority students less favorably than students belonging to the traditionally advantaged category of white males." Riegle-Crumb and Humphries offered some explanations for their findings. For example, since few black females were enrolled in high-level math courses, teachers may have viewed the black female students in their advanced courses as overcoming more to be successful in mathematics, thus illustrating more perseverance and academic potential. Additionally, they explained that teachers may be more sensitive to their own tendencies towards racial bias than gender bias as gender bias may be so socially ingrained that it is harder to notice and therefore harder to resist. The authors wrote, "The occurrence of bias in high school classrooms indicates that cultural expectations likely function to shape interactions and re-create inequality throughout the math pipeline that leads to high-status occupations in related fields of science and technology." High school math teachers may not make the grade when it comes to gender bias More information: "Exploring Bias in Math Teachers' Perception of Students' Ability by Gender and Race/Ethnicity," in Gender & Society is available free for a limited time at: gas.sagepub.com/content/26/2/290.full.pdf+html Provided by SAGE Publications Citation: Math teachers demonstrate a bias toward white male students (2012, April 16) retrieved 20 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2012-04-math-teachers-bias-white-male.html Question About Electric Aircraft Propulsion A few questions about Potential Energy Test a cheap Surge Protector Power Strip (US 110V)? What do they mean when they say something is so many light years away Is the concept of "wave function collapse" obsolete? Graduate Quantum as an Undergrad More from Physics Forums \| Science Articles, Homework Help, Discussion Teachers think white females lag behind in math, study finds Gender bias found in student ratings of high school science teachers Elementary school women teachers transfer their fear of doing math to girls Teacher influence persists in early grades Building a better math teacher: Math professor considers new ways to use what we already know Researchers propose 'Human Screenome Project' to study the impacts of digital media Being copycats might be key to being human Street network patterns reveal worrying worldwide trend towards urban sprawl CLICS: World's largest database of cross-linguistic lexical associations Model shows Welsh language in no danger of extinction but te reo Māori is on its way out People view rationality and reasonableness as distinct principles of judgment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34900
__label__wiki	0.976808	0.976808	Section V Roundup: Mound gems from Chris Butler, Drew Delaney, Alex Savory and James Sciortino By johnmitchelllikanje on April 14, 2018 No Comment Jake Schuler struck out five over six innings as Fairport defeated Greece Arcadia. (Photo: SUE KANE) CHURCHVILLE-CHILI 2 Ryan Hubler finished 3-for-3 at the plate and paced three batters with multiple hits as Canandaigua (2-2) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third and never trailed. Connor Fisher and Joe Brinza both went 2-for-4, combining for two RBI and three runs scored. Seth Vigneri, Dylan Mackenzie, Michael Sculli and Tristan Tyndall each contributed a hit. Copper Crunick backed up his offense with four innings of one-run ball, giving up three hits and three walks while striking out three batters on 66 pitches. Amaury Samalot finished 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored for Churchville-Chili. Joe Puglia had a hit and an RBI for the Saints. IRONDEQUOIT 2 RUSH-HENRIETTA 0 Jose Morales broke a scoreless tie in the top of the sixth with a two-run single scoring Nick Serce and Jackson DeJohn. Chris Butler struck out 10 and hurled a complete game 3-hitter with 10 strike outs for Irondequoit (3-1). Johnny Fernandes added two hits for the Eagles. Raymond Specht had two hits for Rush-Henrietta (1-1). WEBSTER SCHROEDER 6 Griffin Knight had a two-run single and Jack Willard an RBI base hit as Schroeder (3-0) broke open a 1-1 game in the bottom of the sixth with five runs on three hits, three walks and a hit by pitch. Junior Peter Smith struck out four and allowed two hits and one walk over six and a third for the win. Penfield’s Andrew Ebersol fanned 11 over six innings of work. The Patriots fell to 4-2. WEBSTER THOMAS 8 GATES-CHILI 2 Junior Caden Hahn fanned six and allowed one hit over four innings for his first varsity win. Justin LaLoggia set down four on strikes over two innings, and Derek Ogi struck out two over an inning of work. Jim Marasco paced the Thomas (2-1) offense with two hits and two RBI. Matt Stuewe and Ethan Maltman added RBI singles. Ryan Hill finished with a hit, two walks and two stolen bases for the Titans. Drew Delaney hurled a complete game 3-hitter and improved to 2-0 on the season. The junior right-hander struck out three for Victor (3-2). Chris Varone finished 1-for-3 including a two-out, two-run double in the third to give Victor a 2-0 advantage. Varone finished with three RBI on the day when he brought home Ryan Lukas with a ground out in the fifth for a 4-0 Blue Devils lead in the fifth. Tommy Ryan went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Nate Hampson was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Jason Nau started and threw five innings for Spencerport (0-6) The senior went 2-for-2 at the plate. Greg Ranieri singled home the lone Ranger run. PITTSFORD MENDON 5 George Gines scattered two hits over five innings for Mendon (3-2). The senior right-hander struck out six, walked three and needed just 64 pitches. At the plate, Gines had a hit and scored twice. Billy Dalton led the offense with two hits and a walk. Jake Ring and Cam Yonda had a hit and drove in two runs apiece. Ring also scored a run. Jared Petrichick singled and scored a run. Owen VanNewkirk had a double for HF-L. GREECE ARCADIA 4 FAIRPORT 10 Devin Marshall finished 2-for-3 including a two-out, two-run single in the third to break open a tie game. Fairport (3-4) went on to score two runs in the fourth and three in the fifth. Mike Sabatine and Jake Schuler both doubled and had three hits apiece. Schuler drove in four runs. Sabatine scored three times. Tyler Holmes went 2-for-4. Tyler Smith had a hit, a walk, drove in a run and scored twice. Omar Rosa was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Schuler allowed three runs (one earned) on one hit over five innings. He struck out six and and walked five. Anthony Roides struck out two and hurled a scoreless inning in relief. Isaac Yorkey had a double and an RBI for Arcadia (0-2). Ben Bell, Sam Carducci, Drew Southcott and Nate Yantz scored a run apiece for the Titans. BROCKPORT 6 Frank Lauricella allowed an unearned run on two hits over five innings, and Brockport (4-3) won its fourth straight game. The senior southpaw struck out two and walked three for the win. He also drove in two runs with two hits. Cole Penders finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Gordon Fisher went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Joshua Keenan, Samuel Velletri, Ashton Scott and Dominic Passafiume had a hit and a run apiece. Joshua Battaglia went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk an RBI and a run scored for Hilton (2-3). GREECE ODYSSEY 2 GREECE ATHENA 3 Trojans improve to 2-1. James Sciortino hurled a complete game, 2-hitter on 73 pitches for Athena (2-1). Mike Ruta plated a run with a triple, and Tyler Curtis collected two hits and a run scored for the Trojans. Odyssey’s Korey Canton held Athena to four hits. PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND 17 Davis Heyman, Jack Bergin, Dylan Armanini, Keeghan Cummings, Jackson Renica, and Layton Cummings each had two hits, combining to go 12-for-14 at the plate with eleven RBI and twelve runs scored to lead Sutherland (3-3). Will Ling, Quinn Wilcox, and Connor Fitzsimmons had a hit apiece for the Knights. Graham Schild started and allowed one hit over three shutout innings. The senior right-hander fanned six using 46 pitches. Tyler DePaolis hurled two shutout innings in relief. AQUINAS 3 McQUAID 17 Ben Beauchamp collected five RBI including a grand slam in a 12-run second as McQuaid (6-1) breezed to its first victory over a Section V opponent. Hunter Walsh allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits over three innings for the win. Noah Campanelli finished 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored. Ryan O’Mara, Drew Bailey and Mike Carins each had two hits. AJ Fina and Tyler Griggs scored three runs apiece. Ben Hintz struck out two over two shutout innings in relief. McQuaid opened its season going 5-1 at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida. CUBA-RUSHFORD 2 WELLSVILLE 14 There were no black cats anywhere in sight, no ladders to walk under, and there was no grains of salt to be found at Cuba-Rushford. When Miles and longtime friend and C-R coach Steve Yatzkanic met for the second and final time this season, it would be one for the record books. READ MORE. SOUTH SENECA 10 The Falcons won their season opener after having their first three games postponed. Spencer John led the offense with three hits, an RBI, and two runs scored. Nicholas Twardeski went 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored. Nassir Whitley, Cole Acker, John Zajac, and Cameron Cupp each had a hit and combined to go 4-for-13 with two RBI and four runs scored. Whitley also dazzled on the mound with four scoreless innings, giving up two hits, a walk, and striking out five batters on fifty-three pitches. SODUS 5 Alex Savory fanned 14 and tossed a 2-hitter for Sodus. The senior also finished with a double and two RBI at the plate. Ryan DeBadts was 2-for-2 with a stolen base and two runs scored. Waterloo’s Ken Mattoon struck out eight and allowed two runs over three innings. Ethan Hunt was 1-for-2 with an RBI. HORNELL 0 The Bulldogs improved to 2-4 with the shutout win. They scored two runs each in the first and fifth innings while adding runs in the third and sixth. Drew Delaney, Gates Chili, RBI, shutout Section V Roundup: Mound gems from Chris Butler, Drew Delaney, Alex Savory and James Sciortino added by johnmitchelllikanje on April 14, 2018	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34901
__label__wiki	0.726643	0.726643	This podcast currently has no reviews. FavoriteShareReportAdd all episodes to Queue The Veiled Westactive Jali Redwyne Media Type \| Podknife tags \| Drama, Fiction, Science Fiction, Serialized Categories Via RSS \| Comedy Fiction, During a time when the American frontier was still young, a prosperous silver strike in the Arizona territory brought about the city of Tombstone. Everyone knows the stories and the history of the "Old West". What they do not know is the entire story. The non Human communities were not friendly back then. The term "The Wild West" was coined because of the constant conflict between Werewolf, Druid and Vampire. The poor Humans were simply caught up in the crossfire of the times. This is the story of the West that few people hear. The stories of the struggles, shameful acts and triumphs of the Veiled West. Premiere Date \| Frequency \| Explicit \| 11 Available Episodes (11 Total) / Average duration: 00:17:52 11 Available Episodes (11 Total)Average duration: 00:17:52 The Veiled West Special - "Reminiscing" Vince, Hannah and Raphael recall where they came from. Each one of them share stories of heroism, violence and a struggle to fuse their Human nature with their more primal side. Website: http://theveiledwest.com/iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssHey It's Jali Entertainment uses Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=188965 (Disclaimer: This is an affiliate link)Music from https://filmmusic.io"Dramatic Riser - Dramatic Orchestral Riser" by Rafael Krux (https://www.orchestralis.net/)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 009 - "Silent Night" In episode 9 "Silent Night", it's Christmas time in Tombstone. All is calm in the boomtown as many call a temporary truce in the spirit of the season. On Leopold Payne's homestead, Happy finds himself in a hopeless situation. Website: http://theveiledwest.com/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssHey It's Jali Entertainment uses Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=188965 (Disclaimer: This is an affiliate link) Music from https://filmmusic.io"We Three Celtic Kings" by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"Christmas Tree - Festive Christmas Carol" by Rafael Krux (https://www.orchestralis.net/)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 008 - "Captured" Leopold, Vince and Raphael corner Doc and Happy. The fight doesn't go as planned, but the vampires have taken a trophy from Coyote Crossing Ranch. In Tombstone, Leopold tries to ensure that Morris and Laura leave Tanya alone. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssHey It's Jali Entertainment uses Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=188965 (Disclaimer: This is an affiliate link) Special thanks to Edgar Lonzano for his sound design in this episode and to Christopher Z for his composition. Music from https://filmmusic.io"Very Low Note" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"Neo Western" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 007 - "New Life" In Episode 7 - "A New Life" : Some new friends come to Coyote Crossing Ranch and they happen to be wanted men. Hannah meets Eliza and eavesdrops on she and Laura. Then, a new life joins our friends in the Arizona Territory. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssMusic from https://filmmusic.io"With the Sea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 006 - "The Change" Eliza runs away from Hannah and makes a decision that will change her life forever. Doc, Happy and the others get caught up at the Dry Brook Corral and Doc is going to pay the price for it. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Neo Western" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Music from https://filmmusic.io"Devastation and Revenge" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 005 - "The Proposal" In episode 5, Amos is named US Marshall while Eli suspects that Amos is enthralled by the Vampires. At Coyote Crossing Ranch, Eliza catches Happy planning a rustle and it leads them to share a touching moment. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Lost Frontier" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Music from https://filmmusic.io"Einleitung (Romeos Erbe)" by Sascha Ende (ende.de">https://www.sascha-ende.de)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 004 - "The Deputy" In the Aftermath of the tragedy outside of Tombstone, Doc Decker finds himself in a new position. Vince and Leopold appoint Tanya as the new school teacher. Vera makes a beneficial bargain with Eliza. The Reverend Morris and Laura Stanton both come to help Coyote Crossing Ranch. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rss The Veiled West 003 - "Perry" A US Marshall comes to visit Tombstone and warns Amos about a gang that came into the territory. Meanwhile, Raphael pays a visit to Coyote Crossing Ranch. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rssMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Pseudo" by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Music from https://filmmusic.io"Desert Night" by Sascha Ende (ende.de">https://www.sascha-ende.de)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Veiled West 002 - "Eliza" Eliza uncovers a plot against Happy and confides in Doc Decker. She doesn't realize she is about to get involved with Vera and the others at Coyote Crossing Ranch. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rss The Veiled West 001 - "Tombstone" During a time when the American frontier was still young, a prosperous silver strike in the Arizona territory brought about the city of Tombstone. Everyone knows the stories and the history of the "Old West". What they do not know is the entire story. The non Human communities were not friendly back then. The term "The Wild West" was coined because of the constant conflict between Werewolf, Druid and Vampire. The poor Humans were simply caught up in the crossfire of the times. This is the story of the West that few people hear. The stories of the struggles, shameful acts and triumphs of the Veiled West. Website: http://theveiledwest.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veiled-west/id1476483239?l=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hRUZ2aCazQC5Updtwj7kURSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/519754.rss Jan 09 \| 00:31:41 Dec 17 \| 00:20:31 Nov 21 \| 00:19:27 Oct 25 \| 00:17:02 Sep 26 \| 00:14:50 Aug 29 \| 00:20:04 This podcast could use a review! This podcast could use a review! Have anything to say about it? Share your thoughts using the button below. Ostium Podcast The Ostium Network Atheist Apocalypse Paul Sating Rick Coste Productions Public Radio Alliance The Deep Vault Dead Signals Darkest Night The Paragon Collective	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34913
__label__cc	0.503493	0.496507	Santorum hits Romney as 'weakest candidate' (CNN) - On the eve of Super Tuesday, Rick Santorum took one final swipe at chief rival Mitt Romney during a campaign stop Monday in the battleground state of Ohio. "He would be the weakest candidate we could possibly put forward on the most important issue of today," Santorum said, referring to health care. CNN LIVE:Go to CNN.com, and CNN Mobile for the CNN Election Roundtable, a live video chat hosted by Wolf Blitzer and the CNN political team, on Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET. Tune in this week for live coverage of the primaries on Super Tuesday on CNNPolitics.com, on the CNN apps and on the CNN mobile web site. Follow CNN Politics on Facebook and on Twitter at #cnnelections. The Republican presidential candidate spent much of his day targeting the former Massachusetts governor over the Bay State's health care program, which critics hit as a blueprint for President Barack Obama's federal health care reform. The two candidates are locked in a neck-and-neck race as they sprint toward the finish line in Ohio's primary on Tuesday. According to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday, both Romney and Santorum have the backing of 32% of likely GOP primary voters in the state. The former senator argued Romney has been "misleading" in his campaign when he defends the Massachusetts health care program as legislation that worked in his state, but would oppose a federally-backed health care system. To hammer home his point, Santorum cites a 2009 op-ed by Romney in USA Today, in which Romney boasted of his state's health care program and offered suggestions on how the president could learn from the Massachusetts plan. Santorum, who strongly takes issue with Romney's plan, accused the former governor on Monday of now being evasive in his position on health care while on the campaign trail. "He won't be able to ignore and avoid answering the questions in the fall," Santorum cautioned. Romney, meanwhile, frequently argues against Obama's health care program, distinguishing the Massachusetts model as one that was tailor-made for the state and passed with bipartisan support, unlike Obama's plan, which he says was "forced" through Congress and interferes too heavily in the private sector. At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, Romney further laid out his defense on the issue of health care. "Mr. President one more thing: Why didn't you call me when you were working on this thing? Why didn't you pick up the phone and say, 'Is what you are doing in Massachusetts a good model for the nation?' And I'd have said, 'No, no. What you are doing is wrong. It's going to make a mess,'" Romney said. Poll: All tied up in Tennessee Romney gets backing from key Republicans Barbara Bush robo calls for Romney Romney, Santorum tied in Ohio Filed under: 2012 • Health care • Mitt Romney • Ohio • Rick Santorum cali girl They should put out a commercial.. Show the frying pan and say , "this is your brain". Add the egg and waych it fry. Then say, " this is your GOP brain". Just say no. When you see the frying pan and the egg coming, just say no. That is how easy it is for any GOP candidate. Get ready, here comes an idea from the president, ooh, ups, NO! Robmey says his medical plan for his state is the best in the world. Even claims the president followed his idea. Yet the President didn't call you to discuss it, so now it is a bad idea for the country. Make up your mind. And oh, by the way, Obama follwed the idea set forth by Kennedy, who before he died had fought hard for health care for all. That is the model the president followed. March 6, 2012 11:59 am at 11:59 am \| Even though Romney is the only one currently in the race that I consider to be even a vaguely plausible candidate for President I'm starting to hope that Santorum gets the nomination because I think this "not conservative enough" nonsense needs to be put to rest with a crushing electoral defeat. I'm tired of the way it's skewed our politics, and all the really bad, unworkable and dangerous ideas that are being put forward and seriously supported by the clown party because of some idiotic notion that their defeat in 2008 was because they weren't ideological enough. I say great, nominate the extremist wacko, watch President Obama get re-elected with an 80% majority and then slink back into your corner and shut your mouths while the grown-ups try to solve the problems as best they can (pretty and pure, or not - it's a tough world out there; I'd be happy if we could just stick to our Constitution, forget imposing the partisan religious dogma on real-world concerns). March 6, 2012 12:01 pm at 12:01 pm \| @ Tom Paine – "The inability of so many on the right to recognize that their side has spent far more time and energy over the last 30 years proposing amendments to limit rights than the left tells me they are the ones determined to set artificial boundries on our freedom." OK, Tom... I'm curious. Can you elaborate on exactly what "ammendments" you're referring to? I mean seriously... earlier in this thread 2 separate bloggers on the left were writing of the benefits of NATIONALIZING private industry. Now if that's not an infringement on our rights, what exactly is? fernace They are both weak; Santorum for his continuing effort to disenfranchise womens healthcare, bashing birthcontrol, while saying not a peep about mens Viagara coverage; Romney for not supporting his own prototype for Universal Healthcare for All Americans! The fact that he worries more about the "standing & adverse effect" on private Insurance companies, which are making a "killing" on the backs of working class citizens, while driving healthcare coverage thru the roof, due in large to poor govt oversight, than he does about the millions of un-insured Americans, who die from treatable diseases or go into lifelong debt because of a simple surgery, lets me know where his loyalties lie! Obama next 4!! Shut up, Rick! No one is listening to you anymore! Be gone! Both are weak Rick the sick and Unfit Matt. No one cares............ News flash, Mr. Santorum: You're just as weak as Romney. You represent the worst field of republican candidates for POTUS in my lifetime and none of you deserve to lead this nation. None of you. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012 FRANK - LAS VEGAS I'm sure little Ricky does not want to hear this or admit it, but by far he is the weakest candidate of the current field if your goal is to win the POTUS. His extreme views on almost everything rule him out as a serious candidate, for almost any office, that's why he doesn't hold any office now. He lost his last election by almost 20 points! For America, little Ricky is completely wrong. March 6, 2012 01:16 pm at 1:16 pm \| FrankP Churchill once said that Americans inevitably do the right thing – after they've exhausted all the other possibilities. With these candidates the country is almost reached the end of the list. « Previous 1 2 3 4 5	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line34917

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