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Home Analysis Keith Rankin on Michael Joseph Savage and Labour’s Universal Welfare Reform
Keith Rankin on Michael Joseph Savage and Labour’s Universal Welfare Reform
By Keith Rankin -
Analysis by Keith Rankin.
My ‘most important New Zealander’ of the twentieth century is Michael Joseph Savage, one of many single men who migrated from Australia to New Zealand is the 1900s. Born and raised to an Irish Catholic family in Ned Kelly country – and in the Ned Kelly decade (1870s) – he came to New Zealand in 1908, aged 35. Thus New Zealand’s most loved Labour Party leader spent less than half of his life in New Zealand.
Savage was more a rural battler (as indeed Ned Kelly was) – less an urban unionist, as his Australian-born predecessor Harry Holland was. He was no class warrior. As the conservative NZ Herald noted on 16 Oct 1938 (Michael Joseph Savage: Crowning honour of a people’s love) while he was Prime Minister, he was a Kiwi type of Aussie – modest – and was able to bridge the political divide. The political changes that happened in the post-depression late-1930s might not have happened at all – or might not have been bedded in as reforms that all New Zealanders could own – without his ability to rise above partisan politics. The capstone achievement of the Savage-led ‘social security’ reform was a genuinely ‘universal’ superannuation that caught the imagination of middle New Zealand; the world’s first explicit demogrant, a ‘universal basic income’ for all older New Zealanders.
Savage shared some of the prejudices of his times. P.S. O’Connor noted in 1968 [in “Keeping New Zealand White: 1908-20”, republished in The Shaping of History; Judith Binney ed. 2001] that (c.1919) “MJ Savage was particularly alarmist. The teeming millions of the East were less than a stone’s throw away and New Zealand was faced by a rushing horde of Asiatics which it must try to stem both by laws of its own and by negotiations with Asian governments themselves.” Savage was no ideological leader. He led by listening, and following. Labour’s contest of ideas was infused by a variety of ‘progressive’ and other philosophies. Savage was the pragmatist who the people could trust.
What passed for social security in New Zealand during the Great Depression of the early 1930s was little more than a highly conditional and stigmatising ‘charity’. The humiliating means tests that people in need of help were forced to undergo were almost worse than the material deprivation that drove them to seek help in the first place. In the years leading up to the postponed 1935 election, Labour became committed to a system of both comprehensive and universal ‘pensions’. Later they adopted the new American expression ‘social security’ to give their proposals a new-age post-depression gloss.
‘Comprehensive’ meant covering all categories of need. ‘Universal’ meant rights-based publicly-sourced income; all people in a particular category would receive the same benefit regardless of financial means. The first cab-off-the-rank was the ‘age’ category, legislated for in 1938 with universal superannuation, payments commencing in 1940. The second category to go universal was ‘motherhood’ (in 1946). During the war, families would be reluctant to work overtime if their means-tested family allowances were reduced ‘pound-for-pound’ of overtime income (what today would be called an ‘effective marginal tax rate’ of 100%).
The working class – Labour’s core constituency – favoured comprehensive redistribution whereby capitalists paid high taxes and working families in need (eg unemployed, incapacitated, widowed, aged) received comparatively generous benefits. This was the ‘selective’ (‘targeted’) ‘non-contributory’ model pioneered in New Zealand in 1898 with the old-age-pension. And senior Labour MPs such as Walter Nash and Peter Fraser did prioritise this working-class welfare. But they had gone into the 1935 election with commitments to universalism; welfare for all, not just wage-workers and their families.
In 1937 an Interdepartmental Committee (of public servants) was tasked with converting the 1935 vision into a practical policy. The committee included senior Treasury economist Bernard Ashwin, and Walter Nash’s staffer JS Reid. They were committed to fiscal neutrality – think ‘balanced Budget’ – and appropriately so. Monetary experiments were a separate aspect of Labour’s wider policies; it was through wise political management that universal welfare should not be seen as dependent on perceived ‘funny money’ (whether or not monetary policies widely advocated in the 1930s were in any way ‘funny’). Finance Minister Walter Nash was in London while the committee was deliberating.
The Interdepartmental Committee favoured a new 7.5% flat tax (a special ‘social security tax’) that would supersede the special unemployment tax that had been levied during the Depression. And they recommended a universal age benefit of 10s ($1) per week that would co-exist with a higher (up to $3 per week) age benefit for those elderly with little other income. This well-thought-out reform could have been legislated for in 1937; it indeed proved to be the blueprint for the eventual September 1938 legislation.
However, a Labour Caucus Committee was formed. It proposed to abandon or delay the universal component in return for a lower tax rate, and more means-tested benefits. Further, Walter Nash had been persuaded late in 1937 to go for an ‘actuarial scheme’, like the short-lived 1975 Roger Douglas scheme. This insurance approach was the preferred model in Europe, and schemes of this type had been mused over by conservative governments, including New Zealand’s own. These schemes – like Kiwi Saver – involve compulsory or semi-compulsory saving, and rely on the alchemy of compound interest. Walter Nash persuaded himself that such a scheme with a large compulsory contribution could eventually fund both universal benefits and pay off the public debt! The reality of such schemes is that the people who pay the biggest contributions – men on high salaries with secure fulltime jobs – get by far the greatest share of the benefits. And attempts to pay off the public debt – fiscal consolidation – create depressed economies (while not actually repaying the debt), as we see in Europe today.
When Nash presented his actuarial insurance scheme to his caucus there was a revolt. This was precisely the opposite of what Labour had been elected on in 1935. Caucus trumped Cabinet. Savage kept his powder dry. In April 1938 he announced the caucus version as the essence of the Social Security legislation that would be placed before parliament that year. Labour activists loved it. The wider community was disappointed. Where were the universal benefits? Caucus had gone for a socially divisive redistribution scheme. Cabinet had gone for a contributory scheme whereby the benefits would be delayed and would mostly go the richer people who made the biggest financial contributions. Where was the middle ground Labour had promised?
By announcing the proposals in this way, Savage gave voice to the people. The public debate that ensured made it clear that neither the overtly redistributive not the actuarial approaches would be acceptable. A Select Committee was formed to take public submissions. This Committee suggested a progressive raising of the income test that would be applied to the Age Benefit. Savage realised that this proposal still didn’t cut it. The people wanted to get something – albeit content to wait for retirement – in return for a social security tax that they were happy to pay. The voting public clearly wanted some universal (non-means-tested) benefits to be funded by a flat-rate tax.
Two days before the legislation was due to be presented to Parliament, universal superannuation was inserted into the bill. Initially it would be only 4s per week ($20 per year). But, in the bill’s provisions, it would rise by $5 every year until it reached the level of the means-tested benefit. Indeed, under Nash’s second Labour Government, the Age Benefit had become universal for persons aged 65 (still means-tested at age 60). Elizabeth Hanson (The Politics of Social Security, 1980) reports that the basic idea of the smaller universal benefit was that of JS Reid. And the idea of the four-shilling universal benefit increasing every year was that of the Government Actuary, Stanley Beckingsale. It was these public servants who created the part of the social security legislation that allowed New Zealand to truly ‘lead the world’ in welfare reform.
The simplicity and the fairness of the universal approach caught the public imagination. Labour was returned to Government with 56% of the popular vote. National could only whinge in the wings. Sooner rather than later, National became equally committed to the universal approach. And today we still have universal superannuation, despite the best efforts by Labour to destroy it in the 1980s, and by National to once again take the ‘we too’ approach, this time in the 1990s.
(As a matter of interest, Elizabeth Hanson reports that the final costing for the first year of Social Security in New Zealand was $30m; ie £15m. The actual cost was 10,393,942 pounds.)
With Universal Basic Income on the agenda today in the same way as Universal Superannuation was in the 1930s, can Andrew Little emulate Michael Joseph Savage, and pilot (through appealing where necessary to people over party, and to people over nay-sayers) the common-sense solution over today’s louder and more-interested calls for more redistribution or for more savings. Can he grasp and extend the Basic Income Flat Tax reform that was such a winner for Savage? My sense is ‘no’. I hope to be proved wrong.
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Keith Rankin is an economics specialist and was a lecturer in economics at Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand. Keith's chart analysis features regularly on EveningReport.nz.
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The Roundup for December 1-31, 2019 Edition
Alone Amongst Ghosts by Christopher Parsons
This month’s update is late, accounting for holidays and my generally re-thinking how to move forward (or not) with these kinds of posts. I find them really valuable, but the actual interface of using my current client (Ulysses) to draft elements of them is less than optimal. So expect some sort of changes as I muddle through how to improve workflow and/or consider the kinds of content that make the most sense to post.
Be intensely yourself. Don’t try to be outstanding; don’t try to be a success; don’t try to do pictures for others to look at—just please yourself.
Natalia Elena Massi’s photographs of Venice, flooded, are exquisite insofar as they are objectively well shot while, simultaneously, reminding us of the consequences of climate change. I dream of going to Venice to shoot photos at some point and her work only further inspires those dreams.
I spent a lot of the month listening to my ‘Best of 2019’ playlist, and so my Songs I Liked in December playlist is a tad threadbare. That said, it’s more diverse in genre and styles than most monthly lists, though not a lot of the tracks made the grade to get onto my best of 2019 list.
Beck-Guero // I spent a lot of time re-listening to Beck’s corpus throughout December. I discovered that I really like his music: it’s moody, excitable,and catchy, and always evolving from album to album.
Little V.-Spoiler (Cyberpunk 2077) (Single) // Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the most hyped video games for 2020, and if all of the music is as solid and genre-fitting as this track, then the ambiance for the game is going to be absolutely stellar.
99% Invisible-Racoon Resistance // As a Torontonian I’m legally obligated to share this. Racoons are a big part of the city’s identity, and in recent years new organic garbage containers were (literally) rolled out that were designed such that racoons couldn’t get into them. Except that some racoons could! The good news is that racoons are not ‘social learners’ and, thus, those who can open the bins are unlikely to teach all the others. But with the sheer number of trash pandas in the city it’s almost a certainty that a number of them will naturally be smart enough and, thus, garbage will continue to litter our sidewalks and laneways.
America’s Dark History of Killing Its Own Troops With Cluster Munitions // Ismay’s longform piece on cluster munitions is not a happy article, nor does the reader leave with a sense that this deadly weapon is likely to be less used. His writing–and especially the tragedies associated with the use of these weapons–is poignant and painful. And yet it’s also critically important to read given the barbarity of cluster munitions and their deadly consequences to friends, foes, and civilians alike. No civilized nation should use these weapons and all which do use them cannot claim to respect the lives of civilians stuck in conflict situations.
Project DREAD: White House Veterans Helped Gulf Monarchy Build Secret Surveillance Unit // The failure or unwillingness of the principals, their deputies, or staff to acknowledge they created a surveillance system that has systematically been used to hunt down illegitimate targets—human rights defenders, civil society advocates, and the like—is disgusting. What’s worse is that democratizing these surveillance capabilities and justifying the means by which the program was orchestrated almost guarantees that American signals intelligence employees will continue to spread American surveillance know-how to the detriment of the world for a pay check, the consequences be damned (if even ever considered in the first place).
The War That Continues to Shape Russia, 25 Years Later // The combination of the (re)telling of the first Russia-Chechen War and photographs from the conflict serve as reminders of what it looks like when well-armed nation-states engage in fullscale destruction, the human costs, and the lingering political consequences of wars-now-past.
A New Kind of Spy: How China obtains American technological secrets // Bhattacharjee’s 2014 article on Chinese spying continues to strike me as memorable, and helpful in understanding how the Chinese government recruits agents to facilitate its technological objectives. Reading the piece helps to humanize why Chinese-Americans may spy for the Chinese government and, also, the breadth and significance of such activities for advancing China’s interests to the detriment of America’s own.
Below the Asphalt Lies the Beach: There is still much to learn from the radical legacy of critical theory // Benhabib’s essay showcasing how the history of European political philosophy over the past 60 years or so are in the common service of critique, and the role(s) of Habermasian political theory in both taking account of such critique whilst offering thoughts on how to proceed in a world of imperfect praxis, is an exciting consideration of political philosophy today. She mounts a considered defense of Habermas and, in particular, the claims that his work is overly Eurocentric. Her drawing a line between the need to seek emancipation while standing to confront and overcome the xenophobia, authoritarianism, and racism that is sweeping the world writ large is deeply grounded on the need for subjects like human rights to orient and ground critique. While some may oppose such universalism on the same grounds as they would reject the Habermasian project there is a danger: in doing so, not only might we do a disservice to the intellectual depth that undergirds the concept of human rights but, also, we run the risk of losing the core means by which we can (re)orient the world towards enabling the conditions of freedom itself.
Ghost ships, crop circles, and soft gold: A GPS mystery in Shanghai // This very curious article explores the recent problem of ships’ GPS transponders being significantly affected while transiting the Yangtze in China. Specifically, transponders are routinely misplacing the location of ships, sometimes with dangerous and serious implications. The cause, however, remains unknown: it could be a major step up in the (effective) electronic warfare capabilities of sand thieves who illegally dredge the river, and who seek to escape undetected, or could be the Chinese government itself testing electronic warfare capabilities on the shipping lane in preparation of potentially deploying it elsewhere in the region. Either way, threats such as this to critical infrastructure pose serious risks to safe navigation and, also, to the potential for largely civilian infrastructures to be potentially targeted by nation-state adversaries.
A Date I Still Think About // These beautiful stories of memorable and special dates speak to just how much joy exists in the world, and how it unexpectedly erupts into our lives. In an increasingly dark time, stories like this are a kind of nourishment for the soul.
The Deep Sea // This interactive website that showcases the sea life we know exists, and the depths at which it lives, is simple and spectacular.
100 Great Works Of Dystopian Fiction // A pretty terrific listing of books that have defined the genre.
Benhabib China Critical Theory Dating Espionage Fiction GPS Habermas Human Rights HUMINT Racoons Relationships Russia SIGINT Surveillance UAE USA War Warfare
The Roundup for November 1-30, 2019 Edition
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Late Summer Escape to Washington CT
A barn basks in the summer sun on a farm on New Preston Hill Road.
We’re excited to present the first in a series of guest articles from Alexandra Barnes. Alexandra will be sharing her experiences in Washington and giving us a glimpse of her favorite itineraries and things to do around town through the seasons. We hope you enjoy this new addition to our blog!
“Where are we going?” My husband, Luke, turned the wheel, absent-mindedly following the directions I was giving him, his tone a blend of curiosity, confusion, and the quite accurate assumption that I had no real answer.
I had found and saved a list of Scenic Roads on Explore Washington CT and was secretly determined to hit them all. The service on my cell phone was fading in and out, and without GPS in the car, my poor directions caused us to bounce around the area like a pinball; we zig-zagged all over the villages and across Route 202 several times before Luke asked that inevitable question.
The first of what would be many trips for us, it set the tone for those to come. There is a serenity in the unknown, in spontaneity and exploration; a peaceful thrill lies around every bend of never before trodden road, in being “lost.”
Morning road trips are our jam, so we were up and at ‘em bright and early on a summer Saturday, breeze blowing in the open windows, coffee in hand. Coming up from Fairfield County to the south, we made our way to the Hollister House Garden at its open, when visitors are scarce and the morning sunlight still shines angularly on its beauty. A stunning piece of property nestled into a country hillside, I was immediately smitten with the antique home and big red barn. But when I made my way around the side of the house and caught sight of the formal yet rambling English-style gardens, I was transported across the pond…and back in time.
The Gray Garden at Hollister House Garden speaks elegantly to tradition, freedom, and flexibility.
The weathered stone steps and crunchy gravel paths led us through various “rooms” marked by tall hedgerows in the true English tradition. As I wandered I began to feel like the little girl in The Secret Garden, observing and learning from the ever-evolving life within, a fresh childlike curiosity blossoming in my core. Rustic iron seating scattered throughout sat empty, an invitation for us to gaze at the garden from their vantage points. I wished I could’ve enjoyed a cup of coffee from every single one, and I decided that one day I just might.
History preserved. A home near the Washington Green is an impeccably maintained example of the colonial architecture prevalent in the area.
A scenic three-mile drive later and we were just north in the historic Washington Green, where it seemed we’d stepped into a painting by Virginia Taylor. Her canvases encapsulate the idyllic charm of New England in a plainly beautiful and classic yet whimsical way, and one cannot help but feel transported to simpler times. Craving a little caffeine boost, we stopped into the Café on the Green next to the Post Office and aptly nicknamed “the Po.” A semi-old-fashioned diner with a view to the Green as picturesque and patriotic as it gets, I thought we’ll come back for breakfast in the fall.
The Meeting House on the Washington Green is the historic icon of an idyllic New England countryside.
We strolled through the nearby neighborhoods, sleepy like the rest of the town, though not for lack of residence nor vibrancy of spirit. Beautifully maintained properties and well-preserved colonials reflect an ever-present passion coursing fervently just under the surface. A few cars drove slowly past us and each of their drivers gave us a friendly wave or nod. It feels like home.
We cruised just north to the Depot, the unobtrusive business hub of the area. I hesitate to even call it that, for the feeling one gets upon arrival is quite the opposite. Mostly local, family-owned shops surround its center: a former Texaco station transformed into a park with an open air gallery, residential-like garden, and clean modern lines. The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens pay tribute to the community-focused philosophy upon which it was built, and the heart of its purpose is fundamental; to relax, play, learn and share our reflections of the soul of the town.
Nature's perfect frame at Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
I spoke with the head gardener, Richard, whose devotion to the vision of the late Judy Black was evident in the dirt on his hands and the fondness in his eyes as he recounted its birth. The gardens breathe life into the gallery, and the art exhales its beauty back outside, a synthesis of nature and art. I only wish we could’ve attended an outdoor movie, the soft glow of classics like To Kill A Mockingbird illuminating viewers’ faces and the inky night sky.
Our tummies began rumbling for lunch by one, so we hopped over Route 202 into the quaint village of New Preston to grab a bite at 9 Main Bakery & Deli. Uniquely named sandwiches like The Soprano and The Waramaug (which we just so happened to eat — delish!) are served on freshly baked bread, and pay homage to the movement for hyper-local and fresh ingredients ubiquitous in the area. While the rest of the menu is certainly more than appetizing, the baked goods filling the wood-and-glass case and vintage cake plates on top were the apple of my eye. I knew dreams of oversized, fluffy (and gluten-free!) chocolate banana and pecan zucchini muffins were sure to ensue.
Pop into 9 Main Bakery & Deli and stay awhile.
The painted tin ceiling, a well-cushioned window seat, and open-shelving stocked with locally made offerings — like traditionally packaged jam and soaps — are reminiscent of days past and another indication of a business rooted in community. Passion is effortless, but for one of the owners, Julie, it also appeared breezy and relaxed, most likely a result of her California roots.
With our bellies full, it was time for our version of a digestif: a sunny drive around Lake Waramaug. As we moseyed out of town on East Shore Road, it became evident the lake was near. A visible parting in the flora of the landscape appeared, with the haze of a humid summer’s day hanging in the air above the horizon. Trees lined the banks of the lake to our left, and open boathouses sans vessels were yet another sign of summer taking life on the water. We continued to hug the shoreline via North Shore Road and hooked a quick right onto Bliss, the top of which graced us with a stunning vista complete with a bench from which to take it all in.
The bright sunlight sparkled on the water like diamonds, and seemingly tiny boats floated lazily across its surface, their wakes non-existent as if they were being guided along invisible tracks. The unmistakable sounds of hot summer days filled the air: crickets chirped and the rattling buzz of cicadas crepitating resonated through the humidity. And the occasional ting of glasses and flatware from the terrace just behind us was a reminder to add lunch at The Hopkins Inn to our autumn and spring lists.
Country roads in Washington are picture perfect Americana.
Lake Waramaug from atop Bliss Road.
We continued on and headed down the hill, homes to our left and cows peppering the lush green hillside on the right. The view opened up as we wound around to West Shore Road, the banks there more sparsely treed than the opposite side of the lake, which provided a nearly uninterrupted view as we cruised along at water level. My mind reeled toward crisp days, cool breezes, and the contrast of the warm hues of autumn foliage against the deep blue sky of dry air. I can’t wait to take a bike ride in October.
As we rolled back into town, thick puffs of storm grey clouds lagged slowly behind, but if fables are our guide, the tortoise will always beat the hare. We popped into The Owl and grabbed a table on the porch, the view overlooking the village the epitome of small-town charm. The strum of a live guitar hummed in our ears and further relaxed our voices. A modest menu of appetizers packed a punch and proved again that local flavor reigns overall. The skies opened up and we ran inside to the cozy interior, where cool grey walls reminiscent of the clouds outside were warmed by sheepskin, a stone hearth, and a welcoming vibe. We clinked our glasses to a day well spent and listened to the pitter-patter of rain on the tiled floor outside.
When will we be back? I asked myself longingly. It’s only a matter of time…
I replied casually, without any hint of admission that I’d just been caught with an empty answer.
“Nowhere in particular,” I said.
One of the many beauties of Washington is that we don’t always need to have a destination, a plan. Certainly, its recreation, shops, restaurants, galleries, and events are magnetic, but as goes the old adage many times adapted from Emerson: it’s the journey, not the destination. Luckily for us, sometimes a journey lies within a destination.
Adventures Beyond
The above merely tells the story of one of many very different day trips; below you’ll find a brief list of other great activities we enjoyed.
Head to the Farmers Market at Judy Black on Saturdays from June until November and take advantage of local produce and other offerings
First Fridays in the Depot include the outdoor movie at The Judy Black Park and summer concerts
Rent a canoe at Lake Waramaug State Park or hike one of the beautiful trails at Steep Rock, Hidden Valley, or Mount Tom (I’ve no doubt we’ll be both boating and hiking in the fall!)
Eat at Marty’s Café in the Depot where you’ll find great sandwiches and salads…and hibiscus tea
About Alexandra
Our guest blogger Alexandra Barnes is a southern Connecticut-based photographer and writer who is enamored by the charm of small-town New England. In the country or on the coast, she seeks to harbor the magic of both local adventure and everyday life in her favorite slice of America. Share in her daily delight by following along on Instagram at @turquoiseandsunshine.
All photos above courtesy of Alexandra Barnes.
6 Amazing Places to Enjoy Nature in Washington CT
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English cinematographer (1904-1996) (IMDb entry)
Criterion Sunday 92: Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Published on 21 August 2016 19 August 2019 by Ewan MLeave a comment
After the previous week’s The Blob comes another film from the same year, but from the other side of the Atlantic — not that you’d necessarily guess, given its Canadian setting and imported actors (okay, Surrey stretches credulity even as Manitoba, and some of the accents are ropey to say the least). It’s a deeply silly sci-fi story of mind control gone awry, and the audience is kept waiting for the big reveal of the slithery brain monsters by the narrative contortions whereby these creatures remain invisible while they are drawing on… NUCLEAR POWER. It’s no less badly acted than any other similar film of the era, and there’s a hammy turn from English veteran Kynaston Reeves as a demented professor, while the leads are clean-cut Major Jeff (Marshall Thompson) and the professor’s stalwart student Barbara (Kim Parker, who has a stronger role than the poster’s depiction of her in a bath towel might suggest).
Director Arthur Crabtree; Writer Herbert J. Leder (based on the short story “The Thought Monster” by Amelia Reynolds Long); Cinematographer Lionel Banes; Starring Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker; Length 77 minutes.
Seen at home (DVD), London, Sunday 10 April 2016.
Categories Classification: PG, Country: UK, Criterion Sunday, Rating: MEDIOCRE•Tags 1958, arthur crabtree, black-and-white, canada, criterion collection, film reviews, films seen at home, horror film, kim parker, kynaston reeves, lionel banes, marshall thompson, murder, science fiction film, uk
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Forward Air Corp (FWRD) Files 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended on December 31, 2018
- By insider
Forward Air Corp (FWRD) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018. Forward Air Corp serves in the logistics industry based in the United States. It is a provider of time-definite truck transportation to the North American deferred air freight shipping market. Forward Air Corp has a market cap of $1.93 billion; its shares were traded at around $66.89 with a P/E ratio of 21.36 and P/S ratio of 1.46. The dividend yield of Forward Air Corp stocks is 0.97%. Forward Air Corp had annual average EBITDA growth of 9.10% over the past ten years. GuruFocus rated Forward Air Corp the business predictability rank of 3-star.
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FWRD 15-Year Financial Data
The intrinsic value of FWRD
Peter Lynch Chart of FWRD
For the last quarter Forward Air Corp reported a revenue of $356.6 million, compared with the revenue of $256.6 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $1.3 billion, an increase of 20% from last year. For the last five years Forward Air Corp had an average revenue growth rate of 14% a year.
The reported diluted earnings per share was $3.12 for the year, an increase of 8% from previous year. Over the last five years Forward Air Corp had an EPS growth rate of 9.9% a year. The Forward Air Corp had an operating margin of 9.24%, compared with the operating margin of 9.87% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Forward Air Corp is 10.76%. The profitability rank of the company is 7 (out of 10).
At the end of the fiscal year, Forward Air Corp has the cash and cash equivalents of $25.7 million, compared with $3.89 million in the previous year. The long term debt was $47.3 million, compared with $40.6 million in the previous year. The interest coverage to the debt is at a comfortable level of 68.4. Forward Air Corp has a financial strength rank of 8 (out of 10).
At the current stock price of $66.89, Forward Air Corp is traded at 12.2% discount to its historical median P/S valuation band of $76.20. The P/S ratio of the stock is 1.46, while the historical median P/S ratio is 1.68. The intrinsic value of the stock is $51.24 a share, according to GuruFocus DCF Calculator. The stock gained 18.35% during the past 12 months.
Directors and Officers Recent Trades:
COO Chris C Ruble sold 7,926 shares of FWRD stock on 02/12/2019 at the average price of $65.12. The price of the stock has increased by 2.72% since.
For the complete 20-year historical financial data of FWRD, click here.
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
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Tom Steyer’s new plan to pay for the climate change fight
Ben Werschkul
DC Producer
Yahoo Finance January 16, 2020
Presidential candidate Tom Steyer is out with a new plan on Thursday for what he’s calling a Working Families Tax Cut. The plan includes measures, including tax cuts for low-income workers to tax hikes for the wealthy, to focus on his key priority: climate change.
In comparing his plans with those of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the billionaire activist drew a stark contrast. "If you look at our climate plans, they're really dramatically different,” he said in an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance.
Tom Steyer (left) was among the 6 candidates who qualified for the seventh Democratic presidential debate that was held in Des Moines on Tuesday. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Sanders and Warren have backed plans for a Green New Deal. Steyer has based his campaign on climate change specifically: ”I would declare a state of emergency on day one. It's my top priority” he said. “I don't think either of them would do that.”
“If you compare the solutions that we come up with, sometimes they're the same but sometimes they're very, very different” he added. At the Democratic debate on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa, Steyer accidentally (and very memorably) came upon Warren and Sanders in the middle of a heated exchange just after the debate had ended.
"I don't want to get in the middle,” he said. ”I just want to say ‘hi Bernie’," he said on the audio published by CNN.
‘Rebalance the economy’
The plan’s goal is to “rebalance the economy,” said Steyer, who is proposing a 10% tax cut for working families making less than $250,000 a year. His plan will also increase tax credits through the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.
Democratic presidential candidate, investor Tom Steyer, one of seven scheduled Democratic candidates participating in a public education forum, makes opening remarks, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Pittsburgh. Topics at the event planned for discussion ranged from student services and special education to education equity and justice issues. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The cost of that tax cut would be offset by more taxes on rich people like him. Steyer, like Warren and Sanders, has campaigned on the idea of a wealth tax. He would begin with a 1% tax on Americans with a net worth over $32 million. Billionaires would pay 2% on their wealth each year.
Steyer – who Forbes pegs at having a net worth at $1.6 billion – would pay his own tax. “I don't think it will affect me at all,” Steyer told Yahoo Finance’s Rick Newman in an interview last fall. “I think I would go about my business in exactly the same way. It wouldn’t change my investment process, wouldn't change my thinking about anything.”
Steyer, in the plan, will reshape the tax code and add more of a burden on the richest taxpayers by bringing in additional revenue through reversing the Trump tax cuts and taxing unearned income the same.
We have “a regressive tax code overall,” Steyer said during the interview, adding, “it's not just that we have a tax code that went from progressive to slightly regressive, we also have an income distribution. That's just gotten dramatically more unequal and unfair. I mean, it's hard to see.”
Paying for a plan to fight climate change
Steyer said this rebalance will, on net, bring in more money to the government. Where will that new money go? Infrastructure and fighting climate change.
The plan allocates $2 trillion over the coming decade for a transition to clean energy through upgrading and greening infrastructure. Steyer estimates the infusion of money will create 4.6 million long-term jobs.
Graphic by David Foster/Yahoo Finance
The climate plan also has a capitalist bent. Steyer said he can encourage trillions of dollars in new private capital investment as the green economy grows. A Steyer spokesperson noted that there are a number of elements in the plan to directly encourage private capital to get in the game, such as “matching and challenge grants, investments in small businesses, and R&D money, but mostly markets are leveraged by clear performance standards, which create a race to the top” to meet national standards.
“We're changing the rules of what the president can do,” Steyer said. “In terms of the ultimate impact on the economy, I think the private stuff is multiples of the public stuff.”
“I'm explicit about this. I believe in an innovative, competitive, dynamic private sector. I think it's an essential part of America's prosperity and growth,” he said. “But I am not someone who believes that markets are omnipotent.” His plan includes a mix of government rules that can harness the power of the market for good ends, he said.
“It's kind of like, in my mind, extremely intellectually sloppy and weak to think we'll just leave it into the market. Baloney!” he said.
The former hedge fund manager’s plan comes 18 days before the Iowa caucuses kick off the primary season.
Steyer, unlike fellow billionaire candidate Michael Bloomberg, has invested heavily in a strong showing in the early primary states. His new plan makes sure to note just how much different types of people in the early states (“a minimum wage worker in Iowa,” for example) would save under his plan.
Steyer’s investment of over $100 million in advertising so far is starting to produce some results. He turned some heads, and qualified for the debate on Jan. 14, thanks to a second-place showing in a recent South Carolina poll. When it comes to national polling, he has been further back in the pack.
He was visiting Nevada on Thursday partly to discuss his new plan and will be crisscrossing the early states in the weeks ahead.
Ben Werschkul is the DC producer for Yahoo Finance.
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What’s At Stake For Both Candidates In Tonight’s Debate
Sep. 26, 2016 , at 2:42 PM
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The FiveThirtyEight Elections podcast crew previews the first 2016 presidential debate. In a lightning round of questions, the team looks at what’s on the line for both candidates.
And there’s much more FiveThirtyEight debate coverage in the works: We’ll be live-blogging throughout the debate, beginning at about 8 p.m. EDT. And the podcast team will regroup after the debate ends to talk about what went down (that podcast will be streamed on Facebook Live).
We tried to do this lightning-round style. Quick questions, quick answers. Here were the main questions. https://t.co/LBQroni5QP pic.twitter.com/bQb068GsNh
— Jody Avirgan (@jodyavirgan) September 26, 2016
The podcast team is preparing for a live show in New York City on Oct. 24. You can find details and ticket information here.
You can listen to the episode by clicking the “play” button above or by downloading it in Apple Podcasts, the ESPN App or your favorite podcast platform. If you are new to podcasts, learn how to listen.
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The Division 2 Endgame content: Here’s what to expect
Game Guides & Tips March 10, 2019 Gaetano Prestia 0
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The main story in The Division 2 is expected to take about 40 hours to complete, and there's plenty to get through across the...
The Division 2 is set to launch on Xbox One, PS4 and PC in the coming days, and once you download that huge day one update, you’ll be ready to jump in and start on the quest towards saving Washington D.C. But what happens when you take back control, hit the level cap, and save the city? As it turns out, that’s just the beginning!
The main story in The Division 2 is expected to take about 40 hours to complete, and alongside your stock-standard side quests, the three Dark Zones and two PvP modes, there’s plenty to get through across the game before even hitting the Endgame component.
Once you hit the level cap of 30 and take care of a designated stronghold required to end the heightened conflict, a new enemy will be “unlocked” and map invaded to kickstart the endgame experience.
As with The Division, you’ll battle through five main world tiers, which become progressively harder, and, thus, reward you with better loot upon completion.
Level 30 also presents you with the opportunity to unlock the game’s three specializations:
Survivalists take control of surroundings, and can use traps to keep an area under control. A crossbow acts as their primary weapon.
The grenade launcher — of course — acts as the Demolitionist’s primary weapon.
Last but not least is the Sharpshooter, who wields a powerful sniper rifle for long-range combat.
Ubisoft promises that with the endgame activity, the world will be “living”, with enemy factions battling it out for resources.
As with the first game, you’ll be able to tackle certain activities and objectives across a three-tier difficulty range: hard, challenging, and heroic, each with their own range of objectives and rewards.
World Tiers
Once the endgame is unlocked and the world is overtaken by the new faction, you’ll battle additional strongholds, which, upon completion will up the “world” tier, which impacts difficulty and loot availability.
World Tier 1 unlocks once you hit level 30 and complete the final stronghold mission. This tier offers up daily missions, and you’ll have six missions across three strongholds to complete before moving up to Tier 2, then Tier 3, and finally Tier 4, with Tier 5 requirements still to be determined at this point.
Upon release and some time with the game we should get a better idea of how the endgame works in execution, so be sure to check our The Division 2 wiki for more updates and guides in the coming days.
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Fresh Face: La Chic Boutique – Alysha Martinelli
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A loyal customer of Alysha Martinelli’s first La Chic Boutique location in Chester Springs kept insisting she should open in West Chester too. “I wanted to come to West Chester from the start,” she says. “But it was important to me to be on a main street.”
When that customer told her about a new space on W. Gay Street, Alysha looked at it ASAP. Downtown West Chester was thriving—people were strolling around and the restaurants were popping. It looked perfect. Still, she asked her parents—who raised her while running card and gift shops themselves—for guidance.
“My dad told me I’d be an idiot not to,” says Alysha. She signed the lease and started renovating, and opened her second location in November 2017.
"Be comfortable and confident."
Alysha’s energy and warmth make her a trusted fashion advisor. “I love getting to know my clients, telling them honestly what works and what doesn’t,” she says. Her advice is “be comfortable and confident, buy clothes that work for you.” Alysha’s New York style boutique offers the newest trends each season while keeping quality staples on hand too.
She’s never off the clock. “Clients call while I’m playing tennis, asking what to wear for a special occasion. I’ll pause the game to take it,” Alysha says. But she always makes time for her daughter too. “Working in retail and hiring great people lets me have the time I need with her,” she says. “I grew up in retail, and I love it all.”
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Amanita Design forum > Machinarium > General Machinarium topics > Machinarium's variable PEGI rating
Author Topic: Machinarium's variable PEGI rating (Read 11338 times)
Machinarium's variable PEGI rating
I was curious what those big numbers in green that are on the Daedalic and (soon to be published) Mamba boxed versions of Machinarium were and found out that they were PEGI (Pan-European Game Information) ratings. They're supposed to "help European parents make informed decisions on buying computer games".
So, the first boxed version to come out was Daedalic's and Machinarium got a "7" (meaning: "Any game that would normally be rated at 3 but contains some possibly frightening scenes or sounds may be considered suitable in this category. Some scenes of partial nudity may be permitted but never in a sexual context." Which seemed a bit harsh...
But when it comes out in the U.K. it only gets a "3" rating. (meaning: "The content of games given this rating is considered suitable for all age groups. Some violence in a comical context (typically Bugs Bunny or Tom & Jerry cartoon-like forms of violence) is acceptable. The child should not be able to associate the character on the screen with real life characters, they should be totally fantasy. The game should not contain any sounds or pictures that are likely to scare or frighten young children. No bad language should be heard and there should be no scenes containing nudity nor any reference to sexual activity."
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Re: Machinarium's variable PEGI rating
I think the violence in Machinarium does go further than that, but in ways that a child might not notice.
Messing with that large robot's brain for instance.
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On rebrickable I read the next piece of article, prediciting 2018 sets….
In the LEGO Creator Export line a single new modular building have been announced. The beautifully curved 10256-1 (Downtown Diner) is in shops now. Other models seem to be a Rollercoaster set, and Expert Car and a new Winter Village set.
• 10260-1 - Downtown Diner - PENDING
• 10261-1 - (Rollercoaster set?)
• 10262-1 - (Expert Car?)
• 10263-1 - (Winter Village set?)
When I focus on set 10262-1 (Expert Car I expect it will be the Jaquar E-type Roadster wich is in review at the moment. Has anybody got more info?
JudgeChuck UKMember Posts: 1,125
"10262-1 - (Expert Car?)" will not be the E-Type Jaguar, as that is an Ideas submission - a completely different theme.
benbacardi EnglandMember Posts: 450
pharmjod said:
Stitch is from the same designer that did wall-e. That's why I think it will get made. If it doesn't, hopefully he will post instructions for it.
Fairly sure it's not... that was Angus MacLane (https://ideas.lego.com/profile/MacLane) - Stitch is somebody else: https://ideas.lego.com/profile/Legohaulic
drlmiles1 UKMember Posts: 182
I love the BMW bike - so much better than last year's Technic one. I think that it would get a lot of crossover to Pistonheads liking it as well
Gooker1 Member Posts: 594
I'm not super thrilled about any of these. :/
Gooker1 said:
I'm sure the LEGO Ideas design folks will probably agree. Although we'll all soon be falling over ourselves when the Voltron set gets released, and we'll forget about the lack of approved sets.
TheFew EnglandMember Posts: 1,500
What is Voltron. Never heard of that character before! Why would it be do popular?
monkyby87 Member Posts: 315
TheFew said:
It's basically the original version of the power rangers zords; robots that combine to from a bigger robot. It's quite popular and was really big back in the 80's and 90's as an animated show. There has since been a revival in recent years.
Is it a US thing? Or did I just miss it in the UK?
It was actually a Japanese anime show to begin with, that was then brought over to the US. So it may not have made a splash at all in the UK, i'm just not sure.
mustang69 North CarolinaMember Posts: 429
There is a new Voltron show on Netflix (if you have that or access to it).
Tried to add this to my last comment but anyway, here is the Brickset article where they mention the Voltron set getting approved (so you can see what it looks like).
https://brickset.com/article/29689/lego-ideas-third-2016-review-results
Thanks for the info. Can't say the model excites me, but if it excites others it may be an investment set for me :-)
Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 904
Shouldn't the Voltron set be released by now already? It seems like ages since the last announcement.
The_Rancor Dorset, UKMember Posts: 845
Things move very slowly in Ideas land
benbacardi said:
Thanks for checking that. Unsurprisingly I can't trust my memory apparently =D
Unsurprisingly I can't trust my memory apparently =D
There are some drugs for that. I know a guy...
Polyphemus Sydney, AustraliaMember Posts: 93
monkyby87 said:
It got pretty big in Australia too. I remember all my friends being jealous of me because I'd somehow managed to convince my parents to buy me all five lions instead of just one or two like they had. It was glorious.
Aanchir United StatesMember Posts: 2,823
There are three here that I think could make great sets — Flintstones, Stitch, and the BMW R60/2. The Embraer R-29 Super Tucano is also a gorgeous build with great colors, but I think maybe a bit too obscure a subject for a lot of people to think of it as anything more than a nice-looking plane.
My fingers are crossed for Stitch, a project I've been following for some time. I love the movie Lilo and Stitch, and the model is so delightfully adorable! I'm a sucker for buildable characters in general. This also looks as though it would be an extremely affordable model! As far as I can tell, Stitch remains highly marketable, even though he hasn't been featured in new movies or TV shows in some time.
The BMW, if it's as well known to motorcycle enthusiasts as the Caterham was to car enthusiasts, will probably be a great fit for Ideas. I do have some questions as to how sturdy it is, but I feel like it would not be too hard to redesign it with legal connections and current bricks now that the macaroni tube has been redesigned.
The Flintstones is another seemingly natural fit for the Ideas platform, with both play and display value, familiarity to multiple generations, and designed with great car to feel like a viable set using existing molds. I do think the Dino in the updates, as brilliantly designed as he is, might require more prints and recolors than could be justified in addition to all the major character prints and recolors.
MaffyD West YorkshireMember Posts: 2,651
I'd like the blackbird, because X-Men, but I'm resigned to the feeling that it won't come to pass. stitch looks ok, but I'm not fussed about any of the others.
SearchlightRG AmericaMember Posts: 203
^I’d imagine more than a few fans would employ the Final Flight set as a Blackbird.
Maybe I’m mixing sci-fi themes, but isn’t the Acclamator a Star Wars ship?
SearchlightRG said:
I would employ the SR-71 to do some major swooshing :)
I believe the Acclamator is SW but was grandfathered-in. So, between that, and how huge (and gray) it is, it has no chance.
I'd love to see Flintstones made into a set. Everyone knows Flintstones, and they already did Scooby Doo, so I'd think they could reach an agreement on the license somewhat easily. Though I don't know if there's anything current for it to coincide with, which is what they might want to do. But it's Ideas, so why not? The others probably don't have the same mass appeal, and sometimes I get a little tired of seeing fancy cars or planes made.
Ideas has only done one “fancy” car and no airplanes so far. But given how many cars and planes TLG regularly puts out, its not hard to see why.
Wouldn’t those same arguments also apply to Stitch?
Disney characters generally have quite the mass appeal (also more well known with kids than Flintstones) and they obviously have a number of licenses on Disney products.
For me, I like both of those sets the most out of that group, but I have far more interest in the upcoming round with several sets I desperately want.
I get the sense LEGO doesn't want Ideas to become predictable or an internally consistent theme. In looking at the entire lineup, there are some sets of similar style, but for the most part the sets are readily different.
Stitch is essentially the same as Wall-E. I suppose that would mean the Flintstones is the most plausible?
I apologize, I forgot about the Stich submission. You are correct though, and Stitch might also compliment the Wall-E figure nicely. Though they already made the mini-figure version, so maybe they wouldn't be interested in this version? I don't know. I'd support a Flintstones and Stitch, but would prefer Flintstones as there is a little more play value and it's not just a statue, more or less.
When talking about mass appeal, I was referring more to the constant plane and car submissions that we see most every round.
^ Agreed. I am always happy to see anything new beyond the basics.
Pop up book passed. It's gonna be made. Fantastic news!
Yes the pop up book was indeed a good idea and it's likely to be reproduced quite differently to the original design in the final product, perhaps with customisation options or just more detail. It would make sense to see that the stories are based on Hans Christian Andersen too of course!
Jern92 MalaysiaMember Posts: 804
There are surprisingly few comments here after the announcement. Usually there'd be loads more.
Jern92 said:
I have to admit that I'm entirely underwhelmed by the 'winning' project - it incorporates a clever mechanism but is otherwise of zero interest either from a display or play perspective.
The lack of comments may be an indication that I'm not alone....
Well, in the past people have been pretty vocal about winning projects they didn't like ;)
Personally I like that this one passed review. It's definitely very clever, and I'm counting on the Lego designer to make it look more interesting.
Some people might also have hoped for more of RobenAnne's seaside buildings to be made into sets, but it was always very unlikely that something from the same series would be selected. (Now also against the updated Ideas guidelines)
There are also lots of comments on the front page article.
It is nice that something different has been accepted again, but I'm not going to buy it. It is clever that it opens up the way it does but that lasts, what, 60 seconds at most? It is nothing much to look at. The play value is similar to a small creator set and there doesn't appear to be any good parts. If it comes with a nice minifig, I'll buy the parts on B+P or BL.
^ That sums it up well.
I just do not find it works well as a display piece, a game, a toy, a vignette, etc.. Yes, it is an interesting mechanism, but meh. It is cool that something new is through, but I would have bought instantly any of the fishing village buildings.
I am underwhelmed by the book and won't be getting it. Ideas has lost much of its appeal to me of late.
I think that may be it. I don't like it, but I don't dislike it either. It's a bit different, it's OK, it's meh. A lot of past projects polarise people into love it / hate it and that causes debate. This one doesn't seem to do that.
I'm glad they didn't do the seaside buildings for example. I know a lot of people love them. They are lovely, but they've been done and I am glad they are not doing essentially the same thing again - the audience for the set would be that same. I'm sure he'll be able to make some money from them, by selling his instructions. He already has a great reputation.
The others didn't really have much of a chance, maybe the Jag. So it is not like this project stopped another fan favourite getting made (even though approvals don't actually stop other projects, LEGO can approve two if they want).
Most of us are still in the Voltron-honeymoon phase.
SumoLego said:
I have my bags packed and ready for departure.
Boardshorts85 ChicagoMember Posts: 177
Not necessarily hating on the pop-up book, but I'm losing interest in the IDEAS line.
Perhaps they should slow the IDEAS factory down and make it an annual release, rather than churning out a new one every quarter or so? Maybe it was just a weak grouping this time around, but aside from a pipe dream of a line of Fishing Village sets, nothing was particularly noteworthy to me.
bandit778 Docking Bay 94. Member Posts: 2,003
Personally, I don't hate the ideas project because it's a well thought out mechanism and it was very different to anything else that had come out of Billund...that was until the #40291 (creative personalities) reared it's head.
I know there is no opening mechanism and it is purely a display piece but visually (especially for a gwp) it looks so much more like a believable book than the ideas submission does and unless TLG knock it out of then park with the redesign of the ideas set, #40291 will suffice for me.
Baby_Yoda The world's backsideMember Posts: 1,291
I'll probably get it at some point. I'm a fan of life-size Lego models, although I can't remember if I supported this one or not.
Have Lego ever hinted at the possibility of going back and looking at older projects to see if circumstances have changed and the set is more plausible to release? I would still ensure a Quest Builder set stays sold out until retirement.
there was an impressive moc with a huge temple popping up the same way, but then that's the same thing, it's not like you'll display it closed, stuck between other books, so having just the temple without the book and pop-up mechanisms would be enough.
in another hand, a pop-up mechanism integrated into a normal playset could work well.
Boardshorts85 said:
I agree with your first part. I think they are trying to encourage truly creative thinking, but tossing a lot of babies out with the bath water. There were so many great submissions with licensing tie-ins.
As for reducing frequency to annual, I think this might kill the whole Ideas concept as the chance of getting selected would be so low that fewer people would submit.
brianoblivion NYCMember Posts: 71
Put me in the meh camp on this one. It's about as interesting to me as the ship in the bottle, in other words: not very. I still love the Ideas line though. One great set every now and then is good enough for me.
Quick question-didn't the pizza restaurant/arcade reach 10k votes? Was it not eligible this time around for some reason? i know it wouldn't have been selected in all likelihood but i'm still curious to know its status.
Mr_Cross East Anglia (UK)Member Posts: 1,037
I think there is such potential for this to be a really great set. I hope the designer and the design team work some magic on it because I can imagine having fun with my kids playing with this set.
No disrespect to the original builders but I think they could have done more with the book covers and the styling of the page edges, would perhaps of benefitted by using some of the 1x2 grille bricks 2877.
I can see why it has been selected, and I'm going to go ahead and predict that the production version will change some peoples' minds.
I'm thinking (and hoping) that the set is getting a significant upgrade from the original Ideas submission. I liked the original submission, and would have gotten it, but something to notice about it is that it does not have a huge number of pieces. Even accounting for multiple interiors, I don't think it would warrant much more than a pretty small box. But if you watch the review video, the LEGO designer (Wes Talbott) shows a box that is substantially larger than the one I was expecting to see for the number of pieces that appear to be in the set. I'm really hoping this means we'll get multiple pop-up inserts, or a larger, more complex book. Talbott has also done quite a bit of work on the Elves line, which is promising imo, as the theme itself, and the sets that he's worked on, often lend themselves very well to the kind of fantasy storybook theme I would expect from a set like this.
Anyway, I think it's a little too early to judge right now either way. The key to the design is really the pop-up mechanism and book design. As long as they keep that, they could build any number of amazing, switchable interiors to fit the design. I really feel like the submitted project as it is really is just a starting point for where this could go, and where I think the LEGO designer will be trying to push the set to go.
I supported the project and liked it enough to build a replica before it reached 10,000 votes.
I can see it being popular with young (and maybe not as young) readers who have lots of imagination and a bit of building experience to customize it.
I can't wait to see the final design LEGO come up with and hope for 2 or 3 alternate interior builds included.
This set should have a much larger appeal than the maze, also by Jason. That one was also excellent from a creativity perspective. His designs are really great examples of what can be done with LEGO when you really go in different directions. His kinetic approach is fascinating to me. I built his orrery a while back and the gear mechanism on it is incredible. Jason has shared so much with the LEGO community that it's nice to see him get recognition. I'm also happy for the designer he collaborated with.
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Goal: An island (okay, a small continent) with lots of events, and semi-limited raw materials / industries in the modern world.
Author's Comments: I actually started this back in late May, when I first got the game (which was two weeks after I got RT2... addictive, you say?) ... but then I got caught up in both real life and fixing / troubleshooting the campaigns and scenarios in both games.
Various place names: "Winston Group" (islands in the NE) named after the Columbus Group in Tom Clancy's "Debt of Honor". Danang out on Laos Point... for those who are still there. Penkovsky - the famous Russian spy, usually has a military depot. Parker and Raines - from the NBC series "Pretender"... Raines will almost always have a weapons factory (if they had oxygen factories available, I would've used it) while Parker will almost always have a fertilizer plant (cause she always swallows the Centre's bull) and a meat packing plant (she's just another piece of TV meat and/or a pun on 'heat packing', as she's always armed). Rutherford and Solomon from NBC's "Third Rock from the Sun"... Rutherford has a mission revival style station (their mission, of course) and a barracks (another reference to their mission) while Solomon usually has a nuclear plant (cause Dick usually goes ballistic).
Why such a long scenario? I wanted to start in the 60's, but I also wanted to do some Y2K stuff... anyway, as bauxite isn't that plentiful and must be delivered to ports in order to count, it needs a bit of time. There are definitely enough cities to keep you busy... enough without being too much.
Okay, so they're not *good* jokes...
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(2012-07-15, 00:47)erolosty Wrote: Love this skin, any plans to optimise it for 16x9 android devices now that there is an official port?
when it actually works on my tablet right now I have a tegra2 based one and xbmc wont run on those
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Secret Order to Destroy Slavs and Re-Write their Genetic Code! 3 Ingredients of Color Revolution (New Theory)!
Dejan | November 17, 2017
I would like you to spare an hour of your precious time to watch this first part of the mini-series; it was just posted on the author`s site about the color revolution assassins.
http://www.dudinka.org/color-revolution-professional-killers/
This one is with Georgians about Maidan.
Since we have a sychophant so called government installed here in Macedonia by the ussa, and all of the politicunts are useless :-), I think it will be a very interesting to watch, especially if it survives ussa and yt censorship).
The Earth Shift is truly remarkable :-).
Wishing you excellent health and keep up your great work.
Goddess of Harmony Lada’s temple and her symbols: wisdom, light, white swans, water and ladias
Lada says:
Let’s figure out MULTI-DIMENSIONALLY, and from the standpoint of THE EARTH SHIFT THEORY, what this is all about.
Yes, the Internet is abuzz with the news. It has now been admitted publicly that Saakashvili and his Georgian mercenaries were behind the Kiev Maidan assassinations, previously blamed on Yanukovich, and of course, on Russia & Putin. The people killed during Maidan by unknown snipers are celebrated as ‘martyrs’ by ukro-nazis and Kiev junta, and they are called ‘Nebesnaya Sotnya,’ translated as ‘the Celestial 100.’ In the absence of true heroes and accomplishments, a false mythology was hastily put together for the Kiev ukro-nazi regime. According to this fake mythology ‘the Celestial 100,’ in other words, those poor dupes who served as sacrificial lambs to the ‘unknown’ snipers on Maidan, are remembered as heroes who gave their lives for ‘freedom’ gained through the ‘people’s uprising against despot Yanukovich (!) and against Russian dictate (!).’
It has been also officially established and admitted by culprits that not only Georgian, but also Lithuanian professional killers participated in the mass assassinations on Maidan. Let me remind everyone that Lithuanian president Dalia Gribauskaite personally was one of the biggest supporters and instigators of Kiev Maidan, the ukro-nazi coup and the ousting of Yanukovich. Lithuania, along with Poland, hosted training camps for ukro-nazi thugs who were attacking and killing people in Kiev and all over Ukraine, including the peaceful delegation for the anti-Maidan protests from Crimea in 2014.
The Georgian killers, the ousted Saakashvili regime politicians, mafia and crooks, including ex-Georgian president himself, were direct and active participants and instigators since the start. I describe this, and how same Georgian crooks got high positions within Ukraine in ESR8: BLACK SEA GAMBIT. On LadaRay.com you can still get for free the Odessa Section of this report, where all this is talked about.
That main battle ram, tasked with making sure the Kiev color revolution succeeded and Ukraine was turned into anti-Russia, consisted of the following countries: Poland, Lithuania and to a smaller degree, Romania. Georgia was the best represented, but perhaps less officially so, since Saakashvili, a very well-known US agent, was ousted by then. It has to be noted that Georgia is now making steps to restore relations with Russia, after they were so rudely and ruthlessly severed by the US and Saakashvili’s efforts in 2008. In 2014 many Georgians, including Saakashvili’s entire entourage, together with all his professional mercenaries, crooks, mafia and pro-Saakashvili ex-politicians literally invaded Ukraine. Some since have been booted out, but many, including Saakashvili himself, are still causing trouble.
Of course, the ex-Soviet-association countries, Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Georgia, were just the executioners of the BIG plan. This is how these ‘countries’ with hardly any economy to speak of make big money and that’s how they keep afloat. Who pays them? The actual puppeteers, of course! And these are the usual suspects, residing anywhere between Washington, London, Brussels and Berlin.
But they didn’t make any secret of that. Many high level officials and politicians from the EU and US were openly on Maidan, calling on the ousting of Yanukovich and on Ukraine severing all ties with Russia. We named the names before, and here are some of them one more time: the US senator McCain, USA’s Victoria Nuland, US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, EU FM Catherine Ashton, many EU parliament members and top politicians, Polish state ministers and top politicians, including the surviving of the Kachinski twins, called ‘the shadow ruler of Poland.’ These were found not only on Maidan. Per recently published memoirs of Yanukovich’s prime minister Azarov, both he and Yanukovich received daily pressure and threats from Nuland and other US/EU top brass, including the calls from EU heads of state (!) telling them to do nothing about Maidan and to sever all ties with Russia, or face the regime change and personal danger.
If Yanukovich and his people were any smarter they’d realize that those who show fear, those who succumb to threats, and those who negotiate with terrorists will lose everything in the end. Despite Yanukovich/Azarov seemingly complying with West’s demands to stand down, they lost their wealth, their positions, reputations, and ultimately, their country.
SAAKASHVILI, POROSHENKO & WHY THE WEST WON’T FINANCE MAIDAN-3
Saakashvili is trying to orchestrate Maidan-3 in Kiev, and his goal is to oust Poroshenko, while his personal ambition is to become the new ruler of Ukraine. But this time his US bosses won’t finance it. Why? Very simple. All they wanted from poor Ukraine is to become the cannon fodder in their 4D hybrid war against Russia, and in a hot 3D war, if they were really lucky and if Kiev turned out really stupid. They achieved their goal, albeit partially. They know that this is about as far as they can get.
Russia demonstrated to the US that they would not be able to step beyond a certain limit. The limit has been clearly defined and the tide began to turn. Russia also demonstrated that she could hurt them back, if they continued pushing. They can’t do it openly any more, as they so easily did in 2014, using the distraction of the Sochi Olympics, when Russia was too busy and vulnerable, and could not protect Ukraine on time.
Their strategy right now is to see if they can quietly manage to push Poroshenko to a new round of escalation and to a bigger and more open conflict with Russia. Ukraine Rada is trying to pass the bill severing diplomatic relations with Russia, which is one of the steps in this attempted new escalation. This possibility is so far successfully averted by Russia the Great Balancer by engaging Europeans, who can’t afford even more escalation before the winter. They do want Russian gas, after all.
The lines in the sand have been drawn, culprits have been told in no uncertain terms, not a step beyond a certain point. As they would say in Spain and L. America, ‘No pasaran!’ — ‘They won’t pass!’
Hence, why would they invest in removing Poroshenko now that he, perhaps poorly, but does fulfill his role of being a major thorn in Russia’s back? Pushing him subtly and relentlessly into an escalation of conflict with Russia? Sure, why not. Saakashvili, along with ukro-nazi thugs, is now used as one of those patsies to keep Poroshenko in check. Poroshenko is presently in the fight of his life, being constantly afraid to lose his ‘throne.’ If he does, he won’t end well. Consequently, staying on top is the only way for him to stay alive.
But as we are seeing, a direct and open support of Kiev regime and Poroshenko by the West is diminishing. There is even a certain revolt against him and ukro-nazis in some EU countries. All that was discussed in detail in EU Trouble: Why Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Romania Support Separatism in Ukraine.
Poor Saakashvili, no external power wants Maidan-3 he is so eagerly trying to push. Saakashvili outlived his usefulness and he won’t end well (remember my ESR8: Black Sea Gambit predictions about him!). Read: More on the latest 2017 exploits of Saakashvili! and FREE Part 1 of Earth Shift Report 8: Black Sea Gambit: Odessa is the Key!
All the above geopolitical perturbations are rather revealing and interesting. But to truly understand what’s happening, we must dive even deeper!
HOW DOES THE CIA COLOR REVOLUTION & THE INVISIBLE SNIPER TECHNOLOGY WORK?
The color revolution invisible sniper technology is an old one from the CIA playbook. It is designed to pit different factions against each other, when people are shot and killed on both sides by invisible snipers.
First, it is important to understand that the infamous color revolution hidden snipers technique did not work in Russia in 1992, when it was immediately discovered that snipers were shooting from the roof of the US Embassy in Moscow (!), and therefore, the color revolution and civil war intended to finish the destruction of Russia didn’t work. Further, the sniper technique was a complete fiasco in Crimea in the spring of 2014. There was an attempt to begin a war between Russian and Ukrainian troops stationed there, and it failed completely. Why is that? I am happy to say that Russians have learned their lessons, and turned out much smarter and more astute than others, having quickly figured it out in both instances.
Unfortunately, the CIA sniper technique worked wonders of the most gruesome kind during the Kiev Maidan 2014.
It has been proven time and again that the Kiev Maidan was orchestrated and instigated from abroad, as a simultaneous collusion by a number of countries, with strings pulled from one center. I wrote about who was who and who we can easily pinpoint as culprits, in a number of articles and Earth Shift Reports between 2014 and 2017.
There were 2 MAJOR goals in the extensive foreign invasion of the Kiev Maidan:
1. To tear Ukraine away from Russia and create anti-Russia on Russian borders.
Those violent, greedy, naive and undereducated people who created and supported the Kiev Maidan completely missed the point. Most of them absolutely honestly believed that the West, as well as those from post-Soviet space who ‘helped them,’ were there to help Ukraine enter the ‘hospitable family of EU nations’ and to improve the standard of living of Ukrainians. They did discover later that it was nothing of the sort.
The real goal was to weaken Russia the Great Balancer to such a degree that she would not be able to facilitate The Great Earth Shift, which is presently happening before our very eyes. Stopping the Earth Shift was the only way for the outdated Western system to survive. This was the underlying reason behind collapsing the USSR and behind pitting the people of Yugoslavia against each other in the ’90s.
In this scenario Ukraine was designated as cannon fodder in the war against Russia.
2. But there was (and still is!) another hidden goal:
To kill off as many Slavs as possible. If not kill, create such animosity between various branches of the Slavic peoples that there would be no return to past friendship and kinship. Weakening the Slavic connection and re-writing the Slavic genetic code is the primary goal and major objective!
THE SECRET ORDER TO EXTERMINATE SLAVS, ELIMINATE SLAVIC CULTURE & RE-WRITE GENETIC CODE
It has been proven in the past that, as such genetic code and kinship weaken, the populations of many Slavic countries, such as Eastern Slavs and Southern Slavs, become depressed. The result is the gradual diminishing and weakening of the will to live of the population, even if there is no hot war present. This is what happened in post-USSR in the ’90s and in ex-Yugoslavia in the ’90s-2000s.
In the 20th century the Slavic population was the hardest hit of all. WWI and WWII took the biggest toll on Slavs, and of course, more than on anyone, on Russians (including the Belorussian and Ukrainian/Malorussian branches of Russians). The collapse of the USSR and the Yugoslavia civil war took its most recent huge toll. If in mid-20th century Slavic population constituted over 7% of world’s population, right now it is only about 3.5%, and continues declining.
This is very dangerous — read on to see why!
Those of us who travel freely through history and timelines have seen this done previously many times. For example, the genetic code of what we call today ‘western Ukrainians’, who were called ‘Rusyns’ (Rus-ins) in the 19th century, has been drastically altered, generating a poison pill within Ukraine we see manifest today as ukro-nazis.
Or look at the example of Poland, Slavs in name only: the whole country has been sold and re-sold over and over to the highest bidder for centuries, and what’s amazing, Poles are actually proud of it! The brutal civil war and color revolutions which occurred in 1990s-2000s in the Balkans are also in the same category.
Or look at Lithuanians, as only one small example of many: they once used to be Slavs, aka, the Baltic ‘western’ Russians, but they largely forgot their roots. I have to say that not everyone did, as I know there are some Lithuanians who try to remember and keep alive the old Rus affinities. What’s more, large numbers of the population are very much against pro-US Lithuanian president Gribauskaite and her clique, who only stay in power because of the US and EU political backing, military and financial infusions.
These are just the easiest and nearest examples. We could go deeper in history and recall whether Scandinavians are Slavs; how Russian names, despite the completely re-written code of their carriers ended up all over the world; what the words Sweden, Switzerland, Vienna, Rome and London really mean, and much more. But that is some very convoluted forbidden history and linguistics, and a topic for another discussion.
Therefore, there is a wholesale assault against Slavic peoples everywhere, sometimes direct and sometimes hidden and subtle. There has been an effort to make Slavs, as carriers of ancient Forgotten Wisdom and Forbidden History, forget their roots, lose their genetic code and succumb to Westernization.
The ultimate goal, of course, is to weaken and damage beyond repair Russia The Great Balancer by taking away the support from brotherly nations and important and indispensable parts of the Russian population, such as Ukrainians/Malorussians/Rusyns. If Russia The Great Balancer is compromised and weakened to a great degree, they hope it would be easier to do away with the only force that stands in the way of globalism, NWO and Western imperialistic expansionism.
And this brings us to the main point I want to make! Those Slavs who allow themselves to be manipulated against other Slavs, are just dumb, dumb and dumber. This, first of all, concerns Ukraine. It also concerns Poland and Lithuania (a close relative of the Slavs, with easily traced Slavic/Russian roots). But there are others, such as the peoples of the Balkans, who allowed themselves to be pitted in brotherly civil wars throughout the ’90s and who later allowed themselves to be divided and fragmented further. This happened because of pride, ego and greed — all very low calibrations.
It also concerns such closely related to Russians people as Bulgarians, who are completely under the US/EU thumb. Let’s not forget Czechs and Slovaks, Western Slavs with largely the same story.
If the masses refused to allow foreign interests to interfere and pit people against each other, it would have been much harder to execute such adverse scenarios.
My suggestion: get your noses out of you-know-what, look around and figure out who profits from your squabbles and animosity! And understand that the only ones who are losing out are you! Then look at yourselves in the mirror and recall who you are and who you aren’t!
And this brings us to the culmination of this article!
THREE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL COLOR REVOLUTION
This is a brand new part of my EARTH SHIFT THEORY, never shared before. You will likely hear me talk about this in future books and webinars. Today, I want to give you this primer!
I have determined that there are 3 Necessary and Sufficient Ingredients of any color revolution and/or coup. And these are:
Foreign interference
Betrayal of the interests of their country by the elites
Either ignorance, indifference or corruption of the large part of the population, often all 3. The population may be bought, duped and/or simply dumbed down.
If all three are present, then executing any revolt, coup or color revolution is a walk in the park. If only two are present, these are normally Nos. 1 and 2, then the color revolution is much harder, if not impossible, to execute. If only No. 1 is present, in other words, the foreign interference, color revolution is impossible.
STRIKING EXAMPLES:
Ukraine: All three were present at the 2014 Kiev Maidan, and look at the result!
USSR/Russia 1989-1992: All three were present, as a consequence the USSR fell apart and Yeltsin came to power. The population of Russia and USSR as a whole was largely duped.
Russia 2000-2018 and beyond: No. 1 is amply present as relentless and enormous foreign interference in Russia’s politics, economy, finance and social balance. But No. 2 and No. 3 are conspicuously absent. The population has learned from past mistakes, including those of Ukraine and doesn’t fall for it. The elites are refusing to betray their country, no matter how they are seduced and intimidated. And the result is… the opposite of what Western puppeteers were intending! We discuss all that in detail in THE PUTIN ENIGMA!
The very recent examples of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Egypt and some others demonstrate the presence of the No. 1 ingredient only, and partial, or none of No. 2 and No.3 ! Foreign interference is very much present, while No. 2 and No. 3 ingredients are either insignificant or missing. Hence, no success for color revolutions in either of these.
This, in short, is the new segment of the EARTH SHIFT THEORY.
This will be added as an ADDENDUM to THE PUTIN ENIGMA! Please always remember to save the ESW6 Webinar page url, or bookmark it, so you can retain future access to this webinar!
I am considering adding more info, rare videos and links to it in the near future as ADDENDUM at the bottom of the webinar. ESW6 is a living, breathing piece — it may continue growing and expanding!
Please remember that ESW6: THE PUTIN ENIGMA is the last webinar this year! I have released it early to give you a good head start on the beginning of the Russian presidential election cycle! Russian elections will take place in March 2018. ESW6 includes my exclusive predictions for Russian elections, Vladimir Putin, Russia as a whole and some of the Eurasian and world trends, for the next 6 years!
Rest assured, this webinar, as all other Earth Shift Webinars, will serve you as a continuous guidance; these webinars are designed in such a way as to become your beacon at the time of the Great Earth Shift, for years to come! You can always re-listen to them in the future, with a new, higher understanding! Purchase these webinars and enjoy their relevance any time!
THE PUTIN ENIGMA is also the culmination of the Multidimensional Geopolitics Series of 6 webinars. Certification will be announced soon!
If you missed this related comprehensive new article, you’ve missed a lot! Analysis: Consequences of Russia’s Mirror Response to US Witch Hunt Against RT— and so much more!
Quote from it: Sometimes I hear from my readers that I have a ‘Russian perspective.’ Well, my friends, that’s the most valuable and thought after perspective to have these days, as we are now going through The Great Earth Shift and Russia the Great Balancer is at its forefront. Presently, Russia is dealing with the lopsided chaos created by the West around the world, rebalancing it in a new and revolutionary way. Rest assured, if you are listening to me and my ‘perspective,’ then you’ve got a front row seat for the whole show!
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Nemo1024 | November 18, 2017 at 5:35 pm
A very well-written article on a topic that is very much close to my heart.
I’d like to add Latvians to the list of the Slavic peoples, who forgot their roots! Latvians came originally from the area of the Urals mountains.
In the context of this article, I wish to commemorate Mihail Zadornov, a Latvian-born Russian writer, historian, humorist, who passed away a week ago after fighting with cancer for a year. His both witty and serious, reflective mind will be missed. He brought a lot of insight with his research into the Slavic roots, and the Scandinavians’ connectedness to Slavs. He worked towards raising self awareness of the Slavs.
Yes, Zadornov did. RIP. Big loss, and pretty sudden. He was hardly 70 – the good ones leave early, don’t linger after they’ve accomplished what they came here for. He’ll be remembered.
Yes, Latvians too, absolutely. Decided to skip them this time so not to complicate matters and lengthen the piece even more.
But since we are on it, this just landed in my YT inbox:
В Риге бьются за русский язык. Пока что легально — ENG: The Battle for the Russian Language Continues in Riga, Latvia. So far, by legal means.
The Latvia episode starts around 2:35 — protest against new attack on Russian language, which many call ‘assimilation.’ Authorities demand exclusion of Russian language from schools, while 40% of Latvian population consider Russian as their native language. Very similar to Ukraine, isn’t it?
Explanation for my readers: Latvia, together with other Baltic states, has been trying to squeeze Russian language and literature out of schools and out of life since 1990s. 1/3 of the population in Latvia are Russian-speakers, yet they never received citizenship and they are called ‘non-citizens. This violates human rights and EU charter, yet EU does nothing about it. All 3 Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, are members of the EU. They now agree to give citizenships to Russian-speakers IF they pass exams in Latvian (which is fine) and in an absolutely falsified Latvian of version of history, written by US/Soros grant-eaters and stating that ‘Russia is aggressor’ and that ‘Latvian nation for centuries fought against said aggressor’ (lie). Estonia has done the same.
Lithuania is more flexible on that count at least, and people did get citizenship there.
paleohippy | November 19, 2017 at 1:16 am
So, Lada has a Russian bias :)!! Imagine that. Lucky for us… who choose to know the truth… that we have been gifted with this wonderful warrioress. Language, phonemes, DNA, fake history, cultural genocide, etc… we’re gradually going microscopic here. That’s good because if we don’t understand the deep inner workings of the forces layed-out against us, we will not be able to deliver proper counter force. What Lada says about revisiting her works to date is good advice, as we gain ongoing and deeper understanding as this Shift plays out. That has been my personal experience. And good hit, Nemo, about Latvia. Thanks. This special planet has been under a very long-term sophisticated homicidal and parasitic onslaught. It is ridiculous to think we could survive, even flourish, on our own. Yet we do and we will. Never give up. Never give in. Stay in the Truth. We got this. Thanks, Lada.
Lada Ray | November 19, 2017 at 1:57 am
Big hugs to you, my dear friend! It’s so great to know that there are such GOOD Americans out there, who feel the truth on the molecular level. Gives me hope… 🙂
timtolzmann | November 19, 2017 at 1:59 am
Lada, as time allows I will re-read your posts, EU Troubles: Why Hungary, Slovakia…; and Forbidden History, Russian Truth Code and Goddess Lada. But would you please briefly define what you mean by “rewrite genetic code”. The danger of this, especially of the Slavic people, you wrote about in this current post. How is a genetic code rewritten? And what is a genetic code? I realize that the Slavs, relating to Russia, the Great Balancer, ideally will remain strong and become more strong. But how can the weakening be reversed?
Noted, Tim. These are excellent questions and I will continue talking about all this.
As far as reversing the process, Russia is presently working on it. What’s more, lots of us are working on it, yours truly included, through my articles, webinars, and upcoming interviews (have one coming up, BTW).
Others are working on it too — please check out the translations by our contributor NEMO/ Stanislav, links are in this thread.
Awareness is half of the cure, you know, and knowledge is empowering. This is what the ‘asleep’ populace needs right now — truth and knowledge. Even if it sounds unclear or far-fetched at first to some, people will resonate with REAL truth, with real knowledge, like you do.
I think that perhaps for now some of my dear readers will be able to post their definitions of what the ‘color revolution’ means and what ‘re-writing genetic code’ means.
I will welcome such input from my dear readers! Please feel free to reply to this and post your definitions and examples of same!
Also, Tim and everyone. I will, as I promised some time ago, make a couple more of my earlier Earth Shift Reports FREE for the holiday season. One of them will talk about most recent attempts of color revolutions on post-Soviet space.
The term was coined after several such successful ‘color-coded’ revolutions designed by CIA/US on post-Soviet space in early to mid 2000s. But as I point out in ESW6 THE PUTIN ENIGMA, I personally define the February 1917 Russian Revolution by UK agents and aristocrats as the very first color revolution.
Everyone, feel free to post your definitions and thoughts on the terms we are discussing!
Reblogged this on timtolzmann and commented:
I don’t understand everything in this post by Lada Ray, yet; and I don’t even remember just what a color revolution is anymore, (I haven’t been very interested in the world for some years past. But more lately have done more to understand geopolitics and history. I am basically retired now. And retired people have always transferred their concern from their career to the world at large.) but I believe the post is very important.
Nemo1024 | November 19, 2017 at 10:58 am
Dear readers of FT!
I’ve just finished translating two articles by Nikolai Starikov, that looks at the forces behind the events of February-October 1917 and immediately after. Lada has delved much deeper into the subject in ESW2, but I feel the articles can nevertheless be an interesting primer and help uncover a few specific details.
http://stanislavs.org/agents-of-revolution-1-was-lenin-a-spy-for-germany/
http://stanislavs.org/agents-of-revolution-2-how-the-leaders-of-october-repaid-their-debts-to-the-sponsors/
Lada Ray | November 19, 2017 at 11:45 am
Thank you so much, Stanislav! This will be so much help and such a great addition to ESW2 and ESW6!
Yes, we did go into that in ESW2 INVERTED COLLAPSE — that was more from a 3D / 4D / 5D perspective.
But in the latest ESW6: THE PUTIN ENIGMA we went even deeper into what happened and what really were the roles of Lenin, both 1917 Russian revolutions, as well as who Nicholas II and Rasputin really were. In ESW6 we focused on multidimensional truths, anywhere between 3D and as high as 8D, of what went on.
Starikov is VERY good at breaking it down on the 3D-5D levels and I mention him as my recommended source in ESW6.
Your translations really do provide an awesome reference point! I will add the links to your translations to ESW6 ADDENDUM I am creating and urge people to check them out!
Thanks again, always appreciate your hard work and please don’t ever hesitate to post links to your new translations in the comment section under any article you wish!
Thank you for the endorsement, Lada! I only mentioned ESW2 as I’ve just purchased ESW6 and am yet to embark on this journey of discovery.
timtolzmann | November 19, 2017 at 12:36 pm
All revolutions create lasting stress, physiological, psychological, sociological, and ecological. I think there has never been a good revolution.
timtolzmann | November 19, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Genetic code: I guess that’s what is looked at by DNA analysis. Looking to see what ethnic region(s) of the globe one’s ancestors from some time were from. The welfare of a country’s people can fundamentally be strengthened, improved, by those with blood affinity to them raising their level of consciousness. By integrating their brain functioning. By eliminating stress from their individual and collective consciousness. By creating coherence in the same. This is how mainland China was resurrected in recent decades, since the ’60’s. People of Chinese descent outside China helped people inside China by practicing their technique for Enlightenment. Eventually, people in China were allowed to learn and practice a technique for Enlightenment, themselves. Genetic code is not one’s perceived history. It is a concrete reality. And like all reality, it is fundamentally consciousness. According to Tony Nader, MD, PhD, consciousness is all that there is. Consciousness is the Unified Field of modern physics. This has been demonstrated by John Hagelin, PhD. Tony Nader has shown that the human physiology is the “fabrics of consciousness”. By gaining the state of “restful alertness”, one enables the body to eliminate physiological stress, chemical and structural.
John Casey | November 19, 2017 at 4:50 pm
Thanks, Lada. You go, girl! I am looking forward to reading the Enigma asap.
AKAIDA (@akaider) | November 20, 2017 at 12:21 am
Great Post Lada, the Buddha was a Slav / Skiff / Sak! Return of the Eurasia means the return of Vedism, just as Edgar Cayce predicted! -M
True! Very good, Masaki!
And Edgar Cayce predicted that? Didn’t know.
Glad to be in tune with the master himself.
Oh, just wait until I get around to revealing what the name/word ‘Buddha’ really means and where it comes from! Also, what the word ‘truth’ and the word ‘pravda’ actually mean and where they come from!
Holding a suspenseful pause for now…
Will reveal during Holiday Season! Stay tuned!
Waiting in suspense for the key to the mystery of “truth”! 😉
Regarding your request to come with thoughts on the defining factors/definition of a colour revolution.
I fully agree with your three points, as outlined in the article:
What I want to add, is a fourth factor:
4. Significant exploitable domestic problem.
Any country, would have this or that point of contention in the society, simply by virtue of it being impossible to carter to everyone’s wishes, but also because a living country would experience short-term dis-balances in one or another sector of its complex structure.
A colour revolution can happen, when some problem can be exacerbated, inflated, taken over by the colour revolution organisers as a rallying point, and then switched out for the perpetual “[insert-politician’s-name-here] must go”.
In Ukraine, a legitimate dissatisfaction with corrupt oligarchy was used as the flashpoint, and then baited-and-switched to the nazi-infused Russophobia. In 1905 Russia the revolution failed because of this fourth ingredient missing, and it took dragging Russia into WWI and drastically reducing people’s living standards to bring the February 1917 revolt to fruition.
A colour Revolution in Russia anno 2012 failed not only because of #3 – there were enough dupes supporting the likes of Navalny back then (it took Ukraine of 2014 to cure that affliction), but also because the “problem” areas as reported by the 5th column were not the real problems that occupied the minds of the population, while the real problems are so diverse and localised, that they are impossible to use as an all-Russian rally point for a colour revolution.
Good points!
P.S. This actually goes under No. 3 — duping and/or corrupting the population, as well as the population’s ignorance (or not) as to what the real reasons are for the situation, and why they are being dragged into a revolt.
Nemo1024 | November 20, 2017 at 12:35 pm
Those two go hand-in-hand, yes, so #3 can be extended to include my suggestion. However, even with a politically apathetic and/or ignorant population, if there is no major “rallying” problem, an attempt to create a revolt around some lesser issue would fail.
Lada Ray | November 20, 2017 at 2:00 pm
I think you and I are looking at it from different angles. The theory I am presenting assumes as a given that there are conflicts in existence in the society, as any society would have them at any time. Color revolutions ALWAYS seek to exploit conflict in existence. And in 1905-07 there also was conflict between classes and groups in Russian society, of course. Don’t you remember? It was Russo-Japanese war, and Russia LOST it, very unusually. But it wasn’t enough — the trigger of the devastating WWI was needed. In that you are correct.
Therefore, I assume that IF and WHEN color revolution is attempted, there is ALWAYS a conflict and a menifest or perceived weakness present in the society, otherwise how on earth would you even attempt a color revolution, based on what? No conlfict, nothing to latch on to, right?
Of course, it matters how much conflict is present, the degree of confrontation and discontent, and that factor is often overestimated by the West. This is not new: it was so in 1812 and in 1941 as well.
Your example of 2012: To be correct, it was really 2011, several months before elections. There was absolutely no way a color revolution would take place in Russia in 2011-12, as there wasn’t enough conflict present, people at large appreciated what Putin had done since 2000 and understood what was happening, having learned their lessons from 1917 and 1991-92, and they rallied en masse in Putin’s support.
Of course there were dupes and also tons of unscrupulous politicians / so-called ‘creative’ classes and elites who wanted to score points before elections or get some easy fame.
But, as I mentioned, the West and pro-west opposition, Navalny and such, OVERESTIMATED the potential conflict and their ability to manipulate it.
Dupes in 2011 were KEY, they came to Bolotnaya, thinking they came to protest against corruption, and learned that it was actually against Putin being elected in 2012, plus they saw that they were standing next to some fascists. At that point many left and never came back. Same happened during recent Navalny protests 2017 — people may be initially duped, but they quickly understand who is who. The final nail into 2011 protests was that the counter-rally on Poklonnaya Gora gathered 3 times more people than Bolotnaya. The ratio was something like 100,000 vs 300,000. And that was only because the Metro couldn’t cope with the volume. In reality it was probably 600,000, and it was spontaneous, hardly prepared. That showed the real support Putin had and that was the end of it.
We also assume that there will always be external pressure.
What makes all the difference is how the masses and how the elites react to that external pressure.
Finally, don’t forget, I only shared with you a snippet of the the actual theory. Can’t tell you all of it here, one day either in webinar or a book.
Thank you for the broader analysis. Reading it, a definitely see that we are speaking of the same thing, but from slightly different angles. Sorry if you forced you disclose more, than what you initially intended, but having been absent for some time I could not pass on your invitation to a debate/views in a comment above. 🙂
And yes, I definitely remember the Russo-Japanese war, the suspicious reasons for its start and the quite telling of alliance between Britain and Japan prior to Japan declaring the war. What I meant to say, is that conflict was not enough of a trigger to start a full-scale revolution.
At that time, Russian industry and economics were on the rise, and the war was short enough to not drain Russian resources. The strange loss may have been quiet a wise strategic retreat to not let the conflict drag on, draining resources. Should that unpopular war have dragged on, a revolution would have been played out in 1906/1907.
Here is a short article on the state of Russian Empire’s economy and industry, that I wrote earlier this year:
http://stanislavs.org/russian-industry-before-1917-chicago-expo-1893/
You are always welcome for a discussion. 🙂
Google will ‘de-rank’ RT articles to make them harder to find – Eric Schmidt
https://www.rt.com/news/410444-google-alphabet-derank-rt/
“Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet, says the company will “engineer” specific algorithms for RT and Sputnik, to make their articles less prominent on their news delivery services. ”
The attack continues.
Definitely time to abandon Google.
The Alphabet CEO, who has been referred to by Hillary Clinton as a “longtime friend,” added that the experience of “the last year” showed that audiences could not be trusted to distinguish fake and real news for themselves.
“We started with the default American view that ‘bad’ speech would be replaced with ‘good’ speech, but the problem found in the last year is that this may not be true in certain situations, especially when you have a well-funded opponent who is trying to actively spread this information,” he told the audience.
I must say, what Orwell wrote is coming to pass!
I have been attacked constantly on all search engines and SM for a while. I’ve been feeling this since the beginning of 2017, but in the past month or so it’s intensifying greatly. Suddenly I get very few referrals from search engines, and used to get tons. And many other things.
AKAIDA (@akaider) | November 20, 2017 at 11:15 pm
Pluto in Capricorn is coming to a Peak. Yang West is losing it – but the harder they grip the quicker the fall
Yesterday’s news was the last straw. I’ve been using Yandex for searches before, but now I’ve created an account and am in the process of transferring all my mail to Yandex. GMail account will be gradually phased out, and logging in to Google will be sandboxed.
Lada, you can see my new address in this message. If you wish to verify, send a message to my old address, and I will reply to it from the new one.
I’ll email you, thanks.
And I’ll look into it also. Many change are coming to my social media presence and how I conduct my business as well.
I talk more on what happened to my blog and its searches since beginning of October, and how my articles were de-ranked and hidden, in the upcoming Plane Truth interview.
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A Gal For All Seasons
I Used To Think I Was Alone…United In 365 Day Sports Love
About Gal For All Seasons
About The Coop
Up Against It
February 2, 2015 NFL, Seattle SeahawksChris Matthews, New England Patriots, Pete Carroll, Rchard Sherman, Russell Wilson, Seattle SeahawksCoop One comment
News in this city
Breaks without pity
Long after the war has ended
We’re still in fatigues
@Coopz22 @fsolomon75 There she is!
— Jennifer Solomon (@mightyerf) February 2, 2015
I survived Cliff Floyd swinging away per Jerry Manuel’s suggestion. I survived a Mets collapse in 2007, and a denouement in 2008 (suffering PTMD aftereffects today). I had to face New Jersey Devils fans the day after losing a dramatic Game 6 overtime Eastern Conference Final. I had to face the world after the Rangers lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Los Angeles Kings the next day because I didn’t have a choice.
It’s different this time because I am not only relatively new to being a 12th man, I’m relatively new to the whole football experience. Despite having an allegiance to the Jets really since the 2000s (simply because my dad told me as much), I’ve never been so invested in something as rooting for a city that I loved, that in turn turned me into a football fan. It’s a part of my identity that I struggle with and alternatively makes perfect sense to me. It’s only fitting that while I wouldn’t trade being a Mets fan and Ranger fan for anything in the world, despite the agony they bring me most of the time. I was also born to be a Seahawks fan. I just didn’t know it till three years ago.
Until last night, the Super Bowl was just a way for me to watch commercials and an excuse to eat bad carbs and to hate on a team like the Patriots (which was only solidified last night) and the half time shows. When the game ended in the past, I would look forward that baseball season was literally right around the corner. I know, I have my hockey team, but as you all know by now, baseball is my first true love.
Last night, I paid attention to every single play.
And like watching Henrik Lundqvist crestfallen after losing to the Devils and Kings, like seeing Carlos Beltran’s face in the Mets dugout on the last play at Shea in 2008, I saw the faces of my adopted home city team. And I felt *it* all right.
I am a 12. For better or worse, I am a 12th Man. And there’s nothing I can do about it but accept it.
Don’t want to discuss it
I think it’s time for a change
You may get disgusted
And think I’m strange
In that case I’ll go underground
Get some heavy rest
Never have to worry
About what is worst and what is best
Oh oh Domino
There were several different angles I could’ve taken for this post. Had the Seahawks won last night, this post would’ve been called “The Hawking Dead.” The premise of it was my Seattle trip in November, which was borne from ironically my baseball fandom. I never had a chance to write about it, and I figured, it would be repetitive anyway.
Picture it: summer of 2014, Ed and I went to Seattle to follow the Mets. We had another mission: to get as much Seahawks merchandise as we could. When we tried to plan another baseball trip to Cincinnati, to see the Mets, we found the prices to be staggering. To go to OHIO. Driving wasn’t really an option. And I started joking that, oh hey, we can probably get cheaper airfare to Seattle in November for your birthday to see the Hawks.
I opened the travel websites. “OH LOOK HONEY! It IS cheaper!” Then the snowball got bigger and bigger, till finally we couldn’t ignore the fact that we didn’t just want to go back to Seattle, we wanted to see the Seahawks at home the year they were still Champions. The Cincy trip was scrapped till 2015. The Seattle trip was on.
The Hawking Dead was the working title because I had likened my turn to the Seahawks side as turning into a zombie, something I couldn’t control, something I didn’t think I wanted till I got it. Well, maybe being a walker isn’t something we want, but whatever. When I went to the game this time, it was natural. It felt right. We get off the light rail, and walk to the stadiums (Safeco Field is open with beer and food specials, and highlights from the “morning” games). Yet, we weren’t the only people. It was like a march, people doing their rituals, but everyone (save the few New York Giants fans, who also made the trip) was dressed in their Hawks gear and chanting and doing their gameday rituals.
My husband and I have some game day rituals too. Last year, the championship season, we made it a point when there was a nationally televised game, we’d order Domino’s. I know, it’s sacrilegious, living in New York City, but during the Super Bowl in 2013, I saw a Domino’s delivery guy in our lobby. I told Ed, “You know, I want their bread sticks.” Ed doesn’t eat pizza, but he likes their pasta bread bowls. That night, though, they had a modified menu, and he had to get chicken nuggets and plain bread sticks. Last year, they did away with their bread sticks, only cheesy bread. But the pasta bread bowl/cheesy bread thing worked for a good year.
This year, the juju stopped working. Against the Cowboys, we did our thing, and it didn’t work. So I said, we need to find something else, because it’s officially “weird.” He said, well, maybe we need to get something else instead of our “usual”. So I started to make my own pastas, and lo and behold, they were winning again. OF COURSE our game day ritual had something to do with it. And we even changed our bars for the non-televised games. We stopped going to a place we really loved and started going to, ironically, a Patriots bar, but they always had the Seahawks game on for us.
Going to the games, you can’t describe the feeling. If you’re not a football fan, and I will always maintain I never really cared for it, but I loved tailgating and live games, you can’t help but get caught up in the 12-ness of it all.
Not to mention, I love Seattle, can see all my favorite sights from the stadium, and love to take walks after the game. It’s not like you can do anything else. Try jam packing nearly 70,000 people in one area, and have them all go to the train at the same time! Just writing about it, I can visual it, and FEEL the area. I miss it right now. I really wish I was there right now.
We figured, maybe there was a glitch in the matrix, and that’s why they lost that game. Also, we did have to take into consideration that, well, our superstitions don’t mean jack, and they only make US feel better.
Till then, we kept the ritual. And on Super Bowl Sunday, we had breakfast at the same place we did last year, and I grabbed coffee with a friend like I did last year. Then we watched Law & Order: SVU until time for the pregame show.
Our rituals may give us comfort. But in reality, that’s the only thing. It’s a defense mechanism, just like my stupid hashtag, #GivingUpSportsForKnitting.
Because I was so invested in football this year, I started to muse if I wasn’t a sports fan, what would like be like? Instead of, “It’s A Wonderful Life, Coop,” it was more of a thinking that, I need a new hobby that’s less stressful. Like knitting.
Poor @Coopz22 , looks like she really will #giveupsportsforknitting
— Tom Delgado (@RealTomDelgado) February 2, 2015
So by now, I’m sure most of you know the risky call that blew up in the Seahawks faces and literally caused them to lose the game. The narrative shifted from, the Seahawks are the real deal and Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll et al have built a dynasty and blah blah blah. Yet it’s all about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and blah blah blah. I’ve always had an unhealthy hate for the Patriots. Now I have to hear about it from all their shit talking fans who don’t show up during the game and gloat only after they win.
By the same token, though, if the Seahawks use the Patriots “dynasty” as a model – in 13 years and winning four championships. I think most of us wouldn’t trade that for any of our teams.
@Coopz22 😦
— Unreal_MsDodgrblu (@msdodgrblu) February 2, 2015
Last night was different. Last year, Ed sat watching the game, even with a significant lead, late in the game, he wouldn’t let himself believe until the very last second. Last night, he was cool and collected. Me, I felt off. Even with a lead, I didn’t feel comfortable. So many things didn’t go the way of the team. And if you look at the rest of the game, you’ll realize that it’s not the last 30 seconds that made the game. Marshawn Lynch even said it was a team effort, and they win as a team, they lose as a team.
Even as a die hard Mets fan, I never blamed Tom Glavine for his shitty ass performance on the last day of 2007. It didn’t help, of course. Yet, when I look at the team performance in September, THAT was why they lost. It shouldn’t have come to that game. Last year, when the Rangers were in the Stanley Cup Final, they blew not one, not two, but THREE late leads that led to overtime wins for the Kings. THAT was the difference. Not that they lost game five. They were lucky there WAS a game five.
Instead, our Domino’s ritual became a punch line, since I threw a plate of breadsticks with hot sauce and blue cheese after the blown play, and well, I had some cleaning up to do. Thank goodness for Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. And paint. And strategically placed artwork.
Yes, I realize now it wasn’t just about the last minute of the game. Try rationalizing that while you’re watching.
I could never give up sports for knitting. I wouldn’t be able to keep it real with assholes like Shane Victorino (#BlameShaneVictorinosMothersUterus) or Cody Ross (you’re GARBAGE), and well, if I have one place to be an asshole fan, it’s CitiField.
“@ShaneVictorino: Tom Brady = Greatness 🏈🏈🏈” shove a brick up your ass sideways. Kthxbye
— The Coop (@Coopz22) February 2, 2015
As Mrs. Senor Solly said earlier, there she is. Or rather there I am. I’ve always been here. I’m not going away.
The game ended, and I start hearing about Super Bowl Champions The New England Patriots, and I told Ed, can we please watch some baseball or something.
So MLB Network was on, and I got to hear familiar strains of my favorite season of all. Lo and behold, pitchers and catchers is right around the corner.
It’s 64 days till Opening Day, it will soon be spring, the Stanley Cup playoffs are right around the corner, and before we know it, we’ll be following the Seahawks to Baltimore for our first “road trip road trip” (since all our Seahawks games are road trips, technically, for us anyway).
I woke up this morning, and it was snowing. Perhaps it would’ve been more appropriate if it was raining. It rains every time we go to a sporting event in Seattle. But, rain also means change, it means growth, it means renewal.
Win or lose, last night, it was the end of a fun fuckin’ year for football. And it’s really the first time I’ve genuinely meant it.
In the great game of life, you win some, you lose some. Being a 12 is a lot more than rooting for the Seattle Seahawks. You have to genuinely understand the amount of pride this team brings to the city and the Pacific Northwest region. It’s a state of mind, maybe not unlike being a “walker,” but a conscious and very much alive walker.
Like many of the losses I’ve witnessed with my teams, it’s tough but you rationalize it. You accept it. It gets better. Well, it BETTER get better. The feeling can’t get much worse than what we all felt last night.
This team will be motivated and not let the loss get to their heads. They’ll learn from it, they’ll have a chip on their shoulder because of it. And hopefully, put the finishing touches on another winning year next year.
Till then, baseball and hockey will be a place holder. The celebratory champagne will wait in the fridge for another day. It’s okay to hurt. We’ll be up against these feelings throughout the years, it goes with the territory of being a fan.
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Shree Narayan Singh’s Next
Shree Narayan Singh’s Next (2020) is an upcoming Indian thriller-drama film directed by Shree Narayan Singh. Shree Narayan worked as an editor in so many films maximum under Bollywood filmmaker Neeraj Pandey. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) is the second film from his directional. He also directed Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) which is also a social genre film. This is the first time he will be directing a thriller film. It stars Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) lead actor, Shahid Kapoor in the lead. Producer Jhamu Sughand will produce the film.
Initial release 2020.
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Based on Verghese Kurien's autobiography ‘I Too Had A Dream’.
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Story-line Or Tagline Story-line: A adapted story of Verghese Kurien's autobiography ‘I Too Had A Dream’. A story of a person who always dreamed of a comfortable life and a job. However, life had fixed something else for him. The film follows the journey of that person.
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So Near and Yet So Far
The Watford singing section at Wembley
I woke up on the day of the semi-final feeling very nervous. Most weeks I don’t get my hopes up and don’t take defeats too badly as there is always next week, but we have only reached the FA Cup final once in our history so the result of this match mattered ….. a lot. Getting ready to leave for the game takes on ridiculous levels of obsession with tiny details. Is this an appropriate top to wear? Have my Watford socks with the mismatched colours at the top been lucky or unlucky? Did I start wearing my warm coat before our form dipped? So many questions with inconclusive answers. In the end, the most important things were to remember my ticket and my yellow shirt, but the sartorial decisions nagged at me.
As most of our group were not travelling through Watford, we decided to meet in the Marylebone area which began to look like a very bad idea when the tube filled up with Palace fans at Green Park and they all piled off at Baker Street, which was teeming with people dressed in red and blue. For the second cup game in a row, the choice of pre-match pub was a failure. This time it was closed completely. We ended up in a fine dining establishment that was happy to accommodate those who wanted only to drink. I must say that I consumed what was probably my most expensive pre-match meal ever, but it was delicious. On the walk to the station, it was disappointing to be taunted by a young child about what happened three years ago. He was wise to hide behind his father’s legs
Deeney leads the team out at Wembley
A game at Wembley really should end with the presentation of a trophy, I am not a fan of using it as a venue for the semi-finals. So even entering the ground had a sense of anti-climax. Earlier in the day, mention had been made of friends who had to miss the game for various reasons and someone expressed the opinion that it wasn’t such a huge deal as, if we lost, you wouldn’t want to have been there and, if we won, there would be another trip to Wembley for the final.
A key question regarding the team selection was the choice of goalkeeper. I would have picked Gomes, who has been immense this season, but Flores chose to keep faith with Pantilimon who played in the earlier rounds of the cup. So the starting XI was Pantilimon, Aké, Cathcart, Britos, Nyom, Jurado, Watson, Capoue, Abdi, Deeney and Ighalo.
As we gathered in the concourse before the game, it was lovely to see one of my all-time Watford heroes, Nigel Gibbs, was also in attendance.
Prior to kick-off, there was a great display of red and blue foils in the Palace end, they do that sort of thing so well, but we are fortunate that a sea of yellow shirt is always striking.
Challenging for a corner
Following complaints about the lack of atmosphere among the Watford fans at the play-off final, a singing section had been designated in the lower tier behind the goal and it was great to see them bouncing early doors. Sadly Palace took the lead on 6 minutes as a corner was flicked on to the far post where Bolasie headed the ball past Pantilimon. At that point it already felt as though this was going to be a long afternoon. But Watford rallied and a nice passing move finished with Jurado trying a shot from distance that was blocked. Then Ighalo laid the ball off to Deeney who tried a shot more in hope than expectation and it flew well over the bar. Another nice attacking move saw Jurado find Abdi whose shot was blocked. During our pre-match discussions, John had commented that our third most prolific goal scorer of the season was ‘OG’ and we nearly benefitted again as Ward almost turned a cross from Nyom past Hennessey but it went just the wrong side of the post. At the other end a cross from Cabaye was punched clear by Pantilimon. The same player threatened again with a free-kick that was comfortably caught by the Watford keeper. Before the half hour mark, Capoue went down with an injury that required a long period of treatment. He tried to continue, but soon collapsed and had to be taken off on a stretcher, which is always sad to see.
GT in his role of pundit at half time
Despite it being clear for some time that Capoue would not be able to continue, there was a delay between him being carried off and his replacement taking the field, which was odd as Suárez had pulled on his shirt but remained sitting in the dugout rather than being ready on the sidelines. Watford continued to attack without really threatening the Palace goal as a Watson free kick reached Deeney who moved it on towards Ighalo but a defender made the block before the Nigerian could reach the ball. Jurado turned and fired goalwards but, again, it was blocked, this time by Delaney who was knocked to the ground by the force of the shot. The first caution of the game went to Jurado for a foul on Zaha. Nyom whipped a lovely cross into the Palace box, but Hennessey caught the ball before Ighalo could get to it. Watford were lucky not to concede a penalty just before half time as a cross from Zaha hit Ake’s arm but the referee was unsighted and signaled a corner.
So we reached the interval, a goal down. It was interesting to read my notes again as they indicate that Watford had a lot of the play in the first half and, following the early goal, there had been little threat from Palace. But the mood among the Watford fans was dark as, despite our possession, we had never looked like scoring. Our attacks had been ponderous and ineffectual while the Palace wingers, when they did attack, looked very dangerous. It felt like 2013 all over again. However, we have had a number of games this season in which we improved considerably after the break and I clung to the hope that this would be one of them.
Celebrating the equalizer
Watford made a promising start to the second half with an early chance from a Nyom cross which Deeney headed over the bar under challenge. But that was followed by a scare at the other end as Bolasie rode a tackle from Britos and it took a good save from Pantilimon to prevent him from increasing the Palace lead. A Watford free kick was taken short by Abdi to Watson whose shot was deflected off the wall for a corner. This led to our equalizer as Deeney met Jurado’s delivery to head past Hennessey and send the Watford fans wild. You could see how much it meant to him as he ran to our corner to celebrate. All of a sudden both spirits and voices rose among the Watford fans and Flores reacted by replacing Abdi with Guedioura. Abdi had been wasted out on the wing, so this felt like a positive change. Sadly, we were only level for six minutes. Souaré was the first to try to restore the Palace lead with a shot from outside the box that was high and wide. But the man from Senegal turned provider crossing for Wickham who lost Aké and rose to head home. Watford tried to strike back again as Guedioura crossed for Ighalo, but the ball flew over his head to Hennessey. Deeney found himself in space and really should have tried a shot, but hesitated allowing the defence to regroup so he passed to Jurado, who found Suárez, whose shot was blocked.
Watson lines up a free kick
Pardew’s first substitution saw Bolasie make way for McArthur. The big screen announced the substitution and illustrated it with footage of the first goal. Thanks for that. Jurado crossed for Deeney, but his header back across goal was easy for Hennessey. Then a dangerous run by Zaha into the Watford box seemed to spell disaster, but the defence closed him down before he could shoot. The second substitution for Palace saw Sako come on for Puncheon. The Hornets had a great chance to equalize as Deeney flicked a header on to Ighalo but the Nigerian’s shot from close range flew over the bar. Flores made his final change with 7 minutes remaining bringing Anya on for Nyom. Jurado fashioned another chance as a corner was cleared to him but Hennessey was equal to his shot. Palace’s final substitution saw Adebayor on for Wickham so, again, we had a replay of a goal plus the prospect of Adebayor scoring against us again. It was nearly game over as Guedioura gave the ball away to Zaha but, thankfully, he shot into the side netting. The announcement of five minutes of added time was greeted with cheers and encouragement from the Watford fans and boos from the Palace end. The first minute of time added on saw Ighalo directing a cross from Jurado out to Guedioura whose shot was agonizingly just wide of the target. Watford had one final chance as Guedioura tried to find Ighalo in the box, but he was unable to connect and Palace booked their place in the final.
Deeney put in a captain’s performance
It was a frustrating afternoon. Palace’s run in the second half of this season has been as poor as ours so this was a very winnable tie but we struggled in the first half with the early goal sapping spirits on and off the pitch. There was an improved performance in the second period but, apart from a short spell around the time the equalizer was scored, we never looked like winning the game.
The queue to get into the station after the game was immense and slow moving and it took forever to get on a train, which I then had to share with Palace fans as I travelled south. I put my shirt and scarf away and tried to block out their chat about going to the final, but I was very glad finally to get on my train home.
Generally I try to take positives from games, but it is hard on an afternoon like this. I can take a defeat if we have given our all and were beaten by a better team, but I came away from Wembley thinking that, given the talent in our squad, we should have done better. If you had told me in August that we would retain our status in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup semi-final, I would have been thrilled. But that defeat will hurt for some time.
This entry was posted in Watford FC and tagged Adlene Guedioura, Alan Pardew, Allan Nyom, Almen Abdi, Bakary Sako, Ben Watson, Connor Wickham, Costel Pantilimon, Craig Cathcart, Crystal Palace FC, Damien Delaney, Emmanuel Adebayor, Etienne Capoue, Ikechi Anya, James McArthur, Jason Puncheon, Joel Ward, Jose Manuel Jurado, Mario Suarez, Miguel Britos, Mile Jedinak, Nathan Ake, Odion Ighalo, Pape Souare, Quique Sanchez Flores, Scott Dann, Troy Deeney, Watford FC, Wayne Hennessey, Wilfried Zaha, Yannick Bolasie, Yohan Cabaye on April 25, 2016 by franelynn.
An Important Win South of the River
One of the lovely catering staff in his Luther sweat shirt (picture courtesy of Karoline Hasley)
While getting ready to leave for the match I listened, as I usually do, to the sausage sandwich game on Danny Baker’s show. On Saturday one of the competitors was representing Watford. On a match day, something like this suddenly becomes immensely important. So I listened intently and, thankfully, Watford beat Bath City after extra time. An omen that all would be fine in the afternoon.
As always, there was a stringent search policy on the way in to the ground although on this occasion I wasn’t asked whether I had any keys on me as I was on a previous visit. Inside Selhurst Park the catering staff were wearing “Cult heroes” sweat shirts bearing Luther’s picture. How very wonderful. There was also a deck at one of the windows just outside the Ladies’ loo which was blasting out music at a ridiculous volume. I’m too old for that sort of thing.
Team news was that Flores had made four changes from Spurs. Unsurprisingly, Deeney was restored to the starting line-up. Also, there was no sign of Jurado which, without having heard the reasoning, tended to indicate an injury. This meant a first start for Amrabat and I was intrigued to see how he would fit in alongside both Deeney and Ighalo. The starting line-up was Gomes, Aké, Cathcart, Prödl, Nyom, Capoue, Watson, Behrami, Deeney, Amrabat and Ighalo. Former Watford loanee, Jordon Mutch, started for Palace and lovely Aidy Mariappa was on the bench.
I am the only person I know that loves going to Selhurst Park. My reasoning is that there is always a great atmosphere and, in days gone by when our away following was not as it is now, you could choose where to position yourself and I was usually able to join a group standing and singing at the back. However, the increase in numbers in the travelling support now means that you are stuck with your assigned seat and, when all are standing in front of you, those of us who are on the short side or, even worse, those that struggle to stand are only able to see very small sections of the pitch, which meant that my notes were rather sparse.
Deeney waiting to take the penalty
Nothing happened of note in the first quarter of an hour until Capoue played a lovely cross field ball to Aké whose cross was blocked. As the resulting corner came in, play stopped and most of us in the away end assumed that the home side had been awarded a free kick. But it soon became apparent that the referee had pointed to the spot and the chants went up for Deeney who stepped up in front of the hostile Holmesdale Road end, sent Hennessey the wrong way and buried the penalty in the corner. During the goal celebration, someone behind me let off a flare which brings into question the effectiveness of the stringent crowd searches outside the ground. Palace tried to hit back almost immediately as Cabaye hit a volley from outside the area that Gomes had to turn around the post. The next goal attempt from the home side was a looping shot that was straight into the arms of Gomes. Some lovely play from the Hornets came to nothing as a pass from Deeney, intended to release Capoue, was a little too heavy and went out for a throw. Soon after, Deeney exchanged passes with Ighalo before shooting over the target. At the other end, a dangerous looking cross from Wickham flew over the head of Dann as Aké challenged. Watford looked to increase their lead as Deeney found Ighalo whose shot was saved by the feet of Hennessey, but Palace couldn’t clear and, when the ball came back into the box, Amrabat had a shot from close range but, again, the keeper saved.
Capoue giving instructions while Deeney looks on
Watford threatened again as Deeney headed a free kick from Watson on to Ighalo who volleyed over the target. There was another lovely break from the Hornets, a cross field ball was played to Capoue who played it back inside, but nobody would shoot and, finally, Hennessey gathered. Deeney was putting in a real captain’s shift and was next to be seen back in defence shepherding a ball in the box back to Gomes. Unbelievably, the home side were level just before half time. A throw came into the box and the Watford defence stopped, possibly claiming a goal kick as the ball looked to be going out of play, but it was recovered and played out to Wickham who crossed for Adebayor to head over Gomes. The goal had come from nothing and it was typical that it came from a player who had been linked with us in the transfer window.
At half time, there was some frustration that we were not leading as we had dominated the half. It had been a poor half of football, but any quality there was had come from the visitors, the home side had been utterly dreadful. Given the lack of entertainment on the field, I was rather annoyed that I had reached my seat too late to see the eagle performing prior to the game which is always rather lovely.
Gomes taking a free kick
Palace made a substitution at the start of the second half, replacing Wickham with Lee. The home side made a lively start as Zaha went on a run down the left wing and whipped in a cross that landed in the arms of Gomes. At the other end, a free kick from Watson towards Deeney was headed clear by Jedinak. Watford threatened again as Amrabat picked up a misplaced pass and found Deeney, but the pass was a bit short and Troy was unable to get in position to shoot. Nyom, who was having a terrible game, gave the ball away to Zaha whose cross, thankfully, was cleared. A dangerous cross from Souaré eluded Gomes, but Cathcart was on hand to clear with some help from the keeper. Gomes was then called into action twice in quick succession. First to block a shot from Adebayor, then to pull off a flying save to keep a long range shot from Mutch out of the top corner. A free kick from Watson bounced off a succession of heads in the box before being cleared. Then Zaha went on a dangerous counter attack, but this time Nyom was in the right place and headed his cross clear. At the other end Deeney broke free and exchanged passes with Ighalo before trying a shot that was blocked, his follow-up drifted tamely wide of the post. Watford’s first substitution came just after the hour mark as Abdi replaced Amrabat, who hadn’t made much of a mark on the game. Watford had a decent chance to regain the lead as a Watson free kick reached Aké at the far post but he was sliding in to shoot and the ball flew wide.
Watson lining up a free kick
Flores’ second substitution saw Capoue make way for Suárez while, for the home side, there was an attacking change as Campbell replaced Mutch. From a corner, Adebayor threatened the Watford goal again, but this time Gomes pushed the header clear. At the other end Deeney found Ighalo in the box, he couldn’t shoot so moved it on to Aké whose shot was saved by the sprawling Hennessey. Deeney’s next attempt on goal was blocked by Ighalo, always a frustrating sight. The first booking of the game went to Suárez who was cautioned for bringing down Ward. Palace had a decent chance with a free kick from Lee that Gomes did well to save. But it was Watford who regained the lead on 82 minutes, as a Watson cross found Deeney at the far post, he took a touch before shooting past Hennessey and provoking mayhem in the away end. “Trooy Deeney, Watford’s number nine.” The visitors tried to extend the lead as Abdi looked for Ighalo with a cross, but the Palace defence shut the Nigerian out. In the last minute of normal time, a corner was cleared to Cabaye on the edge of the box, his powerful shot was pushed onto the post by Gomes and a follow up from Zaha flew harmlessly over the target. There was shock in the away end when the fourth official indicated 5 minutes of added time. Where had that come from? The first chance in injury time came as Adebayor broke forward and shot, but it was easy for Gomes. At the other end, Abdi combined with Deeney and Ighalo before unleashing a shot that came back off his team mate.
Gathering for a free kick
Despite it happening directly in front of where I was standing, I didn’t see Souaré’s tackle on Behrami, but it was clear from the reaction of those who could see that it had been a poor challenge and the referee had no hesitation in showing the red card. So the home side played the last minute of time added on with 10 men. They had one final chance to draw level as a cross from Zaha was met by the head of Ward, but he directed his header over the bar and the Hornets left South London with all three points.
Palace put in a considerably better performance in the second half, with Zaha giving Nyom a torrid time down the left wing, but the win was probably a fair result and Deeney’s second goal a pleasingly moment of quality to win the game. Neither Amrabat nor Suárez made much of an impression, with the stand out performances being from old hands Deeney and Gomes with a special mention for Behrami, who continues to impress in the midfield.
When the final whistle went, Pete said, “We’re safe,” and, while that is not mathematically certain, the teams in 17th and 18th are 12 points behind us with a considerably worse goal difference, so it is hard to see them catching us. Time to concentrate on the cup!!
This entry was posted in Watford FC and tagged Alan Pardew, Allan Nyom, Almen Abdi, Ben Watson, Connor Wickham, Craig Cathcart, Crystal Palace FC, Damien Delaney, Emmanuel Adebayor, Etienne Capoue, Fraizer Campbell, Heurelho Gomes, Joel Ward, Jordon Mutch, Lee Chung-Yong, Mario Suarez, Mile Jedinak, Nathan Ake, Nordin Amrabat, Odion Ighalo, Pape Souare, Quique Sanchez Flores, Scott Dann, Sebastian Prodl, Troy Deeney, Valon Behrami, Watford FC, Wayne Hennessey, Wilfried Zaha, Yohan Cabaye on February 15, 2016 by franelynn.
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In Fraud Operations July 29, 2016 Frank McKenna
Her name is Maryann Miller. She lives in a small flat in the ultra hip Williamsburg New York but you will rarely find her there. Good luck trying to track her down. She could literally be anywhere in the world, and often is.
Maryann’s travel schedule is so intense that people have compared her to George Clooney in “Up in the Air”. She has traveled millions of miles on planes, camped out in hotels for thousands of days with a singular mission – To Stop Fraud Everywhere and Anywhere it Is.
And that is just one (of many reasons) that Maryann is my fraud hero. She is a Global Fraud Fighter unlike anyone I have ever met.
Maryann travels as frequently as Ryan Bingham, the character George Clooney plays in Up in the Air.
To Become the Voice of Fraud, Sometimes You Need to Stand on the Table and Fight for What you Need
In 1995, Maryann was working for a bank. The bank was starting to feel the pain of credit card fraud. Most of the industry was actually. Between 1991 and 1995 credit card companies watched their fraud losses triple from about 6 basis points to 18 basis points.
Things were getting bad across the industry and Maryann had had enough. She wanted the bank to do something about it. She wanted people to get serious about fraud and wanted the executives to invest money in a new fraud solution. But no one would listen.
Maybe it was because she was new to the bank or maybe it was because she wasn’t making her voice heard. So Maryann said, “What do I have to do to get my voice heard, jump on the table and yell for what I want?!”
As a woman executive in business, sometimes you have to yell louder to make your voice heard.
And so she did just that. To everyone’s amazement she jumped up on the table and said, “We need to get serious about fraud and get this system NOW!”
Maryann got that fraud system and the bank got serious about fraud. Over the next 20 years they prevented hundreds of millions in fraud thanks to Maryann.
We need to get serious about fraud and get this system now! Maryann Miller’s protest were heard and eventually saved the company hundreds of millions of dollars in credit card losses.
Maryann learned as a woman in business sometimes you need to scream extra loud to make your voice heard (particularly when you are talking about fraud which is something not all executives want to hear about)!
A Fraud Consultant is Born
After a few years in the bank, Maryann was offered a job as Fraud Consultant. It was her dream job. She was hired to help other banks figure out the best ways to stop the fraudsters.
Maryann bought her first roller bag suitcase that year. She was about to become a road warrior. Little did she know that she was going to be traveling across the world for the next 30 years literally and figuratively standing on tables to convince people to pay attention to fraud.
She Traced the Fraudsters from the US, to Canada, to the UK, to Latin America, Asia and Then the UK.
If Maryann’s job as a Global Fraud Consultant taught her one thing it was this. “Fraud Always Migrates. It Constantly Moves and Changes”. As fraud moved across the world, so did Maryann.
This not only gave her job security. It gave her triple platinum status on most airlines and large hotel chains. Starting in 1996 and for the next 20 years Maryann spent her days traveling all over the world helping banks, financial services companies, technology firms, solution providers and anyone else to help them stop fraud.
Whack a Mole – As soon as Maryann would help one bank with fraud, the fraudsters would pop up at another bank, so she would head there. Eventually the fraudsters would shift their activity to another country where it was easier and that was when Maryann bought a plane ticket. It was like a game of whack a mole.
One day she would be helping a large credit card issuer in Canada deploy artificial intelligence algorithms to spot patterns of fraud on gas transactions. The next day she would be on a flight to the Netherlands to help a Bank tackle their growing problem of wire fraud.
Fraud, like wildebeest, migrates constantly. Maryann’s primary objective is to chase the fraudster wildebeest off a cliff and make them disappear.
Fraud was growing and so was demand for her services. I always would laugh because when I would call her, I would ask myself, “Where in the World is Maryann”. It was always somewhere new and exciting.
By last count, Maryann had consulted with hundreds and hundreds of banks across 38 separate countries, often spending weeks and months in each country.
The countries she has fought fraud include (Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK and United States). That’s quite a list!
Currently, Maryann Thinks the Biggest Threat is Faster Payments and She is Telling it to Anyone That Will Listen
I always trust Maryann’s keen insight on where fraud is heading and she wasn’t afraid to let me know her next projection. Her next big battle is Faster Payments. The move to instant payments will have the greedy fraudsters licking their chops.
While she believes it is a natural progression for banks and countries to make the transition she is gravely concerned with the fraud epidemic that is about to be unleashed.
You can’t blame her really. She along with the rest of the UK banks lived through the nightmare of Faster Payments there in 2008. She watched UK banking losses double across the industry within months of their migration to faster payments.
Faster Payments Make it So Convenient for Consumers to Get Their Money Quickly But Oftentimes the Big Beneficiaries of Faster Payments are the Crooks and Fraudsters that take advantage of the banks inexperience.
Maryann thinks the Swift cyber attacks and the Small Business Wire Fraud Scams are just the tip of the iceberg and that banks have no idea what may hit them when global faster payments hits critical mass.
“There is going to be a day of reckoning” Maryann told me, “And it is going to hit some banks very hard. The level of sophistication and social engineering is growing every single day”.
Maryann typically doesn’t have to stand on tables anymore for people to listen.
The Three Pitfalls Maryann See’s When She Visits Banks
I often consult with Maryann myself to keep a pulse on what is happening in fraud. I asked her once, what were the common pitfalls that she see’s in organizations that are having problems with fraud.
She told me there are typically a few pitfalls that she see’s banks making.
Pitfall 1 – Senior Executives Not Understanding Fraud
Maryann says one of her biggest warnings is this, “Too often, I see executives pointing the finger and blaming fraud managers when they have losses. This is a mistake since fraud management is the collective responsibility of the organization. Executives often fail to see their part in it. They need to partner with their fraud leaders to make change” When senior executives don’t embrace fraud management in the organizational culture, the bank has problems.
Pitfall 2 -Banks Not Realizing They are in the Trust Business
Banks don’t realize it but they are in the trust business now. Consumers know about fraud. They are afraid of it. If banks can’t protect them, they will move. There is simply too many options to bank with an organization that cannot protect them adequately.
Pitfall 3 – Over Focus on Marketing and Credit Risk as The Only Drivers of Business Success
Banks are so focused on the big drivers marketing and credit risk that they so often ignore the silent giant – Fraud. Fraud can ruin any marketing business case and it can drive credit risk losses through the roof like we saw with the mortgage lenders here in the US. The impact of fraud is always missed because when it is managed correctly the losses are almost negligible. When they are not however, the results can be a disaster for a bank.
A Role Model for Women in Business
Maryann’s latest passion is not just fraud but in helping woman break the glass ceilings. Maryann was mentored by Peniah Thompson who authored “Every Woman in the BoardRoom”. Peniah helped Maryann navigate the waters of executive leadership which can be a daunting task for female executives.
Later, Maryann was guided by the great Terry Dial. You can read about her here – Terry Dial Terry moved up the ranks from the humble beginnings as a teller into one of the most noted bankers of her generation.
Maryann wants to continue helping woman in business just as she was helped by her mentors.
The Voice of Fraud
To me, Maryann represents exactly what I like to refer to as the “Voice of Fraud”. That person that stands up and tells it like it is. It may not always be popular. So often it is not in fast growing sales organizations. But they do it anyway. Because it’s the right thing to do.
Thanks for reading the blog. Thanks for reading this story on my good friend and one of the most respected fraud people out there – Maryann Miller (Global Fraud Fighter)! You can check out her linkedin profile and connect with her here – Linkedin.
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Software Freedom in Europe 2019
Tarih:: 2019-10-22
Besides our policy work and projects, we also shine light on our community and its members; because it is only though working together with our community that the FSFE is able to form a movement across Europe to build a society based on users' and software freedom. We report about the events that we organised and participated in, from policy meetings to our web-a-thons. We finish with some numbers of our outreach-sections and an outlook into the next year.
But this short introduction can only give you some brief ideas, and so we invite you to discover your personal favourite of the FSFE's activities in 2019. Please enjoy your reading and if you are not a supporter yet, consider supporting software freedom in Europe.
"In a world where software influences virtually every single aspect of our lives, Free Software is a precondition for a free society."
Reinhard Müller
ISP's infrastructure ends where Router Freedom begins!
Europeans demand: "Public Money? Public Code!"
Explaining Free Software to business: Our FOSS4SMEs-project
Saving Code Share in the European Copyright Directive
Tearing Down barriers introduced by the Radio Lockdown Directive
Licensing consultancy for the Next Generation Internet
Spreading software freedom in Europe: Our policy advocacy
Our developer's best licensing friend: REUSE
We all love Free Software: IloveFS
Sustainability of Software
Our Community - we are the FSFE
How you can become a part of our movement
Events we organised and participated in
Staffers, team and GA
Spreading the word of software freedom
About the Free Software Foundation Europe
Router Freedom is the right for customers of any Internet Service Provider (ISP) to choose and use their private modems and routers instead of those that their ISP forces them to use - for example by contract. Such an enforcement comes with a series of problems and it essentially denies freedom of choice, taking away control of technology from users.
Some years ago, the FSFE successfully fought for router freedom in Germany. In 2013 the legal situation in Germany was unclear, some ISPs were using this to already infringe on Router Freedom. The FSFE stepped in as early as possible into the public debate with a statement towards the Federal Network Agency and from then on started coordinating with other organisations to safeguard users' freedom of choice. Finally, a law comes into effect: From August 1st in 2016 onward, all Internet Service Providers in Germany have to enable new clients to use alternative modems and routers to connect to the internet if they so choose.
Router Freedom is a question about the freedom of choice and control of technology. (Picture: FSFE booth at the Chaos Communication Camp)
Now, the same debate reaches the European level, with Internet Service Providers (ISP) wanting to impose direct access to their modems and routers even after its selling to end customers. The problematic steppingstone for the implementation of Router Freedom in Europe relates to legal and technical aspects around the "Network Termination Point" (NTP) - a definition of where an ISP's infrastructure ends and the user's begins. If the NTP would be defined as behind the router, the user might not have the right to use their own equipment because it belongs to the ISP and would be covered by contract. This position subjugates users to contract restrictions that would effectively undermine their freedom to choose and use their own routers. To counteract this restriction of freedom and to protect users' control of technology, the FSFE has started monitoring the status of router freedom in several countries and has been preparing an "activity package" for people and organisations willing to advocate for router freedom. This package compiles information about how to raise awareness among people, ideas on how to build alliances with organisations, the (counter-)arguments to be used in the discussions, as well as how to demand controls and supervision from the National Regulatory Agencies (NRA).
At the FSFE, we want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free Software licence. In 2017, we started a campaign to demand that software which is created using taxpayers’ money is published as public code as well. Code paid for by the people should be available to the people!
The Public Money? Public Code! campaign (PMPC) aims to make Free Software as the standard for publicly financed software. Public administrations following this principle can benefit from collaboration with other public bodies, independence from single vendors, potential tax savings, increased innovation, and a better foundation for IT security. Backed by more than 150 organisations, we have run and seen a mix of different awareness activities demanding public code this year.
Parliament of Asturias demands public code
In February, we were delighted to see the Parliament of Asturias become the first Parliament in Europe to vote in favour of signing our open letter demanding "Public Money? Public Code!". This was the result of nearly one year of intense advocating on a local level, mainly done by our friends at the Pica Pica Hacklab. We found Pica Pica's success story to be highly inspiring for local activists, and so we conducted an interview with Iyán Méndez Veiga from Pica Pica Hacklab who spoke about their actions and achievements during that time:
"The idea behind was that they are totally different parties but we want them all to vote the same thing. So we tried to emphasise different benefits of Free Software to the different parties. [... Now] the proposal of the Parliament has three main items and the very first one is that the Parliament of Asturias supports the international "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative. [...] I think for the first time, a lot of politicians understood what Free Software is."
Iyán Méndez Veiga
Team from Pica Pica Hacklab in front of the Asturian Parliament, demanding Public Money? Public Code!
Expert Brochure published
Why should governments develop Free Software? Where is Free Software already generating benefits in the public sector? What are Free Software business models? Answers to these questions and practical guidelines are given in the new expert policy brochure published in January by the FSFE. Produced with decision-makers in mind, the brochure is a helpful source of information for them. The brochure features leading experts from various ICT areas and is released in digital and print under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Prominent support in D-A-CH countries
This year, our campaign got an extra boost as German media WDR and t3n picked it up in April. Thanks to this, the FSFE's initiative received prominent support from various members of the German parliament, as well as digital politics activists and publicists embracing the the use of Free Software licenses for software development funded by the public sector.
On this occasion, t3n, published an interview (German) with the FSFE's EU Policy Manager, Alexander Sander, about how the public sector can go about deploying Free Software in its administration and city solutions - like in the city of Barcelona.
Politics like satire
More than two years ago, Munich abandoned their strategy of developing an independent IT infrastructure built with Free Software and the free operating system GNU/Linux and went back to depending on proprietary software. We followed this process closely and gave an update about what has happened in Munich and in Europe in general since then.
In May, political satirist Christine Prayon was awarded the 10,000 Euro Dieter Hildebrandt Award of the City of Munich for demanding political or decidedly socio-critical political satire. Prayon donated the prize money to the Free Software Foundation Europe. Prayon used her thank-you speech to describe the former genius, progressive process of making Munich independent of the providers of proprietary software and letting the complete administration run on a Free Software system. Prayon then criticised the switch back to proprietary systems and pointed to our "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign.
Explaining Free Software to business: Our FOSS4SMEs project
FOSS4SMEs is an EU-funded project, focused on building an e-learning platform teaching small and medium-sized enterprises and their employees how to migrate from proprietary software to Free Software. The FSFE has been part of the consortium, and together with five other partners from across Europe helped to realise this project and spread the word among business communities, encouraging them to learn more about Free Software and its numerous benefits for corporate environments.
The resulting e-learning course consists of five units. Starting with an introduction into Free Software, it continues with an overview of business models and a selection of Free Software products for different purposes. In the last two units, the participants will learn about how Free Software can be adopted in businesses, and how the migration strategies for the first small steps may look like.
The FOSS4SMEs project was finalised in September 2019, and its lessons are available in an online course in four different languages and as downloadable PDF files, all under a free Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license.
Matthias Kirschner, president of the FSFE, promoting software freedom at OW2con in Paris.
In March 2019, the European digital landscape changed when the European Parliament adopted the controversial Copyright Directive. In preparation of the adoption, heated discussions about the introduction of upload filters ended up with protests of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets all across Europe.
Thanks to our efforts, in a last minute action back in September 2018, the European Parliament adopted an amendment to at least protect Free Software developing platforms from having to install upload filters. This can be seen as a success of our campaign to “Save Code Share” that we started in 2017. More than 14,000 people supported our open letter which requests EU legislators to preserve the ability to collaboratively build software online under the new EU Copyright Directive proposal.
We are glad we were able to raise awareness and understanding of what drives software development in Europe nowadays among many policy makers. The exclusion of Free Software code hosting and sharing providers from this directive is a sign showing that the EU wants to keep Free Software development in Europe healthy, solid and alive. Yet, we are dismayed that the EU missed the opportunity to reform copyright to a reasonable extent.
Our EU Policy Advisor Alexander Sander speaking at the protestant church assembly.
Since 2014, the FSFE has been working on the topic of Radio Lockdown, which was introduced by a European Directive and is in effect hindering users to load Free Software on their "radio capable devices", such as smartphones, laptops or routers.
Users and environmental suffering
This is because so far the responsibility for compliance with applicable regulations used to lie with the users but since then has been shifted to the manufacturer. While this may sound convenient for users on first sight, it actually incentivises manufacturers to make it extremely difficult or impossible for any user to load alternative software, including Free Software, on their devices. But not having the right to install alternative Free Software systems has not only negative implications on users' rights but also on the whole Free Software ecosystem, on fair competition and innovation.
For users, this assessment also has negative impacts on security and the life cycles of their hardware: Often, the life cycles of radio devices such as mobile phones and routers decrease because manufacturers no longer release software updates to support old devices. From the day on which such support drops, these devices become insecure and unusable. If devices now have to be constructed in a way to prevent users from uploading their alternative but up-to-date software, then the user is put in a position to either live with a potentially insecure device, or to wastefully discard their older device and purchase a new one.
European Commission still needs to understand
This year, the European Commission organised a feedback period in which citizens could share their thoughts on the Directive. The overwhelming majority of the 276 comments collected were critical of the impact of the directive on user rights, and largely reflected the stances adopted by the FSFE. Despite this massive criticism, a meeting of the Commission Expert Group on Reconfigurable Radio Systems last June tragically showed that the full scope of the problem is likely not understood by the European Commission.
Further trying to improve the situation, the FSFE is helping regulators to understand the negative influence of the current Directive. We continue our efforts to make decision makers understand that Free Software is crucial for network security, science, education, and technical innovation - and that the right to install Free Software is at the beginning of it all. Our activities include encouraging users to participate in public consultations, contact relevant political and business associations to demand that these worries be addressed, and getting more organisations to sign our joint statement.
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is an initiative of the European Commission that aims to support developing technologies that can shape the internet into an interoperable platform ecosystem that embodies values such as openness, inclusivity, transparency, privacy, and protection of data. Operating under the NGI Initiative, the FSFE is part of a consortium of organisations collectively known as NGI Zero in two distinct grant giving programs. One is the NGI PET program for software projects that protect privacy and the other is the NGI Discovery program for software projects that enhance technologies involved in searching for and retrieving information on the internet.
Compliance with REUSE standards
The FSFE assists these software projects with any Free Software copyright and licensing issues that they may run into, checks their repositories for license compliance, as well as recommends their adoption of our REUSE specifications. With over 150 software projects expected to be involved in NGI Zero, the FSFE can ensure that a large number of developing software funded by the EC will be made available as Free Software, a goal also shared by the NGI Initiative. Compliance with REUSE standards will ensure that code from these projects can be easily reused and shared among the community.
2019 was an important year for the FSFE and the NGI Initiative. The NGI programs officially began accepting software projects in January, and the FSFE has developed for these projects educational documents on Free Software legal and licensing issues. Since August, we have also begun checking their repositories for compliance with licensing best practices, and giving them recommendations on how to do so. With more projects being accepted into these programs every 2 months, this endeavor is an ongoing one which the FSFE expects to be involved with until 2021.
FSFE Booth at Linuxwochen Wien
Throughout May, there have been elections to the ninth European Parliament. Even before the vote, it was clear that most of the digital rights supporters and Free Software experts among the Members of the eight European Parliament will not be re-elected. Therefore, we decided to run an election campaign and motivate people to get in contact with their local candidates and raise the issue of Free Software by asking candidates on their position on Free Software and presenting them our "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign. Thanks to that, we were able to identify new Free Software advocates inside the new European Parliament. We have been establishing new contacts since then and will continue to reach out for alliances within the Parliament to foster Free Software advocacy work in Brussels.
However, to broaden our impact it is also important to find alliances within the civil society. To find and advocate for common goals on the EU level, we have organised two policy events in Brussels. We also took part in a hearing of the European Parliament on Free Software, and we had several meetings with decision makers from administrations and institutions all across Europe. In particular we took part in the Open Government Partnership process and the Internet Governance Forum and we started freedomvote.ch, an election campaign in Switzerland as well as numerous other local initiatives.
If you want to grant users the freedom to use, study, share, and improve your software, you have to grant those freedoms in the license of the software. To encourage people to develop Free Software we help developers to understand and apply Free Software licensing. Our REUSE initiative, started in 2017, contributes to this goal. Any project following the initiative's recommendations makes copyright and licensing information readable to both: humans and machines. This way, we want to ensure that individuals, organisations and companies who are re-using code are aware of the license terms chosen by the original author.
Reuse 3.0
In August, we have released an updated set of best practices together with more assisting material and tools. Now, in only three steps a project can become REUSE compliant:
Choose and provide licenses
Add copyright and licensing information to each file
Confirm REUSE compliance
A new tutorial helps understanding the fundamentals, and an FAQ answers basic questions about licensing, copyright, and more advanced use cases.
FSFE promotes REUSE compliance.
To ensure that developers can concentrate on their actual work, we have further developed the REUSE helper tool that automates and assists with some of these steps. It can be included in existing continuous integration (CI) workflows which can test different parameters of a project automatically. On top of that, the REUSE API, a new web service, can test repositories and offer a corresponding badge based on their REUSE compliance. Check out the website for more information.
Since 2010, our community has been celebrating 14th of February as the "I love Free Software" Day. This is the time when we invite all of you to share and express your appreciation and love for Free Software and its various contributors: developers, documentation writers, translators, designers, or testers of smaller as well as larger Free Software projects.
In 2019 more people than ever joined us from all around the globe. Overall, 667 distinct #ilovefs posts on Twitter and Fediverse were counted, made by 530 individual accounts, mentioning at least 231 projects and developers. Posts were coming in from at least 230 different locations from all over the world in 16 different languages. We look forward to even more people showing their love and appreciation to the Free Software in the coming February 14th in 2020. If you are inspired to join the celebration offline, you can get our #ilovefs package free of charge and spread the love amongst your friends, family and colleagues.
We have been participating with talks and a booth in the biggest conference so far that aimed at bringing together environmental communities and digital rights communities, called "Bits & Bäume". On several other occasions and conferences we have been given presentations about the sustainability of software and as one of the main organisers of the about:freedom cluster at the Chaos Communication Camp, we merged for the first time digital rights and sustainability groups.
Session inside the about:freedom cluster during the Chaos Communication Camp.
We also work together with the German ministry for environment to help fine-graining a new ecolabel for software that is designed to highlight low energy-consumption software. The label will be introduced in spring 2020. So long, stay tuned.
It is no secret that even in the daily operations of the FSFE we rely on all the beloved people who help us continuously on different levels with their respective skills. It is only through working together with our community that the FSFE is able to form a movement across Europe to build a society based on users' and software freedom. A society in where users are empowered to control their technology.
Every day, we are happy to see that our community becomes stronger. In the last few years, we exceeded some ten thousand people from Europe and beyond who are supporting our cause by spreading our word, signing our open letters, subscribing to our newsletter or joining our public discussions. But as impressive as numbers are, they cannot speak for the creative and engaged individual people behind them. And so we had the idea to let our community members speak for themselves and created a dedicated testimonials page.
"I believe that Free Software can help us change our society fundamentally for the better and I believe the best way to do so is together with other volunteers from all over Europe!"
Alexandra Busch
"The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) brings together dedicated and engaged activists from all over Europe to seize the opportunities to secure our rights to use, share, study, and improve software because without Free Software, technology subjugates us instead of enhancing our freedom."
Hugo Roy
On this testimonials-page you will not only find quotes by our diverse community members from all over Europe, but also interviews with them. One example of many is Erik Grun, our local coordinator Berlin.
During our last community meeting in Strasbourg, we even had the pleasure to make some short video interviews with some of our community members like the one from Vincent Lequertier:
Have a look at our testimonials page and find your personal favorite statement. Share it with your friends and beloved ones to show them why Free Software is important to you or why you support the FSFE. Or even let yourself be inspired to share your own testimonial with us.
In the recent months we have seen prominent people apologising, taking a break, resigning or being removed for their behaviour. Without talking about individual cases, in sum, there is probably one thing that can we can take out of this: That there is an ever growing importance, for many members inside larger Free Software communities, towards ensuring proper behaviour safeguarded by a proper code of conduct.
It has always been our goal at the FSFE to offer a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. For more than two years we have an official Code of Conduct in place "to offer a friendly and peaceful environment for every participant at the FSFE's events, online and offline".
Participants at a FSFE web-a-thon.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Free Software communities have their own codes of conduct, or they have signed the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct. We appreciate that more people pay attention what effect certain behaviour might have and we continue to support the well-being of diverse Free Software communities to achieve our mission to empower people from all backgrounds to control technology without discrimination and thereby to create a better society for everyone.
The FSFE would be nothing without our contributors. And it would be so much more with you! If you feel inspired after reading our report, there are many ways to engage in our movement and you will surely find a way that fits your interests and skills. Some suggestions:
Spread the word about Free Software in public or among your friends with our promotion material or directly show your love for Free Software wearing one of our inspiring clothes. Follow our event announcements, find an event that fits your interests and then go there to meet likeminded people. Don't be shy, most of us have been in your position once. Or see if you can even join regular meetings in different cities of Europe.
FSFE Booth at on the streets-festival of Veganmania
If you find no event near you, do not worry, you can also join us online. If you prefer to contribute with your IT skills or your language skills, you are more than welcome to join our respective online teams. Not yet sure where to start? Then look into our discourse-instance and start to get to know our community and get inspired about what you can do.
Finally, advocating for freedom also costs money and we depend on people like you to support us financially. All support is used to improve our software freedom a bit more each day, step by step, bit by bit.
One of the FSFE's goals is to help individuals and organisations to understand how Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination. To this end, we reach out to the public by participating in events. Since our last annual report we participated in over 60 events in 11 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands), at many of which we gave public presentations and talks, most prominently about "Public Money? Public Code!", Sustainability of (Free) Software, Security with Free Software and Free Your Android. With the help of our local volunteers, we have even been able to also set up an information-booth in more than 20 of these events.
We also organize a lot of events ourselves, and we would like to highlight on some of them:
Our European Policy meetings
In January, we invited key Free Software groups of Europe to share public policy-related actions with each other - at both the EU and the national levels. And by the end of September we organised another policy meeting in order to discuss the goals of the Free Software movement during the next European Parliament term. This event was also attended by the Vice President of the European Parliament, Marcel Kolaja, and many European Commission officials. As an important milestone, we commonly agreed on an open letter with “Free and Open Source EU Policy Recommendations”.
The team organising and running the FSFE's Legal Licensing Workshop.
The FSFE's Legal & Licensing Workshop
The FSFE continued organising its Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW), over the course of three days in Barcelona. In its 12th iteration of the event, the LLW served again as a meeting point for eligible legal experts in the field of Free Software licensing to discuss current issues and best practices. For this year, the loose theme of the LLW was "The Long Term View: Looking Back and Planning Ahead", to allow participants to reflect on the histories that have forged the current legal landscape, and provide opportunities to discuss the way forward to tackle the issues facing Free Software licensing.
As with the years before, the LLW 2019 took place under the Chatham House Rule, allowing the 135 attendees to voice their viewpoints unencumbered. Some speakers waived their rights under the Chatham House Rule, which allowed journalist Jake Edge from LWN.net to write about a number of discussions that took place during the event. You can read more in Jake Edge’s articles.
Our web-a-thons
This year we organized both our first and second web-a-thons. These web-a-thons are happenings in which we bring together technologically interested volunteers from all around Europe with the intent to spend a weekend together, have a great time with each other and to collectively work on our homepage. You can see our achievements in the respective milestones in our git (milestone 1, milestone 2) but what you cannot see in there is the good mood and spirit that we experience on these occasions. That is why herewith we bring another big thank you to everyone who participated. If you feel motivated now, don't miss out on joining the next one!
Participants in our second web-a-thon, May 2019
Our system-hacker meetings
Just as grateful as we are to all participants in our web-a-thons, we are also grateful towards the participants in the two system hackers meetings we had in the last year. Besides bringing together technical Free Software experts within our community, during these meetings we have achieved many improvements on our infrastructure. These improvements may be invisible to most of our users, but they keep our services working smoothly, and in a more stable and reliable manner. As a reminder: As an FSFE supporter you have access to a lot of nice features run by our sys-admins, namely XMPP, Git, Email forwarding, Kanboard, our wiki, Blogs and many more.
Another major event has been our participation at the Chaos Communication Camp where we aligned ourselves with other digital rights and sustainability groups to form together a cluster "about:freedom", our participation at FOSDEM and of course all the others : )
Our staffers make sure to keep running the FSFE's administration and daily operations. From sending promotion material to donation receipts, from selling merchandise to organising our larger community events. But they also represent the FSFE officially in talks and presentations or in different kind of meetings.
At the FSFE we currently employ six full-time staffers and two part-time employees. This permanent team has appreciated the help of our interns George Brooke-Smith, Lucas Lasota and Bonnie Mehring. With Minh Nguyen we also contracted our first Federal Voluntary Service.
"Legal and policy interns at the FSFE have an important role helping the team accomplishing a wide variety of tasks, campaigns and events. They are responsible for creating legal and policy documents, conducting researches, organizing events, collaborating with volunteers and backing up the team in daily organizational life. It is a great way to start a professional career in the Free Software world!"
Lucas Lasota
All staffers are officially contracted with the FSFE as an association with charity status, registered in Germany. The charity is governed by its formal members ("General Assembly") who are responsible for planning, budgeting, setting the agenda, as well as electing and recalling the Executive Council and the Financial Officer. At this year's GA, the FSFE's President Matthias Kirschner, Vice-President Heiki Löhmus and Financal Officer Patrick Ohnewein have been approved to run the FSFE for another 2-years term.
The FSFE empowers users to promote digital freedom in the real world by offering a large set of promotion material. You can find inspiration about the 100 freedoms of Free Software and why There is no Cloud, just other people's computers, or leaflets to help you explain Free Software, Email encryption, the dangers of DRM and how to Free Your Android. You can also find postcards, posters and stickers of our Public Money? Public Code! and I love Free Software campaign. Order your own material now and help us to spread the word!
Order our info material
In the last 12 months, we sent out 819 information material orders around the world. This means literally thousands of stickers, leaflets, and posters have been given out to people, who are interested or are even hearing about Free Software for the first time. If you would like to support us in this direct action, consider supporting us financially or consider a donation along with your personal order of information material. The right leaflet at the right time to the right person can be the start of long-lasting change.
In addition to our promotion material, we also offer you the chance to show your love for Free Software by using and wearing some of our merchandise items. Free Software clothing is a great way of raising awareness within your local community, and each sale helps to fund critical FSFE projects.
A shirt for our young Free Software supporters
In the last 12 months we sold over 1100 shirts and hoodies among which our "There is NO CLOUD", our “Public Money? Public Code!” and our zipped Hoodies have been the most popular items.
New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to solidify her European digital agenda after her first 100 days in office, in particular "legislation on the human and ethical implications of artificial intelligence". Also we expect an Open Source Strategy by the European Commission. The FSFE will keep a close eye on these proposals to guarantee a safe environment for Free Software in Europe. We will further focus on advocating for router freedom in Europe to help people stay in control of their technology and explain to European decision makers the dangers of the European Radio Lockdown Directive in how it locks down devices.
To help decision-makers better understand the impact Free Software has on security and digital sustainability, we are preparing analyses of these topics and their connection with Free Software. To help with our research you can already take part in a limesurvey regarding Free Software and IT security. For our research on digital sustainability we will keep working together with the German Ministry for the Environment and other organisations that will help us addressing this issue on the European level.
On November 15 to 17 there will be this year's FSFE community meeting. If you missed it so far, we still welcome your participation. Also preparations are already running for our annual legal conference, the "Legal Licensing Workshop" (LLW), as well as for our web-a-thons and hack-a-thons. And, besides our own events, we will of course be present again at various Free Software related events, from FOSDEM to FrOSCon, from SFSCon to BalCCon to the Chaos Communication Congress as well as many more all over Europe.
Last but not least, in 2020 the FSFE will continue with our public awareness campaigns and our political advocacy; with providing our expertise, and provide resources to enable everyone to further promote Free Software in Europe. We have also recently introduced our new Software Freedom Podcast that we will continue working on, to deliver interesting insights into Free Software, with a diverse selection of guests, once a month.
All this work during the last 12 months would not have been possible without our contributors and our financial supporters; thank you to all of you.
To achieve our goals for the upcoming months we need you: Please contribute as a volunteer or support us financially to ensure that our message is heard in as many diverse parts of our society as possible.
Your Free Software Foundation Europe
Participants at the FSFE's General Assembly 2019
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a charity that empowers people to control technology by enabling access to software and its source code. The rights to use, study, share, and improve this software are essential to guarantee equal participation in democracies of the 21st century.
We work for a world in which everyone has access to the source code of the software that runs in the products we own, or that is essential to the public infrastructure and services of the society we live in. Access to this code should be embedded in a legal environment where people are able to change technologies in a way that fulfills their needs - individually or collectively. Therefore, any software that is used to run public infrastructure or is publicly financed has to be made publicly available.
Our mission is:
to help individuals and organisations to understand how Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination.
to enhance users' rights by abolishing barriers to Free Software adoption.
to encourage people to use and develop Free Software.
to provide resources and enable everyone to further promote Free Software in Europe.
To help people understand our message, we use public campaigns and political lobbying, we provide expertise in talks and personal meetings, we set up informational booths and organise events, we produce promotion material and explanatory videos. To achieve our goals, we base our work and form our movement with the help of our community and friends, who ensure that our message gets out and is heard in as many diverse parts of our society as possible. We work in a transparent and cooperative way.
If you like to join our cause, contribute or support us financially.
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"Though very much jazz-based, they sit on the sort of spectrum that encompasses the likes of Radiohead, Portishead or Massive Attack" STV Entertainment
"It's obvious why the Manchester clubs are jumping to this band." The Guardian
Signed to Matthew Halsall's Gondwana Records and championed by DJs from Mike Chadwick to Gilles Peterson and Jamie Cullum GoGo Penguin's skittering break-beats, telepathic interplay and a penchant for anthemic melody all contribute to a sound that's wholly their own. Pianist Chris Illingworth's yearning classical influenced melodies are filtered through the dance music energy of bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner. But there is no leader, no global set of rules. Each member receives inspiration, ideas and information from each other. Their instrumentation might be the archetypal piano trio but while the melodic, harmonic and structural ideas are influenced by both classical and jazz the rhythms are drawn from left field electronica and it's this meeting of opposites that makes their unique acoustic-electronica sound so exciting and creates such an interesting and emotionally rich palate for the listener.
v2.0 is the opening salvo from the new GoGo Penguin. Nick Blacka (who played in an earlier trio with pianist Chris Illingworth) joined the band in late 2012 after founder member Grant Russell left to pursue other projects. He brought a new cohesiveness to the band's sound and if their earlier breakthrough debut hit Fanfares offered a band prototype, then v2.0 is the wildly successful reboot. It's the sound of a band increasingly comfortable in the sonic world they have created. Brilliantly recorded by their long-term sound engineer Joe Reiser and studio engineer Brendan Williams the band have taken full advantage of the increased recording budget, the success of their debut afforded, to record a statement of real intent. A gloriously vibrant technicolor snap-shot of a band finding their own voice - as drawing on a heady brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage and Squarepusher to Manchester's grey rain-streaked urban streets they create a brave new sound all their own.
The album opener Murmuration could almost be a manifesto. Clearly improvised but influenced by the likes of Jon Hopkins and Massive Attack it's named for the way bird's flock together - a powerful, beautiful whole where there is no leader and no one bird is more important than another. The anthemic, pulsating Garden Dog Barbecuealso brilliantly illuminates the band's world, influenced by Aphex Twin but driven by jazz and bebop language too. Kamaloka features a beautiful melody that nods to Fourtet, while Fort which moves from Arvo Part style piano to pulsing techno sounding drums - an effect achieved with live techniques instead of effects units. One Percent (so named for the 1% who control 99% of wealth) has already got Manchester DJ's talking about "this band called GoGo Penguin that can sound like a CD skipping - but live". Home was the first piece that the new look band wrote together and has something of a hip-hop feel after Blacka's welcoming bass intro. The Letter,recorded totally in the dark, is a slow, almost spiritual ballad that combines classic jazz voicings with a more contemporary feel and offers a moments respite before the intensity of the dub-step viber To Drown In You and the albums most experimental point the gripping, sad, Shock & Awe. Finally the album closes with the beautiful, charming Hopopono which with it's mixture of influences and nod to the theme of Murmuration brings us gloriously back to the start of our journey one that has taken in nods to ancient myths, spirituality, love and even contemporary underground political movements but a journey that like all the best music or literature allows the listener or reader to make their own story.
“A stirring re-evaluation of what a piano trio should sound like in the 21st century”? - Barclaycard Mercury Prize
“GoGo Penguin have barged their way to the front of this crowded playing field with a sharp-elbowed sound that’s as intelligently accessible as it is belligerently danceable”? - Jazzwise
A really brilliantly modern piano trio that takes in the whole history of music. I think they're really special. - Jamie Cullum
“GoGo Penguin will win an audience way beyond the jazz dives” - MOJO
v2.0 has the potential to be one of those rare albums that genuinely resonates with an audience outside jazz - JazzUK
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El chicano (1970) viva tirado (LP)
September 3, 2016 September 3, 2016 / Winch / Leave a comment
v i v a t i r a d o
while el chicano is clearly a bridge between santana (the original group not the guitarist) and war, these chicanos understood that the instrumentations should be an integral part of the song (and not a reason to show off your chops). they give the guitarist room to stretch his strings, and they sink into a groove and go with it, but they also understand restraint and understatement.
Maybe it’s a silly comparison but the album almost seems like a musical version of bullit, with the guitar playing the part of the mustang, teasing us with its presence, kicking it into high gear with the last two cuts. the guitar’s clearly out of the hendrix tradition on final selection. this is proceeded by a 25-second version of “light my fire.” (by the end of the 70’s, everybody knew about economy, but el chicano understood it in the era of excess.)
After 1970, they’d explore all sorts of soul sounds, but the first album sticks with the instrumentals, just a soul/latin jazz sound with some heavy rock leanings. it’s all covers and there’s nothing innovative or progressive about it. But it’s all good. I can’t help wonder if war would have found their classic groove without it. it’s definitely worth checkin’ out.
the eight track of course sounds the best (and I like how they added an edited title track to fill the third program), but the vinyl sounds good too, and the song order of the album seems organic and intentional.
side one: cantaloupe island (herbie hancock)
quiet village (les baxter)
the look of love (bacharach-David)
eleanor rigby (lennon – mccartney)
viva tirado (gerald wilson)
sometimes i feel like a motherless child (a. a. smith)
hurt so bad (randazzo-weinstein-harshman)
light my fire (the doors)
coming home baby (tucker-dorough)
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Vandervelde's Overtime Heroics Lift Men's Lacrosse Past No. 16/14 Penn, 8-7
Penn (6-4, 2-3 Ivy League) 3 0 0 4 0 7
Harvard (6-6, 2-2 Ivy League) 2 3 1 1 1 8
G: Murphy Vandervelde - 3
A: Devin Dwyer - 3
Sv: Harry Krieger - 12
GB: Harry Krieger - 6
G: Tim Schwalje - 2
A: Tim Schwalje - 2
Sv: Brian Feeney - 6
GB: Danny Feeney - 8
Vandervelde's third hat trick of the year helped put the Crimson past No. 16/14 Penn (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Murphy Vandervelde completed his hat trick 1:18 into overtime to propel the Harvard men's lacrosse team to an 8-7 victory over No. 16/14 Penn Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.
Harvard, playing its third ranked opponent in three weeks, saw a three-goal lead slip away in the fourth quarter before a score by Ian Ardrey put the team back on top, 7-6. Penn was quick to respond, however, scoring the equalizer with just 55 seconds remaining to set up Vandervelde's heroics. The sophomore sent a straight shot over the right shoulder of Quaker goaltender Brian Feeney for the win, Harvard's first over a ranked opponent since defeating then 14th-ranked Penn 12-8 in the Ivy League semifinals in 2011.
The victory improves the Crimson to 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League, and moves the squad into a tie with Princeton for third place in the conference standings. Cornell remains atop the standings with a 4-0 mark while Yale is in sole possession of second place at 3-2. Harvard will close out the regular season playing at Princeton next Friday, April 19 live on ESPNU and at home against Yale Saturday, April 27.
Despite Penn (6-4, 2-3 Ivy League) holding a 13-18 advantage at the X and outshooting the Crimson 43-26, Harvard made the most of every opportunity to take the win. The Crimson went 2-of-3 on the man advantage while holding the Quakers, who entered the game with the best man-up offense in the country, to just 1-of-5 thanks in large part to Harry Krieger who came away with 12 saves and six ground balls.
Krieger was aided in the defensive third by Robert Duvnjak who was credited with three caused turnovers and Joe Petrucci who cause two more and collected three ground balls. Brian Fischer, Rick Molé and John Rose each recorded two ground balls.
Vandervelde's third career hat trick highlighted the day on the offensive end as her converted 3-of-5 shots. Carl Zimmerman scored two goals and added one assist for three points while Devin Dwyer tallied three assists. Alex White also turned in three points with one goal and two assists.
Zimmerman opened the scoring off a feed from White, but three strikes by Penn put the Quakers in the lead, 3-1. The Crimson duo hooked up again, this time with White scoring the goal, to put the score at 3-2 after the first.
Vandervelde evened the score at 3-3 with a rocket of a shot from the top of the box just 46 seconds into the second quarter. Zimmerman posted his second tally to regain the lead for Harvard, 4-3, and Vandervelde found the back of the net from nearly the same position as his earlier strike for a 5-3 margin. Both defenses tightened up over the final 8:32, sending the Crimson into the locker room with the two-goal advantage.
The teams remained scoreless 14:46 into the third until Jack Walker made it a three-goal game, 6-3, in Harvard's favor. Penn came back with a pair of goals in the fourth to pull within one, 6-5, and Isaac Bock evened things back up at 6-6 with 4:43 remaining.
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Secret of the Circle and the Square
Filed under: circle and square, providence, sefirot, worlds
http://forum.brombra.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1083
The divine energy of the body, nature is in the form of the sefirot called ”iggulim” (circles). Doing the will of GOD as described in the Bible effects the world like when one throws a stone into a pond and immediately upon the stone hitting the water a circle in the water forms around the stone. Which consequently by its wake makes a second circle surrounding the first. If the force of the stone falling is great enough there are more and more concentric circles till filling the whole pond. Thus is the divine sefirot in nature flowing according to this cause and effect pattern. In the world of ”iggulim” each “igul” (circle) does not touch each other. Under this ”nanhaga” (guidance) each person alone thinks they are the king. This is the world of Malchut (physical) and the Nefesh (animal soul).1 In Divine providence by way of “sifirot Igullim” (arranged as circles) is causal governance but no distinctions are made between individuals, it is the way of general providence.In this mode of providence governing the world, no distinction is made between any one of God’s creatures and another, whether one who is righteous or evil. God’s providence is upon all of His creatures in the same way, irrespective of their actions.
While the other form of the flow of the sefirot is called ”yosher” (upright). This is described as the ten sefirot in the shape of a man.This is a spiritual system containing 32 unique Divine power “emanations” organized in the shape of a man. This system is ruled by rachamim (mercy), it is dynamic, and not limited by cause and effect. It is the energy of divine providence. The transcendence of nature, by the soul. The “Sefirot Yoshir”, is the providence of distinctions, where some individuals get judgment and others loving kindness. Some receive reward others punishment. Thus distinction is made with each individual in the providence of The “Sefirot Yoshir”. according to the measure appropriate for him of reward or for punishment. This is personal providence. Not everyone merits to this providence of reward or punishment, but all are included under the providence of “iggulim” , yet there are some who can rise over its influence by the providence of The “Sefirot Yoshir”. Through occupation in Torah and mitzvot we evoke Divine light to descend and become revealed below to guide providence in the world. Becouse these type of actions evoke Divine mercy. A small action can have a great effect. The stone hitting the water is these sefirot called ”yosher” . They are described as a “kav” (line) whose end is square, which enters the circles. While the rings created are the sefirot “iggulim”. With the sefirot ”iggulim” is the light of the sparks, pieces of the vessels that shattered. These we raise up to their source fixing and completing the vessels above. This is called the returning light, the light of judgment, concealment and limit. It rises from the mouth by Holy speech, Divine names and prayer ties with the supernal light ”oar yosher” which spreads out from above to below. The light of ”Yosher” is drawn down within the light of ”iggulim”, the returning light.2
Its explained that the enlivening ex nihilo (the continuous bringing into existence from nothing) of all entities in Creation, from the most sophisticated to the simplest object, is associated with the level of Godliness that’s concealed in nature. This level of Godliness is called the “iggulim” (circles) and sovev kol almin (surrounding all worlds), which also pervades all levels and aspects-‘worlds’-of creation equally. The metaphor used for this encompassing Godliness is that of a circle, which has no beginning and no end, symbolizing its relevance to all within it and its indifference to the distinctions of the entities encompassed by it. The concept of encompassing Godliness in its pristine sense is comprehended by the metaphor of the great circle, which encompasses all levels of Creation.
The graded descent of worlds, the realm of immanent transcendent Godliness, is termed memaleh kol almin (filling all worlds), it is within this great circle, it is comprehended metaphorically as a downward directed ‘kav.’ (line) It measures out light ordered and differentiated in Creation, in which ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ are significant distinctions. The ‘line’-representing the overall descent of immanent transcendent supernatural spiritual levels of Creation-however, it is restricted within the “natural” aspect of Godliness called the “iggulim” (circles). At a given juncture it forms a lesser circle and then descends as a line, forming a circle and then again proceeds as a downward line. Thus, although the circles found in the line are themselves stages in the order of unfolding of the light of the ‘kav’, which gives character to the circles. They nevertheless derive from and have something of the encompassing character of the great circle.
Since the destruction of the Holy Temple,
The way of drawing GOD’s presence on Earth is by doing His will, as described in the Biblical law. By this a unique concentration of Holiness in the area surrounding the person called his “Arba Amot” (4 foot surrounding square).We always act within it, for this is the proper way of Asiyah (the world of action)
We try to think outside of the square in its “surrounding lights”. Here is where the square meets the circles. Where the “supernatural Divine Providence comes to contact with and effects the providence of nature, as we will soon come to understand.
We act within the box and think outside it. Here outside the box in its surrounding lights is where new creative ideas enter our consciousness.
We unite the box inside with the circle surrounding it.
The circle is the energy of GOD in nature
This is the unity of the Ohr Penimi and the Ohr Makif (inner light and surrounding light), the square and the circle.
One who unites the circle and the square unites the letters Yod Hey with Vav Hey in a perfect union.
This is the secret of the Supernal Dew (Tal),
When Yod Hey Vav (39-Numerical value of טל Dew) descend and find their fitting place in Hey of the great name YHV”H יהו”ה
As its written :
“Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for your dew is as the dew of lights” (Isaiah Chapter 26)
The “rekia” (firmament) is imprinted with a square. At its 4 corners are the 4 faces of the “chayot” (angels in Ezekiel vision,Angels of world of formation-Yetzera ). Their faces turn in what ever direction the “rekia” upon their head turns. They turn their faces in the 4 directions, and all revolves in a circle. This “rekia” has all colors but 4 are dominant being green ,red, white and sapphire. This is as it says “a bow in the cloud”.3 קומה (Height) is the secret of the square, with 5 (points Chaga”t N”h). The 5th point (is height) it goes up into the אויר (Atmosphere). They are 5 sefirot. East West North and South is the secret of the square. The secret of each is 500 (4 directions x 500=2000 amot of Shabot tachum). Secret of nikud (point) in the center is the Malchut (Presence of Divine Kingship) grows to all 4 sides. It is the Shechinah (Divine presence) in the mishcon (tabernacle). The point dresses in it חייליה (forces) totalling 10 to all 4 aspects (being 40). The hvyh מ”ה (divine name) is 10 letters are 10 sefirot from which goes out flames including 4 letters : white red green and Black, there is also a fine color close to Techalet (the Biblical blue of the sitzet-fringes on garments). It is above white. Because of its fineness it could not be seen. It is mixed in the אויר, as the source of the flames of color is יוד Chuchmah (Divine creative wisdom). So Chuchmah dresses 4 or sometimes 5 colors.
The 2 aspects of Shabath are the circle and the square. They are 4 camps of the Shechinah. The circle is the Ofanimim (angels of this lowest world). They are beneath the Chayot (Angels of world of formation-Yetzera). Ofanim include from 6. They have yichus (relate to) aspect of iggulim (circles). So guidance of the world is through the aspect of the 6 corners. (Chesed represents love, giving, or mercy, Gevurah is sometimes also called “Din”, and means “judgment.”,Tiferet – represents beauty and balance. , Netzach stands for limitless energy, great quantity, endurance, and victory.,Hod represents contained energy that which is clearly defined. It is very specific flow. Yesod serves as a gateway for a certain quantity and quality of these Divine powers can enter the world) The square is secret of the Chayot. They are penimi (internal) to the level of ofanim. 4 Chayot alludes to number corners of square, being Chesed Givurah Teferet and Malchut. Penimi to the circle and square is ”Chasmal“ (inner voice of God). The square is the letter ם and the circle is the letter ס
1. 2sulam on zohar hakdamah
1. 3Zohar Barashit 71b, Zohar ShirHaShirim p.34 Rosenberg, Aor Yakar Barashit 2 p.21, See Schneur Zalman of Liadi, Likkutey Torah, Korah 52a-d.See Dov Ber, Shaat Ha’Yihud, chapters 16 and 17. Tsemah Tsedek, Mitsvat tsitsit, chapter 2 in Derekh Mitsvotekha. See Sefer Maamarim, (5562) pages 475-479.
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Review: tick, tick…BOOM!
Published: April 8, 200911:10 pm
Before there was the phenom that was Rent, Jonathan Larson wrote tick,tick… BOOM! in response to the failure of another of his works, Superbia. While tick,tick… BOOM! received a couple of workshop productions, ironically much like Superbia, the show was quickly eclipsed when Rent opened off-Broadway in 1996 and to Broadway itself that same year.
Autobiographical in nature, tick,tick… BOOM! follows Jonathan (Brandyn Eddy) in the week leading up to his 30th birthday and the workshop performance of Superbia. Along for the ride are his girlfriend Susan (Ashley Siddals) and his best friend Michael (Jeremy Lowe). Siddals and Lowe also play a variety of minor roles throughout the piece including both taking hilarious turns as Jonathan’s agent.
The parallels between tick,tick… BOOM! and Rent are understandably present and while not a complete surprise it did bring a smile as Larson talked about the keys being thrown from the window because the buzzer doesn’t work and the telephone calls with his parents. Even the music, to some degree, elicited images of Rent although the lyrics fell well short of its more famous cousin.
And that is where the biggest problem with tick,tick… BOOM! lies – in the lyrics and the story. One couldn’t help but feel Larson was being completely self-indulgent in this slice-of-life piece and while I don’t have any issues with this type of very narrow focus it did seem to come across as little more than a cathartic response to Larson’s failure, with nothing of real substance to say to its audience.
With few exceptions there are really no songs that standout, especially when compared to what Larson was able to accomplish with Rent a few years later. And while musically the show has some merit, the lyrics, much like the story itself, tended to be sophomoric.
Interestingly, tick,tick… BOOM! was written by Larson as a one-man show and its current version didn’t materialize until several years later and adapted into this 80 minute, three-person version. And this re-write is probably a good thing given the show was at its best in the numbers featuring all three cast members.
Brandyn Eddy does a decent job as Jonathan although the chemistry between both Siddals’ Susan and Lowe’s Michael is simply not felt by the audience. Lowe’s larger-than-life acting style simply didn’t work in this smaller venue and tended towards distraction. We were also slightly disappointed in Eddy’s inability to actually play the keyboards in the show.
The cast is accompanied on stage (on scaffolding) by a five piece band. At times you could see Musical Director Melissa Braun (or was that Sarah Jaysmith) madly trying to keep the band together and in tempo. Rock musicals like this really must get the sound right; unfortunately it was a problem last night with the cast being overpowered by the band on a number of occasions.
In the end, while tick,tick… BOOM! is a self-indulgent and inferior musical, it does give us a glimpse into the development of the characters and ideas that was eventually to became Rent which, probably not coincidentally, Fighting Chance Productions is mounting in August.
tick,tick… BOOM! continues at the Jericho Arts Centre through April 22nd (Mondays to Wednesdays ) only. Tickets are available at the door or by emailing ticktickboomtickets@gmail.com or contact Fighting Chance Productions through their Facebook page.
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Maine is set to approve recreational marijuana sales this week
Voters legalized weed at the polls in 2016, but there’s still nowhere to buy it.
Written by Miroslav Tomoski
PORTLAND, ME – APRIL 18: Governor Paul LePage speaks at a Young Americans for Freedom event at USM’s Hannaford Hall on Tuesday evening. The Governor listens to protesters in the audience who disrupted his talk. (Photo by John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
On April 27, Governor Paul LePage vetoed a bill permitting recreational marijuana sales in Maine after lawmakers spent two years drafting something they could agree on. Now, it appears as though the lawmakers in the Senate and the House—both of which approved the bill with more than a two-thirds majority—may override the governor’s veto.
In a letter explaining the reasoning for his decision, Governor LePage said that he “cannot in good conscience support a law that, on its face, violates federal law.”
Since voters approved legalization in 2016, lawmakers have been trying to reach a compromise that would satisfy businesses, law enforcement and Governor LePage, who vetoed a previous version of the current bill last November. The 2016 ballot measure set a deadline of December 2017 for the implementation of recreational sale regulations, but as debate began lawmakers pushed that date back to February 2018 and then further to mid-April.
Maine residents have been able to grow and gift marijuana since they approved it in 2016, but recreational dispensaries haven’t been able to open without regulations and taxes approved by the state’s legislature.
PITTSFIELD, ME – MARCH 28: A glass jar containing a marijuana strain known as King Tut. Michael Wyllie cultivates his own medical marijuana to deal with chronic pain. (Photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
In addition to launching recreational sales, the bill scales back some of the original measures approved by voters. The bill reduces the number of plants residents can grow at home from six to three while banning social consumption clubs and requiring business license holders to have been residents of Maine for a minimum of four years. It also adds additional taxes to recreational sales, which were a sticking point for Governor LePage who believes that medical and recreational cannabis should be taxed the same to prevent customers from crossing over between markets. Under the revisions, recreational marijuana will be taxed at 20 percent, while medical flower will remain at 5.5 and edibles at 8 percent.
Despite all these compromises, Governor LePage continues to oppose attempts to enact regulations because they contradict the federal ban on cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act.
Maine Professionals for Regulating Marijuana, a lobby group which pushed for the passage of the most recent regulations, has told the Portland Press Herald that the delay has caused some investors to leave the state in favor of neighboring states which have already implemented their regulations.
Some activists and lawmakers like Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) continue to oppose the current bill, stating that it sets tax burdens too high and violates the will of voters by changing the original ballot measure.
The legislature is expected to vote on whether to override Governor LePage’s veto on Wednesday (May 2).
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BANKS Shows Off ‘III’ Album Cover Art
May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 Hidden Jams 0 Comments Album Announcement, Album Cover, BANKS, Billboard, Cover Art, Gimme, III, New Album, New Single, New Song, The Altar, Third Album, Underdog min read
One week ago, just after sharing the music video for her new single “Gimme,” BANKS revealed that her upcoming album will simply be titled III, with a release due this July. Today, BANKS unveiled the album cover art for III, featuring a brand new logo and a new stylistic direction.
Check out the III album cover art below:
A post shared by BANKS (@hernameisbanks) on May 30, 2019 at 9:02am PDT
In describing III to Billboard last week, BANKS stated that, “I was going through a major growth spurt when I made this album,” in which she transformed from a “naive girl” into a “wise woman.” Indeed, the new songs on III show the confident side of her, previously heard on songs like “Underdog” and “F–k With Myself.”
BANKS considered naming her album Eros, which would have fit in with her first two album titles: Goddess and The Altar. Instead, she opted for III. (In our opinion, Eros would have made an excellent title; oh well.)
Although she hasn’t yet revealed any new song titles, we do know how the album ends. The closing track features her 4-year-old niece, Georgia, saying “I love you.” What a sweet way to close the album!
Read the full interview with Billboard to learn more about where BANKS has been and how her new album will sound.
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See Full Tracklist For BANKS’ New Album, ‘The Altar’
BANKS Shares Excellent New Song, “Gemini Feed”
III follows BANKS’ 2016 sophomore album, The Altar, which gave us the singles “F–k With Myself,” “Gemini Feed,” and “Trainwreck.”
We can’t wait to hear III this July! For now, enjoy her new single “Gimme” and its just-released music video. Stay tuned for more details about the forthcoming album, including its tracklist and specific release date. Now that we have the album cover art, it shouldn’t be long before we learn more. Keep checking back here for all the latest BANKS music news.
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Normal Range of Testosterone for a Woman
What Is the Normal Testosterone Range?
How to Calculate METs From VO2
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What Should FSH Level Be at Menopause?
What Is a Healthy Estrogen Level?
Premenopausal Women
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Written by Sharon Perkins
Estrogen, the dominant female hormone, fluctuates at different times during your life and at different times during the menstrual cycle. Men produce estrogen, too, although not in the same amounts that women do. If estrogen levels vary from the normal range, you may experience fertility problems. The ovaries in women produce estrogen; men produce estrogen from male hormones, called androgens. The dominant form of estrogen and the level most frequently measured is called estradiol.
If you're a woman of reproductive age, your estrogen level falls to its lowest level in the first few days of the menstrual cycle. Estradiol levels at the beginning of the menstrual cycle normally fall to between 20 and 40 picograms per milliliter, or pg/ml. As an egg-containing follicle in the ovary begins to mature, estradiol levels rise to between 150 to 280 pg/ml or more. Estradiol levels rise after ovulation until the start of the next menstrual period, when they fall to 50 to 100 pg/ml unless pregnancy occurs.
A study presented at the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, (ACR/ARHP,) Annual Scientific 2009 meeting on the correlation between lupus symptoms and estrogen tested mean estradiol levels during pregnancy. During the first trimester, the mean was 726 pg/ml with a range of 139 to 1,389. In the last trimester, levels ranged from 906 to 9,385 with a mean of 5,056 pg/ml. Urine and serum pregnancy tests measure hCG, not estrogen.
Menopausal women normally have very low estradiol levels, less than 10 pg/ml. During perimenopause, the several years before menopause occurs, estradiol levels fluctuate considerably and often are higher than normal on day 2 or 3 of the menstrual cycle. Estradiol levels over 80 pg/ml may indicate decreased ovarian reserve in perimenopause. When ovarian reserve decreases, you may have more difficulty getting pregnant, according to reproductive endocrinologist Bruce Rose, M.D 4.
Estrogen levels in men generally fall into the same range as those of postmenopausal women, or between 10 and 50 pg/ml. Unlike women, whose estrogen levels drop with age, men generally experience a rise in estrogen levels as they get older, along with a drop in testosterone, the dominant male hormone. Estrogen dominance in men contributes to breast growth and prostatic hypertrophy. An increase in estrogen levels is also a major cause:
of prostate cancer
pioneer in hormone replacement therapy
Menopausal women normally have very low estradiol levels, less than 10 pg/ml. During perimenopause, the several years before menopause occurs, estradiol levels fluctuate considerably and often are higher than normal on day 2 or 3 of the menstrual cycle. During pregnancy, estradiol levels, along with progesterone and human chorionic gonadotopin, or hCG, remain elevated and continue to rise significantly throughout pregnancy.
MedlinePlus: Estradiol Test
Johnleemd.com; Hormone Balance in Males; John Lee, M.D.; July 2002
Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago; Day 3 FSH Fertility Testing of Ovarian Reserve
Infertility Solutions; Thoughts on Ovarian Reserve; Bruce Rose, M.D.
A registered nurse with more than 25 years of experience in oncology, labor/delivery, neonatal intensive care, infertility and ophthalmology, Sharon Perkins has also coauthored and edited numerous health books for the Wiley "Dummies" series. Perkins also has extensive experience working in home health with medically fragile pediatric patients.
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While 'Mails Logs' record all incoming and outgoing mail traffic, 'Delivery Logs' record only those mails accepted by mail servers.
Click 'Reports' > 'Delivery Logs' to open the interface
Delivery Logs Report – Table of Column Descriptions
Column Header
The status of the mail processed by mail server. The tool tip on hovering the mouse cursor over an icon displays the action.
- Success: Indicates the mail has been successfully delivered to the recipient.
- Permanent Error: Indicates the mail server failed to deliver the mail to the recipient.
- Temporary: Indicates it is temporary error and the server will try again to deliver.
Date and time KoruMail received the email.
Email address information of the originator.
Recipient(s)
Email address information of the receiver.
The network address of the system from where the mail was sent. The next column displays the flag of the originating country.
Provides information such as the message ID and reasons for permanent and temporary error.
At the top and bottom of the screen, you have the option to set the number of records to be displayed per page.
To configure the number of records to be displayed per page
Click the 'Records per page' drop-down
Select the number of records per page to be displayed from the options.
Click the 'First', 'Previous', 'Next' and 'Last' buttons to navigate to the respective pages.
You can search for a particular record or records in the report by using simple or advanced search feature. This is similar to the search option explained in the 'Mail Logs' section.
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December 14, 2009 - Phil Hodgen
HSBC/Geneva has client data stolen by former employee
We’ve heard this song before. Disgruntled bank employee grabs secret information about customers, spills the beans to the tax authorities in another country.
A couple of years ago it was Liechtenstein and the LGT Bank. Now it is HSBC in Geneva. This time it is French taxpayers who are feeling the heat.
The nut grafs:
A former employee of the bank stole client data between late 2006 and early 2007, the bank confirmed yesterday.
However, it insisted that only ten of the bank’s wealthiest customers had been affected by the theft, which was discovered during a period of police surveillance in 2008. The bank was told of the security breach after a prosecutor interviewed the person suspected of stealing the data.
However, this morning Le Figaro, the French newspaper, said that up to 4,000 French clients were named on the stolen list, amounting to €6 billion (£5.4 billion) of assets.
The French authorites said that their Swiss counterparts had formally asked them to co-operate with the inquiry into the theft. They also admitted that the stolen list was used to compile a list of 3,000 French people with Swiss bank accounts suspected of tax evasion. [Emphasis helpfully added by mygoodself.]
Let’s see. So far the casualty list (that I know of) is:
1. Bank Julius Baer, courtesy of Rudolf Elmer.
2. UBS, via Bradley Birkenfeld.
3. HSBC, via Mr. Anonymous (see link above).
4. LGT, via Heinrich Kieber.
Memo to all personnel: There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Secrecy. If you’re in a situation where you’re relying on secrecy to reduce your tax bill and keep you out of trouble, remember that.
Secrecy may work for a while, but if you need some sound legal and tax advice, go read Ernest Hemingway. In “The Sun Also Rises” you will find this:
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
That’s the way bank secrecy as a tax strategy is devolving.
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Home News Animals A Side of Bycatch with Your Seafood
A Side of Bycatch with Your Seafood
Fishing has always been a way of life for many people living in communities along the south Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico. Shrimp trawl fishermen and other commercial fleets employ thousands of workers and catch much of the seafood the South is famous for, while recreational fishers can be found from the salt marshes out into the open ocean. The South is also known for its beautiful coastlines and marine life, which can potentially be compromised by commercial fishing activities. In fact, according to a new report by Oceana, thousands of vulnerable animals like dolphins, sea turtles and sharks die at the hands of these fisheries every year as bycatch.
Bycatch, the unintentional catch of non-target fish and other marine animals, is a persistent threat to marine wildlife around the world, and specifically in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. In many cases, fishing vessels discard more fish than they keep, tossing back thousands of animals every year already dead or dying. But bycatch is more than just unintentionally netted seabirds and dolphins. The term also applies to discarded, edible fish like red snapper that are thrown overboard if they are too small or if fishermen have already reached their quotas. In the U.S., approximately 20 percent of what fisheries catch is thrown back to sea.
In a new report released last month, Oceana identified nine of the worst fisheries in the U.S. for bycatch, which include three fisheries that operate in the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic regions. In a single year, more than 300 pilot whales and 700 sea turtles were caught or killed on surface longlines in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. One of the worst offenders is the Southeast shrimp trawl fishery, which uses trawl nets as wide as football fields to catch tiny brown and pink Gulf shrimp, killing approximately 50,000 sea turtles every year in the process. These fisheries are placing threatened and endangered species at risk and hampering their recovery when there are less harmful ways to catch fish.
Fortunately, there are solutions to this immense problem plaguing our nation’s fisheries. All of the nine fisheries identified in the report use one of three types of fishing gear —longlines, gillnets or trawl nets. In recent years, there have been encouraging innovations in gear technology that can improve fishing efficiency and minimize deadly impacts to vulnerable marine animals. Simply by modifying the shape and size of hooks, using different bait or changing the depth of a net, bycatch can be greatly reduced. Even better, fishermen can also install Turtle Excluder Devices, which create an opening in the back of a fishing net to allow a captured sea turtle to escape.
Oceana also proposes that these fisheries adopt a three-pronged approach to reduce bycatch: count, cap, and control. To understand the full scope of bycatch, fisheries should account for all species captured and killed—not just the ones they target. While fisheries are required to set annual science-based catch limits, bycatch species are often ignored. Lastly, Oceana urges fisheries to control bycatch through less-destructive gear modifications and by implementing initiatives that actively work to avoid bycatch, such as identifying areas with historically high bycatch.
There is no reason your order of shrimp cocktail needs to come with a side of dead sea turtle. The amount of wasted fish and animals in our nation’s fisheries is truly disheartening, but it is a problem that can be controlled if we take the needed steps that will ensure healthy marine ecosystems into the future.
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Vote for RDR2 in The Game Awards
Follow @RedDeadNet!
By Journey_95, November 13, 2018 in Red Dead Redemption 2
Guest Guest176525326
21 minutes ago, SAS_Intruder said:
I think you should stick to arguments about the game instead on focusing on me as a person. I don't appreciate it this way and I would even appreciate it less in face to face conversation.
My bad, got you confused with Mostly_Red
RDR2 is for more mature audience.
GoW is more flashy, button smashing, linear experience meant for younger generation
Edited December 13, 2018 by Guest176525326
Mostly_Red 1,689
Go play some games.
Maybe then you can talk about them with people that know more than you.
Get outside that R* bubble. It's clouding your sight
And FYI, button mashing is a term used when people don't know how to play games.
And btw, you mash buttons in RDR 2. So, there you have it..
Edited December 13, 2018 by Mostly_Red
2 minutes ago, Mostly_Red said:
I have been playing games longer than you have been alive I’m guessing. I’m 35 btw, started playing when I was about 9 years old.
5 minutes ago, O.Z said:
I don't limit myself to open-world games or R* games
If you're going to bash on GoW based on YT videos, i'll not take you seriously
josephene123 735
46 minutes ago, Mostly_Red said:
Because the mechanics and gameplay loop in RDR 2 are very well made and complex
You ride on horse for 10min, shoot some galeries of enemies, and that's it.
The only thing that makes it hard is the awful aiming and overall movement.
"Oh, but it’s not input-lag. It's, it’s.... immersion"
I don't think you have actually played RDR2. You genuinely seem to have a staggeringly bad understanding of the gameplay variety and dynamics.
Just now, Mostly_Red said:
And? Been playing for 22 years, but apparently i play more than you
Like I said before, I did try the previous GoWs(never finished them) however, yes I haven’t got to play the latest one. But reading the reviews etc it’s pretty much the same apart from nicer graphics. It’s doesnt get me interested enough to spend £40 quid on it.
1 minute ago, josephene123 said:
Want my psn profile?
The core gameplay is just that
Unless you think brushing your horse or cleaning or guns are considered as such
TheSantader25 6,108
I can't find anything interesting to say.
What's sad is that this dude is trying his best to win an argument against RDR2 in a R* fansite and is calling people to get out of the R* bubble. How stupid can you be?
Jabalous 7,383
I don't think they set any new standards . Dialogue system is very limited and often conversation doesn't last more than 3 lines before it ends or shootout starts. Or sometimes conversation doesn't make sense at all. Wanted system is a joke as well as bounty and AI in Rockstar games is traditionally bad. You just take cover behind the corner and they all come to you, like in old WW2 movies. Good part of the map wasn't accessible until very end. Characters are not explored very well and missions were so lame. Riverboat mission and one where you take out Cornwell come to mind but chapter 5 was a joke as well. Everyting was way too easy and forgiving.Overall there was lack on control on player part to the point that it didn't feel like open world game, unless doing side quests. They wouldn't even let you zoom out of scoped rifle. Also, constantly switching weapons or ammo as well as having wrong animations and stats for weapons is not good for immersion.
So while I can list many positive things about the game I can easily find a bunch of things that should have been better. It is a matter of personal preferences and there is no one true answer which game is the best , just different opinions.
Red Dead has definitely set new standards in the following aspects at least.
A. Interactions with the world's everyday characters. The seamless dialogue system is a new thing in crime open-world games. It's a new feature and allows for different outcomes to happen in real time, some of which can really be unpredictable. It's done for the first time, so it'd not be full-fledged, but it's sufficient for what it does.
B. The overall unpredictability of the world's ambient events. I'm not talking about rigidly-defined Stranger missions, but events like being ambushed and threatened by other world's inhabitants. Yes, all of these are scripted and accounted for, but the combination of the large number, scenario variety and unpredictability of these events are what make it a standard that other open worlds need to look up to. In my 70+ hours of playtime, the game hasn't put me in a situation where, as an example, a gang ambush scenario was repeated. Everytime it was different and surprising, which also greatly enhanced the atmosphere in different parts of the world. I highly doubt that other developers will be able to fill their worlds with that number of finely tuned unpredictable events as R* has the luxury of time and higher budget, but it's a new bar to reach to nonetheless.
C. The open-world rendering technology. Red Dead has objectively the best system in place to draw objects and their shadows in the distance, and the most believable and natural-looking lighting (despite being dynamic). The standard for the animations and behaviors of horses and other animals are now set and any other game will be directly compared to Red Dead in this regard.
As for the AI of the fighting enemies, it's not really better or worse than the one experienced in Uncharted or The Last Of Us, but it's definitely a noticeable improvement over R*'s previous works. Enemies are now more varied and use different strategies to counter your attacks. For example, The Murfree Brood fight and strategize different to the O'Drsicolls. In addition, enemy AI in open-worlds is more flexible than in corridor-based games, so I'd not nitpick too much about that.
Edited December 13, 2018 by Jabalous
Btw, just saw the nominees for some Australian game awards
Detroit is nominated for best Rpg
And you do expect me to give credit to these websites?
Or like the Guardian, where the whole gaming department is runned by a single person, lol
GoodSense129 25
I can’t take you seriously if you’re still in this thread hating on RDR 2 , why are you here?? Go start a GOW Forums or something Rockstar is the GOAT you mad or nah???
3 minutes ago, TheSantader25 said:
Name calling now?
Just here because you're trying to bash on a game just because your beloved R* has lost
Nothing you can do about it
I don't expect you to understand or give credit to anything tbh. You're beyond saving.
Honesty you seem to be insecure. You don't do anything else on this forum other than talking sh*t on this specific thread. How's that not trolling?
Edited December 13, 2018 by TheSantader25
1 minute ago, GoodSense129 said:
If this is a RDR 2 forum, why are some of you hating on GoW?
Are you that insecure? Go cry on Dan Houser's lap
So what explains your shocking understanding/ recollection of RDR2s vast number of in-depth gameplay mechanics? Someone else playing on your PSN profile? Input lag and frustrating control at times, sure. I've yet to see you say another thing that actually correlates to what the game is. Ride for 10 mins and shoot a bunch of people is NOT the takeaway gameplay loop from RDR2. It's idiotic to claim so.
Jedster 284
Come on, you seem to be lacking arguments... got a question for ya, why are you not playing GoW right now, instead if pointlessly b*tching about RDR2 and hopelessly defending some stupid award?
Oh right... there is no point, since you've already experienced it all the first time around and there is zer0 replay value... what a masterpiece...
1 minute ago, Mostly_Red said:
I’ve never made a negative comment towards GOW other than it’s not for me so get your facts straight on that one fool...this must be the highlight of your life....and you’re calling someone else insecure??? Rambling for days & days about how RDR 2 sucks?? Get a job kid
Just now, Jedster said:
Why are you not riding on horse in RDR2 with those mechanics from 2004?
No one is hating GOW, we are just debating about the game awards and most of us think RDR2 should have won.
Anyways, there is only one developer out there whose level to detail is second to none, their open world sandbox games are second to none. And that’s why I am here... while I do enjoy other games from other developers, nothing else comes close to Rockstar.
"there is only one developer out there whose level to detail is second to none"
Sure. ND, CDPR, SSM, From, Nintendo and many others are laughing right now.
And they don't even take 8 years to make games or force their workers to 100h weeks
Imagine if they did
Come on man, you must be the only one being so bitter about them controls, give it some time and you will get hang of it, but then again why would you if you can go and pick up GoW and master the button smashing in seconds lol
Rockstar is the king of developers, most people know this.
We should just end this conversation here.
You can keep bashing on the game on your own, for as long as you want
Keep saying that GoW is trash, a Kids game, a button masher, a corridor game, etc
Don't care anymore
Fortunately, some here know the truth and were able to enjoy both games, like I did.
That's what matters. Im glad that i got to play both games
Yeah you definitely have mental issues , can someone lock this thread so homie can get a life???
Because what i said is true? Lol
You guys cant get over it, can you?
@Spider-Vicejust lock this thread for once
It's better for everyone
Because I am at work, but when I get home I will ride my beautiful beast around with those mechanics from 2018 ma boah...
That is what I said in the first place but we had to descend to your level for you to see it... the point is, nothing matters if you having fun, no issues or flaws or mechanics... we can rant about it all day... but it's just doesn't matter.
This thread doesn’t need to be locked, who are you to say? It’s not even your thread. You just leave!
You turned this RDR 2 thread into a GoW hating thread
I got riled up reading your nonsense comments like: RDR2 has the gameplay mechanics from 2004.
1 minute ago, O.Z said:
At least i played it
"GoW is just a button masher"
FO mate
Spider-Vice 35,035
behind you
Thanks for contributing to locking this thread.
We're done here.
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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) yesterday commended the judiciary for the judgment against former Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State.
Dariye gets 14 years imprisonment for diverting N1.1b state funds
For the second time in less than two weeks, Justice Adebukola Banjoko of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gudu has convicted another politician, Senator Joshua Dariye, a former Governor of Plateau State.He was found guilty of diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.126 billion.
Court convicts former Plateau governor Joshua Dariye
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gudu has found former Plateau State governor, Senator Joshua Dariye, guilty of fraud. Dariye was in 2007 charged to court on a 23-count charge for the alleged offence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In his ruling on Tuesday, Justice Banjoko found him guilty of…
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Google Fiber: Portland Vision May Bring Gigabit Broadband to City [Video]
By Kaley Perkins on June 18, 2014 No Comment
When Google Fiber announced which 34 U. S. cities were potential markets for the tech company’s gigabit broadband service, Portland, Oregon was on the list. Google’s vision is to add more cities to its network. On June 11, the Portland City Council voted to enter into a franchise agreement with Google Fiber Oregon, LLC to bring its blazing Internet speeds to Bridgetown. Google is currently rolling out its fiber optic Internet service in Kansas, City, Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Portland may be one of the next cities.
“It shows how desperate people are to have a real broadband competition,” Sascha Segan tech correspondent for PC Magazine said of Portland’s decision. “Most Americans only have two options, cable or DSL. Everyone is looking to companies like Google to break the cable / DSL duopoly,” Segan said.
Google chose cities based on their proactive efforts to bring broadband to their citizens. Portland is just such a city. In 2010, the City released a Strategic Broadband Plan, part of an agenda to create livability, prosperity, sustainability, and equity.
The plan is five-fold. By aggressively investing in broadband, the city hopes to attract broadband-intensive companies and the knowledge jobs they would bring with them. The city hopes to create a tech-savvy workforce to meet the employment demands of those companies. To address social equity, Portland wants to eliminate any data divide, ensuring that all citizens and small businesses have equal access to the educational opportunities that broadband offers. The city considers broadband technologies to be useful in managing energy conservation efforts, transportation, health, public safety, government, and education. Finally, Portland is digitally progressive in its vision of governance, as it wants to modernize government organization and adopt digital inclusion values throughout the area. According to the City of Portland, this plan attracted Google.
Google also looked for case studies. The company said it looked for cities that were diverse and would help them work through diverse challenges that are inherent in building a new fiber network. Google provided a feasibility checklist for potential partners to complete. Whether or not they choose Portland, Google says that working through the checklist itself will help cities prepare for broadband agreements with other companies in the future.
The deal is not done. Portland submitted its checklist in time for the May 1 deadline, but Google will not announce its final decision until the end of 2014. The cities Google selected for the application process have turned in their homework, are now they are waiting to find out if Google will bring the service to them. If it is selected, Portland will be one step closer to its vision for gigabit broadband.
Potential partners, or Fiber Cities, had to demonstrate that they have the will and the ability to provide the support Google needs to bring Google Fiber to their respective cities. Until now, Google has been a company that deals with cyber services and data, not utilities. It does not have the physical fiber optical infrastructure to deliver its broadband across the nation, and it will have to piggyback on existing infrastructure to be able to provide its service to metropolitan areas.
To do this, Google may be planning on using dark fibre to run its new gigabit broadband networks. Dark fibre is un-utilized (or unlit) fiber optic cable which was laid in the 1990’s during the dot.com bubble, when many companies’ capital investments went into building high-capacity telecommunication networks. PC Magazine’s Segan reported that 20 states have laws preventing cities and towns from building municipal networks with the dark fibre network, though some universities have used the network to build intranets for their campuses.
In 2005, a CNET article reported, as part of a strategic plan, Google was trying to gain access to dark fibre network. The author quoted a Google job posting seeking a strategic negotiator who knew how to identify, select, and make negotiations for dark fibre networks. It seems the Internet search giant has been looking to gain traction in the high-speed broadband market for some time.
Google points out that it would be redundant to erect a duplicate system of power poles and conduits and asks cities to provide access to existing infrastructure, possibly any existing dark fibre networks. To make it to the next round of consideration, cities need to be able to solve easement issues and to streamline permitting processes.
As part of the feasibility process, cities were asked to disclose potential obstacles to project completion and to suggest workarounds. In the case of Portland, waterways may be an issue. Eight bridges transverse the Willamette River that runs through the metropolitan area. The City of Portland advised Google that easements across the river are granted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Recent efforts by other public and private agencies have had success with completely boring under the river or attachment to existing structures that bridge the waterway,” the report read. Portland suggested that avoiding sensitive lands adjacent to the waterway is the best option for securing necessary easements. The final decision to bring Google Fiber to Portland is now Google’s.
Until now, telephone and cable companies have cornered the broadband market. Bringing competition will provide consumers with more choices in service and pricing. Implementation of Google Fiber in Salt Lake City seems to be going smoothly, but in Kansas City, rivals are not lying still. The Kansas City Star reported in April that AT&T, the telecommunication giant that already services a large segment of the city, is throwing its hat in the broadband ring. AT&T is already challenging Google Fiber for its market in Austin, Texas. It has plans to rollout high-speed broadband in 24 cities nationally. Because the AT&T fiber-optic network already exists, the company may have a logistical advantage. It could pierce the market for high-speed broadband before Google Fiber gets through approval processes in its potential Fiber Cities.
Google plans to announce the selection of its new Fiber cities by the end of 2014. If the company decides to bring gigabit broadband service to of City of Portland, it will be one step closer to full implementation of its strategic broadband vision. Service could begin as early as 2015.
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Prospective randomised trial of early cytotoxic therapy for recurrent colorectal carcinoma detected by serum CEA.
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P W Dykes
Of 663 patients treated with radical surgery for colorectal cancer, 52 showed a progressive rise in serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) with no other evidence of recurrent disease and were randomised in a prospective study of chemotherapy. Twenty six patients in the treatment group received 5FU and methyl CCNU from the time of randomisation and the remaining 26 controls were given further therapy only if there were clinical indications. All patients were followed for five years or until their death and all but one (control) developed clinical evidence of recurrence. Overall there was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to disease free interval and survival. Whereas the rise in CEA in controls was generally progressive, marked inflections on the CEA curves were seen in the majority of patients receiving early treatment. Eight of 26 treated patients showed a fall in CEA of greater than 20% two months after starting therapy. These patients had a median disease free interval of 90 weeks and a median survival of 107 weeks, these figures being longer than those of treated patients who did not show a fall in CEA and control patients. The serum CEA therefore appeared to give important prognostic information in patients receiving cytotoxic treatment. Early therapy was generally well tolerated.
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The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization
Title The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization
Authors Weinbaum, Alys Eve, Lynn M. Thomas, Priti Ramamurthy, Uta Poiger, and Madeline Yue Dong
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During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. Modern Girls wore sexy clothes and high heels; they applied lipstick and other cosmetics. Dressed in provocative attire and in hot pursuit of romantic love, Modern Girls appeared on the surface to disregard the prescribed roles of dutiful daughter, wife, and mother. Contemporaries debated whether the Modern Girl was looking for sexual, economic, or political emancipation, or whether she was little more than an image, a hollow product of the emerging global commodity culture. The contributors to this collection track the Modern Girl as she emerged as a global phenomenon in the interwar period. Scholars of history, women's studies, literature, and cultural studies follow the Modern Girl around the world, analyzing her manifestations in Germany, Australia, China, Japan, France, India, the United States, Russia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Along the way, they demonstrate how the economic structures and cultural flows that shaped a particular form of modern femininity crossed national and imperial boundaries. In so doing, they highlight the gendered dynamics of interwar processes of racial formation, showing how images and ideas of the Modern Girl were used to shore up or critique nationalist and imperial agendas. A mix of collaborative and individually authored chapters, the volume concludes with commentaries by Kathy Peiss, Miriam Silverberg, and Timothy Burke.
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By GZ Sports Report January 3, 2016 April 15, 2016
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It’s officially 2016, everyone, and you know what that means…baseball season is just around the corner! Unfortunately for us Pirate fans, we haven’t had much to cheer about this off-season. In fact, we have had nothing to cheer about this off-season. No blockbuster deal was made that we were all hoping for, but come on, who really expected Huntington and Co. to open up their checkbooks more than any other team. I’ll admit, I had some aspirations for the Pirates that were just unrealistic (like most Pirate fans).
The bottom line is the team that the Pittsburgh Pirates would field right now just won’t cut it in the tough National League Central. Sure, another wild-card season might be in the future, but it’s time to go beyond that. It is time for the Pirates to take the NL Central. In all honesty, the Pirates and this city should NOT be content with just making the playoffs anymore. Yes, I get that it was over 2 decades without a winning season, but with McCutchen in his prime, the time to win is NOW.
When we look at the roster, it doesn’t seem likely that the latter will happen. Odds are, the field would be as follows; C: Fransisco Cervelli; 1B: John Jaso; 2B: Alen Hanson; 3B: Josh Harrison; SS: Jordy Mercer; LF: Starling Marte; CF: Andrew McCutchen; RF: Gregory Polanco; Jung-Ho Kang on DL. On the bump; Gerrit Cole, Francisco Liriano, Jon Niese, Ryan Vogelsong, Jeff Locke. Since the Bucs lost some of their bullpen, don’t look for the bullpen to be as stellar as they were last season.
The lineup has some upside, but the Bucs are still missing that homerun machine. When it comes to the pitching rotation, the issues start at the 3rd man in the rotation. We can disect each player all we want, but in the end it isn’t going to make a difference. This team will not contend for a Penant Race with the team they have right now. Moves need to be made before opening day. I’m not saying this team can’t get us to the All-Star break with decent record, but if this is who we have come opening day, look for some deals to be made before July 31st. I have full faith in Huntington, and I sure hope he doesn’t let this city down.
The off-season is far from over, so the Pirates still may be able to make some moves before Spring Training. Although most of the highly sought after free-agents have been swept up by other teams, there are still some players available who would benefit the Pirates.
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Tomb Town Bash
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IDEAS announced the launch of a new game/app and music video, TombTown Bash. Welcome to TombTown where a local Halloween bash is being held, and we need your help! Visit different sections of the town to invite the local ghosts to the party, but be careful! There are party crashers that will try to score an invite, so make sure to avoid them! How high of a score can you achieve? Throw the biggest party that this town has ever seen and be remembered as the king of the party scene!
“Projects like this are extremely important to us. Being able to come up with an idea, then be able to logically figure out how we can accomplish it without letting our client-work suffer, is key to keeping our team engaged with everything we do,” commented John Lux, Chief Operating Officer of IDEAS. “We do the best work we can for every single project that comes to us, whether it’s large or small, exciting or not. And one way to keep things fresh is to be able to work on things just for fun. Whether it’s a new game/app, or an original song, or a music video, or even just playing Pictionary on a Friday afternoon, doing things outside the daily grind is what keeps people fresh and keeps them wanting to do great work, no matter what the project is or who the client is.”
The TombTown Bash game was created for iOS, Android, and web using Adobe Flash/AIR, Starling, Feathers, DragonBones, and native extensions for Twitter, and Facebook, and iOS GameCenter integration. It has multiple particle effects, over 150 custom sound effects that we created in our recording studio, original music, and over 30 different animated characters. The team at IDEAS included Lead Designer Brian Nutt, Lead Developer Thomas Gorence, Game Designer Cass Hensley, Animator Andrew Cadieux, and Sr. Audio Mixer Rob Hill with original music by Jason Vega and Thomas Gorence. Click HERE to play the game on your laptop or desktop and search for TombTown Bash on any mobile device to download the app.
The music video was created at IDEAS by Rebecca Hodges, Bethany Harris, and Jason Vega and can be viewed below.
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IELR Blog
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U.S. and Australia Start Negotiations over CLOUD Act Agreement and Host Roundtable on Trusted Technology Ecosystems
October 8, 2019 by Bruce Zagaris Leave a Comment
On October 7, 2019, the United States and Australia announced they have entered into formal negotiations for a bilateral agreement under the U.S. Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act). The two governments also hosted a roundtable on trusted technology ecosystems.
Negotiations of a CLOUD Act Agreement
United States Attorney General William Barr and Australian Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, announced the negotiations during a meeting.
Supported by Australian legislation yet to be introduced, a bilateral CLOUD Act agreement would enable Australian law enforcement to serve domestic orders for communications data needed to combat serious crime directly on U.S.-based companies, and vice versa.
On October 3, 2019, the United States and United Kingdom concluded the first ever CLOUD Act Agreement. It will permit U.S. and British law enforcement agencies, with appropriate authorization, to demand electronic data concerning serious crime, including terrorism, child sexual abuse, and cybercrime, directly from tech companies based in the other country, without legal barriers.
The announcement of U.S.-Australian negotiations of a CLOUD Act Agreement provides additional momentum to the U.S. government efforts of having an expedited process for directly obtaining access to electronic evidence from the platform providers.
Roundtable on Trusted Technology Ecosystems
Also on October 7, Attorney General William P. Barr and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton hosted a government-industry roundtable discussion titled, “Shaping a Trusted Technology Ecosystem,” with more than a dozen representatives from the tech-industry landscape.
A Department of Justice press release characterized the dialogue as a critical step in jointly addressing complex supply chain challenges faced by both nations. The collaborative discussion presented an opportunity for industry, Australia and the United States to work together on solutions to ensure an open marketplace, achieve a diverse range of secure technology options, and enhance global technology markets characterized by trust, transparency, and fair competition. One issue is whether to try to prevent Huawei from developing for the Western countries and the world in general the 5G network. The U.S. does not trust Huawei from a national security perspective because it believes that the Chinese government will control Huawei’s practices and enable the Chinese government to obtain surveillance periodically. Until now, Australia has cooperated with the U.S. on the initiative to block Huawei even though Australia is increasingly subject to Chinese economic and foreign policy pressure due to China’s growing role in Australia and the region. The issue of trusted technology ecosystems also concerns the Internet and data privacy.
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U.S. and U.K. Sign Cross-Border Data Access Agreement for Cross-Border Enforcement and Warn Facebook on Proposed Encryption
On October 3, 2019, the United States and United Kingdom concluded the first ever CLOUD Act Agreement. It will permit U.S. and British law enforcement agencies, with appropriate authorization, to demand electronic data concerning serious crime, including terrorism, child sexual abuse, and cybercrime, directly from tech companies based in the other country, without legal barriers. Simultaneously, both governments and Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs published an open letter to Facebook, asking it to stop plans to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services
The CLOUD Act Agreement
The agreement will broadly remove restrictions for a wide category of investigations, not targeting residents of the other country, and assure providers that disclosures through the Agreement are compatible with data protection laws. Each signatory commits to obtain permission from the other before using data gained through the agreement in prosecutions concerning a Party’s essential interest – specifically, death penalty prosecutions by the U.S. and U.K. cases implicating freedom of speech.
The agreement will accelerate investigations by removing legal barriers to timely and effective collection of electronic evidence. The Agreement allows law enforcement, when armed with appropriate court authorization, to directly compel tech companies based in the other country to give access to their electronic data, rather than going through governments, which can take many months and even years.
The agreement will accelerate dozens of complete investigations into suspected terrorists and pedophiles.
The U.S. will have reciprocal access, under a U.S. court order, to data from U.K. communication service providers. All requests for access to data will be subject to independent judicial authorization or oversight.
In March 2018, Congress passed the CLOUD Act, authorizing the U.S. to conclude bilateral executive agreements with rights-respecting partners that remove each party’s legal barriers to the other party’s access to electronic data for certain criminal investigations. The enactment in the U.K. of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019, which received Royal Assent in February of this year, authorized the U.K. to conclude the agreement
U.K. and U.S. Ask Facebook to Stop Plans to Encrypt Messaging Services
The U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr, Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, and Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton sent an open letter to Facebook, expressing serious concerns with Facebook’s plans to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services.
The letter asks Facebook to stop the proposals, unless the company can give assurances that no reduction will occur in Facebook’s ability to keep its users safe and enable law enforcement access to content in exceptional circumstances in order to protect the public.
The U.K.-U.S. CLOUD Act Agreement opens the door for the U.S. and the European Union to conclude a CLOUD Act Agreement. The two parties are currently negotiating such an agreement.
The current issue of the IELR will have more information on the U.S.-UK Agreement and the open letter to Facebook.
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The Playlist: Ariana Grande Shows Her Heart, and 8 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos — and anything else that strikes them as intriguing. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes). Like what you hear? Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage.
Ariana Grande, ‘breathin’
Sprinkled amid all the off-kilter Pharrell funk on Ariana Grande’s new album, “Sweetener,” is “breathin,” an ambitious and controlled vocal performance over aerated disco-EDM production. The mood is dreamlike and sultry, but the words veer toward the desperate. It’s a reminder that underneath Ms. Grande’s veneer of calm and certainty pulses doubt, anxiety and heart. JON CARAMANICA
Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee, ‘Made for Now’
The most obvious forebear for this Janet Jackson comeback single is her 2001 hit “All for You,” which was similarly breezy, and asked just as little of her voice. But even at her most intense, she has always had a sweet, lithe vocal presence that’s more about shapes than peaks and valleys. “Made for Now,” while simple, is charming and — especially for a needless collaboration with the vintage reggaeton star Daddy Yankee — reassuringly guileless. Ms. Jackson floats her own way, regardless of which direction the rest of the world is floating in. CARAMANICA
Doja Cat, ‘Mooo!’
Remember when the internet was weird? Those were fun times. The video for “Mooo!” recalls a more innocent moment — say, a decade ago (or less) when tightly edited absurdity was frequently rewarded with virality and a sort of instant fame that somehow managed to not be toxic. Doja Cat’s raps are amusing, and this video — lo-fi, hilariously salacious — is sharply executed. But what she’s really captured is the poetry and elegance of low stakes. It’s a thrilling simulation of what it meant to be yourself, and not know if anyone would care to watch. CARAMANICA
Cat Power featuring Lana Del Rey, ‘Woman’
In October, Cat Power will release “Wanderer,” her first album in six years, and the first single is “Woman,” an arid march and defiant stand. Cat Power (the musician Chan Marshall) has been finding ways to disappear for at least two decades, and her tug-of-war between reluctance and insistence is as alive as ever here. There’s also a pointed dance between Ms. Power and her background singer, who happens to be Lana Del Rey, a performer who owes quite a bit to the reticence that has long been central to Cat Power’s power, and who also knows a lot about hiding in plain sight. CARAMANICA
Kanye West, ‘XTCY’
A sprightly and weird off-cycle song by Kanye West, released by DJ Clark Kent via a WeTransfer download posted on Twitter, “XTCY” is Mr. West at his most abstract, and also his funniest. The beat is a spare-parts masterwork — erotic exhales, what sound like detuned guitars, no-wave dissonance. And the verses are terse, lewd and uproarious: “You got sick thoughts? I got more of ’em/You got a sister-in-law you would smash? I got four of ’em.” CARAMANICA
Luciana Souza, ‘These Things’
Little in the accomplished career of Luciana Souza, a flexible and transfixing Brazilian jazz singer, feels as charged with purpose as “The Book of Longing.” The album, due later this month, features poems by Leonard Cohen and Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as Ms. Souza herself — all of which she set to music. Accompanied by just Scott Colley’s bass, Chico Pinheiro’s toasty guitar and her own occasional hand percussion, Ms. Souza strikes an interrogative stance on “These Things,” a lulling original. “These are the words we’ve come to call our gods,” she sings, wondering after the power and limits of language. “These are the books we read.” GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Ile, ‘Odio’
“Let hatred die of hunger because nobody feeds it,” sings Ile (Ileana Cabra, who sang with her two brothers’ group, Calle 13) in “Odio” (“Hatred”), which grew out of her enraged reaction to toxic social media. The melody summons traditional roots; the beat starts out simple and stark, gathers a triple-time Afro-Caribbean momentum and works up to crashing impact, mixing percussion and programming, as guitars, bird calls and chirping electronics all merge amid disorienting echoes. The video clip adds a distinctly different layer of meaning; it recreates the Cerro Maravilla Incident, the police killing in 1978 of two Puerto Rican independence activists, which was followed by a cover-up that roiled the island for years. JON PARELES
Project Youngin x Einer Bankz, ‘Thug Souljas Acoustic’
The internet and social media have facilitated a certain kind of hip-hop gentrifier — typically white — who remakes trap hits into folk songs, or cello covers, or some other reimagining that turns on its unlikeliness more than its effectiveness. The current beneficiary of this evergreen phenomenon is Einer Bankz, who has parlayed his ukulele skills into off-the-cuff collaborations with Chance the Rapper, Trippie Redd and YG, among others. Often, the results are charming, essentially harmless, mildly distracting, a visual and sonic goof. But something intriguing happens when he partners with the young Florida rapper Project Youngin on an acoustic rendition of his recent single “Thug Souljas.”
The original is poignant and effective, but maybe a tad too brisk and drowning in digital effects that obscure the song’s heart-rending core. (Project Youngin got some notoriety online for faking his own shooting on Instagram Live as part of the video. He later apologized.) But something happens when the song gets stripped down. In the Einer Bankz version, Project Youngin’s singing is roughly tender. The song’s mournfulness takes center stage. Einer Bankz isn’t doing much musically, but he’s created the space for Project Youngin to lean into his emotion. After he runs down a list of friends who’ve died, he sings, “I wish that list would be finished,” and his voice cracks just so. It’s chilling. CARAMANICA
Miles Okazaki, ‘Evidence’
In the middle of the week, with no advance notice, Mr. Okazaki released “Work” — a striking, six-volume collection featuring solo-guitar renditions of every song Thelonious Monk is known to have written. That’s 70 in all. The first thing that throws you off here is how Mr. Okazaki’s dark, glutinous, often palm-muted guitar sound alters Monk’s compositional stamp, which was bright and sharp around the edges, and forthrightly rhythmic. Then you start to notice the widely varied strategies Mr. Okazaki is using. Sometimes he plays a whole theme in single notes. Elsewhere he dashes into outlandish improvisations before even stating the melody. On “Evidence,” he fits the song’s jagged displacements into a chucking, Steve Coleman-influenced groove. RUSSONELLO
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Atomic! Kavanaugh allegation & denial; youthful indiscretions
By BRIAN A. HOWEY, in Indianapolis
1. Kavanaugh allegation & denial
Here are your Monday power lunch talking points: Our first reaction to the anonymous high school era accusations leveled at Judge Brett Kavanaughwas akin to an assertion by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and the notion of “youthful indiscretions” providing a scandal shelf life. Lord help many of us if we had to answer various prep and collegiate behaviors in a by-gone era as society has evolved. Over the weekend the accusation, with all three principle characters allegedly wasted at the time or keeping the allegations silent for four decades, seemed difficult to validate. But withChristine Blasey Ford stepping forward and describing the assault and willing to testify at Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, this case may take as extreme of a twist as we saw with the Hastert legacy (he served 13 months for a sexually related bank fraud conviction dating back to when he was a high school wrestling coach and then a blackmail attempt).
In a Washington Post interview, Ford alleged that in a summer house party in the 1980s, with Kavanaugh and a friend “stumbling drunk,” while his friend watched, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth. So the drama plays out in wild fashion, with a Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh scheduled for Thursday. Kavanaugh said this morning he was willing to testify on the matter, adding: “This is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes — to her or to anyone. Because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday." So this has the makings of a Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill showdown, possibly this week.
All eyes are on Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, seen as the most likely dissenters on Kavanaugh due to Roe v. Wade, and out-going mavericks Jeff Flake (who called for Ford’s testimony to be heard), along with Bob Corker, who called for a delay of the committee vote. Collins said she was “very surprised" by the accusation, but, "I don't know enough to create the judgment at this point.”
2. Jam the Kavanaugh nod through
There was speculation this morning that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has spent his leadership career hoping to steer SCOTUS to the right, will jam the Kavanaugh confirmation through no matter what. That’s our bet (and we can guess Merrick Garland would probably agree). But it could come at a political cost as Senate Republicans are watching female suburban voters flee the party. Fox and NBC/Marist polls have the Indiana Senate race as a pure tossup, while new CBS Polls in Missouri and Montana, once likely GOP pickups, as tossups. Could the Kavanaugh allegations, on top of President Trump’s horndog behavior and the immigrant border separations become another bridge way, way too far for that vital voting bloc?
3. Donnelly’s Jacob Sexton ad
Sen. Joe Donnelly’s campaign is airing an ad on his authoring the Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act. It’s a move designed to further sway that female bloc of voters. The ad features Sexton’s parents, Jeff and Barb Sexton of Farmland, who lost their son, Army Spec. Jacob Sexton, in 2009 when he shot himself in a Muncie movie theater during a 15-day leave from his Indiana National Guard unit in Afghanistan. Sexton’s father talks in the ad about his son’s death and praises Donnelly for the legislation that requires the U.S. military to keep mental health records of soldiers. Barb Sexton can be seen saying that she wears her Gold Star “above the heart.”
4. President Trump’s legal peril grows
When Paul Manafort copped a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday, President Trump is finding many of his top friends and allies all flippers these days. That tends to happen when “loyalty” is simply a one-way street. It’s a big deal, according to a number of legal experts ranging from Kenneth Starr and Alan Dershowitz (a Trump ally) to Norman Eisen. Manafort joins a flipper list that includes former attorney/fixerMichael Cohen, Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, and publisher David Pecker. Starr called it a “very significant breakthrough” on ABC’sThis Week. Dershowitz was on Meet the Press and called it a “big win” and a “big get” for Mueller. Eisen, a former Obama administration ethics counsel, flatly predicted that President Trump wouldn't "survive" Manafort's testimony.
5. Task Force 1’s 100 rescues
With at least 17 dead in the Carolinas due to Hurricane Florence, Indiana’s famed Task Force 1 has made over 100 water rescues in New Hanover County, N.C. WIBC reports the force’s spokesman Mike Pruitt saying, "It was one of the scariest sites I have seen in my 35 years in public safety. Hoosiers should be extremely proud of this team as they approached the flooding with great professionalism and skill and went back into the flooded neighborhoods time after time, pulling the elderly, children, parents, dogs and cats from a very grave situation.” Yes, Hoosiers are proud of this special task force.
Have a great week, folks. It’s The Atomic!
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“I think there have been reactions to various countries or events. There is maybe a sense, perhaps deriving from his America first idea, that if somebody crosses him, sock it to them. But nevertheless, in terms of the sophistication we're talking about today, it does not seem to part of the picture. That is going to require the president, whoever that may be, to surround himself or herself with people who have great knowledge about foreign policy who are prepared really to work diligently on a very intellectual, complicated set of issues. Until it does, I'm afraid we're going to be faced with one conflict after another in various ways.” - Former senator Richard Lugar, describing President Trump’s foreign policy and trade as being conducted on a “piece-by-piece” basis.
HPI Analysis: Trump, loathing and fear
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MICHIGAN CITY – Believe me, Hoosier Trumpers, I hear you. I understand. You voted for Donald J. Trump because you wanted him to shake up Washington. And if there was any place on earth that needed to be shook, stirred, kicked, turned inside out and placed in a Waring blender, it was The District. I keep waiting for President Trump to grow into the job, like Truman, Kennedy and Clinton did after entering the White House as novices or discovering blind-siding events. There are worthy aspects of the first two years of the Trump presidency. Some of the onerous EPA regs have been pared back, much to the relief of my many business friends. After eight years of President Obama, he is adding conservative jurists to the courts, which brings balance. Justice Neil Gorsuch and Judge Brett Kavanaugh are more than credible and deserve to be on the high court, though withholding 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents is puzzling. The economy is going gangbusters, even with the tariffs. Trump’s willingness to meet with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un was a vastly better approach than the sabre rattling of 2017. That’s the kind of president I want to write about. And then, there were these past 10 days or so, beginning with the death of U.S. Sen. John McCain. As I traveled across Indiana over Labor Day weekend, it was subtly striking to see American flags lowered to half staff from Peru, to Michigan City, Long Beach, Hesston, The Pines, Porter and Chesterton. The folks who lowered the flags didn’t need an edict from the president or governor. They knew a patriot when they saw one, and John McCain fit the bill: A Navy pilot, POW, congressman, senator, contrarian and the 2008 Republican nominee for president. Underscore Republican.
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Atomic! Treason & deep esophagus; Pence & lodestar; reveal & resign
By BRIAN A.HOWEY, in Indianapolis
1. 'Treason' comes to the White House: Here are your final power lunch talking points for a strange, strange week channeling the rock band Supertramp: “Now they’re planning the crime of the century … well, what will it be? Read all about their schemes and adventuring … It's well worth a fee … Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory? Rip off the masks and let see.” Tweeted President Trump: “TREASON?” That was his response to the anonymous publishing of a a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday. So the specter of “treason,” once consigned to Vice President Aaron Burr, the Rosenbergs and spooks like Aldrich Ames, comes to the White House. The White House. “Does the so-called ‘Senior Administration Official’ really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source?” Trump asks. “If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!”
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Children likely to suffer from depression long after being bullied: Study
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, has found that young adults who were bullied as children were eight times more likely to experience depression that was limited to childhood.
By: PTI | London | Published: July 3, 2019 9:45:56 am
Children who continued to show high depression into adulthood were also more likely to have genetic liability for depression and a mother with postnatal depression. (Photo: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
Young adults, who were bullied as a child, are at significantly greater risk of depression due to a mix of genetic and environmental factors, a study has found.
Using detailed mood and feelings questionnaires and genetic information from 3,325 teenagers who were part of Bristol’s Children of the 90s study, researchers found that childhood bullying was strongly associated with trajectories of depression that rise at an early age.
Children who continued to show high depression into adulthood were also more likely to have genetic liability for depression and a mother with postnatal depression.
However, children who were bullied but did not have any genetic liability for depression showed much lower depressive symptoms as they become young adults.
“Although we know that depression can strike first during the teenage years we didn’t know how risk factors influenced change over time,” said Alex Kwong, a PhD student at University of Bristol in the UK.
“Thanks to the Children of the 90s study, we were able to examine at multiple time points the relationships between the strongest risk factors such as bullying and maternal depression, as well as factors such as genetic liability,” Kwong added.
However, some children who were bullied showed greater patterns of depression that continued into adulthood and this group of children also showed genetic liability and family risk, it said.
“However, just because an individual has genetic liability to depression does not mean they are destined to go on and have depression. There are a number of complex pathways that we still don’t fully understand and need to investigate further,” Kwong said.
Rebecca Pearson, lecturer at the university, said the results can help us to identify which groups of children are most likely to suffer ongoing symptoms of depression into adulthood and which children will recover across adolescence. “For example, the results suggest that children with multiple risk factors (including family history and bullying) should be targeted for early intervention but that when risk factors such as bullying occur insolation, symptoms of depression may be less likely to persist,” she said
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Home AI Google Duplex: A Huge Step Towards AI
Google Duplex: A Huge Step Towards AI
Maurvi Narvekar
Of all the new technologies that have come into existence in recent years like blockchain, augmented reality, and virtual reality, one that has bigger impact than most is artificial intelligence. To take this technological advancement on another level, Google recently launched its assistant based on voice technology. Named as Google Duplex, it is a voice synthesis technology that uses bots to mimic human speech.
The technology is designed to help people carry out simple tasks like making calls, booking reservations and more. It is directed towards making the conversational experience as natural as possible. Thus allowing people to speak normally, as they would to another person, without having to adapt to a machine.
How does Google Duplex Work?
Google Duplex is a technology that is designed conducting natural conversations to carry out real-world tasks over the phone. This new technology can be easily confused with a human unlike Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa but what makes it different is it even recognizes human speech patterns. This makes it the first AI that can operate in daily life with such technology, making it more authentic. A resource from Google said the person on the other end shouldn’t be thinking about how do I adjust my behaviour. I should be able to speak normally and the system adapts to that, which is a speciality of the assistant.
Duplex has the unique functionality of converting text to speech, speech to text as well as Google’s WaveNet used for processing deep neural network.
Google Duplex calls open with the bot informing the receiver that they are Google Duplex and that the call is being recorded. If the receiver doesn’t want to be recorded, the call is transferred to a non-recorded line. As former callers were being asked to give consent, Google’s sensitivity protocol now helps in solving concerns related to how recordings are taking place.
Duplex Taking AI Forward
Looking at the current situation of the technology industry, the future is going to be full of AI. And technologies like Google Duplex are only going to enhance people’s comfort and facilitate ease of use. Duplex is made with the idea to bridge that gap thus allowing businesses to keep accepting telephone bookings and reservations, but making the process simpler and more efficient for people. A source from the tech giant explained, “If people don’t have sight, they can talk by voice and hear back.
We think our customers’ trust lies in us because of the accessibility our products have. Hence we have created processes for ensuring that each of our products and features launched to reach a level of accessibility.”
The audience still has to realize the importance of Duplex. The resources from Google expressed that the team behind creating this voice technology is the whole of Google and once this product gets the right kind of popularity, it is going to change the domain of AI.
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Consumers seek convenience, but also human contact with businesses. To see robust adoption, Duplex will need to alter people’s expectations about the relationship between AI and business communications. Consumers already come in contact with multiple robocalls every year, and Duplex’s AI could be tuned for malicious purposes.
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Maurvi Narvekar is a content writer and an aspiring scriptwriter. She is also a technology enthusiast who likes to keep up with the latest trends. Besides writing she chooses dance to express herself. Exploring different genres of writing gives her joy and someday she hopes to write about an exciting invention combining technology and dance.
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Calling dying migrants “cockroaches”
Katie Hopkins and The Sun editor David Dinsmore reported to police for incitement to racial hatred following migrant boat column.
Not everything that comes out from London is good. Katie Hopkins should be wise and apologize.
Katie Hopkins and the editor of The Sun, David Dinsmore, have been reported to the Metropolitan police for incitement to racial hatred.
It follows the publication of a column by Hopkins in the tabloid on 17 April, in which she described migrants desperate to reach Britain following humanitarian disasters in their own countries as “cockroaches” and suggested the government deploy “gunships” to stop them landing on shore.
Rescue boats? I’d use gunships to stop migrants
NO, I don’t care. Show me pictures of coffins, show me bodies floating in water, play violins and show me skinny people looking sad.
I still don’t care. Because in the next minute you’ll show me pictures of aggressive young men at Calais, spreading like norovirus on a cruise ship.
“Show me pictures of coffins, show me bodies floating in water, play violins and show me skinny people looking sad – I still don’t care,” she wrote in her Sun column.
“Because in the next minute you’ll show me pictures of aggressive young me spreading like norovirus on a cruise ship.”
“…do I feel pity? Only for the British drivers, who get hit with a fine every time one of this plague of feral humans ends up in their truck.”
Source: ITV.com
It is very insensitive and tasteless to compare dying African migrants with “cockroaches”. Even if it is spoken in private, and partly presented as a joke. Still it will be within the limits of freedom of expression, even when published in a tabloid in London, UK.
The problem with the debate in Europe, is that Europeans do not focus on the reason behind the mass-migration from North Africa. And the motives behind stealing peoples money, and than murder them at the deep see.
The Jihad forces in Africa has had a tremendous success, after NATO, France and the UK removed men who held the balancing powers between different tribes and ethnic groups. Men like Gaddafi in Libya. In the anarchy and chaos created by senseless and incompetent European leaders, “holy war:” and revenge is the new rule.
The forces of Jihad wants to knock down the borders of Europe. By playing the emotion card against naive and indoctrinated Europeans.. “Oh, all these people are dying. We must help them”.
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
By opening our borders, the forces of Jihad will enter Europe. And the civil war between different Muslim groups will spill over into the Post-Christian European continent. The Islamic-Socialist nexus works for the same goal. For the revolution, that will transform Europe. Some few thousands migrants being butchered and dying in the sea off Italy is bad. But what comes next is civil war and mass-murders in every major city across the continent.
Jesus the Messiah warned us. He has all the powers in Heaven and on Earth. But for a short while, Satan will be let loose. The Earth will be transformed into a living Hell. The apocalyptic events will be unequal to what has taken place since the creation. Men will die and perish in their billions.
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore
Dying at high sea is not the worst thing that can happen to a man. Rejecting salvation and serve Satan is fare worse. It has eternal consequences. God is also a judge. He will let billions of people spend eternity in Hell.
Repent, and accept Jesus as the Messiah before it is too late. Only He can save a man from his sins, and give man true peace. Peace with God the almighty.
April 22, 2015 April 22, 2015 ivarfjeld1
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Ever notice how they never make hatred of poor people an issue? The bible brings it up often as the root of the problem. Rich people killing off the excess poor people.
Job 24:14 The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.
Job 24:4 They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Isaiah 3:14 The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
Reminds me of the CCR song called fortunate son. “when they sing hail to the cheif they point the cannons at you”
Dear Ed Jones.
Ever notice how they never make hatred of poor people an issue?
The death as high seas off Italy is not a “poor people’s issue”. This is an issue of rather wealty Africans, being fooled by smuglers and the mafia. This kind of traficing is nothing new. About 20 million people have migrated into Europe, about half of them illigally.
After the removal of Gaddafi, the forces of Jihad have changed tactics. Now they control the sea ports. In a bid to reach Europe, the “holy warriors” puch people ahead of them, and murder them. The more people we take ashore, the more people they will send. Among them will be the Osama Bin Ladens who will trigger the expected civil war in Europe.
We see something similar in Gaza. The more children the Hamas is killing, the loader cry in Europe for actions against Israel. The face of Fascism has always been ugly.
She didn’t even comment about their race. Any race can become “feral humans” and act like animals. Which I believe is why the bible forbids the drinking of blood, symbolically meaning not to act like the animals do. But they call it racism. America has the same problem where they blow issues out of proportion. Everything becomes a matter of racism whenever possible. I don’t believe it’s coincidence that the whole world loses it’s common sense, there must be a motive behind it. Like global warming, power and money drive the issues.
She didn’t even comment about their race.
Her comment is on the borderline of Rascism. Because she would never had uttered these words, if the capzized boat were full of white Italians, trying to escape the lost Mussolini empire in Ethiopia.
The only way you could make such an assumption is if that’s how you saw it. She didn’t make race the issue so how can we assume it’s racism simply because the people were black and she is white? Fortunately a half black, half white muslim leaning christian destroyed their country and sent the fleeing, whatever that was couldn’t be racism.
Dear Ivar, Shalom brother and love in Yeshua.
This woman has probably never known the desperation of grinding poverty, or worried if there would be food on the table the next morning for her children, or had to work hard at a job for very little pay, and then be abused by her employer. And it shows in her lack of empathy for the suffering and misery of others. But I know a Great Judge who is the leveler of all things and judges in righteousness at the end of the Day.He will set things straight between the rich men and the Lazarus of the world.
I truly feel pity for this woman because I believe the words of Yeshua are true, when He said “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his soul”.
This is a woman of privilege who has lost touch with her own soul. May God convict her of her sin and grant her repentance. Unfortunately there are multitudes just like her who will feel no human emotion as they watch many marched off to death camps for extermination.
There will be no human solutions to the terrible things unfolding. Only the Lord Yeshua in His time will be able to straighten out the mess that sinful man has created. We can only pray God’s will for these poor people, and also for ourselves not to lose courage and faith as the sinful world destroys itself.
Thank you for your service to our Lord.
Dear Scarlett
There will be no human solutions to the terrible things unfolding. Only the Lord Yeshua in His time will be able to straighten out the mess that sinful man has created.
This is the essense of the age of the age. As things gets worse and worse, man will continue to refuse to repent. In the midst of the Great Tribulation, they will curse God. They will seek death, and not find it!…
Death is a gain. All Christians who are beheaded, are promoted to the Kingdom of Heaven. Why should Jesus permitt us to suffer more terror, more torture and more pain from the hands of the barbarians?
Christians who pray for less persecution of Christians, are the men and women who do not face persecution. It is a not Biblical prayer to ask God not to be failful to His words.
Jesus promised that ALL CHRISTIANS will be persecuted, if they remain loyal to the Word of God. A prayer for less persecution, comes from largly apostate “Christians”. Where Christians endours persecution, revival comes. Where Christians are not willing to face persecution, the Church is slowly dying.
Pray rather for more persecution, and that all Christians will get the Power of the Holy Spirit to testify, even to the point of death. Rejoice. Jesus will raise them up!. They have already been granted eternal life.
I would disagree that we should pray for more persecution, Ivar. We should always seek a way of escape. When that is not possible, the martyrs faced their deaths calmly but they never prayed for such. Many Jewish Christians were spared in 70 A.D. because they understood what was happening and they escaped when God arranged a short respite from the Roman siege.
Dear job3627
I do not seek death, by running after Jihadists. But I pray the Lords prayer: “Let the Kingdom come, and let your will be done”.
Jesus explained to Peter that he would be martyred. And that all Christians would be persecuted. This is not 70 A.D. We are living at the end of the age, where Revelation 6:9-11 and 20:4 are painted on the walls before us. Christians who duck controversial issues, compromise and walk away, will be loved by the World.
The Islamo-fascists are planning the same thing for the U.S. They did the same thing in Central America and Mexico that they did in Africa. Wave after wave of terrified migrants have fled across the U.S. border. Many Central Americans sent their children on ahead illegally into the U.S. to help them escape from the violence and evil that stalks the land down there. Guess what comes next? ISIS already has training camps in Mexico.
Islamic “chaplains” have already radicalized African-Americans in many of the prisons. There are places now, in the Detroit area of Michigan where whites had just better not show up.
danielwalldammit
Wow! Just wow.
That is why we are not to fear and not to worry who can kill our body but who can kill our body and our soul..I am so thankful that Rev 3 and Rev four we will see our L-rd and that we will or some will escape the things coming down on the world..
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Structure of the Natural Transgene PgiC2 in the Common Grass Festuca ovina
Pernilla Vallenback ,
* E-mail: pernilla.vallenback@cob.lu.se
Affiliation Department of Biology, Genetics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Lena Ghatnekar,
Bengt O. Bengtsson
Pernilla Vallenback,
Pernilla Vallenback Lena Ghatnekar Bengt O. Bengtsson
A horizontal gene transfer has brought an active nuclear gene, PgiC2, from a polyploid Poa species (P. palustris or a close relative) into the common grass sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina). The donor and the receptor species are strictly reproductively separated, and PgiC2 occurs in a polymorphic state within F. ovina. The active gene copy is normally closely linked to a very similar pseudogene.
By genome walking we have obtained the up- and downstream sequences of PgiC2 and of corresponding genes in the donor and recipient species. Comparisons of these sequences show that the complete upstream region necessary for the gene's expression is included in the transferred segment. About 1 kb upstream of PgiC2 a fragment with transposition associated properties has been found (TAF). It is present in P. palustris and its polyploid relatives, though not at the homologous position, and is absent from many other grasses, including non-transgenic F. ovina plants. It is possible that it is a part of a transposing element involved in getting the gene into a transferring agent and/or into the recipient chromosome.
The close similarity of the up- and downstream regions with the corresponding regions in P. palustris excludes all suggestions that PgiC2 is not a HGT but the result of a duplication within the F. ovina lineage. The small size of the genetic material transferred, the complex nature of the PgiC2 locus, and the associated fragment with transposition associated properties suggest that the horizontal transfer occurred via a vector and not via illegitimate pollination.
Citation: Vallenback P, Ghatnekar L, Bengtsson BO (2010) Structure of the Natural Transgene PgiC2 in the Common Grass Festuca ovina. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013529
Editor: Simon Joly, Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada
Received: May 10, 2010; Accepted: September 23, 2010; Published: October 20, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Vallenback et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This work was supported by the Nilsson-Ehle, Lindstrom, Erik Philip-Sorensen and Trygger Funds and Foundations. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Horizontal gene transfer, HGT, can be defined as transfer of genetic material between distantly related genomes by some mechanism other than sexual fertilization. Originally believed to be very rare or non-existent in higher plants, mitochondrial gene transfers involving several species have now been reported [1]. Recently, it has been claimed that nuclear DNA transfer can also occur [2]–[4]. Some species participating in HGT have a symbiotic relationship [5]–[6], and genes have been recorded to transfer from host to parasite as well as from parasite to host [5]–[6], but such coevolutionary associations do not seem to be obligatory. One of the known nuclear transfers consists of a transposing element [2], but in no case has the exact mechanism underlying a horizontal gene transfer in plants been fully elucidated.
Two major hypotheses exist for how a horizontal gene transfer in higher plants can take place. The first suggests that genetic material is introgressed into a different genetic background after a pollination event between two species. Since by definition the genomes of the two species must be distantly related, such a deviant pollination may not lead to a regular fertilization and may entail disturbances such as chromosome fragmentation [7]. Using wide crosses in combination with embryo rescue and other laboratory technologies, researchers in plant breeding have succeeded in transferring chromosomes, chromosome arms, or parts of chromosomes between species and/or genera [see, for example, 8]. Whether such processes occur in nature is, however, uncertain. If they occur, they would probably involve large chromosome segments and more than single genes, just as in artificial crosses.
The second hypothesis suggests that the genetic material is transferred into the new species by a vector. Viruses, bacteria and insects have been suggested as possible vectors with abilities to transfer small DNA fragments. This hypothesis still requires that the transferred fragment ultimately becomes incorporated into a host chromosome. Transposable elements may be involved in the excision of the gene, as well as in its integration into the host chromosome.
We have previously described a horizontal transfer of a functional nuclear gene, designated PgiC2, between two grass species [3]–[4]. The process has moved the gene from a polyploid Poa species (P. palustris is a likely candidate) into the very common diploid grass sheep's fescue, Festuca ovina [3]–[4], [9]. No natural hybrids have ever been found between these widespread and species-rich genera [10]–[11]. The transgene is not fixed in F. ovina but is carried by many individuals and reach, for example, a frequency of 6.2% for chromosomes sampled in the south Baltic region [9]. By combined genetic and sequence analysis it has been shown that active PgiC2 genes found in F. ovina are normally closely genetically linked to a very similar pseudogene [12], [3]. However, a single plant has been found with two closely linked active PgiC2 genes (of allelic forms b and c) and no pseudogenes, and many plants have no active copies of PgiC2 but only pseudogenes at the locus [12], [9]. These variants probably arose by unequal crossovers between chromosomes with the standard configuration of one active gene closely linked to one pseudogene.
The F. ovina genome is large, with a 1C DNA content of 4.75 pg [15] or roughly 4.4 billion bp, which makes a strategy of constructing and scanning a BAC-library for the study of the molecular structure of PgiC2 both time-consuming and costly. We therefore choose to base our characterization of PgiC2 in F. ovina on genome walks out of the gene. The technique is sensitive and error prone, and its application to the present problem is complicated by the fact that the transgenic F. ovina plants contain many copies of different PgiC-genes. However, by carefully rechecking the results, we have assembled well-ascertained sequences up- and downstream of PgiC2, as well as of other PgiC genes, that lead to a first detailed description of the structure of this unique transgene.
By genome walking we determined the complete sequence of the F. ovina PgiC2 gene. In addition, 1337 bp upstream and 604 bp downstream of the gene were identified. Fig. 1 shows the upstream part of the gene, divided into regions with varying degrees of sequence similarity relative to other PgiC sequences.
Figure 1. The upstream sequence of PgiC2, drawn to scale, with boundaries identified by sequence comparisons with other PgiC genes.
The Transgene Associated Fragment (TAF) is marked, and the positions of the primers used for its amplification are shown. The results given in Table 1 are coded as follows: Red denotes sequence similarity with all types of PgiC-genes. Orange denotes similarity between PgiC2 and PgiC in P. palustris. Green denotes similarity between the two tested plants with PgiC2 with no similarity to any of the other plants.
Comparison between PgiC2 and Other PgiC Sequences
With the same method we obtained 1844 bp upstream sequence of the F. ovina PgiC1 gene. Table 1 shows the numbers of differences from PgiC2. No sequence similarity between PgiC2 and PgiC1 could be recognized beyond 666 bp upstream of exon 1. This point defines the boundary between regions I and II in Fig. 1 and Table 1. Within region I the difference between PgiC1 and PgiC2 increased with increasing distance from the start codon.
Table 1. The difference between PgiC2 and other sequences over the upstream regions described in Fig. 1.
From Poa palustris 2169 bp upstream of the PgiC gene were obtained. This sequence was highly similar to the sequence from PgiC2 (see Table 1), until the similarity abruptly ended at bp 775. This point we take to delimit regions II and III in Fig. 1 and Table 1. No further similarity between the upstream sequences was detected beyond this point.
From the F. ovina bc plant, carrying the rare version of PgiC2 with two active alleles, 1305 bp of the upstream sequence was obtained. Very high similarity was found between this sequence and the sequence from the plant with the standard configuration of PgiC2 (see Table 1).
The Transgene Associated Fragment (TAF) and its distribution
Within upstream region III a pair of PCR primers (see Fig. 1) amplified a 145 bp long fragment in the two investigated plants with PgiC2 genes. A similar band was obtained from the P. palustris plant, while the F. ovina plant without PgiC2 did not produce any band. We call this the Transgene Associated Fragment (TAF).
This PCR reaction was also run on 22 F. ovina plants from different populations in the south Baltic region, of which eleven contained the PgiC2 locus and eleven did not. A band of expected length was obtained from all F. ovina plants with PgiC2, whereas the plants without PgiC2 did not produce any TAF band. Some of the plants with PgiC2 had only pseudogenes and no active genes.
To further investigate the distribution of TAF, plants from 14 different grass species were tested with PCR (P. angustifolia, P. nemoralis, P. compressa, P. chaixii, P. supina, P. annua, F. pratensis, F. arundinacea, F. polesica, Lolium perenne, Dactylis glomerata, Zea mays, Oryza sativa and Hordeum vulgare). Bands of the expected length were obtained from the three polyploid Poa species (angustifolia, nemoralis and compressa) but not from any of the other species.
A genome walk in the PgiC2 plant, starting in TAF and moving away from the gene, resulted in one sequence that was identical to the well-ascertained upstream sequence until base pair 1174. Outside this point a different unique sequence was found. This is the end of region III in Fig. 1 and Table 1.
Sequence information from downstream PgiC2
Downstream of the PgiC2 gene the sequence was very similar to the corresponding sequence from PgiC in P. palustris. In 613 base pairs, 15 single base pair substitutions or indels were found plus 12 base pair differences or indels that involved more than one consecutive nucleotide. A comparison with the downstream sequence of PgiC1 in F. ovina gave, however, a completely different result. Here the homology between PgiC1 and PgiC2 (and PgiC from P. palustris) ended immediately downstream the stop codon of the gene.
The PgiC2 locus in F. ovina was originally detected through the presence of too many bands in an isozyme survey [14]. This implies that elements necessary for the expression of PgiC2, typically placed upstream of a gene, must have been brought along with it. The sequences of PgiC2 and PgiC1 from F. ovina and PgiC from P. palustris are all similar in region I, though PgiC1 becomes increasingly divergent with increasing distance from the gene. This similarity ends at the boundary to region II, when PgiC1 becomes different from the other sequences, thereby presumably marking the end of the upstream region necessary for regular gene expression.
The similarity between PgiC2 and PgiC in P. palustris extends beyond this point, and includes region II in Fig. 1. This implies that the transfer of genetic material from P. palustris into F. ovina involved a chromosome fragment that most likely contained not only a structural gene but also its necessary controlling sequences. If PgiC1 and PgiC from P. palustris were similar beyond the region of homology with PgiC2, then the apparently normal regulation of PgiC2 expression would need its own separate explanation.
The differences and similarities of these three sequences in the up- and downstream regions give renewed support to and – we would claim – finally prove our earlier conclusion that PgiC2 in F.ovina is the result of a horizontal transfer from Poa [3], [4]. The close similarity in upstream regions between PgiC2 in F. ovina and PgiC in the distantly related species P. palustris, can only be explained by a very recent common history. No evolutionary scenario, involving any kind of stabilizing or directional selection, could lead to the pattern shown in Table 1 and Figure 1 if PgiC2 were a duplication of the PgiC1 gene within the F. ovina lineage. This conclusion is strongly confirmed by the downstream data. The sequence downstream the PgiC2 gene is highly similar to the corresponding sequence from P. palustris for hundreds of base pairs, while no sequence similarity exists relative to PgiC1. Given the complete reproductive separation between the Festuca and Poa genera [10], [11], and the extensive sequence divergence found between these genera with respect to their standard PgiC genes [4] as well as their ITS sequences [12], [13], PgiC2 undoubtedly represents a case of a horizontal gene transfer, and – as yet – the only example involving a functional nuclear gene among angiosperms [16], [17].
With respect to the question of how this horizontal gene transfer came about, we know as yet too little, but the results from our analysis of the transgene characteristic fragment, TAF, in upstream region III are suggestive. When the end of similarity between the upstream regions of PgiC2 and PgiC from P. palustris was found, it seemed reasonable that we had detected the end of the horizontally transferred region and that the “standard” DNA of F. ovina “returned” here. To check this suggestion we constructed primers that would amplify only this fragment. However, when targeting these primers to non-transgenic F. ovina plants no amplification was detected. Such amplification was only obtained in plants already known to contain the transgenic PgiC2 gene. From this we conclude that region III in Fig.1 does not correspond to any region in the standard F.ovina genome, but must have been brought into this species by the HGT event. In correspondence with this conclusion, the sequence can be found in polyploid Poa species.
The TAF sequence has properties associated with transposing elements. As reported above, from the PgiC2 plant we also obtained a sequence with one end as in TAF and region III but with a completely difference sequence at its upstream end. This result can be taken to imply that TAF exists in more than one copy within the horizontally transferred fragment. It is also notable that TAF resides in P. palustris in a different position(s) than immediately upstream PgiC, since no trace of it could be detected in the 1844 bp upstream region. Among different grasses, TAF was found in the closely related group of polyploids from which we have earlier shown that PgiC2 must be derived [4], but not in any of the other tested species. Taken together these data indicate that TAF represents DNA of a mobile nature and that it may have played a role in the HGT process. Further cloning studies to determine the genomic contexts in which TAF are found in different grasses will, thus, be important, as will investigations of its sequence variation (that may cause PCR based methods to fail to detect its presence).
Of the two suggested modes by which horizontal gene transfers may occur – non-standard pollination and vector mediation – we cannot formally exclude the first possibility. We failed, however, to detect any chromosome fragment from P. palustris in F. ovina plants with PgiC2 in preliminary experiments with GISH [18], which – if found – would have supported the first alternative. Instead, the small upstream size of the transferred segment (as judged from the comparison with P. palustris), the duplication of the PgiC2 gene at or just after its insertion into a F. ovina chromosome (as judged from the similarity between the active and the pseudogene versions of PgiC2), plus the fact that it is closely associated with a sequence with transposing characteristics, make us prefer the alternative suggestion that PgiC2 has been transferred to F. ovina by a vector of so-far unknown kind.
Plant Material, Genome Walking and Sequence Analysis
Sequences of PgiC2 were obtained from two plants belonging to Festuca ovina L. The first had genotype PgiC1 d/d PgiC2 cφc/0, the second PgiC1 d/d PgiC2 bc/0. The sequence of PgiC1 was obtained from a F. ovina plant with genotype PgiC1 d/d PgiC2 0/0. These three plants have earlier been used for descriptions of the PgiC1and PgiC2 genes and for sequence comparisons [4]. The sequence of PgiC in Poa palustris was based on the same plant as used for an earlier sequence comparison [4].
DNA was extracted using Plant-Mini kit from Qiagen. Genome walking was performed using the Genome walking kit from Sigma-Aldrich according to the suggested protocol in the kit manual. DNA was digested using standard digestion protocols for restriction enzymes. PCR products were ligated into pGEM-T Easy vectors (Promega) and transformed into JM109 Competent cells from Promega. Ampicillin was used for selection. The colonies were used in a PCR reaction with universal primers SP6 and T7. The PCR products were purified and sequenced by Macrogen.
Whenever a new presumptive sequence was obtained, primers were constructed based on the new sequence information and used with a primer inside the well-corroborated sequence in order to validate the result. This was particularly important when the new region was suspected to contain transposable elements. Sequences were aligned and analysed using Sequencher version 4.7. Position numbers were determined from consensus sequences. The up- and downstream sequences of PgiC2, PgiC1 and of PgiC from P. palustris have been deposited in GenBank (accession no. xx-xx).
The PgiC2 locus is obviously complex. The plant used as our reference has at least one active gene and one very closely linked pseudogene between which strong sequence similarity holds. With respect to the upstream sequences reported on here, we take them to represent the sequences upstream of both of these genes, since no difference was found between PCR runs with primers specific for the active and the inactive genes. The crucial difference between these genes is instead found in a deletion affecting the boundary between intron 12 and exon 13 [3].
Analysis of the Transgene Associated Fragment (TAF).
To test for the presence of the TAF region, DNA from P. angustifolia, P. nemoralis, P. compressa, P. chaixii, P. supina, P. annua, L. perennes, F. pratensis, F. arundinacea, F. polesica, Dactylis glomerata, Zea mays, Oryza sativa and Hordeum vulgare were obtained from the same plants as used in our earlier sequence comparisons [3]–[4]. For the same purpose additional F. ovina plants were taken from the earlier analysed population samples [4] (1 to 4 individuals with and without PgiC2 from Bornholm, Haget, Eketorp, Mosty and Dresden). The PCR screening was performed using standard method with the TAF primers (xxx) and (xxx).
We thank Bengt Jacobsson for taking good care of the plants, Pernilla Andersson and Arnulf Merker (†) for cooperative work using GISH, and Alf Ceplitis, Maarit Jaarola, and Torbjörn Säll for encouraging discussions and helpful comments.
Conceived and designed the experiments: PV LG. Performed the experiments: PV. Analyzed the data: PV BOB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV LG. Wrote the paper: PV BOB.
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Our first KSEN/K96—Bozeman Trophy Athlete of the Week of the new school year apparently likes the eight-man football game and he played it like it was nothing new! Choteau senior quarterback, Jonathan Moore, in his first game since the second week of the season last year and Choteau's first EVER eight man football game, did everything right. In fact, he dominated, and led Choteau to a 38-0 victory over Chinook. Moore carried the ball 23 times for 197 yards, with those yards, he scored four touchdowns and hit four of ten passes for another 82 yards. On defense, two interceptions and one of those returned for a touchdown. Moore broke his leg early in the season last year and missed the entire rest of the year. He appears to have fully recovered. Choteau senior, Jonathan Moore, our first of the year, KSEN/K96 - Bozeman Trophy Athlete of the Week brought to you locally by McDonald s who honor our athletes of the week with two free value meals.
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Ballancing Act: Irish Wrestler Seeks Further Success
We sat down with Irish News Review wrestling columnist Gary “Bingo” Ballance to assess the current state of Irish wrestling and see what 2014 holds in store for the Zenith Of Zero Gravity.
What needs to be done to help Irish wrestling as a whole grow stronger in 2014?
I think television coverage would be a massive step forward but, on a smaller scale, an emphasis on quality shows and value for money for audiences each and every time would certainly be a good place to start.
Will we ever see the many Irish wrestling promotions unite to form one major promotion?
In my view? No. “Too many cooks…”, as the saying goes. Each promotion/promoter has an idea of what’s “good for business”, and the battle of egos would lead to a giant clusterfuck. That’s not a knock on anyone running a promotion at the moment. If I was running one, I’d have an idea of how I wanted things done, and have a method of working to that, and wouldn’t be particularly happy to work to someone else’s template. To be honest, I don’t think one giant promotion would be good even if it materialised; it would monopolise the number of spots available in the country- more so- and the lack of competition would lead to complacency. A bit of strong competition is always healthy, I think.
Could Irish wrestling ever turn into a full-time job for wrestlers like yourself?
If there were regular bookings for good money, and you could make a comfortable living? Sure. That’s not the current state of play in this country, though, as it stands, so it’s not an option. Not for me, anyway. Not at the moment.
Do you think the big American promotions underestimate Irish/European talent?
I don’t think so, no. They have a number of European wrestlers on their roster at the moment, and have previously featured the likes of Finlay and Regal in relatively prominent positions on their shows. I think they definitely appreciate what the likes of Barrett, Sheamus, Drew and Cesaro bring to the table, and the addition of these guys adds a bit of variety to the show, and a more hard-hitting, European flavour to proceedings. Part of Sheamus’ gimmick is that he’s Irish, so WWE can say they have an Irish wrestler as part of their show. Unless another Irish wrestler had something very special and something different to set themselves apart from him- like Fergal Devitt, for example- why would they take a gamble, and wade through all the visa crap and red tape, when they have hundreds, if not thousands of wrestlers on their doorstep? It’s just logistics, really, in my opinion.
What can Irish/European wrestlers do to have a better chance of getting noticed?
Get bigger, have contacts, and have something marketable to set themselves apart from anything WWE currently has.
You have faced and worked with a number of international wrestlers throughout your career. How would you describe that experience?
It’s varied, but each situation has provided invaluable experience, and something to learn from. I worked a Fatal 4 Way early in my career with Red Vinny, TJ Wilson (now Tyson Kidd) and Ricky Marvin, and it was an absolute mess. Marvin’s from Mexico, and was by far the most experienced of the four of us, and he laid out the match. Even at that stage of my career, it didn’t make a lick of sense to me, and I knew we weren’t gonna go anywhere near the time we’d been given for the match. It was an interesting experience, though, to just go out and see what happened. Similarly, working with Keni’chiro Arai was fun, back in 2007- I have pretty much no Japanese, and he only had a little English, but we managed to put a match together, and I really liked working with him. He was a gent. The experience working with some of the ex-WWE/WCW/ECW and/or ROH/TNA talent has varied. Some have been really sound (Doug Basham, Tracey Smothers, Daivari and Alison Danger, amongst others), while others like Raven and Vito behaved like prima donnas. It’s always cool to meet more experienced people, though, and pick up bits and pieces of advice, and tips to try and strengthen your own performance.
Two Irish talents were snapped up by WWE in 2013- that must be a huge boost for all to know the top American promotions are keeping tabs on Irish talent?
I can’t speak for the rest of the lads, really, just myself. I don’t get the impression that anything has changed, really. WWE still seem to be looking for what they’ve always looked for, and for those that fit their mold- unless you find a way to fit that mold and/or have the contacts in the organisation, a tryout or a shot at getting in there seems as elusive as ever.
Will Irish wrestling prosper in the future or are the numbers signing up for training declining?
I don’t think there’s been any noticeable decline in people joining training, really- not from what I’ve seen, anyway. I’d say that as long as trainees are getting information and advice from those with plenty of consistent in-ring experience and a broad knowledge of all aspects of professional wrestling- guys who know what they’re talking about, not bullshitters- and get the opportunity to learn and grow on shows, I have faith that the Irish scene will be in good hands in the years to come.
How would you describe the evolution of your character from your debut in 2005 until now?
It’s hard to say, really. Bingo Ballance and Gary Ballance are essentially one and the same, so any changes in “Bingo’s” personality or character would mirror my own experiences, and outlook. I don’t think I have sufficient objectivity to judge any changes in my personality over the years, but I’ve tried to stay true to who I am as a person outside the ring, as much as I can. When I started, I was fairly naive, and tightly-wound. Nowadays, I’m slightly less tightly-wound, a little more laid-back, and definitely more cynical. I doubt that would translate into my performances, though! One noticeable evolution, however, would be my comfort in the ring, and that’s something that people who know me have commented on. They’ve seen my early work, and my more recent work, and noted that I look more at ease and comfortable when I’m wrestling, and that’s definitely something I feel. It’s a nice place to be, mentally.
Which of your title reigns has been your most enjoyable and why ?
That’s a tough one, actually, and I don’t think I could actually pick a favourite one; each was enjoyable for different reasons. My first reign as IWW Zero Gravity Champion will always be special to me, for sentimental reasons. Holding the Wrestlezone Undisputed Title was great, too, as it was my first championship in a promotion overseas, and I have a great fondness for Wrestlezone, its wrestlers and its fans- it was cool to be Champion there, even for just a brief while. Winning the CCW Title last year, as well, was great in its own way as it was totally unexpected, and at a stage where I felt like I was winding down. That night in Cork helped prove to myself that I still had a little bit of the ‘old magic’, and was a confidence boost when I needed one.
What would you say has been the biggest eye opener for you during your time in the industry?
I don’t think I’ve really been that shocked by anything! I knew that things on an independent level wouldn’t be as glamorous, compared to WWE, and, to be honest, I wouldn’t change that for the world. It adds character. I’ve gotten changed in alleyways, men’s rooms, caravans, and every conceivable cramped or tight space, and slept on floors, couches, in airports, on massage tables, you name it! It’s been tough at times, frustrating at others, but this is something I love doing, and they’re stories and experiences I will remember in the long run. “Nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy”, as they say. I think, on some level, this is why people have gotten behind the likes of Daniel Bryan and CM Punk- they know the work these guys have put in, and the sacrifices they’ve made over the years, to do something they’re truly passionate about.
Do you foresee any loopholes that may allow you to return to CCW to reclaim your title? Is that a path you would pursue if possible?
Certainly, yeah. Y’never know. I enjoyed most of my time with CCW, and was disappointed with the way things were left with them, so there’ll always be a part of me that lacks closure in that regard. That said, I’ve other commitments this year that I’m focused on and, unfortunately, they preclude me going back to CCW, for the time being. I wish them the best, though, for their shows this year, and hope they get on well.
Which promotion has been your favourite to work for?
I don’t think I really have one particular favourite, but I have a few I’ve enjoyed for different reasons. IWW, for a fair portion of my time there, was a fun place to work. I got to do shows, travel, and work with guys that had become my friends, and had some really enjoyable matches with the likes of Bam Katraz, Red Vinny, The Ballymun Bruiser and Vic Viper, amongst others. I enjoy working for Wrestling.IE, too, as it is a really professional-looking product, an actual brand for wrestling in this country, and a fantastic platform for Irish wrestling to, as it were, put its best foot forward. As well as getting the opportunity to wrestle in front of large audiences there, I’ve had the chance to work with other Irish wrestlers that I hadn’t been able to work with in Irish Whip, like Seán Brennan, Paul Tracey, Jordan Devlin and Dunkan Disorderly, for example. Abroad, I’ve had a blast anytime I’ve gone over to Wrestlezone in Scotland- they’re a really nice bunch of lads, hard-working, and the fans there are terrific.
IWW once seemed to be on the verge of great things but has stagnated in recent years. Why do you think the promotion where you first honed your skills has dropped off in recent years?
I don’t really know, to tell you the truth. Their online presence has diminished considerably over the last few years, so it is kinda hard, in fairness, to track how they’re doing or what’s going on. I haven’t seen any of Irish Whip’s shows since I left in 2009, so I can’t really speak to the quality of their product, workers or training, and it would be unfair of me to speculate on. I do think it’s fair to say, though, that their presence on the Irish scene is not as strong as it would have been about five years ago, or so.
Moving forward, would you say your primary focus is on training the Irish stars of tomorrow or performing in the ring?
I’ve gotta say my focus is on my own work for the time being; while I can still perform to a standard that I’m satisfied with, I want to keep going, and going strong. I enjoy training others- and if the option of a regular training position were there, I’d take it- but in the absence of that, I’m working away on my own thing. To be honest- not to put too much of a downer on this- I’ve helped people in the past and had it thrown back in my face, so I think it’s best to just work away, and concentrate on my own stuff. It’s easier and less head-wrecking that way!
Where can fans see you in 2014?
Any Scottish supporters can catch me again in Wrestlezone this year, and I’m looking forward very much to heading back over. On home soil, I’ll be doing shows for Wrestling.IE, and whatever else crops up.
Will 2014 be your breakout year?
Heh heh. I honestly don’t know. It’s too early to tell. I will definitely try to make the best of whatever situation I find myself in, though, and we’ll see what happens. I just want to have great matches, and if I can reach the end of 2014 proud of my work for the year, I’ll be happy.
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No Limit Wrestling Brings Bank Holiday Beatdown To Naas
Why The Moat?
by Jamie Colman – No Limit Wrestling promoter
I often get asked, “why do you always promote your main shows in the Moat Theatre in Naas?” Usually Dublin fans ask because they wonder why the shows aren’t in the Capital. Well, The Moat Theatre has become the ‘NLW Arena’ in a lot of ways.
The first No Limit Wrestling show in the Moat was way back in September 2006. Since then, we have returned there several times a year. We have a fan base there and new fans come all the time. It’s a theatre, so the production values we can offer are far superior to what we could offer in a GAA hall for example. The theatre is not over-sized. It offers an intimate setting, which makes the experience far better for both fan and performer.
Note to Dublin fans: Naas is only a short distance away from the ‘Big Smoke’. The N7 brings you directly into Naas in less than half an hour, and with more and more bus services nowadays, there’s no excuses.
Coming up on Monday 7th May, we present ‘Bank Holiday Beatdown’ from The Moat Theatre in Naas. This will be the second visit this year to the theatre. At the last show titled ‘New Year Bash’ in January, “Suicide Machine” Paddy Morrow became the NLW Champion. It haunted Morrow for years not becoming Champion. He missed every opportunity he had and people told him he didn’t “look” like a Heavyweight Champion and that while in the ring, his talent was probably the best in the country, chances are he could never become NLW Champion. He proved the critics wrong on January 22nd 2012 when he pinned Dunkan Disorderly for the Championship and the loyal fans in the Moat Theatre almost blew the roof off the place with applause. Morrow must defend the title on May 7th, and prove he isn’t just a fluke champion. With challengers lining up however, Paddy’s title reign could be short lived.
If you feel like checking out our Bank Holiday Beatdown show on Monday May 7th, call the Moat Box Office to book tickets (seating is reserved so early booking is advised to choose best seats) on 045-883030. Tickets are €12 and showtime is 3.00pm on the day.
For a feel of what our shows are like inside the Moat Theatre check out the highlights of our 5th Anniversary show last September.
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Is Dissociative Identity Disorder Just A Trend?
Hi! It’s Wyn. Welcome to another educational video by the Entropy System. A while back I received a pair of comments on my initial video where my alters and I talked a little bit about what it’s like to live with dissociative identity disorder. Both comments express some skepticism on the legitimacy of my diagnosis and both alluded to the idea that having D.I.D. seemed to be a trend lately. I’m assuming that they’re referring to the uptick of D.I.D. youtubers over the past few years and the explosion of them over the past couple months. So is saying “I have D.I.D.” trendy now? Well, yeah. Kind of. Let me tell you about it. Dissociative identity disorder has a centuries old record of stigma. The very first recorded case of dissociative identity disorder happened in 1584 where a young woman was believed to be possessed. Luckily for us, she recorded the details of her exorcism quite thoroughly and modern-day psychologists were able to look at it and recognize that what she was describing was to-the-letter dissociative identity disorder. A similar case of D.I.D. thought to be possession was recorded in 1623. Even though we have these records there wasn’t an actual diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder– then called multiple personality disorder–until 1882. Fast-forward about a hundred years and you have Sybil being released in the early 1970s as a book and then a couple years later as a feature-length film that was, of course, framed and scored and lit just like a horror film. Though, multiple personality disorder was finally on the public radar and the numbers of diagnoses exploded. Not because it was suddenly cool or trendy to have, but because people didn’t know what to look for or didn’t know to look for it at all. Since then people have been discussing dissociative identity disorder, but never really in a great light. [“Today it is called multiple personality disorder.”] [Angry grunting] Never was multiple personality disorder, or later dissociative identity disorder, displayed in a positive light, in a way where so one could look at that and say, “Wow they’re really functional humans.” And then, in 2013, something beautiful happened. Diaries of a Broken Mind was released. [Upbeat music] [“To get inside our minds.”] [“Why?”] [“In order to understand what it’s like”] [“to have a mental health disorder.”] And most importantly, it featured Jess. [“I’m going to be the first boy dinosaur.”] [“I put my glasses on. Do I look a bit more glam?”] Diaries of an open mind is an award-winning documentary that showcases 25 individuals with varying mental disorders living their daily lives. A young woman named Jess who has dissociative identity disorder is featured prominently. She was shown to have struggles, but here she was going to school, having a job, being in a healthy relationship. These kinds of things were not showcased in depictions of dissociative identity disorder up until this point. Unfortunately for Jess, being a front-runner on a big social movement isn’t an easy task. She ended up losing her job because her workplace saw the documentary. She received a lot of hate on the internet and she sort of disappeared into the shadows for a while. But then, Diaries of a Broken Mind won the Mental Health in Media Awards and Jess was encouraged again. She was reinvigorated and started her YouTube channel called Multiplicity & Me. Here she showcased snippets of her daily life hoping to break down the stigma behind the idea of evil alters and giving people like me hope that, even with a diagnosis of D.I.D., things were gonna be okay. Jess was a real inspiration to a lot of people and her steps lit a flame of inspiration into Youtubers like The Labyrinth System and the Stronghold System who decided to add their voices in the battle to break stigma against this disorder. Slowly, YouTubers began to pop up, most of them claiming Jess as their initial inspiration. But Jess in her system weren’t really comfortable being the one and only big name out there with dissociative identity disorder. They wanted other people to tell their story as well because they knew that A) their version of dissociative identity disorder is not the only look for dissociative identity disorder and also, they recognized that the larger the pool of voices were speaking out about this disorder and about the truth of it, the more effective it would become. Collectively as we work together, we’re stronger. And so she initiated the project Multiplicity and Us. [“We’re just one example this disorder. Like, all we expected to happen was to be like one drop in the ocean.”] [“I want to push the attention, like, away from us”] [“and I actually want to introduce the project that Jake’s been doing called Multiplicity and Us”] Originally it was meant to be its own channel where people would send her videos and she would upload them creating a space for D.I.D. YouTubers from all over the world to be showcased together. [“It originally was gonna be a channel, but we decided that was actually just gonna be too much pressure.”] Right before its initial launch it was changed to a playlist so that rather than everyone sending videos to her and her running the YouTube channel, people who wanted to participate would all have their own YouTube channels and some of their videos would be put on the playlist so people could access it and see all the voices out there trying to tell people the truth about dissociative identity disorder. For me and many like myself, that was the push we needed to get online and start talking. Now there seems to be another D.I.D. YouTuber popping up once a week, and I think that’s fantastic! Is it a trend? Yeah! It is. It’s trendy now to say, “I’m not afraid.” “I’m not embarrassed by who I am. I can be a functional human being.” “I don’t have to be ashamed of my diagnosis.” And that’s a trend I can really get behind. If you’d like to check out some of the other YouTubers who have been making videos about their system and their experience, I’m gonna put a link to the Multiplicity and Us playlist below in the description. I definitely encourage you to check it out. I am happy to call myself friends with a lot of these Youtubers and have connected with just about all of them on social media and online support groups. So despite the hateful comments, I plan on continuing to make videos, uh, for the foreseeable future. Does that mean I’m just a bandwagoner? I don’t know. Maybe. But when the trend is breaking stigma, I’m fine with that. That’s all for now. Have a great day.
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100 thoughts on “Is Dissociative Identity Disorder Just A Trend?”
Cringy Email Name Give Die says:
Im so sorry i didn't watch all the way through when i wrote those
System K says:
Yes. OMG yes. This. I feel like this was so needed. I'm probably gonna refer to this video on our channel at some point if that's ok. Thank you for this.
– Danny
Kyleen Sherwood - Posh with Kyleen says:
Yes! I love that this is becoming the trend – People standing up and sharing their stories to break stigma, raise awareness, and bring hope to people who previously had no examples of positive multiples. Thank God for brave youtubers coming out of the shadows and being a light for so many with this disorder!! It IS possible to live life with DID. ❤
K Boulter says:
Thanks for making another amazing and educational video Wyn!
mawmaw says:
You always get these dingdongs who think they're super smart for pointing out a "trend" when a marginalized group of individuals who didn't have a prominent or positive voice in the wider culture suddenly come forward when there is a "figure head" of the unheard voice bringing the group to attention by showing that they're not alone and can finally open up about their experiences and struggles. Its a sign of people going "wow i deal with that shit too! maybe i can show others that they're not alone either while also finally opening up about my struggles as well!" But no, its ~~trendy~~. Saying someone is trying to be trendy with their mental health disorders, even if they seem bizarre at first, is such a shitty way of showing that they're actually too lazy to try and understand. You guys have my support.
Tiara Johnson says:
thank you so much for this channel. i have a friend who told me they had DID last year, and i didn't know what to think or how to respond. i knew there was a lot i didn't know and i was afraid of my own prejudices but i didn't know how to overcome them and gain better understanding. i didn't know how to ask questions but you and Jeremy: an Alternate Perspective have answered questions i didn't know i had and helped me to overcome any fear/concerns i may have had. i felt ashamed of these struggles and this has been a helpful place for me to overcome them without me having to ask my friend a thousand uncomfortable questions. keep up the good work, and that applies to all channels about DID and again- thankyou
Adrianna Heredia says:
This "trend" is great because people who don't have it, like me, learn about it and share the information to people they know. I have quite a few friends who now know the truth, and so on. In fact this is one of the channels that sparked an interest in me to learn lots about it and even write a speech on it for my English class!
DE2017 says:
Thank You! Interesting. I also think, that it is some kind of a Trend now… But it is limited to mainly English-speaking Countries I would say.. In the Country in which I am, DID on YouTube is not so trendy, well it is almost death… 🙁
CuriosityRocks says:
I’d love to see what each of you enjoys collecting and shopping for
This was really interesting 😘
Sarah Gonderman says:
Yesss! You tell 'em girl!
Daniel Johnson says:
I know I have at least two friends with DID. Either I have a very improbable set of friends or it's more common than people think. Just finally getting some positive attention.
Kaleidescope System says:
Very helpful! Thank you!❤️❤️❤️
Slightly Infernal says:
couldn't agree more!!! 😀
Me Myself N Aleu says:
Shared confidence! We support one another to share our experiences. It’s not that all these new channels are “faking” – it’s that they have found the encouragement and support to finally go public about their diagnosis. Myself included! Xx
Toosei says:
You're amazing, keep doing what you're doing!💗
EternalShadow says:
God I thank you for this video, but yes D.I.D IS a trend now but there's two sides of the trend one is people sharing their stories to break stigma, etc. Then there's the people that WANT D.I.D going around like Hey guys, I got D.I.D! Give me attention I'm mentally ill! and that side of this trend makes me mad if I have to say. Then there's those people that think our problem or alters are fake and we are just pretending and sadly I handle that everyday. I hear Oh you''re just faking it so stop or You need a insane asylum. but you know what D.I.D isn't a thing that you just "Fake". No. D.I.D is a thing that people need to accept it and open up to us; like myself I have a system of 12 and they're family, the ones that kept me alive my whole life, they're there when no one is in reality so I''m happy to say that I'm a proud person that has D.I.D and nothing will change that.
Riven Song says:
Thank you for this video. So well done!
Infinitely-Serenity says:
It makes me so happy to see the stigma broken, especially since I now have knowledge that I can use to inform others. DID is so interesting and I've found that people with DID are some of the kindest and most enjoyable to watch. I'm glad that more and more people, with or without DID, are becoming more aware of the disorder and the fact that it isn't anything to fear.
Jasmine Moukachar says:
You are a natural Wyn! You are made for the camera, so charismatic and articulate! Gosh I love your videos 😍
Monique Rowe says:
This is so cool! I've seen a few other DID Youtubers come up whenever I was searching for your name, (before I subscribed) and I've seen Multiplicity and Me various times. I'm glad you included her backstory of how she got started in YT. I look forward to checking out other Youtubers who do have DID out, but I think you Wyn and everyone else will always be my number one favorite Youtuber who has DID. I'm really happy you started your channel.
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MarinaDoulis says:
I'm just starting to discuss DID with my therapist because I never realized that apparently not everyone lives their life this way. If it weren't for the youtube channels I've found I wouldn't have even realized this was something I was struggling with. So I'm thankful for this trend!! Thankful to everyone brave enough to talk about a disorder so highly stigmatized.
The Labyrinth System says:
Amazing video y'all! ❤❤❤ love you guys
Hopefully Skinny says:
I actually found you and Jermey's Channel on their Playlist and now am a regular subscriber!!
droom droomster says:
Thank you for sharing, love your positivity 👍💜
Sera Kibiki says:
That is so beautiful, I’m glad I found out about you all ♡
The Ogygia System says:
This actually brought tears to my eyes, it was so beautiful and inspiring.
Mel BunBun says:
Man, I’d love to live in this alternate universe the haters seem to be from where everyone with a mental disorder is taken so seriously and gets all the accommodations they need without question. And we’re all apparently so cool that everyone wants to be like us! Must be nice, lol.
Brynn Seana says:
I think that it's neat that there's a community of DID on youtube now. It took way too long to come about but I'm glad it's around. I'm a visual learner and love video and media and being able to see other systems out there visually really helps me realize how not alone I am in this disorder. Thanks for the video as always 🙂 The less stigma I get online the more I realize that it's possible that someday I will be able to say that I have DID and not be scared of the reaction.
Stacy Rae says:
There are not enough words in the world to say THANK YOU enough times! It's time to break the stigma! With all of the awful things going on in the world it is so incredibly important for there to be a cacophony of voices speaking their truth. ❤❤❤
Bo Grisel says:
I don't have DID but I do have ASD. And I think the things you around 6:00 is just so true, not only for DID but for mental health issues in general. What you say realy expressed my feelings about autism and I love this view. Thank you 🙂
clemenz says:
Hey, just wanted to say I really like your channel, keep it up guys!
I also have a question: are you (Wyn) the original or is it someone else of you?
i literally cringed seeing this title!!!!
Speak Your heart says:
Its not real. None of it is. We have a thing called life inside us all. We are full of expression yet all lived supressed. It is all play. Dont believe the madness of it all
Tasha Boldt says:
You are my inspiration! !I just love you and so relate to you and you give me and my troops the courage to keep on keeping on !! You rock and I love how open you are and your system is amazing! !!!!
Bobo & Co. says:
This is so amazing!! Boost! 😄❤ – Darcy
Lantern Skyy says:
This. Video. Is. Amazing! I love this video. 🙂 Jess and the boys really inspired so many people and it was the first thing I saw that was similar to what we went through. I'm so happy there are so many amazing YouTubers documenting their DID/OSDD and mental health journeys. We've met so many beautiful people through YouTube and are bless to call them friends. <3 Thanks for making this, Wyn.
Poppy Poppy says:
Thank you for continuing to make such great content! It's really inspiring to see other people come forward with their stories. I personally would love to join but have been manipulated both online and irl after disclosing having DID. It's something I keep under wraps as much as possible. I commend every you tuber for their bravery to fight against the stigma. It also helps my system not feel so alone ♡
Alterasuras- MultiplesofMe says:
we got first diagnosed when we were 9, by a teacher. but that really wasn't a real diagnosis I guess because it was a teacher. but about 1 year ago we officaly got diagnosed, by a mental health worker. and then when we had to tell our school, and they said it really fit because all through our schooling we all went at some point and the teachers noticed.
peperlover99 says:
Great video! Also totally random but I think the narrator of that old video was Majel Barrett Roddenberry!
Kiyo Mizuki says:
Inspirational, beautiful, important as heck video! XD
Nala 305 says:
you definitely broke the stigma with me…I'd never thought of DID in any terms other than where I'd seen it in films like split, but now I see its not such a terrifying thing -you're all just really truly lovely individuals 🙂 I feel like now, if I ever meet someone or make a friend who has DID, Ill be coming into the relationship in a healthy way, I will understand them better and know how to support and care for them better.
Silzu says:
I find your videos very interesting and informative. I love the way you explain things and speak clearly, which makes things for a non-native English speaker such as myself easier to understand. Plus your voice is very comforting 🙂 You're all amazing.
Toyon95 says:
I had no idea what DID was and I'm happy to now know more!
FreckledPapaya says:
Poor jake gets no cred he runs the youtube channel 😢
Great vid tho
Evanna Hill says:
You're literally so incredible!!! Yay!! This warms my heart I'm so happy for you! Continue to spread education and breaking stigma; it's amazing!
Glossy Bubble says:
Sudden cat disappearance at 1:14
Megan Hughes says:
I don’t have d.i.d but I do have a major interest in psychology so this has been amazing binge watching you and the other systems out there
kjpopluv95 says:
Can i ask about something..i'm just curious. is it true that people who having DID will recovered if the host remembered and faced their childhood trauma? What i mean here recovered is when all the personality are gone.
Btw i loved watching your videos 🙂
TOGETHER WE CAN FIGHT STIGMA!
*sorry with my poor English
omsnaga says:
It's funny how people seem to think something has become trendy when they finally manage to speak up. I've even heard someone say that it's "trendy to be gay" now that the LBTQ movement has progressed. It only goes to show you that most people are still stuck in a time where "a trend" is something that people do because they think it's cool.
WingedBunny says:
Honestly I’m glad that DID you tubers are more popular because all I had before this was the tv show Total Drama and that is like not very correct…
SuckMetal says:
When some people “pretend to have things wrong with them not only are they going get themselves into something they can’t fix but when they do this, people who are actually experiencing these problems that try to seek answers who are scared and they don’t know what the hell is going on at times and you just feel so weird and uncomfortable all the time!
It’s a hard feeling to describe but then again I’m bad at explaining anyway
And they can’t seek help because of people using these things as a trend because they don’t want to be seen as part of that group, their scared to come out and say somethings wrong with them because they’ll get hatred and accusations from other people. Youre right People DONT have to be afraid
I came here because after several months I have been experiencing some pretty weird shit and that’s when this person made herself known, usually it was just me and F (he doesn’t want me to tell his name) who’s been with me since 13, I have anxiety and Aspergers, I was raised under a VERY strict roof.
I won’t tell you my life story either because others might think differently with the chance certain people might find me.
But F is so selfless that he has put me first after these years and was there when I needed him most, before F it was someone I named Vixen and Tornado(I was 9 so obviously they’d have stupid names) and before that when I was even younger I just called the voice who spoke to me “brain” until I called her Tornado.
I remember them all. In order
Tornado, Vixen, Orbit, Zonah(she wasn’t nice), until I met Freedo at 13. At 18 it was just us till Inferious arrived, a faceless version of me which was odd seeing most of the ones I encountered were their own people and she made life very difficult for me, she was worse then Zonah. She wouldn’t go away till I reached 20 after Mimi replaced her, Mimi claimed she got rid of Zonah and would help me for now on.
Her ‘help’ isn’t helpful and now she’s making life very difficult and she takes over, the first time she took control I was still aware and it came as a horrible shock when I couldn’t move my own body and I panicked telling her to stop, she would till 2 hours later and she’s recently done it a second time by being rude to my friend and causing unnecessary drama.
No I’m not diagnosed with DID and I wasn’t even aware of it till I looked up what I was experiencing and I got upset reading it. However I have autism and anxiety.
I’m planning on getting it looked at in case it isn’t and it’s just me and if it is then I’ll do everything to try make it better to work with.
I’m happy that people are being brave and coming out no matter the amount of hate they will get from ignorant people who want to needlessly stick the label of attention seeker on people who aren’t attention seekers.
This comment was longer then I meant it to be lol, please be easy on me and I’m sorry in advance if I said the wrong thing.
Jessie Irvine says:
Oh what a fabulous video! Thank you and well done!
Sweet Sting says:
Thanks so much Win, for me I have been able to access the experiences of others through this platform YouTube that hasn’t been available before. My partner has DID, we live in harmony and love and she has always kept it a secret….we are much older than the YouTubers speaking out now because some the stigma attached has affected her deeply. But it’s so helpful for me, giving me a deeper understanding of DID and also seeing that amongst the struggles normal lives are happening. She worked for many years to become co conscious and we are a family. I have a host of others with whom I have wonderful, loving and differing relationships. It makes me happy to see so many of you educating, sharing and speaking honestly about your lives. I’m very grateful. For us, it’s just our life, but it’s given me so much hope for a younger generation of people living with DID, you don’t have to be alone and secretive as she has. 😍🙏🏽
Sorry for spelling your name wrong, Wyn! 😍
Ciel Desaulniers says:
Honestly my new favourite channel
Blue birds 1 says:
Sure there are those who will use a diseases or disorders to gain attention and to manipulate others this is not uncommon! Sure there are those who have posted on Youtube claiming DID and are playing but believe this should never be used to claim DID is not real. Also we must point out that YouTube should not be the first or main source for anyone to self diagnose themselves with any mental disorder much less DID. The current uptick in those posting DID video on YouTube seems to us to have started with the fictional representation of DID with the release of the movie Split.
Raven Black says:
I've been wondering how you (Wyn and your headmates) felt about the movie Split (if you saw it)? I don't have DID, but I have PTSD and other mental disorders and was rather surprised at the way mental illness and trauma was portrayed in a suspense film. Obviously everything was taken to extremes at the end of the film, but they seemed to attempt to remain respectful with PTSD and DID. At least more than the norm until now.
Not having DID, I could relate a bit more with the female lead in the regards of mental health, so I've been wondering how someone with DID felt about it, as it does have a rather extreme outcome at the end of the film.
Christian Tangerine says:
Only one dislike. This fact makes me very happy.
Izuna Hosaki says:
what do you think of those who create willingly headmates without having any disorder or trauma beforehand ?
sketchity1 says:
As someone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness, this gives me so much hope. Thank you for all you do.
Alaina Baker says:
I used to be functional. 50 years functional, doctorate, family and it all blew apart. I am hoping to get back to functional, it hurts so much. I do not relate to jess at all. HOnestly, they turn me off. She was one of my first exposures after our diagnosis. Oy
Zzz Zz says:
Your channel is very infomative and really well made. Please, be honest, what do you think about people who pretend to have DID? What do you think about Serenity Rayne channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCA9OSLIKXihDMwvfzSronQ
please take a look at this video https://youtu.be/IU5y5GQ_dBw
I'm sure you have D.I.D and you're doing a great job informing people about it. Please, say that Serenity Rayne is faking it. She's an attention seeker and a very bad actress. She's doing it only for attention and money. She says that her diagnosis is self made. PLEASE CONFIRM that a diagnosis can only be made and certificated by a specialist. PLEASE, say that If you have D.I.D you need doctors, theraphy and pills. She's giving a bad image of D.I.D. That's not D.I.D. People need to know it. She is faking it or that's a case of 'Münchausen Syndrome by Internet'.
I'm sorry but l can't stand fakers. How can she fake DID? How can someone in the world fake l don't know something like cancer? PLEASE lets say it loud: if you think you have D.I.D. please go to a specialist and if you have it please do theraphy and cure yourself. SERENITY RAYNE is giving a really bad example saying 'no doctors, no theraphy, no pills.'
SarahMichelle777 says:
I found this awesome resource for people with DID and just wanted to share it. I hope it helps people like it helped me.
https://www.discussingdissociation.com/2018/05/the-saddest-little-bear-dissoci-action-story-pack-is-ready/
Mohammad Shaheen says:
IHAVE DID FOR 10 YEARS AND I ASSURE FOR EVERYONE IT IS DEMON POSSOSSION I AM DOING SPIRTUAL TREATMENT and sometimes when demon moves I get out dissection still not full cured but I am pretty sure it is demon issue I wasit 10 years with lies of pschatrists and my advice to you don't waist time on them or on there medicine instead find way to let this demon out.if you want fast proof to what I am saying let someone sleep on the same bed you sleep for 3 days and you will see how dissection reduced it is not cure because he wont leave the body you need to find a way for that,every culture has it is way
Hazel Grey says:
What are your thoughts on Autumn Asphodel?
Cool Kid says:
I teared idk why but this just made me emotional
Vic Art says:
We live in a country where DID is not considered a valid diagnosis, so finding any professional who can help us is almost impossible. And you know what? I wish this trend was around when I was 13, depressed and wondering why my sense of identity is so wobbly, why I keep relapsing into depression and why people keep telling me I behave like different people.
Kelly Isenberg says:
What a great video! I found you using the Multiplicity and us playlist. And I have fell in love with you and all your alters! I myself do not have DID but your courageous attitude and beautiful heart has made me so interested in your story. Keep making vids everyone. Love to you all!
Ran Kaye says:
Audry Torre says:
How many alters do you have?
FOSTER KID REVENGE says:
Elizabeth Hoofnagle says:
This was really interesting. I knew almost none of this though I had actually run across Jess' channel a year or so ago, and I even discovered the Multiplicity and Us playlist. I hadn't realized at the time it might have been one of the only channels of its kind or that Jess and her system had been frontrunners of the current informative moment surround DID. Thank you for making this.
Rise13eyond says:
This is good, this is true. I see a lo of people saying mental illness is a trend. The question I have for them is is that because it's being misdiagnosed or because people are more comfortable being open about it? I mean I've got a "friend" who thinks I don't actually have DID I'm just following a crowd…..Although for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would WANT to follow a trend like that. Mental illness isn't fun, and from what I've found you're more likely to get rejected because of it. I agree with everything you said but I probably would use a different word (than trend) to explain it.
Saturn_Devouring says:
I like ur sweater.
Rowan says:
Love this!! 💜👍
swimgirl24 says:
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Terri Leist says:
Thank you for breaking the stigma for others.
Music lolli says:
Amazing response – just amazing
Grayce underfire says:
I am not quite sure where my comment will fit, but here goes. I have also noticed in the past the dearth of you tubers discussing their lives with DID. I see many on here who are much younger than this body is. That said, we are here, and this body is in the so to speak “senior”age range. We are really excited to see the possibilities for support, but are also cautious, if not scared of revealing too much about ourselves. Sorry if anyone said too much.
George Robins says:
Honestly, of all the people in Diaries of a Broken Mind, Jess was probably the one who was in the best place in her life. Yes, she has struggles, Jake especially had issues shown in the documentary, but all of the System were more functional than most of the others in the documentary (not that I think ill of any of those people or those mental illnesses). She hosted a successful lecture on DID and I think she was actually the one who took the least medication. It took two stereotypes and flipped them on their head. The first stereotype being that people with DID can't be functional, and the second one being that mental illnesses like anxiety aren't 'that bad.'
Honestly that documentary was a miracle.
PB4S says:
i know these personalities as guardians, and i don't think it is an disorder, if you have the ability, ask one of the personalities what they can tell you about guardians
R Rainwater says:
I actually have met a someone who claimed to have DID, but appearently turned out to be faking it.
Their alters only ever seemed to show up when one of them got called out for being an asshole to say stuff along the lines of, “That was Joe stopping calling him out you’re going to make him kill himself and therefor us.”
And when people who actually had DID tried to talk to them about this their conversations lead to one conclusion: this was a kid pretending to have a mental illness to get away with being a dick on the internet.
I’m hoping this was a one off deal. I have friends with DID and I don’t want to see them getting hurt as the result of idiots spreading the wrong idea like this.
Yes! Jess changed my life by making it okay for me to admit my weird "alter ego" who I had no control over (despite my efforts to prove he was somehow just me/my imagination) might be another personality. It made my journey to self discovery okay. It also made it okay to start talking about it (albeit only online in safe spaces). I will always be grateful to her and you for filling the shameful and ignorant silence and for shining a light on this disorder.
Em S says:
It's a beautiful thing to have some context and organisation to my brain to know how to organise and take care of the feelings and emotions my different parts have. I'm only just starting to feel enough hope and clarity to be able to be nicer and more supportive so my parts feel more inclined to open up to me. I would love to advocate more for severe attachment trauma leading to frequent dissociation and disruption to daily life. It's tricky when society puts all the faith in family to be there for physically disabled people because of the shaming and stigma against us talking about attachment trauma being a result of the dynamics of our primary caregivers. The older I get the less I care about people who think I shouldn't speak up about it coz they think I'm shaking my parents and others who care about me but didn't know how they needed to help me at the time. I've learnt more helpful clues to make sense of where my mind is at in the last few months than I have in years of therapy on an off trying articulate things from parts that still very rarely feel comfortable to share there feelings.
Mae J says:
When I saw the cats paw pop up I instantly hit subscribe lol.
Indigo System says:
Oh thank god, I'm so glad that you have this out there!
-Alfred
Lorie Parker Wade says:
I think I might try a video, my MPD, (I refuse DID because I don’t think it is a good description) anyhow, all of you inspire me to speak about my worlds….
Spongemel1 says:
I do love your videos! I'm learning so much! However, I got so distracted by that GIGANTIC PUFF OF FLUFF!!! I adore that kitty.
Kirt Kirt says:
i don't think it's a fad, but i often wonder if it's somewhat iatrogenic (induced by health care), i heard that the Sybil case in particular was? but maybe, despite being well known, the Sybil case was not typical?
Gooey Shears says:
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Khecid’s Dragons says:
I’m totally following this trend!
The Illusion says:
Wait why was Jess fired???
Anina Stettler says:
Thank you❤
Pixie MacCarthy says:
Thankfully we're FINALLY starting to move to a place, as a society, where mental health is NOT always "monstrous"! It's a seriously HUGE step and start towards a better direction.
maggie sea says:
watching DID youtubers taught me that near-constant dissociation and massive changes in identity aren’t normal and that you can GET HELP. I gave up on therapy years ago because I didn’t have the language or clarity to describe any of that. now I know what to say and might actually progress. SO THANK YOU FOR STARTING A REALLY GOOD TREND!
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A Squiggly Story
Written by Andrew Larsen
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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. “Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter,” his sister explains patiently. “Why don't you start there, with a letter?” So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story.
This picture book from award-winning author Andrew Larsen playfully and imaginatively explores a young child's process of learning to express himself. It promotes the idea that stories are available for everyone to tell, whatever way we can, and will inspire pre-readers to try writing stories of their own. The lively, fun illustrations by Mike Lowery incorporate story panels with dialogue bubbles, adding visual texture. Also helpful, the boy's story is shown both as he actually writes it --- with just a few letters, some punctuation marks and typographical symbols --- and as he imagines it. Celebrating self-expression, self-discovery and imagination, this book would enhance an early language arts lesson on writing, particularly on the parts of a story. It beautifully highlights the exciting worlds that are opened up when children begin to read and write. In a sweet touch, the boy and his sister model a close and supportive sibling relationship.
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In the Tree House
The Imaginary Garden
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The Winner is...Marie Bast!
Thanks to Delia Latham's generosity, Marie Bast's comment has won her a print copy of At First Sight, and a pdf copy of Treehouse.
Congratulations, Marie!
Be sure to come back every second Monday for a new interview and possible chance to win a wonderful book.
Monday's Spotlight on...Delia Latham
This Monday's Spotlight guest is the talented and intriguing Delia Latham. And before you ask, YES, she is offering not just one, but two prizes to someone who leaves a comment below and answers our skill-testing (:)) question.
Without further ado, allow me to introduce this wonderful author..
Delia Latham is a born-and-bred California gal, currently living in East Texas with her husband Johnny. She’s a Christian wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend—but above all, she treasures her role as princess daughter to the King of Kings. Find out more about this author on her website, Facebook Author Page, or Twitter. She loves hearing from her readers, so drop in and say hello—you’ll make her day!
Let's get to know her better!
1. What was your inspiration for this story?
This is a Pure Amore novel. Pure Amore Annual Book-of-the-Month Subscription Club (through Pelican Book Group) was initiated a year ago in October. This is a book club that promotes chastity—purity—before marriage. I’m so excited about this program and its message. Find more information regarding the book club here. Several authors, as well as our publisher, Nicola Martinez, have short videos on YouTube talking about Pure Amore and its purpose. If you’d like to check them out, you’ll find them here.
I’ve always loved romances with a love-at-first-sight theme, and wanted to give it a whirl. That’s what inspired AT FIRST SIGHT. I also incorporated the fictional town of Riverbend, which is based a bit loosely on the beautiful little town of Three Rivers, California. I had such a great time working out this storyline! I hope readers get as much pleasure from the reading as I did in the writing.
2. What is its take-away message?
Purity is always the running theme in the Pure Amore books—which doesn’t mean we “preach” chastity. Our storylines simply include a hero or heroine (or sometimes both) who are virgins, and have chosen to remain virgins until they marry, as the Bible dictates. So purity would be one of the take-aways. The other, in this book, is surrendering to God’s plan, as well as staying out of His way while He works out that plan. Sometimes we want to “help” Him along so badly that we impede the progress of His master plan. I know I’m guilty of that…
3. Tell us a bit about your writing routine. Do you have set hours? Do you get dressed first? Do you travel for research? Where and when do you do your best work?
My writing routine has gone a little haywire in the past six months. Hubby and I moved from California to Texas in late February, to be near our children and grandchildren. We lived with our daughter while finding a house, and then endured the longest escrow ever. My routine was shot, and remains a little worse for the wear. That said, when things return to normal, I will (hopefully) return to my practice of doing most of my writing late at night, when the rest of the world is sleeping. No phone calls. No one knocking at the door, or dropping in to say hello. No distractions! It also allows me to write in my comfy pajamas. I don’t travel a lot, but when I do, I always watch for nuggets I can use in my books. I did go to Yosemite to research the setting for my first novel, YESTERDAY’S PROMISE. At the time, though, I lived only a few hours from that location.
4. What’s your next writing project?
SUMMER DREAMS. It’s the second novel in the Paradise Pines series, which is based around a fictional lodge in the lovely seaside community of Cambria, California. Each of the four books is set in a different season of the year, and the heroine is the seasonal guest at the Paradise Pines Lodge, which is operated by Angelina Love. Miss Love is a sweet, but mysterious, lady who may…or may not…be an angel of love. The first book in the series, SPRING RAINE, is already written and in the hands of my publisher, but I don’t have a release date just yet. Watch for it!
Sounds great, Delia. I will certainly watch for it!
And now, just for fun:
1. Coffee or Tea?
Neither. I’m a Dr. Pepper-aholic. Yes, even first thing in the morning. I savor that first drink of the day…mmmm! J
2. Snacks: Sweet or Salty?
Definitely salty. Even as a child, I preferred a second helping of mashed potatoes to a slice of cake or pie.
3. Dream vacation
Ireland. My mother had Irish roots, and I’ve always longed to go there. Every photo I’ve ever seen of Ireland has been absolutely gorgeous—and, of course, there’s that lovely Irish brogue…!
4. #1 on your Bucket List
I’d love to rent a glass igloo in Finland and sleep beneath the Northern Lights. Of course, I’d have to get rich and famous so I could afford it. That means I need lots of readers to rush right out and buy my books!
Fascinating, Delia! Thanks so much.
I'll bet you all want to know more about Delia's book At First Sight. You get your wish!
Reagan Massey has gone through a great deal of trouble to make her cousin irresistible to the visiting single minister but things get a little sticky when Reagan falls in love with Cord Phillips herself.
Cord doesn’t believe in marital bliss after seeing the mockery his parents made of their vows. He’s promised himself he’ll live as the Apostle Paul lived, dedicating himself solely to God. When his heart turns traitor, Cord has to completely rethink his position on love.
Things around Riverbend House of Worship take on some humorous, heart-touching, soul-stirring twists and turns, with Reagan and Cord so busy getting in God’s way that they can’t see the path He has laid out for them to travel—together.
“Good morning.” A deep, pleasant voice shattered the silence with the force of an explosion.
Sucking in a sharp breath that caught like a too-big chunk of meat in her throat, Reagan sprang out of her chair, instinctively hurling her pencil toward the source of her reaction. Her other hand, flailing wildly, caught the financial ledger and sent it flying off the desk to skid across the floor. Frustrated, and focused on trying to perform yet another accounting miracle, Reagan hadn’t heard the door open.
“Oops! Didn’t mean to startle you. I’m truly sorry!”
He didn’t sound “truly sorry.” Barely restrained amusement is what Reagan heard in the intruder’s well-modulated tones.
She swallowed the strangling breath, but did not immediately reply. Instead she scooped the ledger off the floor and slammed it onto the desk. Without even pausing, she set off in search of her pencil, which was nowhere to be found—until it appeared right in front of her face, held by long, tanned fingers that see-sawed it playfully back and forth. Reagan jerked the Ticonderoga number two out of the offending hand and into her own. The familiar shape and weight of the writing instrument somehow restored a modicum of balance, and she turned a simultaneously embarrassed and heated gaze on the source of her unsettled state.
That’s when it happened.
Her heart performed a strange little bouncing dance that forced a gasp on her part, and then…simply threw itself at his feet.
Oh, puh-leeze, stop it! Uncle Stephen’s right. You read too many romance novels. That stops—right here, right now.
She swallowed hard, ignored the stuttering vacuum in her chest, and made herself make eye contact.
Wrong move.
Surely no other man in the entire universe possessed eyes like those. Blue…no, gray. A combination of both—blue-gray, and almost translucent against the dark olive of his complexion and beneath longish, sun-streaked, dark brown hair that skimmed the collar of a short-sleeved polo shirt. Even as she gazed in stunned silence, the stranger pushed a shiny strand of the stuff off his face.
The gesture reminded Reagan of the garish streaks in her own hair. Her hand jerked instinctively upward, but she caught herself and tucked that arm close against her side. Why draw attention to her unlovely locks? A slim chance remained that this tall drink of water hadn’t noticed the disaster on top of her head.
She gave herself a mental slap on the wrist and stood to her full height—which wasn’t unimpressive, at five feet and a full seven inches, but still seemed inadequate since she had to look up to meet the eyes of the impossibly perfect visitor. His cocky grin made her want to throw something far heavier than a pencil at him. Still, she managed to stretch her swollen lips into something she hoped resembled a smile and forced herself to appear cool (even as she longed for a super-duper-dandy fan to lower her raging temperature), calm (which she was not, as her hammering heart made it impossible to deny) and collected (ha!)
Ooh, that sounds marvelous! How can we purchase At First Sight?
Pure Amore books are available exclusively through Pelican Book Group’s “Pure Amore Annual Book-of-the-Month” subscription program. You’ll love all the sweet romances written with purity in mind.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S DELIA LATHAM'S QUESTION FOR YOU, DEAR READER:
FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PRINT COPY OF AT FIRST SIGHT (US only, PDF elsewhere) PLUS A PDF COPY OF TREEHOUSE (also by Delia Latham), WE WANT TO KNOW,
Do you believe in love at first sight? Answer with a comment, including your email address using (at) and (dot) to prevent spamming, and your name will be entered in the draw.
And readers, don't forget to check out Delia's website and other links.
Thank you, Delia, for visiting with us today and allowing us to get to know you better. It's been fun!
Book Review: Awakening
TITLE: Awakening (The Lewis Legacy #1)
A God-fearing man. A God-seeking woman. For Sam Lewis and Lexa Clarke, it proves a combustible combination. Lexa Clarke signs up for a TeamWork Missions summer assignment expecting adventure in a far-off, exotic country. Instead, she's sent to sweltering San Antonio to help rebuild homes destroyed by sudden flooding. She survives the four-hour bus trip from Houston, dust in the lungs, a flat tire, a tool-throwing incident and a spitting goat - not to mention an inquisition from a distractingly handsome cowboy - all before reaching the work camp. TeamWork director Sam Lewis isn't sure what to think of his newest volunteer. She's feisty, witty, and incredibly pretty, but looks more prepared to board a cruise ship than build houses. Burned by a past betrayal, he's got a job to do, a reputation to uphold. Sam can't afford to be distracted by a woman who attracts animals, defies his rules, finds trouble at every turn and questions God's purpose.
Poor Lexa, so far out of her comfort zone when she arrives in San Antonio to volunteer with TeamWork. Unruly creatures and a “boss” who looks remarkably like the hunk on the cover of her hidden romance novel, as well as inhospitable weather and barren surroundings greet the petite but feisty young woman. And why does said boss, Sam Lewis, have to keep teasing her? Maybe it’s her responses, but heaven knows something is causing sparks between the two of them.
She really doesn’t belong. She’s not a super Christian like everyone else, and she’s well aware of how far she is from the standard that seems to be expected. But there are other important things to consider, too, like the dorm mate who seems afraid of her own shadow. And the tiny girl with the big, haunted eyes.
Author JoAnn Durgin has created a true romance in Awakening, and I loved the sparks—and the flames. But this is more than a love story. Awakening tells the story of the intersecting journey of two very human people who hunger for God’s love and their place in His plans, while dancing through minefields of relationships.
In fact, all the characters in Awakening and the rest of the Lewis Legacy series are multi-dimensional people who quickly come to life through the pen (or keyboard) of the talented Ms. Durgin.
I loved this story, and Awakening earns five stars. Highly recommended.
In our first Spotlight, Carrie Fancett Pagels graciously offered a free book to a commenter: In print (one of The Christy Lumber Camp Series Books: The Fruitcake Challenge, The Lumberjacks’ Ball, or Lilacs for Juliana) OR choose all three in Kindle format.
And the winner is: Barbara Bryant! Congratulations, Barbara!
If you could please send me your email address, using (at) and (dot) to prevent spam, along with which print book you'd like, or if you prefer all three of Carrie's Lumber Camp Series Books in Kindle format, your prize will soon be heading to you.
What a fantastic choice!
Thank you to everyone who entered this contest by commenting. Our next Spotlight will be next Monday, September 21, 2015, with another great author for you to meet.
Monday Minute: Hem me in, Lord!
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me… You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. (Psalm 139:1,5)
When Pastor Richard announced that he would preach on Psalm 139, I leaned toward my husband and whispered, “That’s Melody’s favorite psalm!”
His response was a silent quirk of his lips. Because, of course, Melody is the main character of my first novel. But she and I share a few characteristics, and our favorite psalm is one of them.
Psalm 139 assures me, whenever I need the reminder, that I am precious to God. I need that a lot.
One of those times was a few years ago, while my mother still fought cancer. I’d driven nine hours to spend time with her and Dad, and the night before my long, lonely drive home, I couldn’t sleep.
I knew the drive would be stressful and exhausting, I knew I needed to sleep, but sleep eluded me. I kept picturing I-5, that busy stretch of freeway through Tacoma, Seattle, Everett—all the way to the Canadian border. Yeah, stressful. Up to eight lanes wide, it gave me nightmares even though my eyes remained wide open.
Finally, I picked up my Bible and let it fall open to my favorite Psalm. Verse 5 jumped out at me: “You hem me in—behind and before…”
It was, indeed, a lightbulb moment. I saw God’s hemming as a cushion of protection, like a divine bubble wrap.
Peace flowed when I prayed, “Dear Lord, please do hem me in. Not just in front and in back of my car as I drive, but on both sides. I need Your protection. Wrap Your holy barrier around me and keep Your hand on me, I pray in Jesus’ name.”
I turned off the light and slept.
The next day, with praise and worship music turned up, I sang, prayed, and drove all the way home. God’s heavenly bubble of protection kept me safe.
Thank you, Jesus!
NEW! SPOTLIGHT ON...Carrie Fancett Pagels
In the last couple of years, I’ve met (online) several wonderful authors, and in my quest to share great things with you, my dear readers, this blog will spotlight one of these lovely writers every two weeks for the next several months—indefinitely, if interest continues. J
Today I am pleased to introduce Carrie Fancett Pagels.
Welcome, Carrie! Thanks for visiting and letting us get to know you better.
Former “Yooper” Carrie Fancett Pagels writes Christian historical romances about overcoming. She grew up in Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where many of her stories are set. Possessed with an overactive imagination, that wasn't "cured" by twenty-five years as a psychologist, she loves bringing characters to life. Carrie and her family reside in Virginia’s Historic Triangle, which is perfect for her fascination with history. Carrie enjoys reading, traveling, baking, and beading—but not all at the same time!
Now for our question/answer time:
The original book in the series, The Fruitcake Challenge, was inspired by my mother having grown up in a lumber camp run by my grandfather. I grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where there were tons of lumber camps. As I grew up, I got to meet many “retired” lumberjacks. But I’d say a big inspiration was growing up on the Paul Bunyan stories! My what if was – what if you had this tiny little librarian who met this huge lumberjack and brought her Paul Bon Jean (original stories were of this character!) to life!
Unforgiveness has consequences and also some differences between people, such as age and education, aren’t most important in a relationship. God looks deeper than those things.
I’ve been super busy this past year with a bunch of releases but I’d describe myself as a focused but flexible writer. I’m most productive, when working on a new manuscript, by working in solitude. Sometimes that means I have to get up before my son has risen. Or when he has gone somewhere. I find I’m distracted by others when I’m doing new writes. I do my best work on my deck in back of the house. I type at the picnic table, overlooking my back yard, which is full of pretty trees. As far as getting dressed, this may sound a little crazy but because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteo-arthritis I’m usually dressed—I sleep in knit clothing such as a t-shirt and capris, because I’m often too stiff in late evening and early morning, and so that means I only have to change after my shower. But if I am under pressure for a deadline I will sometimes change into “work” clothes such as a nice pair of pants and a blouse. I was a psychologist for twenty-five years, I know the impact that dressing up can make on work production. But normally I don’t need to do that. I prefer to work with a critique partner but currently both of my partners are out of the loop. That means my freelance editor will likely be pretty busy. Normally, I’d complete several chapters and send them to my critique partner. Then I move on and write the next section. When the critiques come back, I then try to edit that section. However, if I am on a roll with my writing—I don’t do that. I wait until I have a pause. Then I do the corrections and send that on to my editor. After corrections from the editor are accepted then I send those to the Beta readers for review. As far as travel—I travel a lot for writing as I find it both inspires me and makes my scene writing more accurate.
I’m completing The Substitute Bride, a novelette in the O’ Christmas Town Series which releases in October. I’m also writing a horse race story, this fall, for a novella in The Sporting Chance Collection from Forget-Me-Not Books. And I’ve been offered a contract with Barbour Publishing for The Wedding Quilt, in The Blue Ribbon Brides collection! That is due to the publisher in April.
1. Coffee or Tea? Tea for sure!
2. Snacks: Sweet or Salty? Both!!
3. Dream vacation – I LOVE going to Mackinac Island and my hubs isn’t all that keen on it. A dream vacation would include very happy husband and son with me on Mackinac Island and around the Straits of Mackinac. We’d have a boat at our disposal, too! And an unlimited vacation fund!!!
4. #1 on your Bucket List: We want to go to the National Parks out west in 2017 BUT a river trip in Europe would also be on my bucket list!
Who wants to win a prize? One commenter will!
Carrie Fancett Pagels has graciously offered a free book to a commenter: In print (one of The Christy Lumber Camp Series Books: The Fruitcake Challenge, The Lumberjacks’ Ball, or Lilacs for Juliana) OR choose all three in Kindle format.
And now, gentle readers, here is the blurb for Carrie Fancett Pagels’ latest book, Lilacs for Juliana, book three of the Christy Lumber Camp series.
When a new lumber camp boss comes to town, will the librarian find her lumberjack dreams come to life? Or will a wealthy beer baron sweep her away in a quest to organize his personal library?
Petite Juliana Beauchamps possesses a vivid imagination, which comes in handy as a librarian. When a handsome giant of a lumberjack comes to town and rescues her from possible tragedy, she’s shaken by the event. A dashing beer baron, James Yost, from Milwaukee, also pursues Juliana’s attention. Meanwhile, a library trustee determines to push out the female librarians.
Set in 1891, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Book Three in The Christy Lumber Camp Series focuses on Richard “Moose” Christy, the youngest of the sons, as he prepares to manage his first lumber camp. When Yost hires Juliana to organize his personal library, and her letters from Wisconsin suggest foul play, will Richard need to save her once again? And will his secret need to be revealed to win her heart?
Lilacs for Juliana is a delightful tale set in St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1891. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a rugged land of rocks, towering pines, vast water, and in 1891, strong, handsome lumberjacks.
Mix one of these handsome fellows, Richard Christy, and a dainty librarian, Juliana Beauchamps, with some misunderstandings, potent attraction, crossed lines of communication, and unsettling secrets, and you’ve got a wonderful love story.
Ms. Pagels uses historic details to add great drama and paint a realistic picture of life in rustic St. Ignace and the lively city of Milwaukee.
I enjoyed Lilacs for Juliana, and give it four and a half stars.
By commenting, you get a chance to win a copy (see above).
In case your name isn’t the one drawn, here are the links to purchase this sweet romance:
Purchase link for this book: Kindle - http://www.amazon.com/Lilacs-Juliana-Christy-Lumber-Camp-ebook/dp/B013ZB47AY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1441240883&sr=8-1
Paperback - http://www.amazon.com/Lilacs-Juliana-Christy-Lumber-Camp/dp/0692521577/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1441240883&sr=8-1
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A Newt’s World
Chris Rurik, Special to the KP News
Rough-skinned newt found on the Key Peninsula. Photos: Chris Rurik
It is late fall. Plants have slumped and yellow-brown maple leaves rot where they land like blankets. In homes, lights stay on all day. Warmth takes on a smell: a good, woody, oven-baked smell.
In my ventures into the forest I find that this season is marked by clarity. Cold breaths sharpen perception. I can see farther through the undergrowth than I could have imagined in the profusion of summer.
A movement in the moss catches my attention. In a forest where most animals are flighty, this one displays a fascinating indifference. Its brown skin is naked and moist from its long tail to its shovel head.
It is a rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa. At first glance it is a likable creature, even charming.
But not for long. The longer I watch, the more alien it appears. Its knobby skin and unblinking yellow-and-black eyes have a look of poison. It pauses mid-step for no apparent reason, not seeming to care where its translucent feet land, not seeming to care about the large creature above it.
What is it after? What instinct makes the peninsula’s newts so bold this time of year? I become eager to know their world, to see the terrain through their eyes.
Reading up on the rough-skinned newt’s natural history does not help. This adult has already been an egg, a larva that looked like a cross between an eel and a triceratops, and a juvenile that led a “fossorial existence” in subterranean burrows.
The movements of adult newts have been described as breeding migrations, post-metamorphic migrations, seasonal migrations, sporadic movements, and wandering movements — and from California to British Columbia the timing of any of these life events might fall in any quadrant of the calendar. Some populations are largely aquatic. Some become terrestrial in fall, some in spring, some in summer.
Our total knowledge of the newt’s world is a haphazard collection of tidbits. My guesses about its behavior slide off it like raindrops. I shuffle closer and determine to watch for myself. I get too close. The newt freezes. Its right rear foot stays where it is, mid-step, in the air. It stays like that for 10 minutes.
Then, for the next 20 minutes, it climbs off the trail and onto an embankment of loose duff and leaves, a distance of maybe three feet. It snaps at nothing. It never moves faster than a slow-motion crawl. Time moves at about the same pace for me.
As I begin to tell myself that I would have to snorkel a pond to see another behavior, the newt enters an inch-high space under a couple of slicked-together leaves. When only its tail is showing, it stops. I wait and watch for another 10 minutes, trying not to blink, trying to imagine what will happen next. It sits there, unmoving. I stare at the tail until it looks like a brown tendril of detritus less alive than the mosses around it.
The newt stays frozen under the leaves long after I have run out of explanations for its behavior. My patience wanes. My mind wanders.
Philosophers have a word for the world in which an animal moves: umwelt. Loosely translated as “self-centered world,” an umwelt is the collection of signs that holds meaning for an animal. It is the elements in an animal’s environment from which the animal might wring some use, the things of which it must be aware in order to survive.
Each species, therefore, has a unique umwelt. Consider the newt. It must be able to find standing water in order to lay its eggs, so it must be able to pick up on certain sensory clues that tell of nearby pools, maybe the presence of a particular plant or a change in the air’s humidity. Other clues, unknown to me, lead it to food, mates and safe burrows.
If something in an animal’s surroundings has no bearing on its ability to survive, it has no meaning, and the animal will largely ignore it.
More than ignore it, the animal may not even perceive it. Perception is as much about filtering out the noise of what is useless as cueing in on what has meaning.
As humans, we assume we see the world as it exists. But as I rise and take in the dripping forest around me, the innumerable passageways of unseen creatures, I feel my limitations. I get a brief incomplete vision of the forest as a vast arena of overlapping umwelten, and I feel the powerlessness of my senses to understand more than a small fraction of it.
Chris Rurik is a writer, naturalist and historian who lives in Washington and Alaska. This essay is adapted from his book, “Silverbow: Explorations of a Family Farm.”
The Cute But Poisonous Rough-Skinned Newt
The skin of this enchanting amphibian produces tetrodotoxin, the same neurotoxin found in the Japanese puffer fish. It’s best not to touch it at all. Because of its toxicity, the newt has no known predators.
Rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa
Order: Salamanders Caudata
Family: Newts Salamandridae
Life span averages 12 years
6 to 8 inches long
Color is dark reddish brown or black
Newts have dry, granular skin on top with smooth bright golden-orange underbellies
Widely distributed along the West Coast from British Columbia to California.
Newts are terrestrial but prefer living near quiet slow-moving waters and ponds along grasslands, woodlands and forest.
Newts are carnivores that feed on worms, slugs, spiders and other invertebrates.
The timing of breeding varies greatly, most often December through June. Males and females meet and select mates on land, but save the coupling to take place strictly underwater.
Females lay their fertilized eggs under the leaves of aquatic plants where they develop until the larvae hatch. The eggs themselves are suspended in a jelly-like substance containing tetrodotoxin to protect them from predators in this most vulnerable stage.
Photo: Chris Rurik
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Home UncategorizedLunar New Year Celebrated in San Diego Community
Lunar New Year Celebrated in San Diego Community
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Tuesday saw celebrations all over San Diego as the Lunar New Year marked the start of the Year of the Pig.
“It’s one of the most fun and exciting holidays there is,” said Yen Tu, the Interim CEO of the Asian Business Association and a volunteer of the Chinese Historical Museum in downtown San Diego. “We celebrate for a long time and it’s all about family.”
The museum had festive decorations Tuesday to celebrate the New Year, like lions, dragons and lanterns.
“Lions and lanterns ward off bad luck and bring good luck for the New Year,” said Tu.
The holiday in mainland China is marked by the biggest annual travel boom as hundreds of millions of people visit their home towns or travel abroad.
The railway ministry forecast mainland travelers would make 413 million trips during the three-week period around the holiday.
Chinese set off billions of fireworks to celebrate the new year. An explosion at an illegal fireworks shop in southern China killed five people early Tuesday. Investigators said it was triggered by fireworks set off by the shopkeeper outside the shop.
This week, the San Diego Lunar New Year Festival at SDCCU Stadium was celebrated Feb. 1-3.
For those that missed that festival, the San Diego Tet Festival takes place February 8-10 at the Mira Mesa Community Park. It is free to the public.
The local Vietnamese community said they had a lot to celebrate this Lunar New Year. A new freeway sign will soon mark the Little Saigon District.
The signs read “Little Saigon, Next Exit,” and will hang on the transit center that passes over I-15 at El Cajon Boulevard. Caltrans said they will install the signs in the coming days.
“Everybody is now talking about it in the community,” said Su Nguyen of the San Diego Little Saigon Foundation. “Together with celebrating the Lunar New Year, it’s a gift.”
The Little Saigon District, a six-block corridor of Vietnamese restaurants and shops along El Cajon Boulevard and University Avenue in City Heights, was officially recognized by the city of San Diego in 2013 as the Vietnamese epicenter of San Diego.
Assemblymember Todd Gloria was among a group of local representatives that pushed the state to add the new freeway signs above the freeway Friday.
In Bangkok, the holiday was celebrated as people lit incense sticks and burned paper money and other symbolic offerings for deceased relatives despite government appeals to avoid contributing to smog.
Credit: NBC San Diego.
Lunar New Year is Officially Recognized by California This Year
Signs Point to Little Saigon District: Freeway Signs Recognize Vietnamese Cultural District
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Disease Drivers
Meat Risks
Meeting the policy-makers
Aug 5, 2015 | 0 comments
By Dr Seamus Murphy
The Tanzania Livestock Modernization Initiative, which took place in Dar es Salaam this July, highlighted some of the ongoing debates in the country.
Considering data on livestock movements at TLMI.
Members of the Livestock, Livelihoods and Health team participated in the event, including professors Sarah Cleaveland and Rudovick Kazwala, and post-docs Alicia Davis, Will de Glanville and myself. This workshop, which drew together international and national participants from public, private and academic sectors, culminated a week after it began at the Hyatt Regency Hotel with the launch of the Tanzanian Livestock Modernization Initiative being led by His Excellency President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. The event was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and facilitated by the International Conservation Caucus Foundation, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and LLH partner, the Tanzanian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development.
With pre-elections fever surrounding the week’s events, and with the country’s fiscal review approaching, there was added attention from local media and Ministry officials.
With ambitious directives, the Livestock workshop offered our team an opportunity to engage with key decision-makers in Tanzania, such as the Honourable Dr Titus Kamani, the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development who opened our research programme’s inception workshop last December, and Permanent Secretary Dr Yohanda Budeba, also from the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. Representatives also attended from other state departments such as National Land Use and Planning, Tanzania Meat Board, Tanzania Dairy Board and the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute.
The event also offered the chance to link up with key researchers in livestock genetics, rangeland management, pastoral communities and veterinary services from a number of international and national research institutions such as ILRI, the World Bank Group, the Gates Foundation, SERAP Industries, World Organisation for Animal Health, International Fund for Agriculture Development, TAD Scientific, Sokoine University of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture.
As we plan forward in our Livestock, Livelihoods and Health research, the debates presented a number of important issues to consider. For example, what initiatives are already underway to deal with the rise in land conflicts between pastoralist, agro-pastoralists and wildlife; what institutional networks do these initiatives plan to engage with; and how are these conflicts represented in policy debates?
Dr Seamus Murphy at the TLMI.
In the context of a rapidly expanding market, what development strategies do government bodies consider for the red-meat value chain, and how will these measures impact on the transactional chains of urban, peri-urban and rural livestock traders?
With respect to veterinary services, how do we ensure that veterinary services are responsive to the demands of the emerging livestock sector, for example in terms of food safety and livestock disease control, and how can services best be delivered? More specifically, what roles are being considered in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development’s One Health System and how will the Ministry move further with these plans?
Importantly, the workshop also provided our team with some understanding of how to engage with policy-makers in the livestock sector, as well as offering insights as to where our research might be best heard.
Dr Seamus Murphy is a post-doctoral researcher with LLH.
Researchers uncover the cause of a mystery neurological syndrome causing massive livestock losses in Maasai pastoral communities in northern Tanzania
Making meat safety work in low-resource contexts: adapting to realities
Making meat safety work in low-resource contexts: trust, training and selective enforcement
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John Brendan Kidd
Spokane, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 12 years experience
(509) 290-6171 901 N. Adams
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Kidd Defense emphasizes all aspects of criminal defense, including DUI, felonies, domestic violence, post-sentencing, firearms restoration, drug, property and sex crimes. Brendan is an experienced litigator that has been providing exceptional results for clients in Eastern Washington for nearly a decade, previously working with Cooney Law Offices. Strong relationships have helped Brendan build a positive reputation within the Spokane legal community, resulting in successful strategic negotiations on behalf of his clientele. Clients have noted Brendan’s calm demeanor and ability to clearly communicate has helped them make informed decisions in times of uncertainty and emotional stress. ...
Sean Downs
Spokane, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 12 years experience
(855) 309-4529 1604 W Dean Ave.
Traffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and White Collar Crime
Sean M. Downs is a criminal defense attorney serving those accused of crimes in the states of Washington and Oregon. Sean started his law career at a small private firm in Spokane, Washington learning the ins and outs of criminal defense, traffic offenses, and driver's license hearings. He then moved on to work at the Spokane County Public Defender Office where he represented people accused of misdemeanor and felony offenses, as well as working on appellate cases. In 2013, after over twenty-one years of combined private and public practice, Sean joined together with attorney Diane Grecco to found the law...
Katie Merrill
Spokane Valley, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 4 years experience
(509) 891-4301 920 N Argonne Rd
Traffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
My name is Katie Merrill. I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and moved to Spokane to attend Gonzaga Law School. I knew since the time I was 8 years old that I wanted to be an attorney; and when I was 13 I told everyone that I would be an attorney by the time I was 25. I worked hard toward that goal for my entire life, and I accomplished it, I received official bar number the day after I turned 25. Now, I am excited to practice criminal defense, DUI/DWI defense, personal injury claims and SSI/SSDI claims....
Travis Jones
(509) 847-4052 1304 W. College Ave
Douglas Dwight Phelps
(509) 892-0467 2903 N Stout Rd
Russell D. West
Spokane, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney
(509) 993-0748 302 W. Viewmont Ln
Russell West took an early retirement from Delta Air Lines in 2004 to pursue his Law Practice and online business www.westfurnishings.com. Passing the WA State Bar exam in 2008, Russell West has been building a successful law practice settling dozens of cases with great outcomes for clients. Presently representing clients for auto accidents, slip and falls, personal injury, DUI's and criminal misdemeanors.
Richard Francis Lee
(509) 536-0986 P.O. Box 7550
Traffic Tickets, Business, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
Michael Harbeson
Puyallup, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 23 years experience
(253) 209-6366 105 W Main Avenue
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
I have been a local resident of Pierce County for over 40 years and have strong ties with the local community. I am the proud father of two daughters and maintain active ties with my local church and community. Upon graduation from Seattle University in 1993, I decided to become a trial attorney. At the age of 25 years, I graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law and have been a successful trial attorney ever since. My experiences include being a former prosecutor with King County and the City of Auburn. I have successfully...
Antonio Garguile
Tacoma, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 7 years experience
(253) 201-2001 705 S 9th St.
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets and DUI & DWI
Tony is an energetic attorney whose approach to the practice of law is extremely client focused. He prides himself on communicating with clients openly and often, being extremely responsive to their needs, anticipating issues that may arise, and providing appropriate advice and counsel. Currently, he focuses his attention on the representation of clients in both civil and criminal traffic matters.
Tony was born and raised in Bremerton, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Economics from the University of Washington. After earning his B.S., Tony headed east to Spokane, where he earned his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law. He was...
David Nelson Jolly
Mount Vernon, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 22 years experience
(360) 293-2275 415 Pine Street
I have been practicing law in Western Washington since 1997. Since my first day of practice my area of emphasis has been DUI law. My first few years of practice were as a Prosecuting Attorney then in 2001 I moved to private practice representing those accused of the crime. Since 2004 I have only practiced this DUI and Criminal Defense. My knowledge in this area is immense and has been helped by my work in completing a total of 20 DUI books including, "The DUI Handbook for the Accused" in 2007. I have two more...
Jeffrey Alan Lustick
Bellingham, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 22 years experience
(360) 685-4221 222 Grand Avenue
Suite "A"
Jeffrey is the founder and senior partner of Lustick, Kaiman & Madrone where his law practice focuses on felony and misdemeanor defense, DUI and traffic law, aviation law, and military law. Jeffery began his legal career in the U.S. Air Force in 1997, where he served as a military prosecutor and circuit defense counsel and, later, as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. After leaving active duty, he was the Lead Prosecutor for the City of Bellingham until entering private practice in 2004. Jeffrey was elected President of the Whatcom County Bar Association in 2006 after serving as...
Roberto Yranela
Bellevue, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 6 years experience
(425) 260-9366 355 118th Ave SE, Ste 200
Roberto Yranela & Associates focuses on fighting traffic tickets, DUIs and misdemeanors because you deserve another chance. A traffic ticket not only can cause your insurance to go up, but it can cost you your license. A DUI will not only land you in jail, but it can cost you your job, license, reputation, and it will haunt you for the rest of your life. So when the cops come knocking on your door and they catch you dazed and confused, do not panic. You have a true advocate on your side, and we will get you through it.
Shane McKinnie
Everett, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 5 years experience
(206) 395-9175 1721 Hewitt Ave
Traffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Military
Seattle University School of Law
Attorney Shane McKinnie is a former criminal prosecutor, and has experience working for both large and small law firms in the Seattle area. Shane approaches his cases from a practical perpective and above all, seeks to help his clients solve their problems in the way that best suits their circumstances and desires.
Shane is a fourth-generation Washingtonian and military veteran. He grew up in Snohomish County and attended Washington State University where he was a member of the Honors College and president of a fraternity. Shortly after graduating from WSU, he attended Navy Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned as...
Stan Glisson
Port Orchard, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 21 years experience
(360) 519-3500 569 Division Street
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
University of Washington School of Law
I began my career as a public defender. Later, I accepted a position with the county prosecutors office, and worked there for 4 years before starting my own private firm. I have been practicing both criminal and civil law in Western Washington since 1998, and look forward to helping you with your legal questions.
Jacey Liu
Bellevue, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 9 years experience
(425) 998-7045 1408 140th Pl NE
Willamette University College of Law
A graduate of Willamette University College of Law where she was presented with the Distinguished Legal Writing Award for her contribution to the International Human Rights Clinic. As an advocate for the accused, Jacey is one of a small group of attorney's factory trained and certified by the National Patent Analytical Systems on the BAC Datamaster Breath Testing device to help bring legal challenges to breath testing results across Washington State. She is also a graduate of the prestigious Spence's Trial Lawyer College and Trial Skills University which teaches invaluable skills in protecting her clients rights and has led...
Stryder J. Wegener
Seattle, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 15 years experience
(206) 973-0407 1366 31st Ave South
After law school, Stryder worked at the YWCA of Pierce County in the legal services department, where he represented primarily Spanish speaking victims of domestic violence in matters ranging from criminal hearings to protection orders and dissolutions.
These experiences fostered Stryder’s perspective on how cases are practically handled and instilled a deep appreciation that everyone deserves responsive and aggressive legal representation. This guided him to establish Emerald City Law Group, which is dedicated to protecting people’s rights. With a unique focus on listening to our clients and fostering real, lasting relationships, attorney Wegener and every member of our firm is committed...
James B. Feldman
Tacoma, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 33 years experience
(253) 759-4555 4947 N Pearl St
James B. Feldman is an experienced trial and criminal defense attorney in Pierce, King, Kitsap and Thurston counties Tacoma and other areas of Western Washington. He is a graduate of the College of the University of Chicago and the University of Puget Sound School of Law. For twenty-eight years, he has been fighting to protect the rights of people accused of crimes both misdemeanors and felonies including DUI, domestic violence, property crimes, fraud and murder. He is a member in good standing of the Washington State Bar Association, The Federal Bar of the Western District of Washington, the...
Justin Elsner
Mountlake Terrace, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 12 years experience
(206) 447-1425 23105 58th Ave. W.
Elsner Law Firm, PLLC is committed to our clients. We have had great success and growth because of the life long relationships we create with our clients. We are here to serve you. We will strive to give you the best legal representation while keeping you informed and explaining the legal process every step of the way.
Issaquah, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 15 years experience
(425) 260-6559 400 NW Gilman Blvd., No. 1950
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Jason S. Newcombe
(844) 925-2943 10700 Meridian Ave N
We are a dedicated team of legal professionals who are here to help you in your time of need and crisis. Our Washington State lawyers have the resources, the knowledge, and the experience to assist you with your legal matter in our practice areas.
Paul Richmond
Bellingham, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 17 years experience
(360) 392-3911 114 W. Magnolia, Suite 434
Traffic Tickets, Consumer, Criminal Defense and Divorce
I will work with you to get the best result possible for your situation. I begin all my work with an intake which I do at reduced rate to assess your situation. I start by seeing what you would like to resolve and work to bring a result as close to this as possible. I am a creative, out of the box thinker and am often able to obtain the solution my clients are looking for quickly and simply. I have worked on smaller simpler cases, as well as those that impact policy on local, state and federal levels. While...
Mark Kevin Baumann
Port Angeles, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 31 years experience
(360) 452-8688 1337 West 5th St
Traffic Tickets, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Pepperdine University School of Law, University of Washington School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School and University of Washington School of Law
My job is to achieve my client’s goals. Often times, clients need help defining their goals. Listening to the client and understanding their needs and interests, working through the options and setting attainable goals is typically the first step in fashioning a strategy in which to proceed with the case. I am a litigator, counselor, mediator, judge pro tem, educator, and professional speaker, now working primarily in the area of family law, domestic violence and high conflict cases. I provide service for all areas of family law, including divorce, parenting, custody, visitation, parental alienation, child support, modifications, relocation, grandparent...
Michael Peter Brodsky
120 Prospect St
Traffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Finding the right attorney to defend you in criminal matters is crucial. But how do you find a good, competent criminal defense attorney? Unlike plumbers or even physicians, it can be awkward or embarrassing to ask a friend or family member to recommend a criminal defense lawyer. That’s why I encourage you to call or schedule a consultation to find our how I can help. I am available evening and weekend hours when necessary by appointment. I have no associates, so your matter always gets my personal attention. I believe in being honest and...
Lennard Anthony Nahajski
Bellevue, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 27 years experience
(206) 621-0500 601 - 108th Avenue NE
University of Oregon School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
The Nahajski Firm was established in 1996 by partners Lennard A. Nahajski and Rayne J. Nelson with the primary goal of providing aggressive, effective and discreet representation to those facing criminal prosecution. Since that time, the firm has continued to practice exclusively criminal defense and established itself as one of the premier criminal defense firms in the region. With almost forty years of combined criminal defense experience, we recognize that good people occasionally face difficult allegations that will have a significant impact on themselves, their families, reputation, finances and careers. Being aware of the impact of facing criminal prosecution,...
Samuel C. Feinson
Port Townsend, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer with 7 years experience
(360) 379-4110 210 Polk St., #4B
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Traffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Family
William David McCool
Walla Walla, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 42 years experience
(509) 525-2630 6 East Alder St Suite 425
Walla Walla criminal defense lawyer, Mr. McCool has had the privilege of handling criminal cases over 37 years making them some of the best in town. If you are facing charges for a criminal offense, whether it be petty crimes such as a traffic violation or a more serious offense, this is the firm to seek out. With years of experience on his side you can trust that you will receive the dedication you deserve fighting for your case. Learn more about this by visiting their website or calling their office for a consultation. ...
Christopher D Ramsay
Vancouver, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 29 years experience
(360) 694-1097 112 W. 11th Street
University of Idaho College of Law
Christopher D. Ramsay effectively represents and defends the criminally accused. In addition to being a highly experienced criminal defense attorney, he has served as an adjunct professor at Washington State University Vancouver, lecturing on the topic of criminal procedure and criminal law. From 1990 to 2003, Christopher D. Ramsay worked as criminal prosecutor in Denver Colorado.
Carl Munson JR
(360) 738-8584 119 N. Commercial, Suite 860
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Gonzaga University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
I graduated from the University of Washington in 1994 with a Bachelor's Degree in History and Political Science. I then attended law school at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane. I graduated with my Juris Doctorate degree in 1997. I was a prosecutor for 8 years before opening my own office and practicing criminal defense for 11 years. I have handled all criminal matters from misdemeanors to murder. I have now taken my experience and help injured workers with their worker's compensation claims, social security and personal injury matters. I also help people vacate...
James Christnacht
(253) 564-2111 6602 S 19th St
JAMES F. CHRISTNACHT was admitted to practice law in the state of Washington in 1984 after having attended the University Of Puget Sound School Of Law. Mr. Christnacht has engaged in the general practice of law since his admission to the bar. He is admitted to practice before the Washington State Courts, Federal District Court and the Puyallup Tribal Court. His practice has included personal injury, probate, guardianship, wills and estate planning, will contests and estate litigation, misdemeanor criminal defense and traffic matters, real estate, and business law. Mr. Christnacht is a second generation lawyer. Having grown up with...
Jason Powers
Mt Vernon, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 18 years experience
(360) 419-0809 309 Pine St
Jack W. Range
(360) 633-2432 624 Polk Street
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Criminal defense, DUI, and traffic ticket attorney practicing out of uptown Port Townsend. Jack grew up in Jefferson County too and graduated from PTHS before moving away for school. He graduated from UW in 2008 with a bachelors degree. He was admitted to practice law in 2015 after completing the Washington APR 6 Law Clerk Program and passing the bar exam. He is admitted to practice law in all Washington State Courts and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Paul Gerhard Hanson III
Lynnwood, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 36 years experience
(425) 778-7339 3400 188th St SW Suite 580
Defending DUIs, criminal charges, traffic tickets and driver license suspensions. Auto accident injury insurance claims representation. Expunging / deleting old criminal records. Over 36 years experience. Former Lynnwood City Prosecutor. Top ratings by the national lawyer rating services: an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell and a "10-Superb" rating by Avvo.com Aggressive. Affordable. Experienced. Convenient. located right next to the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood,WA Free First Consultation (office or by phone) Military $ discounts.
Mark Samuel Treyz
(253) 272-8666 705 S 9th St. Ste 206
Mark began his legal career in 1986 as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with Pierce County and moved on to work with a criminal defense firm in 1988. In 2002 Mark started his own criminal defense firm, The Law Office of Mark Treyz.
Antone Alfred Weber
Seattle, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 14 years experience
(206) 816-9110 1700 Westlake Ave N.
Free ConsultationTraffic Tickets
After over 10 years of practice for a large law firm as their primary courtroom infractions attorney, I have represented over five thousand client's cases throughout Western Washington. The majority of those cases were either dismissed or otherwise kept from my client's driving records. In 2016 I left that firm to focus on a solo practice. My focus on this single area of law has given me a deep understanding of the relevant law, police procedures, courtroom procedures and the judges and prosecutors whom I appear before. Having not entered the practice of law until my...
Jeannie Patrice Mucklestone
Medina, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 29 years experience
(206) 623-3343 802 Evergreen Point Road Suite 200
Medina, WA 98039
Jeannie P Mucklestone has served as a Pro Tem Judge in King County District Court and is an experienced Trial Attorney. She limits her practice to only traffic matters, speeding tickets, infractions, DUI, Reckless Driving and criminal misdemeanors and spends a substantial amount of her time in the Courtroom.
She has regularly had successful results of Criminal Jury trials and administrative hearings at the Department of Licensing and Contested infraction hearings. She worked as a judicial clerk for Federal District Court Judge Carolyn Dimmick . Jeannie also served on the public relations and Court rules committee of the WSBA ....
Kent, WA Traffic Tickets Lawyer
(253) 867-2675 610 Central Ave S
Criminal Defense Attorney | Managing Attorney Keith loves representing and fighting hard for his clients. His clients are often people who have never been in trouble before, but now find themselves in the gun sights of the government's prosecution machine. Often times these clients have nowhere else to turn. Keith is a passionate trial lawyer who will advocate for his clients, when it feels like everyone else is against them. Keith is a believer in the jury trial system, which gives an opportunity for regular people, with the help of a hard working defense lawyer, to stand up in court...
Scott John Terry
Kent, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 31 years experience
(253) 852-6100 25028 104th Ave. SE
Richard L. Davies
Port Townsend, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 30 years experience
Richard Davies has been defending the rights of people charged with crimes in Port Townsend and Jefferson County for over 25 years. Because Mr. Davies' practice focuses exclusively on criminal and traffic defense, his clients benefit from his sound legal advice, knowledge of the local system, and extensive trial experience. Mr. Davies graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 1988. After graduating, he worked as a government attorney doing complex federal civil litigation. Mr. Davies has focused on DUI, traffic, and criminal defense since moving to Port Townsend in 1993. ...
Christopher Courtlandt Van Vechten
(253) 666-8987 705 S. 9th St Suite 206
Chris Van Vechten moved to Tacoma from Portland in 2004 to attend the University of Puget Sound. He studied history, volunteered in the community, worked as a legislative staff member for a state representative and later a state senator, and even personally ran for school board before enrolling in Seattle University School of Law. Prior to launching the Law Office of Chris Van Vechten, Chris worked as a Rule 9 prosecuting attorney with the Thurston County Prosecutor’s Office and later with the Lakewood City Attorney’s Office. In addition, he interned with the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Civil Division...
Bruce C Galloway
Lake Stevens, WA Traffic Tickets Attorney with 34 years experience
(425) 334-4400 12101 N Lakeshore Dr
Traffic Tickets, Construction, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
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Ryosenji Treasure Museum
3-12-12 Shigenogawa-cho, Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka prefecture
This is a treasure museum located adjacent to Ryosen-ji Temple grounds and is designated as a National Historic Site as the place where the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity was concluded. The museum differs from general historical archives as it doesn’t just have materials related to the opening of Japan to the world and original documents, it also has video displays. There are collections on display with the theme of Perry, Blackships, the Nanban period and Intercultural exchange, and also a collection on display with the theme of “gender and religion”. The museum is located 10 minutes by foot from Izukyu-line Shimoda Station.
A small museum about the Black Ships of Japan. The museum hosts a small store and pictures. One must pay about $5.00 to enter the entire museum. It's an ok place to see.
Nakase House, Meiji-Era Merchant Family House
Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Matsuzaki 315-1
This is a residence which was built in 1887 as a draper’s house in Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. You can get to see inside this large land owner’s building whose family built their fortune in just a few generations—the luxurious wooden construction gives the building a characteristic ambience. The Matsuzaki Visitor’s Center, which is immediately right of the entrance of Nakase House, exhibits geosites of the Izu Peninsula. There is also a coffee shop where you can enjoy sweet treats in the tatami room.
なまこ壁通りを楽しんだ後にこの場所に立ち寄りました。 観光案内や地場産品の販売なども行っていました。 大きな大正時代の時計塔があって目印になります。 なまこ壁通りからときわ大橋を渡ると右側にあります。 近くに駐車場もありました。 商家はとても贅沢な造りで中は当時の調度品などが展示されています（入場：￥１００）。 是非なまこ壁通りと一緒に観光すると良いと思います。
Izu Teddy Bear Museum
Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Yawatano 1064-2
A museum located a 10 minute walk from Izu-Kogen Station designed around the concept of a “teddy bear house.” The museum features numerous displays, including “Teddy Girl,” an early teddy bear produced by the German Steiff firm which is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, rare antique bears, and works by teddy bear makers from around the world. The brick exhibition hall is modeled after an English country home. There’s also a courtyard filled with cute bears and a tea room with comfortable terrace seating, giving visitors the chance to enjoy a truly fairy tale-like atmosphere.
There is not much to view. Less than 30 mins you can finish this museum. I don't think the ticket worth the money. But if you traveled to Izukogen with children, you could give it a chance. The...
Rakujuen
Shizuoka Pref. Mishimashi Ichibanchou 19-3
This is a park around a three-minute walk from JR Mishima Station, on a site run by Mishima City and originally used as a villa for Prince Komatsu Akihito that was built in 1890. Surrounded by rich forest the park is home to 160 varieties of trees and plants and, depending on the season, 30 species of birds as well. The garden surrounding Ohama Pond is designated as a Natural Monument of Japan and a Place of Scenic Beauty. It is a popular park for families, with its Norimono Hiroba area featuring a merry-go-round and miniature train, and the Dobutsu Hiroba (“Animal Area”) where one can enjoy petting small creatures. Admission is required for the park.
Music Box Museum of Izu
Located about six minutes on foot from Izu-Kogen Station, this museum focusing on antique music boxes has about 130 items including mechanical instruments such as self-playing pianos and pipe organs, and gramophones. Mechanical instruments, precious cylinder music boxes and disk music boxes come to life and play in the museum eight times a day. You can enjoy the beautiful sounds of these music boxes as well learning about the more than 200 year old history of these fascinating instruments. There is also a workshop where you can have a go at making your very own handcrafted music box. Small pets are allowed into the museum provided they are carried.
Shimoda Kaikoku Museum
4-8-13 Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka prefecture
A memorial museum in the port town of Shimoda which was the first city in Japan to open its port to the western world and where the American ‘black ships’ led by Commodore Perry arrived. The museum building is an impressive sight with its Namako Wall (sea cucumber wall), and of its approximately 2,000 item collection of artifacts connected with the opening of Japan, the museum displays about 1,000 of those on a regular basis. The museum houses a number of collections including models of the black ships, portraits of Commodore Perry, keepsakes and artifacts from Townsend Harris, the first American Consul to serve in Japan, and of Tojin Okichi, the woman who served Harris. As well as an exhibition on Yoshida Shoin, the man who tried to get himself on to one of the black ships, there is a display corner highlighting folk traditions such as the Shimoda Taiko Festival. All in all there is plenty to keep visitors informed about the history of Shimoda and the opening up of the country. The nearest station is Shimoda Station.
More history for the history buff. A small museum with local history. Stop in and learn about what took place in this area.
The Cat Museum
Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Yawatano 1759-242
This museum features exhibits on extinct cat species and the world of wild cats, a collection of fairy tale and cat-themed artwork from around the world, and more. It also offers a petting gallery where visitors can relax alongside 40 cats representing around 20 kinds. The popular museum is visited by more than two million people. Visitors will see a whole new side to cats that is surprisingly profound.
I love cats, and also appreciate funky roadside attractions. I enjoyed the bizarre displays of stuffed big cats and saber-toothed tiger skulls on the first floor, but truly felt sickened by the...
Ayashii Shonen Shojo Hakubutsukan
Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Futo Under the highway 1029 - 64
This museum with a theme of retro style and subculture in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture exhibits a large collection of clothing, toys, dolls, and memorabilia. Yoru no Gakko, the museum's annex, is a popular haunted house visited by many tourists.
Kunozan Toshogu Museum
Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Negoya 390 Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
This history museum in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City is attached to the Kunozan Toshogu Shrine which enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu. The exhibitions focus on the treasures of Kunozan Toshogu Shrine. Everyday items of Tokugawa Ieyasu are also on display along with weapons and armor that he used as Shogun. The items from the permanent collection rotate throughout the year and the museum gives you the chance to physically experience famous belongings of the Tokugawa Shoguns.
I have to be honest, I'm not really into Shogun history so I wasn't captivated by what I saw. My museum admission was included in our excursion so I went in. I don't think one would miss anything...
Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka
Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Oya 5762
This is natural history museum in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City is the first of its kind in Shizuoka Prefecture with exhibits that explore the theme of global environmental history. Their permanent exhibits cover the nature of Shizuoka and Suruga Bay as well as a variety of living creatures. There is also a photo-shop on site and various events such as lectures and special exhibitions are also held.
Tokai University Marine Science Museum / Natural History Museum
Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Miho 2389
This aquarium in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City was established by Tokai University's Social Education Center to further the efforts of social education. Tokai University's Oceanography Department also uses the facility to conduct educational of the ocean. The facility is split into two areas, the Aquarium in which a wide variety of sea life is bred and raised, and the Science Museum where you can have fun learning about the sea. There is also a museum shop where you can purchase souvenirs.
Shizuoka City Kodomo Creative Town MA A RU
Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Tsuji 1-2-1 Egyira 3/4F
A public learning facility for children in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City. Located in the Ejiria Building across from the front of Shimizu Station. Children can try out different jobs and crafts, or learn about how economics and society work together, and about local industries. Check out the Children Bazaar which allows children to learn about economics in a town they create, there are also exciting studios, digital workshops, cooking studios, and more.
Shimada City Museum (Main Building)
Shizuoka Pref. Shimadashi Kawara 1-5-50
A museum in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The main theme of the permanent exhibitions of the main building are the travelers and their travels who stopped at the Shimada-juku station, waiting to cross the Oigawa River in the later part of the Edo period. Temporary exhibitions are displayed in the special exhibition room. On the east side of the remains of the old river crossing there is an annex, restored house from the Meiji period.
Tea Museum, Shizuoka
Shizuoka Pref. Shimadashi Kanayafujimichou 3053-2
"A museum located in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. As a museum focusing on tea, you can experience various aspects of tea, such as tea picking, scrubbing, matcha tea grindingand ""sado""-tea ceremony. Also, there are exhibits regarding the industry, history, culture, and functionality of tea. Furthermore, there is a museum shop, and a restaurant where you can enjoy dishes made with tea."
Yamaha Communication Plaza
Shizuoka Pref. Iwatashi Shingai 2500
This company museum for the Yamaha Motor Company is located at their headquarters in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Come see the products and history of the Yamaha Motor Company on display centered around communication and the past-present-future. They also hold special exhibitions drawing crowds of motorcycle and car enthusiasts.
A perfect place to see the great collection of vintage and high end bikes and other machines of Yamaha at once. it's my second visit after 2003, the collection and display of Yamaha evolution as a...
Hamanako Orgel Museum
Shizuoka Pref. Hamamatsushi Nishi-ku Kanzanjichou 1891
A specialized orgel museum in Nishi Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture where you can see antique orgels and orgel demonstrations. This is a popular destination with one of the finest museum shops in the Tokai region and workshops where you can try your hand at assembling an original orgel.
Great museum close to the train station. Amazing area of musical instruments from around the world. Friendly staff. Piano heaven. Instruments from all over Asia and Europe, you will enjoy.
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments
Shizuoka Pref. Hamamatsushi Naka-ku Chuou 3-9-1
A museum of musical instruments in 3 Chome Chuo, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City. The four exhibition rooms have almost 1,500 instruments from around the world including Asia, Oceania, Africa, America, and Europe, as well as keyboards and domestic western style instruments and electric instruments. They hold a variety of music salons including lecture concerts about singular instruments or pieces of music and more casual evening concerts.
Hamamatsu Festival Pavilion
Shizuoka Pref. Hamamatsushi Minami-ku Nakatajimachou 1313
This resource materials center is located in Enshunada Coastal Park of Nakatajima-cho, Minami Ward, Hamamatsu City. On display are materials related to Hamamatsu Matsuri, held every year from May 3rd to 5th with events like the kite-flying battle and festival floats (gotenyatai) parade, and with nearly one million participants. You can experience the history and tradition of the 440-year old Hamamatsu Matsuri through the display of materials, like the taiko drums for Hamamatsu Shusse Daiko or the large kites or the festival floats (gotenyatai).
The Kiseki Museum of World Stones
Shizuoka Pref. Fujinomiyashi Yamamiya 3670
A museum in Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City. It was opened as Japan's first museum for stones in 1971. The variety of rare stones are displayed here not according to a mineralogical viewpoint, but using a viewpoint that compares them to animals or plants, based on Unkonshi-Japan's first expert stone manual, written by Sekitei Kiuchi, a naturalist of the Edo period. There are also exhibits of gemstones, luminous stones, dinosaur fossils and other fossils, and of materials related to Kenji Miyazawa (famous poet and author) as a geologist.
I was with my 11 and 14 years old son. They were enjoying this place very much. A lot to see in the museum itself with displaying lots of different stones and rocks where they cane from all around...
Shimada City Museum Annex
Shizuoka Pref. Shimadashi Kawara 2-16-5
Shimada City Museum Annex is a five-minute drive from the Hassashi or Mukuya Interchange and about 16 minutes from the Shimada Kanaya Interchange, a little way northeast of Shimada City Museum on the Kawagoe Highway. It is made up of three exhibition spaces: a traditional Japanese-style house, the Unno Mitsuharu Memorial Woodblock Print Collection, and the Museum of Folk Culture. The traditional house, built in 1890, is a machiya townhouse that displays materials on folk culture, and outside is a well from that period. The Memorial Collection is centered on the works of wood block artist Unno Mitsuharu, a native of Shizuoka Prefecture. From time to time, curators give gallery talks.
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1 Out of 7 Cashiers / Weekend Gaming
Surprises can be found around any corner.
7 times I go shopping,
3 times I receive the right change,
3 times I receive too much change, and
1 time I receive too little change.
7 times I receive too much change, when I try to correct it,
3 times they correct it without comment,
3 times they argue with me, thinking I'm trying to tell them I received too little, and
1 time they thank me for my honesty.
7 times I receive too little change, when I try to correct it,
3 times they argue with me, thinking I'm trying to rob them,
1 time they apologize.
7 times I receive the correct change,
3 times they do so without comment,
3 times they try to hurry me along by scanning in the next person's items before I've packed my own, and
1 time they say "Thank you," or "Your welcome."
That 1 person in 7 usually gets my business again.
I ended up playing more than I expected.
I played two games of Yinsh with the daughter before lunch. I won the first game fairly easily, but the second one was very close.
My friend then surprised me in the afternoon by agreeing to a game of Chess. And I thought he didn't play games altogether.
I actually gained a very slight advantage at the beginning but then made a mistake which threw the balance his way. A series of exchanges later I resigned. He turned out to be a reasonably good player, or, at least, better than me.
I then played a few introductory games of Go with the daughter again, six in all. On a 9x9 board, I started her with a 2 stone advantage that eventually went up to 5 stones. She still couldn't win. I think I'm not a good introductory Go game teacher.
Anyway, I discovered something playing the game: a corner of the board with four empty spaces in a square, surrounded by five stones as the two other sides a square, can't be saved, even though two eyes could fit into it.
Yehuda
Labels: board games, gaming, go, israel, manners, personal
Weekend Coming
Gaming prospects for the coming shabbat are light. This is because our guests for the whole shabbat are a family of the non-gaming variety.
The daughter aged 14 or so plays; I might get a game in with her. And if I'm lucky, maybe a Puerto Rico game with Rachel in near the end of shabbat, if she doesn't mind us ignoring our guests.
Beijing apparently is waking up to board games. First article on traditional and modern board games in China. Second Article on a new restaurant with board games and other activities.
Students of information architecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design designed several board games as part of an assignment.
The first is Operatives: "Players are divided into two teams, the corporation and the spies, with the objective being to either protect the corporation’s five-word message or to steal and decode it in order to win." A board game version of Netrunner?
The second is Nano: "Players add or lose bonds depending on where they land and receive points based on whether or not the atoms are the correct color. The player with a finished molecule or with the most coordinating pieces wins."
The third is Logistics: "... players compete to buy the most manufacturers to produce product and retailers to sell it."
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Raph Koster is Back on the Fun Track
Raph Koster is forging forward on the topic of fun, games, and grammar. His latest talk at ETech looks like it was very interesting.
When I reviewed his book, A Theory of Fun for Game Design, I proposed that the book was more about the theory of art in games than fun in games. This talk looks like a definite step back in the fun direction - less about internal transformations, and more about pleasure.
I'm looking forward to his next book, A Grammar of Game Play: How Games Work (due out when, Raph?).
Merscom will be bringing Ingenious to the PC. Details here.
The Herald Tribune talks about the shortening of board games. Apparently, Hasbro's down to 51.3% share of the marketplace, listing both Mattel and Cranium as its competitors.
Here's an article about a prisoner who hanged himself. And what, pray tell, does this have to do with board games? Apparently, the "attention" buzzers were taped off and the lights ignored while one guard was teaching the other how to play Backgammon.
Labels: blogging, computer games, game books, game design, game industry, game news, gaming, ingenious
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Session Report Up, in which we try Mykerinos again
The latest Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club session report is up here. Games played: Mykerinos, Taj Mahal, Tichu.
A light night, pre-Passover.
Feminist Gamers takes some analog time to play Eurogames.
Strat-O-Matic is up for sale after 45 years.
Rubber frogs "to plague your seder". The perfect thing to throw onto Aunt Petunia's plate while she's not looking.
Labels: board games, game group, game news, games played, gaming
The Absolutely Worst User Guide in the Entire World
You may think you've seen bad English, but you haven't - until now. I have in my possession the absolute worst user guide ever written in what I can only suppose was supposed to be English. Bar none.
I've been on the Internet for 22 years now. I've seen all the funny foreign signs about maids and swimming pools, I've seen all the "Engrish" sites.
With most bad or funny translations, you can kind of figure out what they were trying to say. Not with this one. I challenge anyone to figure out a single sentence from the entire twenty-two pages of this guide, which allegedly describes how to use an Infinity "mp34 player".
It looks to me like somebody thought that simply running Japanese text through an automatic conversion tool wasn't bad enough, so they ran it first through Japanese to Chinese, then Chinese to Korean, and then, as an afterthought from Korean to Swiss. And the original text was probably wasn't even Japanese. Maybe it was in Sanskrit.
Well, here it is: The Absolutely Worst User Guide in the Entire World. Ever. Click through to the large images to read the text. Don't get too close; you don't want your brain to explode.
Pages 1 to 3
Break to order to sow continuously: Broadcast the stop hour remembers to broadcast the position, the some song orders to a time while broadcast the some catalogue up is shut down, switch on after then park the last time of time order, Play order to start broadcast from now on.
Elucidation:The sound effect mode that sow to play music in this choice, sow to play music still at this time.
Pages 8 to 11
Total elucidation: When enter the lyrics broadcast the interface, continue to broadcast the current song, at the same time according to the degree of progress manifestation for broadcast to should of lyrics, be after broadcast, according to broadcast the mode enactment into the follow-up song to broadcast the function, the following continuous song contain lyrics, then still broadcast the interface in the lyrics, if have no lyrics, then returning to broadcast the interface to broadcast the follow-up song.
Pages 12 to 15
Total elucidation: Enter to record sound the interface, the born and new recording document, start record sound with the current coding method, roll over to mark at present just in the recording, and show the degree of progress of the current recording.
Short press Menu key into the submenu of FM, the choice" manhunt Class", short press Menu key into, again short press Next key, choose the fit Class to press the Menu key confirmation, then return the interface of FM.
The format chemical engineering see first have, the choice" cent area and encrypt" options, will encrypt the disk capacity to choose a fit capacity, and hook to choose to establish the user's name or passwords, at an importation of" new user's name" password, re- input the same password in " the new password confirm" place, click to press button" beginning", then start to divide the area.
By the way: the box? It reads: "Music Digital Player, The Earth Music Wind Lead By Me."
This post is intended for non-commercial purposes. Although I believe the guide has no artistic merit, and therefore does not warrant copyright, I believe that my reproduction here is fair use.
Labels: humor, technology
Birthday Syzygy
One's English and Hebrew birthdays align every 19 years - or so they would have you believe.
The truth is that the English leap year causes a bit of havoc with this calculation, and therefore the 19 year trick is only true for about 8 out of the 19 years in each cycle. For the other 11 years, after 19 years the Hebrew and English dates will be off by one day.
However, in my case it actually works this year. I will be 38 on the first night (and day) of Passover, as well as 38 on April 3, which is the same day. So, happy birthday to me, next week.
And yes, I know that a syzygy is an alignment of heavenly bodies, but if you knew about my body, you would understand wh... no, even I can't pull that joke off.
I was originally going to be spending Passover night with some friends in Jerusalem, but Thursday we found out that my father has liver cancer, so I will be joining them at my brother's for seder and the first day. Who knows how many more seders we will have together? :-(
He feels fine, by the way. His Hebrew name is Menachem ben Miriam, if you would care to pray for him. He will be 70 years old this year.
I start with the Post-Tribune, who records a "Chess for Christ" event. Board games certainly seem to go well with religious functions.
Continuing with the religion and board gaming theme, here is the Inheritance Bible game:
In a new game play combining the mechanics of Monopoly® and Parcheesi, Biblical Wisdom is acquired in a Christ centered game of interactive family fun. Staged in the land of Ancient Israel and based on the territories of the tribes during the reign of King Solomon, players trade, hug, pay tithes and make offerings for the poor as the strategy to success. The inheritance of the promised Kingdom is learned as the winner ascending to the center of the board, likened unto the New Jerusalem, rings the game bell and announces “Worthy is the lamb” celebrating Christ as the Lamb of God. (Rev. 5:11). Everyone wins, for as it is written; “Happy is the man who finds wisdom” (Prov.3:13)
Speaking of everyone winning, Scott Weiss just did something rather unusual on the Jeopardy game show. He purposely causes a three-way tie, in order to give more money to his opponents, at no cost to himself. Read this article for details. More proof that "winning" isn't necessary to win.
There are many new business games produced each year, but The Enterprise Game doesn't look too bad. It's got a pick-up-and-deliver mechanic, which I generally like.
Midland college offers a course in video game design, but an official associated with the course added, "Ironically, it's easier to teach gaming concepts using board games because the same rules come into play such as how you win, how you lose and how you lose a turn." Perhaps that's because video game designers tend to produce puzzles and finger exercises, rather than games.
Yehuda Berlinger
Labels: board games, game design, game news, gaming, Judaism, personal
Breaking News: God Sues All IP Holders
Jerusalem (Yehuda) - Yesterday evening, Almighty God revealed to well-known blogger Yehuda (http://jergames.blogspot.com) that He has filed suit in the Divine Court against all IP holders for misrepresentation and violation of IP agreements, covering all of His copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
"A bunch of idiots running around claiming they 'invented' this or that. What a bunch of malarkey," God is reputed to have said. "Where do you think they got these ideas to begin with? Just 'popped into their head', eh?"
God maintains that He is the original source of all ideas that spontaneously appear in all human's brains, and as such, He claims all IP rights over these ideas.
According to God, He agreed to plant these ideas among various people on Earth only so that these people could act as disseminaters for the ideas. For their efforts, He agreed to recompense these disseminaters with limited payments, only to find that they would not give up the ideas and instead claimed them as their own.
"God is very hurt by these people's actions," said Yehuda. "He gave the ideas in good faith and now these people are claiming that they thought them up by themselves. As a result, His ideas are not reaching all of His people. God has half a mind to keep all of His remaining ideas to Himself."
The suit was filed in Divine Court, the only court that regularly hears cases between the Almighty and humans on Earth. Most cases heard by the court are petitions against God. While not unheard of, this is one of the few cases where God Himself filed the petition.
"My client is pretty confident of victory," said Yehuda. "He won big in the Babel Tower design infringement case. He's won a number of victories regarding the Jewish people. He's feeling good about this."
Yehuda further hints that God is also looking closely at cloning developments to consider a possible patent infringement lawsuit.
Labels: humor, IP, law, news media
Shedding Card Games
There are a great many card games where the object is to get rid of your cards. These games are called "shedding" card games.
Shedding card games come in various shapes and sizes, and originate from a diverse range of cultures.
In Patience games, you rid your cards by placing them on stacks in immediately ascending or descending numerical order.
You probably know the ubiquitous solitaire game Klondike that comes with every Windows box. There are four stacks, one in each suit, going up from ace to king.
Spit is a patience game where there are no turns, and the object is to move your cards as physically quickly as possible. There is one stack for each player, and cards can go either up or down; suit doesn't matter.
In Cheat (also known by a more common name which is rude), you place your cards face down and announce how many you placed, but may lie about them. One stack, always ascending, but multiple cards may be played on each turn.
Additional games in this group include the proprietary games Flinch and Skip-Bo , descendants of a game called Spite and Malice. In these games, if you can't play, you place a card in a discard pile that will come back to haunt you.
Uno and similar games, such as Crazy Eights and Taki also use this mechanic, but introduce special cards that break the rules, allowing you to play multiple cards or out of order. These games also have a single stack, where cards either ascend or descend, or change suit.
Ladder / Climbing
Ladder or Climbing games also require players to play cards in numerically higher order, and not necessarily immediately numerically higher. However, in addition to single cards, pairs, sets of pairs, and other combinations can sometimes be played. When no one can play further, often the last player to play collects the played cards and starts again.
In Karma (also more often known by a rude name), each player gets 3 face down cards, 3 face up cards, and has to play cards onto the central pile in ascending order, although not necessarily the immediately numerically higher card. Various cards have special abilities that discard the stack or require a lower instead of a higher card.
Tichu is a Chinese variant climbing game, very popular among the gaming cognoscenti right now, mostly because it is a partnership game. Like most ladder games, the first card or cards played can be a single card, pair, multiple pairs, a full house, or a straight, and subsequent plays have to be of the same type, but higher.
Another game in this genre is Tien Len, which counts as its descendants proprietary games such as The Great Dalmuti and Frank's Zoo , as well as President (yet another game with an alternative rude name).
Melding games require you to be the first one out by combining sets of cards from your hands, either cards of the same number or straights of three of more numbers. The first one out may be the winner, or may simply get a bonus while the melds played count to your points.
Nearly all Rummy games, such as Rummikub , Gin Rummy, 500 Rummy, Tripoley , and so on, are melding games. In these games, you pick a card, try to form melds, and then (usually) discard.
Simple melding games include Old Maid , where you need only pairs, and Go Fish , where you need only fours of a kind.
Of course, there are always a few oddball games.
Mao is a game where the rules are kept secret during the game. Each player tries to play a card, and the person who knows the secret rule can penalize the player if they play (or do) something wrong. It's very silly.
Durak is a Russian game where you play cards by attacking the player on your left. Other people can add to the attacking cards, and you can either defend yourself by playing higher cards or pass the attack on to the next player by adding attacking cards. It's a bit of a free-for-all; cheating is explicitly permitted in the game.
Information about all of the games can be found on Pagat, Wikipedia, or Boardgamegeek.
Labels: card games, tichu
I'm a professional technical writer, user experience consultant, gamification consultant, blogger, and game designer born in the US and living in Israel.
I'm 50 years old, divorced with two grown children, and have been programming since I was 8 years old (starting on a PDP-11). A total geek.
I'm passionate about the Internet, especially its effect on culture and technology, as well as writing, ethics and manners, my family and children, my Judaism, and board games - not necessarily in that order. Actually, I'm passionate about many other things; you can read about most of these things on my blog.
My articles have appeared on major blogs around the world, been printed in various game, technical, and legal journals, and (apparently) hang on a few walls. My first published game was first published in several editions (newest called Frankenstein) and two apps, and a version called Candle Quest has a new theme. I also designed and ran several games or events for several thousand participants at game conventions and at various companies for which I have worked.
My online resumé is here. A more traditional resumé is also available upon request.
Yehuda mostly covers board games, but also contains my random thoughts on ethics, culture, philosophy, law, technology, politics, and lord knows what else. And a lot of movie reviews.
The blog contains too many subjects, actually, but when asked, my readers preferred it this way rather than having me split up the blog. Silly readers. Instead, use the labels to find just the topics you want. The blog has been pretty slow, lately, as I am working on a book.
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Love and Kudos For Kathy Sierra
Mere days after I post a Blogger Code of Ethics, Kathy Sierra posts about having to withdraw from a conference, and possibly blogging altogether, due to violent threats to her life, some with sexual overtones, from a few bloggers and commenters.
Kathy writes probably the best technical, inspirational blog in existence, Creating Passionate Users. I've been a passionate reader of hers ever since I knew it existed. Every post she writes is a treasure.
She never has a bad word to say about other people; she's not contentious or negative. Why she has been attacked with this type of vitriol is beyond me. Probably, there are simply a**holes who think that being negative, especially against good people, makes them cool.
Of the alleged attackers [Update: sorry, not attackers, but people responsible for and major contributors to the sites she named; the attacks were generally made anonymously], one has apologized. The rest are attacking again, claiming that she is besmirching them, and picking apart the words of a woman who is distraught and in fear for her life. Well done. Anyone remember what number that hits on the apology scale?
I see now that my ethics code is incomplete. I left out one thing that I thought was not necessary to address, but I guess it has to be said:
I will not attack, embarrass, humiliate, or make others fear for their safety. I will certainly not do so and then accuse my victims of being overly sensitive or needing to have thicker skin.
I will firstly do no harm. Beyond this, I will endeavor to create what is good and beneficial for society, rather than hurt it or waste its time.
Labels: blogging, ethics
In Defense of Hypocrisy
I don't defend punishing someone for something that you are also guilty of, but try to keep secret. I also don't defend lecturing about something that you don't really believe in.
What I defend is, in some situations, telling someone to do something that you don't. Without this type of hypocrisy, the world collapses.
Ideals are, by definition, hard to achieve. We progress not by making our goals so easy that no effort is required, but by setting goals that are obtainable only after a long series of trials and errors.
The fact is that even the best of people have trouble living up to ideals. This fact is not justification for discarding the ideals, even when the people who fail at them tell us to strive for them.
In fact, sometimes it is the very people who have failed who are the people we should listen to most. An addicted smoker whose lungs are collapsing can make a powerful argument not to begin smoking, or to quit while you can, even when he isn't able to do so.
The Lowest Common Denominator
We use every opportunity to not fulfill our ideals, and that includes finding any person who doesn't fulfill them as justification for us not to. We find one authority figure who has failed, and say "well, if it's good enough for him ..."
In this way we have perfected the art of sinking to the lowest common denominator of behavior. You'll notice that the argument never seems to work the other way. We don't point to an authority figure who lives up to the ideal and say "well, if he can do it ..." Not when it conflicts with something we want to do, anyway.
I believe that we need to stop using hypocrisy as an excuse for our own low moral standards and behavior. We should listen to people when they tell us something important, even if the person telling us is less than perfect.
We should stop being afraid of expressing ideals. If we wait until we are perfect before we speak, we will not speak at all. Don't let others use our own failures as an excuse. Two wrongs don't make it right.
Ideals do not suffer in the hands of man; man can only fail to live up to them. Man suffers when he runs from ideals, instead of to them.
Labels: ethics, philosophy
Linkety Link
I am helping a collector purchase a few Israeli games and have them shipped to UK. It's nice to be able to help out.
Bernie, this is for you: Dashka Slater on Salon complains about how people use "fun" to mean "important", and "important" to mean "fun".
Another story about religious themed games: Let there be fun. Generally about Christian themed games, a paragraph in the middle talks about Jewish themed games, which led me to find Passover games such as:
Exodus: The Game of Passover
Matzoh Ball Bingo
Passover Go Fish
Passover Pairs
Passover Overpass
Passover Slides and Ladders
Shmos
The Seder Board Game
None of which I really want to inflict on you.
84% of British parents want to play more board games with their kids, according to The Daily Record.
YourPropertyClub complains that the one lesson you learned from Monopoly - namely, tangible hands on money management - is now gone in the new credit card version.
Labels: board games, game news, gaming, Judaism, monopoly, passover
Wake Me If I Ever Get Dugg
I been Boing Boing'd, Engageted, Gizmodo'd, and Kos'd,
Volokh'd, Lifehacker'd, and Fugged,
I've even been huffed by the Huffington Post
So how come I've never been Dugg?
I been Overheard in New York in my time
Listed Apart and Treehugged,
'Stapundited, Googled, and on Powerline
But somehow I've never been Dugg
I been Lessig'd and Problogged, and once I was dooced
I'm a cartoon by Hugh Macleod
The NY Times called me the year's biggest news
Yet still I have never been Dugg
Techdirt thinks that I'm terribly hot
Cute Overload's featured my mug
I'm best friends with Scoble and Rubel and Scott
So when will I ever get Dugg?
Joystiq and Joel get their blog posts from me
Kotaku calls me its bud
Sierra and Malkin invite me for tea
You think that I might once get Dugg
I can't any longer hold back all these tears
I'm crawling back under my rug
I won't post again for another ten years
Labels: blogging, humor, personal, poems
Passover Game: Wordsearch
Created at Armored Penguin.
Don't forget to find all ten pieces of hametz and the afikomen.
r c h e p y a h a t z u t h h
u f c a m t s k z t e m a h a
y m e s z h a m e t z m p h e
z z r h l d e m z t e m a h e
f w a m e h a m e t z z h e e
a r b s l h d m z t e m a h s
a s h u l h a n o r e c h h p
p z n r a h g m e l i y a h u
t w t h h h g t e m h r z a c
t i c a r p a s w t o a t o d
n n s t m w h m z s z k r a i
h e i z t o m a e t a e i l g
p z t l h a f t i t c s n f g
t h a a r u e e a h z e o t a
h s l o n b b h u r f u m a m
m h r i f s t s c h r l k z m
afikomen barech beitza
carpas corech cups
eliyahu four haggada
hallel hametz haroset
hazeret kadesh maggid
maror matza motzi
nirtzah pesah rahzta
saltwater shulhanorech tzafun
urhatz wine yahatz
Labels: gaming, passover, puzzle
What's Today's Date? Look in the Supermarket
In America, supermarkets are colored black and orange before Halloween. Happy turkeys are led to the slaughter before Thanksgiving. And red and green banners mingle with snow and santas around, say, nine months before Christmas.
In Israel, we do it according to the Jewish holidays. Around one month before:
Passover: boxes of matza, matza meal, wines, kosher l'pesach this and that, such as cereals and cakes, and lots of dishes and silverware.
Lag Ba'omer: barbecues, coals, and tongs, and meats.
Shavuot: dairy products and cheesecakes.
Rosh Hashana: honey, honey cakes, wines, and apples, along with honey serving trays and nuts.
Sukkot: sukkah decorations.
Hanukkah: oil, potatoes, gold-foil covered coins, candles, and menorahs.
Tu B'shvat, nuts and dried fruit, loose an in gift baskets.
Purim: hametashen, noisemakers, candies and little bottles of wine for shaloch manot.
You can plan your diet around the Jewish holiday cycle:
Go shopping before Passover.
Drink wine and eat matza and vegetables on Passover.
Eat meat on Lag Ba'Omer.
Wait three weeks.
Drink milk on Shavuot.
Don't eat for a few months.
Eat honey and cakes on Rosh Hashana.
Beg some food from your neighbors on Sukkot.
Eat oils, donuts, and salty snacks on Hanukkah.
Eat fruits on Tu B'shvat.
Eat whatever is left on Purim. Drink the rest of the wine.
Wash the dishes(*) and sweep up the crumbs.
The funny thing about Passover foodstuffs in the supermarket is the mingling of old and new products. For many years, we were astonished that we could buy store-bought cookies at all. They were terrible, but they were cookies! For Passover!
These same cookies lasted for about fifty years. In the last twenty years or so, we began making progress with Passover baking, until today when we have a ridiculously large selection of incredibly good cakes and cookies for Passover.
But the old one, the ones our mothers and grandmothers bought, are still available, and still terrible. They continue to sell because of brand recognition.
Sounds like another industry I know.
In Israel we have a vast mixture of "kitniyot" and "non-kitniyot" products, which means stuff Ashkenazim don't eat, and stuff that everyone eats.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that there are vast levels of differences in levels of kitniyot, everything that anyone even suspects of being kitniyot to some group is simply labeled kitniyot. The assumption is that people are too dumb to understand the complexities, so better safe than sorry.
Unfortunately, they're right, and the vast majority of Ashkenazim swallow this (or don't swallow this) by refraining from buying anything labeled kitniyot, even if the ingredient only "became kitniyot" last year due to a phonetic misunderstanding.
For instance, until three years ago, the only cheap oil that Ashkenazim ate was cotton-seed oil or "shemen cotenet". In the last year or two, someone decided that "cotenet" sounds too much like "kitniyot", so it should be labeled kitniyot to avoid confusion. Now cotton seed oil is pretty disgusting, and no one uses it except Ashkenazim on Passover. As a result, you won't find any cotton-seed oil on shelves this year.
The same is true for derivatives of kitniyot, newly "discovered" kitniyot, and so forth. I researched the issue and decided to do hataras nedarim on the later kitniyot abuses, and so now only keep the original and major kitniyot laws. And the latter only for tradition and family's sake, since, as an Israeli, I could probably just declare myself bound by the custom of the state, which is not to observe kitniyot at all.
But consult your Rabbi or posek, please.
To add insult to injury, if keeping time by the supermarket wasn't bad enough, the radio station advertisements are here to help us out. For the month leading up to any holiday, especially Passover, the jingles are all bastardizations of popular melodies relating to that holiday.
"Who knows one? I know one! One is the best body wax service in the heaven and the Earth! Accepted by all major health clinics!"
Passover Game: A traditional Passover game is to hide ten pieces of bread around the house so that when you go searching your house to remove all hametz, you make sure to find these pieces of bread.
This is a dumb game, because if you fail, you end up having pieces of bread in your house over Passover. I suggest instead to simply hide ten pieces of paper that say "hametz" on them.
The State of Israel has its own blog and Myspace page. The Myspace page reads:
Jerusalem,
(*) Ah, just throw 'em out and buy new ones.
Labels: gaming, humor, israel, Judaism, news media, passover
First of all, I would like to apologize to the writer of most-expensive.net . He wrote a small post about the two most expensive chess sets that got Dugg about a zillion times, while my post about the top ten most expensive board games got Dugg only 6 times (now 9 times).
In a fit of frustration, bad manners, and probably envy, I called his site a "spam" site after a cursory glance at his post (it looked like a spam site to me), and then proceeded to wonder out loud on Digg as to why his post would get Dugg a zillion times and mine didn't.
My attack was inexcusable and rude. Most-expensive.net is not a spam site, and I'm very sorry for writing that. Furthermore, if I don't get Dugg, that's my problem, not his.
We'll start with a game of Scrabble I played earlier in the week with Rachel. I got the Z, Q, X, J, K, two S's, and both blanks, the last two at the same time. I'm assuming that you can guess the results of that game.
Let's move on to the game I played Friday night with both Rachel and Tal, my 14 year old. Tal is still a beginner to Scrabble, and thus she and I decided to play without points.
Rachel was aghast. I think her brain began to explode.
She kept wondering what the point of the game was if she didn't know if she was winning or not. She put down words and tried to taunt me that it wasn't her best word because it didn't matter, and then she was confused when that didn't seem to bother me. In case you couldn't figure this out, she's kind of competitive.
I was happy that my first word was HACKER.
Tal's Gang
Tal had a gang of friends over and they played Apples to Apples, and then followed it up with The Menorah Game. They all like the game wished that I wasn't changing the theme.
Rachel and I played as shabbat went out. We played with:
Assembly Line 1/1 - All your production buildings have additional circle.
Poorhouse 2/1 - +1 GP if you have 0 or 1 GP after building.
Small Fashion District 2/1 - +2 GP for trading indigo.
Small Warehouse 3/1 - Store all barrels of one good.
Irrigation 4/2 - +1 barrel of one good you produced.
Commodity Exporters 5/2 - +1 VP when shipping indigo or sugar.
Large Market 5/2 - +2 GP for trade.
Discretionary Hold 6/2 - 1. Store 3 barrels of any combination of goods. 2. Place 1 barrel on each full ship for +1 VP.
Factory 7/3 - +0/1/2/3/5 GP for producing 1/2/3/4/5 goods.
Large General Workhouse (2 circles) 8/3 - Produce any barrels with matching plantations.
Large Business 8/3 - 1. -1 GP cost for each building. 2. +1 VP if you ship, once per Captain phase.
Wharf 9/3 - Load once onto your own ship of infinite capacity.
Metalworkers 10/4 - +2 GP/quarry.
Reserves 10/4 - +2 VP/good on your board.
Fortress 10/4 - +1 VP/3 colonists.
City Hall 10/4 - +1 VP/indigo building.
Custom's House 10/4 - +1 VP/4 shipping points.
It was an unusual game in that every single building, with the exception of Large Business, Wharf, Coffee Roaster, and Metalworkers was bought. Yes, including all of the 4 to 6 cost buildings. I think I finally have some good replacements for Office.
JSGC Games Day is being planned for Wed, April 4. Come one come all.
Labels: apples to apples, board games, gaming, personal, puerto rico, scrabble, variants
Two Hippos
Originally from a Paul Crum cartoon:
Two hippos are standing around in a swamp. One looks around confused. Finally, he says: "I keep thinking it's Tuesday."
Peter Roizen writes to suggest Wildwords to me, after I ragged on Scrabble.
Another reader is looking for a "Jewish themed RPG". Any suggestions?
See you on the other side of shabbat ...
The Goat Game, helping women build better relationships. Among other things, you can learn "flirting without coming on like a tease".
Labels: board games, game news, gaming, humor, scrabble
My Top Ten Board Games
My top 10 board games will not be your top 10 board games, and that's how it should be.
In my limited experience, no person has the exact same likes and dislikes as any other person. Likely this is due to a complicated inter-tangling of nature and nurture.
If you are interested in learning about good games, and you have no game history or only experience with "the classics", check out my Gift Guide for some good introductory games.
If you are looking for the best party games, best war games, best video games, best group activities, or any other such list, this isn't it. Try the Geeklists on Board Game Geek (for all but the video games).
Lastly, I excluded card games from this list; likely I will follow up with a post for those soon enough.
10 - Santiago (2003)
There are complex games with complex rules, and simple games with simple rules. Rarely do you find a complex game with simple rules.
Sometimes the rules of a game seem so beautiful they appear to have been discovered, rather than created. Such is the case with Claudia Hely and Roman Pelek's Santiago.
Tiles are flipped. You bid on them and place them. You bid on where the water goes. The unwatered ones dry up. At the end of the game, you score based on the number of workers you have on each area times the size of the area. A few other details, and that's it.
It just an elegant game. Every times I play it, I find myself saying that during the second or third round again. I've never had a bad experience with it.
Its only drawback is that some people feel the need to calculate and re-calculate each move, which can slow the game down.
09 - Princes of Florence (2000)
This game is much better than it has any right to be.
Designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, this is one of the quietest game experiences. Only seven rounds long, each player has only fourteen actions to choose for the entire game. Your success depends on using each action to its utmost efficiency.
In this game you play princes attempting to develop useful and pastoral areas in your municipality in order to attract scientists and artists to produce works. The better your success, the better the works are produced, earning you prestige. Some of this prestige you will need to trade for much needed cash, while the rest will apply to your final score.
Often as not, you will be hitting yourself on the head in round 5 for something you did in round 2 The only consolation you will have is that others may have done the same thing.
I honestly can't explain why it works so well, but it does.
The game works magnificently with 4 or 5 players, but with 5 players you need to remove the last Profession card and make it available only for recruiting, in order to ensure balance. With three players, you need to change the auctions slightly to maintain the tension experienced in the 4 and 5 player game.
08 - Anagrams (1800s)
Scrabble is a great game; it almost made this list.
However, Scrabble has a few serious drawbacks. Firstly, its rather rigid game play can be dull. Second, like Chess, the game has been taken over from a thinking man's game to a memorizing man's game. It's no fun to lose to someone who knows more two-letter words than you do.
(Third, it is long overdue for a reworking. Once upon a time when it was difficult to place the Q and Z, 10 points for them made sense. Nowadays, when they can be used to form two-letter words (QI and ZA), their high values no longer make sense.)
A game that I love much more is Anagrams. Anagrams also require a large vocabulary, but it more rewards fast and creative thinking and patter recognition.
In Anagrams, tiles are flipped over one by one. As soon as you see a three-letter word or more, you call it out and gain the tiles. Also, if you can combine any words or letter with words by rearranging the letters, you can call out the new word and steal other player's words.
The game is quick and challenging. You can play it with a box of Scrabble pieces. And it makes you a better Scrabble player, too.
07 - El Grande (1995)
Another entry by the great Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, this is the definitive thematic area-control game.
Set in medieval Spain, you are grandes trying to use your cabilleros to curry favor with the king. You place your caballeros in the various areas around Spain or in the castillo. Points are awarded for the top three positions in each area after every three rounds.
El Grande is packed with brilliant mechanisms: the trackable but hidden scoring of the castillo, the movement of the king determining when you can place your caballeros, the trade-off between higher and lower power cards and higher and lower action cards, and the way fortunes all around can swing by simply moving a single caballero from one location to another.
The chaos of the last mechanism makes the game more of a tactical game than a long-term planning game, but the game is not wholly devoid of strategy, the main one being whether to concentrate on a few high valued areas or go for second place in a greater number of areas.
The rules are easy, and the game is a lot of fun.
The game works best with four or five players. With three it has less tension. The game can take a bit too long with some players. You may want to cut out a round or two in this case. And lastly, while players can plan around most of the randomness, just occasionally bad luck with a flipped action card can ruin your well made plans.
06 - Tigris and Euphrates (1997)
Reiner Knizia, possibly unheard of outside the gaming community, is the game community's mega-star.
Many of his games are light card games with dirt simple mechanics and very quick game play. Occasionally, however, he makes a medium weight board game.
Tigris and Euphrates (T&E) is Reiner's masterpiece medium weight board game. While some complain that it's light on theme, the theme actually fits nicely with the grand scale abstract nature of the mechanics.
In T&E, players play civilizations as they rise and fall in ancient Mesopotamia, vying for a stake in four spheres of control in ever-expanding, merging, and revolting kingdoms. Conflicts are political in nature. Rewards are given for each turns activity; your kingdom's size and position determines your stability, not your score. And you must score in all four regions equally to gain points, as your ultimate score is determined by whatever you have gained least.
The rules are not that complicated, but the implications of each play are often mind-reeling. A bit of luck adds spice to each round's activity.
The game has essentially two drawbacks. First, while you can work around bad luck draws, sometimes they really do a bit of damage. And second, a few poorly chosen conflicts initiated by one player can hand the game to another player despite all of your hard work.
05 - Pente (1978)
Pente is a simple abstract game very much derived from a whole genre of games played for thousands of years in the East. It was invented by Gary Gabrel.
In Pente, you simply have to get 5 stones in a row. However, you can also capture a pair of two stones in a row by placing your stones on either ends of these two stones. You also win if you make 5 such captures.
This is an intense and generally very quick game. While the first player appears to have somewhat of an advantage, I haven't seen this translated into any easy victories excepting when the second player makes some basic mistakes.
More often, it is a cat and mouse game of "sente", trying to gain control and force a winning position.
A more difficult version of the game, which I haven't yet played, is called "Keryo Pente", which allows capturing either two or three stones in a row, and requires you to either get five in a row or capture a total of fifteen stones.
What I love about it most is that I can challenge master Go players and beat them on the very same board they can destroy me in Go.
04 - Age of Steam (2002)
Train games are their own genre of games, and have a long history.
There's something pleasing about seeing a once naked board slowly and surely covered by a connecting series of rails and trains. And, whether the payoff is based on cities connected, efficient routes, or transport of goods, you know when you're done that you've accomplished something grand.
There are many trains games too light for me, and many too dull or too long for me. Created by Martin Wallace, Age of Steam is vicious and engrossing, combining not only track efficiency and good transportation, but clever role selection and money management. It all combines to make an intense enjoyable game, which feels shorter than its three hour length.
To be honest, Age of Steam isn't the perfect game. It has a strange leader balancing method which doesn't balance very much. And the randomness of where goods get produced can be a bit of a pain.
I've never played Union Pacific or any of the 18xx series. I enjoyed my own train game that I created to play on the Settlers of Catan board as much as Age of Steam. I suspect that I'm still waiting for the perfect train game.
More information about Age of Steam can be found here.
03 - Cosmic Encounter (1977)
Designed by Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge, and Bill Eberle, many people consider this the grand-daddy of the modern board game movement and for good reason.
Possibly fifteen years before its time, Cosmic is a wild and fun game of diplomacy that is never the same twice. Not simply because alliances and battles rise and fall. But because each player plays with a random alien power that can break the rules of the game.
Not content with the chaos that causes, Cosmic provides dozens of types of special cards, cards that balance or complement the powers, the ability to play with multiple powers, an optional monetary system, and so on and so on.
The best you can hope for on any turn is for all the hidden cards and effects to somehow balance each other, so that when the dust settles, you may end up winning. But for all that, unlike games where looniness is the sole ingredient, the combination of strategy, diplomacy, and tactics will usually win the day.
Cosmic is one of the few games where joint wins are common; in fact, sometimes everyone wins!
Richard Garfield cites Cosmic as on of his sources of design inspiration for the card game Magic: the Gathering. My mantra is that all games are better the closer they are to Cosmic Encounter.
Cosmic has been produced by several publishers; the best versions of the game have 75 or more powers, support up to six players, and include the "Flare" cards - the EON and Mayfair versions. Unfortunately, you have to pay a pretty penny for these out of print versions on eBay.
More information about Cosmic Encounter can be found here.
02 - Puerto Rico (2002)
Puerto Rico is the number one game on Board Game Geek, the Internet Board Game list, and dozens of other sites, and has been since its release in 2002. Why? It's brilliant role mechanism system combined with limited buildings.
Unlike traditional games, where each player takes a turn and play then passes to the next player, or war games, where each element of the turn is executed in rigid order in turn by each player, Puerto Rico combines these in an unusual way.
One player picks any action he or she wants, and all players do this action. The next player picks any of the remaining actions and all payers do that action. And so on until all players have picked an action. Then the actions are returned and the first choice of actions passes to the left.
The result is a game where the steps of each turn are executed out of order each turn. Each step is beneficial, but the timing determines if the step is slightly more beneficial to one player than another.
Combining with the above mechanic are the limited buildings. Each building provides a limited bonus during a certain step. As the game goes on, each player is getting better or worse bonuses for the chosen steps.
The whole thing combines to make an extremely intricate and wide tactical space using very few actual mechanics. There's just a hint of randomness as the game goes on (the available plantations to develop), which just proves that a little randomness can have far-reaching long-term effects.
I've played it more than a thousand times, and every game is still a joy.
Puerto Rico was designed by Andreas Seyfarth.
01 - Go (-2000)
It's difficult to even know how to describe Go, which is so much more than a simple game.
At its most basic, you place pieces on the board trying to surround your opponent, or more territory than your opponent. That's it.
But on a sufficiently sized board, the game's one type of action, but hundreds of options, make for the deepest game known to man. Every level of experience you gain in the game reveals an entirely new game. First it's patterns, then it's strategies, then it's potentials, then it's I don't know what, because I'm nowhere near a high level, yet.
Go is one of the most ancient games, and is considered one of the four arts of the Chinese gentleman, along with calligraphy, painting, and playing the guqin. It hasn't lasted for 4000 years for nothing.
Entire TV channels are devoted to the game. Professional Go players are like American professional sports players. Many people actually consider the game itself, or its origin, to be divine.
As a game, it requires few components (though many people like to play on expensive and beautiful board) and has a built-in handicap system which make a game enjoyable between any two players, regardless of their experience level. And games can be fairly quick or deep and long, as you like.
Go's only drawback is that it is only a two player game.
Other Great Games
Chess and Scrabble would have made the list, except for the reasons I mentioned above. They tend now to be games of memory rather than creativity. XiangQi, or Chinese Chess, might indeed make the list, except that I haven't yet played it. Another classic which almost made the list is Boggle.
The two games Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne are both excellent games. If you haven't yet played them, go play them now!
But having played Settlers of Catan more than a thousand times, I find that I can now play it on automatic; it's still fun because of the trading. Carcassonne, while I haven't played it as much, and Settlers, too, are just a bit too much luck-dependent for me. I may change my mind about Carcassonne after playing some of the newer variants.
If it weren't my own game, I would add The Menorah Game, or It's Alive as it will be called when it's published, to the list. It's my favorite light auction game, beating out Knizia's three big auction titles Modern Art, Hollywood Blockbuster, and Ra.
Two other great games that I considered were Dvonn, the best game of the Gipf series of modern abstract games, and Tikal, an action point exploration game by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. Tikal is a beautiful and fun game, but doesn't quite captivate me the way the ones I listed do.
Other Games, Not So Great
You might be wondering what happened to some of your favorite games, such as Stratego, Clue, Monopoly, Othello, or Trivial Pursuit.
While these were good, or even great, games for their times, they simply don't hold up to the games I've listed, at least not for me. I'm sure there are people who love these games even after playing the newer games, but I kind of grew out of them.
By the time I was 8, I was already playing Stratego with a random setup because it was no longer interesting doing the setup myself. The game just didn't have enough depth.
Clue was the same. We played without using the crib sheets, and both my brother and I still always solved the game at the same time. As a result, the winner was whoever could roll his way to the room fast enough.
I never really liked Monopoly. Too much of the game is just doing what the board or the dice tell you to do.
Othello is a nice game, and I think it would probably be a great game on a much bigger board. I haven't had the opportunity to try this, yet.
And Trivial Pursuit kind of ends once the cards do. It's fun for a party game.
Labels: board games, gaming
Session Report Up, in which we play Blue Moon City
The latest Jerusalem Strategy Gaming Club session report is up here. Games played: Geschenkt, Blue Moon City, Dvonn, Tigris and Euphrates, Lord of the Rings: the Confrontation, Tichu, Chess, Zendo, Bridge, The Menorah Game, Go, Checkers.
We play Blue Moon City for the first time and say goodbye to David Barren.
Gameology reviews a video game with explicitly defined ethical goals.
Raph points us to a video game with explicitly defined artistic goals.
Table Top Land points to "collectible trading cards" in tea packets.
Network Performance Daily equates boundaries with creativity, using Dungeons and Dragons as an example. This is kind of a triple-play for me, because it reminds me of the way people describe the great amount of religious rules in Judaism as liberating, too.
An article from a TV segment about how playing games may make your brain stronger (as opposed to TV segments).
In Toronto, play Scrabble with the Stars, to benefit the Performing Arts Lodge.
First Arab Women's Chess Championship is happening in Tunisia, while Malaysia is going for the national record with its largest Chess tournament.
Labels: board games, chess, computer games, game group, game industry, game news, games played, gaming
When the Words "You Can Do It" Really Work
On the surface, "You can do it" sounds like simple words of encouragement. But they are so much more than that. If I really know that you can do it, I inform you that yes, indeed, everything you need to accomplish the task is within your grasp. I affirm that the problem is solvable, and that all the tools that you need have been given.
I try to use this with my kids whenever possible.
The Fear of Futility
Your inability to start a task may be more due to not knowing that the task is possible than from the amount of effort it will take or that you might fail.
If I know that a task is possible, my telling you "You can do it" is conveying information. It says that if you try, you will succeed - or at least, you will succeed if you think a little, try a little, and don't give up too easily.
That is usually enough information for my kids to try.
When Success is Unknown
Of course, in life you can't always know for certain that something you are about to try is or is not possible. But the lesson of "You can do it" still lingers.
You remember that there were tasks that you didn't know you could do, and I told you with knowledge that you could. Now, when you are faced with a situation and no one is telling you that you can do it, you may realize that just because you don't know if you can, doesn't mean that you can't.
No, not everything can be done. Sometimes no one will know if you really can do it, or not. Just don't let your uncertainty that it might not be possible stop you from trying. Most of the time, you can do it.
Labels: personal, philosophy
Passover Game: Jeopardy
Actually, my wife does this one, not only for Passover but for every other holiday, too. This game will make a lot more sense if you've ever seen the television game show Jeopardy!.
One large bristol board, 20 to 30 index cards, tape that's not too sticky, and a marker.
Think up 4 or 5 categories of questions about Passover, and 5 or 6 questions in each category (examples below).
In the illustration, I picked 5 categories and 5 questions in each category. For these choices, you will need 25 index cards. Use 5 index cards for each category, numbered 100 to 500. These hide the "answers" on the board and also represent the points earned for providing the "question" to the answer.
Divide the bristol board into 6 rows, by 5 columns. In the top row of each column, write the name of the category. In the remaining rows, write the "answers" to the questions so that the answer fits under the index card. Lightly tape the index cards over the answers, ordered from top to bottom 100 to 500.
Use the illustration as a guide.
Place the board so that all participants can see it and divide the participants into two or three groups.
Taking turns, each group chooses a category and difficulty (the higher the number of points, the more difficult the question).
The "answer" is written on the board. The group must ask the correct question for that answer to win th points. If they cannot answer, if they ask the wrong question, or if they say the answer instead of phrasing it as a question, the next group gets to go. If they ask the correct question, they get to go again. You may want to alternate groups anyway, if one group answers too many questions.
The game ends when all answers have been revealed. The group with the highest total is the winner, of course.
Finding the right "answers" that lead to the right questions is crucial. You can't just use "42" as an answer, since that is the answer to a lot of questions. You have to phrase the answer so that there can be only one correct question. For instance, the answer "the number you get when you multiply 6 times 7" has only one correct question, "What is 42?" or slight variations thereof.
Second in importance is ordering the questions from easiest to hardest, so that a 500 points is really worth more than a 100 point question. The exact level of difficulty depends greatly on your group of players.
Here are some example answers and questions:
Answer: The number of male Israelite between then ages of 20 and 60 that left Egypt
Question: What is 600,000?
Answer: The number of years of slavery, counting from the birth of Isaac
Question: What is 430?
Answer: The actual number of years of slavery
Answer: The number of children born to each Jewish woman, according to Rashi
Question: What is 6?
Answer: The number of children that Amram and Jocheved had who are mentioned in the bible
Answer: The number of plagues in Egypt
Question: What is 10?
Category: Dates
Answer: The date of the Exodus
Question: What is the 15th of Nissan?
Answer: The date that Moshe was born and died
Question: What is the 7th of Adar?
Answer: The date that Isaac was born
Answer: The date of "Second Passover"
Question: What is the 15th of Iyar?
Answer: The date of the last day of Passover in the diaspora
Question: What is the 22nd of Nissan?
Answer: The first high-priest of Israel
Question: Who was Aaron?
Answer: She drew Moshe out of the water
Question: Who was Pharoh's daughter Batya?
Answer: Moshe tried to stop these two men from fighting
Question: Who were Datham and Aviram?
Answer: This is the name of Moshe's son
Question: Who was Gershon?
Answer: This person jumped into the Red Sea and then it split
Question: Who was Nachson Ben Aminadav?
Category: Places
Answer: The Jews built these two cities
Question: What are Pitom and Ramses?
Answer: This is where Joseph's bones were buried
Question: What is the bottom of the Nile river?
Answer: The Jews camped here while waiting to cross the Red Sea
Question: Where was Pihahiroth?
Answer: The Jews lived primarily in this region of Egypt
Question: Where was Goshen?
Answer: The Jews first complained about not having enough water here
Question: Where was Marah?
Category: Items
Answer: Moshe and Aaron both carries one of these
Question: What is a staff?
Answer: Pharoh responded to Moshe's first request to let the Jews go by no longer providing the Jews with this
Question: What is straw?
Answer: It's ingredients are often apples, dates, nuts, and wine
Question: What is haroset?
Answer: These are the two ingredients in matzoh
Question: What is flour and water?
Answer: The Jews had to wipe this on their door-posts on the night before the Exodus
Question: What is the blood of a lamb?
And so on. Make some more questions, and order them according to the level of difficulty they will present to your group.
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The Lamb, the Throne, and the Desert: Introduction
The Lamb, the Throne and the Desert: I. Jesus, the Origin of God’s Creation
The Lamb, the Throne, and the Desert: II. Falling; III. Rebellion, Restoration, and the Battle of the Ages; IV. The Man Who Walks with God
The Lamb, the Throne, and the Desert: V. Abraham, life as sacrifice, and the call to another country
The Lamb, the Throne, and the Desert: VI. Guardians of the Promise; VII. The Name and the Lamb; VIII. The Sinai Covenant
Who May Speak?
Lest the Stones Cry Out
The Grace of the King is the Destruction of the Accuser
The City of God, The City of the World and the Great Deception
The Alien’s Haggadah
Zionism and the Messiah, by D.M. Panton
The Change of the Times and the Laws
The Non-Christian and Anti-cosmic Roots of Amillennialism, by Sam A. Smith
Faithful in Battle
The Temple, The Mosque, the Vatican and Building 7
To Him Alone
On the Other Side of the Mass for Christ
The Problem of Ecumenism: All Gods are not One
Dominionism and Islam
Creation in the Image of God
Introduction to “A Reading of Revelation, the Disclosure from Yeshua Messiah”
Boiling Frogs and the Return of the King
A Reading of Revelation, the Disclosure from Yeshua Messiah
Jerusalem Graffiti
~ The person & politics of Yeshua my king
The identity of the God who knows me
Posted by jerusalemgraffiti in Abrahamic promises, amillennialism, Dominionism, ecumenism, Islam, The Israel of God, Uncategorized
Dominionism, Ecumenism, The Identity of God, the Israel of God
The Angel of Yahveh found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she answered.
Then the Angel of Yahveh told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The Angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
The Angel of Yahveh also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for Yahveh has heard of your misery. He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
She gave this name to Yahveh who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.”[1]
Aristotle held that at the center of all things there is a God, that he is the Prime Mover and First Great Cause of all things. His God, in order to be God, had to be perfect in all ways. It could not “do” things which would cause it to abandon its perfection. Nor could it contemplate things lesser than itself, as that would demean the god and would be a rebuke of its godly perfection. For Aristotle there was nothing higher than mind, therefore he concluded that God can only be Mind Thinking Itself. How does such a God set the world in motion? According to Aristotle its motive force is its pure and unassailable perfection: the universe turns in adoration of the divine perfection.
Aristotle’s God evoked a perfection of form, particularly in the realm of the heavenly bodies. There was an enduring prejudice in the ancient world that the motion of the planets must be, by definition, circular, not elliptical, as the planets are in the heavens and belong to the divine. [The circle is perfect motion around a center at rest. The finite displacement of the center in the ellipse implies unrest and finitude, not characteristics of perfection.]
Aristotle’s God also claimed a perfection of content, as it contemplated only that which is highest, which is Mind, which is Itself. To contemplate what is other than itself would violate its perfection, and to act on behalf of what is other than itself would be a supreme self-sacrifice. Aristotle could not have contemplated the possibility of a God that would sacrifice itself on behalf of what is other than itself, as, for instance, in an extraordinary act of love. A purely rational God can act only according to what is necessary, and love is not an expression of necessity. Love is a free gift, an expression of something beyond necessity. Love is something which comes from a free person, from a consciousness which is able to choose to act in a fashion which is a sacrifice of self. Such an act would have deconstituted Aristotle’s god.
Akin to Aristotle there have been many philosophies in recent centuries falling under the heading of Deism. These theories also consider God to be a depersonalized Power or Force. They may expect that their God is responsible for Creation, but, in their view, this God is disinterested, aloof from history. For some, this God is like the clockmaker who assembles a mechanism, winds it up, and lets it go. Such a God has no reason to make a special revelation of itself to an individual man or woman. Deism takes no part in “revealed religion.” Deists do not look to any of the Scriptures which portray God as intervening in human history or communing with specific individuals. The Deist wants a cosmology in which all truth is accessible purely through reason.
The American founding fathers are often labeled Deists, but they were mostly Unitarians, a religion which in the 18th century still envisioned a God who is active in history, who is the source of Providence, and who is also a provider of justice and the hope of an afterlife. Coming out of the Age of Reason they wanted God to be God [to have a will and to be capable of independent action], but they wanted him to be rational. They felt that the human soul was not fallen but neutral, neither good nor bad, therefore free to act and due to be judged by its deeds. Consequently, they were happy to see Christ simply as a moral teacher, not as their Redeemer. Theologically they were not so far from Islam.
Whether it be Aristotle or the Unitarian or the Muslim, it is not so difficult to imagine that the aloof God is the cause of an order in the universe which is both beautiful and moral. Therefore their God can be a force for justice in the world, so that ultimately the sheep and the goats will be separated and history will be worthwhile. But it is not easy for these philosophers to imagine the aloof and rational God entering into history in specific acts where God conducts himself as an individual person, where his will and consciousness intersect with the will and consciousness of specific individual human beings. Nor can they fathom such a thing as the incarnation of infinite God in the finite body and self-directed will of a human person.
YHVH is the four letter equivalent of the Hebrew tetragrammaton יהוה. This name of God is variously pronounced Yahveh or Yahweh. In the Hebrew Scriptures it is this God who revealed himself to Abraham and to Hagar. He is more complex than all other gods.
No one has seen the God of Abraham face to face, yet he penetrates into human history. He is above all things, yet he is active within space and time. He has configured history to make possible the knowledge of himself in individual experience. He is infinite yet makes himself known through the being and finite activity of the Logos.
The Logos translates casually as the “Word.” However, its root significance in Greek is as “the fountain of all order and ratio in the world.” It is a massive word with a meaning close to that of the “Tao.” In the Chinese New Testament, the Logos is translated as the Tao.
John identifies Yeshua as the incarnation of the Logos and tells us clearly that in the beginning the Logos created the world. The book of John opens with this analysis:
In the beginning was the Logos [the Tao], and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men…
The Logos became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth…. No one has ever seen God, but the One and Only Son of God who is at the Father’s side has made him known.” John 1.1-4,14,18
The God of Israel has revealed himself in past times through his prophets but in this time through his Son. So says the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews, and he continues by saying,
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.” Hebrews 1.3
From the earliest days of the history of Israel, Yahveh entered into space time and, in the figure of the Angel of Yahveh, appeared to Abraham, to Hagar, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Moses, and to many others. The purpose of the shema, asserting, “Hear O Israel, Yahveh our God, Yahveh is One,” is not to reduce Yahveh to a simple monad but to affirm that he who both enters the world and is above all worlds is yet One. The very name YHVH is an assertion that the actions of God are not an aberration from his character but are the exact expression of his character.
The God of Israel first revealed his eternal name to Moses. When God spoke to Moses on Mount Horeb and told him that he was to return to Egypt and lead his people out of slavery, Moses asked God to reveal his name. Moses saw that he was not in the presence of an aloof prime mover: he was in the presence of an in-historical God, a divine Person who entered into human history on the grounds of his own creative desire. God then spoke his name to Moses, “Ehyeh asher ehyeh.” “I am and shall be that which I am.”
And God [Elohim] said unto Moses, “Ehyeh asher ehyeh”; and he said, “Thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, ‘EHYEH has sent me unto you.’” And God said moreover unto Moses: “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: “YHVH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you; this is my name forever and this is my memorial unto all generations. Go and gather together the elders of Israel, and say unto them: YHVH, the God of your fathers, has appeared unto me….”
EHYEH is the first person expression which God says of himself. The phrase, “Ehyeh asher ehyeh,” translates as “I am [now and on into the future] that which I am.” “YHVH” is the third person expression, which is ours to speak: “He is and shall be that which he is.” Therefore it is understood that in saying the name YHVH we are saying, “He is, now and forevermore, that which he is.” Or, more specifically, “He is and ever shall be [in his actions] that which he is [in his essential being.]”
By this name Yahveh affirms the eternity of his essential being and affirms that all his deeds are consistent with his essential being … even as he enters history through the finite actions of Yeshua the incarnation of the Logos and our eternal king. This meaning of the name YHVH was carried forward when Christ said to the Pharisees, “Before Abraham was, I AM,” and was echoed by John in the book of Revelation when he wrote,
“Grace be to you and peace from he who is, who was, and who is to come.” Rev. 1.4
In Yeshua the Logos became flesh and made his dwelling among us. In Yeshua Yahveh became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
The being of Yeshua reveals the being of the Father. In Yeshua it is seen that Yahveh is a free agent who acts rationally and justly and is also free to reach out to his creation in irrational acts of love. Throughout the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures Yahveh enters history on behalf of his people, healing and instructing those who seek the knowledge of him. Through Yeshua he has established the grounds upon which the wounds of human rebellion are healed. In the letter to the Colossians Paul wrote,
“He [Yeshua] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together…For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”[2]
There is another vision of the world, a vision which claims its origins in the 7th century A.D. as a “new and final revelation” of God to men, ostensibly through Muhammad, a man who considered himself a prophet. Muhammad claimed to receive revelations from the supreme God through the angel Gabriel. He called the supreme God by the name Allah, a name which had historically been attached to the chief god of a polytheistic godhead worshiped at the Qa’aba in Mecca. Companions of Muhammad wrote down the revelations, and these records were compiled shortly after his death to become the Quran. Muhammad claimed that Allah is the God of Abraham and Moses, and that they were, like himself, prophets of Allah.
However, the followers of Allah do not recognize YHVH as a name of God, nor do they recognize the role of Israel in bringing into the world the ground of human redemption through Yeshua. Abraham and Moses both saw the coming of a Messiah out of Israel. The followers of Allah do not recognize either the divinity of Yeshua or the critical role of his sacrifice on the cross, since they believe that the unity of Allah is a unity of form, and that the purity of Allah is partly a function of his abstinence from the mundane. This does not allow, by their thinking, either the existence of the Logos or that it be made flesh. The Dome of the Rock, on the Temple Mount, is covered with slogans declaring that Allah can have no Son.
Muslims claim that the revelations to Muhammad supersede the revelations of Yeshua. This would seem to be an oblique claim that Yeshua was either ignorant or not telling the truth, since Yeshua clearly presented himself as uniquely begotten of God, as the very presence and agency of God on earth, and made it clear that he had come with the express purpose of going to the cross to redeem mankind from the curse of death. The actual claim of Muslims is that all the texts of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures have been corrupted.
Muslims, followers of Allah and Muhammad, believe that suspended between two poles, a good life and adherence to the Five Pillars of Islam,[3] hangs the hope [not the guarantee] that they will spend eternity in Paradise. [There is no evidence that they intend to share in the promise to Abraham, the ancient promise that the people of God will live in the land of promise under the rule of Yeshua the Messiah of Israel.]
In this way Islam is much like Catholicism. Catholics are amillennialists. Amillennialists do not look for Christ to return and rule [for a millennium] in a brick and mortar rule on earth. Amillenialists like John Calvin thought it would be “beneath” God to have a kingdom on earth, therefore beneath God to fulfill literally his promises to Abraham.
Catholics also believe that salvation is a treasure suspended between two poles, the deeds of a good life and adherence to the Sacraments[4] of the Catholic institution. In Islam and in Catholicism, decisive power over individual access to Paradise lies in the hands of the institution.
We see easily that as the perception of God changes, so is altered every possibility of the nature of the encounter between man and God, the most radical variant introducing itself when one abandons the gods which originate in the imagination and seeks the God who truly knows our face.
Entry into the kingdom of Yeshua is not governed by any religious institution or cultural structure. The individual person comes to Yeshua in absolute independence and stands alone before God. The one who seeks Yahveh is called to kneel and recognize the sovereignty of Yahveh and acknowledge that Yeshua is Lord, king upon the eternal and heavenly throne. Implicit in coming before the heavenly throne is the recognition of the Messiah’s work at the cross and our own need of redemption. A price had to be paid for human rebellion and Yeshua paid that price. Even more, a way had to be made for the transformation of our rebellious nature into a spiritual nature capable of fealty to the person and expectations of a spiritual and holy God.
In Yeshua, Yahveh calls mankind to himself, calls us to a spiritual birth, without which we remain mere observers. Yahveh is not looking for observers. He is looking for participants, subjects of the realm, warriors ready to stand for the truth, ready to own the light in a world of darkness. The “belief” which Christians bandy about is far more than a credo. It is meant to be total immersion and surrender to the Sovereignty of Yeshua.
Many claim to find satisfaction far short of the all-consuming call of Yahveh. There are certainly those who have convinced themselves that worlds can orbit in perfect motion and eyes can see and tongues can sing, all without the hand of any Creator, men born with no purpose but to perpetuate their species. But, these aside, most men have felt the world to be unintelligible without the presence of God, and have found it unlivable without the hope of making appeal to God.
The motive to come into the presence of God is strong and amply recorded throughout our history. We know that the knowledge of God is often limited by the prevalent religious dogmas of the culture into which we are born. But we seek God, not to satisfy the demands of culture, but to satisfy the demands of the heart. Therefore the person who truly seeks to be known by God will reach beyond the pleasantries of common dogma and will search to know if there is or is not a God who sees and hears and answers the call of the heart.
Some are certainly more than satisfied by Aristotle’s God. The appeal of a distant God is that there is no place for divine judgment upon mankind, nor is there reason to think that man is fallen. We obviously are not considered to be made “in the image” of such a mechanistic God. We may imagine that our ancestors started as specks in the primeval slime. Therefore whatever we are at this moment can only be considered as an amazing accomplishment. There is no room for judgment nor is there any divine being capable of inspecting or judging us. Nor does this god require fealty of any kind. This god demands nothing, therefore leaving man autonomous, owner of complete liberty.
Allah, the God of Islam, does not challenge the integrity of man in his natural state. Allah does not see man as fallen and in need of redemption. He only expects a man to do his best and to observe the Five Pillars of Islam. Therefore Allah asks fealty but does not challenge man to recognize a need for spiritual transformation.
Islamic-world.net has a very informative article on Khilafah [the caliphate or vicegerency of man on earth], in which it states:
“Islam does not contribute to any theory of the ‘fall of Adam’ symbolizing the fall of man. There was no ‘fall’ at all in that sense. Man was created for the purpose of acting as vicegerent on the earth and he came to the world to fulfill this mission. It represents the rise of man to a new assignment, his tryst with destiny, and not a fall. According to the Quran, ‘Satan caused them both to deflect therefrom.’ Both were held responsible for the act, both repented their transgression, and both were forgiven. They entered the world without any stigma of original sin on their soul. Human nature is pure and good. Man has been created in the best of all forms….Man has not been totally protected against error. This would involve negation of the freedom of choice. He may commit errors; his redemption lies in his realization of those errors, in seeking repentance and in turning back to the Right Path.”
In the Hebrew Scriptures, to which Islam refers [while claiming that they have been corrupted], there is no record that Adam or Eve ever repented of their rebellion. Even if they did repent and were forgiven, there is a question of justice yet to be resolved. Is simple repentance adequate to restore the rebel to the good grace of a holy God? Is there no punishment for sin? If not, then let sin begin, that repentance and grace may flow more freely? Does not the God who created mankind with the greatest expectations — that we should live and act after the manner of God himself — is he not justified in demanding that, in the face of such rebellion, his continued devotion to the prospects of man on earth must be justified by some cover, some antidote to the seed of unbridled liberty now planted in his creation? Does not the sacrifice of Yeshua on the cross reveal to us the gravity of God’s law and the depth of his expectations in us? Does he not amplify his holiness and the honor of his expectations by sending his unique Messiah into the world to bring to mankind the possibility of spiritual transformation?
It is apparent that for Islam man does not need transformation so much as he needs simple upkeep. Islam does not have absolute laws. Its morality is greatly situational. There are many situations in which the Muslim is allowed to deceive or even kill if it is for the sake of the advancement of Islam. In this they are very much like the Jesuits who are free to act outside divine law if it is for the sake of the welfare of the Papacy.
It also appears that the righteous life of the Muslim individual is dependent on the context of an Islamic social structure within which he is able to pray regularly, tithe, etc., i.e. a society to which his good deeds have meaning. Furthermore, the Muslim’s divine mission of vicegerency calls him to establish the rule of Allah over the earth, by force if necessary. This subject is expanded in the above-quoted article:
“The Khilafa [vicegerency] is a common leadership for all the Muslims in the world. Its role is to establish the laws of the Islamic Shariah and to carry the Dawa of Islam to the world. The pathetic situation of the Muslims today, due to the absence of a Khilafa, is proof of the saying of the Prophet: ‘Islam and government are twin brothers. Neither of the two can be perfect without the other. Islam is like a great structure and government is its guardian. A building without a foundation crashes down and without a guardian is pilfered and robbed out.’ The state of the Muslims today cannot be helped unless we work to implement in entirety the systems of Islam. Only then can the justice of Allah the Exalted be brought to bear on earth.”
Then the one who seeks God in the name of Allah does not necessarily come in repentance or in search of rescue from a fallen nature. Islam allows that human nature is undamaged. What is required is a good life and simple fealty to the five pillars of Islam. 1.] to recite the Shahada, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” 2.] regular prayer five times per day 3.] to tithe 4.] to fast during Ramadan 5.] to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Is the petitioner then known by Allah? It may be of the character ascribed to Allah that he be conscious of individual human beings and even pass ultimate judgment upon them, but Allah, for the Muslim, is unknowable, aloof, and would not enter into communication with the heart of an individual. According to the Islamic scholar al-Faruqi:
“He [Allah] does not reveal himself to anyone in any way. Allah reveals only his will. One of the prophets asked Allah to reveal himself and Allah told him, ‘No, it is not possible for me to reveal myself to anyone.’… This is Allah’s will and that is all we have, and we have it in perfection in the Quran…God does not reveal himself to anyone. Christians talk about the revelation of God himself –by God of God – but that is the great difference between Christianity and Islam.”[5]
Then there is no personal relationship between Allah and the individual, for Allah does not act as person. Nor is there any expectation that the individual will radically open his heart and person to Allah. The personality of the petitioner is not of great significance to Allah. What matters is his submission, which is the meaning of “Islam.”
Traditional Judaism pursues the God of Israel as he is made known in the revelations to Moses and the prophets. Traditional Judaism approaches YHVH through the study of the Hebrew Scriptures and through prayer and worship, both public and private. They hold to the notion that the God who revealed himself through Israel is characteristically the God of the genetic people of Israel, and more recently of the geopolitical nation of Israel. Modern exponents of Judaism hold that you cannot belong to the God of Israel except through popular inclusion into the people of Israel.
[In this they are like the Catholics and the Muslims, where one enters the faith through the socio-ecclesiastical structure. Pope Francis claimed quite recently, “It is a dangerous temptation to believe that one can have “a personal, direct, immediate relationship with Jesus Christ without communion with and the mediation of the church.” This of course is a complete rebuke of all that Christ has said in the New Testament, but Catholics do not consider Scripture to have higher authority than the pronouncements of the church.]
For traditional Rabbinic Judaism, the interventions of YHVH in history are on behalf of the historic people of Israel, not necessarily for anyone else.
Modern Judaism has abandoned most of this traditional faith which centered on the revelations of Yahveh to Moses and the prophets. Instead there is widespread preoccupation with Qabala. This is an exaltation of a completely depersonalized god accessible through gnostic insight and through communication with spirits. It presumes to access the power of God without concern for the person of God as he has made himself known in the history of the people of Israel. In Qabalistic Judaism neither the person of God nor the persona of him who seeks God is of any relevance.
In Yeshua we find the person of Yahveh. In Yeshua Yahveh enters history to rescue us from mindless rebellion. The overwhelming gravity of that intervention is revealed to us at the foot of the cross. If we cannot meet him there, we cannot meet him.
How do we know that his acts are true? As Yeshua remarked, Only the true shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand sees the wolf coming and flees. He, the true shepherd, is the one who knows us:
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me.” John 10.14
How does he know us intimately? This was the concern of the disciples as Yeshua explained to them his crucifixion and coming resurrection. At that time he explained to them the coming miracle of Pentecost, a plan prepared over centuries, that the Spirit of Yeshua would come to rest in the heart of every person who opens his heart to transformation, to spiritual birth:
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you….All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” John 14.15-20,25-27
What am I to think if God does not know me or see me? Am I not alone in the world? Is there not an impenetrable divide between us all? The bond of unity lies in the definition, but without the intent of God we have no definition. We are randomness classified into arbitrary categories, our DNA something we can edit without a thought for the meaning of “human excellence.”
Do we know each other? Is not the only hope of being known and understood that we by birth be patterned after the plan of the One who made us and that he be even now a living God and that he exist beyond the patterns of necessity and that he be of that very character that is beyond the rational, that is irrational, that is love. That is our only hope of being known, if the one who made us also loves us and seeks us for himself.
This is uniquely the character of YHVH the God of Israel, whom we know in this time through the person of Yeshua our Messiah. The very few will answer the call of Yeshua:
“Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and sup with him and he with me.” Revelation 3.20
It is a call to transformation. It is a promise that God through his Spirit will maintain a presence in the heart’s house and heal us and instruct us and bring to us the life and the will and the understanding which he has meant to be our possession since the rebellion of the first generation left a huge tear in the fabric of the world. Those who open the heart to his life are opening their lives to his sovereignty and his loving claim upon their lives. We would never accept that claim and would prefer our own alienated autonomy if we did not see that in a state of autonomy we are part of the damage in the world. We accept his love and his sovereignty knowing that in the deepest interior of the heart’s house we seek to be known and loved by our God.
Lawrence S. Jones
lawrencestewartjones@gmail.com
[1] Genesis 16.7-15
[2] Colossians 1. 15-20
[3] Proclamation of faith in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; establishment of the five daily prayers [ritual and canonical]; paying tithe to the Islamic state or to a representative of a local mosque; fasting the month of Ramadan; the pilgrimage to Mecca if able.
[4] Baptism, confirmation, communion, confession, marriage, “holy orders,” and the anointing of the sick
[5][5] I. al-Faruqi, Christian Mission and Islamic Dawah: Proceedings of the Chambesy Dialogue Consultation, pp. 47-48
Prologue to Revelation
The Fundamentalist abandonment of the kingship of Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel
Francis, the Roman Pontifex Maximus, assesses, in human terms, the crucifixion of Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel
John 3.31-36: The witness of John the Baptist:
"The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.
Isaiah 19.19-25.
In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border. It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the Lord. They will worship with sacrificies and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them. The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them. In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.
He has set his foundation on the holy mountain;
the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you,
O City of God:
"I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me --
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush --
and will say, 'This one was born in Zion.'"
Indeed of Zion it will be said,
"This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her."
The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion."
As they make music they will sing,
"All my fountains [sources] are in you."
The great hymn of John Newton [Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, City of Our God, is based on Psalm 87 above. It represents the heart of the ancient love of Zion, before the advent of Herzl, the love of the City of God in its present transcendent reality, the City of those who love God. The banner of our city is Yeshua our king. By the hand of Yeshua, and by his hand alone, the day will come when our transcendent city will be reunited with the geographical city.
Isaiah 11.10
In that day the Root of Jesse [Yeshua our king] will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. He will raise a banner for the nations [Yeshua our king] and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
Isaiah 44.3,5
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants....
One will say, "I belong to the Lord";
another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand,
"The Lord's,"
and will take the name Israel."
Isaiah 56.3,6,7,8
Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say,
"The Lord will surely exclude me from his people."
And let not any eunuch complain,
"I am only a dry tree."
...And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
to serve him,
to love the name of the Lord,
and to worship him,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant--
these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.
The Sovereign Lord declares --
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
"I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered."
Isaiah 66, excerpts:
"This is the one I esteem:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit,
and trembles at my word....
Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice greatly with her,
all you who mourn over her.
For you will nurse and be satisfied
at her comforting breasts;
you will drink deeply
and delight in her overflowing abundance....
"I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;
...See, the Lord is coming with fire,
and his chariots are like a whirlwind;
For with fire and with his sword
the Lord will execute judgment upon all men,...
And I,...am about to come and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory.
I will set a sign among them, [Yeshua our king] and I will send some of those who survive to the nations -- to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians...to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem..
Daniel 7.13,14
In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man [Yeshua our king], coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Daniel 4.34,35,37
AT the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven...Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
His dominion is an eternal dominion;
his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as he pleases
with the powers of heaven
and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back his hand
or say to him: "What have you done?"
...Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Global Torah Podcast #3: Bringing God Down to Earth
“Biblical Hebrew is all made out of verbs…it all starts in the doing and goes back to the doing. Why isn’t there a blessing for giving tzedaka to the poor? By the time you say the blessing, the man will die of hunger… spirituality cannot just be in what you think and what you feel – it has to be invested in what you do.” -Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan
Listen to the third of five episodes of the Global Torah Podcast with Rabbi Micha Odenheimer and Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan, two living models of Jewish service in action. Catch the rest of the podcast here at Jewschool or on via iTunes or Stitcher.
Where are the intersections between Jewish spiritual practice and social action? Is there a connection between serving God and serving humanity?
R abbi Micha Odenheimer, founder and director of Tevel B’tzedek, created in 2007. A prolific journalist, Micha has reported on poverty, globalization and human rights from around the world including Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Burma, Haiti, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia, and written for the Washington Post, The Guardian, The London Times, The Jerusalem Report and Haaretz. In 1998, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee granted Micha the “Boris Smolar Prize,” based on his work covering of Ethiopian Jewry. Micha also founded the Israeli Association for Ethiopian Jewry, which was, and remains to this day, one of the most instrumental and valued organizations dealing with the absorption of Ethiopian immigration to Israel. Micha received the 2011 Klegg Prize from Hebrew University. (Full bio here.)
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Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan was born in Jerusalem. In 2003 Ruth received smicha (rabbinical ordination) from Reb Zalman through the Aleph Rabbinical Seminary, of which she is now a member of the faculty. In 2006 she published, together with Reb Zalman, “Jewish Renewal – Integrating Heart and World” (Kirvat Elohim, Yediot Achronot) the first book in Hebrew describing the principles and practice of Jewish Renewal for the Israeli readership. Reb Ruth teaches classes and workshops in Jewish Spirituality in Israel and around the world . She is the founder and spiritual leader of Nava Tehila She also works as a Mashpiah – spiritual director – with individuals who seek to build a more intimate relationship with the Divine. Reb Ruth is a mother of four and a proud grandmother of two. (Full bio here.)
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Home Hot Stocks Newmont Corporation (NEM) Offering Good-looking Growth
Newmont Corporation (NEM) Offering Good-looking Growth
Kei Tara
Newmont Corporation’s stock (NYSE:NEM) has been rated as Buy by B. Riley FBR. This latest rating was contained in a recent research note published by the firm on January 13, 2020 and has set a $48 price target for the stock. Some experts on Wall Street have also posted a report on Newmont Corporation (NEM) stock.
RBC Capital Mkts rated the stock as a Sector Perform in a research noted published on December 05, 2019. Deutsche Bank rated the stock as a Buy in a research note published on October 03, 2019.
As it stands, a total of 20 analysts are covering NEM stock, with 13 of them rating it as a Buy while 1 of them rating it as Overweight. 6 analysts meanwhile advised investors to Hold, 0 rated it as Underweight while the 0 rated it as a Sell. A look at the overall ratings means that Newmont Corporation (NEM) stock has an average rating of Overweight.
Newmont Corporation (NEM) which is currently valued at 35.69 billion, with the company publishing its last earnings report on 11/05/2019, for the recent quarter of 2019. In that quarter, the company recorded a revenue of 3.01 billion, which was lower than the forecast of 3.25 billion made by some analysts. For that same quarter, Newmont Corporation (NEM) posted $0.4 earnings per share (EPS) which was above the analyst consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.15, which represents an increase by 60.00%.
The stock market has a tendency to become sophisticated sometimes, even for seasoned investors and traders. Even when a trader got what he/she had expected, the market sometimes decides to move in the opposite direction. This volatility sometimes leads to some traders doubting and second-guessing their moves. This is why getting to know historical price performance, as well as both long-term and short-term trends, is very important. Over the past one week, NEM price has surged by 3.42%. A look at its price performance over the past three months sees the stock go up by 15.47%, while it has gain 11.42% over the past six months and 43.80% since the start of the year.
Let us now look at some of its likely support and resistance level. Recent research on Newmont Corporation (NEM) has seen its stock trading -1.27% below its three-month high price. A look at the other side also sees stock trading +20.65% above its three-month low. A wider look sees NEM trading -1.27% below its 52-week high and 46.20% above from its 52-week low price.
Shareholders of the company sometimes like to find out how their investments are growing. Newmont Corporation (NEM) has so far given an ROE of 14.50%. When the ROE is low, it means that the company isn’t generating enough profits. The Return on Assets (ROA) ratio meanwhile is an indication of how profitable a company is relative to the total asset it owns. Newmont Corporation (NEM)’s ROA at the moment stands at 7.50%. Any company that is managing its assets better will have a higher return while one that manages assets poorly would result in low returns.
Newmont Corporation (NEM) has a return on investment (ROI) of 2.10%. The higher the ROI percentage, the higher the profit exceeds the costs, thus analysts consider such investments as an overall gain. A negative ROI, however, means that the cost is higher than the profits, a scenario analysts consider as a net loss.
Let us now take a look at Newmont Corporation (NEM)’s trading volatility. Its 7-day volatility is around 1.63%, while it has a monthly volatility of 1.77%. NEM has an ATR (Average True Range) of 0.78 and a beta factor of 0.17. The volatility of a stock is an indication of the stock’s drop or gain in case the wider market drops or surges. A beta score higher than 1 means that a stock is highly volatile while below 1 means that the volatility of a stock is low.
The price of NEM lifted by $0.69 during the normal trading session on Wednesday to trade at $43.52. The Newmont Corporation (NEM) stock has a trading volume of 5.29 million shares, which is low, compared to its average daily volume of 6.34M shares.
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Heartcleft road – Gna’s Story part 5
Posted: September 16, 2014 in Aesir & Asynjur, Deities & Wights, Gna, Handmaidens, Jotnar, Stories
Tags: Handmaidens of Frigga, Helheim, Mordgud, New Mythology, Norse Goddesses, UPG, Women's stories
Part 5: Hilt or Blade –
Blue gambeson.
A dark foggy path stretched before us as we rode, pierced only by pinpoint stars in every direction. Grey mane in one hand, the other held the Winds, sweat beading on my forehead from the strain. I felt foreboding mixed with hope, now that we were finally making progress, and glanced nervously behind us every now and again. This had been one of the most gut wrenching days of my life, and I feared more misfortune would befall me ere I lay my head to sleep once more.
Our trail ended at a shimmering wall, distorting the stars that seemed behind it. We followed the Deer through, and I got a mouthful of heavy snowflakes as I opened it to speak. Lit by the first hint of dawn, blown by blizzard winds, flakes froze the moisture on my scalp, settled in wet masses on my golden hair, and covered my blue coat with whiteness in mere minutes. I had no power to spare to calm the storm, and it wouldn’t listen to me anyway. The winds of Niflheim were always cranky but right now they were angry with me.
Trapped us, they howled. Free the Four Elders, their hoary voices demanded, their icy breath stinging my face.
“I can’t,” I apologized, “not yet. Be patient a little while longer.”
They only blew harder against us as Hoof Tosser stubbornly trudged on through, sinking almost to his belly. We tried to rise above, only to have gusts slam us down again. We’d have to do this the hard way, and I cast an envious glance at the Stag. Between snow-laden fir trees he pranced ahead atop the snow, barely leaving tracks.
Soon we found the Hel-Road – bordered by snowbanks – well trampled though no travelers were in sight. Part of it ran through Niflheim’s eternal winter, and the Frost Giants knew enough to leave inbound travelers alone. It wouldn’t do to anger Hela by harassing her dead, so they ignored us, though any of those journeying out were fair game to them. I’d had some unpleasant run-ins with Blár and Dökkblár, two massive Frost Thurses that often kept watch on their side of the border, and was glad not to see their ugly blue mugs.
That I did not see them didn’t mean they weren’t there. The icicles on that pine to the left could have been one of them. The snowdrift to the right could have been the other. Any natural feature could be a giant in their elemental shape, hunting, waiting, ready to pounce on prey.
There was no shimmer to announce our passage into Helheim — the border between the two realms could shift by a few furlongs either way at any time – but winds died down and snow became sparse between patches of yellow grasses, though the sky remained a cloudy grey. I blew out a breath of relief and started brushing the snow off of us.[1]
“Almost there,” I told my steed with a smile.
“You say that as if it were going to get easier here,” he replied, “which I highly doubt.”
“Don’t be such a joy-killer Hoofie, at least we’re close to the goal.”
Further ahead, Black Tower stood ominously, twenty paces or so to the left of the road.
The Stag stopped as I brushed more snow from my sleeve and said: I go no further, you are out of my realm. Let bad memories not strand you there again. I had no chance to thank him further before he ran back into the storm behind us. He’d gone this far with us, perhaps to make sure we’d get off his turf.
Mordgud[2] appeared by her ebony tower as we approached, a handsome Giantess in black metal armor clad, guarding the gold glinting bridge of blades. Slowly she walked to the edge of the road and awaited us. I dismounted and joined her among the yellowing grasses. She towered over me by a head, her dark hair tied in the back, save for one small reddish braid that went down to her jaw, left hand resting on her sword’s pommel. Her armor was made of plates that overlapped like the scales of a dragon, short sleeved, with larger plates protecting her arms and thighs. No helm or gauntlets.
“You have not,” she said flatly with a raised eyebrow, “made appointment with The Lady.”
“Yet I must speak to she who rules the Land of the Dead, and cannot wait. What must I do, Bridge Keeper, to earn her consent?” I said, then bowed. Formal speech is best when begging favors.
“You cannot fly,” she said with a steady gaze, “The Lady forbids it in her realm.”
“This much I know. Yet I must ride swiftly to seek her aid.”
“You cannot ride as nobles do, for you have no such title here, and he must stay with me as hostage,” she said, pointing to my steed with her chin as she crossed her muscular arms.
“If I cannot ride, then I will run with haste to Lady Hela,” I said. My left hand was cramping, still held as a claw, and my breath was getting ragged. I couldn’t hold the Winds much longer.
“You cannot run in the rush of the living,” she admonished, “The more you hurry, the slower here you will go.”
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. “May I enter now?” I asked. My whole left arm was trembling. Never had I needed to hold such a mighty spell so long.
“You may continue,” she conceded, “bringing nothing but yourself.”
“Really,” I sighed, clenching my right hand by my side, “this is how you want to play it? Fine!” All these rules were getting on my nerves.
I dropped my sword belt and pouches onto the grassy ground between us, then strode without another word to the bridge above the River of Knives – blonde braid bouncing at my back. You could see their blades reflecting light far below as they flowed through the icy waters that isolated Helheim proper.
I then made the mistake of looking down at the bridge itself. It had no railing, and was made entirely of swords, pointing up. I glanced back to Hoof-Tosser, who gave me an encouraging nod, before stepping on.
Piercing pain shot up through my right leg and I screamed, leaping back to the safety of the dusty Hel Road. Left hand still extended, I limped back to the Tower as my steed whinnied in laughter. I unclenched my teeth long enough to glare at him: “So you think this is funny?”
“No, dearest, it is not,” he said, “but you do look a bit funny standing like that.”
“And you,” I turned a baleful gaze at Mordgud, “what is the meaning of this?”
She was slightly smiling when she gestured at my chest: “You sought to enter as a messenger of Asgard, in Frigga’s fine livery of white and blue. That means nothing here. You must give up your title to enter.”
penannula brooches
With a growl I removed the penannular brooches pinned above each breasts, releasing the front and back panels they held, then carefully lay the embroidered white cloth atop my steed’s back. “I leave my title and tabard behind. Is anything else required?”
“Your sky blue quilted coat,” she said, “must stay as well. There will be no more need of armor than of sword.”
I was struggling to remove my gambeson’s sleeve one-handed when she added: “Your riding trousers are part of your uniform, and you are not riding here on behalf of Asgard, so take them off. Your boots are for running, and you will not be running.” I took all of those off. [3]
“If you wanted me naked as a new born babe,” I quipped, “you could have just said so.” At this point I was down to off-white linen underpants, breast-band and yellow wool socks, standing fists on hips with as much dignity as I could muster. [4]
“No,” she said with a slight smirk, “this will do. Proceed, but do not look down as you cross.”
Lofn would lose a gut laughing if she could see me now.
I turned and made way once more to the bridge, keeping my eyes fixed on the distant black iron Hel-Gate that hid the dealings of the dead from prying eyes. Now the bridge seemed smooth and thatched with gold, at least in my peripheral vision, and felt the same as I warily stepped upon it. Reassured, I easily crossed it, ignoring the deafening sounds of river and steel clashing below.
The water’s edge on the other side was lined with nearly dead trees, precariously balanced, with roots desperately clutching at the ground to avoid falling in.
The gate ahead was nestled in a gothic arch, piercing the shiny black stone that covered Helheim’s fortified wall. A musty smell made me sneeze as I walked the across the dead field, noticing bits of rusty metal sticking out of the ground that might have once been weapons.
“Pray let me enter,” I said to the gate, there being no guardian in sight, but received no response. I started pounding the door, “Let me in, I must see Hela!”, striking harder and harder, ignoring the pain of my fist. Screaming, kicking, hitting, I continued until my knuckles were raw and bleeding, even trying with my head, until I sank breathless to the ground on my knees.
“Please,” I whispered, right cheek and palm pressed to its rugged cold iron surface, “I beg you. I have given up all I had to give for this. I have nothing left:
With no title nor trust, no friends catching my fall.
No ruler grants me role, no mantle gives me warmth.
Nearly naked I kneel now, clutching coils of my will.
I pray to the blessed, bring back to my corpse,
A suitable soul, be sent in my stead,
To carry on, and care for my kin.
My leash of desire, my spells of breath,
Release the deserving, that dwells in death.”
I shivered, seeing fog pour from my mouth, as arm hairs stood to defend me from sudden cold. On my left shoulder I felt a hand, as gentle as any mother’s could be.
“That was a fine prayer,” she said softly, “yet there is one more thing to let go of.” I craned back and saw the caring voice came from Mordgud bent over, surprising me with the concern on her face.
“I can’t,” I croaked. “It’s all I have left.”
She cradled my cramping left hand in her own and knelt beside me against the gate.
“Hela cannot condone keeping the human world frozen. She will not demand or threaten like the others. She will simply wait, and I will wait with you, as long as it takes.”
We sat in silence as I despaired. Eventually I noticed her breathing was matching mine when I took a sharp inhale and sighed, letting my shoulders slump.
She nodded and reached at her belt, pulling out a short knife to show me. Its round handle was white as bone, and its pommel held a small opaque green stone. The blade was short, wide and rounded, thick as a sword but barely longer than my palm, with a surface resembling a river’s currents. The Damascus steel’s patterns seemed to shift and flow as I stared in fascination.
“Her name is Oathbreaker, a gift from my father. In the left hand, her pommel will open any door. In the right hand, she will cut through any binding. Either usage will open the way for you.” She grew still as stone and waited with the proffered weapon between us, knowing I could not use my left hand without releasing the Winds.
My right hand hovered over the hilt, trembling with indecision as I bit my lower lip. I could see the pulse upon her neck. One quick slash would slay her, and the gates always opened to welcome the dead.
I seized the handle, turning the blade upright.
I could feel my own heart thudding while staring at the shifting steel-gray river. My own death would also do. Her neck, or mine? I wondered.
I leaned the tip forward. Better her than me.
Clenching my teeth, eyes narrowing, I prepared my resolve to strike. She slowly cocked her head, further exposing her jugular.
I… what kind of monster have I become that I would consider sacrificing someone for selfish gain? Blinking slowly, I brought the blade to rest under my own chin. I accuse me now: of scarring the child of my flesh and blood with sight of my death, of imposing duress on a world for my personal needs, of betraying Frigga’s trust and that of my friends, of endangering my most dear companion in my recklessness. Truly it is I who deserves to die.
The warmth of her cradling hand upon mine drew me back a bit as she squeezed, and her eyes turned to shiny black pools, reflecting my image twice. I expected to see a traitor about to be sentenced, but all I saw was a woman trapped by pain and terror, trying to run away from her problems as she always did. Running was easy, familiar and wrong.
Tears blurred my vision as I uncurled the left index and whispered: “Iostr be blessed, I release you from this task.” The middle, the ring and pinky fingers soon followed. “Arhalda, Vestra and Kari be blessed, I release you from this task. For this boon I am grateful, for your lenience I give thanks. Please forgive my foolishness.” The strings of these four, and all the lesser winds, slipped away from my digits as breath and motion returned to Midgard. Tension flowed out of my body and I felt the winds of many worlds sigh in relief.
Mordgud nodded, and started rubbing feeling back into my hand as her eyes returned to hazel.
“Thank you,” she said while releasing my hand.
“For ending what needed ending, and nothing more.”
With a quizzical expression, I transferred the knife to my left hand and tapped the gate with its hilt. A hum reverberated through its metal before the great doors screeched inward enough for us to pass.
“You could use a friend right now,” she said softly before we entered, eyes downcast.
“Are you offering?”
“I am,” she agreed, looking up into mine.
Sighing, I nodded. “I have need of all the friends I can get.”
Without reclaiming her blade, she smiled, took my hand and led me in.
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[1] A furlong is 200 meters or 220 feet. It’s an Anglo-Saxon measurement for the length of a ploughed furrow in an acre of field (“furlong” = furrow-long” from A.S. furh and lang). A furlong was forty rods, and an acre of land was four rods by forty. Field were long and narrow because it’s a lot of work to turn around a team of oxen with a plough. At the time, Saxons used the North German foot (which is ten percent longer than the modern foot). A furlong was 600 old feet (now it’s 660 new feet) or 200 old yards (220 new yards). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furlong
[2] Mordgud’s name means “Good Mother” and is pronounced “Mord-good.” That’s the English version of her name in common Pagans usage, the Old Norse being Móðguðr. Another derivation could be móðr, “temperament; wrath; courage”, as opposed to móðir which means mother.
[3] A gambeson is a padded jacket made with up to 30 layers of cloth quilted together, usually linen canvas, used as armor or worn underneath metal armor. Stitching every two inches or so creates the gambeson’s characteristic grid or diamond shaped pattern. It may have full, half or no sleeves, be tied at the front for convenience or laced on the sides for better protection.
Not counting the time needed to spin and weave the cloth, a recreation required 40 yards of cloth and about 60 hours of quilting (a “stuffed gambeson”, whose inner layers are scraps of cloth, takes only about 5 hours to make but provide much less protection than a quilted one – those would have been used under metal armor). With half sleeves, it weighs 16 lbs (7 kg). Chain mail armor would have cost as much as a small farmstead, so gambesons were the common man’s armor in Viking times. Cloth and labor was much more readily available than metal (which was painstakingly extracted and refined from bogs).
In tests, the quilted gambeson completely stopped sword, axe and spear, thrusted and thrown, but allowed 1-3cm of penetration of arrows. In other words, they are excellent for hand-to-hand combat, but lousy against arrows. The risk of infection was high, but it was better than having an arrow go all the way through your chest. See this link http://costumegirl.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/the-making-of-a-medieval-gambeson/ for construction and testing. It’s essentially a Viking age Kevlar vest.
The top picture is a woman’s stuffed gambeson, with far too few layers, but at least it’s the right color. A real one is about an inch thick and typically has a diamond grid of stitches instead of vertical lines. http://steel-mastery.com/en/padded-armour/gambesons/woman-gambeson is pretty and http://steel-mastery.com/images/products/full/early-medieval-gambeson-6.jpg is diamond quilted like Gna’s.
[4] These are images of medieval women’s undergarments, and here is a video on medieval bras. http://www.historyextra.com/lingerie and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVEMvp0dVuc. Socks were knitted out of wool with a method called nálbinding.
Not to be confused with a brigandine, or “studded armor,” developed in the 12th century. That one is made with small plates of steel sandwiched between two layers of canvas or leather, with each plate riveted in place.
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You’re good at leaving your audience hanging for more :p .
Can’t wait for the next installment!
I was moved by the different side of Mordgud you shows. Offering Oathbreaker, knowing very well one of the way Gla could choose would be her own death or Gna’s. Her thanks, ‘For ending what needed ending, and nothing more. ‘ is very telling. And her offer of friendship clenched my throat.
Nice test of character for Gna.
It was indeed a test. Mordgud was perhaps less at risk than she appeared to, Gna just doesn’t know the rules of the realm yet. That being said, the consequences of a bad choice would have been dire for our young heroine. She’s slowly gaining maturity, at a very high cost.
I’m a huge fan of Mordgud. 🙂
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Dallas Stars coach fired as NHL cracks down on behaviour
And a half after he was hired Jim Montgomery, it’s out, Dallas Stars, general manager, Jim Nill, wouldn’t say exactly why I’m not going to discuss the ACT. Unfortunately, can’t. That I cannot divulge, I would say, is that Montgomery was fired for an unprofessional act disclose to the team on the weekend. That’S worth personal life which, if and when uncovered, would reflect poorly on him and on the team weight stomach month that all started. When the Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Mike Babcock stories quickly emerge from former and current players alleging Babcock’s mental abuse text, then former NHL Rakim Ali, you said Calgary Flames head coach Bill, Peters made racist comments to him. Peters resigned a few days later. There lines that cannot be crossed clearly Fizz LA buse and racial and homophobic language crossed the line. Mandatory diversity, training for all coaches and general managers and plans of possible hotline still Batman acknowledge a gray area. If something became harassment that would get my attention more than you know, a single yelling incident, the union there paid wages for the work they perform, highly-paid I’ll, be it but nonetheless, it’s a workplace and like any other workplace in Canada and the United States. There have to be rules around the treatments of the employees changing quickly in the NHL can’t afford to stand still Jamie strashun, CBC News Toronto.
A day after the NHL promised to crack down on staff behaviour, Dallas Stars coach Jim Montgomery was fired for “unprofessional conduct” not related to his time behind the bench.
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Why I Just Spent $140 for Disney+ at D23 Expo
One of the panels I was most excited for at D23 Expo was the Disney+ Panel! I just knew they were going to announce new Marvel Disney+ content, because surely Kevin Feige couldn’t have saved all of Marvel Phase 4 for San Diego Comic Con. Well I just dropped $140 at D23 Expo for 3 years of Disney+ services, and here’s why. They announced six NEW Disney+ series in development plus a whole lot of other news. Check out what’s new for Disney+!
New Original Series on Disney+
Disney+ announced 6 new original shows, not including the original movies like Noelle and Star Girl. Three of these are Marvel shows! Yes, three!
New Marvel Shows on Disney+
Kevin Feige announced that Marvel Studios is developing three new live-action series: “Ms. Marvel,” “Moon Knight” and “She-Hulk,” all derived from Marvel comics. Ms. Marvel will be the first female Muslim superhero to star in her own title!! Ms Marvel is a teenager named Kamela Khan, a Pakistani-American living in a religious family in New Jersey while trying to find her own way.
She-Hulk is Jennifer Walters, cousin of original Hulk, Bruce Banner. After Walters received a blood transfusion from Banner, she accidentally took in some of his gamma poisoning and became an intelligent, controlled version of the Hulk.
Moon Knight is about a mercenary named Mark Specter who was left for dead in the Egyptian desert. There have been no release dates for any of the three new Marvel shows.
Not only that, but stars from the Marvel shows previously announced for Disney+ came to talk a little more about them.
The one that surprised me the most was WandaVision. We knew it would be about Wanda and Vision, but Kevin Feige said it would be half sitcom and half Marvel Cinematic Adventure. Elizabeth Olsen described it was wacky and fun. Dick Van Dyke will even star in it, and I am here for this.
And if you need to catch up on your Marvel characters, don’t forget to watch this complete Marvel movies list in order. The complete MCU collection will be on Disney+, with Avengers Endgame being added in early December.
New Star Wars Show on Disney+ Starring Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor made a surprise appearance to announce his return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new untitled series from Lucasfilm. I was dying! There have been rumors circulating for years that McGregor would reprise his role. I even saw him talking to Mark Hamill at the Solo premiere and knew something was going on. McGregor said for years he’s been having to deny the rumors or redirect saying when he knew something, he would let us know. And now he has!
New Lizzie McGuire Show
When we were waiting for the panel to start I heard one of the songs from the Lizzie McGuire movie and thought it was an interesting choice! Hilary Duff surprised the audience when it was announced she will reprise the role she made famous in an all-new Lizzie McGuire series! I used to watch this show with my girls and loved it, so I’m so excited for new family friendly content!
Hilary Duff will play an older and wiser Lizzie McGuire, an almost 30-year-old, with a job and life while still having 13-year-old Lizzie talking to her. I’m sure hijinks will ensue.
Muppets Now
Forty years (yes, 40 years!) after leaving the swamp in his big screen debut in “The Muppet Movie,” Kermit the Frog is starring with Miss Piggy and the gang, in their first-ever unscripted short-form series, “Muppets Now.” It looks hilarious! So Muppets fans, rejoice!
Disney+ Founders Circle
After watching some clips from these shows, knowing that Disney+ will also have the complete Disney Classics collection, complete Star Wars collection, complete Marvel collection, complete Pixar collection, etc, I knew I had to have Disney+. They announced a deal for those at D23 Expo to join the Founders Circle and sign up for 3 years of Disney+ service for $140. So yes, Disney, take my money.
Also if you’re a D23 Member, on the site it says the deal will be available online to members starting August 26th through September 2nd. If you’re not a member join, and you can get the D23 deal here. It says it may take 36 hours for the offer to appear, so get it now!
As it stands, they’ll offer Disney+ for 69.99 a year, but I can imagine there will be more deals, so keep your ears open for announcements. I can’t wait for Disney+ to launch November 12th!
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I have been doing a lot of research into freelance networking. My favorite source of information is Freelance Radio, the FreelanceSwitch podcast. It is by far the best of the freelance podcasts I have listened to.
The panel is excellent. The host, John Brougher, does a great job of keeping the podcast on topic while still allowing room for tangential discussions about issues relating to freelancers. John and the other panel members, Kristen Fischer, Von Glitschka, and Dickie Adams, share tips and information based on their years of experience as successful freelancers.
The other day, I was listening to a ‘Super Mailbag’ episode where they answer questions sent in by listeners. One question was about ways to do marketing and the topic of having a Facebook page came up. There were some good points about how it is a great way to get your link out to a lot of people for free without being overly pushy about it (like when people spam twitter with business ads and links).
Facebook is a place where people who may not usually keep in touch with each other can catch up with old friends and have ‘day to day’ type communication with people in a way that time and distance would not normally allow. It is also a place where people share links and other information, allowing word to spread very quickly about anything from a new flower for your virtual garden to a great web business that you know about!
Today I created a Facebook page for BeeDragon. As a start, I posted screenshots from my portfolio to an album and a special offer for Facebook users to get 10% of their next order. I am still researching ways to use Facebook for business. If you know any, please feel free to post them.
If there are any BeeDragon fans out there who would like to share the love on Facebook, please head on over to the new page and click on ‘Become a Fan’.
A Special Needs Girl with a Special Need to Kick Some Ass — 02/07/2009
A Special Needs Girl with a Special Need to Kick Some Ass
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Chocolate, from Magnet Releasing, is a martial arts film from Thailand coming to theaters on Feb. 6th, 2009, and DVD Feb. 10th.
Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, this sweet, action-packed martial-arts drama features the debut of young female fighter Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda as Zen, an autistic savant who learns to kick heads by watching Bruce Lee and Tony Jaa movies.
Zen’s father, a Japanese gangster, has been driven out of the country by a rival Thai gang, so her mother has been forced to raise her alone. When her mother becomes sick, Zen goes on a candy-fueled rampage to collect debts from the corrupt gangsters that owe money to her mom.
Thanks to Rina for the link 😀
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Jerry Sanders Is Susan Golding In Drag
By Don Bauder, April 26, 2007
San Diego — Mayor Jerry Sanders packed his 15-person charter review committee with lobbyists and lackeys who are in the pockets of developers and downtown business interests. Now the community is fighting back. At least two groups, the League of Women Voters and the Center on Policy Initiatives, are setting up their own charter review committees to represent the public rather than the fat cats. Such groups could conceivably consolidate their forces. Other citizens, including fiscal conservatives of various stripes, expect to form committees to assure vigorous debate.
The mayor's selections represent "a real power grab," says Steve Erie, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, who was a member of the original planning group that led to the Proposition F "strong mayor" concept and was on ex-mayor Dick Murphy's steering and transition committees that implemented the concept. In the original series of meetings, the drafters were careful to give power to the council, not just the mayor. In fact, "strong mayor" may have been a misnomer, Erie says. Sanders's establishment group wants to hand the mayor near-autocratic control.
Sanders's stacked deck represents "the downtown crowd, rubber-stamped by the mayor. It has a chamber of commerce flavor. This strong-mayor push will be all about sweetheart deals behind closed doors. This is the old Golding [ex-mayor Susan Golding] crowd: please your contributors. They never met a developer they didn't like."
Sums up Erie, "Jerry Sanders is Susan Golding in drag."
Don Cohen, director of the liberal-leaning Center on Policy Initiatives, says his charter review committee "will bring in everybody who cares about the future -- labor, environmental, friends of libraries and parks, community planning groups, affordable-housing advocates, faith-based groups, advocacy groups. We're interested in people who care about neighborhoods and jobs."
His center did an analysis of the source of Sanders's campaign funds. Overwhelmingly it was from developers and the tourist industry. "Sanders is doing what his supporters in the business community want him to do, which is to recapture control of San Diego. He [Sanders] is squandering an enormously good opportunity to bring together all segments of the community to decide where we go together as a region."
There are three real estate industry lobbyists -- 20 percent of the total -- on Sanders's committee. According to the City's 2006 registered-lobbyist list, attorney Donna D. Jones represents Black Mountain Ranch, Centex Homes, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, D.R. Horton, McKinley Nielsen Associates, Murphy Development, Pardee Homes, Regency Centers, Renova Partners, Spectrum Associates, Shea Homes, Sunroad Enterprises (yes, that Sunroad), and Trammell Crow. Attorney Michael McDade, chief of staff to former mayor Roger Hedgecock and a political wheeler-dealer, is a lobbyist for real estate agent Bunny Clews, Coalition for Urban Housing Solutions, Four D Properties, Irvine Company, and MG Properties. Adrian Kwiatkowski is a lobbyist for Ahrens Realty & Development.
Chairman of the Sanders committee is civic powerhouse John Davies of the law firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory and Natsis. While Davies is not on the 2006 registered-lobbyist roster, others from his firm represent Beachfront Properties, CarrAmerica Realty, Douglas Wilson Companies, Gray Development Group, H.G. Fenton, JPI California Development Services, Kilroy Realty, Lankford & Associates, Oliver McMillan, Paseo de Mission Hills, Quantum Properties, the Robert Green Company, SRM Development, Tarsadia Hotels, Centre City Development Corporation, and Westfield Corporation.
Other members of the Sanders-selected committee include Alan Bersin, former U.S. attorney and superintendent of San Diego Unified School District, an establishment darling who has always been protective of his family's downtown real estate; Vincent Mudd, a boardmember of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation; Mark Nelson, head of governmental affairs for utility Sempra Energy; and Duane J. Roth, biotech investor and gadabout.
There are three subcommittees. One is headed by lobbyist McDade, one by lobbyist Jones, and one by Bersin.
"This group is Sanders's committee, not a true charter commission," says civic activist Norma Damashek, speaking for herself and not for the League of Women Voters, with which she is involved. She thinks the Sanders crew will rush to get their changes on the ballot next February or June. What can San Diegans expect? "He [Sanders] wants more budget authority," says Damashek. He wants to strip independence from the auditor. He wants to control the makeup of the city pension board. "He wants a supermajority rather than a simple majority to override his veto," says Damashek. "For sure he will be tackling the city attorney's office -- giving the prosecution of criminal misdemeanors to the district attorney's office." (By opposing such sacred cows as welfare for the Chargers and Padres, Aguirre has alienated the establishment. Now he wants Sunroad to lower a building that defies federal and state aviation regulations, thus enraging developers and some in the Sanders administration who believe real estate profits are more important than air safety.)
Damashek expects more bullying of community planning groups, similar to city real estate czar Jim Waring's attempt to decertify the La Jolla Community Planning Association. "They [the mayor's minions] are running roughshod, doing whatever the Building Industry Association has wanted to do for years. That includes changing land-use decisions [in developers' favor]. They are weakening community participation and planning groups. They want one standard across the city, giving developers the ability to do the same thing in every community."
Sanders's committee may also try to institute at-large elections, or possibly one at-large seat. "There is only one at-large seat in California's ten largest cities," says Erie.
The League of Women Voters wants to put together a citizens coalition -- "a group more representative of the rest of the population," says Damashek. (In that statement, she is speaking for the league.)
At its first meeting April 13, Sanders's committee heard a presentation about California's Brown Act, which requires meetings of public bodies to be open and public. "Then John Davies said there is really no way to enforce it because 'we are only voluntarily complying with the Brown Act. [The committee] was not formed by the council. It was formed by the mayor,' " says councilmember Donna Frye. "That concerned me a lot. What is the purpose of complying if there are no remedies when you don't? Also, there was nothing on whether they have to file statements of economic interests."
Along with the others, Erie believes Sanders's committee wants to put its proposed charter changes on the ballot as soon as possible next year. By contrast, when Los Angeles was going through the same process in the late 1990s, "it started in June of 1997 and ended in June of 1999," says Erie. "There were meetings all over the city; it was truly a public process. It was not like being on a speed dial to get something on the ballot in 2008."
But special interests who want laws rewritten to maximize their profits are always in a hurry.
More stories by Don Bauder
Mayor Sanders’s committees are almost wholly made up of downtown boosters — Dec. 16, 2009
San Diegans for City Hall Reform pushes more authority for mayor — Feb. 20, 2008
Mayor Jerry Sanders' rigged Charter Review Committee — Nov. 1, 2007
Jerry Sanders wants strong mayor, of course — Aug. 30, 2007
Norma Damashek accuses Jerry Sanders of speeding toward strong mayor — June 6, 2007
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Making Sense of Malaysia (Abstract)
Donna J. Amoroso
Cheah Boon Kheng
Malaysia: The Making of a Nation
Singapore / ISEAS / 2002
Farish A. Noor
The Other Malaysia: Writings on Malaysia’s Subaltern History
Kuala Lumpur / Silverfishbooks / 2002
Recent events in Malaysia – the reformasi movement, trial of Anwar Ibrahim, erosion of legitimacy of the governing party (UMNO), and growing Islamist challenge to the secular, developmentalist state – have created a useful “dislocation” in the national narrative that encourages reflection on the foundations and definition of the nation-state. These two books, although very different in style, purpose, and audience, take this as their subject and therefore engage the powerful socio-political discourse that has been constructed through state and academic practice.
Cheah Boon Kheng offers an explanation of how the nation evolved in practice through a strict focus on electoral politics, prime ministers, and national policy. Cheah analyzes Malaysia through the prism of “give and take,” examining ongoing tensions between Malay ethno-nationalism and a broader Malaysian nationalism. His main argument is that each of the country’s four prime ministers “started off… as an exclusivist Malay nationalist but ended up as an inclusivist Malaysian nationalist.” That this has happened four times in the nation’s history suggests that the nation-state has developed its own logic. Ketuanan Melayu (Malay political dominance), the reader concludes, is here to stay, but is constrained by this logic. Cheah’s book asserts one reality of a multicultural, tolerant Malaysia.
Farish Noor’s collection of essays has a very different agenda – to find the nation that might have been and might still become. He writes against the grain of linear explanation to explore “other Malaysias” that have been marginalized by “the story of a multiracial Malaysia we constantly tell ourselves.” Where Cheah acknowledges that factionalism within the Malay community constantly threatens Malay primacy, Farish takes the very effort to enforce unity as his central problem. He points to the harm done by UMNO’s “feudalism” – the idea that Malays are unable to survive without patron-rulers – and equally condemns Islamist essentializing of Malay culture to a shallow moralism that denies the richness and complexity of Malay history.
Cheah Boon Kheng’s Malaysia is a careful containment of difference, both within and between ethnic communities. Farish Noor sees not unitary identities, but multiplicities which he seeks to recover from the past and legitimize in the present.
Donna Amoroso edits the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia.
Read the full unabridged version of this article HERE
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. Issue 3: Nations and Other Stories. March 2003
Memahami Malaysia
Making Sense of Malaysia
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Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive? (tags)
Obama’s push for war in Syria seemed so deeply irrational, so crazed, that many people naturally asked, “Why is this happening?” And “who” wants it to happen? Few Americans actually believed that Nobel Peace Prizing winning Obama suddenly wanted to bomb Syria because “Assad gassed his own people” (especially when zero evidence was given to prove this).
Video: Taming Capitalism Run Wild : Richard Wolff (tags)
The system must be changed because the system leads to stagnant wages over 30 years, totally inadequate creation of family-wage jobs, education for the elite and destruction of nature. A public debate on job creation and shriveling the financial sector is vital.
Ten Theses on the Crisis and its Solution (tags)
Problems don't disappear when they are ignored. Deregulation is a collective and political crisis. Language and democracy are endangered when arsonists are called firefighters, when private losses become public losses and crime in the suits is normalized as a business model.
The Dislocation of Homo Oeconomicus (tags)
"Students rate the teachers and demand a very specific kind of knowledge from them: it should be measurable, packaged and practical and cannot contain any uncertainties. Experimenting or thinking is not desired. There is a relation between service-provider and customer..."
Detroit Mirrors America's Decline (tags)
Rail Disaster in Canada (tags)
The aftermath of the worst rail disaster in Canada for decades leaves at least 47 dead with many of the victims still unaccounted for.
It IS about race (tags)
Statement on the Trayvon Martin case and voter suppression
They want capitalism without democracy; we want democracy without capitalism (tags)
The policy of crises and impoverishment disrupts our lives and the lives of millions of people in the world. More than 300 persons were gravely injured through blows, tear gas and pepper spray. Blockupy had an important political success.
"Politics prepared the ground for financial war" (tags)
The current economic crisis is a product of political mistakes, economic incompetence and criminal energy. Capitalism altogether has been a declaration of war. Politics bungled deregulation. The wisdom of the market never existed.
The Elite Look Down on Democracy (tags)
The thought-models of the economy have conquered all other social sciences. The person in these models is a homo oeconomicus, a rational agent whose only drive is maximizing his benefits. Only an action with the driving force of egoism is rational.
Those who do the work in the workplace should get the rewards (tags)
People are taught to have a 19th century, romantic notion of capitalism — a myriad of small enterprises competing in a free market. But a “free market” has never existed. Capitalism was built on brutal displays of force, and continues to be based on violence.
Spectacle of Irrationality (tags)
The bailout umbrella may establish a modern kind of feudal rule. The abdication of politics is one of the worst consequences of the financial crisis. Many politicians believe the market-radical nonsense that tax cuts finance themselves.
The toll of privatization and the ideology of “there is no alternative” (tags)
One million people are estimated to have died as a result of capitalist “shock therapy” in the former Soviet bloc; other health indications demonstrate a catastrophic toll from capitalist offensives.
Vulgar Materialism: The Madness of Growth and the Casino (tags)
Renouncing on growth or tolerating a shriveling economy is hard. Greece is a shocking example. Many people cut down the last trees because they could not afford heating oil. Nature is the first victim in an economic crisis. Whole generations are traumatized.
Erich Fromm on Karl Marx (tags)
The capitalist production method makes a few persons absurdly rich while the others hardly have enough to survive. Capitalism also makes people unfree and unhappy because their access to their true needs is blocked.
Seeing bias but supporting the architect of bias: We have a long way yet to go (tags)
The wealth and power gained by Europe during the ascendancy of capitalism was built on slavery. Capitalism continues to be based on massive inequalities, which requires strong social divisions in order to be maintained. Divide-and-conquer is an old technique.
Idiot Game (tags)
Capitalism or private property is not the cause but the product, the result, the necessary consequence of alienated labor. No person needs 400 times his neighbor. They play even if it ruins them. It is high time for the left to pull the motivation plug.
Le monde de la séparation est la séparation du monde...
Paul Krugman Discovers Marx (and Misses the Point) (tags)
In his recent New York Times op-ed piece, Princeton professor and regular columnist for The New York Times, Paul Krugman observed: The American economy is still, by most measures, deeply depressed. But corporate profits are at record high. It’s simple: profits have surged as a share of national income, while wages and other labor compensation are down. The pie isn’t growing the way it should — but capital is doing fine by grabbing an ever-larger slice, at labor’s expense.
Stagnation, not growth, is the norm for mature capitalism (tags)
The dynamics of a mature capitalist economy result in stagnation and financialization, creating deepening inequality.
Why UN Climate Agreements Fail (tags)
History will undoubtedly deliver the harshest condemnations of the UN climate talks currently underway in Doha, Qatar. But the conference was laughable before it began; the inept “goals” of the talks stand in tragic-comic opposition to what we already know about climate change — that the climate has already changed in profound ways and its trajectory spells doom for civilization if drastic, coordinated steps are not taken in the immediate future.
Ideology and Morality: What the Financial Crisis teaches about functioning of democracy (tags)
Moralizing is a form of argumentation found in many ideologies and academic systems of thought.. State interventions, we were taught, are bad because they run counter to the objective laws of the market.. The market is a social institution that we interpret in different ways..
Downward Spiral (tags)
To Krugman, the increasing ideological blindness of German politicians can only be explained by their belief that "hard times must be the necessary punishment for earlier excesses." Krugman overlooks that the hard times and excesses do not concern the same people.
Self-directed workers as a “cure for capitalism” (tags)
Employees themselves should make the decisions concerning the business. They can consider a far wider set of issues and concerns about adopting new technology, or any other strategic decision, thereby fully weighing the effects on themselves, their families and their communities.
Free Internet Book: "The World Crisis" (tags)
Once the source of hope, the US is often a source of fear. Closing most of the 700+ bases would be a step from empire to republic. Security is a political and social challenge, not only a military project. Development should be a right, not only a hope and a promise..
Banks, Bankers and Banksters (tags)
An unrestrained speculative capitalism emerged out of investment capitalism. New financing instruments are invented. Risks are trivialized or glossed over to soothe the population. Boundless indebtedness becomes the norm. The new age led to immediate profit eclipsing investment.
Is Capitalism Collapsing? (tags)
One of the causes for the obvious helplessness of the governments is that they function as simple receivers of orders of the financial industry. The financial industry has no interest in a policy that would make it liable for its inflicted disaster..
Cloud-sourcing and Cloud-working: Brave New World of Work (tags)
"Nothing is more absurd than to try to enforce capitalist property relations within the expanse of the World Wide Web.. In the ideal case, the competing persons in the asocial networks should become part of a `cloud' of living workers.."
The Capitalism of Hopelessness (tags)
Regulated capitalism reached its peak in the class compromise of the 1960s when representatives of workers could put the screws on the steamroller CEOs a little. The enemy and dynamic are lost to capitalism. Capitalism flows into a society without utopia and alternative.
Out of the Slump: The Only Road (tags)
A real analysis of the United State’s economic history is rarely discussed by politicians or media alike, since the conclusions that would be inevitably drawn would be out of step with what politicians are currently advocating.
Democracy in Crisis: The Terror of the Economy is a Danger to Democracy (tags)
There is a powerful crisis dynamic that is stronger than the will of the sovereign and its democratic institutions. When capital relations fall into crisis, everything can be instrumentalized: the basic law, democracy, human rights and human life. Economic pressure creates extremism of middle.
Capitalism and the Mad Uncle in the Attic (tags)
The economy should be a part of life, not a steamroller crushing creativity and self-determination.
Stop the neo-liberal crisis politics - dispossess the beneficiaries! (tags)
We are experiencing the deepest crisis of capitalism since the great depression of the 30s.
Extreme liberal responses to Supreme Court health care ruling increase polarization (tags)
Democrats consider the health care decision by the Supreme Court to be a victory, while Republicans are feeling a loss. As Republicans regroup and plan the next step toward getting the law repealed, Democrats are enjoying their win.
Money, Power, and Politics (tags)
There has been much talk recently about the impact of money on politics, especially in the wake of the Citizens United ruling that has ratcheted up the role of corporate money in political campaigns. Organized labor was quick to blame this ruling for its defeat in Wisconsin. And many have assumed that the relation of money to politics is like a law of nature: the more money one has, the more political power one can wield.
Capitalism Can Be Cured (tags)
"The Occupy movement protests worldwide against the power of banks. The Indignados in Spain demonstrate against the system that gives them this crisis and high unemployment. No saying has been criticized more vigorously than Margaret Thatcher's `there is no alternative'."
Battles over Autonomy: The Commons Alternative (tags)
"The Commons is a way of reproducing society that opposes the market logic, puts in question private property, profit and competition and points to a future form of society beyond capitalism.. The Commons is not the solution but the change of perspectives that makes possible new solutions."
Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream (tags)
"The first step toward public ownership is recognizing that it is not the radical departure most imagine it to be. Two of the most cost-effective health providers in the United States—one a far-reaching insurance system, Medicare; the other a direct hands-on healthcare delivery system, the Veterans Administration—are run by the government.."
The High Stakes Battles to Save Public Schools (tags)
Dr. Steven Strauss, Baltimore neurologist, former linguistics professor and Freedom Socialist writer will discuss why capitalism will not allow quality education for all, and how socialism can provide for everyone.
The Great Devaluation (tags)
Democracy, risk and liability are turned upside down when trillions bailout the banks and workers, pensioners and unemployed must pay the bill. We live from those who say No to corruption, to the state reduced to a trough or errand boy for the banks (Bill Moyers).
A Praise for Marx (tags)
Solidarity, social justice and sharing open doors while deregulation and trickle-down mythologty lead to exploding inequality and generalized insecurity. Karl Marx asked why capitalism cannot solve poverty, unemployment and exploitation.
The Systemic Causes of the Crisis (tags)
The crisis is 30 years old, not 4 years old. The causes of the crisis can be found in the real goods-producing economy, not in the financial markets. The wildly proliferating financial markets did not drag the industry into crisis but kept alive the industry through credit-financed demand.
Economic Dictatorship (tags)
In the crisis, there was a paradigm based on the belief in unlimited economic growth on a planet with infinite resources. This paradigm identifies happiness with wealth, well-being with accumulation of material goods and progress with consumerism.
What is the Origin of Wealth? (tags)
"Europe faces the choice of falling apart in the crisis or taking steps to another economic model," 50 scholars from the advisory board of Attac Germany declared. They make the connection between the chaos of the financial markets and the scandalous distribution of wealth
$3.8 trillion budget sets up election-year fight with Republicans (tags)
The US faces a revenue crisis and a war spending crisis. The Congress, a millionaires' club, isn't about upholding the constitution but maintaining plutocracy and crony capitalism. Without the social contract and government of the people, we become wolves to each other.
From Protest Camp to General Strike (tags)
Something crucial happened in the US in 2011. The strengthening of the Occupy movement, first on Wall Street and then in hundreds of American cities, is celebrated as the revival of the revolutionary middle class. The movement in the US seems two steps ahead.
The Crisis Explained (tags)
So much crisis was never analyzed with a crisis-conditioned satisfaction guarantee! Instead of seeking culprits, we must seek the systemic causes of the indebtedness dynamic. These gigantic debt mountains were necessary to keep capitalism functioning. Fewer and fewer workers can producer more and more goods in an ever-shorter time.
The Twilight of Capitalism (tags)
Those who defend more capital will be the instrument of destruction of capitalism.
Surveyiing Utopia (tags)
Raul Zelik and Elmar Altvater discuss the nature of utopia, economics, how growth and work become fetishes, how what is rational in micro-economics can become irrational in macro-economics, time prosperity and how Marx recognized the contradictions in capitalism.
Learning from Roosevelt (tags)
Harry Hopkins, head of WPA under Roosevelt, created 4 million jobs in 2 months. How many jobs in health care, education, bridge repair, community centers and journalism could be created today? Solutions are not lacking, only political will. Viva sharing and redistribution!
John Holloway, Hillel Ticktin, Immanuel Wallerstein on Capitalism's Crisis (tags)
Marxists have been predicting the disintegration of capitalism for so long that most people - including most Marxists - stopped believing it would ever happen. But today anyone who reads the financial press knows that the system is in an unprecedented crisis with no clear way out. The following articles offer a variety of ways of understanding the crisis so we can begin to create a world beyond capitalism:
Commons - Taking Charge of Things (tags)
The capitalist market economy develops more and more into a crisis economy. Capitalism is not a totality. Everything we need has never been transacted over the market, for example the whole informal economy in developing countries and the unpaid work in families.
Neoliberalism as Greatest Error in the History of Economic Thought (tags)
Efficiency and prosperity can only be realized on capitalist markets when the economic system is bound in a social order under the primacy of politics. Democratic legitimated politics and the provision of public goods is derived from the "anatomy of market failure."
Beyond Possessive Individualism (tags)
Shrinking the financial sector and abandoning neoliberal myths are vital to prevent the next crisis. The authors, German Young Socialists in their 30s, decry the myths that incomes are just, self-interest leads to public interest and economics and politics are separate.
Book Review: "The Great Crash or the Century Crisis" by Elmar Altvater (tags)
Capitalism is at an end and the whole world is drawn into the mess. Preventing this is an ethical imperative and a political duty. The multiple crisis has dragged on for years. The political class allows this to happen. Political answers to the debacle can only be found with clarity on causes.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, Engels, and the Theory of Socialism (tags)
The theoretical foundations of socialism as put forth by Frederick Engels in his book Anti-Dühring are still valid today and schould for the basis of the OCW movements around the world.
Occupy The Courts (tags)
Please Sign the petition to amend the Constitution for revoking corporate personhood at: movetoamend.org
Critique of Marianne Williamson at Occupy LA (tags)
A critique of a small part of Williamson's speech regarding capitalism.
Collapsing Debt Towers (tags)
The crisis is 30 years old, not three years old. The causes of the crisis should be tracked down in the real goods-producing economy, not in the financial markets. The financial markets were keep alive up to the collapse of the speculative bubble by credit-financed demand.
Some further thoughts on the OWS movement (tags)
I have been following the Occupy Wall Street developments with interest because ultimately I consider the only reasonable way entrenched elites become unseated is if there is mass action by citizens. I do not think military coups are a very sound way to lay the groundwork for grassroots
Underway to Plutocracy: Financial Crisis (tags)
No promise of salvation can be imputed to capitalism any more.. The market is regarded as a natural law and power of fate. Nothing but Darwinism was left of the liberals' hope for progress. That Darwinism rejoices in the survival of the fittest and the sorting out of weaker debtors.
Is Capitalism Devouring Its Children? (tags)
The state was extorted by the banks. Bailing out the banks was regarded as without alternative..Rating agencies should become public institutions and system-relevant banks dismantled. Growth- and stability funds should be established as the credit-givers of last resort.
The capitalism of hopelessness is a capitalism where the enemy is lost, where capitalism can no longer fulfill its promise of prosperity for the people as in the 1960s and where capitalism neutralizes all utopian energy and alternatives. Public jobs must be created in the emergency.
The World is Out of Joint (tags)
The financial crisis has become a state debt crisis. "The rise of democracy was not possible without the social and legal civilizing of capitalism. The deregulation euphoria of democratic governments made possible the incredible ascent of the financial oligarchy."
The Game with Ignorance and the Growth Panacea (tags)
A world wide economic and financial order decays to a pure end-in-itself and no longer serves people. A system build on an ideology in which everything-even the person-becomes a product is legitimated by apologists who trivialize derailments of social life as "normal."
Zombie Housing, Zombie Banks, Zombie Governments: Economy Cassandra Says Marx was Right (tags)
"Karl Marx had it right. At some point capitalism can destroy itself because you cannot keep on shifting income from labor to capital without not having excess capacity and a lack of aggregate demand, and that's what's happening." --Nouriel Roubini
Video: Who Killed Economic Growth? (tags)
Once 90% of investment was productive. Now 90% of investment is speculative. States become errand boys of the banks. The real economy falls by the wayside. the financial sector must be shriveled.
The Crisis of Financial Market Capitalism as a Challenge for the Left (tags)
The crisis of neoliberal financial market capitalism broke out in its center and has one central systemic cause. This crisis was triggered by the independence of the financial sphere... A solidarity mixed economy, democracy and peace are alternatives.
BRAZILIAN iPADiots (tags)
The Zumbis of the consumption attack again.
Causes and Consequences of the Financial Crisis (tags)
The neoliberal restructuring and globalization of capitalism has led to states becoming the spoils of financial capital. The neoliberal program is enforced with the help of states. Governments only react to the conditions set by the economically powerful. This is the end of politics.
Fukushima and Capitalism (tags)
"Capitalism and its countless horrors seem more credible to us than an alternative. We believe in capital, the deadly promise of endless growth. We cynically pay it tribute as though the rule of people over people and nature were something dignified. A world of sharing and community is possible."
Business in Crisis: Vulnerable to Attack (tags)
Sectarian leftists love to moan about the power of capitalism. It seems it cannot be upended or even reformed. Activists are hooked on hopelessness. Is it any wonder why activists are caught blindsided by events like Tunisia, Egypt, and Wisconsin? These recent actions are manifestations of resistance against the presumed neoliberal order.
Egypt in flames (tags)
A powerful wave of anger among the poor and unemployed Arab masses shakes the young, voracious and brutal capitalism of the North African and Middle Eastern countries supported by the old and bloody capitalism in Europe and America. Anticipation of a social wave that can only be resolved in favor of the vast majority of the population by the emergence of the proletarian class.
Video: Crisis of Capitalism (tags)
David Harvey says it's time to look beyond capitalism toward a new social order that would really allow us to live within a system that could be rational, just and humane.
The End of the "Golden Age" of Capitalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism (tags)
"The central point is that the financial sphere has the potential of developing into an autonomous subsystem of the whole economy with an enormous capacity of self-expansion..Like cancer, it has no internal control mechanism. It can only be brought under control by external interventions"
Guns. Violence. Tucson. Mexico. China: The tentacles of capitalism (tags)
The capitalist class desperately try to separate the actions of individuals from society. There is no "system". Capitalism is never to blame, only the crazed and murderous actions of flawed individuals.
Free Internet Book: "Needs and Limits" (tags)
"The logic of capitalism must be replaced to address the crisis of ecological overshoot and to achieve a sustainable well-being."
True and False Causes of the Financial Crisis (tags)
If we can produce enough for all in superfluity-and we are already technically in this position-why must the whole enormous social wealth be squeezed through the needle of buying and selling, money, profit and growth? We all deserve something better than capitalist crisis economy.
CRAZY-BEAUTY CAPITALISM (tags)
Is the fashion of the moment to criticize the government? Why not to do this with profit?
The Crisis, Money and Us (tags)
"One we had a coordinated social market economy. This `Rhine' capitalism embodied the insight gained in bitter experience that totally freed markets are self-destructive. This insight was lost somewhere between Friedman and Hayek, Thatcher and Reagan.."
The Fox News Election (tags)
The November 2 midterm elections were not only a decisive rejection not only of the Obama administration but a full-scale endorsement of free-market economic policies and lassiez-faire capitalism — albeit by a much smaller segment of the American electorate than voted Obama and the Democrats into power in 2008. Millions of Americans voted against the party under whose watch unemployment has risen from 6.2 to 9.5 percent, and bought into the Republicans' critique that the reason for Obama's failure is he's been too much of a progressive, unduly burdening the private sector with regulation and taxation. Thanks to talk radio and Fox News, millions of Americans profoundly believe that Obama and the Democrats are far more radical than they are — and as long as they remain on the air and have their current level of influence, U.S. politics will continue to move even further Right.
Worldwide Economic Crisis 2.0 or the Collapse of Neoliberal Finance Capitalism (tags)
The present crisis is a consequence of the fact that exploding business profits found inadequate investment opportunities in the productive sector and turned instead to financial speculation. Deregulation created "law-free" spaces" with the abrogation of all political controls.
Between Austerity Mania and Megalomania (tags)
The more capitalism invokes its rationality, the more irrational it seems to be. Fewer and fewer persons handle more and more tasks. This savings mania was forced to the detriment of quality controls. The economy should be a part of life, not a steamroller crushing self-determination
French Worker Struggles for Justice (tags)
struggling without union support
Wealth Buys Health (tags)
Science Daily reports on a new study linking health with wealth.
Capitalists, Global Warming, and the Climate Justice Movement (tags)
(This essay was published in Anarcho-Syndicalist Review, #54, Summer 2010, pages 23-28. For this internet edition I've made a few more changes and additions). An urgent analysis of the climate crisis and call to action.
Life after the Peak: Capitalism and the Market Economy (tags)
All over the world there are experiments with renewable energy, solidarity economies and non-profit economic forms. A growth acceleration law will be absurd when fossil energy runs out. We will need a growth de-acceleration law.
Dr. Steve Best on "The Left, Capitalism, and Animal Rights" (tags)
This is an excerpt of Jon Hoch interviewing Dr. Steven Best on April 29, 2010. To hear the entire interview, please see: http://negotiationisover.com/2010/05/11/an-interview-with-dr-steven-best-the-left-capitalism-and-animal-rights/
The jubilant singing about free enterprise as the supposedly best of all worlds sounds much quieter than at the beginning of the 1990s. We urgently need alternatives. This is now a matter of survival. As it was taboo to doubt the rule of the church in the Middle Ages, the thought prohibition of questioning the market economy is in effect.
The Financial Market Must Become a Public Service (tags)
An institutional crisis faces us, not individual failure. Egoism makes one short-sighted; greed makes one blind. Capitalism is not simply a market system. Capitalism is a social order. Therefore it cannot be left to economists to decide which laws of the market should operate.
"The Mother of All Evil is Speculation!": Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2" (tags)
In "Wall Street 2," Wall Street is marked by profiteering, lack of understanding for Asians and fixation on getting the customer "on the hook" at the end. "This is the biggest sellout in history... If we don't do it, there will be no history."
The BP oil spill and American capitalism (tags)
"BP of course has done us wrong, as all corporations do. But it is capitalism that should be put on trial. This is an opportunity to move the people to that understanding. All who stand for progress and human advancement must seize this moment. In every conversation, every letter to the editor, every email, every blog post and every twit we must work to put the transformation to a different society on the table. Only an economy based on fairness and sharing can save us from the disease of capitalism that is ravaging this earth. Now is a time to scream this from every corner of the globe. In our groups and associations and as individuals we can begin this now. We may not stop until we have a new world!"
Work- and Social Criticism in the Time of Capitalist Running Amok (tags)
The term social goes through a fundamental change of meaning. Earlier social described an obligation of society to its members. Today the little word social stands for the caring duty of members of society toward the capitalist machine
The death of macho: The era of male dominance is over (tags)
The most enduring legacy of the Great Recession will not be the death of Wall Street. It will not be the death of finance. And it will not be the death of capitalism. These ideas and institutions will live on. What will not survive is macho.
IRON MAN 2 AND THE VICTORY OF THE TRUE CAPITALISM (tags)
It is not enough to see is necessary to understand.
For a Proletarian and Communist May 1st! (tags)
Workers! The general conditions of life and work have been deteriorating for years, becoming ever more intolerable.
Citizen Money as a Bold Social Utopia (tags)
"Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems." (Rainer Maria Rilke) Citizen money would guarantee a reasonable life for all. Citizen money challenges our social and cultural assumptions and uncouples work and income.
Alternatives to Capitalism (tags)
Neoliberalism, financial market-driven capitalism, intensifies the crises. However the root of evil lies in the developmental laws of capitalism. Neoliberalism is based on double standards and double speak where CEOs are job creators and workers are cost factors.
Finance Capitalism Devalues Labor (tags)
Businesses are capital investments in the hands of shareholders. Consequently managers only serve the interests of shareholders.
VIDEO: Joseph Stiglitz' "Freefall" on BookTV (tags)
"Incentives matter. Short-sighted behavior on an annual basis involved excessive risk taking. `Too big to fail' is ersatz capitalism socializing losses.
Climate Justice, Not Growth Mania (tags)
"In green capitalism, the bio-crisis is at the center of the growth strategy. The Green New Deal represents a kind of ecological inversion of Kennedy's famous sentence: Ask not what you can do for the environment but what the environment can do for you..."
Descent Into Barbarism: The US and NATO Wage War on the World (tags)
"In our time, war, it seems, has already begun. The US oligarchy and its NATO allies are waging a veritable war on the world: killing, disappearing and incarcerating millions of civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan – a war that is expanding into Yemen, Somalia and the rest of the Horn of Africa, with the militarisation of sea lanes and oceans (see Chossudovsky, www.Globalresearch.ca) and the setting up of “forward projecting” military and missile bases in every continent (see Rozoff, ditto). On top of ordinary poverty and misery, the world is truly seeing another historic descent into barbarism. Given this war-mongering dynamic, the growing US antagonism with Iran, Russia and China is far from an idle threat. It is the logical next step for a deeply illogical economic system. But history is not inevitable. We are not necessarily programmed to repeat its horrors. A combination of global communications among citizens and political and social consciousness may be enough to prevent a military conflagration and overthrow the misrule of the oligarchy. What is needed is a) a widening of the recognition that capitalism as a system of social production is finished; and b) the case has to be confidently made that an alternative is very possible."
Ten Years After Seattle (tags)
We must develop a new strategy for the movement. Neoliberal policy destroys the idea of the public. Neoliberalism privatizes and instrumentalizes production, communication, language and emotions. We should prepare for a long phase of barbarism and violence.
What is Inflation? (Ver. 2.1) (tags)
Inflation is a rise in the general price of things. As a result, people believe they are able to buy less things.
Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti (tags)
worker exploitation follows disaster
The Origins of Modern Socialism (tags)
The specter of socialism is again haunting the minds of the corporate elite, from the Americas to Europe and beyond. This, after decades of pro-capitalist campaigning from the corporate media, which has always confused “capitalism” with “freedom.” But of course freedom and democracy cannot exist alongside tremendous inequalities of wealth — or next to corporations wielding absolute power over elections and governments.
Sherry Wolf: Lesbian Socialist Activist Speaks in San Diego (tags)
Lesbian socialist Sherry Wolf came to San Diego December 3 to promote her new book, “Sexuality and Socialism.” Wolf offered a provocative critique of much of the Queer community’s orthodoxy, most notably the Queer mainstream’s embrace of the notion that people’s sexual orientation is inbred and genetically determined. She also mused on how and why the Queer movement morphed from a liberation struggle demanding sexual freedom to an elaborate commercial mechanism to promote Queer-owned businesses. Her final conclusion: there can be no true sexual liberation as long as capitalism survives and forces most people to spend their time working at jobs they hate and taking care of families on their own.
Another Capitalism (tags)
The system itself is degenerate. The great financial crisis is the trigger for seeking another capitalism. Deregulation becomes an end-in-itself; the state per se is of the devil. The state should be taken seriously as a production factor.
End the Fed? Or End the Market Economy? (tags)
When Republican Congressman Ron Paul recently introduced legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, diverse sections of the political spectrum applauded. And rightfully so. The Fed’s role in the still-developing bank bailouts is one of utter secrecy; the total cost of which — as estimated by the bailout’s Special Inspector General, Neil Barofsky — could cost taxpayers $23.7 trillion. The fact that legislation needed to be introduced to raise the question of the whereabouts of these funds points to a larger breakdown in U.S. democracy.
Two Anniversaries: Berlin and Seattle (tags)
November 2009 was not only the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — an historical milestone reported to death by the corporate media — it was also the anniversary of an event the corporate media chose to ignore: the 10th anniversary of the mass protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle in November and December 1999. The challenge for radicals and progressives today is not only to revitalize the spirit of Seattle but to take back the initiative in an era in which the biggest and most confrontational mass actions are being staged by the "teabag" Right.
The Rules of the Game, Not the Players (tags)
In the last three decades, the financial markets have grown much faster than production.. The respective players (whether public or private) are not the problem but the rules of the game.. The goals and means of production must be redefined
The High Risk Business of Banks (tags)
The model of financial market capitalism collapsed with the greatest crisis of the financial markets since the worldwide economic crisis at the end of the 20s. The enormous accumulation of financial assets was based on redistribution of incomes continuing for 30 years.
IMPERIALISM ITS RISE AND INEVITABLE COLLAPSE (tags)
“I was in the East End of London (a working-class quarter) yesterday I attended a meeting of the unemployed. I listened to the wild speeches, which were just a cry for ‘bread! bread!’ and on my way home I pondered over the scene and I became more than ever convinced of the importance of imperialism.... My cherished idea is a solution for the social problem, i.e., in order to save the ..........inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population, to provide new markets for the goods produced in the factories and mines. The Empire, as I have always said, is a bread and butter question. If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists," quoted by Cecil Rhodes an English Stateman to a journalist in 1895. 1. V.I. Lenin, Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism
A New Paradigm: The New Deal of the 1930s (tags)
The New Deal that led out of the worldwide economic crisis in the 1930s was based on the combination of a new technical-economic model with a new socio-economic model. Obama's achievement is not turning the necessity of overcoming the crisis against the social principle
Freedom of Religion in Libertarian Spain (tags)
Hello, For anyone interested, here is Part 2 of the 'Libertarian Spain in the 1930's' series
Is Growth Only Possible Through Inequality? (tags)
Does capitalism make the rich richer and the poor poorer instead of creating prosperity for everyone as promised? Inequality declined considerably between 1930 and 1970 in western industrial states.
Planned Economy Instead of Chaos Economy (tags)
For years US imports have doubled US exports. For 10 years China has contributed $2 billion a day to finance US consumerism. Trade policy in the WTO, GATT and NAFTA have led to mass unemployment. Part time work for all and/or unconditional basic income could humanize society and assure dignified life.
Marx identified the falling rate of profit and the self-destruction of competition as contradictions of capitalism. Wages do not keep up with investments in machinery. Speculation and the explosion of the financial markets were encouraged by deregulation and higher profits.
Long Live Tobin. Commentary on Financial Regulation (tags)
"Turner's demand for introduction of a global Tobin tax on all financial transactions is a very old demand. The tendency of banks to take flight in casino capitalism and neglect their role as servants of the real economy has made the crisis into a real fix for us.."
Michael Moore’s Movie ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ a Must See (tags)
Michael Moore’s movie, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ will be a shocking revelation to the millions of Americans who believe in capitalism; however, socialists will understand that ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ does not reveal the ultimate danger and damage that capitalism is wreaking on the working class and world economies on a global scale.
Alexander: Go See “Capitalism, a Love Story” (tags)
Michael Moore’s movie, “Capitalism, a Love Story” will be a shocking revelation to the millions of Americans who believe in capitalism; however, socialists will understand that “Capitalism, a Love Story” does not reveal the ultimate danger and damage that capitalism is wreaking on the working class and world economies on a global scale.
Last Dance for Capitalism (tags)
Capitalism reaches its inner limit and strangulates itself and the environment. Increasingly effective measures lead to fewer and fewer workers producing ever-greater quantities. The real economy becomes an appendage of speculation bubbles.
Capitalism is the Problem: System Error (tags)
The chaos that we now witness is only the latest crisis of the global economic system. The system has not succeeded in keeping profits at the level of the postwar years. What is good for one capitalist is not necessarily good for the system. Triple-digit billions have been pumped into system
Review: Karl Polanyi-How the State Created Capitalism (tags)
In "The Great Transformation" (1944), Karl Polanyi deconstructs the myth of a free market economy that develops naturally and spontaneously and the idea of the state as a counter-pole to capital. The transformation of labor and land into commodities was a painful process.
We Fight Capitalism, Not the Crisis of Capitalism (tags)
Capitalism is a social system, not a natural law. Capitalism has proven it cannot end wars, prevent crises or make possible a good life for all people. Instead of solidarity, the capitalist social system teaches us envy and egoism. Now those who privatized the state cry for state bailout packages.
Why The U.S. Government Hates Venezuela (tags)
The propaganda wheels are turning fast. The barrage of anti-Venezuela misinformation that began while Bush was in office has intensified in recent months. Not a week goes by without the U.S. mainstream media running at least one story about the “dictatorial” Venezuelan government. Historically, the U.S. government’s foreign policy “coincidentally” matches the opinion of the media and vice versa.
The Crisis in the Crisis or How Sick is the System (tags)
Crisis is a synonym for experiences of difference. It changes something. Afterwards nothing will be as in the past. Until recently the "manager" and "business" were models for all areas of life. Do private vices always become public virtues?
John Kenneth Galbraith: Relentless Fighter Against the Powerful (tags)
In the 1960s John Kenneth Galbraith decried the coexistence of private affluence and public squalor and denounced trickle-down economics, feeding the horse so the sparrow can live. System- and structural criticism are vital today as the myth of the self-healing market lies shattered
The Crisis and the Left: Democratizing instead of Privatizing (tags)
"Neoliberalism has no future..Since time immemorial, (neo-) liberals have wanted as little democracy as possible as an unavoidable evil that should not get in the way of the real kingdom of freedom, the capitalist market economy.."
Capitalism as Religion (tags)
"The basic trust in capital still exists. Modern capitalism has gained a firm place in our subconscious. The debacle of the global financial markets should have led to a rethinking long ago. But the culprits will probably get off lightly because the capitalist system is held as divinely ordained."
Economic Crisis and the Crisis of Neoliberal Ideology (tags)
The crisis has his origins in the "real" economy. Inequality is the ideological motor of neoliberfalism. German president Kohler described the financial markets as a monster. The metaphor has changed from market as rational subject to monster.
Wolf Larsen, Nietzshe and the Titans of Capitalism (tags)
When young, Jack London was an oyster pirate on San Francisco Bay and a believer in might makes right. After working many occupations, he saw many decent, strong, hard working men incapacitated due to accidents, fate, disease or the workings of capitalism. In less one had rich relatives, one was out of luck. Greatly to his credit, Jack London became a socialist.
Socialist Stewart Alexander: Washington and Capitalism in Shambles (tags)
Since President Barack Obama took office in January, the U.S. economy has gone from bad to worst. Nationwide, home foreclosures continue to climb, consumer spending is down due to the credit crisis, more than 6 million Americans remain unemployed, and while paychecks are shrinking, inflation and gas prices are on the increase. The U.S. economy and capitalism is in a total mess.
The End of Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Capitalism (tags)
"Guaranteeing the social infrastructure and social security for everyone should be central instead of guarantees for banks and corporations and socialization and democratization of the economy instead of nationalization!"
Free market and democracy are incompatible (tags)
Capitalism = McCarthyist dictatorship
Let's Really Attack our Economic Problems (tags)
Let’s show the trickle down theory the door. If a goodly majority ever faces economic reality, we could fashion a better world. It is however the wealthy that will have to sacrifice.
Santa Cruz Anarchsit Convergence Workshop Descriptions (tags)
The Anarchists are Coming! There will be almost 40 workshops and discussions at the Santa Cruz Anarchist Convergence from May 7-11th. Here are times and descriptions of all of them! Also: flyers, dates, times, and descriptions of several events surrounding the convergence. Check it out!
For the Resumtion of the Class Struggle! (tags)
The economic crisis which has crashed down on society has already had and for a long time will have disastrous consequences for the lives of the masses, as every worker can see in his daily life or her work. The bourgeois economists themselves admit it: they do not know what the causes of the crisis are – satisfying themselves by blaming the greed of the bankers or excessive financial deregulation – and they do not know when it will end and give way to the long-awaited “economic recovery”. The current crisis is the crisis of the capitalist mode of production, incapable of stopping itself, forced to produce always more commodities, at a certain point it comes up against the limits of the market.
The End of Finance Market Capitalism: Renaissance of Socialism? (tags)
The crisis offers an historical chance to civilize an unbridled capitalism with reform policy. The future relation of market and state is the focus of attention.. Financial markets are characterized by herd behavior. Risk consciousness disappears.
It is not a conjunctural crisis (tags)
"instinct is the hereditary knowledge of a specific program of life"
"Low-Wage Capitalism" Author Speaks in San Diego (tags)
Fred Goldstein, contributing editor of the Workers' World newspaper and author of the new book "Low-Wage Capitalism," spoke at the Malcolm X Library April 18 and described the current economic collapse as a classic "crisis of overproduction" in the Marxist sense. Though Wall Street greed and the bursting of the housing bubble played a part, he said, the real cause was the capitalist class's success in driving working people's wages down, not only in the U.S. but worldwide, to the point where workers can no longer afford to consume the products they produce. He called for a mass progressive movement to make explicit economic demands, especially jobs.
Banksters of Capitalism (tags)
The April issue of Facts for Working People. Issue includes Banksters of Capitalism, Tent Cities, and a Program for the Unemployed
Putting Finance Capitalism "Back in Its Box" (tags)
Their scheme is permanent debt bondage
Disarm the Markets! New Attac Basis Text (tags)
The therapy depends on the diagnosis. Mechanisms, instruments and actors can be identified whose action and teamwork led to the crash. The age of a unipolar world was very short. An historical chance is opening against finance capitalism.
Rasmussen Poll Indicates American Shift Toward Socialism (tags)
Perhaps the most significant aspect of this poll is the response from people under thirty. The statistics indicate that 66% of this demographic are actively questioning capitalism as a system.
The Crisis of Finance Market Capitalism as a Challenge for the Left (tags)
"The problems we face today cannot be solved with the minds that created them" (Albert Einstein).
You don’t want to pay for the crisis of capital? Then just don’t do it. (tags)
A critique of the calls for demonstrations against the G20 in Berlin, Frankfurt and London under the slogan “We won't pay for your crisis! – For a solidarity society”
SOCIALISM: THE TIME IS NOW - Los Angeles Conference & Workshops (tags)
The U.S. government ensures banks and big corporations get trillions in bailout funds while millions of workers are losing their jobs and homes in California and the rest of the U.S. If you want to build a fight back movement against racism, bigotry and capitalist exploitation, join us for the April 25 Conference & Workshops in L.A. Be part of the struggle for socialism! Find out what socialism is, what we aim for, and why socialism is the only answer to the misery created by capitalism.
Global Day of Action: We Will Not Pay for Your Crisis March 28 Berlin (tags)
Dominance of the profit logic and economization of all areas of life must be ended. Capitalism cannot solve global problems like poverty, insecurity, climate change, destruction of the environment, wars and dismantling democracy-it causes them!
Capitalism and Nature: Elmar Altvater (tags)
The capitalist formation of society is characterized by growth fetishism, the notion that boundless growth is socially necessary. Capitalism is historical. "If its beginning is certain, its end is also certain."
The Restof the World is Rioting! Los Angeles, You will Burn! (tags)
Los Angeles, The world is changing, Civilization is collapsing, Capitalism is failing.
What is Marxism? (tags)
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/what_is_marxism.html
Financial Markets: Is No One Responsible? (tags)
Enlightenment is part of overcoming crisis, not only money packages. Ten officials in every boardroom is not the solution. Rather the problem is the incredible transformation of the modern bank into a service enterprise with an adjacent casino.
Alternatives to Panic (tags)
"Mainstream politicians want to "fix" capitalism so we can return to a state of steady economic growth. But capitalism is broken when it is growing -- we don't want to return to business as usual. How can we use this period of economic collapse to move farther away from capitalism?"
Systemic Failure: Capitalism "Lays an Egg" (tags)
deepening economic crisis
Robert Jensen Challenges Patriotism, Industrialism (tags)
University of Texas journalism professor Robert Jensen spoke in San Diego February 21. His talk was billed as a challenge to the idea of patriotism, but he also said flatly that the industrial mode of production and the way of life it has allowed are no longer sustainable and the world's population will have to live in small, self-sufficient local communities. His speech also attacked "the coarsening of the culture" represented by the easy availability of pornography.
Capitalists Attempting to Redefine Socialism (tags)
Since Congress passed the first $168 billion government stimulus, the “S” word has become a favorite term for the corporate media in referring to socialism. It would be more appropriate to use the “S” word to refer to “stimulus” because it is evident that the capitalists are moving no closer to a transition to socialism; however, as the U.S. economic crisis continues to expand and the failure of capitalism become more apparent to the world, the wealthy ruling elite are now sustaining capitalism with one stimulus after another.
Will Obama Start the Next Trade War? (tags)
While campaigning to be president, Obama gave the general impression that he would act “cooperatively” to solve international problems, moving away from the Bush strategy of irresponsible “unilateralism.” But Obama took an aggressive stance towards China even on the campaign trail, including the accusations of “currency manipulation,” “violating intellectual property rights,” and “devaluing their goods.” Of course, the average American cares nothing about these types of crimes, nor should they.
Obama’s Campaign Promises and the Laws of Capitalism (tags)
Throughout his campaign, Obama made repeated overtures to working people. He talked about job creation, a tax cut for the middle class, health care, education, the rescinding of the lavish tax cuts for the rich, clean energy, facilitating unionization, and the elimination of the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy for gays in the military. One got the distinct impression when he was campaigning that Obama was oriented to helping ordinary working people, who are now struggling to pay their bills, not the rich.
Competing Ideologies: Davos v. Belem (tags)
alternate ideological views
The Case for Socialism (tags)
The world today is undeniably chaotic — war, abject poverty, and unimaginable wealth exist side by side. In an attempt to explain the current social turmoil, some have resorted to religion and apocalypse, while others place the blame on the few bad apples that held positions of power as the economy slid into destitution. And then there are those who blame conspiracy, immigrants, or a society-wide lack of morality. All of the above explanations seem to be missing a crucial ingredient. A simple observation should be central to any explanation of the current economic crisis: There are huge surpluses (or overproduction) of houses, cars, food stuffs, and many other products that millions of people desperately need, but cannot afford to buy. This is the essence of the problem.
The Blood of the Black Sheep (tags)
Crisis and Catharsis. Capitalism begins its great self-purging to remain what it is. The Wall Street boys and girls have not forgotten how to make money amid crisis. The speculation bubbles burst. The fictional wealth dissolves in thin air thanks to falling home prices and stock prices.
mp3 audio: "Grasping the Financial Crisis" (tags)
Sam Girdin and Leo Panitch teach political economy at York University. The Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry offers this mp3 audio in the hope that thousands of discussion groups will arise in the world.
Google video: Capitalism Hits the Fan-A Marxian View (tags)
Richard Wolff, a professor of economics at UMass Amherst, talks on the current "financial" crisis and capitalism in general. A form of socialism is presented as a possibility for exhausted and anxiety-ridden workers.
The Crisis (tags)
The capitalist system does not make a mistake; it is the mistake. Capitalism is the problem. The solution would be an independent-socialist social order whose highest principles are mutual aid, respect for nature and a nonviolent rule-free humanly just world.
"Wild Speculation is Sin" (tags)
"Marx recognized the core of globalization as a globalization of capital..He also warned against the economization of all areas of life..A capitalism without ethical and legal frameworks is misanthropic..The social market economy is a civilization product.."
We Are Already In The Future! (tags)
At election’s denouement, to the Right the outraged, self loathing of the loser & the losers, including one dude standing mutely in Michigan, a Republican delegate, in a Klan suit, describing Obama as an “Islamic communist”. To the Left, the self important drears who had urged us to throw our votes away, as they objectively, in the name of their “principles”, gave votes to John McCain.
Holy Scripture is the Standard, not Capitalism (tags)
Describing the dominant system as a social market economy is a deception. Social justice should be the integrating element of our economic order. Justice is not something additional to faith in God. Trust in the invisible hand is the core of the religion of the market.
Tax and Spend Liberalism versus Hyper-Inflation (tags)
Indirect Taxation of packrats
Former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, to Speak at National Conference on Socialism i (tags)
Former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, to Speak at National Conference on Socialism in Los Angeles. December 6-7, 2008 on the UCLA campus. Activists and progressives from across the country are gathering for a two-day conference to discuss organizing and ways to fight back against racism, sexism, imperialism and other issues effecting working class and oppressed people.
Capitalism in Crisis (tags)
Some thoughts on the current economic crisis and capitalism
Hope in Common, by David Graeber (tags)
We seem to have reached an impasse. Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart.
Offe's Paradox (tags)
Klaus Offe, a left thinker, once proposed Offe's paradox, the idea that"while capitalism cannot coexist with, neither can it exist without the welfare state." Canada has done better than some countries in protecting social welfare. The welfare state is not dead; what is dead is econ security.
Bankruptcy of the Last Utopia (tags)
The economy should be a part of life, not a steamroller crushing creativity and self-realization. The economy should serve humankind; humanity should not serve bankers, SUVs and sports stadiums. The same Chinese letter represents crisis & opportunity.Will future be more human?
Rich of the World, Enrich Yourselves! (tags)
Financial jugglers speculating with food, oil and other raw materials caused double-digit inflation and made staple foods like rice and wheat into luxury items for millions. Neoliberalism with one blow managed to drive nation states to the defensive.
The ONLY ANSWER to Capitalism Conference (tags)
The ONLY solution to Capitalism.
Barack Obama, new mouthpiece of ruling class interests (tags)
In renewing its great traditions of struggle, the American proletariat will have to fight the coming blood and tears policy of the Obama presidency
Welcome to Finance Market Capitalism (tags)
The financial market escapades must be the problem because capitalism itself cannot be the problem. The state bailout measure prepares the ground for inflationary developments.
Not "Fascism or Obama": Fascism and Obama (tags)
It is all too obvious that anti-fascism renounces revolution. But anti-fascism fails exactly where its realism claims to be effective: in preventing a possible dictatorial mutation of society. The fight for a democratic state is inevitably a fight to consolidate the state, and far from crippling totalitarianism, such a fight increases totalitarianism's stranglehold on society.
The Death of Capitalism (tags)
This latest crisis may be the last one that capitalism can survive.
What the Economic Crisis Means for Us and How to Defend Ourselves (tags)
Gloom and Doom-----The pillars of the U.S. capitalist economy are crumbling and falling all around us while the federal government frantically races from one crisis to another, throwing money at them as if throwing water on a fire. It could well turn out that the money represents only a few drops of water thrown on threatening flames that will soon billow into an out-of-control wildfire so that nothing President-elect Barak Obama has proposed will succeed in averting the disaster.
Financial Market Capitalism: Neoliberalis become State Socialists (tags)
Neoliberalism is neither new nor liberal. All freedom is demanded for capital, even though human dependence is intensified and human existences destroyed. The state becomes a functionary for neoliberal concepts. The debts of Fannie/Freddie are added to the nine trillion.
The American Patient (tags)
Capitalism changed into "finance-driven" capitalism. The profit rates for industrial capital fell in the past decades. Washington could be paralyzed under the debt yoke like Japan in the early 1990s. After decades of market idolization, the US has rediscovered political power.
STOP THE PRO-WALL STREET NAZI FASCISM OF THE MCCARTHYITE MCCAIN – PALIN HORSE! (tags)
Like the Nazis the Republican campaign is spreading phobia against Marxism to cover up the Republican and Reaganite coddling of Wall Street capitalism, profiteering and deregulation and for the Bush-Paulsen-McCain bailout of Wall Street. Time to stop politicians plumbing out bail-out profits for Wall Street capitalism! Time for real, socialist, Marxist change!
AJLPP Analysis on the Current World Capitalist Crisis (tags)
The capitalist bailout rammed into the US Congress has infused into the banks more than $ 500 B out of the $ 700 appropriations. But despite the huge infusion to the capitalist system, the crisis marched on with impunity. The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) believes that the latest unraveling of the “free market” dogma, the ultimate exposure of the failed concept of “neoliberal globalization” and the gravity of the current level of the economic and financial crisis of the imperialist powers headed by the US is now totally exposed to the whole world. But this phenomenon must be explained and understood and should not be feared. We must act to face this crisis with renewed determination and readiness to struggle for the people and to change this rotten system.
The Broken Pact with the People (tags)
Trust capitalism and shun government interferences we were told. But irresponsible bankers saw the chance to get rich quick and went for it. Their future has become ours-and the promise of a common good has evaporated along with faith in democratic capitalism.
The Future as Possibility: Elmar Altvater (tags)
The state should not be a trough for the super-wealthy. Representatives representing money and not the people are marionettes of a corrupt campaign financing system. The system must be changed if it is to survive. Call Congress 1-800-270-0309.
Grand Theft America (tags)
The government-business looting of America.
Forget Wall Street! (tags)
Foreign countries will not finance US wars and US consumption for ever. The US must accept the new reality that countries want to diversity, not accumulate dollars. What becomes of a country that refuses systemic criticism and sets missions and agendas above facts and realities?
No to the Bailout of the Capitalist Speculators! (tags)
The financial crisis that has been heating up since early 2007 reached the boiling point in late September. Credit markets virtually stopped functioning. A full-blown panic swept stock markets worldwide. The U.S. economy is in the throes of a recession that could turn into a Depression lasting for years. In these dire straits, the Wall Street speculators who set off this crisis are demanding that the government rescue them with a bailout priced at $700 billion. The actual costs will be far higher, a trillion dollars or more. Meanwhile, the Democrats are pushing hardest for the Bush bailout of the banks. Presidential candidate Barack Obama blames "greed" for the crisis on Wall Street (capitalism without greed?) and says there must be no "blank check to Washington" -- meaning he's for putting in a few conditions as window dressing. Following in the Democrats' footsteps, the AFL-CIO labor bureaucrats called a demo for "No Blank Check for Wall Street." Yet no amount of regulation will stop the boom-bust cycle of capitalism. Meanwhile unemployment lines are growing and a million families were thrown out of their homes by bank foreclosures in the last year. While the fat cats, Democrats and bureaucrats are all going for the Bush bailout to prop up U.S. capitalism, revolutionary Marxists oppose this trillion-dollar giveaway to the Wall Street speculators, calling instead for a program of transitional demands leading to the expropriation of the banks and the entire bourgeoisie through workers revolution.
Bail-Out, Economic Democracy and the Socialist Path (tags)
David Schweickart, political philosopher, discusses the financial crisis, what it exposes about capitalism, how it can set the stage for economic democracy, and open the socialist path.
Labors Militant Voice (tags)
Pulling the plug won't mean the end of the world; there is an alternative. Let's do a Kevorkian on this rotten system.
Karl Marx's Accurate Prediction (tags)
Karl Marx's accurate prediction about the continuing crises in capitalism and the resultant concentration of the world's wealth in fewer and fewer hands and the impoverishment of workers
Criticism of Consumerism and Criticism of Capitalism (tags)
With the striking climate change, the "western lifestyle" has come into crisis. Our consumption is more environmentally-friendly but we simultaneously consume more and more so the environment is hardly relieved. Necessary social framing conditions are faded out.
Tarot Cards and the Left (tags)
How prognostications of doom encourage passivity over action
Facts for Working People (tags)
Labors Militant Voice (LMV) publishes a newspaper which aims to talk to the working class about issues effecting us. August issue: Why Gas Prices are so High, How to Apply for a Government Bail Out, Strikers in South Africa chant "Eat the Rich" and Why we Need a Workers Party Now.
Capitalism’s final death throws. (tags)
Are finally upon us.
Life is Gift, not Possession (tags)
In "Kaspar Hauser," Jacob Wassermann describes a town suffering under a long drought. With the wells dry, the town becomes enmeshed in violence and recrimination until a little boy plays so beautifully on his flute that water rises again in the wells.
Alternatives to Free Trade: Fair Trade and Beyond (tags)
The global debate around free-trade and its consequences has evolved tremendously in recent years, from tiny circles of leftist critics into a broad international protest movement. Although the movement began to bloom in response to the policies of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the biggest demonstrations have been in response to the now-popular "bi-lateral" free-trade agreements that economically powerful countries sign with poorer nations. Once one has become conscious of the problems created by free-trade agreements, whether they are international or regional, an immediate task presents itself: finding a feasible alternative. Yes, the trade policy advocated by most big business politicians is "free-trade," and yes, this policy has had devastating consequences for working and poor people worldwide, while filling the already-full bank accounts of the rich. But the issue of "free-trade" alone isn't sufficient to fully explain the vast social problems that plague so many countries.
Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge - Part II" (tags)
a stinging indictment of US imperialism
Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" (tags)
an indictment of imperialism
Arnaud de Borchgrave on McClellan, Neocons & Clean Break (tags)
Arnaud de Borchgrave on McClellan, Neocons & Clean Break
AJLPP Sautes the 35th Year of the NDFP (tags)
On behalf of the Filipino American community in the United States and all its allies, we in the Alliance Philippines (AJLPP)consider it fitting and proper to extend warmest greetings to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in celebration of the 35th anniversary of its founding on 24 April 1973 when its 10-Point Program was unfurled and promulgated. We share in the Filipino people's jubilation that the NDFP has won great victories in the application and development of the policy and tactics of the united front in advancing the people's democratic revolution against foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism in the Philippines.
"We Believe, We Are What We Buy": Identity-Shopping (tags)
Happy Earth Day! That doesn't mean buy a Toyota Prius! Buying a Prius can be a substitute for sparing the environment. While capitalism, consumerism and commerce arenot evil, life is denatured when commerce is everything.
Non-Profits, Privatization, and Capitalism (tags)
As soon as we begun organizing our workplace into a union— a drug and alcohol rehab center— the murky non-profit world proved to be an obstacle. When first approached, many of our coworkers asked the same question, “would a union even work at a non-profit”? And to this we normally answered, “why not?” – Although a better answer might have been, “Why do non-profit workers believe they should have less rights or pay than other workers?” And with this question you’ve opened a Pandora’s Box that leads down a series of questions and answers that reveal a lot about how modern society functions, especially the relationship between workers’ standard of living, non-profits, and the present state of the capitalist system itself. To help explain the gargantuan role that non-profits play in modern society, a book of essays about the subject -- cleverly named The Revolution Will Not be Funded-- was released by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. In its introduction chapter, the book explains how non-profits have evolved into organizations that divert political movements into dead ends, shape public opinion, and most relevant to this article, perform services previously done by the state.
Global Unsocial (tags)
"The workers who have to sell themselves bit by bit are a commodity like every other commercial article." This quotation from the 1848 Communist Manifesto is an accurate description of the current system which is morally sick and lacks consensus.
VOTE PSL in 2008: Put Human Needs Over Profits (tags)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is fielding a slate of candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections: Gloria La Riva for President and Eugene Puryear for Vice President. The campaign is rooted in the struggle for socialism. We believe a better world is possible and together we can make it happen.
The End of Capitalism As We Know It: Book Review (tags)
Capitalism needs a pension. The time for a dissolution of the historical phenomenon of this special economic form is overdue. The good old capitalism now appears as a development-brake and catastrophe-accelerator because monopolies are impractical and inflexible.
Holiday Season Hypocrisy (tags)
Consumerism corrupts the holiday season.
The immiseration of the working class – Marx was right! (tags)
Just a couple of weeks ago, America's government tax collectors, the Internal Revenue Service, issued a new report. The IRS found that the richest 1% of Americans earned a record 21.2% of all income in 2005, up from 19% the year before. At the same time, the bottom 50% earned just 12.8% of all income in 2005, down from 13.4%. This was a record. IRS data only go back to 1986, but other academic research suggests that the last time wealthy Americans had such a high percentage of the national income was in the 1920s. And there's more. The IRS data show that the incomes of people right in the middle of all the income brackets (where half earn less and half earn more) fell 2% between 2000 and 2005 when adjusted for inflation, to $30,881. At the same time, the income level for the top 1% grew 3% to $364,657, or over ten times as much! This shows that capitalism is not only a breeder of economic crisis, war and waste, but is also a system of grotesque exploitation and injustice. When Marx wrote Das Kapital around 150 years ago, he argued that "pauperism (poverty) forms the condition of capitalist production and of the capitalist development of wealth... in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be his payment high or low, must grow worse".
"Chaos is a Sign for the System's Fall" (tags)
Bush is an absolute disaster. Instead of withdrawing and adjusting to the changed geopolitical situation, he leaped suddenly into the abyss. Capitlaism is in crisis because endless capital accumulation can no longer be guaranteed to capitalists. Speculation reaps bitter fruits.
Reforms and the System Question (tags)
According to Marxist perspectives, capitalism develops with crises and ruptures. Possibilities of revolutionary social upheavals open up in these crises. The old wisdom of the Fordist age that cars cannot buy cars has lost all value to the elites.
Retirement under capitalism (tags)
Sometimes small statistics can have huge implications. The U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics recently reported that the age at which U.S. workers retire has risen for the first time in 100 years. According to the report, in the mid-1980s, 18 percent of people in their late 60s still had jobs; today, it is 29 percent. Millions of U.S. workers can no longer look forward to the “Golden Years” of guaranteed Social Security, Medicare health insurance and employer pensions. One in four baby boomers surveyed said they would likely never be able to retire – in other words, they will “work until they drop”. For those that do want to retire, the age at which they can do so is also being systematically raised. Workers born in 1960 or later must wait until age 67, rather than 65, to get their full Social Security benefits. There is talk of raising it further to 70. The mainstream media took scant notice of this, and for good reason; it’s a huge indicator of deeper processes that are destroying the standard of living of workers in the United States and internationally. A quick look into why workers are delaying retirement – if they have the “luxury” of retiring at all – points a condemning finger at the current state of international capitalism, while at the same time warning younger workers of the even worse conditions they’ll certainly face under the auspices of the capitalist system.
A Hundred and Fifty Years Later and Marx Still Prevails (tags)
Marx Was Right But Don’t Tell Them
For a Future of Solidarity and Justice (tags)
The Economic social model is an alternative to the American mini-welfare state. The irrationality of finance capitalism appears in that the stock price rises while the value of labor falls. Labor is shamelessly robbed of its rights and dignity.
That Damned Marx (tags)
No matter what they say, the bourgeois cannot escape the fact that Marx's ideas still hold water after all these years. His analysis of the capitalist system, its laws and contradictions are as relevant today as they were 150 years ago. The serious journals of capitalism confirm this.
Reviewing Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" (tags)
The human wreckage of disaster capitalism.
Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" and the policy of Disaster Capitalism (tags)
"Shock and Awe" is what the media and pentagon called the bombardment of Baghdad by U.S. forces at the start of the 2003 Persian Gulf War. We remember the horrible visuals well, just as we remember, in graphic detail, our own shock and awe event on September 11, 2001, when we were treated to the first in a series of psychological trauma for the new the "War on Terror" PR campaign. All of these horrible events were designed to turn us, and Iraqis, into pliable infants, willing to let our government do whatever they want in order to "protect us."
The Coupon Clippers Get A History Lesson From One Of Their Own (tags)
Bourgeois theoreticians take measures to assure their class that the present crisis will pass. "Do not panic" is the message. Good times will return and the robbery can go on. Time for a history lesson.
'Old Europe' Bails Out Idiot-run Free-Market US Government - Again (tags)
Right now, the entire world's banking system is being pressed to the limit of what it can do to prevent a worldwide crash of the capitalist system due to what one European banker called "a complete evaporation of liquidity" [Source: "ECB reportedly weighs dollar swap with Fed", MarketWatch.com, 13 August, 2007]. In layman's terms, that means that the world's banking system is running out of the funds needed to keep the capitalist credit system running.
A Short Introduction to Marx's Das Kapital (tags)
Marx’s analysis of capitalism, unlike bourgeois accounts, is conducted from a historical perspective. In other words, Marx was keenly aware that during the march of history, one economic system, because of internal, irreconcilable contradictions, has been replaced by another until it too falls victim to similar contradictions. Of course, when one is born and matures within a single economy and lacks knowledge of any other system, one tends to take one’s own for granted, believing that it will persevere forever. A historical perspective has the advantage of forcing us to rise above the provincial perspective that assumes economic systems are eternal. We survey from above the vast array of systems that have played their fleeting role on history’s stage. For this reason, Marx’s analysis of capitalism is specifically written with the purpose of unveiling its inner contradictions so that the possibility of its demise stands boldly in relief. This runs directly opposed to bourgeois portrayals of capitalism as “natural” and hence as unalterable as the law of gravity itself.
Is Barack Obama an Alternative for U.S. Workers? (tags)
After years of Bush’s open-ended war on working people at home and abroad, many on the “left” are desperate for an alternative. For many, that alternative is Barack Obama, a Democratic Senator from Illinois. Obama, who is very careful with his words and actions, has done a good job so far of portraying himself as a “sensible progressive”. However, far from being a “progressive” alternative, Obama is at his core a typical representative of the bosses’ political parties. Despite presenting himself as a candidate of “change”, Obama is a defender of capitalism and imperialism, and hence of exploitation and oppression. On all fundamentals, he is far closer to Bush than he is to being a genuine alternative for working people.
Why your revolution is no liberation! (tags)
During the recent weeks and months a spirited debate developed in different German left wing newspapers and groups about the sense or non-sense, the perspectives and the means and goals of the mobilisation against the G8 summit. Different German and Austrian anti-fascist groups started a campaign to criticise a wrong analysis of capitalism widely spread in the anti-globalisation movement. In the context of this campaign several public discussions and lectures were held, a special webpage was set up but above all reader was published that contains a set of basic texts referring to this problem. This reader is available in German and English and will soon also be published in French in order to spread the debate also across other countries. Check it out: www.no-liberation-reader.tk
Capitalist Globalization and the "middle-class" (tags)
Since the 1970s, the social consequences of the current period of capitalism (commonly referred to as globalization) have primarily affected the working class, especially those in manufacturing jobs. Despite the consequential deterioration of large cities and countless smaller towns — not to mention the pauperization of large segments of the population — the effects were dismissed by politicians and the mainstream media as necessary evils. The victims of this process were told to pick themselves up by their boot-straps, go back to school, and learn to integrate into the new, technology-driven global economy. How things have changed! Experience has exposed all the promises of globalization to be lies, and now those who think of themselves as "middle-class" are finding themselves on the chopping block. These skilled workers — engineers, Information Technology workers, accountants, legal and medical personnel, etc. — are confronted by the combined forces of a shrinking labor market, outsourcing, and the corporate-led importation of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
"Capitalism is not the solution" (tags)
Attac turns against the unjust sides of globalization. We need the contagious power of the ideas of freedom, justice and equality. The last European revolution in 1989 succeeded despite dictatorial conditions.
How to Fix Capitalism (tags)
Book review of Benjamin Barber's "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults and Swallow Citizens Whole"
ILPS May First 2007 Message (tags)
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle extends its most militant greetings to the workers and other toiling people of the world on the occasion of International Workers’ Day. We commemorate the first May Day in 1887 when hundreds of thousands of workers struck in every major American city calling for an 8-hour workday. In Chicago, the police brutally attacked the strikers and demonstrators. A rally in Haymarket Square to protest the police brutality was also attacked. A number of labor leaders were framed on trumped up charges and hanged while others were thrown in prison. One hundred twenty years later, the workers still suffer from the barbarities of capitalism. They have to struggle to achieve their own emancipation and the emancipation of mankind.
Work as Fetish (tags)
What is good for the economy and what is good for people diverge more and more! Nevertheless the opposite is drummed into people..Capitalism only knows the irrational end-in-itself, making more money out of money until the end of time. Capitalism strikes its own limits.
Frantic Lunge from Drowning Conservative (tags)
Howard’s latest glib contribution, ‘Australia Rising’, delivered at the Queensland Media Club today, is yet another attempt to claw back into favour and steal attention away from the Murdoch endorsed future Prime Minister, Kevin (I can suck harder than you) Rudd. Howard’s spin-doctors have been working overtime to no avail it would seem. Following the ridiculous and desperate attempts to steal the agenda with infantile attacks on US presidential candidates, the HIV positive and most recently Howard's very revealing and ‘removed’ call for divine intervention regarding the water crisis, the “Australia Rising” speech will no doubt be greeted by the public with all the disdain it deserves!
Virginia Tech: Laying The Blame (tags)
There will be a lot of blame dished out in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre. But one element will be missing and that is the system itself. Capitalism and the society it nurtures will remain unscathed in the big business press.
Solidarity with the General Strike in Guinea! (tags)
Four days after its official beginning on Monday, the general strike continues in Guinea. The production of C.G.B, the second leading Bauxite producer in the world, has been halted, the workers also having stopped the trains carrying ore, while the production of the other consortium continues to grind towards a halt (provoking incendiary inflation in the prices of bauxite and aluminum on the world market). All economic activities are paralysed.
Capitalism and Corruption (tags)
Until recently, the bribes paid by German firms abroad were deducted from the corpor-ation tax as operating expenses..The neoliberal dogma doesnt need any religion since it makes capitalism into a religion.. The cult of abstract riches cannot replace morality Mergers and takeovers are central.
David Simon: “We’re Headed Towards Separate Americas!” (tags)
The award-winning author of the acclaimed HBO program, “The Wire,” painted a grim picture of this country. David Simon said: “We’re headed [towards] separate Americas.” Speaking at Loyola College, in Baltimore, MD, on Feb. 6, 2007, he said that “unencumbered Capitalism has become our God.” In our greedy society, Simon underscored: “Human are worth less, not more: less.” He said America is going to be a “more brutish, cynical and divided place.”
In Plain Sight (tags)
Welcome to 2007, the year of plain sight and little doubt! The criminal incompetence of the Bush regime is impossible to hide, thanks in part to a highly successful American son, Bill Gates – and everyone thought that Bin Laden posed the greatest threat to the American way of life! It was Bill Gates, the world’s most successful capitalist, who, a decade ago, accelerated the development of the “information super highway”. His superbly streamlined and devastatingly efficient marketing machine facilitated the age of open communication that many take for granted today.
FAITH BASED INCINERATOR INITIATIVE (tags)
It is my grave concern that American workers, especially Christian workers, and others who snub wisdom in spite of, or in lieu of faith, be paid on time, and on their regularly scheduled payday. Therefore I demand that Bush pay me what he owes me on time or God will surely torture him in hell for a minimum of 500 years. The current balance due would be about 100 million dollars.
Open Letter to the Rulers in Germany (tags)
We were almost convinced we really had the same interests as your corporations, banks and politicians. We almost believed that all our desires could become reality in capitalism.
Investment pathologies (tags)
Dissecting the war on terror (tags)
After five years of post 9/11 government, U.S. foreign and domestic policy continues to be dominated by the all-encompassing ‘war on terror’. Events have since exposed this so-called war for what it is: a gross propaganda campaign used to suppress civil liberties and launch global war.
A World Beyond Capitalism Conference! No Charges for anything! (tags)
The Second Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference, known as the 2006 A World Beyond Capitalism Conference is set to begin August 26th in Portland. It will continue from August 26th-28th, 2006. There is no charge for anything! http://aworldbeyondcapitalism.org
Uniting the Liberals, Lefties, and Progressives (tags)
Ever since the classic revolutions that begun the current epoch of ‘democracy’, and more importantly capitalism, there have remained an inherent disunity among those loosely defined as progressives. Why this lack of unity exists, and why our political opponents do not seem to suffer from the same ailment is something worth examining.
The Planetary War of the United States of America (Dec2001) (tags)
Sooner or later the competing bourgeoisies will attempt to free themselves, to unite, to escape from America’s more and more choking dominance.
The Second American Revolution : Religion and Capitalism (tags)
A brief examination of the 'family values' of a happily married couple.
The Second American Revolution : Capitalism, Proverbs and Parables (tags)
I will speak to them in parables (sound bites). I will reveal to them mysteries and the secret things which have been kept hidden from them for long ages past. A revolution is a propaganda war and it the decisive battles are not fought with guns.
The Second American Revolution : More Revolutionary Proverbs (tags)
More proverbs and parables
On Jonathan Kozol's "Manifiesto" (tags)
The struggle for social justice can begin in schools, with a mass movement to take direct action in order to overcome racist high-stakes tests, and imperialist wars.
Visiting the SCF: Report Back (tags)
Impressions from my second visit to the farm (I'm from Sonoma County)
True Nature of Obscenity (tags)
We are daily surrounded by capitalist obscenities such as poverty, war, injustice and inequality. Insult is added to injury when bourgeois spokespersons such as Billy Graham blame God and human beings. It is enough to make a person swear.
Break the Neoliberal Hegemony! (tags)
This call to a new LEFT party in Germany could give hope to all who yearn for social justice and structural/systemic corrections. While corporate profits and assets incomes set new records, wages, unemployment benefits and pensions are cut.
The Dilemma of Capitalism (tags)
Without capitalism, we could not live but we can hardly survive with it. Shifting social costs is the real core of capitalism..Politics is powerless toward the economy. Governments are forced to weigh the control of capital against positional deterioration.
The Utopias of Capitalism (tags)
:Government and freedom exclude one another" Max Barry in "Jennifer Government." In the negative utopia, the dystopia, the fear is over capital interests. Workers are no longer paid because their work is divine service.
What we can learn from the immigrants rights march (tags)
Two days after May Day's mobilization of immigrants and their supporters, Ricardo Alarcon, President of Cuba's National Assembly, took a look at the marches and drew some conclusions. for the struggle for a better world everywhere.
Marx for dummies (tags)
It’ no accident that many people are finding a rekindled interest in the writings of Karl Marx; the international assault of workers wages and benefits, continued warfare, and economic instability in general are causing a revival of the buried and slandered ideas of Marxism. Many of these concepts offer tremendous insight about the origins and workings of capitalism, and thus the causes of many of society’s current problems. Needless to say, involved are immense implications for anybody interested in becoming an activist. A “Marxist” is someone who accepts some of the key points about history and society first explained by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels, and elaborated further by the writings of Lenin, Trotsky, and many others (Stalin, Mao, etc are Marxists in name only). Unfortunately, one cannot learn about these ideas by going to college, aside from the many biased and bastardized versions of the subject. The following is a brief explanation of some of the more important concepts of Marxism.
The Libertarian Anarchist Antiauthoritarian Forum in Athens, Greece, May 4-7, 2006 (tags)
Libertarian, Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Forum, in Athens
The Long War: The Apotheosis of Capitalism Part One & Two (tags)
Sheepdog's Pic. Extremely important perspectives on the current goading of the people into a future of war and terror, and Project Granite Shadow. Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone provide analysis on the collapse of Capitalism into Permanent War.
No to Capitalism (tags)
There are millions of refusals, millions of people who say or cry No everyday..Refusing to obey means breaking the rule of capital.. The utopian star of a different society exists for all of us but our ways of seeing this star and trying to reach it are different.
No Work instead of Precarious Work (tags)
After the fall of the New Economy, flexibility, individualization and outsourcing are obviously threats not promises and mean nothing but poverty and precarious working conditions.
Libertarianism: Bogus Anarchy (tags)
A rebuttal to this essay is Contra Sabatini: Bogus Critique by Tim Virkkala, wherein Sabatini's interpretation of the individualist anarchists is disputed. In my opinion the analytic meaning of "anarchism" takes precedence over historical factors. Thus any ideology which wants to disband the State can rightfully be called anarchist.
You must help yourself (tags)
Our activity is our power Organizing the victory of desire against survival, post-political politics
The Fat Years are Over (tags)
Hardly anyone today dares financing the social state by cutting the armament budget.. The fat years are over! Three cheers for dis-possession! Expropriation instead of representation!
Capitalism Loves Violent Revolution (tags)
keeping peace
China's Global Reach: Book Review (tags)
China is rising and understand its consequences
Global Capitalism: the Scourge of Democracy (tags)
global capitalism is an economic Colt 45 for the times
CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM (tags)
Every year since 1990, the United Nations publishes its Human Development Report. It contains the most authoritative data on the state of the world. These reports are available online: hdr.undp.org/reports/view_reports.cfm?type=1. Based on those reports (referred to by year, followed by page), what does our world look like?
What is anarchism? (tags)
Anarchism is a political theory which aims to create anarchy, "the absence of a master, of a sovereign." [P-J Proudhon, What is Property , p. 264] In other words, anarchism is a political theory which aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals. As such anarchism opposes all forms of hierarchical control - be that control by the state or a capitalist - as harmful to the individual and their individuality as well as unnecessary.
Irrationalism and Ideology in Risk Capitalism (tags)
Reductionist worldviews promise "order" in the mixed-up social consciousness.. Psycho-analysis has coined the term "regression" for this process of escapism..Psychic regres-sion involves withdrawal to a state of original immediacy, an earlier less complex stage.
Genocide in New Orleans Perpetrated by US Capitalism (tags)
We are witnessing genocide of the black workingclass community of New Orleans and the exposure of the rottenness of American capitalism in its refusal to adequately respond to the disaster from the latest hurricane.
Literacy in Economic Questions (tags)
The neoliberal total market was created through political strategies, above all the installation of dictatorships by the secret service and military interventions of the US, not through democracy.."
16th WFSY - Chavez once again calls for socialism as the only way to destroy capitalism (tags)
A Little Box of Bullshit (tags)
The spinners and the bullshitters have presented us with a very narrow box to fit inside. But through acting and thinking outside that box, we can liberate ourselves.
Theses on Domination and Barbarism (tags)
"The policy of scapegoats in Germany and elsewhere devours the liberal foundations of society little by little and produces tears in the fundamentals of demcoracy.. A counterpart could be a new social contract for the 21st century.."
The Myth of Freedom (tags)
The cynical misuse and perversion of the word ‘freedom’ has made it difficult to discuss the idea rationally. But freedom is real and so is oppression. Those that pervert the term will tell you that a homeless person is free. That person has been indoctrinated.
Reflections on Socialism (tags)
The main political task at this moment is to assemble the necessary social forces to defeat Bush and his counterparts in Congress and elsewhere.
Capitalism Criticism: Inexorable Struggle for Survival (tags)
"The civilized foundation of cooperative human life is furtively undermined by the capitalist form of organizing society.. Rational objectives often capsize into social irrationa-lity.. Unemployment is a form of violence.."
Shock without Therapy, Market without Order, (tags)
Half of Russia's assets are gone. Was this caused by Yeltzin, the IMF or the Washington Consensus? This article by a Ukrainian novelist tells us that the end of history and victory capitalism are over as utopias. May we be summoned to serious reflection.
The Cult of Capitalism (tags)
And in the end we can look back on our lives and remember all the great shows we watched on television; the great virtual escape from alienation.
Lacking Brains or Just Fearfull? (tags)
Some indymedia writers (or those on Resist.ca or axisoflogic.com) sound like they make sense – very few actually show any understanding of the problems that the world faces - and fewer seem to have any ability to begin to conceptualize solutions!
The Value of Workers (tags)
Maybe we need them to take care of us. Maybe we need them to, as *they* say, take the risks. But then again, maybe we don't.
Bush Concealing Imperialist Goals Behind Democratic Rhetoric (tags)
Webster's defines euphemeism as the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensive..Capitlaism has little to do with democracy or freedom or liberty.
May Day Anti-Authoritarian Contingent (tags)
Mayday Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Authoritarian Contingent April 30th, Gather at 12 noon at Olympic and Broadway
Call for Revolutionary Anarchist Contingent M19 (tags)
March 19, the 2 year anniversary of the US’s latest imperial affair, we call for a revolutionary anarchist contingent, which will march in the ANSWER demonstration at 12 noon, M19 at Hollywood and Vine.
The So. Cal. Grocery Strike: A Years Perspective (tags)
Its been a year since the end of the longest grocery srike in US history. Where do we stand now, and what really was at issue? Was anything really resolved? (orginally posted at :www.worldsocialism.org/usa/blog)
NEW ANTI-CAPITALIST WEBSITE: PROLE.INFO (tags)
Announcing a new anti-capitalist website: http://www.prole.info It has lots of pamphlets in PDF form, as well as a number of online texts. Check it out.
The Nationalisation of VENEPAL: What does it signify? (tags)
Hands Off Venezuela Campaign
Chavez nationalises VENEPAL under workers control (tags)
Building Bridges Radio: Wal-Mart's Template & Attorney General Gonzales? (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report brings you this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW
The System: Capitalism and its Role in American Society’s Plunge into the Abyss. (tags)
commentary and analysis of capitalism's devastating role in american society. good read
Unprofitable of the World, Unite! (tags)
Capaitalism is a threat to humanity, not a chance.. The logic underlying this system is simple and brutal. Only what is profitable is entitled to live.. Capital is insatiably greedy for human labor to transform labor into more and more capital..
Collective Indymedia Santiago which is abandoning the Indymedia Network (with all its memb (tags)
Collective Indymedia Santiago which is abandoning the Indymedia Network (with all its members).
For a Real Independent Journalism: criticism to the Indymedia Network. (tags)
For a Real Independent Journalism: criticism to the Indymedia Network. Collective Indymedia Santiago. (Official notice from the Collective Indymedia Santiago about it’s imminent expulsion from the Indymedia Network).
Rhine Capitalism, Anglo-Saxon Capitalism and Redistribution (tags)
Anglo-Saxon capitalism is an unbridled capi-talism whose profit logic overrules all social and environmental interests. Rhine capitali-sm has a social net so workers are not redu-ced to cost factors. "The Cold War against the social state leaves..another republic."
Venezuela: After the Referendum (tags)
* The August 2004 elections legitimized Hugo Chávez's presidency, approved by the multinational powers-that-be, despite the opposition's claims of electoral fraud. We, at El Libertario (issue 39, September/October 2004), presented an indepth analysis of the consecuences of the referendum, as well as proposals for action in the new circumstances. We shall now quote a couple of notes from that issue that express the essence of the venezuelan anarchists' perspective.
Anti-Commuinst Democrats Illegally Challenge Socialist Candidate Petitions (tags)
The outrage of the fascist tactics of the stinking, rotten Democratic Party in keeping socialist, Greeen and the Nader-Camejo ticket off ballots has now reached Illinois, proving again that the only reason the Democratic Party exists is to keep the Reds and Greens out of office so as to perpetuate capitalism and the exploitation of the workingclass.
Annulling Debts as a Great Step (tags)
"The goal must be redefined beyond goods production and abstract labor, beyond the market and the state.. The great step of debt cancellation occurs when the burden can no longer be endured. The new finance capita-lism is a bubble and debt capitalism.."
Capitalism: It's not inherently evil, I mean it (tags)
US style Capitalism with its "me first" ethos encourages job flight and Enron-style financial mismanagement. But It doesn't have to be this way. Honor the worker and the worker will honor you.
Brave New World of Work: The Political Economy of Insecurity (tags)
"The utopia of the free market has an unintentional upshot: the Brazilianization of the West.. What is most remarkable is the new similarity of development profiles, the incursion of the precarious, intermittent, fluffy and unsanctioned in the Western bulwarks.."
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead (tags)
Reagan's death is time to celebrate for working people
Reagan's passing is a time to celebrate for working people
Rep. Sanders, (I) Vermont Provides a Refreshing View! (tags)
A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY "The Collapse of the Middle Class" by Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the only Independent in the U.S. House.
The Lord of the Rings: Good versus Evil (tags)
A comparison of a couple of the good versus evil theories propagated by the Bush administration with one that I think bears a closer resemblance to the truth.
california apoc conference workshop call-out (tags)
We are looking for speakers and/or workshop presenters for an upcoming Anarchist People of Color conference, to take place in Oakland April 16-18.
Pentagon report and global environmental crisis (tags)
The Pentagon is saying in the report printed below that world capitalism is going to be thrown into severe crisis by the developing environmental catastrophe. For all activists, and for the working class in general, this is the most important report to be made available to us in decades.
peacecoup.us - Defeating Crooked Capitalism (tags)
please forward
A better world is possible: The struggle for socialism and democracy (tags)
The best hopes and dreams of the U.S. people do not lie with U.S. big corporations or the extreme right-wing movements they sponsor. In fact, the ultimate interest of the majority of our people is in a more democratic, a more egalitarian, and a more peaceful USA.
LIES VS. FACTS (tags)
An article on the true nature of Marx and socialism/communism.
We Can Do This: Direct Action against Global Capitalism and US Imperialism (tags)
Ingrid Chapman has been involved in direct action organizing for the past 4 years. At 23, she has helped pull off successful mass actions, worked with thousands of activists around the country and bases her work in the question, "How do we build broad based movements capable of challenging global capitalism and US imperialism?" While it is easy to get depressed about the state of the world these days, those in power would also like us to forget that the largest anti-war movement in history was mobilized this past year and that global movements for justice are standing up against capitalism. Ingrid Chapman is one of the many younger generation radicals developing visionary politics and strategic practice to build our movements.
Capitalism is Legalized Robbery (tags)
An analysis of capitalism illustrating that not only are there periodic examples of large, conspicuous thefts by capitalists, but there also exists an everyday, subtle, disguised theft of the value created by the working class.
The New Morality(TM) of Capitalism (tags)
During the Great Depression, Pres. Roosevelt used social programs (ex. The Hoover Dam) to employ miilions of Americans because continued despair would've led to the same Fascism that devoured post-WWI Germany. Today's right-wing pundits call such policies "immoral" and FDR a "Communist".
RE - VOLT (tags)
THE ANARCHIC REVOLUTION
Here We Come (tags)
leaderless from below
The Revolution Makers (tags)
Recall of Gov Davis Guaranteed on Oct 7 (tags)
With the California Supreme Court's rejection on 8/7/03 of all the lawsuits attacking the recall election of 10/7/03, the recall of the worst governor in California history, Gray Davis, and the effective demise of one capitalist party in California, the Democrats, is guaranteed.
Growing World Poverty and Conflict Shows the Barbarity of Capitalism (tags)
Down with Capitalism
Free-Market Capitalism and Ecological Disaster (tags)
The Free-Market libertarian argues that business leaders see and understand the effects of long-term environmental damage. But business leaders concentrate on short term profits, thus the planet continues its free-fall toward ecological disaster.
Democratic Party History: a Revealing Rap Sheet (tags)
A history of the Democratic Party's role in co-opting and diverting independent political movements, while advancing the agenda of the global capitalist police state. This and similar pieces can be found at
The Consumerist Manifesto. Book Review (tags)
"Trade is the functional equivalent to force", Bolz says self-assuredly. Whoever pursues trade and consumes doesn't wage wars apart from weapons and drug trade. Consumers as a rule are peace-loving beings. They don't hurl bombs.."
Economic Fascism and Tax Slavery (tags)
"Words mean what I say they mean, Alice," said the Mad Hatter
EU-SUMMIT IN GREECE, JUNE 2003 (tags)
ON THE WAY TO THE EU-SUMMIT IN THESSALONIKI,GREECE, JUNE 2003
Libertarians mock the Left, May Day (tags)
The giveaway, and the clue to the real motive of today's left and their hangers-on, is that all their protests are against -- they are anti-capitalism, anti-free trade, anti-using the environment for man's benefit -- but they are not for anything.
Capitalism: A Very Special Delirium (tags)
Capitalism: A Very Special Delirium an interview with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in: "Chaosophy", ed. Sylvere Lothringer, Autonomedia/Semiotexte 1995 with permission by the publishers
test (tags)
Capitalism : A very special delusion~G. DeLeuze (tags)
Capitalism: A Very Special Delirium an interview with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
Revolution = Entrepreneurship (tags)
From the book "Renaissance: The Rebirth of Liberty in the Heart of Europe" by Vaclav Klaus 1997.
anti---war ? (tags)
maybe more...
Conspicuous and inconspicuous examples of theft by the capitalist system.
RTH=RAISE THE HEAD = NEW ANARCHY (tags)
THE NEW ANARCHIST
The Will to Paralysis: The Crisis of Shareholder Capitalism (tags)
Scapegoats or black sheep are used to evade the crisis of the system. Considering matters more exactly would be very appropriate. Are manifestations of corruption and tax evasion normal side-effects of a system fixated on money?
ANARCHO-CRITICISM (tags)
WHAT WILL WE DO AFTER THE WAR
No to Capitalist War, Yes to Anarchist Revolution! (tags)
The following is the text from a new poster from the Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives (FRAC). The poster is the first in a series and is in both english and spanish. This poster examines the root causes of the impending war, possible methods of resistance here in North America, and our vision of a free society.
ANARCHISTS OF THE WORLD UNITE (tags)
IF WE DONT MAKE IT WHO WILL (tags)
DEMONSTRATION = POLICE CONTROL
Capitalism = Self-Destruct Anarchism = Self-Construct (tags)
NO POWER AT ALL - WE ARE READY FOR THE REVOLUTION (tags)
blow up a social relation by changing it
Unprincipled capitalism shouldn't be for export (tags)
The corporate scandals caused by a handful of U.S. companies have highlighted the importance of rigorously adhering to American principles and the rule of law.
ANARCHISTS WAKE UP (tags)
RAISE THE CONSCIOUS
2003 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SLAVERY & REVOLT (tags)
DOWN TO FEAR AND CAPITALISM
THE FIGHT GOES ON (tags)
Prague Indymedia interview with Chumbawumba (tags)
Exclusive IMC Praha Interview with Alice from Chumbawumba! Ceske verze zde: http://prague.hacknet.tk/newswire/display/7330/index.php
STATE/PARTY/FASCISM/TERRORISM (tags)
HI REVOLUTIONARY MINORITY
THE FINAL STAGE OF CAPITALISM AND NATIONALISM IS NOW (tags)
HI ANARCHY
The Wilderness Lives: The End of Prehistory as a Beginning (tags)
"The status quo is limited and not lasting from eternity to eternity as the quasi-religious worship of capital asserts. This worship of capital handed over to its own destructive dynamic is still dominant but not unchallenged." H. Thielen lives in Brazil.
Papanastasiou: Who will do the dying? (tags)
Picture this: a searing, copper-coated hollow bullet slices the air with supersonic speed, striking and expanding in a human skull. The entry thud muffles an explosion of smashed bone and brain matter on the other side.
LESSONS FOR ANARCHISM COMING FROM ARGENTINA (tags)
It is remind that if the state and the institutions are denouncing situation for now in Argentina as anarchy, it is not anarchy in the country ! What is happening is a step toward the decay of power. In fact the chaos in argentina is caused by the state and capitalism, not by anarchists ideals.
Talking About Revolution (tags)
Here are excerpts from the debate on http://2changetheworld.info/ -- the online discussion site focused on the Draft Programme of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA and the strategy for revolution in the U.S.
Revolution or reform? (tags)
The anti-war movement is at the crossroads. Will it become a revolutionary movement fighting to sweep away the capitalist system, or will it become a reformist movement merely seeking to pressure bourgeois politicians? Reformist misleaders will seek to distract and divert the movement from any truly effective action against the system, into impotent hand wringing and pleas for peace. It is vital that revolutionary leadership win out and oust the reformists, so as to guide the oppressed masses along the path to revolution.
WTO Decision Making Group Coming To Chicago Nov. 7 & 8 (tags)
The ceo's are Coming!!!!
THE ENEMY OF THE STATE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CAPITALISM (tags)
LIGHT YEAR AHEAD
THE LIGHT OF ANARCHY (tags)
L@VE
COMMUNIST INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHISM / CIA (tags)
bricks and glass
POWER TO ANARCHY (tags)
2005 THEN START OF THE ANARCHIC SOCIETY 2005 THE START OF THE END OF CAPITALISM
Capitalism's Injustices (tags)
A discussion of the injustices of the capitalist system.
Capitalism, Fascism and World War 2 (tags)
The relationship of fascism and capitalism as illustrated by the events of World War 2
NAVIGATE THE REVOLUTION (tags)
THE COLLAPSE OF THE USA FORST
Direct Action Versus Electoralism (tags)
Anarchists engage in direct action as opposed to voting. This anti-electoralism (or anti-parliamentarianism) may seem strange and even perverse to many. After all, virtually the whole left believes in the importance of voting. In the US, liberals and state socialists have voted for the Democrats with a steadfastness that is almost religious, even as the Democrats have steadily moved to the right. In Western Europe, they have voted consistently for the Socialist or Labor Parties (social democrats), or Communist Parties, or, more recently, ex-Communist Parties.
Sacco-Vanzetti 75th Anniversary - A Call for Writings from Anarchists (tags)
August 23 marks the 75th anniversary of the judicial murders of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Breaking Free of the Protest Mentality (tags)
Protestors are in the classic role of "protestors", people with no real power over their lives so they must demand it from the ruling class. Demonstrations also point to a lack of creativity; the only thing we can come up with is playing the song and dance of our rulers. How much longer will these protests go on for? If we could only get a few more tens of thousands to protest, will we be successful in overthrowing capitalism, the state and wage-slavery? Why do the state, capitalism and wage-slavery exist, why do the governments of the U.S. and Israel do what they do, and what are we actually going to do about it?
que viva bolivia (tags)
Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian and a leader of the coca-growers union in Bolivia,....
On Open Source Code, Computers and the Revolution (tags)
The following are excerpts from the debate on http://2changetheworld.info – the website dedicated to a discussion of the Revolutionary Communist Party,USA’s Draft Programme and issues of revolutionary strategy.
Class Struggle Online (tags)
"CAPITALIST" MOVEMENT OF RUSSIA AND RUSSIA COURSE TOWARDS CAPITALISM (tags)
Best reason not to believe in Russian capitalism is very simple; even Russia would be capitalistic, it still has the same government officials running the State than they had in Soviet Union.
how to fight the ISO, the republicans and the democrats all with one stone (tags)
add your suggestions
Walk For Capitalism, Washington DC (updated) (tags)
Those Silly Libertarians! - Walk For Capitalism, Washington DC Dec. 2nd, 2001
CALL TO PROTEST WALK FOR CAPITALISM - DEC 2 (tags)
We are calling for anti-capitalists to counter-protest this event. Capitalism is the root of terrorism. Bin Laden and the Taliban got their candy straight from the CIA and Wall Street. These international terrorists are funded by the U.S!
Lets play a game. Analyze the ISO all free thinkers (tags)
please understand
LEAFLET against their war, capitalism, and state (tags)
LEAFLET against their war, capitalism, and state
"The Fall of Communism & the Triumph of Capitalism" [excerpt] (tags)
the elite will have their war no matter how many red cross buildings & innocents must be bombed in the process, that much is clear. but historical precedent suggests the consequences may not be what they intend. as the former U.S.S.R. learned, the elite may soon find themselves among the "collateral damage" of their own violence.
Canadians Against Capitalism (tags)
We must show our support for our Canadian brothers and sisters who are continuing the fight against global capitalism despite the current climate of government repression.
The Democratic Trickle-Down Theory of Capitalism is Actually A Dictatorship (tags)
The Trickle-Down Theory of Capitalism is Actually A Dictatorship of Capitalism for the "Super Rich". (Good capitalism is a "trickle up" theory for the "Super Rich".). The Trickle-Down of Patriotism, Nationalism, and Capitalism. Corporations get billions for "Bailouts", Employee's get pink slips..... USA trickle-down theory, and practice; In a capitalist stock market. A PEACEFUL WORLDWIDE HUMANITARIAN PROTEST AGAINST WAR AND U.S. NATIONALISTIC ECONOMIC AND GOVERNMENTAL WAR POLICY.
The "Democratic" Trickle-Down Theory of Capitalism is Actually A "Dictatorship" (tags)
The origins and variants of fascism (tags)
Long before it became possible to speak of fascism Marxists considered the question of what new political features would be associated with the transition of free competition capitalism to monopoly capitalism. The question was — what political changes would take place when the economic basis of bourgeois society changed?
World Trade/Pentegon (tags)
Things go Boom
Global protest is a force for good (tags)
The G8 leaders must listen, then act
GENOA SOLIDARITY DEMO IN BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA (tags)
solidarity action in buenos aires
Is Dancing Terrorism?.... the FBI says so.... (tags)
FBI brands Reclaim the Streets as "terrorists" - what the fuck have they been smoking?! In another sign that the growing anti-capitalist, anarchist, anti-car movement is gaining effectiveness, the FBI recently listed Reclaim the Streets amongst the "Threats of Terrorism to the United States."
$ign of the Time$ (tags)
American Capitalism Beats American Democracy Again
January 20th Revolutionary Anti-Authoritarian Bloc, Update (tags)
A CALL FOR A UNITED REVOLUTIONARY PRESENCE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION WE ALREADY KNOW WHO WON… CAPITALISM AND THE RULING CLASS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON AGAINST CAPITALISM, AGAINST THE STATE, AND AGAINST THE DEATH MACHINE OF GLOBALIZATION CLASS WAR NOW...FOR A CLASSLESS, STATELESS SOCIETY SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001. WASHINGTON D.C. 10 A.M, PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AND 14TH ST NW
Y2K+1 (New Years) Anti-Corruption Protest (tags)
The upcoming Y2k+1 Anti-Corruption Protest (from Dec. 30, 2000 to Jan. 2, 2001) will be taking place worldwide with people organizing locally and networking internationally. There is still time to get more people involved to make this a succesfull event!
1st Anniversary of Victory in Seattle Commerated By NJ Anarchists (tags)
NJ anarchists hung black banners of negation across the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey to commerate the victory in Seattle one year ago.
JOIN US NOW! BFCO (tags)
"Billionaires for co-optation" is a new grass-roots organization devoted to co-optation of opposition and perpetuation of capitalism.
Censorship "for the good cause" (tags)
Censorship "for the good cause" by pro-nader soldiers on IMC Seattle. From republicrats to greenocrats... just a matter of time. No more state capitalism, no more private capitalism: direct action.
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The Shape of Water (a Discussion of the Movie) (tags)
A discussion about environment, feminism, homosexuality, and our rotten culture as represented in the movie*.
Shon Meckfessel on Unarmed Insurrection (tags)
Shon Meckfessel on Unarmed Insurrection Author presentation with Q&A Date and Time: Friday, October 27, 2017, 5:30-7:30PM Place: UCLA, Ackerman, Viewpoint Conference Rooms, A201A/B
Veterans petition Amy Goodman of DN (tags)
Veterans for Peace is petitioning Amy Goodman to improve Democracy Now's coverage of Syria. The text of this PETITION is below; along with links to several references. Please read, and if you agree, please sign.
Video & Photos from Stop AIPAC 2017 Demonstration (tags)
At least 1,000 people showed up in the bitter cold and wet Washington, DC on March 26, 2017 to protest a notorious Zionist organization, American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC, at an ANSWER sponsored demonstration. They made an excellent 9 minute video which can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4OZiNy006A
Staggering Turnout for Women's March L.A. (tags)
At one point, organizers reported a police count of 500,000. Later estimates were significantly higher. Messages on signs included, “See Jane overthrow patriarchy”; “Our descendants are looking back on us” (sign shaped like a pair of eyes); “Life is easier because of my white male privilege. That's not right”; “Stop Tweeting, start listening”; and “Abort Trump.” A number of signs had images of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia; captions included references to rebellions being founded on hope. Some, including small children, even dressed as Princess Leia. (Additional signs are pictured following this article.)
September 2016 Honduras coup update (tags)
September in Honduras. A barber was assassinated after an angry comment to the president on his own facebook. Farmers setting up occupation were violently evicted. Indigenous leaders forced to go into hiding. Lack of justice continues on the Berta Caceres case, this month with an arbitrary arrest against Copinh, her file was stolen by someone robbing the judge's car, and the finance organisation FMO wrote one of the gross reports that doesn't try much to really look like it cares about human rights. This and other news, read on..
Executioner Merrick Garland, Denier Of Prisoner Rights (tags)
Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court is more of the same, indicating an executioner justice who would continue policies of endless war.
March 2016 Honduras coup update - Berta's life (tags)
News of political murders, persecution and plunder in Honduras this March 2016, with a focus on the life of Berta Caceres
Michael Chertoff The Man & His Star-Crossed Past (tags)
Poster's note: Chertoff made the Dept of Homeland Security an Israeli agency and has hired Michael Hayden, the man who made the NSA a universal snoop and was also head of the CIA, for his Chertoff Group)
Pacifica is also KPFK and scandals are being transparentized. (tags)
Revelations have been published at the 1 website that dares to tell more of the internal doings of each and all Pacifica 5 radio stations, nationwide. KPFK is always connected to the others. Financially and otherwise. What happens at it’s umbrella – Pacifica- located in Berkeley is vital to it’s survival. Some revealed emails between a prior PNB member and Pacifica’s atty-counsel is posted there. See below
Lakota Tribal Leader Leonard Peltier Held in U.S. Prisons Since 1976 Amnesty Int. US 2016 (tags)
LEONARD pELTIER is a 15/16th Lakota Sioux native American born near Pine Ridge on Rosebud Reservation on the North Dakota SOuth Dakota border.Leonard served in the U.S. Marines and was sentenced June 2, 1976 to 2 consecutive life terms pn a sham trial in Midwest
Democracy Now, Military Times, Guardian Articles On Soldiers Refusing To Drop Drones etc (tags)
drones: leaks and links... those who profiteer from them... those wiring children with video games which promote drone killing, bombing of Yemen resumes
Cochabamba: Water as a Human Right (tags)
The economy should be part of life, not a steamroller crushing self-determination and creativity. The TTIP, TPP and TISA trade agreements create a parallel private arbitration system that gives corporations special rights to sue states. Labor and environmental arein danger.
Renowned War Resister Juanita Nelson Slips From Her Body (tags)
Juanita Nelson's first public act of courage occurred on a train from Cleveland to the South when she was put at the Mason Dixon Line into a Jim Crow car. Nearly 8 decades of war tax resistance, sitins at segregated restaurants, organic farming, simple living and peacemaking followed.
Feinstein And Boxer Want To Make Vaccines More Mandatory (tags)
Senators Feinstein And Boxer Want To End The Right To Refuse Vaccines For Personal Belief
Pacific Radio Discovers Audio Of Speech by Dr King To London Audience (tags)
Pacific Radio has discovered audio tape of a speech Dec 7 1964 Dr Martin Luther King gave in London days before his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize as the youngest recipient ever at that time. It is in audio at http://democracynow.org and in text at http://pacificradioarchives.org
Revised: Michael Brown Story Killed All Focus To Semitic Hate Crimes in Gaza (January 4, 2 (tags)
In the first week of August heat was really coming to boil over massive and blatant war crimes perpetrated by Israelis against Palestinian civilians in Gaza this summer of 2014. Even Benjamin Netanyahu was busy contacting supposedly our U. S. Congress-people then in early August to shield his-self, and his likes, from war crime allegations and potential tribunals. Suddenly along came to the media radar Michael Brown’s death just when the world was in a real uproar about repeated violence and blatant attacks on civilians and children —knowing intuitively such attacks were deliberate crimes.
Winter 2014 National Immigrant Solidarity Network News Alert! (tags)
Is Obama's Immigration Plan Too Modest? Proposals Cover Less Than Half of Nation's Undocumented
Fall 2014 National Immigrant Solidarity Network News Alert! (tags)
In This Issue: 1) National Religious Leaders Send One-Sentence Letter to Obama: Don’t Trade Kids' Lives in Immigration Action! 2) The U.S. Is Deporting Cambodian Refugees and Orphaning Their Children 3) New Report Details Prejudice and Pretext in Georgia's Hyper Immigration Enforcement 4) Unaccompanied Minors: Their Arduous Journey and Their Unknown Fate 5) As Migrant Children Face Backlash, Communities Mobilize to Drown Out Hate 6) Updates, Please Support NISN! Subscribe the Newsletter!
Pacifica clearly endangered. Reposting info here: (tags)
This is a repost of an email being made available to many who care about keeping the Pacifica 5 stations together vs. some PNB members who want to sell off 3 ailing radio stations to maintain the remaining 2 in California. - - - - - - - If you want to : Please sign their court petition at http://www.jotformpro.com/PDGG/petition Otherwise, the information contained in this reposting may update what else is secreted and not-known-in-LA because there is no transparency, no openness and only requests for $$$ pledges by local KPFK.
Gallery Opening Highlights Journalist’s Creativity, Insights, and Passions (tags)
A gallery opening at the Unrban Coffee House in Santa Monica, CA commemorates the life and work of John Johnson with commentary, music, silent auction, refreshements, a commemorative issue of Change-links, and tabling by independent, progressive media and publishers.
Major BDS Donor Owned Shares of Caterpillar While Campaigning for Divestment (tags)
Medea Benjamin of Code Pink / Global Exchange profited from $120,000 in Caterpillar investments, while campaigning for BDS
Pussy Riot Propaganda Is For Naïve Americans (tags)
Pussy Riot, a Russian female punk band of recent notoriety, very much seems to have one tunnel vision goal—at least as reported to Western audiences by Western media—and that is to discredit and defame Russian President Vladimir Putin. The band name ‘riot’ is not hard to understand, as their supposed “art form” resembles a riot, as punk music often enough does; but it is more anti-music in its ear-splitting aggression. Behind scenes of this shallow morality play …lays larger political stories, pseudo-stories, propaganda, foreign inspired revolutions with plenty of American tax money being circulated to bribe public relations schemes and more lately accusations that even NGOs that supposedly care about human rights and the environment have been infiltrated to the point that their real mission is to engage in propaganda operations.
A Moral Outrage: Rev. Dr. Patricia Bates on the torture of Albert Woodfox (tags)
We interview Rev. Dr. Patricia Bates from the National Religious Coalition Against Torture (www.nrcat.org), who attended Albert Woodfox's recent January 7 oral arguments before the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and made a statement at the press conference outside the courtroom on behalf of NRCAT.
Rigged Honduran Elections (tags)
Inculcating stupidity: Syria and Edward Snowden (tags)
The Edward Snowden affair and the subsequent media campaign in the Guardian and the Washington Post and other NATO psy-warfare media outlets coincide with the shamelessly deceitful media campaign justifying a military assault against the government of Syria and thus too against the Resistance alliance of Syria, Iran and Hizbollah contesting the Occupation of Palestine. Obviously, it is too much to suggest that the Edward Snowden affair was deliberately contrived so as to provide a progressive propaganda alibi to corporate and alternative media advocating yet another imperialist aggression – this time against Syria. For people outside North America and Europe, the internal spat within the West's ruling élites offers little of interest. Very clearly, almost the entire Western corporate and alternative media network operates on the basis of psychological warfare criteria ultimately at the service of the imperialist tendencies of their countries' societies and the aggressive élites that control them. Like that of their corporate counterparts, the role of the West's supposedly alternative or progressive media, and the similarly funded non-governmental sector, is to provide a moral alibi for their countries' imperialist crimes against humanity.
Testing, Testing Can You Hear Us ? (tags)
Los Angeles Marches With The World Against Monsanto and Agri-Tech Practices Photo Set 3 of 3
Los Angeles Marches With The World Against Monsanto and Agri-Tech Practices
Harvest of Empire, the Untold Story of Latinos in America (tags)
Movie Night benefit for the Freedom Socialist newspaper, the Voice of Revolutionary Feminism. This fascinating 90 minute documentary will be followed by a discussion chaired by author Yolanda Alaniz.
WPFW needs a home, not scare tactics about a corporate takeover (tags)
Some WPFW programmers are making an underhanded power play by framing a new lease as a corporate takeover
Chavez: Visionary Leader Extraordinaire (tags)
Idle No More – Los Angeles (tags)
A common sentiment expressed by speakers was, “if we won't do it, who will?”
Infomercials for Despots (tags)
Julian Assange Declared Enemy of the State (tags)
Intense Anti-Assad Propaganda (tags)
Economist Richard Wolff Supports "Lesser" Evil Voting (tags)
We finally heard from the self-proclaimed Marxist economist, Richard Wolff, on the presidential elections, on KPFA, 94.1 FM, 6 p.m. news, 7/15/12, on his view of the elections and it was a shameful, anti-Marxist, lesser evil line, especially considering Wolff is a founding member of the Connecticut Green Party.
Sign the Petition for Trayvon Martin: Arrest the Killer George Zimmerman (tags)
The horror of racism in this backward country is again front and center with the 2/26/12 killing of an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida, by an obviously criminally insane self-appointed vigilante, George Zimmerman, who has not yet been arrested for obvious murder, and the lack of notification of next of kin of Martin's death until his relatives filed a Missing Person Report. Please sign the petition to the district attorney, attorney general, police chief and Attorney General Eric Holder to have George Zimmerman arrested.
US taxes go to anti-women Israel (tags)
After hearing Democracy Now's expose of an Israeli woman who was attacked for refusing to give up her seat to a man, I had to research this. I found not only this vicious anti-women story, but also one of Zionist men spitting on an 8 year old girl for being "indecent" in dress. This is the stench of religion for which we American taxpayers pay as Israel does not exist for one second without US tax dollars to the tune of $6 billion a year to protect US oil profits. Here are the stories.
The Great Refusal and The 99 Percent (tags)
The Great Unraveling provokes the Great Refusal (Paul Krugman). The mainstream media pursue their own political goals and only publish what pleases the advertisers. We need information, not indoctrination. Occupy could change the whole culture with a new media emerging.
Democracy Now! Co-Host Gonzalez Speaks in San Diego (tags)
"Democracy Now!" co-host Juan Gonzalez spoke in San Diego October 24 as part of a whirlwind tour in support of his new book, "News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media." He made two main points in his talk: that there are three "strains" of American media — the corporate mainstream, the white alternative or "rebel" press, and media owned and controlled by people of color; and that since the 1840's the U.S. government has regulated every technological change in the media in a way that favors the interests of giant corporations over ordinary people.
LA Book Tour: DN!'s Juan Gonzalez and Joe Torres:News For All the People (tags)
Democracy Now! co-host and award-winning journalist Juan Gonzalez?s new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, co-authored with Joseph Torres of the media reform group Free Press, is being launched with a national book tour, starting in NYC on Thursday, October 20th, with multiple stops in California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and Washington, DC. "News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media" is a landmark narrative history of American media that puts race at the center of the story.
Democracy Now!: Occupy Wall Street Protest Enters Second Week; 80 Arrested (tags)
Democracy Now! reports from ?Liberty Plaza? on the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest, including their attempt to build up their own media. At the end of the segment, Amy Goodman references "Occupy Los Angeles".
Libya: It Ain't Over Till It's Over (tags)
Israeli Street Protests: Suppressed by US Media (tags)
Video: Michael Hudson on Democracy Now (tags)
Pushing Crisis: GOP Cries Wolf on Debt Ceiling in Order to Impose Radical Pro-Rich Agenda
Carlos Montes Arraignment and Protest in Alhambra, California (tags)
Six More Felony Charges are filed against the Los Angeles Peace Activist while demonstrations occur across the U.S. Citing FBI Harassment Policies Photo Set 2 of 2
Media Lies and Misinformation on Bin Laden (tags)
Alarming New Fukushima Reports (tags)
nuclear disaster
The U.S. is More Greek than Greece (tags)
Deficit economies were organized mainly by finance capital. The expansion of this credit-financed mass demand went along with the expansion of the financial sector. Trillions of dollars and Euros were pumped in the stabilization of financial markets.
Remember Libya: One of History's Terror Bombing Victims (tags)
Dancing With Dynamite --An interview with Ben Dangl (tags)
Video-interviewed by Angola 3 News this week while touring the SF Bay Area with his new book Dancing With Dynamite (AK Press), author Benjamin Dangl argues that “because South American social movements have been so successful in the past decade, I think it is important to learn and understand what’s been successful and to apply those strategies and tactics here, where we are facing very similar challenges.”
Live From the Egyptian Revolution (tags)
I grew up in Egypt. I spent half my life here. But Saturday, when my plane from JFK airport touched down in Cairo, I arrived in a different country than the one I had known all my life. This is not Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt anymore and, regardless of what happens, it will never be again.
Let Aristide Return! (tags)
justice for Aristide
Bradley Manning and GI Resistance to US War Crimes --An interview with Dahr Jamail (tags)
When someone becomes a soldier, they swear an oath to support and defend the US constitution by following “lawful” orders. Thus, they are legally obliged by their own oath to not follow unlawful orders. What Bradley Manning did by leaking this critical information has been to uphold his oath as a soldier in the most patriotic way. Now, compare that with how he has been raked over the coals by most of the mainstream media.
Washington Backing Indonesian State Terror (tags)
funding state terror
CORPORATE MEDIA IS COMING TO HOME (tags)
Capital’s most severe crisis in seventy years ought to be a moment of significant opportunity for the left. But as the right mobilizes disgruntled Americans via its vast radio, television, web, and print empires, the one mass medium available to the left is driving out its best and brightest.
Haiti's Cholera Outbreak: A Disease of Poverty (tags)
America bears much of the responsibility
ELECTION DAY Vote Yes on 19, 21, 24, 25, Peace & Freedom or Green (tags)
RUN TO YOUR POLLING PLACE RIGHT NOW AND VOTE. Do not delay until the end of the day when you might forget or something might keep you from your polling place until after it is closed. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE. If you voted on an absentee ballot but have not mailed it, WALK IT TO ANY POLLING PLACE IN YOUR COUNTY OR YOUR COUNTY REGISTRAR; do not mail it. THE ONLY POLL THAT COUNTS IS THE ELECTION.
at privatized public debate, Green Party candidate arrested for "trespassing" (tags)
The Green Party candidate for governor, Laura Wells, was cited for trespassing and ordered to appear in court on election day.
2 Days to Vote: Yes on 19, 21, 24, 25, Peace & Freedom or Green (tags)
US ranking in life expectancy has gone from 5th in 1950 to 49th today, thanks to the expensive and for millions, unaffordable, private insurance racket proudly promoted by the Democrat-Republicans instead of the socialized medicine that exists in the rest of the industrialized world, and now at 49th, we are also behind many non-industrialized countries. That is why you should vote Peace & Freedom or Green, the two parties that support socialized medicine and oppose insurance companies.
U.S. at a Turning Point (tags)
The real income of 90% of US families only increased ten percent since 1973. For many, the American dream has become a nightmare. More than half are even in a worse situation today than 37 years ago. The working class has not shared in the productivity growth.
Obama's Press Secretary v "Professional Left" (tags)
Democrat Obama's Press Secretary's anti-communist smear of the non-existent "professional left" accompanied by his attacks on those who correctly support Canadian style healthcare and abolition of the military is a clear signal that we are now dealing with an administration that is now openly reactionary.
WikiLeaks "Afghan War Diaries" (tags)
a powerful indictment of all wars
Democrat Obama Proclaims Unbreakable Bond with Zionist Israel (tags)
Are you still registered Democrat? Nutty Yahoo, aka Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu come to DC on July 6, 2010 and was warmly welcomed by Democrat Pres. Obama, with no condemnation of the murder of 15 people of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on May 31 with our tax dollars nor any demand to end the blockade of Gaza or end the production of nuclear weapons.
Haiti Earthquake: Capitalism, Occupation and Revolution (tags)
The earthquake that wrecked the capital of Haiti and surrounding areas on January 12 produced human tragedy of almost unfathomable proportions. It has been termed “the most destructive natural disaster in modern times.” Five months later, Haiti is no longer in the headlines or on the nightly TV news, but for the hard-hit Haitian population the scene has hardly changed. Now a new disaster is in the making as the hurricane season begins. This was a calamity made by capitalism: the earthquake was predictable and was predicted; the inferior construction methods are the result of Haiti’s poverty, and the swollen slums were the result of U.S. policies that have destroyed Haitian agriculture, forcing peasants off the land. On top of everything, Haiti is under imperialist occupation: Washington makes sure it has ultimate control of the strategically placed island, as it has throughout the Cold War and since. Haiti's devastation is not the result of “natural” causes or even “neo-liberal” policies – it is the product of the oppression of this semi-colonial country by the imperial masters ever since black slaves rose up to abolish slavery and throw out the colonialists two centuries ago. No new “economic model” can resolve this: what’s required is a new Haitian Revolution, a workers revolution overthrowing capitalism throughout the Caribbean and extending into the heart of imperialism.
North Korean Ship Sinking: Another False Flag? (tags)
Washington, not N. Korea the likely suspect
Gaza Flotilla Massacre: Where are the Missing? (tags)
There was a shot every minute in the Israeli pirate attack on the Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla, with an entire hour of shooting and killing. At least six people remain unaccounted for. 54 people were admitted to Israeli hospitals where many have undergone surgery and are in intensive care. This massacre was paid for with US tax dollars.
The Jena Generation --An interview with Jordan Flaherty (tags)
If this city is going to recover, the first step is getting out the truth that New Orleans is not okay. Most of the country believes either that New Orleans has been rebuilt, or that, if not, it’s because people here are lazy and/or corrupt and wasted the nation’s generous assistance. But New Orleans is still a city in crisis. The oft-promised aid, whether from FEMA or various federal and private agencies, has not arrived.
The Rebirth of Economic Thought from the Ashes of the Crisis (tags)
Reagan announced the state was "the problem" for the functioning of the economy. State action could not solve economic problems. The latest reality of economic crisis thoroughly destroyed the neoclassical theses. The crisis showed its ideological limitation and conditionality.
Emergency Brake for Speculators (tags)
The private indebtedness brought about by unscrupulous financial managers mainly in the US was almost completely transferred to state budgets.
Memorandums on Alternative Economic Policy (tags)
The social state, solidarity, sharing and social justice open doors while neoliberal deregulation leads to exploding inequality, generalized insecurity and disappearance of the public spirit.
The UC8 Reporter: A Personal Account of Police Abuse of Power Against a Free Press (tags)
It's hard to know where to start. I'm not used to writing stories about myself. Usually, I am the one sharing news about other people through recordings and words. I cover events and publish reports to Indybay. I often report on street demonstrations, some more rowdy than others. And while I recognize the privilege my skin-tone grants me in our society and that I have not taken the types of risks war reporters do, I know enough from having seen what's happened to other journalists over the years that I am not immune from abuses by law enforcement authorities.
Helicopter massacre is the Mai Lai of Iraq. (tags)
It must be exposed because the same is going on in Afghanistan and Pakistan every week.
Montcoal, WV; Massey Energy Cited 1,300 Times For Safety Violations (tags)
Following the recent cave in of a coal mine in Montcoal, WV evidence shows that despite over 1,300 safey violations Massey CEO Don Blankenship failed to act as needed to provide workers with a safe work environment. Once again profit placed over human lives by short-sighted CEO of Massey. The current body count of 25 miners with four still missing shows neglecting safety can have tragic consequences.
2/25 - Call Congress; "NO 3X Nuclear Loan Program!" (tags)
Pres. Obama's energy plan includes tripling the loan guarantee program to build several new nuclear reactors to the amount of 54 billion dollars. All that extra money taxpayers have falling out of their pockets can now be used to prop up the nuclear industry instead of researching truly green energy sources like wind, solar, etc..., More of the same, or did someone say change?
Is America going dumb as well as fascist? (tags)
Is it something in the food or on TV?
MLK: Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence (tags)
"Non-violence or non-existence is the choice. The whole world is doomed if we don't deliver people from long years of poverty. The pharaoh kept slaves fighting one another. When slaves get together, that is the beginning of freedom. There is a fire that no water can put out.."
Take Your Legal Holiday Today 1/18/10 King's Birthday & Remember the Struggle (tags)
You owe it to yourself and the struggle to take off work the federal and state legal holiday, Martin Luther King's birthday, celebrated today, January 18, 2010. If your reactionary employer does not provide it as a paid holiday, take it as a vacation day or sick day. Listen to King's speeches online. It is winter in most of the US, a good day to stay home and rest.
Ben Carnes on the film "Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier" (tags)
In advance of his appearance this week at an L.A. screening of "Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier," Ben Carnes of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee discussed that film, Leonard Peltier, and a variety of other Native American issues.
Targeting Muslim Charities in America (tags)
the face of a police state
Dr. Helen Caldicott Speaks in San Diego (tags)
Dr. Helen Caldicott, a powerful international activist against nuclear weapons and nuclear power for over a quarter-century, spoke at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in San Diego October 23 and painted a picture of global warming as an imminent apocalypse that requires immediate action to develop alternative energy sources and stop using fossil fuels. She also denounced the public-relations campaigns aimed at convincing people that global warming isn't a threat, and said climate-change deniers like Rush Limbaugh directly threaten the survival of the earth and therefore should not be allowed to broadcast.
Indymedia Los Angeles 10th Anniversary Event! (tags)
On Saturday, November 14th, 2009, Los Angeles Indymedia will celebrate 10 years since the first Independent Media Center (IMC) opened its doors in Seattle to cover and support the demonstrations against the meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). LA IMC is hosting an all day event, open to the public, encouraging current and former IMCistas to come out. There will be workshops, food, music, and community groups sharing their knowledge.
Behind the "debate" over Afghanistan (tags)
October 7 marked the eighth year of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, making it one of the longest wars in U.S. history, and the end is nowhere in sight. Instead, today the imperialists are facing mounting difficulties and staring into the abyss of possible defeat.
In His Mother’s Footsteps: LA Man Jailed for 5 Days After Sit-In at Blue Cross Office (tags)
On Thursday, Sam Pullen was arrested at the Los Angeles offices of the insurance giant Blue Cross. He refused to give his information to police and vowed to remain in prison until Blue Cross agreed to hear demands that it stop denying doctor-recommended medical treatment to seriously ill patients. www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org
No More Police Murders! No More Stolen Lives! (tags)
October 22nd is the National Day of Protest to STOP Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. It is the day to begin to stand up and resist the outrage of police brutality and police murder. FIGHT BACK! WEAR BLACK!
"New Pacifica's" frontal attack on Democracy Now! (tags)
After rejecting Cynthia McKinney for ED, Aaron's Pacifica now turns on Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman's mother dies (tags)
In case you have not heard...Amy's wonderful mother Dorothy died on Monday... Dorothy Bock Goodman GOODMAN - Dorothy Bock, 79, of Setauket, NY. Beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, wife, friend, died October 5, 2009. She is survived by her children Steven, Amy, David and Daniel, five grandchildren, and predeceased by her husband George. She made the world a better place. Funeral Service Thursday, October 8, 1pm, at I.J. Morris Funeral Home, Dix Hills, NY.
THE NEWS CRISIS AT PACIFICA (tags)
An unholy alliance of truthists, sectarians, and voting system fanatics, led by an unwilling reject of the Church of Scientology, have used the new governance structure to take control of the commanding heights of Pacifica’s management.
Pacifica’s Current Board Structure is Destroying the Network (tags)
Carol Spooner's finger-wagging review of the current state of Planet Pacifica ignores the crushing impact of the new 122-member National Board structure. Top-heavy, hugely expensive, conflict-ridden and racially polarized, this five-year old Board system was instituted to assure greater democracy and prevent the corporatization of Pacifica. But instead of protecting Pacifica, the new governance structure is destroying Pacifica. Itʼs bred factionalism, dysfunction, self-dealing, a plethora of litigation and staff purges network-wide.
VIDEO: The "Safe Haven" Myth (tags)
President Obama defended the expansion of the war by calling it a "war of necessity." Harvard Prof. Stephen Walt takes on Obama's justification for escalating the Afghanistan war.
Obama Watch: August 11, 2009 (tags)
Six months of O'BS, the current president, is more than enough time to make the promised "change" and the only change is for the worse for the workingclass. There are now daily news reports of the horrors perpetrated by the Democrat O'BS.
Protest scumbag Honduran coup lobbyist (tags)
LANNY DAVIS, ldavis@orrick.com, Pres. Clinton's "Special Council" is lobbying Congress in support of the military coup in Honduras. Supporters of democracy should contact his firm in protest.
Showdown in Honduras: The Rise and Uncertain future of the Coup: Urgent please read now. (tags)
"Mobilizations and Strikes in Support of Zelaya Members of social, indigenous and labor organizations from around the country have concentrated in the city's capital,organizing barricades around the presidential palace, demanding Zelaya's return to power. "Thousands of Hondurans gathered outside the presidential palace singing the national hymn," Telesur reported. "While the battalions mobilized against protesters at the Presidential House, the TV channels did not report on the tense events."Bertha Cáceres, the leader of the Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares yIndígenas, said that the ethnic communities of the country are ready for resistance and do not recognize the Micheletti government."
“Little Guantanamo” Exposing the CMU (tags)
Daniel has an article on The Huffington Post today! Please comment on the article so it gets seen by all and makes it on the home page! Digg it, Twitter it, Share, become a fan, Buzz up, etc. Do it all! Please spread the word in every way possible. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgowan/tales-from-inside-the-us_b_212632.html
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez Issue Letter of Dissatisfaction with WBAI (Pacifica) Changes (tags)
Amy and Juan express dismay at the firing of Bernard White: "Given Bernard's decades of dedication and devotion to 'BAI , the way he was treated lacked basic human consideration." Regarding the change in broadcast time of Democracy Now! on WBAI, they write, "This decision disturbs us deeply and we ask that it be reconsidered." " ..... we urge that the scheduling of Democracy Now (should) not be used as a weapon by the current management of WBAI against its opponents."
"Over the Rainbow" (tags)
dreams we dream can come true
Luchando para Recuperar El Primero de Mayo (tags)
Este Primero de Mayo, los desempleados, los destituidos y los inmigrantes llevaran sus demandas a las calles.
Alex Rivera Discusses His Film Sleep Dealer (tags)
Twelve years after its inception, Alex Rivera's first dramatic feature opens in major U.S. cities on Friday April 17 and may spread in ensuing weeks. Last week Rivera took questions from alternative media.
Twelve years after conceiving Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera's first feature film opens in major U.S. cities on Friday April 17 and may spread in ensuing weeks. Last week Rivera took questions from alternative media.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claims U.S. operating secret (tags)
Seymour Hersh created a stir last month when he said the Bush administration ran an executive assassination ring that reported directly to Vice President Dick Cheney.
VIDEO: Riki Ott speaks with Amy Goodman (tags)
Alaskans are still reeling 20 years after the Exxon-Valdez oil spill of 11 million gallons. Riki Ott speaks with Amy Goodman about lingering harm and corporate personhood. A 28th amendment separating corporations and the state is as vital as the amendment separating church and state.
VIDEO: Agenda for a New Economy - David Korten (tags)
Scahill: President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February? (tags)
For those already outraged at the AIG bonus scandal, here is a fact that should add more fuel to the fire: The Obama administration has paid the mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater nearly $70 million to operate in Iraq and, according to The Washington Times, may keep the company on the payroll months past the official expiration of its Iraq contract in May. I reviewed Blackwater's recent transactions with the Obama State Department and discovered a $45 million payment to Blackwater on February 4, 2009 for "protective services-Iraq." It is described as a "funding action only." Here is the interesting part: The estimated "Ultimate Completion Date" is 5/07/2011.
Free Gaza Activists Welcomed Home as Heroes, then Join Protest Against Israeli War (tags)
After spending six months in Gaza and Cyprus working tirelessly to defy the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory and defend Palestinians from military attacks, two San Jose residents found upon their return that the protests that they had helped start had mushroomed a hundred-fold in response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza.
KPFK: SECRET DEALS AND CHICKEN THIEVES: THE RAID ON KPFK (tags)
A WELL FINANCED LIBERAL FACTION HAS BOUGHT CONTROL OF THE KPFK BOARD AND IS USING ITS POWER TO SHOCK THE NETWORK INTO ACCEPTING A SUB-PRIME LOAN ON THE KPFK BUILDING, AND TO PROMOTE CORPORATE UNDERWRITING OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE MAINSTREAMING OF PACIFICA PROGRAMMING
Democracy Now, discriminación luguista y ataques a Indymedia (tags)
El conocido boletín Democracy Now, que apoyó sin reservas la candidatura del obispo Fernando Lugo, viene realizando una sospechosa campaña de discriminaciones y amedrentamiento.
Jeremy Scahill: 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House (tags)
U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the people he surrounds himself with and who he appoints to his Cabinet. And, frankly, when it comes to foreign policy, it is not looking good.
Martial law threat? Rep.Brad Sherman/DN! expose (tags)
California Congressman Brad Sherman says threats were made to instigate martial law if the Wall Street bailout was not passed. Democarcy NOW! Army Col.Micheal Boatner & THE PROGRESSIVE's editor Mathew Rothschild re: deployment of US troops inside the U.S.
'Alternative Nobels' go to indy journalist Amy Goodman, activists (tags)
A U.S. journalist Amy Goodman, a Swiss-born doctor and activists from India and Somalia were named on Wednesday as this year's winners of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel."
RNC ’08: Pit Bulls On Parade (tags)
If you thought, in the wake of the nightmare of the Bush years, and the euphoria of the Democratic Convention, that the political pendulum in the USA was swinging to the “left”… If you thought that the Bush regime was so widely and bitterly hated that a repackaged version couldn’t seriously contend for the presidency… If you thought that the Christian fundamentalist theocrats were passé… Then you got a shocking wake up call from the Republican National Convention.
Fascistic New Normal in St. Paul (tags)
August 29, St. Paul, Minnesota. Police in full riot gear raided the “RNC Welcoming Committee” (which described itself as “an anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizing body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention”) This raid, referred to in the media as a “pre-emptive strike,” marked the beginning of a weekend of terror and intimidation brought down by the state on activists, organizers, protestors, and journalists throughout the four-day span of the Republican National Convention.
The RNC’S Outrageous Assault on Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, and Alternative Media... (tags)
Revolution Newspaper writer Larry Everest takes on the attack on alternative media at the RNC. This is what imperialist democracy looks like!
Vying To Be Toughest (tags)
Both candidates promise permanent imperial wars.
Delivery of 50,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists (tags)
On Friday morning, local advocates and independent journalists will deliver more that 50,000 petitions to St. Paul City Hall calling on Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement officials to drop all charges against journalists arrested while covering protests outside the Republican National Convention.
"The End of the World and I Feel Fine" (tags)
We need to overcome the illusions. It is up to us to protect our people from police state tactics.
ACTION: Amy Goodman & 2 DN! Producers Arrested at RNC! (tags)
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
Journalists including DN! producer targeted by FBI in St. Paul (tags)
According to I-Witness reporter Eileen Clancy, an FBI agent came to Mike Whalen's house on Iglehart Avenue this morning, looking for an individual who was not present at the time. This afternoon, police broke into the house with guns drawn, detaining Whalen and the journalists for hours as dozens of reporters from all over the country stood outside, kept on the opposite side of the street by police orders. The six people inside the house—and one legal observer who came outside to try to talk to police—were handcuffed during the search of the house.
Welcome to Minnesota: Out of town activists pulled over by police at gunpoint (tags)
Civil Rights Suspended in the Twin Cites: The crack down on free speech, Free Press, Freedom to assemble peaceful is under way with raids and arrests going on throughout the area. The right to be secure in your own home from unreasonable search and seizure has been violated all day long. And many other civil and human rights have effectively been suspended in the Twin Cities. Independent journalists, activists and all the citizens of Minneapolis-St. Paul, whether they know it or not, are going to be living in a police state for the next week during the RNC
A dangerous country USA - Minn. protestors intimidated already (tags)
This is reposted from Salon.com to insure all in LA also become aware of the dangers of "planning to protest" in this US of Anger and Intimidation. Now for Minneapolis.....watch out !!!
Nader Tonight FSTV & Tomorrow DN! (tags)
Denver tonight 6 p.m. University of Denver Magness Arena. Sean Penn, Tom Morello, Cindy Sheehan, Jello Biafra, Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez will be there. Standing up to the corporate two-party controlled debate commission. Calling for an opening up of the Presidential debates.
Temps and Time Needed 4 Melting Steel of WTC Towers (tags)
With GW Bush regime's frequent and persistant patterns of deceit used to justify invasion of Iraq, why believe the official version of 9/11 Commission on the WTC bombings??
KPFK Talk Show Host Lila Garrett Used Air Time to Propagandize Slate Mailer Faction (tags)
Controversial KPFK Talk Show Host Lila Garrett praised and claimed major KPFK progress by the slate mailer Local Station Board faction. Faction opponents disagree and dispute the propriety of her using air time to promote faction candidates.
Offical response to allegations of censorship of Demoracy Now at KPFK. (tags)
Offical response to allegations of censorship of Demoracy Now at KPFK.
KPFK Listener Outrage at Censorship of Ralph Nader's Interview by Amy Goodman at 9 a.m. (tags)
KPFK ran a second hour of Uprising at 9 a.m. and preempted Amy Goodman's interview with Ralph Nader on Democracy Now. Some observers think censoring Nader during fund raising is stupid.
Checking the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (tags)
Checking the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Mon 6/9 Jeremy Scahill Returns to LA, As So-Cal Continues to Battle Blackwater on Border (tags)
As So-Cal Battles Blackwater Training Facility on Cal-Mex Border, Jeremy Scahill is VISITING LOS ANGELES for talk, discussion, and book signing for the release of the fully updated paperback edition: WHEN: MONDAY, JUNE 9TH AT 7:00 PM WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Westminster Chapel 3300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 (@Berendo Street, 2 blocks west of Vermont Ave.)
True to form, the Goodmans provide a fig leaf for the Democrats (tags)
Article from wsws questions Amy Goodman for providing pro-war Democrats an excuse and letting them off easy for tagging along with GW Bush and their continued funding for the Iraq war..
New Blackwater Controversy on the U.S.-Mexico Border (tags)
A proposed project run by the private military contractor Blackwater Worldwide is once again kicking up political hay on the US-Mexico border. Earlier rebuffed in its attempt to open a large training camp in the rural San Diego County community of Potrero, Blackwater now finds itself in a battle over the company's bid to open a training facility for the US Navy. Like Potrero, the latest controversy has pried open a Pandora's Box of thorny issues ranging from border relations to the Iraq war. The current dispute centers on Blackwater's plans to manage a 48-student school in San Diego County's Otay Mesa on the US-Mexico border and just down the road from US Border Patrol offices. According to Blackwater's plans, the site will offer indoor shooting instruction and simulated ship training to improve the anti-terrorist skills of naval personnel.
May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports (tags)
On May 1, every port on the West Coast of the United States was shut down to demand an end to the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The historic May Day walkout by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is the first time ever that an American union has struck against a U.S. war. The union ranks defied the rulings of an arbitrator, who twice ordered them to go to work. They overcame the capitulations of the ILWU leadership, which didn't want the work stoppage in the first place, tried to water it down and cowered before the threats of legal action while waving the flag. The employers' Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) declared the May 1 port shutdown an "illegal strike." But after all the huffing and puffing from the bosses' mouthpieces, the dock workers pointed the way to defeating the imperialist war by mobilizing working-class power. In the end, it was more than a work stoppage. The dock workers' May Day strike against the war was a first step, a show of what it will take to bring down the warmongers in Washington. Their "symbolic" action was felt all the way to Iraq, where dock workers in two ports stopped work in solidarity with the ILWU. But it was only a beginning. What is needed is not only industrial action but a political offensive against the Democrats and Republicans, the partner parties of American imperialism, to build a class-struggle workers party.
DN! Blackwater on the Border (tags)
Just two months after local opposition thwarted its effort to build a massive outdoor training facility near San Diego, the private military company Blackwater USA is being accused of secretly trying to build a new one just blocks from the US-Mexico border. Blackwater received approval for the 61,000 square-foot indoor facility in Otay Mesa, California, by filing for permits using the names of two subsidiaries.
Shouting from the Caboose (tags)
Hope lies beyond Social Darwinism and hyper-individualism. As the end of cheap oil could be the beginning of real community, the end of everyday time could be the beginning of kairos time, the time of decision. Black is a new consciousnessness, not a skin color (Steve Biko)
Amy Goodman: The Single-Payer Solution (tags)
As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing. As I travel around the country, I find people are angry and motivated. Like Dr. Rocky White, a physician from a conservative, evangelical background who practices in rural Alamosa, Colo.
Joseph Stiglitz on "Democracy Now" Friday 2/29 (tags)
Professor Stiglitz will be interviewed by Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now" Friday 2/29.
The Republican Candidate (4 and 5) (tags)
If this is a subject of interest to you, in the United States today there are five Cuban prisoners, separated one from the other by thousands of miles. They have no area that can be sarcastically called the “Hanoi Hilton”. Their suffering and the injustice of which they are victims will be known the world over; don't doubt it for a minute
SS ENDORSES ROMNEY AND NADER (tags)
After giving it a lot of thought, I have decided to endorse Mit Romney and Ralph Nader. This follows the Texas governor's lead in endorsing more than one candidate. Both of my endorsements may still have a chance. I think every society needs some one like Ralph Nader. One. You may already be starting to see the genius of this endorsement.
Sept 11=zionist job (tags)
mossad participated in 9/11
To mark the five-year anniversary of the Eagle Rock Peace Vigil, here is a list of films shown at Flor y Canto over a two-and-a-half year period. These almost-weekly screenings were an outgrowth of the Eagle Rock Vigil. (Links to the rest of this list can be found below in "comments.")
Blackwater's Bu$ine$$ (tags)
In one of the company's most bizarre recent actions, on December 1 Blackwater paratroopers staged a dramatic aerial landing, complete with Blackwater flags and parachutes--not in Baghdad or Kabul but in San Diego at Qualcomm Stadium during the halftime show at the San Diego State/BYU football game. The location was interesting, given that Blackwater is fighting fierce local opposition to its attempt to open a new camp--Blackwater West--on 824 acres in the small rural community of Potrero, just outside San Diego.
"What Would Jesus Buy?" (review) (tags)
What Would Jesus Buy not only documents Reverend Billy’s street theater activism as he crosses the country, but it also features interviews with shoppers, retail employees, Christmas historians, and authorities on human rights. Additionally, there is footage of sweatshop conditions in Bangladesh--making a compelling call, even for people already aware of the evils of consumerism, to at least cut down on buying for the holidays. And “if we were able to change Christmas, we would change the whole year,” says the Reverend.
Battle of the Board at KPFA in Northern CA (tags)
from KPFA in Northern California. Two letters on the election for the Local Station Board at KPFA
Fri 11/16 & Sat 11/17: Authors Scahill & Jamail- Blackwater & Beyond the Green Zone (tags)
Two Evenings with Two of the Most Dynamic Voices of the New Generation of Independent Unembedded Journalists: Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill: Appearing Together in LA Area For Two Nights - Book Signing to Follow Friday, November 16th and Saturday, November 17th
NYC Indymedia Totally Bans My Articles from Publication (tags)
In the quiet secrecy of what seems to be a conspiratorial siege mentality NYC Indymedia has unofficially but secretly banned my writing from being published on the Open News Wire entirely.
For Whom the Bell’s Palsy Tolls (tags)
Bell’s palsy. It hit suddenly a month ago. I had just stepped off a plane in New York, and my friend noticed the telltale sagging lip. It felt like Novocain. I raced to the emergency room. The doctors prescribed a weeklong course of steroids and antivirals. The following day it got worse. I had to make a decision: Do I host “Democracy Now!,” our daily news broadcast, on Monday? I could speak perfectly well, and I’m tired of seeing women (and men) on TV who look like they just stepped off the set of “Dynasty.” Maybe if they see a person they trust to deliver the news, still there, but just looking a little lopsided, it might change their view of friends and family-or strangers, for that matter-who are struggling with some health issue.Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia anyone can edit, stated that I had suffered a stroke.
Progressive radio host Thom Hartmann cuts off calls about the pro-Israel lobby (Mearsheime (tags)
Progressive radio host Thom Hartmann cuts off calls about the pro-Israel lobby (Mearsheimer & Walt book)
Edwards Veers Hard Right, Supports Escalating Middle East Conflicts (tags)
During a speech at the Herzliya Conference, a major international gathering dedicated to Israeli security and diplomatic issues, Edwards stuck to his hawkish positions on Iran.”—The Jewish Daily/Forward John Edwards promised to be a progressive candidate, but he now appears to be a devotee of the Democratic Leadership Council who is obviously under the heady ether of the Israel Lobby.
Roostin' chickens or sittin' ducks in WTC on 9/11?? (tags)
The continued claims by "leftist" gatekeepers that the GW Bush regime's 9/11 commission reports are factual and there was no government complicity in the WTC collapse is becoming increasingly suspect..
amiri baraka on democracy now! (tags)
On 40th Anniversary of Newark Rebellion, a Look Back at Historic Unrest that Changed the Nation
Tomorrow! Worldwide demonstrations against the terrorist Posada (tags)
The people's mobilization is important to expose not only the U.S. government's hypocrisy of its "war on terror" but its active role in backing the Miami terrorists like Posada for over 45 years. More important than ever is the need for us to raise high the demand of immediate freedom for the Cuban Five Heroes...
The Hate Equation:Targeting Migrant Children in LA (tags)
The May 1 police riot in Mac Arthur Park sent a deliberate political message and was part of a larger pattern of attacks targeting Brown children and families.
Reassigned LAPD Cmdr. Gray Gave Orders to Shoot Protesters in 2000 (tags)
Commander Gray, who was reassigned from Central Division, was the individual who gave the order to shoot people with less lethal weapons in October 22, 2000. And, you know, the city wound up paying a little over a million dollars for all the cases that resulted from that.
Boycott a Univision (tags)
Call to Noticiero Univision
As Opposition to 'Blackwater West' Grows, Author of Bestseller Blackwater Tours CA (tags)
As Local Residents and Their Congressman Move to Block Plans for ‘Blackwater West’ in California, Jeremy Scahill Author of NY Times Bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army Launches Book Tour Across State April 26th – May 5th
Shaikh Ahamed Yassin Assassination, The Three-Year Anniversary (tags)
In Brussels, the European Union condemned Israel's "extra-judicial killing" as illegal and likely to further inflame violence.
Photos of the March on the Pentagon 3-17-07 (tags)
Images of Resistance to the terrorists who now control our government.
Being a Leftist in the 21st Century (tags)
Each spring the Forum convenes the largest gathering in North America of the international Left. With close to one hundred panels and three major cultural events, the Left Forum brings together organizers and intellectuals from across the globe to share ideas.
How Barack Obama learned to love Israel (tags)
Obama offered not a single word of criticism of Israel, of its relentless settlement and wall construction, of the closures that make life unlivable for millions of Palestinians.
Israeli minister: IOF troops might invade Gaza (tags)
Nazareth - An Israeli minister on Sunday said that his army might venture into the Gaza Strip in a large-scale invasion targeting Hamas leaders and institutions. Jan 28, 2007, 14:51
TAKE ACTION: War Crimes Suit Filed Against Rumsfeld (tags)
Attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a war crimes lawsuit today in Germany against outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and other high-ranking U.S. officials, for their role in the torture of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo. Read the full article… http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/14/1517243
LSB: the listener's voice at KPFA (Pacifica Radio) (tags)
Descent into the gnarly tangle: the epidemiology of advanced parliamentarianism at KPFA--a yearlong empirical study in causes and possible treatments
Racism in the North (tags)
As Can Be Imagined - The Death of Freedom for America (tags)
So, those who supported blindly blaming the Taliban along with bin Laden for 9/11 while closing outstanding public inquiries are demon liars, who in materially supporting hostilities against the United States by refusing through censorship to Publicly support the arrest of those responsible for killing innocent Americans - became willingly, bonafide cahooting terrorists, true bad guy "enemy combatants".
US vs THEM - A Johnny Commentary (tags)
Johnny Wizard has been arrested by irrational bushite for threatening the life of antiChrist enemy George W. bush, and with the bogus warrant made to undermine the true FBI, used the action to make fraudulent accusations in respect for Johnny's love of Children. Don't miss out in the trial of the Century!
Pacifica Radio--the old regime's legacy at KPFA (tags)
The slow motion takeover of KPFA began in 1992 and reached its climax in 1999. During those years, the highjackers recruited assistants, trained proteges and created a culture which permeates the station to this day. It's the background of today's ongoing struggle at KPFA's Local Station Board (LSB).
Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths? (tags)
The US media is virtually silent on a new scientific study that estimates the Iraqi death toll from the US war at 655,000. The study, conducted by Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health and funded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was posted Wednesday on the web site of the British medical journal, the Lancet.
How Military Recruiters Pitch to Latinos: PowerPoint Racism (tags)
According to this racializing model, "right-brain" irrational Hispanics, unsuited for "America's system of education," will vote their way into Karl Rove's projected Republican majority, and for decades to come fill the ranks of the lowest echelons of the service sector, the prison system, and the combat units of America's imperial army. Were he alive today Che Guevara, whom a CIA operative once described as "fairly intellectual for a Latin," would undoubtedly be asking progressive Latinos what they plan to do about it.
Law of the Land - WE RULE - an indictment of the Bush regime (tags)
The UN-Elected Bush regime now states cowardly Americans have no longer any legal rights to defend themselves from unlawful arrest if commanded without reason by the lawless as godless, bushite enemy LIARS. Are YOU fooled?.. I didn't think so.
The US, Israel and Lebanon: Historical Roots and Patterns of Conflict (tags)
The destructive and lethal forces unleashed this past summer by the United States and Israel upon Lebanon are not surprising in light of their historical roots in at least four patterns of conflict:
Christ Crossed (tags)
Christ Crossed http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/christ-crossed.mp3 "The most powerful audio recording ever created."
Amy and David Goodman at Scripps College on 9/25 (tags)
Amy and her brother David Goodman speaking at Scripps College at Claremont on 9/25.
Thai Military Leaders Stage Military Coup (tags)
In Thailand, military leaders have staged a bloodless coup, suspending the constitution and declaring martial law. We go to the capital Bangkok to get reaction on the ground.
Business Owners, Workers Charge Israel Deliberately Targeted Lebanon's Economy (tags)
Business owners and factory workers in Lebanon are charging that Israel deliberately targeted the Lebanese economy in its month-long offensive. Democracy Now! producer Ana Nogueira files a report from Beirut on the long-lasting effects of the conflict on Lebanon's economy. [includes rush transcript] We turn now to Lebanon. The Israeli military's chief of staff was quoted as saying the Israeli army will complete a pullout from southern Lebanon within a few days.
“Good Night, and Good Luck” -- WMD, NIST, Popular Mechanics, 9/11 and Media Crimes (tags)
BBC1 Television, near 9/11/2001, interviewed 9/11 author and theologian, David Ray Griffin. What caught my attention was another guest (a writer for a prominent British newspaper) who scoffed at considering challenges to the official story of 9/11, because US media is so vast and free that if there were problems with the official story, he'd have heard about it via US media. There is a 9/11 cover up occurring.
Lebanon Considers Suing Israel for War Crimes (tags)
The Lebanese government is considering possible legal procedures to sue Israel for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Israel Condemns Israel (tags)
Millions of land mine cluster duds ungodly Israel has thrown into 170 towns of Lebanon to murder innocent children with for decades. Along with radio-active toxic waste that will suffer G-d's Humanity indiscriminately for untold generations. Terrorist Crimes the Israeli State with corporate bushite News america claimed repeatedly, are worth targeted execution of themselves for.
Special Democracy Now! Report from Southern Lebanon: Lasting Dangers of Cluster Bombs (tags)
Israel dropped thousands of cluster bombs on at least 170 villages in southern Lebanon during its month-long war against Hezbollah. The bomblets that failed to explode are now a deadly trap for civilians. At least eight people have been killed and 25 wounded from the unexploded ordinances. Democracy Now!'s Ana Nogueira files a report from southern Lebanon. [includes rush transcript] Since a UN-brokered ceasefire came into effect nine days ago, tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese civilians have returned to their homes in southern Lebanon. While Israel's bombing of the south may have ended, it left a deadly legacy in its wake: unexploded cluster bombs. Israel dropped thousands of cluster bombs on at least one hundred and seventy villages in south Lebanon during its month-long war against Hezbollah. The bomblets that failed to explode are now a deadly trap for civilians.
ATTENTION: All admirable soldiers and police officers (tags)
Again, I will remind all admirable soldiers and police officers: CNN, CBC, and FOXNews has forbidden our truths to be broadcast in support of Justice for ourselves. WTC7. Zionist corporate medias are deliberately working to mislead our kids to have them willingly sacrifice their lives in further blind support of the real terrorists that committed the crimes of 911. As according to the FBI.
A Real One of All Things - Terrorism by the Bush Administration (tags)
Others too have come out with this, 'it looks like this last big terrorism bust, was actually a real one of all things’. It's too sloppy with the blatant ISI-Qaeda-ISI hanging all over it. The bushmob might actually go down on this one, if more evidence should arise linking the let escape ISI from 911 to carry on, with yet another attempt at murdering undefended Americans left dying forsaken.
Israeli Ambassador Caught Lying (tags)
Israel's ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon, was questioned last Sunday in Washington DC as part of a press stakeout. Sam Husseini of the Institute for Public Accuracy was there to ask the tough questions. He grilled Ayalon on Israel's targeting of civilians and use of cluster bombs in Lebanon, Israel's nuclear arsenal and its lack of adherence to United Nations Security Council resolutions. [includes rush transcript] Israel's cabinet authorized an expanded ground offensive into Lebanon on Wednesday, backing a push towards the Litani river which lies 18 miles from the border. The decision came on a day of fierce fighting in southern Lebanon. Fifteen Israeli soldiers were killed in action - the highest number in a single day since the conflict began almost a month ago.
Karmabanque (tags)
Max and Stacy are Karmabanque/Karmabank Radio; where the tired and oppressed can hear some "jolly good rants" and extremely metaphorical financial entertainment about the neo-feudal corporate occupation and the suicide consumers they inspire.
KPFK off the air, tech problems (tags)
At 2:25 pm 7/7/06 KPFK has been of the air since about 6:30 AM
THE LEFT AND THE ISRAEL LOBBY – by Joseph Anderson, Dissident Voice (tags)
Now that Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have broken the taboo in the mainstream American media establishment of not only pointing out that the Israel lobby exists, but actually analyzing it from their perspective, the only place that open discussion, analysis and debate about the lobby remain firmly taboo is, ironically, ON THE LEFT! It’s a taboo imposed on the left by certain leftist icons and their suppression – if not censorship – of free expression and debate on this topic in progressive venues (lectures, panels, press or broadcast). Even some Palestinian-Americans have been forced to knuckle under to these leftist icons’ denial of the power of the Israel lobby in exchange for those icons’ or certain progressive/leftist groups’ political support. For example, as of this writing, where is an informed rebuttal to Noam Chomsky's dismissive position on the Lobby or at least an honest, open debate about the lobby on the national radio program Democracy Now? So, I wanted to incisively debunk at least some of the major arguments used by certain Left icons in denying the power and influence of the Israel lobby in U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and in suppressing discussion of its power domestically. Now, some people will bring up a red herring list of other possible influences in U.S. Mideast foreign policy to deny my analysis, but here I am dealing with THE ISRAEL LOBBY and how leftist icons respond to that topic. My ultimate position is: whatever our positions on the lobby, do we get to honestly discuss and debate it in formal public settings? Please read more:
Palestine Update (tags)
News, generally suppressed by US mainstream medias
Mexican Concentration Camps (tags)
How will the American government deport 4 million illegal immigrants?
Carl, host of Cyberpunk Radio (tags)
Carl is a subversive multimedia artsit who hosts the podcasts Cyberpunk Radio, Mental-Escher and Hack VTV as well as heading the PluriMedia Group and the Microcasting Alliance.
"Accuracy in Media" Validates Goering's Axiom (tags)
Why, of course, the people don't want war...But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship
[Democratic] voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." --- Hermann Goering
Complete liberty of contradiction and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action; and on no other terms can a being with human faculties have any rational assurance of being right --- John Stuart Mill (from, On Liberty)
ampb report #70 (tags)
An update on the micro-power and pirate radio scene.
March For Truth NYC '06 (tags)
The phony 'Left wing" media are de facto Bush regime supporters since they refuse to talk about the massive frameup on humanity in the name of the fraudulent "War On Terror". It is time to confront these 'gatekeepers' who keep the reality of 9/11 from going mainstream. Come march for truth in NYC on February 20th to restore law and order to our Republic.
News Junkie Scott's Blog (1/11/06) (tags)
Military tribunals resuming at Guantanamo Bay.
News Junkie Scott's Blog (1/2/06) (tags)
New tests of Einstein's "spooky" reality.
Bob Woodward - Junkyard Spy? (tags)
Bob Woodward of "Watergate" fame, who recently interjected himself in to the "Plame-gate" scandal, worked as a "gatekeeper" for the Office of Naval Intelligence [ONI], the Pentagon, the CIA and the White House while serving in the Navy, before he joined the Washington Post in late1971 . He may have been "carrying water" for his former Pentagon bosses in the Watergate scandal. Is he now doing the same for neo-cons?
TUES NOV. 15: LA Times Readers to Protest Firing of Popular Columnist Scheer (tags)
LA Times Readers/Subscribers to Picket Outside Times Building To Protest Controversial Firing of Popular Columnist Robert Scheer "I've been a punching bag for Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh for years and I think the paper finally collapsed" -- Robert Scheer, Friday, Nov. 11th
MON. 11/14: Robert Fisk to Speak at UCLA on The War for the Middle East (tags)
Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent for The Independent of London will speak on 'The War for the Middle East: History Unlearned' WHEN: Monday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Kerry says 2004 election was stolen (tags)
Mark Crispin Miller said Senator John Kerry told him recently that he believes the 2004 presidential election was stolen.
News Junkie Scott's Blog (10/21/05) (tags)
Beware Senate Bill 1873.
Legislation in Washington Attacks Public Access TV (tags)
Three Bills now in the House and Senate could end public access TV in America.
PART 2: The New Haitian Revolution: Resistance to U.S. & U.N. Occupation (tags)
". . . Why Haiti has been persecuted for the last 200 years? Because it is an affront to the colonial powers to have slaves rise up and defeat them. It is a bad example. [Applause.] There are a lot of lessons to be learned, and they don't want it ever to happen again. [Applause continues.]" -- Margaret Prescod, Pacifica Radio
UN cannot be reformed: Chavez tells people of US to fight for socialism (tags)
Two responses to Chavez' supporters (tags)
* Interventions in a debate on Venezuela and the government of Hugo Chavez. LASolidarity mailing list
the newer centurions (tags)
Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans
Pacifica Radio: Lew Hill Project (tags)
On-line Discussion with John Murdock, a former Member of the Pacifica Foundation national board.
9/5 Hurricane Katrina Alert: Calls For Progressive Emergency Supports! (tags)
ActionLA Coalition and several other progressive organizations, will launch a national call for a donation drive to supports New Orleans areas progressive agencies for the humanitarian-aid efforts. Detail will coming soon and please donate generosity!
Greenspan Foreknowledge of London Bombings ??? (tags)
"Two days before the London subway bombings, Fed-Master Alan Greenspan flushed nearly $40 billion in liquidity into financial markets. The sudden activity was an astonishing departure from the current policy of tightening interest rates to stifle inflation. The Chairman has not explained his erratic behavior, but there’s growing speculation that Greenspan may have had information about the likelihood of terrorist attacks and decided to “preemptively” head-off a run on the markets."
Republican Congressmember Investigates Climate Scientists (tags)
The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating three professors whose work suggests that the earth's climate is warmer now than at any time in many centuries
Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? (tags)
A post-election headline from the Akron Beacon Journal cites a critical report by twelve prominent social scientists and statisticians, reporting: "Analysis Points to Election ‘Corruption': Group Says Chance of Exit Polls Being So Wrong in '04 Vote is One-in-959,000." Citing "Ohio's Odd Numbers," investigative reporter Christopher Hitchens, a Bush supporter, says in Vanity Fair: "Given what happened in that key state on Election Day 2004, both democracy and common sense cry out for a court-ordered inspection of its new voting machines."
Bush Fires (tags)
Play with fire and you'll get burned.
Report From Afghanistan by Sonali Kolhatkar, 5-27-05 (transcript) (tags)
". . . If the news media covers something [about Afghanistan], donations pour in. If they stop covering it, donations go down. . . . Our donations have plummeted. A lot of projects [are] closing down." -- Sonali Kolhatkar, co-director, Afghan Women's Mission
DOUBLEVISIONARY HISTORIAN ZINN CLOUDS POLITICS (tags)
Education reform must begin at the top and the first thing I would do is get Howard Zinn a new pair of glasses and a dictionary. Surely his Microsoft collegiate dictionary is infected with a virus which caused him to forget that he knew what gasoline was back in WWII all on today's free broadcast of Democracy Now. (please forgive him. He is a senior citizen.)
April 13: International Day of Action to Stop Caterpillar (tags)
Human rights groups to demand investigation of Israeli war crimes at Caterpillar's Annual Meeting in Chicago on April 13 - Simultaneous protests scheduled for dozens of cities around the world.
Fear and Loathing in Portland: On Internet Security and Privacy Today (tags)
"Something is happening here, But you don't know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?" -- Bob Dylan With FBI swooping down to subpeona server logs at anarchist websites, I knew that Stein knew this was no time for games. But as always he was tangled up with censors who seem, worldwide, to instinctively try to blot him out before he riled the masses. I journeyed from Boulder to his little hacienda in the sun and interviewed him for Colo Indymedia...and soon was so stoned I had to agree with every word he said as he spelled out some of the problems facing the left as the goons in Washington ran roughshod over our civil liberties... gOnZo jOuRnAlIzM from the oLd sKoOl
Thurs. 3/31: Pablo Paredes & Javier Couso Join Amy Goodman Live in LA (tags)
Javier Couso Joins Amy Goodman Live in LA Brother of Jose Couso, the Spanish cameraman killed when a US military tank fired on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad nearly two years ago. Javier is in the United States to call for an independent investigation into the death of his brother and the prosecution of those responsible.
Thurs. 3/31 7pm: Brother of Slain Spanish Journalist Jose Couso Joins Amy Goodman in LA (tags)
An Evening with Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist, host of Democracy Now! and author of the best-selling book, The Exception to the Rulers. Joined by Javier Cosou, brother of Spanish Journalist killed at the Palestine Hotel in Iraq
Remembering Rachel, Recognizing Oppression (tags)
SUMMARY:The West Coastrecently hosted a visit by Amy Goodman, spurring some debate but widespread admiration. On Wednesday March 16, Democracy now spotlights the Corrie killing, also hotly debated in these parts. Stein asks if we recognize "sowing of bitterness, suspicion and intolerance as crimes in themselves".
The Intolerable Conviction of Lynne Stewart (tags)
"I see myself as being a symbol of what the people rail against when they say our civil liberties are eroded. This case could be, I hope it will be, a wakeup call to all of the citizens of this country and all of the people who live here that you can’t lock up the lawyers. You can’t tell the lawyers how to do their job. You’ve got to let them operate. And I will fight on. I am not giving up. I know I commited no crime. I know what I did was right."
Attorney Lynne Stewart, after her Feb. 10 conviction on felony charges
In April 2002, then U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft personally announced to the news media that the government had indicted radical civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart on serious charges of "conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government."
Vigilant Resolve (tags)
Remembering The First Siege Of Fallujah: Excerpts From Testimony Submitted To The World Tribunal On Iraq, University of Rome (III), February 10-13, 2005
Mumia Abu Jamal Remembers Ossie Davis: ''A Lion Has Fallen'' (tags)
Democracy Now! plays a prison radio commentary by journalist and death row prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. He remembers Ossie Davis and plays an interview with him from 1980.
HAITI SPEAKING TOUR (tags)
Come see Journalist Kevin Pina speak and show clips from his new documentary "Haiti: The Betrayal of Democracy". Kevin broke the story of the U.S. kidnapping and coup of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February of 2004 and has been on Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now" numerous times.
David Rovics in Concert (tags)
David Rovics, one of our strongest voices, is singing on March 4 in Claremont, CA, and on March 6 in the SF Valley at the Onion (unitarian church). No pics or videos
The Age of PsyOps: 911 and Bush's Second Inauguration (tags)
Loughrey argues that the US national media is employing PsyOps to control the general population.
Protest Brazil Consulate in Los Angeles- Stop Attacks on Haitians! - Feb 18th, 2005 (tags)
Feb 18th, 2005- 10am-5pm Brazilian Consulate 8484 Wilshire Blvd. 711 Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Witnesses Say U.S. Marines Fatally Shot Spanish Journalist in Haiti (tags)
We speak with Spanish journalist Jesus Martin who traveled to Haiti earlier this year to pay tribute to his slain friend and colleague, Ricardo Ortega, who was fatally shot in the chest while he was covering a street protest.
The NIH Two-Step - Stepping Over Bodies on the Way to Market (tags)
The major media is finally covering the toxicity of what pharmaceutical companies mislabel 'AIDS Drugs,' but they're four years and hundreds of deaths too late
TRANSCRIPT: Interview with Gary Webb in 1998 Re-Broadcast Today on Democracy Now! (tags)
Gary Webb, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a series of stories linking the CIA to crack cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles, is dead at age 49. We hear an 1998 interview with Gary Webb on Democracy Now! and we speak with his colleague, veteran investigative journalist Robert Parry. [includes rush transcript]
Preserving a Living History: A Day for the Pacifica Radio Archives (tags)
Preserving a Living History: A Day for the Pacifica Radio Archives' All-Day (13-hour) National Simulcast Broadcast on Thursday, December 2, 2004 on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles from 6AM- 7PM
One Hundred New Pirate Radio Stations… (tags)
I interviewed several micro-radio activists about the recent raids on Free Radio Santa Cruz and how it affects them. We dicussed what makes pirate radio fun, what makes it hard, why it is such a threat to the government, etc.
Fallujah Under Siege: US Begins Massive Assault as Iraq Declares Martial Law (tags)
Democracy Now! Fallujah Under Siege: US Begins Massive Assault as Iraq Declares Martial Law Monday, November 8th, 2004 The U.S. invasion of Fallujah has begun. After weeks of daily bombings, U.S. forces have begun to move into the Sunni city seen as the center of the Iraqi resistance. We speak with independent reporters Rahul Mahajan and Lamis Andoni in Jordan.
Growing Collection of Vote Fraud links (tags)
The list of evidence is growing that the US election was anything but a fair vote. Who could possibly think that all of these voting problems are just a minor aberation? The long lines are always in Democratic counties, that the computer ’glitches’ always favor Bush, and the new e-machines were made by a Bush ’Pioneer’ (top donor) that pledged to deliver for Bush. Funny how Diebold makes bank machines which print paper receipts millions of times daily, but they couldn’t get the printer to work in the voting machines. (large collection of links follows)
Spartacist League/PDC Protest Crackdown on IndyMedia (tags)
The Spartacist League, revolutionary Trotskyist party, and its fraternal political prisoner defense organization, the Partisan Defense Committee have protested the assaults on IndyMedia through their newspaper, Workers Vanguard. "...We stand in fullest solidarity with those courageous journalists who struggle to tell the truth against the repression and lies of the American imperialists." Here is the article. ---- Varlet http://www.icl-fi.org/ENGLISH/2004/Indymedia-834.htm
NADER'S RUNNING MATE ENDORSES JOHN KERRY! (tags)
"I'm voting my conscience on Nov. 2; I'm voting for John Kerry....His policy proposals involve vision -- like alternative energy, more accessible health care, and funding all those children who have been left behind by the Bush administration."
Amy Goodman Speaking in San Diego Nov. 5th (tags)
On November 5, 2004, San Diego will welcome acclaimed independent journalist Amy Goodman as she speaks on "Media and Activism in Times of War." Goodman, the celebrated host of Pacifica Network's "Democracy Now!," a nationally-broadcast daily independent radio program, will include San Diego on her tour promoting her book "The Exception to the Rulers." Known for her fearless and spirited approach to truly independent reporting, Goodman embodies the challenges and commitment of a truly unembedded journalist.
Longest-Standing Pirate Radio Station Shut Down by FCC (tags)
Pirate radio station Free Radio Santa Cruz which had been operating without a license for nearly 10 years, was raided yesterday for the first time and shut down. We go to Santa Cruz to speak with two of the station's longtime programmers.
Take Back Democracy Film Festival (tags)
Northeast Neighbors for Peace & Justice presents The Take Back Democracy Film Festival: Five Fridays in October at Flor y Canto
SAT Sept 18 at 5PM: Cornel West LIVE in Hollywood (tags)
CORNEL WEST, professor of religion and African-American studies at Princeton University, West is a critic of culture, an advocate of social justice and an analyst of post-modern art and philosophy. He has written and co-authored numerous books on philosophy, race and sociology. His new book is Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.
Who seized Simona Torretta? (tags)
The Iraqi kidnapping has the mark of an undercoverpolice operation.
INN on Air in LA (tags)
INN is HERE!
Border Blaster Continues to Interfere with kpfK Signal (tags)
Yesterday afternoon power failed on Mount Wilson and Pacifica's kpfK ceased transmission for over one hour. Most LA listeners tuned to 90.7 FM could clearly hear classical musical being broadcast from Tijuana station XLNC.
Actor Mike Farrell on Politics and Hollywood: M*A*S*H Couldn't Be On TV Today (tags)
We now turn to an actor who knows a lot about Hollywood--not only did he he grow up here but he has been very active with the Screen Actors Guild. We are joined by Mike Farrell. Perhaps he is best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in the popular TV-series MASH. But Farrell is also known for his social justice activism. In the lead-up to the Iraq war, he was one of a number of actors who very publicly called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis
The People's Media Reaches More People Than FOX Does (tags)
While Big Media is "simply in the business of selling products, the people's media reaches more people than FOX does.
Behind the Scenes at “Democracy Now!” (tags)
Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Amy Goodman and David Goodman on “Uprising”, KPFK. Produced by Thatcher Collins. Monday, April 19th, 2004 KPFK studios, Los Angeles, CA. Subjects covered: Amy's early academic work, her approach to journalism, coverage of insiders turned dissidents, Mumia, Michael Moore, collectively run media, and sleeping.
The Armagedon Plan: Nightline Sells Martial Law (tags)
Will the US be under martial law by June, 2004? That is the impression some are expressing after witnessing a recent episode of Nightline (4/7/2004), with Ted Koppel. On this particular program Koppel is host to Richard Clarke, former Reagan officials Edwin Meese III and Kenneth M. Duberstein; former Clinton official Sally Katzen, author James Mann, and former Bush official Richard Clarke. The subject matter is named The Armageddon Plan.
Democracy Now's 70-City Exception to the Rulers Book Tour Kicks Off April 13th (tags)
Amy Goodman, host of the national, daily radio/TV program Democracy Now!, is on a national tour to mark the launch of her first book "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them" (co-written with her brother, journalist David Goodman.)
Kerry vs. Kerry-lite (tags)
As for Iraq, if Kerry has a problem with Bush, it's that he didn't drag France, Germany and Russia into the war, preferring to strike a grabby, it's all mine, pose, rather than the "let's divide up the loot" approach the Democrats favor. Apparently, a gang rape is better than a rape carried out by a lone assailant, which, I gather, would make a gang rapist a rapist-lite, and therefore more worthy of our backing than a rapist who goes it alone. But, for the record, Washington hasn't gone it alone in Iraq, managing to cobble together a coalition, though one lacking France, Germany and Russia, whose backing, in some perverted twist of reasoning, is supposed to have invested the rape of Iraq with legitimacy. Apparently, if you can lure other renowned rapists into a gang rape, it gives the whole sordid affair moral weight.
Democracy Now! On-the-Gound Report on Aristide's Return to the Caribbea (tags)
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman is accompanying a delegation to the Central African Republic today to report on Haitian President Jean Betrand Aristide's trip to Jamaica
Aristide 'I Was Kidnapped' 'Tell The World It Is A Coup' (tags)
Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says he was "kidnapped" and taken by force to the Central African Republic.
2/29 4-6 p.m. PST Haiti News on Pacifica Nationwide (tags)
Right now, for 2 hours, Pacifica radio stations and their affiliates are carrying Democracy Now/Flashpoints special on the US coup d'etat in Haiti today. Listen to KPFK, 90.7 FM.
TODAY 4 PM-6 PM: Crisis In Haiti - Democracy Now! Special Broadcast (tags)
Pacifica Radio Special Broadcast - Haiti in Crisis Co-produced by Democracy Now!, the WBAI Haiti Show and Flashpoints Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004 4-6 PM EST
The Daily Grind 2/26/04 (tags)
Actually, we may be lifting a finger after all..
Riverside Protest Against Cooper Execution (tags)
In the heart of the conservative Inland Empire, hardy activists braved a cold, wet night to argue against the execution of Kevin Cooper. Speakers included local clergy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and actors Mike Farrell and James Cromwell.
Noonday shows danger walks among us (tags)
Krar and Bruey were selling firearms, ammunition and anti-Semitic, anti-black and anti-government books and pamphlets to right-wing extremists. Since their arrest, Krar has pleaded guilty to possession of a chemical weapon, and Bruey has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess illegal weapons.
Amazing FTAA Article on Salon.com (tags)
This article is now on the front page of Salon.com. It accurately descrbes the massive illegal police operation in Miami during the protests against the FTAA and the continued loss of our civil liberties and first amendment rights.
JFK and the 9/11 Cover-Up(amsellem) (tags)
cartoon © 2003 by charles amsellem. all rights reserved. activists may reproduce for non-profit use only
Democracy Now Producer Arrested: Take Action Now. (tags)
Democracy Now Producer, Ana Nogueira, has been arrested in Miami.
Robert Fisk on Iraq: This is a Resistance Movement, Whether We Like It or Not? (tags)
Robert Fisk on Iraq: This is a Resistance Movement, Whether We Like It or Not?
USS Liberty Attack Cover-up on "Democracy Now" Today (tags)
USS Liberty Attack Cover-up on "Democracy Now" Today
Info War on USA Public (tags)
Info War on USA Public
TODAY NOON: Stop Arnold Protest Outside Wiesenthal Center (tags)
Jews, Women, Immigrants and African Americans Call on Arnold to Atone For His Sins on Yom Kippur Have Been Targets of His Degrading Comments and He Has Publicly Praised Three Fascists Leaders
Schwarzenegger is a Nazi! (tags)
Yes he is a Nazi! Democracy Now has got the goods.
BTL:Bush's Pre-Emptive War Doctrine Condemned as Related Scandals Erupt in... (tags)
...White House. Interview with Ian Williams, author of "United Nations for Beginners," conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
The Intimidation of Ambassador Wilson and Ms. Plame and 76 Days. (tags)
Considering it was the corporate media that published Bob Novak's column that outed Ms. Plame as a "CIA operative" in order to punish and intimidate her husband, Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson for not playing ball with the Bush regime, how can anybody expect the corporate media to now report objectively about a conspiracy the corporate media participated in.
"The Weather Underground" now at Los Feliz Theatres (tags)
"The Weather Underground," the acclaimed new documentary about the white 70s radicals who aspired to overthrow the U.S. gov't, is now at the Los Feliz Theatres. According to Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, "Weather" is "a powerful, timely film!"
Democracy Now!: Sherman Austin Heads To Prison (tags)
Sherman Austin heads to jail today for a one-year term. He was charged with “distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction” after someone posted bomb-making information on his political website, raisethefist.com. Once he is is released he is banned from associating with anyone who wants to change U.S. government ‘in any way.’
WED. AUGUST 6th KPFK/PACIFICA Hiroshima Special (tags)
Special Pacifica Radio Archives National Broadcast Marks 58th Anniversary of Bombing of Hiroshima Live Recording of New Radio Adaptation of John Hersey's Hiroshima at 2 PM on August 6th on KPFK Starring Tyne Daly, Ruby Dee and Roscoe Lee Brown
SATURDAY: Democracy Now's Amy Goodman (tags)
An Evening with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman To Benefit Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7 FM WHEN: Saturday, July 19 at 7 p.m. WHERE: First Baptist Church located at 760 S. Westmoreland Avenue in Los Angeles. (Near Vermont and 8th Street). Street parking and garages within walking distance.
Declare Independence From Corporate Media (tags)
Celebrate July 4th By Declaring Independence From Corporate Media
Independence from Corporate Media Week (tags)
What Are Little Boys Made Of? (tags)
Lights, camera, action; live footage shows the military kicking down an isolated farm house door ordering the terrified peasant family, the elderly grandparents, little children and parents to kneel in the dirt their hands behind their backs. I feel sick and ashamed that the power-might-and untold blessings of my country, are being utilized in the subjugation, humiliation and terror towards people we've announced such altruistic concern for. Operation Iraq Freedom resembles Operation Bloodlust-Might Makes Right.
Celebrate July 4th by Declaring Independence from the Corporate Media! (tags)
Fed up with the mainstream media's lies, omissions and distortions? It's time to send them a message: we're not taking it anymore. During Independence Day week - June 30-July 6, 2003 - join with thousands of others across the country and put your daily newspaper subscription on hold, turn off your TV, and act to support independent media!
6/19 Rosenberg Sons & Morton Sobell on Democracy Now (tags)
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now radio/TV program, is interviewing Michael and Robert Meeropol, the Rosenberg Sons, and Morton Sobell, the Rosenberg co-defendant, today, 6/19/03, on this 50th anniversary of the murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and the 18-year imprisonment of Morton Sobell for the contrived charge of conspiracy to commit espionage.
Why come to Sacramento? (tags)
A major grassroots mobilization and convergence is planned in Sacramento from June 20-25. This is an opportunity for people to say no to a genetically engineered future, and to voice instead a living world vision, rooted in social justice and ecological sanity. It is also a chance to stand in solidarity with the people's movements and hundreds of peasant farmers groups from around the world that have called on social movements in the US to denounce and protest this meeting.
Pepperface Multimedia Information Hub - Update For The Week Ending 06.15.03 (tags)
Pepperface was created to provide a multimedia source for real information regarding the US invasion of Iraq. We will continue to update this forum with information on the US continued occupation of Iraq, analysis of the media role in the Bush Regeime's occupation of America, and anything else which may be of interest.
Free Speech TV Needs Your Help! (tags)
Tell Direct TV to carry Free Speech TV. Working with activists and artists, Free Speech TV uses television to cultivate an informed and active citizenry in order to advance progressive social change. Most Americans get their news from TV. Help decide what we get to watch.
Solving The Enigma Of Media Manipulation (tags)
Most journalists have never told the truth about politics; they only are allowed to say what their bosses let them say. And almost always, if the newspaper or TV station is a big one, their bosses won't let them tell the truth about practically anything.
pepperface media hub update for week ending 05.30.03 (tags)
pepperface media hub update for week ending 05.30.03
Afgan Massacre (tags)
Real Iraqi's are NOT Dancing in The Streets (tags)
Note: What a terrible travesty and lie has and is being visited on the people mostly of this nation with the full complicity of a prostituted-lap dog-boot licking press. On Democracy Now I have seen the quiet--eloquent people (the real ones) of Iraq.
Fuck The Police. They're Fucking Us. It's Out Of Hand, They're This Fucked Up. (tags)
What I find the most disturbing about the Oakland PD's use of rubber bullets, wooden bullets and everything else they lobbed at protesters...
MONDAY 7PM WELCOME KPFK's JERRY QUICKLEY HOME! (tags)
DEPORTED FROM BAGHDAD: UNEMBEDDED PACIFICA RADIO REPORTER RETURNS HOME TO LA ON MONDAY AT 7 PM at the Long Beach Airport THE B-BOY IN BAGHDAD: Jerry dodged bombs to bring us the truth.
Iraqi Death Toll Rising Fast! (tags)
Thousands killed - including many children.
BLACK COALITION HOLDS ANTIWAR RALLY - SAT. LEIMERT PART (tags)
The International Black Coalition for Peace and Justice holds the first major antiwar rally in L.A.'s African American community.
Antiwar songs.....? (tags)
some info from NPR... ra file, modem friendly
GEORGE SOROS' EVIL EMPIRE IS EXPOSED (Attn: LA Indymedia) (tags)
This is an interesting analysis of Billionaire finanical predator, George Soros, and his covert funding and sponsorship of the pro-establisment "Peace movement" in the USA. Soros' empire not only has its tentacles in the Peace movement but also in the (cough, cough)"Alternative" media outlets which have desperately tried to downplay and smear any questioning of US government sponsorship/involvement in 9-11 as "conspiracy theory." Soros has also provided funding to Indymedia(!) with its contribution to LA Indymedia during the protests at the Democratic Party convention in 2000.
Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft and Lott; are Anti Christ? Ver.3 (tags)
Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft and Lott; are Anti Christ? Ver.3
Muslim Public Affairs Council Conference Report (tags)
A very incomplete report about an interesting conference that took place today.
SADDAM & RUMSFELD PARTNERSHIP OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPON (tags)
In 03,1984, with the Iran-Iraq war growing more brutal by the day, Rumsfeld was in Baghdad for meetings With Saddam Hussain. On the day of his visit, March 24th, UPI reported from the UN “Mustard gas laced with a nerve agent has been used on Iranian soldiers of war between Iran and Iraq, a team of U.N. experts has concluded...
War On Iraq? Ten Years From Now, What Will You Tell Your Children? (tags)
Read only if you have an open mind (and I know I'm going to get you looking even if you don't with this kind of summary ;-) Are we being lied to? Let me walk you through some history. Let me challenge you to look in the mirror and face your (future) children.
Outwardly Progressive, Internally Corporate: Pacifica's Next Challenge (tags)
Internal problems at Pacifica stations still plague the network. While the major battle at Pacifica was won early this year, the war against a corporate style hierarchy is not over. It was this very hierarchy which enabled the General Managers to abuse their power within the stations in the first place. In order for meaningful change to occur, this structure should change, not just the personalities. Please see attached open letter by KPFK staff, highlighting problems and suggesting some solutions. (To add your name in solidarity, see directions below.)
A Critical Look at the KPFK Emergency Summer Fund Drive (tags)
A Critical Look at KPFK's summer Fund drive reveals that new programming raised half as many funds per hour as regular programming.
Today's Voice: Earth To Bush: NO IRAQ WAR! (tags)
Voice4Change Changing Hearts and Minds http://www.voice4change.org September 13, 2002
leftist conservatism (tags)
I am addressing my concerns about the left's propensity to perpetuate it's own elite and their failed strategies and ideas
Demonization and Wars for Oil (tags)
The actual reasons for a war against Iraq
The Saddam in Rumsfeld’s Closet (tags)
“Man and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.” —Donald Rumsfeld
April 10: Latest News from Palestine-over 100 reported had been killed in Jenin! (tags)
**For all the news, please check: www.PeaceNoWar.net **also, please visit Palestine IMC: http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/ Alert! Over Hundred People Reported had been Killed in Jenin
Democracy Now! (3-12): Workers March Across The Country To Protest Taco Bell (tags)
Hear Amy Goodman's interview with Laura Germino from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) -- from today's (3-12-02) Democracy Now! broadcast.
Video: Protesting the W.E.F. in New York City, 2002 (tags)
Between February 2nd and 3rd, more than 200 were arrested outside the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum, which met in a veritable police state in New York City's elite Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Democracy Now! Returns, Censorship Continues (tags)
Democracy Now! Returns to the Pacifica Radio Network, after five month ban. NY Home Station WBAI defies new listener-backed board, censors live broadcast. Filmmaker Michael Moore Calls WBAI live on Democracy Now! to ask: "Where Am I?" KPFK-Los Angeles removes program from peak airtime
Democracy Now! Returns from Exile on Monday Jan 7 (tags)
Democracy Now! Returns from Exile in Bold Move at Pacifica Radio Network. The Award-Winning Radio Show That Broadcasts Blocks from Ground Zero even as it was banned from the airwaves of its parent organization, returns to Pacifica radio stations throughout the United States on Monday, Jan. 7.
SEDITIOUS BEATS SUSPENDED FROM KPFK! (tags)
Despite a Settlement of the Lawsuits Against Pacifica Radio, Arbitrary and Retaliatory Actions Continue at KPFK by Management.'Seditious Beats' Hosted By Community Organizer Fidel Rodriguez 'Suspended Indefinitely'
Dec 10 Anti War Demo Reports (tags)
A summary of RAWA support demonstrations for peace.
Updates: At least 3700 Afghani Civilians KIlled by US Bombs! (tags)
3,500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs University of New Hampshire Economics Professor Releases Study of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Monday Morning on Democracy Now! Radio/TV Show
RADIO IMC-LA: Democracy Now in LA - Part 3 (tags)
Third and final part of Democracy Now event held in LA on December 1st. Includes speech by Amy Goodman and music of La Paz and Atzlan Underground.
RADIO IMC-LA: Democracy Now Event - Part Two (tags)
Second part of December 1, Democracy Now event held in Los Angeles. This section continues speeches by fired/banned and current programmers and a talk by actor Danny Glover.
RADIO IMC-LA: Democracy Now Event in Los Angeles - Part One (tags)
First third of Saturday, December 1st Democracy Now event in Los Angeles. This segment includes updates on the Pacifica Crisis as well as talks by fired KPFK programmers. Look for other two parts soon!
Amy Goodman in LA (tags)
Amy Goodman speaks to a packed house at a fundraiser for Democracy Now! in Exile Fundraiser - Saturday, Dec. 1st in Los Angeles.
Scripps video project (tags)
a brief description of a Video Event that took place at Scripps College
Democracy Now! Event Flyer (tags)
The flyer for this Saturday's Democracy Now! fundraiser for the War and Peace Report
Live in LA! Amy Goodman, Danny Glover, Aztlan Undergound! (tags)
We're looking forward to a great night this Saturday - Please spread the word.
Gore Won the 2000 Presidential Election! from Democracy Now! 11/13/01 (tags)
To listen to this remarkable and lengthy (27m) Democracy Now! segment go to: www.webactive.com/pacifica/exile.html or simply go to www.democracynow.org
NEW PACIFICA BOARD CHAIR FIRES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AGREES TO COURT-SUPERVISED MEDIATION (tags)
Bob Farrel cans Bessie Wash
KPFK Listeners' Internet Forum (tags)
Five weeks ago the KPFK Listeners' Forum appeared on the internet at: http://disc.server.com/Indices/165346.html The KPFK forum is one of five forums provided for listeners to all of the Pacifica stations: KPFK in Los Angeles; KPFA in Berkeley; WBAI in New York; WPFW in Washington and KPFT in Houston.
Media Activists: mtg & demo - Wed 9/20 7 to 10 am - KPFK (tags)
~Perhaps Amy Goodman will call in to a cell phone at tomorrow morning's demonstation. She did last time.~
KPFK Manager Censors Democrcy Now! (in exile) (tags)
Demonstation called at KPFK Wed. Sept. 19 7 - 10 am
Thoughtful Analysis, Calm Reflection (tags)
"As the situation lurches toward more devastation, violence and deaths of innocents around the world, alternatives to the hype machine must be effective in offering a forum for calm reflection, for thoughtful analysis, for understanding and truth, and for building a sense of community outside the narrow definitions portrayed in the corporate media."
Jesse Jackson & Danny Glover back Amy Goodman! (tags)
The censors and hijackers at KPFK and PACIFICA are growing increasingly isolated.
Scab News Replaces Democracy Now (tags)
What follows is from the Democracy Now! staff -- reporting that Pacifica has contacted with an off-site, non-union news agency (Feature Story News) to replace the first segment of Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman and Edwin Johnston on Building Bridges over wbix.org (tags)
On Wednesday, August 29th from 8-9 pm est Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report (In Exile) will broadcast a special one hour program on the crisis at WBAI and Pacifica
Continued assault on Pacifica & Journalism (tags)
a look at the continued attempts at destroying widecast free speech corporate america style.
Democracy Now! Staff Suspended Without Pay (tags)
The crisis with Pacifica Radio’s flagship national news show, Democracy Now!, has gotten worse. Pacifica management has now suspended award-winning host Amy Goodman and the entire staff without pay.
Oh, Pacifica! (tags)
The Pacifica Board may have bitten off more than they can chew. Tuesday's move not to distribute the network's most valuable national program, Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman, has ignited a whirlwind of activity across the country.
Amy and the Dragon (tags)
KPFK-"Lift the Gag Rule!" Demo. (tags)
An emergency demonstration was held on August 15th to protest PACIFICA Radio's canceling live broadcasts of the "Democracy Now!" show.
KPFK-"Censorship Radio!" Demo. (tags)
KPFK-"Democracy Now!" Demo. (tags)
Amy Goodman broadcasting from LA IMC 8/00 (tags)
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! broadcating from the LA-IMC during the Democratic National Convention.
Juan Gonzalez broacasting from LA-IMC (tags)
Juan Gonzalez, then co-host of Democracy Now! broadcasting last year from the LA Indy Media Center during the Democratic National Convention.
LA-Pacifica Call to Action (tags)
Call to Action to Save Pacifica: Listeners to Picket Pacifica’s KPFK to Demand Democracy Now 'Live' be Reinstated; Call for End of Harassment of Host of ‘Most Popular Program in Pacifica's History’
Listeners to Picket Pacifica Radio's KPFK (tags)
Today's live broadcast of "Democracy Now!" was yanked off the air by Pacifica Radio and replaced by a tape of an old Democracy Now! show. Listeners of Pacifca's KPFK 90.7 FM will picket tomorrow (Wednesday, 8/15) in protest of the continued harassment of Amy Goodman the popular show's award-winning host.
Juan Gonzalez to Speak Aug. 25 (tags)
Activist and Journalist Juan Gonzalez to Address Groundbreaking Bilingual Gathering to Reclaim Community Access to KPFK-Pacifica.
Today's Democracy Now! Pulled off the Air (tags)
Today's live broadcast of Democracy Now! was yanked off the air by Pacifica and replaced by a tape of an old DN show.
More on Democracy Now! (tags)
The systematic harassment by Pacifica management against Amy Goodman and her national news show, Democracy Now!, which began more than one year ago, has reached a crisis stage.
Leid Harasses Democracy Now! (tags)
Sources say that minutes before air time this morning, and without explanation, interim general manager Utrice Leid once again threw Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! (DN) out of the master broadcast studio and into WBAI's Studio 3--a small, sub-standard broadcast space not suited to a national program.
PACIFICA ACTION: Join Rally against Ken Ford (tags)
Tuesday, July 10: Join actions against National Board member Ken Ford
Top Censored Stories ( in song ) (tags)
Who Will Tell the People by David Rovics
NYC IMC reporter alleges assault by WBAI/Pacifica staffer at protest (tags)
NYC IMC reporter, Kevin Prichard was hospitalized yesterday for an injury sustained at a protest at WBAI/Pacifica in NYC. Prichard claims he was assaulted by WBAI staffer, Paul DiRienzo.
Irate Listenners of WBAI Radio March Into Station (tags)
Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio (99.5 FM) March Into Studio Protest Targets Rightward Political Turn in Programming and Attacks on Workers' Rights
A Letter to KPFK (tags)
I could only take so much crap. May you give them more of the same, until they understand.
Special Webcast: Monday 6AM-10AM ET: KPFA/Democracy Now! WBAI WAKE-UP CALL (tags)
This morning, a special broadcast of WBAI's WAKE-UP CALL, In Exile, live from New York City. WBAI is a Pacifica Radio station, which is the last remaining left-wing radio network in the country -it is under corporate attack and we are fighting to save it.
Students on Democracy Now re: Sodexho-Marriott and Private Prisons (tags)
American University and Oberlin students garner press after both universities cancel food contracts with Sodexho-Marriott over ties to private prisons.
"Democracy Now!" BLACKED-OUT By DC's WPFW, AGAIN! (tags)
A live debate on DemocrayNow! between a lead Pacifica hijacking board member John Murdock (of the union-busting law firm Epstein Becker and Green) and Juan Gonzalez, the co-host of DemocracyNow!, was censored by Pacifica Executive Director, Bessie Wash, who is also the general manager of Pacifica's DC station WPFW.
The Pacifica Crisis: An Interview with Juan Gonzalez (tags)
The former co-host of Democracy Now! talks about the nationwide campaign he is organizing to oust the Pacifica board.
Mumia refers to Disabled Citizens asthe Poor, Stupid and SlowDemocracy Now 2/28! (tags)
Democracy Now Broadcasts Key Information in Struggle for WelfareControl2/12/2001 (tags)
Roughly 6 years ago when Tommy Thomson was elcted Governor in Wisconsin there were approximately 300,000 people in that Upper Midwestern State on welfare. Many of this total were women and children. Another large slice of the pie were people overcoming disabilities. The budget was about $500 Million dollars USA. Today only 35,000 people arte receiving welfare in Wisconsin and the budget is close to $600 Million dollars proving that the infirm , the poor and taxpayers are being violated in ways of unknown consequences. It was reported in Atlanta on 89.3 FM that 26 babies under 1 year old had died each year for the previous 6 years.
Pacifica Dem Now! Goodman v AntiFree Speech/Pacifica Theft Abettor Clayton Riley (tags)
Pacifica's Democracy Now! Show Co-Host and Award Winning Journalist Amy Goodman Attempts To Debate Anti-Free Free Speech/Pacifica Theft Abettor Clayton Riley, A Recently Installed Wake-Up Call Show Co-Host The Day After Democracy Now! Co-Host Juan Gonzalez's resignation.
SAVE PACIFICA SAVE DEMOCRACY NOW! HELP REMOVE THE PACIFICA BOARD NOW (tags)
Wondering Whether To Keep Mailing In Your Hard-Earned Money To Pacifica This Year? STOP! During Tuesday January 31,2001's Democracy Now!, Award Winning Journalist And Co-Host Juan Gonzalez Resigned On-Air. Juan's Statement Calls For Listeners And Supporters Of Pacifica Free Speech Radio, And Of Democracy Now! To Stop Funding The Small Tiny Minded Ruinous Clique Of Anti-Free Speech, Anti-Labor, Pro-Corporate, Anti-Democracy Jackboot Liberals Now Controlling The Pacifica Foundation Board, And Their Pathetic Minions And Puppets At Local Stations, And Instead To Join In And Support The Lawsuits To Remove Them Now.
Juan Gonzalez' Sign off transcript (tags)
Good day, Amy and to our listeners around the country. And Amy, do you realize the anniversary that we're approaching, in the next few days? It will be five years since Democracy Now came on the air, since you and I started working
Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez resigns in protest against Pacifica (tags)
The latest casualty in the coup at WBAI appears to be Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez who unexpectedly resigned on the air this morning. He urged listeners to fight to save Pacifica.
PACIFICA UPDATE: Forcible Seizure of WBAI (tags)
Very late last night (D22), while most people with lives were partying, the Pacifica National Board siezed WBAI in New York. A program in progress was stopped by an on-air diatribe by the "new" boss. It appears the Pacifica crisis has escalated once again.
COUP WATCH: Voting Machine Clones Fingered For Problems In Palm Beach (tags)
Of 5,000 voting machines in Palm Beach County, about 1,000 were newer clones of the Votamatics, called Poll Star. The Sun-Sentinel reports that half the county’s undervotes occured on Poll Star machines, even though they recorded just one-third of the votes.
STOP THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVERTISING BLITZ (tags)
An action alert about the corporate take-over of the U.S. judicial system and campaign finance laws during this campaign season. Parallels info heard on Democracy Now! today.
SAVE DEMOCRACY NOW! Supporters protest at KPFK (tags)
150-200 protesters gathered outside KPFK this morning to protest the treatment of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! by Pacifica and KPFK management.
ZmagEditorial:Response to Pacifica re: Democracy Now! (tags)
Over the past few years Pacifica’s authorities have coercively transformed a people’s network into a nearly mainstream structure. They have claimed to be trying to increase Pacifica’s progressive outreach, but even Pacifica’s authorities can't expect anyone to believe that attacking Democracy Now! is progressive.
FAIR ACTION ALERT: "DEMOCRACY NOW!" IN DANGER (tags)
FAIR's action alert in response to the latest threat to Democracy Now!
CRACKDOWN ON "DEMOCRACY NOW!" (tags)
Amy's letter Pacifica's Board of Directors provides an inside view of the pressure tactics being used to try and destroy "Democracy Now!" as we know it.
KPFA let-down... a brief report on today's show broadcast from LA (tags)
a couple fleeting observations on radio situation
Beyond Soros: Reply to Soros Gave Over $200,000 To Democrats (tags)
The L. A. Independent Media Center, right here where you posted this, has applied for and is expecting to receive money from Soros. Now there has also been a bid by Stu Turner, Marketing Director of (http://www.LAinsider.com), the local arm of Cox Interactive Media (http://www.cimedia.com), the Internet Division of Cox Enterprises, Inc., the giant media conglomerate, to buy an affiliation and use the L.A. IMC to build up the number of hits on the www.LAinsider.com site for their IPO plans.
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Amanda Loncar
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Amanda Loncar Bio
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Facts of Amanda Loncar
37 years 10 months
Arcata, Humboldt Country, California
$52k US
Height / How tall :
5 feet 4 inches (1.63m)
Mixed(Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian)
Trained acting
Cancer, Scorpio
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I am working with some incredibly talented actors like Aaron Ruell, Eleanor Hutchins and Eddie Kaye Thomas (who I haven’t actually worked with yet, but I plan on seeing him soon).
I was lucky, in that I got to see the first draft of the pilot, before I ever went in on the show. Not only did I get to read the script, but I got to see the show. I got to see Eric and Bret at their best and they’re just so likable! I just thought that the show was fresh, young and different and it just looked like it would be a ton of fun to work on and it has been!
We stole a golf cart at lunch once that belonged to construction to get across the lot and then realized that the battery was dying. So, we were on a hill (all four of us – Bret, Sarah, Eric and myself) and we had to call for help. It was quite interesting! We ended up making it back to set okay, but construction was less than pleased. Bret was driving and he was a maniac!
Relationship Statistics of Amanda Loncar
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Is Amanda Loncar having any relationship affair ?:
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Who is Amanda Loncar dating right now?
Currently, she is single and not in any relationship.
Previously, she has been in relationships with Ben McKenzie from 2006 to 2007. McKenzie is an American actor. Rumors were that Ben and Amanda broke up because Ben’s sexual orientation was not straight. However, its not true and currently Ben is married to Morena Baccarin.
She had an affair with Gavin Degraw from 2004 to 2005.
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2 Amanda Loncar- Birth Age, Family
4 Amanda Loncar- Career
5 Amanda Loncar- Interesting Facts
6 Amanda Loncar Brain cancer
7 Body Measurement
8 Net worth, Salary
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Who is Amanda Loncar?
American Amanda Loncar is a TV and movie actress.
She is known for her notable role as Piper on the 2006 Fox Television Series The Loop.
Amanda Loncar- Birth Age, Family
Amanda Loncar was born on February 26, 1982, in Arcata, Humboldt County, California, United States.
Her father is a surgeon and her mother is a nurse. She has two siblings: brother Zack and sister Lily.
She attended High School in Sacramento, Sacramento Country, California.
When she was 18, moved to New York City, New York, and join at The New Actors Workshop with George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills. She studied there for 2 years.
Amanda Loncar- Career
Amanda started her career with an uncredited role in the 10 minutes short movie Flash in 2004.
In the year 2005, she appeared in the TV series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent role as Carly and CSI: Miami also in the TV Movie Fertile ground played a role as Whitney.
This year, she showed up in two TV Series The Loop as Piper and the Bedford Diaries.
Amanda was busy in different movies such as Live!, On the Road with Judas, Lions for Lambs and TV series Grey’s Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, It’s a Mall World.
Appeared in Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill of TV series Lipstick Winters did the role of Sasha winters.
She showed up in a comedy movie Still Waiting portrayal as Suzy. This film was directed by Jeff Balis and written by Rob McKittrick and Rob McKittrick.
She has appeared on the TV movie Lovelives alongside with Rayan Hansen. This movie was directed by Rob Greenberg and written by Chris Sheridan.
Amanda Loncar- Interesting Facts
Her nickname is Mandy.
She has survived strongly after the third stage of brain cancer.
Her birth sign is Pisces.
She started learning acting when she was 18 years old.
Admitted that she is an avid reader.
She is a close friend of Milo Ventimiglia.
Same batch with Michael Cassidy in New Actors Workshop in New York.
Amanda Loncar Brain cancer
Amanda Loncar was a brain cancer patient. When she was aware of it, she was at the third stage of brain cancer. Stage III cancer is referred to as advanced cancer.
In this period, the tumor may have grown to a specific size or consists of multiple tumors. She was going through multiple brain surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment during her treatment process. Her surgeon was Dr. Keith Black’s.
Amanda survived and the whole process completed in March 2008. She completely recovered from stage three brain cancer nearly after two years of treatment in November 2009.
Amanda has blonde hair with blue eyes. She has sharp looks with body size 34-23-34 inches. Her height is 5 feet 4 inches weight is 50kg.
Net worth, Salary
Amanda’s net worth is approximately $1 million US and her salary is around $52k US.
In the U.S. salary range for an actor and performer is from $43K to $69k US.
The average Film Actor of Actress’ salary is $52 k US.
Instagram, Twitter
Amanda has 388 followers on Instagram and 301 on Twitter.
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Born on 18 May 1907, Evans was from 1934 to 1938 an Assistant Professor, from 1938 to 1945 an Associate Professor and from 1945 a full Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his graduate studies at Caltech, Evans’ supervisor, Robert Millikan, introduced him to Frank Crandall, the Los Angeles County Health Officer, who was expressing concern about potential hazards to the public from radium-containing patent medicines that were being produced in Los Angeles. As a result Evans concentrated much of his career on the subject of radium poisoning and built the first whole-body counter to measure radium and subsequently pioneered investigations into its metabolism, hazards and methods for mitigating these hazards.
The defining moment in Robley Evans’ career came during his graduate studies at Caltech when his supervisor, Robert Millikan, introduced him to the Los Angeles County Health Officer, Frank Crandall. Crandall was concerned about the hazard to the public from radium-containing patent medicines, many of which were being produced in the Los Angeles area. After graduation, Evans accepted a position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he continued to investigate the subject of radium poisoning. Here, Evans built the first whole body counter to measure radium uptake by the radium dial painters and carried out the first quantitative in-vivo measurements of a radionuclide in the human body. Indeed, the scintillation cameras so common in today’s hospitals are direct descendants of his original counter. Evans’ studies went well beyond measuring radium in the body: he pioneered investigations into its metabolism, its hazards, and methods for mitigating these hazards. He was primarily responsible for promulgating the first limit on radioactive material in the body, 0.1 uCi of radium-226, a value that served for more than four decades as the benchmark for bone-seeking radionuclides. Not the least of his contributions was the first use, (ca. 1930s) of radioiodine to evaluate thyroid function in humans, which is a technique that stood the test of time and remained, well into the 1980s, one of the most potent diagnostic tools available to physicians. It is no wonder Robley Evans is recognized as one of the founders of the field of Nuclear Medicine.
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On 10 March 1950, Evans was contacted by Lt. Colonel Robert H. Blount, USAF, Chief, Medical Research Division, Office of the Surgeon General, who forwarded Evans a document titled “Memorandum Report on the Psychological Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects.” Blount noted to Robley that the report was classified at Restricted level, but would soon be replaced by a new and revised report that was to receive a Top Secret classification. Blount further advised Evans that: “…It has recently been rumored that one of these so-called flying saucers crashed in Mexico; however, the details are somewhat bizarre at this moment.”
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Pop culture in translation How ‘Game of Thrones,’ Lizzo, Buttigieg, and more took the RuNet by storm in April
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Meduza in English publishes stories about Russia, but much of what circulates in the Russian language — big names, TV shows, political news — isn’t Russian at all. This piece (and similar ones to come) will highlight how viral phenomena that seem fundamentally Anglophone take on new and unexpected meanings in the Russian-speaking world.
The fact that the epic series based on George R.R. Martin’s bestselling books is a global sensation should surprise nobody. However, the scale of Game of Thrones’s Russian-language life might. Take Meduza’s main site as an example: we have posted almost 200 stories that mention the show in their headlines. On the morning of the final season’s European premier, our Russian-language readers were even greeted by the following “collection” on our homepage, which ranged from original interviews with GOT stars to detailed quizzes and summaries. It even included a one-question quiz intended to reveal how many of our readers do not watch Game of Thrones (apparently, a slight majority).
Meduza’s homepage on April 15
Outside of our website, Russian speakers have taken an interactive approach to the series. While some have attended deep psychological discussions at local bookstores or written fanfiction, others have celebrated Slavic holidays by burning the Night King in effigy.
“no one leaves home unless / home is the mouth of a shark...”
In late June of 2018, “Home,” a poem by Warsan Shire, went viral in its original language, English, and in several European countries that have seen a sharp influx of immigration from Africa and the Middle East. In Russian, a group of prominent feminist writers teamed up to publish several of Shire’s poems in translation on the collaborative platform Syg.ma.
While Shire’s following is still very limited in Russian, a small burst of posts on social media networks and literary sites followed the publication of these translations on April 9. Yevgenia Nekrasova, who selected and translated the poems, has made a name for herself in Russian as the author of the novella Kalechina-Malechina. Oksana Vasyakina illustrated Nekrasova’s translations and recommended them to poet and editor Galina Rymbu for publication.
Žižek vs. Peterson
With apologies for a 180-degree pivot, we regret to note that the April 19 debate between Slavoj Žižek and Jordan Peterson found an eager audience in certain corners of the RuNet. One prominent viewer was the popular Russian rapper Oxxxymiron, who wrote the following on Twitter:
Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos was also published recently in Russian. Thanks in part to the Canadian psychologist’s refusal to acknowledge important phenomena like climate change and gender identity that are almost universally recognized among specialists, the book’s first printing sold out in a single day, as its translator, Nina Freiman, noted in an April 8 Facebook post.
Album releases that resonated: Lizzo and Billie Eilish
Lizzo’s single “Juice” in a “Meduza” review.
While the March 29 release of Billie Eilish’s much-awaited When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? technically happened last month, the Russian-language hype surrounding the teen star has yet to die down. Eilish earned not one but two in-depth Meduza features.
Buttigieg fever
Indeed he has. That’s “Peet Boottidzhich,” by the way.
Shortly after the U.S. presidential candidate started gaining widespread recognition in his home country, multiple Russian-language media outlets (us included) released profiles of the South Bend, Indiana, mayor. Most noted his unusual position as a young, openly gay politician whose campaign has suddenly received a measure of hope for success thanks to his moderate politics. Whether the widespread popularity of Buttigieg’s husband and their dogs among Anglophone social media users will also spill over into Russian remains to be seen.
Avengers: Endgame delayed; Fight Club to be rescreened
Disney reported that Avengers: Endgame has set the all-time record for advance ticket sales in Russian cinema, beating its own prequel a few days before screenings are set to begin. Nonetheless, two sources told Vedomosti that Russia’s Culture Minstry put pressure on the film’s distributor to set its first Russian screenings for four days after the global premier. The outlet reported that the shift was intended to boost ticket sales for a Russian film, Billion, as it enters its second weekend. In the meantime, renewed screenings of the cult film Fight Club have been planned in Russia and Belarus in advance of the movie’s 20th anniversary.
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Memoir Mixtapes
The ultimate mashup of the two things we all love to talk about: ourselves & music.
ABOUT MEMOIR MIXTAPES
THE MEMOIR MIXTAPES PROJECT
VOL.10: BALLADS & BREAKUPS
VOLUME 9: WE ARE FAMILY
VOLUME 8: A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
VOLUME 7: BACK TO SCHOOL
VOLUME 6: GUILTY PLEASURES
VOLUME 5: FREESTYLE
VOLUME 4: ANTHEMS
VOLUME 3: WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
VOLUME 2: LIFE IN LP
VOLUME 1: ORIGIN STORIES
SONG RECOMMENDATIONS
About Deep Cuts
Pensieve by Cory Funk
December Wraps Around Me Like a Wreath and I Take My Keys and Leave (after The X-Files) by E. Kristin Anderson
Through Every Song, Her Voice by Michael Prihoda
Mecano: The Self-Discovery Mixtape by Leonor de Pourtalès
Uncle James by Timothy Gomez
My Mortal Soul vs. The Spotify Recommendation Algorithm by Tom Stern
SONGS FOR SOMETHING BROKEN, FOR EVOLUTION by C.C. Russell
Songs in the Mirror by McKenzie Tozan
3:15 am, 200 miles outside of Toronto; nothing but scratched cassettes and neon highway by Sam Jowett
A Punk Rock Summer in Cowboy Territory by Aaron Heil
YOUR CHICANX PLAYLIST by Jackie Huertaz
Posted on November 22, 2017 February 12, 2019 by Samantha Lamph
Memoir Mixtapes Vol.1/ Tracks 1 & 2
“Don’tcha Wanna Don’t Worry”
a musical memoir of Bobby McFerrin & Whitney Houston
by William Stephen Davis
The first song I was obsessed with was actually two songs, and I wasn’t obsessed with them, they were obsessed with me.
The year was 1987, we were the Baby Eagles, I was in second grade. My mom, a third grade teacher in the northern part of the county, dropped me off pre-trek and dead center each morning. A half hour drive Wilkes County time is two city hours minimum. Mom added to it by swinging through a fast food window each morning after leaving me in a school cafeteria. Maybe it was to save money, or perhaps the logic of my location provided a sense I was somehow fed through osmosis, which wasn’t the case.
I arrived an hour before the first busloads of students showed up, alone in an l-shaped room, dark and quiet sans the occasional janitor cart passing by. I would otherwise stare at the concrete wall, painted letters filled with children squeezed past physical limitations into shapes spelling out “WILKESBORO” on the wall. This was ground zero for learning.
It came about two weeks into my being there alone. The principal arrived and found me staring at the wall, the late dawn light casting a dim glow across my shoulders. As would anyone with a sharp eye and knowledge of melancholy, she saw the existential paws of a lukewarm life only worth coasting through visibly sinking in.
I was the cog in the wheel, this was the backwards hat predecessor of No Child Left Behind…just one, dropped off early before most kids woke up, save the super rednecks on top of the mountain who had to catch the break-of-dawn bus.
Fearing the worst, the principal found the sole cafeteria worker. Focused and panicked, she was bobble-heading around a new metal device the size of a motel ice machine in the corner of the cafeteria. We were the recent recipient of a brand new orange juice machine, a county-wide contribution to benefit learning from the liquids up.
The glory of the device was it would pass oranges through the front display before squeezing them into the general vicinity of a waffle mix-sized cup for students who could afford the steep one dollar price tag. Seeing as roughly half the school was on free lunch, it stood as a constantly malfunctioning prison for aging citrus that slowly coated the tile floor into a velcro soundscape. Even still, in a land and time of hyper color t-shirts and WWF Wrestling Buddies, this machine was a godsend to everyone, and we knew class when we saw it.
Can’t do anything with him, the cafeteria worker said. Had to get this brand-new contraption ready for the children, she said. It wasn’t as easy as they had said, this new technology.
Exasperated, the principal looked on. The cafeteria worker clearly didn’t understand a golden opportunity for career advancement, even when it landed right at her doorstep. Her position’s immobility matched her entire squad’s fixed positions behind the lunch line as children slid beige, brown and salmon-colored trays ten thousand meals deep over the metal rails, past the ham melts and beans and right into middle school. No sir. She would be here, right here, forever.
Aha, the janitor. There were two of them, always rolling carts of some sort, disappearing behind doorways leading to who knows where storing secrets no one could even begin to comprehend the contents of. If the cafeteria worker wasn’t going to step up to the plate, perhaps this mobile lot would be ready for a responsibility increase. Now mind you, neither of these figures were mind-molders by occupation. These were service providers in niche fields, clearcut positions with lines fading fast towards the direction of more work and less pay just like a neighbor claiming your yard one extra strip at a mowed time.
I watched as the principal and janitor talked in the doorway. Up to this point I hadn’t seen any high-profile crime cases on tv or films where someone comes and saves another person’s life at just the right moment, so it looked exactly like a principal talking to a janitor. Their words were silent riddles, some silhouetted adult tongue boiled down to pantomime like a couple shadowbox puppets.
The principal quickstepped it toward me and hooked a sharp right toward her office like a jet ski splashing someone. Passing by, she spoke as if I did something wrong and she had to correct it. “He’ll get you fixed, I took care of it. You just sit tight.”
The janitor sauntered up and stopped, looking down as he loomed over me. I was a cracker bag of sticks accented by a Trapper Keeper with geometrical shapes galore and an ever-changing series of striped shirts my mom bought in bulk and picked out for me on the daily. He eventually let out a huff and gave it the best he could.
“You like music?”
“All right then.” He turned and strolled out of sight, behind the cafeteria counter. The steel blue light of the dying night was starting to turn, fluorescents still off to keep the the overhead low.
Then, the sound came. A low rumble, notching up and echoing off the walls and drop tiles of the empty cafeteria.
Fwee fwa wa wa wa
Fwa wa wa wa wa wa wa…
Cruising out of the cafeteria, the janitor didn’t even have to look at me. His job was done.
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note…
God knows how he even managed to pull this music out on such short notice, there was no internet, let alone Pandora or Spotify.
CDs had only been invented the year prior and 8-tracks were out, so proper deduction revealed a cassette as the logical answer. Only the next track seemed to betray that logic.
The silence broke with a plinking drum beat, followed by a woman moaning. Soon after, her ecstasy turned to confident iterations, like a catcall to the sky.
Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade…
It was getting light out and the lyrics were getting ready for the night. Everything was opposite of my life experience up to that point, down to the hour.
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away…
So here I was, left alone in the cafeteria, music blaring for me and me only. The crescendo hits.
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody…
While we regularly jump-roped to provocative songs in physical education class, I can say with great conviction there’s nothing quite like the sensation you get from hearing Bobby McFerrin and Whitney Houston singing songs to ward off the darkness by yourself in a lonely cafeteria chamber. But this is about obsession, and as stated before, the obsession was not mine to share, but one that was delivered unto me.
At the end of Whitney’s song, all the notes were hit, jubilation exploded past its crescendo, only to be tamed through a slow, painful fadeout as many a feral song were abused with during this era.
Then, it happened.
Like clockwork, Mr. McFerrin’s song started up again. And then Whitney was back on, immediately after. And Bobby. And Whitney. Ad infinitum.
Either the janitor was a bonafide psycho who made a never-ending mixtape of just two songs over and over, or there was some deep, dark magic at play in Wilkesboro Elementary School.
The music always turned off prior to the other students’ arrival, an evil trick by the musical forces, to be sure. My new task, to communicate with other human beings, proved problematic as my exposure to two intense messages too early in the day and at too young an age. Normal banter was an impossibility. I had flown too close to the sun for too long, and there was no coming back.
As expected, I walked to class with a strange swirl of love and happiness in the face of loneliness and losing one’s house reverberating to jovial tones inside my head. My school memories for the rest of the year are scant: teachers rotated our second-third split class two times that year. I didn’t think anything of it then. As a part-time teacher, I now know all those motherfuckers quit.
As for me, the cafeteria was my morning holding cell. The first hour a sound prison, the second hour a cacophony of student tribes. The orange juice machine remained a hot topic, conversations mostly revolving around student politics and the have-nots found themselves associating with near-friends who had the extra dollar to splurge, just to have a chance to watch the machine do its slave labor alongside their fiscal sponsor.
The first hour, though, was always Bobby McFerrin and Whitney Houston. Back-to-back, one hit each only, same song every time. I never saw anyone start the music again, it simply automated whenever I arrived in the lunchroom. Sometimes it would start a few minutes late, giving me false hope in a promise for room tone until Bobby’s doo-wops sashayed their way into my ears once more.
It’s no surprise my mom was called in for a parent-teacher conference due to my noisemaking in class. They were all convinced it was due to my parent’s recent divorce. Everyone was so worried, they said. I would be alright, though, they said. It was hard, they knew, and I was taking it so well. It was impossible to not take it well, you see, because anything you did was the right thing to do when you’re sad, at least for a little while.
But I wasn’t sad, I didn’t have the option to be. Whenever I worried, Bobby forced to be happy. So that I could find the heat with somebody. With somebody who loves me.
And then others would roll in, one busload at a time. the music always off before their entrance. This was the Stanford Prison Experiment with no guards. They never heard the songs…they were my songs only. I was Jack Torrance in the Overlook Hotel.
And the songs, they continued to be my songs, one hour every morning for three more years, second through fifth grade. Do the math on that shit.
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So here I am today, actually not happy. And I hate dancing. Both things put me in a mood and make me generally skeptical. My wife says I listen to sad bastard music, and she’s right. Because I’ve experienced the other side, I’ve faced happiness dead-on, and I’ve had my fill. That shit’s too weird, too quick, too energetic and too relentless in its evangelical quest for followers. Plain and simple, I just don’t trust it.
You can find me in the back of the bar, drinking room temperature beer and scowling at the fair-faced revelers moving in unison like a pack of dumb animals pre-slaughter. Me, I like long, slow, painful songs that blur together until you don’t remember where or when they started, or if they’ll ever finish. Just like Bobby and Whitney taught me.
William Stephen Davis was born in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina. He was selected as a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow in Charlotte in 2016 where he also writes and directs films for his visual marketing firm, Small Creatures.
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Cywain Agriculture Shares its Stories of Success
The success of a homegrown Welsh project that has become a blue print for agricultural business support across Europe is highlighted in an independent report published today (October 22nd).
Cywain Agriculture, was set up by Menter a Busnes in 2008 to offer Wales-wide business support for primary producers, and has succeeded in creating jobs and bringing new products into the marketplace.
An independent evaluation has now been carried it into Phase 2 of the project (2013-15) by the experienced evaluators the Rural Development Company Ltd.
It identifies several key factors in Cywain Agriculture’s success, and offers recommendations as to how a success for Cywain Agriculture might be shaped to meet the priorities identified in the 2014-2020 RDP for Wales.
Cywain Agriculture’s collaborative approach is highlighted as a key element, along with its emphasis on understanding the entire supply chain, in developing products in line with market trends and demand.
While it’s ‘bottom-up’ style gives the primary producer – or group – ownership of the venture. This the report says has been shown to enhance the success and survival rate of supported initiatives, with Cywain Agriculture exceeding its employment targets between 2013-15, creating a total of 98 jobs (full and part-time) and safeguarding a further 180 positions.
Cywain Agriculture delivers its support as a bespoke package, giving clients one-to-one assistance pertinent to their particular needs. Projects have included assistance with market research and establishing a brand, packaging and retail labelling and test trading.
This report says results in Cywain Agriculture achieving a “breadth and interconnectedness of its services providing an almost unique ‘one stop’ shop approach.”
Appropriate mentors and consultants are brought on board to provide specialist support in specific areas such as packaging design, manufacturing systems and finance. Workshops are also an integral part of the process.
Its ‘central approach’ is to strengthen the capabilities and confidence of the participating businesses by encouraging them to identify new markets and add value to their products.
Crucial to its success is the dedicated and enthusiastic team of Development Managers whose very specific sectoral knowledge “builds client confidence in their products and business abilities which in turn has led to more sustainable businesses.”
Cywain Agriculture is see to have a “relaxed and trusting atmosphere” and a “very supportive environment”, while a survey of clients also found the interpersonal skills of the Development Managers played an important part too as many come from farming backgrounds and so understand the issues facing agricultural enterprises.
The evaluation found that there was clearly “strong demand and support” for the services Cywain Agriculture provides, and the project is “expected to meet and in many cases exceed its targets.”
“Many of the strengths associated with Cywain Agriculture are aspects which help ‘time poor’ small businesses to achieve things which they otherwise would not have the time, knowledge, skills or resources to do themselves.”
Cywain Agriculture’s adaptable, flexible nature and relatively informal approach is seen to enhance its accessibility.
Five new work streams were included during Phase 2: Test Trading, Labelling, Bees and feasibility studies on Hops and Public Procurement. A final feasibility study into an environment work stream is to follow.
Cywain Bee, for example, was introduced to boost the Welsh honey industry by mentoring honey producers and encouraging farmers to place beehives on their land. While the Test Trading work stream has resulted in 68 businesses testing 147 new products across some 20 events.
Looking to the future the report says Cywain Agriculture appears to be “clearly aligned with many of the priorities of the new Wales RDP and is in an ideal position to further develop and enhance the support it currently provides to the sector.”
The report’s author, Susan Grieve of the Rural Development Company Ltd, said, “The Cywain Agriculture project is innovative in its design and has adapted and evolved to meet emerging needs. Its main strength lies in the breadth and interconnectedness of its services providing an almost unique ‘one stop shop’, which is facilitated by Development Managers with very specific sectoral knowledge.”
The project, which is supported under the Rural Development Plan (RDP) for Wales 2007-2013 Supply Chain Efficiencies Scheme, has now reached the end of its latest stage.
Said Cywain Manager, Myrddin Davies, “The support from Cywain will continue in the interim and we are exploring the possibility of developing the model further – based on the findings of this independent report - in the next RDP.”
Menter a Busnes, chief executive Alun Jones said, “We are delighted that the evaluation report endorses the fact that Menter a Busnes are delivering innovative support to industry which has real results”.
‘Cywain Agriculture – Sharing Success’ will be held today (October 22nd) at The Town Hall in Talgarth, which is adjacent to Felin Talgarth Mill, itself a recipient of support from Cywain Agriculture.
The event will feature case studies of companies who have received help from Cywain Agriculture, among them Cwm Farm Charcuterie, Beri Da and Felin Talgarth Mill.
CWM FARM CHARCUTERIE PRODUCTS
Cwm Farm Charcuterie Products began five years ago when carpenter Andrew Davies and his school administrator wife Ruth began rearing pigs and selling their own pork and sausages.
Today, with help from Cywain, the venture has grown into a thriving enterprise producing an innovative and award-winning range of salamis and cured meats.
Their fresh Laverbread sausage received a gold star at the 2015 Great Taste Awards and while their Laverbread salami was awarded first place by Rosemary Shrager at the recent Great British Farm Produce Awards.
In March this year Cwm Farm opened its own specially designed processing unit in Pontardawe – named Salami HQ.
The new unit, which includes a special drying chamber imported from Italy, will enable Cwm Farm to not just add value to their own pig meat but to meat produced by other smallholders.
Cwm Farm’s products are sold to numerous delis and used by top restaurants across the UK – some of whom work with Ruth and Andrew to create bespoke salamis. They also sell their range at farmers’ markets, food festivals and at Scarlets rugby home games.
Through Cywain, the company has also established an award-winning link with Margam Park near Port Talbot.
The combination of Cwm Farm’s meat processing flair and skill and Margam Country Park’s 400 strong herd of deer has led to an exciting new project creating a range of venison cuts and cured meats and so opened up new marketing opportunities.
Says Ruth, “Cywain have been with us every step of the way. They have been an absolute rock and the support and help we have had has been tremendous. Through Cywain we have been able to forge new opportunities and take part in events including the Royal Welsh Show and the Farm Shop & Deli Show Birmingham.
“Our Cywain mentor – Rolant Tomos – has been absolutely fantastic. He has been with us from the start and he’s so enthusiastic. He really does go the extra mile and puts in more than 100%. I don’t think we’d have got where we are without his help.”
www.cwmfarm.net
BERI DA
It has been a world-wind year for Snowdonia producer Beri Da, which with Cywain’s help has been catapulted onto to the shelves and into the kitchens of some of the most prestigious restaurants and stores in the world.
Founded by Vicky Williams-Griffith and her mother Angela Williams, Beri Da produces chutneys and fruity vinegar from Aronia berries – the first of their kind in the UK.
Grown at the foot of Snowdon on the family’s farm at Llandwrog near Caernarfon the berries are then hand-made by Angela, Vicky and her sister Anna Livingston into award-winning preserves.
Cywain assisted the family with product development and brand creation, including test-trading opportunities at events such as the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.
Within weeks of its launch in Easter 2015, Beri Da’s products were snapped up by London’s Savoy Hotel and iconic store Selfridges – the latter featuring the company as a ‘Hero Brand’ in its ‘Meet the Maker’ campaign.
In recent weeks accolades have started to flow in too with their Fruity Aronia Berry Vinegar scooping a gold star at the 2015 Great Taste Awards and was highly commended by the judges at the British Farm Produce Awards.
Said Angela, “We started growing Aronia berries 11 years ago as part of a diversification project. They are amazingly versatile and we experimented with a number of ideas.
“Cywain has helped us with everything from branding and business planning to marketing and as a result we have created something quite unique. Cywain have been great, they help put people’s dreams into action.”
Said Vicky, “Our Cywain development manager Nia Môn has been a backbone of support. She has been taught us so much along the way, which we can now carry forward in the business.”
www.berida.co.uk
FELIN TALGARTH MILL
When Felin Talgarth Mill was thinking of a strap line for its Welsh flour, Cywain suggested ‘Blawd o safon, o rym yr afon’ – ‘Quality flour from the power of the river’.
With Cywain’s help the ancient Mill has established a strong and award-winning brand, which has caught the eye of retailers and consumers alike.
Now a thriving community enterprise run by a group of dedicated and passionate volunteers, the once derelict Mill’s restoration story began in 2011 as part of the BBC's Village SOS TV programme.
Four years on, and with assistance from Cywain, business is booming. Expectations and targets have been exceeded, and by the end of last month (September) the Mill had produced and sold more flour than in the whole of 2014.
The quality of the flour – and the baked goods made in the Mill’s café – has resulted in a number of awards for the enterprise.
Following the success of Talgarth Mill’s strong bread flour in the 2013 and 2014 Great Taste Awards, three more flours were awarded stars in the 2015 competition - Seven Seeds Strong Flour, Plain Flour and Blawd Cymreig, which is milled from Welsh organic wheat grown locally in Bwlch.
The Bakers' Table (The Mill’s café) has also tasted success winning their first Great Taste Award star for their Bara Felinwr – which is made with 100% Talgarth Mill wholemeal flour - and accolades at the World Bread Awards 2014.
The enterprise’s flour and bread kits are sold by a number of independent retailers, and distributed by Castell Howell and Blas ar Fwyd. They are also sold at Talgarth Mill Craft Shop – which features products from local craftspeople and producers.
Liz Rose, Manager of The Mill said, “Since Cywain helped us with the rebranding of our flour and bread kits in 2014, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in sales, both retail and wholesale.
“Now, in the run up to Christmas our sales of bread kits will increase further and our more recent support from Cywain to develop the instruction format inside the bread kits, will ensure that these will be of the same professional standard as the labels on the outside.
“Lowri Davies, our Cywain development manager has been very helpful and she was instrumental in creating our new branding - indeed she came up the strapline.”
www.talgarthmill.com
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The Steel OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition (Hands-On)
Introducing The Steel OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition (Hands-On)
After the Moonshine gold edition, the Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary returns in steel!
Earlier this year, Omega introduced a new limited edition of the Speedmaster… but not any kind of edition, since this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing and thus, the 50th anniversary of a Speedmaster worn on the wrist of astronauts while walking on the Moon! And while we thought this Moonshine Gold version was the end of the story, we were wrong. So… Say hello to the OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition, in STEEL!
In March 2019, Omega presented a (very appealing) limited edition of the Speedmaster to mark the half-century anniversary of the Moonwatch’s Lunar landing, with the Moonshine Gold and burgundy Speedy 310.60.42.50.99.001, a watch available in just 1,014 pieces and priced at CHF 32,000 (excl. VAT)… Price apart, the watch was inspired by the vintage reference BA145.022 produced from 1969 to 1973, easily recognizable thanks to its full yellow case/bracelet/dial and its burgundy bezel.
The Moonshine gold Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition 310.60.42.50.99.001 introduced earlier this year
This new version was certainly vintage-inspired but nonetheless innovative, with its unprecedented Moonshine gold alloy and a dramatic evolution on the classic hand-wound Speedmaster movement with the incorporation of the calibre 3861, a Master Chronometer version of the calibre 1861. And while we thought that the 50-year celebrations were limited to this watch, we were wrong: Omega has a new watch to continue the party.
The Steel Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
To commemorate the historic 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped off the Eagle to become the first humans to stand on the Moon, Omega introduces a second limited edition in steel – and thus more accessible…
The basic principles of the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch are kept alive with this new reference 310.20.42.50.01.001. The case still measures 42mm in diameter and retains the classic asymmetric Speedy design, with its protected crown and pushers, lyre lugs and alternate polished and brushed surfaces. New to the model, however, is the bezel that is made from polished 18k Moonshine Gold (an exclusive new patent-pending alloy with a paler hue than traditional yellow gold). The bezel ring itself is polished black ceramic with a Ceragold tachymeter scale – and for aficionados, it’s a dot-over-90 bezel.
The dial of the OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Steel retains the classic layout of the Moonwatch, however, it introduces new colours and specific “commemorative” decoration. The dial features two distinct zones, including a central varnished grey zone and an outer blackened sector for the minute track. Moonshine gold has also been used for the applied and bevelled hour markers, the vintage applied Omega logo and the hands – except for the central chronograph seconds hand, which is PVD-treated in Moonshine Gold. All the dial inscriptions are also gold coloured.
However, these details are not what truly makes the Steel Speedmaster Apollo 11 special. For instance, the hour marker at 11 o’clock has been replaced by two “1” markings in 18k Moonshine Gold – a clear reference to the space mission. More notably, the 9 o’clock subdial features the famous image of Buzz Aldrin climbing down the ladder onto the lunar surface. This sub-dial is crafted from 18k Moonshine Gold and is blackened and laser-engraved.
Powering the OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary is the new hand-wound Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 3861, an evolution of the iconic Calibre 1861. Now crafted with Co-Axial technology, a stop-second function, a silicon Si14 balance spring and superior anti-magnetic innovation, the Speedmaster Moonwatch has now been able to reach the Master Chronometer standard. For the rest, the movement is similar to the older 1861, with the same architecture and 48-hour power reserve. The movement is rhodium-plated.
The caseback of the OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary features, as you can imagine, references to the Moon Landing. The blackened decorative inner caseback is a laser-engraved footprint representing humankind’s first step on the moon. Neil Armstrong’s legendary quote: “THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND” is also visible in gold-plated letters.
New to this watch is an unprecedented bracelet with a vintage look, inspired by the one featured on the 4th generation Speedmaster ST 105.012-65 (the one worn on the Moon). It has much flatter links with polished outer links and a brushed central link. it is also adorned with a vintage Ω on the clasp. An additional Velcro strap in blackened cork with golden marks is also included. “This innovative design is a salute to the Apollo-era “boost protective cover” – a fiberglass structure covered with thick cork ablator which fitted over the Command Module like a glove, keeping the crew of the Saturn V rocket safe from the intense heat produced at launch,” says Omega.
The OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Steel will be delivered in a NASA-style presentation box. The box includes two mission patches (50th anniversary/Apollo 11), two engraved plates (landing site coordinates/landing site and time) as well as the spare strap and strap-changing tool. Best of all, it houses the ultimate display stand – a Lunar Module.
The Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary reference 310.20.42.50.01.001 is limited to 6,969 pieces and will be priced at EUR 8,400 or CHF 8,900. More details at www.omegawatches.com.
Technical specifications – OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Steel
Case: 42mm diameter - stainless steel case, 18k Moonshine gold bezel with black ceramic insert, Ceragold tachymeter scale - steel crown and pushers - sapphire crystal dial side - 50m water-resistant
Dial: central varnished grey zone and outer blackened sector - Moonshine gold applied indexes, logo and hands
commemorative patch in the 9 o'clock counter
Movement: calibre Omega 3861, in-house, Master Chronometer certified - hand-wound - 48-hour power reserve - silicon Si14 balance spring - co-axial escapement - hours, minutes, small seconds, 12-hour chronograph - rhodium-plated movement
Bracelet: 3-link steel bracelet inspired by vintage Speedmaster watches, folding clasp - additional Velcro strap in blackened cork with golden marks
Reference: 310.20.42.50.01.001
Limited to 6,969 pieces
Price: EUR 8,400
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It’s all a bit…overdone isn’t it? Borderline kitsch
Matti says:
Omega limited editions. As common as cheeseburgers.
Scott Jezzard says:
I don’t understand those who comment saying: ” its overdone, not for me its too busy”. These must be people bitter at the price surly? I know its all down to personal taste. but what you have here is accentually a grey black and gold steel watch. nothing out of the ordinary, not an abundance of wild colours. then you have normal Speedmaster battens and chronograph on the face and the normal Speedmaster tachymeter scale on the bezel.. So whats too busy? Whether I like it or not is irrelevant. I just cant see how a closed case back, and grey Speedmaster with gold accents is Overdone? Was the snoopy overdone with the extra scale inside the tachymeter, the glow in the dark snoopy on the seconds indicator. Or even the Silver snoopy on the back set in enamel? Nope because it wasn’t over $8000. There will be people with their opinion that wanted something more simple i’m sure. But majority are just peeved its over $8000..
Simon P Q Rowlinson says:
I am not “bitter” at the price. I have a watch secured with a deposit at my AD. Considering the watch as a bi-colour Speedmaster it is actually quite well priced – around £1000 less than the Speedmaster Racing bi-colour in Sedna Gold and stainless steel. The Racing is a non-Limited Edition on a leather strap so overall a good comparator despite being slightly bigger and an automatic if just comparing bi-colour Speedmasters. So in those terms the price of the Apollo 11 Limited Edition is not actually too bad. The problem is that it is “over done”. The “11” on the hour markers is a reasonable detail but not really necessary. The gold is suitably done for a Golden/50th anniversary. The case back is also OK as it is not going to be seen too often. No there is a bigger issue – the picture of Buzz Aldrin’ rear end on the running seconds sub-dial. It is silly and tasteless and in a part of the dial you will look at a lot so once seen it will not be unseen. It is kitschy and tacky. There are great elements to the watch such as the DON bezel, the vintage applied Omega logo, the bracelet. But for every excellent detail there are the stupid ones, the rear end of Buzz being the main one but also the clasp on the bracelet is another. It is very flimsy and cheap feeling with no micro adjustment. As a result I am debating whether to cancel my order and release the watch or if I do buy it then I will only do so to sell it. This seems to be a bit of a waste though could result in profit. One thing is certain I will not wear this watch as Omega went too far.
Geoffrey J Stuk says:
Hats off to Omega for accurately portraying a historic and pivotal event of US history. These details are representations based on the actual photos and work produced by the astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in their first lunar landing and exploration. Omega has even captured the color of the Moon in the watch face color, being largely composed of basalt. While the watch is pricey, it is appreciated by those of us who grew up, worked and lived with NASA and the space program..I can assure my fellow respondents that technological advances would not have been pushed had it not been for the work by NASA and its team of professionals. You are enjoying the technological spin-offs of this pioneering effort.
Thank You Omega for respectfully and tastefully commemorating the memory.
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Meeting Wolves Face to Face—What’s That Like?
Howlers Inn Proprietors Describe Initial Encounters BY DAVID S. LEWIS She was the first family member to set foot in the wolf enclosure, Aurelie Burns told the Pioneer. The outgoing owner of the sanctuary, Mary Martha Bahn, told Aurelie to remove her dangling earrings before getting close to the wolves—because they could catch their paws on them. Did that worry you, I … [Read more...]
The Pursuit of Happiness in Ennis, Montana
BY DAVID S. LEWIS The Fourth of July should be reaffirmed as our nation’s quintessential holiday. The date itself has a ring to it. Few others resonate with such meaning. Saying it aloud—the intonation brings a tide of images, writings, battles, heroes and acts of courage. Men of insight, men in granite, as Van Morrison put it. Swells of the tide rolling from our first … [Read more...]
Antique Roadshow Star Appraises Montana
Celebrity Appraiser Tim Gordon Values Big Sky Artifacts BY MARIA WYLLIE 06/09/17 An old hat, a piece of broken stained glass, a wobbly chair. Upon first glance, all these items appear worn and useless. One might even mistake them for junk. After all, these are all just things—and things that may not provide much practical use in today's world. Your kids wonder why … [Read more...]
The Road to Koko Bongo’s
The Ghost of Old Mexico Haunts the Modern World BY DAVID S. LEWIS On a park bench in San Pancho, Mexico, a beach town one hour north of Puerto Vallarta, an old woman sat stoically in a square she had probably visited all her life. We’ve seen this, an elderly person sitting quietly in a park, at peace in the autumn of life. But this woman, seemingly at peace, with poise and … [Read more...]
Optimism About Yellowstone River Fly Fishing
River Closure Messaging Masked Reality: Trout Are Many and Healthy BY JOSHUA ROBERSON 04/09/17 Last August 19, Governor Steve Bullock closed 183 miles of the Yellowstone River—from Yellowstone National Park's northern boundary at Gardiner to the Highway 212 bridge in Laurel. The reason for this emergency action: an invasive fish-killing parasite called PKX … [Read more...]
It’s Long Past Time to Delist Yellowstone’s Grizzlies
Wildlife Officials Say the Time Is Overdue to Remove Yellowstone Area Grizzlies From the Threatened Species List BY TOM DICKSON 03/06/17 During a late August morning last summer, Kevin Frey drives up Paradise Valley on U.S. Highway 89 toward Yellowstone National Park. Pointing toward mountains surrounding the valley's fields of grazing cattle, irrigated alfalfa, and … [Read more...]
Weather Marches Onward in This Land of Extremes
RICK & SUSIE GRAETZ While the month of March figures officially as winter in Montana, even as hints of spring linger in the air, the coldest weather of the season has come and gone. And it's worth pointing out that the national record for cold in the lower 48 states—70 degrees below zero—was documented right here in Montana at 2:00 a.m., Jan. 20, 1954, on the west side … [Read more...]
Aerial Cameramen Capture Yellowstone, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho
Capturing the Big Sky From High Above BY MARIA WYLLIE Imagine hovering above Yellowstone National Park, and the world's natural treasures in the most remote areas, where humans rarely travel. Like a bird of prey circling its quarry, you look down upon the landscape, see how it all fits together—from on high, yet close enough to the ground to take in the … [Read more...]
Yellowstone Trout Are Thriving
News Reports Terribly Misleading BY DAVID S. LEWIS 09/09/16 News about the Yellowstone River recently has been bad, and terribly misleading, after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closed an unusually long stretch to fishing and recreation on August 19. The Associated Press has led stories with phrasings leading readers to believe that trout in the river have been … [Read more...]
The Honor of a Cheyenne Chief
“After I Got to Montana, My Sympathies Was With the Indians” BY TEDDY BLUE ABBOTT It was just about the time of the big chinook that came in March 1884, and a few snowdrifts still showed up, when a Cheyenne named Black Wolf and his immediate family of seven lodges came over from Tongue River to the Rosebud on a visit to the other Indians. They camped at the mouth of lame … [Read more...]
The Smith Brothers Film in Livingston
Filmmaking Twins Strive to Capture Authentic Montana BY BRIAN D’AMBROSIO 02/06/16 Grandiose mountains, rolling plains covered with fields of wheat and barley, the romantic mystique of the West—these images are what people envision when thinking of Montana. Few people immediately think of the hardship of winter, isolation, or cold variables understood only through the … [Read more...]
Charlie Russell and the Heroic Cheyenne
Also, Granville Stuart’s Desirable Daughters, and Teddy’s Infatuation With a Dusky Maiden BY TEDDY BLUE ABBOTT When I was with the N Bar there was a fellow working for their Powder River outfit by the name of John Green. He was from Texas like the rest of them, but he had been everywhere and seen everything, to hear him tell it. One morning at the ranch house they brought … [Read more...]
The Other Yellowstone
Up in the Missouri River Territory, This Is How She Rolls BY RICK & SUSIE GRAETZ Rolling along for nearly 335 miles in Montana's Missouri River Country, the Missouri River takes top billing, but the Yellowstone River is far more than a bit player. The 670-mile long waterway's claim to fame is that it remains the nation's longest undammed river. While it only logs 50 … [Read more...]
Missing in the Crazies
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aaron Hedges BY PETER J. RYAN 10/03/15 The rugged and unforgiving Crazy Mountains have always held their share of secrets. Take the name, for instance. According to the most popular legend - and the one that is perhaps least politically correct—the mountains were anointed in memory of a woman whose family of homesteaders were … [Read more...]
Looting at Fort Ellis
Who’s Accountable for Protecting Historic Artifacts? BY PAT HILL 01/08/16 Livingston, Montana-based archaeologist Larry Lahren first heard about the looting at Fort Ellis in December, during morning coffee with some of his colleagues. The activity reportedly came to a head in October, and Lahren wondered what had been done in the wake of the illegal digging on this state … [Read more...]
Gold Mining Proposed Near Yellowstone
BY PAT HILL 01/08/16 Another proposal to explore for gold in Park County has surfaced, this time near Jardine, Montana, not far from Gardiner. It’s even closer to Yellowstone Park than the proposed Emigrant Peak gold exploration that was scaled back by Lucky Minerals late last year after widespread public comment against the plan. The Crevice Mining Group, headed up by … [Read more...]
Governor Bullock OK With Montana Taking Syrian Refugees
But a Governor Can’t Make That Call BY BOB BROWN 12/15/15 Governor Steve Bullock says he will look favorably on Middle Eastern refugees settling in Montana unless there are concerns about them posing a threat to our safety. Other Governors have also made their opinions known regarding Middle Eastern refugees in their states. The reality, though, is that state Governors … [Read more...]
Indians, Vigilantes, and Buffalo Women
Recollections of a Cowboy BY TEDDY BLUE ABBOTT (From We Pointed Them North, Oklahoma University Press, originally published in 1939) A night or two before we left town that fall (in 1884), we were all together with the girls, drinking and having a good time, and I got dressed up. Cowboy Annie put her gold chain around my neck, and wound her scarf around the crown of my … [Read more...]
Jeff Daniels, Movie Star Makes Music
Has Second Career, Keeps the Day Job BY BRIAN D’AMBROSIO 11/10/15 He‘s perhaps best known for playing opposite Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber, and has scored major credits in recently released major motion pictures—playing Apple CEO John Sculley in Steve Jobs, and a NASA honcho in Ridley Scott’s blockbuster The Martian. It may seem odd then that a star of Jeff … [Read more...]
Real Men Don’t Flock Shoot
It’s a Question of Character BY DAVID S. LEWIS 11/05/15 If you own a dog, imagine this nightmare. He somehow gets shot while on the run in a field. And the sudden impact is so painful and intense that he literally does not know what hit him, only that it’s excruciating and horrible, the worst pain that’s ever come upon him. Spooked and terrified he runs fast and far … [Read more...]
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A black and white photograph from the base of Blackwater Falls.1
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A landscape of Route #5 near Seneca, in Pendleton County, West Virginia.1
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A section of Stuart Memorial Drive, which was named for Robert Y. Stuart. Stuart Memorial Drive is a scenic 10.3-mile road that adjoins the south side of the Otter Creek Wilderness. The road climbs from the Shaver's Fork River valley to near the top of Bickle Knob and Stuart Knob, which are two of the highest peaks in the local area.1
A stand of second growth poplar trees about 30 years old with an understory of rhododendron on the Elklick Road in the Fernow Experimental Forest.1
Aerial view of Summit Lake. A popular recreation lake that was built cooperatively with the West Virginia Conservation Commission.1
Elk River from the bridge at Gassaway, W.Va. The headwaters of this river are in the Monongahela National Forest.1
Hardwood saw-timber stand in the Lower Glady Fork area. In this view most of the large trees are sugar maples, except for the large tree in the foreground to the right of center which is a red oak.1
Looking up Shaver's Fork from the Island at Stuart Recreational Area.1
North Fork Valley from Wildcat Hill in the Monongahela National Forest.1
Photograph from the base of Blackwater Falls.1
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Monongahela National Forest (W. Va.), Bridges, Elk River (W. Va.), Landscape photography, Landscapes, Rivers, Wild and scenic rivers, Views, and Water
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Photograph of Swallow Rocks on Gandy Creek, Randolph County, W.Va.
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Photograph of Route #5 near Seneca
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6. Photograph of the sinks of Gandy Creek
Photograph of the sinks of Gandy Creek
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Photograph of Bickle Knob from a meadow on Cheat Mountain
Snipe, Henry
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Obyc, Richard J.
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Photograph of Stuart Memorial Drive
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Photograph of a fishing pool on North Fork of South Branch, Potomac River
Fearnow, Theodore C.
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Petersburg (W. Va.)
11. Photograph of Blackwater Falls
Photograph of Blackwater Falls
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12. Photograph of Shaver's Fork from Stuart Recreational Area
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BMW G 310, C 400 recall on rusty brakes
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BMW Motorrad Australia is recalling Indian-made G 310 motorcycles and new C 400 scooters over a problem with rusty brakes. In an unusual official recall, issued through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, BMW blames road surface conditions for the problem. “Due to road treatment conditions, such as aggressive salt types or significant usage, surface corrosion …
BMW recalls G 310 models over side stand
Several weeks after the rest of the world recalled the BMW G 310 models over faulty side stands, BMW Motorrad Australia has recalled more than 780 bikes. The official Australian Competition and Consumer Commission notice says the side stand connection might bend or break. “The motorcycle side stand connection might bend or break and cause the …
BMW G 301 GS cheapest GS yet
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The cheapest GS yet is the new BMW G 310 GS at just $6900 plus on-road costs arriving in mid-October 2017. The G 310 GS will be available in “Cosmic” black, “Racing” red and “Pearl” white metallic, the latter adding $75 to the price. We’re not sure why certain colours cost more, but BMW Motorrad …
BMW G 310 to be top seller in Australia
BMW’s learner-approved G 310 R and G 310 GS are set to become the Bavarian brand’s biggest seller here, says BMW Motorrad Australia boss Andreas Lundgren. The G 310 R was launched at Airlie Beach, North Queensland, last week after an eight-month delay. READ OUR REVIEW HERE Andreas says the delay was sparked by BMW …
2017 BMW G 310 R road test
The arrival of the BMW G 310 R was delayed more than eight months, but it certainly has been worth the wait. It was scheduled to arrive in Australia in late 2016, but didn’t arrive until recently. BMW Motorrad Australia boss Andreas Lundgren says the reason for the delay was quality control at the Indian factory. The G …
BMW sales up, average age down
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While BMW motorcycle sales rocketed to €2 billion last year, the average age of BMW customers has decreased by four years over the past four years. BMW Motorrad Australia general manager Andreas Lundgren says the average age of their customers is now 46, down from 50 four years ago. That’s pretty significant considering BMW is …
BMW G 310 to become top seller
The new BMW G 310 R and GS models could become the company’s top-selling motorcycles, says BMW Motorrad Australia GM Andreas Lundgren. “The segment below 500cc is the biggest worldwide and we want to get a piece of it,” he says. “That’s why we decided to develop this entry level model.” While the top-selling BMWs …
BMW G 310 GS novice adventurer
Looking like a smaller version of the top-selling BMW R 1200 GS, the new G 310 GS is promised to be “a genuine GS”. The smallest BMW was unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan alongside the new R nineT Urban G/S, updated R 1200 GS, K 1600 GTL with reverse and F 800 …
BMW powers Resident Evil
BMW Motorrad has a long tradition of appearing in films and has returned to the dark side in the last of the Resident Evil series. Ukrainian-born American actress Milla Jovovich rides a BMW S 1000 XR in the final battle against evil in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter scheduled for release in January 2017. Following …
BMW reveals G 310 R price buster
The BMW G 310 R arrives in Australia in October/November at a highly competitive price to ignite the 300cc learner range. It will cost just $5790 plus on-road costs which is comparable to the Honda CBR300R ($5749), Benelli BN302 ($5590), Kawasaki Z300 ($5999), KTM 390 Duke ($6095), Royal Enfield Classic 350 ($6490 ride away) and Yamaha MT-03 ($6099). …
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Jon Hamm Joins Natalie Portman in ‘Pale Blue Dot’
Sean Helton March 15th, 2018 - 6:12 AM
Jon Hamm, best known for his leading role in Mad Men, appears to have been added to the cast of Pale Blue Dot. He’s set to star alongside the infallible Natalie Portman. She’s to play an astronaut who upon returning from a long mission finds that it’s difficult re-acclimating to her old existence. While the pillars of her life crumble she decides to begin an affair with a fellow astronaut (Hamm). This man later initiates another affair on top of theirs with a female Air-Force captain; laying the groundwork for Portman’s character to execute some fairly misguided plans
As strange as that premise might sound, the film is in fact based on actual events. If the movie remains true to the story, Hamm will be playing Cmdr. Bill Oefelein while Portman will portray Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak. As of now the third member of this love triangle, Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, has yet to be cast. The original events took place around 2007 and ended in a bizarre case of kidnapping and attempted murder.
Noah Hawley, the creative juggernaut behind Legion and Fargo, will be directing the film. While Hawley has reportedly made adjustments to the script, it’s mainly penned by Brian C. Brown (a producer on Legion) and John-Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow).
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Why would the Joker have half of the money?
In the warehouse scene, the Joker lights the stack of money on fire and says
Don't worry, I'm only burning my half.
The mafia guy doesn't seem to have much of a reaction to this comment, though (the "my half" part,) it's more that he's shocked about the fact that the money is burning in the first place.
The Joker didn't kill Batman, so why would he have half of the money?
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Andrew LathamAndrew Latham
Seems people repeatedly have a hard time getting the actual question you're asking. It may be too simple. ;) But at least TylerShads has updated his answer slightly to cover the actual matter. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 30 '13 at 20:50
It's refreshing to know that so many people understood what was happening in the scene outside of the part I'm asking about, though. – Andrew Latham Jul 30 '13 at 23:53
He doesn't technically receive the money in a transaction sense.
His receipt of the money is 0 in actuality.
In the future should he kill Batman, he would receive 50%.
However at that point he had 100% of the money, one guy opposing him against his ever growing army of psychos, what do they care about money? What do they care if they rightfully received the money or not. The whole point of Joker getting "paid" to kill batman was just a ploy anyway to turn the mob upside down, the city upside down, and batman upside down anyway.
The Joker doesn't care about money. He doesn't care about fame. He doesn't care about life. He only cares about chaos.
Shortly after this act he states:
It's not about the money, its about sending a message
As his goons escort the mobster off to his demise. The Joker merely brought him there to show that he retrieved Lau and his money, only to shortly show the mobster how
All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them!
Joker doesn't want to kill Batman, he has too much fun with him, trying to show him how the natural order of the world is chaos.
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you because you're too much fun.
It can be argued that he knew of this fact long before he made his offer to the mobsters to kill Batman for 50% of their money. They were just another pawn in his long game for the soul of Gotham.
To clarify some points about the scene. All of the people there besides the mobster are under Joker's command. After escaping the police station with Lau, he most likely forced Lau to show him where he had stashed the money, which is most likely where they were to begin with. He then tied up Lau and contacted the mobster to retrieve his money from him. At that point the scene commences, Joker burns the money (and Lau) and has the mobster taken away to be fed to his own dogs.
At no point was the Joker actually "paid" for his services. He merely burns all of the money as a display of his wanton disregard for the value of currency.
TablemakerTablemaker
While your statements about the Joker's motivation are true, the actual question is of a much simpler nature, I think. Why did the Joker even have half of their money in the first place (and he says he's burning his half), given that it was the payment for killing the Batman, which he just hadn't done yet (no matter if he actually planned to do it at all). Or was it paid to him in advance? – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 29 '13 at 16:09
None of it was paid to begin with. He got Lau out of the jail, and had Lau lead him to where he held the money during the bank raids. Joker was "returning" the money. – Tablemaker Jul 29 '13 at 16:12
So the half that he burned was the half that he anticipated to get paid some time in the future anyway? – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 29 '13 at 16:13
Christian's got it. This isn't an answer to the question; the question is purely about why all the characters in this scene are acting as though the Joker had already fulfilled his contract to kill the Batman. – Andrew Latham Jul 29 '13 at 16:39
@TylerShads Meh, it only really states what is already known (and has been stated by you already) and what isn't really asked in the question at all. I hope Tom's edit of the question makes the rather simple point more clear. The thing is, if he isn't paid any money or there isn't any notion of "his half" (a notion the mobster would share), then his "joke" of burning only "his half" doesn't make so much sense and isn't that funny, because an existing (and by all parties agreed) notion of "his half" is the premise of the whole joke... – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 29 '13 at 19:59
Well if you go back to the original scene where the Joker met with the mob bosses for the first time, the conversations were the following :
It is simply we kill the batman
If it so simple why haven't you done it already
If you are good at something never do it for free
How much you want ?
As far as I can understand he want half of their money to kill the batman not get half the money after killing batman.
Off course whether he really wants to kill batman or not is different question altogether.
minusSevenminusSeven
The first time The Joker tries to make a deal, its for half the money to kill the Batman. Subsequently, we know that the Mob initially did not deal with the Joker (because they later decide to hire the clown). So we know that the Joker was working for the Mafia, although at this point we can be pretty much sure that they would certainly not give The Joker half of their money. It seems common sense to me.
Cut later, to the time The Joker is in the warehouse along with one of the Mafia boses. How did they get there? Joker obviously wriggled out the location out of Chao in the police holding cells. He then got out, went to the warehouse alongwith the Mafia boss. How did the Mafia boss got involved? Because the joker may have made a deal with him - he'll get all the money if they split it half-ways between them (The Joker always demands half!). It's not shown, but certainly implied. Why else would the Joker say my half? How else would the Mafia boss even be there if it was only the Joker who got the location out of Chao? From my interpretation, this seems to be the answer to your question.
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"Why else would the Joker say my half?" - He could just have meant the half agreed between him and the Mafia earlier. "How else would the Mafia boss even be there if it was only the Joker who got the location out of Chao?" - He just invitied him (officially because he had finally found Lau's money, inofficially to stage the great play he did). – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 29 '13 at 20:07
the deal was with the entire mafia... he invited just one of them, not the others... as per Harvey Dent, the mob bosses all made bail, so they were all out! – kicker86 Jul 29 '13 at 20:18
It's not an observation of fact that half the money is his or that the money in that pile was only half of all the pot.
It's a highly aggressive version of an old joke: "Can I have half that beverage","Sure", after chugging down the whole beverage "Sorry, my half was on bottom."
They were in fact saying, "I burned you money, but I burned mine too...see how unimportant it is to me? You can't buy my services - hahaha"
So a multi-layered joke I guess...sort of...
At least that's my interpretation.
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Still, as pointed out on other answers (and not only by me, but in particular by the asker), this was not the question at all (and I don't have any doubts in the asker understanding the nature of that "joke"). The actual question was of a much simpler nature: How could the Joker even call half of this pile "his half" if he hadn't yet done the task for which it was the payment? – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 30 '13 at 20:48
@ChristianRau - I suppose my interpretation of the thing in total, means I don't find the question to be valid. Since it's just a joke and he's not really claiming the money, he's just destroying it, then the fact that it isn't his doesn't matter. It's for the benefit of the joke, not the benefit of fact or reality. – RobotHumans Jul 30 '13 at 20:55
In fact the whole joke relies on the fact that half of the money is his. If none of the money can be seen as his, then the complete joke doesn't make any sense and loses its base. If you give the other guy the complete beverage, your joke doesn't make any sense, because there couldn't have been any half of yours at the bottom at all. Even if it wasn't exactly his money, there still has to be some notion of "his half" to be agreed upon by all parties. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Jul 30 '13 at 21:01
@ChristianRau - I suppose that's a chicken and egg thing. If it's just a joke it doesn't matter if it's factually true. If it's untrue the joke loses some validity. – RobotHumans Jul 30 '13 at 21:03
I can't really source this answer, but my interpretation is that the Joker's words carry the implication that he is taking (and burning) his promised 50% cut in advance.
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Resurrecting this discussion somewhat, the question is fairly valid because it is strongly implied by the Chechen mobster that the Joker has in fact been paid. The Chechen asks the Joker what he is going to do with all his money, which clearly it wouldn't be if the Joker had not been paid as yet.
Also the theory that the Joker got half the money by promising to split all the money between himself and the Chechen falls down when the Joker asks "where's the Italian?" and therefore clearly refers to Sal Maroni and expects that Maroni would have been there too. In fact Maroni knew where the Joker was going to be and was likely invited to the warehouse by the Joker as Maroni offered to tell Gordon the location of the Joker while Gordon was visiting Harvey Dent in the hospital (he tells Gordon "you want him? I can tell you where he will be this afternoon").
So the question remains, why was Joker even assumed to have been given half of the money by the Chechen mob boss when Batman was quite clearly not dead?
The only reason I can come up with is that it was a major plot hole in the story OR that it was intended that upon being contacted by the Mob after Lau's capture that the Joker changed the terms and wanted half of the money in return for capturing Lau and returning their money to them. After all by then the Mob would be at risk of losing all of their money unless Lau was recaptured and as Gordon notes, the Joker intended to be caught in order to get into the same lock-up as Lau. No Lau = No Money for the Mob. So it would seem logical that a more desparate Mob would agree to even harsher terms by the Joker (he may well have promised them the return of Lau only for the money and that in the process Batman may get killed - if so he would have remained non-committal on killing Batman especially as by then he probably had no desire to kill Batman anymore).,
I suspect though that this was just a plot hole that may have been due to an oversight or to a backstory (like the one I postulated above) that wasn't properly explained in the film. Which is a pity because it would only have taken a few extra lines of dialogue to establish that there were new terms under which the Joker wanted half of the money.
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PTI | Updated: Oct 23, 2019, 06:00 IST
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In the middle of writing her seventh album Wildcard, Miranda Lambert hit pause. “I took the first long stretch I’ve ever had off in my entire career since I was 17,” she tells Apple Music. “Finally you realize how much you need a breath.” During that break, the country superstar made some big life changes, surprising the world by announcing that she’d secretly gotten married and was moving part-time to New York City—a switch-up that she says revitalized her creative energy and breathed new life into her sound. “Oddly enough, on my seventh solo album, I feel like I approached it more like my first album than any other record I’ve made,” she says.
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One Hour Skirmish Wargames: Fast Play Diceless Rules For Small Unit Actions From Napoleonics to SciFi
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Pen and Sword books recently sent a review copy of a new set of skirmish rules from veteran gamer John Lambshead: One Hour Skirmish Wargames. We used the rules to play a fun scenario set in the French and Indian War.
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The result of all this card flipping is a fast-paced, and dramatic game. In a four player game, with around eight to twelve figures per player, we managed to finish in about an hour and a half. Everyone was satisfied with the results, and there were several moments in the game that left us talking afterwards, such as the stand of a British officer and a lone soldier against a large group of coeur de bois and natives.
One of the reasons that the game plays so quickly is that there are no stat lines to track. Grunts are just grunts, and they are either down or out. It is possible to imbue figures with special capabilities, such as “Bruiser” or “Dead Shot,” but it is not the same as having Guy A hit on a 4+ and Guy B hit on a 5+ in more fiddly systems. The special abilities mostly just let you draw extra cards in specific situations.
At some level, having the vast majority of troops with identical abilities make sense in a historical skirmish. On an individual level, it is unlikely that soldiers in the same time period in the age of gunpowder would have wildly different skill levels.
The two areas where opposing forces could have different qualities in a given scenario are their motivation and leadership. The motivation score in this affects the side’s morale breakpoint. Leadership will affect the number of cards drawn when checking said morale.
The One Hour Skirmish base rules are just ten pages long, and actually feel much shorter than that. The remainder of the hundred page paperback is dedicated to period specific scenarios and rules and a points system.
The four of us who played all agreed that we would use these rules again and thought we might try a Boxer Rebellion game. We also agreed, however, that there are some in our larger gaming group who would likely not enjoy the rules. Those gamers tend to like more complicated systems, where differences in training, equipment and doctrine would be more closely modeled.
I can recommend the One Hour Skirmish rules for players who want a quick game with more emphasis on action and drama over “realism” and “crunchiness.”
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ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN Discuss The Writing & Recording Process For Harbinger! Tuesday March 19 2019, 7:55 PM
Canadian metal upstarts ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN, will release their second full-length album and Nuclear Blast debut on March 29. Harbinger was produced and mixed by Jason Suecof (DEVILDRIVER, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, TRIVIUM) and mastered by Alan Douches (DARKEST HOUR, EVERY TIME I DIE, SUICIDE SILENCE).
Today, the band discusses what the writing and recording process was like for Harbinger. Watch the trailer here:
Bassist Kevin Student comments, "Working with Jason was awesome because he like us wanted to make the best album possible. We both became really invested in capturing the style that I wanted to portray and have it be angry and aggressive just bring something unique to the table",
Recently. the band released a lyric video for the new single "Witness",which can be seen here::
"'Witness' is about trying to survive when everything around you is falling apart," commented vocalist Jamison Friesen. "It’s told through a fictional post apocalyptic setting, inspired by the Mad Max films. The protagonist finds he’s a hero in times where there doesn’t seem to be a point in trying."
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ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN started as a band with a mission to play music without compromise and carve their way through the music scene on their own terms. Coming from a small city in Northern Canada, this was a necessary strategy, since the band didn't come up in a big city scene with regular promoters, venues and attendees.
After touring in support of two self-released albums, “Endless Nights” and “Shadows”, the band began plotting their next release. On a whim they decided to send some of the new demos to one of their heroes, Jason Suecof at Audiohammer Studios, to see if he would be interested in recording them. To the band’s absolute surprise, Jason liked what he heard, and found time between some of the heavy-hitters that he had been working on to record the material. This was an opportunity the band couldn't pass up, and immediately started planning the trip of flying over 3,000 miles, from one end of the continent of North America to the other, to record the best songs the band had ever written.
Fast forward to after two successful recording sessions produced by Jason Suecof and mastered by Mark Lewis, the band was able to attract the attention of A&R legend Monte Conner. Conner was impressed with what he heard and quickly struck a deal with the band. With such a rapid ascent thus far, there's no telling what great things lurk in ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN's not too distant future.
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US Postal Service Flouts US Policy, Annexes Taiwan to China
My acutely intelligent and highly organized friend Andrew K., who also possesses the manic determination of a Formosan Dog on the hunt, has recently been tracking the tale of the US Postal Service's apparent stamping out packages to Taiwan with "province of China" at its Oakland international mail portal. Drew sent along these photos for me, and provided the discussion:
1. The address was applied in Maryland by Snapfish with the Country designation, "TW=Taiwan". This is the standard Country Code suggested by the USPS.[if you click on the image to the right, you can see the enlarged pic which shows that the USPS label is clearly applied over the Snapfish label, which simply says "TW=Taiwan" -- MT]
2. Snapfish applied the original USPS First Class label in their mailing facility with the designation, "TW=Taiwan". [As is clear in the photo! -- MT]
3. A label which reads, "Taiwan, Province of China" was applied over the original Snapfish label. The new label reads, "Oakland, CA Permit 2323", in the upper right hand corner. Oakland is the site of a major USPS International Service Facility (ISF), which was opened in 2000. Why would the Snapfish mailing facility in Maryland apply an Oakland CA sticker? [Snapfish uses TW = Taiwan as their order form clearly shows. -- MT]
4. The other screen captures were taken yesterday from USPS related websites and show, "Taiwan, Province of China" is still alive and well at the USPS.
Possible Conclusions:
A: Snapfish has a separate mailing facility in Oakland CA that deemed it necessary to issue a second INTERNATIONAL label over the one applied by the company in Maryland. The Oakland facility uses a different country code generator from the rest of the company.
B: There may be sections within the USPS than have not modified their software to conform with the 2006 country code change to "Taiwan". This incongruity may have caused this particular package, and possibly others, to be inadvertently mislabeled and the situation can be rectified by locating the troubled software or machinery within the USPS.
C: The USPS has made a deliberate change to their policy in regard to Taiwan's Country Code in an effort to appease a growing number of customers who are from the PRC or Chinese Nationalists, who consider Taiwan to be a "Province of China". This policy may be localized to areas with higher volumes of Chinese mail traffic.
D: A error was made by an employee or employees of the USPS Oakland facility in their selection of an out dated country code for Taiwan. This problem may be remedied by ensuring the former "Province of China" code is completely deleted from the systems within the USPS.
E: A unilateral decision was made by an employee or employees at the USPS Oakland facility to Change Taiwan's Country Code to "Taiwan, Province of China". This may be an act to reflect the employee's personal views against the existing policy set by the USPS and it may be an isolated act that may not be widely practiced within the USPS system.
a. Who applied the label, "Taiwan, Province of China"?
b. How was the label generated? Was it generated in a USPS facility, from a Web kit provided by the USPS or from Private postage vendor?
c. Why was the label issued in Oakland when the original label was addressed in Maryland?
d. Could an error have occurred in the USPS system? If so, how could it have occurred and how can it be avoided?
e. Why are the different USPS related websites incongruent in their designation for Taiwan?
f. Who has authorization to change the country codes?
US officials deny that this is a USPS problem.
Let me add this simple fact: the policy of the US government is, and has been for the last five decades, that the status of Taiwan is undetermined. As a government entity, USPS should not be flouting official policy.
Labels: Taiwan independence
According to Sec-15 of the TRA:
"DEFINITIONS
SEC. 15. For purposes of this Act-
(1) the term ''laws of the United States'' includes any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, or judicial rule of decision of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and
(2) the term "Taiwan" includes, as the context may require, the islands of Taiwan and the Pescadores, the people on those islands, corporations and other entities and associations created or organized under the laws applied on those islands, and the governing authorities on Taiwan recognized by the United States as the Republic of China prior to January 1, 1979, and any successor governing authorities (including political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities thereof)."
The officials research into this matter consisted entirely of checking on the USPS International Shipping selection on the USPS website.
They never addressed the problems highlighted in this post.
Maybe they consider this a mountain of a mole hill... but this should not be allowed. Furthermore, they should not be providing a web tool kit with "Province of China" either.
I hope AIT and the USPS can look into this matter a little closer.
I hope you find out how this label was applied.
If it is a case of PRC citizens in the US pressuring the US postal service, or of rogue US postal employees from the PRC, it is absolutely disgusting and should not be tolerated.
If PRC citizens want to do this kind of crap in their own country then fine. However, exporting this crap to the west is not fine at all.
Robert - directed from David on Formosa said...
Hi Michael, this is to address Andrew's Point #4: Since you say that the country code was changed to Taiwan in 2006, therefore I'm guessing that the Oakland USPS facility may have recently updated its software (possibly written by a Chinese company) and so was unaware of this issue.
Of course, this doesn't explain the heavy-handedness of the postal worker who was "kind" enough to "correct" the mistake. He/she should have laxed a little and just let things be. Unfortunately, it's no crime to bring nationalism to the workplace. Nationalism does add some dignity to the job, don't you agree? (^_^)
And yes, I suspect this mischief to be the work of a second-generation Chinese American; or perhaps a Chinophile.
Thoth Harris said...
Every thinking human being should write "Taiwan Republic" either on the "To:" section of mail directed to the island, or on the return address, when sent from the island. This is what I certainly do on occcasion!
Dixteel said...
Some how I sense a conspiracy behind this...why is it so essential to add "Province of China" on mailing address? Does it add to the precision or does it clarify where it should be send? I don't think those are the reasons. Hopefully someone can discover the truth behind this.
STOP Ma said...
For the record,
Canada post has Taiwan as a country.
On topic, but on a different area. I was checking out Google Analytics' Map Overlay function that shows where your visitors (to your blog) come from. As I hovered over Taiwan, China was also highlighted. I then shot off an email asking what that was all about... their response:
Hello xxx,
Thank you for your email. I understand you are concerned about China
getting highlighted when you hover over Taiwan. Thanks for your inquiry
about the maps feature in Google Analytics. I would like to tell you that
we use Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49) adopted by
the United Nations Statistics Division to determine borders and
continental classifications. To see how the United Nations classifies
geographic regions, visit
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm . We understand that
borders change over time and we make every effort to reflect the changes
periodically within the product. Political borders within the Google
Analytics maps are meant to help our users understand where their visitors
are coming from and should be considered as a general guideline. They in
no way represent a political opinion or position.
Since USPS is an agency of the U.S., they should adhere to U.S. policy and not some independent policy of their own, nor international policy, which is in the case of Google.
The package obviously reached its proper destination so what's the problem?
With all the wars, starvation, and turmoil in the world, does it really make any practical difference whether the USPS or even the USA, for that matter, thinks Taiwan is a Chinese province or not? If the USPS website changed Taiwan to a province of Mexico, what practical effect would that have on the lives of Taiwanese?
Michael Turton said...
If the USPS website changed Taiwan to a province of Mexico, what practical effect would that have on the lives of Taiwanese?
On Mexico, none. But "province of China" has serious practical effects.
It's a simple problem, easily solved, not like world hunger.
Michael, if Taiwan were to become a province of Mexico, then we should all be putting tacos in our congees, instead of 油條。Hmmm, I wonder how that would taste? I ought to try it soon. Winter has come.
Wish you peeps a nice weekend.
One thing I think is interesting about this is that TECRO (the symbolic gate keeper of the old ROC sovereignty over all of China) has been very forthcoming and helpful. On the contrary, the US Government (AIT) has not.
At this point, AIT has failed to acknowledge the discrepancies between the vendor's address and the one stamped in Oakland.
If it is the case, as some others have speculated, that employees in the USPS (US Government) are making/breaking US policy due to their allegiance to another country, this is potentially a very serious matter.
The USPS main website lists Taiwan as simply Taiwan.
Taiwan, Province of China is an ISO standard in software. In Japan, Taiwanese can choose between PRC or China for their country on their documents, and many choose China over PRC. So in this case, simply saying "Taiwan, China" should be enough, and the "Province of" is a bit redundant.
MikeinTaipei said...
As I pointed out in a recent posting on my site, I had a similar encounter with Royal Bank of Canada, which used the designation PROVINCE OF TAIWAN in its correspondence.
However, I just received an order from Amazon.com (which uses USPS for deliveries) and my address was Neihu, TAIWAN, no 'PROVINCE OF CHIHA.'
It would seem, therefore, that human intervention or policies at the office level — rather than at company/state/agency — is the reason for this problem.
man, anon, you don't get the point do you?
The problem is with all the war, starvation, turmoil, and shoes thrown at the US president, why did USPS bother to add "Province of China"? That's the real question.
Thomas said...
"If the USPS website changed Taiwan to a province of Mexico, what practical effect would that have on the lives of Taiwanese?"
Um... a lot, as mail would probably get sent to Tiajuana. ;)
Seriously, do you really mean to say that identity as well as international perception of where borders lie has no effect on a country or the people who live there? If I send a letter to the Tibetan Republic, do you really think the mail is going to make its merry way along without anyone taking offense? Please!
Anon 8:32,
You just did the exact amount of fact finding AIT did.
This just underscores why there is a problem. Somewhere else along the way someone made the change. Why If it is not supposed to happen?
Readin said...
For several long years, while people were being slaughtered, the European Union, NATO, the UN, etc. refused to intervene in the conflict between Serbia and Bosnia because it was considered a civil war. Had this not been the case, intervention would have happened much more quickly to preserve the principle of the inviolability of national borders in Europe.
Whether hostile actions by China against Taiwan are perceived as "domestic" or "international" could very well determine when and how strongly strong the rest of world reacts, or if they react at all.
If the hostile action is military, the perception of that action as domestic or international will determine how much genocide will be needed to prompt the civilized world to do something.
Tim Maddog said...
To those who imagine that there are more "innocent" reasons for this (or who simply wish to fool others into believing so), I wish to point out another example of a recent change regarding Taiwan's designation.
On Talking Show (大話新聞) earlier tonight (the Friday, December 19, 2008 show), host Cheng Hung-yi (鄭弘儀) read a letter from a viewer whose adult daughter wasn't allowed to board an AeroMéxico flight in Peru. She was told it was because she didn't have a Mexican visa (she had a stop there along the way home), and that because she was from "China Taiwan" -- as they put it -- she needed one. Previously, a Mexican visa was not needed, but airline staff said that this change had come into being just last month, and that "China Taiwan" was the airline's new designation for Taiwan.
The discussion of the above begins at the 1:56 mark in this video
This crap doesn't originate with the ISO's "software standards." It has all been brought to you by the bullies in Beijing -- completely unimpeded by the feckless Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
Tim Maddog
supreme dalek said...
Kinda irrelevent but it's the same kind of crap with the entertainment industry.
I recently got "The Dark Knight" blue ray and try to register the BD-Live service* which was offered by the blue ray. However, the registration also spew the same kind of crap as the USPS...motherf....
I already sent the email to Warner Bro but this is getting really distasful. Adding "a province of PRC" next to Taiwan on the Country/Region selection is simply retarded propoganda whichever angle you look at it. It really looks like some retarded kid spit on other kid's cookies and yell "those are mine". You can simply exclude Taiwan from the selection (Hell, this would be more effective propoganda compare to that) or just leave it as Taiwan. Fuck, even Taiwan/ROC is good enough.
*BD Live is basically audio comment sharing services, which means people can play the movie which other people's commentary.
just saw this, amazing nerve, for US PO to call Taiwan on stamp as Province of China....omigod! funny and sad at same time
News now about Taiwan's country code calling number 886, why it is so similar to CHINA's 86? letter in Taipei Times on Wednesday to get things going, research continues, Geneva tells me that the 886 code was reqesuted by CHINA for Taiwan, and the ITU, International Telecommunications Union of the UN, yes, a UN agency, the ITU assigned 886 for Taiwan AT CHINA'S REQUEST, so be simuilar to china;s 86 code.... and of course, nothing Taiwan could do because not member of UN due to CKS' refusing to take a separate seat alongside PRC back in the day. Dumb CKS, he messed up big time for Taiwan, but he didn't care did he? he was only here for a short stay. anywys, spoke with lawyer today in Genvea at ITU and he said they aint much that can be done......but the truth is that Taqiwanh's code 886 was not requested by Taiwan but by China and Taiwan accepted it. The date of this assigning and Taiwan's accepotance of it i still don't know? 1953? 1971? 2006? anybody know when the 886 was first ass8igned to ROC at PRV's request?
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Daily Links, May 1, 2009
What fertilizer are they spraying on the blogs this week?
WHA on the blogs: Letters from Taiwan
Andres visits the National Aquarium in Kenting. Awesome pics.
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David with a fantastic post on how the KMT constructs history.
One of the great things about being a blogger is the privilege of interacting with smart people who share your passion.
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Letters from Taiwan on the Party of Violence -- maddog on same.
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Hahahaha. I've had the exact same experience at pools in Taiwan as Mark.
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MEDIA: The news that stunned the stock market today: China Mobile to invest in Taiwan telecom -- triggering the market's best day in almost two decades. Overseas Filipino Workers demand equal rights in Taiwan. Taiwan's Madoff arrested by FBI. A third tourist dies from the incident with the crane in Taipei. Taiwan's export orders fell 24.9% last month, the sixth straight monthly drop. But many media outlets are reporting an uptick in orders from China. Taiwan sorta kinda makes a three strikes law for downloading copyright material. First case of swine flu -- NOT. Thank god -- now I can go back to worrying about dying in a traffic accident. Businessweek: agreements signed! No sign of what they were -- the usual pattern is that no details are discussed in the international media, so the only people who realize Taiwan got screwed are us locals. China's growing role in UN peacekeeping. The CFR argues that the G2 is a mirage.
WHA and Nanjing Talks: Beijing correspondents talking about Taiwan: like virgins giving the Establishment line on sex. Wapo with a bare bones article. AP on the WHA entry. MAC claims China will no longer be a safe haven for Taiwan's White Collar KMT criminals. In other news, George III predicts rebels in North American colonies will soon be brought to heel. Taiwan expects to join other world health mechanisms. Chinese dissident says economic means are the way China intends to annex Taiwan. Imagine that.
Thoughts on WHA Observer Status and the Nanjing Talks
WHA observer status....Taiwan News reports on DPP Chairman Tsai Ing-wen's comments:
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen stated that the invitation issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) to Taiwan under the name of "Chinese Taipei" to attend the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva this May "as an observor" had "abandoned" Taiwan's sovereignty and "lacks substantive meaning."
Speaking with reporters after the weekly meeting of the DPP Central Standing Committee, Tsai said that the letter sent by World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan to "Chinese Taipei" Department of Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan on Tuesday "appears to be a one-time invitation and the basis in WHO regulations for the invitation to attend the WHA as an observer is unclear."
Moreover, Tsai noted that Yeh was only referred as a "doctor" and that Taiwan is to be referred only as "Chinese Taipei," not as Taiwan or the Republic of China. The DPP chairwoman also observed that the letter did not mention the May 2005 secret memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the WHO Secretariat and the People's Republic of China which requires all WHO contacts with Taiwan to take place through Beijing's Ministry of Health under a "one China framework."
Tsai stated that if Chan's letter represented an "one time invitation and if the question of sovereignty remained darkly clouded, this invitation will lack substantial meaning."
"Any claim by the Ma government that takes this event as a diplomatic victory due to its policy of diplomatic truce will be a grave exaggeration and extremely inappropriate," said the DPP chairwoman, who added that "we do not yet know what was traded to gain this invitation."
Short version (1) it's only for this year, a one-time invite easily rescinded if a pro-Taiwan government comes to power (and the meeting begins on May 18, two days before the first anniversary of Ma's inauguration... lucky coincidence for the Prez); (2) we're "Chinese Taipei"; (3) obviously secret deals were made -- adamantly denied of course -- what were they?
That's the official negative reaction. Let's look at perhaps some positives. The Taipei Times says:
Participating in the WHA meeting as an observer means Taiwan would have no voting rights in the assembly or at the WHO. Observers are granted speaking rights at the WHA meeting, but can only attend the meetings and committee sessions held during the annual two-week assembly.
Yeh said that WHA observer status would ensure Taiwan has direct contact with the WHO in exchanging information to protect public safety and would enable Taiwan to share its expertise in public sanitation and disease prevention with other countries.
A very perspicacious friend of mine noted that this is incredibly important for Taiwan. Being able to network will enable Taiwan to set up exchanges with developing nations that want its medical expertise. In South America some nations have been asking for this for a decade, putting quiet pressure on Beijing to tamp down its irrational and provocative anti-Taiwan policies so that other nations can get the benefits of networking with our world class health professionals. Many of the health workers in these nations have been cultivated through programs erected by MOFA to bring professionals from less developed nations to Taiwan for cooperation, efforts that have paid off in increased profile for Taiwan in the world. WHA observer status means little as far as clout in the world, but could mean much in increased support for The Beautiful Island.
A concession here: Dr. Chan, head of the WHO, invited the "Department of Health", an entity that the PRC has long denied has any existence. So it is progress of sorts. "Chinese Taipei" is no big deal, we participate in many organizations under that moniker. It isn't ideal, but it could have been worse. It would be better if we had a pro-Taiwan government in power, one we could trust not to sell out the island, but that's life....
Let's not forget -- there is strong public support for participation in international organizations. The DPP did much to foster this while in office, some of it frankly manipulative, but some of it in response to the authentic yearning for international recognition alive in the public here. This public support put the KMT into a corner, a corner constructed for it partly by previous pro-Taiwan DPP policies. The DPP may be down, but not all of its successes can be reversed or rendered hollow.
One interesting thing about WHA observer status: Ma is playing it up, as Tsai predicted, as a great triumph of his "diplomatic truce" policy and of course, as evidence of China's "goodwill." The reality is that the announcement, which has been in the works for some time, was probably timed to cover up the fact that the CCP pwned the KMT at the recent cross-strait Nanjing talks. Taiwan News has the call -- every word is chewy good:
The talks began last Saturday with an unseemly embrace by SEF Chairman and KMT vice chairman Chiang Ping-kun of ARATS Chairman Chen Yunlin, but the real atmosphere was actually set by the purposeful "coincidence" of the SEF-ARATS talks, held in Nanjing at Beijing's suggestion, of massive celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the former Republic of China capital by the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army on April 22, 1949.
Although downplayed by pro-KMT media, this transparent political humiliation was followed by a diplomatically cordial drubbing by the Beijing side.
For example, ARATS turned down various requests by the SEF side, such as Taipei's plea to increase the flights for Taiwan airlines in "golden routes" such as between Taipei and Shanghai and instead graciously expanded flights between Taipei and "hot spots" like Nanchang and Hefei instead and added northward routes that passed only through PRC air control zones to emphasize the "domestic" character of cross-strait air routes.
Moreover, in response to the KMT government's urgency to initiate talks on a cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA), the Beijing side excluded the ECFA from discussion for the fourth Chiang-Chen "negotiations," evidently pending the offer of further concessions by the Taipei side.
Last but not least, the PRC side showed that it treated the SEF-ARATS talks as "normal negotiations" by leaking a draft but unsigned set of agreements to the official Xinhua News Agency and thus forcing the Taiwan negotiators to sign Beijing's version or threaten not to sign the agreements, a risk that the KMT side lacked the political courage to take.
As noted in a previous editorial, the underlying strategy of the CCP toward the KMT is reminiscent of the declaration made by the late Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin on April 5, 1927 in the midst of the Chinese "national revolution" that Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT "have to be utilized to the end, squeezed out like a lemon, and then flung away."
The other day Taiwan News similarly noted:
For example, the touted "breakthrough" agreements that opened direct cross-strait commercial marine and air links both denigrated Taiwan's status by treating such routes as "domestic" through the exclusion of foreign carriers and thus also harmed Taiwan commercial interests by excluding the vast majority of Taiwan-owned ships which fly foreign flags of convenience and by refusing to extend "fifth freedom" or onward passage rights for even Taiwan airlines.
For example, the failure to include onward flight rights in the new pact will reduce Taiwan into a "commercial air dependency" of the PRC, whose airports will gain control over the lion's share of lucrative "hub" onward connections. Given the widespread claim that Taiwan is rich in capital but short on "investment opportunities" (at least for myopic Taiwan investors), the influx of PRC state-owned companies, with the assistance of local proxies, will be able to use the maximum of 30 percent ownership to secure effective managerial control over Taiwan companies and their technology or knowhow in most economic fields, including telecommunications and news media, snare public works contracts and channels for patronage, and, with investments in hotels and travel companies, secure control over the bulk of renminbi spent in Taiwan by Chinese tourists.
The imminent financial services memorandum of understanding (MOU), which even KMT lawmakers have warned will result in "Money Out" of Taiwan, will offer the PRC's giant state banks channels to control over even more Taiwan capital and access to up-to-date inside financial information on Taiwan companies and any citizen who has a credit or finance card, access which will undoubtedly be utilized for political as well as commercial purposes.
Moreover, the obvious "quid pro quo" that Beijing will overtly or covertly demand for an agreement to "fight cross-strait crime" and any grudging assistance in sending "economic criminals" back to Taiwan will be "reciprocal" assistance in securing the "return," expulsion from Taiwan or control of political dissidents, perhaps painted as "terrorists," such as advocates of Tibetan independence or Chinese democracy.
Last but not least, the insistence by Ma and the KMT government that these agreements have nothing to do with "politics" or Taiwan's sovereignty means that no "firewalls" will be set in place to prevent PRC interests from expanding political influence in Taiwan in the pattern of the China Resources Group and the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong.
Far from showing the strength of Ma's diplomacy, the recent WHA and Nanjing talks displayed the utter dependency of the KMT on the CCP. The agreements give China control over key cross-strait markets, ratified by the KMT because it desperately needs something, anything, to show its cross-strait policies are a success. Foreigners who trumpeted the advent of the KMT should take note at their exclusion -- these markets belong neither to them nor to Taiwan, but solely to China. Asian nations may give lip service to the free market religion, but at heart they are atheists. When state-backed Chinese firms come calling for Taiwan companies -- is a telecom deal imminent? -- foreign firms will be out in the cold too. But at least they will be able to fly conveniently from the Taiwan SAR directly to China on their way out of here.....
Much praise to Taiwan News for its great run of editorials lately. You can almost measure the political status of the island by the quality of Taiwan New's editorials -- as the threat to Taiwan rises, so does the asskicking quotient of their work. Good work, guys.
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Connecting the Dots -- UPDATED --
Three pieces of news coming together this week. First, breaking today, the government said China had agreed to permit Taiwan to have observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA). From KNN:
Yeh Ching-chuan, Minister of the Department of Health (DOH) under the Executive Yuan, visited Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng this morning and confirmed that he had received a formal invitation from Margaret Chan, Director-General of World Health Organization, to lead a delegation, under the designation of Chinese Taipei, to participate as an observer in the 62nd World Health Assembly, scheduled to be held on May 18.
Minister Yeh ....pointed out four significant implications of this invitation. They are:
1. A breakthrough of the formulation that was used in the 2005 MOU model, namely, “Taiwan, China.”
2. The WHO Secretariat contacted the DOH directly.
3. The designation of “Chinese Taipei” is used.
4. The level of representation is elevated to that of minister.
We can expect a flood of articles with the phrase "further sign of warming ties" etc as well as fawning pieces from Ma/KMT supporters in the western policy community. There is nothing really important about Taiwan being able to observe an assembly, and this development has been in the cards for months. We'll come back to this...
Two other developments are of interest this week. First, Taiwan News came out with one of its best editorials ever, on the odious new draft Assembly and Parade Law:
The Cabinet's draft bill will drop the current requirement for the application of a parade permit, but will substitute a compulsory and highly restrictive advance notification system and is full of other features that will threaten to curtail the actual possibilities of citizens or civic organizations to exercise their right of assembly and protest.
Among the more unreasonable statutes include the imposition of an excessive 300 meter buffer zone between protestors and "restricted sites" such as the Office of the President, the Executive Yuan and all embassies or foreign representative offices.
Moreover, Article 9 may impose a prohibitive social cost on march organizers by requiring agreement in writing from "private locations" along a proposed route march must be submitted with the five-day advance march notification.
In addition, Article 10 requires that the "responsible person" reporting a planned rally cannot be less than 20 years of age, must have ROC citizenship, cannot have had previous convictions or be under probation or a police record or under guidance or counseling for juvenile offense or under guardianship.
Under this restriction, foreign workers would be effectively banned from protesting mistreatment or discrimination by employers, ex-convicts would be prohibited from holding a rally to call for changes in unfair rulings and persons under "guardianship" for physical or mental handicaps would be unable to protest the failure of public facilities or government policies to address their problems.
But these problems pale in light of Article 11, which grants the "responsible" law enforcement authorities the power at will to ban, restrict or change the course, location or time of any "reported" assembly or protest if police deem that the event will "immediately affect national security, social order or the public interest" or will immediately threaten lives, health or liberty or cause damage to property or if there is an overlap between different parades.
While an immediate threat to lives and health would justify police action, the vague language of "harm to national security, social order or the public interest" gives immense scope for abuse if law enforcement agencies or their political masters determine that a protest "violates national security or the public interest" as determined by the ruling party.
Moreover, the new "liberalized" draft bill contains a powerful weapon to stifle small or large protests in Article 26, which would allow the government to impose cumulative fines between NT$30,000-NT$150,000 on the "responsible persons" for marches which the police decide to ban if participants do not comply and to increase the fine repeatedly until the orders are obeyed.
The provision of accumulating massive fines if a rally does not obey the commands of police to disperse will undoubtedly intimidate many small groups from holding any assemblies at all and threatens to bankrupt any organization which dares to launch a major protest action.
It should be obvious that this new clause is directly aimed at the DPP, the Taiwan Solidarity Union and other "Taiwan-centric" organizations which could challenge the KMT government's tilt toward the authoritarian People's Republic of China with massive protests, such as the action to "safeguard jobs and sovereignty" on May 17.
Even a cursory review shows that these revisions are not aimed at facilitating but intend to trample on the right of assembly which is granted to all citizens under the ROC Constitution and to all people under the International Covenant on Civic and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights approved by the KMT-controlled Legislative Yuan March 31 and promulgated by Ma last Wednesday.
Indeed, the unseemly haste of KMT legislators to secure the passage of this dangerous bill naturally gives to suspicions that the KMT intends to use these tools actively to ride roughshod over any protests to its pro-China policies and intimidate into silence any public voices angry over its incompetence.
The DPP's last weapon against the annexation of the island and the evisceration of its economic and social strength is the street demonstration. The new law would be a great weapon against it. The really great thing is the in-your-face timing that is classic: the new law comes after the Wild Strawberry protests against the original law, which as it turns out was less restrictive, and it comes after Ma made the legislature pass the human rights covenants discussed above. This is the same mentality at work that appoints two new bishops for the PRC state Catholic Church in the midst of negotiations with the Vatican, or places a nuclear waste dump on a pristine tropical island while telling the locals they were getting a fish cannery.
The third thing that has happened recently, which I think is also interesting, is that the Treaty of Taipei is being revived (Wiki, text of treaty) by President Ma:
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday that the 1952 Treaty of Taipei affirmed the transfer of Taiwan’s sovereignty from Japan to the Republic of China (ROC). Ma’s statement deviated from his previous claim that it was the 1943 Cairo Declaration that gave the ROC its claim to Taiwan.
“While the 1952 treaty does not specify the legal successor government [of Taiwan], it was clear between the lines,” he said. “Japan would not have signed the accord with the ROC if it did not intend to concede the territories to the ROC.”
Ma said the 1952 pact had three meanings: It not only affirmed the “de jure termination of war between Japan and the ROC” after Tokyo’s surrender in 1945, but reasserted the “de jure transfer of Taiwan’s sovereignty to the ROC” as well as “restoring friendly and normal relations with Japan.”
Ma made the remarks at an unveiling ceremony at the Taipei Guest House of a bronze sculpture depicting representatives of Japan and the ROC signing the treaty on April 28, 1952. The statues are part of an exhibition marking the 57th anniversary of the treaty.
A couple of weeks back a local pro-KMT scholar came out with the claim that she had "discovered" that the Treaty of Taipei recognized ROC sovereignty over Taiwan (see article referenced above), which it certainly does not. It clearly defers to the San Francisco Peace Treaty and like it, refuses to name a recipient of the sovereignty over Taiwan.
The interesting thing is, why now? The 57th anniversary of anything is not important. On one side, the KMT government drafts laws attacking the freedom of the public to assemble, clearly aimed at the pro-Taiwan opposition. On the other, it pushes a treaty that it claims gives the ROC legal authority over Taiwan, while in yet another direction, it clearly waited for China to grant Taiwan WHA observer status, a strong signal that the KMT government considers that Taiwan is subordinate to the PRC.
The pixels are coming into focus: a legal basis of the upcoming "treaty of peace" between the KMT and the CCP will be the Treaty of Taipei, gently revived here for future use. I think we'll be seeing some kind of shared sovereignty position here with the Treaty of Taipei as a pillar or justification -- note that by changing the claim for ROC jurisdiction over Taiwan from Cairo to the Treaty of Taipei, Ma avoids getting the US tangled up in the legalities -- just in time for the 2011 100th anniversary of the ROC, a stealth agreement that will attempt to avoid sparking voter recognition that the islanders have been sold out -- because there are elections in 2012. Much remains to be filled in, but the speed of events is breathtaking. And with democratic oversight of events carefully checked by KMT control of the legislature and by constant claims that no such oversight is necessary.....
UPDATE: FAPA attempts in this press release to inject some sanity into the Hallelujah Chorus of Benevolent China and Provocative Taiwan Having Warming Ties:
Washington DC. The KMT administration of President Ma Ying-jeou is playing politics with the health of the people of Taiwan. This is the position of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) in reaction to the announcement on April 29th by Mr. Ma that Taiwan has been invited, as “Chinese Taipei,” to attend the upcoming annual meeting of the World Health Assembly, the WHO governing body in Geneva.
FAPA President Prof. Bob Yang stated in a reaction that “Taiwan’s international status has taken another step backward.” The head of the Taiwanese-American grassroots organization headquartered in Washington DC added: “We have been working for Taiwan’s membership in the World Health Organization for more than a decade. It is the right of Taiwan as a free and democratic country to have truly meaningful participation in this important international health organization. That can only be done if Taiwan is a full and equal member.” “Just attending the WHA-and under the subservient moniker “Chinese Taipei,” doesn’t protect the health of the people of Taiwan”, he said, adding: “For that, Taiwanese doctors need to have unfettered access specialists’ meetings and information exchange.”
He explained that the conditions under which Ma’s government is now accepting “observership” are demeaning to the Taiwanese and undermine Taiwan’s sovereignty. In particular the use of the idiosyncratic name “Chinese Taipei” is an outrage, he said. “Everyone, including the US, calls Taiwan Taiwan”, he added: “why can’t Taiwan do the same?”
Dr. Yang also said he is concerned about any under-the-table deals made by the Ma Administration with China on the matter, given the precedent of the nauseating MOU forced on WHO by China in 2005. He said that the decision-making process of the Ma Administration has been “clear as mud.” He urged the legislature and the public in Taiwan to demand full transparency, and disclosure of any deals made with China on the issue. “Only then will we be able to say that Taiwanese sovereignty and interests have not been sold out”, he said.
Dr. Yang concluded that it would be a dangerous precedent if Taiwan’s participation in international organizations is at the whim of Beijing. “Why are we letting a repressive and authoritarian regime set the conditions under which a free and democratic nation participates in the international community?” he asked. “Isn’t this a flagrant violation of the basic UN principles which we should adhere to?”
He added that the Taiwanese-American community would continue to work with the Obama Administration and Congress to protect Taiwan’s safety and security, and help Taiwan become a full and equal member of the international community.
No breakthrough here, folks, just the same pattern of the KMT subordinating Taiwan to China and its desire to annex the island that we have seen since Ma took power. Good-bye, free and independent Taiwan: we hardly knew ya.
15 Comments Labels: democracy, Ma Ying-jeou, Treaty of Taipei
US Taiwan Policy Review in the cards?
There's been much talk that the new Administration should perform a Taiwan Policy Review, to revise US Taiwan policy in the face of a rising China, and now the Congressional research service (CRS) has come out with a new paper on the issue, as the Taipei Times reports:
The study by Kerry Dumbaugh, a specialist in Asian Affairs with the Congressional Research Service (CRS), is entitled Taiwan-US Relations: Developments and Policy Implications.
Ma’s initiatives are welcomed by many, the study says, for contributing to greater regional stability.
But it adds: “More pessimistic observers see growing PRC [People’s Republic of China]-Taiwan ties eroding US influence, strengthening PRC leverage and, particularly in the face of expanding economic links, jeopardizing Taiwan autonomy and economic security.”
The study says that among Obama’s policy challenges are “decisions on new arms sales to Taiwan, which are anathema to the PRC; how to accommodate requests for visits to the US by President Ma and other senior Taiwan officials; the overall nature of US relations with the Ma government; whether to pursue closer economic ties with Taiwan; what role, if any, Washington should play in cross-strait relations; and, more broadly, what form of defense assurances to offer Taiwan.”
Changes under Ma have led, the study says, to questions about “whether the United States should conduct a reassessment of its Taiwan policy in light of changing circumstances, and what the extent of such a possible reassessment should be.”
“At the very least, some say, the US needs to consider doing another comprehensive review of its Taiwan policy in order to revisit once again the 1979-1980 Taiwan Guidelines that govern US government interactions with Taiwan and with Taiwan officials,” the study says.
“Furthermore, since the 1993-’94 policy review, there have been dramatic developments in Taiwan’s political development. Taiwan has become a fully functioning democracy. In addition, since 1995 the PRC has undertaken a substantial military buildup along the coast opposite Taiwan and in 2005 Beijing adopted the anti-secession law suggesting hostile intent against Taiwan. These significant developments since 1993-94, according to this view, justify another Taiwan Policy Review to make selected changes in US policy,” it said.
“The implications of a Taiwan policy review for US-PRC relations likely would depend on the nature of the policy review itself. A substantial or comprehensive public review undoubtedly would raise concerns both in the PRC and likely in Taiwan,” the study said.
Joh Tkacik, the former US foreign service officer and longtime Taiwan expert, had this to say in a commentary on US Taiwan policy in the Taipei Times today:
There is no wisdom in confronting China head-on in Asia, and a TPR by the administration of US President Barack Obama must take this into account. But if the US is to balance China’s looming rise with a coalition of Asian democracies, Taiwan must be a key policy element.
With Kurt Campbell’s nomination as Obama’s — and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s — assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Obama’s national security appointments offer a prospect that his administration might actually salvage some of the Asia policy wreckage of the administration under former president George W. Bush. Campbell understands the looming crisis in Asia policy — the challenge of China’s rise — as does his fellow nominee at the Pentagon, retired Marine Lieutenant General Wallace “Chip” Gregson, for assistant secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs, and his deputy, Derek Mitchell.
Unfortunately, “geostrategic considerations,” when it comes to Taiwan (or China, for that matter) have long been absent in Washington policy circles. Former intelligence officer and White House Asia expert Robert Suettinger, in his book Beyond Tiananmen, admits that “the notion that American policy [toward China] is directly driven by strategic considerations ... is grossly inaccurate.” It had been driven instead by business pressures — if not by sheer intellectual inertia — long after the US’ strategic imperatives with proudly authoritarian China evaporated in the 1992 collapse of the Soviet Union and the 1989 reversal of China’s political reforms at Tiananmen.
Former president Bill Clinton’s China policy quietly changed in August 1999 after spectacular increases in Chinese missile deployments and jet fighter sorties in the Taiwan Strait. Clinton’s defense department secretly began to build up military cooperation with Taiwan — a momentum that continued without publicity through the Bush years — and Campbell was at the center of that initiative. He was an advocate of strong alliances with Japan and Australia — alliances that Bush minimized in an unhealthy reliance on Beijing’s influence in Asia.
The cascade of Asia policy disasters in the last four Bush years stemmed from the president’s preoccupation with Iraq and Afghanistan and his chronic inattention to geopolitics or strategy anywhere else. The erosion of the US-Japan alliance; permitting North Korea to drive the US’ Asia policy; complete neglect of Southeast Asia; inattention to a strategic partnership with India; abandoning democratic Taiwan in the face of war threats from undemocratic Beijing — that was the Bush Asia policy.
All of these failures sprang from the miscalculation that China was an active, responsible stakeholder in East Asian security, trade, humanitarian relief, the environment and so on. The Bush administration also persuaded itself that Taiwan was of such existential urgency to Beijing that China’s viciousness was excusable. Beijing therefore was permitted to alter the “status quo” with its missile deployments and its 2005 “Anti-Secession Law,” but Taiwan could never react.
A resounding "yea!" to all this! Tkacik's whole piece is well worth reading, but what does he say about Taiwan?
Whether State Department or White House Asia policy aides often think of these things is beside the point. They are facts: Taiwan is positioned astride sea lanes plied by vast fleets of Asian shipping; Taiwan’s lofty mountains provide phased-array radar coverage of missile and aerospace activity 1,930km into continental East Asia; submarines moving from the East Asian coast into the Western Pacific go through Taiwan’s waters to avoid Japan’s extensive anti-submarine acoustic detection; Taiwan occupies the two largest islands in the South China Sea, Taiping and Pratas.
More important, Taiwan is the US’ poster-child for democracy in Asia; the US’ 10th-largest export market; and the world’s fourth-largest foreign exchange reserves holder. Taiwan’s GDP is bigger than any in Southeast Asia. Taiwan’s population is bigger than Australia’s. In short, US equanimity at the prospect of democratic Taiwan’s absorption by communist China is a clear signal to the rest of Asia that the US has bought on to the “Beijing Consensus” — Asia may as well go along, too.
Yup. The key point was made above: US policymaking towards China is driven by the fact that US elites do business with it. Scary.
As I noted before, a policy review with the current cast of China experts is likely to result in an even more unfavorable stance toward ideas like the assent of the people of Taiwan to any changes, and further downgrading of weapons sales to the island. The appointment of Kurt Campbell may signal that a review is in the works, if not now, then a little further down the road, I overheard an expert say. However, word also has it that the State Department does not have its Taiwan team in place, while the DOD Taiwan people only started work a couple of weeks ago. This argues against the early occurrence of any review of Taiwan policy. Ominously, this means that US policymakers are simply going to leave Bush's disastrous Asia drift as the mainstream of US policy in the new Administration, and follow Ma Ying-jeou over the cliff, so that they can concentrate on the Middle East -- exactly what China wants them to do.
We're in for a tough couple of years at least.
China faces graduate glut (WSJ) -- can you think of any other nation with that problem?
Remember the police shutting down the music store during the Chen Yunlin protests? Prosecutors said the store shut itself down. Pure Orwell, as maddog notes
Website of the European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS)
Letters from Taiwan on the DPP response to the recent CCP-KMT Lovefest Sellout '09 in Nanjing
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CCP-KMT Nanjing Lovefest results
This ad for ECFA appeared in the Liberty Times, a pro-Green paper. My sharp-eyed friend Michael Fahey spotted it. It shows a door god guarding a half open door, a metaphor for the MAC/KMT's role in safeguarding the nation from the perils of opening the door to China. The main message contains Taiwanese (second three characters). The smaller print adopts the rhetoric of the DPP, Michael pointed out to me. The ad appears as the CCP and the KMT reached agreements in Nanjing, hoping to convince those pesky pro-Taiwan forces to stop fighting for Taiwan.
Jon Adams in the CSM reported on the CCP-KMT talks last weekend:
On Sunday, the two sides inked deals on boosting cross-strait flights, joint crime-fighting, and financial cooperation. They also issued a statement on allowing Chinese investment in Taiwan.
The flight deal will normalize cross-strait air links, boosting them from 108 charter flights to 270 scheduled commercial flights per week between 25 cities in China and five in Taiwan. Just a year ago, the two sides only ran special holiday charter flights between a handful of cities.
The financial agreement paves the way for banks and insurers do business on the other side of the Strait. And the crime-fighting deal will help counter cross-strait drug trafficking and money laundering, and make it harder for Taiwanese fugitives to hide out in the mainland.
Such deals appear to have majority support here. A government-commissioned poll showed that 53 percent are happy with the pace of cross-strait opening or even think it's going too slow, compared to 34 percent who believe it's going too fast.
Max Hirsch for Kyodo noted:
The law enforcement pact commits the two sides to crack down on crimes involving kidnapping, weapons, drugs and human trafficking across the strait, as well as economic crimes involving fraud, money laundering and forgery.
Taipei, according to media there, had hoped the crime-fighting pact would also facilitate the extradition of white-collar Taiwanese criminals on the lam in the mainland. However, the agreement makes no mention of individual fugitives from justice.
Of course the agreement makes no mention of individual fugitives from justice in China -- they are virtually all KMTers.
The Economist blogger Charlemagne -- as an aside, it is entirely detestable the way that magazines have rechristened their opinion writings "blogs" as if they had some authenticity independent of the media organization they work for -- observed of Europe's interactions with China:
Meanwhile, Europe’s trade deficit with China hit nearly €170 billion ($250 billion) last year. China has erected myriad barriers to European firms, notes a scathing new audit of EU-China relations by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a think-tank. The trend is ominous. In five years, China wants 60% of car parts in new Chinese vehicles to be locally made. This is alarming news for Germany, the leading European exporter to China thanks to car parts, machine tools and other widgets.
If Europe cannot enforce open markets on China, how will Taiwan?
UPDATE: William Pesek in Bloomberg has a surprisingly sensible (for Bloomberg) piece on Taiwan's opening to China. It would be nice if someone besides us bloggers would point out that (1) Ma is not in charge of cross-strait policy; the Party Old Guard is (2) China's "growth" is overblown and may well turn out to be fictive, as it consistently has in the past, and (3) China does not "want Taiwan back" since it never owned it; it wants to annex Taiwan. At least he mentioned factor price equalization, a problem that is commonly discussed in local papers, but seldom appears in the international media.
The Economist on China's Navy
The Taipei Times reports on William Stanton, possible successor to Steve Young at AIT.
Kurt Campbell, longtime Taiwan/China expert, nominated for Asia post in Obama Administration.
3 Comments Labels: Cross-Strait relations, economy, Free Trade Agreements
East Coast Bike Trip: Day 1
Friday afternoon after class I caught the 5:40 express from Taipei to Hualien to begin a ride down the stunning east coast of Taiwan, one of the beautiful places of the world. Waiting for me were two of my most beloved friends and an attractive young woman, and 175km of open road. It doesn't get any better than that.
We stayed at the Formosa Hostel in Hualien that Friday night. Beds were $400 a night. Clean, friendly, plenty of English books. Highly recommended.
Michael took us out for the famous Chiayi Stewed Turkey rice. Here a turkey has been carved to our order. The source of the fame of a dish of stewed meat over rice is an elusive mystery.
Hualien in the early morning.
In addition to my friends Michael and Jeff, Huiling, who worked in Michael's office, came along for the ride.
The breakfast place at 5:30 am. We got up early to get ahead of the sun. Not that it mattered.
On the way out of town, while stopping for coffee, one group of the Tour de Taiwan passed us. They were going all the way around the island. In the time it took me to get to Taitung.
Outside of Hualien we took in the scenery of graveled rivers and mountains tumbling down to the water's edge.
Exports may be down, but the boats still roll out to see at dawn bound for the exotic West.
South of Hualien the road climbs gently.
Fisherman out to work early.
We climbed past a new tunnel up the old road, no longer open for cars, but plied by many a biker. Monkeys cackled in the trees next to us.
Up we went, as dark clouds blew in.
We went to a gas station about kilometer 23 and took a water break, then, when the rain arrived, decided to pass the time in this betel nut stand hoping the rain would abate.
Suddenly riders of the Tour de Taiwan flashed into view! We watched excitedly, joined by a local expat.
The riders roared through the downpour, on their way to Chihpen Hot Springs almost 200 kms to the south, attempting to do the whole trip in one day.
They flashed by, heading up the imposing flank of Niu Shan, Bull Mountain. We soon followed them. Bull Mountain was 5 kms of gentle but inexorable slope, 300 meters high, the hardest thing I'd done so far on a bike. It took me an hour to grind my way up, pumping and puffing the whole way. Halfway up Jeff met me just as I faced my greatest temptation: Satan had sent a taxi. The taxi driver leaned over to the passenger window, a faint red light behind his eyes as he said "Psst! Do you want a ride to the top?" "Steady there, Michael," said Jeff at my side, "remember, they have to ask you three times before the spell can be invoked." I prayed to Lance Armstrong, and received the strength to say no. The taxi driver next offered me all the kingdoms of the world, but I declined, since they are all insolvent anyway.
About halfway up Bull Mountain we stopped at this pleasant overlook to enjoy what little scenery could be made out through the fog and rain. It began to rain pretty hard....
We tried to wait out the rain in Bashi on the other side of the peak, but several cups of coffee did not make the rain go away. Clad in the most fashionable rain gear 40 NT could buy, Jeff and I headed out first for the day's goal, the little fishing port of Shitiping some 30 kms up the coast.
Jeff and I arrived about 4, after riding a total of about 70 kms for the whole day. I'd like to show you some pictures of the lovely scenery, but it rained the whole time, until we were soaked through. I described most of the trip in poetic, colorful American vernacular. Naturally, as soon as we pulled up in Shitiping, the bicycle gods stopped the rain, leaving only sullen, cool overcast.
Dinner was a local seafood restaurant. Here Michael and Huiling decide what to order.
We tried this fine product of the Taiwan Alcohol and Tobacco Monopoly. Due to its unique taste, we had exactly one bottle.
After killing several bottles of Taiwan beer, we returned to the hostel for some skull-splitting karaoke, and then dropped off to sleep at 9 pm. Huiling snapped this great pic of me hitting the high notes.
3 Comments Labels: bicycling, east coast, Hualien
The second day I awoke at dawn and went outside to check the skies. My heart quailed when I saw the dark clouds, but Michael assured me that it would be a perfect day for riding: no sun, no wind, and cool. I soon found he was exactly right. We hit the road, heading for Dulan, some 80 kms to the south.
Up and down the Ozymandias coast may be found the wrecks of all sorts of buildings, from factories to bed and breakfasts.
Shitiping looked lovely even against gray skies as we left it behind in the morning.
So I panned it.
We strung out along the road.
The coast is full of aborigines, who are predominantly Christian. Hence the local Church is always a prominent structure.
The Three Amigos.
We came to a small town where we would grab some breakfast, fronted by a beautiful and famous red bridge, like so many other small towns in Taiwan.
I accidentally photo'd my bike. Our shoes were soaked from the downpour the day before, so Jeff and I bought sandals and pedaled along attired in socks and sandals, which had all who beheld us in stitches, blundering foreigners who'd failed to assimilate properly. I hung my wet shoes and socks on the front of the bicycle, hoping they'd dry over the course of the day. If only I had been able to ride fast enough to generate a wind....
A farmer takes advantage of the good weather.
A small town along the coast.
The stretch between I-lan and Hualien is imposing, but for sheer lush beauty, the coast between Shitiping and Donghe is unrivaled. We soon found ourselves in the signature region of rice fields and steep peaks.
Our next stop was the Tropic of Cnacer, one of the two Tropics that bisect Taiwan, the other one being the better-known Tropic of Cancer.
At the memorial tower a man stopped by to chat me up about the trip. After a few minutes of talking, he observed: "Riding a bike is really great!" His wife, who had been following the conversation, burst out: "What are you talking about! Your bike is in the back of the car!"
Mountains. Sea. Cloud. Farms. Fields.
Imagine if this drove around suburban neighborhoods in the US, rock music blasting from its speakers: "Power tools, power tools...."
We stopped in another small town for drinks and a quick visit to the internet cafe. There was a small celebration for the Buddha's birthday, so he was being driven around town, naked, accompanied by music and marching. Beyond the procession a sign for a KMT candidate, apparently in a primary battle, argues that only change can bring hope. The KMT has controlled the east for 50 years.
Gathering firewood.
"Omigawd! A foreigner! And he's... and he's.... he took my picture!"
Plenty of agriculture was squeezed into the shelf between the mountains and the sea.
The mountains run like giants toward the sea.
After Shitiping the coast is more heavily populated, and supplies of snacks and water are constantly available.
Fisherman cast in the surf.
I panned the bay where they were casting.
We turned off the road to check out these cool rock formations.
I panned The Three Amigos waiting for me to catch my breath.
Jeff poses as we crawl around the rocks.
My crappy bike from Safe-n-save. It was OK for around the neighborhood work, but hopeless for long-distance biking. The brakes fell apart, it weighed a ton, and the wide wheels meant more friction to be overcome. I grew to hate it passionately.
A woman gathered shellfish adhering to the concrete of the wharf.
Fishing boats bright against a gray world.
Even without the sun, the coast was overwhelmingly beautiful.
Jeff encourages me. Without the constant flow of beer advice and support from them, I would never have made it.
Planting a fishing net in a local stream.
Michael ponders the shot I am taking.
Readers will be able to caption this photo of young men taking each other's picture in a field of sunflowers much better than I will ever be able to.
On a bicycle you can notice all the little things, like this tiny historical site along the road marking the first dry goods shop in the vicinity.
The Ozymandias coast: ruined factories aside rivers and farms.
The last long climb of the day.
One of the best parts of the trip was the warm welcome we got everywhere. Bikers shouted jia you! wherever we went. Locals poured out of houses to greet us. The warmth and friendliness of the east coast left us deeply touched.
Mountains loom behind a land of green.
One great government policy: at police stations on the east coast, you can get a pump and water. They even scrounged up some mineral oil for the noisy squeak in my rear wheel. The pumps are highly quality bike pumps too. Please use the service when you are down there; it will encourage the government to retain and expand it.
Jeff enjoys the admiring camaraderie of other bikers. They took one look at me and dismissed my pathetic gear: "Where'd you get that bike? Carrefour?" Unfortunately there was no tree nearby to hang myself from.
While Jeff and I schmoozed, Michael and Huiling fixed a flat.
Evening brought us to Dulan and this hostel. I was quite satisfied, having just finished the longest bike ride of my life: 85 kms. Greater ones to come!
The hostel is next to an abandoned factory which is now an arts center. Other nations beat their swords into plowshares, in Taiwan, we turn our factories into performing arts buildings.
The old factory.
The reason I cannot recommend this hostel is right here: this amazing towel, made of paper, and completely useless. I'd be willing to pay a few NT more for a real towel.
Not all was annoying. We also went to the excellent Marino's Kitchen, the best Italian place on the east coast. On Saturday and Sunday Dave and Rolly serve home made Italian pasta and pizza. The bread is said to be divine, and the lovely Rolly offers a country style of courtesy that has been almost lost in our modern world (click on pic to see map in full). Highly recommended. Bellies full of pasta, we retired again at 9, ready for the leisurely ride to Taitung city in the morning.
2 Comments Labels: bicycling, east coast, Hualien, Taitung
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- November 5, 2019 November 5, 2019
BAGHDAD – Ali says he has seen more than 50 people killed in front of him since anti-government protests began in Iraq last month.
“The first one was shocking – he was someone I knew, and they shot him in the chest,” said Ali, in his early 20s and from Baghdad’s low-income Sadr City district.
“But you quickly get used to death … I’ve seen people, some of them friends, choke, drown, have their skulls split open by tear gas and stun grenades,” Ali, who declined to give his last name, said as he played a mobile phone video of the shooting victim in his final moments in the capital’s Tahrir Square last month.
“We can’t even cry over their bodies any more.”
Since the start of October, more than 250 Iraqis have been killed protesting against a government they see as corrupt and beholden to foreign interests, according to eyewitnesses and medical and security sources.
There was no immediate comment from the interior ministry, which oversees many of the security forces, but a government report said nearly 150 people were killed in the first week of the unrest, 70% from bullets to the head or chest.
Recounting stories of his fallen comrades, Ali leaned against a mound of dirty blankets on the Tigris river bank under the Jumhuriya – or Republic – Bridge.
For the past 10 days, hundreds of young men and boys – some as young as 12 – have been camped out on the bridge, and under it. Wearing construction hats, gas masks, and chanting for the downfall of the government, they call themselves “the front line of the revolution”.
The bridge, which leads from the square to Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, where government buildings and foreign embassies are located, has seen fierce clashes between protesters and security forces.
Protesters, armed with slingshots, have erected barricades of iron sheets and concrete blocks. Security forces have used rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas against them, killing scores on the adjacent Jumhuriya and Sinak bridges.
Both sides have settled into an uneasy stalemate.
“We throw rocks at them, and they respond by killing us,” said Ali, as several tear gas canisters were lobbed by security forces.
BOYS UNDER THE BRIDGE
A group of medical volunteers have set up camp to help the wounded. They say the expired tear gas – Reuters saw used canisters with an expiry date of 2014 – is making people choke.
One young man, barefoot and wearing a dirty tank top and trousers, passed out after choking on the gas. A Reuters correspondent saw medics lower him off the bridge and put him in a tuk-tuk headed for a nearby hospital.
Ali is surrounded by a tight-knit group of 10, who have been camped under the Jumhuriya bridge since Oct. 24.
Reminiscent of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys, the group radiated an intensity forged by bloodshed. Many come from Baghdad’s poorest neighborhoods, where they work as tuk-tuk drivers or day laborers.
Despite Iraq’s oil wealth, many live in poverty with limited access to clean water, electricity, healthcare or education. Protesters blame corruption.
“For 16 years we’ve been told that our lives would be better,” said Abbas, who declined to give his last name.
“But I’m 19 and I’ve worked most days since I was 10 and still I don’t have more than 5,000 dinars ($4) in my pocket.”
DANGEROUS NIGHTS
Abbas was arrested in the first wave of protests, along with Ali and others in the group. They said their phones were scanned to identify fellow protesters. Released on bail, they were told to stay away from the demonstrations.
“But the very next day I went back to the protests,” said Ali. “We have to stay here to keep the revolution going.”
Nearly all those Reuters spoke to had bandages on their arms, torsos and legs. They said many of their injuries came from security forces who fire tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, sometimes from boats on the river.
It is most dangerous at night, they said.
A few nights ago at 3 a.m., security forces threw gasoline at their camp, followed by burning rags, Ali said. The rags landed near a group of sleeping boys, according to a video seen by Reuters.
The boys now stand guard in shifts.
“The second we leave this bridge, the government will storm Tahrir Square and finish off the protests,” Ali said. “They can throw whatever they want at us. But we’re not going anywhere.”
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