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posted Friday, June 30, 2017 - Volume 45 Issue 26
Indescribable Henry sure to provoke a wide range of emotional reactions
by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN A&E Writer
The Book of Henry will not work for everyone. More, those that do not respond to the film are likely to hate it with every fiber of their being. Gregg Hurwitz's script is a dangerous balancing act featuring a number of elements that make the skin crawl, including a central plot strand revolving around child sexual abuse involving a parental figure. That alone would make some potential viewers pause where it comes to buying a ticket. But director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World, Safety Not Guaranteed) is also attempting to emulate the tone of pictures like The Goonies, Radio Flyer and Stand By Me while also mixing in more elements that are as equally upsetting, making this one of the more unusual feel-good tales of self-discovery and familial empowerment to ever see the light of day.
Henry Carpenter (Jaeden Lieberher) is 11-years-old. He is caring, empathetic and goes out of his way to stand up for others whenever he can. He is also a certifiable genius, a child prodigy who carefully engineers astonishing mechanical inventions while also planning his entire family's financial futures. He's more of an adult than his single mother Susan (Naomi Watts), little brother Peter (Jacob Tremblay) watching in wide-eyed rapture as Henry does one extraordinary thing after another.
Living next door to the Carpenters is Christina Sickleman (Maddie Ziegler) and her stepfather George (Dean Norris). He's the trusted chief of police for their small suburban town, and Susan feels drawn to him in friendship while also paying special attention to his talented dancer daughter. But even she doesn't notice what Henry does, the level of pain and suffering happening inside the Sickleman house when the lights go down when it appears no one is watching. Christina is in a bad place, and she needs help, but because of George's position no one is going to believe an 11-year-old no matter how high his I.Q., so if something is going to be done to remedy the situation then he is the one who is going to have to do it.
So there's a lot to unpack just from that short synopsis alone. But most of that is really only the setup. About halfway through the story things turn again, and instead of Henry being the star of the show it turns out this has been Susan's saga all along. She is the one that must learn to control her grief. She is the one that must find a way to be a parent in the most unimaginable of situations. She's the one that goes off the deep end, following the instructions of an exceedingly smart adolescent, forgetting that, for all his intelligence, his life experience is barely a decade old. This single mother must find an inner strength she didn't know was there, and in the process become the type of parent both of her children believed she could always be.
There are major parts of Hurwitz's screenplay that make me sick to my stomach. The melodramatic elements that he assembles together are close to oppressive. More, they could be construed as offensive; especially in the manner in which complex, highly adult subject matter is utilized in a fashion more akin to a Steven Spielberg, Richard Donner or Chris Columbus '80s opus than a thought-provoking adult drama. If looked at straight on it's all rather risible, there's no denying that, and the cumulative volume of all of the punches to the gut and slaps to the face that Hurwitz's scenario offers up incredibly difficult to get beyond. In other words, something like 2006's Little Children this motion picture certainly is not.
Maybe I'm strange. Maybe I could tap into the mindset of the three main characters Henry, Peter and Susan in ways some will find bizarre. Maybe I'm just okay with melodramatic coincidences and contrivances while at the same time like to applaud a movie that takes major chances and isn't worried about presenting difficult subject matter in a PG-13, mass audience way. But the truth is that I actually liked The Book of Henry. I was affected by what it was Trevorrow and Hurwitz were trying to do, aspects of the story that are beyond abhorrent working for me in a manner that I understand many will struggle to comprehend.
At least, it all worked for me during the first hour. Trevorrow does a fine job of juggling a number of distasteful plots and subplots, merging them together in a human and honest fashion even if the characters taking part in all this craziness were undeniably fanciful in an early Spielberg sort of way. He also gets two extraordinary performances from Lieberher and Tremblay, the duo showing that their strong work in efforts like St. Vincent, Midnight Special and Room was nothing close to a fluke. They have a naturalistic camaraderie that's endearing, the intimate nature of their brotherly connection entirely sincere. A scene between them in a hospital room is flabbergasting, Tremblay particularly outstanding as he navigates a number of emotional complexities that caught me entirely off guard.
Watts is also marvelous, but she has an almost impossible task as far as her character's evolutions are concerned. About the halfway point she becomes the focus of everything that is happening, and Hurwitz's script doesn't always know to keep these transitions from reeking of idiosyncratic convenience. Yet the actress anchors Susan with a conviction I found genuine, and as such I didn't have that big a problem with her following the somewhat crazy ideas put forth by her 11-year-old son mainly because the ocean of grief they're birthed from is palpably frank.
Look, I do not think the last third of the movie works. The pieces don't fit together and the outcome, even in a modern dark fairy tale fantasy like this one, isn't even slightly believable. It's just too cute, too tidy, the tactics Susan and Henry initially utilize to help Christina out of her impossible situation ludicrously implausible. But it is more what transpires, the ugliness of it, not how it is all dealt with that will rub many the wrong way, that by planting these elements in a story such of this Trevorrow and Hurwitz have crossed some sort of moralistic line that's beyond the pale.
I don't buy that. I think Trevorrow actually handles this madness in a manner that is cathartically eye-opening, that feed the inner journeys the core group of characters all find themselves inexplicably on whether they realize it or not. There is something daring and crafty about this that forces the viewer to reassess how they look at themselves and the world at large, the darkness lurking underneath the surface sitting closer to home than most will find comfortable. The Book of Henry has issues, big ones, but subject matter I do not believe is one of them, the emotional richness flowing through these intergenerational familial revelations ones I continually responded to no matter how upsetting and uncomfortable the story itself might oftentimes be.
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Jez Hellard and The Djukella Orchestra
Jez Hellard is a singer of potent songs, fine guitarist and simply stunning harmonica player. His band, The Djukella Orchestra, play traditional and contemporary folk music, from jigs, reels and rebel ballads to tango, rhumba and even reggae. Featuring one of the most captivating double-bassists you're likely to see and some of the finest instrumentalists on the UK scene, their blend of virtuoso musicianship, witty political comment and a deep repertoire of powerful songs never fails to turn heads. Since hitting the road full time in 2005, Jez has played well over a thousand gigs; from the Glastonbury Festival to the Kispiox Valley, New York to Taipei, Istanbul to the Iberian Peninsular, gaining fans far and wide.
The word Djukella is a common insult in the Balkans, meaning mongrel, and goes some way to describe the mixed provenance both of the music and the musicians themselves. Nye Parsons is a virtuoso double-bassist with a lyrical style which'll have you craning your neck for a better view. He's played with countless bands over a 30 year career and has worked with Jez since 2006.
Fiddlers James Patrick Gavin & Julie Rands-Allen from England, Alaistair Caplin from the Isle of Lewis, Zoe Moffat and Cam Neufeld from Canada provide the top end, sometimes one at a time, sometimes two, depending on logistics. Jordan Kostov is a renowned Macedonian accordionist and composer, from Kavadarci, who has worked with bands and orchestras across Europe.
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"Jez Hellard shows us yet another layer of talent, by the strength and clarity of his voice in “Hometown Boy”, which is a great mid point in the album." ~ Earshot - from a review of the Dana Wylie Band`s second album, The Unruly Ones
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The European insurance market is a mixed bag. The numbers tell a story. As of 2009, Liechtenstein employed as few as 507 workers in the insurance industry, while at the other end of the scale, Germany employed about 216,500. The difference is also reflected in the number of supervised undertakings subject to Solvency II – between 10 and 625, according to the QIS5 report, with the number of supervisory staff working on Solvency II ranging between 25 to over 3,300. Member states also began their Solvency II journey from different starting points. Some have already got a form of risk-based regulations in place while others are only beginning to grapple with the concept and its technical and staffing implications. Its like a marathon. Some start at the front, others at the back – all with different levels of fitness and ability. All moving towards the same goal – at different speeds. Like runners, national regulators disperse along the course, they will all make it in the end (we hope) but for now there are leaders and laggers.
Leader and laggers
Looking at the level of preparation of regulators across Europe you can see a broad north-south divide. The former, which include the likes of France, Germany, the UK and the Nordic countries have surged ahead while their southern counterparts are lagging behind, with many eastern European regulators barely out of the starting blocks. “Regulators, and firms for that matter, seem to have taken one of two approaches,” Raymond Bennett, Principal Advisor at KPMG, said. “Some have decided to storm ahead while others have taken a wait-and-see approach. Regulators in southern and eastern Europe appear to have chosen the latter. Our experience in the region shows there is little engagement with the market.” The two-track approach means regulators are operating on different timelines. While it is expected these will converge closer to the implementation date, firms that are regulated by more than one national supervisor are already finding this a challenge. They have to focus on more efficient project management in the implementation process. Jan Piekoszewski, Solvency II Programme Manager at Atradius, stressed the importance of communication with the regulators. “At the end of the day, as an insurer, you will be sitting across the table from regulators and you will have to explain your decisions and actions and so you must accommodate for the different approaches.” David Wong, Partner at PwC, said that firms are also seeing differences in regulators’ approach to the internal model. “Leading regulators have taken a much more intrusive attitude to the application of the internal model. They also differ in the areas of focus. So BaFin for example, is taking a very technical kind of review of the validation process of internal models in Germany. While the French regulator ACP, wants more involvement of external auditors in the validation of the Internal Model.”
Where you are depends on where you started
The location of each national regulator on the path to implementation today depend to a large extent on the history and the nature of the country’s insurance market: factors that could also affect the regulator’s attitude and approach to Solvency II. Denmark, for example, began moving towards a market- and risk-based regulatory system over a decade ago when its direct life and pension market (regulated according to the same rules) came under severe pressure with the dot com bubble collapse at the turn of the century. Speaking at a conference on asset management for Solvency II in September, Peter Skjødt, Executive Director, Danish Insurance Association, said, “Solvency II is a process, not something that comes at a specific date. We have been moving towards Solvency II for over ten years, and we will continue moving in that direction.” “Denmark’s high participation rate in QIS 5 was in part a result of the Danish regulator effectively making it compulsory for firms to take part,” he added. Mr Skjødt believes a lack of awareness of the benefits Solvency II can bring is a cause of the gaps opening up in the approaches of regulators. “In some markets, regulators and companies, started adapting too late and are not realising the need for, and benefits of, the new system. They call for special treatment and long transitions, all more or less in conflict with the risk-based approach which is at the heart of Solvency II”. Differences may also arise because regulators have different areas of focus, according to Mr Piekoszewski. “Regulators are operating in different countries where the characteristics of the insurance industry in their country may differ; for example, here in the Netherlands we have a large health insurance sector, whereas in the UK and Germany there is a large with-profits market. Regulators also have their own legal mandates that will affect how they apply Solvency II.” Mr Piekoszewski says the fallout from the financial crisis is also affecting the attitude of regulators. “Recent events in the banking sector appear to have increased pressure for more conservatism in the application of Solvency II.”
Uneven implementation of Solvency II – not an option
For EIOPA, uneven implementation of Solvency II is not an option. Carlos Montalvo, Executive Director, EIOPA, told Solvency II Wire that EIOPA did not think implementation will be uneven. “It is not a scenario under which we are working,” he said. As the body tasked with ensuring even application of Solvency II across Europe it is working with national supervisors and regulators. “We are committed to applying the system evenly. All supervisory authorities work very closely together, have regular meetings on different levels of the organisation and develop measures to ensure an even implementation.” Mr Montalvo added, “If it turns out the measures are not sufficient, then we would of course need to address it, including instruments like peer review or binding mediation. However, it seems premature to speculate at this stage that there will be uneven implementation.” National regulators are equally adamant that Solvency II will be applied evenly. BaFin told Solvency II Wire, “When applying Solvency II, BaFin will comply with the provisions set forth by the EU. German Legislation is responsible for transposing the Solvency II Directive (Level I) into national law.” On the question of possible uneven application of Solvency II, BaFin said, “To ensure that Solvency II is not applied unevenly, Pillar III of Solvency II requires the member states to publish their supervisory rules and the supervisory methods applied. Peer reviews will be conducted at the supervisory authorities to help monitor the uniformity of supervision.”
Implications of failed harmonization
But what if, despite all the best efforts, the regulation is applied unevenly in practice? Many in the industry believe this is a likely scenario, which raises questions both for insurance firms and for Solvency II as a market harmonising regulation. Uneven application of Solvency II could result in higher costs to firms in countries where regulators demand more rigour in reporting. One seemingly obvious consequence of this is that groups could consider relocating and restructuring to benefit from regulatory arbitrage. Mr Piekoszewski thinks this is unlikely. “Uneven treatment of the regulation could cause differences in pricing but I don’t think we will see companies relocating as a result of Solvency II. Any arbitrage opportunities are likely to be exploited outside of the EU rather than internally.” Mr Wong at PwC also believes this is unlikely to happen on a significant scale. “Uneven application of Solvency II is less likely to cause regulatory arbitrage because equivalence is being sought by a number of countries. At the same time factors such as taxation and the availability of key staff play a greater role in decisions to relocate,” he said.
Internal model and rating agencies
The internal model is one area where a differing approach of the supervisor could make a difference. According to Miroslav Petkov, Director, Rating Services at Standard & Poor’s, failing an internal model approval will not have a direct impact on the firm’s ratings. However, it could affect Standard & Poor’s assessment of the capital adequacy of some insurers. “Historically, our assessment of insurer capital in Europe has mainly been based on our capital adequacy model,” Mr Petkov said. “We anticipate that for some insurers, the standard formula may result in the supervisory surplus being lower than the surplus capital amounts that we calculate under our capital adequacy model for ‘BBB’ insurers.” Thus, Standard & Poor’s believe supervisory capital adequacy under Solvency II will likely become more relevant in their rating analysis. In assessing insurers’ capital adequacy, the agency expects to consider the relative size of the buffer above SCR.
There is, however, a flip side to uneven implementation, according to Mr Bennett at KPMG. “Being supervised by a more demanding regulator will make firms more aware of the risks and dangers to the business. This means you could run the business better and more efficiently, price products more competitively or take bigger risks.”
Straying off the Solvency II path
Any conclusive analysis on the state of the Solvency II ‘marathon’ is premature and engaging in speculation unhelpful. But sometimes taking a hypothesis to extremes, ‘stress testing’ it if you like, can clarify what is at stake. According to Mr Bennet, “If the differences in the application become significant, one could draw some parallels with what is going on in the United States, where each state has its own regulation. It is quite noticeable that insurance firms have their headquarters in a few states. While this is not only to do with insurance regulation it could be a possible unwanted outcome of uneven application of Solvency II.” But there is another worry of uneven application which strikes to the heart of Solvency II – its economic risk-based approach. For countries with many multinational insurers and large annuity markets uneven application of Solvency II could have severe consequences, according to Mr Skjødt. “Some markets are seeking to apply a duration based equity approach popularly known as the ‘French equity option’. Under the ‘French equity option’, member states can allow for a special treatment (or calibration) of equities based on article 304 of the Directive that is significantly lower than the general calibration. Mr Skjødt warned that such a solution is not in line with the economic risk-based approach of Solvency II. “It represents a political compromise where some markets had to be accommodated,” he said. “Basically, this option creates an uneven playing field in Europe and is, in my view, an indication that the risk-based approach of Solvency II is not fully accepted. Using the preferential treatment of equity risk, will indirectly, support their equity market.” It is premature to speculate on the final shape of the regulation. Saying that the rules of Solvency II are yet to be finalised is the ceteris paribus of the Solvency II world, but it should not stop us from asking difficult questions to make sure everyone stays on track.
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He reached S—— in the morning, and took the best room at the hotel, in which the floor was covered with grey army cloth, and on the table was an inkstand, grey with dust and adorned with a figure on horseback, with its hat in its hand and its head broken off.
The hotel porter gave him the necessary information; Von Diderits lived in a house of his own in Old Gontcharny Street — it was not far from the hotel: Gurov went without haste to Old Gontcharny Street and found the house. Just opposite the house stretched a long grey fence adorned with nails. He considered: And in any case it would be tactless to go into the house and upset her. The best thing was to trust to chance. And he kept walking up and down the street by the fence, waiting for the chance.
He saw a beggar go in at the gate and dogs fly at him; then an hour later he heard a piano, and the sounds were faint and indistinct. Probably it was Anna Sergeyevna playing. The front door suddenly opened, and an old woman came out, followed by the familiar white Pomeranian. He walked up and down, and loathed the grey fence more and more, and by now he thought irritably that Anna Sergeyevna had forgotten him, and was perhaps already amusing herself with some one else, and that that was very natural in a young woman who had nothing to look at from morning till night but that confounded fence.
He went back to his hotel room and sat for a long while on the sofa, not knowing what to do, then he had dinner and a long nap. What shall I do in the night? He sat on the bed, which was covered by a cheap grey blanket, such as one sees in hospitals, and he taunted himself in his vexation:.
That morning at the station a poster in large letters had caught his eye.
He thought of this and went to the theatre. The theatre was full. All the time the audience were coming in and taking their seats Gurov looked at them eagerly. Anna Sergeyevna, too, came in. She sat down in the third row, and when Gurov looked at her his heart contracted, and he understood clearly that for him there was in the whole world no creature so near, so precious, and so important to him; she, this little woman, in no way remarkable, lost in a provincial crowd, with a vulgar lorgnette in her hand, filled his whole life now, was his sorrow and his joy, the one happiness that he now desired for himself, and to the sounds of the inferior orchestra, of the wretched provincial violins, he thought how lovely she was.
He thought and dreamed. A young man with small side-whiskers, tall and stooping, came in with Anna Sergeyevna and sat down beside her; he bent his head at every step and seemed to be continually bowing. Most likely this was the husband whom at Yalta, in a rush of bitter feeling, she had called a flunkey. During the first interval the husband went away to smoke; she remained alone in her stall.
Gurov, who was sitting in the stalls, too, went up to her and said in a trembling voice, with a forced smile:. She glanced at him and turned pale, then glanced again with horror, unable to believe her eyes, and tightly gripped the fan and the lorgnette in her hands, evidently struggling with herself not to faint.
Both were silent. She was sitting, he was standing, frightened by her confusion and not venturing to sit down beside her. The violins and the flute began tuning up. He felt suddenly frightened; it seemed as though all the people in the boxes were looking at them.
She got up and went quickly to the door; he followed her, and both walked senselessly along passages, and up and down stairs, and figures in legal, scholastic, and civil service uniforms, all wearing badges, flitted before their eyes.
They caught glimpses of ladies, of fur coats hanging on pegs; the draughts blew on them, bringing a smell of stale tobacco. And Gurov, whose heart was beating violently, thought:. And at that instant he recalled how when he had seen Anna Sergeyevna off at the station he had thought that everything was over and they would never meet again. But how far they were still from the end! I am half dead. Why have you come? She looked at him with dread, with entreaty, with love; she looked at him intently, to keep his features more distinctly in her memory.
And I wanted to forget, to forget you; but why, oh, why, have you come? On the landing above them two schoolboys were smoking and looking down, but that was nothing to Gurov; he drew Anna Sergeyevna to him, and began kissing her face, her cheeks, and her hands. Go away today; go away at once. I beseech you by all that is sacred, I implore you.
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There are people coming this way! I will come and see you in Moscow. I have never been happy; I am miserable now, and I never, never shall be happy, never! But now let us part. My precious, good, dear one, we must part! She pressed his hand and began rapidly going downstairs, looking round at him, and from her eyes he could see that she really was unhappy.
Gurov stood for a little while, listened, then, when all sound had died away, he found his coat and left the theatre. And Anna Sergeyevna began coming to see him in Moscow. Once in two or three months she left S— — telling her husband that she was going to consult a doctor about an internal complaint — and her husband believed her, and did not believe her.
In Moscow she stayed at the Slaviansky Bazaar hotel, and at once sent a man in a red cap to Gurov. Gurov went to see her, and no one in Moscow knew of it.
Once he was going to see her in this way on a winter morning the messenger had come the evening before when he was out. With him walked his daughter, whom he wanted to take to school: Snow was falling in big wet flakes. He explained that, too. He talked, thinking all the while that he was going to see her, and no living soul knew of it, and probably never would know.
He had two lives: And he judged of others by himself, not believing in what he saw, and always believing that every man had his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy and under the cover of night.
All personal life rested on secrecy, and possibly it was partly on that account that civilised man was so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. After leaving his daughter at school, Gurov went on to the Slaviansky Bazaar. He took off his fur coat below, went upstairs, and softly knocked at the door. Anna Sergeyevna, wearing his favourite grey dress, exhausted by the journey and the suspense, had been expecting him since the evening before. She was pale; she looked at him, and did not smile, and he had hardly come in when she fell on his breast.
Their kiss was slow and prolonged, as though they had not met for two years. She could not speak; she was crying. She turned away from him, and pressed her handkerchief to her eyes. Then he rang and asked for tea to be brought him, and while he drank his tea she remained standing at the window with her back to him.
She was crying from emotion, from the miserable consciousness that their life was so hard for them; they could only meet in secret, hiding themselves from people, like thieves! Was not their life shattered? It was evident to him that this love of theirs would not soon be over, that he could not see the end of it.
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Billie Jean King’s story is about much more than tennis
The tennis legend has been an advocate for women’s rights and gay rights and has a far-reaching influence, as documented in ‘American Masters: Billie Jean King.’
Forty years ago, Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs in the most famous tennis match in American history. Dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes,” it was as much a contest of ideologies as athleticism.
King represented the fight for women’s rights, and Riggs, who proudly identified himself as a male chauvinist pig, stood in for the patriarchy. Millions tuned into the wildly hyped telecast, many of whom had never seen a tennis match.
When King soundly beat Riggs (who, though a former champion himself, was 26 years her senior) in three straight sets, women around the world cheered and an icon was born.
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Anyone who likes their food to have a little extra oomph knows all about the awesome power of the condiment. Sauces can do everything from save a bland burger to taking a sandwich to the stratosphere, so it’s small wonder that every cuisine on earth has their own interpretation of something squeezy and delicious. But, out of all the bottles blocking up cupboard shelves, there is one that stands head and shoulders above the rest.
The world gets through an astonishing amount of tomato ketchup. American food processing giants Heinz sell an estimated 650 million bottles around the world every year - not to mention the 11 billion single serve sachets that also get distributed. When you consider that those numbers are the work of just one major brand, it becomes all too clear that we have a ketchup obsession.
Perhaps surprisingly, ketchup’s history goes back a lot further than you might think. Though glass and plastic sauce bottles have a distinctly modern look, cooks have actually been making ketchup for hundreds of years. Long before we pumped it onto burgers and hotdogs, the tomato variety had a surprising life as a nineteenth century health food.
The story starts in 1834, with renowned contemporary physician Dr John Bennett. Before bennett got his hands on them, the vast majority of Americans believed that tomatoes were actually poisonous. This helps explain why there were no American tomato condiments before this date.
Bennett gave the tomato a complete public makeover. In a detailed medical paper, he outlined his theory that, far from being poisonous, tomatoes could actually cure everything from diarrhea to jaundice and was particularly good for digestion. He became a vociferous advocate for cooking tomatoes down into a ketchup form. Once they realised it wasn’t going to kill them, people suddenly began to sit up and take notice.
Three years later, an enterprising inventor, Dr Archibald Miles - who was neither a tomato expert nor a doctor - began selling “Dr Miles’ Compound Extract of Tomato”. Miles sold his medicine both as a sauce and as a capsule in an attempt to look more legitimate, and soon built a devoted following. Before long, eager patrons became convinced that small servings of tomato sauce were some sort of condiment cure all.
Despite his early success, Miles soon found himself under intense scrutiny from medical professionals. In the 1840s, it was declared that his new pill was little more than a hoax and that the only thing that the ketchup could be used for was as a surprisingly effective laxative. Though he had helped rehabilitate the tomato, his ketchup capsules were soon dismissed as snake oil.
Although Miles’ ideas were brushed off as rubbish by contemporary scientists, we now know that there may have been a little more to his work that medical fantasy. Tomatoes have since been revealed to contain high levels of healthy lycopene and antioxidants, and are even believed by some to be a key component in preventing cancer. Ketchup might not be the medical marvel it once was, but it’s also clear that there’s more to this sauce than meets the eye.
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Earning it, to have it EDITORIAL 09/07/2010
Earning it, to have it
Malacañang propagandists are scrambling to portray the Aquino government as having gone through the crisis hump, still intact, with President Aquino still enjoying the trust and confidence of the international community.
Communications group chief for operations Sonny Coloma said what really counts is Aquino’s policy of “good governance” and “transparency” that make the country attractive to super power economies.
What good governance was displayed when clearly there was, as the hostage crisis showed, and continues to show, through the Justice Department’s probe of the botched rescue operations, that there was a huge crisis in leadership where both the local and national officials were clearly bereft of any and all direction from their leaders — especially from the Philippine President.
As for transparency, with all the blame game going on, and the cover-up they have been resorting to, to get the heat off them, where’s all that claimed transparency?.... MORE
Apple polishing ways FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/07/2010
Apple polishing ways
State prosecutors have announced that they will be calling former President now Rep. Gloria Arroyo and her husband Mike as their first witnesses against former Social Security System (SSS) president Romulo Neri, the accused in the case of the alleged rigging of the ZTE-NBN deal.
But why should prosecutors want Gloria as their witness, when it is clear that she would say nothing against him? Her testimony, in fact, will tend to exonerate Neri.
As for Big Mike, what on earth can they get from him? Officially, he has no say in government business, or the presidential business, and unless the prosecutors have some kind of document with his signature or initials on it that would prove he had a hand in the ZTE-NBN deal, there is little, if at all, that the prosecutors can get from him.
As for the photographs of their playing golf with the Chinese ZTE officials, that is hardly incriminating — as far as proving he was involved in that deal..... MORE
Miraculous survival tales from New Zealand quake FEATURE 09/07/2010
Miraculous survival tales from New Zealand quake
CHRISTCHURCH — Miraculous tales of survival emerged on Monday after New Zealand’s most damaging earthquake in 80 years hurled sleeping residents into their gardens and left others cowering inside collapsing homes.
Xavier Trousselot-Rhodes, 16, was asleep when the quake hit at about 4:35 a.m. on Saturday. He was tossed out of bed, through a disintegrating wall and into a pile of rubble on the ground outside, several meters (feet) below.
Despite his ordeal, the teenager suffered nothing more serious than cuts and bruises.
“I pretty much rolled (off the bed) and, as I rolled to the right, the wall gave way,” he told The Press newspaper.
“I was just in my boxers, so I had nothing to protect me really, and yet the car I landed next to was written off. It looked like it had been through a war zone.”
Xavier, who went to church on Sunday after his lucky escape, said it was fortunate his brother had decided to stay elsewhere on Saturday night because his bed was buried under rubble..... MORE
Clearly, now NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 09/07/2010
Clearly, now
This lola had wanted to move on and get into other things soon after the last piece in this corner flew out for printing, via e-mail. But the ink hadn’t dried yet, as it used to be said in the days of literally ink and paper news, when came the leak about the mislabeled coffins of three out of eight who died in the hostage crisis of two weeks ago. I suddenly heard myself go, “Uh-oh.”
The mix-up apparently took place in the morgue here in Manila, but was discovered in Hong Kong when family members discovered someone else in the coffins, after they’d all laid wreaths and wept over their dead in brief ceremonies held at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Ano ba ito, I asked myself, how are we ever going to get past this, will we ever? The sick of mind have made tasteless jokes warning Filipino travelers not to go to HK for the meantime, because nasty body fluids are supposedly put by Chinese cooks in bowls of congee and steamers of dim sum that we order. Titingnan n’yong biro ito, not quite, for the authors of the wisecracks have become so paranoid, they’ve started to believe the lie.
It’s just as well that out now on Facebook is a five-minute plus video of young Hong Kong people initiating hugs with Hong Kong-based Filipinos whom they also give friendship notes on stick-on paper, while carrying makeshift placards proclaiming variations of “I love Filipinos!” out on HK Central.... MORE
What is the middle class? AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 09/07/2010
What is the middle class?
The term “middle class” appears to be losing its meaning.
For some time, this outsider has been irritated by the American use of the term to describe people who in most other developed societies would be described as “working-class.” At first I thought it might have come about because in the privatized, downsized, deregulated and outsourced land of the free anyone fortunate enough to be able to live a decent life with the earnings from just one job would be considered somewhat privileged, and therefore deserving of an appellation reflective of their status. But while the numbers in decent employment may indeed be shrinking, and the status of those working in as many “McJobs” as they can handle approaches that of the informal sector of countries like the Philippines, that’s not the real reason.
There are, possibly, two explanations for the misuse of the term. For one, it would be in the interest of the economic and political rulers to persuade working people that they have a stake in the system that periodically plays havoc with their lives, and the appellation “middle class” is more likely to convey such an impression. Secondly, many workers fall for it, fooling themselves into believing that as members of this ill-defined “middle class” they’re better off and more secure than mere “working-class” people.
That may not work much longer, because increasingly there is talk of a “middle-class crisis.” A piece in the Financial Times (“The crisis of middle-class America”) by Edward Luce on July 30 tells the story of a married couple who, despite their joint earnings of $70,000 a year, are “never more than a pay check or two from the streets.” Their dilemma, says Luce, is partially due to the fact that the earnings of 90 percent of US families have been flat since 1973..... MORE
Political crisis leaves Nepal’s Maoist fighters in limbo focus 09/07/2010
Political crisis leaves Nepal’s Maoist fighters in limbo
DAHABAN — As a commander in Nepal’s Maoist army, Ram Lal Roka Magar led his soldiers in more than 50 battles against the state security forces.
But for the past four years, the 38-year-old father of two has been biding his time in a military cantonment in a remote part of western Nepal as he waits for the country’s warring politicians to decide his fate.
Magar is one of thousands of former fighters in the Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) still living in UN-monitored cantonments set up across the country after the war ended in 2006.
The arrangement was intended as a temporary solution pending a merger of the PLA and the national army.
But it has dragged on because the Maoists, now the main opposition party, and their political rivals have been unable to reach agreement on the issue.
The former fighters are free to leave whenever they want, and thousands have drifted away in the intervening years, ditching their PLA uniforms to return home to their families.... MORE
Bahrain presses terror charges against opposition leaders focus 09/07/2010
Bahrain presses terror charges against opposition leaders
MANAMA — Prosecutors have pressed terrorism charges against Shiite opposition activists in Bahrain, raising tension in the run-up to an Oct. 23 election in the Gulf state where a Sunni royal family rules a mainly Shiite population.
The charge sheet released on Saturday accused the 23 activists — 10 of them prominent opposition figures — of “undermining national security.”
It alleged that the “leaders of the terror network” held secret meetings in Bahrain and abroad in a bid “to change the political regime through illegal means.”
Most of the suspects are members of Haq — the Movement of Liberties and Democracy — a Shiite group which rejected as inadequate reforms intended to put an end to Shiite-led unrest that rocked the 35-island archipelago through the 1990s.... MORE
No PNP nego team, no intel, no manual —Yebra By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/07/2010
No PNP nego team, no intel, no manual —Yebra
To each his own thing, in negotiating releases of hostages, Philippine style.
Police hostage negotiator Supt. Orlando Yebra appeared before the inter-agency body investigating the Quirino Grandstand botched hostage rescue last Aug. 23 which resulted in the deaths of eight Chinese HongKong tourists along with the hostage taker, sacked police officer Rolando Mendoza.
Yebra admitted before the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC), that the Aug. 23 hostage-taking negotiation was a failure since lives were lost as he cited that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has no hostage-taking situation manual to guide hostage negotiators in dealing with this kind of serious scenario.
The country’s image is getting worse internationally, however. Some 1,000 package tours to the Philippines after eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, have been canceled, China’s state media said Monday
During the resumption of clarificatory hearings, Yebra, who was designated chief negotiator, also said the PNP has no official negotiating team to deal with hostage-taking situations.
At the same time, two IICR teams composed of prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DoJ) and officials from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) team left yesterday for Hong Kong to interview survivors as well as to possibly retrieve evidence that was inadvertently turned over to Hong Kong authorities.
DILG chief won’t quit, didn’t ask Noy to own up By Charlie V. Manalo 09/07/2010
DILG chief won’t quit, didn’t ask Noy to own up
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday remained steadfast and refused to quit his post, even virtually blaming President Aquino for owning up to the responsibility over the hostage fiasco, beating him and other government officials who were involved in the botched rescue opera-tion to the draw.
In yesterday’s hearing for the DILG’s P86.9 billion budget, Robredo was grilled by lawmakers from opposing camps on the hostage rescue at the Luneta grandstand, where eight Hong Kong travelers were killed and several others seriously wounded.
Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas told Robredo it was rather ironic it was Aquino who had to be the first to own up the responsibility on the hostage fiasco when hisagency was supposedly calling the shots on the crisis.
AFP raises alert status 09/07/2010
AFP raises alert status
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday raised the red alert status to all military units in Mindanao to thwart any retaliatory attacks from the Abu Sayyaf group following the killing of three terrorists, including a sub-commander, midnight of Saturday in Sulu.
At a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo, AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr. said that military units all over Mindanao have started intensifying intelligence operations after the killing of Gafur Jumdail, younger brother of Abu Sayyaf top leader Gumbahali Jumdail, alias Doctor Abu.
“We are actually on red alert in the whole of Mindanao,” said Mabanta.
“The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces are on alert because of the possibility that the brother may seek revenge,” added Mabanta.
This, as at least two explosions were reported in Mindanao areas — one in Sultan Kudarat and another at the heart of Cotabato City..... MORE
Aquino justifies US trip, hints big gains 09/07/2010
Aquino justifies US trip, hints big gains
President Aquino has said he has all the right reasons to proceed with his scheduled trip to the United States by the end of the month notwithstanding the fact that the country is still nursing the negative effects of the raecent hostage tragedy.
In a speech he delivered at the wake of his friend, lawyer Teodoro Macapagal, in Olongapo City the other day, Aquino said he is convinced that his US visit will bear fruit, hinting that it could possibly bring about “good news” for the country.
“Trust me. I even said that I’m not very fond of traveling especially in a time where our funds are limited and we cannot afford to good reason. I was convinced that there is a reason. We have a lot of good reasons to go to the US and when I come back, I look forward to announcing things that we can look forward to,” Aquino said in his statement..... MORE
Sandigan to summon Arroyos as prosecution witnesses vs Neri By Charlie V. Manalo 09/07/2010
Sandigan to summon Arroyos as prosecution witnesses vs Neri
The prosecution is set to call former president, now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo and her husband, former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo as its first witnesses against former Neda secretary and former Social System Security
administrator (SSS) Romulo Neri in the alleged rigging of the government’s National Broadband Network deal with China’s ZTE Corp.
Assistant Special Prosecutor III John Toralba bared that the former president would be called on to testify regarding the extent of Neri’s authority as to the project.
Turalba stressed Arroyo cannot refuse to testify or comply with the order of the court under the law.
Neri was the director general of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) from 2006 to 2007 when the proposal for a national broadband network was submitted to his office for approval..... MORE
Senate gives way anew to IIRC, defers probe By Angie Rosales 09/07/2010
Senate gives way anew to IIRC, defers probe
By Angie Rosales
The Senate decided to give way again to the fact finding body on the bloody hostage crisis as it deferred yesterday a parallel investigation into the incident after the Department of Justice
(DoJ) requested its postponement to allow smooth proceedings of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).
Sen. Gregorio Honasan, chairman of the public order and public information Senate committees, said the separate inquiry on the incident, focusing on the broadcast media’s role in covering hostage situations, originally scheduled to take place today, has been canceled. Today would be the second time that the Senate is postponing its inquiry into the Aug. 23
bloodletting that claimed the lives of eight Hong Kong residents in deference to the IIRC.
“The DoJ requested that we postpone the hearing because they will also be calling in (members of the) media. We will be having the same set of resource persons. They’re the priority, we could wait,” he said in an interview with reporters..... MORE
SC fears brain drain as Palace cuts judiciary’s budget 09/07/2010
SC fears brain drain as Palace cuts judiciary’s budget
The judiciary is on the brink of losing its justices and judges if the Aquino government continues to squeeze its meager budget.
According to Midas Marquez, Supreme Court spokesman and court administrator, the budget of the judiciary now is less than its budget last year which was less than one percent of the proposed P1.65-trillion national budget for 2011.
Marquez warned that the disposition of cases nationwide could be adversely affected with the inadequate budget given the judiciary.
“The judiciary has not been given even one percent of the national budget in the last four years and worse, there is a high probability in 2011 of a decreased budget,” Marquez yesterday noted during the hearing of the House appropriations committee on the national budget for 2011.
The SC official lamented that Malacañang only gave the judiciary P14.3 billion instead of granting the proposed P27.1 billion.... MORE
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Salivating for Agus-Pulangi DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 04/02/2012
Salivating for Agus-Pulangi
Jojo Borja, one of the major owners of Iligan Light and Power who is at the forefront of the crusade to expose the anomalies of the power privatization caper, reports that a number of his Mindanao colleagues got wind of broadcast interviews where Serge Osmea called for the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric complex. As such longstanding anomalies are a direct result of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira), a law that gave rise to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (Psalm) Corp., one of Borjas sources, a Psalm executive, naturally doesnt want to be named.
Mindanao is ultra-sensitive to any suggestion of privatizing its treasure that is the Agus-Pulangi complex. As the people there know that greedy and dirty hands are just waiting to grab this wonder of Mindanao away from them, a mere mention of it would be absolutely revolting.
According to Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)s Wilson Fortaleza, who just came from a National Power Corp. (Napocor) Union-sponsored review of Agus-Pulangi, the hydroelectric plants there (which started operations in 1953) are by now fully depreciated. Thus, the electricity that is produced is less than P0.01 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
It is easy to understand Mindanaos aversion to privatization. During the past weeks power crisis in Mindanao, some prominent local officials have cited the privatization of Mt. Apo Geothermal to a Lopez company as an issue. Geothermal energy, according to the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, should only cost anywhere between $0.01 to $0.05/kWh, or from P0.42 to P2.00/kWh on todays exchange rate. But North Cotabato Gov. Emilou Talio-Mendoza and General Santos City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio assert that the private Lopez firm charges a walloping P14/kWh of electricity.
In making his case against government-run power, Senator Osmea said in a March 29 interview that Because government tries to lower the price of electricity a president can order power rates to be lowered to become popular. The case of Mt. Apo Geothermal, however, only shows that privatization has resulted in the population being blackmailed with price gouging rates while the oligarchs sit back and watch the regions economy face disaster without concern.
If we go by Osmeas logic, then government must not and should not be concerned about the peoples welfare; government should make only the power oligarchs interests topmost in its priorities; and government need not bother with the welfare of the national economy where industries that have to bear the highest power cost in Asia can no longer compete with other countries.
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chief Lualhati Antonino expressed a deeper suspicion: That the privatized transmission company now called the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is creating this power crisis to force a privatization of the Agus-Pulangi on the pretext that government has failed.
The likely scenario is that, upon privatization, the Agus-Pulangis less than P0.01/kWh electricity will be sold to Luzon and Visayas for P5.00/kWh when the NGCP lays the submarine cables to link the Mindanao grid back to the islands northward.
Antonino states: I am sorry to say that based on my studies and the researches of my office, I think NGCP is fooling us Where are the power generated by the hydroelectric power generators?... I dont believe it. NGCP is creating an artificial shortage. Niloloko nila tayo (They are fooling us)
International observers today confirm what the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) reported years ago: Under President Corazon Aquino, no new energy generating capacity was added (and) since the 1993 Ramos emergency measures, the cumulative amount of loot that these forces took out of Napocor (totaled) an estimated $2.5 billion to $4 billion, if not more (As this was estimated years ago, it should now stand at $10 billion.)
To continue, the EIR explains (in its article, The Lessons of California and Brazil) that Companies such as Enron, Reliant Energy bid up the price of electricity on the California Electricity Spot Market (like our own Wholesale Electricity Spot Market or Wesm) (driving) up the average price (by) more than a 1,000 percent. It further states that The Philippines Power Reform Bill replicates all the key destructive features of California.
Malacaang resident Noynoyer, PeNoy Aquino, has not offered any solution to the Mindanaoans pleas, except that they should expect contracting power barges that would result in higher electricity rates, saying, You will have to share the burden But would the people and consumers of Mindanao share in the profit, too? No way: Thats because in PeNoys world, profits are only for the oligarchs while the entire burden should be for the consumers.
With the Agus-Pulangi still in public hands, all the people are able to share in the bounties flowing from it. If only government ceases to be captive to the oligarchy, the bounties from renewable power in Mindanao and everywhere in the Philippines can be multiplied a hundred fold. But, as our sad experience with the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) tells us, we, the people, must now wait no longer in junking that privatization law to restore the public sectors control of our countrys economic affairs, particularly electricity generation and distribution. Once this is achieved, government can proceed to prioritize more mini and micro-hydro and geothermal development instead of fossil fuel energy.
We shall end with the latest confirmation of the Philippines highest power cost in Asia from the 2011 comparative survey of the Japan External Trade Organization: Manila at $0.23/kWh; Tokyo and Singapore at $0.20/kWh; Sydney at $0.19/kWh; Colombo at $0.18/kWh; Mumbai at $0.16/kWh; Phnom Penh at $0.15/kWh; Hong Kong at $0.14/kWh; Auckland and Taipei at $0.12/kWh; Kuala Lumpur and Karachi at $0.11/kWh; Shenzhen and Chennai at $0.10/kWh; and Jakarta, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and New Delhi at $0.09/kWh.
The survey also confirms what our colleague Butch Junia has always stressed: That contrary to claims by Osmea of government subsidizing power rates, the reason Philippine commercial/industrial rates are not the highest in Asia yet is that these are subsidized by residential consumers, who, even while consuming only 30 percent of the Manila Electric Co.s distributed electricity, contribute to 67 percent of the power companys income by shouldering incredibly high and lopsided rates. Thats subsidy for you, Serge!
(Tune in to 1098AM, dwAD, Sulo ng Pilipino/Radyo OpinYon, Monday to Friday, 5 to 6 p.m.; watch Destiny Cable GNNs HTL edition of Talk News TV, Saturdays, 8:15 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11:15 p.m., after Lent, on Mindanao power blackmail? Part II; visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com for our articles plus TV and radio archives)
Buying a pig in the poke FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/02/2012
Buying a pig in the poke
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Malacaang that will no doubt benefit from it, are in for a lot of trouble come election day, mainly because using the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines, defective as they, are prone to facilitate even bigger electoral fraud in 2013.
Also, the Comelec, despite a new leadership, is really not ready to conduct PCOS-style elections.
What is likely to occur is more cheating, since these machines have no safeguards, as proven in the last polls where these machines were used, apart from the fact that the errors, despite the claims of the Comelec chief that the errors were human errors, are in reality, mostly machine errors, with the usual Comelec cheating syndicate up on its toes in perfecting its electoral fraud scheme.
More problems are bound to surface, as the Comelec commissioners have hardly any clue on how to conduct automated polls..... MORE
CIA ‘should pay for Nazi-like Poland prison’
The smoldering scandal around an alleged CIA secret prison in Poland has exploded again, as charges have been brought against the country's former intelligence chief for allowing the site. For years, Poland’s top officials denied the prison existed.
Former U.S. president George W. Bush stipulated that important prisoners should be interrogated in a special way, which implied having a secure place to do so. The Polish facility was one of these, former CIA officer Raymond McGovern, who followed the story for years, told RT..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/cia-poland-prison-mcgovern-003/
Cop’s 'ear' in your pocket: Cell phone tracking routine with US police
Keys, driver's license, cell phone…off we go! While an officer can only get your personal details by prompting you to take out the ID, your phone could give you away at the police’s first request – a request neither you nor a court may ever learn of.
Cell phone tracking, previously associated with federal agents, now seems to have become routine for many police departments. A recent report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) shows that police have not only grown into the practice, but also drop the court warrant stage from the procedure.
Over 200 police departments nationwide responded to the ACLU’s pubic requests virtually acknowledging that they track cell phones. But only very few of the interviewed departments says they obtain a court warrant to tune in on a phone. .... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/usa-police-tracking-cell-phone-988/
Mining confab declares: “Philippines is not for sale”
By DONNA RABANG PETA
Northern Dispatch www.nordis.net
TAGAYTAY CITY – Concluding with a declaration that the “Philippines is not for sale”, delegates to the Third People’s Mining Conference here, shared their resolutions and declarations at a multi-sectoral joint protest action in Mendiola, Manila to commemorate the passage of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 on March 3.
On the theme, “Heighten our Struggle for Land, Life and Environment. Stop Mining Plunder!” the Third People’s Mining Conference held from March 1-2 in Sta. Rita, here, had over 200 participants from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao representing people’s organizations, sectors, non-government organizations (NGOs), church groups, environmental advocates, local government officials, representatives from Defend Ilocos Against Mining Plunder, and Amianan Salakniban (Defend the North).
The said conference was organized by Defend Patrimony, Center for Environmental Concerns Philippines (CECP), Ecumenical Bishop Forum (EBF), Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan), Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) and Stewards of Creation. It was formally opened with a tribute to all the martyrs and defenders of the environment, and a keynote address of Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño, who is also the chairman of House Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development.
Casiño discussed how the mining policy of President Benigno Aquino III government is adversely affecting and destroying communities covered by mining operations.
He also tackled the impacts of Philippine Mining Act of 1995, which liberalized the country’s mining industry, caused horrendous environmental destruction and provided plunderous advantages to large mines, especially foreign corporations, instead of economic development opportunities to Filipinos..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/20/57612/
Crime everywhere HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 04/02/2012
Crime everywhere
Daring was first used to describe the thoughtless act of violence by a small group of men — initially believed to be four or a little more — who appeared to have successfully conducted the heist just as the Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas, Pasig was about to start what should have been an ordinary week’s day.
Categorizing the incident should fall short as an act of terror as one was killed — the security personnel who assisted in the delivery of the money from a bank to the money changer recipient — and six others, mostly innocent pedestrians who were about to go about their usual businesses for the day.
The heist, as police sources later revealed, was quickly completed. Analysts have also likened it to a movie script, except that it was real.
The report by The Daily Tribune’s Gina Peralta-Elorde summed it up in detail: “two armed men donned security guard uniforms and followed the roving tellers of Security Bank located inside the mall. (The two) shot the group of tellers, including the two security guards, upon reaching the Level 1 area of the mall near the Sanry’s Money Changer….... MORE
Earth Hour and the MMORS CROSSROADS Jonathan De la Cruz 04/02/2012
Earth Hour and the MMORS
Well, P-Noy and Energy Secretary Rene Almendras will just have to grin and bear it. Last Saturday’s celebration of the annual worldwide Earth Hour campaign which called on all participants to “give nature a little rest by switching lights off for an hour between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.” was used by concerned groups, especially our brothers in Mindanao to mock the government’s inaction and, yes, insensitivity, mainly cavalier statements coming from Palace spokesmen, to their plight.
Agham PL Rep. Angelo Palmones noted that Mindanao has been observing Earth Hour everyday for the past two years. Referring to the daily rotating brown outs in the area which usually last up to eight hours per sector, Palmones quipped “we have called it the Eight Hours.
It is our way of life in Mindanao.” It did not help any that the presidential spokesman kept on with his harangues echoing Sen. Serge Osmeña’s advisory that Mindanaoans have been “spoiled” for years with “dirt cheap” power rates. To be fair, that temporizing assessment fails to factor in Mindanao’s abundant resources which has remained underutilized if not misused by a succession of administrations giving Mindanaoans reason to insist that they deserve to have such “cheap rates.”.... MORE
Inaction may lead to power crisis in 2 years — Angara By Angie M. Rosales 04/02/2012
MINDANAO SUPPLY SHORTAGE SEEN SPREADING TO LUZON
Inaction may lead to power crisis in 2 years — Angara
A bigger power crisis that will spread from Mindanao to Luzon is expected within two years if the Aquino administration continues to vacillate on the needed policies to meet rising power demand, Sen. Edgardo Angara yesterday said.
Reserve power supply in Luzon can still meet the rising demand but only until the next two years, Angara said, as he expressed concern over the possibility of the Mindanao power crisis spilling to other regions.
“If nothing is done, the crippling power crisis being experienced in Mindanao could shift to Luzon in two years. It’s a rolling crisis,” the senator said, noting reports on power supply problems projected as well in the Visayas region..... MORE
RP denies Viet wargames deal amid China protest By Mario J. Mallari 04/02/2012
RP denies Viet wargames deal amid China protest
The Philippine Navy (PN) leadership yesterday clarified that there is no agreement with Vietnam to hold wargames in the West Philippine Sea, which is what the country calls the South China Sea, where the disputed Kalaayan Islands Group (KIGs) or the Spratlys are located.
However, in an earlier press release, the PN said that a joint maritime patrol along common domains with the Vietnamese navy was discussed during Philippine Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Alexander Pama’s recent visit to Hanoi.
In a radio interview, Pama denied reports that there was an agreement reached during his recent visit to the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) to hold wargames or any other joint exercises after China protested over reports of the planned military exercise..... MORE
AFP ex-chief named CDC chair By Rocky G. Nazareno 04/02/2012
AFP ex-chief named CDC chair
President Aquino has appointed former Armed Forces chief of staff Eduard Oban as chairman of the state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC).
Deputy Presidential Spokesman Abigail Valte yesterday confirmed Oban’s appointment in an interview over a government radio station.
Oban retired last December just when the AFP was embroiled in a fund scam in which former military budget officer George Rabusa revealed that former AFP top brass were given cash gifts or pabaon prior to retirement.
Oban replaced Arnel Casanova who had held the CDC chair in acting capacity..... MORE
Owner of Mindanao school killed 04/02/2012
Owner of Mindanao school killed
An owner of a university in Zamboanga City was shot dead by still unidentified armed men noontime Sunday, police reports said.
Citing initial reports from the field, Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr. identified the victim as Arturo Eustaquio, owner of the Universidad de Zamboanga, formerly known as Zamboanga AE Colleges..... MORE
Lim orders thorough probe into Sampaloc Public Mart fire By Pat C. Santos 04/02/2012
Lim orders thorough probe into Sampaloc Public Mart fire
By Pat C. Santos 04/02/2012
Just after the disclosure of sale of the controversial Basa-Guidote lot in Sampaloc to the city of Manila, a fire of mysterious origin razed the now Sampaloc Public Market at dawn yesterday.
According to the Manila Fire Bureau, the fire started at a stall selling slippers at 1:50 a.m. It was declared under control at 2:38 a.m. and “fire out” at 3:34 a.m.
No one was reported injured in the fire which reached third alarm.
Fire authorities were still conducting investigation to determine the cause of the fire. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim yesterday ordered a thorough investigation into the fire..... MORE
PNP gives public tips on how to observe Holy Week, summer safety By Mario J. Mallari 04/02/2012
PNP gives public tips on how to observe Holy Week, summer safety
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued tips to the public on how to observe the Holy Week and the summer vacation safely.
Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., spokesman for the PNP, said the PNP will be distributing flyers entitled “Tips para maiwasan ang krimen at sakuna sa Semana Santa at ngayong Summer Vacation” in public places throughout the country to keep the people aware of their safety.
Cruz, also the officer-in-charge of the PNP’s Police Community Relations Group, particularly reminded travelers with their own vehicles to make sure that the check list on long-driving is done before the trip..... MORE
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Rocco at TCG: Back From Peoria
Rocco Landesman
Rocco Landesman had just gotten off the plane from Peoria on Saturday when he arrived at the Theatre Communications Group Fall Forum. We were a group of about 120 TCG theatre members and board chairs, gathered at the Desmond Tutu Center in Chelsea. (Full disclosure: I am neither a theatre member nor a board chair; I had received special permission to attend.*) Everyone in the room was honored that Rocco had carved out the time to meet with us so early in his tenure at NEA, and we were eager to hear what he had to say.
I don’t know Rocco well, although he was our Studio landlord for a few years. As he walked in I didn’t so much assault him as take the opportunity to congratulate him on his provocative entrance into his new role, and to express my hope that he wasn’t discouraged by his critics. His response: “Ann, I’m 62. I’m not about to change now.” I don’t know why I expected anything different, but it was so reassuring to hear those words I almost threw my arms around him and kissed him on the lips. I tend to be a little over-the-top in situations like this, so decided against it.
Rocco opened his talk by telling us about a “gruesome meeting on the Hill” recently, after which he told his wife Debby it reminded him of a favorite old country song: Joe South’s These Are Not My People. Then he told us that he was relieved to be here, because “…you ARE my people!” Vigorous applause. It felt good to be included.
He drew a parallel between the theatre as “the most aspirational of activities” and the Obama administration as driven by aspiration. In his no-nonsense-get-to-the-bottom-line style, he respectfully referred to our President as an artist “…who has faced the blank page” and succeeded in that perilous journey. And he spoke passionately about the theatre as “…the most essential, the most basic and primal of all human activities; the activity that appeals to our deepest needs and impulses.” It was stirring. “I mean it’s gossip – we’re overhearing people talk when we go to a play!” Impeccable timing.
He went on to explain that if we hadn’t heard about “Art Works” yet, we would soon, with its triplicate meaning :
1. Art works on the wall, as in “a piece of art”.
2. Art works to transform lives, as in his case, he was changed forever when he saw Long Days Journey…
3. Art IS work! As in: there are 5.7 million arts related jobs in our country.
Rocco spoke from his heart, and didn’t refer much to his scribbled notes on a yellow pad. He admitted that the Chairmanship is still so new to him he hasn’t figured out how it works. He is comfortable in his discomfort, however, and is not afraid to fail. It is one of the reasons I’m so excited about his arrival in Washington; he is living proof of the Theatrical Intelligence principle: failure is the quickest way to learn.
He was a good sport and answered a few questions we had submitted earlier in the day. His lack of endorsement for ‘No Child Left Behind’ was palpable: “It leaves too many children behind who could be saved by arts programs.” He spoke of a charter school in New Orleans which gave him a glimpse into an inspired program, as he watched young children start the day singing Fats Domino songs.
And he answered my question (don’t even ask how thrilled I was) which was “By what measure will you define your success at NEA?” His answer was to tell of the crusty old New Englander who was asked his advice about what makes a happy life. His answer: faster horses, younger women, better whiskey, and more money.
Rocco: I’ll let the first three go, but without a doubt the way I’ll be judged is by how much money I can bring into the NEA. What can I say? I am optimistic. And with apologies to Mel Brooks – perhaps my optimism is delusional – I can’t help it, I’m a broadway producer.
Applause. Standing ovation. Exit.
My opinion? Perfect casting.
*I was meeting Futurist Jack Uldrich, a Twitter pal, who had presented a stimulating talk on “unlearning” earlier in the day.
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4 Responses to “Rocco at TCG: Back From Peoria”
Wendy Hanson says:
Ann- you always bring wit and wisdom. I loved what Rocco said about Obama–he faced a blank page and is an artist. Aaahhh….Thanks for inspiring.
Thank YOU Wendy – I am flattered by your compliment. And Rocco really does get to the bottom line, doesn’t he. It is so refreshing to see someone who will not accept “victim of the arts” status. Here’s hoping for explosive growth at the NEA!
Stuart Spencer says:
I once sat next to Rocco Landesman at Saratoga where he was betting on the horses, including his own. (I was strictly a spectator, but I was with someone who was in the owner/bettor category.) He struck me as both a throwback to the days when a Broadway producer might dash off to the track for the afternoon, but also very modern in his casual and friendly demeanor. I can’t think of anybody who has a better mixture of the sensitive toughguy to run the NEA.
Great story, Stuart! And beautifully put – “the sensitive tough guy”.
Let’s hope that Rocco benefits from his racetrack experience, and beats the odds with NEA.
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Russian Federation, UPR Report Consideration - 24th Meeting 24th Regular Session of Human Rights Council
20 Sep 2013 - Item 6: Universal Periodic Review
24th Plenary Meeting - 24th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
H.E Mr. Georgy Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights & Deputy Minister of Justice
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Thongphane Savanphet
Malaysia, Mr. Shaharuddin Onn
Morocco, Mr. Said Ahoga
Nigeria, Mr. Patrick C.Y. Gbemudu
Pakistan, Mr. Afaq Ahmad
Philippines, Mr. Enrico Fos
South Africa, Mr. Rhulani Luckson
Sri Lanka, Ms. Manisha Gunasekera
State of Palestine, Mr. Imad Zuhairi
Cuba, Mr. Yusnier Romero Puentes
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Bob Last
Uzbekistan, Mr. Badriddin Obidov
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Jorge Valero
Viet Nam, Mr. Thanh T. Nguyen
Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc., Mr. Stuart Halford
Human Rights Watch, Mr. Philippe Dam
Belarus, (point of order)
Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Krystyna Kacpura
International Lesbian and Gay Association, Anna Dobrovolskaya
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Mr. Nicolas Agostini
Amnesty International, Ms. Marianne Lilliebjerg
International Commission of Jurists, Ms. Elizabeth Harper
Reporters Sans Frontiers International - Reporters Without Borders International, Ms. Alice Ganguillet
Freedom House, Mr. Konstantin Baranov
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Drupa 2012, the Inkjet Drupa…again? A closer look at HP
In this second article of the series, David looks at HP’s production inkjet offerings and applications.
By David Zwang
HP has been in the inkjet printer market since the mid 1970’s, when the company brought the first commercially successful thermal inkjet technology to market. I would imagine that most of you have had an HP inkjet printer on your desk at one point in time, maybe even still do. So to say they understand inkjet would be an understatement.
HP hasn’t sat still since the 1970’s, and in 2006 the company commercialized its “Scalable Printing Technology.” This important development has allowed HP to bring to market new products including office machines, photo kiosks, wide format and production printers all around the same, although continually developing, printhead technology. While the early HP inkjet cartridges housed 50 nozzles, the heads installed in the current production inkjet portfolio have 10,560 nozzles per printhead, so they have come a long way.
During a recent tour of HP’s IHPS headquarters in San Diego, I got a chance to truly see how deep their involvement in inkjet really is. At this facility, in addition to administrative and marketing functions, they also do a great deal of research. Onsite, HP manufactures inkjet heads and develops proprietary inks. They also do research and work with the paper manufacturers to develop “inkjet friendly” papers, so they have amazing control of the entire imaging process.
A primer on the HP Thermal Inkjet technology
At the core of any printing process is the imaging technology. In the case of HP, it’s all about a thermofluidic process, where “nothing moves but the ink itself.” In the printhead, a tiny heater vaporizes a thin film of ink. A vapor bubble fills the chamber like a piston to force ink through a nozzle. Air bubbles are also forced out on every drop ejection cycle. The HP Thermal Inkjet platform has extremely high drop rates, of up to 48,000 drops per second per nozzle, using a high nozzle density of 1,200 nozzles per column inch. The design includes a fault tolerance system that compensates for any faulty nozzles. The presses use HP developed and manufactured water-based pigment inks. HP has also recently added a MICR option, with an HP specially designed printhead and ink.
Water-based inks have very low VOC emissions, are non-flammable and non-combustible with no hazardous air pollutants intentionally added, which translates into a safe and environmentally friendly printing technology. Of course, since water is a major component of the ink, it does create the potential for other issues. All inks, even the inks used in offset printing, need to ‘bond’ to the substrate to create a good adhesion. If the bonding didn’t occur, the ink would easily rub off. Since water-based inks can and will absorb into many non-treated substrates, HP uses an optional ‘Bonding Agent’ inline to pretreat the substrate at every pixel the pigment ink will print. This pretreating allows the ink to bond to the surface without being absorbed too deeply. By pretreating only pixels that will receive ink, waste of the bonding agent is minimized. The benefit here is the ability to print on a wide range of standard uncoated or plain papers with good edge acuity, low strike through and vivid colors.
In order to support the growing production inkjet market, paper manufacturers are producing inkjet compatible papers. These papers would not require the use of a bonding agent, and in fact can produce better reproductions as well. However, while it can vary depending on coverage, the use of a bonding agent can also lead to lower costs than purchasing pretreated substrates, and additionally it optimizes smudge and water resistance.
The Press Transport
The presses were designed to look more open than the others in the growing field, which tend to look boxy, more like a bigger version of the toner-based machines we are all familiar with. HP’s current lineup starts with the 20.5-inch wide T200, which prints at up to 400 ft./min in monochrome and 200 ft./min. in color, and has an optional upgrade to print up to 400 ft./min with full monochrome and lower color density. The line goes up to the T400 which boasts a 42-inch width and a 600 ft./min. throughput. While most production inkjet machines have provisions for printhead upgrades as they become available, the HP transport system has been developed to allow for field installed upgrades to increase throughput as well. The HP T200 and T400 presses have configurable inline IR and hot forced air heaters to ensure that the paper is dry, and also allow for two-sided print at the high rate of speed at which they are operating. The presses are built for heavy usage, with the T400 duty cycle rated at 140 million equivalent letter size images per month at 600 ft./min.
As would be expected, HP has worked with many third-party partners to ensure a full range of inline finishing options, including a “zero-speed splicer” option for quick roll changeovers, as well as unwind and rewind units, etc. That being said, many users are finding that nearline solutions make more sense in their production environments.
The Front End
The front end driving these presses is the HP SmartStream Ultra Print Server. Since HP is also a server manufacturer, the system is based on its own hardware architecture. At the heart is a Global Graphics Harlequin RIP, which can support most of the standard PDF/X formats, PDF/VT, and AFP/IPDS with a third-party solution. The ability to manage the press, as well as any incoming static or variable jobs at machine rated speeds requires a very powerful and expandable computing system. Depending upon which press you choose as well as your workflow levels and requirements, servers can currently be configured to meet the most demanding requirements from a Level 1, which includes 1 server blade and 4 RIPS, to a Level 10 which hosts 20 server blades and 120 RIPS..
Putting it to use
HP sells these systems with a “Non-Click”/ A La Carte model. So you are paying for consumables based on your usage, which is controlled by your type of work. The user replaceable consumables include ink, bonding agent, printheads, and web wipe cassettes. HP has even developed an application that will predetermine the coverage for each job and estimate your costs.
As is the case with most of the production inkjet devices on the market, as discussed in the last article, HP is targeting the Book, Direct Mail, Transaction (through Pitney Bowes), and Newspaper markets with its offerings..
One production inkjet customer is King Printing in Lowell, Mass. King is primarily a short-run book printer that services book publishers, small businesses, and self-published authors. Typical projects include books in quantities of 1 to 50,000. The interesting thing about King is that at first look, it almost appears as if they have one of every production inkjet press on the market, although in reality they don’t. However, they have been using production inkjet since 2008, and they do have enough of them to understand their individual strengths and roles in a production environment. More importantly, they understand how to make money using them.
King originally installed an HP T300 in 2010, and soon realized that they could benefit from a 50% increase in speed with the T350 field upgrade. According to Adi Chinai, the Managing Director at King Printing, “When we first installed the HP T300 last year, we gained a stable and very capable production platform that allowed us to manage incredible volumes. With the T350, HP used its technological leadership to make an even more robust platform, one that is helping us rewrite the economics of color in short-run publishing and book manufacturing.”
King still uses both sheetfed and web offset, sheetfed B&W and Color EP devices, in addition to its production inkjet equipment. As a result of the equipment mix, and workload, finishing is all near-line to offer the flexibility they need to support all of their equipment.
In the next article, I will continue by looking at the Kodak production inkjet offerings and applications. In each subsequent article we will explore a different vendor’s offerings.
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By Mark Hunt on Oct 31, 2011
Thanks for this thoughtful and informative piece, David. Your statement that "many users are finding that nearline solutions make more sense in their production environments" struck a chord. Many inkjet customers (especially those that have adopted wider web formats) prefer to bridge the gap to their legacy postpress. These customers can image roll-to-roll at full-speed with few/no paper handling-related stops, then finish off-line. As an example, pre-printed rolls can be unwound into the Standard Hunkeler PF7 double plow folder which reduces the form factor for compatibility with legacy book binding, saddlestitching, direct mail or inserting equipment. This approach optimizes throughput and avoids the trap of in-line system failure stack-up (different elements of a system unpredictably fail at different times). The in-line / near-line debate will continue, but the scales seem to tilt in favor of near-line as inkjet webs get wider and faster.
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78 rpm Calibration Disc Set
RELEASES 78 RPM CALIBRATION DISC SET
AES Standards provides a rare opportunity to calibrate playback equipment for 78 rpm coarse-groove records
Recognising an international need for calibration tools, the AES Standards Working Group on Transfer Technologies (SC-03-02) initiated a project to calibration playback equipment for coarse-groove 78 rpm records. The result is now available as a boxed set of two identical 12-inch vinyl discs, catalogue number AES-S001-064. The two discs allow one to be used as a day-to-day working tool while the other may be stored as a master reference.
This calibration disc set is important because:
It will confirm playback calibration according to International Standard IEC 98 Edition 1 (1958) and Edition 2 (1964) for coarse-groove records;
Many different recording characteristics were used historically on earlier 78 rpm discs. Also, many earlier coarse-groove discs were cut at nominal speeds different from 78 rpm. Unless the reproducer can be calibrated at a known speed, there can be no objective basis to decide what playback equalization characteristic will be appropriate or correct;
Calibration discs have become rare since they were first made in the 1950s;
Archives and libraries throughout the world will to be able to calibrate their disc reproduction chains consistently and interchangeably;
Smaller transfer and restoration businesses will be able to offer a service calibrated to international standards;
Private collectors will be able to refine their appreciation of their vintage collections.
Gliding tone, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Speed: 77,92 rpm
Lateral (mono) coarse groove
Time constants; 3180/450/0 ms
Separate outer & inner bands:
1 kHz trigger tone
1 kHz reference level*
*20 mm Light Band Width (LBW);
approx 8 cm/s peak-to-peak, 5,7 cm/s rms SIDE B:
Single tones,18 kHz to 30 Hz
Time constants: 3180/450/50 ms
(Pressed under license from EMI Records Ltd.)
Further details on the content, origins, and use of this Calibration Disc Set may be found on the AES Standards Web site.
This is a limited pressing of 500 sets in highest-purity vinyl. When this batch has gone, we hope to be able to order a second pressing. Because the supply of suitable vinyl material, and the availability of coarse-groove pressing, to achieve reference quality is becoming scarce, we cannot guarantee that these discs will be available in the future. If coarse-groove records are important to you, you should act now.
IMPORTANT: This is a vinyl pressing and is not for use with mechanical reproducers or earlier electrical pickups using steel styli. Use a lightweight pickup only.
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Pacific Northwest - April 17, 2013
JJ Johnston discusses the aspects of a 5 channel system at the April 2013 PNW Section meeting.
Meeting Topic: Audio, Radio, Acoustics and Signal Processing - the Way Forward
Speaker Name: James D. (JJ) Johnston
Meeting Location: Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
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Watch James D. (JJ) Johnston give a reprise of his AES 133rd Convention Richard Heyser Memorial Lecture. (YouTube Video)
For the April PNW meeting, James D. (JJ) Johnston gave a reprise of his AES 133rd Convention Richard Heyser Memorial Lecture on " Audio, Radio, Acoustics and Signal Processing - the Way Forward," plus a 5 channel recording demo. Attendance was about 23 AES members and 55 total.
Throughout his career, JJ noted that he was discouraged from studying audio, as it was "full of nonsense, and we didn't understand things very well." Fortunately, at Bell Labs, there was work in hearing and audio.
Referring to the masking work of Harvey Fletcher, JJ stressed that signal to noise ratio in and of itself is usually pointless, in deference to frequency selectivity of human hearing. He played some audio examples to demonstrate this. Even today, arguments about S/N and THD abound.
Preference (what you like to hear) is inviolate, he proclaimed, not what measures more accurately. He gave a modern view of human perception, with lots of feedback and loss of data as humans interpret things. Ergo, the need for double blind testing (DBT). He gave an anecdote about a faux "tube vs transistor" amplifier comparison test he tried in college, with a fake switch and only the transistor amp functioning. Some groups still showed a high preference for the "tube" amp.
So, your preference is not my preference. But under certain circumstances, preference is bad - when examining JUST the auditory system; when systems are so flexible that only with a falsifiable result lets you proceed with an investigation; and just anecdotes. One must be able to do a scientific study.
Thus, another cause of the divide/hostility between engineers and artists:
-the S/N experience teaches the artist to ignore the engineer
-the lack of DBT teaches the engineer to ignore the artist
Next he spoke about Bell Labs, Audio research and MP3.
Although discouraged from working on audio, some Bell researchers helped him around the barriers, eventually leading to his work on modern perceptual coders like MP3 and AAC.
He had inspiration from many of the minds at Bell Labs, and by 1979, he got his first perceptual codec lesson on "upward spread of masking" where lows mask highs, but highs don't mask lows. This was evident on solo female voice, and meant more work on perceptual coding.
In the meantime, work progressed on array microphones and a digital earphone, and computers were just becoming powerful enough now to do coding models in real time.
JJ played "The 13dB Miracle" where an example of music with a mere 13dB S/N with shaped noise sounded good despite the low S/N. And so:
-Perception does not respond to broadband SNR in any really useful fashion
-Perception integrates all senses - always consider it.
-Reproducing one point in a room accurately does not reproduce the soundfield in the original venue
Finally, he made some requests:
-Can we stop arguing with each other, talk, and develop some understanding among the engineers why the artistic side (mixers, etc.) do what they do?
-Can we have the artistic side stop with the "talk to the hand" treatment?
-Please, no more wideband SNR arguments. Puhleeeze!
Door prizes were given after the cookie break.
After the break, 5 channel demo recordings by Dr. Michael Matesky, Paul Hubert and JJ
were played, made with an array of 5 equiangular hypercardioids. This showed a method of recording and conveying perceptual cues for the room, although accuracy not always equal to preference, as the same recording with some processing made a more "normal" recording.
A 5 speaker listening area was set up in the room, and people could try the seats in the sweet area.
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2015 Oscar Predictions: Best Original Screenplay
Here's our take on the best original screenplay category.
Fox Searchlight "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Indiewire will provide updates of our predictions for the 87th Academy Awards through February 22nd, when the winners are announced.
"Birdman" and "Boyhood" might be battling it out for Best Picture, but they are in a genuine three-way race here, with Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness' script for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" pulling ahead with its recent BAFTA win. Any of the three screenplays could win, but something tells us this will end up going to "Budapest."
The Nominees:
"Birdman, " Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
"Boyhood, " Richard Linklater
"Foxcatcher, " E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
"The Grand Budapest Hotel, " Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
"Nightcrawler, " Dan Gilroy
Will Win: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Could Win: "Birdman" or "Boyhood"
Should Win: "Nightcrawler"
Shoulda Been Here: "Mr. Turner"
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My Favorite Scene: House of Games
As a person who is fascinated by the art of The Con, David Mamet’s first feature, House of Games, offers no shortage of useful material. And for whatever reason, in movies like House of Games, what I find myself most drawn to are the short cons – the quick sequences that tersely encapsulate how to nab a few bucks from a perfectly innocent stranger.
Don’t get me wrong, I love watching long cons being depicted on the screen. I’ll take the Ocean’s 11’s, the Sting’s, the Spanish Prisoner’s, and the Confidence’s all day long. But the effectiveness of the long cons in those movies are directly related to the very skilled crews executing them, whereas a short con can be pulled off by anyone with a healthy amount of bravado.
Take, for instance, the remarkably simple little larceny that Mike (Joe Mantegna) and his crew of misfits impress upon Dr. Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse). Standing outside of the House of Games tavern one particularly wet night, Joey (a bow-tie wearing goon played by Mike Nussbaum) sets a scene for Margaret in which she is to play the role of a candy store owner.
Joey, playing the part of a hurried patron, walks into the candy store and sets 20 singles on the counter. He asks Margaret to exchange the singles for a $20 bill because he has to send a registered letter to his mother (which Mike corrects, saying that sending a letter to your aunt is “more pathetic”). Margaret gives Joey a $20 bill, which Joey seals in the signed and stamped envelope. Once the envelope is sealed, Margaret, as the storeowner, would presumably count her 20 singles, only to discover that there are 19, not 20.
“I’ve only got 19,” the storeowner would say. Joey would count the bills, and sure enough, there would only be 19. Joey would then excuse himself so that he could retrieve another dollar from his wife in the car. He would give the storeowner the sealed envelope, and go home.
Wait, what? If he has the 19 singles, and the storeowner has a $20 bill, how did Joey get any money?
Look closer.
When Margaret is instructed to open the envelope, she finds that it is empty. “But I saw you put the $20 bill in there,” Margaret says. “No,” Joey asserts. “That’s what you thought you saw.”
You’re mad if you think I’m going to broadcast the kicker to this con, but know that it is so simple, that anyone with the proper amount of stones could pull it off without a hitch.
House of Games is full of far more elaborate and impressive cons, but something as elementary as the candy store con (which Joey dubs “The Flue”) is so ingenious in its rudimentary ingenuity that viewers sit and think, “Hmm, I could do that.” Just remember, as Joe tells Margaret, it’s called a confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No. Because I give you mine.
Previous installments of My Favorite Scene include:
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the Directors: David Mamet
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Thursday March 22
My Favorite Scene: Redbelt
Friday March 23
The Mamet Awards
Sunday March 25
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Robert March 20, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Hmm sounds interesting. Kind of reminds me of that scene from Paper Moon (I think that's what I'm thinking of).
Looking forward to your Redbelt scene!
Alex Withrow March 20, 2012 at 10:46 PM
@Robert Believe me man, I haven't even scratched the surface of how ingenious this film is.
Now that I think about it, that IS kind of like a scene from Paper Moon.
LOVE Redbelt, excited for that write-up!
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Hematological parameters of children with sickle cell anemia in steady and crisis states in Zaria, Nigeria
Yakubu Abubakar, Hafsat Rufa'i Ahmad, Jamilu Abdullahi Faruk
Department of Paediatrics, Haematology/Oncology Unit, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Date of Submission 30-Jun-2019
Date of Decision 08-Sep-2019
Date of Acceptance 16-Sep-2019
Date of Web Publication 6-Dec-2019
Dr. Yakubu Abubakar
Department of Paediatrics, Haematology/Oncology Unit, Ahmadu Bello University/Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State
DOI: 10.4103/atp.atp_22_19
Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the most common and severest form of sickle cell disease. It affects about 3% of the Nigerian population with a high mortality in children. Hematological parameters are routinely used in the monitoring of SCA patients and might vary in crisis and steady states. Aims and Objectives: This study was aimed at comparing the hematological parameters of SCA patients in steady state with those in hemolytic and vaso-occlusive crisis states. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study carried out at the pediatric outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in North West Nigeria. We recruited 170 SCA patients in steady state or in crisis state. Five milliliters of blood sample was collected for full blood count analysis using the Sysmex Xt 2000i automated hematology analyzer. Results: Hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit (HCT) levels for SCA patients in steady state were 8.28 ± 1.64 g/dl and 21.8 ± 4.04% while in vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) state were 7.81 ± 1.37 g/dl and 22.05 ± 1.37% and those with hemolytic crisis were 4.45 ± 0.12 and 13.35 ± 0.67, respectively. Total white blood cell (WBC) count in steady and VOC states was 14.51 ± 5.21 × 109/l and 17.46 ± 5.26 × 109/l, respectively, while those in hemolytic crisis had WBC of 14.92 ± 5.82 × 106/l. ANOVA test was 0.0001, 0.0001, and 0.03, respectively, which indicates a statistically significant difference between the groups. The mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in steady state were 76.67 fl ± 9.02, 27.18 pg ± 4.36, and 35.17 g/dl ± 4.25, while in VOC state, they were 74.88 fl ± 11.60, 27.24 pg ± 3.70, and 35.49 g/dl ± 1.42 and, in anemic crisis state, they were 76.63 ± 11.74, 26.71 ± 3.78 and 35.03 ± 1.20, respectively. Conclusion: Hematological parameters were lower during crisis states, although most of these were not significantly different from those in steady state apart from the WBC count, Hb, and HCT. Therefore, routine monitoring of hematological parameters should remain an important component in the management of SCA children.
Keywords: Crises, hematological parameters, sickle cell anemia, steady state
Abubakar Y, Ahmad HR, Faruk JA. Hematological parameters of children with sickle cell anemia in steady and crisis states in Zaria, Nigeria. Ann Trop Pathol 2019;10:122-5
Abubakar Y, Ahmad HR, Faruk JA. Hematological parameters of children with sickle cell anemia in steady and crisis states in Zaria, Nigeria. Ann Trop Pathol [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 20];10:122-5. Available from: http://www.atpjournal.org/text.asp?2019/10/2/122/272423
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a condition resulting from the inheritance of abnormal allelomorphic genes controlling the formation of the beta (β)-chains of hemoglobin (Hb) at least one of which is the sickle gene.[1] The homozygous state, HbSS, termed sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the most common and severest form of SCD.[2] About 5% of the world's population carry the gene responsible for sickle hemoglobinopathies. Nigeria has the highest burden of the disease in the world with over 150,000 children born every year with SCA.[3] The homozygous state is found in about 3% of the Nigerian population,[4],[5] but a prevalence of 11.87% of homozygous state was reported in the Kano metropolis and its suburbs in northern Nigeria.[6] The clinical presentation of SCA is variable with multisystemic manifestation. Children with SCA experience alternating periods of apparent good health (steady state) and acute exacerbation of symptoms (crisis state) as well as development of chronic complications.[7] The hematological parameters in these periods vary and at the same time provide evidence-based management information for the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and prognostication. The importance of some of the steady-state hematological values such as Hb concentration, white blood cell (WBC) counts, and platelet (PLT) counts in prediction of clinical severity as well as management of SCA has been documented.[7] This study, therefore, aimed to compare the hematological parameters of SCA patients in steady state with those in hemolytic and vaso-occlusive crisis states.
This was a cross-sectional study involving 170 known SCA patients either in steady or crisis state attending the pediatric sickle cell clinic in a tertiary hospital in North West Nigeria. The patients were between the ages of 6 months and 12 years. The study was conducted from June to December 2015 after obtaining ethical approval from the health research ethics committee of the hospital. Informed written consent of the parents or caregivers and assent from older children (7–12 years) were also obtained.
The children were recruited consecutively. The inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of SCA through cellulose acetate Hb electrophoresis, while those excluded were patients who had a blood transfusion during the preceding 3 months. Patients in steady state were defined as the absence of infection or acute clinical symptoms or crisis for at least 3 months, whereas a patient in crisis state was defined as a child with SCA who developed a sudden adverse change in the course of the disease with the development of new signs and symptoms.[8],[9]
All patients had blood specimens collected using standard techniques.[10] Five milliliters of venous blood was collected into commercially prepared concentrations of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid bottles. Each sample was mixed gently and thoroughly to prevent cell lysis and ensure anticoagulation. Hb concentration, hematocrit (HCT), red blood cell (RBC) concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), MCH concentration (MCHC), WBC, and platelet (PLT) parameters were estimated using Sysmex Xt 2000i automated hematology analyzer.[11] The WBC differentials are displayed as lymphocytes, granulocytes, and mixed differentials (MID) which represent monocytes, basophils, and eosinophils. Reticulocyte (RETIC) count was also done using standard guidelines.[12] Corrected reticulocyte percentage and reticulocyte production index were calculated using the following formulae, respectively,
Data were analyzed using the statistical software EPI Info 3.5.3 version (Developed by Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia (USA)). Results were presented in prose and tables. Student's t-test and ANOVA test were used to compare normally distributed continuous variables; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 170 children with diagnosis of SCA were recruited after fulfilling the inclusion criteria. [Table 1] shows that 91 (53.5%) patients were male, whereas 79 (46.5%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 5.7 ± 3.3 years. The age range was 6 months to 12 years. In addition, 136 (80%) patients were in steady state, whereas 6 (3.5%) and 28 (16.5%) were in hemolytic crisis and vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) states, respectively. There were four boys and two girls with hemolytic crisis, whereas 15 boys and 13 girls had VOC, respectively.
Table 1: Age distribution of sickle cell anemia patients
[Table 2] shows the hematological parameters of the study patients segregated by gender. Males had lower Hb, HCT, MCHC, and RBC, whereas other parameters were above the values for the females but no significant statistical differences in all the hematological parameters between the sexes of children.
Table 2: Mean values of hematological parameters based on gender
[Table 3] compares the hematological parameters of the patients in steady, hemolytic, and vaso-occlusive crisis states. There was a significant difference in total WBC count, Hb and HCT levels as well as the reticulocyte index between the patients. Interestingly, the HCT was higher in VOC state compared with the steady state, even though the Hb was higher in the steady state. Other parameters showed no significant variations.
Table 3: Analysis of variance of hematological parameters in steady and crisis states
The study recorded low HCT and Hb levels among the study patients in general, but it was lower among males compared to females. This is not surprising from the present study given that there were more males with hemolytic crises. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the sexes. This preponderance of anemia among males contrasts to the findings of Iheanacho who reported higher Hb among males even though it was also not statistically significant too.[7]
The observed HCT was higher in VOC state compared with the steady state, even though the Hb was higher in the steady-state group. This is rather paradoxical, as it is expected that the HCT should mirror the Hb. Perhaps, the HCT in the steady state was influenced by extreme values or outliers in the lower ranges of normal. There was no statistical significance in the observed differences.
The RBC was lower in males and can be easily assumed to be the result of more males having hemolysis in the study. In addition, the MCV and MCH were higher in the males which might lead to the speculation that the hemolysis placed additional demands on folate supply, hence giving rise to larger erythrocytes which were mirrored in the raised MCV. However, this is purely an assumption and cannot be substantiated by the present study design. From this point, it is also possible to extrapolate why the MCHC will be lower in males, as it is derived from the MCV and MCH.
WBC count was also high among the patients which were comparable to the findings in other studies.[13],[14],[15],[16] The high WBC count among the patients may be due to reasons suggested by Akinola et al. “that subclinical VOC in the steady state may generate a covert inflammatory response leading to the release of cytokine mediators some of whose main function is increased neutrophil production by the bone marrow.”[17],[18] The WBC level found among the SCA patients with VOC was significantly higher than those in the steady states in this study which was similar to the findings by Omoti.[9] However, the differential WBC counts showed no significant difference between the patients in steady and the crisis states, which is contrary to the findings by Omoti. This probably might be due to the observed pattern of rise in the differential counts, as shown in [Table 3], whereby lymphocytes were higher in hemolytic states, while granulocytes and MID were higher in vaso-occlusive states.
Red cell distribution width, which is a measure of erythrocyte anisocytosis, was significantly raised in the patients. This is in agreement with previous studies which showed that SCA is associated with marked anisocytosis.[9],[19] This may be because, with more rapid erythropoiesis, cells at different stages of maturation with certainly different sizes are released into the peripheral circulation.
Platelets and leukocyte counts recorded in this study were high. Other studies similarly reported high values.[9],[19],[20] The thrombocytosis and leukocytosis demonstrated in this study were also noted in the children with SCA in the study by Akinbami et al.[20] A negative feedback effect on erythropoietin production in SCA patients could be responsible for the thrombocytosis. Redistribution of the white cells between the marginal and circulating pools, pain, nausea and vomiting, anxiety, and autosplenectomy has been reported to cause leukocytosis in the absence of infection.[21],[22] It is recognized that thrombocytosis is associated with anemia of chronic disease and several types of anemia.[21] Except for levels of Hb, HCT, and the RETIC index levels that were significantly different between patients, other hematological parameters were not significantly different.
The study found a lower Hb in VOC patients compared to steady state, with a difference of about 0.5 g/dl, and this difference is further accentuated in the hemolytic crisis group up to 3 g/dl. In addition, WBC was higher in VOC and hemolytic crisis compared to steady-state patients.
Therefore, it is recommended to routinely monitor the hematological parameters in the management of SCA children and develop individualized treatment protocols based on patients' baseline steady-state parameters.
This study is limited in its scope, in that only children with hemolytic and vaso-occlusive crises were enrolled during the study period. As such, it cannot be generalized to all sickle cell crisis states.
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016 at 12:13 am
2016 was a stellar year for the Irish scene. So many great EP’s and LP’s were released along with more stand alone tracks.
I’ve compiled a list here of what I considered to be the best this year. If I forgot anyone? I do apologise, but trying to recall a years events is not easy!
Lets get this underway. Descriptions shall be very brief. I’ll post a track and a link to their Facebook page for more details, links etc.
Axial Symmetry
Dublin based death/black/thrash metal fusion at its finest. Their EP “United Corruption” was one of my favourite releases of 2016. Check out D.F.E here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/axialsymmetry/?fref=ts
Aeternum Vale
Black Metal from Dublin. Their new EP “Ashes Of Memory” is without doubt their strongest work to date. A band all Black metal fans should already know… Check out Ashes Of Memory here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/aeternum.vale.9/?fref=ts
Skewered
Brutal death metal from Dublin. Their album DEATHMETHYLTRYPTAMINE is easily one of the best albums of 2016! Death Metal fans need to know this band! Check out “Vicious Mucus” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/skewered/?fref=ts
Indominus
Belfast based melodic Death metal with a progressive edge. Indominus released their debut EP “Legion Within” in 2016. It’s a statement of intent! Check out Legion Within here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IndominusNI/?fref=ts
Xerosun
Dublin based Xerosun really mix it up. But in the best possible way of course! It’s death metal, but more… I really liked their EP “This Dark Rage” and fans of extreme music need to check them out. Check out This Dark Rage here! Amazing video!!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/xerosun/
Theories Divide
Dublin based Theories Divide’s album “The Outcast” is full of grooves, aggression, melody and full of riffs. Great fucking album that I’d suggest you check out if you haven’t. Check out The Outcast here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheoriesDivide/?fref=ts
Dublin based Psykosis are Thrash metal at its finest. They finally released their full album “Welcome To The Psyko Ward” this year and their debut video “Driller Killer”. Which is amazing as they’ve played Bloodstock twice and Metal Days. It was worth the wait! Check out Driller Killer here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Psykosisthrashmetal/?fref=ts
Sixth Extinction
Clonmel based Sixth Extinction released their self titled EP in march this year. I really liked it and saw massive potential. As a result I’ve added their latest song/video “Vivid Black” here as it’s more suitable to where they are going in 2017. One to watch! Check out Vivid Black here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sixthextinctionband/?fref=ts
Galway based Ten Ton Slug had quite the year. The release of their new EP “Brutal Gluttonous Beast” and their triumphant performance at Bloodstock. Check out “Unit” live at Bloodstock here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TenTonSlug/?fref=ts
Two Tales Of Woe
Dublin based Two Tales Of Woe had a great year also. Playing to a packed out Jager stage at Bloodstock and the promise of new material in 2017. One of my favourite Irish bands! Check out “Burning Lands” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TwoTalesofWoe/
Carlow based Subsist released their debut EP this year. Deathcore is probably the best description I can think of. It’s modern metal and it’s done really well. The lads are still very young so they could do something yet!! Check out “Psycho Feat. Patrick Scanlon ( Heel Of Achilles)” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SubsistBandOfficial/?fref=ts
Words That Burn
Dundalk / Carrickmacross based Words That Burn stepped it up their year with their album “Regret Is For The Dead”! It’s one of the best albums I’ve heard from an Irish band anyway. The perfect modern metal release! Check out “Unalive” here!
Link to their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wordsthatburn/about/?ref=page_internal
Minus Ten Thousand Hours
Dublin based Minus Ten Thousand Hours are probably the best live band you will ever see! Their finale “I Cut The Gasline” ends in utter carnage! Really good band that could be big if they got the chance… Check out “Tidal Waves” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MinusTenThousandHours/?fref=ts
Alpheidae
Dublin based Alpheidae released their EP “I In All” after a long delay. It was well worth the wait though and showcased how good this band really are. The EP has many progressive elements and full of layers. It’s an excellent EP start to finish! Check out “Altruist” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alpheidaeband/?fref=ts
Cork based Emigra really came back with a vengeance this year. Their previous vocalist Tony Macca back in the fold and unleashed their strongest track to date. This band may finally recognise their massive potential and I have to see them live this time…Check out “Tomb” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EMIGRABAND/?fref=ts
Hedfuzy
Limerick based Hedfuzy is the brainchild of one man. Mr Pat Byrne. He done pretty much all this album himself and now has a full band. They have played one date as of now. So lets hope for more! This is Prog at its finest! Check out “Snakes” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hedfuzy/?fref=ts
Dublin based Jenova really had a phenomenal year. They are a full band just over a year now. An insane rise on their behalf. But it’s for one reason. They’re good. They are really fucking good! Check out “Nail The Eye” here!
Link To Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JenovaIreland/?fref=ts
Dead Label!
Kildare based Dead Label had quite the year themselves. Toured with Fear Factory. Main stage at Metal Days and supported Gojira. They also released their full length album “Throne Of Bones” this year. That’ll do!! Check out “Salvation In Sacrifice” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DeadLabel/?fref=ts
Ilenkus
Galway based Ilenkus released their heaviest and most direct material to date with their EP “Hunger”. It’s also their best work to date. Real change in direction, but for the better! Check out “Hunny Bunny” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ilenkus/?fref=ts
The Devil Wants Her Swagger Back
Dublin based “The Devil Wants Her Swagger Back” released the first of their two part EP “Malice” and it has set the tone for where the band are going. A definite evolution in their sound and lets hope the next instalment will be as good… Check out “Casualties” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheDevilWantsHerSwaggerBack/?fref=ts
ProXist
Derry based ProXist have started moving on the release of their long awaited album “Join You In The Sun”. It’s been a while coming but this will be worth it. I fucking love this band! Check out “Synthetic Creation” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectExist/?fref=ts
Louth based Okus released their full debut album and man it is good! Dirty blackened crust at its finest. Check their full album “Scourge” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Okusband/?fref=ts
Mortichnia
Black metal from Dublin. The band had quite the year. Played some high end gigs and toured the UK. They also released their debut album ” Heir To Scoria and Ash. Big things await! Check out “Searing Impulse” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mortichniaband/?fref=ts
zhOra
Clonmel based barbarians highlight of 2016 has to be playing Wacken! They are coming back strong in 2017 and their album “Ethos Pathos Logos” should be along soon. Due for release in 2016, but it will be worth the wait! Check out “The Breach” here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/zhOramusic/?fref=ts
Dublin based AeSect had a busy first half to the year. Including the release of their EP “Devour The Earth” and reaching the Metal To The Masses Final. They are currently recording playthrough videos and have plans for 2017! I look forward to seeing what they do next. Check out Devour The Earth here!
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AeSect/?fref=ts
Drakonis
Probably the best black metal band to appear in 2016. If Carlsberg made black metal. It would be watered down shit! Not this band though! Check out “Bonegrinder” here! It’s an amazing video.
Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrakonisOfficial/?fref=ts
This concludes our best of 2016 list. If there’s anything I’ve missed out on or something I should consider which I haven’t heard. Please make me aware and I can edit this very easily.
I think we can all agree it was an amazing year for Irish metal. Long may it continue!
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Genus Runella
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Runella Larkin and Williams 1978, genus.
Type species: ¤ Runella slithyformis Larkin and Williams 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: M.E. n. rune, a runic letter (an ancient alphabet); L. fem. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. n. Runella, intended to mean that which resembles figures of the runic alphabet.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: LARKIN (J.M.) and WILLIAMS (P.M.): Runella slithyformis gen. nov., sp. nov. a curved, nonflexible, pink bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 32-36.
Runella defluvii Lu et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EMB13 = DSM 17976 = KCTC 12614.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ372980.
Etymology: L. gen. n. defluvii, of sewage.
Valid publication: LU (S.), LEE (J.R.), RYU (S.H.), CHUNG (B.S.), CHOE (W.S.) and JEON (C.O.): Runella defluvii sp. nov., isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2600-2603.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Runella limosa Ryu et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EMB111 = DSM 17973 = KCTC 12615.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. limosa, muddy, pertaining to sludge, the natural habitat of the species.
Valid publication: RYU (S.H.), NGUYEN (T.T.H.), PARK (W.), KIM (C.J.) and JEON (C.O.): Runella limosa sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2757-2759.
Runella palustris Kim et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMF3829=KCTC 42850=CECT 8978.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT273904.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. palustris, marshy, swampy or muddy, living in marshes.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: KIM, H., KANG, H., JOUNG, Y. and JOH, K. 2017. Runella palustris sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 676-680.
Runella slithyformis Larkin and Williams 1978, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29530= DSM 19594 = LMG 11500.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M62786, CP002859 (complete genome).
Etymology: slithy, a nonsense word from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky for a fictional organism that is "slithy" (presumably a combination of slinky and lithe); L. adj. suffix -formis -is -e (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. fem. adj. slithyformis, slithy in form.
Runella zeae Chelius et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NS12 = ATCC BAA-293 = LMG 21438.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF137381.
Etymology: L. n. zea, a kind of grain, spelt, and also a botanical genus name (Zea); L. gen. n. zeae, of Zea, named because the organism was isolated from maize, Zea mays.
Valid publication: CHELIUS (M.K.), HENN (J.A.) and TRIPLETT (E.W.): Runella zeae sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative bacterium from the stems of surface-sterilized Zea mays. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2061-2063.
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Oddsmakers all across the country had to rush back to their calculators and crystal balls when this years’ NBA Playoffs MVP announced that he had just made a deal to play for Doc Richards and the Los Angeles Clippers for the foreseeable future. Ex-Raptor Kawhi Leonard is moving to Los Angeles after signing at 4 year, $142,000,000 contract with the ecstatic Clips.
Just factoring that move into the calculations for the odds to win the NBA Championship next year caused the predictions to go haywire, then it was announced that veteran All-Star Paul George would also be joining Kawhi Leonard in LA and the numbers went into a scramble once again, finally leaving the Clippers as odds on favorites to win the NBA title in 2020 at some venues.
Los Angeles is once again looking like the center of the basketball world after the Clippers latest moves and the acquisition by the LA Lakers of Anthony Davis from New Orleans to partner up with LeBron James, and yes, that is an awesome duo of highly skilled opponents on any basketball court. However, looking at the rest of the Lakers depth chart, the LA Clippers seem to have a significant edge in both front line and bench players. The NBA season is long and endurance will become a key factor before it’s all over.
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are both seasoned professional players in their prime. Both are in their late 20’s and free from significant injuries, although George is nursing a sore shoulder at this time. Both have displayed greatness on the court individually, together they should be a formidable force to reckon with. Doc Richards must be laughing.
So the Clippers have moved from 10-1 all the way up to 11-4 overnight! The Lakers, who were listed at 7-5 after signing Anthony Davis, dropped to 4-1 after they failed to also sign up Kawhi Leonard. However, bettors are still coming down heavily on the Lakers to win the NBA Championship for 2020. Las Vegas sports books took wagers up to $10,000 on the Lakers in June. In fact, wagers on the Lakers to win the title have totaled almost 5 times the amount wagered on all other teams combined.
Now those numbers have already started moving with the announcement that the Clippers were obtaining the services of both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Thus far however, more money has been wagered on the New Orleans Pelicans to win the title than on the Los Angeles Clippers.
Funny how the balance of power seems to be working out in the NBA. For a long time the Celtics and the Lakers were the dominant teams, then came the era of the Golden State Warriors. Now, just as some of the air goes out of the Warriors franchise, here come the LA Clippers to pick up the slack and have their run at being NBA royalty for a while. They have the coach, and now they have the players to make a real run at the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy for 2020.
Did the Lakers big moves inspire the Clippers to respond with Leonard and George? Probably so, but it doesn’t matter who went first anymore because now the race is on, and it’s going to be a good one!
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Chapter: Modern Pharmacology with Clinical Applications: Contemporary Bioethical Issues in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Research
Author : Charles R. Craig, Robert E. Stitzel Posted On : 22.12.2017 06:41 pm
Biomedical Ethics and Clinical Research
For more than 50 years, scientists, physicians, bioethi-cists, and the media have focused on a variety of issues in research with human subjects, or clinical research.
For more than 50 years, scientists, physicians, bioethi-cists, and the media have focused on a variety of issues in research with human subjects, or clinical research. In 1948, in response to the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi experimentation, the Nuremberg Code was developed to set forth guidelines for the acceptable conduct of sci-entific research. In 1964 the World Medical Association adopted the Declaration of Helsinki, which specifically guides physicians in biomedical research. These docu-ments specify basic moral guidelines ultimately founded on concerns for autonomy, beneficence, and justice. The guidelines require the following:
· Subjects must give voluntary consent before being enrolled in any study after being fully ad-vised of the study’s aims, methods, benefits, risks, and discomforts.
· Proposed studies must have sufficient scientific merit to warrant their risks.
· Studies must be designed to avoid all unneces-sary physical and mental suffering.
· Potential benefits to subjects must outweigh risks to subjects.
· Researchers must ensure subjects’ privacy and confidentiality.
· Subjects must have the right to withdraw from the study at any time.
· Researchers are obligated to stop the study if continuation is likely to result in injury to sub-jects.
The guidelines further require that research on hu-man subjects be conducted by qualified individuals and that most clinical research be reviewed by an independ-ent committee, which is generally an institutional re-view board.
In addition to the Nuremberg Code and Declaration of Helsinki, The International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects was issued in 1982 and revised in 1993 by the Council for the International Organization of Medical Sciences (CIOMS). Those guidelines define national policies for biomedical research, apply ethical standards to the cir-cumstances often present in research in economically developing nations, and define mechanisms for ethical review of human subjects research.
In drug studies, specific ethical concerns focus on balancing benefits and burdens to subjects, on the need for investigators to use noninvasive and minimally painful means of determining drug disposition, on min-imizing the frequency of bodily fluid sampling, and on choosing study subjects who are representative of the target population whenever possible rather than expos-ing healthy volunteer subjects. Placebo-controlled stud-ies create special obligations pertaining to the potential deception of subjects and raise difficult questions about subjects’ informed consent.
Recently, attention has focused on the issue of in-ternational medical research, especially that done with patients in economically developing nations. For ex-ample, one controversy focused on a highly publicized placebo-controlled study in Africa examining the pre-vention of perinatal transmission of HIV using azi-dothymidine (AZT). Since such a study in an econom-ically developed nation would probably not have a placebo arm, critics argue that this reflects a double standard for research. They assert that one standard for ethical research should prevail, regardless of the social and economic conditions of the subjects. Bioethicists and those directly involved in research are reconsidering whether subjects who are already suf-fering under impoverished conditions might suffer fur-ther exploitation at the hands of medical researchers.
Those who designed the study point out that placebo-controlled studies are the most rigorous avail-able and that AZT would not otherwise be available to this population. Enrollment in the study offered a ben-efit over and above the status quo, they assert, and did not deprive subjects of anything they could otherwise obtain. Yet such “studies in nature” pose complex ethi-cal issues. If the research relies on the continuation of undesirable social conditions, such as the general lack of prenatal care, critics assert that there is a fundamental obligation to improve those background conditions rather than take advantage of access to the perfect “laboratory.” While the clinical study has certainly not made the underlying conditions worse, the study has done little to correct the underlying deprivations. Even so, is that the role of pharmaceutical research or a broader social role that goes beyond what researchers should have to provide? While it would be foolhardy to insist that the only ethically acceptable research is done on patients with full access to comprehensive health care, we do not want to make those who are already de-prived and in poverty into “lab rats” who participate in research that ultimately benefits primarily those in the developed world.
Clinical research can target the needs of those in economically developing nations and those who are medically underserved in the United States. Yet we must be cautious in the design and implementation of research studies to ensure that those who are the most vulnerable, whether locally or abroad, are offered the most protections and stand to gain proportionately from the studies in which they participate. Research must satisfy the needs of the population in which it is undertaken, and the products developed during the course of the research must subsequently be made rea-sonably available.
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‘New logistics’ will change the way goods are delivered—and how the road network is used
Today, moving Photo: Shutterstock freight accounts for more than a third of the world’s transport energy—and that share is growing. The rise in global trade, online retailing, and business-to-business delivery is not only changing how goods are moved but also the type of goods moved and how far or frequently they are transported.
Currently, this massive movement of goods throughout the economy relies on an intricate—and largely decentralized— multimodal network of truck, rail, ship, and airplane delivery. However, change is on the horizon. In a study sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Minnesota Local Road Research Board, U of M experts outline the important impacts these changes will have on the road network and transportation infrastructure.
“There is hope that new methods of organization and proposed standardization will increase efficiency of freight movement and give rise to a new era of goods transport,” says Adam Boies, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (CEGE). “In the years to come, we expect that advances in logistics systems will be enabled by new technologies, approaches, and the desire for increased efficiency.”
Changes in the way logistics operations are organized will help drive advances. New information technology permits the sharing of data between and across businesses, which in turn drives efficiency and leads to fuller vehicles. “This may reduce the distance traveled by heavy goods vehicles per unit of GDP, which may in turn reduce costs and entice more demand for delivered goods,” says CEGE professor David Levinson, the study’s principal investigator. “Ultimately, this could mean fewer trips by individual consumers and more deliveries. We anticipate the result will be a net reduction in distance traveled.”
The study also examined some of the potential drivers for changes in the freight industry as a result of logistics reorganization. These include supply chain pooling, in which individual logistics operations are shared between collaborators, and the Physical Internet Initiative, which seeks to create standards for packaging to enable the homogenization of freight technology. “While both of these advancements have the potential to increase logistics efficiency by reducing the transportation of empty loads, they will also increase truck weights—which may increase pavement damage,” Boies says.
Other transportation and logistics changes will result from shifts in the ways businesses and consumers receive goods and services, including business-to-business systems and technologies that enable a sharing economy, same-day delivery services, 3-D printing, and “last mile” delivery services. In addition, a growing portion of purchases can be delivered directly over the Internet. “Delivery is easily automated for data-based goods like books, music, video, and software,” Levinson says. “Purchases that could once only be completed by moving things can now be done by moving data.”
The research is part of a multi-pronged study that analyzed the technological shifts altering surface transportation and the implications for Minnesota. Other contributors included associate professors Jason Cao and Yingling Fan of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Their high-level white papers are compiled in a final report: The Transportation Futures Project: Planning for Technology Change. Future issues of Catalyst will share findings from other chapters.
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Home The Arts Art Bushwick Open Studios: Field Notes & Takeaways
Bushwick Open Studios: Field Notes & Takeaways
Paul D'Agostino
It was a somewhat grey and rainy, at times even almost chilly weekend in the city, but none of that would’ve registered as drab or a drag at all if you were one of the thousands upon thousands of visitors, artists, curators or incidental passers-through in Bushwick this past weekend.
And that’s because it was the big weekend of Arts in Bushwick’s marquee annual event, Bushwick Open Studios. What’s more, it was the 10th-anniversary iteration of BOS, which meant that this year’s mammoth event was launched, fêted and even self-reflectively manifested in a more celebratory mode than ever before. The 56 Bogart building was inundated with people on Friday night for the opening of “Seeking Space: Making the Future,” a group show featuring 300 or so more or less Bushwick-based artists, and one for which AiB produced Making History Bushwick, a historiographic catalogue of sorts that gathers images of artworks by 400 artists, along with an array of essays, reflections and photographs. So it was also a book release party, not to mention the inaugural show for a new gallery in the building, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, who offered to host the exhibit and single-title book fair, all of which was organized, curated, and administered by Cibele Vieira, Julie Torres, Michael David and Keith Schweitzer, along with a number of AiB volunteers. Quite an undertaking, to be sure, but also quite an impressive show, and quite a massive crowd.
And if all that doesn’t sound like enough celebratory AiB billing for one evening, then add to it “Reality Is Wrong, Dreams Are For Real,” an additional huge group show, curated by Brian Morris and Michael David in collaboration with David & Schweitzer Contemporary, that had its opening in the DSC annex space across the hall. And if those two grand affairs don’t sound like enough, then add also the opening of “Bushwick Tales,” yet another big group show a few blocks away, this one curated by Etty Yaniv in a more or less official new art space of sorts, the Venus Knitting Art Space.
BOS 2016 is over, but “Making History” is still up, so go see it. There are still books for sale, so go by one. There are still red-dot-less artworks on the walls, so go buy some.
And despite all the reflection, nostalgia and past-tense-heavy Bushwick narration that characterized much discussion and several exhibits over the weekend, the art scene there is very alive and very well. Perhaps more alive and better poised for moving forward than ever before.
But whatever. For now, BOS 2016 was a huge success and tons of fun, as you might glean from my photos and paraphrases below.
By the way, open studio events are mounted all over the place in NYC—in fact, there’s one coming up quite soon in Gowanus—and they’re always a particularly special way to encounter art, meet artists, greet others, and perhaps get acquainted with a different part of our fine town.
So don’t take them for granted, seek them out. That way they’ll be embedded in your memories, too, when future histories of now get around to getting told.
And so on. And now for my aforementioned so-forths.
(All photos by Paul D’Agostino)
Loren Munk’s chronologico-cartographic painting of Bushwick is no less than epic, and certainly the perfect centerpiece for “Making the Future,” the primary AiB-produced group show for Bushwick Open Studios 2016, hosted by David & Schweitzer Contemporary.
Above left, the opening of “Reality Is Wrong, Dreams Are For Real,” in the DSC Annex. Above right, more from “Making the Future,” at David & Schweitzer Contemporary.
I did mention that there’s a massive book to go along with “Making the Future,” compiled in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Bushwick Open Studios, right? Yes, I did. I also suggested that you should go buy one. You should.
Above, top row, some of the key movers and shakers behind “Making the Future.” Below, a Bushwick photographer who was definitely a mover and shaker while trying to take polaroids of the crowd, and who inadvertently authored one of the most haphazard, possibly hazardous, invariably awkward group photos ever. It was a blast.
Visitors who attended the dance performance put on by Norte Maar at Odetta Gallery on Saturday evening would’ve certainly ranked it among their major highlights of BOS 2016. It was choreographed to merge conceptually with the gallery’s current exhibit, a solo show by Debra Ramsay. A few more words about all that here. A few more movements from and around all that below.
Et voilà. It really was very good.
Some of the works in a group show hosted by Carto. Gemlike sculptures are from Lucy Pullen’s “Voronoi Stars” series.
Top right and bottom left, works and notebooks by Takashi Horisaki, who told me how happy he was to finally be in town at the right time, and with an open enough schedule, to open his studio for BOS after missing out on it for many years. He was surprised at how many people came, and at how much they engaged with his work despite his self-proclaimed inability to talk about it. For the record, he’s more than able, and his descriptions are as interesting as they are verbose. I also chatted with artist Mark Stafford in Takashi’s studio. He was happy to have asked more questions while visiting studios this year, and he remarked that the cooler weather was a welcome thing since studio buildings never have very effective AC, which was always somewhat of a problem during BOS, which has customarily taken place in June. The other photos here are from “Rear Window,” a group showing of paintings by Cathy Quinlan, Cathy Diamond, Molly Herman and Peter Bonner. There we chatted about the variable vitalities of painting, and about how and when it endures, and about how and when it’s more or less abstract, and about the hows and whens of other things, and so on. As you can see in the bottom right register, sometimes natural light, even when slight, does all the talking.
BOS visitors standing around NO STANDING signs, and stuffed pigeons in the ostensible act of getting more stuffed, and stuff. Interesting note about that pretzel: The Moore Pretzel factory, which sells its twisted salty wares all over town, is located just a couple blocks from this corner.
Images from Bushwick Chronicle, one of the most cleverly nostalgic and historically informative shows during BOS 2016. It features, as you can see, photographs by Meryl Meisler and texts by James Panero, and it’s on view at Stout Projects through October 30th. If you happen to catch Alison Sirico gallery sitting when you stop by, be sure to ask her about her new art blog, Alt-Esc. The visitor captured here, by the way, is a Bushwick VIP himself, as he, like James, did a great deal of coverage of the Bushwick art scene in its earlier years. His name is Aaron Short, and it’s true that I give him haircuts. I bet you didn’t see that clause coming.
Just a few of Panero’s many texts lining a wall at Stout Projects. They speak for themselves, so I’ll just let them do that.
Above left and bottom right, paintings by Erika Ranee in “Electric Caresses,” a small group show of large paintings curated by Diana Buckley in a project space at the former Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, now more accurately referred to as Deborah Brown’s studio. Above right, a couple of Brown’s recent works.
These are all images of “Bushwick Tales,” curated by Etty Yaniv. While there I chatted with James Prez, pictured here, who was happy that BOS 2016 seemed much more focused on art and meaningful visits rather than on “rock concerts and all that.” He also told me about his minor collection of miniature stuffed pillows. Oh yes.
Above left, works by Fanny Allié in the studio she shares with Etty Yaniv. Top right and bottom left, glimpses of Yaniv’s works. Other pics, works by Fedele Spadafora and Aïda Ben in their shared studio.
All the above pics are in suite 311 in the 17-17 Troutman building, a large shared studio space that remains dear in my memories for reasons irrelevant here. While I visited with Kerry Law, above left, we got to talking about politics, unfortunately—or at least I did—likely prompted by all the reminders of death he’s been painting lately, which seems an appropriate metaphor for… Bah, never mind. And anyway, his paintings are hardly dire. He would’ve said more about how much he had enjoyed BOS 2016, by the way, but he was too tired. Top right, works by Mark Sengbusch. Bottom right and center, works by Gordon Fearey, with whom I chatted about weavings literal, brushy and metaphorical. In the bottom left corner, an artist hard at work at AKA Jewellery.
Above, top left, paintings by Aliza Morell. Top right, works by Kirsten Kay Thoen. Bottom left, works by Dana James, whose lovely hound Veronica was too tuckered out to get into the photo. Bottom right, works by Daniel John Gadd, with whom I chatted about his forthcoming solo show at the by now many-times-aforementioned David & Schweitzer Contemporary.
The LED circus at Dub Lab is always a crowd-pleaser, and that was certainly true during BOS 2016 as well. The lights changed color constantly, so here I’ve stitched together four instants of my time there. Which reminds me, one of the interesting things about BOS 2016 being in October rather than June was that it was nearly dark, if not just dark out as things wound down each day, which I’d go so far as to say felt just a bit strange. That said, if the daylight had been summery bright outside when I stopped in at Dub Lab, the lights wouldn’t have been quite so immersive. Or at least, my photos would’ve probably sucked.
Above, top row, works by Dan Gausman, an artist clearly quite inspired by basketball. So clearly, we got to talking about basketball, in particular about the arguable superiority of a certain superteam, pending the depth of its bench, which does pose certain doubts. Gausman thinks its weaker than it seems, and he has a point, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the starters can’t… Anyway, the Knicks, too, are going to be fun to watch this year! Other pics above are of the now quite longtime-running Bushwick Print Lab, where I talked with one of its directors, Ray Cross, a fellow Bushwick artist I’ve known for almost a decade, and who was involved with some of the earliest Bushwick art spaces, and who has participated in all the open studio events. We chatted about many things present and past, but mostly about how nice it is to still be around, doing a thing.
The last conversation I had about BOS 2016 during BOS 2016 was with artist and longtime BOS participant Rob de Oude, whom I ran into on the street while he was on his way to the 17-17 Troutman building, and while I was embarking on a scenic-route walk home from there—which is to say, a walk home that entails a stop by my preferred grocery store for cheap bread and discount tomatoes, where they’ve recently expanded and improved their beer selection, which is and is not a welcome thing, and we all know just what that means. Anyway, Rob and I chatted for a bit about how BOS 2016 was particularly enjoyable because it wasn’t super crowded day in and day out, and because it wasn’t a huge party from beginning to end, and because all of that made it easier for visitors to linger longer in the spaces they visited, asking more questions than expected and entertaining longer conversations. To wit, in a very real way, that’s precisely what open studios events are all about, for visitors and artists alike: conversations. About art, and about all the things that conversations about art tend to bring up. This final montage above puts some moments from my visits here and there back into just the kind of reflective visual dialogue that underpinned many aspects of BOS 2016.
And so, with that, congratulations to the Arts in Bushwick team, and to all the artists, curators and visitors that made BOS 2016 such a success.
And now, go get that book.
Paul D’Agostino is @postuccio on Instagram and Twitter.
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Karen Martin’s Home Movies: A Million Ways to Die in the West, Obvious Child ,A Coffee in Berlin , Third Person
By Karen Martin
for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and blood, dirt & angels
A Million Ways to Die in the West,
directed by Seth MacFarlane
(R, 116 minutes)
Much of A Million Ways to Die in the West is very, very funny. The moments in between, which range from awkward to unsuccessful, get a pass for being good-natured.
Good-natured isn’t the same as family-friendly. If you’re distressed when confronted by bloody pratfalls, body-function demonstrations, misogyny and gay-bashing, cursing, detailed descriptions of sexual acts, ethnic insults and crude put-downs, this ruckus of a comedy is not for you. And although it’s puerile, don’t invite the kids to watch. Really .
The film’s title refers to a major drawback of living in 1882 Arizona, according to Albert (MacFarlane), a mediocre sheep farmer who complains to whoever will listen about the death-defying challenges of his environment. Using slang-loaded language typical in the 21st century (it’s doubtful that “awesome” was in widespread use in the 1880s), Albert spends what should have been a romantic waterside outing whining about unsafe conditions to his beloved Louise (Amanda Seyfried).
No-nonsense Louise, who regards such unmanly behavior as unattractive, coolly transfers her affections to wealthy sophisticate Foy (hilariously played by Neil Patrick Harris).
Devastated Albert, who never saw this coming, is served booze and sympathy during a saloon outing with best pal Edward (Giovanni Ribisi) and his wife-to-be Ruth (Sarah Silverman), a very busy prostitute. Then, when a brawl breaks out (one of the aforementioned ways to die), Albert somehow manages to rescue new-to-town Anna (Charlize Theron) from the melee.
From then on, this gorgeous, capable, spirited and worldly-wise woman is the one doing the rescuing. Anna is instrumental in helping Albert envision an existence beyond Louise, one filled with potential and confidence. For a while, anyway — until Anna’s cruelly criminal cohort Clinch (a studly Liam Neeson) shows up.
Fans of MacFarlane’s Fox series Family Guy and his 2012 comedy hit Ted are aware of his fondness for ridiculing people and situations that have it coming. Here the idyllic image of the Old West is the victim, from the film’s classic opening-credit sequence to an almost obligatory run-in with local American Indians (led with sly panache by Wes Studi) that turns the noble image of the tribe on its head.
About the only aspect of the film that plays it straight is the grand oh-so-1950s-Western score by Joel McNeely, bringing back memories of Alfred Newman’s How the West Was Won and Jerome Moross’ The Big Country. And there isn’t much that MacFarlane could do to wreak havoc on the magnificent and ruggedly Western backdrop of Monument Valley. Not that he didn’t try.
Obvious Child ( R, 84 minutes) Obvious Child is not a perfect movie, although it capably tells a story about Donna Stern (Jenny Slate), a fledgling standup comedian who gets dumped by her boyfriend, has a one-night stand with another guy, and ends up pregnant.
It’s probably not correct to describe Obvious Child as a pro-abortion movie. People like Donna, who make mistakes and have regrets, exist in the world. People make the sorts of decisions that she makes. And they go on with their lives.
What matters about Obvious Child is that it doesn’t run away from the subject of abortion as most movies do. If you go into it looking for a hammer with which to batter writer-director Gillian Robespierre, well, she has left plenty lying around. Help yourself.
A Coffee in Berlin (unrated, 88 minutes) A passive, sometimes melancholy semi-comedy, this German indie follows a day in the life of Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling), a 20-something Euro-slacker who lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurd encounters, everything changes. With Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter; directed by Jan Ole Gerster. In German with subtitles.
Third Person (R, 137 minutes) The best that Third Person has to offer are scenic visits to Paris, New York and Rome. That’s where the seemingly unrelated stories of three couples with trust issues play out, some more successfully than others.
In Paris, a full-of-himself Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Liam Neeson), after leaving his wife (Kim Basinger), plays ferocious mind games during the course of his affair with an irritatingly arch young journalist (Olivia Wilde). In Rome, a one-step-ahead-of-disaster American wheeler-dealer (Adrien Brody) falls all over himself in desperate pursuit of an annoyingly cryptic and troubled woman (Moran Atias) encountered in a scruffy bar. And in New York, a lawyer (Maria Bello) gets deservedly exasperated in her efforts to help a train-wreck of a mother (Mila Kunis) in a nasty custody battle with her renowned artist ex-husband (James Franco).
Hints as to where all this is going are few and far between, to the point that you might not care when a resolution of sorts presents itself. But it’s fun watching this terrific cast gnaw on the magnificent scenery of the stunning cities where they’re playing out various intrigues, some of them fascinating, some of them pointless.
Bonus features include a filmmaker commentary with writer/director Paul Haggis.
Tags: A Coffee in Berlin, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Karen, Obvious Child, Third Person
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Home Animation Four Guests of Honor Added for Anime Boston 2014
Four Guests of Honor Added for Anime Boston 2014
Voice actors Trina Nishimura, Matthew Mercer, Josh Grelle, and Greg Ayres have been added as Guests of Honor for Anime Boston 2014!
Trina Nishimura has become more and more involved in the anime scene over the past few years, primarily working with FUNimation Entertainment. Trina was first cast in Desert Punk as the little hungry girl Namiko and has refused to leave the FUNimation property ever since. Her most notably awesome credits include: Black Cat (Tanya), Claymore (Flora and Sophia), Jyu Oh Se (Tiz), Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple (Shigure Kosaka), Speed Grapher (Yui), season one and two ofNegima!? (Lingshen Chao and Motsu),Sasami: Magical Girl Club (Ayane), Baldr Force Exe (Tsukina Sasagiri), School Rumble and Yurippe School Rumble: 2nd Semester (Akira Takano), Baccano! (Rachel), Sgt Frog (Ghost Girl), Case Closed: The Last Magician of the Century the Movie (Natasha Kosaka), Nabari no O (Juji Minami), and the ever popular Witchblade (Shiore Tsuzuki).
Matthew Mercer is a Los Angeles-based actor/voice actor known primarily for his roles in animation and video games. His extensive training in theater, improv, and life-long hardcore gaming helped prepare him for such projects and characters as Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 6 and Resident Evil: Damnation, Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero, Gundahar in KNACK, Anarky in Batman: Arkham Origins, Alvin in Tales of Xillia, Sinbad in Magi, Kuroh Yatogami in K, Rexxar in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Iron Man/Tony Stark in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, Walter in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Rihan Nura in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Tygra in Cartoon Network’s Thundercats, Chrom in Fire Emblem: Awakening, Reapmon/Beelzemon in Digimon Fusion, and many other projects you are welcome to look-up online.
A native Texan and avid anime fan, Josh Grelle has been working in voice work for almost 10 years now. After starting with ADV Films in January 2004, Josh was quickly bombarded with tons of in-booth experience on a wide range of shows, including: Wedding Peach, Steam Detectives, 009-1, and the legendary Gatchaman. He began working for FUNimation entertainment in 2006. Since then, he has starred in numerous titles; his most famous being Kenichi in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Other roles include Kyohei in the Wallflower, Kouichi in Linebarrles of Iron, Yuki in Future Diary, Itsuki in Initial D, and Kuranosuke in Princess Jellyfish. More recent roles include Chow from Starship Troopers: Invasion, Nicky in Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, Kazuya Aoi in Freezing, Yuji Sakai in Shakugan no Shana, Akihisa Yoshii in Baka and Test, and Komatsu in Toriko.
Greg Ayres has spent the last eleven years working in an industry he had admired for years as a fan. With over 200 credits to his name, this fan-boy has managed to get to play a variety of characters that are almost as colorful as his hair. He was thrilled to be a part of the Toonami re-launch last summer, in the roles of Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland, and Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, and even more thrill to follow that up the following summer’s thriller Another as Kouichi Sakakibara. His most recent roles include Satoru Asahina in From the New World, Kenji Nakanishi in Say I Love You, Sion in No. 6, Heisuke Toudou in Hakuoki, Tommyrod in Toriko, Arikawa in This Boy Can Fight Aliens, Tomoki Sakurai, in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Volken, in the Book of Bantorra. Some of his all-time favorite roles include Son Goku in Saiyuki, Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Negi Springfield in Negima. He can also be heard as Uesugi Kenshin in Sengoku Basara, Seikechi Tayama in Oh Edo Rocket, Hiro Hirono in ef: A Tale of Memories, Abe in Big Windup, Jr. in Xenosaga: The Animation, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, Roan in Ragnorok The Animation, Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK, Gau Ban in Shadow Skill, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, and a bunch of other titles he’ll probably forget to mention.
About Anime Boston:
Anime Boston is an annual three-day Japanese animation convention held in Boston, Mass. Anime Boston 2014 is scheduled for Friday, March 21 through Sunday, March 23 at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel. More information about Anime Boston can be found at www.animeboston.com.
About New England Anime Society:
The New England Anime Society was founded in 2001. Based in Massachusetts, The New England Anime Society, Inc. is an organization dedicated to furthering public education and understanding of the Japanese language and culture through visual and written media. More information about The New England Anime Society is available at www.neanime.org.
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Second Skin / Tattoo Artist Exhibition - Keith Weesner / Heathens Den
Where: Copro Gallery - Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave , Unit T5, Santa Monica , CA 90404
Ph: 310/829-2156
E-Mail: CoproGallery@live.com
Web-site www.CoproGallery.com
What: Second Skin / Tattoo Artist Exhibition - Keith Weesner / Heathens Den
Opening Reception, Saturday, July 14, 8:00 – 11:30 p.m.
Dates: Exhibit runs; July 14 – August 4, 2012
Contact: Gary Pressman, Gallery - Director Copro Gallery
Copro Gallery presents "Second Skin" Tattoo Artist Exhibition curated by Chet Zar. This show features highly respected and established artists in the field of tattooing creating fine art on paper, wood and canvas. Says Chet "I only discovered the tattoo community about 3 years ago when I was invited by tattoo artist Jon Lane to paint live at the 2009 Visionary Tattoo Art Festival. I was impressed from the start. Not only were these artists creating truly cutting edge art work on skin, but I was truly blown away at the variety of styles, techniques and ideas in the fine art they were creating." Many of the artists will be present at the show and are flying in from around the globe to attend.
Tattoo Artists include:
Alan Padilla, Alex Garcia, Adrian Dominic, Big Gus, Black Mass, Carlos Torres, Chris Dingwell, Christian Perez, Chuy Ortega, Cory Norris, Damon Conklin, Dan Plumley, Gunnar Gaylord, Guy Aitchison, Jaime Lee Parker, Jeff Johnson, Jesse Smith, Joey Remmers, Jon Clue, Joshua Carlton, Juan Salgado, Kim Saigh, Kirk Alley, Michele Wortman, Mike DeVries, Misha, Nick Baxter, Nikko Hurtado, Paul Booth, Paolo Acuna, Pepper, Pooch, Rob McClurg, Shawn Barber , Teresa Sharpe, Tim Plumley… And more…
also a mini show of tattoo inspired artwork by Matthew Grabelsky, Marc Willey, Rick Zar, Erik Alos, Clare Toms and more in the front gallery
Keith Weesner - Heathens Den
Gallery 2 features Keith Weesner's "Heathens Den". Keith is a painter and illustrator whose work reflects his obsession with car culture, vampy women, cinematic settings and brooding characters. Keith studied automotive design at Art Center in Pasadena, and is inspired by golden age illustrators like N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Loomis, and 20th century painters like Sargent and Hopper. His brush inking style sprang from Rex Burnett, Wally Wood, Ed Newton and Robert Williams. Keith worked in animation doing background designs for 13 years mostly at Warner Brothers on Bruce Timm's Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond and Justice League shows. He was also instrumental in the Batman Mask of the Phantasm and Return of the Joker features, as well as the Power Puff Girls feature for Cartoon Network, and Gary Baseman's Teacher's Pet at Disney.
Bergamot Arts Complex, 2525 Michigan Ave T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404 - 310-829-2156
All images and artwork Copyright 2015 CoproGallery
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First SmallGEO makes its final terrestrial trip
ESA / Applications / Telecommunications & Integrated Applications / SmallGEO
The first telecom satellite built using the SmallGEO platform arrived in Kourou today after completing its final tests at IABG in Germany. It will now start being prepared for launch on a Soyuz rocket in January.
Andrea Cotellessa, ESA’s project manager, noted: “This shipment marks the end of a development that started almost eight years ago. Hispasat 36W-1 is now ready to fly and we are quite impatient to deliver it to orbit, where our partner Hispasat will operate it for the next 15 years.”
SmallGEO was designed and built by OHB System AG, as was the three-tonne Hispasat 36W-1, the newest satellite developed for the world leader in Spanish and Portuguese broadcasting, Hispasat.
H36W-1 packed into the Antonov
Hispasat 36W-1 carries several new technologies. In addition to a conventional commercial payload of 20 Ku-band transponders, it also sports three Ka-band transponders developed by TESAT Spacecom under funding from the DLR German Aerospace Center.
It also boasts a new-generation ‘active antenna’, which receives and reconfigures radio frequency beams over the visible Earth disc. Along with its onboard processor, this Redsat payload will allow Hispasat to provide more flexible multimedia and broadcasting services over Europe, the Canary Islands and South America.
Both the SmallGEO platform and Hispasat 36W-1 mission were developed under ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme that transforms research and development investments into commercial products. This helps to secure the futures of Europe and Canada in the worldwide satcom market.
Stéphane Lascar, heading ESA’s telecoms satellite effort, said: “ARTES has again demonstrated its efficiency to build ambitious programmes with private partners across Europe.
“Hispasat 36W-1 is the third public–private partnership set up by ESA, after Hylas-1 and Alphasat. With ARTES, we are more than ever geared up to face a game-changing satcom world for the benefit of European industry.”
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Posted on October 16, 2014 by Kristoph Johannes
Pulgasari~ 1985, Chong Gon Jo and Sang-Ok Shin
In the case of Pulgasari, nothing that happens on film is as important as what happened behind the camera. For reals, you guys.
Pulgasari is a product of North Korea, produced by, and made under the watchful, giant glasses of Kim Jong-Il, then son of fascist dictator Kim-Il Sung. The film’s director, Sang-Ok Shin was a South Korean director who Kim Jong-Il deliberately arranged to be kidnapped and brought back to North Korea with the express purpose of forcing him to craft propaganda films. It’s a set up more than worthy of a film itself, and it really happened.
One of the films brought about through this insane, childish union of sheltered, detestable puppet master and horribly victimized kidnapee is Pulgasari; a confused bit of communist propaganda packaged as a quasi-Godzilla imitation.
As much as the desire to hate this movie because of it’s connection to Kim Jong-Il might motivate critical bias, the truth is that Shin’s directorial talent shines and the film is actually pretty good, and certainly fascinating due to it’s history. It’s rare that a blatant violation of human rights results in a corny monster movie, but this time we got lucky.
THE PLOT- Korea- Villagers toil in fruitless labor, slowly starving to death as their leach like government sucks them dry of resources without the faintest regard for their quality of life. (It’s difficult for me to place what era Pulgasari takes place in. They have no electricity, no medicine, no science and no technology to speak of, and it’s North Korea… So… 1998? I imagine that, throughout Pulgasari, there are people on the other side of the North/South border checking their E-mail.) As the people are slowly beaten down by their corrupt monarchy, a dying, imprisoned blacksmith fashions a tiny golem like figure of a monster out of mud and rice. With his dying breath, he prays to the gods to bring life to his creation, and then they totally do. As rebellion amongst the peasants leads to all out revolution, this small monster begins to devour metal, especially iron, growing exponentially in size and power as he does so. Soon, the all-but invincible beast is discovered and named Pulgasari, and the villagers use his might against their oppressors, eventually leading them to victory.
And for seven or eight minutes, everything is awesome, until the peasants realize that they were only able to achieve this feat due to their use of Pulgasari, whose voracious hunger for precious resources is ultimately unsustainable. Knowing that they lack the ability to satisfy his enormous hunger, the people conclude that ultimately, this responsibility would force them to invade foreign nations, and eventually this would lead to the fall of mankind altogether. Through tragic sacrifice, the Pulgasari is destroyed.
SO, WHAT’S GOING ON HERE- It’s a funny thing, Pulgasari is blatant communist propaganda, with Pulgasari himself serving as a stand in for Capitalism. The message is clear- Capitalism is a destructive force that will motivate societies to war and battle over resources and only by throwing off the shackles of this burden can we hope to achieve global unity and peace… But that message only really comes into focus at the very end of the picture. For the lion’s share of Pulgasari‘s run time, the movie really looks like a strong piece of anti-fascist sentiment, incredibly strange, given the overtly fascist nature of the powers responsible for creating Pulgasari. It really does take a government as obtuse as North Korea’s to use their fascist powers to create anti-fascist propaganda and have no idea why that’s ridiculous. Must be nice, simply ordering a multi-generation execution of anyone who points out the obvious.
So, as a piece of propaganda, the film is successful, but not exactly in the way Kim Jong-Il probably wanted… Or at least, maybe not in the way he would have wanted if the intellectual mechanism needed for him to second guess even his most basic of thoughts hadn’t withered and disappeared from his brain after a lifetime of being surrounded by terrified Yes-Men. I have no doubt this his biding was done to the letter, I just think that he could have realized that the implication against his own regime was clear if he could have thought about it a little more critically. I guess maybe someone could have helped to point that out during the writing process if execution wasn’t a 100% certainty attached to literally any form of criticism whatsoever.
But as a movie, it’s enjoyable, and fairly solid. The rear projection effects look like garbage, but the monster suit is more than passable, and Kim Jong-Il’s absolute control over his subjects and complete disregard for their safety helped net him some pretty impressive sweeping battlefield shots. One criticism, however- I was shocked to learn this movie was shot in the mid-eighties. It looks on par with Toho productions of the early sixties. I would have expected more cutting edge work from a hostage with a gun to his head.
Pulgasari is, strangely, an enjoyable experience, and the propaganda is blatant enough so as to fail at being effectively subversive. I’d say the circumstances around it make it pretty relevant, and it’s not even terrible. I recommend it to kaiju fans, and would say that it’s required viewing for fans of Mondo Macabro style bizarre world cinema.
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Kentucky State of K-12 Public Education Report
Kentucky Commissioner of Education, Stephen Pruitt.
The state of K-12 public education in Kentucky is strong according to Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt, though he did say there is room for improvement. Today, Pruitt released The State of K-12 Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a report that highlights statewide educational successes and challenges. With the report as a starting point, Pruitt called on Kentuckians to work together to improve education for all children.
“I believe the public has the right to know the facts on K-12 public education in Kentucky,” said Pruitt, during a news conference at the Kentucky Department of Education. “That is why I am issuing this report and plan to make it an annual event. While much of this information is available on the Kentucky Department of Education website and through the online Kentucky School Report Card, at least once a year it is important to reflect on the data as a whole so that we can be proud of our progress and identify the changes that may be necessary to move our children ahead.”
Pruitt, who started work as the state’s sixth education commissioner a little more than three months ago, said he has been impressed with the professionalism of Kentucky’s educators as well as their passion and commitment to children. He also said his time in Kentucky has given him a chance to take stock of K-12 education, its strengths and areas that are in need of improvement.
“Our work needs to be driven by three things: equity, achievement and integrity. My goal is to build on our accomplishments of the past 25 years to provide each and every child with a world-class education that will lead them to success in their postsecondary endeavors, in the job market and life,” Pruitt said.
The 50-page report provides an overview of strategic areas of education, including teaching and learning, student performance, accountability and school improvement, and district support that includes school funding. The report also highlights a list of key facts about Kentucky education, including:
- Kentucky’s 4-year cohort high school graduation rate is among the highest in the nation and is first among states that require four years of English and Algebra II for graduation. Additionally, Kentucky
- Kentucky students outperform the nation as a whole at most levels in reading, math and science on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the nation’s report card, and have realized greater gains in reading and math in the past decade than students in almost all other states.
- Significantly more Kentucky public high school students are graduating from high school prepared to take entry-level, credit-bearing, college classes without remediation or additional coursework.
- Kentucky ranks 7th in the nation in the percentage of its teachers who hold National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
The report also includes data from the 2016 Quality Counts State-of-the-States Report Card produced by Education Week, a national publication that focuses on P-12 education.
Kentucky moved up two places in the Quality Counts report, which tracks 39 indicators in three areas: chance for success, K-12 achievement and school finance. States earn points based on their performance on the indicators and are assigned grades and a ranking. Before 2015, when the criteria changed for determining the overall score, Kentucky ranked as high as 10th among all states. In 2016, Kentucky received an overall grade of C, the same as the nation, putting it in 27th place, up from 29th place last year. Massachusetts ranked the highest with a B+. The lowest ranking state was Nevada, which earned a D.
“On the surface it may look like Kentucky is stuck in the middle of the pack, but when you dive a little deeper, the state is solidly in the top 10.”
Within the K-12 Achievement Index, Kentucky’s strongest showing is based on its improvement over the past 12 years in 4th-grade scores in math (2nd in the nation with a 13-point gain) and in reading (5th in the nation with a 9-point gain) on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The assessment is given in every state to a random group of students. In addition, Kentucky’s 4th-grade students ranked 9th in the country on the 2015 NAEP reading assessment.
Also, according to the report, Kentucky ranked in the top 10 in the improvement of its graduation rate between 2002 and 2012, putting the state in 6th place nationwide with a 12.2 percent gain.
In addition, the state saw a dramatic increase in the number of high scores on Advanced Placement tests.
Pruitt said one of the state’s biggest challenges in K-12 achievement is closing the achievement gap. Specifically, the 2016 Quality Counts report looked at the gap in performance between students who are eligible for free/reduced- price (F/R) meals – in Kentucky 60 percent of the student population – and those who are not. While a wide achievement gap between low-income students and their wealthier counterparts exists in every state in the nation, the poverty gap is lower in Kentucky than in the majority of states.
2015 COMBINED PROFICIENCY RATES REGIONAL COMPARISON
F/R meal non-eligible
F/R meal eligible
Poverty Gap
This year the state put in place a strategy to reduce the number of novice learners and raise achievement for all students, especially in math.
The School Finance category has two subcategories – equity and spending – and presents mixed news for the state. With the exception of one indicator, Kentucky scores in the top 15 of states in equity of school finance with the highest ranking in the relationship between district funding and local property wealth. The state ranks 45th in the country on the actual spending as a percent of the amount needed to bring all students to the median per pupil expenditure level in the state.
In spending, the state received a failing grade – an F. Kentucky’s adjusted per-pupil expenditure (PPE) is $1,260 less than the national average. However, only 15.8 percent of students go to school in a district with the PPE at or above the national average. Nationally, the number is 41.5 percent.
The Chance for Success index captures the importance of education in a person’s lifetime from cradle to career. Its 13 indicators span a variety of factors including preparation in early childhood, the performance of public schools, and educational and economic outcomes in adulthood. Kentucky ranked lowest, at 35th in this area, primarily due to poverty, employment and the relatively low numbers of adults in the state with more than a high school education.
On related education issues, Pruitt said the state’s academic standards regular review and revision process is working. More than 4,500 respondents, the majority of whom were educators, weighed in on the English/language arts and mathematics standards during an online challenge last year. The majority – 88 percent – were happy with the standards as currently written, with the remaining 12 percent wanting one or more of the standards moved to a different grade level, rewritten for clarity or broken into multiple standards. A group of educators specializing in each content is reviewing the feedback and will make proposed changes. Among the changes being considered are the addition of calculus as well as cursive writing.
“There will be plenty of opportunity for feedback,” Pruitt said. “With all of the feedback we’re received to date, there’s no doubt these will be Kentucky’s standards.”
Revisions will be put out for public review before being heard by the Kentucky Board of Education at two of its meetings and the proposed standards will be the topic of a formal public hearing that is part of the regulatory process.
“We must all work together to ensure that every Kentucky child has access to a world class K-12 education and the opportunity for postsecondary education or training that will lead to a good job that pays a livable wage and that will hopefully raise the standard of living in our state,” Pruitt said.
Pruitt said the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act, gives Kentucky the ability to decide how best to move its public education system forward.
“We have some great opportunities ahead of us, to continue building on the foundation of public education in Kentucky,” he said. “As we embrace these opportunities, we must stand up for what is right for Kentucky’s kids and not take the easy way out. This will take courage, compromise and understanding.”
A complete copy of the State of K-12 Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky is available online: http://bit.ly/StateofEdKY.
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Apparatus and method for fast and stable data storage
An apparatus and method for fast and stable information storage is provided that employs a data storage apparatus having a series of non-volatile memory banks that are externally addressable and have selective write and read controls. Access to the memory banks is provided via hardware access protection mechanisms to ensure that any access to the memory banks is verified by means of an access key. Software access protection is also provided if two separate processors share a common memory bank.
Banatre, Michel P. P. A. (La Fresnais, FR)
Banatre, Jean-pierre A. F. J. (La Fresnais, FR)
Ployette, Florimond E. A. (Rennes, FR)
Decouty, Bertrand J. G. (Acigne, FR)
Prunault, Yves H. (Corps-Nuds, FR)
INRIA-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Le Chesnay, FR)
365/189.05, 365/195, 711/E12.096
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NOT, DEFINED
FOLEY & LARDNER (SUITE 500 3000 K STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, DC, 200075109, US)
1. A data storage apparatus comprising:
banks of externally addressable non-volatile memory, which are provided with selective write/read controls, and which are capable of forming a part of an address space of a processor; and
access authorization means connected with said memory banks and suitable for selectively designating a memory zone constituted by at least a portion of one of the banks for a write operation or a read operation in response to an access authorization request, said write or read operation being constituted by an indivisible transfer of a group of elementary data items, said access authorization request being exclusive and destroyed after said memory zone has been addressed.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory banks, or distinct memory bank zones, are coupled in pairs relative to the access authorization means, and the access authorization means possess three different states associated with each pair of memory zones:
(a) write to first zone, second zone inaccessible;
(b) read first zone, write to second zone; and
(c) read both zones.
3. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the access authorizing means, during a complete and valid write operation necessarily pass through at least the first two states of the said three states in order without repeating any of them to write data from the processor firstly into a first zone of a first bank, and then to recopy the data from the first zone of the first bank into a second zone of a second bank which is coupled to said first zone.
4. Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the access authorization means are disposed to decompose operations of reading and writing into elementary read and write phases for an elementary group of data items in the memory zones, each of which phases is uninterruptable.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the access authorization means include locking means.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the access authorization means comprise, for each memory bank, auxiliary memory members disposed to selectively control access to all or to a portion of an associated memory bank.
7. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the access authorization means comprise:
key access means suitable for defining keys, each of which designates a zone in one of the memory banks, and for subsequently responding to an insertion of one of the keys accompanied by a read request or by a write request by authorizing writing or reading selectively in a manner which is applicable to a single memory zone and a single memory bank defined by one of the keys, said authorization being destroyed after any addressing in said memory zone or by an insertion of a new key.
8. Apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the key access means comprise:
a key generator; and
access entitlement registers capable of being selectively enabled by one of the keys, each register possessing at least three states including a rest or no access entitlement state, together with two access entitlement states for writing and reading respectively, which state can only be occupied when the register is enabled; and
each memory zone being controlled for access thereto by a respective one of the registers in such a manner as to respond to external addressing only if an access entitlement for writing or reading has been marked in the register which is associated therewith for its control.
9. A method of transferring data between a processor and a data storage apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
a. accessing said data storage apparatus via access authorization means connected with memory banks of said data storage apparatus;
b. designating a memory zone, constituted by at least a portion of one of said memory banks, selectively for a write operation or a read operation in response to an authorization request, said write and read operations being constituted by an indivisible transfer of a group of elementary data items; and
c. eliminating said authorization request after said memory zone has been addressed or in response to a subsequent authorization request.
10. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said processor is suitable for performing a plurality of independent processes, each process being simultaneously associated with first and second memory zones belonging to first and second distinct memory banks, respectively, further comprising the steps of:
a. writing data to said first memory zone while said first memory zone is in a write access mode and said second memory zone is in a no access mode;
b. copying the data written to the first memory zone into said second memory zone while said first memory zone is in a read access mode and said second memory zone is in a write access mode; and
c. setting said first and second memory zones into a no access mode.
11. A method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
a. stopping said writing of data to the first memory zone when an anomaly occurs during said writing of data; and
b. copying the data from said second memory zone into said first memory zone when a restart operation is initiated.
a. stopping said copying of the data written to said first memory zone into said second memory zone when an anomaly occurs during said copying of data; and
b. recopying data from said first memory zone into said second memory zone when a restart operation is initiated.
a. allocating a free memory zone to each new memory request from said processor;
b. generating a key associated with said free memory zone; and
c. communicating said key and a physical address of said free memory zone to said processor;
whereby a write or a read operation performed by said processor to said free memory zone is prevented unless said write or read operation is preceded by an access opening instruction comprising said key associated with said free memory zone.
14. A computer system comprising:
a. a plurality of processors interconnected by a common intercommunication medium, said processors being capable of performing one or more independent processes; and
b. stable memory means connected with each of said processors, said stable memory means comprising a plurality of externally addressable memory banks having selective write/read controls, and access authorization means, connected with said memory banks, for selectively designating a memory zone constituted by at least a portion of one of the memory banks for a write or read operation in response to an access authorization request.
15. A computer system as claimed in claim 14, wherein one of said plurality of processors is a co-ordinator processor and the remaining processors are slave processors.
16. A computer system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said co-ordinator processor performs a prelude, an action, a wait for reception of a "ready to commit" message from each of said slave processors, sends a commit or an abort message to said slave processors, a transformation of a temporary version of information into a final version thereof or deletion thereof in the event of an abort, and a postlude, while each of said slave processors performs a prelude, an action, sends a "ready to commit" message to said co-ordinator processor, receives a commit or an abort message from said co-ordinator processor, followed by a postlude, which is preceded by transforming said temporary version of information into a final version of information when a commit message is received.
17. A computer system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said co-ordinator processor and said slave processors save information in said stable memory means between a repeated transformation operation performed in said postlude.
The present invention relates to processing data or information, and more particularly to storage thereof, when said storage has to be performed with a high degree of security.
In numerous applications, and in particular those related to distributed computing, it is desirable to have stable memories available.
A stable memory is a data storage device which possesses the following properties: firstly, the physical storage of information is stable, i.e. information does not tend to disappear with passage of time; and, secondly, the operation of writing is capable of being made "atomic", i.e. once information has been presented for writing, onc can be certain that the information is correctly written or else it is not written at all.
At present, stable memories are made from disks. Although disks do not directly provide stable data storage, they enable such stable storage to be obtained, in particular by conjoint use of two disk units. However, this method of proceeding has drawbacks. The first drawback is that the access time to a disk memory is not short enough for a stable storage unit based on disks to be considered as being a fast memory. The other drawback is that the stable character of the memory is obtained by copying the same information into both disk units. The controlling processor uses its own read/write memory to perform this double copying operation. As a result, if an error occurs in said processor between writing to one of the disks and writing to the other disk, the stable character of information storage is compromised.
The present invention solves these drawbacks, by providing firstly a memory (or data storage) device having fast access and capable of offering stable storage, and secondly by avoiding as much as possible any use of the processor's read/write memory for copying information into two different sections of memory.
The proposed data storage apparatus comprises, in combination:
a series of n banks of non-volatile memory which are externally addressable and which are provided with selective write or read controls; and
key access means suitable for defining keys designating each of the memory banks and for subsequently responding to the insertion of one of the keys accompanied by a write or a read request by selectively authorizing writing or reading in a manner which is applicable to the single memory bank defined by the said key, said authorization being destroyed after any memory bank has been addressed or after any new key has been inserted, thereby enabling each of the n memory banks to be used independently and successively by different processes without any risk of uncontrolled access.
In an advantageous embodiment, the key access means comprise:
an access table having P n-bit cells, each cell being capable, as a function of its index k, of receiving or of delivering at the output from the table a byte having not more than one bit which is different from the others; and
a series of n access entitlement registers respectively connected to the n outlets from the access table, said registers enabling one additional register designated by the different bit of the byte defined by the current index, each register possessing at least three states, including a rest or no access entitlement state, together with two access entitlement states for writing and reading respectively, which states can only be taken when the register is enabled.
With each memory bank being associated with a respective one of the registers in such a manner as to respond to external addressing only if a write or a read access entitlement has been noted in the associated register.
Preferably, the outlets from the access entitlement registers are applied to two multiplexers respectively for writing and for reading addresses in accordance with the number of the memory bank being addressed, write or read authorization being given to the memory banks by the outlet from the write multiplexer or from the read multiplexer, as the case may be.
The invention also provides a method of transferring data between a processor and a data storage device as defined above. The processor is deemed to be required to run a plurality of independent processes. The method comprises the following operations:
(a) on each request for new memory from a process, allocating to said process a free bank of memory of rank noted i, and seeking a key k associated with the rank 1 of the bank, then communicating to said process only the key k and the physical address of the bank; and
(b) only performing a write or a read operation for said process when said operation is preceded by an access opening instruction including the key k attributed to the process and the nature (writing or reading) of the operation, which has the effect of authorizing physical access to a single designated bank for writing or reading, as the case may be.
It may happen that several processes have to share the same memory bank. In this case, in addition to the said key giving access to the information storage apparatus, the processor attributes respective encrypting keys to each of the sharing processes in their work spaces, each of which encrypting keys is associated with the address of the zone reserved for the process as encrypted by said key.
Very advantageously, each process is associated at the same time with a pair of zones belonging to two distinct memory banks: each write operation comprises writing into one of the zones whose register is in write access, while the register of the second zone is not in access, and then copying the first zone into the second zone with the first zone register being in read access and the second zone register being in write access, whereafter both registers return to the no access state: reading is performed in both zones, and it is essential that they both give the same result.
In order to obtain atomic writing, when an anomaly occurs while writing to the first zone, writing is stopped, and on being restarted the second zone is copied back into the first, such that the write operation does not take place; whereas if an anomaly occurs while the first zone is being copied into the second, writing is stopped, and on restarting the first zone is copied again into the second, such that the write operation is performed.
In some applications it is desirable for the processor to be associated in this manner to a memory unit having two stable type disks. In which case only data taken from the fast data storage apparatus is transferred into the disk memory unit.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention appear from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a processor associated with a fast stable memory and with a disk unit;
FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates the general structure of the fast stable memory;
FIG. 3 illustrates a transaction system employing distributed computing with stable memories;
FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate in more detail one embodiment of a stable fast memory; and
FIGS. 6 and 7 are two flowcharts applicable, in particular, to the transaction system of FIG. 3.
The drawings show objects of specific character. They are to be considered as being incorporated in the description to contribute to defining the invention.
In what follows, reference is made to various documents which are referenced as follows:
(BANA-82)--BANATRE M., LAPALME G. ENCHERE: A Distributed Auction Bidding System. 3rd Int. Conf. Distributed Computing System (Miami, October 82), pp. 833-837.
(GRAY-78)--GRAY J. N.
Notes on Database Operating Systems. LCNS 60, Springer-Verlag, (1978), pp. 393-481.
(GIFF-82)--GIFFORD D.K.
Information Storage in a Decentralized Computer System.
CSL-81-8, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, March 1982.
(LAMP-76)--LAMPSON B. W., STURGIS H.
Crash Recovery in a Distributed Data Storage System.
Working Paper, Xerox PARC, November 1976.
The present invention is particularly applicable to a decentralized commercial transaction system using distributed computing means. Some of the aspects required by such a system have already been described (BANA-82).
In outline, the idea is to enable members of an organization which includes sellers and buyers to perform commercial exchanges, e.g. in the "Dutch clock" manner. In logic, the entity which models a commercial exchange is the transaction.
Generally speaking, transactions are deemed to possess three essential properties (GRAY-78):
(i) consistency or coherence: the transactions must obey legal protocols;
(ii) atomicity: a transaction either takes place or it does not take place; and
(iii) durability: once a transaction has been validated, it can no longer be cancelled.
The basic structure of a transaction system is shown in FIG. 3. It comprises a series of application processors AP which process transactions. The users, buyers or sellers, may communicate with the system defined by said application processors via work positions (WP), whose purpose is to enable buyers and sellers to participate in transactions. All the application processors AP are connected via intercommunication means or a communications machine MC. This enables users to join and leave the system and also to communicate information thereto.
The physical embodiment of the communication machine (MC) may take various different forms, such as a local network or a plurality of local networks interconnected by means of a national network (e.g. Transpac).
The system hereinafter referred to as ENCHERE is made up of two levels, namely the machine level and the application level.
The machine level comprises sites Si each of which is arranged about an application processor AP, work positions WP and the communications machine MC.
When considering a particular work position (e.g. WPi) belonging to a site Sj, i.e. connected to application processor APj, the workstation WPi sends orders to the site Sj which interprets the orders. In said orders, a "new sale" causes a new transaction to be initiated. In order to perform this new transaction, several processes are created, one at the seller site, and the others at the buyer sites. One of the processes, the co-ordination process, represents the seller; the others, slave processes, represent the buyers who are going to participate in the sale. Such a group of processes co-operating for the purpose of performing a common task, in this case the sale of a product, is called an "activity". Naturally, several activities may take place at the same time.
Such a system constitutes an example of the case where two types of anomaly may occur:
anomalies due, for example, to software which may lead to undesirable actions, in particular actions having the result of uncontrolled access to memory; and
various types of hardware anomaly, of which the simplest is loss of electrical power, and which may also have the result of uncontrolled access to memory.
The invention solves the problems explained above by means of a particular stable memory, together with optional additional means.
A stable memory (LAMP-76) is an information medium which possesses two essential characteristics:
(i) a non-volatile physical medium; and
(ii) atomic read and write operations.
Generally, the physical medium used for constituting a stable memory is a disk. Although it does not intrinsically possess characteristic (ii), it may be programmed to possess said characteristic.
In the ENCHERE system, each application processor AP (FIG. 1) is equipped with a stable memory which contains:
the activity process stable variables which are modified by performing interleaved atomic activities and which are destroyed when the creating process is terminated, e.g. the variable representing EA(V) at a seller site process, where EA(V) designates the set of buyers associated with a given seller for a given transaction; and
objects (of the type "file") whose lifetime is greater than the atomic acitivity process which have access thereto and which modify them. A list of lots for sale constitutes an example of such an object.
Given that it is unrealistic to store stable variables on a disk, mainly because of the access time, the stable memory comprises two levels:
a stable fast access memory (MRS) constituted by means of a non-volatile read/write memory, for storing stable variables; and
a disk unit (UD) which contains the objects.
The fast stable memory is the first essential contribution of the invention.
The fast stable memory (FIG. 1) is a part of the address space of the application processor AP.
The contents of the stable variables of a process running on a processor AP is vulnerable to unforeseeable behaviour of the processor resulting from a hardware fault (loss of power, . . . ) or from a software fault (violation of memory protection, . . . ). To cope therewith, the invention proposes a memory MRS provided with hardware and software protection mechanisms described below. Preferably, the processor AP also uses a disk memory unit UD, as indicated above.
The stable fast memory MRS is constituted by 8 memory banks. Read or write access to each of these banks is protected by a key. This is illustrated in FIG. 2.
In this figure:
Bi, iε[1,8] represents a memory bank, with the size of such a bank being fixed at 8 K 8-bit bytes, for example;
Ri, iε[1,8] is a 2-bit register associated with bank Bi, it contains current access entitlements for the bank. (00: no access, 01: read access only, 10: write access only, 11: read and write access); and
AT is an access table with p=8-bit bytes. Bit j of byte k in this table is set to 1 if bank j of the memory is addressable. k constitutes the hardware key for access to bank j.
Elementary access to the stable fast memory MRS is described below:
a process P in processor AP which seeks to use a memory bank must initially acquire the bank by executing an "Allocation" primitive. The effect of this primitive in processor AP is as follows:
a free bank Bi, iε[1,8] is allocated;
a free inlet k to the table AT is sought, and bit i of AT[k] is set to 1; and
the data pair (adr,k) is delivered to P, where ADR is the physical address of the bank and k is the access key to said bank.
P may only copy the content of a register reg to address y in MRS by executing the following pair of instructions: open (k,E); write (reg,x), where x represents the address y followed by the word to be copied.
Execution of the operation open has the effect of changing the register Ri associated with the bank Bi (pointed to by AT[k]) with a "write" access entitlement.
Execution of the operation write (reg,x) only copies the contents of reg to address y in the stable fast memory MRS if y is the address of a byte in Bi; otherwise the operation is refused. After the operation has been executed, the bank Bi is no longer accessible and the contents of Ri is "no access".
Read processing is similar to write processing, and requires the pair of instructions: open (k,l); read (reg,x).
The operations of reading or writing in a zone of stable fast memory are now described.
The operations of reading or writing in a zone of stable fast memory MRS are performed on the basis of elementary read or write accesses, each of which is preceded by an open operation.
In the following description it is supposed that the bank is open for writing (or reading) if a write (or read) operation in the zone is taking place.
Hardware access protection mechanisms described above ensure firstly that no direct access may be performed to a memory bank, and secondly that all access thereto is heavily verified by means of access keys.
These mechanisms which are satisfactory provided a bank is accessed by one process only, are no longer satisfactory if a plurality of processes share the bank. Additional means are therefore provided to prevent one process accessing a bank from damaging a zone belonging to another process in the same bank.
The protection mechanism associated with bank sharing is now described: two processes P1 and P2 share a common bank of the stable fast memory (hereinafter referenced MRS).
The invention provides a software mechanism which detects illegal access by P1 to the data zone belonging to P2, and vice versa. The solution proposed uses encryption (GIFF-82).
The processor system AP delivers to each process (which reserves a zone in the memory MRS) a pair of data items comprising an encrypting key and the zone address encrypted using said key.
Any subsequent access to said zone can only be performed by a process which possesses said pair of data items. Any attempt at decrypting that leads to failure causes a fault which is detected by the system.
All accesses defined so far have concerned only writing and reading in a zone of a bank in the MRS. There now follows a description of atomic read and write operations on the stable fast memory PRS.
The system allocates to each process P running on the application processor a pair of zones (Zi, Zj) belonging to two distinct banks Bi, Bj, such that a stable variable used by P is always represented by two copies in two independent banks.
A--Atomic writing of a stable variable V from P into MRS.
Let Vi and Vj be the addresses at which V is copied in banks Bi and Bj, then writing is described by the following algorithm:
1--Bi open for writing--no access to Bj;
2--write V into Vi;
3--Bi open for reading--Bj open for writing;
4--write Vi into Vj; and
5--no access to Bi--no access to Bj.
This algorithm ensures that at the end of step 5 both copies Bi and Bj of V in MRS are identical. This would not be the case if the write operation consisted in writing V into Vi and then writing V into Vj, since the copy of V in memory could be modified due to anomaly occurring between the two write operations (steps 2 and 4).
Supposing that an anomaly occurs during step 2, in this case V is not written into Vi. The recovery mechanism implemented by the system ensures that the bank Bj is copied back into the bank Bi on restarting. The atomic writing of V into MRS has not taken place.
Supposing that an anomaly takes place in step 4, the copy of Vi to Vj does not take place. On restarting, Vi is recopied into Vj and Vi is thus effectively written into Vj. Atomic writing of V into MRS has been performed.
It should be observed that: proper operation of the above algorithm supposes that the passage from the state (Bi write open--Bj read open) to the state (Bi read open--Bj write open) is indivisible. Otherwise, on restarting after an anomaly, the bank Bj (or Bi as the case may be) which is write open is considered as being inconsistent and cannot be used for reinitializing the other bank Bi (or Bj as the case may be).
B--Atomic reading of a variable V in MRS.
Reading is described by the following algorithm:
1--Bi open for reading--Bj open for reading;
2--if co the contents of Vi and Vj are equal co (where the symbols co delimit a comment which relates to a series of test operations that are easily performed).
co Vi is copied into V (into read/write memory) co else
co fatal error, an abnormal modification of Vi or of Vj has not been detected co endif.
3--Bi no access --Bj no access.
If an anomaly occurs during phase 2, the operation is restarted at phase 1.
Reference is now made to operating the disk unit (UD) which preferably accompanies the stable memory MRS (FIG. 1).
The only objects to be transferred from the address space of the processor AP to the disk unit UD belong to the memory MRS. The algorithms used for reading or writing an object in or to the UD are similar to those described in (LAMP-76).
The fact that only objects situated in MRS may be written to UD ensures that the two copies OD1 and ODA of an object O in UD are identical (providing writing takes place properly). This is because objects O in MRS are protected against uncontrolled access. This is not the case in (LAMP-76) where the object copied to disk is in read/write memory and is thus capable of being modified between two write operations to the disk.
In conclusion, it appears that the stable fast memory proposed herein has the following important advantages:
performance: access time to information stored in MRS is very fast, and is only twice as long as access time to information of the same size stored in read/write memory. This access time is much shorter than the access time generally obtained for stable memories based on a disk. By way of comparison, the time taken to write 256 8-bit bytes using an I 8086 processor into the MRS is 0.5 ms, as compared with 9 ms for a disk system DFS in conjunction with Altos processors;
security: the MRS is protected against any attempt at erroneous access while being updated; and
atomicity: both in writing and in reading, atomicity is provided by the means described above.
There follows a description of one particular embodiment of a fast stable memory given with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
Inlets constituting primitive "allocate" or "open" instructions, as the case may be, are applied in the form of eight wires to an inlet buffer 40. Five outlet wires from the inlet buffer 40 are used for addressing the access table 41.
The other three outlet wires from the buffer 40 are applied initially to a decoder 42. The decoder 42 is a 3 to 8 decoder and thus has eight outlets which serve as data inlets to the access table 41. Thus, the allocation instruction serves both to define the index k by the addresses to the access table 41, and to load a key via the decoder 42. In the key only one bit is set to 1 and the rank i of that bit corresponds to the free bank Bi attributed to the process in question.
The eight inlets/outlets of the access table 41 are also applied to respective gates 43 which, together with n pairs of bistables 44 constitute the above-mentioned registers Ri.
For an "open" instruction, the key K is communicated as an address to the access table 41 as before. Instead of being applied to the decoder 42, two of the three other wires from the buffer 40 are applied to the bistables 44, with each wire being connected to a respective one of the two bistables in each pair. In response to the address information applied thereto, the access table delivers a 1 bit on a single one of its eight outlets. The gates 43 then enable only one of the pairs of bistables 44, and only that pair can receive the write or read order as transmitted over the two lines going from the buffer 40 to the bistables 44. The primitive open instruction is thus recorded in the bistables 44.
The outlets from the bistables 44 are grouped together with one of the groups concerning the write bistables and the other the read bistables. The group of lines relating to the write bistables is applied to a write multiplexer 45. The group of lines leaving the read bistables is applied to a read multiplexer 46. Both multiplexers receive the more significant bits of the memory bank addresses (i.e. the bits representative of the bank numbers), with said more significant bits being conveyed by lines referenced ADMSB. Finally, the write and read multiplexers 45 and 46 respectively supply the write and read authorization signals respectively referenced WSEL and RDSEL.
In FIG. 5, a buffer marked 50 receives the read signal RDSEL. The memory banks B1 to B8 are designated by numerical references 51 to 58. The address lines common to all of the banks marked ADBM are applied to the memory banks 51 to 58. The above-mentioned signal ADMSB is applied to a decoder 59 which activates only one of the banks B1 to B8. Each of these banks additionally receives a write authorization WSEL (if one exists). Finally, the data outlets from the banks 51 to 58 are applied in common to the buffer 50. The buffer 50 may deliver said data as a data outlet signal DD under the control of the read authorization signal RDSEL.
It can now be seen that a write or read order concerning one of the memory banks is only performed if the address contained in said order corresponds to the address as defined by the preceding open order, as stored in the bistables 44 and as applied to the various memory banks via the multiplexers 45 and 46.
There follows a description of an advantageous example of a "commit" protocol, which highlights the usefulness of stable memories. It is recalled that a single activity requires a co-ordinating process associated with a seller to act in conjunction with slave processes associated with buyers.
Generally speaking, the slaves send a "ready to commit" message to the co-ordinator. Once all of the slaves have sent this message, the co-ordinator can take a commit decision.
If one (or more) slave makes a request to abort the activity, the co-ordinator proceeds to abort said activity. The flowchart of the co-ordinating process is shown in FIG. 6.
A prelude, at step 60, is concerned with allocation of resources, and in particular with the allocation of channels. The "action" step 61 analyzes the orders coming from other processes. A specific sequence of instructions is performed as a function of these orders. Then, at step 62, the co-ordinator receives "ready to commit" messages from the slaves. When it has received all of these "ready to commit" messages, the co-ordinator may decide (step 63) to proceed with commiting (by sending "commit" messages) and then with commiting its own objects. If at least one of the slaves has had difficulties (was not able to send the "ready to commit" message), the co-ordinator sends an "abort" message to all of the slaves and erases its own temporary version (step 64). Otherwise, the temporary version becomes final at step 64.
The allocated resources are released during a "postlude" step 65.
Arrows Ci designated checkpoints where the status of the process is saved. If an anomaly occurs between Ci and Ci+1, the process is restarted at point Ci. Once The postlude has been started, it must be finished even if several attempts are necessary (the postlude is idempotent). FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a slave process. Steps 70 to 76A or 76B can be understood from the flowchart of the co-ordinating process. The existence of the same process-saving points Ci (with I going from 0 to 5) and the existence of a switch depending on whether a process is committed or aborted should be observed.
Behaviour in the event of an anomaly is interesting.
The co-ordinating process has the role of:
detecting bad slave operation (as seen from a suitable distance); and
committing or aborting activities.
An anomaly may occur before or after an activity has been committed.
If an anomaly occurs before an activity is committed, the system starts from the image of the process as saved in stable memory and performs the following actions:
the prelude of the co-ordinating process is re-performed, thereby re-allocating the required resources (channels, etc.) to enable the processes to interact;
local variables are reinitialized from information stored in stable memory; and
the co-ordinating process is restarted from point Ci, which is the last checkpoint performed by the co-ordinating process prior to the anomaly.
The co-ordinating process may suffer from an anomaly after taking the decision to commit activities. If the anomaly occurs while the co-ordinating process is sending activity-committing signals to the slaves, the system performs the following actions:
the co-ordinating process prelude is executed; and
the system restarts from checkpoint C5.
If an anomaly occurs prior to an activity being committed, the reaction of each slave process is similar to that of the co-ordinating process described above.
If an anomaly occurs after the pre-committing message has been sent, the slave process in question re-executes its own prelude and then waits for a committing signal from the co-ordinating process.
It may be observed that the slave processes may either receive "abort" messages from the co-ordinating process, or else they may commit "suicide".
This brief description of the ENCHERE system shows the advantage of stable memories, together with their role in the protocols required for committing activities.
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After writing on the world pecan shortage, I feel more than qualified to suggest how the Irish debt crisis resolved.
Now I grant you that paying off the EU and IMF the more than $100 billion they are putting into Ireland is a tall order, but what the heck, we must got to start somewhere. My theory for raising the first five billion or so should be a piece of cake. Getting that done will embolden the Irish government to keep the jackals at bay.
So how do we start? The first thing to consider is the vast number of people outside Ireland who claim Irish ancestry and remind everyone of it constantly. In fact, they comprise about 13% of the Canada and USA population, or 46 million people. Based on recent statistics, about a million of them are millionaires or multimillionaires.
Thus, there’s a huge target market for a tug-at-the-heartstrings campaign. We could draw on the 30% of Australians and 15% of New Zealanders who also claim Irish ancestry, but let's leave them out because they're in a different time zone, postage is expensive and they're mostly descended from convicts anyway.
Our campaign needs to have one overarching theme. How about "I'll never tire of Ireland,” which denotes both intense loyalty and the strong hint that there is plenty for the disaffiliated to tire of?
Then the campaign needs multiple donation thresholds, especially to attract our millionaires group. For instance, you could seek “Leadership” donors, who at a minimum price of $1 million or more would become the permanent sponsor one of the 163 members of the Irish parliament. The parliamentarian would all day, every day, wear the donor's name attached to the back of his or her suit or dress. Hey, they do this in soccer already. Thus, there's $163 million for you, and we're just getting started.
Then you could seek out a thousand “Heritage Guardian” donors, who for a gift of $250,000 or more would receive a certified chunk of the Blarney Stone. As the replica must replace the Stone, look how well this idea worked for the Berlin Wall. Chalk up an easy $250 million.
Moving down, you could offer donors of $100,000 or more "Ancestral' recognition in the form of a road sign naming one kilometre of road as they wished, whether it be ‘Liam O'Leary Road" or "Ethel Schwartz Boulevard.” There are 2,683 km of roads in Ireland. So there's another $268 million for you.
Let’s move lower and target the larger spectrum of those 40 million people. Why not offer a "Compatriot" level contributor of $10,000 or more a framed package comprising a bottle of Bushmill's, a shamrock and a hand signed letter of thanks from the Prime Minister; and aim for 250,000 donors. At the “Republican” level of $2,500 or more, provide a certificate, a bottle of Guinness and a square foot of genuine Irish peat, shooting for 500,000 donors. Perhaps you could count on a million donors at the 'Leprechaun” level of $1,000, by offering a shillelagh and a copy of every record the Chieftains have ever made. Add everything so far together and you almost have $5.5 billion - and that's just from those with a constant Irish affinity.
Raising funds on top of that will be a bit of crapshoot. What you have going for you is everyone's willingness to pretend they're Irish one day a year, and mass loyalty to an often slender Irish heritage. So here are some ideas:
- impose a St. Patrick’s Day tax on green beer, and the use of expressions as "faith and begorrah,” "top of the mornin' to ya" and "ah, the luck of the Irish”;
- Sponsor Bono to see how long he can contain himself before acting as though he alone can save the world; better yet,
- sponsor U2 to refrain from recording or performing music.
- Impose a performance levy on Irish songs having to do with deportation, washerwomen, fishmongers, misery or the cruel hanging of Irish patriots who were merely knocking off British soldiers.
- Have Irish Spring run a contest, “Oye Lake et Toe,” for worst adopted Irish accent.
- Offer a limit number of official “green shamrock” licensed products. After all, It worked with pink ribbons.
Yes, with the adoption of just a few of those ideas, Ireland should make a significant dent in its debt load and master its own destiny. My sympathy goes out to the smaller fry. What does Portugal have to work with but squid, Christiano Ronaldo and cheap holidays? Belgium-frites and Hercule Poirot? Some situations defy any imaginative solution.
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Archived Posts for December 2014
2014 Year In Review: Travel Edition
It’s the holiday season in the Bay Area again, which means that things are quiet around here. Quieter than Thanksgiving, because the people that haven’t returned home for Christmas are out vacationing elsewhere. A couple of friends kindly invited me to dinner on Christmas Eve, thereby saving me from an evening of solitude, but otherwise everyone else has gone (including my other half, who has fled nine time zones away). I took a walk around the Dish — a six kilometer running track on the Stanford campus that passes by a radio telescope — and it was the most deserted I’ve ever seen it. Interestingly, there were an unusually large number of solo walkers, like me, out to clear their heads in the crisp winter air. It’s been the perfect time to reflect on the year that’s been, and to start planning for the year ahead.
One of the things I realized is that I haven’t written on this blog for a long time. All year, in fact. There hasn’t been a good reason for this, other than what I can only chalk up to a lack of motivation. Motivation strikes at the most random times, though.
America might be the only country in the world which does not require private companies to give employees annual leave (or paid time off, as they call it here). This includes national holidays — it’s perfectly legal for a company to give employees no leave and require them to work on Christmas Day. Companies don’t do this, of course, but the result is a patchwork of company policies. Some give 10 days, some give 25. Some companies give more leave to employees who have been with them longer. Apparently Facebook gives 21 days, which is a strange number. It was explained to me that when the company was being formed, the advice was that “3 weeks” is the industry standard for leave, which the people in charge at the time interpreted as 21 days, rather than 15 business days. The legality of giving no leave at all has led to the globally unique policy of some companies choosing to give “unlimited” leave — something that Netflix pioneered. This policy lets employees take as much leave as they want (and still get paid for that time off). This is subject to the caveat that the employee still has to be able to perform their job adequately. The notion is, at first blush, highly attractive to employees as it theoretically permits them a lot of flexibility to take leave whenever it makes sense. If there’s a slow period at the end of the year, you can take more time off instead of twiddling your thumbs because you ran out of leave earlier in the year.
However, it’s not all altruistic. For one, companies with unlimited leave do not have to track or accrue leave. If you had an entitlement to 20 days of leave, and only took 15 days, then typically those 5 days would rollover to the following year, or you would be paid out for those days. Of course, there’s no rollover concept when an unlimited leave policy is in play, so not only is it one less thing for the HR department to track, but the company doesn’t have an accrued liability sitting on books. More curious, however, is the innate cultural aversion that more than a few Americans seem to have to taking leave. It’s something that helps an unlimited policy to work… in the company’s favor.
On one end of the spectrum, you have European-style leave where 30 days is the norm and everyone is pens down for the whole month of August. America is on the other end of the spectrum. From my anecdotal experience, it’s common for people not to take their allotted leave, and when people do go away, it’s usually for no more than a week. People occasionally take two weeks off. Three weeks is almost unheard of. I have always thought that Australia strikes a happy and reasonable balance: 20 days, with a standard business shutdown during the Christmas-New Year period that allows people to take 3 full weeks off. Although it’s not always possible, that is the balance that I try to maintain. December is the financial year end in America so while things sometimes get quieter, more often than not there’s actually a flurry of activity as people try to close deals by December 31. There generally aren’t company-wide shutdowns between Christmas and New Year, and people do actually do work in between (myself included, this year).
The other thing is that the line between work and vacation is completely blurred these days. While I think it’s important to unplug from time to time (and there’s no better way to do that than going to a place without net access), it’s also quite stressful returning from a week or two away to an inbox with over a thousand emails waiting and trying to play catchup as the emails continue to flow in. (Perhaps even nominally more stressful than not taking the leave in the first place!) As a result, I normally use spare hours — time in transit or a quiet moment at night — to read through emails and respond to the easy ones. Happily, as is the norm in Silicon Valley, most of my internal clients prefer to communicate via email instead of the phone, so things are generally capable of being handled remotely even with a volatile travel schedule. I just came back from a trip to Brazil where I spent a few hours working out of the offices of one of our law firms — it was raining in São Paulo, I had been on the go for too many days in the row, and I didn’t feel like sightseeing that day. I cleared out a good number of emails while a never-ending stream of waitstaff plied me with baskets of warm pão de queijo. When my host came to pick me up, I actually felt quite good. I realize that I took a break from my vacation to do some work and felt good about it and maybe that’s a bit perverse, but hey. Whatever works, right?
Anyway, on to the main reason for this post. If you know me, you know I like traveling and I like flying. It doesn’t cost a lot, due to the great American pre-occupation with trying to get people to sign up to new credit cards. The biggest constraint is time, and so I’ve adapted to taking short, but intense trips throughout the year. I like my job, but it is certainly not a 40 hour a week job (actually, I can’t remember ever working a 40-hour 5-day week). The world is a huge place, and if I only confined myself to taking one overseas trip a year, I’m not seeing very much of it. I guess the dining analogy is that I prefer the 12 bite-sized course tasting menu over the two pound tomahawk steak. I took stock of where I’ve been this year on a map:
That’s 150,000 miles of flying, 54 segments, 30 airports, and 13 countries (including 4 new ones). I used to write a post whenever I finished a major trip, but for some reason I stopped doing that. So, in lieu of that, and while I still have my random burst of motivation, here is a rundown of a couple of the fancy parts of the trips I’ve been on this year that have been funded primarily by credit card sign up bonuses and the exploitation of promotions.
Returning Home from Home, the Long Way (Jan)
Sydney to San Francisco, via Dubai and London
Flights in late December and early January between San Francisco and Sydney are ridiculously expensive. United has a monopoly over the only non-stop route between the two cities, and you can forget about trying to redeem a flight on miles. This leads me to finding rather… roundabout ways to get from point A to point B. The routing in January was Sydney – Dubai – London – Los Angeles – San Francisco. I normally would head back via Asia, which is relatively shorter, but when I found award availability in the first class cabin of Qantas’ flagship route, QF1, I jumped on it. QF1 is also known as the kangaroo route because it connects Mother England with its former colony with one hop in Dubai. QF1 is flown by an A380. Quick notes:
Qantas A380 – First Class, Seat 2A – QF1 (SYD-DXB-LHR)
Chauffeur Service: Qantas offers complimentary chauffeur service within a 40km radius of the airport. I didn’t use this service as my parents dropped me off at the airport instead.
Lounge: The QF first class lounge is up there with the best of them. It’s spacious, bright and has a beautiful view of the runways, the CBD skyline rising in the distance, and a front row seat to aircraft pulling up to the gates underneath. First class passengers get a complimentary massage treatment, which I took advantage of. Sit down meals are made to order, and the food is great. All OneWorld Emeralds get access, regardless of class of travel (but those traveling in First get first dibs on massage appointments).
Cabin: The SYD-LHR route is heavily trafficked, and the cabin was almost full.
Seat: While not an enclosed suite, my window seat was angled towards the window and was quite private. Seats are in a 1-1-1 configuration. The center and starboard seats share an aisle, so the port side seats are slightly more private. The seat is unlike any other first class product I’ve seen — oddly asymmetrical like a reverse herringbone configuration more typical of some business class seats — but it was fine.
Food: The food is Qantas’ stand out offering. Qantas offers a tasting menu and despite the dampening effect that high altitude has on taste buds, each dish was full of flavor. The food was better than any other airline I’ve traveled with – including Etihad, which packs a chef along with its regular cabin crew, and all the airlines that offer caviar and expensive champagne. The footrest has a seat belt so a companion can join you at your table for meals.
Service: Typically Aussie – casual but professional. I wasn’t given much attention — the crew seemed to be more chatty with other passengers — or made to feel particularly special in the way that Asian airlines seem to do so well. Still, better than any of the American airlines.
Toilets: There is nothing particularly noteworthy about the toilets in this cabin.
Bed: If you’re flying first for the first time, remember that you should always ask for turn down service (where a flight attendant will prepare your seat for sleeping). While you may be tempted to do it yourself, you’ll be missing out on a mattress pad that the flight attendant will bring along to pad the seat. The Qantas seat is super comfortable to sleep in.
Amenity Kit: A nice SK-II kit, although the zipper design is terrible.
Overall: Definitely in the top tier of first class cabins in the world. While lacking some of the bells and whistles other airlines, Qantas does the essentials very well. Now if I could just nab a seat on the LAX-SYD route…
To get back from London, I booked a flight on one of American Airlines’ new 777-300s. The business class cabins in the new 777s is a world apart from the old cabins.
Around the World in a Weekend (Apr)
Tokyo via Frankfurt
Airline miles are a terrible long-term investment. They don’t make interest, and they get eaten away by inflation when airlines raise redemption rates. Hence the motto, “earn and burn”. Earning is important, but using those points is arguably even more important.
When United announced it would be nearly doubling the price of some of its awards early this year, it was time to burn some miles. The routing rules for United awards are somewhat quirky, and a shorter route is not necessarily cheaper. It has for a long time been possible to fly to Asia via Europe for the same number of miles as a direct flight to Asia. Why would you want to do this? For me, I wanted to try Lufthansa’s first class experience – it’s probably the best out of all the European carriers. Lufthansa operates three different first class cabin configurations. A small number of 747-400s and Airbuses have “old first class”. The newer 747-8s have “new first class”, as do the A380s. The A380s are slightly different in that they have separate urinals in the lavatories. A number of 747-400s have a completely different configuration – each seat comes with a separate bed. I found a route, SEA-FRA-NRT, that would allow me to experience both the new first class, and the variant with the bed. As a bonus, since I would be transiting through FRA, I would have the chance to go through the famous Lufthansa First Class Terminal.
Lufthansa A330-300 – First Class, Seat 2K – LH491 (SEA-FRA)
Lounge: Lufthansa shares a lounge with other carriers in Seattle, but they provide ground services. Someone turns up when your flight is ready to board and escorts you to the gate. That’s a nice touch.
Cabin: The cabin configuration was new first class. Four out of eight seats were occupied (each window seat).
Seat: While not an enclosed suite, the seat looks swanky – simple, clean, but attractive. Like the reception area of a big law firm. Seats are in a 1-2-1 configuration. A fresh rose adorns each seat back (a Lufthansa trademark), and the flight attendant even asked if I wanted to take it with me when I left (I politely declined).
Food: Pretty solid. The caviar service “with traditional accompaniments” is always a welcome novelty.
Service: Quite friendly. The purser dropped by for a quick chat, and the flight attendants had some personality to them – they were not just going through the motions.
Toilets: I don’t recall anything particularly noteworthy about the toilets.
Bed: Since half the cabin was empty, the flight attendant made up the empty seat 2G next to me as a bed. “So you can have a living room and bedroom,” he quipped. (Not quite like Etihad’s Residence cabin, which actually has a separate enclosed bedroom, living/dining room and bathroom.) The bed was relatively comfortable.
Amenity Kit: Nothing particularly noteworthy. They used to have nice Rimowa cases, but no longer.
Overall: Very solid first class product and playing in the same league as Qantas.
FRA – Lufthansa First Class Terminal (Lounge)
The Lufthansa First Class Terminal is called a terminal rather than a lounge because it’s a completely separate building with its own check-in facility and boarding “gate.” Given this fact, even though I was only transiting through Frankfurt, upon landing I needed to clear immigration, exit the main terminal, and walk over to the FCT.
At the reception area, my passport was taken from me and I was ushered through security and into the main lounge. “We’ll get you checked in. Just relax inside and I’ll come and find you with your boarding pass.”
The Lufthansa FCT is outrageous. It has a bar with a lot of drinks. A lot. The drinks menu has 4 pages of different types of whiskey alone. It has a water bar with a lot of bottled water. A lot. About 30-40 different types. It has a candy bar with dozens of different types in meter-high jars. It has a cigar room, with a humidor full of different cigars. The cigar menu includes descriptions such as, “Not to be recommended for [the] newcomer,” and “A real good smoke.” The cigar room has its own bar. It has shower rooms with bathtubs, featuring the famous Lufthansa rubber ducky that you can take home with you. It has a buffet area with buzzsaws for slicing ham. It has à la carte dining. It has private nap rooms with dimming lights, pillows and blankets. It has a seating area that’s well supplied with snacks and servers who continually ensure you always have a drink in hand. All these things kept me occupied for hours.
When it was time to leave, I was escorted downstairs where an immigration official stamped my passport (it all felt very informal) and then deposited in a car for transfer directly to the aircraft. I rode in a Mercedes, but Porsches form part of the fleet too. I was driven to the foot of the waiting 747. Boarding was by jetbridge, so we needed to take an elevator up from the tarmac to the bridge. I took my driver up on her offer to snap some photos of me in front of the plane. She escorted me to the plane door and handed me off to the cabin crew.
Lufthansa B747-400 – First Class, Seats 82H & 84H – LH740 (FRA-KIX-NRT)
Cabin: The first class cabin takes up the whole upper deck of the 747. There are eight seats and, as luck would have it, I was the only passenger traveling in the cabin that day. That meant I got a lot of attention from the two flight attendants staffed on the cabin. I initially had the rearmost starboard seat, but it was quickly but empathetically “suggested” that I would be more comfortable with a seat closer to the middle of the cabin. The galley was directly behind me, so I moved away from the noise that comes from the galley, but I suspect the flight attendants wanted to be able to more relaxed and noisy in the back without bothering me.
Seat: This is probably my favorite F cabin configuration out of any aircraft I have flown (though I am sure Etihad’s First Apartments are better). It’s a very open cabin and not very private, but as I had the whole thing to myself, it was amazing.
Food: Being on a flight to Japan meant that there was a Western and Japanese menu on offer. That of course meant that they needed to cater for both meal variants, even though I was the only person in the cabin. When meal time came, the flight attendant didn’t even bother asking me what I wanted to eat. “I’ll bring everything out and you can decide what you want,” and sure enough, she rolled out a cart with all the appetizers on it! I basically had access to unlimited caviar. “Would you like some bread? Here, have the bread basket.” I was almost full by the time it was time for mains, but she once again came back with a cart laden with food. She looked genuinely disappointed when I mentioned that I was stuffed and couldn’t fit much more in. “I’ll leave the cart here if you change your mind,” she said as she parked the cart at the neighboring seat. And then she came back with dessert and a pot of green tea, and I was completely done.
Service: I was primarily served by an older flight attendant. She was quite friendly in a grandmotherly sort of way, and she did her best to overfeed me.
Toilets: Again, nothing particularly remarkable (other than I had several all to myself).
Bed: Hands down the most comfortable bed in the sky (again, with the probable exception of Etihad). A window is at head level, so you can drift off to sleep looking out. Cabin temperature was perhaps a little too high, given that the blanket is pretty thick.
Amenity Kit: Same as the previous flight, but as it was near Easter time, I was given a medium-sized chocolate bunny as an additional gift.
Overall: My favorite flight of the year, no question. Given the choice, I’d pick Lufthansa’s 747-400 over the A380 and 747-8.
Simona & Uli’s Wedding (Jun)
Lake Como and Sagno
In late 2013, AA was running a promotion that allowed members without status to qualify for top tier status by flying 30k miles in 90 days. I think it was intended to be a targeted offer, but it accidentally was made available to everyone. After a little bit of gentle persuasion, I managed to convince my better half to go for it and she ended up qualifying. We used the systemwide upgrades that AA gives its Executive Platinum members to book a business class flight to Milan, where we then rented a car to drive up to Lake Como.
This wedding was unique in that it was being held in two countries. Guests were bussed across the border to Switzerland for the ceremony and a post-ceremony lunch. The reception was then held in the town of Lenno on the shores of Lake Como. Beautiful wedding, but the first couple days in Italy were a bit of a blur for me (the jet lag really kicked my ass).
Six Weeks in Ireland (Jul – Aug)
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Austria
Work opened up a new office in Dublin this year, so I went to Ireland for six weeks on a business trip to help set up some legal stuff for it. I actually didn’t know it at the time I made the booking, but AA was running a summer promotion on paid business class fares to Europe (25k bonus miles), so I ended up accruing over 50k miles from that one roundtrip ticket.
Dublin was a great experience (and there are so many U.S. tech companies there!). It was incredibly tiring, but rewarding. Long hours at work, but I had weekends to myself and took every opportunity to travel. About 4pm on one Friday, I found myself booking a 6pm train up to Belfast, two award nights at the Radisson Blu Belfast (holders of the Club Carlson credit card get one free night which each award booking), and a “Game of Thrones” bus tour that visited various locations where the TV series was shot along the Antrim Coast. My impromptu trip also unintentionally coincided with the 12 July parades, where the unionists march around all the towns in the face of the nationalists — an event which has been volatile in the past (something which I only learned after the fact).
Another weekend, I flew to Scotland and stayed with a friend who showed me around Glasgow and Edinburgh.
My parents also took the opportunity to fly in from Sydney to visit. They basically dumped their bags off at my apartment and went traveling around Europe. We spent a couple weekends traveling together — a car trip through various parts of the rest of Ireland (Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Cork, various castles, etc.), a random trip to Longyearbyen (see below), and a relaxing visit to Austria, where we had the opportunity to stay at the newly opened Park Hyatt Vienna.
Park Hyatt Vienna – Park Suite
Construction for the Park Hyatt Vienna had only been completed two months before we arrived, and it was situated in a building that used to be a bank. It was a gorgeous building, and one of its unique features was that they had built the pool underground in what used to be the old bank vault. The floor of the pool had been with lined with gilded tiles, which alluded to the gold bars that might have been stored there in times past. I had gained top tier Hyatt status as a result of a status match challenge earlier in the year. (Meeting the challenge required me to do my first mattress run, which involved making a trip up to Sacramento one Friday night…) One of the benefits of that status was a free upgrade to a suite and free breakfasts. The suite was very well built, and was a great place to chill out in between the sightseeing. Breakfasts were in what used to be the cashier’s hall – a beautiful space with a soaring ceiling and stately decorations.
The Park Hyatt is very centrally located and only about a hundred meters from the nearest U-Bahn station.
Three Weekends in Hong Kong (Sep, Oct, Nov)
AA opened a new DFW-HKG route serviced by their new 777-300s and were selling flights originating from SFO very cheaply at the start of the year (sub-$700). Given that SFO-DFW is pretty much the opposite direction to HKG, you have a route that makes for good mileage run material. When you combined this with the ability to use systemwide upgrades, you suddenly had a whole bunch of mileage runners trying to get in on the deal. On one of my flights, the upgrade list was 50 people deep! Susanne followed me for the first run, and we actually made into a proper holiday, staying in Hong Kong for three nights — one at the Conrad Hong Kong, and two at a friends’ place. (I admit that I may be starting to lose perspective as to what constitutes a “proper holiday.”)
We took a daytrip to Macau. I hadn’t been to Macau for almost 10 years, and I was astounded at how much it had grown as a gaming hub. The statistics show that it does much more gambling turnover than Vegas, and you just need to talk through the Venetian Macau to understand why. The Venetian is at least 4x the size of its Vegas counterpart, and the gaming floor was still packed — despite it being the middle of the afternoon and the table limits being eye-wateringly high.
Back in Hong Kong, we missed the Occupy Central protests by about 5 days (the Conrad is in Admiralty, one of the main protest sites), but on my second run there, my friend took me to the Central and Mong Kok sites. We also had the opportunity to have yum cha at Tim Ho Wan — famous for being perhaps the most affordable single Michelin starred restaurant in the world (three of us had a very full meal for only US$15 per person).
And, of course, traveling through HKG also means the opportunity to use Cathay Pacific’s The Wing lounge.
HKG – Cathay Pacific “The Wing” Lounge
Situated to the immediate left when you clear immigration, the first thing you see when you enter The Wing is a bar with several bottles of champagne on ice, and a row of glasses. There is a full bar at the back of the lounge, or you can take a seat wait for a server to come around for your drinks order. The dining area offers pretty good à la carte dining and a pretty decent buffet spread. However, for me the standout feature of The Wing is the cabanas – private rooms that offer a daybed, a shower with three nozzles (an overhead rain shower, a detachable shower head, and a waterfall shower), a large bathtub, and a workspace. All tastefully and cleanly designed. Easily the nicest “shower facility” out of all the airport lounges in the world.
I also took trips to Longyearbyen, Brazil and Peru but I have run out of time for writing.
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Cities over the last 365 days (2014)
The last time I did this was for 2012, which means I skipped last year, but here’s the list for the past year.
Frankfurt, Germany†
Milan, Italy†
Lake Como, Italy*
Sagno, Switzerland†
Dublin, Ireland*
Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland†
Edinburgh, Scotland†
Cork, Ireland*
Longyearbyen, Norway
Salzburg, Austria†
Hong Kong, China*
Macau, China†
Praia do Forte, Brazil
Arembepe, Brazil†
Salvador, Brazil†
Paracas, Peru†
Nazca, Peru†
Phoenix, AZ (well, in a couple days’ time)
All places had overnight visits, unless marked with †.
* Multiple entries, non-consecutive days.
† Daytrip only.
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Sunrise's Democratic Presidential Scorecard: Sanders A-, Warren B-, Biden F
The youth climate activist group Sunrise Movement has published a 200-point climate leadership scorecard on the top three Democratic presidential candidates, with Bernie Sanders leading Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden far behind.
Sanders earned 91.5% of the possible points; Warren 82.5%; and Biden a strikingly low 37.5%.
The careful scoring process is broken into four sections: “How they talk about it,” “How much they talk about it,” “Plan to win,” and “Green New Deal vision.”
Sanders and Warren earned identical scores for “How they talk about it” and “Plan to win”- reflecting their similarity in rhetoric about the urgency of the climate crisis and the need for comprehensive action that directly confronts the fossil-fuel industry. Both campaigns have laid out comprehensive plans for action that are built around principles of climate justice.
However, Sanders has talked about climate change significantly more than Warren on the campaign trail and in the presidential debates—a difference reflected in the metric used by the Sunrise Movement, which is the frequency with which climate change is discussed on the campaign Twitter feeds.
The Green New Deal section was a 100-point analysis of the candidate’s climate plans, representing half of the full score. Sanders received an A (95 points) compared to Warren’s B (85 points) for his clear plan for a phase-out of fossil-fuel extraction and for more detailed and ambitious plans for sustainable agriculture, forestry, climate refugees, energy democracy, public infrastructure, renewable energy investment, and public transportation.
In all categories Biden lagged significantly.
Perhaps relatedly, the Biden campaign’s top climate staffer, Heather Zichal, is a former John Kerry and Barack Obama staffer who parlayed her years of service into highly lucrative positions in the natural gas industry.
When Biden has been confronted by climate activists at campaign stops, he has responded dismissively that he was involved in one of the first climate bills passed by Congress and if they’re still not happy, they should vote for someone else.
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Biden, Warren Release Similar Climate Investment Plans
Posted by Brad Johnson Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:01:00 GMT
Democratic presidential contenders Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren have released climate plans. Warren’s plan appears somewhat more ambitious, whereas Biden’s plan explicitly endorses carbon-capture technology.
Some specific highlights from Biden:
“100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions no later than 2050”
“federal investment of $1.7 trillion over the next ten years”
“investing $400 billion over ten years” in “clean energy research and innovation”
including “double down on federal investments and enhance tax incentives for carbon capture, use and storage” and nuclear power research
The Biden plan also notes: “If the global temperature continues to increase at the current rate and surpasses 1.5°C, the existential threat to life will not be limited to just ecological systems, but will extend to human life as well.” However, the goals of the plan do not appear to be in line with the global emissions reductions needed to keep warming below 1.5°C.
In other newsmaking, it appears Joe Biden is accepting the aims of the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, if not yet having formally signed on: “Biden for President will not accept contributions from oil, gas and coal corporations or executives.”
Warren released her Green Manufacturing Plan, with highlights including:
”$400 billion in funding over the next ten years for clean energy research and development”
”$1.5 trillion federal procurement commitment over the next ten years”
” a new federal office dedicated to selling American-made clean, renewable, and emission-free energy technology abroad and a $100 billion commitment to assisting countries to purchase and deploy this technology”
“we must cut projected global emissions by more than half by 2030”
The plans are surprisingly similar in terms of scope, especially in terms of the budget expenditures, and in many of the details. Warren’s plan calls for greater expenditure in federal procurement than Biden’s, and appears more ambitious in terms of emissions targets. Notably, Warren frequently refers to the Green New Deal, which she has endorsed, whereas Biden praises the Green New Deal’s “framework” but does not appear to follow its particulars closely.
Update: As first noticed by Credo Action’s Josh Nelson, the Biden plan cribbed some text directly from the labor-environmentalist group Blue Green Alliance and from the fossil-fuel-industry Carbon Capture Coalition. The Biden campaign has since directly credited those organizations, which appear to be advising the campaign.
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Facebook Agrees To User Safety Plan
05-09-2008, 03:00 AM Offline #1 (permalink)
Facebook has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia to develop and enhance controls to protect minors from inappropriate content. This follows a similar commitment from MySpace several months ago. The lone holdout in each case was Texas. News.com notes: "In the deal, the social network has agreed to develop age verification technology, send warning messages when an under-18 user may be giving personal information to an unknown adult, restrict the ability for people to change their ages on the site, and keep abreast of inappropriate content and harassment on the site. While the agreement is with U.S. state authorities, Kelly said that the tools deployed will apply to Facebook's international users as well. More than half of the site's 70 million users are outside the U.S."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Facebook, 49 U.S. states, agree on Web safety steps (Reuters) coolmanhiphop Feeds 0 05-08-2008 09:20 AM
NY AG joined by Facebook and MySpace in pushing e-safety bill (InfoWorld) coolmanhiphop Feeds 0 01-29-2008 01:10 PM
MySpace agrees to new safety measures (AP) coolmanhiphop Feeds 0 01-14-2008 05:50 PM
China Agrees to Post U.S. Safety Officials in Its Food Factories coolmanhiphop RSS Feeds 0 12-11-2007 06:20 PM
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Conan Exiles (PC)
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Survive in a fantasy world populated by monsters and exiles. Battle the environments as well as the natives of this harsh land.
By Daniel Acaba ( Sep 17, 2018 ) - 5.0 out of 10
I like Conan Exiles. I’ve dumped at least four hundred hours into exploring and escaping the Exiled Lands. But there are so many fundamental issues with the experience. The game is a time sink on the level of an MMO and has just about as much repetition. It’s just a draining, exhausting experience. Other players can alleviate the strain but they’re just as apt to make it even worse. Read More.
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By Daniel Acaba ( Sep 6, 2017 )
Even for an early access / game preview title this game is intensely unstable. It's hard to recommend it as anything other than a quick look at the game via free trials. While there is an intense amount of potential to the game, the engine itself is just far too unstable to be worth shelling out your hard earned money. Read More.
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Truck Driver's Heart Attack is Workers Comp Claim
Ohio Truck Driver Dies of Heart Attack on the Road
Doesn’t sound like a workers compensation claim? Think again. The dedicated wife of this truck driver spoke to several attorneys. She had a story to tell and some serious concerns about the details of the accident. The other attorneys did not believe she had a case to pursue.
Find an attorney that listens, thinks creatively, and solves problems.
The wife contacted Jeff Johnson. Attorney Johnson listened intently to the wife and her story. Her husband had repeatedly mentioned that the brakes needed to be replaced on the trailer of the semi he was driving. Jeff Johnson spent time reviewing the autopsy reports. Johnson also researched the Ohio State Highway Patrol crash report and Public Utilities Commission of Ohioreport of the vehicle that confirmed 50% of the axle brakes were not operable on the trailer.
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With the aid of a medical expert, Garson Johnson was able to prove the trailer brakes failed. The crash report showed severe skidding. The skidding demonstrated the driver attempted to negotiate the turn and stop but was unsuccessful. Attorney Johnson was able to demonstrate brake failure caused the heart attack when the man realized he was going to crash. The Ohio workers compensation claim was approved. His widow was awarded death benefits for the rest of her life
When you think all is lost, stay positive
While working as an EMT Apprentice, “Sam” was struck on the side of the road by a drunk driver. The tragedy could have wrecked his life. Sam lost his leg and had severe injury to his lungs making it difficult to breath. Instead of giving up, Sam worked tirelessly to put his life back together. He returned to work as a nurse thanks to a vocational rehabilitation program. Sam’s previous attorney was out of option.
Then, Sam asked for a second opinion and found Jeff Johnson. Attorney Johnson researched the case, the benefits and creatively and systematically identified legal options for Sam. Jeff Johnson’s knowledge of the law, Supreme Court decisions and Senate Bill 7 allowed Sam to apply for statutory permanent and total benefits.
Statutory Permanent total disability (PTD) is defined in the Ohio Code as:
Statutory permanent and total disability pursuant to division (C) of section 4123.58 of the Revised Code, due to the loss or loss of use of both hands or both arms, or both feet or both legs, or both eyes, or any two thereof, the injured worker shall be found permanently and totally disabled, and a tentative order shall be issued.
The complexity of this case is that Sam lost 1 leg. How then did statutory PTD apply? Attorney Johnson is familiar with the Thomas V. Industrial Commission Supreme Court decision that applies to all injuries prior to the passing of Senate Bill 7 in June of 2006. This decision says that when an injured worker loses the use of or amputation of the entire extremity or limb it is actually 2 body parts. While Sam lost his entire leg, he actually lost the use of his leg and his foot meaning 2 body parts.
Because of the severity of these types of cases, Statutory PTD compensation is payable for life and the person is able to work at whatever capacity possible.
Workers comp injuries can be draining to you physically, mentally, and financially. Your story may not be as dramatic as Sam’s story. No matter the severity, don’t lose hope and do not let your workers compensation claim rule your life. Stay positive.
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE GIVES YOU POWER OVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES INSTEAD OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVING POWER OVER YOU.
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Actually, not many have the skills and abilities of Garson Johnson workers' comp lawyers. One injured worker was receiving permanent and total disability. PTD is a type of disability that would pay him for the rest of his life, but denied him the ability to have gainful employment or a business of his own. The injured worker had dreams. Despite living with a severe disability, he wanted to invest in a business. His previous attorney was unable to settle his Ohio workers comp claim for a fair value that would give him the freedom to invest in his dream.
That is when he turned to Jeff Johnson at Garson Johnson. After thoroughly investigating his claim history, injury and current benefits, Jeff discovered the injured worker qualified for statutory PTD. Statutory permanent and total disability is awarded when a worker loses the use of 2 or more body parts. Because of the date of the injury, Jeff Johnson knew the Thomas Decision applied. This decision considered the loss of an arm to actually be the lose of use of 2 body parts- the arm and the hand. This type of disability does not restrict an injured worker from future work opportunities.
Attorney Jeff Johnson successfully obtained statutory PTD giving the client a steady income without restricting his ability to work. Garson Johnson also identified a separate car accident claim that settled to give the client extra money to invest in the business. The satisfied Garson Johnson client did not get exactly what he was seeking- a settled workers comp case. He did, however, accomplish his ultimate goal to go back to school AND invest in his new business. We love winning.
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When our client, a 41 year old diabetic maintenance worker with a local school system, broke his toe while on the job two years ago, he didn't think too much about it. Big mistake. Our client, who continued on the job, not only didn't take care of his sore toe he was non-compliant with his diabetic medication. Due to his lack of vigilance, he eventually ended up with a foot ulcer and had his leg amputated below the knee. He was out of work since the surgery in September 2008.
When we filed a workers' compensation claim for him, the school system fought us because they argued that he did not take his diabetic condition seriously or seek timely treatment. After multiple hearings, we got the school system to pay him for his lost time, including the three weeks he was out of work in 2007. He also received an amputation award of $109,500.
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AyurClinic Ayurveda Melbourne Offering the Best Natural Therapies and Treatments for Several Diseases
AyurClinic Ayurveda Melbourne is delivering authentic and traditional Indian natural therapies that can treat almost all known diseases, ranging from women’s issues to skin problems.
AyurClinic was established in 1993 in Kerala, a state in Southwest India, known as the birthplace of Ayurveda. After operating successfully for more than 10 years, its first clinic opened in Melbourne in 2005. Currently, hree clinics are operating in Victoria, located in the CBD, Bray Brook and Taylors Lakes. AyurClinic is now going to open another new clinic at the end of November 2019 in Sunshine. The new clinic will also be fully equipped and most traditional with all the facilities available in other clinics.
While attending an industry event, the spokesperson of AyurClinic Ayurveda Melbourne shared, “We have treated nearly 10,000 people, including men, women and children, across our clinics in Melbourne, while we have clients from all over Australia and even overseas. Before launching in Australia, we have treated more than 20,000 patients in India by way of Ayurveda and similar natural treatment approaches. Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine that combines diet, meditation, yoga, herbs, and regenerative and cleansing treatments.”
The primary benefits of Ayurveda are top health, mental clarity, physical stamina, calmness, and inner peace. AyurClinic has a team of skilled and highly qualified practitioners to provide authentic and traditional Indian natural therapies. These include the Ayurvedic medical treatments and classical homoeopathy in all its purity. The clinic’s natural treatments are based on Keraleeya Panchakarma and available for almost all diseases, with a focus on women’s health, skin conditions, digestive disorders, and mental health.
The spokesperson further asserted, “We offer specialised treatments for musculoskeletal diseases, such as lower back pain, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, arthritis, bursitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome. We also provide yoga, naturopathy and Ayurvedic massage solutions. Apart from that, we offer natural therapies and treatments for women that include the cellulite treatment, endometriosis treatment, menopause treatment, and pre-natal and post-natal care with Ayurveda. We even provide them with infertility treatment based on their body constitution.”
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TRUMP HOLDING COURT IN ALABAMA.
TRUMP: BATTLES HAVE BECOME SKIRMISHES
Not a winning scenario for progressives OR the NFL.
Saturday, 23 September (Weekend Edition):
The major difference in Donald Trump's presidency so far is the shift from outright warfare from the opposition to a series of never ending skirmishes. Since Korea is on everyone's minds, take the 1950-53 war as a comparison.
It started with a furious series of attacks and counter attacks, both sides were on the ropes at one time or another and then it became a static affair with snipers and the occasional artillery attack.
Such is the case here.
Trump has, at least for the forseeable future, stanched the bleeding and is in no danger of being removed from office, although he most likely never really was. The constant leaks of Russian collusion and the breathless anticipation of his opposition of an incipient demise is now history.
The investigation seems to want Paul Manafort's scalp; not for colluding with a foreign power but for some shady financial dealings. Just how this is worth tens of millions in taxpayer money for Robert Mueller to prosecute is questionable.
Then again, Kenneth Starr spent a lot and ended up with Monica, a cigar and a blue dress.
Trump, surrounded by military and intelligence types who are in a state of bliss with his new embrace of neocon foreign policy, has adapted to what the situation is. His basic agenda hasn't changed, but the peripherals most certainly have.
He is trying to save the GOP from itself, which has been his biggest failure. Not that he hasn't tried; they don't WANT to be 'saved' by the brigand Trump. They want him to cooperate with their agenda.
Which, coincidentally, doesn't stray much from the progressive one.
So, what the tactics have boiled down to is the media and Hollywood snark, the betrayal of so-called 'Republicans' like McCain, Collins and Murkowski, and the freefall of the NFL. This is a real example of one side's stupidity being seized on to good effect.
First of all, the progressives absolutely loathe football and the NFL. It is a very hyper masculine, type A world full of violence that doesn't advance a political agenda they like. So, this return to the 1968 Olympics and 'black power' salutes on the podium is being heralded as if it is some sort of desired outcome.
They really seem to think pushing Colin Kaepernick was a solid idea. The fact he's a washed up grub finally seemed to sink in, and now it's moved on to other players 'taking the knee'. Hell, they even got some Pop Warner kids to do this last week; as if any of these kids understood.
Trump, seeing an easy score, jumped all over the issue.
He excoriated the pampered millionaires who decided to join in on this, and the left, now settling for civil conflict instead of impeachment, are defending this behavior almost hysterically.
Trump fed them the bait, and they bit. Even Roger Goodell, the embattled NFL commissioner, has called Trump's words 'divisive'. The Buffalo Bills plan on having a mass 'kneel in' on Sunday's game.
Basketball star Stephen Curry has refused the invitation to come to the White House, and LeBron James has supported this. Trump cleverly 'retracted' the invite to Curry. The progressives are 'all in' on racial strife, and desperately want Black Lives Matter and AntiFa to be 'mainstreamed'.
This all plays into Steve Bannon's admonition 'please, talk about race 24/7' to the opposition. He knows what a historic loser it is. but we'll get to that later. Desperate to gain traction on something, anything, they are pumping up these multi millionaire athletes as somehow moral exemplars of the black liberation movement.
Not to mention preferring the natterings of a Stalinist dictator who killed his own uncle with an anti aircraft cannon to that of a legally elected President. Trump, who knows how to bait an opponent like no one else in the political arena, has them all biting on the hook.
If Chelsea Handler thinks praising Fatboy Kim over Trump is a winning scenario for their movement, all one can say is 'please, keep it up'.
Trump's speech in Alabama for Luther Strange Friday night was an amazing stream of consciousness rant. Alternately revelatory and hilarious, he held court for an hour and twenty minutes to a rapt audience.
He fearlessly tackled every issue, from the overpaid athletes taking the knee ('fire the son of a bitch' he said as the audience roared) to John McCain's treachery. He even worked in Rand Paul's opposition to the new health care bill, and then added just how much he and McCain dislike each other.
He threw all of the recalcitrant GOP senators under the bus. Given a list to call, he dutifully did and then said how every one of them wanted to have 'dinner with him and bring their family' and the families wanted to 'do lunch and breakfast' as well.
Then they would sit down and talk. It was a stunning indictment of their hypocrisy, and he delighted in shedding light on it. He also admitted how disgusted he was with it.
It was a classic Trumpian performance, guaranteed to delight his followers and drive his foes nuts. He even made a decent case for Luther Strange, too. Entertaining suff. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSR1fvvVNrw
So, the president has turned the tables on his opposition -for now- and can sit back and choose what idiocy is being offered up as response. He has a LOT to choose from.
Progressive small arms fire. Annoying, maybe. Ineffective probably, and counterproductive absolutely...
TRUMP LECTURING UN, BAD MARBLE AND ALL.
TRUMP JUGGLES; FOES FLAIL
Pelosi not a happy campesino.
Thursday, 21 September:
The action packed presidency of Donald J Trump continued unabated this week.
He has had more on his plate in the last seven days than the Previous Occupant had to deal with in seven months. Three devastating hurricanes; the most recent in the US protectorate Puerto Rico.
It, like the Florida Keys, has been put back in the pre industrial age. No power at all, this means everything from no ice for your drinks or air conditioning to no effective hospices, no medicines and no relief from heat, and raw sewage.
The Fed has announced another 'attack' on economic growth; they floated the last 8 years on quantitative easing and zero interest. Now that there are signs of recovery they will start selling off, rather than buy, municipal bonds.
They will also raise interest rates. They want every penny of the recovery not going to disaster relief to go to the banks. Meanwhile, congress is readying a tax reform package, the AHCA is about to come under another repeal vote, and the president just addressed the United Nations.
Add to this the situation with N Korea, going eyeball to eyeball with Russia over the Ukraine (again) and the Afghan conflict heating up.
This all has pretty much transpired over the last SEVEN DAYS.
This doesn't even count the Mueller investigation, the revelation that Trump associates -and perhaps Trump himself- were actually surveilled by the former administration.
That's right. Trump tower was wiretapped. The media caught in yet another lie, has been dissembling over it for the last several days. Their spin varies from the 'there is no proof' lie to the 'this has been going on (the Manafort spying) for 10 years'.
The electronic media is now as unhinged as the snowflake element they cater to; the Emmy awards was a 3 hour anti Trump diatribe, and TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have decided that they only want to appeal to the 'resist' movement.
Finally, the so-called 'rolling' of the president by 'Chuck and Nancy' (Schumer and Pelosi) has turned out to be a disaster for them; NOT for the president. He exposed their flanks to the resist/snowflake/AntiFa movement by getting an agreement with them.
A meeting they thought to be a home run ball for them. Most of you saw how Pelosi was treated when she went back to San Fransico triumphantly to tell all how she worked over the president on DACA.
Instead, the Marxist rabble that surrounded her shouted her down; they don't want a deal, they want surrender. Demanding all 11 million be given instant citizenship, she was driven off the stage in humiliation.
Surely not the reception she expected. But this is the progressive chickens coming home to roost. The Democrats, led by the bitter losers of the failed Clinton campaign, have fed their people so much fiction for so long that they won't accept the truth.
The truth is that the Russians did not hack John Podesta's e-mails, it was an internal leak. The truth that the DNC server was never turned over to the FBI. The truth that it was the previous administration that colluded with Russia.
That they then, in turn, created a fiction that Trump did it, and then attempted to criminalize politics.
It has been that big a week.
One wonders what the next one will bring...
DREAMERS: WHAT TO DO.
TRUMP AND DACA: FACT AND FICTION
Chuck and Nancy: It may not be as it seems.
The best thing of the nascent Trump presidency -keep in mind that it may seem like years but it's only been 9 months- is that the truth is busting out everywhere. That is in spite of determined efforts to keep the fictions going.
Since his inauguration the opposing forces have been in a 24/7 battle with him for message dominance. The media no longer has control of 'The Narrative', which they had a monopoly on for decades.
By now you all know what this narrative contained; it was a litany of progressive projections; freedom is fascism, white men are inherently evil. etc. No need to go over all this again. But the explosion of the new media changed all that.
In other words, why you are here reading this. The truth has escaped, like the proverbial genie it cannot be put back in the bottle, so to speak. If one does their proper homework, they can find the information they need to make proper assessments.
This recent development, while a good thing, can cut both ways.
Some of our brilliant and informed readers have commented on the recent attacks on Trump by the purveyors of the new media. Ones who have been Trump supporters, namely Breitbart News, the bomb throwing Ann Coulter and former congressman Joe Walsh.
They are decidedly unhappy with the Trump decision on the DACA, or 'Dreamers' act. But is there a real concrete reason for this?
Not really. It is always good to have concerns. After Trump dined with Schumer and Pelosi they, as usual, beat a hasty path to their mainstream media pals to shape the evening's discussions. By painting it as a Trump concession, they hoped to force him into a box, and also to sow discontent in his base.
This was as predictable as the day is long.
Now it may be safe to say the president was blindsided by this, but that might not be the case. Just as unlikely is Breitbart, now under the supervision of Steve Bannon, is now turning on his ideological soul mate.
No, this just isn't the case. Once again, one must look at the edges to see the actual truths. Fully aware that the media is the progressive accomplices, Trump had the meeting with the so-called 'moderate' wing of congress.
He knew damn well how this would be perceived. In order to break the hold the GOP 'never Trump' wing had on his agenda, he made a calculated move with this meeting. The discussion on the Dreamer issue was general, never specific.
Polls show about 75% of the populace believe these people should be allowed to stay in the United States. It doesn't take a politcal genius to see some accommodation is going to be made, and Trump acquiesced to this.
Then the spin began. Keep in mind that he is surrounded by an apparatus that wants him gone, he represents a sea change that threatens their hold on power. Therefore, every aspect of his game will be spun to advantage that partisan outlook.
When he mentions better relations with Russia the Deep State jumps all over him; when he talks tough on Korea they laud his leadership.
He ran, and won, on curbing illegal immigration. He believes still that without secure borders you DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY. This has not changed, nor will it ever. The question is how do we get there?
The Democrats, now a wholly owned subsidiary of George Soros' 'Open Society' want a borderless country. They haven't been exactly shy about it, either. Hillary Clinton said as much during her campaign.
The GOP isn't much better. Led by the Chamber of Commerce, they want the cheap labor a flood of unskilled immigrants bring. Paying an American citizen $20 an hour to do something you can get an illegal to do for half as much isn't good business sense.
Maybe it isn't. But we are still a sovereign nation, and business should work FOR the US citizen, not against him. Profit is good.
But not when it runs in contradiction to the people the business is supposed to serve. The disaffected, those who voted for Trump because they were sick of being put out of work for $5 a day slave labor overseas, spoke loudly.
This is a sizeable portion of Trump's support, and they are now being played by both sides. The real facts of the night is that there was a general agreement that DACA, while now disbanded, should have some accomodation for the people who are already here.
With the majority of the country behind this, Trump agreed to the general outline. He also agreed that the wall funding needn't be a part of this. This set off the chain reaction you now see. The left celebrated what they see as the 'camel's nose under the tent'.
The whole reason DACA was put in motion -illegally by the Previous Occupant- was to break the borders open. DACA would be followed by DAPA -which was to allow the parents- and then 'chain migration' would finish the job.
The 800,000 or so 'dreamers' expands to tens of millions, and the citizen voter in this country is overwhelmed, the country is now lost.
That was the plan. Now, you have Ann Coulter, Breitbart, Joe Walsh and others screaming 'foul'. What's a little curious about all this is the rest of Trump's comments on this are being ignored.
He has said he want's 'extreme vetting', there will be 'no amnesty', nor 'chain migration' allowed. He favors some sort of worker visa program, which does make sense. But no 'path to citizenship'.
And if there is no funding for the wall -it can be a separate bill, but it must be approved- he will 'revisit' his approval. He only waded into this because of the pending lawsuits challenging it's constitutionality.
It isn't. Both sides know it, and it's up to congress to craft the legislation. But they don't want to be held accountable for their vote, so this also adds to the heat on Trump to 'take the hit'.
To the visitors of this site, patience is urged. There is a 24/7 cage match virtue to his presidency, but the wheels of legislation moves much slower. Trump is no fool.
This situation can be solved. The progressives don't particularly care about those already here; they want them to be a vanguard. Trump is diametrically opposed to that.
This should play out in a logical fashion. Those on the right criticizing the president for something that hasn't happened, nor is it likely to, have their own agendas. For Ann Coulter it gets her on TV.
Joe Walsh, while right on the issues, doesn't see either the big picture nor the strategy. Breitbart is is ginning up the base to keep those around the president honest. Trump still speaks to Steve Bannon just about every day.
This is not to say this issue isn't one of concern. It is. Just not panic...
DACA DEAL? NOT SO FAST.
DINING WITH DEMOCRATS AND DREAMERS
Trump: Deals are what I do.
The newsrooms all over the country have been abuzz with the newfound cooperation between the president and the top Democrats, and as usual Trump is ahead of the curve on this.
Much is being made of it but it really shouldn't surprise anyone.
The president ran on a platform of populist ideals and a return to US sovereignty. He is not a lifelong GOP operative who's only real goal is the retention of power. He 's a businessman who wants to get things done.
Once again, no surprise there, either. So, if the GOP, who to no one's real surprise, deliberately blocked his agenda for their own selfish reasons, is now being bypassed is only natural. As a professional dealmaker, the man does what he does best.
Broker deals. He showed that last week with the debt limit negotiation. Trump knows one essential truth here, and that's the people want responsible governance and they want it NOW. This is a lever he can use effectively.
The now famous 'Dining with Democrats' Wednesday night a case in point. As both sides spin madly, and opportunists see ways to advance their own personal cause as well, the elemental fact remains.
He's getting things done. They may not be exactly what some want to see, but from a sports metaphor standpoint he is advancing the ball downfield. Maybe not a long touchdown, but a couple yards here and there can add up.
First, let's look at the substance of what occurred.
He met with so-called 'moderates' and discussed tax reform and the pet issue of the day, which is the 'Dreamers' and the now cancelled DACA program. This set the table for many things to happen.
One, tax policy, which can still be done by reconciliation -meaning 51 votes- now no longer counts on the treacherous John McCain group. The same people who saved the health care act have now been sidelined.
This fact cannot be emphasized enough. By attempting a more bi-partisan bill, not depending on Republican orthodoxy to craft it, and their thin 52-48 margin to pass it, he has taken the power from these progressives in disguise.
Now, McCain, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse and company can sit and watch from the sidelines as he works with Schumer and Pelosi instead. This is a very smart move. The pressure on them from the actual voters, not the 'snowflake' base, to get something done is huge.
Rank and file Democrats polling shows 65% of them want cooperation with Trump. The actual 'resist' movement is quite small; just well funded and loud.
No matter what you think about Schumer and his counterpart in the House, Nancy Pelosi, they are garden variety liberals, NOT quasi Marxists bent on overthrow of the system. They may be their enablers, and this is not to excuse them.
But they are on the other divide of the Democrats. And the gap is enormous.
By doing this, Trump not only sidelines McCain, who is a true malignant presence, it lets both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell know just who the boss is. In other words, classic Trump.
He let them run with the ball for eight months. The results were not just pathetic, but McCain's treachery was the defining moment. Trump seized their mantra of the last 8 years of 'repeal and replace' and beat them over the head with it.
He then deftly moved towards this new reapproachment with the other side. Now, the pundits are having a field day with all this. Don't make the mistake of taking it too seriously; much, if not all of it is self serving.
The Trump technique, which is to ask for a lot, more than you know you will get, dig in and then compromise for less, but more than you might have gotten, is once again on display.
Read 'The Art of the Deal'. It's all right there.
Wednesday's little soiree' is a classic example of 'Trumpism'. He sidelined McCain on the one side, and Sanders on the other. The 'moderates' got a day in the sun, which is good for their re-election plans.
He made concessions while letting them all know what his policy preferences are. The DACA, or 'Dreamers' issue was tackled. Trump carefully laid out his desire to secure the borders, which in spite of what you may hear from Ann Coulter, will never change.
Once the bottom line was established, he agreed to break it down into steps. Anyone who really believed that 800,000 productive citizens were going to be deported has been given a wakeup call.
They will be allowed to stay. However, the program will end. There will be no more entries. The pathway to legalization will be stringent, and citizenship will most likely not be offered. In return, Trump will get monies for enhanced border security, and has the platform to advance just how the wall will be built.
He's just given the other side a fig leaf as cover. This explains the triumphant proclamations of Pelosi and Schumer that they would get DACA approved but with no funding for the wall. They simply could not sell this to their contituency any other way.
However, those present have admitted that they don't have a deal, yet and there is no 'quid pro quo'. It's simply a statement of policy going forward.
Does Trump get what he wants out of it? You bet he does, and he also has served notice that the border will be secured. On taxes, the Democrats want 'revenue neutral', meaning not adding to the deficit. From them, that is a hoot.
They didn't say a peep as the Previous Occupant added 10 trillion to the debt.
They also don't want reductions for the top tier. This is predictable, and Trump knew it going in. But this is just the opening shot on the negotiations.
More important than lowering the top rate is dropping taxes on corporations; the 15% figure would bring back trillions in cash sitting overseas. Equally important is dropping the tax on 'S' corps tax rates, which in small businesses is tied to the personal rate.
Trump -and the wealthy- can handle no reduction in personal taxes for the upper tier for now as long as they can park the money where it needs to be, which is in the business.
This is all good.
Keep in mind that while all this is going on, he is handling two natural disasters, the situation in North Korea, and the nagging Mueller investigation which seems intent on nabbing someone close to the president; this is the deep state saying we still have clout over you.
The media is 91% negative in it's coverage. He's polling at 44%, now. Not lights out, but considering the bricks constantly thrown, isn't too bad at all.
With Trump down in Florida, overseeing the so-far almost flawless recovery effort, he has a platform for advancing these new agreements, and was getting respectful questions from a media surprised, and obviously pleased, by his accomodations on the 'Dreamers'.
Once again, a sow's ear turning into, if not a silk purse at least a vinyl handbag. Pragmatic approaches to pragmatic solutions.
To those who make up his hard core base, consider this:
What alternatives do YOU see? Is it not better to get what you need when you can? Isn't the sidelining of John McCain better than a so-so deal with Chuck and Nancy?
He's only been in office 9 months. Rachel Maddow thought he'd be in irons by now.
Patience can be a virtue, you know...
FRANCIS AND THE CLIMATE: A DESERVED BLACK EYE
THE STATE OF TRUMP
Irma damage: Trump's challenge; he's up to it.
(Note: Due to the hurricane disasters, this site was offline for a few days; our humble apologies)
There are many aspects to the making of a President.
Simply being elected isn't enough; it merely starts the process. For the Previous Occupant, it was a high water mark, the over the top hype (he would 'lower the oceans') impossible to live up to, and a Nobel Peace prize betrayed by the endless wars in the Middle East.
His first real taste of where he really stood was the bitch slap from the Olympic committee, who wanted to keep the billions in graft as opposed to allowing Chicago hoodlums to get it.
And poor Valerie Jarrett, who bought up slum property around the proposed Olympic village to reap a financial windfall, was left with, well, slums. So, the patina of that administration was exposed early as the empty shell it was.
For George W Bush, it was his moment on the rubble in 9/11. No matter what one thinks of that day, or the actions of his administration beforehand, it was a defining moment of true leadership.
Clinton never really had one. He had a 'gotcha' moment over the Oklahoma City bombing, but his defining moment will always be 'I did not have sex with that woman', followed by the bizarre 'it depends on what the meaning of 'is', is'.
Bush 41 had Saddam and the unfortunate 'read my lips'. Reagan, who's rhetorical skills outstripped all of them, had 'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall'.
For Donald J Trump, it's a different scenario.
Never given a break, even for a moment, his defining moment is not just one, but a series of smaller but more honest moments. The man has had to grab what little he can in between being accused of every type of bad conduct.
He is the only president to be continuously called a 'racist'. And that's just the beginning. This constant din of criticism has turned into a hollow, and distant echo now. The actual man, as leader of the free world, is now having some honest moments revealed.
The actions of the Federal Government, namely Trump and his handling of FEMA dealing with not one, but two storms of historic proportions, have been simply stellar. One only has to take a look at the British and French response to the Virgin Islands to see the contrast.
With Katrina not all that far in the national taillights, the comparison is even more stark. While the media, careful not to give him any credit insists that the creation of social media is what saved the day, the fact remains.
He was hands on, involved in every aspect, the damage was enormous but the death count so small as to be astounding. 1,883 died in Louisiana in 2005. So far, and believe it that the media is desperately trying to find more, 77 have died between these two monster storms.
The truth has been allowed to escape, if only momentarily. Donald Trump, under duress, has been quite good as a commander in chief and leader of the relief efforts. The myths spread by the media opposition look, well, pathetic.
This is the problem with the Big Lie.
While it's true that if repeated enough it becomes fact, the big problem with it is in this case it isn't the leader who is perpetuating it, and therefore he has some say in it's efficacy.
The aftermath of the disasters are revelatory as well. Instead of coming together to craft the right legislation to help people, American citizens in true need, became a partisan political affair torn between the GOP 'never Trump' wing and the progressive 'snowflake' constituency who wants him to disappear.
He had to throw the RINO's under the bus to get a deal. It's come to that. The so-called 'conservatives' bitterly accused Trump of 'getting rolled' by Schumer and Pelosi, now called 'Chuck and Nancy' by Trump.
But did he?
Maybe not. What he has done, is thrown the two party system into a maelstrom. If they want to simply play politics to the status quo he will change the status quo.
Schumer and Pelosi are now in trouble with their 'base', because of this. Having sold the fiction of 'resistance' to a legally elected president -and one who's win wasn't really close- they now have to pay the piper.
Dianne Feinstein got a taste of this when she said he 'might even become a good president'. They are decidedly unhappy about this turn of events. As this site has pointed out before on several occasions, just how you turn back from 'Russian traitor' to 'pretty good President' is hard to see.
That is their problem. The Democrat party is in far worse shape than the GOP, which is simply sad and pathetic. They are in the throes of a civil war, and Bernie Sanders is their most popular figure.
Last we checked he isn't even a Democrat.
As the dust settles on the twin disasters, the predictable politicization of everything continues; predicting the climate change movement would try to use this was a no-brainer. The media whores, CNN, NY Times, Washington Post and other outlets all went with the 'will Trump learn his lesson' meme on the storms and embrace their position.
This position, as you all well know, combines the climate with wealth redistribution, denial of resources, and global governance. Just surrender your sovereignty, turn from a citizen to a subject, give up your guns, property and wealth and the climate will heal.
Like magic. This is the pile of crap they are selling. The blind and the stupid may buy into it.
Having the leader of the Catholic church wade into it and demand socialism as a cure for the climate simply shows that the Jesuits, who created 'liberation theology' are now in charge of the church.
Instead of cleaning up the corruption and sexual depravity the Vatican is rife with, or spending some of THEIR assets to help others, they now demand that the US open it's treasury to be further raided by the EU.
Our own congress just overruled Trump and paid the $10 billion in graft money to EU bureuacrats for 'climate change'. They may not be able to replace the health care debacle, but they can sure send your money overseas.
John McCain almost had a heart attack when Trump stopped the CIA sending unaccountable monies to the 'moderates' in Syria.
But through all this, Trump has been resolute. His current approval rating is 44%, he was at 46% a couple days ago. But it is clear to see he's turned the corner.
The Steve Bannon interview showed just where they go next; a good hint is one wouldn't want to be a GOP obstructionist come next year. It won't just be Jeff Flake who gets tossed out.
The progressives seized the Democrat party about 15 years ago. The Trump movement, aka 'the deplorables' are doing the same to the GOP.
They are not only not done yet. They are just beginning...
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WHINING EQUALS 'WINNING'.
DACA DECISION: ANOTHER VICTORY
Ignore these images at your own peril, progressives.
Wednesday, 6 September:
In a decision long expected, President Trump ended the program known as 'DACA', or 'Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals' Tuesday morning. Announced, correctly, by AG Jeff Sessions, the explanation was simple, factual and therefore easy to comprehend.
The reaction was both swift, and predictable.
The America First crowd, applauded the decision, as did constitutional scholars. Sessions quoted the formidable Jonathan Turley in his statement. Meanwhile, progressive forces screamed bloody murder.
Conveniently forgetting the 'deferred action' language of the executive order issued by the Previous Occupant, they railed against the president for being 'cruel' and 'heartless'. You'll notice no one said it was 'incorrect'.
The biggest question one could ask is why the fuss? He gave a six month window for congress to act on it. He very well could have done what the conservatives wanted and ended it outright. However, his decision was not only correct, but politically brilliant.
The reason the screaming from the opposition was so loud is the box it put them in. This includes open border advocates in the GOP like Paul Ryan. Trump, who understands deal making from an almost cellular level, turned the tables on the Soros funded open borders movement.
When this was first announced in 2012, the previous administration was convinced that either they, or a quisling from the GOP, would be in charge come 2016. Therefore the reversal on DACA started.
For some time, the individual who inhabited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue insisted he 'wasn't a king' and couldn't unilatlerally pose this on the country. Until he backtracked and did it.
This was not only a back door attempt to establish the open borders demands of George Soros, it was a clever first step. The story of these children of illegals is admittedly an emotionally charged issue.
The conventional wisdom is that these are all kids who came here at 4 years old and became pillars of the community. The truth is somewhat different; many were considerably older and are nowhere near the exemplars held up for public view.
That said, the fact that they are here not by their own actions is a powerful message. Most Americans polled feel they deserve a chance to stay. This was the plan all along. Then they screwed up royally.
They tried to push DAPA.
This blatant attempt to push open the barn door was met with targeted lawsuits by state AG's who used the progressive's own tactics against them, which was 'judge shopping' to get a restraining order.
Predictably, DAPA, or 'Deferred Action on PARENTS of Americans' was blocked. This overreach put the first executive order in the constitutional spotlight. If you allow the kids to stay, and then they can bring their parents (and close relatives) in as well you have a de facto open border.
It was a simple plan, devious as is their wont, and horribly executed as usual. But they didn't particularly care; they felt control was theirs. Progressive arrogance on display once again.
Enter their worst nightmare- the 45th President- Donald J. Trump.
Seeing that this was an executive order, and the abuse of them by the other guy, unwinding it was going to be easy. Then when you add the lawsuits a dozen state AG's were planning to announce today, it also became a zero sum affair.
This was just a perfect gift to Trump.
His position on border security is not only no secret, it was one of the major reasons he was elected. The pending lawsuits made a decision on this a reality. By ending it, and then giving a six month window to congress, he not only gave them a fig leaf but put them in the spotlight as well.
Congress does NOT want to have a vote on this. This includes the progressives in Red States, and the RINO's in blue states as well. They will have to be accountable for the vote, which is something they avoid like the plague.
This means they have to craft legislation, i.e., do their damn job. This is what they get paid to do. Now, they could just draft a bill codifying the 'Dreamers' as incipient US citizens and send it to the president's desk.
That dog won't hunt.
Trump has them in a corner. He wants to see just HOW badly they want to press the open border dictat Soros has paid them for years to advance. For if they want to protect these kids, they will have to accept some laws Mr Soros will NOT like one bit.
Funding for the wall. Establishing the RAISE act, which puts severe limitations on immigration. The end of so called 'sanctuary cities'.
This action has put all of the open borders crowd in a box they simply cannot escape from. A clean bill will be vetoed by Trump, and an attempt to override will cause a massacre in congress.
Those who oppose a secure US will be voted out of office. If you think they don't know this, think again. It's why this was an executive order all along; designed to protect members of congress from the consequences of their vote.
No longer.
This was a brilliant coup by the Trump administration, but it was only made possible by the sheer arrogance and stupidity of the previous administration. They never thought the people would be able to throw them out.
The people aren't done yet, either...
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A .45 FOR THE 45TH PRESIDENT, FITTING.
VICTORY- BUT AT WHAT COST?
Trump still speaks to Bannon every day.
Monday, 4 September (Labor Day Edition):
It does seem that President Trump has more or less vanquished his foes.
The usual retinue of detractors has shrunken dramatically; what with Diane Feinstein saying nice things about him and even Russiagate trumpeters like congressman Brad Sherman admits there is 'Trump derangement syndrome' and his constituents suffer from it.
His quote 'if Trump were to create Mother's Day I would have to be against it' is priceless; it says so much. The opposition, largely fueled by the losers in the Democrat party, wanted to close their eyes and pretend this election outcome never happened.
This includes both the defeated candidate and the administration of the Previous Occupant.
The trouble with all this is that they LOST. And having the losers determine the course of their party was fraught with peril; ergo the self destruction they have committed over their attempts to reverse the will of the people.
No matter what they say, or claim to be the truth, they didn't just lose, they got shellacked. This is not a democracy; popular vote is only part of the equation.
In spite of outspending Trump 4, or 5 to 1 (it might have been even more) they had their asses handed to them in a fairly lopsided electoral loss. So they cannot even claim a close election. Bush in 2000 was close.
This was over by 11 PM Eastern.
The United States, and the world, got to see the emotional unbalance of a movement as they became unhinged; ceasing any form of governance so as to propagate a fantasy of removing a legally elected president from office.
All it has done for them is expose the fraud this effort was based on, display the malfeasance of government agencies like the FBI, and also show the GOP isn't much better than the Democrats; the Menshevik to the Democrat Bolshevik.
The opposition, or most of it anyway, has thrown in the towel.
This doesn't mean they have given up the fight. It means they have to move out of the realm of wishful thinking fiction and enter the realm of reality. The fact of the matter is that Donald Trump has committed no 'high crime or misdemeanor' worthy of impeachment.
He also is the most popular politician on the national scene; at 43% approval it's not a world beater but no one else is close. People basically cannot stand the congress (8% approval is almost a statistical anomaly; it's just friends, relatives and lobbyists), the media has earned the sobriquet 'fake news', and the kneejerk reactions to Trump's every word or action has earned them nothing but ridicule.
Face it. Donald Trump is the president of the United States of America. As this site has asserted since the first posting, he isn't going away. The opposition has finally accepted this. More or less, of course.
Their snowflake element, who have been led down a primrose path of fancy rather than fact, will have to be let down gently. The internal polling shows that the 2018 midterms will be a disaster -not for Trump, or his backers- but for Red State senators and RINO's like Jeff Flake.
In other words, things are going to get worse for them; not better.
This is exactly why you're seeing the new accomidation for Trump. That, and the concessions made to The Swamp. He accepted their squeals about Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka and had them leave the West Wing.
He's keeping forces in Afghanistan, and didn't mention the phrase 'Radical Islamic Terrorism' during the speech, much to the approval of General McMasters.
Even the rising from his deathbed John McCain admitted it's 'time to return to governing', a tacit admission that the neocons will stop trying to sabotage the president of their own party.
This is called 'selfish self interest', and it motivates unlike any other factor. They are admitting that Trump is the president, and his base is a ferocious enemy to have. Jeff Flake and maybe even Paul Ryan are finding this out.
The critical mistake of trying to leverage the incident in Charlottesville, Va into a 'white nationalist/Nazi' acceptance turned out even worse for them than smart analysts thought. The sheer spectacle of black clad thugs beating up people wanting to have 'free speech' marches tipped the scale; you saw the same Paul Ryans of the world flipflop within one week about the 'equivalence' issue of the two sides to jumping on the 'hate Anti Fa' bandwagon.
Once again, their bad poliitical instincts were proven by internal polls showing just how wrong they were.
Now, the question is what does the president do going forward? The IC will keep the investigations going because it's the only power they have. The media will soften somewhat, but no love affair will bloom.
Trump has to prove he can govern an entire country, not just rural America and flyover country. He has to be brought to the table on progressive goals so they can at least save a portion of some of them.
The DACA argument a case in point.
He will end it -it was an unconstitutional overreach by the Previous Occupant- but allow six months for congress to do it's job, which is make this into law. Cowards that they are, they want Trump to keep it afloat so they don't have to have a vote on it.
None of these profiles in courage want to be held accountable for their vote. Typical.
Trump will have none of it, and dump in into their laps. DACA is the proverbial camel's nose under the tent for open borders, and how it is handled will be very important. If it's a one time only amnesty that's one thing.
If it is used by leftist lawyers to open the floodgates, something else altogether...
LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS.
TRUMP VS THE SWAMP: DECISION TIME
Not Russia. A real crisis, and real leadership needed.
Thursday, 31 August:
There have been some dramatic events over the past week. Considering the amount of coverage over hurricane Harvey, justifiably so, other things have occurred of true note.
First of all, the attempt by the progressives and their media enablers to crash his administration have been an abject failure. Fueled by the fraudulent Russia affair, and pushed along with unprecedented hatred and vitriol, all it's done is keep his polls below 50%.
For that they have received crippling blowbacks.
The progressive movement; exposed as the emotional basket case it is, has been reduced to defending the indefensible. The 'Anti Fa' thuggery in Berkely, Ca was a final straw. This event caught the media lapdogs in the same trap.
No matter how onerous white supremacists are, trying to elevate masked, black clad hooligans to 'peace protestors' was ridiculous on it's face, even more so when the opposition attempted to explain themselves.
Equivocation is NOT an 'explanation', and soon both Democrat politicians and the media had to distance themselves from this mob. Now, keep in mind they are part of their overall plan, and to deny them now means they LOST.
The internal polling must be just disastrous. You see, beating on Trump 24/7 has taken it's toll on them, and despite the media assertions the opposition has an edge up on the 2018 midterms don't believe them for a second.
The slaughter in the Senate will be complete and total. Not just Dems but the RINO 'never Trump' contingent is in serious peril as well. Arizona's Jeff Flake is currently 25 points below his challenger.
That's almost impossible for a senator unless under indictment. The House is no easier; the Dems may flip a seat or two but they could also lose some. The real surge in votes is far more likely to come from voters frustrated by the 'resist' movement than snowflakes mad about TG bathrooms.
Then there's the Debbie Wasserman-Schultz scandal. It is being treated like a case of eggs with radioactive yolks. This lay at the heart of the Wiki dump and the so-called 'hacked' e-mails that have been blamed on Trump and the Russians.
The real problem with that? It was a lie cooked up right after the election loss, ostensibly Clinton aide Robbie Mook and White House adviser Ben Rhodes were at the bottom of this. Schultz refused to give the DNC server to the FBI when asked.
She lawyered up on it right away. Now, this never really fooled anybody, but the media pushed it relentlessly, to the point it made MSNBC a ratings giant as it spun elaborate webs of non existent conspiracy.
The sad fact that this wasn't a 'hack' done by the Russians but a download done by internal DNC operatives (Seth Rich?) is now a matter of establlished fact. You may have to search to find it, but the assertion was made last week that this was a download.
That blows Russia out of the water. Congresswoman Schultz is in serious trouble over the fate of the Pakistani tech she employed, and kept on payroll in spite of him being indicted for fraud. It's an ugly affair that not only ties the leak to the DNC but implicates dozens of other Democrats who also employed the accused techie.
He was arrested trying to flee the country with hundreds of thousands in cash.
It has also been announced that Senator Bob Menendez is also in serious trouble. He was apparently involved in both a huge money laundering scheme, and to add to the troubles charges of pedophelia have come up yet again.
He had navigated that swamp once before and escaped. Maybe not this time; he was caught arranging under age prostitutes for he and his retinue. As this site has asserted before, pedophelia is rampant in Washington.
The hysterical reaction to Comet Pizza and 'pizzagate' from both the politicians and the media was the first warning; they were FAR too quick to dismiss the notion out of hand. A true reaction would be to allow some light to be shed.
There was no interest in that. The swing player in all this is the so-called 'deep state' which includes the various intelligence agencies. They don't particularly care just WHO is in office, as long as they don't interfere with their 'shadow government'.
Hillary Clinton was a preferred choice because she, and her husband, are wholly owned subsidiaries of the CIA, going back to their days in Mena, Arkansas. They will do as they're told as long as they can personally enrich themselves.
Trump, on the other hand, called them out as liars. Which,of course, they are. Spies lie.
It's their business. In fear for their existence, they threw in on the Russia/collusion story, no doubt engineered by insiders from the previous adminstration John Brennan and Susan Rice, along with Ben Rhodes.
They set up the trap for General Michael Flynn, whom they correctly saw as an existential threat. Ruining his life was a key, although it looks like pyrrhic victory for them. Flynn was going to out the criminal Iran deal.
This is all coming unwound now. The intelligence agencies have nowhere to go; depending on John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins will get them nowhere; they needed to be the GOP 'hallelujah chorus' to progressive demands for a Trump resignation.
It certainly appears a grand bargain of sorts has been struck.
Trump engineered the exits of both Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, who just drove the opposition crazy with their blunt assessments. The insertion of General John Kelly as white house chief of staff mollified many Trump critics.
The continuation of the Afghan policy, which ran contrary to Trump's platform a key ingredient. The take here is that this was a smart compromise; Trump is allowing the generals to run the war (finally) while demanding resullts and holding the Pakistani feet to the fire.
A complete withdrawal would invite disaster.
Finally, this just occurred.
Diane Feinstein, who is just as big a gator in the deepest deep state part of the swamp can be, told a shocked audience in California that Trump is 'going to be President for at LEAST the next four years'.
She also added 'if he learns a few lessons he could be a GOOD PRESIDENT'. This was greeted by gasps and shouts, and she was forced to backtrack a bit on Thursday. But it was a gentle backing down, simply saying if he plays ball everything can work out.
A couple of months ago Feinstein said the exact opposite; basically Trump was 'finished' by early fall. The date to remove him was always somewhere in mid September.
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/08/30/dianne-feinstein-shocks-liberal-audience-trump-will-serve-least-four-years/
Yet here we are, on Labor Day weekend, and you have Trump giving a speech in Texas and another in Missouri that were well received by GOP'ers and Dems alike. His handling of the disaster has been exemplary.
While his polls are not high -41% by latest Rasmussen- he is still more popular than any other poltician or congress as a whole, and it isn't even close.
What appears to have happened is Trump and his inner circle cut a deal, and this probably includes not only Afghanistan but perhaps a confromtation with N Korea, allowing the investigations on Democratic crimes to 'disappear' along with Mueller's Russia investigation.
In return, he'll get his wall, tax reform and a massive infrastructure bill that will include Texas.
He will probably have to give in on Obamacare and a couple other progressive programs, but keep in mind Tom Price is changing the AHCA by executive decisions as we speak. This is all guesswork, but it does seem to fit the rapidly evolving template.
It is true Trump ran on change, and the other half of the country doesn't want it. A president does have to serve ALL of his constituents. Trump, ever the wheeler dealer, asked for the sun, moon and stars and might have to settle for a little less.
This seems to be exactly what's happening, and everyone will know just where this all goes fairly soon...
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USEFUL IDIOTS EXPOSED.
Lenin would be proud.
Tuesday, 29 August:
Back in the early days of communism, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, a wealthy upper middle class Russian better known by the alias 'Vladimir Lenin', was known as both an ideological founder of the revoution, as well as the 'head thug' enforcer who thought the death of millions worth it for the ideological struggle.
In other words, a megalomaniacal murderer.
His Top Ten Quotes. See if you find relevance with today's issues:
The goal of socialism is communism.
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.
Now, #10 didn't work too well for him; the Soviet model is pretty much discredited by most everyone. But hey, 9 out of 10 ain't bad, and one can easily see the progressive movement has taken most of his admonitions to heart.
That bring us to today's topic, which is the modern so-called 'progressive'. Lenin had a better term for them- 'useful idiots, he called them. The description, thanks to Wiki:
In political jargon, a useful idiot (also useful fool[1]) is a person perceived as a propagandist for a cause the goals of which they are not fully aware of, and who is used cynically by the leaders of the cause.[1] According to the Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms, the phrase stems from useful fool to refer to "a dupe of the Communists" and was used by Vladimir Lenin to refer to those his country had successfully manipulated.[1]
It doesn't take a genius to see this isn't just a prediction, it is a FACT.
One thing the communists knew is they could feed off of the guilt of those who had possessions to seize and re-distribute to those who were poor. This gave them political capital with the downtrodden, and therefore a base of power.
The only real problem with any of this is the wealth was never distributed to the poor. Instead, it was seized by the state. This concentrated power at the top, and everyone was left destitute as a result.
But this was not achievable without the willing participation of those who would find themselves stripped of their wealth as well. This seeming contradiction was referred to derisively as 'useful idiocy'.
This is exactly where the United States finds itself today.
Whether it be city councils who vote in sanctuary cities, or politicians demanding 'equality' when natural selection demands otherwise, or no amount of debt is too much, useful idiots abound.
They are literally everywhere. School districts are loaded with them, but it isn't exclusive. City and county planning commissions, and the judiciary is loaded as well. Given fat salaries and little accountability, they are owned, lock, stock and barrel.
What's changed is the arrival of the Trump train and it's 'basket of deplorables'. Their happy little circle jerk now in peril, and they are seeing the fruits of their own labor. To their mutual horror.
The 'Anti Fa' network unleashed. The whole world saw the conflict in Charlottesville, Va. The media, which is the enablers for useful idiots nationwide, made much of their 'nobility' in taking on the Nazi/white separatist movement.
This site has weighed in on this before. Nazis are evil, no race is inherently superior to another, and BOTH fascism and communism are wicked ideologies that deserve to be beaten into submission.
When President Trump said blame lay with both groups he was criticized widely for it. The progressives did not like being 'outed', and the useful idiot crowd, wanting to be 'liked' by the establishment, chimed in.
This included many GOP types in congress, although nobody was really surprised it was the Usual Suspects who criticized Trump for his honesty. You know who they are; no need to repeat their names.
Ultimately, they are tools of the opposition. And now, the same thugs they praised and made excuses for are now beating up innocent people who want to stage 'free speech' meetings. The media is now horrified by what happened in Berkely, Ca.
The local government -more useful idiots- are making the absurd claim that the free speech advocates actually wanted to get beat up by the black masked thugs. This alternate universe take is falling on deaf ears as the other idiots out there now are starting to realize that this development is NOT what they signed up for.
They want all things gay, unicorns, hot and cold running Starbucks, and a living wage for everyone else, themselves excluded.
Ooops. Yes, as ridiculous as this may sound, they actually believed all this. Decades of really bad education has paid off.
Now the hard core globalist/statist movement is calling in their chits. And the useful idiots are now feeling the pinch. The only ones who can save them?
You and your hard working, patriotic neighbors. If not, well as Lenin said:
'Once we have achieved success they will be the first ones we will get rid of'...
''HARVEY': AN ACTUAL 'INCONVENIENT TRUTH'.
HURRICANES AND THE SWAMP
Sheriff Joe: A free man, to the chagrin of the progressives.
Saturday, 26 August (Weekend Edition):
A most inconvenient occurance has happened.
A major storm, one of almost historic proportions, has arrived on the Gulf Coast drenching the local populace in 3 feet of rain. Being an actual news story, as opposed to manufactured anti-Trump fake news, this is causing chagrin with those pushing an agenda.
The fishwrap called the Washington Post grumbled that Trump is 'using the crisis' to put out news that would ordinarily be headlines. Let's take a look at this ridiculous assertion.
They are reluctantly -and that is the key word, 'reluctant'- covering Hurricane 'Harvey' instead of two horrible crimes committed by the president. One is the edict on transgendered serving in the military.
This trifle, and that's what it is, a trifle, turns the headwinds of the progressive push to remove natural differences between human beings into a gently wafting breeze. For them to control humanity they simply must be able to categorize as THEY see fit; not how 200,000 years of evolution and natural selection has shown.
It isn't up to the person to determine who is male, of female, or any of the supposed '58 genders' that exist. Using pseudoscience to make the case, advocates employ the typical Alinsky tactic of shaming to push 'normal' folk into accepting the preposterous.
Simply put, any peculiarity that would prove gender differences is a natural, normal state that needs to be categorized and taught as matter of fact. This includes all forms of sexual peccadilloes.
There is no 'bad', or 'immoral', or 'unnatural' acts. Only normally occuring differences. What is conveniently ignored in all this is pedophelia, particularly homosexual, which is THE driving aspect behind this miasma of confusion posing as fact.
The dirty secret is that organizations like NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) are part and parcel of the progressive alliance. Deeply imbedded in academia, where the NEA, among others protect and cover for them, they see children as vassals of the state to be used by them at their pleasure.
Most consider this an aberrant, anti-social sickness. It denies the innocence of the child and replaces it with a convenient explanation of the children actually wanting this type of contact, and nosy parents a social crime.
The political equivalent of this is having children report their parents for crimes against humanity like climate change deniers and such.
You get the picture. This is the not-so-hidden undercurrents behind the TG policy Trump just handed down to the Pentagon. It is a brave, but honest, statement. The military has a job, and that is to fight wars.
Not to provide a series of social experimentation on the taxpayer's dime with dubious benefit to the military. If you are a CO of a firebase in Afghanistan, the LAST issue you want to deal with among a bunch of 19 and 20 year old males is a TG with identity issues.
The military hated this bomb laid on them by the previous administration, and Trump did them a HUGE favor by doing this, and taking all the heat for it. He is a gutsy fellow without doubt.
Then there's Big Event #2,which is the pardon of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. This, too, has the progressive knickers in a knot. He violated no law, but a restraining order from a local judge to stop using 'racial profiling' in pursuit of his duties.
Considering illegal Hispanic immigration was the number one source of crime there, the whole concept of the court order is both ridiculous, and political in nature. Make the routine a crime.
At 86 years old, why anyone would want to see a lifelong public servant spend six months in jail? Only the nasty lot that calls themselves 'progressives'. Revenge is a favorite treat, as are political show trials like the one that started this.
This brought shadow president #1 out of his chemotherapy as John McCain tweeted something about the rule of law as if this were a real crime. Any doubt that McCain is a deep state progressive is now removed completely, as he also saved socialized medicine.
It is too bad he won his election, riding Trump's coattails in Arizona. One can only hope he has to resign due to health reasons, but don't count on it. Motivated by his jealousy and hatred of the 45th president, he will linger until his last breath.
So, you have that to look forward to, as well.
Meanwhile, Trump deals with the hurricane, which will be a story for some days now. This most inconvenient of events -for the media- will push the anti Trump narrative to the back pages, and they are decidedly NOT happy about all this.
Tough...
TRUMP DISHES ON AFGHANISTAN.
TRUMP VS THE SWAMP
So, you want more Afghan intrigue? Up to Mattis, now.
President Trump gave his much anticipated speech on Afghanistan Monday evening.
It was classic Trump; he let everyone know this isn't a war he favors, thinks it has been prosecuted poorly, and wants actual results. Boxed in by the swamp denizens who want a continuation of the present course, he had little choice.
One was to withdraw. You all saw what happened when the Previous Occupant pulled forces out of Iraq after it had been secured. ISIS sprang out of nowhere to fill the vacuum, and soon Libya, and then Syria became destabilized.
There are those who think this -the destabilization from toppling governments- was part of the plan, but for now let's push past that. Afghanistan, the longest conflict the United States has ever been involved in, has reached a critical mass.
The other option was to draw down the military and replace them with a civilian contractor force. This was virulently opposed by the establishment; it's opposition blamed on the military but really it is congress and those who like a black hole that consumes both money and resources who favor this.
Although sources disagree on the amount spent -it's either $700 billion that the DoD says or the $2-3 trillion offered up by the Rand Pauls of the world- it's still a LOT of money for what is essentially a skirmish with Firebase outposts and a few bases in Kandahar.
Where does all that money go? Into the 'black budget' that is controlled by the intelligence community. Just try and defund them sometime and see what happens.
John McCain - no, not the destroyer that got rammed by a freighter but the namesake who crashed four planes- would arise from a coma to fight that tooth and nail. We may have a constituional republic but it hasn't been answerable to the people for a long time.
The other choice on the table was to double down on failure hoping it would turn into success. The civilian contractor option was a bluff; it would have worked just fine but the cost would be FAR less; and the 'slush fund' would disappear.
Therefore Trump was cornered. The deep state is intent on having it's way, as you may have noticed. The full court press to remove Steve Bannon culminated on his departure Friday and not coincidentally the Afghan speech on Monday.
Bannon was against this, as was Trump as was Rand Paul, and so, too was this site.
So, what to do? How do you turn a sow's ear into a silk purse? In classic Trumpian style, he praised a military that clearly likes the man, and then let the nation know just how much he disliked this whole affair.
He put his generals in charge, will give them the resources they request, and will hold them accountable for results. He put Pakistan on notice for their duplicity, and used the India wedge to scare them into compliance.
Many think N Korea is the most dangerous spot on earth. It isn't. That would be Kashmir, a narrow strip between India and Pakistan that is heavily disputed. Both countries have (thanks to AQ Khan) nuclear arsenals.
The US keeps a very close eye on Pakistan's, for fear it will fall into Taliban/ISIS hands. That will not be allowed to occur. So, this is a flashpoint that has been tossed on the griddle.
In all, Trump made the best of all this. In return, he received the predictable glowing praise from the swamp denizens; 'shadow president #2' Lindsey Graham loved it, as did the neocon pundits on FOX.
What does the 45th president get out of all this?
The GOP will rally behind him if he plays the game, something he has done with great reluctance so far. Trump needs to be true to his base support or else he's done; the never Trump wing would LOVE to have one of their own in charge, and that isn't going to change.
But if they think a lightweight weenie like Ben Sasse can take on Trump they're sadly mistaken, and there isn't much else out there. He did beat their entire field already.
So, a shotgun wedding was arranged Friday with Bannon's exit -and keep in mind he isn't going away- and this sop to the deep state in Afghanistan. Lacking any other bedfellows they will start falling in behind him.
Paul Ryan is already making the predictable murmurs of support.
Tax cuts are coming, if not the tax reform, and he may even get another vote on repeal and replace. The progressive alliances, frayed and torn, and now on the receiving end of their hysterical overreach over the race issue, are in extremely bad shape.
No one is contributing any money to the DNC, but Trump's support is across the board in the GOP, where the money keeps flowing in. From small contributors, too. A key stat?
Trump's approval rating in Charlottesville, Va is 70%. Seems the locals 'get it'. Outing the left, as he did during the press conference last Tuesday may really hack them off and their media enablers, but it was a net plus for the president.
Now he goes to Arizona to 'take it to the streets' one more time. The mayor of Phoenix, bleating out words clearly not his own, warned him to both 'stay away' and not to pardon controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio.
He was convicted for not obeying the last administration's orders to allow criminal illegal aliens safe passage; they threw a contempt charge at him. He faces jail time.
He's 86 years old. The left, which shows it's evil face from time to time, does so here; the man should never spend a moment behind bars. Trump will pardon him at some point.
Will it be tonight? Will he inflame the hostile crowd gathered to oppose while delighting the thousands who come to support?
Either way, it's going to be yet another very interesting day in a most interesting presidency...
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Some of my Experiences
Started by loganinkosovo , Mar 17 2015 07:14 PM
#1 loganinkosovo
loganinkosovo
Location:Afghanistan
Up to this point I have been reticent to post anything here of my experiences not knowing if I retain control of or ownership of the content. But I thought I'd put something up for the other GV's to show I have had my run-ins with spirits, both good and bad.
Enjoy.....
In the early 1990's the U.S. Army still had troops in many areas of
the Netherlands running pre-positioned equipment sites and the
movement control (shipping) headquarters for Europe. I was stationed
in the Schennin area with an office in Masstricht and a room in the
barracks in Brunssum. The barracks where originally the dormitory for
the High school run by the military there. It was no longer needed so
it was converted into a barracks for the American soldiers stationed
in the area who were not part of the Nato contingent there.
The building was made of large cinder blocks, bricks and a prefab
roof constructed of long, 2 and a half foot wide cement planks. The
roof was flat and the walls between rooms were just the width of a
brick with plaster on both sides, about 4 inches (this will become
important later in the narrative). You could hear the TV and
conversations of the people in the next room.
I was assigned room 142.
They had had an earthquake only a month before I got there (first one
they ever had and it scared the crap out of them) so there was some
damage to the room. The cinder blocks around the window frame shifted
in the earthquake and had cracks that went all the way through to the
outside. This allowed cold air to blow into the room in winter. Just
to make things a little colder they turned off the radiators at
midnight and didn't turn them on again until 6 am to save money. No
heat or hot showers until about 6:30 and most of us were up and out
by 5 am.
Everything was fine until the first winter. The entire atmosphere of
the room changed. I put it down to it being so cold and damp. One
night I woke up to the bed shaking. I first thought it was another
earthquake or aftershock. Being from California this didn't bother me.
I've been through many such and they have never frightened me. But the
shaking went on and on. I finally realized this was no earthquake.
Then came the feeling of utter hate and immense danger. I found I
couldn't move or speak. Feeling like something was holding me down.
Finally (it felt like a year went by) the bed stopped shaking and the
feeling went away. I discovered I could move. I jumped up out of the
bed and slammed on the overhead light. I started a search of the room,
looking under the bed first and then the wall lockers and so on. I
didn't find anything and then tried to get some sleep with the light
on since I had a 5 am formation in the morning.
About this time I found another quirk this room had. The ceiling and
walls made popping and cracking sounds all night . The noise was so
loud it woke me up many times during each night. These were very
loud! The only way to explain it is if you have ever heard the sound
that comes off the ice of a frozen lake at night. That same popping,
cracking noise came from the walls and roof all night. I thought it
was just ice forming on the flat roof, the building contracting in the
cold or settling due to the earthquake.
Everything settled into a routine. The heavy, ominous atmosphere. The
popping and cracking all night. Being awoken every night at 3 am on the
dot, scared shirtless, the bed shaking and unable to move. It was
getting ridiculous. I wasn't able to sleep until morning and missing
formations, late for work. I couldn't just tell the First Sergeant I
was late because something in my room doesn't like me. I couldn't move
since the place was full and I could give no rational reason to move.
This went on all winter long and then when spring came it all went
back to normal. No popping. No 3 am shaking, immobility and fear. The
atmosphere changed 180 degrees like a breath of fresh air had blown
through. Even the light in the room had changed. Things were brighter,
easier to see and focus on.
I started asking the guys in the other rooms if they had the same
problems (the popping and cold. Not the 3 am wake up call). No one had
those problems, including the guy who had the room next to me. I could
hear his TV but he couldn’t hear the walls sounding like they were
about to fall down!
The next winter the atmosphere came back and shortly after, all the
other things. It was on one night this winter that I finally saw the
S.O.B. The 3 am wake up call came as usual but even though the bed
was shaking I found I could move. I looked up from the bed and saw a
face hanging in the air about 5 feet above the floor. It was like he
was looking around a doorway located halfway between the bed and the
real doorway. I didn't see him for long since I jumped right through
him to get to the light switch. He had blonde or light hair parted in
the middle and he was glaring at me with real hated. I saw him
just that once but cussed him every night.
The woods (Brunssumer Heide) located behind our barracks had a bad
reputation. The SS (brought in to stiffen the resistance of the 15th
Army who had retreated across France and Belgium pursued by the Allied
forces) and the G.I.'s liberating the area had a real nasty fight in
it in 1944. None of the SS made it out. Since then it has had murders and
rapes committed in it or the victims dumped in it. I once decided to
walk through it one night as a short cut from the education center on
the other side of the woods back to our barracks. Bad idea. Most of
the way I could hear something moving through the woods parallel to
the trail/road I was walking on and staying even with me. I would stop
and it would stop a beat or two later. There are no echoes in this
woods and no animals big enough to make that much noise. There were
no animal noises at all during this walk. I pulled out
my first and only line of defense, my pocket knife, and started moving at a
brisk pace but the thing stayed with me until I left the woods.
A few months after I moved out of the barracks a friend who still
lived there and in whom I had confided the strangeness of my room
stopped by where I was working and told me the new occupant of my room
was complaining of strange popping noises and the sink turning on by
itself. My friend told him the room was haunted but the guy wouldn't
believe him.
This was one of the two real nasty things, of the ghost kind, I've
had to deal with so far. You could feel the evil just radiating off of
That's it for installment one...
Edited by loganinkosovo, 17 March 2015 - 07:18 PM.
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#2 Firefly Queen
Firefly Queen
Location:greenville sc
Thank you for sharing this experience, it seems that as I've seen before online a lot of SS paranormal activity still lingers.
You are most welcome, Fire.
The GURP
A number of years ago when stationed in Heidelberg, Germany I was
assigned Government Rental Property quarters (the acronym for it, GRP,
is pronounced Gurp) in Swetzingen, a small town outside of Heidelberg.
It was in a relatively new hi-rise apartment building. Our (the ex was
still with me at the time) apartment was on the second floor and was
an outside apartment on the west side of the tower. I worked a 12 hour
night shift 7 days on, 1 day off. With PT and shift change-over
briefings it turned into a 14 to 16 to 20 hour day depending upon what was
going on.
I would get back to the apartment, drop the "Rolladen" (Metal screens
which cover the whole window. A great security device and completely
darkens a room when they are down) and try to get some sleep before
having to go back on duty. From the first day there something would
wake me up (that something I now call my "spook proximity alarm") and
I'd see some very strange things.
Shadow like black silhouettes, some of them monk shaped with cowls,
others woman shaped with shawl like coverings on their heads, others
just human shaped (no head coverings) sitting or standing about the
room. Fuzzy balls that looked charged with electricity and made a
staticy, crackling noise as they passed. Tubes of translucent blue or
green fluid that shifted back and forth inside the tube like a wave
machine as they passed through the room from the west wall then length
wise across the bed over me then out the east wall. The balls of light
also took this same path. I had never felt threatened by any of this
and passed it off as something induced by exhaustion. I'd just think
"Hm, that's interesting" and just roll over and go back to sleep.
That was until we were invited to dinner in an apartment on the 7th
floor and in the same position as ours in the tower. After dinner I
got up to stretch my legs and have a look around our neighbor's place.
It was at that time, while looking through the west facing window in
their kitchen, I found we were only a few blocks from a huge cemetery.
I also noticed that the main road to the autobahn ran right through
this cemetery! So right through that only half of the chapel was still
standing. The road ran through where the rest of it would have stood.
We never saw this cemetery before because the Germans have a habit of
putting up 12 foot cement walls on their autobahns, state highways and
major roads. It's impossible to see whats on the other side unless
your up above it as I was. Suddenly all the things I was seeing made
sense. What would make you more irritated and stirred up than some
jerk putting a Highway through your last resting place and right over
your head?
I have read that when Catholic cemeteries (don't get upset, I'm RC
also) are consecrated the priest goes to each of the four walls and
says a special prayer of binding and blesses the wall with holy water.
This acts like a roach motel... what goes in can't get out. I imagine
something of the kind is done with Protestant and Jewish ones also. By
breaking the cemetery walls with the road, I guess, would also break
the binding, allowing them to travel.
My apartment seems to have been a highway of another type altogether!
I of course didn't tell anyone of my visitors at the time, not even
the ex (who didn't believe in that stuff even though she lived in a
haunted house growing up), since I had a security clearance to consider and
these things were frowned upon by the Government. Still are, as far as
ok... here's another one, Folks.
Many years ago, when I was an 18 year old tank commander in Germany,
we had a very interesting window in our barracks building. It was one
of two located in a friend of mine's room just down the hall from me.
This was before the Army wasted millions of dollars to refurbish
(rebuild) the structures which made them a lot worse, of course.
During my time the buildings were exactly as they had been when
they were built (1870's-1930's). Minus the swastikas and the Adolf
posters. The hallways had built-in gun racks for mausers and all. The
windows were wooden framed and had two sides which opened from the
middle and swung left and right back into the room. The glass in many
of them was imperfect and looked wavy. The windowsills were very
wide compared to American windows and were made of a slab of granite
or concrete depending on how old the building was. We used these in
the winter as an ad hoc refrigerator, causing casualties when a stiff
breeze came up (a half full coke bottle makes a great bomb!). Many of
the barracks were built around the time of the Franco-Prussian war of
The window in question was an original. None of the others were like
it. What made it special? It smelled. Not bad.... but good, VERY
GOOD!. If you were in the room with the windows open, you could not
smell anything out of the ordinary (for a barracks full of 80 hard
working, sweating guys and their dirty laundry). The same goes for
when you had your head fully out of the window and could look straight
down or up as the case may be. But when you had the windows open and
your head inside the window frame you could smell....Perfume! And not
just any perfume, but an exotic, sensual, makes everything hard just
to smell it type of perfume. It wasn't coming from the wooden frame,
it wasn't coming from the sill, it wasn't even coming from the stucco
around the window. There were no trees nearby, no laundry vents and
no women on our side of post. This stuff was powerful! But only in an
area 4'x4'x18".
My friend became obsessed with it and spent hours trying to find a
source or a logical explanation. He never did. He also spent hours
trying to get rid of the smell since it spooked him after he couldn't
explain it. He cleaned the window area with everything known to man.
He even cleaned an area of at least 3 feet around the outside of the
window with Bleach, Ammonia and even our own special concoction of
Bleach, Ammonia and fizzing toilet bowl cleaner pellets that you had
to wear your gas mask and NBC gloves to use since one of the
by-products was mustard gas. This stuff will clean anything and take
your hide off if you’re not careful. Still the perfume was there.
The rest of us were content to waft the perfume and dream. It's hard
to explain the scent. It was kind of musky, oriental, jasminey and
put the male libido into overdrive! But it never left that window.
Just one of those weird and wonderful things. Many of us wanted to
trade rooms and even offered a cash bonus but he would have none of
it. He felt that it was his room and no smelly ghost was going to run
him out of it. It became a sort of war between them. He would try a
new cleaner or combination of cleaners and then call us in to test the
window. It was still there of course, and he would retire to plot his
next attack. He never succeeded and never capitulated. I guess it gave
him something to do with his off time.
We all wondered why it was there and what it was but we never could
figure it out. The previous owners were Waffen SS troops so I doubt if
any of them were wearing perfume. Of course we came up with the usual
suspects such as suicide or murder but talking about it within ear
shot of the window or even trying to provoke whom ever it may have
been never changed the situation.
Just the lingering scent of a woman.
Is there any interest in these experiences?
I kind of feel like I'm posting in a vacuum.....
#6 Cryscat
Cryscat
Location:Southern Calif.
Interests:spirituality, art, design, reading, photography, my family (of course), nature, biology, genetics... I could go on, but I think I will stop here.
Sorry, I was too busy reading your installments to comment! Love them! Your Room 142 story sounds familer. I think someone else who had the room wrote about it. The details are not the same, but the overall events are very simular.
"The Window" had me giggling. Perfume is a lot better than some of the other options!
Edited by Cryscat, 02 April 2015 - 09:23 PM.
Don't take life too seriously, no one ever gets out alive.
#7 LycanGhost
LycanGhost
Location:Carlisle, Pa
Interests:Knitting and crocheting, scrapbooking, reading, listening to music and singing
Certainly better than somebody's rotting corpse farts!
Cry Havoc! And let loose the Dobermans of war!
My knitting and crocheting blog.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGagzEKCoPLbla5DdimF62A
Life is too short to take seriously, none of us get out of it alive.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Well. I first wrote up that experience in about 1997 or 1998 and have posted it in at least two other places over the years so I'd bet you either saw one of my original posts from years ago or someone is ripping me off.....
Bosnian Ghosts
In contravention to standing orders I got a little place off the camp (apartment) where I sleep most of the time. (5 years in a seahut with 5 other smelly guys is not my recipe for bliss.) From the first night I heard an argument/conversation that happened every night for 3 years. It is a man and a woman talking real loud at each other. (Bosnian's normal conversation sounds like an argument to anyone else so I can’t tell if they are fighting or just talking).
It starts in the apartment above me in the 2 floor house (which is empty and always has been, it's a brand new house and I was the first and only tenant) and travels into my living room and then into my kitchen/dining room where the conversation is interspersed with the sound of cutlery/silverware hitting the kitchen table and bouncing a little like the person doing it is slamming them down to make a point or show that they are angry.
This started at around 3 am every night and at the end of it someone pounds on my bedroom door, which I keep closed, just once. The bed then starts to shake and I feel hands being put on my legs through the covers. If I ignore the vibration it is interspersed with thumps on the bottom of the bed like someone is laying underneath it a giving it a good whack every once in a while. I finally started to tell them to leave me alone out loud and the vibrating and hands on legs feeling abated somewhat. As you can see I didn't get much sleep.
The ghosts were verified by a guy I worked with. He came over to stay the night since off post is the only place you could drink any form of alcohol. The troops could not drink at all but they had a two week leave in the middle of a 12 month deployment and we were down there for years. I had a little gas grill so we barbequed some steaks and I had a beer and at the end of the night, around 11 pm, I had a snifter of remy martin. My guest had considerably more since it was the first time he had been able to have a drink in 6 months. My co-worker rolled up on the couch and went to sleep/passed out.
I came out in the morning and he was sitting there wide-awake. The conversation woke him up from a dead sleep at 3 am when it started upstairs. As it traveled down into my living room he said it sounded like they were on either side of him yelling at each other. They then traveled into the kitchen, which is open to the living room, and he said he could almost see the kitchen table move every time he heard the cutlery hit the top of it.
He wandered around the apartment and even outside in the dark trying to figure out where the noises were coming from but did not find anything. He sat up the rest of the night and couldn’t wait to get back to Camp.
I hadn't told him about the late night guests, only that I was having some problems. It was his first experience with Ghosts.
My co-worker and I both had another experience in Bosnia when we were there. I had it first and didn't say anything until he ran into it.
We had an office at Camp McGovern that we would have to staff over night every once in a blue moon. The DA Civilians who paid for our services had cut that slot and we had to cover that camp from our base of operations at Camp Dobol and then from Commanche Base and finally from Eagle Base.
I had set up the office with a bed, a microwave and a refrigerator so when he had to go up there to teach a class I gave him the key to the office so he had a room of his own (a well sought after situation).
When he got back he described the same thing I had witnessed.
Directly across from our office was a cinder block pig barn that had been cleaned out and was being used as a tactical operations center. The wall facing the office had been used by the serbian troops during the war as a backstop for firing squads. The bullet holes were still very much evident and were mostly at the same height and in a line. The hill top had seen some fierce fighting and knocked out T-38-85 tanks and other vehicles had been left there at the end of the war.
Shortly after midnight, when the camp is very quiet, he was awakened by the sounds of a noisy group of people walking by the office going towards the pig barn. he got up and looked through the window but could see no one. The sounds were still there and right outside the window (the bed was positioned so that you didn't have to get up to look out of it, only sit up).
He went to the door and stepped outside. As soon as the door opened the sounds stopped. He walked around the building but found no one. Went back inside and layed back down but he could not get back to sleep because this is when the real fun started.
All the rest of the night he kept seeing the shadows of people running back and forth on the pig barn wall with no one in the area to cast those shadows!
Needless to say he decided not to take up my offer of the office key the next time he had to go up to that camp.
Like all previously Communist controlled countries most Bosnians claim they do not believe in ghosts......but they all have stories of what they have seen and heard in the night.
Edited by loganinkosovo, 04 April 2015 - 05:03 PM.
#10 loganinkosovo
Kosovo Ghosts
I can still "feel" when I'm in an area or building that isn't quite right. . A very good example was the Morgue on Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo.
It was less than 50 meters from my office there. I became good friends with the graves registrations/mortuary services kid who worked there by himself. The first time I stepped into his office/prep room I had to step back out again. The feeling was just too intense. I took me a while to get used to it. We had a lot of our early discussions on his porch (which is where he kept his coffins.)
His office area was just off the prep room where he had two stainless prep tables. He had a toilet, shower, computer, refrigerator and microwave so he seldom left the office. The back of his office area was open to the prep area and could be closed off with a large plastic curtain. He never used the curtain.
Any KFOR military or civilian who died and any Kosovar civilian who died downtown in suspicious circumstances or were found and went unclaimed when through his green boxes (People Refers) and across his prep tables.
He finally told me that late at night while working on his computer he would see someone pacing back and forth behind him in the prep room. He would see the shadow in the reflection of his monitor glass but when he turned around, no one was there.
This freaked him out a little since he was in a locked building, in a locked compound, and only he had the keys.
It was then that I told him why I would only come a step or two inside his office and preferred to stay on the porch when I went to visit him. I could feel that old feeling of massive pressure and anger but this was mixed with a bit of confusion. None of it seem directed at me personally but seemed more of a general "Get Out" feeling.
As the months wore on I found that feeling receding and could spend time in the building without having to resort to the porch. I guess who ever it was just got used to me.
#11 LycanGhost
They probably did. And/or found you interesting enough to not chase off. Just my two cents worth, though.
Or Weird enough.....
I hope that was it but thank God who ever it was was stuck there and didn't travel to my office container.
Those Corpse Frigidaires were interesting. He gave me a tour of them. They are set up for 6 in each box but if you have to you can stack 14 or more in them. Just turn the thermostat down a little more.
Wow. Hm, may need to remember that...
These things happened when I was stationed at the National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, California.
We spent about a year in an apartment in Lynwood until quarters came available. We then moved to Appomattox Street on post. These were relatively new quarters, a four plex, two up, two down. We had a two bedroom, first floor apartment.
Our daughter was a newborn at the time and I had every night feeding from the time she was about 3 months old. The ex has epilepsy and claimed she couldn't hear our daughter cry after taking her meds but had no problems elbowing me in the ribs when I couldn't hear her! I had no problems waking up though when my "Spook Proximity Alarm" went off. Both of our visitors were full body apparitions.
The first visitor we had was really interesting. She was just standing in the corner of the room about 4 or 5 feet from the bed and on my side of it. She was no more that 5 feet tall and nude! She was wrapped in what looked like a large sheet of see-through lace. Kind of like a winding sheet made from a Large German lace curtain. She had what I call an old fashioned figure, like Venus De Milo. Small firm pert breasts, a narrow torso, rounded hips and that little rounded bulge in her lower abdomen. You see this figure today on small women occasionally. She was small but full-grown. Maybe from about eighteen to somewhere in her mid or late twenties. It was hard to tell. I couldn't make out any facial features since that area was black but she had long hair down her back to her buttocks. I woke up and watched her for a while. I got the impression she was just checking things out. I felt nothing but curiosity from her. I finally thought "Hmm, That's interesting." Then rolled over and went back to sleep. At the moment I didn't find the encounter erotic but looking back, this girl was pretty hot!
The second and final visitor we had was another woman, about 5'6'. She was either wearing a dress from about the 1890's or a dressing gown from the 1940's. Mutton chop sleeves (big puffy shoulders and tight narrow forearms), a wide lapel, narrow waist with a belt and a full skirt. She had slightly longer than shoulder length straight hair that she wore down and parted in the middle. She was standing at the foot of the bed about two feet away from it and looking down at me. Where her face and hands should be were nothing but black areas. Like one large and two smaller black holes. Once again I felt she was just traveling through and stopped by to check things out. Since she came no closer to the bed and I felt no harm coming from her, I finally just rolled over and went back to sleep.
These were the only times I saw them but I felt a non-threatening presence in my daughters room most of the time and she would talk for hours to someone when we put her in her crib at night and when she woke up in the morning.
There was a well know ghost on post. A spouse who had hung herself in her quarters. They couldn't keep families in those quarters after that. But that was over in the older set of quarters built in the 1950's and 60's.
There were two marked graves out where I worked. The Army found them when they were rebuilding the roads out in the training area, gave them nice white crosses and fenced off their graves with wrought iron and then surrounded them with old tank tracks to keep the fences from being damaged. The first was a 20 mule team Borax driver named Conway who died on the old Government road that went from Death Valley to LA, which also went through our post. The second was an old prospector named Anderson who died of natural causes while looking for a strike. He was found a few weeks after he died with his faithful dog still protecting him from the wild animals. (Just one more case for man's best friend, Cats won't wait for wild animals, they'll eat you themselves!) I spent three years sleeping next to Anderson but never felt or saw a thing.
I had to be out in the desert 28 days a month but had a lot of time on my hands when out there so I used to visit the old mining camps like Crackerjack and poked around the old mines dug in the 1930's (which are what we think of as normal mines, horizontal shafts, dug into the sides of hills, which finally meet up with the vertical shafts of the older digs) looking for turquoise and just killing time. The only other paranormal thing happened while I was out snooping around the old diggings.
I had a new guy in the section and was showing him around the area and showing him where to go and where not to go. The old silver mines were dug by Cornish and Welsh miners in the 1880's and 1890's brought over for that specific purpose. These mine shafts are 20' by 20' holes perfectly square and going straight down about 75 to 100 feet. They have tunnels leading off them every 30 feet or so. This particular shaft was dug into the valley floor and you cannot get into these mines since even when they were operating it took a donkey engine and an elevator to get into them. These mines are very dangerous since they collapse all the time, aren't marked and you could drive off into them with a car and no one would ever know.
I was showing the new guy how deep they are by picking up a rock and tossing it into the shaft. I took a long time to fall but we heard it hit and shortly after we hear a male voice from the bottom of the shaft yell "Hey, cut that out!" We both looked at each other and I'm sure my eyes were as round as his! I said that maybe someone fell in and we started calling out to see if they needed help. We got no answer. I then had him hold my legs while I slid on my belly so I could look over the lip of the shaft. I shone my maglite all around and called some more but saw nothing and got no answer. Nothing had been in that shaft in a hundred years. I then got a chill up my spine and had him pull me back from the edge. I look at him and said "Let's get the F**K out of here!" He said, "I'm right behind you, dude and don't slow down!" He had a chill up his spine the same time I did and felt we had to leave like RIGHT NOW also.
I know this shaft, the only way in was where we were standing and there is no way in h*ll anyone could have got into it without ropes. Who would have gone down on ropes and pulled them in after them? This was seriously Spooky! Later, we used to joke about this between ourselves but no one else would believe it. I sure as h*ll never threw another rock in that particular mine!
Hey, maybe you fund a gate to H*ll, and ol' Lucy was warning you off.
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During the 115th US Congress, several bills were introduced to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Those receiving the most attention were: (1) the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act (STATES Act); (2) Marijuana Justice Act of 2017/Marijuana Justice Act of 2018 (Marijuana Justice Act); and (3) the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act (Marijuana Freedom Act). While all three died when the Congress ended on January 3, 2019, they are likely to be reintroduced (without change) during the 116th Congress. For our analysis of how they might affect the ability of foreign nationals to enter the United States, click here.
Cannabis, foreign employees, US Congress
An overview of Canada’s Start-Up Business Class
Categories: Canada, Canadian Immigration, Immigrant Investors, Immigration, United States Immigration
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Many foreign nationals are now aware that US immigration policies are more restrictive than in years past. For example, to protect the economic interests of US workers, President Trump issued an executive order directing government agencies to rigorously enforce and administer immigration laws. Meanwhile Canada remains relatively open to accepting new immigrants and, according to a report published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, could accept as many as 1.1 million in total in the years 2019 through 2021. As a result, many foreign entrepreneurs who might otherwise have permanently settled in the US are instead considering Canada. Dentons partner, Henry Chang (who is based in our Toronto office) has provided a detailed discussion of Canada’s Start-Up Business Class, a permanent residence option for innovative foreign entrepreneurs. The full article appears here.
Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, entrepreneurs, permanent residence, Startup
New regulations set out work and residence permit procedure for UK nationals living in Spain post-Brexit
Posted on May 1st, 2019 By Aggie Salt and Jessica Pattinson
Categories: Citizenship, Immigration, United Kingdom
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This article was originally published on Dentons’ UK Employment Hub blog.
New regulations have been enacted in Spain setting out what UK citizens working or living in Spain after Brexit will be required to do to maintain their right to live and work there.
The regulations apply to UK and Northern Irish citizens living in Spain before the exit date. Affected individuals must apply for a special work and residence permit within 21 months of Brexit. During this 21 month “transition period”, UK nationals will broadly maintain the same rights they currently have under EU law (except, for example, the right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament).
Dentons’ lawyers in Spain have put together a summary of the key points of the regulations, which can be found here.
As the largest law firm in the world Dentons is uniquely placed to provide high-quality counsel to clients both within and outside Europe. Our experts have put together a number of resources, including a series of webinars and a Brexit jargon buster, which can be found here. Dentons’ lawyers in Spain have put together a summary of the key points of the regulations, which can be found here.
As the countdown to exit day continues, please contact Jessica Pattinson (Head of Immigration, UK) at jessica.pattinson@dentons.com if you require any additional support on immigration matters.
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Significant changes in the work permit regulations in Uzbekistan
Posted on Apr 9th, 2019 By Eldor Mannopov and Bobur Shamsiev
Categories: Employment, Government, Immigration, Visa, Workforce
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The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on March 25 approved a new procedure for employers to obtain a license and confirm foreign nationals. Changes to the framework including a broadening of the definition of “employer,” a more streamlined process, a significant increase in fees, and limiting three-year confirmations to certain categories of persons.
Read the complete Dentons article here.
employer, labor, Republic of Uzbekistan, visas, work permits
Proposed end of H-4 employment authorization likely to affect over 100,000 families
Posted on Dec 18th, 2018 By Loic Coutelier, Matt Schulz and Mengci Shao
Categories: Employment, Government, Immigration, United States, United States Immigration, Visa
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Time appears to be almost up for more than 100,000 foreign citizens working in the United States under an Obama-era special authorization for spouses of foreign workers here on the H-1B visa.
When Congress failed legislatively to address the lengthy wait times for many professionals and their families to be granted resident status, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in 2015, under the Obama administration, issued a regulation to allow H-4 visa spouses of qualified H-1B professionals to apply for an employment authorization document (EAD). Some members of Congress complained that the executive branch was overstepping its authority by making law—which is Congress’s job—and the regulation was the subject of much debate during the last presidential election. Now the Trump administration is seeking to make good on the President’s campaign promise to eliminate EADs for H-4 spouses.
This change especially impacts US employers of people born in India.
The reason why Indian-born professionals are impacted is because there are numerical limits on the number of green cards granted each year. To promote the diversity of new immigrants to the US, there are quota limits on the place of birth. No more than 7 percent of the total number of family-sponsored and employment-based visas available in a fiscal year may be issued to natives of any one independent country. As the demand for Indian-born professionals is far greater than the annual supply of green cards under the quota, this has created a backlog.
In 2018 for instance, the backlog of Indian-born professionals waiting their turn to get a green card was well in excess of a half million individuals. As a result, it now takes many years for an Indian-born professional to receive his or her green card. As a consequence, Indian-born professionals comprise the bulk of H-4 EAD holders.
Under the current regulation, an H-4 spouse can request an EAD if the H-1B professional is the beneficiary of either an approved employment-based immigrant visa petition, or a Department of Labor alien employment certification application or employment-based immigrant visa petition filed at least 365 days prior to the end of the sixth year of the professional’s H-1B status.
In April 2017, President Trump signed the “Buy American and Hire American” executive order, which, among other things, directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with other agencies, to review H-1B-related policies. The H-4 EAD regulation was one of the policies reviewed and the result was its proposed elimination.
US employers rely on H-1B professionals to make up for the shortage of qualified American professionals while keeping jobs in the US. CEOs of major US companies, sent a letter to DHS opposing the plan to eliminate the H-4 EAD. The letter pointed out that “[t]hese spouses are often highly skilled in their own rights,” and “revoking their US work authorization will likely cause high-skilled immigrants to take their skills to competitors outside the United States.”
These US employers found some support in Congress. Senators Kamala D. Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter to DHS and USCIS opposing rescission of the H-4 EAD, pointing out that the proposed change would disproportionately impact South Asian women (in 2017, 94 percent of H-4 EAD were women and 93 percent were from India).
But the administration has not changed its position. In November 2018, DHS published its mid-year regulatory agenda, which included a proposed rule to revoke the H-4 employment authorization final rule. DHS stated that “[s]ome U.S. workers would benefit from this proposed rule by having a better chance at obtaining jobs that some of the population of the H-4 workers currently hold, as the proposed rule would no longer allow H-4 workers to enter the labor market early.” With record low unemployment levels and US employers already complaining of recruiting problems, it is unclear where the DHS thinks employers will find these US workers.
The new rule, if adopted, is expected to become effective in the first half of 2019 and would impact all 100,000+ individuals currently holding an H-4 EAD. Researchers also estimate that the proposed rule will affect entire families, including the H-1B professionals themselves, because many will not be able to afford to live on one income if their dependent spouse is forced to abandon his or her career. This is especially true in areas such as Seattle and the Silicon Valley, which employ high numbers of H-1B workers and have a high cost of living. Entire families may leave the US, taking their job skills to other countries to compete with their former employers—whose only options to remain competitive may be to outsource the jobs or set up their own offshore facilities. Nearshoring to Canada has become increasingly popular, due to the relatively lower cost of doing business there and proximity to the US.
The direct cost of each failed expatriate assignment is estimated to range from $250,000 to $1 million, according to researchers. More important, the departure of these highly skilled workers represents a brain drain and a significant loss of talent for most companies.
Dentons helps employers develop strategies to recruit the world’s best and brightest to fill posts in the US and abroad. For more information, please contact the authors or your Dentons lawyer.
Department of Homeland Security, employment authorization document, H1B, H4 dependent spouses, immigration strategies, India, skilled foreign workers, US Congress, US employment, USCIS, visas
DHS new rule on H-1B lottery process: Who’s the winner?
Posted on Dec 4th, 2018 By Mengci Shao, Matt Schulz and Loic Coutelier
Categories: Immigration, Immigration Services, United States, United States Immigration, Visa, Workforce
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Following President Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order issued back on April 18, 2017, a long-awaited new rule has been proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would change the existing H-1B selection process, although perhaps not before the April 2019 filing season.
The proposed rule would require petitioners seeking to file cap-subject H-1B petitions to first electronically register with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) during a designated registration period, which would begin at least two weeks before April 1. The registration would require information about the employer, as well as the individual H-1B beneficiary.
USCIS would then select at random from the online registration database until the limited supply available under the quota (65,000 regular cap and 20,000 US advanced degree holders) is exhausted.
The big change is that US employers would only file complete H-1B petitions for the named beneficiaries who have been selected. Government processing fees would only be paid for selected petitions.
Similar to current processing, DHS would prohibit more than one registration from the same petitioner for the same beneficiary during any given year. Further, the new rule would require petitioners to attest to their intent to file an H-1B petition for the named beneficiary in the position for which the registration is filed.
DHS believes that this will prevent US employers from submitting a large numbers of registrations but not following up with complete filings of H-1B petitions for the selected beneficiaries—something that was not possible under the existing system. The proposed rule states that USCIS would closely monitor whether selected registrations are resulting in the filing of complete H-1B petitions. If USCIS finds that petitioners are registering numerous beneficiaries but are not filing petitions “at a rate indicative of a pattern and practice of abuse of the registration system,” it would investigate and could hold the employers accountable.
The proposed rule would reverse the order by which the H-1B cap petitions are selected. Currently, USCIS first selects 20,000 with US graduate degrees, and then allow the unselected to be considered a second time, with the rest of the world, for the 65,000 quota. The proposed rule reverses this order. The proposed rule claims that it would increase the likelihood that a US graduate degree holder would be selected by up to 16 percent, but no explanation for that calculation is provided in the rule.
Petitioners whose petitions are selected will be notified to file complete H-1B petitions for the named beneficiaries within a designated filing period, expected to be at least 60 days.
Dentons analysis
The new rule reduces USCIS’ workload, since it does not have to handle the return of unselected petitions. However, this is not likely to speed up the slow processing of H-1B petitions, since the agency generally relies on contractors to handle mailroom services, rather than the officers who adjudicate petitions.
While the new rule may reduce some paperwork for US employers, it will not likely reduce the costs, since the cost of evaluating potential H-1Bs and registering is still incurred prior to the employer signing the petition. In fact, the extra step of registration creates extra work for employers and lawyers.
The anti-fraud provision of the rule attempts to address some of the realistic problems in the H-1B problem, but at the same time creates uncertainty for US employers and would most likely result in employers that have made bona fide job offers backing out for fear of the heightened scrutiny and potential liabilities.
DHS estimates that it will spend nearly $280,000 to develop the new system and $200,000 per year to maintain it. The proposed rule does not charge employers for the registration. How long the agency will forgo charging employers for registration is hard to predict, but USCIS has very few services that it provides to employers without a fee.
It is clear that this change will detrimentally impact the ability of US employers to continue to employ foreign workers. Current law allows the continued employment of F-1 OPT/STEM OPT and J-1 workers while the H-1B is pending, until their petitions are selected and approved OR even until the government announces they are not selected or not approved. The new rule means that fewer employers will have fewer H-1B petitions pending. The situation will be even worse if the new rule speeds up adjudications, as faster adjudications means faster denials. In sum, the new rule will result in fewer US employers being able to meet their staffing needs with pending H-1B petitions.
The announcement warns that the new rule may not be implemented in time for the April 2019 H-1B filing season, since there may not be enough time to fully test the system. If the new system has not gone into effect at least two weeks prior to the filing deadline, employers should be prepared to submit full H-1B petitions for all candidates on the first business day of April 2019.
Employers and stakeholders have until January 2, 2019 to submit comments on the proposed rule.
Department of Homeland Security, H1B, Immigration, United States, USCIS, visas
How to count to 12: USCIS clarifies L1A visa requirements
Posted on Nov 30th, 2018 By Matt Schulz, Loic Coutelier and Mengci Shao
Categories: Expat, Immigration, United States, United States Immigration, Visa
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The rules regarding qualifying employment abroad, required for an L-1 intracompany transfer visa, are clarified, if not changed, in a new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy memorandum (PM).
Dated November 15, 2018, USCIS PM-602-0167, states that:
All visa requirements must be satisfied as of the date the agency receives the L-1 visa petition;
The employee must be physically outside the US for the required 1 continuous year of employment; and
In certain cases, time spent in the US will not break the continuity required, but that time will not be counted towards the required 1 year.
The PM does not create new law or effect a change in policy. Its stated purpose is to clarify existing rules.
The requirement that a visa petitioner meet all legal requirements at the time the petition is filed is longstanding. It already was not possible to file a defective petition and then cure that defect with facts that occur subsequent to filing. That is why L-1 petitions could never be filed before an employee completed the full 12 months of employment abroad.
The PM repeats the agency’s regulation that brief trips to the US for business or pleasure do not interrupt the required 1 continuous year of employment abroad. The regulations never defined “brief” and the PM, regrettably, doesn’t either. There is an example in the memo of brief trips totaling 60 days during the 1 year. It would have been better if the PM stated whether, for example, 1 trip for 60 days is brief, or 2 trips for 30 days, etc. As a result, the situation is neither improved nor worsened by the PM’s issuance.
Even though the law already clearly states that only days when the employee is physically outside the US may be counted, the PM states that time spent in the US working for a qualifying organization does not count, and updates Chapter 32.3 of the Adjudicator’s Field Manual to reflect this needless clarification.
For the full text of the Policy Memo, can be found at the USCIS website.
Please contact the authors for more information about this PM, the L-1 intracompany transfer visa or other business visas for the US or any other of the many countries where Dentons guides clients on business and cross-border mobility matters.
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US State Department’s October 2018 Visa Bulletin shows whose turn it is to immigrate
Posted on Oct 3rd, 2018 By Mengci Shao and Matt Schulz
Categories: Immigration, passport, United States Immigration
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Applicants waiting to file for an adjustment of status to become a lawful permanent resident may use the “Dates for Filing Applications” chart in the October 2018 Visa Bulletin to determine whether it is their turn to apply to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Each month, the US Department of State (DOS) publishes the Visa Bulletin, which shows immigrant visa availability for applicants waiting to file for permanent residence, either through a US consular post abroad or USCIS here in the US. There are two charts in the Visa Bulletin: “Application Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications.” The former indicates dates when a final visa may be issued and a green card granted; the latter indicates the earliest dates when applicants may be able to apply.
Generally, the Dates for Filing Applications chart has cutoff dates later than those in the Application Final Action Dates chart. This allows applicants to apply earlier and gives the government time to process the applications.
After the DOS announced the dual chart system in 2015, USCIS announced how it uses the charts. Under the current procedure, approximately one week after the DOS publishes its monthly Visa Bulletin, USCIS announces on its website which chart is to be used for the upcoming month. Applicants must follow USCIS’ announcement in determining when to apply.
Usually, USCIS uses the Application Final Action Dates chart which delayed filings, with the exception of only five times since 2015 when it indicated that the other chart may be used. It is therefore welcome news that USCIS has announced that the following Dates for Filing Applications chart may once again be used in October 2018. What this means is that employment-based applicants with a priority date earlier than the one indicated in the below chart, may now file their applications this month.
Dates for filing for employment-based adjustment of status applications
Employment-based ALL CHARGEABILITY AREAS (except those listed) CHINA (mainland born) EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA and HONDURAS INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st June 1, 2018 October 1, 2017 June 1, 2018 October 1, 2017 June 1, 2018 June 1, 2018
2nd C June 15, 2015 C May 22, 2009 C C
3rd C August 8, 2015 C October 1, 2009 C July 1, 2017
Other Workers C June 1, 2008 C October 1, 2009 C July 1, 2017
4th C C May 1, 2016 C C C
Certain religious workers C C May 1, 2016 C C C
Non-regional center
(C5 and T5) C October 1, 2014 C C C C
Regional center
(I5 and R5) C October 1, 2014 C C C C
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SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDE FOR CITING SOURCES
When doing original research and publishing a report or project, it is always necessary to identify the source of your information. This list of sources is called a bibliography. A bibliography should be listed alphabetically. The second line of an entry should be indented. Skip a line after each entry.
[ Book ] [ Encyclopedia ] [ Magazine & Newspaper ] [ Internet ]
[ Audiovisual Material ] [ CD-ROM ] [ Interview ] [ Example ]
FOR A BOOK:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year.
Smith, John. World Leaders. New York: WL Publishing, 2000.
If you only used part of a book:
Smith, John. World Leaders. New York: WL Publishing, 2000, pp. 17-23.
FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT IS SIGNED:
Article author’s last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).
Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2004.
Volume 8, pp. 277-278.
FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT ISN’T SIGNED: Return to the Top of the Page
"Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s).
"North Pole." World Book Encyclopedia. 2003. Volume 20, p.155.
FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Return to the Top of the Page
Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s).
McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Newsweek. May, 2003, p. 32.
FOR AN INTERNET ADDRESS: Return to the Top of the Page
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available
http://address/filename, date of document or download.
Fried, David. "Temple Heights students speak with arctic explorer." [Online]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/27/news//4_26_0421_21_58.txt
This example of how to cite an INTERNET source was downloaded from this online source.
FOR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Return to the Top of the Page
Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date.
Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. New York: Sony Wonder, 1998.
FOR A CD-ROM: Return to the Top of the Page
"Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date.
"Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999.
FOR AN INTERVIEW: Return to the Top of the Page
Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date.
Duffy, Larry. Personal interview. June 13, 2004.
Your finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of the entry and will look something like this:
BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED
McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27.
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A Gathering Place for Adults Who Love Irish Dance
Book Review and Interview: Heidi Will, author of The Ghillie Girls
Heidi Will is the author and illustrator of The Ghillie Girls: Irish Dance Pals, published in 2008 by Cinealta Press. Will based her book on the experiences she and her friends had in Irish dance. Visit Heidi Will online at www.ghilliegirls.com.
The Ghille Girls introduces four very different girls who have one thing in common: a love for Irish dance. Heidi Will uses these girls to illustrate the terms, and language that is unique to Irish dance. Vocabulary blurbs define the words that are sometimes foreign to the beginning Irish dancer.
Bold and colorful, the illustrations show striking colors reminiscent of the flamboyant solo dresses often worn in competition. The cut-out style of the pictures make me think of paper dolls.
I love the information page in the back that includes vocabulary, basic Irish dance history and directions of where to find an Irish dance school.
We are thrilled to be able to have Heidi Will with us on the blog today.
Feis America: What prompted you to write about Irish dance?
Heidi Will: I initially wrote The Ghillie Girls as a Christmas present for three of my Irish dance friends. Kim (“Addy”) had moved away from Phoenix to New Hampshire, Beki (“Libby”) and I had stopped dancing competitively, and Jacqui (“Keelin”) was the only one left at our old dance school. It seemed that we were drifting apart, and I wanted to do something to bring us together and celebrate the friendship we had developed through Irish dance. It started as The Wig Sisters, which is what we called ourselves. That first version was quite a bit different than the final published version of The Ghillie Girls (I changed the name to make it more specific to Irish dance). I printed copies for everyone and they loved it, and suggested I publish it. I decided to tweak the book to be an introduction to Irish dance in the hopes of exposing more people to this wholesome and enriching art form. I happened to stumble across the Irish dance world in my college years, and still view it as a well-kept secret that needs to be shared!
Feis America: Your illustrations are unique, how did you design them?
Heidi Will: Thanks! I considered many different illustration styles and finally chose a simple, modern look. I love color (as one can tell instantly upon entering my home) and so I had fun making the book very bright and colorful. The illustrations translate well into coloring pages, which I use a lot with my own Irish dance students at the Phoenix Irish Cultural Center.
Feis America: What were the challenges you had in bringing your book to life?
Heidi Will: I wanted to make the book accessible to non-dancers so I got feedback from several people who knew nothing about Irish dance to be sure that I explained things that dancers take for granted—especially the pronunciation of Irish words. Since every Irish dance school does things a little differently and calls things by different names, I consulted people from different schools and regions to make the book as accurate as possible. It was hard to decide if I should seek a traditional publisher for my book, or attempt to self-publish. I finally chose the self-publishing route, because it allowed me to have complete control over the final product. As a graphic designer, I enjoyed every aspect of the process—writing, illustration, and layout design.
Book Review:"Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing by Dr. John Cullinane
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Book Review:"The Little Book of Inspiration for Irish Dancers" by Sean Connolly - VIDEO
Feis America: Do you have future plans for the Ghillie Girls?
Heidi Will: I have more books in mind, if I can make the time to write them. I would love to write about the adventures we had while competing in Irish dance. We had so much fun traveling together; going to Oireachtas, taking road trips, visiting friends across the country while “feising.” I would also like to explore the struggles we had, competing against each other. Sometimes it really strained our friendship, but in the end, I value our friendship and the memories we made so much more than any medal I won. That is what I want to communicate to young Irish dancers: to appreciate what is really important, and not to get hung up on winning.
Feis America: Can you share anything with us from what you are currently working on?
Heidi Will: The book that has taken the most shape in my mind tells the story of how the Ghillie Girls meet and become the Ghillie Girls. It is longer, with more words and fewer illustrations. I’m also working on a coloring and activity book.
Feis America: Thank you for sharing the inside scoop with us. We look forward to reading more about the Ghillie Girls.
To find out more information, purchase The Ghillie Girls, and print off free coloring pages, visit www.ghilliegirls.com.
Readers: Are you an adult Irish dancer, competitive or not, with a story to share? Would you like to inspire others to feel your passion for Irish dancing and culture? Do you have a question about Irish dancing? Please comment in the box below for replies and contact information!
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1925-03 Watch Word March 1925
THE WATCH WORD
We had several additions to Dorrington's job in February. Some also left to take up other lines of work. Betty A. Farrell, Evelyn M. Baker, Mildred Kaiser, Marie Stemwedel and Emma Klemm are learning timing. Charles J. Hogrefe is new on final inspecting. 14. Those in the party were Mrs. Frances Pierce, Ellen Schroeder, Ella Olhaber, Anna Philipps, Irene Winkleman, Mayme Westphal, Avis Carey, Flo Catlin and Evelyn Ruch. fall on the ice and suffer a very painful injury to her arm, which kept her at home for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Frieda Ross was remembered with a half-dozen silver knives and forks and with handkerchiefs when she left February 24 to take up home life on the farm. Our department received a severe shock upon learning of the sudden death of William Flohr, one of our co-workers. Sympathy is extended to the family. Anyone wishing instruction in the art of love-making will kindly apply to Mr. Earl Minehart, hero and star of "Thank You," a play recently produced at the high school. And, by-the-way, some of the girls on George Roberts' job are wondering who sends Earl so much mail. Well, here goes, girls. The cat is out of the bag. The mail comes from several movie producers who seem to have heard of Earl's success. They say that Rudy Valentino is a back number, when compared with Earl. But, say what you will, you have got to give Earl credit. He surely acted his party like an old timer.
Louise Burmaster has given up factory life for a while to remain with Claribel Rasmussen, who under-dent an operation in Sherman hospital, was reported much improved at this writing. At this writing Mrs. Nutting was still out sick.
her mother, who has not been very well. Louise was presented with a lovely electric lamp by the girls on the job. Someone made the startling discovery one day that Art Mick has been selling canary eggs in place of chicken eggs. . Nellie McBriarty has been able to return to work.
Alma Bohn entertained her sister, Mrs. Fred Wheat, of Freeport, for a few weeks in her home on Raymond street. We are sorry to hear at this writing of the serious illness of Eugene Heath, one of our jobmasters. Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended. Minnie Freese has returned to her duties following an absence of a few weeks because of measles.
Helen O'Leary was a week-end visitor of Chicago friends February Mildred Pease, in company with the Linger Longer club, of which she is a member, enjoyed the matinee performance of "No, No, Nanette" February 21. Helen Carlson has been transferred from the barrel arbor polishing job to the rotary job. Stick to it, Helen; it will give you plenty of muscle.
28 and March 1. She saw "No, No, Clara Schultz and Stella Hensley, in company with friends, motored to Chicago one evening for dinner and the theatre. Arthur Strubing has left the factory for other fields. Arthur has a great many friends in the Train department, and he was presented with a beautiful gift when he left the factory.
Nanette" at the Harris theatre also. Ilene Klein and Mildred Murphy were Chicago visitors. Miss Elsie Prince, formerly of the Train department, was the guest of honor Thursday evening, February 5 at a surprise farewell party, given by Miss Lorene Wilson, Mrs. W. L. Wright and Mrs. H. C. Shake, in the home of the latter, 373 Ryerson avenue. Miss Prince has left the department to make her home in southern Illinois. Favors at bunco went to Sophie Stankewich, Lillian Juzek and Miss Prince. A delicious two-course luncheon was served. The house was beautifully decorated in hearts and Valentine appointments. Miss Prince received gifts from the guests.
Alice Shaver has been transferred from the timing to the wheeling job. Each month the Train department must have a new victim to join the sliding-from-the-chair gang. This time it was Lucy Priller, and she sure did give the floor an awful bump. It has been reported that Coonrad has two new operators on his job. Oh, you want to know their names? Well, as near as the correspondent can make out, they are Lizzie Glutz and Lena Genster, both from town.
Laura, ask Hattie what her favorite perfume is? Alma Johnson is sure getting to be a shark at the game of five hundred. Some of the girls in the factory claim it is almost impossible to get a proposal from some of the men. Well, girls, perhaps it will be to your advantage to see Hilda Barth, of the Train department. She said she had no less than five proposals during the last year, one from a minister, one from a farmer, another from a grass widower, a fourth from an employe of the Blackstone hotel and the fifth from a youngster in Joliet. Hilda says she thinks the farmer will be the lucky one if she doesn't change her mind again.
Bill says, "Ethel, if a man's sick, he's not well, is he?" And Ethel Everyone admired Eugene Austin's new socks the other morning.
answers, "No, and if a man's dead, he's not alive either, is he?"- Alice and Leonard seem to be quite interested in window shopping of late.
Sam Back is cruising around in a new boat. He has named it "The Scotty, our sheik, is now on duty as an inspector, following a year of faithful service as errand boy.
Mayflower" in honor of the ship that brought the Pilgrims over. No, he hasn't been pinched yet, but we have hopes. Lost, strayed or stolen � a dog. When last seen it was being chased by a kitten. For further information, please apply to Bertha Luecht or Hazel Nelson, care of Train department.
Frank O'Connell has the last word in radios. No static whatever, and Have you seen Florence Johnson as an actress? No? Well, you should the next time you have an opportunity. She sure played her part real well in "Thank You," and deserves much credit.
the selectivity is so fine he can tune Lizzie Magnus, Carrie Hoes, Tillie Kercher and Grace Blum have been tarnsferred from the barrel arbor polishing job to the barrel arbor inspectors' bench and like the change real well.
out everyone in the quartette at K. F. L. with the exception of the tenor. Andrew Tofsrud is the proud possessor of a beautiful mounted por- Sophia Stankewich has left the
trait of Knute Rockne, the best known Norsk in the U. S. and South Bend, Ind. Or does Knute hail from Denmark? force of Father Time to return to her home in Wilkesbarre, Pa. When
Ed Fierke had a most embarrassing time one day. When he discovered she left the shop she received a beautiful present, a gift from her many friends in the Train department. Mame Giertz had the misfortune to
he had a hole in one of his socks he
tried to get someone to carry his work down the line for him, but ev-
erybody was too busy, so he had to do it himself. He kept his right foot in front of him, so the girls on the dialing job couldn't see the hole.
Correspondent Harry Ahle is receiving congratulations upon the ar-
rival of a son, Robert Harrison, in St. Joseph's hospital February 27.
Rudolph Berggren underwent an operation for appendicitis in Sherman hospital Tuesday, March 3.
Minnie Gaede Charles A. Hestrup
A group of gauging girls enjoyed a performance of "No, No, Nanette" at the Sam Harris theatre February
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Title 1925-03 Watch Word March 1925
Description The March 1925 issue of the Watch Word, a magazine for and about the employees of the National Watch Company
Date Digital 2013-07
FullText THE WATCH WORD We had several additions to Dorrington's job in February. Some also left to take up other lines of work. Betty A. Farrell, Evelyn M. Baker, Mildred Kaiser, Marie Stemwedel and Emma Klemm are learning timing. Charles J. Hogrefe is new on final inspecting. 14. Those in the party were Mrs. Frances Pierce, Ellen Schroeder, Ella Olhaber, Anna Philipps, Irene Winkleman, Mayme Westphal, Avis Carey, Flo Catlin and Evelyn Ruch. fall on the ice and suffer a very painful injury to her arm, which kept her at home for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Frieda Ross was remembered with a half-dozen silver knives and forks and with handkerchiefs when she left February 24 to take up home life on the farm. Our department received a severe shock upon learning of the sudden death of William Flohr, one of our co-workers. Sympathy is extended to the family. Anyone wishing instruction in the art of love-making will kindly apply to Mr. Earl Minehart, hero and star of "Thank You," a play recently produced at the high school. And, by-the-way, some of the girls on George Roberts' job are wondering who sends Earl so much mail. Well, here goes, girls. The cat is out of the bag. The mail comes from several movie producers who seem to have heard of Earl's success. They say that Rudy Valentino is a back number, when compared with Earl. But, say what you will, you have got to give Earl credit. He surely acted his party like an old timer. Louise Burmaster has given up factory life for a while to remain with Claribel Rasmussen, who under-dent an operation in Sherman hospital, was reported much improved at this writing. At this writing Mrs. Nutting was still out sick. her mother, who has not been very well. Louise was presented with a lovely electric lamp by the girls on the job. Someone made the startling discovery one day that Art Mick has been selling canary eggs in place of chicken eggs. . Nellie McBriarty has been able to return to work. Alma Bohn entertained her sister, Mrs. Fred Wheat, of Freeport, for a few weeks in her home on Raymond street. We are sorry to hear at this writing of the serious illness of Eugene Heath, one of our jobmasters. Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended. Minnie Freese has returned to her duties following an absence of a few weeks because of measles. Helen O'Leary was a week-end visitor of Chicago friends February Mildred Pease, in company with the Linger Longer club, of which she is a member, enjoyed the matinee performance of "No, No, Nanette" February 21. Helen Carlson has been transferred from the barrel arbor polishing job to the rotary job. Stick to it, Helen; it will give you plenty of muscle. 28 and March 1. She saw "No, No, Clara Schultz and Stella Hensley, in company with friends, motored to Chicago one evening for dinner and the theatre. Arthur Strubing has left the factory for other fields. Arthur has a great many friends in the Train department, and he was presented with a beautiful gift when he left the factory. Nanette" at the Harris theatre also. Ilene Klein and Mildred Murphy were Chicago visitors. Miss Elsie Prince, formerly of the Train department, was the guest of honor Thursday evening, February 5 at a surprise farewell party, given by Miss Lorene Wilson, Mrs. W. L. Wright and Mrs. H. C. Shake, in the home of the latter, 373 Ryerson avenue. Miss Prince has left the department to make her home in southern Illinois. Favors at bunco went to Sophie Stankewich, Lillian Juzek and Miss Prince. A delicious two-course luncheon was served. The house was beautifully decorated in hearts and Valentine appointments. Miss Prince received gifts from the guests. Alice Shaver has been transferred from the timing to the wheeling job. Each month the Train department must have a new victim to join the sliding-from-the-chair gang. This time it was Lucy Priller, and she sure did give the floor an awful bump. It has been reported that Coonrad has two new operators on his job. Oh, you want to know their names? Well, as near as the correspondent can make out, they are Lizzie Glutz and Lena Genster, both from town. Laura, ask Hattie what her favorite perfume is? Alma Johnson is sure getting to be a shark at the game of five hundred. Some of the girls in the factory claim it is almost impossible to get a proposal from some of the men. Well, girls, perhaps it will be to your advantage to see Hilda Barth, of the Train department. She said she had no less than five proposals during the last year, one from a minister, one from a farmer, another from a grass widower, a fourth from an employe of the Blackstone hotel and the fifth from a youngster in Joliet. Hilda says she thinks the farmer will be the lucky one if she doesn't change her mind again. Bill says, "Ethel, if a man's sick, he's not well, is he?" And Ethel Everyone admired Eugene Austin's new socks the other morning. answers, "No, and if a man's dead, he's not alive either, is he?"- Alice and Leonard seem to be quite interested in window shopping of late. Sam Back is cruising around in a new boat. He has named it "The Scotty, our sheik, is now on duty as an inspector, following a year of faithful service as errand boy. Mayflower" in honor of the ship that brought the Pilgrims over. No, he hasn't been pinched yet, but we have hopes. Lost, strayed or stolen � a dog. When last seen it was being chased by a kitten. For further information, please apply to Bertha Luecht or Hazel Nelson, care of Train department. Frank O'Connell has the last word in radios. No static whatever, and Have you seen Florence Johnson as an actress? No? Well, you should the next time you have an opportunity. She sure played her part real well in "Thank You," and deserves much credit. the selectivity is so fine he can tune Lizzie Magnus, Carrie Hoes, Tillie Kercher and Grace Blum have been tarnsferred from the barrel arbor polishing job to the barrel arbor inspectors' bench and like the change real well. out everyone in the quartette at K. F. L. with the exception of the tenor. Andrew Tofsrud is the proud possessor of a beautiful mounted por- Sophia Stankewich has left the trait of Knute Rockne, the best known Norsk in the U. S. and South Bend, Ind. Or does Knute hail from Denmark? force of Father Time to return to her home in Wilkesbarre, Pa. When Ed Fierke had a most embarrassing time one day. When he discovered she left the shop she received a beautiful present, a gift from her many friends in the Train department. 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Covering the coastline from Sunderland to Hartlepool, the Durham Heritage Coast has emerged from its industrial heritage to being one of the finest coastlines in England. With sweeping views along the coastline and out to the North Sea, it has unique qualities which come from it’s underlying geology. This is no ordinary coastline – it is wonderfully varied, consisting of shallow bays and headlands with yellow limestone cliffs up to 30 metres high with occasional caves and stacks and coastal slopes which are home to a fabulous array of wild flowers.
Magnificent sweeps of magnesian limestone grassland along the cliffs support a unique mix of plants, insects and several colonies of rare northern brown argus butterfly; exposed rocky shores at low tide reveal returning marine life, sea urchins and anemones and birds along the coast include skylarks, sanderling, purple sandpipers and not forgetting our annual visitor from West Africa, the little tern which nests at Crimdon every year. Off shore, minke whales and harbour porpoises are often spotted – why not come and explore our fascinating and exhilarating coastline!
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KAATSU Global Blog
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The White Heart Foundation Visits Joseph Lowrey
The White Heart Foundation visited retired U.S. Army Green Beret Sergeant 1st Class Joseph Lowrey at his home in Ontario, California last week.
The Foundation representatives is committed to serving the needs of severely injured warriors like Lowrey and filmed a day in the life of the Purple Heart recipient originally from Long Beach, California who enlisted in the Army right after his high school graduation.
Ryan Sawtelle, Founder & Executive Director of the White Heart Foundation, explained, "White Heart is focused on having the greatest impact on [wounded] warriors. Our goal is to determine and address each warrior’s most pressing need with the help of your donation — 100% of which goes toward the warrior.
White Heart was created with the donor’s intent in mind. We believe that donor's dollars are best spent working one on one with warriors, rather than treating them as if they were numbers."
While the Foundation cameras zeroed in on Lowrey going about his day in his home, including red light therapy + KAATSU sessions with KAATSU Master Specialist David Tawil, it was clear that the Green Beret was enjoying the spotlight.
"It is such a joy, honor, and inspiration to work with Joe," said Tawil. "We did KAATSU Cycles on his arms, starting at a low SKU and then gradually building up as we asked him to do simple but challenging movements like reaching for the sky with his left hand. Then we did some KAATSU Walking, initially at a controlled pace and then at a faster pace."
Lowrey used KAATSU daily and nightly [before bedtime] after improbably surviving a horrific gunshot wound to his head during a combat tour in Afghanistan.
While serving with the 7th Special Forces Group on July 7th 2014, Lowrey and his fellow soldiers were tasked to enter an area known to be a Taliban stronghold. The injury occurred during Lowrey’s third deployment while manning the gun turret on top of a truck during an intense firefight against Taliban insurgents.
Immediately after Lowrey was hit when PKM machine gun fire (the round pierced his Kevlar helmet and caused a massive traumatic brain injury to his right hemisphere), the medic onboard heroically saved his life by conducting an emergency tracheotomy on the battlefield. Even so, after surgery, his colleagues were told that Lowrey would not survive.
Inexplicably, Lowrey survived the next day as well as the next week and next month. Just after he and his wife Jennifer welcomed their fourth child, Lowrey was airlifted from Afghanistan to Germany's Landstuhl Hospital where he remained in a coma. Despite being given a small chance of survival by doctors, Lowrey was airlifted to the United States where he rehabbed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Palo Alto, California at a rehabilitation hospital, and then at Casa Colina and Centre for Neuro Skills in Southern California.
After years of believing in himself and his caregivers through an excruciatingly painful recovery and rehabilitation, Lowrey emerged well enough to move back in with his family albeit without use of his left side and with some short-term memory losses due to his traumatic brain injury.
"My brothers rescued me from the fight," recalled the former highly competitive ice hockey goalie and self-defined fitness fanatic. "It has been a very long road to recovery, but I want to run again. That is one of my goals."
Together with Tawil, the pair delved into every possible KAATSU protocol covering muscle development, rehabilitation enhancement and basic recovery.
But they also concurrently took a deep dive into nutrition, specifically ketogenic diets, and all kinds of healthy biohacks in an attempt to recover from complete paralysis on his left side. "Due to being sedentary for the first time in my life, I gained a lot of weight and was just eating everything including too many hamburgers," recalled Lowrey. "But then I lost the added weight when I began eating a low-carb diet and sleeping right."
But he also experienced significant muscle mass loss while undergoing physical therapy in several Veterans Administration hospitals and medical clinics for four years.
Lowrey started KAATSU in June 2018. Under Tawil's guidance, Lowrey established a smooth-running protocol where he does KAATSU twice daily in the convenience of his home. He does a morning exercise protocol where he focuses on muscle toning, balance and gait fluidity as well as an evening sleep protocol where he focuses on relaxation and vascular elasticity that enables him to get a solid 8 hours of deep sleep.
"I loved how my legs felt the very first time that I tried KAATSU in the comfort of my living room," recalled Lowrey. "I didn't know how to use the KAATSU equipment at first; it was all new to me, but David was patient and taught me and my caregiver how to apply it during my morning and evening sessions. Now it is just part of my daily routine."
Tawil reiterated, "It is important to teach KAATSU users like Joe to understand how to do KAATSU by himself. Because of Joe's limited strength, uncertain balance and lack of complete mobility, we spend all the time necessary for Joe to feel comfortable and gain the maximum benefits from KAATSU.
Lowrey first started with very low-pressure KAATSU Cycles on both his arms and legs. He learned what the appropriate Base and Optimal pressures are for him - both in the morning where Joe does more vigorous workouts and in the evening where it is all about relaxation and getting ready to reap all the benefits of a good night's sleep."
Over the next 8 weeks, Lowrey started to stand, balance and walk with KAATSU.
"We walk around the house and in his backyard," explains Tawil. "But we also go outside in his complex and tackle walking on grass. All of the different textures and slightly different elevations on the grass and a nearby hill are great challenges and objectives for Joe to achieve during his walking sessions. This sort of KAATSU Walking on a grassy hill - so simple for able-bodies people - are extremely helpful for Joe's improvement.
Joe does KAATSU 2 times per day: the first time at 10 am and then again at 7 pm before going to bed. At night, Joe just does simple KAATSU Cycles at a relatively low pressure. This double daily session has been essential for his rapid improvement. He is up to 2,000 steps a day, but his long-term goal is running a marathon."
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Jennifer Carty, Ravin Billington DUI Manslaughter case - Palm Bay, Florida
On September 21st, 2007, Palm Bay, Florida teens Jennifer Carty and Ravin Billington were involved in a drunken car wreck that resulted in the death of Ravin Billington. After over 2 years of investigation, it is still impossible to tell exactly which of the teen girls were actually driving the car during the accident. The car belonged to Jennifer Carty, but several of their friends testified that Ravin Billington was often seen driving Jennifer's car. Here's the kicker - Jennifer was knocked unconscious during the wreck, she had a blood alcohol level of .126, and she doesn't remember the accident or, more importantly in this case, who was driving. Jennifer is being charged for DUI Manslaughter by the state of Florida and the case is coming to a close today.
Jennifer Carty and Ravin Billington were partying with two friends in the parking lot of a BP gas station located at 6600 Babcock - apparently the local teen hangout. The girls were drinking and occasionally jumping in pickup trucks with two guy friends to go "mudding" at a nearby swampy area known as BCC Lakes. Surveillance footage from the BP shows the two girls coming and going at different times throughout the night to use the restroom, buy cigarettes, etc. According to evidence and testimony from the BP store clerk, the group of friends remained in the BP parking lot for a short time after midnight and then they left. At approximately 12:45am, one of the guys the girls were with earlier that night, "Tyler", called 911 and reported that while he was driving down Babcock street, a car sped past him, lost control and flipped over several times before eventually landing in a ditch full of water. Tyler ran from his truck towards the car and realized that it belonged to his friend Jennifer Carty. The girls had been thrown from the car and were both lying face down in the ditch, Ravin was approximately 14 feet from the car and Jennifer about 30 feet from the car. Tyler reported that they were both unconscious but breathing. He drug Jennifer from the watery ditch to the nearby curb. Tyler claimed that Ravin was unconscious but still breathing at the time. Jennifer Carty was soon Life-Flighted to a nearby hospital, while Ravin Billington was pronounced dead at the scene.
The trial of the case aired live on TRU tv this week and they are moments away from a verdict. After hearing all of the evidence and witness testimony, it is impossible to tell which of the two girls was driving the car during the wreck. The prosecution even offered up a lesser charge of a normal DUI, almost as if they knew that they did not have enough evidence to convict Jennifer Carty of DUI Manslaughter.
One thing is for sure, defense attorney Meriah Park is not someone you would ever want to hire. Meriah Park's questioning of the witnesses was stuttery, cluttered and often confusing to the witnesses as you watched them lean forward and wince to understand what the heck she was talking about. Long pauses, and just outright clumsy questioning made some of the witnesses quite irritated. In her closing statements she sounded like an overly righteous kindergarten teacher, speaking to the jury as if they were 4 year olds - almost SCOLDING them. She was swaying back and forth at the podium, and delivered blustering babble while flushed with far too much female hormone-induced emotion. Luckily for Jennifer Carty this case pretty much solved itself as the prosecution clearly didn't have enough evidence, because if Jennifer were relying on Meriah Park to save her case she would be behind bars.
The verdict is in - Jennifer Carty was found not guilty today at 1:40pm ET.
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This is a very sad case indeed. I do think that the parents on both sides have a great deal of responsibility in this matter. These girls were underage, driving and drinking and obviously hanging out until early morning hours without any parental supervision. The tragedy might have been avoided if the parents spent as much time supervising their "children"as they have pointing blame at each other.
i went to highschool with both of these kids and as you may know palm bay is reported as 2nd out 10 top drinking cities
Tragedy on all levels which could have been avoided in many ways! Each of the parents needs to assume responsibilty for this tragedy. The jury got the verdict correct in this case, our justice system is not without flaws however it still remains the best the world over. We as a society never want to place anyone behind bars until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This case had plenty of reasonable doubt when even the most skilled investigators could not be sure whom was behind the wheel. The one thing that is certain is the lack of parenting involved on behalf of both sets of parents. This was not the first time these girls drank alcohol but for some reason a blind eye was turned and no resposibilty was taken by either of the parents to make changes. I am deeply saddened that these girls were failed in so many ways but to label them as victims is wrong. They both were old enough to appreciate the ramifications of their illegal behavior and still chose to engage themselves. I am truly greatful that no truly innocent party was injured or killed in this accident. Unfortunately this case will not make much difference in stopping teen deaths resulting from alcohol involvement.
I know Jenn and knew Ravin. I know for a fact Jenn was driving. She didn't start denying that until cops got involved. I was Myspace friends with her and right after the accident she posted messages about how she killed her best friend and things like that. Then once there was talk of charges against her she deleted all that stuff as well as all of their drinking pictures. They were very much best friends and Jenn is responsible for her death. She has never fully recovered physically or emotionally. I don't know if I agree with the verdict or not, it's like nothing good can come out of this situation anyway so it is what it is.
The thing that hurt the most was that this accident came just 9 months after three other teens (Kassadi Pullins, Ryan Popovich, and Shane Alveraz) died in a motorcycle accident that involved alcohol. Both Jenn and Ravin were affected by the accident because they were friends with Kass, Pop, and Ryan. They knew things like this could happen to them because it just happened to their other friends earlier that same year. Everyone was really, really hurt once this accident happened because we felt like Kass, Pop, and Ryan died in vain since apparently people didn't learn to not drink and drive from it.
Like I said, nothing good can come from this situation, jail time for Jenn is no exception. She lives with what she did everyday and honestly, I'm surprised she hasn't committed suicide. She struggles with her guilt and she couldn't get help coping with her guilt because of the court case. She looks NOTHING like she did in high school; she was a pretty cheerleader then, now her physical and emotional pain shows by her appearance. She is suffering, but she is responsible for everything.
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HOME CURRENT ISSUE News Henoko seabed survey on hold for month
Henoko seabed survey on hold for month
Date: August 5th, 2015
U.S. Marines’ Camp Schwab in Henoko is the proposed site of the MCAS Futenma replacement facility.
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement facility off Henoko was obviously getting a bit too hot to everyone’s liking, so the central government in Tokyo has decided to suspend the seabed drilling survey in the area for a month starting Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday the suspension of the work in order to help ease the strained relations with the prefectural government and give both sides time to hold intensive negotiations.
At the same time, Suga was quick to make perfectly clear that the suspension does not mean anything with the government plans has changed. “The suspension of the project does not represent a change of the government policy, but is intended to give us time to fully explain our thinking to Okinawan authorities,” Suga stressed. He added that the government side is also willing to hear the opinions of the Okinawa side.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga was quick to respond announcing the same day that his government would not take measures to block the landfill project during the one-month period, meaning he will not cancel the landfill approval for now, as he was prepared to do.
During a news conference in Tokyo, Suga said he would visit Okinawa in August to exchange opinions with Onaga. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is also scheduled to meet Onaga Friday to again explain his government’s position on the base relocation plan.
As an extra goodwill gesture, Suga said that the central government would make arrangements with the U.S. military to allow the prefectural government officials to make environmental inspections within the restricted area off Henoko. Okinawa officials suspect that the reefs were damaged during the earlier survey work, but have not been allowed to inspect the possible damage.
On his part, Onaga wows to stick to his guns. “I will make it clear again during the upcoming discussions why it’s impossible to relocate the Futenma functions to Henoko.” He added that he is sure he and the central government can forge a mutual understanding on the matter. “I will spare no effort to achieve that,” Onaga said.
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Heavy metals and pesticides in chronic kidney disease – Results from a matched case–control study from a rural population in Shivamogga district in South India
YJ Anupama, SK Kiran, Shrikanth N Hegde
November-December 2019, 29(6):402-409
DOI:10.4103/ijn.IJN_325_18
Introduction: There is a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the rural agrarian population of South India and it often appears unrelated to major known causes such as diabetes or glomerulonephritis. Methods: In a matched case–control study conducted in a rural population in Shivamogga district in South India, the association of heavy metals – lead (Pb), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) – and pesticides in CKD was studied. Blood and spot urine samples were tested quantitatively for heavy metals and qualitatively for pesticides. Results: In all, 69 matched pairs (40 female, 58%) were recruited. The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2) was 60.1 (14.2) in cases and 83.4 (13.4) in controls. Elevated blood lead level >5 μg/dL was seen in 15 cases and 25 controls, respectively [P = 0.035, matched odds ratio (MOR) 0.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.22–1.05]. Urinary Pb was elevated in 16 cases and 13 controls, respectively (P = 0.28, MOR 1.25, 95% CI 0.58–2.73). There was no significant association with As and Cd, while pesticide residues were undetectable in cases as well as controls. These results did not change even after excluding CKD cases with diabetes, stage 2 hypertension, and significant proteinuria. Conclusions: There was no statistical significant association between any of the studied heavy metals and CKD, although there was a significant burden of heavy metals in the studied subjects.
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Anirban Ganguli
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Gastrointestinal Involvement in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Case Report and Review
Sahil Bagai, Aman Sharma, Rajesh Gupta, Vivek Kumar, Manish Rathi, Harbir S Kohli, Krishan L Gupta, Raja Ramachandran
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) commonly affects upper/lower respiratory tract and kidneys. It causes necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized blood vessels. Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is an uncommon manifestation of GPA, and presentation with predominant GI manifestation is noteworthy. We report a case of 50-year-old male with melena due to GI vasculitis along with other systemic involvement. The patient was treated with pulse methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and plasmapheresis. To manage the refractory GI bleed, the patient underwent surgical resection, and the histology of the surgical specimen confirmed necrotizing vasculitis.
Professor Dr. HL Trivedi pioneering nephrologist and patriot who cared for his country (31-08-1932 TO 2-10-2019)
Vivek Kute, Himanshu Patel, Pankaj Shah, Pranjal Modi, Vineet Mishra
Multiorgan involvement with severe gastrointestinal system manifestations in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Ashish Kataria, Sandeep Magoon
DOI:10.4103/ijn.IJN_31_19
A rare case of acute kidney injury due to levofloxacin-induced crystal nephropathy
Faizan Ahmed Ansari, Sonu Manuel, Rohan Dwivedi, Shashikiran Kabbare Boraiah, Sree Bhushan Raju, Megha Uppin, Alok Sharma
Crystal-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is caused by the intratubular precipitation of crystals, which results in obstruction and kidney injury. Levofloxacin is commonly used fluoroquinolone antibiotic especially for respiratory and urinary tract infections. It rarely causes any serious adverse events. Several cases of crystal nephropathy after ciprofloxacin use have been reported. Pre-existing renal dysfunction, high dose of the drug, and advanced age are considered as risk factors. To best of our knowledge, only two cases of crystal nephropathy due to levofloxacin use have been reported, we add a new one to it. The patient responded to conservative treatment with complete recovery on follow-up.
Atheroembolic renal disease: A case series
KS Jansi Prema, Anila A Kurien
Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD), a part of systemic cholesterol embolization syndrome, is caused by the occlusion of small arteries in the kidneys by cholesterol crystal emboli from ulcerated atherosclerotic plaques. Kidney is commonly involved because of its proximity to the abdominal aorta and its enormous blood supply. AERD is an under diagnosed condition. We report eight cases of AERD, highlighting the variability in its clinical presentation and the importance of a renal biopsy to arrive at a definitive diagnosis.
Outcomes of primary arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis in elderly patients (>65 Years) with end stage renal disease: A study on Indian population
P Gaur, A Srivastava, SK Sureka, R Kapoor, MS Ansari, UP Singh
Introduction: The outcome of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis (HD) in elderly population remains an issue. The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of arteriovenous fistulas created at our institute in patients older than 65 years. Methods: All chronic HD patients with age >65 years who had an AVF created between January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2017 were included retrospectively. Baseline demographic information including age, gender, etiology of renal failure and comorbidities were recorded. Access characteristics including access type and anatomic location were recorded. The end point of study was primary and secondary patency. Minimum follow up period of study was 1 year. Results: A total of 422 AVF were created within the study period. The mean age was 69.3 years. The anatomical site of AVF creation was radiocephalic (RCF) in 74.8% (n = 316), brachiocephalic (BCF) in 18.9% (n = 80) and brachiobasilic (BBF) in 6.1% (n = 26). At one year after creation, cumulative survival of the AVF was 64.7%. At 36 months the primary and secondary patency of RCF, BCF and BBF was 43.6%, 58.6%, 42.6% and 47.3%, 62.5%, 56.9% respectively. The overall median survival did not differ between RCF and BBF fistulas. However, when both were compared with BCF (median survival 1034 days), BBF (median survival 741 days) and RCF (median survival 592 days) had significantly poorer survival (P = 0.004). The most common reason for access failure was thrombosis (28.4%) followed by failure to mature (9%) and aneurysm related complications (9%). Conclusions: Age should not be a limiting factor when choosing AVF as the preferred HD access. Brachiocephalic AVF has better primary and secondary patency with higher overall median survival. However RCF also provides reasonably good survival rates with acceptable complications in elderly population. Thrombosis and fistulas that fail to mature present as a primary concern to patients in elderly population, and demand further study.
Takotsubo Syndrome during Haemodialysis
Nikolaos Tsigaridas, Stavros Mantzoukis, Marina Gerasimou, Konstantinos Bakas, Emilios Andrikos, Elisavet Kokkolou, Aphrodite Tsinta, Dimitrios Patsouras
Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is typically characterized by transient (reversible) systolic dysfunction of the apical and mid segments of the left ventricle (LV), usually without obstruction of coronary arteries, in postmenopausal women after a stressful event. Usually, patients may experience symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, and rarely syncope or cardiogenic shock. There are many theories about pathophysiology of TS. Among these, most acceptable is the catecholamine theory. The prognosis is usually good with recovery of symptoms and imaging findings at most within a few weeks. However, complications may occur. We present the 11th published case of a patient on hemodialysis, who presented with TS and discuss why this situation may occur in patients on hemodialysis. Contrary to our patient, half of previously published cases presented with atypical symptoms. Therefore, it is important to be alert in order to timely diagnose, support the patient, and treat if any complications appear.
De-Novo focal crescentic IgA nephropathy in a renal allograft recipient
Ashok Ramasamy, Dharshan Rangaswamy, Mahesha Vankalakunti, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Indu Rao
Direct correlation between age at diagnosis and severity of nephropathy in fabry disease patients
Sebastián P. A. Jaurretche, Norberto Antongiovanni, Fernando Perretta
Introduction: Nephropathy is one of the major complications of Fabry disease and mainly includes reduced glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria. Affected patients show different degrees of annual loss of renal function according to the magnitude of proteinuria and decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at the baseline. Objetive: To analyze the relationship between age at diagnosis and severity of nephropathy in a Fabry disease population. Methods: Cross-sectional design with retrospective data collection. Results: Seventy-two patients were studied with mean age of 26.26 ± 16.48 years and 30 men (41.6%). Twenty-seven paediatric patients and 45 adults were included. Thirteen genotypes were found: E398X, L415P, c886A>G, L106R, c.680G>A, A292T, c. 448.delG, R363H, C382Y, R301Q, D109G, del 3 and 4 exons, W81X, all pathogenic mutations of GLA gene. The mean eGFR in paediatric population was 115.81 ± 20.87 ml/min/1.73 m2 and in adults was 80.63 ± 42.22 ml/min/1.73 m2. The Pearson's bilateral correlation coefficient test (value = −0.462) between the age at diagnosis and eGFR indicates inverse correlation between both variables with a strong statistical significance (P = < 0.01). Spearman's bilateral correlation coefficient (value = +0.385) between the variables at diagnosis and the degree of proteinuria indicates direct correlation between both variables with a strong statistical significance (P= <0.01). Conclusions: Diagnosis of Fabry disease patients at a younger age could be a key to improve the nephropathy prognosis and allow early and effective interventions.
A very rare unexpected fatal complication of nephrotic syndrome
Praveen Kumar Etta, Sujeeth Reddy, Mulpuru Venkateswar Rao, Madhavi Thatipamula
Takotsubo Syndrome in the Dialysis Patient - Challenging Diagnosis in a Unique Population
Charlotte Perrett, Debasish Banerjee
Hand grip strength in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: An observational cohort study from India
Neeraj Birajdar, Urmila Anandh, Sunita Premlatha, G Rajeshwari
Introduction: Malnutrition is a common manifestation in patients with dialysis and is a major cause of mortality in these patients. Various biochemical parameters are used to detect and monitor malnutrition in these patients. Confounding variables present in hemodialysis have an effect on the sensitivity and specificity of these tests. Methods: We studied hand grip strength (HGS) as a monitoring tool for protein malnutrition in these patients. Results: In a prospective observational study over 18 months, 83 patients (60 males) consented to be part of the study. The biochemical parameters showed the mean (±sd) of haemoglobin and albumin as 10.(±1.9) gm/dl and 3.5 (±0.5) gm/dl respectively. Majority of the patients (54/83) were well nourished according to subjective global assessment (SGA). The hand grip score in the cohort was weak in the majority of patients. It is interesting to note that majority of the males have weak HGS as compared with the general population of the same age group. The female patients had HGS which were in the normal range of values that of the population. A multiple regression analysis showed that there was a significant association with serum creatinine and HGS. Conclusions: No correlation between albumin and HGS was noted. Of the anthropometric variables a significant correlation was noted between mid arm muscle circumference and HGS.
His heart broke posttransplant: A rare disease with good outcome
Bhanu Mishra, Sunil Prakash, Subhash Chandra, Sanjeev Gera, Ashwini Goel, Amit K Yadav, Ganesh Dhanuka, Satendra Yadav
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Sutapa Rath, Shennaz Firdaus, Monalisa Mohanty, Rajeev Kumar Seth, Amit Kumar Satapathy, Bijayini Behera
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Oasis has been one the last great referents that has given us the British music, at least for this writer. It makes rare (and painful) to have to value a disc of Noel without his brother , but let's face it, it's something that sometime had to happen, and also after the breakup of Beady Eye I think it will be for a long time. But hey, this is no time for nostalgia, and let's place ourselves today. Chasing Yesterday is the second solo Noel Gallagher's album, after Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, with supergroup called High Flying Birds.
As I have done before and have advanced in time, it seems that is what Noel makes in this, his second album, as it moves away from the continuity trend of Oasis of his first work and begins to delve into new sounds that give more wealth. Part of this change is motivated by self-production of the disc, as is Noel himself who produced and wrote this album, and also recorded it with his label Sour Mash Records.
Although the record shows a small compositional evolution of Noel, there are still songs that could be part of a bad "Side B" of some Oasis single, but Noel is determined to continue bringing in their repertoire. He falls back into the typical rythm of "Wonderwall" in "The Riverman" and also try to fix it with saxophones !!, or copying "Morning Glory" in "Lock All The Doors", which envolves the album in a moment of stupor, to this we must add the worst song of the album, which is "The Mexican". Fortunately, the magnificent "The Right Stuff" perhaps the most risky theme of the album but wichc Noel gets to achieve perfectyl, creating a nice "space jazz" atmosphere, opens new compositional horizons in the career of Singer. Songs like "In the Heat of the Moment" with a Paul Weller or Miles style , the second single "The Ballad of Mighty I" with Johnny Marr's guitar or "While The Song Remains the Same" with a good electronic base corroborate and manage to sign a record of ups and downs but it is a hopeful advancement in Noel's career , who continues to demonstrate its passion for creating good melodies.
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Review: Cradle Of Filth – 'Dusk... And Her Embrace – The Original Sin'
5.7.16 Sean M. Palfrey
'Dusk... And Her Embrace – The Original Sin'
Cradle Of Filth continue their nostalgic re-release schedule with the remastered 'Dusk... And Her Embrace', reconstructed in the way it was originally envisioned on the label that it was originally scheduled for release on.
For those who didn't know, Cradle Of Filth left their first label Cacophonous in the mid 90s due to a legal dispute which ended when the band supplied the label with the 'V Empire Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein' EP. Some tracks scheduled for 'Dusk...' ended up on 'V Empire...', while others were kept back and re-recorded for the eventual Music For Nations release.
It seemed a given that the original version would never see the light of day, but after the 2014 official release of 'Total Fucking Darkness' (the band's often bootlegged demo tape) it now seems Dani and co. are delving into the archives and exhuming their darkest wares.
What we're presented now in the form of 'Dusk... And Her Embrace – The Original Sin' is a ten-track album (instead of nine), with a new running order, and two bonus demo tracks for good measure.
The original album was typical of the band's early raw black metal period (encompassing 'The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh' and 'V Empire...') although it is the most refined of the three before the grand leap ahead that was 'Cruelty And The Beast'.
'Macabre, This Banquet' an instrumental from the original master tapes is the new intro replacing 'Humana Inspired To Nightmare', that in-turn leads into the classic 'Nocturnal Supremacy'. 'Heaven Torn Asunder' follows on with the title track, then 'A Gothic Romance (Red Roses For The Devil's Whore)', 'The Graveyard By Moonlight', 'Funeral In Carpathia', 'Beauty Slept In Sodom', 'The Haunted Shores Of Avalon' (previously 'Haunted Shores'), and 'Carmilla's Masque' to complete the new track list.
The bonus track sees the demos of 'A Gothic Romance' and 'Nocturnal Supremacy' each given another resurrection for good measure.
'Dusk...' was Cradle OF Filth with one foot firmly in the black metal underground but also where their ambitions for greater ideas were coming through. The gothic punctuations were becoming more pronounced and the female vocal counterpoints to Dani's infernal screeches, courtesy of Sarah Jezebel Deva and Danielle 'Cneajna' Cottington, become more distinctive.
The remastered production has brought the best out of the original recordings and updated the album nicely. It still sounds raw and underground, retaining Cradle's early roguish charm that they would soon upgrade to gothic gaudery, but it has improved the quality of the listening experience without a doubt.
'Dusk...' is still one of the band's great albums, and this version reinforces that. There is a more concise and intact sense of narrative running through this version that the original didn't have (but despite this was still great). The only real let down is the fact the band opted for artwork more in keeping with their latest releases when something along the lines of the original or perhaps the re-release of 'Total Fucking Darkness' would have been a better visual accompaniment to the music. Nevertheless this is still worth the money of long-time fans.
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Two Methods of Performance Analysis
The conventional approach to performance analysis has become extremely complex, involving numerous mathematical and statistical methods and ratios.
The most common is the Sharpe Ratio.
The Sharpe Ratio
This popular performance ratio was developed by Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe. The Sharpe Ratio is typically calculated by subtracting a risk-free investment rate, such as the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond, from the rate of return for an investment or portfolio, and then dividing the result by the standard deviation of the investment or portfolio return.
The Sortino Ratio attempts to smooth the occasional spike in the Sharpe Ratio but is otherwise similar.
Market Environments
This author uses market environments (ME) to analyze performance.
ME divides all markets into functions of directional movement (DM) and volatility (V). If each function is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 from very low to very high, it gives a matrix of 100 market environments from (1,1) to (10,10). (See Table below.) Look for money managers who have done well in a broad spectrum of MEs instead of just a scattered few. Performance -- good or bad -- that occurs in a mostly contiguous area of the matrix (clusters) can tell you much about the manager's trading methods.
[caption id="attachment_13328" align="aligncenter" width="515"] A 10 × 10 DP/V ME Matrix[/caption]
Tip: A short track record with a broad ME sample may be better than a long track record with hot and cold ME clusters. See Tools for Traders, for more on ME applications to trading.
Pac Man programs take a different tack. They do not attempt to work well in all MEs or tweak the program to emphasize naturally strong ones and deemphasize naturally weak ones. Rather, they define MEs with very specific DM and V values in advance. When a currency pair enters one of these price-time areas -- they strike. Pac Man programs execute a hedge order and attempt to gobble as much price movement in both directions as long as they are in the defined parameters. Neat!
By Michael Duane Archer
Michael Duane Archer has been an active futures and FOREX trader for more than 35 years. He has worked in various advisory capacities, notably as a commodity trading advisor, registered SEC investment advisor, and branch manager for Heinold of Hawaii. He currently trades FOREX and futures and is involved in several technical analysis research projects.
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Coffee @ 4:00 (Look inside..)
Sunil finished his breakfast, had a shower, gave Ria a brief peck on the cheek and went to work. The kiss was as fake as the plastic flowers Ria had in the vase in her living room. There was no emotion involved and he was just doing it for peace in the house. There was a specific reason for that as well.
It had actually started when Ria was in a naughty mood one day. She came upstairs after dropping the children till their school bus and saw Sunil reading the Economic Times. She crept up behind him, gave him a kiss and started nibbling his ear gently. Ria knew it was time for him to go to work but a little mischief would do no harm she thought. Sunil pushed her away.
‘You know I don’t like when my ears get wet,’ he said with somewhat irritation.
Ria was full of rage. Sunil wouldn’t try to do anything proactively and now when she tried something he got irritated.
‘You never kiss me anymore,’ Ria said to him with anger.
‘There is no occasion for it,’ he said as a matter of fact.
‘You don’t need an occasion to express your feelings to your own wife. Do you have any feelings for me Sunil? Am I needed in your life?’
‘You are taking things too far. Alright I will kiss you every morning,’ Sunil said with some hurry and went to get dressed.
After this conversation the kiss became a daily routine. It would be as thoughtless as the bread he put in the toaster every morning.
Ria never discussed the same topic again after that and today was the same. She came up as usual after waving goodbye to Ravi and Richa in their school bus. They always insisted that she should come down to see them off and also be there when they came back from school. The bus used to drop them outside the main gates so all they had to do was come up the building to their flat on the fourth floor but Ria would go down as the kids loved it. The children want me to come, I am needed is what she would always think. With Sunil however, she was not sure... not sure at all. He had all the money in the world but where was Ria’s place in his life? All this would make her cringe.
The house seemed empty once the children were gone and Ria decided to read the newspaper. ‘WHY do women demand sex?’ was the main article in today’s Life supplement. The article suggested that women always desired things rather than blankly thinking about it. She kept the paper with frustration.
She looked at the calendar in front of her and smiled. It was Thursday today. This was the only day of the week when Ria was cheerful as this was the day she went to the cafe ‘Around the Corner’ to meet two of her closest friends Ryan and Geeta.
She loved her little rendezvous on Thursday afternoons and actually made an effort to get dressed nicely. You do not realise the importance of friends until you are lonely and Ria had realised this very early in her marriage. She had loads of friends at college but they were all settled and busy in their own life. She did try to get in touch with them once her children started school but the conversations didn’t last long. Time constraints and everyone’s different lifestyle made it impossible to catch-up. She got bored soon and longed for something more stimulating.
After her marriage with Sunil her life had come to a standstill. It was like an end of a chapter but her close friendship with Ryan and Geeta was the start of a completely new phase and she loved both of them to bits. She wouldn’t miss her coffee at 4.00 on Thursdays under any circumstances.
Ria grabbed the car keys from the kitchen table, made a mental note to buy the groceries and pick up the kids from their activity classes on her way back and left the house. She was driving the car and felt that the roads were a bit busier this afternoon. She was waiting at a traffic signal and thought about her carefree college days. She longed to rebel, to come out of the boredom and become the same Ria again, the bubbly, chirpy, uncontrollable Ria that everyone liked. She had done a course in journalism as she always wanted to be part of a big daily. Her favourite was the crime reporting section and she wanted to be a crime reporter, someone who is there at the scene, someone who has the guts to report the truth. However, once out of college she realised that getting a job as a fresher in Mumbai was even tougher than reporting. Once you are established you have many avenues but the first break was very important and extremely difficult. However, when she was on the brink of loosing hope she got her first job. It acted like the much needed confidence boost. It was a local daily with a small circulation but she was extremely proud to be a part of it as it was her very first break. Just when she thought that she had achieved a little something in her career her parents found a suitable boy and got her married to Sunil.
Sunil was from an orthodox and a really old fashioned family. Her in-laws were against their daughter-in-law going outside to work and she had to leave her job with a very heavy heart. Thus in short, Ria’s career started and finished at a very premature stage. Ria became a housewife and within a year and a half became the proud mother of twins. Her married life that was not perfect began going more downhill after that. She became involved in her kids and Sunil in his career. Her children were growing up and so was Sunil’s designation. Within eight years he had become the Financial Director of a leading firm and her children had become more independent and were at school full-time. They didn’t require Ria’s attention as much as they used to earlier. Ria felt kind of happy but lonely.
‘Beep’ the loud horn from the car behind brought Ria back to the busy junction. The signal had become green and Ria was still lost in her thoughts. This is one offence you can never make in Bandra. The Linking Road was crowded at almost every time of the day and she couldn’t wait to reach her destination. She took right at the next signal and came to ‘Around the Corner’ cafe. She had been coming here every Thursday since the time she met Geeta and now she couldn’t imagine any week without it.
She had almost parked the car outside when she got a text from Geeta,
‘wll b 15 min late, srry babe, c u soon’.
Ria smiled. They always called Geeta ‘Late Latif’ as she was never on time. Ria had almost half expected a text from her when she reached and there it was!
Ria on the other hand was a person who was never ever late for any occasion believing in reaching five minutes early rather than late and she sometimes wondered how two people with such different attitudes in life would become such close mates.
She went inside the cafe and sat on a table next to a large window. It was nice here as she could see the people rushing on the street outside and her thoughts went back to Geeta. Her first meeting with Geeta was an extremely strange encounter at Chruchgate station but it had made them lifelong friends. Geeta was the one who had introduced her to Ryan. Ryan was a very cheerful and happy person and Ria liked him instantly when they first met. The three friends gelled in a very special way and became regular visitors to the cafe. They always joked and pulled each other’s legs. Geeta would comment on how love deprived Ria was and make her blush. Ryan who was the most melodramatic of the three would say that he was always there for both of them if they needed him and the girls would both hit him on his back and say 'Dumbo'.
Ria smiled at the thought and looked back at her watch again. Where are you Geeta?
Ryan was deciding what to wear. It was very important for him to dress smartly and he took no shortcuts when it came to grooming. He was six feet tall with a good physique and a charming personality. He had natural brown soft hair that was the envy of everyone at the gym. He was happy almost every day but today it was Thursday, the day when he met two of his most favourite friends in the world Geeta and Ria. Well, there was one more special friend Pam as well but his friendship with Pam was different maybe slightly more mature. With Geeta and Ria it was more of careless fun. Thursday was the day he called his weekly booster and he loved to go to ‘Around the corner’ and meet his friends...
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~Cover Reveal~ Sex, Guns & F*cking Rock-N-Roll by Dawn White & Paige Matthews
Title: Sex, Guns, & F*cking Rock-N-Roll
Author: Dawn White & Paige Matthews
Genre: Erotic Thriller/ MC Outlaw/Rocker
Expected Release Date: May 16th, 2016
Two Brothers, Two lives, One Fucking Mess
Dominic- The Rock God
I left Texas and her behind in my rear view mirror choosing the band over the brotherhood. After she broke my heart there was no reason to stay. Now I do who I want, when I want with no regard to anyone’s feelings but mine. I’ve had minimal contact with Declan and Brooke since. Five years later, fate brings us back together. As I rush to save her life, will I be able to protect my heart?
Declan - The Outlaw Biker President.
The day Dom left was the beginning of the end. I chose to stay as he chose to leave. I couldn’t help that Brooke choose me over him. We haven’t talked more than a few words in five years, but now that her life is in jeopardy I must ask the one person I can’t face for help. Dom is the only one that can help bring her back safely, but what do I risk asking for his help?
Will Brooke stay or will feelings come rushing back and threaten more than just the MC?
Dawn White
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#BookTour & #Giveaway - The Lost Lunason Series by @SSultrie
My Soulmate Slumbers The
Lost Lunason Series Book 1 by
Stacie Sultrie
RH Paranormal Romance
the love of her life sacrifices himself to protect her from the
ultimate evil, Cassia Lunason plunges herself into an enchanted
slumber. After two hundred years of blissful dreaming, Cas wakes up
to discover that the world has become a very different place. Cars
zoom down the streets, lights come on with the flip of a switch, and
enchantresses take more than one mate.
only does the powerful enchantress need to learn how to navigate the
new world, Cassia soon realizes one very important thing - her
soulmate is still alive. With the help of her familiar, a majestic
white wolf with the ability to speak telepathically, Cassia struggles
to reach her lost love. Along the way, Cas is distracted by a
handsome man who will stop at nothing to help her get her beloved
Cassia reach her lost love in time? Is
the evil her soulmate sacrificed himself for truly destroyed? Can
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#BookBlitz & #Giveaway - Run to You by @lara_adrian
Title: Run to You Author: Lara Adrian Genre: Contemporary Romance / Bodyguard / Military Hero (amputee) Cover Designer: Croco Designs Publisher: Lara Adrian, LLC Publication Date: February 19th, 2019 Hosted by: Lady Amber's Reviews & PR
Blurb: Lara Adrian’s sizzling, suspenseful 100 Series continues with Run to You, a sensual new standalone contemporary bodyguard romance featuring friends of billionaire Dominic Baine and his artist fiancee Avery Ross.
Once a celebrated model, Evelyn Beckham dominated the fashion runways of New York, Paris, and Milan. But life under the lights nearly destroyed her, and at the height of her career she walked away from it all. Now, five years later, Eve’s built a new life at the helm of Manhattan’s premier high-end lingerie boutique, L’opale. Chosen to design the bridal ensemble for billionaire Dominic Baine’s fiancée, Avery Ross, it seems Eve’s stars have finally realigned—until her return to the spotlight thrusts her into the crosshairs of a danger tha…
#Review - Petals by @lwreyes
Title: Petals Author: Laurisa White Reyes Genre: YA Suspense Cover Designer: Emma Michaels Publisher: Skyrocket Press Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR
Some memories refuse to stay buried… On Christmas Eve, a horrific car accident leaves Carly Perez without a mom. After a year of surgeries and counseling, Carly’s life is nearly back to normal—except for the monsters—vague, twisted images from the accident that plague her dreams. When her father insists on spending their first Christmas alone in Guatemala with a slew of relatives Carly has never met, she is far from thrilled, but she reluctantly boards the plane anyway.
That’s where she first spots the man with the scarred face. She could swear she has seen him before. But when? Where?
In Reu, the Guatemalan town where her father grew up, Carly meets Miguel, her attractive step-cousin, and thinks maybe vacation won’t be a total waste after all. Though she is drawn to him, Carly’s past holds her back—memories that refuse to be forgotten, and a …
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Street Works (Reinstatement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
Open whole Rule
Requirements as to specification of materials and standards of workmanship
3.—(1) Save as provided in regulations 2(3), 6 and 7 an undertaker executing street works shall in reinstating the street comply with–
(a)the requirements specified in paragraph (2) as to the specification of materials to be used so far as those requirements relate to reinstatement; and
(b)the requirements specified in paragraph (3) as to the standards of workmanship to be observed so far as those requirements relate to reinstatement.
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are the requirements to use materials which are needed to satisfy the performance standards specified in regulation 4, having regard to the various provisions for each description of street specified in the chapters of the Code listed in column 2 of the Table below to the extent specified in column 3 of that Table.
Chapter of Code
Extent of application
1 S1 (Introduction) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
2 S2 (Performance Requirements) Paragraph 2.6.4.
3 S4 (Surround to Apparatus) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
4 S5 (Backfill) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
5 S6 (Flexible and Composite Roads) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
6 S7 (Rigid and Modular Roads) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
7 S8 (Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
8 S9 (Verges) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
9 S11 (Ancillary Activities) The whole so far as it applies to use of materials.
10 S12 (Remedial Works) Paragraph 12.3.
(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are the requirements to observe the standards of workmanship which are needed to satisfy the performance standards specified in regulation 4, having regard to the various provisions for each description of street specified in the chapters of the Code listed in column 2 of the Table below to the extent specified in column 3 of the Table.
1 S1 (Introduction) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
2 S2 (Performance Requirements) Paragraphs 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.6.2, 2.6.3.
3 S3 (Excavation) The whole so far as it is relevant to reinstatement.
4 S4 (Surround to Apparatus) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
5 S6 (Flexible and Composite Roads) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
6 S7 (Rigid and Modular Roads) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
7 S8 (Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
8 S9 (Verges) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
9 S10 (Compaction) The whole.
10 S11 (Ancillary Activities) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
11 S12 (Remedial Works) The whole so far as it applies to standards of workmanship.
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Qonfessions of a Qlinton Qampaign Qomfort Quizzer
Q & A--holes in "Her" Nibs' story.
emoqrat Planty runt funner "Her"Nibsary RobEm' al-Qlitler isn't prepared to be leader of "her" own rigid, repressively scripted campaign, much less the freest, most dynamic county on earth.
Having an extremely infamous name which everyone answering current polls most easily recognizes on any list of candidates, when only a small fraction of those polled actually knows anything about any of the candidates' positions (if any) on any issue, may help you when you're trying to raise a lot of money or win a popularity contest. But it's no stable or conclusive measurement of either your perceived abilities as a leader or your viability as a candidate among what inescapably will be a far better informed base of "likely voters" between now and when Howardy Deanham al-Qlinton frighteningly barks in chronological order the names of all the states "she"'s about to lose in right before blurting out "her" last Primal Qackle™.
Not even "her" irritatingly monotone, fingernails-down-a-chalkboard voice can cover up the fact "she" reeks of inexperience. That office of Junior Senator™, with its lackluster baggage full of miserable failures, hasn't rated "her" anything greater than a single year's chairwomanship of a small, minor backwater subcommittee in al-Qongress. Infrequently presiding over just nine members (including "her"self) with nothing really better to do at the time than discuss "Superfund and Environmental Health" — whatever that is — is as far from presiding 24/7 over all three hundred million souls (and growing) inextricably living in the greatest superpower on earth — the world's third-largest country by size and by population — as the primitive flying cockroach is from matching the airspeed and altitude of the most advanced hypersonic jet aircraft.
But enough about "her" scurrying around the back benches of our Senate. The only thing more gross is how "she" thinks feels that just this lowly, legislative-branch junior seat sippy cup-holding highchair of "her"s, where for seven years "she"'s done absolutely nothing on "her" own other than rename a post office and designate one brick house a historic site, constitutes enough elective office experience to somehow realistically pass for anyone's "qualifications" to hold our nation's highest office and command all our Armed Forces who are engaged in brutal combat and fighting to win this World War for all freedom-loving peoples.
"She" couldn't finagle that record baggage, if "her" life depended on it, into one qualified to be a junior co-director of the office of waste management in Mozambique. Much, much, much less the leader of the entire free world.
By the way, that last link makes clear what the meaning of "Environmental Health" is. It deals with raw sewage, animal manure, sludge, drainage-ditch muck, discarded placentas and other wastes, muddied waters, garbage-dump leaks, and similarly unhealthy slime. Precisely the subject and germane matter The Junior Senator™ is considered by "her" colleagues eminently qualified to preside over in the only subcommittee — out of dozens and dozens in our Senate — they could dredge up (pun intended) for just that one single chair assignment "she" has the juniority and total want of status to ever rate.
How appropriate. Nothing else more perfectly illustrates "her" competency and incompetencies all at the same time.
"Her" Nibs responding to a reporter who asked, "Senator, what are you going to be telling Americans this election?"
Not that any of these details could ever be important to "her."
After all, "she" has ideas. A million of them. So stupendous are they that a nation of laws — and not of some self-appointed, self-absorbed, self-interested elite's arbitrary feelings about the so-called common good, universally imposed in such despotic fashion as to fully exclude and then totally obviate even the idea of anyone else having any real choice — "can't afford them all" (if any).
Does one need any kind of actual experience when one has truckload after truckload after truckload of fertilizer ideas? Including about every single thing "she"'s, thankfully, both for and against?
Senator Hillary Clinton. The frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination is a marvel of contradictions. She's not running as a woman but reminds us every day that she is. She's got "executive experience" but her years in the White House don't count. She promises a fantastically "open" administration, but is blocking the release of her records as First Lady. She's for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, then she's not, then she is, and then she's not. She called her opponents "naïve" for saying they'd talk to our enemies, but she says she will too. She voted for the Iraq war but wants the troops home immediately but won't do it until at least the end of her first term in 2013. She's for free trade but wants to make trade less free. For the sheer entertainment value of your chutzpah: thank you.
[Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff] said the "head of publicity for the [al-Qlinton] campaign," a man whose name she could not recall, had no factual disputes with the story [about a Qlinton Qomfort Question™ being planted on her]. But, she added, a[n al-Q]linton intern spoke to her to say the campaign requested she not talk about the story to any more media outlets and that if she did she should inform a staffer [or else a staffer would "do a Foster" on her?].
Even about what questions "she"'ll plant in row after row afer row of "her" audience members, where none will ever grow into anything but the poorest harvest of straight answers?
Now if being a phony, a liar, a crook, and a cackling psycho were the qualifications voters are demanding this election cycle, we'd have already amended our constitution so there'll be no more elections and "she" could crown "her"self "Queen"-For-Against-Life Hilliary Rotten I of Great America and Assorted Territories.
The facts are "she"'s not qualified; "she"'s the unfresh, same old wrinkled face of Washington, District of Crooks; "she"'s an enemy of the individual who wants to make everyone who doesn't tow "her" line an enemy of the state — including levying hefty fines on anyone who commits the "crime" of being too poor to buy health insurance; "she"'s on the take — to the tune of $854,462, if not more (the highest now in al-Qongress) — from Big Medicine, as "she's" corruptly and unethically promoting legislation and policy changes highly favorable to it in return, regardless how much those will do us harm when we become ill (including when we get the bill for just "her" first of many hikes in all our taxes);
Sir Edmund Flippary-Floppary
(President Bush) threatens to veto the legislation we passed (to get out of Iraq completely by March 2008), which has been something that all of us have been advocating for a number of years now. And I can only hope that he will not veto it.
– April 2007 Dhimmiqrat presidential candidates "debate"
I do not think it is a smart strategy either for the president to continue with his open-ended commitment, nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain. I do not agree that is in the best interests of our troops or our country.
– June 2006 Take Stab in the Back America conference
"she"'s a flip-flopping for-and-against-it fence straddler: "she"'s in favor of liberating Iraq before "she"'s against it, "she"'s in favor of giving illegal immigrants a free pass at the expense of law-abiding residents before "she"'s against it, "she"'s in favor of trusting General Petraeus as the leader of our Combat Troops in Iraq before she's against it, "she"'s in favor of using so-called torture on top-ranking terrorists Weapons of Mass Murder™ if doing so would save immediately-threatened American lives before "she"'s against it, "she"'s in favor of redeploying immediately raising the white flag of surrender over all our Combat Troops in Iraq before "she"'s against it, "she"'s in favor of talking nice with unconditionally appeasing the terror-sponsoring Iranian thugocracy that's murdering our Troops before "she"'s against it, and "she"'s in favor of "staying the course" in Iraq before "she"'s against it; "she"'s another duplicitous acolyte of Unsettled Nitwits-defined Climate Cha-Ching!® who doesn't want you to see how much their manufactured crisis™ of anthropportunistic Gorebull Waaalarming is only a shaky excuse for gargantuan government, richer research grantees, and far fewer freedoms for everyone — especially us "criminally irresponsible" "Holocaust climate cha-ching! deniers" and anyone else daring to utter the least blasphemy against their Church of Consensual "Science" or any of its extreme tenets; "she"'s plagued by a tortuous secretiveness that, when combined with "her" grandiose sense of perpetual victimhood, is indistinguishable from paranoia; "she"'s the willing puppet of billionaire George Siros and his New World Odor®; "she"'s lying — Surprise, Surprise™ — when "she" says all the documents from "her" 1993 HilldabeastlyQare task force (with emphasis on "force") have been released; "she"'s lying — (ditto) — about how many "ministers" endorse "her"; "she"'s lying — (magaditto) — about "her" daughter being directly in harms way "when the plane hit!" the World Trade Center's north tower, all in a blatantly transparent and unnuanced attempt to turn "her" own offspring into some kind of useful, sympathy-getting 9/11 Prop™; "she"'s factually false — either cluelessly or intentionally, or both — when "she" denies "having a role in the [1993] White House travel office firings [mammoth injustices]" that brutally cleared the way for hiring "her" Thomason Corp. cronies to replace the career employees "she" massacred there; "she"'s a humorless harpy who has the ghoulish gall to not only claim that slain civil-rights leader Mahatma Gandhi is running a gas station in St. Louis but believe that normal people would somehow consider such a claim funny; "she"'s receiving glowing endorsements from the likes of the Iranian-backed "militant" terrorist group al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' West Bank terrorist chief Ala Senakreh and Gaza Strip terrorist chief Abu Hamed, former French president Jocque ChIraq's "wife" Bernadette, Playboy founder "Puffin" Hugh Hefner (that Great Defender of Women's Dignity®), "world's most famous porn star and adult industry icon" Jenna Jameson, sex-industry veteran "Madam" Heidi Fleiss, disgraced liar "Mr." Joseph C[lown]. Wilson-Plame IValerie, Chinese-embassy bomber "General" Ashley Wilkes Weasely Clark, "Babs" Streisand, head-rapping "rapper" and profanitistbirm 800Gs4HoC Timbalan(-wor)d( user), communist dictatorbirm "Comandante" Fidel Castro, "progressive" liberal big-government bureauqratsbirm, Qlinton maladministration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and obviously the "'newspaper' of record (declines in circulation and stock value)" New York Slimes and "her" Qlinton News Network; "she"'s indeed sHrillary; "she"'s the dirtiest of dirty tricksters, making Richard Nixon appear a purely altruistic and selfless servant of the people by comparison; and "she"'s in way over "her" head to boot.
Also, there are "her" many lapses in judgment. In addition to "her" extremely poor judgment in "unofficially" hiring convicted national-secrets thief Sandy Burglar as a top Qlinton Qampaign Advisor Qonniver, we have
More Lack of Judgment
Now that this story [about "Her" Nibs refusing to return campaign contributions "she" received from Big Oil® baron Oscar Wyatt, who's on trial for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein] is in the news, I'm certain that Hillary will donate the money to charity, and make a big public relations thrust while doing so. That['s] what her campaign does best — make lemonade out of lemons. But this does highlight Hillary's biggest weakness — lack of judgment. Her first instinct is not to do what's right, but what's best for her own self interest. In this case, money. [emphasis supplied]
What happened when Norman Hsu comes along and produces $850 thousand in bundled contributions for Hillary. What did Hillary do? Did she check up on Hsu to see if he were legit? There are two questions for every major contribution. Where did the money come from and what does the donor want. Hillary never asked either of those two questions. If she had she would never have accepted his money. No one in Hillary's campaign tried to contact any of Hsu's companies. If they had they would have learned he was not legit. Did she try to check out his public record? Had she done so she would have learned that he was an escaped felon.
When warned that Hsu might be a crook she defended him in no uncertain terms. Did she know he was a crook and therefore lied in his behalf? No way!!! Hillary is not the type that would go out on a limb for someone she knew was a crook.
Hillary did not think she was going out on a limb by defending Hsu. That means that a third rate con artist who had been convicted of a felony and run out of both the China and the USA was able to con Hillary Clinton in to believing him.. How dumb must Hillary be to be conned by an obvious con artist. What a super sized ego she must have to trust her own judgment enough to forgo a background check. [emphases supplied]
The rumors of "her" smartestness have been greatly misexaggerated. Now they're just thoroughly booed.
This goes beyond "her" trying to outdo "her" "husband"'s level of criminality and corruption so "she" can snatch off his championship belt and be crowned "Slick Hilliary." It has even less to do with "her" overblown sense of entitlement to rule over us inferior beings as "Her" Non-Absorbantness the "Empress" Heir Apparent Certain sHrillary the Grate (on "her" subjects' nerves). Nor does "she" ever expect there to be, rising from those lesser women and men, any considerable insistence on an actual atonement for "her" Qlinton Qrime Qin's already formidable abuse and debasement of our highest office via, inter alia, their sleazily established Department of Pardons and Commutations for Half-Million-Dollar Donors to Our Library and Other Enterprises, for Cocaine Traffickers Paying $200,000 to Our Qinfolk, for Convicted Felons Rounding Up and Delivering 1,400 Votes to The "Wife"'s Senatorial Campaign, and for Any Other Crooks, Murderers on Death Row, Terrorists, Tax Cheats, Embezzlers, and Sundry Lowlifes Willing and/or Able to Offer in Return Something That Would Benefit Us Personally.
(Not that "she"'ll ever admit there's anything wrong with that. After all, as Qo-Prezudint of the Qlintons' Qo-Qonspirators Qlub — like Mickey's but with none of the wholesomeness, and a literal and broad emphasis on "Qlub," preferably nail-studded — "she" has their destroyed reputations to maintain:
What amazes me is where the Clintons keeping finding these suckers. As ubiquitously infamous as the Boris & Natasha of the Ozarks are for reducing anybody who associates with them to the status of pawns on a chessboard (e.g. Sandy Berger) and treating their staffers like Josef Stalin did the Russian infantry, you'd think the word would get around that going to work for these two isn't a good idea, at least if your personal reputation still means anything to you.
With such cacophony of unmitigated slime and sleaze owing favors to, or being owed favors from this political Bonnie and Qlyde, a return of both Do-Anything-to-Gain-Power Delinquents — that Darling Duo of the Drive-Bys — to the Oval Office, would effectively end for this generation, if not in our lifetimes, any and all chances of our ever again holding accountable, much less cleaning up, a Washington Gangland, D.C. after it has suffered a third term under their tight grip and control. Each gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "person of convictions," conjuring up images of indictments and court-ordered depositions instead of integrity or courageous directness, and thus making it sound more like "person of interest." Williar Jeffersleaze Slutton and his old "lady" Slithery Rogueflam may not have invented crookedness, but they own the patent and all the trademarks on every super industrial grade form of it.)
Neither will there be any intrepid, enterprising young journalists finding a way to get at, read, and report on Diane Blair's extensive, primary-source material documenting BiIsIs Qlinton and his old "lady"'s 1992 "Twofer" presidential co-campaign currently ensconced behind archivist Kerry Jones' closed doors in the University of Arkansas Libraries' special collections — or at the very least, finding and directly interviewing "the two Honors College interns... [who] were indispensable as processors of" that material (Lindley Carruth Shedd being one) — and thus upsetting any of "her" Qold & Qalculated™ plans.
No. What we must heed, if we're to become our country's true bosses again rather than continue being just her figurehead ones, is our own hard-won, time-tested American Way: a unique way of thinking and acting independently which alone makes possible each and every citizen's pursuit of the American Dream — a way and a dream which no other people on earth has ever really tried to live — and which defines both our character and our very existence as a nation. That dream is the individual's realization of self-sufficiency based on faith in one's abilities, not the other way around. All Americans have the right and the responsibility to possess it, to nurture it, and to resist any attempt by anyone or anything to deny them that. This resistance includes doing whatever it takes to ensure that no government or foreign power may ever stand in the way of such dream. It is the same Spirit of '76 that not only bore our country's freedom 231 years ago but is still bearing that of each of her citizens today.
Unlike the Founding Fathers', our struggle to keep the American Way alive is primarily against forces that are internal, not external. Accompanying our polynomial progress in invention and wealth has been one away from effective self-sufficiency towards, essentially, the individual's total and permanent dependence on a masterhood of Orthodox Liberalist conformity, imposed and enforced by that endless, universally permeating sea of government agencies and programs it created and still in large part controls solely for its own preservation and expansion. Two centuries ago we were a very small nation peerless in spirit. Now the opposite is becoming true. This is hardly a recipe for securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
The clearest and most present manifestation of those forces are Demagogic Party zealots like "Mrs." BiIsIs al-Qlinton who're trying to convince enough people there are problems everywhere which only government can solve. Then, after government steps in and makes all such problems worse, they'll just try convincing the same people those worse problems require more government to solve. And they'll keep repeating that mantra until there's nothing left but intractable problems and intractable government: i.e., Mission Accomplished®.
Unless we're able to do things on our own — to solve our own problems without such "help" interference — we won't have any real say in, much less control over anything we do.
Free Americans don't want, much less need, yet another burdensome and costly round of that "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you"™ snake oil. Like all its past peddlers, BiIsIs Qlinton's old "lady" feels "she" can sucker us into wanting "her" Miracle Concoction® that, in reality, we neither need nor would find delivers anything besides far more harm than any ailment "she" not only alleges we have but claims is practically incurable except for our frequently guzzling "her" exclusive formula in enormous quantities that, as it so conveniently happens, only "she" would be able to ever supply us once we become "her" newfound fools addicts customers.
Such willful suspension of belief in ourselves — particularly in our own abilities to identify every genuine problem of ours and to figure out and implement the best solution by and for ourselves — is beneath us. Lest we dare forget:
We are heirs of the most far-reaching, most reverberating, most successful revolution in all of human history. In less than ten years the people of this country, against all odds, totally abolished every vestige of authority exerted over them for nearly two centuries by an overly centralized and faraway national government, one increasingly tyrannical and intrusive in application until it became intolerable, and completely replaced it with a wholly new form that proved in every sense closer to our own intention and will. Then, for an encore, we went on to conquer and tame an entire continent.
We are natural-born problem solvers. We needed a New World to settle: Done. We needed a successful revolution: Done. We needed a constitution for the ages: Done. We needed a great, coast-to-coast country: Done.
We are the topmost model of human freedom. We have led every victorious rebellion against aggressive expansion of government tyranny. (Just ask any supporter of King George III, the Spanish Empire, National Socialist Germany, Imperial Japan, the Soviet Union, or today's Democommierat Party of the United States.) That's because we embrace "the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God."
We the people have more than ample reason to believe in ourselves. No one rules us. We govern ourselves solely by mutual, written, and always-revocable consent.
Everyone who desires to support and defend the American Way would do well to remember each and every one of these things. They will, as S.T. Karnick puts it, "fire the imagination of those headed to political combat" against nanny-state elitist extremists like Mrs. B.J. Qlinton's old "lady" who viciously oppose and want to destroy it.
The great challenge for contemporary defenders of freedom may be to create a vision of a free society that sounds as good as the fantastic schemes of the utopians, if that is indeed possible. And it may well be: The fact is, freedom works. Free people reduce economic inequality, lift multitudes out of poverty, cure diseases, clean up the environment, and make lives longer and more comfortable. And social freedom need not undermine religion or morality. Echoing sociologist Rodney Stark and others, Anderson attributes America's religious strength to the nation's "free market of religions." When people are truly free to choose, they tend to be religious, as America demonstrates so vividly.
Perhaps, then, there is indeed a highly appealing picture that champions of freedom can draw — of Ronald Reagan's "shining city upon a hill," a place of both liberty and order, where people are free to pursue their dreams as long as they don't harm others, and in which their dreams are constrained by a modest sense of their place in the world based on a recognition of their humble status before the Almighty. The world is always going to have its share of dreamers, so we might as well give them something good to dream about.
Like all liberals and other extreme socialist regressives, Mr. Because-I-Could Qlinton's old "lady" is too blinded by "her" personal greed and lust for absolute power to ever correctly see the true genius of the America Way. For one thing, "she" has its order backwards. The state doesn't create for its benefit free individuals who in turn create for their own benefit God. God creates for His benefit free individuals who in turn create for their own benefit the state.
Like all liberals and other would-be tyrants, Hystericallary ROTFLMCAOdham al-Qlinton is prone to desperately shriek, "I'm the one person they are most afraid of!" (They being everyone "she" hates for The Unpardonable Sin™ of daring to stand in "her" way as "she" grubbily tries to grab ever more and more power.) Of course here "she"'s also wrong, confusing for fear our deep and utter revulsion at the mere sight of "her" ghastly visage: that abyss-lined "face of the (Qlinton mal-)Administration on foreign affairs" which brought America and the world such scary and catastrophic debacles as Somalia quagmire, North Korea nuclear weapons, Rwanda genocide, Bosnia prolonged civil war, NATO bombing of Chinese embassy, Khobar Towers and U.S. embassies massacres, China missile improvement, Yemen and USS COLE near sinking, UN Oil-for-Food scam, and Osama bin Laden not killed.
And "Her" Nibs wants to take America back to those days of continual infamy.
Been there. Done that. Got the Made-in-China P.N.tee.R. shirt.
One ride on the bone-jarring (and bones-jumping) Qlinton Scream Qackle Machine® was quite enough for the American people. Much more than any nation of free citizens should ever be forced to stand.
Never again.
We'll let B.J. & the Beast's dwindling number of fellow willing-suspension-of-disbelievers quaff a Qlinton snale oil Qool-Aid way past its expiration date.
Not us.
We'll let those Qool-Aided WSODs avert their eyes when "disgraced (Demoqrat) fund-raiser Norman Hsu... pump(s) $850,000 into (al-Qlinton's) campaign bank account" even as "he also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for (to bribe) local, state, and federal candidates who have endorsed (Q)linton or whose support (')she(') courted."
We'll let those eyes-averting, Qool-Aided WSODs be fooled by BillIAm Lecherouson al-Qlinton's old "lady" when "she" says "her" "hubby"'s "marital" infidelities are the result of some vague childhood trauma he suffered.
We'll let those foolable, eyes-averting, Qool-Aided WSODs never question why "she"'s ashamed to take "her" "husband"'s last name, refusing to use it on any of "her" official campaign posters and yard signs and displaying instead only "her" first name like a haughty member of some royal class, just as "she" was ashamed to take his last name all throughout the first six years of their "marriage."
We'll let those unquestioning, foolable, eyes-averting, Qool-Aided WSODs wholly ignore how much "she" backed "her" "husband"'s signing into law the Largest. Taxhike. Ever. in American world history; how much "she" "her"self knowingly and intentionally destroyed lives; how much "she" lobbied "her" "husband" to pardon or commute sentences of terrorists, fugitives from justice, and embezzlers clearly in exchange for bribes of money, votes, and power — things always of greatest value personally to the Qlinton Qo-equal Quid-pro-Quo Qrime Qouple — all while singing "Stand By Your Man" as he did the same for death-row killers, drug-cartel kingpins, felons, tax cheats, thieves, etc.; and how much "she" still relies on
fugitives from justice and straw donors for support.
Who besides those dangerous, wholly ignorant, unquestioning, foolable, eyes-averting, Qool-Aided WSODs are ever willing to let an extreme liberal like "Mrs." BiIsIs Hideously Rotten al-Qlinton insult their intelligence with "her" infeasible, lukewarmed-over pabulum, or change the Disasterat Party back into nothing more than a servile apparatus solely for the promotion and progress of none but "her" own personal power and selfish ambitions, making it literally an autocracy that further means to beleaguer and cripple every American's life and livelihood with expansion after government expansion — with the raising of armies after standing armies of party-loyal bureaucrats each geared up to man agencies and programs for either regulating us to death or buying us off with universal "free" goodies paid for with other people's taxes confiscated money, or both — until all are totally and forever dependent on it and are thus no longer free?
Clearly no one.
"Her" Nibs is permanently despised by the majority of all voters. In poll after poll after poll after poll a consistently overwhelming number of them not only have a very unfavorable view of this Junior senibsator — rating "her" the most negative and most polarizing of any presidential candidate ever in our history — but are very adamant when they say they will never vote for "her."
That's because "Her" Nibs' eggs-peer-we-ants consists entirely of nothing but bought favors and series after series of miserable failures from which "she" never learns anything. Also, there's no there there. No one has ever earned executive branch or foreign policy qualifications by osmosis or by periodically being in the same room with someone who has.
Being no more than "her" "husband"'s face prop in other countries doesn't count, since "Her" Propness's signature appears on no official or formal United States diplomatic instrument, memorandum, or similar document of any real consequence.
Being nepotistically assigned Unofficial Czarina™ of the executive branch's most miserable failure in the last fifteen years — the still-Sooper Seekrit Health Care Reform Confiscation Task Force (with emphasis on "force") — doesn't count, either, since "her" "husband" BiIsIs is taking all the credit himself for that entire domestic-policy fiasco.
The first impression, second, third, and every one that follows which BiIsIs al-Qlinton's old "lady" makes on most people, whether they "know" the Junior senator or not, necessitate full-blown Charm Offensives® and other such "Human"ize "Her" silliness unprecedented in nationwide political campaigns both past and present, because each of those impressions was, is, and always will be, at best, an extremely negative one. Most pointedly so on political insiders who know more about "her" than "she"'d ever care to admit. Just to quote only some of those impressions' Greatest Greasiest Hits: "brusque manner (that) irritates millions"... "too strident and shrill"... "more Nixon than Reagan or Bush: paranoid and too devious for (')her(') own good"... "cold, distant, and aloof presence"... "too much of a polarizing figure" (Can you say Mega Gridlock™?)... "doesn't have executive abilities"... "lacks executive experience" and "was not the decision-maker (during BiIsIs's maladministration)"... "queen of the Blue States, unable to reach beyond them" (Can you say Redless Rotham™?)... "political judgment is shaky" and "doesn't truly understand housewives"... "(Q)linton fatigue and lack of policy experience, but the legacy of Hill[i]ary care trumps them all"... "mean, enabling, and in denial"... "too much of an established and polarizing personality"... "as Ted Kennedy was from 1972 to 1988 — the presumptive nominee carrying the biggest negatives"... "unlikable" and "shrill"... like John Qerry, another "Northeastern, elite intellectual" (Can you say NElitist™?). Did we mention enough that Willy Qlintongue's old "lady" sHrillackery comes across as both "shrill" and "lacking"?
We know BJ al-Qlinton's old "lady" can't get anything right: e.g., Hilliary Qare Task Fiasco, 1993. We know "she" doesn't fight for Teh Children®: e.g., "her" Chosen One™ for attorney general Janut Reno's reckless endangerment and killing of 17 children at Waco, 1993, as well as throwing one child to the wolves of Fangdel Qastro's predatory dictatorship. We know "she" really couldn't care less about terrorist threats (i.e., when there aren't any cameras around "her"): e.g., no visit to the first World Trade Center's ground zero, 1993, and no "face" time or "working for change" after al-Qaeda viciously and murderously attacked our Servicemen stationed in Saudi Arabia, 1995-1996, or our overseas embassies or our Sailors aboard the USS COLE, 1998-2000, or after any of its terrorist-in-chief's numerous escapes, 1993-2000 (i.e., throughout Teh Qlintons' Qo-presidency). We know "she"'s an influential incompetent, ineffective, and unethical trial lawyer: e.g., "she" needed Vince Foster to assist "her" terrified self in the courtroom, and "she" needed James Blair to net "her" taxcheating self an unreported windfall profit of $6,500. We know "she"'s always been way too shady, "greasier than Preperation H": e.g., not "making a difference" when "her" brothers sold Qo-presidential Pardons to drug dealers, or when "her" Qo-presidency pardoned fugitive tax cheat Marc Rich or offered clemecy to murderous FALN terrorist bombers or crassly used "our" White House as a campaign-fundraiser tool or assisted the funneling of illegal contributions from the Communist Party of Red China to the Democommunist Party of the United States. We know "she"'s a miserable failure as a Junior senator too: e.g., out of all the bills passed by the Senate during "her" long, seven-year "career" there, including those for which "she"'s falsely claiming credit, not one piece of major legislation bears "her" name. We know "she"'s secretive, always having much to hide: e.g., not one piece of self-incriminating evidence paper locked up inside the vaults of the Qlinton Qo-presidential "Library" will see the first light of day before 2009 (How Convenient™). We know "she" effectively condones marital infidelity among big-shot Democheats: e.g., "she" thinks feels "there's more to someone's honor and integrity, and to their public service" than their honoring the most solemn promises made to people they know the most, or having any real integrity with those people where it most counts. We know "she"'d sell what passes for "her" soul to the highest foreign bidder: e.g., "her" Qo-presidential "Library" Lockbox has already received donations totaling more than $17 million from "foreign sources." We know "she"'s a crook: e.g., "her" Senate financial disclosure reports repeatedly failed to list multimillion-dollar "charity" write-offs. We know "she"'s a phony: e.g., no presidential-primary candidate in our nation's history, other than "her," has ever needed to be "humanized," which shows why a vast majority of voters, when asked which candidate "best understands the problems of people like you," say it isn't "her." We know "she"'s a perpetual liar: e.g., "her" lying lies about Gennifer and Monica... Travelgate... Cattle futures... Removal of Vince Foster documents... Castle Grande... Billing records.... We know "she" doesn't trust the people (and vice versa): e.g., regarding "her" Today Health Care 1/7th the Economy, Tomorrow the Whole of It! plan (translated from the original German), "she" feels that trusting any of our states to do the right thing "is unworkable. Can you imagine 50 state bureaucracies, the billions of dollars wasted on redundancy?" (as opposed to the unimaginable trillions wasted on that and more at the federal national socialist level?). We know "she" wants to be the Biggest. Thief. Ever.: e.g., "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good".... "I want to take those profits." We know "she" flagrantly violates the public trust, abuses "her" power, and tries to increase our government's budget deficit for strictly personal gain: e.g., "her" million-dollar heist that would take our taxed moneys and transfer them, by way of legislative earmarks pork bribes' payback-bacon, to rich friends who offer "her" campaign the largest bundle of illegal straw donations ever. We know "she"'s not a straight talker but a mealy-mouthed weasel: e.g., instead of any forceful, up-front "No, I did not commit that crime" it's always a trial-lawyerish, speaking out of both sides of the mouthish, read the fine printish "I do not feel you can find any evidence showing whether I knowingly and intentionally committed that crime," and instead of "I didn't hire Craig Livingstone to unlawfully snoop through confidential FBI files in search of any dirt on my opponents" it's either "I don't recall" (#147 of 250) or "I haven't been formally indicted for that." We know "she"'s completely and irrevocably corrupt: e.g., The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House. We know "she" often stoops to threats to get "her" way: e.g., Qlinton Qamp bullying GQ to kill a story about "infighting within the particularly tightly-closed" Qadre of Qlinton Qonfidantes, written by Josh Green, whose article last year in Atlantic Monthly "found (')her(') to be a calculating non-crusader full of little ideas and more determined to rehabilitate (')her(') political image than accomplish any big feats for New York." We know "she"'s a dangerous extremist who'll cross every line and stop at nothing, including eavesdropping, to literally destroy all "her" opponents and whoever else stands in "her" way, and won't rest until "she" has: e.g., when "she" sicced "her" ruthless private investigator Jack Palladino on "her" "husband"'s long-time First Mistress Gennifer Flowers, "Her" Nibs ordered him to "impeach Flowers' character and veracity until she is destroyed beyond all recognition." We know "she" constantly tries to ram "her" Experience By Association belief system fairy tale down all our throats while hypocritically shunning its unavoidable Guilt By Association corollary that's much more evincible when it comes to any of "her" "husband"'s numerous offenses: e.g., to quote the New York Slimes,
But during [BiIsIs Qlinton's] two terms in the White House, [his old "lady" Hilliary] did not hold a security clearance. She did not attend National Security Council meetings. She was not given a copy of the president's daily intelligence briefing. She did not assert herself on the crises in Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda.
And during one of [BiIsIs's] major tests on terrorism, whether to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998, ["Her" Nibs] was barely speaking to her husband, let alone advising him, as the Lewinsky scandal sizzled.
We know "she"'s as appealing as a used Made-Lead-painted-in-China Qlinton Qondom®: e.g., "Liberals are sizing up Hillary Clinton for the umpteenth time, and they don't like what they see.... Reporters regularly assume (')her(') motives are opportunistic rather than sincere." We know "she"'s a treasonous aider and comforter of our enemies in time of war: e.g.,
Hilliary & MoveOn.own"her," like al-Qaeda, call our top general in Iraq a liar and a traitor: "Her" Grimness, while grilling David H. Petraeus — commanding general Multi-National Force - Iraq, highly decorated combat officer, wounded in the line of duty, top graduate of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, MPA and Ph.D. in international relations earned from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — said,
I think [sic] that the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief. In any of the metrics that have been referenced in your many hours of testimony, any fair reading of the advantages and disadvantages accruing post-surge, in my [MoveOn bought and paid for] view end up on the downside.... I give you tremendous credit for presenting a positive view of a rather grim reality [sic!].
and "Her" Ownedness, when asked to support a Senate resolution condemning MoveOn.traitor's "General Betray Us" full-page ad barrage of enemy propaganda — which ran in (where else?) The New York Slimes after receiving (what else?) the special Treason Discount® rate — said,
In other words, we know "she" never does anything but finger-point and blame others for everything, especially "her" own messes and miserable failures, and cover up and lie about "her" misdeeds, misconduct, and malefactions, and stick "her" finger talon in the air as well as focus-group and massage "her" latest mixed message until it matches whatever the latest QNN push poll is saying, then say and do whatever "she" feels you want to hear and see as "she" promises you the moon, the stars, "free" health care, and every other unattainable pie in the sky and prestidigitational illusion all rolled up for "her" magical mystery trope waiting to take your money and freedom away and "her" to power.
We know B. Jobberson al-Qlinton's old "lady" much too well. Far more about "her" than we could ever wish to; and enough to know that we wish we never did.
We no longer want to know "her" nor anything more about "her" anymore.
We only want "her" to go away now so America can have a decent and serious presidential election in these sobering and perilous times. BJ Qlinton's old "lady" represents only old directions and old ideas.
You're gonna find out one day
(You can't hide)
There is no hiding place
Run, run, run but you
Can't hide from love [truth]
– Jerry Butler, 1962
Fortunately for America, al-Gore invented the Internets™. And we have it at our disposal to make sure that "Her" N00bs does go away forever.
When, in the course of humanity's Information Age, you try to run a rigidly scripted, repressive campaign, even with a DemoqratTeam Media much in the tank for you, your ability to somehow shape, let alone anywise control public perception of that campaign so it doesn't clobber you, is difficult under the best of conditions. Impossibly so when, in addition, you're always dragging right behind you some very large, heavy baggage filled to capacity with a long, target-rich menu of unethical acts and criminalness, each readily verifiable by, thanks to al-Gore, a few simple mouse clicks. ("Unindicted criminal co-conspirator" just doesn't have the sort of nice, warm-and-fuzzy ring to it most candidates like.) Given even half these things in a presidential campaign, nothing short of pre-primary concession speeches delivered en masse by all the other candidates could stave off your drubbing at the ballot box. Given their total presence in the campaign of WhoreIAm JabberIsIson al-Qlinton's old "lady," not even such concessions could lessen any of "hers." Voters would rather write in one of the names of any of the 99 out of 100 state penitentiary inmates who each come across as eminently more law-abiding and trustworthy.
Moreover, in the course of human events, the only times two members of the same immediate family ever ran for America's highest office and won occurred when President John Adams' son John Quincy Adams and President George Herbert Walker Bush's son George Walker Bush were elected. The first father and son's terms were separated by those of three twice-elected presidents, the second by one. After the Adams' terms, none of the three former presidents' First Ladies — Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter), Dolley Madison, and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, each truly stronger and more capable as such than BiIsIsy J**kofferson al-Qlinton's old "lady," and each with much better claims of presidential qualifications to lay, by virtue of having been such, than "her" — ran for that office. Nothing in our constitution would've forbidden any of these natural born citizens over the age of 35 years and 14 years a U.S. resident, from doing so. In the cases of Mmes. Madison and Monroe, perhaps they believed (unlike "Her" Nibs) the idea of any current president and former one being married to each other constitutes a much too anti-democratic arrangement, and thus a most unhealthy one, for our republican form of government.
Of course no such consideration would enter the "mind" of anyone who's dedicated to dispensing edicts from on high Mount O'larcenous to us peasantry (as well as a million of our hard-earned, taxed dollars to build an entire museum for 1960s Hippytopia paraphernalia), or with and about whom everything's forced and nothing's natural, or who's brought new meaning to the words "plant manager."
Speaking of plants and the planting planter who planted them: We're going to form a qlub, the quriously qalled Qurrent Qrop of Qlinton Qampaign Qomfort Question Quizzers. Qatchy name, huh?
We already have Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, Geoffrey Mitchell, Keith Kerr, LaShannon Spencer, Rosalie Bentzinger, and many dozens more all pre-arranged to join. Our motto? Why, that was given to us on a pre-written index card, too: "This is not standard policy and will not be repeated again." No, wait. (Wrong card.) It's...
People With Questions Are Enemies
People with unplanted ones still are, apparently.
And the planted ones BiIsIs Qlinton's old "lady" doesn't know anything about because "she" doesn't know how to control "her" own campaign or what anyone "she" hires does. Okay.
Whether "Her" Nibs claims to know or not, "she"'s lying.
Either "she"'s responsible for "her" campaign's multiple proven acts of dishonesty — in which case "her" claim that "she"'s not responsible for them is a complete lie. Or "she"'s responsible for miserably failing to prevent "her" campaign's multiple proven acts of dishonesty — in which case "her" claim that "she"'s an egg-speary-rants "leader" ready to "take charge" is another factually false lie.
Deception and negligence. That's the motto and hallmark of both "her" campaign and "her" entire living history.
So it's not surprising "her" campaign's Official Binder of Pre-Typed Questions™ didn't include this page:
[ hardworking taxpayer ] Americans want smaller government and much lower tax burden.
How is any of your "million ideas" going to shrink government or decrease our taxes?
[ expectant mother ] Americans overwhelmingly oppose any sort of elective partial-birth abortion.
How come you favor protecting that hideous practice?
[ concerned citizen ] Americans were told that you've returned the millions and millions of dollars in illegal donations your campaign has received.
How much of those illegal contributions have you actually returned, and where are the receipts proving when and to whom you've returned them?
Many members of our Qurrent Qrop of Qlinton Qampaign Qomfort Question Quizzers Qlub thought those should've been the ones asked. But did "Her" Nibs ever once allow us to? Sadly, no.
Such is the "woman" to whom Democogs in the Qlinton Machine® and other liberal pawns under its bossist thumb, despite how much they profess the highest demand for truthfulness and accountability, are lending their support. This woefully inexperienced and unqualified "woman" who stands for nothing but making any and all means — however unseemly, reckless, dirty, underhanded, and thuggish — justified by that one end exclusively all-important to "her": Grabbing as much power as "she" can possibly swindle from us, if not more, and personally holding it and lording it over us as long as "she"'s able to fool us into letting "her" do so, if not longer, entirely for just "her" own selfish use, purposes, and benefit. Some core value, that.
Are there any true Democrats left in America who find such support disgustingly hypocritical if not downright subservient?
Does any American citizen really want to ever see a married couple consisting of two U.S. presidents and two first spouses? a Mr. & Mrs. President? and the possibility of double-first daughter Chelsea, after she turns 35 in 2015, running to succeed her "mom"? thus creating the Mother of All Dynasties™?
That's way too much and too close a concentration of power for and within any one family.
That's not a change for America. Not while there's "forty percent of Americans (who) have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or a (Q)linton in the White House," with BiIsIs's old "lady" threatening "to tack another four or eight '(Q)linton' years on to the Bush-(Q)linton-Bush presidential pattern that already has held sway for two decades." Not while "a nation of 303 million people really have only two families qualified to run the show."
We're much better that that. It's time for America to break the heavy chains of such fatiguing dynasties before they forge even one more link. Before they bind us permanently.
Haven't Americans had more than their fill, had to tolerate more than their fair share, of Bushes and al-Qlintons?
It's time for us and our great nation to turn the page and move on.
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Find what's missing in this picture:
Oh, my, it's missing in this one too:
Need a hint?
OK, it's also missing on all "her" IDs between October 11, 1975, and the start of this man's (standing just behind the one in front) 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial campaign:
"Ohh Nooooz!1!! Noh hntz!!!ONE!":
It's a word.
That word is a name.
It's a name found nowhere (except in smallest print) on any of "her" official bumper stickers, yard signs, etc.
And that name is...
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Giving all liberals a piece of his mind—
ear Naughty Person,
The lump of coal in your stocking was put there not because I'm a big, fat, insensitive, anti-multicultural (insofar as I hire only elves), racist (insofar as I hire only elves), union-busting (insofar as I hire only non-union elves) shill for Big Coal® trying to brainwash you so you won't even consider reducing your carbon footprint.
No, that coal is just a poor symbol of the lump of flesh I see beating in your chest which you have the unmitigated gall to call a heart.
I say poor because not even coal could ever adequately symbolize such an unnaturally hard, dark deposit of fossilized plant material through which pumps the ice-congested bile that passes for blood inside your veins (most noticeably those blue ones that pop out so precipitously at the sides of your head and neck the very moment you see standing within eyeshot of the tiniest Public Space® a Dreaded Manger Scene™, immediately and invariably followed by your pouting on and on about the nation's imminent "Theocracy!").
Now before you start crying, "Where's your evidence, Santa?" — just remember: I know when you are sleeping. I know when you're awake. Do you really think feel it would be that hard for me to know, also, that you've been very, very bad? For goodness' sake! Even my reindeer have brains enough to figure that one out. And I wouldn't have to crack my whip across their hindquarters like I usually do to make them do it.
(Hey, finish this letter first before making those calls to PETA! Any more rudeness from you and you'll be bucking for two lumps of coal next year. So you better watch out.)
What did you just mumble? You say I couldn't know how bad you've been unless I've engaged in some evil conspiracy to illegally wiretap all your phone calls?
Guess who's about to go on my Double Soopur Seekrit List that I only have to check once.
Which reminds me: "Ha, ha, ha." There's no way in Girl and Boy Land any weaselly political-correctness busybody is ever going to make this Jolly Ol' Saint Nick sound like some Spineless Ol' Jellyfish. You can take away my "ho, ho, ho's" when you pry them from my cold, dead lips!
That offends your blue state sensibilities? Well, rudy toot toot and rummy tum tums. I'd wrap up a little tabbed violin for you to play that on but the only leftover instruments I've got inside this year's bag are a little tin horn and a little toy drum. You and that other busybody could use them to start a jazz duo.
Besides, blue is much too sad a color for anyone's state.
Why do you think feel I wear this red suit?
But back to your lump of coal:
By now you're probably thinking feeling I must have dynamited it out of one of my many, many strip mines close to the North Pole. (You feel I shouldn't even have one coal strip mine? Try telling that to any of the polar bears my elves have subcontracted to work around the clock in them just to meet the demand. At the prevailing wage of one fish per ton they're literally rolling in seafood, given how many of you naughty persons are out there in need of lump after lump after lump of coal.)
Speaking of food, my biggest market for this year's lumps of coal is that Isle of Misfit Nannies. I've gotten so many letters from them asking not for any little toy dolls that cuddle and coo, elephants, boats and kiddie cars too, but for me to lose a lot of weight. "Santa, oh Santa," one indoctrinatee writes, "please don't let your old arteries get all clogged up with all that sugar from those candy canes you keep enjesting (must be a British spelling)."
My second biggest market for coal is on the Idiotarian Peninsula, where many a gummit-skewl edumacator has so thought-policed their students captive audiences the latter are now telling pollsters they feel not only that I, Father Christmas, am "too fat" but that I have to putter around the world on a murdercycle!
It's obvious not one of you naughty persons has thought felt out any of this at all.
Have you ever seen the belly of someone with washboard abs shake like anything more than a thick steel girder when he laughs, much less like a bowlful of jelly?
Are you seriously proposing I exchange my eight reindeer for an eight-cylinder 4x4, and Rudolph for a pair of headlights? What do I do, shout out to each of my spark plugs, "Fire, Dasher! fire, Dancer! fire, Prancer and Vixen! Boost, Comet! boost, Cupid! boost, Donder and Blitzen!"?
Clearly you don't want someone like me. You want a thin, granola-munching, Gaia-worshiping, PC-talking Prius owner to provide nothing but unconditional public handouts to the poor (no matter how naughty) and a stern lecture about Shameful Greed™ to the rich (no matter how nice). In other words, someone who's exactly the same as all of you.
So much for encouraging diversity. There's more of it amongst my elves.
Next you'll be wanting no children having a jubilee, or building the first toyland town all around any Christmas tree.
Well, you know what? Just forget about the lump of coal. I'm not even going to give you that.
Your empty stocking is a much better symbol of that joyless samefulness you can't stand anyone not being confined to.
It and the letter you're reading now are really the only things someone as naughty as you deserves this and every other Christmas, not to mention all the days in between.
Disappointedly yours,
P.S. If you caught a glimpse of me coming to town or down the chimney, don't bother filing a frivolous, harassing lawsuit. I don't accept certified/return receipt letters; nor will you find any process servers planning to make a trip anywhere inside the Arctic Circle before the statute of limitations runs out.
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'My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea' Q&A | Dash Shaw & Jane Samborski | NYFF54
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Director Dash Shaw and lead animator Jane Samborski discuss their new film 'My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea' at the 54th New York Film Festival.
No matter your age, part of you never outgrows high school, for better or worse. Dash Shaw, known for such celebrated graphic novels as Bottomless Belly Button and New School, brings his subjective, dreamlike sense of narrative; his empathy for outsiders and their desire to connect; and his rich, expressive drawing style to his first animated feature. Packed with action but seen from the inside out, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea is about friends overcoming their differences and having each other’s backs in times of crisis, and its marvelously complex characters are voiced by Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, and John Cameron Mitchell.
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Since 1963, the New York Film Festival has brought new and important cinematic works from around the world to Lincoln Center. In addition to the Main Slate official selections, the festival includes newly restored classics, special events, filmmaker talks, panel discussions, an Avant-Garde showcase, and much more.
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News from Silverstream Priory
I was delighted to meet Fr Mark Kirby, Prior of Silverstream Priory, for the first time at the LMS Pilgriamge to Wrexham, where he very kindly celebrated a High Mass for us. I am very happy to pass on this news about his community. I know one of the monks mentioned here, Br Elijah, because he has been on two of the LMS Latin Courses; Dom Benedict, who is now solemnly professed, I met in Wrexham.
Dom Finnian and Dom Elijah (left and right)
On Thursday, 6 August, feast of the Transfiguration, Dom Benedict Maria Andersen (a native of Denver, Colorado) prounced his final vows as a Benedictine monk of Silverstream Priory and received the monastic consecration. Father Benedict, 34 years old, holds degrees from the Lateran University, Rome, and from Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, New York; he is a skilled typesetter and designer of liturgical books.
On Saturday, 15 August, feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, Dom Finnian Joseph King (a native of Bohermeen, Co Meath) and Dom Elijah Maria Carroll (a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma) pronounced their first vows as Benedictine monks of Silverstream Priory. Dom Elijah, 26 years old, is a graduate of the University of Tulsa. He will begin theological studies with the Dominican faculty at St Saviour’s, Dublin, in September. Dom Finnian, 34 years old, worked abroad for several years before entering Silverstream; he is currently studying art under Dony MacManus.
Representatives of the Benedictine family from the Abbey of St Joseph of Flavigny in France, and from the Abbey of San Miniato in Florence Italy were present for the occasion. Silverstream Priory now counts four professed monks, of whom two are priests. The Abbot of Flavigny recently sent Dom Basil M. McCabe, O.S.B. to lend a helping hand to the community at Silverstream during a particularly busy time. A number of men from Ireland and from abroad are currently preparing to come to Silverstream Priory for the initial phase of monastic formation.
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The solemn profession of a monk at Silverstream is an important step, increasing the number of solemnly professed monks from three to four. The foundation is still in its infancy; three monks are the minimum number a community can have, not counting novices. It is also an important step to be accepting an Irish native into simple (or temporary) vows.
It is worth noting the existence of Silverstream as an option for young men in England drawn to the traditional Benedictine way of life.
May they continue to flourish!
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I am privileged to have visited Silverstream a number of times and attend Dom Benedict's ordination last year. Catholics are very grateful to have this traditional Benedictine priory here in the devastated vineyard that is Ireland. To many years!
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Scientific studies have shown sex is not only a social construct
Whenever my colleague Corinne Purtill purchased her doll-loving child an engineering kit, she had to laugh once the then-three-year-old utilized the current as a hairbrush. For many Corinne’s efforts at gender-neutral parenting, her child plainly enjoyed some traditionally feminine toys.
Research published (paywall) in November 2017 shows that these types of girly doll preferences aren’t just a reflection of gendered pressures that are social.
A meta-analysis of research, reviewing 16 studies about the subject that collectively included some 1,600 kiddies, unearthed that both biology and society affect males’ and girls’ model alternatives. The scientists discovered a big impact size (1.03 for guys having fun with boys’ toys a lot more than girls, and 0.9 for females using girls toys a lot more than guys; such a thing above 0.8 is regarded as “large”) across geographic areas.
“The measurements of intercourse variations in children’s choices for male-typed and female-typed toys would not seem to be smaller in studies conducted much more egalitarian nations,” says Brenda Todd, a research co-author and senior lecturer in therapy at City University London. Nations rating exceptionally low from the Gender Inequality Index, such as for instance Sweden, revealed comparable differences in model choices to nations with much larger sex inequality, such as for instance Hungary as well as the united states of america.
This runs counter towards the popular narrative that gender differences expressed in youth play are determined totally by social objectives. personal facets undoubtedly do have impact, in addition to paper discovered proof of this: for instance, as males got older these were increasingly expected to have fun with conventionally male toys, showing the impact of environmental instead of biological factors. But general, the information mirror wider findings in psychology, which reveal that biology and society communicate to cause gendered behavior. To phrase it differently, as opposed to the most popular modern belief, sex is partly socially constructed—but it is not only a construct that is social.
“The ‘nature versus nurture’ idea is a false dichotomy,” claims Sean Stevens, social psychologist and research manager at Heterodox Academy, a business russian brides at https://hotlatinwomen.net/russian-brides/ of teachers centered on marketing political variety in academia. “I don’t understand any researcher that is real of behavior who does state it is all nature or all nurture,” he adds.
Not surprisingly empirical truth, scientists whom learn the biological foundation of sex often face political pushback. “Many individuals are uncomfortable utilizing the proven fact that sex just isn’t solely a social construct,” claims Todd, who notes that her work has faced “very critical attention.” There’s a political preference—especially in the left—Todd believes, for sex to be only an expression of social facets and thus totally malleable.
Proof that sex has many basis in biology, however, certainly not suggests a strict gender binary, nor negates the presence of transgender and non-binary identities. Numerous gender that is biology-based result from the hormone environment in the womb, which will be completely different an average of for males in comparison to girls. But there’s an enormous variation in these surroundings, states Alice Eagly, therapy professor at Northwestern University. “Within males you will see a variety and within girls you will see an assortment. To say it is biological does not suggest it is perfectly binary,” she claims.
The findings of the as well as other studies suggest biology influences behavior that is gendered.
It stays not clear what size these differences are—regardless of whether they’re due to social or biological facets. Janet Hyde, a therapy and women’s studies professor during the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has carried out a few meta-analyses about them, and discovered fairly little behavioral, cleverness, and character differences when considering genders. (the largest huge difference she discovered was in incidence of masturbation.) Truly the distinctions are never as stark as those strengthened by gendered social norms, nor reinforce traditional stereotypes about guys being inherently better at mathematics and much more annoyed or arrogant than ladies. Distinctions that do occur, though, whether due to social or biological factors, deserved become examined from a medical viewpoint instead of ignored with regard to a narrative that is political.
Generally speaking, there’s much too small particular proof on just what gender distinctions are impacted by biology to extrapolate into justified policy for almost any business or industry. And, the data for the biological foundation for gender truly doesn’t suggest you should be complacent when confronted with sexism; culture and tradition, too have a huge impact on sex. Neurogeneticist Kevin Mitchell nicely sums up this argument in a tweet:
Eagly contends that policy ought not to influence technology. “Science strives for legitimate findings, the reality associated with the findings, aside from whether you prefer them or i love them. We make an effort to discover how the biology of individuals works. Would we shut our minds as experts given that it might be politically incorrect?,” she states. The way the proof could influence policy isn’t as much as her, she adds. “I’m maybe not just a policy that is social,” says Eagly.
Having said that, these systematic findings could possibly be accustomed good effect. “If we now have a significantly better comprehension of just how biology impacts the developing mind, we could be better able to tailor academic methods to certain pupils,” says Stevens. Put differently, nurture could be manipulated such that it better interacts with nature to build up specific abilities. Whenever we ignore biology, states Stevens, “we’re not acknowledging that there could be another element impacting things then we wonder why things aren’t as effective.”
What exactly does the biology of sex mean for parents determining whether or perhaps not to encourage their children to try out with less gender-conforming toys? Corinne’s child has become seven and loves Lego, science, space, fashion, art, makeup products, and performing. Irrespective of which of these choices are impacted by biology and which by social facets, she’s obviously an specific as opposed to a representation of a gender stereotype that is tired. Corinne claims she’s noticed her son that is 18-month-old loves and climbing a lot more than his cousin did. However these distinctions usually do not influence equality inside her home.
“The toys, clothing, colors, and games my young ones like are their business,” she claims. “What i shall insist is the fact that every person into the home does chores equally. Everybody in the home is likely to be raised with respect for others and their boundaries. Both young ones should be raised to be self-sufficient grownups whom can advocate on their own.”
Gender might not be a completely social construct. Nevertheless the aftereffects of biology usually do not confine us to gender that is traditional. And there’s no technology that counters the worth of sex equality.
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BBC’s In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg. This episode: Symmetry
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss symmetry. Found in Nature – from snowflakes to butterflies – and in art in the music of Bach and the poems of Pushkin, symmetry is both aesthetically pleasing and an essential tool to understanding our physical world.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle described symmetry as one of the greatest forms of beauty to be found in the mathematical sciences, while the French poet Paul Valery went further, declaring; “The universe is built on a plan, the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect”.The story of symmetry tracks an extraordinary shift from its role as an aesthetic model – found in the tiles in the Alhambra and Bach’s compositions – to becoming a key tool to understanding how the physical world works.
It provides a major breakthrough in mathematics with the development of group theory in the 19th century. And it is the unexpected breakdown of symmetry at sub-atomic level that is so tantalising for contemporary quantum physicists.So why is symmetry so prevalent and appealing in both art and nature? How does symmetry enable us to grapple with monstrous numbers? And how might symmetry contribute to the elusive Theory of Everything?
With Fay Dowker, Reader in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London; Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford; Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
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Podcasting Becoming Mainstream?
Podcasting: the method of publishing a radio like program via the internet. Essentially, it is a radio program recorded to MP3 format and distributed via the web and RSS to listeners around the world. The listener simply downloads the Podcast and plays it at their leisure. Some people refer to it as Tivo for radio, but that is really only because no one really understands that it is its own entity entirely.
Admittedly, I am new to Podcasting. But so far, I am enjoying the format. It takes its name from Apple’s iPod. The original theory was the people would download a Podcast and shoot it directly into their iPod. From there, they could listen to it at their leisure. But that format has already evolved into something more far reaching. For example, a growing number of listeners simply play the Podcasts on their computer using MP3 players like iTunes. Others use home media options like Elgoto’s eyeHome Apple’s AirTunes (via the Airport Express) to move the Podcasts to their home stereos.
But what good is a Podcast if there is no interesting content? Much to my surprise, the web is rich with content even now. Sites like Feedburner already track Pocasts and make it easier for listeners to tune into their favorite shows. This story from PlaylistMac.com does a great job of further describing the Podcast movement in detail.
It is worth mentioning that Apple’s iTunes will support Podcasting in its upcoming release. That may be just what it takes for Podcasting to become the next big thing. Given the user base of iTunes and the popularity of the iPod, Apple’s upgrade should make it easier than ever before subscribe to Podcast feeds.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents 'Rachel'
PHILADELPHIA — Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues its 10th season of progressive classics with the Philadelphia premiere of Angelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 masterpiece, "Rachel."
All performances, running Jan. 29-Feb. 16, are at the Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. To purchase tickets, visit www.QTGrep.org or call 215.987.4450.
"Rachel" details the saga of an African-American family at the turn of the 20th century as they strive to find life, liberty and happiness in a Northern city. Haunted by her family’s Southern past, Rachel, an ambitious high-school graduate, struggles to find a vocation, love and hope in the face of systemic racism, ultimately choosing to reject marriage and motherhood. Grimké’s American classic was produced by the NAACP as a response to the flamboyantly racist 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation." When the production opened in New York on April 25, 1917, it made history as the first play written by an African-American author with an all-black cast to be performed before an integrated audience.
With deep family ties to Philadelphia’s early abolitionist and women’s rights movements, Grimké was a pioneering poet and essayist, a forerunner of the Harlem renaissance who has been largely written out of history. The NAACP chose to produce Grimké’s work because of her extraordinary ability to portray the African-American experience through poetry and prose. Grimké’s work has been compared to Ibsen and Chekov, but was unproduced for nearly a century.
Philadelphia-based theatre artist Alexandra Espinoza will be directing the production. Her work aims to connect creative power to issues of community, identity, and action. Her work has been produced by Power Street Theatre Company and Juniper Productions. She has worked as an actor, dramaturg, and director with Orbiter 3, Inis Nua Theatre, Azuka Theatre, and PlayPenn. She practices community engaged dramaturgy with Simpatico Theatre and has facilitated the creative expression of people aged 7 to 70 in her work as a teaching artist. She was the 2018 recipient of the Barbara Wall Award for Feminist Praxis for her on introducing Brechtian aesthetics to Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel.
“Rachel is a play that is both specific to its time and chillingly prescient for our current moment. Angelina Weld Grimké was a Black, Queer woman who wrote this play in 1915 as a direct repudiation of the white supremacist propaganda film Birth of a Nation. Her work is bursting at the seams of realism, in that the container of the play is stylistically straightforward but its underbelly is an aggressively subversive examination of what it means to be Black, to be a child, to be a woman, to be a man, to be, and stay, alive in America,” said Espinoza.
Jessica Johnson, who was celebrated for her performance of Sonya in Quintessence’s "Uncle Vanya," and won a 2019 Best Actress Barrymore Award for her performance in "The Color Purple" at Theatre Horizon, returns to play the title character, Rachel Loving. Zuhairah McGill plays the matriarch of the Loving family following her stand out performances in the Barrymore Award-winning production of "Gem of the Ocean" at The Arden Theatre and most recently Dot at People’s Light. Travoye Joyner plays Rachel’s brother Tom. Walter Deshields makes his Quintessence debut as John Strong. Niya Colbert (Troy Foundry Theatre / Die Cast’s Yellow, Ego Po’s A Human Being Died That Night) and Nathan Alford-Tate (Tribe of Fools’ Fly Eagles Fly) complete this all-star ensemble, portraying Mrs. Lane and Jimmy respectively.
Founded in 2009, Quintessence Theatre Group uses the classics to explore the fundamental question of what it is to be human in today’s world. Through intimate, visceral, and innovative productions of epic theatre, Quintessence pursues its vision to become the Delaware Valley’s center for progressive humanism and an engine for radical empathy through the classics.
Celebrating its 10th season, Quintessence’s home is the historic Sedgwick Theater, an Art Deco movie palace designed in 1928 by William Lee and located in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia.
The Sedgwick Theater is readily accessible via SEPTA Regional Rail to either the Allen Lane Station (Chestnut Hill West) or the Sedgwick Station (Chestnut Hill East). The SEPTA 23/45 Bus also services the Sedgwick Theater, connecting South Philadelphia to Chestnut Hill. Free parking is available behind the theatre and in the municipal parking lot across Germantown Avenue.
Living Room Speaker Series
ARDMORE — The Living Room at 35 East in Ardmore announces a new speaker series, curated by Andy Blackman Hurwitz. The Living Room is an intimate, 40-seat boutique listening room.
This month The Living Room launches our new monthly speaker series, Real Talk, curated by Andy Blackman Hurwitz, of Narberth, who has spent his entire professional career in the music business and has worn every hat imaginable. He has worked as an attorney for Klehr Harrison and at Knitting Factory Records, Columbia Jazz, and his own label Ropeadope. In addition, he has worked as a college professor, manager, and entrepreneur.
The first event in this series is Real Talk Presents Your Kids on Weed with Dr. Ari Greis. Dr. Greis is one of the pre-eminent experts on medical marijuana and has been listed in both Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors and Main Line Today Top Doctors. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.
In addition, The Living Room has announced a Thursday night series for the month of January, entitled Renewal Thursdays. The Living Room will open its doors so you can experience soothing music and aromas. Lounge on the comfy sofas or, if you must, bring your laptop and use our complimentary Wi-Fi to work in a calming atmosphere. Invite your friends to join you as you renew your spirit or come alone and make new friends. We look forward to seeing you. Free admission.
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Thursday, Jan. 16, Renewal Thursday, relax and unwind at The Living Room , 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 17, An Evening with Lauren Hart - Sold Out!
Saturday, Jan. 18, Jessica Graae and Marion Halliday, singer-songwriter/folk, 8 p.m.
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There was something compulsory about all phases of life in Utah
during Brigham Young's regime--the form of employment for the
men, the domestic regulations of the women, the church duties
each should perform, and even the location in the territory
which they should call their home. Not only did large numbers of
the foreign immigrants find themselves in debt to the church on
their arrival, and become compelled in this way to labor on the
"public works" as they might be ordered, but the skilled
mechanics who brought their tools with them in most cases found
on their arrival that existence in Utah meant a contest with the
soil for food. Even when a mechanic obtained employment at his
trade it was in the ruder branches.
Mormon authorities have always tried to show that Americans have
predominated in their community. Tullidge classes the population
in this order: Americans, English, Scandinavian (these claim
one-fifth of the Mormon population of Utah), Scotch, Welsh,
Germans, and a few Irish, French, Italians, and Swiss. The
combination of new-comers and the emigrants from Nauvoo made a
rude society of fanatics,* before whom there was held out enough
prospect of gain in land values (scarcely one of the immigrants
had ever been a landowner) to overcome a good deal of the
discontent natural to their mode of life, and who, in religious
matters, were held in control by a priesthood, against whom they
could not rebel without endangering that hope of heaven which
had induced them to journey across the ocean. There are
roughness and lawlessness in all frontier settlements, but this
Mormon community differed from all other gatherings of new
population in the American West. It did not migrate of its own
accord, attracted by a fertile soil or precious ores; it was
induced to migrate, not without misrepresentation concerning
material prospects, it is true, but mainly because of the hope
that by doing so it would share in the blessings and protection
of a Zion. The gambling hell and the dance hall, which form
principal features of frontier mining settlements, were wanting
in Salt Lake City, and the absence of the brothel was pointed to
as evidence of the moral effect of polygamy.
* "I have discovered thus early (1852) that little deference is
paid to women. Repeatedly, in my long walk to our boarding
house, I was obliged to retreat back from the [street] crossing
places and stand on one side for men to cross over. There are
said to be a great many of the lower order of English here, and
this rudeness, so unusual with our countrymen, may proceed from
them."-- Mrs. Ferris. "Life among the Mormons."
The system of plural marriages left its impress all over the home
life of the territory. Many of the Mormon leaders, as we have
seen, had more wives than one when they made their first trip
across the plains, and the practice of polygamy, while denied on
occasion, was not concealed from the time the settlement was
made in the valley to the date of its public proclamation. In the
early days, a man with more than one wife provided for them
according to his means. Young began with quarters better than
the average, but modest in their way, and finally occupied the
big buildings which cost him many thousands of dollars. If a man
with several wives had the means to do so, he would build a long,
low dwelling, with an outside door for each wife, and thus house
all under the same roof in a sort of separate barracks. When
Gunnison wrote, in 1852, there were many instances in which more
than one wife shared the same house when it contained only one
apartment, but he said: "It is usual to board out the extra
ones, who most frequently pay their own way by sewing, and other
female employments." Mrs. Ferris wrote: "The mass of the
dwellings are small, low, and hutlike. Some of them literally
swarmed with women and children, and had an aspect of extreme
want of neatness . . . . One family, in which there were two
wives, was living in a small hut--three children very sick [with
scarlet fever]--two beds and a cook-stove in the same room,
creating the air of a pest-house."*
* "Life among the Mormons," pp. 111, 145.
Hyde, describing the city in 1857, thus enumerated the home
accommodations of some of the leaders:--"A very pretty house on
the east side was occupied by the late J. M. Grant and his five
wives. A large barrack-like house on the corner is tenanted by
Ezra T. Benson and his four ladies. A large but mean-looking
house to the west was inhabited by the late Parley P. Pratt and
his nine wives. In that long, dirty row of single rooms, half
hidden by a very beautiful orchard and garden, lived Dr. Richard
and his eleven wives. Wilford Woodruff and five wives reside in
another large house still further west. O. Pratt and some four or
five wives occupy an adjacent building. Looking toward the
north, we espy a whole block covered with houses, barns,
gardens, and orchards. In these dwell H. C. Kimball and his
eighteen or twenty wives, their families and dependents."*
* "Mormonism," p. 34. The number of wives of the church leaders
decreased in later years. Beadle, giving the number of wives
"supposed to appertain to each" in 1882, credits President
Taylor with four (three having died), and the Apostles with an
average of three each, Erastus Snow having five, and four others
only two each.
Horace Greeley, prejudiced as he was in favor of the Mormons when
he visited Salt Lake City in 1859, was forced to observe:--"The
degradation (or, if you please, the restriction) of woman to the
single office of childbearing and its accessories is an
inevitable consequence of the system here paramount. I have not
observed a sign in the streets, an advertisement in the
journals, of this Mormon metropolis, whereby a woman proposes to
do anything whatever. No Mormon has ever cited to me his wife's
or any woman's opinion on any subject; no Mormon woman has been
introduced or spoken to me; and, though I have been asked to
visit Mormons in their houses, no one has spoken of his wife (or
wives) desiring to see me, or his desiring me to make her (or
their) acquaintance, or voluntarily indicated the existence of
such a being or beings."*
* "Overland journey," p. 217.
Woman's natural jealousy, and the suffering that a loving wife
would endure when called upon to share her husband's affection
and her home with other women, would seem to form a sort of
natural check to polygamous marriages. But in Utah this check
was overcome both by the absolute power of the priesthood over
their flock, and by the adroit device of making polygamy not
merely permissive, but essential to eternal salvation. That the
many wives of even so exalted a prophet as Brigham Young could
become rebellious is shown by the language employed by him in
his discourse of September 21, 1856, of which the following will
suffice as a specimen:--"Men will say, 'My wife, though a most
excellent woman, has not seen a happy day since I took my second
wife; no, not a happy day for a year.' . . . I wish my women to
understand that what I am going to say is for them, as well as
all others, and I want those who are here to tell their sisters,
yes, all the women in this community, and then write it back to
the states, and do as you please with it. I am going to give you
from this time till the 6th day of October next for reflection,
that you may determine whether you wish to stay with your
husbands or not, and then I am going to set every woman at
liberty, and say to them, 'Now go your way, my women with the
rest; go your way.' And my wives have got to do one of two
things; either round up their shoulders to endure the
afflictions of this world, and live their religion, or they may
leave, for I will not have them about me. I will go into heaven
alone, rather than have scratching and fighting all around me. I
will set all at liberty. What, first wife too?' Yes,I will
liberate you all. I know what my women will say; they will say,
'You can have as many women as you please, Brigham.' But I want
to go somewhere and do something to get rid of the whiners . . .
. Sisters, I am not joking."*
* Journal of Discourses, Vol. IV, p. 55.
Grant, on the same day, in connection with his presentation of
the doctrine of blood atonement, declared that there was
"scarcely a mother in Israel" who would not, if they could,
"break asunder the cable of the Church in Christ; and they talk
it to their husbands, to their daughters, and to their neighbors,
and say that they have not seen a week's happiness since they
became acquainted with that law, or since their husbands took a
second wife."* The coarse and plain-spoken H. C. Kimball, in a
discourse in the Tabernacle, November 9, 1856, thus defined the
duty of polygamous wives, "It is the duty of a woman to be
obedient to her husband, and, unless she is, I would not give a
damn for all her queenly right or authority, nor for her either,
if she will quarrel and lie about the work of God and the
principles of plurality."**
* Ibid, P. 52.
** Deseret News, Vol. VI, p. 291.
Gentile observers were amazed, in the earlier days of Utah, to
see to what lengths the fanatical teachings of the church
officers would be accepted by women. Thus Mrs. Ferris found that
the explanation of the willingness of many young women in Utah
to be married to venerable church officers, who already had
harems, was their belief that they could only be "saved" if
married or sealed to a faithful Saint, and that an older man was
less likely to apostatize, and so carry his wives to perdition
with him, than a young one; therefore "it became an object with
these silly fools to get into the harems of the priests and
elders."
If this advantage of the church officers in the selection of new
wives did not avail, other means were employed,*as in the
notorious San Pete case. The officers remaining at home did not
hesitate to insist on a fair division of the spoils (that is,
the marriageable immigrants), as is shown by the following
remarks of Heber C. Kimball to some missionaries about starting
out: "Let truth and righteousness be your motto, and don't go
into the world for anything but to preach the Gospel, build up
the Kingdom of God, and gather the sheep into the fold. You are
sent out as shepherds to gather the sheep together; and remember
that they are not your sheep; they belong to Him that sends you.
Then don't make a choice of any of those sheep; don't make
selections before they are brought home and put into the fold.
You understand that. Amen." Mr. Ferris thus described the use of
his priestly power made by Wilford Woodruff, who, as head of the
church in later years, gave out the advice about abandoning
polygamy: "Woodruff has a regular system of changing his harem.
He takes in one or more young girls, and so manages, after he
tires of them, that they are glad to ask for a divorce, after
which he beats the bush for recruits. He took a fresh one, about
fourteen years old, in March, 1853, and will probably get rid of
her in the course of the ensuing summer." **
* Conan Doyle's story, "A Study in scarlet," is founded on the
use of this power.
** "Utah and the Mormons," p. 255.
Mrs. Waite thus relates a conversation she had with a Mormon wife
about her husband going into polygamy:--"'Oh, it is hard,' she
said, 'very hard; but no matter, we must bear it. It is a
correct principle, and there is no salvation without it. We had
one [wife] but it was so hard, both for my husband and myself,
that we could not endure it, and she left us at the end of seven
months. She had been with us as a servant several months, and
was a good girl; but as soon as she was made a wife she became
insolent, and told me she had as good a right to the house and
things as I had, and you know that didn't suit me well. But,'
continued she, 'I wish we had kept her, and I had borne
everything, for we have GOT TO HAVE ONE, and don't you think it
would be pleasanter to have one you had known than a stranger?'"*
* "The Mormon Prophet," p. 260. Many accounts of the feeling
of first wives regarding polygamy may be found in this book and
in Mrs. Stenhouse's "Tell it All."
The voice which the first wife had in the matter was defined in
the Seer (Vol. I, p. 41). If she objected, she could state her
objection to President Young, who, if he found the reason
sufficient, could forbid the marriage; but if he considered that
her reason was not good, then the marriage could take place, and
"he [the husband] will be justified, and she will be condemned,
because she did not give them unto him as Sarah gave Hagar to
Abraham, and as Rachel and Leah gave Bilhah and Zilpah to their
husband, Jacob." Young's dictatorship in the choice of wives
was equally absolute. "No man in Utah," said the Seer (Vol. I,
p. 31), "who already has a wife, and who may desire to obtain
another, has any right to make any proposition of marriage to a
lady until he has consulted the President of the whole church,
and through him obtained a revelation from God as to whether it
would be pleasing in His sight."
The authority of the priesthood was always exerted to compel at
least every prominent member of the church to take more wives
than one. "For a man to be confined to one woman is a small
business," said Kimball in the Tabernacle, on April 4, 1857.
This influence coerced Stenhouse to take as his second wife a
fourteen-year-old daughter of Parley P. Pratt, although he loved
his legal wife, and she had told him that she would not live
with him if he married again, and although his intimate friend,
Superintendent Cooke, of the Overland Stage Company, to save
him, threatened to prosecute him under the law against bigamy if
he yielded.* Another illustration, given by Mrs. Waite, may be
cited. Kimball, calling on a Prussian immigrant named Taussig
one day, asked him how he was doing and how many wives he had,
and on being told that he had two, replied, "That is not enough.
You must take a couple more. I'll send them to you." The
narrative continues:--
* When Mr. and Mrs. Stenhouse left the church at the time of the
"New Movement" their daughter, who was a polygamous wife of
Brigham Young's son, decided with the church and refused even to
speak with her parents.
"On the following evening, when the brother returned home, he
found two women sitting there. His first wife said, 'Brother
Taussig' (all the women call their husbands brother), 'these are
the Sisters Pratt.' They were two widows of Parley P. Pratt. One
of the ladies, Sarah, then said, 'Brother Taussig, Brother
Kimball told us to call on you, and you know what for.' 'Yes,
ladies,' replied Brother Taussig, 'but it is a very hard task
for me to marry two' The other remarked, 'Brother Kimball told
us you were doing a very good business and could support more
women.' Sarah then took up the conversation, 'Well, Brother
Taussig, I want to get married anyhow.' The good brother
replied, 'Well, ladies, I will see what I can do and let you
know."*
* "The Mormon Prophet," p. 258.
Brother Taussig compromised the matter with the Bishop of his
ward by marrying Sarah, but she did not like her new home, and
he was allowed to divorce her on payment of $10 to Brigham
Young!
Each polygamous family was, of course, governed in accordance
with the character of its head: a kind man would treat all his
wives kindly, however decided a preference he might show for
one; and under a brute all would be unhappy. Young, in his
earlier days at Salt Lake City, used to assemble all his family
for prayers, and have a kind word for each of the women, and all
ate at a common table after his permanent residences were built.
"Brigham's wives," says Hyde, "although poorly clothed and hard
worked, are still very infatuated with their system, very devout
in their religion, very devoted to their children. They content
themselves with his kindness as they cannot obtain his love."* He
kept no servants, the wives performing all the household work,
and one of them acting as teacher to her own and the others'
children. As the excuse for marriage with the Mormons is
childbearing, the older wives were practically discarded, taking
the place of examples of piety and of spiritual advisers.
* "Mormonism," p. 164.
** How far this doctrine was not observed may be noted in the
following remarks of H. C. Kimball in the Tabernacle, on
February 1, 1857: "They [his wives] have got to live their
religion, serve their God, and do right as well as myself.
Suppose that I lose the whole of them before I go into the
spiritual world, but that I have been a good, faithful man all
the days of my life, and lived my religion, and had favor with
God, and was kind to them, do you think I will be destitute
there? No. The Lord says there are more there than there are
here. They have been increasing there; they increase there a
great deal faster than they do here, because there is no
obstruction. They do not call upon the doctors to kill their
offspring. In this world very many of the doctors are studying to
diminish the human race. In the spiritual world . . . we will go
to Brother Joseph . . . and he will say to us, 'Come along, my
boys, we will give you a good suit of clothes. Where are your
wives?' 'They are back yonder; they would not follow us.' 'Never
mind,' says Joseph, 'here are thousands; have all you
want.'"--Journal of Discourses, Vol. IV, p. 209.
A summing up of the many-sided evils of polygamy was thus
presented by President Cleveland in his first annual message:--
"The strength, the perpetuity, and the destiny of the nation
rests upon our homes, established by the law of God, guarded by
parental care, regulated by parental authority, and sanctified
by parental love. These are not the homes of polygamy.
"The mothers of our land, who rule the nation as they mould the
characters and guide the actions of their sons, live according
to God's holy ordinances, and each, secure and happy in the
exclusive love of the father of her children, sheds the warm
light of true womanhood, unperverted and unpolluted, upon all
within her pure and wholesome family circle. These are not the
cheerless, crushed, and unwomanly mothers of polygamy.
"The fathers of our families are the best citizens of the
Republic. Wife and children are the sources of patriotism, and
conjugal and parental affection beget devotion to the country.
The man who, undefiled with plural marriage, is surrounded in
his single home with his wife and children, has a status in the
country which inspires him with respect for its laws and courage
for its defence. These are not the fathers of polygamous
families."
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The 2012 New England Canoe and Kayak Racing Association (“NECKRA”) downriver season consisted of 12 races, running from March 31st (Scantic Spring Splash) to July 1st (Deerfield Riverfest). This was an increase from the 11 races run in 2011 and from the 10-race schedule in effect from 2007-2010. It is the most races run in a downriver season since at least 1999. Two new races were added to the schedule in 2012, while the traditional Zoar Gap race was not held to give paddlers a chance to compete in the American Canoe Association (ACA) Whitewater Open Canoe Downriver Nationals held on the Nantahala River in North Carolina.
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Human Centipede II, The: Full Sequence (2011)
Author: Brett Gallman
Submitted by: Brett Gallman Date : 2011-09-23 00:32
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Written and Directed by: Tom Six
Starring: Laurence R. Harvey, Bill Hutchens, and Vivien Bridson
Reviewed by: Brett G.
“He’s going to stitch us together ass-to-mouth!”
I sometimes like it when sequels go in a completely different direction from their predecessors; sure, I’ll never knock it when follow-ups deliver more of the same (after all, that’s sort of what they’re supposed to do). But there’s something to be said about the rare sequel that not only dares to go in another direction, but also legitimately adds something to the legacy of the original. Human Centipede II is one such film, for better or worse (the resolve of your gag reflex will determine your answer to that). Taking a meta-fictional approach this time around, director Tom Six delivers a film that’s more twisted, depraved, and vomitous than his infamous first outing; however, it also happens to be one big joke (and I mean that in the most positive way possible).
Taking its cue from another great part II, this one begins exactly where the previous film ended; however, it pulls back to reveal that it’s just a movie playing on a laptop. Its lone audience is Martin (Laurence R. Harvey), who is obsessed with The Human Centipede--he’s even crafted a scrapbook of the film’s characters and perverse moments. He’s also taken the “100% medically accurate” to heart; even worse, he’s been taking notes on how to construct his own version, which he dreams of containing twelve unfortunate victims instead of just three (it is a sequel after all--gotta go bigger).
From the premise alone, it’s pretty easy to see what one of Six’s many targets is here--the absurd notion that fictional violence inspires real violence. He’s so on the nose and plays this to such extremes that it’s hard to ignore--Martin literally watches the film over and over (with the especially violent parts being focused on), and each viewing ends with him capturing another victim in the parking garage where he works. At first, it seems like the film is even satirizing obsessive horror fans--Martin is unsightly (that’s putting it nicely), still lives with his mother, and literally masturbates while watching gruesome stuff. This guy clearly needs a life, especially since he’s taken his love of The Human Centipede way too far.
Then something odd happens along the way--we find out he’s mentally handicapped and was abused as a child by his own father. He sees an absurdly bearded Freudian therapist who posits that Martin not only loves The Human Centipede, but also centipedes in general for their swift, predatory nature; in other words, they’re everything he isn’t, which is something that obviously disturbed his father. There’s themes of manhood and what it means to be a man running throughout; for example, he and his mother clash with a boisterous, burly upstairs neighbor who threatens them both. That Martin seemingly has to eventually claim his masculinity in such a disturbing way (by killing everything that moves) seems to be a not-so-subtle jab at violence that tells you where Six really lies on the issue of force.
Martin himself is one of the chief ways this film is so different from the first; far from the cold, Kinski-esque lunatic that Dieter Laser portrayed, he’s a keg-bellied dwarf who never speaks. Harvey’s performance (along with the rest of the cast’s, obviously) is brave, particularly in the way he brings a little bit of pathos to such a deplorable human being. Like the demented doctor he so idolizes, he’s simply a man with a dream, and a very acute one at that. For example, he’s looking for just the right lead for his centipede, and he’s met with a nice surprise that’s doubly interesting for audiences, as Six tosses in some more meta stuff that allows for subtle jabs at the industry, particularly vapid stars and starlets. When his final star arrives, it allows Martin to realize his dream; not only that, but he actually does get his Kinski moment, as he becomes Fitzcarraldo conducting a symphony of scat and gore. Whereas Kinski wanted to move mountains, this guy wants to move bowels…twelve times over.
That moment is actually built towards slowly; instead of being constructed early on like in the first film, it’s the ungodly crescendo here. As you might imagine, Martin lacks the surgical precision of his predecessor, as he crudely and bluntly stitches together his own creation. Let’s just say they handed out staple removers as part of the Human Centipede II survival kit at the premiere*. This is emblematic of Six’s approach as a whole; lacking the refined, almost discerning gloss of his first film, this follow-up is raw, gritty, and shot in black in white to give the film a level of grim authenticity. Though I believe the film can be read as a morbidly dark satire, some stuff is genuinely disturbing; for example, the filthy warehouse he’s co-opted for his construction is a nightmarish abode with flickering electricity. This is not to mention the vile, sleazy characters populating the film--somehow, Martin’s not the worst guy here, which is kind of scary.
And then there’s the last half hour where Six almost completely loses it. He seemingly reveals his other main intention here: to skewer the outrageous reaction his original film received. Given the central concept, it’s kind of appropriate that these two link together in a way that they feed off of each other; those who got past the ludicrously demented ass-to-mouth linkage and actually saw The Human Centipede will remember that it was relatively tame in terms of on-screen violence. Six shows little to no restraint the second time around---if there’s a taboo, then he breaks it in an outrageous finale that’s loaded with obscene, gratuitous violence. However, with every crowbar to the head and every explosive coprophagic display, you can almost hear Six asking, “isn’t this the film everyone thought I should be making?”
Given that he was very adamant about topping the original (he claimed this would make it look like “My Little Pony,” and it does), I’m close to thinking that Six began to believe the mountain of crap that piled up around The Human Centipede. It’d be so easy to say he digested it and spit this back out as a result, but I’m not so sure. He seems to be too smart for that; in fact, as someone who didn’t love the original film precisely because I wasn’t sure about the comedic undercurrent, I’d say he pulled one over on me a couple of years ago. As sick and perverse as The Human Centipede II is, it seems to be an excessive confirmation that Tom Six just wants us all to lighten up a little bit. It’s not a fun film, and I think the excessiveness hurts it, but it’s just an exercise of stretching the limits; that we recognize a breaking point makes us different from Martin and should make us long for the restraint of part one. Ultimately, I think this is a bit of a richer experience due to its braininess; that final half hour will no doubt be a dividing line, but I (barely) came out on the side that could see it as more than gratuitous violence. Buy it!
*Also at the premiere: a pre-show “shit-eating” contest, which contestant number two won. Smells like a ringer to me.
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Making the most of the Hamptons in 2018
Residents can now access a brand new catalogue of information.
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section is designed to help residents quickly and easily access key information about life in the Hamptons. The idea for the new section came from feedback from residents. It has been created using questions that are most commonly asked to the O&H Hampton team about the area and using local facilities.
O&H Hampton is keen for local people to make the most of all of the green spaces throughout Hampton, but many residents are unsure of what they can and can’t do in these spaces. In this section of the FAQs, you can find out more information about how you can use these areas for family and community activities.
The grassed park areas are for everyone to enjoy and can even be used for personal events such as family parties and BBQs, but please check with O&H Hampton first so that they can make you aware of any other planned events or maintenance work.
There is also further information on how to add groups and events to the popular interactive community map.
Other topics covered in this section include O&H’s procedures for memorial trees, plaques and benches, getting further information on the history of the Hamptons and permissions needed for local groups and charities.
With a football pitch, a cricket pitch, an all-weather 3G training facility, a hard court/multi use games court, and lakes the Hamptons isn’t short on facilities that can be enjoyed by all ages.
For those interested in starting or joining a team, Active Hampton can help to organise pitch and court use. On the Active Hampton website there is also further information on football, netball and running clubs that may also be of interest.
To help you make the most of the outdoors this year, O&H has listed the lakes that are suitable for fishing, water sports and using model boats. At this time swimming is not permitted in any lakes but it is something that may be explored in the future.
Reporting concerns
Under each section of the FAQs, you can find the relevant contact details about who you should raise concerns to. Residents can report: • Fallen trees and damaged foliage • Broken fencing • Damage to children’s play area equipment • Damage to water safety equipment • Flooding concerns • Street lighting • Litter, graffiti and other environmental damage • Behaviour of house builders and contractors on site • Noise pollution • Site traffic • Unauthorised traveller encampment • Rough sleepers • Road closures and traffic diversions • Highways issues • Congestion and street parking • Risk of injury to wildlife
There is also information on council responsibilities, general maintenance of the Hamptons and the nature reserve.
Take a look at the FAQs page now.
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Nicholas Gustavson
Yup, another Los Angeles writer moonlighting as an Assistant Diaper Changer.
About Nicholas Gustavson
Nicholas Gustavson grew up in Southern California and earned a Bachelors in English and Economics from UCLA. Gustavson’s flash fiction story Patterns won an honorable mention in Exposition Review’s inaugural Flash 405 Contest. His short story Tasting Class is the Grand Prize winner of the Easy Reader 45th Anniversary Writing Contest. His entry Montauk Ranch finished third in a Writer's Digest Your Story Contest and will be published in March 2016. Gustavson works as a private investigator and is cofounder of Corra Group, a background screening firm based in Los Angeles. Gustavson lives in Redondo Beach with his wife and children.
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Home » Entertainment » Yinka Ayefele poses with his beautiful triplets in viral photo
Yinka Ayefele poses with his beautiful triplets in viral photo
8:31 PM Motunrayo Ogundipe 0 Entertainment
Yinka Ayefele, Nigerian music producer and gospel singer, has been seen in a now-viral photo posing with his newborn triplets, several months after their birth.
In the photo shared on several social media platforms, the popular musician can be seen rocking a jean jacket and brimming with smiles as he carried his babies — a girl and two boys.
This will not be the first time the talented gospel producer and his “bundles of joy” will be seen on the internet.
He had flaunted a video clip of the babies online in July, about six weeks after Temitope Ayefele, his wife, put to bed in the United States.
This recent development will no doubt simmer controversies surrounding his earlier denial about the babies.
The owner of Fresh 105.9 FM, a popular radio station in Ibadan, Oyo state, denied the arrival of the babies, describing the stories then as “fake news” and “fake pictures”.
Weeks later, he confirmed the stories to be true.
Ayefele has been on a wheelchair after a ghastly auto crash that damaged his spinal cord in 1997.
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In spite of his struggles, the music superstar has consistently proven there is ability in disability with his inspiring achievements.
The musician — who sings in different languages including English, Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa — had also expressed a strong belief that he’ll be able to use his legs again.
“At a point, yes! But I’m an incurable optimist. I’m of the firm belief that nothing is impossible. I know I will still walk again. I believe that with God, all things are possible,” he had said in an interview.
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Australian Researchers Support Smart Garment Technology for Parkinson’s Patients
1 April 2019 /in -MANŞET, -MANŞET YANI, INOVASYON, TEKNOLOJİ /by nonwoven
A team of researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney has received a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Shake It Up Australia Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to test eHealth and smart garment technologies to prevent falls in people with Parkinson’s disease.
NeuRA’s Dr Matthew Brodie and Associate Professor Kim Delbaere, who lead the study, are working with industry partner Sensoria Health and aim to make StandingTall-PD the leading eHealth solution for maximising mobility and preventing falls in people with Parkinson’s disease.
“Existing dopamine therapies offer benefit in treating motor dysfunction in Parkinson’s but may not alleviate gait and balance challenges,” says Jamie L. Hamilton, PhD, MJFF Associate Director. She adds, “this project has the potential to become an affordable option to address gait and balance issues and improve overall quality-of-life for people with Parkinson’s.”
The neuro-rehabilitation program, known as StandingTall-PD, uses visual, audio and sensory cues to help rewire the parts of the brain that control walking in people with Parkinson’s. The program aims to prevent freezing-of-gait and falls, and enhance participants’ independence.
How does the program work?
Participants will be given a NeuRA training mat with colour-coded stepping targets, a pair of Sensoria Smart Socks, an iPad and phone. The program, practised daily, will encourage participants to step on coloured stepping targets that match a series of colours displayed on their iPad. At the same time, they will listen to rhythmic auditory cues like music and a metronome beat that are synchronised with the vibrating Smart Socks.
The combination of visual, audio and sensory elements helps to form new connections in less affected parts of the brain, leading to improved walking ability.
The program enables participants to self-manage and monitor their own progress via an app on their phone. The app can also trigger stimuli during everyday activities, such as vibration in their Smart Socks, if they are in danger of experiencing freezing-of- gait, falls or if they show signs of shuffling feet.
Clinicians can also monitor participants’ progress remotely and adjust the program to provide ongoing and personalised continuity of care.
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North County Bluegrass & Folk Club
An affiliate of Folk Routes, Inc.
List of Bands and Musicians
These bands and musicians are members of NCBFC. If you would like to be listed here, please see our "membership" page for more information.
Vulcan Mt Boys
Coastal San Diego
"Hard drivin' Bluegrass with the bark left on"
Traditional styles and a few surprises. Monroe, Stanley Bros, Jimmy Martin. High harmonies, fast cutting tempos.
Aardvark Events USA
Booking, management and events, multiple genres, festivals, concerts, weddings, parties, special occasions
Cowboy Jack & North County Cowboys
Popular established Vintage country, western, some bluegrass, tributes to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard.
Front Porch Music
Front Porch Music Preservation Society
Bluegrass band!!
Gone Tomorrow Bluegrass
San Diego's finest bluegrass band, Gone Tomorrow plays hard-driving bluegrass music. Based in San Diego, the band also plays a wide variety of Texas swing, old-time, and early country music. The name of the band says it all, and true-to-form there have been a number of personnel changes as musicians come and go. The latest incarnation of Gone Tomorrow includes some of San Diego's best veteran bluegrass performers. We're always having a great time when we're playing music for you. Gone Tomorrow looks forward to playing truly entertaining bluegrass music in unusual places. We hope you'll come by and see us soon at one of our frequent Southern California performances!
Philly and The Cheesesteaks
Shirthouse Band
5 piece acoustic bluegrass band out of Ramona, Caliofrnia. Energetic, eclectic and just plain fun. Contact for more details.
Sunnyside Strings
The Sunny Side Strings are an all acoustic group based out of Ramona, California. Some have taken to calling our style "Roots" as it's a uniquely American music genre that encompasses old time, bluegrass, country, blues and more
1st Tuesday Music Night
Music Nights are free, and open to members and the general public. We offer live bluegrass and folk music beginning at 7:00 pm on the first Tuesday of every month. Our opening spot gives upcoming bands the opportunity to perform for an appreciative audience. And, at 8:00 we feature one of our many talented San Diego and SoCal bands. Come join us for an great evening of music.
Questions - contact us at info@northcountybluegrass.org
We meet at Round Table Pizza in Escondido, on the corner of Ash & Washington Streets. 1161 E. Washington Avenue Escondido, CA 92025 (760)489-0191
NCBFC Membership
$25 per year - pdf version of newsletter, emailed monthly
c. 2003-2008. San Diego North County Bluegrass and Folk Club. Promoting bluegrass & folk music since 1989.
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Keep on pickin'!
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▼ November ( 1)
Bats Were Nesting In My Mailbox
I've Got a Huge Pipe
I Believe The Word I'm Looking For Is WAAAGH!
An Antithesis: The Joy of Griefing
Leet Hacker Griefer-Trolls Are Coming To Get Me
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Posted by Ben @ 11:56 AM
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Posted by jeffe @ 10:42 AM
Ahhhhh...the joy of new inspiration. Nothing makes a PC gamer's poky bits go all atwitter like a giant pipe and new hardware...and this week I find myself in the possession of both. The new pipe (encrusted with giant purple veins, much like The Swollen Glans, my favorite COH toon ever)...
...is courtesy of Comcast Blast!, and it sings 25Mbps sweet nothings into my ear.
The hardware is courtesy of me. And NewEgg. And Fry's. And Central Computer. Maybe a little Best Buy in desperation. And I can't forget Steve at SFF Store. Oh, and even MotherboardPro (though the Mobo they sent me was defective, they were super awesome). It's an upgrade to a small form factor delight that I built over a year ago using the Silverstone SG01e case. Now it's got all the goodies (Core2Duo E8600, Asus P5E-VM HDMI mobo, Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2, 4G of Geil RAM, Zalman CNPS 8000 CPU cooler, Western Digital Velociraptor 300G 10K RPM HD, and some other stuff). I'd post pictures of all the components, the build process, and the final package, but that would be gratuitous, no? I don't want to come off as a braggart.
So here I am with the biggest pipe available to the common man (SHUT THE FUCK UP FiOS and U-verse CUSTOMERS) and the most bleeding edge tiny PC I've ever built...but what to do with them?
Inspired by the University of Texas at Austin's MMO history preservation project, I decided that the only logical thing to do was download and install every MMO I've ever put a significant amount of time into. Simultaneously. Except for AutoAssualt, which has the dubious distinction of "fastest MMO plug ever pulled".
And they're all organized nicely on my toolbar, by publisher no less...the full list, in somewhat chronological order:
-Planetside
-Star Wars Galaxies
-Everquest II
-Saga of Ryzom
-EVE Online
-Guild Wars
-City of Heroes/City of Villians
-World of Warcraft
-Dungeons and Dragons Online
-Lord of the Rings Online
-Vanguard
-Pirates of the Burning Sea
-Age of Conan
-Warhammer Online
Holy crap. The next question I'm going to have to ask myself once all this shit is downloaded is...what the fuck am I going to do with it? In case you're actually a developer and wondering how this post will help you...I don't know. But do the math on that list for me please. We'll just call it $50x14 (some games were cheaper, but some have expansions). That's $700. Now subscription fees. I'm not going to even speculate on that, because I have a bad habit of forgetting to cancel (YOU LOVE ME FOR IT), but it's a lot. I'm your target. What will my memory of these games be, sometimes years since the last time I played? Isn't that what you develop for...to make an impact on my brain (and my wallet)?
What is their legacy? Stay tuned...
Posted by Ben @ 5:09 PM
With the release of Warhammer: Online only a month away, the MMO blogosphere has given itself almost entirely over to that topic. Can WAR dethrone WoW? Will you play Order or Destruction? Just how deeply cut were you cut by the decision to omit key classes and racial capitals at release? With their stock price tanking, game drowning in bugs, and now, a real next-gen competitor arriving, how long will it take Funcom to commit mass-suicide, Jonestown-style? WAAAAGH!
Myself, I'll undoubtedly try WAR. Chief among the reasons is that most of my clan intends to play. I've not seen us all together since SWG, and even then we weren't on the same side. The O.G. Bria group finally meeting up in one game, one guild is too tempting to pass up.
Second reason is that writers need subjects. As a major MMO release, WAR is one. Evidence thus far suggests that this will be a quality title from people who know what they're doing, and I want to see what the hullabaloo is all about.
Plus, it should be interesting to see how my Pentium D and 7800GTX fare. You know, for Science. By interesting, I probably mean pathetic. I'm betting it will be a bit like throwing a housecat into a den of lions, and seeing if he can hang with the pride.
I intend to play at 400x300 resolution, and to keep my rig inside a small refrigerator. I'll also be dialing in the textures to ascii emulation. Hopefully it'll look as good as Ultima III, and I think I should be able to get about 10fps in empty buildings at 3am.
I can live with low-end settings if it means playing with the crew and experiencing the world though. Sure, it'll sting, but I can't build a box for this game.
Still, when I think about what it will be like to play WAR, a shiver of excitement does not run up and down my spine. I don't even come close to walking into a telephone pole, or to babbling excitedly on forums or blogs. Why is this? Simply put, I'm elfed out.
It's the genres, stupid
Here we go again with another cartoony, massively-multiplayer fantasy world. Sure, it looks to be perfectly realized. Not only that, the Warhammer universe is incontrovertibly one of the beloved, Grand Old IPs. It must be cathartic for Games Workshop to finally see this done.
Regardless, the virtual worlds that we play in have fallen into the habit of looking pretty much the same. The progression of MMOs seems akin to the evolution of a species. Progress is glacially slow, and can appear nonexistent unless you glance away for a generation or two. Only then do you notice that short, clublike tails are being phased out in favor of longer appendages, as the species spends more time in the trees.
The back pages of the evolutionary chart are littered with failed projects that branched to nowhere. Auto Assault? Eaten by wolves. Pirates of the Burning Sea? Unexpected meteor shower. Over in Cajamarca, Eve: Online is prospering. In another thousand years, they'll be discovered by Pizarro and his merry tribe. Hopefully they will fare better than the Incas did. I've fatally mixed that metaphor by combining species evolution and the progress of societies, but you get my drift.
Point is, companies make what sells, because MMO development requires a king's ransom. Innovation is not first on their list of priorities; profit is. This is obviously also true for the game industry as a whole, although I'm hardly the first person to write that. Perhaps the 90th.
Tobold, over at the excellent Tobold's MMORPG Blog, has a piece entitled: Follow The Money. Essentially, he argues that the above is true. For our purposes, we might consider the prevalence of sequels and the homogenization of MMO genres as parallels:
There has been a lot of criticism towards the game industry, accusing them of being unoriginal. Sequels, sequels, everywhere. Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, GTA 4, Halo 3, The Sims 3, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, not to mention the annual versions of various sports games. Why can't game companies be more original? Because game companies are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing, making the games that players want, and the players don't want original games.
So profit is king, and this means that one wants to use proven ideas that have suceeded in the past. Two genres get preferential treatment: fantasy (currently defined as cartoony fantasy), and science fiction. And it appears to really, really help if your title is an IP license.
Since WAR is both a fantasy game and a licensee, it was inevitable. So was Conan, which had the additional appeal of being gritty and somewhat adult-oriented (a previously untapped market). Too bad it sucks.
Science fiction games also hold significant market power, although it pales in comparison to fantasy. The last major sci-fi MMO not to fail utterly was SWG, and it had the advantage of membership in the most commercially sucessful franchise of all time. I exclude Eve from the discussion because it is a niche game. I don't believe that it is considered as a model by major developers. At least that's how it looks from over here.
What about other genres? Forget it. Never with commercial success in the mainstream, and rarely elsewhere. Note that I am not suggesting the failure of these titles is due solely to genre. Shortcomings in design or playability have a lot to do with that. But perhaps the margin for error is slimmer.
Non Sci-Fi & Fantasy MMOs By The Numbers
I was curious about this, so I took a look at MMORPG's impressively exhaustive Gamelist. It contains 223 (I think!) titles, and appears to cover the whole gamut: everything from past games to those that are still in development.
Of the 223 titles in the Gamelist, just 63 are non-fantasy. And of that 63, 39 are sci-fi. This leaves 24 MMOs that are not either sci-fi or fantasy: just about 10%. Ouch.
When I filtered for non sci-fi or fantasy games that are in either development or beta, I came up with four titles. Four. Champions Online, DC Universe, The Agency, and something called Football Superstars. How many sci-fi or fantasy titles share that status? Seventy-five. I'm not certain if I consider Hello Kitty Online a fantasy game, so perhaps we should go ahead and amend that number to seventy-four. Just to be conservative.
What's my ultimate point? I look at the MMO genre as a whole, because the bloody thing fascinates me. I wait for innovation, and am usually rewarded with imitation. If I'm lucky, it will be imitation done well. But the whole thing reminds me of Microsoft versus Apple in the 80s. Take someone else's stuff, and repackage it for commercial gain.
It doesn't have to be this way. Raph Koster has a metaphor that works better than anything I used above:
If I say to you, “do you want chocolate ice cream?” you probably say yes. If I say to you “do you want more chocolate ice cream, this time with sprinkles on top?” you probably still say yes.
If I say “by the way, there’s also this mango sorbetto,” you may or may not try it. But you aren’t going to ask for mango sorbetto without prior knowledge of its existence.
Players know what they want from what they know. And they don’t know what they want from the unknown. For all I know there’s a fantastic dessert eaten only in the Philippines that would rapidly become my favorite dessert ever.
Let us hope that somebody is brave, because I know I would eat what Raph is cooking there.
Til then, see you in New Eden and WAR.
Tags: economics , genres , ponderous metaphor , waaagh , warhammer online
Posted by Rabidmutt @ 6:06 PM
This is a somewhat pro-griefer argument. I thought I'd do an article acting as the antithesis to one of Krib's Five, for the lulz. ;-P
Regardless of whether you love 'em or hate 'em, I submit that griefers are a necessity to our gaming experience. Why? Things would be pretty dull without em.
Griefing has a love-hate relationship with the gamer. It is funny to some, and horrid to others. It's also relative, as most gamers probably have a personal criteria for what griefing is. Some see corpse camping as the consequence of not being careful, while others think such activities are a crime against humanity.
That being said, I would argue that the social dynamic between the griefer and the afflicted party are part of what makes things interesting and fun for an MMO in the big picture. In the short term, most of us think of griefing as an inconvenience, but in my opinion, it's all a part of the journey.
What if there were no griefers in our MMOs? I think many people would get bored because of the lack of player tension. I should specify that tension and conflict are the important undertones that griefers can provide.
When I look back to my SWG days on Bria, the Imperials were seen as the big bad wolf: the griefer faction of SWG. Guilds like LFD and FoE made their reputations on being assholes. FoE had their city take-over antics, and LFD bested most Rebel PVP groups in battles, and just by plainly not playing nice.
Hell, I remember there was a huge uproar and debate over 'video game rape' because two imperials and a coerced bantha were 'raping' a corpse in a cloner.
However, the Rebel faction would eventually bend their e-morals by doing meanie things like destroying turrets through exploiting turret range, by destroying a city, or by engaging in good old-fashioned corpse camping themselves.
In retrospect, it all added up into engaging drama. And it contributed to the creation of a strong and entertaining player community. Not to mention: some of it was really fucking funny.
Now, you might be thinking that I gotta be a griefer if I'm defending such a terrible class of gamer. Well, I guess you could say I am.
I've never really been a full-time griefer, but I've engaged in griefing now and again. Why? Because it's funny. It's funny especially if you get a response like this from people.
This goes back to a point Krib makes, which is essentially: don't feed the trolls. If you give them responses like the gem above, then griefing will always exist. And there's something to be said about those people too: the kind who take in-game drama, items, or actions too seriously, and who forget it's just a video game.
I grief because I take joy in poking fun at people who take gaming far too seriously. It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for...it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? (Brownie points for those who know the reference.)
Tags: antithesis , griefing , lulz
We're a gamer feedback blog. That's all we are. When we cross into other territory, one could rightfully be concerned that the water will get a bit deep for us. However, I don't believe I could sleep at night without mentioning, at least once, the New York Times Magazine piece about Internet trolls.
Feast your eyes on this fine young man:
As a seasoned denizen of the Internet, is that not the face of your darkest nightmares? How can stereotypes be this accurate? I couldn't come up with a more spot-on troll poster child if I were to draw one from scratch. The guy is practically a forum avatar.
That being said, reading this article was a bit like watching a wizened, grandfatherly Oxford lecturer hold forth on the finer points of oral sex. Incongruous doesn't even begin to cover it. I never thought I'd live to see the words 'quasi-thermodynamic' and 'lulz' used in the same sentence:
Another troll explained the lulz as a quasi-thermodynamic exchange between the sensitive and the cruel: “You look for someone who is full of it, a real blowhard. Then you exploit their insecurities to get an insane amount of drama, laughs and lulz."
I understand that the Times has a specific audience, for whom they need to translate the wild, wacky world of the Internet. But we gamers don't need pedantic explanations. We know these sorts of people well; we call them griefers. Difference is, instead of creating blogs to mock teenage suicides, they're using a 20-level advantage to repeatedly one-shot us in Stranglethorn Vale. Or perhaps they're training thirty mobs into our earnest group of roleplaying D&Ders.
Jaded as I am, I felt as if I were reading an expose on lettuce, or perhaps an article on molecular biology that began: "These proteins, or... 'life goo'"...
Five Things: Griefers
I am intimately familiar with griefers. Matter of fact, they are one of my Five Things. Unless you're a griefer, they're likely to be one of yours as well. Anyone who has played many MMOs has experience with getting camped, ganked, curb-stomped, one-shotted, asshatted, podded. For no reason other than the fact that it ruined your playtime. And there are many flavors. Text spamming, group wiping, ninja looting and hate telling are just a few others.
Why do people just plain behave badly in multiplayer games?
Because they can. In real life, this sort of behavior gets you dragged into the street and beaten with a tire iron.
Why do they need to, though?
Probably because they're psychologically damaged, fifteen, or both. Any other answer is a rationalization.
If you are filled with rage, have low self esteem, are paralyzed from the waist down, are disenfranchised at work, are afflicted in a myriad of other ways, chances are you desperately require an outlet for your frustrations. Are you also a gamer? It's pretty likely that the above will significantly contribute to your playstyle.
Of course, you might also be so young that you're not socialized yet. Perhaps hormones are rampaging through your body. Perhaps you have no idea what the consequences of your actions are. Or you know, but don't care, because nobody has ever made you sorry before.
We were talking this week on our forums about a fellow we remember from SWG. He became well-known on the server after he joined a guild just to grab the legendary one-hander from their guildhall and /guildquit. I wonder if he knew what a big deal that would turn out to be.
Whatever the motivation, the effect is the same to the other player. Great aggravation, and possibly stomach ulcers. Multiplayer games (and the Internet as a whole) are a broad canvas for anyone who takes joy in getting negative attention, or in making other people unhappy.
As a player, you cannot allow yourself to give them the satisfaction. Ignore hate tells. Get backup for campers, or wait until they get bored. Never get upset. They win if you do. Choose to end the interaction instead. That was hard for me to learn.
There are game mechanics that prevent griefing. A bevvy of them, in fact. What is WoW's lack of cross-faction chat but one of those? No hate tells, no trash talk. Actually, I like being able to talk to the other side. I'd gladly take the hate tells if it meant being able to say 'good fight.' (I should admit here that I find hate tells to be utterly hilarious, so my opinion is somewhat biased). Blizzard, obviously, does not agree.
PvP safe zones, NPC guards, making lowbies unattackable by veterans... I could list the ways that game developers discourage griefing all day. It isn't instructive to do this, because no matter how creative they are, players (and griefers) will always be more creative.
Age-Limited Servers
It's my personal view that most griefers are young kids. Surely not all, but many. I would pay $30 a month to game on an age-limited server. Enforcement would be difficult, but I'm betting you could cut down on the numbers. Require a credit card in the name of the player. Use an age verification service. Alternatively, you could just design a game so difficult for young minds to grasp that the problem solves itself.
Am I being too harsh here? No. It's my playtime, and I don't have to interact with fifth graders if I don't want to. I'm curmudgeonly, and this is one of my five things. I'm also with Zubon over at Kill Ten Rats:
I confess: I discriminate against pre-pubescent males. Something about the voice of the twelve-year-old boy coming from the Orc Reaver grates.
In the meantime, I'll continue flat-out booting you from group if you behave like an idiot. No warning, no explanation. I will also use my /ignore button frequently, and fervently hope not to get DDoSed by leet hacker griefer-trolls everywhere.
Sorry guys, I didn't mean any of this. I wrote it for the lulz.
We're still friends, right?
Tags: griefing , quasi-thermodynamic , star wars galaxies , trolls
It's been some time since I posted, and there are two reasons. First, I wanted to redesign the site. Since what I know about HTML and CSS would fit into a thimble, that was... somewhat hairy. Think of a guy who doesn't know how to operate a hang-glider trying to make it from New Jersey to Brooklyn, in a hurricane, while carrying a refrigerator. (He bought the fridge in Jersey, obviously... how else is he supposed to get it home?)
In the end, I copied some stuff into some other stuff, tracked down a rogue div tag, yelled at the cat, and it came out ok. Things may change a bit, but the bones are there. I do need to look into flashing porn ads though.
The second reason I haven't been writing is that I've been playing Eve. Oops! As one of the people on my gamer forum reminded me, I did say that I wouldn't play MMOs for a good long time. If I'm going to write about these games though, I should play at least one of them. Yeah, that's the reason I resubbed. Absolutely.
Fortunately, Eve is a game that lends itself to casual play. I have no delusions of grandeur; there are people with 25 million skill points. I don't need to be uber, and I know I can't be. I just want to catch up with some old friends, fly around a bit, and see some stuff.
Plus, I love seeing this:
So I'm back in, and I'm a raw noob. Admittedly, I never progressed much beyond noobishness in my last go-round. It's also been awhile. Put it this way; Goonfleet wasn't in the game the last time I had a CCCP charge on my credit card. And while I was away, the wide-open, vibrant, crazy world that is New Eden just sat there and percolated. It didn't wait for me, and it didn't put up any helpful street signs.
Going forward, I doubt I'll blog much about my experiences as a new player. Others already do that so well. But I will say that it has been a bit dizzying re-learning terms like transversal velocity, and realizing that, yes, I have to get all of those learning skills to level IV. I may also need to grab a shuttle, fly out to 0.0, and say, "hit me," because I'm finding I have that noob's fear of getting ganked.
In the end though, Eve is still so polished. And so pretty. It's a game where the developers do exactly what they want to do, and that is something unique in MMOs. Is flying around in inky black space a bit lonely sometimes? Sure. Do you get to missing trees, and being able to walk your character around? Maybe. But, you know, I can walk my real-life character around too. And the park is a few short blocks away.
Posted by Matt Braddy @ 5:15 PM
We've heard the phrase "WoW Killer" in reference to up and coming MMORPGs ever since the release of the retardedly successful MMO that spread the world of escapism via persistent online worlds to the masses.
While being a "WoW Killer" is certainly a lucrative prospect (what development or publishing company wouldn't want 62% or more of the MMORPG market share?), what has this goal given the gaming public?
Mediocre all-in-one attempts at dethroning the online giant. Penny Arcade inadvertently summed up the MMORPG industry with their E3 Press Conference Comic. Now replace Microsoft in the first frame with MMO marketers, Nintendo in the second frame with investors and community relationship managers, and Sony in the third frame with developers and you'll see an uncanny resemblance.
Here are a few games I've tried that attempted to take a slice of the pie from the King of MMOs:
City of Villains
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
Thankfully, there were a few atrocities that I was able to avoid thanks to my fellow gamers warning us in advance of how wasted our dollars & time would be if we purchased or played these products (The Matrix Online, Hellgate: London, RF Online, Tabula Rasa, Pirates of the Burning Sea).
What do all of these games have in common? Well, besides mediocrity of course. They all tried to do too much. So much that they failed to deliver in any specific area. So seems to be the trend with MMORPGs these days. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in today's MMO development studios.
I'm a firm believer that every MMORPG that receives financial backing and development support starts off with a few great ideas. A series of innovations that lure investors into green-lighting multi-million dollar products that promise to deliver great results. Somewhere down the line, priorities change. The intended PvE only game (LotRO) is pressured into adding PvP content to capture additional market share. Or the hardcore grind-fest is pressured into being more casual-friendly (Vanguard). In Age of Conan's case, the Free For All hack-n-slash and massive Siege-O-Matic 6000 PvP game is pressured into being more PvE friendly, with PvE raiding content added into the mix. To achieve what? That's right, more market share.
The result of these all-in-wonders is a half-finished, bug-laden, polished turd.
What could have been a "unique and innovative combat system" (AoC) turns out to be a boring, uninspired twist on typical MMO mechanics, pressing up to 6 buttons to achieve what you got with one button press in prior games.
The "most amazing and interactive crafting system ever devised" (Vanguard) comes out as a half-assed puzzle game that inspires suicidal tendencies, not fun.
The "most in-depth character customization" and "exciting new PvP dynamics" (CoV) drowns in a sea of tedious grinding combined with consumable-laden frustration as you attempt to chase down Flash-wannabe #8793 and his mass-teleporting compatriots, hoping to gain a few brief seconds of fighting after a three hour long high-speed chase over the roof tops of what has become a very small gameworld once you started moving at 6000% of normal run speed.
All in all the result is more of the same crap we've seen before, just with a new skin on it.
Meet the New Boss
Same as the Old boss
The one developer who gets major kudos for sticking to their guns is CCCP. They found a solid niche audience, and they resisted the temptation of the masses. Sure, they only possess a 1.5% piece of that pie chart linked at the beginning of this post, but they clearly stand out amongst the other all-in-one clones and wannabes (WoW & Asian grind-fest MMORPGs excluded) as a victor. They found something they're good at, and found success with it.
What's the point? I hope more developers follow this mindset in the coming years so that we, the customers, can receive a product worth our money. The choice is in your hands, oh great and wise developers. Remember, the customer is the one who is going to make or break you, not your publisher. Don't listen to all of us. Listen to the ones who share your vision of the next great MMORPG, and you might stand a shot at creating it.
Tags: age of conan , eve: online , ffa , hellgate: london , introduction , pirates of the burning sea , vanguard , world of warcraft
Old MMOs That Should Be Brought Back: Shattered Galaxy Edition
Posted by Rabidmutt @ 9:12 AM
A quick note about the title. When I discuss games that "should be brought back," I don't necessarily mean that they are dead at this point. Hell, even 10Six still maintains a cult following. What I mean by the title is that these games should be brought back to the attention of MMO developers of today in terms of what they stood for and what could be learned from them. Will MMO developers will ever read this blog? Well, we can only hope.
The game I'm talking about today isn't close to being dead, probably, but it's not within the consciousness of the mainstream MMO gamer. Therefore, we can assume the game mechanics are probably not within the consciousness of the mainstream MMO developer.
The game? An oldie released by Nexon (now called KRU) back in 2001, Shattered Galaxy. What makes SG different from most is that it's another one of those games where a different game type is spliced with an MMO setting. In this case, SG is an MMORTS. Similar to 10Six, as previously talked about, but instead of using a first person view of the game world, SG utilizes the traditional RTS view and RTS style.
When a player first starts the game they start on the newbie planet "Relic" (there is another planet a player can inhabit called Morgana Prime). A player can create their own avatar and join a faction on Relic where they fight against the other factions that occupy the planet.
You don't fight with your avatar, but rather through a squad of units you bring into the fight (numbers ranging from 6-12). Each unit has a purpose. Some units are mine layers, and so players will bring in a whole squad of mine layers to lay mines for defensive and offensive purposes. Others will bring in anti-air, or anti-ground units. The fighting system is kind of a complicated "rock-paper-scissors" in that sense, since some units can only shoot at airborn units from the ground, or planes can only shoot/bomb things on the ground, or only shoot things in the air, etc.
The nice thing about this game is that theoretically there are no official archetypes or class roles in the game. Your "role" in the fight is based on what you bring into the fight--which can be a combination of anything. So in a very small sense, there is kind of a sandbox element in the game where you can choose what you feel like fighting with for any fight and not be restricted to the same thing every single fight. You can also modify individual units with buying different kinds of armor, technologies, and weaponry, so there's even a level of customization for the units themselves.
As is stands now there are unofficial "archetypes" in the game based solely on attribute designation, which if you care to, can learn about here. Basically there are four different attributes: tactics, clout, education and mechanical amplitude. Tactics gives you more units to put into your squad, clout gives you access to higher durability for units, education gives you access to better weaponry, and mechanical amplitude allows you to put more stuff into a unit chassis. With these in mind, one can see how people might spec into certain attributes more so than others.
There is also leveling in this game. The units and the character you play as both level, but what's important is the level of your units in the fight and how strong they are. There are checks and balaces, like the "Power Rating" to give newbies a fighting chance and to stop veteran players from becoming so strong that it's game breaking.
The whole premise of the game is essentially controlling territory. As this implies, it is mostly a PVP game, though there are some small PVE elements to the game that beyond newbie levels players usually ignore. There are four factions to a planet, and theoretically all four factions could fight each other.
In order to acquire or lose territory, one faction must beat another, or others in keeping the most PoC's (points of contention) during a 15 minute round. Take a look at the screenshot below this paragraph. Note the red pizza pie looking thing to the right. That's the PoC. You have to hold that poc for a certain amount of time before it's under your faction's control. That is what each team fights for. The attackers fight for positioning in order to take those PoCs and in the end take the territory. The defenders do the same thing, but if they totally destroy the enemy, that can win the round as well.
Given that the game is based on taking and holding territory, there were lots of interesting politics to go along with it.
Factions can also create peace treaties with one another. I remember back in my time playing it, I was still on the newbie planet playing on the Argus faction. We had an alliance with the faction on the other side of the faction. The name of that faction was Dulcinea, but we usually called them the "smurfs" because of their faction color being a light blue. We were generally called "barnies" or something to that effect because our color was purple. The other faction colors were gold and green, though I forget what we called them or what their official faction names were.
Back in beta, I remember that the factions were able to elect a leader for the faction, and the leader could elect a personal council. I remember begging to be on the council, and I did get on the council for Argus for some foreign affairs spot. It was interesting but I have very little memory of the politics since it's been years. Here are some more details you can read up on for faction politics. Other than electing an "Overlord," council and creating regiments, I doubt any of the other mechanics are in the game since apparently there's only enough people playing to fill the two previously mentioned planets.
What can be learned?
Beyond it being "different" as an MMORTS and the fact there are no player classes, one of the bigger concepts that this game makes good on is that the world doesn't control the player, the player controls the world. We can find hints of this in SWG, and in the previously mentioned game 10Six. This factor alone is what intrigued me about PotBS with the capturing and defending of ports. It's probably also why people are so fascinated with Eve politics. The lack of it is also the reason why I personally found Vanguard, EQ2, and WoW boring as hell: the worlds were static and unchanging, and the player simply existed within the confines. On the other hand, players having all the control doesn't necessarily hold a game up all by itself. Even SOE somehow found a way to ruin a good thing with enough revamps. Still, I'm willing to bet that the holy grail of MMOs that we hope to see one day will have have this element to contribute to its overall awesomeness.
If you want to look more into SG, go here. You can play it for free on a "basic" hero account with limitations. Even though it has limitations, you can play as long as you want. To get full access to all the benefits of the game, you still gotta pay up though.
Tags: mmorts , no player classes , player control , politics , shattered galaxy
5 Things I Hate, Part 3: Jeffe Edition - Sterile Game Worlds
I'll keep this one short and simple, because I just got back from Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and I'm friggin tired. I'm also a little inspired. Anyone who has seen it will speak of the awesomeness that is The Goblin Market...I wish I could find better pictures...if you skip to about 1:16 in the trailer here, you'll get a glimpse of it:
In many ways it felt like the first time I saw the Cantina scene in Star Wars (not going to link it, if you don't know what it is...well, there's nothing I can do for you)...or when China Mieville writes about Bellis Coldwine leaving New Crobuzon and ending up in Armada in The Scar (Mieville's world screaming for an MMO IMO, but that's a post for another day)...or when Richard Mayhew first gets dragged into London Below in Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Here are little fragments of the world sitting underneath, over, or just beyond the big living breathing cityies. These worlds are all full of monsters and wilderness, but there's life...even some civilization...outside of the big cities as well as inside.
That's what the real world is like...outposts of civilization pockmarked around, above, and below wilderness and intrigue. A good game world should be the same way...big cities are good, but sometimes the best player interraction happens at the outposts. And no, 3 quest-givers standing on a dock don't count as an outpost. Anyone who has played it knows who my target is now: EQ2. I'd love to sit down and interview the original developers about the decision to have two main factional cities, and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles of wasteland in between...with absolutely no life. It was the most sterile, inauthentic, immersion-breaking world ever. They were so proud of the city ecology too; the voice acting...the NPCs that moved around, helping make the city come alive...but once you left the walls of Qeynose or Freeport...nothing. Docks and questgivers. I guess they were trying to centralize the players a bit, but to me, it was a game-killing design decision. I hated that if I wanted to do anything other than kill monsters, I had to make my way back to Freeport (I was evil...go bad guys).
Here's the map of Antonica, with all the monster spawns and such:
That was a 20 minute trip on foot (you could take the bird and get to the next zone quicker); the sheer size of that one zone (or the Commonlands, if you were in Freeport) was staggering. But in that whole expanse, there wasn't one stopping point, one layover. No pubs. Nowhere to craft. No trainers. Nothing. Just fields and fields of nasties of varying levels. All the zones were like that.
I hate to admit it, but when I stopped playing EQ2 and moved over to WOW, that was one thing I loved about the world design in WOW...something that I think made the game very approachable to new players; every zone had at least one gathering spot where players could rest their feet and wipe the blood off of their swords. Those outposts were where we met up, swapped stories, started groups, emptied our bags, wrapped our heads around the lore of the game (though to this day I still remember absolutely nothing about the WOW lore...with the exception of the story of Gnomergan...which is totally awesome). It felt more like the world that I'm used to, and it made gameplay more fun.
Star Wars Galaxies went an extra step...each planet had a few cities or outposts (the more remote "adventure" planets had fewer), but then we were allowed to build our own outposts. Krib has written about sandboxes and city-building in almost all of his posts, and it certainly stuck with me too...in fact...instanced player housing is probably going to be my next "5 things I hated".
So give us rest stops all along the way. Our journey is mighty. Our thirsts will need to be slaked. Repeatedly. Don't worry about spreading the player population out...if your game is good, it will be busy enough that you won't want everyone in Ironforge (or Theed) because of TEH DREADED L4G anyways. And give us a good reason to stop and rest. Takes some of the grind out of the grind.
First developer to put a massage station and a shoe-shine in an out of the way Tavern in a little town in the middle of the wilderness gets a round of expensive microbrewed ale from me. Irish Carbombs if sitting down and getting the massage gives you a short-duration buff of some sort, even if it's totally whimiscal. A bottle of Grey Goose if the shoe shine actually makes your shoes shiny. It's the little things folks. We do pay attention to them, in case you're wondering.
Tags: 5 things , everquest 2 , hellboy , star wars galaxies , world design
Time Sinks, Grinding & Lasting Playability Without Poopsocks
Posted by Ben @ 10:12 PM
Last time, I wrote about the difference between sandbox and theme-park MMOs, as well as which style I prefer. For a player with my beginnings, the answer was obvious. But I’ve sure done a lot of complaining, haven’t I? Guilty, there. I suppose one could think about this series of letters as a kind of charcoal rubbing. Put your e-sketch pad over my posts, and fill in the whole thing with broad strokes. The negative space from all my curmudgeonly ramblings turns into a picture of a more Krib-friendly MMO. There’s that ponderous metaphor you were asking for. Plus a new theoretical game that will be published only in my mind’s eye.
What is this thing so far? Well, it’s certainly a sandbox. Players have the ability to contribute physically to the world, and their contributions are at least as important as the original design. In this place, players and developers are going to work hand in hand. Evolution is going to be a joint endeavor.
The result is that there may be some random wackiness. However, it isn’t going to be full chaos either. There will be a theme, and some gentle guidance. As mentioned previously, there needs to be something to play. There will certainly be quests, things to do. There will be character differentiation. Crafting. MMO archetypes will be discussed in a later post though.
But will there be leveling? Just how long is it going to take for players to get leet? Isn’t the underlying purpose of virtually any competitive multiplayer game to keep popping those levels so you can kill scarier and scarier monsters and pwn sundry noobs?
How can I expect you devs to make any money if everything in this game is instantly accessible? Won’t subscribers get bored in a month? Just where does that hamster wheel fit in here?
Well, I can tell you how I wouldn’t do it.
More on Vanguard, and how it eventually broke my spirit
I’ve already written about how Vanguard was the last MMO before my break(down). About how I woke up one day, and knew that I couldn’t do it anymore. But why exactly did that happen? It might be useful to consider, because the bulk of the answer has to do with leveling. And it’s hardly like VG uses a unique model there.
When I played VG, nobody else in my crew did. At least not for very long. They poked their heads in, but we never really had enough of a group to do anything. In addition, the haphazard, wacky way that we play when we’re together was particularly poorly suited for the sort of game that VG is. That is most true on the free-for-all PVP server, which was where I wanted to be. Having missed the old generation of MMOs like UO and Shadowbane, I wanted to experience FFA.
In spite of the fact that I’m a lousy PVPer who mashes buttons when the chips are down and has intimate experience with getting wtfpwned, I had to try it. Gut check-type thing, maybe. Actually, it was fun. Never feeling safe gives you a jolt of extra adrenaline even when you’re just going to the bank to drop off some Worg hides you won’t be needing yet. Sure, there will be some idiots who kill you while you’re browsing the Auction House. But if you have backup and can learn to not get flustered, you’d be surprised at how well quality FFA works.
I was never killed at a crafting station, and I appreciated that. Even ganking guilds didn’t do it. Sure, I was killed at the Auction House. But I remember that fondly, because the first time it happened, I spawned back in and went right into stealth form. I was angry, I had the advantage of first attack, and I killed the guy something like six times. The next time I saw him at the AH, he waved at me. Got to represent.
The Let Us Police Ourselves model can work, and it opens things up for a lot of player creativity. Guild Councils to lay down the law. A new set of etiquette to learn. The ability to kill a fool because he’s text spamming. It all worked okay until the speed hacks and other exploits started getting prevalent. Brad was asleep at the switch. Doesn’t even bear talking about; we all know what happened to VG, and it’s been discussed ad-infinitum. Anyway, it’s one thing to get ganked. It’s another to get ganked by a speed hacker, suffer item decay, and know the Powers That Be have precisely zero ability to prevent that sort of thing because they are out of money, resources and ideas.
Before that happened, there were about four months of daily gameplay. As I mentioned, I had to find a new group. I did. I researched them, and they had thoroughly dominated Shadowbane. Like, for real. Unfortunately, they weren’t in with numbers (smarter, probably). But there were enough of them to grind with, and they were dead cool. So for about 120 days, we leveled hard together.
Leveling hard was the only way to get anywhere in VG back then. My understanding is that they’ve smoothed out the curve. But at release, you were looking up at a ladder that stretched into the sky. Sure, there’s something to be said for enjoying the journey as much as the destination. But if the journey is as long as VG’s you’d better get a fast train. You’d better go out where the water is deep, and swim.
That’s what we did, and I hadn’t played with a crew this professional before. It was new, not hearing random chatter on comms when we pulled. Everyone knew what to do, and they made me better. They made me want to concentrate: on the careful structure of each pull, on my surroundings, on not wasting heals. When we got ganked mid-pull (inevitable in a game with no instances and on an FFA server), they stunned me with how good they were. Quality PVP was something I had not experienced much of, and it is a craft.
We made steady progress as the months marched on, but it was intimidating how slowly that XP bar moved. What was Sigil thinking? Didn’t they have any other strategy to keep us playing their game? On an FFA server you have to level, because you won’t be able to walk from A to B, else. In hindsight, it was probably a bad combination.
So I got tired; I quit. In the end, I prefer my motley crew. They have more fun, and there’s something to be said for not taking things so seriously. I’m glad I got to experience the flip side, but it isn’t for me. It’s not why I quit though. I did that because I was leveling for its own sake, which is really what that whole style of game is about. You’re locked out of what you most desire as a lowbie, be it loot, pwnage or prestige, so you have to get on the wheel.
The agony of grinding
Let’s face it: there isn’t anything fun about repetitive action. Grinding is like going to the dentist, you do it because you have to. Along the way, you cease to play for any other reason. If you log in and don’t pop a level, you feel unfulfilled. If you’re sidetracked, you get frustrated. Eventually, you get there. That’s always satisfying, isn’t it? Actually, it can be like a gamer orgasm.
But once you’re on the mountaintop, something is missing. This is because you’ve been living on the ladder for so long that you can’t conceptualize any other way to play. Congratulations: here are some sunflower seeds. Go and bury them in the corner of your cage. Don’t worry, the expansion will be here soon. Ten more levels in that.
I watched in SWG as an incredibly brilliant and diverse skill-based character system (which admittedly was buggy as a college frat house) got wiped out by this phenomenon. Sure, there was some grinding involved in mastering your chosen professions. In that, Galaxies was very traditional. But once Jedi hit, people tore apart their characters. Guys that had been known for certain templates suddenly turned up in Theed cantina, AFK dancing. Painful to watch. And talk about a grind. Enjoyed mastering two professions? Just wait until you have to do all of them.
The grinding model has ruined more games for me than I can count, but the most glaring example is Pirates of the Burning Sea. This is because I am, how do you say this? A huge Age of Sail fan. I have read all 20 of Patrick O’Brian’s books. I’ve seen Master & Commander five times. I played the everloving daylights out of Pirates, both the old and new versions. I keep a shrine to Trafalgar in my home. The fanboy list goes on.
Flying Lab gets more credit than I even know how to give for creating a gameworld based on the Age of Sail. Gameworlds, though, (at least the genre aspect of them) are a topic for a later post. What’s relevant here is how stupefyingly boring it is to run instanced mission after mission, and watch that XP bar tick slowly upward. Sure, you can PVP for your levels too. But that’s a riskier proposition, and you’re probably not going to have the guts or financing to do it all the time.
Ship combat in PotBS is slow by nature. It works incredibly well, but is best in small doses. Let me say from experience that when you’ve killed your 500th consecutive British pirate hunter, each time having to beat upwind to firing range over the course of five full minutes, death is better than continuing. PotBS is a game that really would have benefited from the Eve model.
Time-based leveling, and other alternatives to The Wheel
It practically goes without saying that responsible adults do not mix well with games that are heavily grind or time-sink oriented. Jeffe wrote in one of his posts about corpse runs, and I’m inclined to agree. I have mentioned the loot ladder in WoW, and it is of this flavor as well. To get anything worth getting, you have to sign away your real life and join a cult of lightning bolt spamming automatons whose sole purpose in life is to save the necessary DKP for the Blade of What The Hell Did You Just Hit Me With. And your crowning humiliation may be that to attain your goal, you’ll probably have to kowtow to a sixteen year old Lithuanian high school student with a sizable angel dust problem who has bad days when he’s off his epilepsy medication.
Loot ladders aside, our responsible adult is even more alienated when it comes to traditional grinding. He doesn’t even get a nice sword out of it; he simply continues the futile process of trying to keep up with his guild-mates. Oh yeah, and he gets fourteen stacks of Greater Yak livers to sell on the AH for three silver.
We’ve all guilded with that best gaming bud who has several small autistic children, and an ongoing home renovation project. Our friend falls further and further behind, and by the time we’re going after Worbus, the God of Phat Lewt, he’s alone in a Teamspeak chatroom soloing Lesser Reticulated Shmendricks and weeping silently into his microphone. And we miss him.
One of my gaming friends likes to say that as an adult, you have to police your own playtime. If you don’t, it isn’t the game’s fault that you’re turning pale white, that you’ve lost your job or girlfriend, that you have arthritis in your N-52 hand. This is truth. It’s also the lesson that our missing buddy has learned. But to learn it, he’s had to lock himself out of meaningful gameplay. Nobody but college students, high school students and quadruplegics wins in that scenario.
This is why Eve’s model is so compelling. There simply isn’t a way for someone to get too far behind, unless they forget to log in and switch skills. It is literally possible to spend six months training an upper level character, without actually playing. One could spend that time having Tantric sex with supermodels, or building a working motorcycle out of popsicle sticks. If you really want to get crazy, that person could actually play while leveling, perhaps becoming an in-game reporter who covers shennanigans in 0.0 space.
The fact that not having to grind opens one up to a host of other more fulfilling game activities is priceless beyond measure. Of course, there need to be other activities. Eve doesn’t make that very obvious to new players, and I hear that many of them go slowly insane, mining the same asteroid over and over again. Eventually, they leave the house and walk out into traffic.
Once one gets to 0.0, it’s a different game though. Eve’s politics are almost completely player-created. There is only one server, so if you missed it in Eve, it’s because you weren’t paying attention. There is one game history, and one social fabric.
If I can say anything in criticism of time-based leveling, it’s only that time is an insurmountable gap. If one were to enter Eve today, they would find a gulf between themselves and the longer-time players that they can never hope to close. It’s still eminently possible to have a lot of fun, and Goonfleet proved this by showing that a swarm of a hundred tiny frigates can take you down just as hard as three larger vessels. The picture below was found by way of Something Awful, and I think it sums things up pretty well.
As James over at Kill Ten Rats says:
If you are the one guy who tackles the scout … you will see the whole EVE blogosphere light up with news about the battle you were in, because it significantly changed the politics and economics of the game for everyone. And that’s really cool.
But if you don’t want to be a tiny cog in a very large gear (even if it’s a meaningful cog), you’d better have a great idea or know the right people. There isn’t really a sandbox element to Eve other than the way that all of the territory is player controlled, so you can’t make your name creatively by building something unique (like in Second Life or Galaxies). Still, Eve’s model is one that I really would like to see more of.
It worries me that the game is mostly perceived by mainstream gaming as a niche product, because it needs to be imitated. If somebody with real commercial clout did a time-based leveling game, it could work. Just make sure you give the players enough tools and content to distract themselves from the fact that they aren’t pulling groups of Spotted Vulriches over and over. They might just wind up doing something entertaining.
What are we left with?
In the end, I can appreciate the necessity of leveling systems, as opposed to simply giving us all the content at once.The first reason is obviously good design. Unless you’re a full-bore sandbox game, you can’t open things up that wide. At least not in any way that I can see. Players need to feel a sense of progress during their long stays in any virtual world. That is not a bad thing.
The second reason is, of course, that you devs need us to keep subscribing. How else do you pay for your five-year development cycle? Is it an accident that the most innovative MMO of recent years is modestly scaled? In an industry that only rewards big hits, they had to do it that way. They could never have maintained a bigger infrastructure, because players simply weren’t used to titles like that. CCCP never fooled themselves into thinking that Eve could be mass-market.
I’m getting into game economics, and that will be a separate post. But I’m going to continue beating this Eve horse (wow, there’s a horrible thought) because I can’t stress enough that traditional grinding needs to be phased out. As an adult, I don’t wish to spend all my in-game time repetitively. I won’t. It gives me hives. Time-based leveling is an alternative. Both of us get what we need.
I wracked my brain while writing this, but couldn’t come up with any major alternative to the two leveling strategies I have named. Sure, perhaps there are some hybrids between them. But nothing that is clearly a viable third category. As I mentioned, there is PVP leveling. but it is genre-specific and hasn’t been used much in games that have real MMO-style depth. Planetside did it, but that game doesn’t have the scope of a true MMO. Huxley will do it, and hopefully that game will be released. Warhammer Online will incorporate it, and I’m very interested to see how that works out.
In the meantime, I’m open to suggestions. I hope that all 17 of our readers comment and tell me exactly what I’m missing here. I’m very open to the alternatives, as long as they don’t involve killing 500 Vampire Wombats.
Tags: eve: online , ffa , grinding , huxley , pirates of the burning sea , planetside , ponderous metaphor , star wars galaxies , vanguard , warhammer online , world of warcraft
5 Things I Hate, Part 1: Mason Edition - Delivery Quests
Posted by Mason @ 2:41 PM
Of all the things I imagine in my wildest high fantasy and science fiction dreams, delivering a letter to General Chamberlain probably ranks in my top 5. For whatever reason, every digital persona I have taken since I took my first hit of crack (see: MMOs) has been 1 part DHL delivery guy and 1 part hero. Better yet, some developers are pretentious enough to call these miserable missions content.
I, for one, would be happy if I never again had to backtrack 2 zones to tell some town politician about my progress so I can advance a chain. I can send billions of dollars, phat loots, and advertisements for gold farmers through the mail, but god forbid sending word of my exploits and receiving further direction via post; much less in a game world in which you fly spaceships.
Delivery quests are just such lazy development it hurts. Please for all that is good in this world, STOP MAKING DELIVERY QUESTS!
Tags: 5 things , delivery quests
5 Things I Hate, Part 2: Jeffe Edition - Fucking Corpse Runs
Posted by jeffe @ 12:53 PM
I still hate them actually. Not the fucking part. Don't worry, you haven't accidentally landed on a necrophilia blog. That would be creepy, no? I'll keep this short and sweet, because we all know that corpse runs suck. I guess thing to do, because it gets to my origins as an MMO player, is look at Raph Koster's Star Wars Galaxies design blog (from about 2000), where he says:
For example, knowing that we were looking at a broader audience than MMOs had likely seen before meant that we couldn't demand as much time per play session or as much time per week as other MMOs did. As a result, a bunch of design choices went right out the window: we knew that we couldn't have game design elements that involved spending tons of time online. No macroing, no camping, no lengthy corpse recoveries, no long waits for public transportation.
This would be what we players refer to as an EPIC FAIL. Ah, my first SWG character, the lovable human Bootsy Collins. Bootsy was born on Tatooine somewhere, probably Bestine. He was an intrepid explorer, even right out of the gate, and about 9 hours into play he wandered somewhere bad and got himself killed by I-can't-even-remember-what. I ran back to the corpse about 20 times, dying every single time. Then I deleted Bootsy, picked a different server (Bria, thank god), and rerolled a hideous scaley orange menace (that's a female Trandoshan to the layman) named Gorgoth Goc.
So not only did Raph waste an hour of time on corpse runs, he wasted 9 of my hours leveling up to that point, and 9 more levelling a new character. It's all good though. I have 18 spare hours (I only have two small children, a wife, a house to take care of, a full time job, and an adorable dog). I guess in the end I should thank him, because I loved that stupid orange lizard. Though one day when Bria was down I did recreate Booty and terrorize the fine citizens of Eclipse:
But back to the point...corpse runs suck. They sucked in Galaxies, they sucked in EQ2, they sucked in Vanguard, they suck in Age of Conan. They just suck, and I'd love for somebody to come on here and give me one compelling reason that an MMO should EVER have corpse runs. There are better ways to create consequences for death. I'd rather just lose a random item from my inventory, even if that means time lost somewhere down the road; at least I don't have to stop what I'm doing and go on some random jog to find my rotting dead body. The best is when it's buried in the bottom of some dungeon with a mountain of re-pops on top of it, with no possible way to avoid them. Super.
Some day I'll take Raph to task on that "no long waits for public transportation" comment too. Ask anybody who played SWG at launch what were the most memorable annoyances, and I bet they'll say 2 things: corpse runs and waiting for the goddamn shuttle.
Tags: 5 things , age of conan , corpse runs , everquest 2 , star wars galaxies , vanguard
Posted by Raddie @ 3:53 AM
I love the MMO in spite of its faults, recycling and trickery. I love to progress a character within a game, and to custom tailor it to my heart's content. I love to roam around with others'/friends' characters, and to wreak all manner of havoc and terror. It's also a blast to sit around with said buddies and do nothing but shoot the shit. I also love that little thing we call 'immersion'.
Now a little step back to my MMO origins: Motor City Online, may it rest in peace. There was, as far as I'm concerned, a one-of-a-kind game. A true racing MMO. Granted, it didn't last long. I'll attribute that to poor management and lack of exposure. Bottom line though, I love racing games. And with MCO I got to build my own cars, sell my creations, have my own little greaser guy in the car (yes, it was all muscle/classic cars and set in the 60s-70s), and race in every kind of mode you can think of. Although MCO was built on a Lobby setup, the player base was definitely Massive, and it was persistent. And I have to let it be known, the customization was phenomenal for its time.
This game really blew my mind. I had played plenty of games online. But nothing on this scale; just your usual lobbied games. Here I was indulging in one of my favorite genres, but I wasn't limited to racing the CPU/a friend/my brother like any racing game before. It was from there on that I was hooked on MMOs.
I think I'll leave my first leap at that, as my next MMO was Star Wars Galaxies. Don't get me wrong; I'm one of the people that had an absolute love affair with SWG (still would if not for the NGE), but that will have to be broken down into many posts.
I'll close with a thought I had while out jogging at 5 in the goddamn morning today (because any later is toooo hot): Repetitive gameplay and the $15 standard. I don't mind forking up 3 fivers every month for a great game... but some games (even when great) are repetitive. I could probably get a monthly handjob on the Harvard campus for less, and get more original 'content' out of it. Developers really need to step up the Dynamic in 'dynamic gameplay elements.'
Keep it here for my next installment in textual intercourse : Savagery and Broken Bliss in A Galaxy Far Far Away. ETA - whenever.
Tags: $15 , customization , introduction , motor city online , star wars galaxies
I wrote in my last post about my beginnings as a gamer, and hopefully this went towards giving you an idea of what I like in MMOs. I suppose it’s obvious: I’m a sandbox guy, unapologetically. Now you know how I voted in our poll. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy a good raid every now and then, or a good round of PVP, but what really gets me going is just seeing what people can create in virtual worlds. If it’s contextual, all the better. But if it’s completely out of left field, the wacky side of me as well as the part that digs on the somewhat random nature of the human creative impulse is also tickled.
I’ve been finding it pretty interesting to watch what people have been doing with the Spore Creature Creator. Not only is it great marketing for that game, the creator is so addictive that it bodes very, very ill for the future sleep habits of gamers everywhere when Spore finally does come out. I not only laughed my ass off over this guy but appreciated the fact that, once they get over the novelty of making giant penis monsters, a million monkeys on typewriters are going to turn their formidable collective consciousness to making some of the most entertaining critters ever.
Sure, EA got a little snippy over the fact that people were using their vaunted creature editor to create things that weren’t exactly family friendly. But they’re going to filter what uploads into the game, right? Since I’m sort of an anarchist about these things, I wish they wouldn’t. But I can appreciate why they need to.
Why can’t we see more user-generated content in MMOs? Don’t tell me it would break the immersion. Immersion is only important in rigidly controlled, probably franchised gameworlds that want to run me on a hamster wheel. This is obviously a slight exaggeration, but still: give me the tools, and I’ll make my own immersion. So will many other people.
When I think about the Spore Creature Creator, I imagine it being put to use in a game like SWG to generate in-game objects. No need for noob staff aquarium walls then, although I grant you that they work very, very well. If you like, make sure the style of the items that people generate is contextual.
Naturally, I’d love to see some games that don’t even try to do that. And surely, Second Life is one. Unfortunately, it also neatly illustrates why the full-chaos model doesn’t work either. Too little structure can be just as off-putting as too much.
Second Life’s “problem” in a nutshell is that it isn’t really a game at all. You can play games in SL but that word has a different definition there. SL is essentially a 3D development platform. So that formidable collective consciousness I talked about is there in spades, but not to game; to socialize, to do business, to roleplay. That last taking place in a giant bunny suit, with your partner of choice resplendent in the latest zebra head fashions of the day, along with the obligatory little black dress. And believe me, you two will e-urinate on one another for hours.
Because Second Life doesn’t have an inherent game structure, it also tends to attract the sort who find the above appealing. Because they aren’t looking to game the way I’m looking to game. They’re looking for something a little more basic that probably has more to do with, um, hormonally and intellectually based human social interaction.
While there’s a place for those crazy bunny suit people in my utopian virtual world, and elements of what they want to do are indisputably valid gaming activities, not all the right MMO ingredients really exist in SL. That simply was never Linden's intent. Plus, you have to learn the proprietary scripting language to make anything. And, let's face it, you have to be a graphic designer. Finally, there’s also always the risk of your PC melting into a smoking pool of hot metal. SL can really lag, on any machine.
So, much as I appreciate the parts of it that are groundbreaking, much as I love that it was born out of Stephenson’s Snow Crash, Second Life is not “playable” the way I define that word. To find something like that, I have to head back towards the mainstream.
I’ve talked a lot about user generated content, and also about how plain crazy Second Life can be. But I don’t think that user generated content and utter, random wackiness have to be mutually dependant. Surely one can find a middle ground between total anarchy and the rigidly stratified, narrowly specific gameworld that is WoW: the one where every bit of art in the game looks like it was drawn by the same guy. And, you know, even though some of the more over-the-top player additions to SWG were not exactly helping one roleplay, you never forgot that you were running around in the Star Wars universe.
Problem is, short of Second Life and SWG, I can’t even think of a game with much user generated content, and certainly not one that allows the player to use that content in a sandbox-type environment. Being able to design your own ship sails in Pirates of the Burning Sea is pretty cool, but it isn’t really what I’m after.
Since I just used WoW as a cautionary example of what not to do, I want to allay some concerns about just how much of a lunatic sandbox MMOer I really am. The basic premise of any game is to have fun, and WoW is fun without a doubt. Combat is intuitive and quick, but there’s a lot of depth to how you play a class, both in PVP and PVE. Everything just… works right, and that counts for so much. It's rare in MMOs! In that, WoW is the anti Second Life, as well as the anti SWG.
To continue playing devil’s advocate, there’s also something to be said for WoW’s higher-end content. It has a way of bringing people together through necessity. I’ll bet a thousand real-life friendships have been born out of raiding BWL, and there’s nothing negative I can say about that. Plus, the strategic, almost sport-like element of most raids can be pretty compelling.
It’s plain satisfying to take down a really big boss, on your fifth try, with 39 other people screaming into the mic. And hopefully you had enough DKP saved, because the Talisman of Reformatting Entire Noob Hard Drives finally dropped, and it’s a priest item. But it’s not satisfying for long.
Unfortunately, in an industry that thrives almost solely on the big hits, that, like Hollywood, needs them to survive, you’ll excuse me if I worry that a whole lot more WoW flavor is in our MMO future. To the exclusion of all else.
Blizzard broke the mold, and showed you guys that the theme park style can be phenomenally popular (and profitable). Put people on a loot treadmill, and run them through a world that is perfectly realized, on an engine that is rock stable. Lower-level players will see the shiny, glowing weapons and armor of the 70s, and lust after them. But they need time, numbers and organization for that. So they’ll be forced into big guilds, will start grinding up, and before you know it they’re studying YouTube videos of raid progression, and blocking out their raid schedule two weeks in advance. They’re playing (and subscribing) more than they ever thought they would, but along the way, they will move through a gameworld that never changes, never evolves. Something is absent from it.
That something is what I have futilely hunted for in virtually every MMO outside SWG that I’ve played. The old sense of wonder, caused by an appreciation of just how much interesting stuff people get up to when you give them the tools and step carefully back.
When I ran around in WoW, I enjoyed myself the first few weeks. All the cool gnome technology. The sense of humor and cartoony irreverence that is in all of Blizzard’s (really Games Workshop’s) art. But as a player, you cannot contribute. You’re really just running around in someone else’s movie.
Even a game like EQII, which I suppose was a good transition from the sandbox of SWG to the theme park of WoW, has always had that same sense of narrowness. I understand that you EQII devs felt you had to protect the intellectual property of Norrath by not allowing players to throw up houses and guild halls all over the landscape, but that instanced housing in the cities was not a solution. We weren’t contributing to the world; we were just renting rooms in your hotel. Sure, we could put our collections of stuff there (and I did), but it never felt like we figured into how the game evolved. Actually, I guess that’s the point; it didn’t. EQII is the same static, ladder-style questfest as WoW, just with different skins and less PVP.
When I think about EQII, the thing that most stands out for me about that gameworld isn’t the first time I stood someplace and gaped at the scenery. Sure, it was very quality stuff, and I did peer a little. But, like in WoW, there was little sense of wonder. What sticks is, bizarrely: Narek Bonecarver.
Narek was an armor quest mob who I believe you simply had to kill. He’d spawn on you when you found his spot, provided you had the quest. Problem was, for as long as I played, he also spawned on you if you had ever had the quest. Even if you had killed his ass into the ground sixteen times and once more for good measure. You could be level 46 and decked out, but if you passed his spot in Nektulos Forest, level 25 Narek would pop, scream in rage and commit comic three hit suicide. As one friend pointed out, Narek was pissed, and he was coming after you for the rest of your life.
For some reason, I always found it hilarious when Narek came out to remind us that he hadn’t forgotten what we did to him back when Nek Forest was scary, and everything conned orange and red to us.
Maybe it’s because the world in EQII was just so… perfect. It needed a little smudge, and Narek provided that.
Tags: everquest 2 , sandboxes , second life , spore , star wars galaxies , world of warcraft
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Democrats target state elections with focus on election security
Supporting secretaries of state offices in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi in effort to expand voting rights
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Democrats are supporting secretaries of state offices across the country to try to win a majority of those offices nationwide. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Democrats on Thursday launched a campaign to win secretaries of state races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi this November by pointing to their focus on boosting election security and expanding voting rights, compared with Republican officials.
“The office of the secretary of State is more important than ever,” Alex Padilla, the secretary of state for California and president of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, told CQ Roll Call. “Every election cycle is an opportunity to elect Democratic secretaries of State, but also to ensure security and accessibility” for voters.
[Election officials want security money, flexible standards]
While the immediate focus is on the three states picking secretaries of state this November, the party is also aiming for 2020 races in Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and West Virginia, as well as defending seats in North Carolina and Vermont.
“If we are successful, we can hit the milestone of achieving the majority of secretaries of state,” Padilla said.
Secretaries of state are typically the chief election officers who set the stage for voter registration, election security and conduct at polling places. Democrats hold 20 of the positions nationwide, compared with 25 held by Republicans. Two state officers are nonpartisan and the position does not exist in the remaining three states.
Democrats say that Republican officials in states such as Georgia and Kansas have restricted voting access and, in the words of Padilla, are “doing the bare minimum to hold President Trump accountable when he undermines U.S. intelligence officials on Russian interference.”
David Abrams, a spokesman for the Republican State Leadership Committee, countered in an email: “Republican secretaries of State across the country have done great work to ensure that state elections are fair and secure, and we’ll continue to support them however we can.”
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The New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice found that 45 states use voting machines that are no longer manufactured and therefore lack maintenance support, which could leave local officials scrambling for spare parts. In 2020, as many as 16 million voters across the country are likely to cast ballots on electronic machines without any paper backup, compared with 23 million who did so in the 2018 elections, the Brennan Center said in a recent report.
Congress approved $380 million in federal grants for election security in 2018. Experts say states need more money to complete the transition to modern systems and replace old voting machines with ones that can generate a paper trail or accommodate paper ballots.
House Democrats on March 8 passed a wide-ranging bill that included several election security measures, including requirements that all states have paper ballots. Democrats including House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and Zoe Lofgren of California, who leads the House Administration Committee, have introduced other bills to boost election security and provide more grants to states. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, a 2020 presidential candidate, has proposed similar legislation.
Such measures have stalled in the Senate, where Democrats have squabbled with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over whether to prioritize them. McConnell has rejected suggestions that he is minimizing the need for election security, saying his position is rooted in his belief that the federal government shouldn’t tell states how to conduct elections.
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State Republican officials also are blocking funds for election security, Padilla said, pointing to legislators in Minnesota and Arizona. But California has approved $200 million in state funds during the last two years to boost election security, including cybersecurity training for voting officials as well as upgrading equipment, he said.
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Rook Game
Discover the Card Game Rook Again!
Adaptation for standard playing cards
ROOK may be played with standard playing cards by removing the 2s, 3s, and 4s from the deck and adding the joker to be used as the Rook Bird card. Thus, each 5 is worth 5 points, each ace and 10 is worth 10 points, and the joker is worth 20 points. Aces play high in tricks.
One common variant for a standard deck is played by five players and is scored individually, not in teams. As above, a single joker serves as the Rook; however, it acts as the lowest trump (not the highest) and must follow suit as normal. The full standard deck is used; each player is dealt ten cards, and the nest is three cards. When the bid-winner puts down the modified nest, he also names any card not in his new hand: the player with that card becomes the partner of the declarer, but may not reveal herself except by playing the named card. The bid-winner may call a card in the nest to forgo the right to a partner. There are six trump options: any of the four suits, "high no-trump", or "low no-trump". In high no-trump, the Rook serves as the only trump, and high cards take tricks as normal. In low no-trump, the lowest card of the suit led takes the trick, and again the Rook serves as the only trump. At the bid-winner’s option, either he or the player to his left may lead on the first trick. A hand is scored as if the declarer and his partner (if any) were one team, and the other three players were another. As above, aces are worth 15 points, kings 10, tens 10, fives 5, and the joker is worth 20 points.
Western New York Rook
The 1s 2s 3s and 4s are included in with the deal. Every player should have 13 cards and the "nest" or Kat (Kitty) should have 5. The Rook card is the lowest trump and is worth 20 points however you must follow suit whenever possible even with the Rook. The 1s are the highest of that one suit and are worth 15 points. When discarding cards in the Kat all counts must be face up to show how much the last trick could be worth. The last trick of the hand is worth 20 points and who ever takes the last trick gets all of the counts in the Kat. There are a total of 200 points every hand. The game ends at 500.
2-High Rook
Played very similarly to Western New York Rook. 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s are included with the deal. Each player has 13 cards, with 5 in the kitty. The Rook is the highest trump and can be played at any time. If the Rook is led, all players must also play trump cards, if possible. The Rook is worth 20, 2s 15, 1s and 10s 10 and 5s 5, making a total of 180 points per hand. The cards discarded after taking the kitty are not counted. The game ends at 500.
Alternatively, you can play with a standard deck of cards, using the Joker as the Rook and dealing 3 cards to the kitty.
Woodson Patrick Rook
This form of Rook is played in Eastern Kentucky and some parts of Ohio. The 1s 2s 3s and 4s are not included in the deal. The Rook Card is the highest trump and is worth 20 points, however, unlike other forms of Rook, the Rook must follow suit whenever possible. Each player is dealt six cards with three cards placed in the "widow", or "nest". Players then look at their cards and bid for the nest. The bidding ranges from 65-120. If a player "Shoots the Moon", that is they bid 120, then they automatically win the game if he or she makes that bid. Players who take the bid may also call "turn it" before they make trumps. "Turn It" refers to the nest takers right to turn the top card of the deck and has to make trumps based on that color (this usually happens if a player has colors that spread out like 3-2-2, etc.). An optional rule is that players may swap one card before the bidder calls trumps. Players and bidders alike may not discard game of any sort. After a color has been named trumps players may discard cards that are not trumps or game (although they can throw down trumps if they wish) and try to draw for better cards. The game continues until a team reaches 300. This type of Rook is often referred to as Poker Rook. This version of the game was named after its inventor and a legendary player named Woodson Patrick of Hager, Kentucky.
Western Kentucky Rook
This style of Rook is played with all 1s, 2s, 2s, and 4s dicarded save for the Red 1. 4 players divide into teams of 2. All players are dealt a hand of 9 cards with a 6 card widow, or nest. If a players hand contains no counting cards 5, 10, 14, Rook, or Red 1 then a misdeal is called and the hands are redealt. Bidding, then, procedes to the left of the dealer. Players may bid up 150 with the minimum bid being 70. Also, bidders may pass, they choose not to bid for widow, pass in-favor, which allows bidding to comtinue normally until bidding returns to the player that has passed in favor who then places his bid normally, (Note: Only one player per team my pass in-favor) and "Shoot the Moon, which is a bid of 150 and wins the game if the bid is made. Play continues with the window winner leading out and calling trumps. Scoring consists of 5=5, 10,14=10, Rook=20, and Red 1= 30. The Red 1 captures the Rook in this style of play. The Rook is the second dominant card in the deck. If the bidder goes set or doesn’t make his/her bid then that team is set back their bid and and the other team scores what they drew in through tricks. Play continues until one team has a score equal to or over 500.
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Jason July 8, 2011 at 5:27 am
I was wondering if you ever heard of a variation where the 2’s, 3’s, 4’s are removed. But the red 2 is included. The rook and red 2 is worth 20 each, 5’s=5, 10’s=10, 14’s=10 and the 1’s=15 for a total of 200 points. There are 10 cards dealt to each player (4) and 6 in the kitty. Play in teams of 2. The rook is top trump and the red 2 is next followed by 1,14, 13, 12 etc. The trump color is determined by the one who wins the bid and gets the kitty. The starting bid is 140. My family is from southwestern va (Coeburn) and that is the way they have played since the 50’s or 60’s. I have not heard of this variation anywhere else.
admin Post author September 12, 2011 at 10:43 pm
I have never heard of this variation but is sounds very fun. I like the added red 2 value. If I was to play with rook as high, I would prefer to play with this added element of the red 2 being 15. 6 in the kitty is a lot! That must really make the bidding crazy.
If I were to name it, I would call it: Red “to” Rook or Red Two Rook 🙂
christy June 4, 2012 at 8:15 am
yes this is how we have always plays too. i was starting to believe that we were the only ones. we play with the red 3 as the little rook . i am also from southwest va. st. paul so it muct be our own way of doing things
Ray March 13, 2013 at 2:30 am
We are from eastren ky.& We play the same way as you.but we use the black 3 as the little rook.
Roon September 4, 2014 at 12:44 am
We play without all 2,3&4 except Black 2. Black 2 is Top trump , then Rook. Delt 10 with 6 in kitty. Team that wins the most books takes the points in the kitty. We are in N. AL and it seems like most know this style around here.
Staten May 26, 2012 at 9:36 pm
In our family we play with 5-14 cards plus the red 1 and the rook card. Point cards are red 1=30 pts, rook=20 pts, 5=5, 10=10,14=10 which totals to 150 pts per round. We love to shoot the moon where you call your bid at 150 and you secure all the points, it will equal 500 pts. Of course if you are in the negative on points, playing to 500 pts. will not get you the game but it might place you near it. This way to play has always been fun.
Has anyone heard of rules of re deal or misdeal if a player isn’t dealt count card of ten or higher? Just would like people’s take on that. Thank you!
Gary September 2, 2012 at 10:39 am
We play the Eastern Kentucky variation of Rook. All 2s, 3s, and 4s are removed from the deck, leaving 45 cards including the Rook card. 1s are the high card in each color, so the card ranking goes (from highest to lowest) Rook-1-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5. The Rook counts as highest trunp in whatever color is trumps.The card values are :
Each 1 ……15 Points
Each 14 …..10 Points
Each 10…..10 Points
Each 5…..5 Points
The Rook…..20 Points
A total of 180 Points are possible in each round, or deal.
Jake December 6, 2012 at 12:15 pm
That’s how I play too Gary.
Craig Alexander May 29, 2018 at 5:55 pm
That’s our game in North Central Alabama. Only game I’ve ever known but these variants look very interesting. I knew Rook was very flexible but not this flexible. One of the greatest all time card games. Easy to catch a cheater too. LOLZ
Alice January 16, 2014 at 12:58 am
What happens when the bibber gets the nest then discards only 4 cards not 5 ?
admin Post author January 16, 2014 at 5:34 am
This is not possible. The bidder must discard 5 cards total. They must end up with the same amount of cards in their hand as the rest of the players.
admin Post author July 23, 2014 at 9:50 pm
I don’t think this is legal. In our game, we call this cheating 🙂
Kevin September 3, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Lancaster PA rules
Four players, no set teams. Exclude 2s, 3s and 4s which leaves 45 cards including the Rook. The kitty has 5 cards and each person has only 10 cards in their hand.
1=15 pts, 14 & 10=10pts, 5=5pts, Rook=20pts, and there are no points for tricks. This is 180 points total.
To shoot the moon, you must announce this before you look at the kitty. Bidding 180 is not the same, because failing is -180 instead of -360 if you shoot the moon and miss.
You announce trump and your partner after you swap cards from your hand and the kitty. You do not need to announce if you hide points in the kitty. You call your partner by the card (“the black ace is my partner”). No one but the partner knows who the teams are until that card appears.
Now the fun part. Rook is 20 points and it is trump and it must follow suit. However, its value is 9.5, so it can take some tricks but not others if other trump is played.
When playing two tables (four players each), we wait for each round to end together. Highest four scores form the “upper” table and lowest four scores form the “lower” table. With each subsequent hand, players can be promoted or relegated between the two tables. The entire group (all tables) plays to 500.
Matthew Miller November 24, 2014 at 1:50 am
In northern Indiana, we play the same as Kevin’s “Lancaster PA rules”, but with Rook at 10.5 instead of 9.5. (We normally call this game “Rook ten and a half”).
We also play a five or six-player variant which follows the same rules except that the parters change every hand, with score counted collectively each hand but tallied individually. In addition to choosing trump, the winner of the bid calls a certain card, and the holder of that card is his or her partner. (And the other three players together trying to set.) The fun twist is that this is secret from everyone (including the bid winner) until the card is played, and if that card is (for example) an off-suit 1, it may not be apparent for several rounds.
(This works best with 5, but if there are 6 people who want to play, better than leaving someone out!)
Oops… one more Lancaster PA rule. The partner receives only half the points of the bid (positive or negative). This leads to the behavior that every individual needs to take the bid to remain viable in the scoring.
DJ December 10, 2014 at 3:33 pm
Ok I am a longtime Rook Player from south central Kentucky and I can’t find anywhere on line where people play the game using the Rules that I have grown up with. I admit I a very biased as to my preference. I have played a lot of versions but none come close to the strategy and skill involved in playing the game we refer to as Rooker low. The rules are quite simple. 120 points per hand no 1s, 2s, 3s,or 4s in play, 41 cards. The Rook catches 10 and down in trumps (10.5) It must follow suit and it is worth 20 points. Low bid is 90 max bid 120. 360 points make a game. 9 cards are dealt 5 cards are placed in the nest or widow whatever you want to call it. High bidder gets the nest and discards 5 cards. Standard play ensures, you must follow suit unless you are void of a suit then you may trump. This makes for a very complex amount of strategy. It is important to capture the Rook but it is not a simple matter of if you have it you can bid. Many bids of 120 are made without the Rook, and may Bids of 100 or less are not made with the Rook. Everything is possible with or without it. It’s all about the strategy. I have seen people in our area play a lifetime and some become very skilled at the strategy and others do not. I urge you to try this variation and take your Rook experience to a new level. We call regular rook “kiddie rook” because of the simplicity of it.
James Lancaster January 6, 2016 at 3:57 pm
We play a lot of Rook in Northwest Central Kentucky. We play just like DJ describes it, but with a slight few changes. We exclude 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s and we also exclude the Rook card, for a total of 40 cards. Each player is dealt 9 cards, usually 3 at a time, and only 4 cards are placed in the widow or nest. The first card laid cannot be a trump, and trumps cannot be played until one player is unable to follow suit. Partners sit across from one another as usual. There is only a total of 100 points in the game and the starting minimum bid is 65. We usually stop at 300, but some games, when drinking is involved, can go up to 500.
NichySteves March 23, 2016 at 5:53 am
Finally I’ve met someone that plays the way my family does. This feels like a very rare version of the game, without the rook which the game is NAMED after. I play to 500 every weekend with my family after dinner. We’re from Michigan. It really is the best way to play. No chance involved, no bs stuck with ones. Only skill.
Vicki January 31, 2016 at 2:06 pm
We are from north central Arkansas and have always played exactly this way. You are right–it is the only way to play!
admin Post author March 15, 2015 at 10:49 pm
Haha DJ, “kiddie rook” nice! I have played the version you refer to, with rook being 10.5 and minus all the low cards. I like this version of Rook as well. The only downfall I have noticed is how much the Nest or Widow effects the game. 5 extra cards to trade when you only have 9 means almost 50% of your hand can change by the nest. We usually play that you can only trade 3 of the 5 cards, but that still gives you extra knowledge of what’s not in the other player’s hands.
I personally prefer this same version of the game, but including the 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s. The luck of a good or bad nest plays less of a role in my opinion.
Robert Thatch May 19, 2015 at 10:06 pm
We play a double deck, leaving out the 1-4 cards and 6-8, except for two 8s, leaving a deck of 60. There are two Rooks, valued at the 10-1/2 of trumps. Rooks must follow suit. there is no nest and no special use of “1” cards or the “Red 1.” There is more strategy, since even the 14 of trumps can be taken, if you are caught with a singleton and someone leads the other 14 of trump.
admin Post author May 20, 2015 at 4:34 pm
Wow, that sounds cool. What happens when two cards of the same value are played. Who wins it? For example, player 1 plays a 10, and then player 2 plays a 10 as well. Does player 1 win the trick or player 2?
michael October 31, 2015 at 11:18 am
I have played rook 1 way since I was a kid and my family and myself love it! Remove all 3’s and 4’s except the black 4. Use a 6 card nest/kitty. Minimum bid is 180 with a max “shoot the moon” of 300. Play to 1000 or more (we usually do 2500 to make it longer and more fun).
Rook – 20
13, 12, 11 (fillers)
9,8,7,6 (fillers)
The black 4 and rook count as whatever trump is called! Hope this variation brings some fun to yall like it has me all these years!
Tim Wayne May 30, 2017 at 7:54 pm
Ok, I see there are a lot of variations and some look really fun! The version we play in Iowa……yes, Iowa. Some of my buddies & I try to play once a week. We play the Red One Variation with enhancements on our part. To make the game better. We take out the 1’s(except the red one), 2’s and 3’s. The bird is included and the Red One is top dog (30pts) followed by the bird (20 pts.) Variation: the 13 becomes the count card, not the 14, allows for more skill. There are 6 cards in the nest and bidding begins at 70. 150 total points per hand. play to 500. Another twist we have is if you are dealt all four 4’s and you take the bid and make it you get an x-tra 100 points. You have to keep the fours in your hand. I tried it twice and got set! If you know of any tournaments up north let me know. Rook on!!!
Brandon Wernert September 20, 2017 at 8:27 pm
This is the version that I inherited from my family growing up in Southern Indiana. We exclude 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s. The Rook is top dog but is not worth any points. Also, we play where 13 is the count card instead of 14 (5 = 5pts, 10 = 10pts, 13 = 10pts). Although the counters add up to 100, we bid out of 120. If your team wins a hand you get the amount you bid (i.e. if you bid 95 and win the hand, you get 95 pts for that round). In order for the non-bidding team to win the hand, they need to get 5 more than difference of 120 and the bid (i.e. if the bidding team bids 95 then the other team needs to capture 30 pts to win the hand). Not sure where this version came from or who else plays with these variations but it’s the only version I knew until I got older! Would love to get feedback and learn if anyone else has played with these rules!
WGarrett November 17, 2018 at 5:19 pm
For over 40 years I’ve been playing Rook in NW Georgia with my family with 46 cards in the deck. This is how my parents played, and it’s the same game my grandparents played throughout their lives. The 2s and 3s are removed from the deck. The 4s are removed, EXCEPT for the Green 4 – , which is kept as the highest counting card (always trump, same as the Rook card).
Ten cards are dealt to each of the four players. Six cards go in the “kitty”, with top card showing.
There are a total of 200 points possible, so bidding usually tops out around 145 points (150 for a good hand).
The rank of the cards (and associated points) are listed below:
Green 4 = 20 pts
Rook = 20 pts
1 = 15 pts
14 = 10 pts
5 = 5 pts
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Mr. Tony Elliott is Non Executive Director of the Company. He founded Time Out in 1968 with 70 during a summer break from Keele University. Women who had had a miscarriage did not have a significantly higher chance of a second consecutive miscarriageNo statistics about miscarriages are published in Britain except the hospital episode statistics,1 which report only on hospital admissions in England. Bleeding in early pregnancy is common. It occurs in a fifth of all pregnancies and with a miscarriage rate of about 15%2 represents appreciable morbidity in the community.
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I edit my post shortly so that it clearer to people looking up the same questions in the future. What I meant is we can calculate a parameter estimate from a sample, or we can calculate a range of estimates that we would deem to support the null hypothesis using the null hypothesis. I did not understand why it was necessary to use the null to see if our point estimate was in this interval, rather than simply using our parameter estimate and checking to see if the null was within the bounds of the parameter estimate.
The stories I ‘ve read and pictures I ‘ve seen are fascinating and extremely interesting. Shame on Salford Council to have allowed the area to be left unkept like they have with so much history. Regard Jon.. Comment number 1. At 11:24 24th Jan 2012, Phil wrote: Something to be added to the list of customs is the reading of tea leaves. The precise nature of the custom varied from area to area but, for example, in Pembrokeshire if a leaf was found floating, alone, on the top of the liquid it meant that a new lover was soon to appear.
Brian Litfin, in chapter five of Getting to Know the Church Father’s: An Evangelical Introduction, provides an accurate overview of Perpetua’s life and even an excerpt of her diary. He covers most of the important points, but his work is more of a sampler than anything else. He takes the story from a Christian perspective and is thus able to tie Perpetua’s life to our own.
Discussion after the film. 594 8750. Wednesday, Oct. The Spirit of WintersetMy first connection with Winterset was a remote one. The Bridges of Madison County had burst onto the scene in both book and movie form. The Internet was still in its early years, and I was new at it.
Build up HIIT running. Start slowly after warming up, sprint 10 secs, walk 20, and repeat. Then gradually over time (days and weeks) increase the sprint times, whilst adding walk/rest times. Chuck McNulty of The Bywater Co. Negotiated the contract. Northern Lighting Inc.
Yesterday was bad, apparently someone noticed my mood in the morning at work and asked if I was okay. I just said “yeah” and walked away. I don like being open about this stuff because I know I not the only one going through this, so why should I bitch about it? Talking to someone else that has a life and something going for them just reminds me that I don.
I got so sick of the timer in Armory and Machine, an idle game on android that was recommended by someone on this subreddit, that I used a memory editor to bypass the waiting. Unfortunately, I found out that there not much left to the game if you remove the waiting because it just a series of numbers that you keep on increasing. There no “strategy” to it, it just “wait” and “upgrade”..
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Wait your first paragraph is exactly what I was saying “lacking identity” doesn let Wax tap health. Unless Wax also has access to unkeyed Investiture from a Gold Ferring. It true that a normal human can tap unkeyed metalminds normally, but if they have access to Investiture through an unkeyed Nicrosil metalmind they can.
But he did so on the grounds of Saddam Hussein’s denial of human rights, not his possible possession of weapons of mass destruction. His and President Sarkozy’s concern for human rights lies behind their eagerness to join Gordon Brown’s Britain in a new push for action in Darfur.Bernard Kouchner did not come to his position with any of former President Chirac’s instinctive distrust of the United States. Washington, which has been critical of some European states for their weakness in confronting Teheran, will have been delighted by his ‘get serious’ warning to Teheran.
In a country like South Africa we are constantly victimised by our niggling dichotomies and the contradictory ‘single stories’ we spin about them. We so want to move forward (or so we say), but we keep getting stuck and can’t figure out why. By looking a little deeper and having the tenacity of spirit that allows us to remain open to the realness of the different situations we encounter, only then can we expect to usher in a kind of paradise, even if it’s not quite what we had in mind..
Sadly there seem to be few Bereans in our church today. People are quite willing to tell others not to touch the so called anointed but never spend the time to open their Bibles and see if there is any validity to the claims of critics. It is so easy in this day and time for the purveyors of false doctrines to quote a verse of Scripture and have their listeners swallow it hook, line and sinker, little realizing that the verse is way out of context and their interpretation of it is far removed from it’s original meaning..
The Thunder battled the Eagles to a 3 2 shootout loss on Sunday evening at the Coliseum. Kevin Truelson ripped a shot from the blue line past Colorado goaltender Andrew Penner just 2:58 into the game to give the Thunder an early 1 0 lead. Strong defense and more great goaltending from Jon Horrell carried the shutout into the third.
Check out some of our perennial favorites you can find at Walmart, Amazon and Target now. Surprise! superfan in your life? We bet you do! The tiny big eyed dolls have become one of the hottest toys of the holiday season. In fact, the range of merchandise featuring the mini figures goes far beyond the basic ball.
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He was always there to encourage and celebrate each milestones the boys strove for. Ever listening, teaching and guiding; he was adored by the boys and by us. Forever he will be loved and remembered as part of our beautiful family. Health Care ReformBecause of increased individual and federal spending on health care and an exploding federal deficit, the federal government has identified that it needs to reduce health care expense and spending. Healthcare reform efforts have focused largely on understanding the health insurance industry and how health insurance impacts the cost of health care. The Health Care Reform Law consists of some relatively minor changes that will be implemented in the practices of insurance companies..
Have this cute cuddly puppy adopted by your doll. This set includes all you need for keeping your puppy busy and comfortable. Your. Graham was Patrick Ewing co star on those great 1980s Georgetown teams. He was a very talented power forward whodidn have enough discipline to make the NBA, but he did play for Jackson on the Albany Patroons in the Continental Basketball Association. And he got dismissed midseason after fighting with Jackson during the game, as this Washingtonian profile of Graham now details..
This season the Sundogs are looking for 12 women to provide quality entertainment at select Sundogs home games. Applications are now being accepted from women 18 and older with minimum requirements including, previous dance and/or cheerleading experience, and minimal ice skating abilities. A $5.00 registration fee will be charged per applicant and an 8×10 head shot will be required upon registering..
He is survived by his wife, Lillian “Toni”; one daughter, Ellen Champion of California; one son, Brent C. Champion of Anchorage, Alaska; one sister, Elizabeth Murray; two brothers, John Franklin Champion and Vester “Buck” Champion; and two grandchildren. Thursday in the Pahrump Family Mortuary, 2240 E.
Soccer system is a closed league and void of any upward or downward movement. Teams in the top league, the MLS, are going to stay there no matter how abysmal their play is. And a dominant team in the so called fourth tier of the soccer pyramid like Chattanooga has no chance of ever moving up in the world and competing against better teams.
Major: Jay Robert Realtors defeated Bernie’s Bicycles, 9 8. Winning pitcher Ryan Schwager and David Iorio both had two hits including a double. For Bernie’s, Colin Smith had two double. But all three of the highest profile opposition leaders Karroubi, Khatami and Mir Hossein Mousavi, the candidate who opposition supporters believe actually won the disputed election have publicly recognized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President while reiterating their belief that his re election involved widespread irregularities. They have also distanced themselves from calls among demonstrators for the overthrow of Khamenei and clerical rule. Observers believe these gestures have opened the way for more pragmatic conservatives within the regime to press for reconciliation with the opposition.
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Snapping that connection can result in anxiety among other negative side effects consistent with an addict going through withdrawal. Other negative effects can come from our growing connection including online dis inhibition, reduced social context cues, privacy issues, and other factors. However, we can’t always turn ourselves ‘off’.
“I’m inclined to take a long stroll among the old orange trees that stand on the edge of the main grove. They’ve seen some big ‘canes and a whole bunch of other stuff, I can tell you. The closer the time comes, the more I sense my own need. Cosmetics Beauty Accents > Saks Fifth Avenue > Barneys. Bkr. Stainless steel bottles don’t leach, or retain tastes or odors, meaning you can use this during the week as a coffee bottle for work or school, and on the weekends.
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HOBART HURRICANES In: Tim Bresnan, Alex Hales (Adelaide), Michael Hill (Renegades), Dominic Michael, Jake Reed, Darren Sammy, Beau Webster Out: Aiden Blizzard (Thunder), Doug Bollinger (Sixers), Ben Laughlin (Adelaide), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Owais Shah Availability: Their glut of early games should ensure Hales, Sammy and captain George Bailey play most of their matches before heading off for World Cup duty. Xavier Doherty could potentially join them. Strengths: Impressive batting depth, to the extent that last year semi final hero Tim Paine could be squeezed out of a top order spot.
Tim Oakley, chair of the ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS) accreditation committee and Clinical Director at the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS foundation trust told the reporters at the Guardian, “I think [ECT] should be on the increase because it has been underused for a number of years. There are some patients who would respond very well to ECT who perhaps don’t get it as quickly as they should or don’t get it at all for various reasons. In terms of getting people better, particularly for depression where everything else fails, it is still the best treatment.”.
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Smart golfers learn to visualize all the different bodily positions in their golf swing. They then groove those pictures into their mind in the form of Mind Movies. These Mind Movies show them exactly what they have to do in order to swing the club in a way which consistently produces long and accurate shots.
Warren is feisty but cheery. “I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for,” she said in response to Delaney’s plea for ideas that can work. She’s essentially won the lane for “progressives with big ideas they will fight for.”.
”I just like going first class,” Reinsdorf said. ”Im a businessman, and I know Ive made money in my business by spending money. It didnt cost that much more to do it right, and in the end, I think it will payThe Bulls new office comes with a rent that more than doubled, but workers now have more than three times as much space.
It is great to get out of the house, enjoy the fresh air and get a little exercise. Maybe once retirement kicks in, I will be able to spend more time on this great mountain. “. Is it worth it?This article is not for the “naysayers” who are quick to discourage a fundraising approach without themselves doing some homework. I have found that many times these same people are the same who complain about the price of gas, cost of manufactured goods, or generally don’t care about the environment. I will, however, agree with these people, that “simply” collecting cans will require work with very little obvious reward if indeed, the plan stopped there.
750 South Halsted St., Chicago. 773 292 0292.6th Annual Chicago Toy and Game Fair: Preview and play new releases from major manufacturers, meet inventors and designers, participate in tournaments and on stage game shows and more. Nov. The Split Roller EQ features stable reinforced urethane wheels and a retractable handle in a soft sided luggage ready for travel by air or land. The interior is organized into two main compartments separated with zippered dividers. Pack these sections to separate out adventure and sports gear, and footwear and bulky outerwear from more delicate clothing and accessories.
Our SUV was probably totaled today. The police wrote the other party a ticket for running a red light, so blame shouldn’t be an issue. Both airbags blew up front, which I think will likely total it without even factoring in the rest of the damage. So, you might be thinking that it is simply an asteroid. And for awhile, that would have been the correct classification. However, it is the only object in that region to be completely round (hydrostatic equilibrium is the fancy term) and it accounts for 1/3 of all the mass in the asteroid belt.
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MPOV: Pompeii
The film opens with scenes of the bodies of victims of Pompeii as quotes on the destruction are made.
In Britannia, 62 AD, a tribe of Celtic horsemen are brutally wiped out by Romans led by Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland). The only survivor is a boy named Milo (Dylan Schombing), whose mother Corvus killed personally. The boy is captured by slave traders. Seventeen years later, a slave owner named Graecus (Joe Pingue) watches a class of gladiators battle. He is unimpressed until he sees the grown Milo (Kit Harington), a talented gladiator the crowds call "the Celt." Milo is soon brought to Pompeii with his fellow slaves. On the road, they see a horse fall while leading a carriage carrying Cassia (Emily Browning) and her servant Ariadne (Jessica Lucas). Milo kills the horse to end its suffering and Cassia is drawn to him. Cassia is the daughter of the city ruler Severus (Jared Harris) and his wife Aurelia (Carrie-Anne Moss), happy to have her back after a year in Rome. Severus is hoping to have the new Emperor Titus invest in plans to rebuild Pompeii but Cassia warns him of Rome becoming more corrupt. A servant named Felix (Dalmar Abuzeid) takes Cassia’s horse for a ride only to be swallowed up when a quake from Mount Vesuvius opens up the Earth under him.
At the gladiator arena, Milo soon has a rivalry with Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a champion gladiator who by Roman law will be given his freedom after he attains one more victory. The gladiators are shown off at a party where Corvus (now a Senator) tells Severus the Emperor will not invest in his plans but Corvus will. It turns out Cassia left Rome to escape Corvus’ advances. When an earthquake causes horses to become excited, Milo helps calm one down. He then takes Cassia on a ride, telling her that they cannot be together. Returning to the villa, Corvus is ready to kill Milo (not recognizing him from the village massacre) but Cassia pleads for his life. Milo is lashed for his actions and Atticus admits respect for the man as they prepare to face each other at the upcoming festival.
The above taken from Wikipedia.
The starting reminds me of a scene from Transformers =.= Anyway the views may be breathtaking but the storyline was lull and uninteresting... predictable too. It is definitely a very sad epic love story, well the ending was sad, but it didn't catch my breath. Aside from the gruesome fights as in other gladiator type movie which was exciting a little, other than that didn't meet the expectation.
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kiefer Sutherland
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PRESENTING THE TEN FILM ENTRIES IN THE 3RD PISTA NG PELIKULANG PILIPINO THIS SEPTEMBER
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the stars of the PPP entries
INSTEAD of the usual 8, there will now be 10 entries in the annual Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino or PPP to be shown in theaters nationwide from September 13 to 19. More than 20 films were submitted and these are the lucky ones to be selected. FDCP Chair and CEO Liza Dino Seguerra says the theme of the entries for this, the 3rd year of the PPP, is “Pamilya, Pagkakaibigan, “Pag-ibig”. “This year is extra special as it commemmorates the 100 Years of local cinema,” she adds. “We encourage the moviegoing public to support this year’s entries which are of diverse quality and to attend the PPP 2019 events we have lined up for them.”
The first three entries were announced earlier this year:
“Panti Sisters” - Produced by IdeaFirst Company with Black Sheep, starring Paolo Ballesteros, Christian Bables and Martin del Rosario as three gay brothers, with John Arcilla as their dying dad who promises to reward P300 million to anyone among them who can give him a granchild, directed by Jun Lana.
“Cuddle Weather” - now produced by Regal Entertainment with Project 8, starring Sue Ramirez and RK Bagatsing as two sex workers in a daring and unconventional romance about loveless sex that blossoms into something else, written and directed by Rod Marmol.
“LSS (Last Song Syndrome)” - A romance-musical featuring the music of indie folk band Ben & Ben, with Khalil Ramos and Gabbi Garcia as fans of the band who bond in a series of not so romantic encounters, produced by Globe Studios and directed by Jade Castro.
Four more entries are: “Ellenya L” - the directorial debut of Boy2 Quizon, starring Maris Racal and Inigo Pascual who used to be a love team called Marnigo, but who have since called it quits. Produced by Spring Films, Maris plays a typical millennial girl who wants to become a well known vlogger/social media influencer. She produces video content with the help of her family, unaware that she is becoming pretentious.
“Watch Me Kill” - An action-drama starring Jean Garcia as a jaded hired assassin who protects a girl, Junyka Santarin, also with Jay Manalo, Bodgie Pascua, Althea Vega and Rodolfo Muyuela, produced by Greenlight and CineBandits Entertainment and directed by Tyrone Acierto.
“Open” - An unusual romance about modern love involving a couple and their 14-year old relationship that has become boring so they get into a so-called open relationship, produced by Rex Tiri with Black Sheep and directed by Andoy Ranay. Stars Arci Munoz and JC Santos, with Ina Raymundo, Vance Larena, Sofia Andres and Ivana Alawi.
“G!” - A youth movie about a barkada that goes on a road trip where their bonding moments make them realize the values of love, friendship and family. Produced by Cineko Productions and starring McCoy de Leon, Jameson Blake, Paulo Angeles, Mark Oblea and Kira Balinger, directed by Dondon Santos.
Three additonal films that all star senior actresses in their 80s and 90s are part of the “Sandaan Showcase”, in celebration of the 100 years of Philippine Cinema.
“Circa” - A co-production of four companies, it stars 94-year old Anita Linda as Donya Atang, a once famous film producer during the earlier years of Filipino cinema who is celebrating her 100th birthday. Her birthday wish is for all the actors and staff she has worked with before to have a reunion with her. Also stars Gina Alajar, Ricky Davao, Laurice Guillen, Elizabeth Oropesa, Enchong Dee. Written and directed by Adolf Alix Jr.
“Lola Igna” - stars octogenarian Angie Ferro in the title role of Lola Igna, a foul-mouthed and hard-headed old woman who wants to die, but her neighbors want her to win the title of “the oldest living grandmother in the world”. Her long lost great, great grandson, Tim, played by Yves FLores, an aspiring vlogger ends up giving her a new reason to live. Also starring Meryll Soriano and Ma. Isabel Lopes, directed by Eduardo Roy Jr. as produced by ERT Prods and EMBA Inc.
“Pagbalik” - Stars 85-year old Queen of Visayan Movies Gloria Sevilla, produced by Nuances Entertainment and PRO, directed by Hubert Tibi and Maria Ranillo, filmed in Visayan with English subtitles. Suzette Ranillo stars as Rica, who comes home after working abroad for so long to be reunited with her aging mother, Choleng. In the process, she learns the secret that her mother has done during all the years that she was working away. Also stars Vince Ranillo.
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PRESENTING THE TEN FILM ENTRIES IN THE 3RD PISTA NG PELIKULANG PILIPINO THIS SEPTEMBER Reviewed by mario on 11:15 PM Rating: 5
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EDOUARD IN RUNNING FOR TOP AWARD
By Editor on November 2, 2018 Celtic
CELTIC’S £9million striker Odsonne Edouard has been included on the final 20-player shortlist for the prestigious 2018 European Golden Boy Award.
The prize from Italian publication Tuttosport is in recognition of the best Under-21 performer on the continent and is decided by a panel of journalists.
An initial 40-man list was compiled last month and the Hoops’ former Paris Saint-German frontman has made it to the final stage.
He faces some stiff competition, however, with ex-PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe favourite to win the award for the second successive year.
Edouard, 20, enjoyed a successful loan spell in his first campaign at Parkhead to ensure manager Brendan Rodgers made the move permanent in the summer.
He has claimed 18 goals in 45 appearances for the champions, including the fourth in the 5-0 win over Dundee at Dens Park in midweek.
Full shortlist:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Odsonne Edouard (Celtic), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kelvin Amian Adou (Toulouse), Houssem Aouar (Lyon), Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), Patrick Crutone (AC Milan), Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb), Tom Davies (Everton), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Diogo Dalot (Manchester Utd), Eder Militao (Porto), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Gedson Fernandes (Benfica), Amadou Haidara (RB Salzburg), Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund), Nanitamo Ikone (Lille), Justin Kluivert (Roma), Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) and Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid).
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LEGEND WARNS LENNON
By Editor on October 6, 2019 Celtic
DAVIE HAY has warned Neil Lennon that Livingston will be fired up for today’s High Noon confrontation and will be “no soften touches”.
The Celtic legend and present Club Ambassador managed both clubs and acknowledge Gary Holt’s side will make it tough for the right-in-a-row champions on their artificial surface at the Tony Macaroni stadium.
The Hoops go into the encounter on a high after their rousing 2-0 Europa League Group E triumph over Cluj in Glasgow on Thursday night.
But Hay, speaking to the Evening Times, said: “For all the positivity around Celtic at the moment, Neil Lennon will know more than anyone that the narrative can change in the blink of an eye. A crisis is always just around the corner when it comes to being in charge of either of Glasgow’s Big Two.
“That’s why he will be pressing home the message to his players that the game against Livingston is just as big as the match against Cluj, if not even bigger.
“The draw at Easter Road last week allowed Rangers to close the gap to a single point at the top of the Premiership table with their convincing win over Aberdeen, and Celtic won’t want to give their rivals any further encouragement by dropping points at another difficult venue.
“With all due respect to Livingston, it might not be just as easy to get motivated for a trip to the Toni Macaroni Arena to play a match on a plastic pitch as it was to get pumped up to play in front of a full house on a European night at Celtic Park.
“But Celtic have to get up for it, because Livi are no soft touches.”
Hay added: “I wouldn’t be surprised to see Lennon freshen things up a bit in terms of the starting 11, not just because he has to factor in fatigue with how soon this game has come on the heels of the Cluj match, but also because the players he has waiting to come in are all absolutely desperate to play.
“The hunger they have to prove they are worthy of a starting place in the team should ensure that they are right up for it, because they know if they don’t seize their chance then they may have to wait a good while for another one.
“I fancy Celtic to take the spoils.”
The Hoops lost their 100 per cent league record in the 1-1 stalemate against Hibs in Edinburgh in a game where they were convinced they should have had two clear-cut penalty-kicks from referee Kevin Clancy.
Ryan Christie and Moritz Bauer were both on the receiving end of challenges that had the away support screaming for spot-kicks and manager Lennon agreed with them.
The champions dropped three points on a scoreless deadlock on the same ground last season and know they face another testing 90 minutes.
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Is Joseline The Real Queen of Messy? She Has Tea On Everyone
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Joseline Hernandez is back and she has some gossip on all the women, and at least one of the men, too on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Joseline announced the release of her latest video, Church, and gave everyone a tease by spilling one secret but wouldn’t tell it all on the Love & Hip Hop episode that aired at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 25, 2016 on VH1.
Tommie, Tiarra, and Scrapp DeLeon
The episode opened where it left off at the Suite Food Lounge downtown. Scrapp DeLeon told Tiarra and Tommie that he might have to go to jail, and he invited them both join his harem. Not really. He did say that he wasn’t ready to make a decision between them, for obvious reasons. He wanted both of them to hold him down, however.
Tiarra from Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Photo Courtesy of VH1
Tiarra said that he must have lost his mind. “And anyone that insane will not spend a minute or a second with my son. Not a moment. Ever,” she said.
Karlie Redd’s Playboy Shoot
Next, the camera zoomed in to show viewers as much as what could be seen on TV of Karlie Redd’s photo shoot, which took place at a creative space, The Lab in Hawthorne, CA. Karlie Redd had been spending time at her boutique in LA, Mansiion and making business connections at Playboy, which was why she was nearly nude in her photo shoot. The Playboy representatives even decided to put her messiness to use and gave her a radio show.
Things have been going well between Karlie and her boyfriend Lyfe Jennings. Lyfe was with her at the photo shoot.
Stevie J. and Joseline at the Jewelry Store
Back in Atlanta, in walked Joseline to meet Stevie J. at Icebox Diamonds & Watches in Buckhead. Joseline wanted everyone to come to the viewing for her new music video, Church.
Stevie J. had convinced Joseline to return to Atlanta from California at a price, so he bought her a very large ring from Icebox.
Watch Joseline Hernandez’s Video, Church
The storyline was that the film that Stevie and Joseline were involved in, is going to be shot in Atlanta to take advantage of tax breaks. Stevie also talked about his talk with his nephew, Scrapp and Scrapp’s sex love triangle.
Rasheeda and Family at Pressed
Rasheeda tried to have a staff meeting at Pressed.
At Rasheeda’s Pressed boutique in Atlanta’s Lennox Mall, she gathered her employees/family members together for a staff meeting. Kirk’s daughter Kelsie was late. Although she works in the store, her real dream is to be a singer, which is a real shocker since Rasheeda is a rapper and Kirk is involved in the music industry.
Kirk joined the Reality TV showcase bandwagon for new performers, and was gracious enough to agree to allow his offspring to perform in his upcoming showcase.
Jessica Dime, Mimi, and Tiarra
In another part of Atlanta, Jessica Dime was saying that Mimi and her are cool now. They misjudged each other, so Jessica invited Mimi out to Park Tavern, an eatery in Piedmont Park in Midtown to make things right. Mimi told Jessica Dime that she didn’t tell Chris that Joseline and Stevie were back in town. And Stevie J. wanted to talk to Chris.
Mimi also said what anyone who watched last season’s reunion show already knew. She is cool with Joseline, very cool. Jessica Dime didn’t want anything to do with Joseline, but she did think that Mimi should forgive Tiarra for ruining Chris’ birthday celebration. Tiarra entered the Park Tavern right on cue, and Mimi heard her out.
Tiarra explained that she had no idea that Scrapp’s other woman would be at the party, and things just got heated.
“I know what it’s like to be the baby mama, tossed to the side for a ratchet a__ side chick,” Mimi rationalized. So, Mimi decided to forgive Tiarra for the time being.
Joseline and Tommie
Joseline was getting her portrait down for her video viewing party. Tommie showed up. Joseline had turned over a new leaf. She said that she no longer goes around slapping people and she advised Tommie to do the same.
We can be petty AF sometimes… #LHHATL pic.twitter.com/3Qh67JOwh2
— Love & Hip Hop (@LoveHipHopVH1) April 26, 2016
Joseline gave Tommie her first sip of tea. Scrapp has another woman aside from Tiarra. Tommie was shocked.
Joseline goes on to say that she is having a video viewing party and she’s inviting all of the women. She has tea on all of them. Tommie was concerned because she does not like Jessica Dime, but Joseline assured her that everyone had to be able to be cordial at this gathering, and weave pulling and other Reality TV show type violence was not necessary.
Business 101 with @KARLIEREDD! #LHHATL pic.twitter.com/o3rSeYpytJ
K. Michelle and Karlie Redd at Mansiion in L.A.
Image courtesy of VH1
K. Michelle dropped in on Karlie Redd at her Mansiion Boutique in Los Angeles, California. She wanted to do some catching up and Karlie was just the person who could update her on the happenings in Atlanta. K. Michelle wanted to know how Rasheeda’s store was doing, but Karlie said that she hadn’t been there lately. K. Michelle obviously still felt some kind of way about Rasheeda, because she called her a witch, and had this to say: “She probably has like a K. Michelle bobblehead voodoo doll and she pokes it at night.”
“So where’s Mimi?” K. Michelle wanted to know.
“Mimi has a girlfriend,” Karlie said (which didn’t at all answer the question about her whereabouts).
Then Karlie and K. Michelle talked about how K. said that Mimi’s past boyfriend Nikko London was a problem back in the day (which really wasn’t that long ago).
“When it comes to Mimi, us being friends again, I don’t know who this person is,” K. Michelle said in her confessional. “I could be friends with the old Mimi, but this Mimi I’ve been seeing is just thirsty and desperate.”
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K. Michelle said that she wasn’t sure when she would be back in Atlanta (but it must not be too long, because she is on the show’s opening song (with a gorgeous blonde hairstyle) and she does have a new hookah lounge, Puff Lounge Atlanta.
Karlie was still upset that she and Joseline were no longer friends. K. (who is still friends with Joseline) advised her to give Joseline some time.
Tiarra and Scrapp
At Suede Lounge Tiarra met with Scrapp. Tiarra wanted Scrapp to arrange a meeting with his mother and her. She felt that she needed to have a better relationship with his mother even though Karen K.K. King hates Tiarra.
Scrapp said that he was willing to put the two lions in a cage together if that meant that Tiarra would allow him to see his son.
Rasheeda and Scrappy
Next, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta shot at Sharp Team Entertainment Studios, where Scrappy was happily drooling (but he called it directing) over one of his scantily dressed models for his company Grustle Girl.
“This right here is what living is all about,” he said, happily. Then Rasheeda showed up at the studio, because she didn’t like that Kirk had words with Scrappy over Rasheeda missing Scrappy’s court appearance. Scrappy said that the court appearance was extremely important, since he could have lost custody of his daughter, “…the most important person in my whole life.”
Rasheeda had agreed to support Scrappy in court (perhaps to vouch for his character) but had to cancel when representatives from the TV show Rosewood, asked her to fly to California to tape an episode.
“My beef ain’t with Rasheeda. It’s with Kirk. Kirk told me exactly how he feel,” Scrappy said. “If he feel like he’s ready to come apologize, I’ll hear him out.”
Kirk had confronted Scrappy in a previous episode and told him, that he wasn’t too thrilled about getting involved in Scrappy’s court situation, anyway.
Rasheeda said that there was no reason for them to still be mad at each other, so she invited him to Kirk’s showcase. “I can’t let you blame everything on him. We are husband and wife, so you come to the showcase.”
Scrapp Talks to K.K. About Tiarra
Now K.K’s son, Scrapp (not to be confused with Scrappy) met his mother at My Little Kitchen in Buckhead. He asked her to sit down and talk with Tiarra, so his baby’s mother would allow him to see their son.
But K.K. said that she has never really been on good terms with Tiarra. Her grandson is four and she hadn’t been to one birthday party.
“You may have kept King away from me for years, but you are not doing that to my son,” she said in her confessional interview.
K.K. said that she could not reconcile with Tiarra (that wasn’t going to happen).
“… she’s too caught up in her own feelings about Tiarra to care about what’s best for me and my son,” Scrapp said.
Joseline Has Serious Tea About Karlie
At La Vie Hookah Bar and Bistro in Downtown Atlanta, Joseline made it clear that she no longer destroys $200 manicures for the ugly rats on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Karlie received a text, saying the Joseline wanted to meet, so she thought that maybe Joseline wanted to repair their friendship.
Karlie said that they were genuine friends and she really cares about Joseline. She also said she she doesn’t let other people talk trash about Joseline, but Joseline didn’t believe any of it, because Tommie had already told Joseline Jessica Dime brought her name came up when the Puerto Rican Princess was away in California.
So, Joseline invited Karlie to her Church music video release party and told Karlie that she better stop gossiping about her, or she was going to reveal a secret about her.
Karlie said that she has no secrets and seemed highly unbothered by Joseline’s threat.
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The Park Tavern, a restaurant located in Piedmont Park in Atlanta is where Jessica Dime and Mimi met, so Tiarra could apologize for ruining Mimi’s girlfriend’s birthday party. The restaurant’s menu options include appetizers like the six-piece Big Bang Shrimp, crispy Georgia shrimp in spicy sauce, Chips with Spinach, King Crab, and Lobster Dip, and Truffled Tater Tots. Salads, burgers, including steak burgers, tacos and a couple of desserts are also on the menu.
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#21 Hankosha
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Going to buy World of Warcraft soon.
But you have to also look at what's been happening. Canada has a supreme court ruling overthrowing an attempt to stop music piracy?
Is that to say that piracy is allowed in Canada?
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#22 Kernel
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BB and Matri, I think your posts explained my point about "out-dated business model" in my earler posts.
In the modern "Internet" age there's no real reason for the middle-man any more. You can see this everyware from holidays (buying stright from the tour operators rather than through a travel agents) to buying cars (buying from the manufacturer rather than a car dealer). ublishers (in their present form) are becoming obsolete and they know it.
I did some google searching the other day and I found a webpage that explained details about music artists legal rights, etc. On the page it gave an example of a contract between the record lable and the artist. I don't have the URL at the moment but here are some points I picked out.
On average, the artist only gets 20% of the income from album sales, the rest went to the record label. That 20% must cover recording costs, living expences, manegment fees, etc.
It went on to say that many artists don't make any money from that 20% at all and have to make extra money from tours, merchandice, etc. to actualy make money.
The website also showed that the record label holds all IP rights to the songs on that album, the artist can't do anything with the music unless they have permision from the record label.
Now we are slowly beginning to see music artists and software developers bypass the publishers as seen by Valve (with steam... when it works ) and Stardock (They've got a great web distribution system). I hope more developers and music artist decide to get rid of their publishers and sell direct to the public over the internet. It'll be better for them and better for us.
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#23 Ivory
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fro a consumer poin tof view thats fab!! but what about from an econemy and work point of view....if we get rid of all the worker jobs we are left with a high rate of unemployed.
people do not like loosing there jobs! (understandably)
here we start to approach the elitism aspect of capatalism....but i wont go there ill stick to the point! (well kinda)
if they cut out the middle man do you really thin prices wil drop??? im not entierly sure about that...if people are gree (as has been said before) then they will just see a bigger profit margin for themsleves as artist wont they??
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#24 Matri
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I think it is highly like that they won't cut out the middleman quite so soon if they didn't take a huge share of the cut. Capitalism at its worst, somehow these people don't understand that they can increase their customer base by taking less profit, instead they choose to shrink their customer base by taking more profit.
Guess it really is greed after all.
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#25 Zombie
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Anyone ever hear of an artist called Aimee Mann? She used to be the lead singer for Till Tuesday. After that group disbanded, she started her own band. Initially, she was under the Geffin Label (David Geffin Company or DGC). Obviously, there were quarrels between the artist and the label over rights and ownership, as well as the overall sound and composition of an album. After going back and forth for years, she dropped the Geffin Label altogether.
What she did next was nothing short of extrodinary: she formed a coalition of like-minded artists under the name United Musicians, and started her own label: SuperEgo Records. Now she has complete control over every aspect of creating an album. Not only that, but she also sells her CD's and merchandise directly to consumers through her website. Need I say you can pick up her albums for about $10 USD? That's damn reasonable in my book.
Now, only if other musicians would follow suit and not sign with a record label. That would really shake up the industry. However, I cannot foresee this happening anytime soon since those compaines are so well ingrained into the industry.
One advantage with a record label is that they push the album to consumers via radio or advertising. (Even if that requires payoffs to DJ's to get the music on the air). An artist on his/her own probably will not have the necessary clout (or funds) to make their albums get into the charts - unless they are a superstar already. That could explain Aimee's lackluster album sales.
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I recall a newspaper article I read on the RIAA's sue-ing spree. They took an elderly couple to court because they found a PC-only P2P program... on their iMac.
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I saw one news clipping saying that the RIAA had won a certain case and been given permission to storm a Kazaa office, and take whatever machines they wanted to search them for pirated media. I never heard anything more of it - let's face it, why would there be any dodgy material on the kazaa boxes? That's not how P2P works.
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#28 FullAuto
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Then you are not entitled to own a copy of the contents of that CD or DVD. It's that simple.
Well, yes, I am, because I'll go to ebay or any other shop or site that sells it cheaper than that.
BUT if it was easy and legal for everyone to download from the internet would sales drop then???
It's pretty easy to download songs, and as for legal, there are plenty of sites where you can get the music legally and pay very little, and besides, prosecution isn't exactly a likely prospect, is it? Downloading couldn't be much easier, but album sales have still increased. This kind of shows people up when they say downloading is killing the games/music/film industry.
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#29 Strong Bob
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FullAuto, on Feb 4 2005, 11:04 AM, said:
Er... But if you don't buy it, how are you entitled to the CD/DVD? Buying off of E-Bay is not piracy.
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He didn't say he'd resort to piracy. His point was he won't pay the original asking price.
Yes, prices will drop, because the artists can charge less and still make more. As a SIMPLIFIED example, Artist A releases an album while under contract with a record company and it is sold for £15 a throw. From every sale, the company gets £10, the artist gets £5. Sell a thousand copies, that's five grand to the artist and ten grand to the company. Ok?
Artist A leaves the company due to financial and moral outrage, and releases a second album off their own bat, priced at £10. Say £2 an album to cover costs, the artist makes £8 per album sold. Sell a thousand copies, thats eight grand.
The result? Cheaper music, an untainted creative process and a happy artist. Companies not only recoup costs (which is fair enough) they also like to hog the profits. Some bands have bypassed releasing CDs, and have offered their music on their website to download at low low prices.
mmmmmmmmmm i can do the math...i just dont see it working out that way, maybe thats just my sinical mind.
Why do you not see that working that way? It's the way it has worked in the past. What could sway your mind from that?
in the past people left their doors unlocked cos people were honest.
in the past many things have happened, but they soon stop happening when people reaslise they can take advantage.
I just dont think in the long run its gonna happen. its a feeling, its not a rational explanation and i cant make it one. as i said maybe i just doubt the power of human nature to conquer over greed.
everyone is entitled to an oppinon, and I hope to be proved wrong in mine. but only time, and lots of it can do that for sure.
#35 Accounting Troll
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The internet is rendering traditional music publishers obselete in the same way that railroads made the canals obselete. Paradoxically their strong arm tactics are acellerating this process by alienating their customers.
The smarter music publishers are the ones trying to adapt to the internet by offering large numbers of relatively inexpensive downloads avaiable from one place. The profit for each song may be less, but people will simply use the money they save to buy more songs. The publisher is also released from the risk of losing money if it distributes a song that ends up doing badly in the record shops. CDs will continue but only as a fringe market (not everybody is up to date with modern technology), but the company will have the advantage of knowing what songs are popular with what type of people before the CDs are released.
I am sure that if people save money by legally downloading songs instead of buying CDs, they will almost always use the money they have saved on more consumer goods, including songs. This is because these days hardly anyone seems to beleive in saving for a rainy day.
The companies who refuse to adapt will go the same way as the companies that owned the canals, which is the way capitalism has always worked and always will.
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#37 Zager
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The smarter music publishers are the ones trying to adapt to the internet by offering large numbers of relatively inexpensive downloads avaiable from one place. The profit for each song may be less, but people will simply use the money they save to buy more songs.
How is charging people to download songs going to lure them away from their ability to download them for free?
I just dont think in the long run its gonna happen.
Neither do I, but it does work out cheaper and more to the point, it does work. A single human being can be greedy, yes, and if artists did publish their own stuff they could still be greedy while selling their art at a lower price. If they wanted to. A lot of artists merely want to make a good living from their work, and why not? Being paid to do what you love? It's a license to steal, practically!
i will ignor that partiulary 'james bond' delivery there and just smile
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Ban Carriage Horses in New York City?! Yet Another Lesson in Stupidity!
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Horses have been pulling carriages in New York City for 150 years yet here we are in the year 2014 and if organizations like NYCLASS, New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets have their way the new york city horse carriage industry will be no more.
A quick visit to http://www.nyclass.org/horse_drawn_carriages quickly made my blood boil! This organization is full of such bullshit is amazing that over 55,000 people have liked their FaceBook fan page. For example,
“They 220 horses (68 medallions) routinely work at least 9 hours a day, pulling a vehicle that weighs hundreds of pounds, on hard pavement, while breathing exhaust from cars, buses and taxis. Unaccustomed to the urban environment, horses can be “spooked” easily and cause accidents that inflict great damage on vehicles, drivers and most often, the horses themselves. There were more than 18 accidents in the past two years alone.”
“New York City has had more than 20 carriage horse accidents in the past few years alone.”
Where do these people get their information?! Amazing that over 55,000 dumb asses agree without bothering to do even a second of their own research. It is simply amazing that stupidity can run so rampant.
220 horses do work 9 hours a day but how may were actually working on a given day? Considering there are approximately 150 carriage drivers common sense would dictate that on a given day a minimum of 70 horses are not working. It has been estimated that approximately 6,000,000 new york city carriage rides have taken place over the last 30 years. That’s approximately 200,000 NYC carriage rides per year. Even if there were 220 carriage drivers and 100% of the horses were working everyday that would average to approximately 909 carriage rides per horse per year!!
Let’s a bit further with the 909 carriage rides per yer per horse. In order to remain in compliance with New York City law a carriage horse cannot work more than 9 hours per day, regardless, 909 rides over the course of 365 days is approximately 2.5 rides per day. However, to also remain in compliance with New York City laws carriage horses are required to be out of service for 5 weeks per year. Backing out the 5 weeks that’s a maximum of 47 weeks that a horse can possibly pull carriages. 909 rides over 47 weeks is approximately 20 rides per week. Also when taking into consideration that most new york city carriage horses work 5 days per week that’s approximately 4 rides per week on average!!!!
Oh, but the carriage weighs hundreds of pounds, those poor horses! A carriage horse can easily pull at least twice it’s weight. The average carriage horse weighs between 1200-1800 pounds meaning that the average carriage horse can easily pull between 2400 and 3600 pounds. The typical weight of carriages used in the world is approximately 1000 pounds which is less than half the weight of a typical carriage horse on the low end. That leaves, at minimum, 1400 pounds of weight for the driver and passengers to arrive at 2400 pounds that is easy for even the smallest average carriage horse to pull!
New York City carriage horses spook easily if you believe that over 20 carriage horse accidents over the last few years equates to spooking easily. Notice that NYCLASS didn’t use the couple of years as in the last 2 years so at minimum I will go with 25 accidents over the last 3 years. Using the estimated 6,000,000 carriage rides over the last 30 years for a yearly average of 200,000 rides per year that would equate to 25 accidents over 600,000 rides! An incident rate of .04%.
But the cruelty to the horses. There kept in such inhumane conditions! In February of 2010 Dr. Harry Werner, a veterinarian in North Granby, Conn., and a past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, was asked by the carriage horse association to make an assessment of the horses’ working conditions. “Based on that inspection, I found no evidence whatsoever of inhumane conditions, neglect or cruelty in any aspect.” was the statement made by Dr. Werner after he and three other veterinarians paid their own expenses to observe four of the five stables in operation at that time.
New York City carriage rides are part of the experience enjoyed by millions of tourists each year. Think of a romantic ride through Central Park where a man works up the courage ask his girlfriend for her hand in marriage, a fairy tale proposal for many women. Instead of the horse drawn carriage the same experience can be had in……
Why in the hell would anyone want to take a ride in a green taxi through Central Park in something that looks like it was taken from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?! The cost for the above contraption if it were to replace the New York City Carriage Horse Industry? Approximately $150,000. Want to know a vehicle that can be had for $150,000?
So what is the real motivation to ban carriage horses in New York City? Could it possibly be politics and money?
Organization helps elect a mayor by making contributions. Said organization funds the creation of
which should sell for around $150,000 thus creating a new taxi medallion program for Central Park. Said mayor getting pressured do to the assistance of said contributions which assisted said mayor in getting elected pushes for a ban using said organizations ludicrous positions. Yet another reason why I fucking hate New York City.
Ban Carriage Horses in New York City? Yet another lesson is the stupidity of the masses!
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Culture’s role in environmental change
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The British newspaper The Guardian asks: What have the cultural and creative industries got to do with climate change?
“Climate change is not just about the climate – it will have huge knock-on effects on human rights, economics, democracy, equality and social and civil justice landscapes.The cultural and creative industries already make work that reflects implicitly and explicitly on these issues listed above. We already stir the imaginations, minds, emotions, spirits and souls of audiences on these subjects. So why is environmental sustainability the topic so often missing from the list? The window for averting climate change is narrow. If we want to choose our own path, not have one forced upon us, we need to take responsibility and act now. We must have the courage to programme much more work about environmental issues…”
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Culture’s role in environmental change The live and digital work of the cultural and creative industries is key to a low carbon transition and future, says Hannah Rudman
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Subject: Culture’s role in environmental change | Sustainability should be at the heart of our artistic vision
What have arts and culture got to do with climate change?
“As a sector we are a powerful collective imagination and a trusted voice” – so starts consultant Hannah Rudman in her piece for us on the role the culture sector must play in making positive environmental change. “We must tell stories of hope and warning about what the future holds.”
There’s no doubt about the capability of the arts to create life-changing experiences — and life will change quite significantly if we don’t look after our planet.
The facts and figures might speak for themselves, but the arts can make them speak louder. “Our disruptive, audacious thinking can get people engaged,” adds Hannah. “Our stories about ecological sustainability and greener living will be essential to preparing us all for a new ecosystem. Statistics cannot motivate us in the same way stories can.”
And for more stories on sustainability in the arts, read these from director of Julie’s Bicycle, Alison Tickell: why sustainability should be at the heart of our collective artistic vision; and
why reporting data will give the arts confidence to act.
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Affecting the thinking and behaviour of people and communities is about the dissemination of stories which will profoundly impact cultural values, beliefs and thereby actions. The stories can open people’s eyes to a way of thinking that has not been considered before, challenge a preconceived notion of the past, or a vision of the future that had not been envisioned as possible. As a sector which is viewed as imbued with creativity and cultural values, rather than purely financial motivations, the cultural sector’s stories maintain the trust of people and society.
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Cultural centres in Europe: ‘Sustainability? No more talking, let’s act!’
March 4, 2013 Culture FuturesAnnual Meetings, Art Pieces, Artistic Space, Berlin Germany, Birgitta, Centre Architecture, Concrete Tips, Delegates, Equality, Esch Sur Alzette, Futures, Mains, Oeuvres, Ongoing Projects, Saint Ouen, Secretary General, Sustainability Strategies, Sustainable Building, Trans Europe, What Is Sustainability
Trans Europe Halles – a European network of independent cultural centres – introduces several ongoing projects within the network which tackle sustainability, such as architecture residencies, collective art pieces, and the Trans Europe Halles Think Tank.
“The question of sustainability has been central for a long time within Trans Europe Halles. Some of the members of the network, such as ufaFabrik in Berlin, Germany, or Kulturfabrik in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, are leaders in the development of green strategies for the cultural sector.” wrote Anaïd Sayrin in the February newsletter for the network, which had the headline:“Sustainability? No more talking, let’s act!”
“But sustainability is not only an ecological process,” Anaïd Sayrin continued: “It is also about equality and a better distribution of resources, whether they are human, economic, energetic or cultural. Key issues which Trans Europe Halles’ members are facing every day when running an independent cultural centre and working with local communities.”
What is sustainability? The Think Tank met in Paris to work on a common definition and an action plan for the network
At the end of February, several TEH delegates and Secretary General Birgitta Persson gathered in Mains d’Oeuvres (Saint Ouen, France) to discuss sustainability strategies within the network. This first Think Tank organised outside the annual meetings was very inspiring and the team came out with a suggestion for a definition of what “sustainability” means from Trans Europe Halles’ point of view.
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“Architecture of cultural centre Stanica will never be finished”: Stanica builds a new artistic space using sustainable strategies
TEH Member Stanica (Zilina, Slovakia) is a prominent centre when it comes to leading centre in the transformation of public spaces into cultural places. In 2013, they will build a new space using sustainability strategies, in collaboration with STEALTH.unlimited, discovered during their art performance in TEH Member Röda Sten Konsthall (Gothenburg, Sweden).
In 2012, their efforts have also been rewarded with the Bauwelt Advacement Award for the renovation of a synagogue in Zilina. In 2014, a new cultural centre and international gallery space will be opened in this building. There is only one condition to make this dream come true – to find one million euro.
What if bikes were not only made for biking? A new collaboration between Not Quite and Manifatture Knos
A collaboration between TEH Members: Karl Hallberg (Not Quite, Sweden), the so-called rural centre of Trans Europe Halles, is organising a workshop in Manifatture Knos (Lecce, Italy) to build bikes with alternative functions in order to make biking more attractive. It is also for him an opportunity to learn more on how manager Michele Bee and his team run their cultural centre and develop their projects. Different contexts, different points of view: no doubt that this journey will be inspiring for both of them!
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Thanks to Aeneas Wilder, a Scottish artist living further North in Japan, Su Grierson has been able to give us a sense of the changes to the landscape further up the coast. Once again she asked me to emphasise that she is only able to report what she is told and sees herself, and cannot verify anything.
One of the most impressive aspects of Japanese society is the degree of tolerance, support and respect that is shown both to foreigners and within their own community. Partly this is a necessity in such a heavily populated country and also because of the practice of sharing their home with many generations of a family – as one person said ‘we don’t have much option, we just have to get along’. But it does go deeper than this with many traditional small actions of respect happening as an expected etiquette in daily life. While these can sometimes seem hierarchical and onerous to us they actually reinforce respect and usually have an inbuilt level of equality.
Decision making likewise tends to happen through group discussions which allow everyone to speak and seeks a consensus view. Again to us with our western linear approach which often allows the strongest voice to become powerful, this consensus approach seems to be very time consuming and often ends without an apparent firm decision: it is circular and ongoing allowing for new opinions to come into play. I can see the benefit of the system even if I find it difficult. However I am hearing from a number of people how it was this system that failed Japan at the time of the disaster in March 2011. Such an unprecedented series of disastrous events need fast firm leadership and decision making especially when the good systems already in place to cope with normal tsunamis were overwhelmed by the scale of that one. And I am told that the Government of the day just didn’t have the mechanisms to cope.
Following on from this I have had several conversations now and on previous visits to Japan about the Japanese approach to Charity. After the disaster the Government initially declined international aid when they actually desperately needed it. In this society accepting charity is seen as diminishing your own status, and giving charity as placing oneself in a superior position and taking on an elevated status. Some people in Japan were questioned and challenged for wanting to help the refugees. “Why are you doing it,” and, “You are only doing it for you own glory”. What this society does do is support those around them socially and in their own family which is seen as a mutual situation offering no advancement or diminishing of status. We could learn much from that. However it does create a certain tightness in society and a worrying distancing from the concerns and issues of the wider world.
The Temple at Otsuchi after the 2011 Tsunami. Photo and permission Aeneas Wilder
The Temple at Otsuchi (February 2013) Photo and permission Su Grierson
Last weekend I was invited to stay at the home of Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder and his Japanese wife Naoko and their children. They live near Hanimaki in Iwate Province, a three hour train journey north from Kitikata and much nearer the east coast. Aeneas kindly drove me through the mountains and out to the coast to visit the many areas decimated by the earthquake and tsunami.
He and his wife were actively involved in helping people in these areas and he has kindly said that I can give you the link to the blog he wrote at that time with many images and a video…
http://www.aeneaswilder.co.uk/writings.html
He was also keen to revisit the area which still holds horror images and a memory of the smell that he was still needing to come to terms with.
This is a beautiful wooded, mountainous area with many small towns and settlements in all the coves and river mouth areas. The section we visited is repeated for many hundred of miles north and south of here. He told me the story of how only one small town survived undamaged. Many years ago the Mayor of this town had insisted on building the sea defence wall many meters higher than anywhere else had even considered. He was laughed at and his wall was the subject of jokes throughout his lifetime. After March 11 his town was the only one in the area where not a single person died. The very next day the local people began laying flowers on his grave.
Because there was no nuclear problem here it is possible for re-building to commence and a few people are doing so. However the sea defence walls have not even been mended let alone increased in size and one can hardly imagine that mortgages or insurance are possible. The fishery businesses whose warehouses were outside the sea walls anyway are all re-building at great speed. Building contractors in Japan are going to be over employed for many years to come. I have never seen so many diggers at work and doubt that private individuals could get a contractor even if they wanted to.
Near the Temple at Otsuchi after the 2011 Tsunami. Photo and permission Aeneas Wilder
Near the Temple at Otsuchi (February 2013) Photo and permission Su Grierson
There are still huge mounds of debris at the wharf sides. There is no obvious sorting operation so I think they are being slowly loaded onto ships either for dumping or sorting elsewhere. I haven’t found out about that so far.
Refugee Housing (February 2013). Photo and permission Su Grierson
This area has a large number of refugee houses with people staying close to their localities, but it will surely be very many years before they are able to re-settle in their old locations. Also the stories about Government compensation for these non-nuclear refugees suggests that they will have very inadequate funds. I hear the stories but don’t know the facts.
Tsunamis have always been taken very seriously in this whole area with weekly rehearsals and hundreds of well marked high ground shelters designated. But many of these were also inundated this time with others escaping the tide by feet. In one area the tsunami went 8 km up a river valley which no-one had forseen. There was a 15 minute warning this time and most people reacted correctly. Without that the loss of life would have been catastrophic. Who knows why some people did not leave their houses? Would we leave if we had a bed ridden old person in the house? If our house had always been safe in the past? In some cases perhaps 15 minutes was just not enough time. Hospitals certainly did not have enough time to evacuate bed-ridden patients.
There are, as we might imagine, many stories of tragedy – the man who was safe but went to see if his wife was OK and was caught by the unexpected third tide. But also of survival – I am told the story that one lady recounted – when she felt the tremors a few days beforehand she had drilled her children that if the siren sounded, no matter what anyone else was doing, they must run up the hill to their school. As it happened they were at the school anyway when the tsunami came. She, on the other hand, was driving back on the motorway from another area and as she reached her town she and all the other cars were swept off the road and into the raging soup of debris. As her car was sinking the windscreen was hit and broken by a concrete electricity pole. She undid her seat belt and pushed out through the hole. She was instantly swept up into the racing debris, but eventually managed to climb onto a floating wardrobe. As she was swept in towards the hillside she tried to scramble up onto a wall but couldn’t because of the thick mud. Some people saw her and ran back to help and after several attempts managed to grab her and drag her up. In a totally dazed state she ran up the hill where she found her children safe. A few days later she went back to see if her car was still there and was met by security officers who told her that she was mistaken, her car couldn’t possibly be there because everyone in those cars had died, they had just finished removing the bodies. She was the only survivor. She reputedly told this story in a completely un-emotional way. She understood it was just one story among many.
Food contamination is another issue I have tried to ask about. Generally the first Government caesium testing figures were not trusted as most people seem to consider that Government is too tightly allied to big business who might be exerting pressure to falsify the figures. However there were many independent tests made in Japan and in other countries around the world which have indicated that with a few early exceptions which were dealt with, the levels pose no serious risk. This has produced two kinds of response. There are those who make a point of buying local food to support the beleaguered farmers and those who buy from the furthest away sources as possible, trusting foreign food above Japanese. Generally though I haven’t seen any particular paranoia about radiation anywhere locally. Life just goes on as normal – but without the tourists whom they so desperately need.
Images from the Residency can be found on three Facebook pages:
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The Kitakata AIR artist residency is sponsored by The Japan Foundation and the IORI club
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Minneapolis poet Danez Smith on National Book Award longlist
By Laurie Hertzel
September 13, 2017 — 10:05am
Twin Cities poet Danez Smith--born in St. Paul, now lives in Minneapolis--is on the National Book Awards long list for poetry. Smith's book, "Don't Call Us Dead," was published this month by Graywolf Press of Minneapolis.
Two other Graywolf titles, "Whereas," by Layli Long Soldier, and "Afterland," by Mai Der Vang, are also on the list.
The National Book Award long list for children's literature was announced yesterday, and the long lists for nonfiction and fiction will be announced Thursday and Friday.
The short lists will be announced Oct. 4, and the winners will be announced Nov. 15.
Watch for our interview with Danez Smith this Sunday in the Star Tribune. Our review of his book will run later this fall.
Here are the poetry nominees:
Frank Bidart, Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers)
Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, Ltd.)
Leslie Harrison, The Book of Endings (University of Akron Press)
Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems (W. W. Norton & Company)
Laura Kasischke, Where Now: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press)
Layli Long Soldier, WHEREAS (Graywolf Press)
Shane McCrae, In the Language of My Captor (Wesleyan University Press)
Sherod Santos, Square Inch Hours (W. W. Norton & Company)
Danez Smith, Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems (Graywolf Press)
Mai Der Vang, Afterland (Graywolf Press)
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November 6, 2017 David Hunt Leave a comment
In the spring of 1983 gay activist Morris Kight invited me to attend the 13th investiture of the Imperial Court of Los Angeles and Hollywood at his home on McCadden Place in Hollywood.
A drag queen and her muscle boys. Morris Kight is in the background, left. Click for more photos.
I’m not sure Morris really fit in with the odd assortment of drag queens, muscle boys and leather men who crowded into his living room that night. But the court was an efficient fundraising machine and Morris was the consummate politician—so the connection was secure.
I was intrigued by the Imperial Court, the pre-Stonewall organization that put on campy drag balls complete with mock royalty and no small measure of drama and palace intrigue. It seemed a throwback to an earlier, far less liberated time. And so I showed up with a cassette recorder and a Polaroid camera to document the fading glory of the court system.
A drag queen seeks divine guidance.
I soon discovered that my preconceived notions widely missed the mark. These fearless, fabulous “drag persons” lived life on their own terms, breaking down barriers and upending stereotypes with the snap of a finger. And, they assured me, they weren’t going anywhere.
Thanks to the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, my recordings of the event have been digitally preserved. Although excerpts were aired on KPFK 90.7 FM in 1983, this is the first time the full recordings have been available.
Morris Kight provides historical background on the court system and his understanding of its function.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3nqfg91mpmkd32t/kight-imperial-court.mp3
Empress Nicole the Great of San Diego, who is still active in the Imperial Court, discusses the role of the court in the gay and lesbian community. And she notes the role of drag queens in the Stonewall rebellion, which was largely overlooked at the time.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/eizdh3rw4zqhetu/empress-nicole.mp3
Two longtime drag queens discuss their experiences passing for women, hustling and picking up straight men.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/nqfs8lhy14jacvl/unnamed-drag-queen-1.mp3
Empress Hazel d’Royale, the incoming empress of Los Angeles and Hollywood, talks about the emerging threat of AIDS to the community.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bzdg46uum8t32zh/empress-hazel.mp3
The following is a half-hour recording of the investiture itself, including a dispute over Emperor Cameron’s leave of absence.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kksguh9ub4njaiv/investiture.mp3
Today, the Imperial Court system is in its sixth decade and remains a force in the LGBT community. It’s no wonder. As Nicole declared to me, “The gay revolution started when the first drag queen went into Leeds Shoes and said, give me a size 11.”
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A customer count money at a HDBank branch in Ho Chi Minh City
Commercial banks have asked the central bank to delay stricter rules on classifying and making provisions for bad debts, citing enterprises' difficulties in getting loans amid low credit growth.
The central bank instruction, Circular 2, scheduled to take effect from June 1, requires lenders to make more risk provisions for credit grants, including credit card debts, investment in unlisted corporate bonds and deposits at domestic and foreign banks - in addition to normal loans - to raise funds to clear their non-performing loans (NPL).
Economists said the rules could double the level of NPLs from the publicized ratio of 4.65 percent as of the end of last May.
Le Cong, general director of Military Bank, said: "It is unreasonable to apply the new rules in the next few months as the economy still has many difficulties and enterprises' health remains weak."
The rules will raise banks' costs, so they may have to increase their interest rates to offset the hike. Many firms cannot currently borrow capital because of high interest rates. Meanwhile, enterprises with major bad debts will find it hard to access loans due to banks' tightened lending.
"The rigid application of the rules may create more difficulties to firms, hindering their recovery. The central bank should consider a more suitable time to apply them, which would help the economy rebound sooner," he said.
Echoing Cong, Pham Huy Hung, chairman of the management board of VietinBank, said the central bank should delay the rule until the economy sees a recovery in 2015 or 2016.
Nguyen Duc Huong, vice chairman of the management board at LienVietPostBank, said if the rules are applied from June, credit to firms will thin out, which would force many businesses into collapse.
"Enterprises cannot recover, and many big firms will go bankrupt, which may cause a much bigger consequences than in previous years," he said.
Vietnam has been enduring its biggest slowdown in growth since 1999. In 2013, gross domestic product increased only 5.42 percent due to falling domestic consumption. More than 67,000 firms had to suspend business, shutdown entirely, or go into bankruptcy in 2013.
Businesses could not access loans due to their existing debts, while lenders tightened lending rules for fear that bad debts would increase. Vietnam's lending growth slowed to 8.83 percent as of mid-December, 2013, from an average 29.5 percent annual rise from 2006 through 2011.
No more delays
Central bank says no more delays in new rules for bad debts
An economist who asked to go unnamed disagreed that the new rules would make the economy worse. Debts at firms will remain unchanged whether the rules are applied or not. The stricter rules only help reduce risks to the banking system.
"More delays could cause more difficulties for banks in the next 1-2 years," he said. The implementation of the tighter rules on bad-debt classification and risk provisions was initially set to take effect last June but was then delayed until June this year.
The economist said the banking system, to accelerate its restructuring process, should focus more on dealing with bad debts, which are a key factor stifling Vietnam's economic revival.
The country's banks are saddled with what is widely regarded as Asia's highest ratio of bad debt, largely due to the funding of state-owned firms and a frozen real estate market.
Bad debts could be solved by being sold to the state's asset firm, known as VAMC, he said. The central bank launched the company last July to buy bad debts from banks, a move touted as one of its biggest reforms but also widely seen as a band-aid fix for its ailing, credit-starved economy.
Economist Nguyen Tri Hieu said another delay, as proposed by analysts and banks, would drag the process on too long.
He said it was much better to let the government know the real bad debt situation in order to enable it to take proper measures.
The central bank says it will allow no more delays in the implementation of the rules. Dang Van Thao, the State Bank of Vietnam's deputy chief inspector, said the delay had played an "historic role" in helping banks and businesses in a tough time by giving the former more time for better preparations and enabling the latter to access loans.
But the central bank cannot postpone the implementation of Circular 2 any further, he said. Lenders would have to comply "thoroughly" with the rules from June 1, 2014, he said.
The central bank's deputy governor Nguyen Dong Tien said the banking system would likely fail to hit its targeted credit growth of 12 percent this year. The central bank has already set a target of 12-14 percent growth in loans for 2014.
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Engine donations gives vo-tech students edge
Tanner ColeEagle Staff Writer
October 15, 2019 Car Care
Bill Rearick, instructor at the Butler County Vocational-Technical School's Heavy Equipment Technology program, explains the benefits of the new diesel engine donated by the Butler County Ford.
Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle
BUTLER TWP — Working under the hood at the Butler County Vocational-Technical School gets students ahead if they pursue a career working on cars.
Students in both the heavy equipment repair program and the automotive program get credit through the Ford Motor Co.'s ACE accreditations.
Instructors say their students can enter the auto repair industry more competitive than rookie colleagues. Ford representatives say the school training cuts down on time spent doing required computer training.
To aid their training, Ford gave the school two engines in early October. The heavy equipment class got a 6.4 liter diesel engine and a turbo charger, while the automotive class received a 3.7 liter gasoline engine.
Both engines were retired from the auto company's own training facilities and were donated through Butler County Ford.
Bill Rearick, who teaches the heavy equipment side, said his students will soon be using the new engine as a real-world component of their ACE training, which is computer based. He usually has over 50 students in the program each year.
Butler County Ford Motor Company donated a diesel engine to the Butler County Vo-Tech program.
“It'll be broke down, and we'll have all the parts sitting out on a bench,” Rearick said. “All of my students are hands-on learners. It helps bring it all together.”
Rick Bennett, the automotive instructor, has 70 students this year. He said they started circling the engine hungrily when it appeared in their classroom one day.
Bennett spent a decade repairing cars for dealerships. He said skilled mechanics are judged — and paid — based on how well they can solve all of a customers' problems on the first go-round. The test engine gives an opportunity to make a few mistakes now, rather than on a customer's car.
“They're miles ahead of someone who just comes in off the street to get a job as a technician,” Bennett said.
Candidates for the jobs in question are in demand, according to Butler Ford representatives. Marshall Thompson, service manager for Butler County Ford, said teams like his are “in dire need of technicians.” Catherine Glasgow, the local dealership's owner, concurred.
“These students are our future,” Glasgow said.
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(CNN) Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer praised President Obama Sunday, calling the Paris climate agreement one of his "signature achievements" in office.
In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Steyer, who has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on climate change activism, commended what he called Obama's "moral, intellectual and economic leadership" in helping to ratify the landmark emissions-cutting climate deal.
"It said something about where the United States stands in the world, where we choose to stand, where we've traditionally stood. It it was something that he should be very, very proud of," Steyer said.
Despite the fact that President-elect Donald Trump has said he will reverse many of the executive actions on climate change plans and emissions, including the Paris Agreement, Steyer insisted he still had hope.
"The strongest power of the American people is the will of the American people," Steyer said.
"If the American people understand what's going on and the consequences of what's going on, they'll realize that their future is at stake," he said.
Steyer, who donated almost $70 million to the Clinton campaign, acknowledged he was "surprised and disappointed" by the outcome of the election. As for Trump's campaign promise to encourage more drilling and revive the country's ailing coal industry, Steyer said that "people have refused to look the facts in the face."
"There are fewer than 75,000 coal miners in the United States of America. The whole United States of America. Just in my home state of California, there are probably 550,000 people working in clean energy" he said.
"Clean energy is actually something that creates a lot more jobs," he added.
Steyer also insisted that the cost of clean energy "either will be, or already is, cheaper than fossil fuels in most of the United States."
"There is a myth that somehow we're going to be more prosperous if we just go backwards," Steyer said.
"And I would ask you, when is the last time we got more prosperous by going back to old technologies and turning away from the innovation, the entrepreneurship and the skill of American business? I just don't think that makes any sense" he said.
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