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September 1, 2018 by asc2018
The value of social media for scientists: what do students think?
When: Tuesday 13th November, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Where: Theatre, Level 2 down the stairs to the right of the registration/foyer area
Hashtag: #T12
Twitter is widely considered a useful and effective communication tool among scientists. I explored the perceptions of 472 research-active science students regarding the potential role that social media in general, and specifically Twitter, could play in scientists’ professional lives.
I initially asked students (pre-survey) whether they currently used Twitter and asked for their responses to statements including: ‘Social media plays an important role in the professional life of a scientist’, ‘Social media is a valid way to communicate about science with other scientists’ and ‘Having a professional presence on social media can help my science career’. A month after a class focused on the value of Twitter and other social media to scientists, I asked students to respond to the same statements (post-survey) and also established how many of them had begun using Twitter.
All results were similar across all years (2014 – 2018). Initially, most students used social media personally, but not professionally, and less than a third were Twitter users. Most students perceived social media to be a valid way of communicating about science with lay audiences; few believed this to be true for communicating among scientists.
At the time of the post-survey, half the class used social media both professionally and personally and roughly 80% answered that they were Twitter users. The proportion of students who believed that social media was a valid way to communicate about science with scientific audiences had also increased. Students were also more inclined to agree with the statement that social media plays an important role in the professional life of a scientist.
A one-hour session outlining the value of Twitter to scientists was sufficient to encourage many students to start using Twitter and appeared to contribute to more students seeing a role for social media in the professional life of a scientist.
Evidence-based scicom: Research exploring new and social media
Jen Martin, Educator and radio personality, The University of Melbourne
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Analysing web and social media data, Behavioural insights, Case Studies, Day 3, Evaluations, Media landscape matters, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Research, Science communication international Tagged With: Social media, Student perceptions, Twitter
Evidence-based scicom: Research exploring knowledge, beliefs and perceptions
Hashtag: #T8
When we look around, science communication is everywhere. You see it in museums, in television documentaries, in newspapers, on the radio, in science magazines, social media and the growth in citizen science. But how do we know whether any given effort in communicating science among public audiences is effective? And by which aims and objectives are those efforts measured?
This session will feature research case studies exploring knowledge, beliefs and perceptions and provide insights to improve science communication practice and impact evaluation.
The session is structured into five 15-minute talks and will wrap-up with a 15-minute Q&A for delegates questions and comments.
The session will include the following talks:
I’ll see it when I believe it: motivated numeracy in Australians’ perceptions of climate change risk – Matt Nurse and Will Grant
Unlocking curious minds: Promoting climate change knowledge and efficacy beliefs among students from lower decile schools – Jagadish Thaker and Daniel Rimmer
Community Perceptions of Coastal Hazards in New South Wales – Anna Attard and Robert Brander
A sea of deficit: The science communication landscape in Australia – Isabelle Kingsley and Dr Carol Oliver
Comparing science communication models with a long-term participatory case study: The Climate Champion Program – Jenni Metcalfe
Session Producer
Isabelle Kingsley, PhD candidate, Science Communication, University of New South Wales
Dr Carol Oliver, Senior Research Fellow, University of New South Wales
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Behavioural insights, Case Studies, Day 3, Developing communication strategies, Evaluations, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Participatory science communication, Research, Science communication international
Conference Evening Networking Event
Where: Turbine Hall, Level 1 next to the Experimentations exhibit
Filed Under: Day 3, Networking - Unstructured
Unlocking curious minds: Promoting climate change knowledge and efficacy beliefs among students from lower decile schools
Currently, we know little if youth are aware of climate change, understand its scientific causes or consequences, and potential solutions. In addition, science teachers’ needs assessment is largely lacking in developing science communication efforts. Based on a collaboration with head of science teachers in five lower decile schools, short and simple animations were developed based on best science communication practises. In particular, social cognitive theory (e.g., Bandura, 1995, 2000) was applied, to focus not only on climate impacts but also to increase self- and collective efficacy beliefs of students that they can individually and collectively act to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The five short videos featured animations on (1) how do we know climate change is happening, (2) how do we determine the impacts of climate change locally, and (3) what solutions will best help mitigate and adapt to climate change. Further, two local climate scientists were featured in separate videos as they are considered the most trusted source of information for the public, aligning with deference to authority theory (e.g., Brossard & Nisbet, 2007; Brossard, 2013). These videos were developed as a resource to local science teachers to adapt in various classes. Based on pre-post survey of 150 high school students following exposure to the videos, we found that the intervention increased students’ knowledge about anthropogenic climate change, belief in scientific consensus, and in particular, their individual and collective efficacies to come together and act on climate change. The science teachers also mentioned using the videos in other classes. The intervention indicates the potential for a collaborative effort between science communication experts, climate scientists, and local science teachers to be able to engage and elevate students’ knowledge and efficacy beliefs about climate change. This research also found the dwindling resources for science teachers needs to be met such local interventions to help teachers better address current science issues. The success of the intervention indicates the effectiveness of localised campaigns in affecting change.
Jagadish Thaker, Lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University
Daniel Rimmer
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Behavioural insights, Case Studies, Day 3, Developing communication strategies, Evaluations, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Participatory science communication, Research, Science communication international Tagged With: capacity building, climate change knowledge, experiment, science communication intervention, self-efficacy and collective efficacy
Where: Theatrette, Level 2 behind the registration/foyer area
We’ve all seen that news report, facebook post, heard a podcast, etc. that just doesn’t quite get the science right. This is endemic throughout communicating science and needs to be addressed. So how do we combat the miscommunication of science?
This session shows you how to make a difference in how you accurately communicate science. Each of the speakers in this session will give you their unique ways to combat this vital issue in our community.
The session is structured into four 15-minute talks and will wrap-up with a 30-minute Q&A for delegates questions and comments.
The making of AMOSS – a living science style resource – Julie Irish
Scientists, Journalists and Science Communicators: a three-way partnership to build a social heavyweight – Dr Tom Carruthers
Scicomm in a not-for-profit: a two-way street – Alison Gould
A small mouse study? Or, the most important discovery for pregnant women since folate? – Georgia Dempster
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Case Studies, Day 3
Science communication has evolved with the prevalence of new media, bringing opportunities for scientists and communicators to interact with their audiences in new ways. But what is the value of investing time, money and effort into these new and innovative ways of communicating science? What are the impacts and what works best?
This session will feature research exploring new media and social media and provide insights to improve science communication practice and impact evaluation.
Inquiring science minds want to know: A visual-material approach to understanding the applied practice of interactive science reporting and audience engagement – Susan Rauch
How should we communicate science on social media? A machine learning approach to science communication research – Yi-Ling Hwong and Carol Oliver
New Role for Science in Science Communication – Lessons to learn from analyzing CCS media coverage in Germany – Simon Schneider
The value of social media for scientists: what do students think? – Jen Martin
Mapping the science writing and communication landscape in Canada using new media and traditional survey research tool – Michelle Riedlinger
Session Producer, Session Chair
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Analysing web and social media data, Behavioural insights, Case Studies, Day 3, Evaluations, Media landscape matters, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Research, Science communication international
How should we communicate science on social media? A machine learning approach to science communication research.
There is concern that a crisis of trust may be looming between society and scientists, as evidenced by the display of considerable public distrust in important issues such as climate change and childhood vaccinations. This perceived erosion of public confidence in science is one of the impetuses behind the public engagement with science movement, whereby scientists are called upon to engage in dialogues with the public to help improve public trust in science and scientists. Thanks to their built-in architecture for participation, social media have been hailed as useful tools that scientists can use to engage directly with the public. Despite the growing interest in social media to communicate science, evidence for the effectiveness of social media in influencing public attitudes towards science is scant. This study addresses two overarching research questions: (1) does communicating with scientists on social media have any effects on public trust in science and scientists? and (2) what are the factors that affect audience engagement and trust in science?
More than 500,000 space science-related social media messages were collected. The main method used is machine learning, demonstrating the feasibility of automated methods in science communication research. Results indicate that communicating with space scientists on social media causes a boost in trust in science and scientists. Further, results also suggest that the factors associated with audience engagement (e.g., retweets, likes) and trust in science are very different: visual elements stimulate audience engagement, while similarity is the biggest determinant of trust. Authenticity is the only feature that impacts both engagement and trust. This suggests that science audiences like and trust messages that are personal, honest, and genuine. The world increasingly needs scientists to also be advocates of science. The findings of this study represent concrete evidence that could help guide social media science communication efforts.
Yi-Ling Hwong, Post-doctoral research associate, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Analysing web and social media data, Behavioural insights, Case Studies, Day 3, Evaluations, Media landscape matters, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Research, Science communication international Tagged With: facebook, machine learning, reddit, science communication, Social media, Twitter
The art of science communication
When: All conference
Where: Foyer, Level 2, the conference registration/foyer area
Turbine Hall, Level 1 next to the Experimentations exhibit (Tuesday 13th November, 6:00pm – 9:00pm only)
Hashtag: #SciArt
Science communicators often turn to the creative arts in their visual science communication projects. Whether many of these works would be called art is highly contested. On the other hand, many could easily be called works of design. So how do these different fields interact in their science-related visual displays? This exhibition explores works that range across visual communication, design, and art, teasing at the boundaries of these fields and considering how they play into the field of science communication.
To be mounted in the public space throughout the ASC 2018 conference, the exhibition will invite inspection, reflection, and comparison of works that are aesthetically interesting and intellectually challenging. Static visual works will be shown as physical prints in the conference foyer while video and screen based works will show in the Turbine Hall during the main evening event.
David Harris, Lecturer (sessional), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Filed Under: Animation, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Exhibition, Image making, Infographics, Novel Topic - suits all levels, Performance and arts, Video production, Visualising Science
What’s next: Taking your sci com career to the next level
Where: L2, Level 2 to the left of the registration/foyer area, down the hallway and through the doors on the right
So you’ve been in science communication for a while, and wondering what to do next. This session is a group brainstorm of career directions, opportunities and inspirations.
Where are the influential jobs? What are the big challenges developing for sci com? Should I go freelance? Can I make enough money from sci comm to have a secure future!?
Everyone’s answers will be different, but hopefully you will make connections and get inspiration to get you on the right path for you.
Session Producer, Workshop Facilitator
Dr Phil Dooley, Galactic Commander, Phil Up On Science and ASC National co-vice-president
Anna Attard, Research Assistant and Masters Student, University of New South Wales
Anne-Sophie Dielen, The Australian National University
Dr Astha Singh, Vice President | ASC NSW, ASC
Bobby Cerini, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
Broderick Matthews, A/g National Programs Manager, Questacon
Caleb McElrea, University of Melbourne
Catharina Vendl, University of New South Wales
Dr Catherine Dorey, Consultant, Fish & Fisheries | Science Communication | Campaign Strategy
Catherine Healy, Science Communication Advisor, Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Catherine Somerville, Doherty Institute
Emma Saville, EPA Victoria
Errol Hunt, FLEET: ARC Centre of Excellence
Jane Ilsley, Econnect Communication
Jasmine Fellows, CSIRO
Jessica Heinemann, Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation – UQ
Jun-Ting Yeung, University of Melbourne
Kimberly Cullen, Managing Director, Crafting Astronomy Communication
Laura McCaughey, UTS
Lee Byrne, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Matt Nurse, Masters degree candidate, CPAS, Australian National University
Meagan Vella, NPWS
Melina Gillespie, Communication Advisor, CSIRO Energy
Micaela Jemison, Science Communicator, Smithsonian Institution
Michael Helman, Communicatrium
Michelle Neil, Australian Citizen Science Association
Michelle Riedlinger, Associate Professor, University of Fraser Valley, Canada
Naomi Koh Belic, University of Technology Sydney
Nicole Fetchet, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
Rachel Rayner, Science Communicator, Australian Volunteers Program
Rebecca Blackburn
Richard Chi, Sydney Observatory – MAAS
Ruth Redfern, CRDC
Sally Grosvenor, CDPC, University of Sydney
Sarah Buchan, The Mullion Group
Sheryn Pitman, Programme Manager Inspiring South Australia, South Australian Museum
Susan Rauch, Lecturer, professional writing (science and technology), Massey University, School of English and Media Studies
Tom Rayner, Griffith University
Taryn Laubenstein, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Dr Tsuey Cham, Communication & Stakeholder Manager, CSIRO GISERA
Tyrone Anderson, ASPIRE – UNSW
Vanessa Fuchs, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Filed Under: 21st Century Comms, 90 minutes, Advanced, Asking good questions, Brainstorming, Career building advice, Career progression, Case Studies, Crowd-sourced interactive, Day 3, Intermediate, Mentoring, Moving out of your comfort zone, Problem Solving, Professional Development/Skills, Science communication for gurus, The business of running your own business
Scicomm in a not-for-profit: a two-way street
Dr Alison Gould1, Jemma Falkenmire1 and Jessica Van Coppenhagen2
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
1 Sydney Processing Centre, 17 O’Riordan St Alexandria NSW 2015
2 National Office, Level 3, 417 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004
From “too sciencey” to “give us more”, this presentation will showcase how science communication can contribute to the strategic goals of a healthcare organisation, using the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Blood Service) as an example.
The Blood Service provides life-changing products and services to patients and health-care providers throughout Australia. Our work is supported by a multidisciplinary team of research scientists embedded within an organisation of some 3500 staff, many of whom are not scientifically trained.
Scientific Communications was introduced as a dedicated role in our R&D team four years ago. Since then, it has contributed significantly to growing the organisation’s social media following, choosing research directions and translating research outcomes into practice at the Blood Service and beyond.
We showed that our audience has a strong appetite for science when we achieved viral success with a video describing some of our research. Our presentation will describe the anatomy of this success, and how it contributed to our organisation’s overall goals.
Since then, we have found that linking the world of research, media and social media through close collaboration has provided benefits for all of these groups.
Demand for science content, which was initially met with scepticism, has increased to the point where “too much science is barely enough”. From the perspective of our media team, provision of science builds solid relationships with journalists, which in the long-term can facilitate media call outs when we need to call for additional donations.
We will provide specific examples of our collaborative practices and the benefits delivered across our teams, including the ability to capture the attention of mainstream journalists, provide growth for our social media platforms, increase the reach of our research communications, conduct strategically aligned research and attract new collaborators for our researchers.
Dr Alison Gould, Scientific Communications Specialist, Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Filed Under: 90 minutes, Advanced, Beginner, Case Study, Crossing Borders, Day 3, Intermediate, Knowledge transfer and mobilisation, More about why, Presentation, Working with constraints
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AngellPark Add-Ons
Chandra is regularly asked to provide specialist advice about technical evidence to assist trial Counsel and solicitors in cases he is not instructed in, especially on instructions to experts and finding the right expert (formally or informally depending on the case). Chandra frequently uses the computer analytical tools he has developped himself (audio, visual, financial, etc) to challenge prosecution/Respondent experts and to instruct his own experts on specific issues. Based on his academic background in science and scientific methodology, Chandra particularly specialises in:
DNA evidence and its interaction with other evidence (such as blood, other forensics, scientific procedures, etc) and has won cases directly challenging billion to one identification matches;
Straight scientific evidence (such as MSA drug contamination evidence on banknotes or other items - see article published in Archbold News);
Evidence from computers or computer records (such as identifying vulnerabilities in material recovered from computers);
Financial and record-keeping evidence – capitalising on my previous experience as a bookkeeper in plcs and limited companies and including analysis of very large amounts of financial data and bank statements;
Challenges to methodologies used by experts by comparison with “proper” scientific methodology and the interface between this and current legal tests (e.g. the Daubert/R v T probability matching debate, etc).
Below are examples of specific expertise I have used in cases or developped over the years.
R v O – detailed analysis of CCTV and bank security evidence using methods devised by Counsel using video editing software (showing errors in timing and recording) and bank computer records and system (demonstrating potential flaws in transaction records) including cross-examination of expert witnesses and bank staff about flaws in the banks computer and security system.
R v R – detailed analysis of expert evidence relating to credit card fraud and recovery of computer records. Submissions on failures in methodology such that the expert was not an expert failed but several years later the partnership the expert came from was exposed by the CPS as having serious failings in methodology (Soham Child pornography case).
R v S – detailed analysis of expert evidence of drug contamination of banknotes resulting in its exclusion, an article in Archbold News and nationwide requests for assistance in cases where this evidence was relied on by the Crown. Subsequently this evidence was evaluated by the Government's Forensic Science Regulator whose concerns and caveats very much matched those of Chandra's article and whose report is essential reading for any cases involving this evidence.
R v M – briefed to provide specialist advice in terrorism case on how to challenge evidence recovered from computers (including standard software flaws).
R v U – s.41 Restriction Order case where the relevance of the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) test score was challenged in assessing “risk of serious harm” (or dangerousness) including detailed cross-examination of Rampton psychiatrist.
R v B - Analysis of witness testimony of alleged rape victim with unrelated incident of repressed memory syndrome.
W v R – employment case where Counsel with IT expert devised method of converting printouts of very large amount of email threads (5000+ over 5 years) into Excel such that they could be ordered by date, receipt, subject, sender, receiver or person copied to, and could be re-converted to Word in chronological order. Material was also put in a form that could be easily computer searched during the trial.
10 years of experience prior to being called, and while a barrister, of preparation and analysis of accounts for limited companies, plcs and various organisations (charities and unincorporated associations).
20 years of experience of all aspects of software (and some hardware) including programming (on a limited basis) in Excel, Visual Basic, BASIC, Access and SQL, project management for software programmes, running a software company and many other related aspects.
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We are all active investors now
By: Larry Hatheway
Investors have long debated whether their portfolios should be actively managed or passively track a market index. But that discussion is becoming a sideshow. Encouragingly, attention is shifting to what matters most: the active decisions about strategic asset allocation that largely determine subsequent investment returns. To paraphrase Milton Friedman in the 1960s, we are all active now.
True, passive global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced explosive growth – from just over $200 billion in assets in 2003 to more than $4.6 trillion last year – which has enabled them to gain market share from more expensive actively managed funds. And investors should always take the lower-cost option if paying higher fees for an active fund brings little additional value (especially during bull markets, when simply being in the game can yield outsize returns). Yet the rapid rise of low-cost ETFs has had two other important effects on investment management.
First, active management fees have come under pressure, particularly for weaker-performing funds. For example, the proportion of hedge-fund managers charging “two and twenty” fees –a 2 per cent management fee plus 20 per cent of any profits earned – has fallen below one-third. Given mediocre hedge-fund performance over the past decade and the emergence of liquid alternatives, it’s surprising that fees haven’t fallen further. Moreover, average fees for active funds across all investment strategies fell from about 1per cent in 2000 to 0.72 per cent in 2017, a downward trend that shows no signs of abating.
Second, the proliferation of ETFs has blurred the distinction between passive and low-cost investing. Strictly speaking, a passive strategy is one that continuously rebalances a portfolio to track a market-capitalisation-weighted index. Yet many ETFs go well beyond this textbook definition by offering investors exposure to particular regions, sectors, factors, or types of credit, as well as a multitude of other “sub-market” criteria. These funds are not passive, but rather instruments for expressing active investment views inexpensively.
But now ETFs themselves face challenges. Several decades ago, the advent of cheaper investment vehicles, including ETFs, boosted investors’ net returns. Between 1979 and 1992, for example, the average weighted retail mutual-fund expense ratio was about 1.5 per cent (including sales load fee). But with the average fee on actively managed funds now below 75 basis points, versus about 44 basis points for ETFs, the “excess return” to ETFs is falling.
What’s more, the rapid expansion of ETFs coincided with bull markets. Index performance largely dictated security selection, and asset allocation meant little more than piling into stocks, bonds, and credit. But those days are probably over. Further sustained market advances are unlikely, given stretched stock and bond valuations, slowing economic and earnings growth, and heightened political and policy uncertainty. Broad market returns are likely to be lower, with episodes of volatility probably more frequent.
In a world of lower returns and a narrowing fee gap between active and passive investment vehicles, investors must shift their emphasis from cheap market access to proper portfolio construction. After all, the choice of which asset-allocation strategy to pursue determines most of an investment portfolio’s return. Other factors, such as tactical asset allocation or the choice of instrument, are of secondary importance and may account for less than 10 per cent of portfolio variance.
The biggest mistake investors could make in today’s environment is to seek a safe haven in “balanced” portfolios of stocks and bonds. Both asset classes suffer from unattractive valuations and deteriorating fundamentals. It beggars belief to think that holding a roughly equal proportion of each will deliver satisfactory results.
Instead, investors must recognize that lower risk-adjusted returns – as reflected in falling Sharpe ratios – and shifting market correlations place a premium on genuine diversification and loss avoidance. Diversification requires investors to pay attention to market, factor, and non-directional sources of return, and also to focus on volatility and correlation. Avoiding losses calls for flexible decision-making to cut exposures when necessary.
Some of the instruments that investors need to diversify and avoid losses may well be low-cost. But many of them, including long/short or alternative risk-premium strategies, are unlikely to be found in the ETF universe. A blended approach is therefore likely to provide the greatest diversification benefits.
Rather than worrying about whether their portfolios are actively or passively managed, investors should focus on the crucial decision of strategic asset allocation. The tired active-passive investment debate has run its course. We truly are all active investors now.
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blogs > Here are three things we can learn from public opinion data about Liberia's upcoming election
Here are three things we can learn from public opinion data about Liberia's upcoming election
Originally posted on Monkey Cage blog.
Kim Yi Dionne is Five College Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College. She studies identity, public opinion, political behavior, and policy aimed at improving the human condition, with a focus on African countries.
This post is part of our Friday Afrobarometer series, which highlights findings from the Pan-African, nonpartisan research network that conducts public-attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa.
Liberians go to the polls Tuesday, Oct. 10, to elect a new president and members of the House of Representatives. Having already served two terms, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is constitutionally bound to leave office.
Analysts say there is no obvious front-runner among the 20 candidates to replace her as president, but public dissatisfaction with the status quo suggests potential for a significant change on the horizon. Drawing from the May 2015 Afrobarometer survey of 1,200 adult Liberians, here is what we know:
1. Liberians are more pessimistic about the economy now than when Sirleaf took office.
Under Sirleaf, Liberian satisfaction with the country’s economic conditions and optimism about the future declined. An Afrobarometer dispatch released earlier this year shows positive attitudes about economic conditions have not just declined since 2012, but are lower than in 2008.
Afrobarometer respondents in Liberia were asked: (1) In general, how would you describe the present economic condition of this country? and (2) Would you say that the country is going in the wrong direction or going in the right direction?
One of the top three priorities for government named by Liberians in the 2015 survey was management of the economy — and citizens’ evaluations of government’s performance in managing the economy has also declined. In 2008 and 2012, about 40 percent of Liberians said the government was performing “fairly well” or “very well” in managing the economy; in 2015, only 22 percent had positive evaluations.
Liberian attitudes toward Sirleaf soured during her second term. Only a third of adults surveyed in 2015 approved of her performance, whereas her approval ratings in 2012 were nearly twice that.
2. Public approval for all politicians has declined
Sirleaf wasn’t the only politician with declining public approval, however. Fewer Afrobarometer respondents approved of the performance of their representatives and local government councillors in 2015 than in 2012; approval in 2015 even fell below 2008 levels.
Afrobarometer respondents in Liberia were asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the way that the following people have performed their jobs over the past 12 months, or haven’t you heard enough about them to say: Your member of Parliament? Your local government councillor?
While the media has focused on the crowded and unpredictable presidential contest, low approval ratings of legislators suggest there could be significant turnover among them as well.
3. A pro-poor candidate could do well.
The 2015 Afrobarometer survey does not have useful information about candidate support. While many could guess that George Weah would run for president again, and that Sirleaf’s vice president, Joseph Boakai, would run, the field of candidates was not finalized until this year. Other polls conducted since 2015 have found “huge numbers of undecided voters.”
Still, looking at Afrobarometer data by sociodemographic groups offers some relevant insights. For example, there are significant class divisions in government support.
Experience with poverty sharply divides Liberians in their optimism about Liberia’s economic conditions and the direction in which the country is headed. To measure experience with lived poverty, Afrobarometer asks survey participants how frequently they or their families went without enough food, clean water, medicine or medical care, fuel for cooking, and cash in the previous year. While Afrobarometer has shown levels of lived poverty have declined in most of the African countries where it conducts surveys, in Liberia lived poverty increased steeply.
Only 16 percent of Liberians scoring high on the lived poverty index thought the country was headed in the right direction — compared to 62 percent of Liberians who reported no experience with lived poverty in the year prior to the survey.
Likewise, only 20 percent of Liberians high on the lived poverty index expected the country’s economic conditions to improve over the year following the survey, compared to 72 percent of Liberians with no lived poverty.
Liberians with high lived poverty voted at the same rates as Liberians with no lived poverty in the previous election (among both groups, 70 percent reported voting in the last election). However, Liberians with high lived poverty significantly outnumber those with no lived poverty, making up 35 percent and 9 percent of the population, respectively. Given their greater proportion in the population, a convincing pro-poor platform could be what it takes to make it to the runoff election.
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New EP from The Knife
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Phil Kieran has released an EP at NovaMute record label
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Byron K. Hammond
Disability Trusts
(Medicaid Payback Trusts)
Estate Planning to Protect Pets
Disposition of Last Remains
Whether you are single, married, or in a domestic partnership, LGBT estate planning requires an understanding of the unique legal issues that impact the LGBT community.
Without estate planning, unmarried couples may have no legal rights if one partner becomes disabled, incapacitated, or passes away. Medical and financial decisions can be taken over by blood-relatives, and a deceased partner’s assets may pass to unintended family members instead of the surviving partner. Having the correct legal documents in place give unmarried couples many of the same rights that married couples have.
In 2015, I had the privilege of co-chairing Colorado’s first LGBT Law Institute, a two-day seminar for attorneys whose practices include LGBT issues. Some of the topics covered were the fall of DOMA, the groundbreaking Edie Windsor case, employment discrimination, estate planning, and immigration issues unique to the LGBT community.
Obergefell v. Hodges
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, holding that same-sex married couples are entitled to equal protection under the laws, and that their marriages must be recognized nationwide.
All state laws banning same-sex marriage were effectively nullified by this ruling. Same-sex spouses can now enjoy all state tax benefits and other spousal benefits that other married couples enjoy. (Including marriage, divorce, adoption & child custody, separation agreements, marital property, spousal death benefits, inheriting through intestacy, priority rights in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, contract rights, etc.).
After the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, same-sex couples are afforded the same spousal rights that other couples enjoy. Some of these occur independent of preemptive planning. For example:
Adoption or child custody proceedings
Spousal priority in matters concerning an incapacitated spouse’s care, or recognition in the event guardianship or conservatorship proceedings are necessary
Spousal survivorship rights under state pension or other retirement benefits, even in states that previously did not recognize same-sex marriage
Spousal inheritance through intestacy (when a spouse dies without a valid Will or Trust)
Spousal priority in the event a will or trust proceeding is contested after death
The ability to file taxes jointly as a married couple
Any other spousal contract right where the contract is construed under the laws of a state that did not recognize the marriage.
Couples Should Still Be Proactive
Simply because states must now recognize marriage does not mean couples do not have to take control of their death and incapacity planning, and clearly state their wishes in enforceable legal documents. All the reasons for proactive estate planning apply just as much to unmarried couples and same-sex married couples as they do to opposite-sex married couples:
Expressing their wishes concerning their medical care during periods of incapacity (through durable powers of attorney);
Structuring the distribution of their property, possibly in certain protective Trusts, for the benefit of their surviving spouse and children after death;
Establishing Trusts to preserve privacy, and to avoid the delay and expense of guardianship or probate proceedings during incapacity and after death;
Providing clarity and discretion to a trustee to make strategic tax decisions through Trust administration after death (through various investment powers, and accounting and tax provisions);
Providing for family members other than a spouse or child through their estate plans;
Making gifts to religious or other charitable organizations through their estates; and
Allowing orderly operation and transition of businesses or professional practices through incapacity or death.
Obergefell v. Hodges likely represents the last word on same-sex marriage, elevating these relationships to equal stature with other marriages. While same-sex married couples are now entitled to equal protection under the laws of every state, the efficacy of those laws in ensuring dignity in disability and death, and orderly and structured distribution of property after death is very limited for all couples. Families should always take control of their planning and leave as little to state law interpretation as possible. That is best done through careful estate planning with an attorney who is familiar and comfortable with LGBT estate planning.
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Alan Wake credits
Yesterday I finished Alan Wake. Yes I play games instead of writing bad articles for this blog :)
The ending is a bit tame but I don't want to spoil anything. The thing that I found really amazing tough was listening to the ending music during the credits screen. It really, really surprised me, Alan Wake's soundtrack is excellent all around, but David Bowie? It really didn't feel like a game's ending! Also with some decent speakers it really sounded incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFwpBB7xXI
Rendering-wise Alan Wake is a bit of a mixed bag... It's not groundbreaking (anymore), I didn't really play looking at the rendering too much (i.e. trying to reverse engineer things) because the bad AA and the sub-hd framebuffer were really annoying to me. I guess most people don't notice too much the sub-hd rendering but I play all console games on a fairly big projector screen that makes those defects really evident and annoying.
So please, don't cheat! Do as we do, real 720p, 60hz, 4xAA games ;)
I hope that MLAA (and similar techniques) will really save us... Many games are going that way, especially as there's really no good way of doing hardware AA with deferred rendering on current-gen consoles. I still didn't have much time to look into this unfortunately, I hope I will in the future.
p.s. some people are having troubles reaching the original MLAA paper (many links are broken and the one in the Intel's visual computing research homepage is misspelled) so I'll include it here.
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Things We COULD Have Done with $700,000,000,000.00
So the bail-out bill passed without golden parachutes and with new tax breaks for people "researching and developing" clean fuel and a greater FDIC burden and oversight that might be as thorough as it was just 8 short years ago. So the argument will now be "shoulda-woulda." Let's start it off with a "coulda" list! Here are some things we could have done with 700 billion smackers.
Build enough solar panels and windmills in the desert to power the western seaboard. We could wire them to all the major cities and efficiently power the west from places where no people and very few animals live. The federal government charges the states or individuals, and in the long run makes money, dramatically shrinks our eco-footprint, and becomes the shining star of the world. Every one would want to be like us.
Put every American family into a house or apartment rent-free for a year. There are a lot of houses out there owned by the very banks we're bailing out. Those banks who are having men with guns usher financially destitute families into the streets. We could have just taken the homes and given them away. It's on the Feds for a year folks! Then you have to pay fair market. Homelessness solved, and the gov makes some cash once the market bounces.
Build a trans-continental high-speed rail system. People are afraid of flying these days, and trains can't be crashed into buildings. Plus, they're a lot cleaner. A mobile workforce helps the economy and is "pro-business." Trains are also easier to maintain. The traffic would reinvigorate the middle of the country. If it turns a profit, great. If not, it provides jobs and commerce across the whole nation. Choo-Choo; All aboard!
Free Pizza and Beer Day for the entire planet! Everyone will love us and next time we mess up will say, "Yeah, but remember when the Americans bought us pizza and beer that one time?" It will also serve as a guilt trip token. "Please get rid of your nukes; remember that time we bought you pizza and asked nothing in return?" Vegan options and non-alcoholic beverages will be made available upon request. You also get a Hershey bar and a pack of bubblegum. Suh-WEET!
Space tourism. We could build a space shuttle that actually works and also the pimpest space station imaginable. Then charge people crazy amounts to get to it. How cool would that be. Then, we could have the state lotteries offer going to space as a prize. Every month, we could fly 50 peeps to space, suckah! And we keep the lottery ticket money! Maybe then all those lottery winners will stop killing themselves in a rut of depression and achieve some kind of "perspective" having seen the planet "from a distance" like that Bette Midler song!
Seriously, though, I wish they had worked in a way to forgive student debt. If I didn't have to pay my student loans back, I could pay my rent this month and eat like a king and pay for health care. I would probably buy something expensive like a Harley Davidson or something. How's that for churning the economy? There are millions of people paying off student debt. Most of the money we owe is to the federal government, especially now that Fannie Mae is under that umbrella. Now they want more from us in the form of taxes to give to the other bastards making money off of us and to federally insure the people who have $250,000 sitting with said bastards. It's starting to seem like the financial industry and the US Gov has some kind of deal to fleece the likes of me. Hmm.
Labels: politics, the way things ought to be.
CLAY BANES said...
I should turn on the tab in my kitchen and beer should come out. When I flush my toilet, it fills with pretzels.
You got it! I would rather cover your shit with pretzels than give the evilest of our society a penny.
A lot of people are saying that's naive, but that's what they always say when anyone wants to stick to their principles. People are always calling me naive.
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1 Title: Rays of light from all lands: the bibles and beliefs of mankind. Scriptures, faiths and systems of every age, race and nation, a complete story of all churches and communions; notable utterances by foremost representatives of all faiths
Creator: Towne, E. C. (Edward Cornelius), 1834-1911
Canfield, A. J.
Hagar, George J. (George Jotham), 1847-1921
World's parliament of religions, Chicago
Publication: Gay brothers & company, New York,[c1895]
Notes: On cover: The beliefs of mankind.
Call #: B 4074
Extent: xxx, 7-866 p. front., plates, ports., facsims. 25 cm.
Subjects: Religions | Religion
2 Title: Religious denominations: their origin and doctrine: a lecture
Creator: Kirk, A.G.
Publication: J.A. Wagenseller, Philadelphia, PA,1880.
Notes: "The Author is indebted to the following for much of the Lecture, viz: Encyclopedia, by Rev. B.B. Edwards; Religious Denominations, by Vincent L. Milner; The Reformation, Volume I, by D'Aubigne; Churches and Sects, by Rev. P.D. Gorrie; Chronological Chart, by Rev. C.W. Rees; Articles of Faith, as circulated by Denominatus; Writings of Prominent Authors; Baptist Martyrs, and Progress of Baptist Principles, by T.F. Curtis." LA2518-206 "Jas. A. Garfield, Mentor Ohio." Location: Room 206.
Call #: LA2518-206
Subjects: Religions
3 Title: Radical problems
Creator: Bartol, C. A. (Cyrus Augustus), 1813-1900
Publication: Roberts Brothers, Boston,1872.
Call #: BL27 B292R
Extent: 407 p. 18 cm.
Subjects: Religion
4 Title: The progress of religious ideas: through successive ages. In three volumes
Creator: Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880
Publication: C. S. Francis & co, S. Low, Son & co, New York, London,1855.
Call #: BL80 C536P
Extent: 3 v. 20.4 cm.
5 Title: Religious denominations of the world: comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religion existing in the different countries of the earth, with sketches of the founders of various religious sects, from the best authorities
Creator: Milner, Vincent L.
Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Brown, J. Newton (John Newton), 1803-1868
Publication: William Garretson & Co, Philadelphia,1871.
Notes: The introduction is from Hannah Adams' View of Religion.
Call #: BL80 M659 1873
Extent: xxiii, 622 p. front., ports. 21 cm.
6 Title: A view of religions in two parts: Pt.I. Containing an alphabetical compendium of the various religious denominations, which have appeared in the world, from the beginning of the Christian era to the present day. Pt.II. Containing a brief account of the different schemes of religion now embraced among mankind. The whole collected from the best authors, ancient and modern
Creator: Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Publication: Printed by and for Manning & Loring, proprietors, No.2, Cornhill, Boston, Boston,October, 1801.
Notes: First ed. pub. under title: An alphabetical compendium of the various sects which have appeared in the world from the beginning of the Christian ara to the present day.
Call #: BL80 A213
Extent: xxxv, 504 p. 22 cm.
7 Title: A history of all religions: as divided into paganism, Mahometanism, Judaism and Christianity, with an account of literary and theological institutions, and missionary, Bible, tract and Sunday school societies; with a general list of religious publications; accompanied with a frontispiece of six heads
Creator: Benedict, David, 1779-1874
Publication: J. Miller, printer, Providence,1824.
Call #: BL80 B463
8 Title: Religious ceremonies and customs: or, The forms of worship practised by the several nations of the known world, from the earliest records to the present time; on the basis of the ... work of Bernard Picart. To which is added, a brief view of minor sects which exist at the present day
Creator: Burder, William.
Picart, Bernard, 1663-1733
Publication: T. Tegg, London,[etc., etc.] 1841.
Notes: Based on "Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde". cf. Pref.
Extent: x, 581 p. incl. front. plates. 22 1/2 cm.
9 Title: Comparative religion
Creator: Carpenter, J. Estlin (Joseph Estlin), 1844-1927
Publication: H. Holt and company, New York,[etc., etc., 1913?]
Call #: BL82 C29
Extent: v, 7-256 p. 17 cm.
10 Title: History of all Christian sects and denominations: their origin, pecular tenets, and present condition : with an introductory account of atheists, deists, Jews, Mahometans, pagans, &c
Creator: Evans, John, 1767-1827
Publication: G. Vale, New York,1853.
Call #: BL80 E92 1853
Extent: 284 p. ; 20 cm.
11 Title: History of all Christian sects and denominations: their origin, peculiar tenets, and present condition, with an introductory account of atheists, deists, Jews, Mahometans, pagans, etc
Publication: J.P. Mendum, Boston,1875, c1844.
Extent: x, 284 p. ; 20 cm.
12 Title: The western sketch-book
Creator: Gallaher, James, 1792-1853
Publication: Crocker and Brewster, M. W. Dodd, Boston, New York,1850.
Notes: "The articles... are mostly on religious subjects."--Pref.
Call #: PS1729 G162
Extent: iv, [5]-408 p. 20 cm.
13 Title: The World's Congress of religions: The addresses and papers delivered before the Parliament and an abstract of the congresses held in the Art Institute. Chicago, Ill., August 25 to October 15, 1893
Creator: Hanson, J. W. (John Wesley), 1823-1901
Publication: Charles Webb & Co, Chicago,1894.
Call #: BL21 W8H3
Extent: 1196 p. illus., front.
14 Title: The book of religions: comprising the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions, of all the principal religious sects in the world, particularly of all Christian denominations in Europe and America ; to which are added church and missionary statistics, together with biographical sketches
Creator: Hayward, John, 1781-1862
Publication: Albert Colby & company, Portland [Or.],1873, c1871.
Call #: BL80 H427
Extent: 438, 30, 46, 6 p. ; 20 cm.
15 Title: Ancient faiths and modern: a dissertation upon worships, legends and divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, before the Christian era. Showing their relations to religious customs as they now exist
Creator: Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876
Publication: J.W. Bouton, Trèubner & co, New York, London,1876.
Notes: Printed in Great Britain.
Call #: BL85 I57
Extent: xx, 478, xlv p. illus. 23 cm.
16 Title: The faith of Abraham Lincoln: an address before the Presbyterian social union of Philadelphia, February 22, 1909
Creator: Lambert, William H. (William Harrison), 1842-1912
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publication: The Sunday school times company, Philadelphia,[c1911]
Call #: E457.2 L222
Extent: 1 p. l., 32 p. 19 cm.
17 Title: History of religion: a sketch of primitive religious beliefs and practices, and of the origin and character of the great systems
Creator: Menzies, Allan, 1845-1916
Publication: C. Scribner's sons, New York,[c1911]
Call #: BL80 M55 1911
Extent: xvii, 440 p. 18 cm.
18 Title: "Ember Days" and other papers
Creator: Worthington, Edward William, 1854-1906
Publication: Young Churchman Co, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,c1897.
Extent: 100 p.
19 Title: A history of all religions: containing a statement of the origin, development, doctrines and government of the religious denominations in the United States and Europe, with biographical notices of eminent divines
Creator: Smucker, Samuel M. (Samuel Mosheim), 1823-1863
Publication: Duane Rulison, Quaker City Publishing House, SPhiladelphia,1860 [c1859]
Call #: BL80 S356 1860
20 Title: A view of all religions: and the religious ceremonies of all nations at the present day. In four parts...including an abridgement of "The idolatry of the Hindoos...by William Ward..." with the religion and ceremonies of other pagan nations
Creator: Robbins, Thomas, 1777-1856
Ward, William, 1769-1823
Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
Publication: s.n.], Hartford, Conn,1826.
Notes: Includes woodcuts by John Warner Barber.
Call #: BL80 R636 1826
Extent: xii, [13]-247, 191 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
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Pinoy devotees in California mark feast of the Assumption
By Eileen Nazareno-Ballesteros
VALLEJO, California— Leyteños from across Northern California gathered here recently to celebrate the feast of their hometown’s patron.
In a belated celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Assumption, the event gathered Tanauan natives and other Filipinos at the St. Basil Church on Aug. 24.
The Mass was presided over by Filipino-American Fr. Jeremy Santos, the church’s parochial vicar under the Diocese of Sacramento.
The feast, celebrated on Aug. 15, is the oldest of all festivals of Mary.
Albeit a week late this year, the celebration has been year yearly tradition organized by the Tanuan Leyte Assumption Society (TLAS) and its spin-off outreach arm Tanuan Leyte Assumption Foundation.
Elizabeth Buban-Ortiz, a native of Tanauan but has long been a US citizen, recalled how she got involved into the devotion and the yearly tradition.
She said that since her arrival in the US in 1976, her mother would bring her to prayer gatherings and meetings with other Filipinos.
Among those which she could fondly recall was the Santa Cruzan where among the participants was the TLAS.
During August, they always celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Assumption, the patron saint of her mother’s hometown Leyte.
She said that the nine months prior to the feast, they usually hold a monthly Novena in her honor.
Having to drive for her mother Josefa, now deceased, she became actively involved and developed the devotion to Our Lady of the Assumption.
In the local tradition, which they follow in Northern California, an image of Our Lady of Assumption goes to the house of the hermana where the monthly prayer devotion is said.
Buban-Ortiz recalled that when her family, along with few relatives, were the main sponsors, they said the novena prayer in their Waray language.
“Every time the image of Our Lady of Assumption was in the house, I feel the love, joy and happiness and feel so specially blessed,” she said.
“And every time I asked for help my petition was always granted. Every time there were obstacles in my life, I asked the Lady in Blue and her eyes will look at me as if she is talking back to me,” the devotee added.
The TLAS and TLAF members who are devotees of Our Lady of Assumption do not confine their fervor in church-related events.
The officers and members and families get involved as well in humanitarian outreach activities like donating goods to the needy in Tanauan and sending poor students to school. CBCPNEWS
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Keepers of Tradition
Folk Art and Heritage in Massachusetts
Category: Sacred expressions
Guest post from Traditional Artist Sunanda Sahay
In the Fall of 2016, we wrote about the Hindu festival of Diwali going mainstream. We wondered what it means when ancient holidays, grounded in ethnic identity and religious belief and celebrated by cultural insiders for centuries, are brought to mainstream, high profile venues to be shared, celebrated, and interpreted?
Two years later, we hear from Sunanda Sahay, a traditional artist who practices the North Indian art of Madhubani (also known as Mithila). She describes her 10th year of sharing her art at the Museum of Fine arts. Here is her guest blog post.
For several years now, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) has been celebrating the joyous Indian festival of Diwali in early November. I am fortunate to have taken an active role by conducting folk art workshops/exhibits. This year, the event took place on Wednesday November 7th which coincided with the day of Diwali, making me wonder if that would drop attendance.
Lo and behold! The visitors swelled as the evening rolled in. Since I have been organizing the workshops at the museum for many years, I thought I was prepared to handle the crowds. But the unprecedented crowd and long lines at the museum caught me totally off guard! While some of the visitors managed to find seats to sit down and draw, the others looked around at the paintings or rotated through the room. Thanks to the immense support and patience of the museums staffs and volunteers, many were able to sit down and create their own artwork they could carry home.
For the first time, more than a dozen of my students ranging between 7 years to 47 years of age exhibited their art and assisted with the workshop. They reveled in the glory of being a part of one of the best museums in the world! They excitedly helped the attendees, answered various questions, and proudly shared the stories behind their creations. It seemed that the room had turned into a village celebrating its own version of Diwali – strangers sat together and talked, encouraged each other, suggested and commented on the art pieces, and just enjoyed the atmosphere of shared creativity. Some of them sat down hesitatingly, but then quickly surprised themselves with the brightly hued wonderful forms they created with the simple motifs. This is what I love about my art!
Folk arts have this special ability to form communities. In my home town where Madhubani/Mithila art has been practiced for centuries, women get together and paint murals on their homes to depict scenes from traditional epics, festivals, and village activities. Art is essential to the living cultures. The process of creating visual stories forms social bonds not only between the women creating the art, but also between other adults and children who inevitably become part of the stories.
When I held the first MFA workshop in 2009, I could have scarcely imagined that the event would recreate social ambiance similar to the native villages. Initially, it was a personal and a creative challenge, and I endeavored to create something new and unusual each year. In addition to the Madhubani art, I also introduced other folk art forms such as Warli to the visitors. I made sure they understood the art’s historical background as well as its continued survival through cataclysmic changes and growth. And I encouraged the visitors to not only paint the traditional themes but also push the boundaries, and use their imagination to tell modern stories through an ancient medium. My students certainly heed my advice; one of my apprentices created a Disney story in Madhubani and everyone loved it.
I regularly run into people who know about this annual workshop and look forward to the event. More and more Bostonians are becoming familiar and appreciative of the folk arts of India and I am hopeful that at least this folk art will not die under the constant onslaught of digital intervention and lack of support.
Guest blog by Sunanda Sahay of Acton, Massachusetts
Author Heritage8Posted on November 16, 2018 Categories Annual celebrations, Craft, Issues, Religious customs, Sacred expressionsTags Diwali, Hindu festival, Madhubani, MFA, Mithila arts, Museum of Fine ArtsLeave a comment on Guest post from Traditional Artist Sunanda Sahay
The power of a custom-made religious garment
Detail of embroidered attarah saying, “Hear our voices” on tallit by Amy Lassman
I first met Amy Lassman in November 2017 at a craft fair held at the Hyde Center in Newton Highlands. The artistic craftsmanship and depth of meaning in her work stood out from the rows of vendors offering beaded jewelry, crocheted blankets, and felted critters. Amy’s table displayed a combination of Judaica (Jewish ceremonial art) including tallises (prayer shawls), yarmulkes and kippot (head coverings), coverings for challah (braided bread), and afikomen bags used to hold matzoh during the Passover Seder, as well as secular handbags and scarves. It was only when I visited with Amy at her Needham home and studio that I learned she recently decided to focus strictly on the Judaica.
Amy’s Judaica work involves custom design, selection of fine fabrics and notions, sewing, embroidery, lettering, and knot tying — all of Amy’s work is deeply informed by her practice of Judaism, familiarity with the sacred sartorial objects of religious ritual, and her educational background in psychology and family dynamics.
In addition to my recording gear, I had brought my late father’s tallit, tefillin, and yamulke as a way of reconnecting with these religious objects and to learn something of how tallises dating back to the mid-1930s differ from ones custom made today.
Tallis, tefillin, and velvet bag belonging to Maggie’s father
For a folklorist, I am remarkably uninformed about my own heritage. Unlike Amy, who attended Jewish Day school and high school, worships at a local synagogue, and is very involved in the Jewish community, I was raised without formal religious education and self-identify as a “secular Jew.” Although I have fond memories of attending Passover Seders with extended family and friends, I have never stayed home from school or work on Jewish holidays. And although my father’s family attended a conservative temple, the rabbi there was a socialist. My mother’s father was anti-organized religion and felt more affinity with socialism and unionism than Zionism. So it was especially meaningful to get tutored in the meaning of the contents of my father’s velvet tallis bag.
Green velvet bag to hold tefillin
Amy looks at my father’s tallis with care. She says that it is typical of the early 20th century and most likely commercially made, noting that the edges are beautifully knotted. “The tassels mean nothing,” she explains “they’re just pretty. The only [tassels] that count are tied into the four corners of the garment and are called tzitzit.”
Corner of tallit belonging to Maggie’s father, showing tzitzit .
She goes on to explain that although Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews have different ways of tying tzitzit, the combination of the number of strings, knots, and twists must equal 613. The sum represents the original number of mitvot (commandments) in the Torah (Jewish written law). “Honestly, nobody really can fulfill all 613; that’s the ideal. That’s perfection. It includes the number of times you pray each day. It includes kashrut (keeping kosher). It includes the way you treat your fellow man. It’s not just good deeds, it’s intentions – who you are as a person and how you relate to the world around you, and what your connection is to God.”
Amy Lassman holding up the corner of a tallis with tzitzit
Once Amy finishes a tallis and the client returns to pick it up, she purposely leaves two of the four corners untied. “I will teach them how to tie and I will talk to them about the meaning of tying. And they will tie them themselves. So, it’s not just the design piece; the concept of it, it’s actually physically creating the garment . . . And so many times, when it’s a parent of a grandparent, and a Bar Mitzvah, then they’re all tying together. So that ’s going to be part of that memory as well.”
(Youtube provides an instructional video on YouTube for how to tie tzitzit.)
Amy holding up afikomen bag embroidered with Hebrew letters for Pesach.
Having sewn all of her life, it was just a few years ago that Amy began making challah covers and afikomen bags.
Soon after, people started asking Amy to make a prayer shawl or head cover. She admits it was intimidating at first. I ask why and she responds, “Because it’s a lot of responsibility. A tallit is something that once you have you’re going to wear for the rest of your life. It represents your foray into Jewish adulthood. . . So now, I have this responsibility of bringing all of this to a piece of fabric. And because of this, it’s a daunting task.”
It is a task Amy Lassman is undeniably up to.
Through the many stories Amy told of working with clients, the most moving were those recounting her work with individual families with children who are preparing for a Bar or Batmitzvah, and adults who missed out on the experience. The process of making custom tallises reveals the power they hold as personal and ritual objects. Amy tells me of working with a family over the creation of the young man’s tallit. His favorite color is red, but his father preferred the more conservative and typical white and blue. The story is also recounted on her website:
“A family arrived in my studio to create a tallit for the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of a very bright young man. Before our appointment, he let me know that his favorite color is red. Armed with that fact, I shopped for silks that had red tones for him to use in the creative process. Meeting the expectations of mother, father and son can be a challenge. Combining the tradition of simple blue and white prayer shawls with a more contemporary vision that includes a variety of colors, Hebrew embroidery and symbols, we came up with a design that everyone loves. The attarah (neckband) is embroidered with the Priestly Blessing, the red silk is a subtle highlight on a finely woven cream woolen shawl and in the inside corner, his Hebrew name is embroidered in gold thread. When this young man came to pick up his tallit, I taught him how to tie the tzitzit (woolen strings) at the corners of his garment. When he wears his tallit, hopefully for many years of good health and happy occasions, he will always remember that he inspired the design, that his parents worked with him to create something meaningful and he is wrapped in his families’ love.”
Amy described how clients often come in with an old tallit, saying they would really like their son or my daughter to wear something that had belonged to somebody in the family. “So, we will take something – we may just take the attarah, the neckband, and create an entirely new garment and just use that. We may only take the corner fabric.”
At Amy’s workbench
Amy prefers the word “integrate” rather than “recycle” or “re-purpose” to describe this use of a relative’s old clothing, wedding dress or veil in a chuppah (wedding canopy), or the embroidered attarah of one’s grandfather’s tallit. Stressing the importance of creating something new, she says, “I want [the old piece] to have a new life. And I want the person who is using it to feel connected to it, not just because it was in their past.”
Amy continues, “In some traditions, a person will be buried with a tallit . . . what some people will do is they will actually cut one corner, they will cut one of the tzitzit out. And that will be something that the person closest to them will keep as a memory. I have had the honor of creating a tallit from this cherished string. I’ll actually stitch a little pocket underneath the attarah and put the tzitzit inside. Whenever the tallit is worn, you’re actually carrying your loved one with you.”
Tallit created by Amy Lassman for a Cantor in New York. The text reads “Right by the side is the Eternal to all who call out, seeking truth for all who desire it”
Maggie Holtzberg is Folk Arts & Heritage Manager at Mass Cultural Council.
Author Heritage8Posted on March 20, 2018 April 25, 2018 Categories Annual celebrations, Craft, Religious customs, Sacred expressionsTags chuppah, Jewish customs, Jewish sartorial customs, Judaica, kippah, kippot, tallis, tallitLeave a comment on The power of a custom-made religious garment
Diwali goes Mainstream
What does it mean when ancient holdidays, grounded in ethnic identity and religious belief and celebrated by cultural insiders for centuries, are brought to mainstream, high profile venues to be shared, celebrated, and interpreted? Who benefits? What is gained and what is lost when a festival moves from private space (a temple, a home) to a public space (a state house, city hall, or museum)? How is cultural meaning negotiated?
For the last five years, Amit Dixit, the leading light behind the South Asian Arts and Cultural Council, has organized an annual Diwali lighting ceremony at the Massachusetts State House.
The invitation to attend describes Diwali, popularly known as The Festival of Lights, as “. . . the most sacred of Indian holidays celebrated by Hindu communities throughout the world, including those in the Indian diaspora together with worshipers of Hinduism in Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. The holiday is the embodiment of the supremacy of divine light over spiritual darkness, of knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. Diwali is associated with great optimism, generosity and, most importantly, new hopes for the future.”
Those attending the State House event on October 29, 2016 were a mixture of cultural insiders, government employees, and members of the general public.
An official from The United States Postal Service was present to help unveil the Diwali forever stamp.
Diwali is celebrated for seven days every autumn. This year Diwali officially began on Sunday, October 30 and ran through Saturday November 5. Mid-way through, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston held its own celebration of the Festival of Lights. On offer was a splendid variety of South Asian expressive traditions including music, dance, Madhubani and Mithila art making, and a moderated discussion about Diwali in Boston and around the world.
Having the MFA celebrate Diwali helps legitimize the expressive traditions of lesser known cultural communities. As Saraswathi Jones (second from left), who grew up in one of the only Bengali families in Grand Rapids, Michigan put it, “It’s meaningful. It’s validating.”
In writing about Washington DC’s Latino Festival (1991), Olivia Cadaval says, “The festival transforms physical space into a means to cultural identity. As a temporary center of power, the festival brings together large numbers of Latinos, unifies space, and generates action, during which symbols and traditions are manipulated, cultural forms are given expression, relationships are negotiated, and new social identities are forged.”
Although it’s a vastly different culture and a different time, I believe Cavadal’s observations still hold true. In addition to introducing cultural outsiders to Diwali, the public acknowledgement of an ancient holiday rooted in Sanskrit and prayer trumps linguistic, regional, and national differences, creating solidarity among South Asians who make Massachusetts home.
Things work best when ethnic self-representation and institutionally curated presentations are done collaboratively. It’s a win win.The MFA’s event planners are to be commended for working with cultural insiders to interpret and present expressive traditions that might otherwise be little understood by cultural outsiders.
Author Heritage8Posted on November 4, 2016 Categories Annual celebrations, Festivals, Public program, Sacred expressionsTags Diwali, Kathak, Mithila arts, Museum programming, Odissi danceLeave a comment on Diwali goes Mainstream
Snapshots from a Festival: Folk Craft & Foodways Celebrate 30 Years
It’s not every year that you see a festival’s logo carved into a watermelon. Indeed, this was a very special year for the Lowell Folk Festival. We celebrated 30 years of presenting the best in traditional music, craft, and foodways. Here are some images from the Folk Craft & Foodways area which featured a sampler of traditions.
Fruit carver Ruben Arroco of Lowell, was a generous presence, creating stunning carvings in melons and continuously handing out refreshing watermelon slices to parched festival goers.
The craft area featured a few other ephemeral arts, including the daily ritual of kolam that adorns the thresholds of homes, temples, and streets throughout India. The practice is carried on here in New England by members of Tamil Makkal Mandram, Inc.
In addition to demonstrating kolam using colored stone dust, the artists provided an opportunity for visitors to try their hands at it.
Traditions of folk beauty from around the globe were on display. Festival goers could get their hair braided in cornrows or have their skin temporarily tattooed with henna. Sellou Coly, a native of Senegal, and her niece Aissatou-Ba Dieme, and Margy Green, and her niece KK braided hair. Lujuana Hood of the Pan African Historical Museum in Springfield, shared her wisdom about hair culture from Africa to America.
Late morning on Sunday, two young Inuit girls from Ottawa sat down to have their hair braided. They were due to perform Inuit throat singing at St. Anne’s stage at noon. Their aunt explained traditions of Inuit hair braiding, while Lujuana regaled us with stories and folklore about African American hair culture dating back to the time of slavery in this country. As a way of thanks, the girls gave a private performance of throat singing for the hair braiders and then they all posed together for a picture.
Noureen Sultana and her 13-year old son Danish Khan shared their skills in applying mehndi, also known as henna. This ephemeral art form is customary for brides in India, Pakistan, and parts of the Arab world. When applied, the henna is 3-dimensional. After a few hours, it flecks off, leaving a rust colored stain which lasts for up to two weeks. Danish’s younger brother also pitched in. The line of people waiting to be adorned never let up. In fact, late on Sunday, when Noureen and her family was packing up, a father came by with his four-year son in his arms. The boy’s mother and sister had gotten henna tattoos earlier in the day. It was well after 5:00 p.m. Noureen and her sons, who must have created over 200 henna designs, had pretty much packed up their tools and supplies. The father told his son it was too late to get henna and he broke into tears. Noureen, a mother and dedicated artist, kindly made an exception, giving the boy a floral henna design on his tiny hand.
In the realm of more permanent art forms, stone carver and letterpress printer Jesse Marsolais demonstrated the age-old craft of carving letterforms in stone.
Stephen Earp, a redware potter from Shelburne Falls, demonstrated turning plates, vases, and bowls on his hand built treadle wheel. In addition to working at the wheel, he shared his vast knowledge of the history of pottery production in New England.
The musical instrument maker’s tent featured the work of luthiers William Cumpiano and Chris Pantazelos. They displayed cuatros, guitars, requintos, ouds, and bouzuokis in the making, as well as finished instruments. An added treat was having musicians Kacho Montaluo, Brian Ausbigian, and Kinan Adnawi playing music in the back of the tent. Throughout the weekend, a few musicians from the audience joined in the informal jam session.
With any luck, the next generation will be inspired to play.
With exception of redware vase, all photos by Maggie Holtzberg, 2016
Author Heritage8Posted on August 5, 2016 Categories Annual celebrations, Craft, Music, Sacred expressions, world music1 Comment on Snapshots from a Festival: Folk Craft & Foodways Celebrate 30 Years
Today’s Native American Art in New England
Guest blog by Dawn Spears,Program Manager, Native Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
The Native Arts program at NEFA has partnered with the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center(MPMRC) on Native New England Now, an exhibit featuring many of New England’s Native American artists who have been supported through NEFA’s Native Arts program. The exhibit is up through January 4, 2014.
This is a rare opportunity for an organization to be able to showcase the work it supports, and we are grateful for the partnership and expertise of MPMRC. It allows the visitor a quick immersion into our world, to showcase our artists and the work that is happening now. The work here and the work supported in our program represent our master artists, our elders, our youth, our emerging artists, and those in between.
The exhibit of NEFA-supported work, which has been a goal of mine for a while, was the result of a conversation with MPMRC. Fast forward through a lot of work by the museum and NEFA staff together: contacting grantees, other museums, working on image collection and object curation, and collecting the artist statements. It’s been a true community effort that would not have happened without the support of our artists, the museum, and those who have loaned from their collections (the Abbe Museum, the Hood Museum), or their own private collection. It was an intense and exciting period, but with an amazing team and eyes focused on the opening, I could not be more proud of the result.
Personally, I can’t say enough about the art that is happening in New England. It’s our home, and what you see in this exhibit really represents the love of our land and its gifts. The work that is happening represents this connection to our land, our resources, our cultures and heritage, and, in reality, to our future.
It was such an honor that so many of the exhibited artists attended the opening reception , along with program advisors, funders, museum officials, NEFA board members, and my own NEFA colleagues. I’m hopeful that we will have similar participation at the artist panel discussion on November 16 and the holiday artisan market on November 30!
This exhibit shows the work of 28 of the over 80 artists and organizations – representing over 35 tribes – that have received grants from NEFA’s Native Arts program. You can learn more about the artists in the companion book we published, but the best way for you to really understand the work that has come from this love – and really see the talent and creativity of our amazing artists – is to see it in person.
NEFA’s Native Arts program supports projects that nurture artistic exchange, community development, youth engagement, environmental resource research and preservation, cultural preservation, and artistic innovation. Special thanks to the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the six New England state arts agencies, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, and other Native Arts program funders.
Author Heritage8Posted on November 6, 2013 November 13, 2013 Categories Craft, Exhibitions, Sacred expressionsLeave a comment on Today’s Native American Art in New England
Blessing ceremony for kiln building
A blessing ceremony for the new Cambodian wood fire kiln took place in Lowell on June 28. In order to ensure a successful project, the potters Yary Livan and Proeung Kang made offerings and prayed to the designer of Angkor Wat, King Suryavarman II, whom Yary calls “the hero of construction.” Proeung just arrived from Cambodia where he teaches at the Secondary School of Fine Arts. He and Yary both grew up in the same village along the Mekong Delta and have known each other since childhood.
Two Buddhist monks in bright orange robes from the Wat Khmer Temple in Lowell came for the occasion. On the altar, Yary prepared offering of grapes, apples, cherries, and a whole roasted chicken (complete with dipping sauces!), next to a vase of freshly picked flowers.
Marge Rack, professor of art at Middlesex Community College (MCC), gave a welcoming address, translated by Tooch Van, International Student Advisor at MCC, to the approximately fifteen people attending. She said that this project was “a dream come true,” and it was her vision to build a ceramics community that not only included Lowell but Cambodia as well.
Celeste Bernardo, the new Superintendent of Lowell National Historical Park, said that “heritage is made strong by the many cultures in our community,” and that the Lowell community helps spread and continue traditions of the Cambodian people.
A clergyman, or achar, lit three tall white candles placed on an orange brick, and gave an introduction in both Sanskrit and Pali, the liturgical language of Buddhism. The two monks chanted the Dhamma in Sanskrit while dipping flowers into pottery bowls of water and sprinkling water over the kiln’s foundation.
At the altar, Yary lit a candle,while Proeung poured pinot grigio over the chicken. Holding a bundle of incense sticks, Yary prayed and chanted over the offerings, then placed one burning incense stick each into an apple, a grape, a cherry, and the chicken.
Cambodian customs are a mix of animism, Hinduism, Buddhism. The altar incorporated the symbolically important Hindu number of seven. Yary said traditionally the altar holds seven different kinds of food and seven kinds of fruit, what he called “seven times seven.”
The art department of MCC had generously presented Yary and Proeung with a hand truck so they wouldn’t hurt their backs! They will be helped by Samnang Khoeun, an architect and Yary’s former apprentice, and Vanny Hang, a sculptor from Lawrence who is a specialist in Khmer ornamentation. The artisans collaborate together in their studio in the Western Studios building in Lowell. To follow progress on the kiln project, click here.
Photos by Maggie Holtzberg. Group shot by Samnang Khoeun.
Author Heritage8Posted on June 29, 2012 July 2, 2012 Categories Craft, Foodways, Sacred expressionsTags Cambodian blessing ceremony, kilnLeave a comment on Blessing ceremony for kiln building
Lithuanian Summer Solstice
I’m delighted to be working with state folklorist Maggie Holtzberg in Lowell this summer. On the summer solstice, Maggie and I went to visit Jonas Stundzia at his home in Lawrence to learn about Rasos Svente, the Dew Festival, and the ways Lithuanians celebrate the longest day of the year. He will be demonstrating how to make floral head garlands at this year’s Lowell Folk Festival. Garlands, or wreaths, are an important part of this solstice festival, also known as the festival of Saint John.
Jonas is a wealth of folklore. When we got to his house, he welcomed us with a traditional Lithuanian greeting. From a decorative ceramic pitcher, he poured water over our hands, and held out a woven Lithuanian cloth to dry them. He then offered us cucumbers dipped in honey and small cups of samagonas (rye moonshine). He said that cucumbers dipped in honey are eaten as a summer treat only in the northeast area of Lithuania.
Jonas showed us his garden blooming with plants native to Lithuania, including wild sorrel, used in making soup; ruta (rue), the national flower; wild onions; and lavender. His garden also had winter rye, used for Christmas decorations; parsley; mint; wild straw; and wild dahlia. He showed us a large oak garland he had made. Oak is considered a male tree and oak garlands are usually reserved for men. We tried it on anyway, and it was heavy! In Lithuania, garlands made of wild flowers, healing herbs, and grasses are used in the solstice festival to adorn the head, decorate the homestead, float candles on the water, and burn in the bonfire.
Jonas had made another large circular garland with linden and yellow flowers which symbolize the sun. Lithuanians consider linden a female plant; this wreath could be worn by a woman, or decorated with lit candles to be floated on the water on the evening of the Rasos Svente festival. The points of light guide the sun back home to earth. Wreaths symbolize the circle of life. Circles and wheels are important in Lithuanian mythology. In one pre-Bronze age myth the sun travels across the sky pulled by a goat. Jonas told us that Lithuanian rituals and language go back to proto Indo-European times. They still survive today because Lithuania was geographically isolated far up north on swampy land that nobody else wanted. Lithuanian is an ancient language, but still living, unlike Sanskrit or Latin.
On the summer solstice, Lithuanians give kupole staffs to friends and neighbors to protect and bless their homes. Jonas showed us a kupole staff he had made with healing herbs: nettle (good for healing arthritis and a relaxation); wormwood (good for the nerves); southern wort (a nerve relaxant used to make absinthe liquor); mountain ash (considered a male plant, used in the celebration of St. John); and belladonna (a medicinal nightshade).
Next, he showed us decorative iron saule, which means “sun.” One had a circle, which represents the sun; branches which represent the tree of life; jagged thunderbolts; curved snakes; and roots representing the earth. In Lithuania, snakes are symbols of life. Gyvate means snake; gyvas means life. The first animals to appear from Mother Earth in the spring are the toad and the snake. Thunderbolts allude to the god of thunder who creates rain, and therefore gives life.
Other saule he showed us had Christian crosses. He said that Roman Catholics had adopted and reinterpreted the form of the saule and used them in cemeteries to decorate gravestones. In the same way, the pre-Christian kupole staff transformed into a similar, but smaller and more compact staff used on Palm Sunday. The rituals of the Rasos Svente festival also were adopted into Saint John’s Day celebrations. We look forward to hearing more of his stories at his demonstration tent at the folk festival in July.
All photos by Maggie Holtzberg.
Author Heritage8Posted on June 22, 2012 Categories Agricultural, Annual celebrations, Craft, Festivals, Foodways, Public program, Sacred expressionsTags Lithuanian folklife, summer solstice2 Comments on Lithuanian Summer Solstice
In search of a hat maker: notes from the field
Back in March, I had attended “Crowning Glories: Hat Show and Contest” in Roxbury. I was hoping to see some fancy hats, the kind traditionally worn to church by African American women. The event was hosted by the Friends of Dudley Street Branch Library and it was the first hat show they had organized. It appeared to be modeled on traditional African American hat shows and contests. Nearly all of the 30 or so women who attended came wearing a hat. Some were crocheted, others were adorned with brooches or feathers, but all in all, they were rather modest. As for seeing more elaborate hats, several folks suggested observing what women wear on Easter Sunday. “Try New Hope Baptist Church in Boston’s South End.” Folklorist friend Kate Kruckemeyer, who grew up in the South End, also suggested United Methodist on Columbus Avenue. “It’s the home church for many. There are so many cars that the police let people double-park in the middle of Columbus Avenue.”
The website of Union United Methodist indicated that Easter Sunday services would let out at 12:30. So I made my way there, arriving at 12:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday. Everyone appeared to still be inside.
There was a temporary wooden crucifix draped with a long narrow white cloth, whipping around on this windy day. The faint sound of organ music indicated that the service had not ended. A young girl entered the building so I decided to follow her inside. People were shaking each other’s hands, giving hugs, carrying Easter lilies, and generally making their way out of the sanctuary. I looked around to see a mostly black congregation, but there were some white folks too. Amidst the crowd, I spotted only one woman wearing a fancy hat. I slowly wound through the crowd and left to stand on the sidewalk outside.
About ten minutes later, the doors opened and parishioners began to trickle out. First to leave was a woman and a young boy, talking about how much they had enjoyed the service.
A few others emerged, and then the woman with the large white hat exited. I admired her outfit and asked her if I could take her picture. She smiled and agreed. Though she’d bought her hat in Baltimore, she did recall there being several hat shops in Roxbury, near Dudley station.
The lack of headwear at Union United Methodist was a bit of a disappointment. I thought I’d try to find New Hope Baptist Chruch, even though I didn’t know their Easter Sunday schedule. Got a little lost driving around the South End. Finally, as I circled around back toward Tremont, I saw a woman on her way to a large granite stone chuch, which turned out to be New Hope Baptist.
Several women were exiting the church and they were wearing large, fanciful hats. So I risked double-parking on a side street and made my way to the door. A man was about to enter and he motioned for me to go first. In the foyer were an older seated couple and an older woman on her way out. Both women were wearing hats, so I began a conversation with them, letting them know I was looking to find anyone who might make hats locally. The gentleman knew of someone names Sykes. He offered to bring me inside to try to find her. More women came out of the sanctuary wearing hats and I asked them where they got them. One answered, “Oh honey, I got this online.” As she was leaving she offered the name of several websites that sold hats. The older gentleman spoke up, with a touch of impatience in his voice saying, “No, she’s looking for a local maker.”
I was delighted to see he had taken interest in my quest. We walked into the hallway that separates the sanctuary from the function hall. The service, led by Rev. Willie Dubose, Jr., was still ongoing – I think I came in during the offertory prayer/doxology. The band consisted of a guitar, bass, keyboard and drums and they were rocking.
The service ended and people slowly began to make their way out. White was the predominant dress and hat color. No one seemed to mind my presence. Many seemed eager to pose for photographs.
I left after most others had gone outside. It was chilly for April and people didn’t linger. Several older women were boarding a van. Others walked. I took a few more photos.
Just as I was starting to leave, I noticed a lovely outfit on a woman who was about to get into her car. After commenting on her outfit, I asked to take her photograph.
I was fully expecting her to tell me she had bought her hat online, but asked anyway, “Do you happen to know who made your hat?” “Yes,” she answered. “I did.” Turns out, she is Ms. Sykes, the woman who several people had mentioned. I told her I’d been looking to find a local hat maker and asked for her email.
A few days later I sent her an email telling her about my interest in African American hats, my wish to learn more, and the “Head to Toe” theme of this summer’s folk craft area of the Lowell Folk Festival. I attached the photo I’d taken of her, which showed off her lovely pink hat and matching blouse.
Dear Ethel: It was a pleasure meeting you (ever so briefly) on Easter Sunday. I had admired your hat and asked you about it. Attached is the photo I took. I’d come by New Hope Baptist Church at the suggestion of several women who had organized the hat show at the Dudley Street Branch Library on March 17th. I’ve been wanting to learn more about the African American tradition of wearing fancy hats to church — and was delighted to see so many beautiful hats this past Easter Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church. Many of the women I spoke to told me they had bought their hats online or in a shop. So I am thrilled to meet you and hear you say you had made your hat yourself!
I curate the Folk Craft area of the Lowell Folk Festival ( www.LowellFolkFestival.org). This year our theme is “Head to Toe” and I am in the process of identifying traditional artists who craft a variety of head gear (hats, Caribbean carnival headdresses, crowns, head wraps, etc.) and foot wear (handmade shoes of all kinds).
I’d like to be able to learn more about your hatmaking and perhaps see if you might consider participating as a craft demonstrator at the festival. If you think you might be interested, let me know how and when I can reach you be telephone.
Ethel wrote back right away.
Dear Maggie:
You are very good at what you do. I will be looking forward to talking with you.
In all my years of doing folklore field research, I’ve never had anyone tell me that.
I phoned Ethel at work on 4/12/12. She’d be happy to meet with me in her home studio, as long as I can come by on a weekend. Ethel makes hats for herself, as well as for others, and still has a few hats on hand which she made for a hat show for the Shriners. She mentioned that she would be traveling to Tennessee for a school reunion, after that would be fine.
Author Heritage8Posted on May 7, 2012 Categories Annual celebrations, Folk beauty, Sacred expressionsTags African American fancy church hats, doing fieldwork, Easter Sunday hatsLeave a comment on In search of a hat maker: notes from the field
Gateway Cities: When Neighborhoods Change
Many of Massachusetts’ de-industrialized mill and manufacturing towns are known as “gateway cities.” Home to close-knit communities of immigrants who initially came seeking work in the state’s once thriving mill and manufacturing sectors, gateway cities have been hit hard by job loss and poverty. Average household incomes remain below the state average as do educational attainment rates.
Gateway cities are often the starting place for new immigrants, who are drawn by the affordable housing and competitive business opportunities. In cities like Lawrence, Lowell, Springfield, and Brockton, and Fall River, it is not uncommon for aging Irish, French-Canadian, Greek, and Polish populations to live alongside a new generation of newcomers, emigrating from places like Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
When it comes to the practice of faith, this globalization means that once mono-cultural parishes are now multi-cultural, with multi-lingual masses. The 2009 documentary film Scenes from a Parish, is a window into this world.
The Lowell Folklife Series invites you to a screening of this powerful film, with special guest James Rutenbeck, the film’s director. Shot over four years in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the film sensitively captures the ethnic working class tensions of a multi-cultural Catholic parish in a hard-pressed former mill town.
Come see this award-winning documentary and join the discussion about how communities adjust as neighborhoods change. Free and open to the public.
Date: April 11, 2012 at 7:30
Place: Visitor Center Theater, Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street, Lowell, MA
Author Heritage8Posted on April 5, 2012 April 5, 2012 Categories Issues, Public program, Sacred expressionsTags gateway cities, Lowell Folklife Series, Scenes from a ParishLeave a comment on Gateway Cities: When Neighborhoods Change
Native American Woodlands Folklife Talk by Dana Benner
Curious about the Native peoples who once lived along the banks of the Merrimack River? The Lowell Folklife Series invites you to a talk by Dana Benner on Saturday, November 5 at the Event Center of the Boott Mills Museum. When most people think of Native peoples at or around the time of contact with Europeans, they think either of Thanksgiving or fierce warfare. Many people are unaware of the extensive social traditions, trade relations, and industrious nature of the Native nations. The area along the Merrimack River that we define as Lowell was home to the Pennacook people. Just to the south were the Massachusett, who were direct trading partners with the Pennacook. Mr. Dana Benner will explore the rich traditions of the Pennacook nation, leaving the audience with a greater appreciation of the people who once called this area home.
Dana Benner is of Micmac/Penobscot/Piqwacket descent and is a member of the Inter-Tribal Council of New Hampshire. He has been studying Native history and culture his entire life and has been writing about it for over 25 years. He holds a BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in U.S. History and Native Culture from Granite State College and he is working on his M.Ed in Heritage Studies with a concentration in Native History and Culture from Plymouth State University.
This talk is free and open to the public.
2:00 p.m @ 2nd Floor Event Center, Boott Mills Museum
110 John Street, Lowell, MA
For more information: 978-275-1719
Event sponsored by the Lowell National Historical Park and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Author Heritage8Posted on October 25, 2011 Categories Craft, Cultural Documentation, Foodways, Music, Public program, Sacred expressions, Verbal artsTags Boott Mills Museum, Dana Benner, Lowell, Lowell Folklife Series, Massachusetts, Merrimack River, Native Americans, Pennacook NationLeave a comment on Native American Woodlands Folklife Talk by Dana Benner
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Nick Quarm Industrial Metal, Harsh EBM With all the 'We demand Better' arguments circulating around, and Neon/Cyber elements receiving seriously critical feedback across the internet, California's N.P.M.N ( Neco Praeoccupor Morte Nex) have arrived at a seriously bad time. Especially with the title of this release.
That being said, their transition into metal/trance/aggrotech isn't one that's attempted too often, and their clever (although somewhat clichéd) use of latin at least nullifies the 'no brain, no talent' argument. Is this enough to silent the critics and make a delightful demo?
"Eternal Miseries" starts with a C-Lekktor style progression, dwelling in the trance-inspired distorted areas that we come to expect from this trope. It's instrumental however, and at just short of three minutes takes a calculated gamble.
"Fucking666" won't win over people who are still looking for excuses to slam the traditional, but it has some merit. It starts off slowly and actually sounds brooding and unique. I can't talk about presets or composition, as I'm not a composer and have never touched a VST/DAW/etc, but it doesn't sound too familiar. It's eight minutes long, and the vocals are really low in the mix, which for me is a point that needs to be worked on. It doesn't kill the demo for me, but it raises a deep concern.
This release actually has a clear identity. It's 7 tracks and 50 minutes. Most tracks are at least 7:00 or longer. NPMN's music is not amazing, but it's playable in clubs, and the duo have some semblance of ability. With a much-needed mastering, this release could be picked up - as for silencing the naysayers? It won't happen, but at least the usual moot points don't apply.
I'll look for future material. I'm not convinced by this, but I've reviewed worse and gone on to become a fan. I suggest that the duo focus on "Ecomog" as a track to push - it's seriously bouncy.
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The Sarasota Chapter was founded by a Boston Irishman named John Whelan who came to watch the Boston Red Sox play at Payne Park behind the courthouse. He called choir directors, visited service clubs, met with newspaper publishers and spread the word. He put an ad in the paper announcing that those interested in singing in a barbershop chorus and quartets should meet in the Orange Blossom hotel mezzanine at a set time and date. Much to his surprise sixty men showed up ready to sing. With no printed music but love for the four-part harmony and wild enthusiasm, they sang and sang. They then decided to join the mysterious group called the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA).
Officers were elected, dues collected, and with sponsorship from the Tampa Chapter (The Heralds of Harmony Chorus), a charter was received in May, 1949 from the SPEBSQSA headquarters and the Sarasota Chapter (Sarasota Chorus of the Keys Chorus) was official. Since that time the SPEBSQSA is now more commonly referred to as the Barbershop Harmony Society and the Sarasota Chapter has grown to an organization of 100 members. At full strength, with the return of the Snowbirds during the winter, the singing unit of the chorus grows to 40 -60 men.
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1. Bibliography of Periodical Literature
Author: Norbert Scholz
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of Palestine Studies
Institution: Institute for Palestine Studies
Abstract: This section lists articles and reviews of books relevant to Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Entries are classified under the following headings: Reference and General; History (through 1948) and Geography; Palestinian Politics and Society; Jerusalem; Israeli Politics, Society, and Zionism; Arab and Middle Eastern Politics; International Relations; Law; Military; Economy, Society, and Education; Literature, Arts, and Culture; Book Reviews; and Reports Received.
Topic: International Relations, Politics, Law
Political Geography: Middle East, Israel, Arabia
2. Counter-State Zionism and Political Zionism
Author: Ephraim Nimni
Abstract: Zionism: One or many? Obsolete? Irreconcilably divided? Ethnocentric? Is there a Zionism compatible with nondiscrimination of Palestinians? These two books, Nation and History: Israeli Historiography between Zionism and Post-Zionism by Yoav Gelber and Zionism and the Roads Not Taken: Rawidowicz, Kaplan, Kohn by Noam Pianko, present opposite points of view, one backward looking and abortive, the other forward looking, expressing hope for change. Both are grounded in historical discussions with considerable relevance to the present. Both draw legitimacy by adhering to a Zionist dream. The two opposing dreams, however, negate each other.
Topic: Security, Politics
Political Geography: United States, Israel, Soviet Union, Palestine, Arabia
3. Israel, the Palestinians, and the 2012 Republican Primaries: Fantasy Politics on Display
Author: Lawrence Davidson
Abstract: This essay looks at the 2012 Republican primaries through the lens of "localism" and how candidates and lobbies manipulate for their own purposes the ignorance of their voting constituencies on issues not relevant to their everyday lives. After a discussion of the wider process, the piece focuses on the eight leading candidates in the presidential primary race with regard to Israel and Palestine, with an overview of their positions and advisers. It ends with some reflections on the consequences of the peculiarly American mix of localism, national politics, and special interest groups.
Topic: Politics
Political Geography: America, Israel, Palestine
4. Contemporary Israeli Politics
Author: Elik Elhanan
Abstract: Reviewed work(s): The Political Right in Israel: Different Faces of Jewish Populism, by Dani Filc. London New York: Routledge Studies in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 2010. vii + 143 pages. Notes to p. 151. Bibliography to p. 160. Index to p. 168. $120.00 cloth.
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Topic: Politics, Law
Political Geography: Israel, Palestine, Arabia
Topic: Environment, Politics, Culture
7. Assessing Holocaust Denial in Western and Arab Contexts
Author: Gilbert Achcar
Abstract: The specificity of the type of Holocaust denial on the rise in Arab countries since the 1980s is explored in contradistinction to Western Holocaust denial. The latter, rooted in anti-Semitism, is a substitute for open hatred of the Jews in countries where this hatred has not been tolerated since World War II. Holocaust denial in Arab countries, on the other hand, finds its roots in Israel's exploitation of the Holocaust for political purposes. It also serves as a simplistic explanation for Western support of the Zionist state and as an outlet for frustrations created by Israel's oppressive supremacy.
Political Geography: Israel, Arabia
8. Hallowed Heritage
Author: Musa Budeiri
Abstract: The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem: Palestinian Politics and the City since 1967 , by Hillel Cohen. New York and London: Routledge, 2011. vii + 136 pages. Notes to p. 148. Sources and Bibliography to p. 152. Index to p. 162. $124.00 cloth, $45.95 paper. Reviewed by Musa Budeiri In addition to a heavenly Jerusalem, there is an earthly one, also invented, yet very much a work in progress. Jerusalem and Jerusalemites are not one and the same thing. Israeli control of the city's physical space and its inhabitants serves only to highlight this distinction. As in other settler enterprises, the native population is of interest only as an obstacle to be overcome. In this particular case, its disappearance constitutes an essential part of Israel's imagined Jerusalem. This is the terrain of Hillel Cohen's text. His primary preoccupation is with attacks on Israeli sovereignty manifested in Hamas's attempt to establish a “balance of terror,” challenging as it does the legitimacy of Israel's annexation of the Arab part of the city conquered in June 1967. On 28 June 1967, Israeli law was extended to a new enclave carved out of the occupied West Bank, which became part of “municipal Jerusalem.” Settlements were built encircling it from east, north, and south; now that this has been accomplished, the establishment of Jewish enclaves within its historically Arab neighborhoods is on the agenda, primarily in Silwan, Ras al-Amud, al-Tur and Shaykh Jarrah.
Political Geography: Israel, Palestine, Arabia, Jerusalem
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Political Geography: Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem
10. Bibliography of Periodical Literature : Spring 2010
Abstract: This section lists articles and reviews of books relevant to Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Entries are classified under the following headings: Reference and General; History (through 1948) and Geography; Palestinian Politics and Society; Jerusalem; Israeli Politics, Society, and Zionism; Arab and Middle Eastern Politics; International Relations; Law; Military; Economy, Society, and Education; Literature, Arts, and Culture; Book Reviews; and Reports Received. Reference and General `Abd al-Hay, Hana S. “Parliamentary Quotas for Women: Between International Support and Contradictory Arab Positions” [in Arabic]. MAUS, no. 23 (Sum. 09): 47–70. Abraham, Ibrahim, and Roland Boer. “'God Doesn't Care': The Contradictions of Christian Zionism.” Religion and Theology 16, nos. 1–2 (09): 90–110. Davis, Nancy J., and Robert V. Robinson. “Overcoming Movement Obstacles by the Religious Orthodoxy: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy and the Salvation Army in the United States.” American Journal of Sociology 114, no. 5 (Mar. 09): 1302–49. Hassan, Riaz. “Interrupting a History of Tolerance: Anti-Semitism and the Arabs.” Asian Journal of Social Science 37, no. 3 (09): 453–62. Ouardani, Mohamed. “La religion peut-elle tout expliquer? L'islam comme modèle explicatif des sociétés musulmanes.” CM, no. 70 (Sum. 09): 147–64. Salem, Salah. “The Renovation of Arab Socialist Thought” [in Arabic]. ShA, no. 140 (Win. 09): 118–32. Al-Sayyadi, Mokhles. “Contemporary Islamic Movements” [in Arabic]. MA 32, no. 369 (Nov. 09): 7–27. History (through 1948) and Geography Abisaab, Malek. “Shiite Peasants and a New Nation in Colonial Lebanon: The Intifada of Bint Jubayl, 1936.” CSSAME 29, no. 3 (09): 483–501. Avci, Yasemin. “The Application of Tanzimat in the Desert: The Bedouins and the Creation of a New Town in Southern Palestine (1860–1914).” MES 45, no. 6 (Nov. 09): 969–83. Chazan, Meir. “Mapai and the Arab-Jewish Conflict, 1936–1939.” ISF 24, no. 2 (Win. 09): 28–51. Hirsch, Dafna. “'We are Here to Bring the West, Not Only to Ourselves': Zionist Occidentalism and The Discourse of Hygiene in Mandate Palestine.” IJMES 41, no. 4 (Nov. 09): 577–94. Holmila, Antero. “The Holocaust and the Birth of Israel in British, Swedish and Finnish Press Discourse, 1947–1948.” European Review of History 16, no. 2 (Apr. 09): 183–200. Hughes, Matthew. “From Law and Order to Pacification: Britain's Suppression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936–39.” JPS 39, no. 2 (Win. 2010): 6–22. Kabalo, Paula. “Challenging Disempowerment in 1948: The Role of the Jewish Third Sector during the Israeli War of Independence.” ISF 24, no. 2 (Win. 09): 3–27. ———. “The Historical Dimension: Jewish Associations in Palestine and Israel 1880s–1950s.” Journal of Civil Society 5, no. 1 (Jun. 09): 1–19. Kushner, David. “Mussaver Çöl: An Ottoman Magazine in Beersheba toward the End of World War I” [in Hebrew]. Cathedra, no. 132 (Jun. 09): 131–48. Nashif, Taysir. “Educational Background and Elite Composition: Jewish Political Leadership during the British Mandate.” ISF 24, no. 2 (Win. 09): 67–81. Sheffy, Yigal. “Chemical Warfare and the Palestine Campaign, 1916–1918.” Journal of Military History 73, no. 3 (Jul. 09): 803–44. ———. “The Jaffa–Jerusalem Railway Line, the Sejed Station, and British Military Intelligence” [in Hebrew]. Cathedra, no. 131 (Mar. 09): 163–69. Sinanoglu, Penny. “British Plans for the Partition of Palestine, 1929–1938.” Historical Journal 52, no. 1 (Mar. 09): 131–52. Palestinian Politics and Society Abdallah, Hmaidi. “The Prospect of the Intra-Palestinian Dialogue in Egypt” [in Arabic]. Dirasat Bahith 7, no. 27 (Sum. 09): 113–26. Abdallah, Taisir. “Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout among Palestinian Social Workers.” International Social Work 52, no. 2 (Mar. 09): 223–33. Abu Fakhr, Sakr, ed. “Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization” [in Arabic]. MDF, no. 79 (Sum. 09): 100–7. Aruri, Naseer, and Hani Fares, eds. “The Boston Declaration on the One State” [in Arabic]. MDF, no. 79 (Sum. 09): 124–26. Boulby, Marion. “On Shifting Boundaries: Islamist Women in Palestinian Politics.” BCBRL 4, no. 1 (Nov. 09): 31–32. Braverman, Irus. “Uprooting Identities: The Regulation of Olive Trees in the Occupied West Bank.” Political and Legal Anthropology Review 32, no. 2 (Nov. 09): 237–54. Brom, Shlomo, Giora Eiland, and Oded Eran. “Partial Agreements with the Palestinians.” Strategic Assessment 12, no. 3 (Nov. 09): 67–86. Clarno, Andy. “Or Does It Explode? Collecting Shells in Gaza.” Social Psychology 72, no. 2 (Jun. 09): 95–98. Dana, Seif. “Islamic Resistance in Palestine: Hamas, the Gaza War and the Future of Political Islam.” HLS 8, no. 2 (Nov. 09): 211–28. Fayyad, Salam (interview). “Salam Fayyad Presents his Project of State-Building” [in Arabic]. MDF, no. 79 (Sum. 09): 5–20. Harker, Christopher. “Spacing Palestine through the Home.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 34, no. 3 (Jul. 09): 320–32. Hawatmeh, Nayef (interview). “Nayef Hawatmeh: A Comprehensive Interview” [in Arabic]. Dirasat Bahith 7, no. 27 (Sum. 09): 9–32. Ishtiya, Imad, Husni Awad, and Fakhri Dwaykat. “The Reasons behind Fatah's Decline: A Field Study” [in Arabic]. MDF, no. 79 (Sum. 09): 27–38. Jokman, Georges. “The Future of Fatah and the Two-State Solution: Power or Resistance” [in Arabic]. MDF, no. 79 (Sum. 09): 21–26. Kayyali, Majed. “The Impasse of Efforts for an Internal Palestinian Reconciliation” [in Arabic]. ShA, no. 39 (Fall 09): 14–24. Klein, Menachem. “Against the Consensus: Oppositionist Voices in Hamas.” MES 45, no. 6 (Nov. 09): 881–92. Kuruvilla, Samuel. “The Invention of History: A Century of Interplay between Theology and Politics in Palestine, Report on the International Centre of Bethlehem Conference, 23–29 August 2009.” HLS 8, no. 2 (Nov. 09): 235–38. Kurz, Anat. “The Sixth Fatah Convention: Formal Changes Only.” Strategic Assessment 12, no. 3 (Nov. 09): 51–65. Legrain, Jean-François. “Hamas et Fatah dans leur rivalité médiatique.” CM, no. 69 (Spr. 09): 75–86. Merari, Ariel, Jonathan Fighel, Boaz Ganor, et al. “Making Palestinian 'Martyrdom Operations'/'Suicide Attacks': Interviews with Would-Be Perpetrators and Organizers.” TPV 22, no. 1 (Jan. 10): 102–19. 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The westbound highway didn’t reopen until early Monday morning after the crash which the OPP estimated involved 30 to 40 vehicles which collided between the Montreal Street and Highway 15 exits.
Matthew Robert Jamieson died at the scene, Frontenac OPP said.
The westbound lanes reopened shortly after 4:30 a.m. Monday after the Ministry of Transportation checked the road and barriers were intact and the roads were cleared of snow, police said.
The crash happened at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday during a snowstorm that caused poor visibility and road conditions across the Kingston area.
Frontenac paramedics took 16 injured people to hospital, three of them with life-threatening injuries. They also treated one patient and released them at the scene.
Stranded motorists whose vehicles were trapped behind the pileup were transported off the highway on Kingston city buses, leaving their vehicles until the investigation at the collision scene is concluded, OPP Const. Curtis Dick told the Kingston Whig-Standard on Sunday shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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About 25 people were taken from their vehicles on the highway by bus to the Rideau Heights Community Centre, where those who didn’t have local accommodations were connected with places to stay, according to staff at the centre.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, the OPP said.
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Decca Records announce Decca Supreme Pale Ale
DECCA RECORDS COLLABORATES WITH PORTOBELLO BREWING COMPANY FOR DECCA SUPREME PALE ALE AS PART OF THE LABEL’S ONGOING 90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
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Decca Records, the UK’s longest running record label, and prestigious London craft beer company, Portobello Brewing Company, have today launched their collaborative beer – the Decca Supreme Ale.
Like Decca, which has worked with a staggering array of legendary and world-class artists and released countless landmark records – the Session Ale offers an equally well-rounded and meticulously crafted finish.
Decca 90 curator Daryl Easlea commented, “To mark the final phase of Decca’s 90th anniversary, we are absolutely delighted to celebrate with this fine session ale brewed by our friends at the Portobello Brewery.”
There are also plenty more exciting events to come as part of Decca’s 90th anniversary plans:
October 8th – The Classic FM Live Decca 90 Gala: Decca is set to join forces with Classic FM for a special concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London, featuring label signees Gareth Malone and chart-topping classical pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason plus a very special guest.
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This year sees one of the most iconic record labels in the world, Decca Records, turn 90 years old. Since its formation in 1929, Decca has burgeoned from a prosperous British company to a fully-fledged international powerhouse – quickly earning the title as ‘The Supreme Record Company’ – a statement that resonates stronger than ever today.
Decca has been the home to countless legendary musicians from Luciano Pavarotti to David Bowie, Dame Vera Lynn to Bing Crosby, Tom Jones to Billie Holiday, and is now providing the platform for a new generation of ambitious artists at the forefront of their scenes – names such as Andrea Bocelli, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Gregory Porter, who continue to represent the label’s cultural legacy.
Throughout 2019, Decca has been celebrating its nine decades of excellence, marking the occasion with: the release of The Supreme Record Company: The Story Of Decca Records 1929-2019 book, the critically-acclaimed Ron Howard-directed Pavarotti feature film, a packed out event at London’s prestigious V&A Museum, a unique series of concerts in London, Berlin and Paris, 90 reissues and releases, podcasts, radio shows and much more.
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Particulate thallium fluxes in the northeast pacific,
Particulate fluxes of thallium in the northeast Pacific exhibit pronounced spatial gradients, which range over four orders of magnitude (3 X 10-1 to 5.4 X 103 nmol m-2a-1) and show scavenging by both organic and inorganic processes. They are highly correlated (R=0.96) with POC fluxes, have have elevated rates in coastal upwelling waters, and decrease exponentially with depth. They also appear to be correlated with lateral fluxes of manganese (hydro)oxides off the continental shelf. These findings substantiate recent seawater measurements which indicate that metastable species of monovalent thallium are cycled through the marine biosphere as a potassium analogue, whereas thermodynamically stable trivalent thallium (TI (OH)3) is scavenged by ferromanganese (hydro)oxides. © 1989., Cited By (since 1996):11, CODEN: MRCHB, ,
Flegal, Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Fitzwater
Vertex: Phytoplankton/iron studies in the Gulf of Alaska,
VERTEX studies were performed in the Gulf of Alaska in order to test the hypothesis that iron deficiency was responsible for the phytoplankton's failure to remove major plant nutrients from these waters. In view of the observed Fe distributions and the results of phytoplankton Fe enrichment experiments, it was concluded that Gulf of Alaska atmospheric Fe input rates are sufficient to support moderately high rates of primary productivity; however, not enough Fe is available to support the high growth rates that would lead to normal major nutrient depletion. Enhanced Fe input does occur along the Alaska continental margin, where normal NO 3 surface depletion is observed. Coccolithophorids appear to be best able to cope with low Fe conditions; however, they cannot compete with diatoms when Fe is readily available. Iron may be more important than available N in determining global rates of phytoplankton new production. Offshore Pacific Ocean water, replete with major nutrients, appears to be infertile without supplemental iron from the atmosphere or continental margin. © 1989., Cited By (since 1996):399, ,
Martin, Gordon, Fitzwater, Broenkow
A rosette system for the collection of trace metal clean seawater,
We designed a large-volume rosette sampler for collecting seawater with minimal trace metal contamination. The system uses eight modified 30-liter Go-Flo bottles secured to a Nylon II-coated stainless steel frame. The instrument is deployed with a dedicated winch with polyurethane-coated, three-conductor Kevlar hydroline. A prototype was used as part of the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific sampling program during spring and fall 1992. A redesigned model was used during the 1993 IronEx experiments and is currently being deployed in the Arabian Sea. The results of trace metal analyses collected on these cruises indicate that samples recovered are comparable to current single Go-Flo casts., Cited By (since 1996):28, CODEN: LIOCA, , , Oceanography, Downloaded from: www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_41/issue_6/1367.pdf (23 June 2014).
Hunter, Gordon, Fitzwater, Coale
Iron, primary production and carbon-nitrogen flux studies during the JGOFS North Atlantic bloom experiment,
Primary production was measured every other day towards the end (18-31 May) of the 1989 North Atlantic spring bloom. Rates varied with light and averaged 90.4 mmol C m -2 day -1 at the 47°N, 20°W station. Productivities measured south of Iceland (59°30′N, 20°45′W) were somewhat lower, averaging 83.6 mmol C m -2 day -1. Carbon and nitrogen fluxes were estimated using free-floating, VERTEX type particle trap arrays. To obtain mean rates representative of the North Atlantic spring bloom, flux data from three trap deployments were combined and fitted to normalized power functions:. mmol C m -2 day -1 = 14.35 (z/100) -0.946, mmol N m -2 day -1 = 2.34(z/100) -1.02, with depth z in meters. Regeneration rates were:. mmol C m -2 day -1 = 0.136(z/100) -1.946, mmol N m -2 day -1 = 0.0239(z/100) -2.02. The carbon export rate from the upper 35 m for the entire NABE study period (24 April to 1 June) was 39 mmol m -2 day -1. This value divided by the averaged productivity for the entire study (86 mmol N m -2 day -1) gave an F-ratio of 0.45. Concentrations of Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined in water samples provided by JGOFS NABE scientists involved with primary productivity measurements. Although little contamination was observed for Cu, Ni and Pb, relatively large amounts of Zn (10 nmol kg -1) were found in some cases. In subsequent studies it was learned that this quantity of Zn can depress productivity rates by 25%. North Atlantic dissolved Fe concentrations were similar to those occurring in the Pacific (surface = 0.07; deep = 0.5-0.6 nmol kg -1). Although no evidence of Fe deficiency was found in enrichment experiments, the addition of nmol amounts of Fe did increase CO 2 uptake and POC formation by factors of 1.3-1.7. In this region, most of the phytoplankton's Fe requirement is probably met via the lateral transport of Fe from distant continental margins., Cited By (since 1996):170, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Martin, Fitzwater, Michael Gordon, Hunter, Tanner
Notes on the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment-dissolved organic carbon intercomparison,
Using high temperature catalytic oxidation (HTCO), personnel from four laboratories analyzed water samples collected during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom study for their dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content. In general, good agreement was obtained. Values obtained on samples filtered and frozen compared well with those analyzed immediately after collection. DON analyses of the same frozen samples did not co-vary with DOC; thus far, DON results have only been reported by Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. © 1993., Cited By (since 1996):7, CODEN: MRCHB, ,
Fitzwater, Martin
Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in Antarctic waters,
Enrichment experiments were performed in the Ross Sea to test the hypothesis that iron deficiency is responsible for the phytoplankton's failure to use up the luxuriant major nutrient supplies found in these and all other offshore Antarctic ocean waters. The results suggest that Fe deficiency is the primary reason that the present-day southern ocean biological pump is shut off. In contrast, iron was 50 times more abundant during the last glacial maximum; greater Fe availability may have stimulated the biological pump and contributed to the ice age drawdown of atmospheric CO 2. These results also imply that large-scale southern ocean Fe fertilization is feasible, at least in terms of the total amounts of Fe required; i.e., 100 000 to 500 000 tons yr -1., Cited By (since 1996):277, , , Downloaded from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/GB004i001p00005/pdf (9 June 2014).
Martin, Fitzwater, Gordon
The case for iron,
Excess major nutrients occur in offshore areas ranging from the tropical equatorial Pacific to the polar Antarctic. In spite of the great ecological differences in these environments, they share a common trait: iron deficiency. All of these areas are far from Fe-rich terrestrial sources and atmospheric dust loads in these regions are amongst the lowest in the world. Experiments were performed in three nutrient-rich areas: The Gulf of Alaska, the Ross Sea, and the equatorial Pacific. In general, populations without added Fe doubled at rates 11-40% of the expected maxima at various temperatures. The addition of nanomole quantities of Fe increased these doubling rates by factors of 2-3. In spite of the lack of Fe, tightly coupled phytoplankton/zooplankton communities seem to inhabit these major nutrient-rich areas. -from Authors, Cited By (since 1996):341, Oceanography, , , Downloaded from: aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_36/issue_8/1793.pdf (16 June 2014).
Martin, Gordon, Fitzwater
Iron deficiency and phytoplankton growth in the equatorial Pacific,
Several experiments were conducted in the equatorial Pacific at 140°W during the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, equatorial Pacific, 1992 Time-series I (TS-I, 23 March-9 April). Time-series II (TS-II, 2-20 October) and FeLINE II cruises (10 March-14 April), to investigate the effects of added Fe on phytoplankton communities. Seven series of deckboard iron-enrichment experiments were performed, with levels of added Fe ranging from 0.13 to 1000 nM. Time-course measurements included nutrients, chlorophyll a and HPLC pigments. Results of these experiments showed that subnanomolar (sub-nM) additions of Fe increased net community specific growth rates, with resultant chlorophyll a increases and nutrient decreases. Community growth rates followed Michaelis Menten type kinetics resulting in maximum rates of 0.99 doublings per day and a half-saturation constant of 0.12 nM iron. The dominant group responding to iron enrichment was diatoms., Cited By (since 1996):62, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Fitzwater, Coale, Gordon, Johnson, Ondrusek
Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic,
An interesting oceanographic problem concerns the excess major plant nutrients (PO 4, NO 3, SiO 3) occurring in offshore surface waters of the Antarctic 1-3 and north-east Pacific subarctic Oceans 4. In a previous study 5, we presented indirect evidence suggesting that inadequate Fe input was responsible for this limitation of growth; recently we had the opportunity to seek direct evidence for this hypothesis in the north-east Pacific subarctic. We report here that the addition of nmol amounts of dissolved iron resulted in the nearly complete utilization of excess NO 3, whereas in the controls-without added Fe-only 25% of the available NO 3 was used. We also observed that the amounts of chlorophyll in the phytoplankton increased in proportion to the Fe added. We conclude that Fe deficiency is limiting phytoplankton growth in these major-nutrient-rich waters., Cited By (since 1996):854, ,
Martin, Fitzwater
Iron, nutrient and phytoplankton biomass relationships in upwelled waters of the California coastal system,
We report measurements of dissolvable and particulate iron, particulate Al, nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in surface waters during the termination of one upwelling event and the initiation of a second event in August 2000. These events occurred in the area of the Año Nuevo upwelling center off the coast of central California. The first event was observed after ∼8 days of continuous upwelling favorable winds, while the second event was observed through the onset of upwelling favorable winds to wind reversals ∼3 days later. Coincident with the upwelling signatures of low temperature and high salinity were significantly elevated concentrations of nitrate and silicate with average concentrations greater than 15 and 20 μM, respectively, during both upwelling events. Dissolvable Fe concentrations (TD-Fe) were significantly higher in the second event, 6.5 versus 1.2 nM Fe found in the first event. Nitrate was reduced by ∼5 μM day-1 within this second upwelled plume as compared to a drawdown of ∼2 μM day-1 within the first plume. Silicate was reduced in a ratio of 1.2 mol Si:mol NO3 in the high Fe waters of the second plume as compared to a ratio of 2.2 in the lower Fe waters of the first plume. The observed differences in nutrient utilization are consistent with some degree of iron limitation. The area of increased dissolvable Fe in the second upwelling event was coincident with elevated particulate Fe concentrations, indicating the particulate pool as a possible source of the observed increase in TD-Fe. The elevated particulate Fe in surface waters was a result of resuspended sediments in the bottom boundary layer (BBL) of the shallow shelf being transported to the surface during upwelling. Particulate (and dissolvable) iron concentrations were significantly reduced as upwelling continued. This was most probably due to a decoupling of the BBL from upwelled source waters as the upwelling front moved offshore and/or reduced turbulence in the BBL as upwelling continued. The observed reduction in both particulate and dissolvable Fe, as upwelling continued to deliver macronutrients to surface waters, may result in varying levels of Fe limitation., Cited By (since 1996):35, CODEN: CSHRD, ,
Fitzwater, Johnson, Elrod, Ryan, Coletti, Tanner, Gordon, Chavez
IronEx-I, an in situ iron-enrichment experiment,
An in situ iron-enrichment experiment near the Galapagos Islands was performed in October 1993. Here we report the theoretical and practical considerations of creating such a patch of iron-enriched surface water, as well as the strategies employed for the detection of the patch and the biological and chemical signals which developed, in an area dominated by advective processes. Physical and chemical models were used to predict the speciation, solubility, and the final concentration of iron in surface waters injected with acidic iron sulfate. A trial injection off the California coast in which 800 L of a 0.5 M FeSO4 were introduced into the ship's wake over a 1.5 km2 area, was used to test these predictions. Iron concentrations were determined continually onboard during the initial experiment as the ship steamed in transects through the enriched patch. The results indicate excellent spatial agreement with model predictions and final concentrations that were consistent with the chemical model. However, the use of a Cartesian coordinate system during rejection resulted in an extremely compressed, heterogeneous patch. Results from this preliminary experiment were then applied towards the development and implementation of the first open ocean iron enrichment experiment (IronEx I) near the Galapagos Islands in October 1993. The development and results of these methodologies are presented. In the IronEx I equatorial experiment, a Lagrangian coordinate system was established using a drogued buoy (equipped with GPS and packet radio) and the iron-enriched area (64 km2 containing 443 kg of Fe) was tagged with the inert chemical tracer sulfurhexafluoride (SF6). This strategy resulted in a fairly rectangular, homogeneous enriched patch initially detectable by both Fe and SF6 determination. Shipboard analysis and airborne observations confirmed good spatial agreement between the Lagrangian drifter and the biological and chemical signatures in the patch. Biological and chemical sampling of the enriched area showed an increase in chlorophyll, primary production, biomass and photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency relative to waters outside the patch, supporting the hypothesis that iron limits phytoplankton growth and biomass in a 'bottom up' manner in this area. The ability to create a coherent patch and track it over time led to this first open-ocean test of the iron hypothesis., Cited By (since 1996):42, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Coale, Johnson, Fitzwater, Blain, Stanton, Coley
Developing standards for dissolved iron in seawater
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Johnson, Boyle, Bruland, Coale, Measures, Moffett, Aguilar-Islas, Barbeau, Bergquist, Bowie, Buck, Cai, Chase, Cullen, Doi, Elrod, Fitzwater, Gordon, King, Laan, Laglera-Baquer, Landing, Lohan, Mendez, Milne, Obata, Ossiander, Plant, Sarthou, Sedwick, Smith, Sohst, Tanner, Van den Berg, Wu
Iron in Antarctic waters,
WE are testing the hypothesis that Antarctic phytoplankton suffer from iron deficiency 1-3 which prevents them from blooming and using up the luxuriant supplies of major nutrients found in vast areas of the southern ocean. Here we report that highly productive 4 (∼3 g Cm -2 day -1), neritic Gerlache Strait waters have an abundance of Fe (7.4 nmol kg -1) which facilitates phytoplankton blooming and major nutrient removal, while in low-productivity 4 (∼0.1 g Cm -2 day -1), offshore Drake Passage waters, the dissolved Fe levels are so low (0.16 nmol kg -1) that the phytoplankton are able to use less than 10% of the major nutrients available to them. The verification of present-day Fe deficiency is of interest as iron-stimulated phytoplankton growth may have contributed to the drawing down of atmospheric CO 2 during glacial maxima 2,3; it is also important because oceanic iron fertilization aimed at the enhancement of phytoplankton production may turn out to be the most feasible method of stimulating the active removal of greenhouse gas CO 2 from the atmosphere, if the need arises (J.H.M., manuscript in preparation)., Cited By (since 1996):449, CODEN: NATUA, ,
Primary productivity and trace-metal contamination measurements from a clean rosette system versus ultra-clean Go-Flo bottles,
Primary productivity rates, measured during the 1992 United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS) Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) process study with a new Trace-Metal clean rosette system (TM rosette) designed to be trace-metal clean, agreed within 5% with those determined using ultra-clean procedures that were previously shown to be trace-metal clean. The TM rosette system did not inhibit phytoplankton primary productivity rates. Using the TM rosette system, there was no contamination of Co, Ni, Cu, Cd or Pb, and only slight contamination of Fe and Zn, relative to ultra-clean collection. However, the slight contaminations were below levels that affect primary productivity rates. Therefore, systematic phytoplankton inhibition by trace-metal contamination appears to have been successfully eliminated with water collected using the TM rosette system. © 1995., Cited By (since 1996):16, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Sanderson, Hunter, Fitzwater, Gordon, Barber
Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean,
The idea that iron might limit phytoplankton growth in large regions of the ocean has been tested by enriching an area of 64 km 2 in the open equatorial Pacific Ocean with iron. This resulted in a doubling of plant biomass, a threefold increase in chlorophyll and a fourfold increase in plant production. Similar increases were found in a chlorophyll-rich plume down-stream of the Galapagos Islands, which was naturaly enriched in iron. These findings indicate that iron limitation can control rates of phytoplankton productivity and biomass in the ocean., Cited By (since 1996):749, Oceanography, CODEN: NATUA, ,
Martin, Coale, Johnson, Fitzwater, Gordon, Tanner, Hunter, Elrod, Nowicki, Coley, Barber, Lindley, Watson, Van Scoy, Law, Liddicoat, Ling, Stanton, Stockel, Collins, Anderson, Bidigare, Ondrusek, Latasa, Millero, Lee, Yao, Zhang, Friederich, Sakamoto, Chavez, Buck, Kolber, Greene, Falkowski, Chisholm, Hoge, Swift, Yungel, Turner, Nightingale, Hatton, Liss, Tindale
Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to phosphorus ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean,
There is considerable interest in the biogeochemical cycling of cadmium (Cd) and phosphate (PO 4) in surface waters, driven in part by the ongoing development of a paleonutrient proxy that utilizes Cd preserved in fossil planktonic foraminifera to determine past PO 4 utilization efficiencies in ocean surface waters. The present article reports the results of a field study into the effects of Fe limitation on the Cd:P composition of natural assemblages of marine phytoplankton in the Antarctic Zone of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Iron enrichment to shipboard incubation bottles led to increases in community growth rate and final biomass. After 10.7 d of incubation, the climax community was dominated by large diatoms of the genus Fragillariopsis, Pseudonitzschia, and Nitzschia. Direct measurements of phytoplankton metal : P ratios from controlled shipboard experiments indicate that Cd:P, Co:P, and Zn:P ratios decreased from control values with increasing initial dissolved Fe concentrations in the incubation bottles, by factors of ∼2-10 at highest Fe additions. We suggest that the effect of Fe limitation on resident diatoms is to decrease growth rate, leading to elevated cellular Cd content. The dissolved Cd:P ratio in iron-limited surface waters of the Southern Ocean may, therefore, respond to the supply of Fe to the resident phytoplankton community, which has implications for the developing paleonutrient proxy. We suggest that the biological uptake of Cd and P is independent of the dissolved Cd:PO 4 ratio. As a consequence, the results argue against the use of empirical Rayleigh fractionation models or models with fixed phytoplankton uptake ratios to account for regional variability in surface water dissolved Cd:PO 4., Cited By (since 1996):33, Oceanography, CODEN: LIOCA, ,
Cullen, Chase, Coale, Fitzwater, Sherrell
Surface ocean-lower atmosphere interactions in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Gyre: Aerosols, iron, and the ecosystem response,
Here we report measurements of iron and aluminum in surface and subsurface waters during late March and late May of 2001 on transects between central California and Hawaii. A large cloud of Asian dust was detected during April 2001, and there was a clear signal in surface water iron due to aerosol deposition on the May transect. Iron and aluminum concentrations increased synchronously by 0.5 and 2 nM along the southern portion of the transect, which includes the Hawaii Ocean Time series (HOT) station, from background values in March (0.1 to 0.2 nM Fe). These changes occured in a ratio that is close to the crustal abundance ratio of the metals, which indicates a soil aerosol source. A vertical profile of dissolved iron was also measured at the HOT station in late April and this profile also shows a large increase near the surface. Direct observations of aerosol iron concentration at Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii indicate that aerosol concentrations were significantly lower than climatological values during this period. Soil aerosol concentrations along the transect were estimated using the real-time Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS). The NAAPS results show a large meridional gradient with maximum concentrations in the boundary layer north of 30°N. However, the deposition of iron and aluminum to surface waters was highest south of 25°N, near Hawaii. There were only weak signals in the ecosystem response to the aerosol deposition., Cited By (since 1996):64, Oceanography, , , Downloaded from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2002GB002004/pdf (16 June 2014).
Johnson, Elrod, Fitzwater, Plant, Chavez, Tanner, Gordon, Westphal, Perry, Wu, Karl
Control of community growth and export production by upwelled iron in the equatorial Pacific Ocean
The iron hypothesis states that phytoplankton growth and biomass are limited by low concentrations of available iron in large regions of the world's oceans where other plant nutrients are abundant. Such limitation has been demonstrated by experiments in which iron has been added to both enclosed and in situ (un-enclosed) phytoplankton populations. A corollary of the iron hypothesis is that most 'new' iron is supplied by atmospheric deposition, and it has been suggested that changes in the deposition rates of iron-bearing dust have led to changes in biological productivity and, consequently, global climate. Here we report surface-water measurements in the equatorial Pacific Ocean which show that the main iron source to equatorial waters at 140°W is from upwelling waters. Shipboard in vitro experiments indicate that sub-nanomolar increases in iron concentrations can cause substantial increases in carbon export to deeper waters in this region. These findings demonstrate that equatorial biological production is controlled not solely by atmospheric iron deposition, but also by processes which influence the rate of upwelling and the iron concentration in upwelled water., Cited By (since 1996):221 Seaweeds, CODEN: NATUA
Coale, Fitzwater, Gordon, Johnson, Barber
Iron-enrichment bottle experiments in the equatorial Pacific: Responses of individual phytoplankton cells,
Iron-enrichment bottle experiments were monitored using flow cytometry to investigate the hypothesis that phytoplankton in the equatorial Pacific are iron-limited. Iron-enriched Synechococcus, ultraphytoplankton, nanophytoplankton, pennate diatoms, and coccolithophorids had higher fluorescence and/or forward light scatter per cell than control cells; for Prochlorococcus the trends were the same although the differences were not significant. This suggests that most phytoplankton cells were physiologically affected by the low iron concentrations in this region. However, only pennate diatoms showed significant increases in cell concentrations due to iron enrichment. The sum of chlorophyll fluorescences of individual cells measured by flow cytometry yielded patterns similar to those of extracted bulk chlorophyll, with increases of up to 10-fold in iron-enriched bottles but at most 3-fold in control bottles; pennate diatoms accounted for most of the increase in chlorophyll in iron-enriched bottles., Cited By (since 1996):39, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Zettler, Olson, Binder, Chisholm, Fitzwater, Gordon
Dissolved organic carbon in the Atlantic, Southern and Pacific oceans,
The amount of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in sea water is controversial 1,2. Using a high-temperature catalytic oxidation (HTCO) technique, Sugimura and Suzuki 3 reported that surface waters contained 2-4 times as much DOC as that measured previously using wet chemistry and ultraviolet oxidation techniques 4,5. They also observed a relationship between DOC content and apparent oxygen utilization suggesting that the consumption of DOC is responsible for oxygen depletion in the deep sea. How to reconcile the apparent differences between these techniques has not been clear. Here we provide independent confirmation of the findings of Sugimura and Suzuki. We collected surface and deep waters from the equatorial Pacific Ocean, the Drake passage and the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland, and analysed their DOC content using the HTCO methodology 3. We found DOC concentrations 2-3 times higher than those measured previously. These results imply that the carbon content of the oceans has previously been underestimated by 10 12 (1,000 billion) tonnes, and that the new estimated total of 1,800 billion tonnes represents one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth 6. We found no evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between DOC and apparent oxygen utilization., Cited By (since 1996):35, Oceanography, CODEN: NATUA, ,
Nitrate utilization in surface waters of the Iceland Basin during spring and summer of 1989,
Oceanographic sampling at 59.5°N, 21°W over the spring and summer months of 1989 provided the basis to quantify the amount of new (nitrate) production and to evaluate the effect of selected environmental factors on new production. Surface water nitrate decreased linearly from 14μM in early April to ∼2.5 μM in August, and suggested that new production averaged 5.4 mmol NO 3 m -2 day -1, almost double the rate suggested by a similar analysis at Ocean Weather Sta. P. Equivalent carbon export in the northern Iceland Basin would be 63 g C m -2 over this period. During a week in early July, it appeared that regenerated production compensated for a sharp decrease in new production to maintain carbon productivity at a fairly consistent level despite a decrease in F-ratio from 0.46 to 0.20. New production was predominantly associated with particles over 5 μm, although a subsurface (35m) peak in 15NO 3 uptake may have been due to bacterial uptake. We suggest that light was the single-most dominant factor regulating nitrate uptake during this time. However the relationship between new production and light was non-linear in that the light efficiency of nitrate uptake varied significantly between stations in addition to variations in available light. © 1992., Cited By (since 1996):21, CODEN: DSROE, ,
Sambrotto, Martin, Broenkow, Carlson, Fitzwater
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Escape to Oman
In search of some winter sun, but don’t want to spend the best part of a day on a plane? We have the answer: step forward the Sultanate of Oman which serves up year round sunshine alongside sparkling fjords and spectacular dune studded scenery. Here’s 10 reasons why you should visit
Oman’s glitzy next door neighbour, the United Arab Emirates - home to bling bedecked Dubai and oil rich Abu Dhabi - may dominate the headlines, but if it’s a hefty dose of Vitamin D and an authentic taste of Arabia that you’re after few places can match Oman.
The Sultanate has shaken off the dust gathered through decades of hermit like exile on the world stage, to emerge as one of the world’s most alluring destinations.
Occupying the south east corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman is blessed with beautiful beaches, rugged mountains, medieval fortresses, ancient ruins and gossipy, garrulous souks – where you can pick up anything from frankincense and fridge magnets to cushion covers and khanjar daggers and still have change from a fiver.
Oman is also a dream destination for adventure tourists who will find no shortage of activities including climbing (the Al Hajar Mountains, stretching from Musandam in the north of the country to the south-eastern town of Sur are particularly impressive), caving and diving. Add to this a population that is as proud as it is friendly, balmy temperatures and an enviable environmental record and you can’t help but be charmed by Oman.
Sultan Qaboo's Grand Mosque credit: kk_tt
Oman’s architecture
Muscat - Oman’s low-key capital - has managed to modernise itself without turning the city into a strip of gargantuan shopping malls. All buildings have been designed to reflect the cultural heritage of their surroundings and, subsequently, are unmistakably Arabic owing to details like white washed walls or sand coloured buildings.
Get a culture fix at the Royal Opera House
Detractors may say that a pot of yoghurt has more culture than a Gulf country but Oman’s legion of fans beg to differ. And, in their defence, The Sultanate of Oman does boast a striking Opera House - take a bow the Royal Opera House - that has garnered a reputation in the Gulf as a premier venue for performing arts. Standouts this season include Giselle by the American Ballet Theatre (6-8 April). Alternatively gawk at the gold gilded balconies by joining a 30-minute guided tour, during which you can learn a little more about the design.
www.rohmuscat.org.om
Haggling for gems in Muttrah Souk
This labyrinth like, gossipy market place could keep magpies contented for days. A real Aladdin’s cave, it’s brimming with jewellery stores selling antique silver earrings and necklaces in intricate Arabesque designs for a snip of the price you’d pay back home plus vendors peddling frankincense, spices, sandalwood, sequinned slippers, aromatic oud and whole host of Omani artefacts
Muttrah Souk credit: Mlenny
Muttrah Souk credit: guppyimages
Muttrah Souk credit: chameleonseye
Marvelling at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
As any Omani will tell you, this magnificent mosque boasts an eight tonne Swarovski chandelier making it well worth a visit - especially since it’s the only mosque in Oman that is open to non-Muslims. Set against a backdrop of the Hajar Mountains, the Grand Mosque was inaugurated on 4 May 2001 when His Majesty Sultan Qaboos commenced prayer on the world’s largest hand woven carpet. The mosque is so large it can accommodate unto 20,000 worshippers at once.
www.sultanqaboosgrandmosque.com
Oman’s enviable environmental record
The Gulf countries aren’t exactly known for their enthusiasm for the environment however Oman is the exception to the rule. The Sultanate was singled out by the UN Environment programme as a country with exemplary conservation measures.
Catching a camel race
Omanis are obsessed with the time old Arabian sport of camel racing. Fortunately robot jockeys are now used instead of child jockeys (a practice which garnered international condemnation owing to the harsh conditions and treatments that the jockeys were forced to endure), meaning that visitors can now watch these ships of the desert racing at speeds of up to 60km per hour with a clean conscience.
Unlike the rest of the region, visitors to the Sultanate will actually come into contact with locals thanks to Sultan Qaboos’ policy of Omanisation. In contrast to its Khaleeji brothers Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE, Oman cannot afford costly expatriate labour - meaning that Omanis of both sexes are employed in all sectors of society.
Muscat’s underwater world
Everyone raves about the Red Sea – so much so that it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of world class diving locations off Oman’s coastline. What’s more, while the Red Sea can be as crowded as the London underground during rush hour, it’s easier to get that ‘off the beaten track feeling’ in Muscat – making it ideal for those who don’t want to share the sea with tons of tourists.
Musandam Peninsula credit: sophie Dauwe
The magical Musandam Peninsula
Rooted in history and heritage, life in the Peninsula moves at a more sedate pace and Western influences are minimal. The area boasts an embarrassment of riches – think breathtaking fjords (not for nothing is the area known as ‘the Norway of Arabia’), craggy mountains, small fishing villages and crystal clear waters – all of which combine to make Musandam a slice of Arabian paradise.
Spotlight on Salalah
Situated in the southern corner of the country, the city of Salalah is known as the “perfume capital of Arabia’ and famed for its Frankincense trees. It’s popular with Omanis owing to its cooler climate and surprisingly verdant, almost tropical landscape.
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Jordan Valley sovereignty bill sparks political storm
Likud MK Miri Regev's proposed bill to apply Israeli law in Jewish areas of the Jordan Valley is approved by Ministerial Committee on Legislation • Justice Minister Tzipi Livni calls bill "irresponsible" • PM expected to block bill from becoming law.
Shlomo Cesana, Edna Adato, Gideon Allon, Mati Tuchfeld and Israel Hayom Staff
The Jordan Valley sovereignty bill has little chance of becoming law
Photo credit: Gil Eliyahu
Despite the sensitive timing, at the height of peace negotiations with the Palestinians and with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set to arrive in the region later this week, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved a bill proposed by Likud MK Miri Regev that would apply Israeli law to Jewish lands and communities in the Jordan Valley.
The committee's action set off a political storm that has exposed internal divisions within the government.
"This bill is purely motivated by diplomatic and security considerations," Regev said. "Until now, the position of all Likud governments was that under any permanent agreement with the Palestinian Authority, the communities in the Jordan Valley would be transferred to the sovereignty of the State of Israel."
The bill was passed with the support of eight ministers from the Likud, Habayit Hayehudi and Yisrael Beytenu. Three ministers from Hatnuah and Yesh Atid voted against the bill.
Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) said, "There is a public consensus regarding Israeli sovereignty in the Jordan Valley. We do not need to be alarmed that it will be known that it is important that the Jordan Valley remain under Israeli sovereignty in any permanent agreement."
Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel (Habayit Hayehudi) emphasized that the bill is "part of Israel's security."
The Jordan Valley is located on the eastern edge of Judea and Samaria, the area that Israel captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War in 1967. In the current Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the Jordan Valley has been a source of disagreement. Thus far, the Palestinians have rejected Israel's demand to maintain a security presence there following the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Kerry said in Washington earlier this month that the need to resolve the dispute over the Jordan Valley was "a critical threading of a needle that has to happen in order to achieve an agreement."
Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri (Yesh Atid) expressed opposition to the bill approved by the ministerial committee on Sunday.
"There is no connection between the proposal and Israeli security," Peri said on Sunday. "This proposed law, two days before the return of the U.S. secretary of state on his mission to broker peace, and at the height of sensitive negotiations, is a provocative proposal, meant only to gain to political publicity."
Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz (Hatnuah) said on Sunday, "There is no practical outcome to approving this bill other than international damage to the State of Israel."
Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) strongly criticized the bill, saying, "It ties the hands of the prime minister at a time when he is conducting in negotiations."
Most savage in her criticism was the committee's chairwoman, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnuah).
"This is an irresponsible bill and whoever supports it is irresponsible," Livni said. "This is a bill that will hurt the State of Israel and isolate it. I have no respect for the person who proposed this bill and I have no respect for your decision, ministers, to support it. You are only supporting the bill because you know it won't pass in the Knesset plenum. If you thought it would pass, you would oppose it."
Later, Livni posted on her Facebook page: "Amir Peretz and I will submit an appeal to the government and Yair Lapid and Yaakov Peri have announced they will do the same. Perhaps this is the reason the Likud ministers allow themselves to support the bill -- they are trying to have it both ways. To be in a government that is conducting negotiations on diplomatic settlement, a responsible government that protects the economy and Israeli security, but also to kiss up to the Likud Central Committee."
And what about the prime minister? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Likud ministers freedom to vote and did not prevent them from backing Regev's bill. In a meeting of Likud ministers that took place prior to the cabinet meeting, Netanyahu he did not address Regev's bill. But he clarified that on diplomatic matters, it is best if there is a debate in the cabinet and not through proposed laws in the ministerial committee. "The right way to address policy matters is in a full cabinet meeting," he said.
At present, with an appeal to be submitted by Livni and Lapid, the bill is in the hands of the government secretariat and will only be discussed further at the prime minister's discretion. At this stage, Netanyahu has no intention of advancing the bill, but the very fact that it was approved by the ministerial committee benefited anyone who wanted to win political brownie points from its approval.
Regev said she was happy with the outcome. "Approval of the law by the ministerial committee for legislation at this time when negotiations are underway with the Palestinians is a type of absolute statement by the government that the communities of the Jordan Valley are a strategic and security asset for the state of Israel and will always remain in Israel's hands."
"Israel must decide to extend its sovereignty over this wide swathe of land, which is relatively sparse in terms of Palestinian population, and to say openly: The Jordan Valley will remain under Israeli sovereignty forever and ever," said MK Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi).
The head of the Jordan Valley regional council, David Alhiani, welcomed the bill, but did not delude himself as to its fate: "I assume that the proposed law will not come to pass. Nevertheless, it is enough that this proposed law was approved by the ministerial committee in order to signal to the Americans that there is agreement among most ministers over extending Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley."
Meanwhile, on the Left, there was criticism of the government.
"We are talking about an absurdity that shows Netanyahu has lost control of the ministers, of the Likud and the entire diplomatic process," said MK Omer Bar-Lev (Labor).
"De facto annexation of the Jordan Valley is not only against international law, it is also an unnecessary provocation against the efforts of the American administration to advance a diplomatic process," said Meretz Chairwoman Zehava Gal-On.
Palestinians reacted with fury to the approval of the bill.
"Israel is destroying the diplomatic process," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said.
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Terracotta is a type of hard-baked clay, produced by means of a single firing. Terracotta is usually un-glazed so-called "buff" clay. Archaeologists, art historians, and Forum's staff refer to clay objects such as sculptures or tiles, made without a potter's wheel as terracotta. We refer to vessels, lamps and objects made on the potter's wheel as pottery (even if it is buff clay). Terracottas were initially hand molded. Later came the development of the clay mold, with which the artisan could push the soft clay into the mold, and produce a fine terracotta on the spot. This was certainly one of the first examples of mass production. This mold could provide a limited number of copies before it lost definition. The results were beautiful. The Greek terracotta craftsman was called coroplast, which is Greek for "doll maker." These terracottas were mass produced, and almost anyone in the society could afford them. Terracotta figures were used either for religious purposes, as tools for the veneration of the gods and goddesses, or for secular purposes, as toys for the living and gifts from friends for the departed.
Unmounted pieces can be mounted by Forum for prices starting at $25 per piece. Request mounting in the checkout comments and we will respond by email with the price and a description of the mount, stand or base.
Greco-Roman Anatatolia (Smyrna, Ionia?), Terracotta Woman Holding Infant, 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
Kourotrophos (Greek: "child nurturer") was an Athenian deity, the protector of children and young people, with a cult and sanctuary, the so-called Kourotropheion. Gods and goddesses, including Athena, Apollo, Hermes, Hecate, Aphrodite, and Artemis, are given the epithet Kourotrophos when depicted holding an infant. Figurines of females holding infants are also called Kourotrophos. The purpose of kourotrophic figurines is debated. Perhaps they are representations of the Athenian goddess. Perhaps they were fertility or childbirth charms. They are found in graves, so perhaps they were companions for the dead.
We were unable to find another example of this type. Attribution to Smyrna, Ionia is based on the color and texture of the clay, and on the style and workmanship.AH21487. Terracotta kourotrophos statuette of a woman holding a swaddled infant, 25cm (9 7/8") tall, mold-made, hollow and without back, Choice, complete and intact, old dealer labels on the reverse, stands on its own base, Late Hellenistic to Roman Era; $600.00 (€528.00)
Greek, Terracotta Eros Figure, 4th Century B.C.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. AT31187. Average, beige terracotta; full figure of nude Eros, winged, legs spread, holding fruit; 6.5 cm (2 1/2") high; unmounted; $280.00 (€246.40)
Roman Egyptian, Terracotta Bust of Harpocrates with Finger to Mouth, 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Shhhhh! quiet!...In Greek mythology, Harpocrates is the god of silence. Harpocrates was very popular in Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, as evidenced by his numerous terracotta household idols, such as this one. AS20846. cf. BMC Terracottas IV 3043 ff., Average, even wear, Terracotta head of Harpocrates; cf. Kaufmann 28; 5.6 cm (2 1/4") high, beige terracotta, bust of Harpocrates with right hand and finger to mouth, wearing horn and sun-disk headdress; fragment broken from a larger idol, unmounted; $90.00 (€79.20)
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Roman Provincial Coins of Syria
In 63 B.C., Syria was incorporated into the Roman Republic as a province following the success of Pompey the Great against the Parthians. In 135 A.D., after the defeat of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, Roman Syria and Judaea were merged into the province Syria Palaestina. The province Coele-Syria was split from Syria Palaestina in 193. Syria became part of the splinter Palmyrene Empire for a brief period from 260 to 272, when it was restored to Roman central authority. In the 3rd century, with the Severan dynasty, Syrians even achieved imperial power.
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Antioch, Syria
Possibly struck in the year of Christ's birth! Most biblical scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 B.C.SL91533. Silver tetradrachm, McAlee 182; Prieur 52; RPC I 4153; BMC Galatia p. 167, 137; Cohen DCA 400, NGC F, strike 4/5, surface 2/5 (2490384-005), weight 13.664 g, maximum diameter 26.9 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 4 - 3 B.C.; obverse KAIΣAPOΣ ΣE−BAΣTOY, laureate head right; reverse ETOYΣ HK NIKHΣ (year 28 Actian Era), Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks, turreted, holding palm branch, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right below, his head turned facing, YΠA monogram and IB (12th consulship) over ANT (Antioch) monogram in the right field; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; $350.00 (€308.00)
Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D., Zeugma, Commagene, Syria
Zeugma was founded by Seleucus I Nicator who almost certainly named the city Seleucia after himself. In 64 B.C. the city was conquered by Rome and renamed Zeugma, meaning "bridge of boats." On the Silk Road connecting Antioch to China, Zeugma had a pontoon bridge across the Euphrates, which was the long time border with the Persian Empire. The Legio IV Scythica was camped in Zeugma. The legion and the trade station brought great wealth to Zeugma until, in 256, Zeugma was fully destroyed by the Sassanid king, Shapur I. An earthquake then buried the city beneath rubble. The city never regained its earlier prosperity and, after Arab raids in the 5th and 6th centuries, it was abandoned again.
SL89808. Bronze AE 27, Butcher 31c; SNG Cop 35; BMC Galatia p. 128, 35; SGICV 4142, NGC Ch VF, strike 5/5, surface 3/5 (4094544-007), weight 15.63 g, maximum diameter 27.4 mm, die axis 0o, Zeugma (Belkis, Turkey) mint, 247 - 249 A.D.; obverse AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse ZEYΓMATEΩN, tetrastyle temple with peribolos enclosing the sacred grove of trees, below Capricorn right; from the Martineit Collection of Ancient and World Coins; $225.00 (€198.00)
Gadara, Decapolis, 64 - 63 B.C.
This type and another similar anonymous year one of Rome type, have traditionally been attributed to Gadara. In 64/3 BC Roman troops under Pompey "liberated" the Greek cities conquered by the Judaean king Alexander Jannaeus. Pompey personally supervised reconstruction in Gadara. Commemorating these events, Gadara established the year 64/3 B.C. as the beginning of a new Pompeian era, replacing the previous Seleukid era. Hoover says the attribution to Gadara is in error; that the fabric and style suggest a mint in southern Syria. For now, at least, we retain the traditional attribution.RP91034. Bronze AE 23, Meshorer City-Coins 217, Spijkerman 1, Rosenberg IV 1, HGC 10 381 (S), RPC I -, aVF, weight 11.043 g, maximum diameter 22.8 mm, die axis 0o, Gadara (Um Qais, Jordan) mint, 64 - 63 B.C.; obverse bust of Herakles left, draped with lion's skin, club on left shoulder, anepigraphic; reverse galley ram right, L A / PΩMHS (year 1 of Rome [Pompeian Era]) in two lines above, all within wreath; rare; $225.00 (€198.00)
Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Samosata, Commpagene
Sear (SRCV I) and Mattingly (BMCRE II) identify the mint as at Samosata in Commagene. Commagene was a "buffer state" between Armenia, Parthia, Syria, and Rome. Emperor Vespasian made it part of the Roman Empire in 72 A.D.
RY92940. Orichalcum as, RPC II online 2003 (2 spec.), RIC II-1 Vesp. 1578 (R2), BMCRE II Vesp. 884, SRCV I 2666, McAlee 86 (corr.), BnF III -, Wruck -, Cohen I -, Hunter I -, F, highlighting green patina, porous, edge crack, weight 4.556 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 180o, Minted for Syria at Rome mint, as caesar, 74 A.D.; obverse CAESAR DOMIT COS II, laureate head right; reverse large S C within laurel wreath; very rare; $160.00 (€140.80)
16 Roman Provincial Coins of Antioch
LT87182. 16 Roman provincial coins, mostly or all of Antioch, 20.7mm - 25.9mm, F or better, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, the actual coins in the photograph, no tags or flips, as-is, no returns; $155.00 (€136.40)
Lucius Verus, 7 March 161 - February 169 A.D., Abila, Decapolis
Abila in the Decapolis, also known for a time as Seleucia, and ancient Raphana, is now called Quwaylibah, a site occupied by two tells (Tell al-Abila and Tell Umm al-Amad). Tell in Arabic means only "hill." The archaeological connotation of "hill of accumulated debris" in this case does not apply. The city was built over two natural hills on the left bank of Wadi ("valley") Qweilibeh, which is, in fact, delineated by hills and escarpments. The largest site is located amidst verdant agricultural fields near the modern Ain Quweilbeh spring. Roman temples, Byzantine churches and early mosques lie amidst olive groves and wheat fields.RP91008. Bronze AE 24, RPC IV online T6512 (3 spec.), Sofaer 10, Rosenberger IV 9, Spijkerman 9, SNG ANS -, VF, well centered, tight flan, earthen deposits, scratches, weight 9.675 g, maximum diameter 23.9 mm, die axis 45o, Abila in Decapolis (Quwaylibah, Jordan) mint, 162 - 163 A.D.; obverse AYT KAICAP Λ AYPOYHPΩC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse CE ABIΛHNW-N I A A I KOI CY (of the people of Seleucia Abila in Coele-Syria), nude Herakles seated left on rocks, right hand resting on grounded club, left hand on rocks behind, ϖKC (year 226) in exergue; rare; $150.00 (€132.00)
Abila in the Decapolis, also known for a time as Seleucia, and ancient Raphana, is now called Quwaylibah, a site occupied by two tells (Tell al-Abila and Tell Umm al-Amad). Tell in Arabic means only "hill." The archaeological connotation of "hill of accumulated debris" in this case does not apply. The city was built over two natural hills on the left bank of Wadi ("valley") Qweilibeh, which is, in fact, delineated by hills and escarpments. The largest site is located amidst verdant agricultural fields near the modern Ain Quweilbeh spring. Roman temples, Byzantine churches and early mosques lie amidst olive groves and wheat fields.RP91009. Bronze AE 24, RPC IV online T6512 (3 spec.), Sofaer 10, Rosenberger IV 9, Spijkerman 9, SNG ANS -, VF, well centered on tight flan, sage green patina, earthen deposits, weight 11.291 g, maximum diameter 24.1 mm, die axis 0o, Abila in Decapolis (Quwaylibah, Jordan) mint, 162 - 163 A.D.; obverse AYT KAICAP Λ AYPOYHPΩC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse CE ABIΛHNW-N I A A I KOI CY (of the people of Seleucia Abila in Coele-Syria), nude Herakles seated left on rocks, right hand resting on grounded club, left hand on rocks behind, ϖKC (year 226) in exergue; rare; $150.00 (€132.00)
Lot of 5 Roman Provincial Bronze Coins of Antioch Syria, c. 200 - 250 A.D.
The ruins of Antioch on the Orontes lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey. Founded near the end of the 4th century B.C. by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch's geographic, military and economic location, particularly the spice trade, the Silk Road, the Persian Royal Road, benefited its occupants, and eventually it rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East and as the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Antioch is called "the cradle of Christianity,” for the pivotal early role it played in the emergence of the faith. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis. Its residents are known as Antiochenes. Antioch was renamed Theoupolis after it was nearly destroyed by an earthquake on 29 November 528. Once a great metropolis of half a million people, it declined to insignificance during the Middle Ages because of warfare, repeated earthquakes and a change in trade routes following the Mongol conquests, which then no longer passed through Antioch from the far east.
LT88499. Bronze Lot, 5 Roman provincial coins of Antioch, Syria, 17.1mm - 23.0mm, Nice VF, desert patinas with highlighting earthen deposits, no additional identification, no tags or flips, the lot is the actual coins in the photograph; $140.00 (€123.20)
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Damascus, Coele-Syria
Damascus was an important caravan city with trade routes from southern Arabia, Palmyra, Petra, and silk routes from China all converging on it delivering eastern luxuries to Rome. Saul (later known as Paul) was on his way to Damascus to persecute Christians when he was blinded by a light from the presence of Jesus. He spent three days in Damascus, blind, until Jesus sent a disciple named Ananias to Saul. Damascus was the city in which Paul began his work as a great evangelist. Hadrian promoted Damascus to the Metropolis of Coele-Syria about 125 A.D. Severus Alexander upgraded it to a colonia in 222 A.D.RY89578. Bronze AE 28, SNG Cop 421, Rosenberger V 20, SNG München -, aF/VF, crude style, inscriptions blundered and mostly off flan (normal for the type), weight 9.608 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 0o, Damascus mint, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse CEYΠECV - AVTOK KAI (or similar), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse ∆MACKHNΩ - MHTPΠOΛ... (or similar), turreted and draped bust of city goddess Tyche left within an arched tetrastyle shrine; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); very rare; $100.00 (€88.00)
Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria
On 8 June 218, at the Battle of Antioch, Elagabalus, with support of the Syrian legions, defeated the forces of Macrinus. Macrinus fled but was captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia. Diadumenian, son of Macrinus, escaped to the Parthian court, but was captured at Zeugma and was also put to death.RP89899. Bronze as, McAlee 784(a) (rare, same dies); BMC Galatia p. 203, 432; Waage 591 var. (wreath closed with star); cf. SNG Cop 247 (legend uncertain), SNG München -, Choice VF, highlighting red earthen fill "desert" patina, well centered, nice youth portrait with Elagabalus' distinctive cheeks, well centered and struck, weight 4.833 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, obverse AVT KAI MAP AVP ANTΩNEINOC (clockwise from 12:00), laureate head left; reverse large S • C, ∆ E above, eagle wings open and head right below, all in laurel wreath closed at the top with a garland; rare; $90.00 (€79.20)
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Datasheet> 器件分类 > 无源元件> 2220Y0250270KCR
2220Y0250270KCR
器件型号：2220Y0250270KCR
厂商名称：Knowles
厂商官网：http://www.knowles.com
CAP CER 27PF 25V C0G/NP0 2220
电容： 27pF
容差： ±10%
电压 - 额定： 25V
温度系数： C0G，NP0（1B）
特性： 软端子
等级： -
应用： Boardflex 敏感
安装类型： 表面贴装，MLCC
封装/外壳： 2220（5750 公制）
大小/尺寸： 0.224" 长 x 0.197" 宽（5.70mm x 5.00mm）
厚度（最大值）： 0.165"（4.20mm）
引线间距： -
引线形式： -
2220Y0250270KCR器件文档内容
Introduction to Knowles Capacitors
At Knowles Capacitors we make Single Layer, Multilayer,
High Reliability and Precision Variable Capacitors; EMI Filters
and Thin Film Devices.
Our business was formed by combining Dielectric
Laboratories, Johanson Manufacturing, Novacap, Syfer
Technology and Voltronics into a single organization - each
well-established specialty capacitor makers with a combined
history of over 175 years.
Our expertise is the design and manufacture of components
important to engineers in applications where function and
reliability are key. The markets we serve include medical
implantable and medical equipment, military, aerospace/
avionics, EMI and connector filtering, oil exploration,
instrumentation, industrial electronics, optical networks,
telecom and automotive.
We aim to be a leader in every market we serve, to
the benefit of our customers and our mutual long-
term success. We achieve this by:
l Understanding our customers’ real needs and providing
products and services to meet and exceed them.
l Providing better products and services than competitors.
l Investing in product development, manufacturing
processes and people.
l Insisting on the highest ethical standards and a business
culture of trust, respect and open communication.
Products in this catalogue form the basis of our ranges for
‘new designs’. However, there are legacy products from
our five brands that will still be available – we ask that you
contact your local Sales Office for details and ordering.
Snubber
Frequency Control/Tuning,
Impedance Matching
Capacitors Modem/Tip and Ring
and Decoupling/Smoothing
Filters AC Noise Removal
SM and High Voltage Circuitry
Leaded High Speed Decoupling
Feedthrough Filtering
Harsh Environments
Mil/Aero
is particularly recommended
for these applications where
X7R, C0G/NP0, High Q & Ultra-low ESR
0402 to 4040 non-magnetic termination Pages 68-71
0.1pF to 6.8µF - 16V to 3kV
High Q, C0G/NP0 & Porcelain Range Pages 40-52
Ultra-low ESR
MRI/Non-Magnetic C0G/NP0 Range
0402 to 8060 Pages 30-33
0.47pF to 1µF - 10V to 12kV & 36-37
Class 1 Dielectrics
Low DF/ESR X7R Pages 24-25
1812/2220/2225 & 60-61
100nF to 1µF - 250Vdc
Class 1 Dielectrics X7R, C0G/NP0 Y2/X1, X2
Safety Certified Ranges UL/TÜV Pages 65-67
High Capacitance
X7R/X5R Ranges Pages 24-25
0603 to 8060 & 60-61
100pF to 22µF - 16V to 12kV
Safety Certified
X7R, E03 X2Y IPCs Pages 92-95
150pF to 1.2µF - 16V to 1kV
X7R, C0G/NP0, Y2/X1, X2 Pages 65-67
Safety Certified Ranges UL/TÜV
Balanced Line Capacitors
X7R, C0G/NP0 Ranges Page 64
250Vac rated 50/60Hz AC
StackiCap™ Page 62
250Vac Range
0505/1111/1825 Ranges Page 40
X7R, C0G/NP0, High Q
PCB Space Saving
X7R and C0G/NP0, E03 X2Y IPCs Pages 92-95
10pF to 1.2µF
Low Inductance Capacitors
E01/E07/SBSGC/SBSMC Pages 92-95
X7R, C0G/NP0
0805 to 2220 - 1A to 20A
SBSP/SBSG/SBSM Pages 92-95
X7R, C0G/NP0 1206 to 2220
22pF to 470nF - 1A to 10A
Capacitive/Inductive Pi
AEC-Q200 E03 X2Y IPCs Pages 92-95
X7R and C0G/NP0 AEC-Q200 E01/E07
Open Mode and Tandem Page 56
FlexiCap™ Capacitors
with extra safe electrode design
AEC-Q200 Ranges Pages 58-59
X8R Range Page 74
Dipped Radial Leaded Operational temperature up to 150°C
Class I & II High Temperature Page 75
High Reliability 160ºC and 200ºC
Capacitors and Filters
X7R, C0G/NP0 Pages 83-91
4.7pF to 22µF - 50V to 12kV
115Vac 400Hz range Pages 57, 72,
S02A/IECQ-CECC/MIL-PRF/Burn in 94 & 95
Hi Rel X2Y IPCs
General & Dielectric classifications and characteristics.............................................................................2-5
Technical Termination types including FlexiCap™....................................................................................6-7
Introduction Manufacturing processes..........................................................................................................8
Testing....................................................................................................................................9
IECQ-CECC and AEC-Q200 Periodic Tests.................................................................................10
High Reliability Testing............................................................................................................11
Regulations and Compliance...................................................................................................12
Explanation on Ageing of MLC.................................................................................................13
Handling, Storage, Soldering and Mechanical Precautions..................................................... 14-16
Chip Marking System..............................................................................................................17
Packaging Information - Ceramic chip capacitors................................................................. 18-19
Chip Dimensions....................................................................................................................20
MLCC Ordering Chip Ordering Information..................................................................DLI..............................21
Information Chip Ordering Information..................................................................Novacap......................22
Chip Ordering Information..................................................................Syfer............................23
MLC Quick Reference Guide.......................................................................Novacap-Syfer.......24-25
Capacitors Industry Standard - X7R.....................................................................Novacap-Syfer.......26-29
Industry Standard - C0G/NP0..............................................................Novacap-Syfer.......30-33
Other Popular Sizes - X7R...................................................................Novacap-Syfer.......34-35
Other Popular Sizes - C0G/NP0............................................................Novacap-Syfer.......36-37
Standard Chip - BX.............................................................................Novacap..................... 38
Improved ESR - BX & X7R...................................................................Novacap..................... 39
High Q - Q(MS) & U ranges.................................................................Syfer......................40-42
High Q - H range - High Temperature 150ºC - X8G...............................Syfer..................... 43-44
High Q - High Power RF - Surface Mount & Ribbon Leaded....................Syfer..................... 45-46
High Q Porcelain - CF Series - C0G/NP0...............................................DLI......................... 47-49
High Q Porcelain - AH Series - P90......................................................DLI.........................50-52
VC1 Residual - X7R.............................................................................Syfer.......................... 53
TCC/VCC range - (BX & BZ) X7R..........................................................Syfer......................54-55
Open Mode and Tandem - X7R............................................................Syfer.......................... 56
IECQ-CECC range - C0G/NP0 & X7R....................................................Syfer.......................... 57
Automotive Grade - AEC-Q200 range - MLC, EMI & X2Y........................Syfer......................58-59
High Capacitance - X7R & X5R............................................................Novacap.................60-61
StackiCap™ - X7R..............................................................................Syfer.......................... 62
NC range - X7R..................................................................................Syfer.......................... 63
250Vac rated 50/60Hz AC...................................................................Syfer.......................... 64
250Vac Safety Certified AC..................................................................Syfer......................65-67
Non-Magnetic - High Q, C0G/NP0 & X7R..............................................Syfer-Voltronics.....68-69
Non-Magnetic - High Power RF - High Q..............................................Syfer-Voltronics..... 68-69
Non-Magnetic - High Power RF - High Q - Porcelain P90 & C0G/NP0......Voltronics............... 70-71
115Vac 400Hz - C0G/NP0 & X7R.........................................................Syfer.......................... 72
DWV (High Dielectric Withstand Voltage) range - C0G/NP0 & X7R..........Syfer.......................... 73
High Temperature - X8R - 150ºC.........................................................Novacap-Syfer........... 74
High Temperature - C0G/NP0 & Class II - 160ºC & 200ºC.....................Novacap..................... 75
HiT range of 200ºC Caps - C0G/NP0 & X7R..........................................Novacap-Syfer........... 76
Capacitor Assemblies - ST & SM ranges - C0G/NP0 & X7R.....................Novacap.................77-81
Capacitor Assemblies - ‘Cap-Rack’ Arrays.............................................Novacap..................... 82
MLC Radial Radial Leaded - Ordering Information..................................................Novacap-Syfer........... 83
Leaded Standard Radial Leaded - C0G/NP0, X7R & X8R....................................Novacap.................84-85
Capacitors Standard Radial Leaded - C0G/NP0, X7R..............................................Syfer......................86-89
High Temperature Radial Leaded - Epoxy Coated.................................Novacap..................... 90
High Temperature Radial Leaded - Encapsulated..................................Novacap..................... 91
SM EMI Filters Feedthrough Filters - E01 & E07..........................................................Syfer......................92-93
X2Y Integrated Passive Components - E03...........................................Syfer......................94-95
Dielectric characteristics
Class I Dielectrics
Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors are generally divided into classes dielectric characteristics with negligible dependence of capacitance
which are defined by the capacitance temperature characteristics and dissipation factor with time, voltage and frequency. They
over specified temperature ranges. These are designated by alpha exhibit the following characteristics:-
numeric codes. Code definitions are summarised below and are also a) Time does not significantly affect capacitance and dissipation
available in the relevant national and international specifications. factor (Tan δ) – no ageing.
Capacitors within this class have a dielectric constant range from b) Capacitance and dissipation factor are not affected by voltage.
10 to 100. They are used in applications which require ultra stable c) Linear temperature coefficient.
C0G/NP0 P90 C0G/NP0 X8G Class I
(Porcelain) (Porcelain) High Temperature
Ultra stable Ultra stable Ultra stable Ultra stable Ultra stable
Dielectric IECQ-CECC - - 1B/CG - - -
classifications EIA C0G/NP0 P90 C0G/NP0 X8G - -
MIL - - CG (BP) - - -
DLI CF AH - - - - -
Ordering code Novacap - - - N, RN - F D, RD
Syfer - - Q, U C H - G
Voltronics F H Q - - - -
Rated -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to
temperature +125ºC +125ºC +125ºC -55ºC to +125ºC +150ºC +160ºC +200ºC
Maximum No DC voltage 0 ±15 ppm/ºC 0 ±20 ppm/ºC 0 ±30 ppm/ºC 0 ±30 ppm/ºC 0 ±30 ppm/ºC 0 ±30 ppm/ºC 0 ±30 ppm/ºC
capacitance applied
change over
temperature Rated DC -
range voltage applied
>50pF <0.0015
Tangent of loss ≤0.0005 @1MHz ≤0.0005 <50pF ≤0.0005 ≤0.001
angle (tan δ) @1MHz 0.0015 (15 + 0.7) @1MHz
@25ºC = 100GΩ or 1000ΩF
Insulation Time constant @25ºC = 106 MΩ min 100GΩ or 1000s @160ºC & 200ºC = 1GΩ or
resistance (Ri) (Ri x Cr) @125ºC = 105 MΩ min (whichever is the least) 10ΩF
(whichever is the least)
Cr <4.7pF ±0.05pF, ±0.10pF, ±0.25pF, ±0.5pF
Capacitance Cr >4.7 to ±0.10pF, ±0.25pF, ±0.5pF
Tolerance <10pF
Cr >10pF ±1%, ±2%, ±5%, ±10%
Dielectric <200V 2.5 times
strength >200V to 2.5 times Rated voltage +250V
Voltage applied <500V
for 5 seconds. 500V to <1kV 2.5 times 1.5 times
current limited >1kV to 1.25 times
to 50mA <1.2kV N/A
maximum. >1.2kV 1.2 times
Chip - - 55/125/56 - -
Climatic Dipped - - - 55/125/21 - -
category (IEC)
Discoidal - - - 55/125/56 - -
characteristic Zero
Approvals Syfer Chip - - - QC-32100 - -
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Class II Dielectrics
Capacitors of this type have a dielectric constant range of 1000- Capacitance and dissipation factor are affected by:-
4000 and also have a non-linear temperature characteristic which a) Time (Ageing)
exhibits a dielectric constant variation of less than ±15% (2R1) b) Voltage (AC or DC)
from its room temperature value, over the specified temperature c) Frequency
range. Generally used for by-passing (decoupling), coupling,
filtering, frequency discrimination, DC blocking and voltage transient
suppression with greater volumetric efficiency than Class I units,
whilst maintaining stability within defined limits.
X5R X7R X8R Class II
Stable Stable Stable Stable
- 2C1 2R1 2X1 - - - IECQ-CECC Dielectric
X5R - X7R - X8R - - EIA classifications
- BZ - BX - - - MIL
- - - - - - - DLI
BW - B, RB X S G E, RE Novacap Ordering code
P R X B N - X Syfer
- - X - - - - Voltronics
-55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to -55ºC to Rated
+85ºC +125ºC +150ºC +160ºC +200ºC temperature
±15% ±15% ±15% ±15% ±15% +15 -40% +15 -65% No DC voltage Maximum
applied capacitance
- +15 -45% - +15 -25% - - - Rated DC temperature
voltage applied range
≤ 0.025 >25V <0.025 <0.025 <0.025 Tangent of loss
Typical* <25V <0.035 angle (tan δ)
100GΩ or 1000s Time constant Insulation
(whichever is the least) (Ri x Cr) resistance (Ri)
±5%, ±10%, ±20% Capacitance
2.5 times <200V Dielectric
>200V to strength
Rated voltage +250V <500V Voltage applied
for 5 seconds.
1.5 times 500V to <1kV Charging
current limited
to 50mA
1.2 times >1kV maximum.
55/85/56 55/125/56 55/150/56 - Chip
- 55/125/21 - - Dipped Climatic
- 55/125/56 - - Discoidal
5% Ageing
Typical <2% per time decade characteristic
- QC-32100 - - - QC-32100 - Syfer Chip Approvals
* Refer to page 61 for details of Dissipation Factor.
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Typical dielectric temperature characteristics Impedance vs Frequency
Porcelain C0G/NP0 & P90 Ultra Stable C0G/NP0 dielUelcttraricStable C0G/NP0 dielectric
1.25 100000000
Impedance (Ohms) 10000000 10pF 100pF
1 C0G/NP0 Porcelain 1000000
1nF 10nF
Capacitance Change % 0.75 P90 Porcelain 100000
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000
-0.5 Frequency (MHz)
-0.75 Stable X7R dielectric Stable X7R dielectric
-1 1000000
-55 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 125
Temperature (ºC) Impedance (Ohms) 100000 1nF 10nF
C0G/NP0 10000 100nF 1µF
UPPER LIMIT 10
25 TYPICAL LIMIT 0.1
∆C ppm/°C 0.01
0 Frequency (MHz)
Stable X7R dielectric - 10nFStable X7R dielectric 10nF
-25 100000
LOWER LIMIT IImmppeeddaannccee ((OOhhmmss)) 10000 1808 0805
-55 -25 0 25 50 75 100 125 100
Temperature (ºC) 10
X7R 1
Typical capacitance change curves 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000
Capacitance Change % 10 will lie within the shown limits FFrreeqquueennccyy ((MMHHzz))
5 ESR vs Frequency - chips
0 Ultra Stable C0G/NP0 dieUleltcrtariSctable C0G/NP0 dielectric
-5 1000
-10 100 100pF
ESR (Ohms) 1nF
-15 10 10nF
Temperature (ºC) 0.1
Stable X7R dielectric Stable X7R dielectric
1000 1nF
ESR (Ohms) 100 100nF
10 1µF
Dielectric characteristics - Porcelain C0G/NP0 & P90
Typical ESR and Series Resonance characteristics
CF Porcelain (C0G/NP0) and AH Porcelain (P90)
Dielectric DLI Cap Typical ESR Series Resonance
Series (pF) 150 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz (MHz)
1 0.182 0.276 0.428 10300
C06CF 10 0.095 0.159 0.243 3200
47 0.081 0.127 0.173 1400
1 0.073 0.089 0.146 9900
100 0.040 0.073 0.111 970
CF 1111 100 0.041 0.070 0.102 1300
TCC (ppm/°C) 1000 0.034 0.073 – 400
(-55° to +125°C) 1 0.068 0.086 0.158 9060
Porcelain C18CF 10 0.058 0.087 0.118 3100
(C0G/NP0) 1111
1000 0.041 0.068 – 1000
0 ±15 10 0.072 0.113 0.164 2480
C22CF 100 0.047 0.079 0.119 1000
2225 1000 0.036 0.067 – 320
2700 0.035 – – 214
10MHz 30MHz 100MHz
C40CF 100 0.044 0.038 0.045 680
3838 1000 0.032 0.036 0.038 210
5100 0.011 0.016 0.040 95
1 0.067 0.08 0.136 9200
C11AH 10 0.044 0.071 0.104 3000
100 0.032 0.055 0.086 1000
C17AH 10 0.039 0.06 0.085 3100
1000 0.024 0.05 0.074 1290
AH 10 0.059 0.094 0.138 3100
C18AH 100 0.028 0.069 0.109 1290
TCC (ppm/°C) 1111
(-55° to +125°C) 1000 0.023 0.063 – 400
Porcelain 10 0.074 0.207 0.249 2480
(P90) C22AH 100 0.048 0.116 0.19 1000
+90 ±20 2225 1000 0.028 0.14 – 320
C40AH 100 0.018 0.026 0.052 680
Dielectric termination combinations
Palladium Silver Palladium Silver Nickel Barrier (100% matte tin plating). Lead free Nickel Barrier 90/10% tin/lead Nickel Barrier Gold flash FlexiCap™ with Nickel Barrier 100% tin FlexiCap™ with Nickel Barrier 90/10% tin/lead FlexiCap™ with Copper Barrier 100% tin FlexiCap™ Ag Layer, 400-u-in Cu barrier 200-u-in Sn Plate FlexiCap™ with Copper Barrier 90/10% tin/lead Copper Barrier 100% tin Ag Layer, 400-500u-in Cu barrier, 200-u-in 90/10 Sn Plate Copper Barrier 90/10% tin/lead Solderable Silver Solderable Palladium Silver Ag termination, Ni Barrier, Heavy SnPb Plated Solder Ag termination, Enhanced Ni Barrier, Sn Plated Solder Ag termination, Enhanced Cu Barrier, Sn Plated Solder Ag Termination, Cu Barrier Layer, Heavy SnPb Plated Solder
RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS RoHS
Recommended for Solder • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Recommended for Conductive • • •
Epoxy Attachment
DLI - P Z U S Q Y M - - W - V - - T E H R
Termination Novacap P PR N Y NG C D - - - B - E S K - - - -
ordering code: Syfer - F J A - Y H 3 - 5 2 - 4 - - - - - -
Voltronics - S - - - - - 3 M - 2 W - - - - - - -
Dielectric Code
NP0 Porcelain - Hi Q DLI - CF • • • • • • • • • • • •
P90 Porcelain - Hi Q DLI - AH • • • • • • • • • • • • •
C0G - Hi Q/Low ESR Syfer - Q, U • •
C0G - Hi Q/Low ESR BME Syfer - H •
Novacap - N/RN • • • • • • • • •
C0G/NP0 Syfer - A • • • •
Syfer - C, F • • • • •
C0G/NP0 - BME Syfer - G, K • • • •
Novacap - M • • • • •
C0G/NP0 - Syfer - C, Q • • • •
Non-Mag
Voltronics - Q • • • •
X5R Syfer - P • • • • •
Novacap - BW • • •
Novacap - B/RB • • • • • • • • •
X7R Syfer - E • •
Syfer - X, D • • • • •
Novacap - BB • • •
X7R - BME Syfer - J • • •
Syfer - S • •
BX Novacap - X • • • • • • • • •
Syfer - B • • • • •
BZ Syfer - R • • • • •
Novacap - C • • • • •
X7R - Syfer - X • •
Voltronics - X • • • •
Novacap - S • • • • • • • •
X8R Syfer - N • • • • •
Syfer - T • •
C0G/NP0 (160ºC) Novacap - F • • • • • • • •
C0G/NP0 (200ºC) Novacap - D • •
C0G/NP0 (200ºC) Novacap - RD •
Syfer - G •
Class II (160ºC) Novacap - G • • • • • • • •
Novacap - E • •
Class II (200ºC) Novacap - RE •
Syfer - X •
Dielectric codes in Red - AEC-Q200 qualified. Dielectric codes in Green - IECQ-CECC.
FlexiCap™ overview
FlexiCap™ termination working in partnership with customers world wide, to eliminate
MLCCs are widely used in electronic circuit design for a multitude of mechanical cracking.
applications. Their small package size, technical performance and An additional benefit of FlexiCap™ is that MLCCs can withstand
suitability for automated assembly makes them the component of temperature cycling -55ºC to 125ºC in excess of 1,000 times
choice for the specifier. without cracking.
However, despite the technical benefits, ceramic components are FlexiCap™ termination has no adverse effect on any electrical
brittle and need careful handling on the production floor. In some parameters, nor affects the operation of the MLCC in any way.
circumstances they may be prone to mechanical stress damage if
not used in an appropriate manner. Board flexing, depanelisation, ● Picture taken at 1,000x
mounting through hole components, poor storage and automatic magnification using a SEM
testing may all result in cracking. to demonstrate the fibrous
nature of the FlexiCapTM
Careful process control is important at all stages of circuit board termination that absorbs
assembly and transportation - from component placement to increased levels of
test and packaging. Any significant board flexing may result in mechanical stress.
stress fractures in ceramic devices that may not always be evident
during the board assembly process. Sometimes it may be the end
customer who finds out - when equipment fails!
Knowles has the solution - FlexiCap™
FlexiCap™ has been developed as a result of listening to customers’ Available on the following ranges:
experiences of stress damage to MLCCs from many manufacturers,
often caused by variations in production processes. ● All High Reliability ranges
Our answer is a proprietary flexible epoxy polymer termination ● Standard and High Voltage Capacitors
material, that is applied to the device under the usual nickel barrier ● Open Mode and Tandem Capacitors
finish. FlexiCap™ will accommodate a greater degree of board ● Safety Certified Capacitors
bending than conventional capacitors. ● Non-magnetic Capacitors
Knowles FlexiCap™ termination ● 3 terminal EMI chips
Ranges are available with FlexiCap™ termination material offering ● X2Y Integrated Passive Components
increased reliability and superior mechanical performance (board ● X8R High Temperature capacitors
flex and temperature cycling) when compared with standard Summary of PCB bend test results
termination materials. Refer to Knowles application note reference The bend tests conducted on X7R have proven that the FlexiCap™
AN0001. FlexiCap™ capacitors enable the board to be bent termination withstands a greater level of mechanical stress before
almost twice as much before mechanical cracking occurs. Refer to mechanical cracking occurs.
application note AN0002. The AEC-Q200 test for X7R requires a bend level of 2mm minimum
FlexiCap™ is also suitable for Space applications having passed and a cap change of less than 10%.
thermal vacuum outgassing tests. Refer to Syfer application note
reference AN0026.
Fired ceramic Product Typical bend performance under
dielectric X7R AEC-Q200 test conditions
Standard termination 2mm to 3mm
FlexiCap™ Typically 8mm to 10mm
Metal Application notes
electrodes FlexiCap™ may be handled, stored and transported in the same
Tin outer manner as standard terminated capacitors. The requirements for
layer Intermediate nickel termination mounting and soldering FlexiCap™ are the same as for standard
or copper layer base SMD capacitors.
FlexiCap™ MLCC cross section For customers currently using standard terminated capacitors there
should be no requirement to change the assembly process when
FlexiCap™ benefits converting to FlexiCap™.
With traditional termination materials and assembly, the chain Based upon board bend tests in accordance with IEC 60384-1
of materials from bare PCB to soldered termination, provides no the amount of board bending required to mechanically crack a
flexibility. In circumstances where excessive stress is applied - the FlexiCap™ terminated capacitor is significantly increased compared
weakest link fails. This means the ceramic itself, which may fail with standard terminated capacitors.
short circuit. It must be stressed however, that capacitor users must not
The benefit to the user is to facilitate a wider process window - assume that the use of FlexiCap™ terminated capacitors will totally
giving a greater safety margin and substantially reducing the typical eliminate mechanical cracking. Good process controls are still
root causes of mechanical stress cracking. required for this objective to be achieved.
FlexiCap™ may be soldered using your traditional wave or reflow
solder techniques including lead free and needs no adjustment to
equipment or current processes.
Knowles has delivered millions of FlexiCap™ components and
during that time has collected substantial test and reliability data,
Production process flowchart Knowles reliability grades
Ceramic powder Electrode ink High reliability
preparation material (space quality)
ESCC 3009(1)
MIL Grade
Multilayer build
IECQ-CECC(2)
AEC-Q200(3)
Fire Standard components Standard
Rumble Notes:
1) Space grade tested in accordance with ESCC3009 (refer to Knowles
Spec S02A 0100) or MIL Grade (in accordance with MIL-PRF-123, MIL-
DPA inspection PRF-55681).
2) IECQ-CECC. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Quality
Assessment System for Electronic Components. This is an internationally
Termination recognised product quality certification which provides customers with
assurance that the product supplied meets high quality standards.
View Knowles IECQ-CECC approvals at http://www.iecq.org or at
www.knowlescapacitors.com
3) AEC-Q200. Automotive Electronics Council Stress Test Qualification
Plating For Passive Components. Refer to Knowles application note reference
(if specified) AN0009.
Printing Knowles reliability surface mount product groups
(if specified)
Electrical test Tandem
FlexiCapTM
capacitors(1)
Test verification FlexiCapTM capacitors(2)
Standard FlexiCapTM
Standard MLC capacitors(4) Standard
Additional sample reliability
Rel tests
1) “Tandem” construction capacitors, ie internally having the equivalent
of 2 series capacitors. If one of these should fail short-circuit, there is still
QC inspection capacitance end to end and the chip will still function as a capacitor,
although capacitance maybe affected. Refer to application note AN0021.
Also available qualified to AEC-Q200.
2) “Open Mode” capacitors with FlexiCapTM termination also reduce the
possibility of a short circuit by utilising inset electrode margins. Refer to
Additional Hi Rel application note AN0022. Also available qualified to AEC-Q200.
activities 3) Multilayer capacitors with Knowles FlexiCapTM termination. By using
(S02A 100% burn-in, QC insp) FlexiCapTM termination, there is a reduced possibility of the mechanical
cracking occurring.
4) “Standard” capacitors includes MLCCs with tin finish over nickel but no
FlexiCapTM.
Finished goods store
Tests conducted during batch manufacture Knowles reliability SM product group
S (Space grade)
Standard SM IECQ-CECC / AEC-Q200 High Rel S02A
capacitors MIL grade ESCC 3009
MIL-PRF-123
Solderability l l l l
Resistance to soldering heat l l l l
Plating thickness verification (if plated) l l l l
DPA (Destructive Physical Analysis) l l l l
Voltage proof test (DWV / Flash) l l l l
Insulation resistance l l l l
Capacitance test l l l l
Dissipation factor test l l l l
100% visual inspection m m l l
100% burn-in. (2xRV @125ºC for 168 hours) m m m l
Load sample test @ 125ºC m m l LAT1 & LAT2
(1000 hours)
Humidity sample test. 85ºC/85%RH m m l 240 hours
Hot IR sample test m m m m
Axial pull sample test (MIL-STD-123) m m m m
Breakdown voltage sample test m m m m
Deflection (bend) sample test m m m m
SAM (Scanning Acoustic Microscopy) m m m m
LAT1 (4 x adhesion, 8 x rapid temp change + LAT2 and LAT3) - - - m
LAT2 (20 x 1000 hour life test + LAT3) - - - m
LAT3 (6 x TC and 4 x solderability) - - - m
l Test conducted as standard.
m Optional test. Please discuss with the Sales Office.
IECQ-CECC and AEC-Q200 Periodic tests
Periodic tests conducted for IECQ-CECC and AEC-Q200
Test Sample
ref Test Termination type Additional requirements acceptance Reference
P N C
P1 temperature All types Un-powered. 1,000 hours @ T=150ºC. 12 77 0 MIL-STD-202
exposure Measurement at 24 ± 2 hours after test conclusion Method 108
(storage)
P2 Temperature C0G/NP0: All types 1,000 cycles -55ºC to +125ºC 12 77 0 JESD22
cycling X7R: Y and H only Measurement at 24 ± 2 hours after test conclusion Method JA-104
Moisture T = 24 hours/cycle. Note: Steps 7a and 7b not required. Un- MIL-STD-202
P3 resistance All types powered. 12 77 0 Method 106
Measurement at 24 ± 2 hours after test conclusion
Biased 1,000 hours 85ºC/85%RH. Rated voltage or 50V MIL-STD-202
P4 humidity All types whichever is the least and 1.5V. 12 77 0 Method 103
P5 Operational All types Condition D steady state TA=125ºC at full rated. 12 77 0 MIL-STD-202
life Measurement at 24 ± 2 hours after test conclusion Method 108
P6 Resistance All types Note: Add aqueous wash chemical. 12 5 0 MIL-STD-202
to solvents Do not use banned solvents Method 215
P7 Mechanical C0G/NP0: All types Figure 1 of Method 213. Condition F 12 30 0 MIL-STD-202
shock X7R: Y and H only Method 213
5g’s for 20 minutes, 12 cycles each of 3 orientations.
C0G/NP0: All types Note: Use 8” x 5” PCB 0.031” thick 7 secure points on one long MIL-STD-202
P8 Vibration X7R: Y and H only side and 2 secure points at corners of opposite sides. Parts 12 30 0 Method 204
mounted within 2” from any secure point.
Test from 10-2,000Hz
P9 Resistance to All types Condition B, no pre-heat of samples: 3 12 0 MIL-STD-202
soldering heat Single wave solder - Procedure 2 Method 210
C0G/NP0: All types -55ºC/+125ºC. Number of cycles 300. MIL-STD-202
P10 Thermal shock X7R: Y and H only Maximum transfer time - 20 seconds, 12 30 0 Method 107
dwell time - 15 minutes. Air-Air
Adhesion,
rapid temp X7R: A, F and 5N force applied for 10s, -55ºC/ +125ºC for 5 cycles, BS EN132100
P11 change and J only damp heat cycles 12 27 0 Clause 4.8, 4.12
climatic and 4.13
P12 Board flex C0G/NP0: All types 3mm deflection Class I 12 30 0 AEC-Q200-005
X7R: Y and H only 2mm deflection Class II
P13 Board flex X7R: A, F and 1mm deflection. 12 12 0 BS EN132100
J only Clause 4.9
P14 Terminal All types Force of 1.8kg for 60 seconds 12 30 0 AEC-Q200-006
P15 Beam load All types - 12 30 0 AEC-Q200-003
P16 Damp heat All types 56 days, 40ºC / 93% RH 15x no volts, 15x 5Vdc, 12 45 0 BS EN132100
steady state 15x rated voltage or 50V whichever is the least. Clause 4.14
Test results are available on request.
P = Period in months.
N = Sample size.
C = Acceptance criteria.
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High Reliability Testing
Our High Rel products are designed for optimum Military Performance Specifications
reliability and are burned in at elevated voltage
and temperature levels. They are 100% MIL-PRF-55681 (GROUP A) MIL-PRF-123 (GROUP A)
electrically inspected to ascertain conformance to General purpose military high reliability The specification affords an increased
a strict performance criteria. specification for surface mount sizes 0805 reliability level over MIL-PRF-55681 for
Applications for High Reliability products include through 2225 in 50V and 100V. space, missile and other high reliability
medical implanted devices, aerospace, airborne, • VOLTAGE CONDITIONING applications such as medical implantable or
various military applications, and consumer uses • 100 HRS, 2X VDCW, 125°C life support equipment. The specification
requiring safety margins not attainable with covers surface mount sizes 0805 through
conventional product. • DWV, IR, 125°C IR, CAP, DF TEST 2225 in 50V rating and various radial / axial
• VISUAL & MECH. INSPECTION leaded products in 50V, 100V and 200V
We have the ability to test surface mount and (AQL SAMPLE PLAN) ratings.
leaded capacitors to High Reliability standards as • SOLDERABILITY, SAMPLE 13(0) • THERMAL SHOCK, 20 CYCLES
detailed below, or to customer SCD. • 8% PDA MAXIMUM • VOLTAGE CONDITIONING 168/264 HRS,
Military performance specifications are designed 2X VDCW, 125°C
and written for the voltage/capacitance ratings of • DWV, IR, 125°C IR, CAP, DF TEST
the individual product slash numbers associated • VISUAL & MECH. INSPECTION SAMPLE
with the specification. 20(0)
Some of the requirements of the military • DPA(1)
document may not apply to the High Reliability • PDA, 3% (0.1%), 5% (0.2%) MAX(2)
product. The following details the intent of the MIL-PRF-39014 (GROUP A) MIL-PRF-49467 (GROUP A)
individual military specifications available for test
and the deviations that may apply. The specification covers general military General purpose military high reliability
Product voltage ratings outside of the intended purpose radial / axial leaded and encapsulated specification for radial leaded epoxy coated.
military specification will follow the voltage test product in 50V, 100V, and 200V ratings. The specification covers sizes 1515 through
potential outlined. • THERMAL SHOCK, 5 CYCLES 13060 with 600V, 1kV, 2kV, 3kV, 4kV and 5kV
• VOLTAGE CONDITIONING 96 HRS, ratings.
Contact the Sales Office with any requirements or 2X VDCW, 125°C • THERMAL SHOCK, 5 CYCLES
deviations that are not covered here. • DWV, IR, 125°C IR, CAP, DF TEST • VOLTAGE CONDITIONING 96 HRS,
• VISUAL & MECH. INSPECTION RATED VDCW, 125°C
Environmental Testing (AQL SAMPLE PLAN) • PARTIAL DISCHARGE (OPTION) (3)
• SOLDERABILITY, SAMPLE 13(0) • DWV, IR, 125°C IR, CAP, DF TEST
We also have the capability to perform all • 8% PDA MAXIMUM • VISUAL & MECH. INSPECTION SAMPLE
the Environmental Group B, Group C and 13(0)
Qualification testing to the referenced • SOLDERABILITY, SAMPLE 5(0)
military specifications. • 10% PDA MAXIMUM
Testing abilities include the following: MIL-PRF-49470 (DSCC 87106) MIL-PRF-38534
• Nondestructive internal examination (GROUP A) Specification for Hybrid Microcircuits with a
General purpose military high reliability section for Element Evaluation on passive
• Destructive physical analysis specification for stacked and leaded capacitors components.
• Radiographic inspection for switch mode power supplies. The There are two classification levels of
• Terminal strength specification covers sizes 2225 through 120200 reliability. Class H is for a standard
in 50V, 100V, 200V and 500V ratings. military quality level. Class K is for the
• Resistance to soldering heat • THERMAL SHOCK, 5 CYCLES highest reliability level intended for space
• Voltage-temperature limits • VOLTAGE CONDITIONING 96 HRS, application.
• Temperature coefficient 2X VDCW(4), 125°C Knowles will perform a 100-hour burn-in
• DWV, IR, 125°C IR, CAP, DF TEST on all Class K products and assumes Class
• Moisture resistance • VISUAL & MECH. INSPECTION SAMPLE 13(0) K Subgroup 3 samples will be unmounted
• Humidity, steady state, low voltage and Subgroup 4 (wirebond) shall not apply
• SOLDERABILITY, SAMPLE 5(0) unless otherwise stated.
• Vibration • 10% PDA MAXIMUM
• Resistance to solvents
• Life TEST VOLTAGE (VDC) WVDC DWV V/C*
• Thermal shock and immersion This test potential shall be used on all High <200 2.5X Rated 2.0X Rated
• Low temperature storage Reliability Testing unless otherwise specified. 250 500V 400V
• Barometric pressure 300 500V 400V
• Shock, specified pulse 400 600V 500V
• Mechanical shock 500 750V 600V
• Constant acceleration 600 750V 600V
*V/C Is Voltage Conditioning. >700 1.2X Rated 1.0X Rated
• Wire bond evaluation
• Partial discharge (corona) Notes:
• 200°C Voltage Conditioning 1. MIL-PRF-123 DPA shall be per TABLE XIV AQL requirements unless otherwise specified.
2. MIL-PRF-123 allowable PDA shall be 3% overall and 0.1% in the last 48 hours for capacitance/voltage
values listed in MIL-PRF-123, and be 5% overall and 0.2% in the last 48 hours for capacitance/voltage
values beyond MIL-PRF-123.
3. MIL-PRF-49467 standard Group A is without Partial Discharge. Partial Discharge test is optional and must
be specified.
4. MIL-PRF-49470 (DSCC 87106) 500V rated product has Voltage Conditioning at 1.2X VDCW.
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Release documentation Knowles reliability SM product group
Standard SM IECQ-CECC AEC-Q200 S (Space grade)
capacitors MIL grade High Rel S02A
Certificate of conformance l - l l
IECQ-CECC Release certificate of conformity - l - -
Batch electrical test report m m m Included in
S (space grade) data documentation package - - - l
l Release documentation supplied as standard.
m Original documentation.
Periodic tests conducted and reliability data availability
Standard Surface Mount capacitors Example of FIT (Failure In Time) data available:
Components are randomly selected on a sample basis and the 10000
following routine tests are conducted:
Load Test. 1,000 hours @125ºC (150ºC for X8R). Applied RV 50% of RV
l 25% of RV 10% of RV
voltage depends on components tested. 10
l Humidity Test. 168 hours @ 85ºC/85%RH.
l Board Deflection (bend test). FIT
Test results are available on request. 0.01
From To Operation 0.00001
25ºC 50ºC 75ºC 100ºC 125ºC
FITS MTBF (hours) 109 ÷ FITS
FITS MTBF (years) 109 ÷ (FITS x 8760) Component type: 0805 (C0G/NP0 and X7R).
FITS = Failures in 109 hours. Testing location: Knowles reliability test department.
MTBF = Mean time between failures. Results based on: 16,622,000 component test hours.
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and for special exceptions) and those with plated terminations are
restriction of Chemicals) statement suitable for soldering using common lead free solder alloys (refer
The main purpose of REACH is to improve the protection of human to ‘Soldering Information’ for more details on soldering limitations).
health and the environment from the risks arising from the use of Compliance with the EU RoHS directive automatically signifies
chemicals. compliance with some other legislation (e.g. China and Korea
Knowles maintains both ISO14001, Environmental Management RoHS). Please refer to the Knowles Capacitors Sales Office for
System and OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Management System details of compliance with other materials legislation.
approvals that require and ensure compliance with corresponding Breakdown of material content, SGS analysis reports and tin
legislation such as REACH. whisker test results are available on request.
For further information, please contact the Knowles Capacitors Most Knowles MLCC components are available with non RoHS
Sales Office at www.knowlescapacitors.com compliant tin lead (SnPb) solderable termination finish for exempt
applications and where pure tin is not acceptable. Other tin free
RoHS compliance termination finishes may also be available – please refer to the
Knowles Capacitors Sales Office for further details.
Knowles routinely monitors world wide material restrictions (e.g. Radial components have tin plated leads as standard but tin/lead is
EU/China and Korea RoHS mandates) and is actively involved in available as a special option. Please refer to the radial section of the
shaping future legislation. catalogue for further details.
All standard C0G/NP0, X7R, X5R and High Q Knowles MLCC X8R ranges <250Vdc are not RoHS 2011/65/EU compliant. Check
products are compliant with the EU RoHS directive (see below the website, www.knowlescapacitors.com for latest RoHS update.
Export controls and dual-use regulations
Certain Knowles catalogue components are defined as ‘dual-use’ and a capacitance value of >250nF when measured at 750Vdc
items under international export controls - those that can be used and a series inductance <10nH. Components defined as dual-use
for civil or military purposes which meet certain specified technical under the above criteria may require a licence for export across
standards. international borders. Please contact the Sales Office for further
The defining criteria for a dual use component with respect to information on specific part numbers.
Knowles Capacitor products is one with a voltage rating of >750Vdc
Explanation of Ageing of MLC
Ageing Capacitance measurements
Capacitor ageing is a term used to describe the negative, Because of ageing it is necessary to specify an age for reference
logarithmic capacitance change which takes place in ceramic measurements at which the capacitance shall be within the
capacitors with time. The crystalline structure for barium titanate prescribed tolerance. This is fixed at 1000 hours, since for practical
based ceramics changes on passing through its Curie temperature purposes there is not much further loss of capacitance after this
(known as the Curie Point) at about 125°C. This domain structure time.
relaxes with time and in doing so, the dielectric constant reduces All capacitors shipped are within their specified tolerance at the
logarithmically; this is known as the ageing mechanism of the standard reference age of 1000 hours after having cooled through
dielectric constant. The more stable dielectrics have the lowest their Curie temperature.
ageing rates. The ageing curve for any ceramic dielectric is a straight line when
The ageing process is reversible and repeatable. Whenever the plotted on semi-log paper.
capacitor is heated to a temperature above the Curie Point the
ageing process starts again from zero. Capacitance vs time
The ageing constant, or ageing rate, is defined as the percentage (Ageing X7R @ <2% per decade)
loss of capacitance due to the ageing process of the dielectric
which occurs during a decade of time (a tenfold increase in age)
and is expressed as percent per logarithmic decade of hours. As
the law of decrease of capacitance is logarithmic, this means that
in a capacitor with an ageing rate of 1% per decade of time, the
capacitance will decrease at a rate of:
a) 1% between 1 and 10 hours
b) An additional 1% between the following 10 and 100 hours ∆c %
c) An additional 1% between the following 100 and 1000 hours
d) An additional 1% between the following 1000 and 10000 C0G/NP0
hours etc
e) The ageing rate continues in this manner throughout the
capacitor’s life.
Typical values of the ageing constant for our Multilayer Ceramic 1 10 100 1000 10000
Capacitors are: Age (Hours)
Dielectric class Typical values Tight tolerance
Ultra Stable C0G/NP0 Negligible capacitance loss One of the advantages of Knowles’ unique ‘wet process’ of
through ageing manufacture is the ability to offer capacitors with exceptionally tight
capacitance tolerances.
Stable X7R <2% per decade of time The accuracy of the printing screens used in the fully automated,
computer controlled manufacturing process allows for tolerance as
close as +/-1% on C0G/NP0 parts greater than or equal to 10pF.
For capacitance values below <4.7pF, tolerances can be as tight as
+/-0.05pF.
Mounting, Soldering, Storage & Mechanical Precautions
Detailed application notes intended to guide and assist our less than the chip width. In addition, the position of the chip on the
customers in using multilayer ceramic capacitors in surface board should also be considered.
mount technology are available on the Knowles website www. 3-Terminal components are not specifically covered by IPC-7351,
knowlescapacitors.com but recommended pad dimensions are included in the Knowles
The information concentrates on the handling, mounting, catalogue / website for these components.
connection, cleaning, test and re-work requirements particular to Alternative Printed Wire Board Land Patterns
MLC’s for SMD technology, to ensure a suitable match between
component capability and user expectation. Some extracts are Printed Wire Board land pattern design for chip components is
given below. critical to ensure a reliable solder fillet, and to reduce nuisance
Mechanical considerations for mounted ceramic chip type manufacturing problems such as component swimming and
capacitors tombstoning. The land pattern suggested can be used for reflow
and wave solder operations as noted. Land patterns constructed
Due to their brittle nature, ceramic chip capacitors are more prone with these dimensions will yield optimized solder fillet formation and
to excesses of mechanical stress than other components used in thus reduce the possibility of early failure.1
surface mounting. A = (Max Length) + 0.030” (.762mm)*
One of the most common causes of failure is directly attributable B = (Max Width) + 0.010” (.254mm)**
to bending the printed circuit board after solder attachment. C = (Min Length) – 2 (Nominal Band)***
The excessive or sudden movement of the flexible circuit board
stresses the inflexible ceramic block causing a crack to appear at
the weakest point, usually the ceramic/termination interface. The
crack may initially be quite small and not penetrate into the inner
electrodes; however, subsequent handling and rapid changes in
temperature may cause the crack to enlarge.
This mode of failure is often invisible to normal inspection * Add 0.030” for Wave Solder operations.
techniques as the resultant cracks usually lie under the capacitor ** Replace “Max Width” with “Max Thickness” for vertical mounting.
terminations but if left, can lead to catastrophic failure. More *** ”C” to be no less than 0.02”, change “A” to (Max Length) + 0.020”.
importantly, mechanical cracks, unless they are severe may not be For C04 ”C” to be no less than 0.01”.
detected by normal electrical testing of the completed circuit, failure
only occurring at some later stage after moisture ingression. 1. Frances Classon, James Root, Martin Marietta Orlando
The degree of mechanical stress generated on the printed circuit Aerospace, “Electronics Packaging and Interconnection Handbook”.
board is dependent upon several factors including the board MLC Orientation - Horizontal and Vertical Mounting
material and thickness; the amount of solder and land pattern.
The amount of solder applied is important, as an excessive amount The orientation of the MLC relative to the ground plane affects the
reduces the chip’s resistance to cracking. devices’ impedance. When the internal electrodes are parallel to
It is Knowles’s experience that more than 90% are due to board the ground plane (Horizontal mounting) the impedance of the MLC
depanelisation, a process where two or more circuit boards are resembles a folded transmission line driven from one end.
separated after soldering is complete. Other manufacturing stages The graphs below show the modeled insertion loss and parallel
that should be reviewed include: resonances of Knowles product C17AH101K-7UN-X0T with
1) Attaching rigid components such as connectors, relays, display horizontal mounting (modeling can be done in CapCad). When the
panels, heat sinks etc. internal electrodes are perpendicular to the ground plane (Vertical
mounting, bottom graph) the MLC impedance resembles a folded
2) Fitting conventional leaded components. Special care must transmission line driven from the center reducing resonance effects.
be exercised when rigid terminals, as found on large can Horizontal Orientation
electrolytic capacitors, are inserted. C17AH101K-7UN-X0T 100.0pF Temp = 25°C
3) Storage of boards in such a manner which allows warping. -1
4) Automatic test equipment, particularly the type employing “bed S21 (dB) -2
of nails” and support pillars. -3
5) Positioning the circuit board in its enclosure especially where -4
this is a “snap-fit”. -5
Knowles were the first MLCC manufacturer to launch a flexible -6
termination to significantly reduce the instances of mechanical Frequency (GHz)
cracking. FlexiCap™ termination introduces a certain amount of give
into the termination layer absorbing damaging stress. Unlike similar Vertical Orientation
systems, FlexiCap™ does not tear under tension, but absorbs the C17AH101K-7UN-X0T 100.0pF Temp = 25°C
stress, so maintaining the characteristics of the MLCC. -1
SM Pad Design S21 (dB) -2
Knowles conventional 2-terminal chip capacitors can generally -3
be mounted using pad designs in accordance with IPC-7351, -4
Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern -5
Standards, but there are some other factors that have been shown -6
to reduce mechanical stress, such as reducing the pad width to 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency (GHz)
Knowles MLCCs are compatible with all recognised soldering / Wave soldering Surface Mount Chip Capacitors
mounting methods for chip capacitors. Wave soldering is generally acceptable, but the thermal stresses
Specific application notes on mounting and soldering Knowles caused by the wave have been shown to lead to potential problems
components are included on the website for each brand. with larger or thicker chips. Particular care should be taken when
• For DLI brand components please see DLI application soldering SM chips larger than size 1210 and with a thickness
note “Recommended Solder Attachment Techniques for MLC greater than 1.0mm for this reason. 0402 size components are
Chip and Pre-Tinned Capacitors” located at: http://www. not suitable for wave soldering. 0402 size components can also
knowlescapacitors.com/dilabs/en/gn/resources/ be susceptible to termination leaching and reflow soldering is
application-notes recommended for this size MLCC.
• For Syfer brand components, please see Syfer application Wave soldering exposes the devices to a large solder volume, hence
note AN0028 “Soldering / Mounting Chip Capacitors, Radial the pad size area must be restricted to accept an amount of solder
Leaded Capacitors and EMI Filters” located at: http://www. which is not detrimental to the chip size utilized. Typically the pad
knowlescapacitors.com/syfer/en/gn/technical-info/ width is 66% of the component width, and the length is .030” (.760
application-notes mm) longer than the termination band on the chip. An 0805 chip
which is .050” wide and has a .020” termination band therefore
• For Novacap brand products please refer to the appropriate requires a pad .033” wide by .050” in length. Opposing pads should
application note located at: http://www.knowlescapacitors. be identical in size to preclude uneven solder fillets and mismatched
com/novacap/en/gn/technical-info/application-notes surface tension forces which can misalign the device. It is preferred
The volume of solder applied to the chip capacitor can influence that the pad layout results in alignment of the long axis of the chips
the reliability of the device. Excessive solder can create thermal at right angles to the solder wave, to promote even wetting of all
and tensile stresses on the component which can lead to fracturing terminals. Orientation of components in line with the board travel
of the chip or the solder joint itself. Insufficient or uneven solder direction may require dual waves with solder turbulence to preclude
application can result in weak bonds, rotation of the device off line cold solder joints on the trailing terminals of the devices, as these
or lifting of one terminal off the pad (tombstoning). The volume of are blocked from full exposure to the solder by the body of the
solder is process and board pad size dependent. capacitor.
Soldering methods commonly used in industry are Reflow Soldering, The pre-heat ramp should be such that the components see a
Wave Soldering and, to a lesser extent, Vapour Phase Soldering. temperature rise of 1.5ºC to 4ºC per second as for reflow soldering.
All these methods involve thermal cycling of the components and This is to maintain temperature uniformity through the MLCC and
therefore the rate of heating and cooling must be controlled to prevent the formation of thermal gradients within the ceramic. The
preclude thermal shocking of the devices. preheat temperature should be within 120ºC maximum (100ºC
preferred) of the maximum solder temperature to minimise thermal
Without mechanical restriction, thermally induced stresses are shock. Maximum permissible wave temperature is 270ºC for SM
released once the capacitor attains a steady state condition. chips. Total immersion exposure time for Sn/Ni terminations is 30s
Capacitors bonded to substrates, however, will retain some stress, at a wave temperature of 260ºC. Note that for multiple soldering
due primarily to the mismatch of expansion of the component to operations, including the rework, the soldering time is cumulative.
the substrate; the residual stress on the chip is also influenced by The total immersion time in the solder should be kept to a
the ductility and hence the ability of the bonding medium to relieve minimum. It is strongly recommended that plated terminations
the stress. Unfortunately, the thermal expansion of chip capacitors are specified for wave soldering applications. PdAg termination
differ significantly from those of most substrate materials. is particularly susceptible to leaching when subjected to lead
Large chips are more prone to thermal shock as their greater free wave soldering and is not generally recommended for this
bulk will result in sharper thermal gradients within the device application.
during thermal cycling. Large units experience excessive stress if Cooling to ambient temperature should be allowed to occur
processed through the fast cycles typical of solder wave or vapour naturally, particularly if larger chip sizes are being soldered. Natural
phase operations. cooling allows a gradual relaxation of thermal mismatch stresses
Reflow soldering Surface Mount Chip Capacitors in the solder joints. Forced cooling should be avoided as this can
Knowles recommend reflow soldering as the preferred method for induce thermal breakage.
mounting MLCCs. Knowles MLCCs can be reflow soldered using Vapour phase soldering Chip Capacitors
a reflow profile generally as defined in IPC / JEDEC J-STD-020. Vapour phase soldering can expose capacitors to similar thermal
Sn plated termination chip capacitors are compatible with both shock and stresses as wave soldering and the advice is generally
conventional and lead free soldering, with peak temperatures of the same. Particular care should be taken in soldering large
260ºC to 270ºC acceptable. capacitors to avoid thermal cracks being induced and natural
The heating ramp rate should be such that components see cooling should be use to allow a gradual relaxation of stresses.
a temperature rise of 1.5ºC to 4ºC per seconds to maintain Hand soldering and rework of Chip Capacitors
temperature uniformity through the MLCC. The time for which
the solder is molten should be maintained at a minimum, so as to Attachment using a soldering iron requires extra care and is
prevent solder leaching. Extended times above 230ºC can cause accepted to have a risk of cracking of the chip. Precautions include
problems with oxidation of Sn plating. Use of inert atmosphere preheating of the assembly to within 100°C of the solder flow
can help if this problem is encountered. PdAg terminations can temperature and the use of a fine tip iron which does not exceed 30
be particularly susceptible to leaching with lead free, tin rich watts. In no circumstances should the tip of the iron be allowed to
solders and trials are recommended for this combination. Cooling contact the chip directly.
to ambient temperature should be allowed to occur naturally, Knowles recommend hot air/gas as the preferred method for
particularly if larger chip sizes are being soldered. Natural cooling applying heat for rework. Apply even heat surrounding the
allows a gradual relaxation of thermal mismatch stresses in the component to minimise internal thermal gradients.
solder joints. Forced cooling should be avoided as this can induce Minimise the rework heat duration and allow components to cool
thermal breakage. naturally after soldering.
Wave soldering Radial Leaded Chip Capacitors Transportation
Radial leaded capacitors are suitable for wave soldering when Where possible, any transportation should be carried out with the
mounted on the opposite side of the board to the wave. The body product in its unopened original packaging. If already opened,
of radial components should not be exposed directly to the wave. any environmental control agents supplied should be returned to
Maximum permissible wave temperature is 260ºC for Radial Leaded packaging and the packaging re-sealed.
capacitors. Avoid paper and card as a primary means of handling, packing,
Hand soldering Radial Leaded capacitors transportation and storage of loose components. Many grades
Radial capacitors can be hand soldered into boards using soldering have a sulphur content which will adversely affect termination
irons, provided care is taken not to touch the body of the capacitor solderability.
with the iron tip. Soldering should be carried out from the opposite Loose chips should always be packed with sulphur-free wadding to
side of the board to the radial to minimise the risk of damage to prevent impact or abrasion damage during transportation.
the capacitor body. Where possible, a heat sink should be used Storage
between the solder joint and the body, especially if longer dwell Incorrect storage of components can lead to problems for the
times are required. user. Rapid tarnishing of the terminations, with an associated
Solder leaching degradation of solderability, will occur if the product comes into
Leaching is the term for the dissolution of silver into the solder contact with industrial gases such as sulphur dioxide and chlorine.
causing a failure of the termination system which causes increased Storage in free air, particularly moist or polluted air, can result in
ESR, tan δ and open circuit faults, including ultimately the termination oxidation.
possibility of the chip becoming detached. Leaching occurs more Packaging should not be opened until the MLCs are required
readily with higher temperature solders and solders with a high for use. If opened, the pack should be re-sealed as soon as is
tin content. Pb free solders can be very prone to leaching certain practicable. Alternatively, the contents could be kept in a sealed
termination systems. To prevent leaching, exercise care when container with an environmental control agent.
choosing solder alloys and minimize both maximum temperature Long term storage conditions, ideally, should be temperature
and dwell time with the solder molten. controlled between -5 and +40°C and humidity controlled between
Plated terminations with nickel or copper anti leaching barrier layers 40 and 60% R.H.
are available in a range of top coat finishes to prevent leaching Taped product should be stored out of direct sunlight, which might
occurring. These finishes also include Syfer FlexiCap™ for improved promote deterioration in tape or adhesive performance.
stress resistance post soldering. Product, stored under the conditions recommended above, in its “as
Bonding received” packaging, has a minimum shelf life of 2 years.
Hybrid assembly using conductive epoxy or wire bonding requires
the use of silver palladium or gold terminations. Nickel barrier
termination is not practical in these applications, as intermetallics
will form between the dissimilar metals. The ESR will increase
over time and may eventually break contact when exposed to
temperature cycling.
Chip capacitors can withstand common agents such as water,
alcohol and degreaser solvents used for cleaning boards. Ascertain
that no flux residues are left on the chip surfaces as these diminish
electrical performance.
Ceramics are dense, hard, brittle and abrasive materials. They are
liable to suffer mechanical damage, in the form of chips or cracks, if
improperly handled.
Terminations may be abraded onto chip surfaces if loose chips are
tumbled in bulk. Metallic tracks may be left on the chip surfaces
which might pose a reliability hazard.
Components should never be handled with fingers; perspiration and
skin oils can inhibit solderability and will aggravate cleaning.
Chip capacitors should never be handled with metallic instruments.
Metal tweezers should never be used as these can chip the product
and may leave abraded metal tracks on the product surface.
Plastic or plastic coated metal types are readily available and
recommended - these should be used with an absolute minimum of
applied pressure.
Counting or visual inspection of chip capacitors is best performed
on a clean glass or hard plastic surface.
If chips are dropped or subjected to rough handling, they should
be visually inspected before use. Electrical inspection may also
reveal gross damage via a change in capacitance, an increase in
dissipation factor or a decrease either in insulation resistance or
electrical strength.
Chip Marking System
If required, we can mark capacitors with the EIA 198 two digit code to
show the capacitance value of the part. On chips larger than 3333, or A5 NA5
for leaded encapsulated devices, ink marking is available. However, for
chip sizes 0805 through to 3333 identification marking is accomplished
by using either laser or ink jet printer. This system does not degrade
the ceramic surface, or induce microcracks in the part.
Marking for other sizes may be available upon special request to
determine if applicable; please contact the sales office. Two position alpha numeric marking Three position alpha numeric
Marking is an option on Novacap and Syfer branded products and is available on chip sizes 0805 marking is available on chip sizes
needs to be specified when ordering. through 3333. 1206 and larger.
The marking denotes retma value The making denotes Novacap as
and significant figures of capacitance vendor (N), followed by the standard
(see table) eg: A5 = 100,000pF. two digit alpha numeric identification.
Marking Code - value in picofarads for alpha-numeric code
Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9
A 1.0 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 0.1
B 1.1 11 110 1,100 11,000 110,000 1,100,000 11,000,000 0.11
C 1.2 12 120 1,200 12,000 120,000 1,200,000 12,000,000 0.12
D 1.3 13 130 1,300 13,000 130,000 1,300,000 13,000,000 0.13
E 1.5 15 150 1,500 15,000 150,000 1,500,000 15,000,000 0.15
F 1.6 16 160 1,600 16,000 160,000 1,600,000 16,000,000 0.16
G 1.8 18 180 1,800 18,000 180,000 1,800,000 18,000,000 0.18
H 2.0 20 200 2,000 20,000 200,000 2,000,000 20,000,000 0.2
J 2.2 22 220 2,200 22,000 220,000 2,200,000 22,000,000 0.22
K 2.4 24 240 2,400 24,000 240,000 2,400,000 24,000,000 0.24
L 2.7 27 270 2,700 27,000 270,000 2,700,000 27,000,000 0.27
M 3.0 30 300 3,000 30,000 300,000 3,000,000 30,000,000 0.3
N 3.3 33 330 3,300 33,000 330,000 3,000,000 33,000,000 0.33
P 3.6 36 360 3,600 36,000 360,000 3,600,000 36,000,000 0.36
Q 3.9 39 390 3,900 39,000 390,000 3,900,000 39,000,000 0.39
Letter R 4.3 43 430 4,300 43,000 430,000 4,300,000 43,000,000 0.43
S 4.7 47 470 4,700 47,000 470,000 4,700,000 47,000,000 0.47
T 5.1 51 510 5,100 51,000 510,000 5,100,000 51,000,000 0.51
U 5.6 56 560 5,600 56,000 560,000 5,600,000 56,000,000 0.56
V 6.2 62 620 6,200 62,000 620,000 6,200,000 62,000,000 0.62
W 6.8 68 680 6,800 68,000 680,000 6,800,000 68,000,000 0.68
X 7.5 75 750 7,500 75,000 750,000 7,500,000 75,000,000 0.75
Y 8.2 82 820 8,200 82,000 820,000 8,200,000 82,000,000 0.82
Z 9.1 91 910 9,100 91,000 920,000 9,200,000 92,000,000 0.91
a 2.5 25 250 2,500 25,000 250,000 2,500,000 25,000,000 0.25
d 4.0 40 400 4,000 40,000 400,000 4,000,000 40,000,000 0.4
f 5.0 50 500 5,000 50,000 500,000 5,000,000 50,000,000 0.5
n 7.0 70 700 7,000 70,000 700,000 7,000,000 70,000,000 0.7
t 8.0 80 800 8,000 80,000 800,000 8,000,000 80,000,000 0.8
y 9.0 90 900 9,000 90,000 900,000 9,000,000 90,000,000 0.9
Ceramic Chip Capacitors - Packaging information
Tape and reel packing of surface mounting chip capacitors for automatic placement are in accordance with IEC60286-3.
Dimensions 1.5(.06) min 20.2(0.795) min
Product identifying label mm (inches) T
Plastic carrier tape 13(0.512) ± 0.5(0.02)
A 60(2.36) min
Top tape G
Embossment 8 or 12mm 178mm (7”) or Symbol Description 178mm reel 330mm reel
nominal 330mm (13”) dia. reel
A Diameter 178 (7) 330 (13)
Peel force G Inside width 8.4 (0.33) 12.4 (0.49)
The peel force of the top sealing tape is between 0.2 and 1.0 T Outside width 14.4 (0.56) max 18.4 (0.72) max
Newton at 180°. The breaking force of the carrier and sealing tape
in the direction of unreeling is greater than 10 Newtons.
Identification Leader and Trailer
Each reel is labelled with the following information: manufacturer, END START
chip size, capacitance, tolerance, rated voltage, dielectric type,
batch number, date code and quantity of components.
Maximum number of missing components shall be 1 per reel
or 0.025% whichever is greater. There shall not be consecutive 40 empty sealed length is 20 sealed
components missing from any reel for any reason. embossments minimum quantity dependent embossments minimum
Tape dimensions TRAILER COMPONENTS LEADER 400mm min.
Feed direction
T D0 P0
Sealing tape P2
K0 B0
t1 D1 P1 A0
Embossment Cavity centre lines
Dimensions mm (inches)
Symbol Description 8mm tape 12mm tape
A0 Width of cavity
B0 Length of cavity Dependent on chip size to minimize rotation
K0 Depth of cavity
W Width of tape 8.0 (0.315) 12.0 (0.472)
F Distance between drive hole centres and cavity centres 3.5 (0.138) 5.5 (0.213)
E Distance between drive hole centres and tape edge 1.75 (0.069)
P1 Distance between cavity centres 4.0 (0.156) 8.0 (0.315)
P2 Axial distance between drive hole centres and cavity centres 2.0 (0.079)
P0 Axial distance between drive hole centres 4.0 (0.156)
D0 Drive hole diameter 1.5 (0.059)
D1 Diameter of cavity piercing 1.0 (0.039) 1.5 (0.059)
T Carrier tape thickness 0.3 (0.012) ±0.1 (0.004) 0.4 (0.016) ±0.1 (0.004)
t1 Top tape thickness 0.1 (0.004) max
Component orientation Outer Packaging
Tape and reeling is in accordance with IEC 60286 part 3, which Outer carton dimensions mm (inches) max.
defines the packaging specifications of lead less components on
continuous tapes. Reel Size No. of reels L W T
Notes: 1) IEC60286-3 states Ao < Bo 178 (7.0) 1 185 (7.28) 185 (7.28) 25 (0.98)
(see tape dimensions on page 18).
2) Regarding the orientation of 1825 and 2225 178 (7.0) 4 190 (7.48) 195 (7.76) 75 (2.95)
components, the termination bands are right to left, 330 (13.0) 1 335 (13.19) 335 (13.19) 25 (0.98)
NOT front to back. Please see diagram.
Product identifying label
Orientation of 1825 & 2225 components
Note: Labelling of box and L
reel with bar codes (Code 39)
available by arrangement.
Reel quantities - Novacap, Syfer and Voltronics products
Chip 0402 0505 0603 0805 1111 1206 1210 1410 1515 1808 1812 1825 2211 2215 2220 2221 2225 2520 3333 3530 3640 4540 5550 6560 7565
Max. chip thickness
mm 0.61 1.3 0.89 1.37 1.8 1.63 2.0 2.0 3.3 2.0 3.2 4.2 2.5 2.5 4.2 2.0 4.2 4.57 6.35 6.35 4.2 7.62 7.62 7.62 7.62
inches 0.02” 0.05” 0.03” 0.05” 0.07” 0.06” 0.08” 0.08” 0.13” 0.08” 0.13” 0.165” 0.1” 0.1” 0.165” 0.08” 0.165” 0.18” 0.25” 0.25” 0.165” 0.3” 0.3” 0.3” 0.3”
Reel quantities
178mm 10k 2500 4000 3000 1000 2500 2000 2000 500 1500 500 500 750 500 500 1000 500 1000 - - - - - -
330mm 15k 10k 16k 12k 5000 10k 8000 8000 - 6000 2000 2000 4000 2000 2000 - 2000 1000 1000 500 500 500 500 500 200
Packaging configurations - DLI products Bulk packaging, tubs
7" 13" Chips can be supplied in rigid re-sealable plastic tubs together with
Chip size 7" Reel, Reel, Reel, 2" x 2" impact cushioning wadding. Tubs are labelled with the details: chip
8mm Tape 16mm 16mm Waffle size, capacitance, tolerance, rated voltage, dielectric type, batch
Tape Tape Pack number, date code and quantity of components.
Style LxW Horizontal Vertical Horizontal
Orientation Orientation Orientation
C04 0.040" x 4000 - - - -
0.020" Product identifying label
C06 0.060" x 4000 - - - 108
0.030" Caution label
C07 0.110” x 2000 - - - - H
C08 0.080" x 5000 3100 - - 108
C17 0.110" x 2350 750 - - 49 D Dimensions mm (inches)
0.110" H 60 (2.36)
C18 0.110" x 2350 750 - - 49 D 50 (1.97)
C22 0.220" x 500 - - - -
C40 0.380" x 250 - 250 1300 -
Chip dimensions L1
1. For FlexiCap™ terminations, length increase by maximum 0.004” (0.1mm). T
2. For special ranges, inc. High Q and Ultra-low ESR, dimensions may vary. See individual catalogue page.
3. High Q and Ultra-low ESR ranges dimensions may vary for optimum performance. W
4. Non-standard thicknesses are available – consult local Knowles Capacitors Sales Office. L2
Size Length (L1) Width (W) Max. Thickness (T) Termination Band (L2)
mm ~ inches mm ~ inches mm ~ inches min (mm ~ inches) max (mm ~ inches)
0402 1.0 ± 0.10 ~ 0.04 ± 0.004 0.50 ± 0.10 ~ 0.02 ± 0.004 0.60 ~ 0.024 0.10 ~ 0.004 0.40 ~ 0.016
C04 1.057 ± 0.188 ~ 0.042 ± 0.008 0.515 ± 0.153 ~ 0.02 ± 0.006 0.64 ~ 0.025 0.097 ~ 0.004 0.427 ~ 0.017
0504 1.27 ± 0.152 ~ 0.050 ± 0.006 1.02 ± 0.152 ~ 0.04 ± 0.006 1.12 ~ 0.044 0.20 ~ 0.008 0.50 ~ 0.02
0505 1.4 +0.35 -0.25 ~ 0.055 +0.014 -0.01 1.4 ± 0.25 ~ 0.055 ± 0.01 1.27 ~ 0.05 0.13 ~ 0.005 0.5 ~ 0.02
RF0505 1.4 ± 0.13 ~ 0.055 ± 0.005 1.4 ± 0.381 ~ 0.055 ± 0.015 1.45 ~ 0.057 0.20 ~ 0.008 0.50 ~ 0.02
C11 1.477 ± 0.391 ~ 0.059 ± 0.016 1.416 ± 0.451 ~ 0.056 ± 0.018 1.334 ~ 0.053 0.193 ~ 0.008 0.733 ~ 0.029
0603 1.6 ± 0.15 ~ 0.063 ± 0.006 0.8 ± 0.15 ~ 0.032 ± 0.006 0.90 ~ 0.036 0.20 ~ 0.004 0.40 ~ 0.016
C06 1.532 ± 0.229 ~ 0.06 ± 0.009 0.77 ± 0.191 ~ 0.031 ± 0.008 0.8 ~ 0.032 0.169 ~ 0.007 0.680 ~ 0.027
C07 1.797 ± 0.470 ~ 0.071 ± 0.019 2.813 ± 0.521 ~ 0.111 ± 0.021 2.667 ~ 0.105 0.193 ~ 0.008 1.20 ~ 0.047
0805 2.0 ± 0.20 ~ 0.079 ± 0.008 1.25 ± 0.20 ~ 0.049 ± 0.008 1.37 ~ 0.054 0.25 ~ 0.010 0.75 ~ 0.030
C08 2.048 ± 0.407 ~ 0.081 ± 0.016 1.28 ± 0.267 ~ 0.051 ± 0.011 1.360 ~ 0.054 0.362 ~ 0.014 1.04 ~ 0.041
0907 2.3 ± 0.30 ~ 0.090 ± 0.012 1.8 ± 0.30 ~ 0.070 ± 0.012 1.52 ~ 0.06 0.25 ~ 0.010 0.75 ~ 0.030
1005 2.54 ± 0.203 ~ 0.100 ± 0.008 1.27 ± 0.203 ~ 0.050 ± 0.008 1.37 ~ 0.054 0.25 ~ 0.010 0.75 ~ 0.030
1111 2.79 +0.51 -0.25 ~ 0.11 +0.02 -0.01 2.79 ± 0.38 ~ 0.113 ± 0.015 1.78 ~ 0.07 0.13 ~ 0.005 0.63 ~ 0.025
RF1111 2.79 ± 0.39 ~ 0.110 ± 0.005 2.79 ± 0.381 ~ 0.110 ± 0.015 2.59 ~ 0.102 0.25 ~ 0.010 0.75 ~ 0.030
C17 2.94 ± 0.527 ~ 0.116 ± 0.021 2.813 ± 0.521 ~ 0.111 ± 0.021 2.667 ~ 0.105 0.193 ~ 0.008 1.2 ~ 0.047
1210 3.2 ± 0.20 ~ 0.126 ± 0.008 2.5 ± 0.20 ~ 0.098 ± 0.008 2.0 ~ 0.08 0.25 ~ 0.010 0.75 ~ 0.030
1515 3.81 ± 0.381 ~ 0.150 ± 0.015 3.81 ± 0.381 ~ 0.150 ± 0.015 3.3 ~ 0.13 0.381 ~ 0.015 1.143 ~ 0.045
1808 4.5 ± 0.35 ~ 0.180 ± 0.014 2.0 ± 0.30 ~ 0.08 ± 0.012 2.0 ~ 0.08 0.25 ~ 0.01 1.0 ~ 0.04
1812 4.5 ± 0.30 ~ 0.180 ± 0.012 3.2 ± 0.20 ~ 0.126 ± 0.008 3.2 ~ 0.125 0.25 ~ 0.010 1.143 ~ 0.045
1825 4.5 ± 0.30 ~ 0.180 ± 0.012 6.40 ± 0.40 ~ 0.252 ± 0.016 4.2 ~ 0.16 0.25 ~ 0.010 1.0 ~ 0.04
2020 5.0 ± 0.40 ~ 0.197 ± 0.016 5.0 ± 0.40 ~ 0.197 ± 0.016 4.5 ~ 0.18 0.25 ~ 0.01 1.0 ~ 0.04
2220 5.7 ± 0.40 ~ 0.225 ± 0.016 5.0 ± 0.40 ~ 0.197 ± 0.016 4.2 ~ 0.165 0.25 ~ 0.01 1.0 ~ 0.04
2211 5.7 ± 0.40 ~ 0.225 ± 0.016 2.79 ± 0.30 ~ 0.11 ± 0.012 2.5 ~ 0.1 0.25 ~ 0.01 0.8 ~ 0.03
2215 5.7 ± 0.40 ~ 0.225 ± 0.016 3.81 ± 0.35 ~ 0.35 ± 0.02 2.5 ~ 0.1 0.25 ~ 0.01 0.8 ~ 0.03
2221 5.59 ± 0.381 ~ 0.220 ± 0.015 5.33 ± 0.381 ~ 0.210 ± 0.015 2.03 ~ 0.08 0.381 ~ 0.015 1.143 ~ 0.045
2225 5.7 ± 0.40 ~ 0.225 ± 0.016 6.30 ± 0.40 ~ 0.252 ± 0.016 4.2 ~ 0.165 0.381 ~ 0.01 1.143 ~ 0.045
C22 5.734 ± 0.667 ~ 0.226 ± 0.026 6.37 ± 0.699 ~ 0.251 ± 0.028 3.467 ~ 0.137 N/A N/A
2520 6.35 ± 0.40 ~ 0.250 ± 0.016 5.08 ± 0.40 ~ 0.200 ± 0.016 4.57 ~ 0.18 0.381 ~ 0.015 1.143 ~ 0.045
RF2525 5.84 ± 0.21 ~ 0.230 ± 0.008 6.35 ± 0.381 ~ 0.250 ± 0.015 4.19 ~ 0.165 0.381 ~ 0.015 1.143 ~ 0.045
3640 9.2 ± 0.50 ~ 0.36 ± 0.02 10.16 ± 0.50 ~ 0.40 ± 0.02 4.5 ~ 0.18 0.50 ~ 0.02 1.50 ~ 0.06
C40 9.732 ± 0.804 ~ 0.384 ± 0.032 8.665 ± 1.737 ~ 0.381 ± 0.029 3.467 ~ 0.137 N/A N/A
4040 10.2 ± 0.508 ~ 0.400 ± 0.020 10.2 ± 0.508 ~ 0.400 ± 0.020 7.62 ~ 0.30 0.50 ~ 0.02 1.50 ~ 0.06
8060 20.3 ± 0.5 ~ 0.80 ± 0.02 15.24 ± 0.50 ~ 0.60 ± 0.02 4.2 ~ 0.165 0.50 ~ 0.02 1.50 ~ 0.06
Chip ordering information - DLI parts
C 17 CF 620 J - 7 U N - X 0 T
MLC Case Dielectric Capacitance Capacitance Rated Termination Lead Test Marking Packaging
Capacitor Size Codes Tolerance voltage Type Level
Case Size Codes Test Level
Case Dimensions Code Value Code Testing
04 0.040" x 0.020" 5 50V X Commercial or Industrial
06 0.060" x 0.030" 1 100V Y Reduced Visual
07 0.110" x 0.070" 8 150V A MIL-PRF-55681 Group A
08 0.080" x 0.050" 6 200V C MIL-PRF-55681 Group C
11 0.055" x 0.055" 9 250V
3 300V D Customer Specified
18 0.110" x 0.110" 7 1kV
22 0.220" x 0.250" A 1.5kV Laser Mark
40 0.380" x 0.380" G 2kV
B 2.5kV Code Laser Marking
D 3.6kV 0 No marking
H 7.2kV
Dielectric Codes S SPECIAL 1* Single-side marked
Material Characteristics 2* Double-side marked
AH P90 High-Q Capacitance Tolerance 3* Large single-side marked
CF NP0 High-Q 4* Large double-side marked
Code Value 5* Vertical edge marked
A ± 0.05pF 9 Customer Specified
B ± 0.1pF *Reduces DWV Rating.
Capacitance Codes C ± 0.25pF
D ± 0.5pF
1st two digits are 1R0 1.0pF F ± 1%
significant figures G ± 2% Packaging
of capacitance, 120 12pF J ± 5% Code Packaging
3rd digit denotes K ± 10%
number of zeros, 471 470pF M ± 20% T Tape & Reel – Horizontal
R = decimal point X GMV V Tape & Reel – Vertical
Examples: 102 1,000pF
S SPECIAL W Waffle Pack
<10pF A, B, C, D B Bulk
>10pF F, G, J, K, M
P Plastic Box
Termination Codes R Tube (Rail)
S Customer Specified
Code Termination System
T Ag Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, Heavy SnPb Plated Solder
U Ag Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, SnPb Plated Solder Leading
S Ag Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, Gold Flash* Code Lead Type
Z Ag Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, Sn Plated Solder*
E Ag Termination, Enhanced Ni Barrier, Sn Plated Solder* A Axial Ribbon
P** AgPd Termination* B Radial Ribbon
Q Polymer Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, Sn Plated Solder* C Center Ribbon
Y Polymer Termination, Ni Barrier Layer, SnPb Plated Solder D Specialty Customer
M** Polymer Termination, Cu Barrier Layer, Sn Plated Solder* Defined
W** Ag Termination, Cu Barrier Layer, Sn Plated Solder* E Axial Wire
H** Ag Termination, Enhanced Cu Barrier, Sn Plated Solder* F Radial Wire
V** Ag Termination, Cu Barrier Layer, SnPb Plated Solder N NONE
R** Ag Termination, Cu Barrier Layer, Heavy SnPb Plated Solder Note: Consult your local
Sales Office for RoHS compliant leaded
** Nonmagnetic *Indicates RoHS terminations devices.
Lead Termination Codes Leads are attached with high melting point solder (HMP) at 296°C.
Axial Ribbon - Code A Radial Ribbon - Code B Center Ribbon - Code C Axial Wire Lead - Code E Radial Wire Lead - Code F
Chip ordering information - Novacap parts
XX 1206 N 472 J 101 N X050 H T M HB
Capacitance Capacitance Special High High
Prefix Case Size Dielectric Codes Tolerance Voltage Termination Thickness Reliability Packaging Marking Reliability
Testing Test Criteria
Prefix Definitions None Unmarked
None Standard chip Special Thickness M Marked
None Standard *Marking not
RF Improved ESR Capacitor p. 39 available on
thickness as per sizes < 0603
ST Stacked Capacitor Assembly p. 76 - 81 Novacap catalog Note: Refer to page 17.
SM Stacked Hi-Rel Capacitor Assembly p. 76 - 81 specifications
CR Cap Rack Arrays p. 82 X Denotes a special
thickness other Packaging
than standard.
Specify in inches None Bulk
if required. T Tape and Reel
Dielectric Codes (As shown above
X = 0.050”) W Waffle Pack
N C0G/NP0 Ultra Stable
K R3L Ultra Stable
B X7R Stable High Reliability High Reliability
W X5R Stable Testing Testing Criteria
X BX MIL None Standard product HB MIL-PRF-55681 Group A
BB X7R Stable BME {
BW X5R Stable BME H High Reliability Testing HV MIL-PRF-49467 Group A
M C0G/NP0 Non Magnetic H High Temp Screening HS MIL-PRF-123 Group A
C X7R Non Magnetic HK MIL-PRF-38534 Class K
F C0G/NP0 High Temp. (up to 160ºC)
D, RD C0G/NP0 High Temp. (up to 200ºC) Termination Codes
S X8R High Temp. (up to 150ºC) Voltage Code
E, RE Class II High Temp. (up to 200ºC) 1st two digits are significant, P Palladium Silver
G Class II High Temp. (up to 160ºC) third digit denotes number PR Palladium Silver*
RN C0G/NP0 Lead free of zeros. For example: K Solderable Palladium Silver*
RB X7R Lead free 160 16 Volts N Nickel Barrier* 100% tin
101 100 Volts Y Nickel Barrier 90% tin, 10% lead
501 500 Volts NG Nickel Barrier Gold Flash*
102 1,000 Volts C FlexiCap™/Nickel Barrier* 100% tin
502 5,000 Volts D FlexiCap™/Nickel Barrier 90% tin, 10% lead
Capacitance Codes 103 10,000 Volts B Copper Barrier* 100% tin
E Copper Barrier 90% tin, 10% lead
1st two digits 1R0 1.0pF S Silver*
are significant 120 12pF *Indicates RoHS terminations
figures of
capacitance, 471 470pF
3rd digit Capacitance Tolerance Codes
denotes 102 1,000pF
number of 273 0.027µF Code Tolerance C0G/NP0 R3L X7R BX X8R Class II X5R
zeros, R =
decimal point 474 0.47µF * Not RF series N M F/D, RD K B C, RE X S E/G W
Examples: B ±0.10pF • •
105 1.0µF C ±0.25pF Cap.
Value • • •
< 10pF
D ±0.50pF • • •
F ±1% • • •
G ±2% • • • •
J ±5% • • • • •* • •* • •
K ±10% • • • • • • • • • •
M ±20% • • • • • • • • •
Chip ordering information - Syfer parts
1210 Y 100 0103 K X T ___
Chip Size Termination Voltage Capacitance Capacitance Dielectric Packaging Suffix code
in picofarads (pF) Tolerance
0402 Capacitance Packaging
0603 Tolerance Codes Code
0805 Code Tolerance T 178mm (7”) reel
1206 R 330mm (13”) reel
1210 H ±0.05pF < 4.7pF
1808 H ±0.05pF B Bulk pack - tubs or
1812 B ±0.10pF trays
Cap. Value
1825 C ±0.25pF < 10pF
2220 D ±0.50pF
2225 F ±1%
3640 G ±2% Suffix Definitions
5550 Cap. Value Used for specific customer
8060 J ±5% > 10pF requirements
K ±10% PXX Palladium electrodes
M ±20% Chip marking
LS* *(consult sales office)
Termination Codes
A Nickel barrier 90/10% tin/lead Dielectric Codes
F Palladium Silver* Code Dielectric Features
H FlexiCap™/Nickel Barrier 90/10% tin/lead C C0G/NP0 (1B) Ultra Stable
J Nickel Barrier* 100% tin H X8G Ultra Stable/High Q
Y FlexiCap™/Nickel Barrier* 100% tin P X5R Stable
2 Copper Barrier* (Non Mag) 100% tin X X7R (2R1) Stable
3 FlexiCap™/Copper Barrier* (Non Mag) 100% tin J X7R (2R1)(BME) Stable
4 Copper Barrier (Non Mag) 90/10% tin/lead N X8R Stable
5 FlexiCap™/Copper Barrier (Non Mag) 90/10% tin/lead Q C0G/NP0 (1B) Ultra Stable/High Q
*Indicates RoHS terminations U C0G/NP0 (1B) Ultra Stable/Ultra-low ESR
A C0G/NP0 (1B) AEC -Q200 approved
S X7R (2R1)(BME) AEC -Q200 approved
E X7R (2R1) AEC -Q200 approved
T X8R AEC -Q200 approved
Voltage Code K C0G/NP0 (1B)(BME) AEC -Q200 approved
Code Value Code Value Code Value F C0G/NP0 (1B) IECQ-CECC release
010 10Vdc 1K0 1kVdc A25 250Vac D X7R (2R1) IECQ-CECC release
016 16Vdc 1K2 1.2kVdc R BZ (2C1) IECQ-CECC release
025 25Vdc 1K5 1.5kVdc B BX (2X1) IECQ-CECC release
050 50Vdc 2K0 2kVdc G C0G/NP0 (1B)(BME) Ultra Stable
063 63Vdc 2K5 2.5kVdc
100 100Vdc 3K0 3kVdc Capacitance Code
200 200Vdc 4K0 4kVdc Calculation Example Capacaitance value
250 250Vdc 5K0 5kVdc
500 500Vdc 6K0 6kVdc <1.0pF
630 630Vdc 8K0 8kVdc Insert a P for the decimal point P300 0.3pF (values in 0.1pF steps)
10K 10kVdc as the 1st character.
12K 12kVdc ≥1.0pF & <10pF
Insert a P for the decimal point 8P20 8.2pF (values are E24 series)
as the 2nd character.
≥10pF
1st digit is 0.
2nd and 3rd digits are significant 0101 100pF (values are E24 series)
figures of capacitance value.
4th digit is number of zeros.
MLCC standard range - 10V to 12kVdc
10V 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/ 500V 630V 1kV
C0G/ X5R C0G/ X7R X5R C0G/ X7R X5R C0G/ X7R X5R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R
NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0
0402 0.3p 120p 0.3p 120p 0.3p 120p 0.3p 120p 0.3p 120p
— — - - — - - — - - — - - - - — — — — — —
270p 5.6n 220p 4.7n 180p 4.7n 180p 4.7n 100p 2.2n
0603 0.47p 120n 0.47p 100p 0.47p 100p 0.47p 100p 56n 0.47p 100p 0.47p 100p 0.47p 100p
- - - - 120n - - — - - - - - - - - - — — — —
3.9n 150n 2.7n 100n 2.2n 100n 1.5n 100n 68n 470p 47n 220p 10n 150p* 1.5n*
0805 1.0p 390n 1.0p 100p 390n 1.0p 100p 270n 1.0p 100p 270n 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p
15n 680n 12n 330n 470n 10n 220n 390n 5.6n 220n 330n 2.2n 100n 1.0n 56n 820p 15n 820p 12n 180p 10n
1206 1.0p 1.2µ 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 560n 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p
- - - - 1.2µ - - 1.0µ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47n 1.5µ 33n 1.0µ 27n 820n 22n 470n 680n 8.2n 330n 3.9n 150n 2.7n 68n 2.7n 47n 1.5n 27n
1210 3.9p 1.8µ 3.9p 100p 1.8µ 3.9p 100p 1.5µ 3.9p 100p 1.2µ 3.9p 100p 3.9p 100p 3.9p 100p 3.9p 100p 3.9p 100p
100n 3.3µ 68n 1.5µ 2.7µ 56n 1.2µ 2.2µ 33n 1.0µ 1.5µ 18n 680n 8.2n 330n 6.8n 150n 6.8n 100n 2.2n 47n
1808 4.7p 1.8µ 4.7p 100p 1.8µ 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 820n 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p
- - - - - - - 1.5µ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
100n 2.7µ 68n 1.5µ 2.2µ 47n 1.2µ 33n 680n 1.0µ 18n 560n 8.2n 270n 6.8n 150n 6.8n 100n 2.2n 47n
1812 10p 3.9µ 10p 150p 3.9µ 10p 150p 2.7µ 10p 150p 2.7µ 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p
T=2.5mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
220n 10µ 180n 3.3µ 6.8µ 150n 2.2µ 4.7µ 100n 2.2µ 3.3µ 47n 1.5µ 22n 680n 15n 330n 10n 180n 6.8n 100n
1812 820n 18n 390n 12n 220n 120n
T=3.2mm — — — — — — — — — — — — — 27n - - - - - 8.2n -
1000n 22n 470n 22n 330n 180n
470n 15µ 330n 4.7µ 12µ 220n 3.9µ 10µ 150n 2.2µ 6.8µ 68n 1.5µ 33n 1.0µ 27n 560n 22n 200n 12n 200n
1825 39n
T=3.2mm — — — — — — — — — — — — — - — 33n — 27n — 15n —
2220 39n 1.2µ 27n 680n 22n 390n 18n 150n
T=4.2mm — — — — — — — — — — — — — - - - - - - - -
56n 2.2u 39n 1µ 33n 1µ 22n 470n
560n 22µ 470n 6.8µ 15µ 330n 5.6µ 12µ 220n 3.3µ 10µ 82n 2.7µ 47n 1.5µ 33n 820n 22n 390n 18n 150n
2225 56n 39n 27n 22n
T=4.0mm — — — — — — — — — — — — — - — - — - — - —
68n 47n 39n 27n
3640 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p
T=2.5mm — — — — — — — — - - — - - - - - - - - - -
330n 10µ 270n 5.6µ 120n 3.3µ 82n 1.0µ 68n 680n 47n 180n
3640 150n 3.9µ 100n 1.2µ 82n 820n 56n 220n
180n 5.6µ 120n 2.7µ 100n 2.2µ 82n 1µ
5550 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n
680n 15µ 470n 10µ 270n 5.6µ 180n 1.8µ 120n 1.2µ 82n 390n
5550 220n 150n 100n
T=4.0mm — — — — — — — — — — — — — 330n — - — - — - —
270n 180n 150n
8060 Note: 0505, 1111 and 2211 case sizes 47p 2.2n 47p 2.2n 47p 2.2n 47p 2.2n 47p 2.2n 47p 2.2n
T=2.5mm — — are a—vailabl—e in our—specia—lty rang—es. — - - — - - - - - - - - - -
Please refer to the relevant sections of 1.0µ 22µ 680n 15µ 390n 10µ 270n 3.3µ 220n 2.2µ 150n 1.0µ
8060 this catalogue for more details. 470n 330n 270n 180n
560n 470n 390n 270n
Notes: 1) Capacitance in F - min value above max value. 2) *These parts may require conformal coating post soldering. 3) T = Maximum thickness.
4) †Higher capacitance values available from the NC range - see page 63. 5) StackiCap™ high capacitance versions are now available. Please refer to datasheet.
6) Parts in this range may be defined as dual-use under export control legislation as such may be subject to export licence restrictions. Please refer to p12 for
more information on the dual-use regulations and contact the Sales Office for further information on specific part numbers.
1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 4kV 5kV 6kV 8kV 10kV 12kV
C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R C0G/ X7R
NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0 NP0
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0402
1.0p 1.0p 1.0p 0805
- — - — - — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
120p 82p 47p
1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1.0p 100p 1206
- - - - - - - - - - — — — — — — — — — — — —
680p 15n 330p 10n 220p 3.3n† 100p 2.7n† 68p 1.5n†
1.5n 18n 820p 12n 470p 5.6n† 220p 4.7n† 150p 3.3n†
4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 4.7p 100p 1808
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — — — — — —
1.5n 22n 1.0n 15n 470p 5.6n† 270p 4.7n† 220p 3.3n† 120p* 2.2n*† 68p* 680p*† 47p* 390p*†
10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 10p 150p 1812
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — — — — — — T=2.5mm
4.7n 33n 2.7n 22n 1.5n 10n† 820p 8.2n† 560p 4.7n† 270p* 3.3n*† 180p* 1.2n*† 120p* 1.0n*†
5.6n 39n 27n 12n 330p 220p 150p 1812
- - 3.3n - 1.8n - 1.0n — 680p — - — - — - — — — — — — — T=3.2mm
6.8n 100n 56n 33n 390p* 270p* 180p*
6.8n 68n 4.7n 47n 3.3n 10n 1.5n 6.8n 1.2n 3.9n 560p* 2.2n* 390p* 1.8n* 270p* 1.5n*
8.2n 5.6n 1.8n 1825
- — - — 3.9n — - — 1.5n — 680p* — 470p* — 330p* — — — — — — — T=3.2mm
10n 6.8n 2.2n
10n 82n 5.6n 47n 3.3n 33n 1.8n 22n† 1.5n 10n† 680p* 6.8n*† 470p* 4.7n*† 330p* 2.2n*†
12n 100n 6.8n 50n 3.9n 39n 2.2n 1.8n 820p 560p 390p 2220
- - - - - - - — - — - — - — - — — — — — — — T=4.2mm
15n 220n 10n 150n 5.6n 100n 3.3n 2.2n 1.2n* 820p* 560p*
12n 100n 6.8n 68n 4.7n 33n 2.2n 12n 1.8n 8.2n 820p* 5.6n* 560p* 4.7n* 390p* 2.7n*
15n 8.2n 5.6n 2.7n 2.2n 1.0n 680p 470p 2225
- — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — — — — — — — T=4.0mm
22n 12n 6.8n 3.9n 2.7n 1.5n* 1.0n* 680p*
10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 10p 470p 3640
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T=2.5mm
33n 150n 22n 100n 10n 47n 6.8n 33n 4.7n 22n 1.8n 6.8n 1.5n 5.6n 1.0n 4.7n 150p 1.5n* 100p 1.0n* 68p 820p*
39n 180n 27n 120n 12n 56n 8.2n 5.6n 2.2n 1.8n 1.2n 3640
56n 470n 39n 330n 18n 150n 12n 8.2n 3.3n 2.2n 1.5n
27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 27p 1.0n 5550
68n 220n 39n 150n 22n 82n 12n 68n 10n 47n 4.7n 15n 2.7n 10n 1.8n 8.2n 330p 4.7n* 180p 2.2n* 120p 1.2n*
82n 47n 27n 15n 12n 5.6n 3.3n 2.2n 5550
100n 68n 39n 22n 18n 6.8n 4.7n 3.3n
100n 470n 68n 330n 39n 150n 22n 100n 15n 82n 8.2n 33n 5.6n 22n 3.9n 15n 680p 6.8n* 470p 4.7n* 220p 2.2n*
120n 82n 47n 27n 18n 10n 6.8n 4.7n 8060
180n 120n 68n 39n 27n 15n 10n 6.8n
Industry Standard - MLC chip range - X7R
Capacitance Code 0402 0603 0805 1206 Capacitance Code
100pF 101 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 100pF 101
120 121 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 120 121
X7R 680 681 680 681
1.0nF 102 1.5nF † 1.0nF 102
1.2 122 2.2nF 1.5nF 1.2 122
1.5 152 1.5 152
1.8 182 (200V) 2.7nF † 1.8 182
2.2 222 3.3nF † 2.2 222
2.7 272 4.7nF 2.7 272
3.9 392 4.7nF (50V) 4.7nF 3.9 392
6.8 682 10nF 6.8 682
8.2 822 10nF 10nF 8.2 822
10nF 103 15nF 10nF 103
12 123 15nF 12 123
18 183 27nF ** 18 183
33 333 47nF 47nF 33 333
68 683 100nF 100nF 56nF 68 683
82 823 100nF 100nF 82 823
100nF 104 150nF 100nF 104
120 124 t 120 124
150 154 220nF 150 154
270 274 330nF 330nF 270 274
820 824 1.0µF 820 824
1.0µF 105 1.0µF 105
1.8 185 X7R 1.8 185
10µF 106 10µF 106
* StackiCap™ high capacitance versions available from the
StackiCap™ range - see page 62 for details.
For 0504, 0907, 1005, 2020, † Higher capacitance values available from theNC capacitor range
2221, 4040, 5440 and 43100 - see page 63 for details.
range information please ** Max. capacitance of 27nF, has increased chip length of 3.5mm.
refer to your local Knowles Reduced max. cap value of 22nF, for standard dimension.
Sales Office. l = AEC-Q200 approved parts - maximum values.
t For 0603 50/63V values from 68nF to 100nF should be ordered
with FB6 suffix.
10Vdc to 12kVdc
Capacitance Code 1210 1808 Capacitance Code
100pF 101 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 4kV 5kV 6kV 100pF 101
330 331 390pF 330 331
680 681 680 681 X7R
1.0nF 102 1.0nF 102
2.2 222 † 2.2 222
2.7 272 3.3nF † 3.3nF † 2.7 272
3.3 332 5.6nF † 4.7nF † 4.7nF † 3.3 332
68 683 100nF 68 683
1.0µF 105 1.2µF 1.2µF 1.0µF 105
1.2 125 1.5µF 1.5µF 1.2 125
10µF 106 X7R 10µF 106
100pF 101 100pF 101
150 151 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 4kV 5kV 6kV 150 151
820 821 1.0nF 820 821
1.0nF 102 1.2nF 1.0nF 102
3.3 332 † 3.9nF 3.3 332
5.6 562 8.2nF † 6.8nF 5.6 562
6.8 682 10nF † 10nF 6.8 682
10nF 103 10nF 103
33 333 * 47nF 33 333
56 563 * 56 563
100nF 104 180nF * 100nF 104
180 184 * 180 184
330 334 680nF * 330 334
1.0µF 105 * 1.5µF 1.0µF 105
1.5 155 2.2µF 1.5 155
1.8 185 2.2µ 1.8 185
2.2 225 F 2.2 225
For 0504, 0907, 1005, 2020, StackiCap™ range - see page 62 for details.
2221, 4040, 5440 and 43100 † Higher capacitance values available from theNC capacitor range
range information please - see page 63 for details.
refer to your local Knowles l = AEC-Q200 approved parts - maximum values.
Sales Office.
10nF 103 † 12nF 10nF 103
18 183 33nF 22nF † 18 183
100nF 104 * 150nF 100nF 104
470 474 * 820nF 470 474
1.0µF 105 * * 1.5µF 1.0µF 105
2.2 225 3.3µF * 3.3µF 2.2 225
12 126 X7R 12 126
Industry Standard - MLC chip range - C0G/NP0
0.33pF p33 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 0.33pF p33
0.47 p47 10V 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 0.47 p47
0.50 p50 0.50 p50
1.0 1p0 10V 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 10V 16V 25V 50/63V 100V 200/250V 500V 630V 1kV 1.2kV 1.5kV 2kV 2.5kV 3kV 1.0 1p0
C0G/NP0 1.2 1p2 1.2 1p2
1.5 1p5 1.5 1p5
10pF 100 10pF 100
39 390 39pF 39 390
56 560 100pF (200V) 68pF 56 560
82 820 100pF 82 820
100pF 101 180pF (50V) 120pF 100pF 101
150 151 180pF 180pF 150 151
180 181 220pF 220pF 220pF 180 181
1.8 182 2.2pF 2.2nF 1.8 182
2.2 222 2.7pF 2.7nF 2.7nF 2.2 222
47 473 COG/N For 0504, 0907, 1005, 2020, 47 473
100nF 104 100nF 104
470 474 2221, 4040, 5440 and 43100 470 474
560 564 range information please 560 564
820 824 refer to your local Knowles 820 824
1.0µF 105 Sales Office. &
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The furrows stretched out behind Fedor Kazin's lurching tractor-miles and miles of furrows, hungry for Terran wheat, waiting for spikeweed sprigs. The one to feed Innerworld bellies, he thought sourly, and the other to liven their dreams, and which did they value more, eh?
Yet whatever they paid him, it wouldn't be enough . . . again. Not with the shipping fees those Corporate World vlasti extorted from the Fringe. For thirty years he'd harvested his wheat and spikebalm, and still he was perpetually in debt to the shipping lines.
He glanced up at the clouds. His grandfather had always claimed Novaya Rodina's steppes were almost as beautiful as Old Russia's, but for the color of the sky. Fedor wouldn't know; he'd seen only recordings from the motherworld, and he'd always suspected they touched the things up a little-surely no sky could be that blue!-but he knew his own sky well. He only hoped he finished his plowing before the storm struck.
Thoughts of the weather turned his mind to the storm ripping through the entire Federation. He couldn't believe the tales coming out of Novaya Petersburg! Did those madmen think they were all back in the days of the tsar? That the Federation was run by Rasputin? And who were they, these men who called themselves 'Kadets' once more? Kerensky? Trotsky? Fedor had no more love for the Corporate Worlds than the next man, but the Federation was the Federation! It had risen from the flames of Old Terra's Great Eastern War and reached out to the stars, protecting its people as it placed them on worlds light-years from their birthworld. It was the Federation of Howard Anderson and Ivan Antonov. Four centuries it had stood-what were a hundred years or so of mistakes against that? And Novaya Rodinans were Russians: they knew a thing or two about endurance.
But these crazy Kadets-! Madness! Even if they succeeded, where would his wheat go? There had to be some form of foreign exchange-and who in the Fringe needed foodstuffs? What Fringe farming world could sell Novaya Rodina the manufactured goods she needed?
So Fedor plowed and sowed, for the day would come when the crazy men realized they couldn't succeed. It might be necessary to chastise them a little first, but in the end the Federation would take them back. And when it did, Fedor Kazin would have a crop ready, by God!
He looked up as thunder muttered and the squall line in the east swept closer. He wasn't going to finish today after all: best to stop at the end of this furrow and head home. 'Tasha would have supper waiting.
Pieter Tsuchevsky looked around the quiet room at his fellow Kadets. So this was how it felt to be a rebel. He'd never really wanted to be one. He doubted any of the others had. But it was inevitable for those who controlled the old government to call their opponents "rebels." He'd known that from the start, just as he'd known where his first public expressions of discontent might lead.
They'd led here-to the men and women who had declared themselves the new Duma of Novaya Rodina and stated their determination to withdraw from the Federation . . . not without fear and trembling. There was something almost holy about the Federation, but a government was only a government, and surely its function must be to make the lives of its people better, not worse. The purpose of an elective assembly couldn't be to murder its own members!
Pieter had never met Fionna MacTaggart, but he'd corresponded with her over the light-years, and even from her recorded messages he'd felt the intelligence and determination which had made her the Fringe's leader. Had she done her job too well? Was murder the fate small minds always reserved for great minds they could not silence? He didn't know, but from the morning the news arrived, he'd known the Federation was doomed. Anything that rotten at its core deserved to die, and die it would.
If only communications were less chaotic!
Novaya Rodina had been supplied with a relay system during the Fourth Interstellar War, but the system had been much more important to the rest of the Federation then. The planet's most famous son, Ivan Antonov, had commanded the Grand Alliance's fleets during the critical, early days of desperate resistance to the Arachnids, and a lot of Fringe systems had been tied into the net for purely military reasons. But the postwar Assembly had given maintaining the civilian relays a far lower precedence, especially after the Corporate Worlds began manipulating the Assembly so blatantly, and, one by one, the Fringer components had been allowed to fall into disrepair. Fleet communications continued to move with reasonable speed, but only the far slower courier drones remained to service the civilian-and political-needs of worlds like Novaya Rodina.
And even those drones had become notoriously unreliable since the Kontravian Mutiny. No doubt many nav beacons had been shut down or destroyed, but it went further than that. The Corporate Worlds handled a tremendous percentage of the total drone traffic, just as they monopolized the freight lanes. Almost certainly they were tampering with the drones to keep the "rebels" disorganized.
Well, if he were in their position, he would probably do the same. But in the meantime, it left him with the devil of a problem! He cleared his throat, and the eyes around the table returned to his face.
"So there you have it, comrades," he said slowly. "The Federation has declared martial law and suspended habeas corpus . . . among other rights. And we-you and I, my friends-we are all rebels." He shrugged. "For myself, I realized this must come, but possibly some of you did not. So it is only fair that we reconsider what we have done, I think. We've made our gesture, voiced our protest. Is that all we wish to do? If so, we'd best dispatch a courier drone with apologies and renewed protestations of loyalty at once! But if we don't, if we continue as we've begun to follow the lead of the Kontravians, God alone knows where we shall end."
"Pieter," Magda Petrovna stroked her prematurely silvering hair, "you say you knew this would come. Do you think we were all fools, Pieter Petrovich?" She smiled in gentle mockery. "How noble of you to give us a choice! But tell us-what will you do when we all run crying home to babushka Terra?"
A soft laugh ran around the table, and Pieter smiled unwillingly; but he also shook his head.
"This is no laughing matter, Magda. This is life and death. Oh, we hold the cities and universities, but the farmers and ranchers think we're mad. They won't raise a hand if it comes to a fight-and we've little chance of defeating the Federation if they would!"
"Mega shit!"
The tart remark could come only from one man, and Pieter's eyes twinkled as he turned to Semyon Jakov, the single megaovis rancher in their Duma. The old man's blue eyes were fiery as he puffed his walrus mustache, looking as fierce as one of his huge, vaguely sheeplike herdbeasts.
"No way we could beat the Federation, no," he snapped, "but we won't be fighting the Federation-only an Innerworld rump, and well you know it, Pieter Petrovich Tsuchevsky! And they won't even have the full Navy. Damnation, man, the Kontravians took a task force-a task force-in one snap! D'you honestly think they haven't lost more ships? I wouldn't be surprised to hear they've lost half the Fleet by now, Pieter!"
"True, Semyon, but Novaya Rodina is no Navy base. There were no ships for us to seize; it was pure luck Skywatch supported us. They could've blown our leaky old tubs out of space-and those are still the best ships we can scare up. No, Semyon Illyich, whatever the Kontravians may have taken, we can't fight what the Federation can send here."
"But why send anything?" Tatiana Illyushina asked plaintively. "We're not exactly the richest of the Fringe Worlds!"
"No, Tatiana," Magda said gently, "but we are what the Fleet manuals call a 'choke point.' "
The others listened carefully. Semyon Jakov had been a Marine for fifteen years, but Magda had reached the rank of captain in Frontier Fleet before resigning in protest over the Assembly's policies.
"A choke point?" Tatiana asked.
"An especially valuable warp nexus," Magda explained. "The way the warp lines lie, some systems control access to several others. The Corporate Worlds are mostly on early choke points of the Federation. That's why they're so powerful; every ship to the Heart Worlds has to go through choke points they control."
Tatiana nodded. When it came to the economic implications of the Corporate Worlds' galactic position, every Fringe schoolchild understood.
"Well, the same thing makes choke points militarily important," Magda said "If Novaya Rodina goes over to the Kontravians, we'll block a whole section of the Fringe off from the Federation; they'll have to take this system before they can attack the others. But if we remain loyal to the Federation, the Fleet will have several possible avenues of attack into Fringe space to choose from, you see?"
"But . . . but in that case, they're certain to come here-aren't they?" Tatiana asked very quietly.
"They are," Pieter told her gently, "and soon, I think. They wouldn't have sent this-" he waved the official message form gently "-if they didn't mean to back it up. There's some pretty stiff language in here; if they planned on talking us back into the Federation, they'd've taken a more flexible initial position."
"I agree," Semyon said harshly, "and I say-fuck 'em! Let them come! There's twenty million people on this planet. It'd take half the Corps to hold us down!"
"Except that only eight million or so of them are actively on our side," Pieter begun, but Magda interrupted.
"It doesn't matter anyway, Semyon Illyich," she said with an affectionate smile. "Just because you grunts spend your time crawling around in the mud doesn't mean the Fleet does! They don't care about planets, only warp points and the normal space between them."
"So? They still need someplace to base ships!"
"Certainly," Magda nodded, "but what if a monitor drops into orbit and zeros a few missiles on Novaya Petersburg? Or Novaya Smolensk? You think we shouldn't surrender to keep them from firing?"
"Well . . ."
"Exactly, you old cossack!" Magda punched the old man's arm lightly.
"Are you saying we should just give up?" Jakov demanded incredulously.
"Did I say that? Certainly not! We've already sent off our own drones, so the rest of the Fringe knows what's happening. I'm only saying that if it comes down to ultimatums, we'd better decide what we'll do ahead of time. I don't want to believe a TFN commander would fire on civilians; it goes against all we've been taught. But he might. And I want us to know now what we're going to say to him to keep any itchy finger off the button."
"So what you're saying, Magda," Pieter cut in pacifically, "is that we should continue as we have, possibly even to fighting in space, but that if it's a choice between bombardment and surrender, we should surrender?"
"Exactly." Magda's face was unusually grim. "I don't like it any more than you do, Pieter-or you Semyon. But what alternative do we have?"
"But what'll happen to us if we surrender?" Tatiana asked. "I don't mean the rest of our people, I mean us, right here in this room?"
"Hard to say," Magda said with a shrug. "There's never been a case like this, and it's not as if we're the only planet to secede. I'd think the government would have to follow a fairly lenient policy-especially with any of us 'rebels' who surrender-if they have any hope of ever healing the break. Unfortunately, we can't depend on that."
"They might execute us?" Tatiana asked faintly.
"They might," Magda agreed calmly. "Of course, even under martial law, any death sentence has to be confirmed by the civilian authorities. I'd think that confirmation would be unlikely."
"All right," Pieter said suddenly. "I propose a vote. All those in favor of declaring our immediate surrender?" There was no response, although several uneasy glances were exchanged. "All those in favor of continuing as we have but surrendering to avoid bombardment?" A chorus of affirmatives ran round the table. "Very well, the ayes have it."
Fedor Kazin watched the fields soak. Another day, at least, before he could resume plowing. Well, there were advantages to bad weather. Such as sitting with 'Tasha on a spring morning instead of bouncing around in his poorly sprung tractor. If only it weren't for those crazies in Novaya Petersburg! He had half a mind to go talk to them himself.
He frowned and glanced over at his wife. Maybe he should. After all, here he was cursing their stupidity, but had he done anything to change their minds? They might just not realize how others felt. And old Semyon Jakov was one of them . . . and Andrei Petrov's girl, Magda. They were good people. Maybe he could make them see reason?
Of course, 'Tasha would have a fit if he took himself off to the city and left her and the boys alone with the planting. On the other hand, if this madness wasn't settled, there wouldn't be a market come harvest, now would there? He filled his pipe with Orion tobacco (his one true luxury), and the pungent smoke curled up around his ears. Yes, the idea of going to Novaya Petersburg to confront the Duma . . . it definitely bore thinking on. . . .
Admiral Jason Waldeck, of the Chartiphon Waldecks, regarded his subordinates so coldly they shifted uneasily under his glare.
"I don't want to hear any more crap about poor misunderstood Fringers!" he snapped. "They're mutineers and traitors-and that's all! That bastard Skjorning should've been shot. Might've nipped the whole damned thing in the bud!"
His officers remained prudently silent. Admiral Waldeck had never been a good man to cross, and it was far more dangerous now. News of the Kontravian Mutiny was still threading its way through the Fleet, but one consequence of it was already clear: moderation was not in great demand among TFN commanders. Indeed, any "softness" might well be construed as treason by the angry (and frightened) cliques of "reliable" Innerworld admirals.
"I don't give a good goddamn why they're doing what they're doing," he grated. "We've got to stop them, and Fleet's shorthanded as hell after the mutinies, especially in capital units and carriers. Hell, we've lost so many pilots there won't even be fighter cover for most operations! So it's up to us-understood?"
"Yes, sir," his juniors murmured.
"Good. Now, I don't expect these hayseeds to put up much resistance, but if they try, I want some examples made."
" 'Examples,' sir?" one officer asked carefully.
"Yes, Captain Sherman-examples. If anyone wants to fight, let 'em. Don't give them a chance to surrender till you've burned a few bastards down."
"But, sir . . . why?"
"Because these traitors have to learn the hard way," Waldeck said grimly. "The Assembly's finally gotten its head out of its ass, and we're under military law now. That means my law. And I'm going to teach these proles a little lesson in obedience. Is that clear, gentlemen?"
It was clear. They might not much like it, but it was clear.
"All right, then, Commodore Hunter, here's your first objective."
The cursor in the chart tank settled on a warp nexus, and Commodore Hunter squinted at the tiny letters. "Novaya Rodina," they said.
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The Holiday Party is on Wednesday
Our Holiday Party is set for Wednesday, December 11, beginning at 6 pm at Cattlemens Restaurant, 2000 Taylor Road, Roseville.
Tickets will be available for purchase at the door, for $45 per person. The menu:
Prime Rib 12oz: Slow roasted for 16 hours to achieve perfect tenderness and flavor. Served with au jus and our special horseradish sauce.
Rustler Rib Eye Steak: A tender, juicy, and flavorful 14oz boneless cut topped with tumbleweed onions.
Grilled Atlantic Salmon: A thick cut boneless filet, broiled to perfection, served with dill sauce and lemon.
Lemon Herb Chicken: Charbroiled skinless breast basted with our fat free lemon herb marinade.
Pasta Ravioli: Vegetarian ravioli served with a seasonal sauce.
“The Fixings” are included with each entrée: Baked Potato, Seasonal Vegetable, All-you-can-eat salad, Ranch-style beans, Sourdough bread, coffee and tea.
A No-Host Bar will be available for other drinks besides the coffee and tea.
There will be a Silent Auction and a Raffle with tickets available for purchase at the event. There will also be a Door Prize for the evening.
All proceeds above and beyond the chapter’s costs will go directly into the Richard and Susan Bristow Memorial Scholarship Fund and will be used to send two youths to EAA Air Academy and other sponsorship or scholarship opportunities.
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Port of Cardiff prepares for start of 2019 cruise season
ABP South Wales is preparing for a busy 2019 cruise season at the Port of Cardiff, following a popular programme of passenger vessel calls in 2018, ABP says in a press release.
Marco Polo, owned and operated by Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV), will kick off the season when she calls at the port on Monday 22nd April.
Between May and June 2019, three cruise calls and over 2000 passengers will utilise port facilities and services provided by ABP South Wales at the Port of Cardiff.
Richard Butler, Commercial Manager, ABP South Wales, said: “We are looking forward to once again welcoming thousands of passengers to the Port of Cardiff. The port provides a convenient and accessible gateway for passengers and boasts excellent road and rail links.”
The Port of Cardiff already has several bookings for cruise calls during the 2020 season, where passengers will either visit Wales as part of their cruise itineraries, or embark on cruise voyages from the port.
ABP South Wales offers bespoke quayside facilities to visiting cruise vessels. Its three cruise ports, of Swansea, Cardiff, and Newport, are ideally located with quick links to the M4 motorway.
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News: "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." John 5:39 (KJB)
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December 31, 2019, 11:13:54 am ciwarrior1 says: The King James bible is NOT the pure word of God. In fact there are many errors in it. That is why the Pilgrims rejected the King James bible and relied on the Geneva Bible. In fact, the King James Bible is a paraphrase. The Bishops Bible, the Great Bible, and the Geneva Bible were used to produce the King James. Also, King James used the Massoretic text for the Greek and this text has proved to be faulty. The oldest Massoretic text dates back to about 950 AD with it coming out in book form in about 1000 AD. However, the dead sea scrolls proved that the Massoretic text wasn't even a viable text when you consider that the dead sea scrolls supported the Greek Septuagint over 90% of the time over the Massoretic text. The Massoretic text comes from the Jews who are the Synagogue of Satan. They are corrupt and vile, and they are not God Yahweh's chosen people Israel. True Israel are the white Caucasian, Celtic, Anglo Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people in the world today. You would be better off getting the Ferrar-Fenton bible, the Rotherham Bible, and so forth. These bibles are more accurate than the King James Bible. However, there is an agenda to misinterpret the bible. For example, according to the bible race mixing is a sin. However, how many church's promote race mixing because they think that the King James bible says so. It doesn't, but since the read it and don't do any investigation, they just believe it. Also, many Christian pastors are crypto Jews just like Pastor David Jeremiah, Benny Hinn, and so forth.
December 31, 2019, 11:10:09 am ciwarrior1 says: The King James bible is NOT the pure word of God. In fact there are many errors in it. That is why the Pilgrims rejected the King James bible and relied on the Geneva Bible. In fact, the King James Bible is a paraphrase. The Bishops Bible, the Great Bible, and the Geneva Bible were used to produce the King James. Also, King James used the Massoretic text for the Greek and this text has proved to be faulty. The oldest Massoretic text dates back to about 950 AD with it coming out in book form in about 1000 AD. However, the dead sea scrolls proved that the Massoretic text wasn't even a viable text when you consider that the dead sea scrolls supported the Greek Septuagint over 90% of the time over the Massoretic text. The Massoretic text comes from the Jews who are the Synagogue of Satan. They are corrupt and vile, and they are not God Yahweh's chosen people Israel. True Israel are the white Caucasian, Celtic, Anglo Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people in the world today. You would be better off getting the Ferrar-Fenton bible, the Rotherham Bible, and so forth. These bibles are a not more accurate than the King James Bible. However, there is an agenda to misinterpret the bible. For example, according to the bible race mixing is a sin. However, how many church's promote race mixing because they think that the King James bible says so. It doesn't, but since the read it and don't do any investigation, they just believe it. Also, many Christian pastors are crypto Jews just like Pastor David Jeremiah, Benny Hinn, and so forth.
August 08, 2018, 02:38:10 am suzytr says: Hello, any good churches in the Sacto, CA area, also looking in Reno NV, thanks in advance and God Bless you
January 29, 2018, 01:21:57 am Christian40 says: It will be interesting to see what happens this year Israel being 70 years as a modern nation may 14 2018
October 17, 2017, 01:25:20 am Christian40 says: It is good to type Mark is here again!
October 16, 2017, 03:28:18 am Christian40 says: anyone else thinking that time is accelerating now? it seems im doing days in shorter time now is time being affected in some way?
September 24, 2017, 10:45:16 pm Psalm 51:17 says: The specific rule pertaining to the national anthem is found on pages A62-63 of the league rulebook. It states: “The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem. “During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.”
September 20, 2017, 04:32:32 am Christian40 says: "The most popular Hepatitis B vaccine is nothing short of a witch’s brew including aluminum, formaldehyde, yeast, amino acids, and soy. Aluminum is a known neurotoxin that destroys cellular metabolism and function. Hundreds of studies link to the ravaging effects of aluminum. The other proteins and formaldehyde serve to activate the immune system and open up the blood-brain barrier. This is NOT a good thing."
http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-08-11-new-fda-approved-hepatitis-b-vaccine-found-to-increase-heart-attack-risk-by-700.html
September 19, 2017, 03:59:21 am Christian40 says: bbc international did a video about there street preaching they are good witnesses
September 14, 2017, 08:06:04 am Psalm 51:17 says: bro Mark Hunter on YT has some good, edifying stuff too.
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New Strain Of Terrifying Street Drug ‘Spice’ Creating Entire Subculture Of Human Zombies Across The Globe
‘Spice has the physically addictive qualities of heroin and the psychologically addictive qualities of crack,’ says Robert Ralphs, senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Manchester and an expert on the drug. The crisis came to national attention this week following the publication of video footage, shot by an office worker in Manchester, showing people under its influence.
Dead men and women were walking the streets of central Manchester this week. Some of them, their faces wan and eyes open, but filled with a terrible vacancy, stumble forward with arms out-stretched.
“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.” Revelation 9:6 (KJV)
Imagine people standing stock-still like shop mannequins, seemingly unconscious but upright, or slumped forward, as commuters scurry past with their heads down. There were still more I spotted comatose on pavements or slumped in doorways. One young man in a grey tracksuit lolled on the steps outside McDonald’s, twitching and gibbering to himself.
Outside the Arndale Shopping Centre, I saw another youth passed out on his back, his arms and legs extended into the air as if rigor mortis had set in. These are the victims of Spice, a generic term for various mixtures of herbs and potent chemicals which, until last May, was openly on sale in Britain as a so-called ‘legal high’.
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Ohio coroner runs out of room again! Look what's killing everyone!
A coroner's office has ran out of room for a second time this year because of all the opioid deaths taking place.
cbsnews.com reports: For the second time this year, a coroner's office in Ohio has run out of space for dead bodies due to the opioid epidemic, CBS Pittsburgh reports.
The Tribune-Review reports the Montgomery County office had 13 bodies on Monday. Twelve of them were overdoses.
Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger, says they have already expanded the cooler once last year because space for 36 wasn't enough. It now holds 42 bodies.
"If this pace continues, I'm not really sure what we're going to do," Dr. Harshbarger told the Trib. "It's full every night."
Marijuana Use Linked to Poorer School Performance, New Research Reveals
Teenagers who smoke marijuana regularly achieve poorer grades at school and risk their chances of going to university, according to a major new scientific study.
A longitudinal study of more than 26,400 pupils in Canada found those who started using marijuana at least once a month were around half as likely to achieve high grades as they were before taking up the habit, and were ultimately less likely to pursue university ambitions.
Marijuana users were also four times more likely to skip classes and two-to-four times less likely to complete their homework and value getting good grades.
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Cannabis-infused pizza goes on sale in Massachusetts to rave reviews
Saturday, 10 June 2017 4:47AM
A Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary has created a culinary delight for patients who don’t want to smoke their pot or eat it in the form of sweets.
Quincy-based Ermont Inc. has been selling cannabis-infused pizza for about three weeks to rave reviews.
Director of Operations Seth Yaffe says the company has a whole range of marijuana edibles, but he wanted to offer meals that patients could eat without a lot of sugar.
The 6-inch cheese pizzas sell for $38 apiece. The tomato sauce contains 125 milligrams of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. The company has sold about 200 already. Yaffe says if patients want toppings, they can add their own.
Only people with state-issued medical marijuana ID cards are eligible to buy the pies.
Meanwhile, Hawaiian pizza lovers have been left mourning the death of Sam Panopoulos, the man who first put pineapples atop pizza in Canada in 1962.
Mr Panopoulos, who had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary, died suddenly at the age of 83.
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UK Drug Overdose Deaths Highest in Europe
Deaths from drug overdoses continue to rise, with the UK recording the highest numbers in Europe, according to a new report from the EU drugs agency.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) identified a total of 8,441 overdose deaths in 2015, of which the UK accounted for 31 per cent.
It is the third consecutive year that the European total has risen.
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http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/druggies-celebrate-wildly-sin-state-nevada-opens-first-marijuana-retail-store-las-vegas/
Druggies Celebrate Wildly As Sin State Nevada Opens First Marijuana Retail Store In Las Vegas
Giant speakers roared with reggae beats. Limousines and party buses — several lined with green light-emitting diode lights — ushered tourists and locals to the revelry outside Reef Dispensaries, a marijuana shop a few steps behind the Fashion Show Mall, where the sea of customers stretched down and around the 165,000-square-foot building. “I’m excited!” shouted 24-year-old Las Vegan Majanae Brown as the minutes ticked toward midnight. “I can’t wait.”
They lined up by the hundreds hoping to be part of Sin City history. Under the bright lights of the Strip, fireworks shot off the roof of Reef Dispensaries in celebration as strobe lights lit up the night sky.
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we continue our headlong rush into the end times, the lid is coming off the underworld and the night creatures are crawling out into public view. People who object to things like legalized public pot consumption are seen as the “enemies to progress” by the mad throngs forming lines around the block at pot dispensaries. One can only imagine what’s going to be legalized next.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 (KJV)
Giant speakers roared with reggae beats. Limousines and party buses — several lined with green light-emitting diode lights — ushered tourists and locals to the revelry outside Reef Dispensaries, a marijuana shop a few steps behind the Fashion Show Mall, where the sea of customers stretched down and around the 165,000-square-foot building.
“I’m excited!” shouted 24-year-old Las Vegan Majanae Brown as the minutes ticked toward midnight. “I can’t wait.”
At Euphoria Wellness, there were no party buses, no fireworks or strobe lights. The only music to be heard played lightly from the cellphone of a customer near the door. But hundreds stood in a line that stretched around in the strip mall building in the south valley suburbs.
Las Vegas marijuana dispensaries gear up for extra business:
“This is larger than 4/20. This is the largest I’ve ever seen,” Euphoria Wellness co-owner Larry Doyle said. (4/20 refers to the counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana on April 20.)
When Friday finally turned to Saturday, Nevada’s green rush was on as the state joined Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska in allowing people to buy marijuana for recreational use.
Nevadans voted 54-46 in November to legalize adult-use marijuana.
On Saturday, less than eight months after the ballot measure passed, more than 40 stores across Southern Nevada were authorized by the state to begin selling marijuana to adults 21 and older without the need of medical cannabis card. Five dispensaries in Henderson did not get authorization because the city put a six-month moratorium on recreational marijuana licenses, which expires in August.
Las Vegas 1st Day Of Recreational Marijuana 2017:
GRAPHIC WARNING: This video is raw footage of the scene on the streets in Las Vegas on the first day of legal pot sales. Watch with caution.
Despite the large crowds at dispensaries across the valley, police reported no issues with Saturday’s rollout of marijuana sales. Although it’s now legal for adults 21 and older to buy and possess up to an ounce of marijuana, consuming it in public remains illegal. There were no signs of use at the dispensaries Saturday, and a Strip walk in the afternoon found just one open user, who wouldn’t talk to a reporter. He wouldn’t say who he was or whether he’d bought his weed legally.
Marijuana is still considered illegal federally. But for many, Saturday’s legalization in Nevada brought a lawful avenue to get something they were previously forced to buy from the black market.
“You don’t have to hide in the corner anymore and feel bad about it,” said Pam Mateo as she walked out of Euphoria at 1:30 a.m. with her purchase — “just a few joints” inside an opaque white plastic bag. source
http://globalnews.ca/news/3584388/ontario-teen-dies-while-on-high-school-graduation-trip-in-cuba/
Ontario teen dies while on high school graduation trip in Cuba
By Jessica Patton Web Writer Global News
An 18-year-old teen has died while on a graduation trip in Varadero, Cuba, her family confirmed Saturday, marking the second death of a student on a school trip this week.
Alex Sagriff, from Belleville, Ont., was a student from St. Theresa Catholic School and was in Cuba for a high school graduation trip, organized by the Toronto-based S-Trip company.
A written statement from the family asks for privacy during this difficult time and adds they do not know much regarding the circumstances of the incident but that their priority is getting her home.
“Alex was an amazing young woman, she had a ton of friends, and has a ton of family who loves her,” read the statement.
The school board wrote in a statement that the school principal, vice-principal and staff, as well as a bereavement and crisis response team have been on site at St. Theresa to support all students and its staff.
“The well-being of our students and staff is and continues to be a priority. The Board response team will continue to be at the school over the next several days, and in collaboration with our community partners, information for accessing community supports has and will continue to be made available to students, parents and staff.”
Jordyn DeClair, who had known Sagriff since elementary school and had graduated with her from St. Theresa, described the 18-year-old as “outgoing and well spirited” and said “she was loved by all.”
Tributes have been pouring in over social media, with one Twitter user named Alex Supryka writing, “My heart is broken right now. You were one of the nicest girls I have ever met. And I am so sorry @alex_sagriff, no teen nor parent should ever have to go through this pain, and I will forever be sorry that I couldn’t help you in a time of need. rest in peace beautiful. ”
Another user, Danielle Lentini wrote, “Thoughts and prayers to the Sagriff family and all friends. Amazing girl gone too soon, rest in peace Alex.”
Sagriff was set to attend Loyalist College in the fall.
The Canadian government has confirmed the death, but can’t reveal further details due to privacy concerns.
The government says consular officials are in touch with local officials in Cuba and are also in touch with the person’s family.
Global News reached out to S-Trip but at the time of publication, had not heard back.
The incident comes just days after a 15-year-old student died on a school trip in Algonquin Provincial Park, The Toronto District School Board confirmed Wednesday.
Jeremiah Perry was reported missing Tuesday night while on an outdoor educational field trip with six staff members and 32 other students from C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute and Westview Centennial Secondary School in Toronto.
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/take-tour-international-church-cannabis-denver-colorado-congregants-elevationists/
The International Church of Cannabis In Denver Colorado Where Pot Smoking Congregants Are ‘Elevationists’
“Being an elevationist [the term they’ve coined for the theology of the new church] means being an explorer,” Lee begins. “Our spiritual journey is one of self-discovery, not one of dogma. We believe there is no one-path solution to life’s big questions. This is simply a supportive place for each one of us to find a pathway to our own spirituality, whatever that may be.” Think of it like the pick ’n’ mix of belief. There is no doctrine, no creed, no scripture or book. Simply choose bits of whatever world religions work for you, or make something up yourself, mix it all together, and see if it tastes good.
As congregations dwindle, a new religion is lighting up Denver, Colorado. Aaron Millar joins the ‘elevationists’ of the International Church of Cannabis who worship the weed
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” 1 Peter 5:8,9 (KJV)
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the present spiritual darkness intensifies over not just America but the world as a whole, we are seeing stranger and stranger phenomena. The Bible tells us that in the time of Jacob’s trouble, the One World Religion will include all manner of deviant behaviour in their “worship” services. Not only will there be drug and alcohol use, but open prostitution and cannibalism as well. Being a pothead has become big business in 2017, and it is also become a religion. They don’t call it pot smoking, now they are partaking in the “holy sacrament of cannabis”. A partnership will Hillsong can’t be too far away. And painting their “sanctuary” in bright, rainbow colors didn’t happen by accident.
It started, naturally, with a group of friends smoking a joint. Steve Berke, a graduate of Yale University, was temporarily living in an old church in Denver, Colorado. His estate agent parents had bought the 113-year-old building with the plan to turn it into flats. He and Lee Molloy, as well as a few friends, had just moved from Miami to capitalise on Colorado’s lucrative marijuana market. But then, in the words of Lee: “We started having these stupid, fantastical conversations. What if we kept it as a church?” So Steve convinced his parents to give him the building and, nine months later, on 20 April 2016 – 4/20, as it’s known in the United States, the unofficial pothead’s holiday (because it’s 4.20pm somewhere, right?) – the International Church of Cannabis opened its doors with its own chapel, theology and video game arcade.
The International Church of Cannabis in Denver:
From the outside all appears normal: red-brick towers, blocky turrets, a classic city church in an otherwise leafy suburb of Denver. But there are giveaways. The three front doors and arched window facade have been spray-painted with silver galaxies and bright, happy-face planets. The work of legendary painter and graphic artist Kenny Scharf, who has exhibited in the Whitney and New York’s Museum of Modern Art, it looks more like the backdrop for an illegal 90s rave than your typical parish church. But it’s indicative of the coup that Elevation Ministries, the non-profit company that Steve and Lee co-founded to set up the Church of Cannabis, has managed to pull off.
“That mural would probably buy you next door’s house,” Lee says, letting me in. But they got it for the price of an air ticket for Scharf, a few days’ skiing and the loan of a jacket. People love fantastical ideas.
The original plan was to open it to the general public, but because Colorado’s current pot law only allows smoking in private clubs, it is, for now at least, a members-only affair. To date they have more than 1,400 on their list. They open the doors from Thursday to Sunday for smoke-free public viewing, with private cannabis services held on Friday nights. It seems to be growing.
Every single surface has been painted in vibrant patterns of red, blue and green, geometric prisms with mythological creatures, stars and eyes hidden within. At the back wall, two dream-like Dali-esque giants sit cross-legged as if lost in meditation. “It feels like a hallucination,” someone says beside me, eyes careening upwards. It’s like being swallowed by a Pink Floyd album cover. Perhaps most impressive of all is that it was created spontaneously without a sketch or a plan. This was another freebie: they flew Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel over and bought him a bunch of paints, then he started work in one corner and painted whatever he dreamed up until he finished. It took him just six days – he rested on the seventh.
As the service begins we are encouraged to get to know each other: people spark up joints and pass them around. Long wisps of smoke float to the ceiling and cover the congregation in a flowery shroud; splutterings of coughs and giggles, the sharp intake of breath on all sides. There are about 30 of us in all, a mixed bag of misfits ranging from a self-proclaimed pothead granny, whose eyes appear to move independently of each other, to a couple of Harold & Kumar wannabes taking selfies at the altar. And then there’s Lee: a former Bible quiz champion, raised in a strict evangelical Christian home, he has the credentials of a preacher if not the look: bushy hipster beard and long messy hair, dark bags under his eyes and the whiff of old smoke on his shirt. It feels more like the start of an AA meeting than a spiritual encounter. But then he starts to speak.
“Being an elevationist [the term they’ve coined for the theology of the new church] means being an explorer,” Lee begins. “Our spiritual journey is one of self-discovery, not one of dogma. We believe there is no one-path solution to life’s big questions. This is simply a supportive place for each one of us to find a pathway to our own spirituality, whatever that may be.” Think of it like the pick ’n’ mix of belief. There is no doctrine, no creed, no scripture or book. Simply choose bits of whatever world religions work for you, or make something up yourself, mix it all together, and see if it tastes good. “There are as many pathways to being an elevationist as there are elevationists,” Lee says. Spirituality shouldn’t be a prescription; it should be an adventure. It’s about seeking, not being told what to find.
It’s an idea that will strike a chord with many people. Church attendance in the UK is on the decline. Last year only 1.4% of the population attended Sunday Anglican services – the lowest level ever recorded. There is a significant demographic of people who simply can’t relate to organised religion or outright oppose it on principle. Being able to explore your own path, within a supportive space, could help fill that widening spiritual deficit.
But here’s where they may lose you. That journey of self-discovery, says Lee, is enhanced by ritual cannabis use. “We have been programmed to behave and think in certain ways,” he says. “Cannabis helps elevationists tear down those false realities.” source
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/sin-city-nevada-set-become-first-state-allow-marijuana-lounges-stoners-get-high/
SIN CITY: Nevada Set To Become First State To Allow Marijuana Lounges For Stoners To Get High
The Nevada legislator who spearheaded much of the legalization movement, state Sen. Tick Segerblom (D), has said he thinks marijuana will attract new tourists to the state. “We’re going to really market this thing around the world,” Segerblom told The Hill in a recent interview. But legalization skeptics say the growing prevalence of marijuana stores, and lounges where those products can be consumed, increase the risk of crime associated with the nascent industry.
Nevada could become the first state to allow users of recreational marijuana to light up in clubs and lounges, a state legal body said this week, opening a new front in what is already a booming pot business.
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5,6 (KJV)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Watching the gradual rush towards legalizing pot has been for me a subject of great amusement. Just like when the lottery first became legal back in the 1970’s, and everyone was all excited about the new source of public school funding which was going to “erase poverty” in the worst of neighborhoods, the fight to legalize pot comes with similar outlandish and completely not true claims. Will pot lounges “boost tourism”? Yep, sure will. It will also boost the crime rate, boost the poverty rate, and boost your car while they’re at it. The Bible commands us to be sober, and you cannot be sober and high at the same time.
The state Legislative Counsel Bureau said Monday that state law does not prohibit city or county governments from operating a lounge or facility in which patrons may use marijuana.
Cities and counties are allowed to adopt their own rules governing those businesses and decide whether they are required to obtain special permits, the bureau said. The ruling means tourists and visitors may soon have a place to consume marijuana in public. Pot smoking is banned under state law in Nevada’s hotels and casinos.
None of the four other states where marijuana is legal for recreational use — Washington, Colorado, Alaska and Oregon — currently allow so-called pot lounges. All four states restrict marijuana use to private residences. The three other states where legislators and regulators are finalizing rules in advance of legalized marijuana — California, Massachusetts and Maine — are not currently considering legal pot lounges.
Legalization advocates say pot lounges are a logical step, especially if states where marijuana is allowed hope to connect their pot industry to tourism.
“Allowing regulated social use areas is a good solution that recognizes cannabis consumers’ rights to congregate just like alcohol drinkers can in bars while also protecting nonconsumers’ rights not to inhale secondhand smoke,” said Tom Angell, the founder of Marijuana Majority, a pro-legalization group. “It should be a no brainer, especially in tourist towns like Las Vegas where visitors don’t have private residences they can go back to to imbibe.”
The Nevada legislator who spearheaded much of the legalization movement, state Sen. Tick Segerblom (D), has said he thinks marijuana will attract new tourists to the state.
“We’re going to really market this thing around the world,” Segerblom told The Hill in a recent interview.
But legalization skeptics say the growing prevalence of marijuana stores, and lounges where those products can be consumed, increase the risk of crime associated with the nascent industry.
“The people of Nevada wanted folks not to go to jail for using marijuana,” said Kevin Sabet, who heads the anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana. “I don’t think they envisioned pot clubs in their neighborhood.”
“Data show that areas around marijuana stores have higher crime and issues with second-hand smoke and other nuisances. I can’t imagine pot clubs will be a good thing for the state,” Sabet said.
Cities will still have to pass their own ordinances governing marijuana lounges after the state legislature killed a measure that would have legalized them earlier this year. Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday he is no fan of the prospect of lounges.
“I did not support them previously,” Sandoval told the paper. “I don’t support them now.”
Sandoval did not support the ballot measure legalizing marijuana last year, but he has said he will work with the federal Justice Department to allow legal marijuana now that it has passed. Sandoval and other governors of states that have legalized pot have been concerned that the Trump administration may reverse a long-standing Obama administration agreement that deemphasized prosecutions of marijuana-related businesses in their states.
“I don’t know what direction the Justice Department is going to go, but it is going to raise some legal issues,” Sandoval told The Hill in a recent interview. “I want a model system.”
Nevada became the fifth state to allow marijuana use for recreational purposes on July 1, just eight months after state voters approved a ballot measure. California, Maine and Massachusetts, where voters also passed legalization measures, will begin legal pot sales next year. source
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=109172218441
The Evil Fruit Of Feminism: Eugenics, Abortion, Fornication & Manly Women
Series: The Menace of Feminism · 2 of 2
10/9/2017 (MON)
Audio: http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=109172218441
Challenge to California’s prostitution ban may proceed, judges rule
A three-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the plaintiffs’ legal challenge against the ban may proceed. The plaintiffs say the current law violates the right to engage in consensual sex, as described in a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revoked criminal laws against gay sexual acts, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/20/challenge-to-californias-prostitution-ban-may-proceed-judges-rule.html
As gonorrhea approaches superbug status, scientists scramble to find a vaccine - Science & Health
Gonorrhea is becoming more dangerous worldwide as the sexually-transmitted disease approaches untreatability, a report on growing incidences of the STD superbug in China shows.
Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with dual resistance to World Health Organization-recommended antibiotics azithromycin and last-ditch drug ceftriaxone turn out to be common in China, says the groundbreaking study published this week in PLOS Medicine.
From 2013 to 2016, the rates of dually-resistant gonorrhea in China climbed from 1.9 percent to 3.3 percent, reports Yueping Yin of the National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology in Nanjing, China and colleagues.
In short, superbug gonorrhea is becoming a global threat.
Most of the participants in the Chinese study were symptomatic male heterosexuals.
So what can be done? Just this week a completely different team reported they had invented a way to trap bacteria in the bloodstream that behaves like a nano-scale Venus flytrap. But the idea is short of a technology yet, and it wouldn’t work for gonorrhea anyway, which doesn’t infect the bloodstream. Normally, the disease can be fatal if it does.
https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/gonorrhea-approaching-untreatability-worldwide-study-shows-1.5805359
Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rise by 30 percent in a year
Emergency room visits for suspected opioid overdoses have risen 30 percent, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And within emergency departments across 16 high-risk states — Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wisconsin — those overdoses went up by 35 percent, according to a new report released Tuesday. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Illinois reported an uptick of 50 percent or more, the report said.
All five monitored regions revealed a spike in people with possible opioid overdoses between July 2016 and September 2017, according to data from the CDC’s Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance Program. Among those regions, Midwestern emergency departments experienced the highest increase in overdoses — up to 70 percent — compared to those in the Southeast, which saw a rise of 14 percent.
“The sharp increases and variation across states and counties indicate the need for better coordination,” CDC Acting Director Anne Schuchat said Tuesday in a call with Surgeon General Jerome Adams and reporters.
Schuchat called the report “very, very concerning” and said it served as a “wake-up call about the need to improve what happens when a patient leaves the emergency department.”
These latest numbers follow a recent CDC analysis that showed the opioid crisis already has led to a decrease in the average American’s life expectancy. And researchers there estimate 63,000 people died after they overdosed on drugs in 2016. Of those, 42,000 deaths were linked to opioid use.
REST: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/emergency-department-visits-for-opioid-overdoses-rise-by-30-percent-in-a-year
Canada’s Liberal party considers decriminalization of all illicit drugs
With months left before Canada becomes the first country in the G7 to fully legalise marijuana, members of the country’s Liberal party, led federally by Justin Trudeau, are calling on their government to go one step further and decriminalise the possession and consumption of all illicit drugs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/canada-liberal-party-considers-decriminalization-all-illicit-drugs
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Formula One: Hamilton talent saved us from defeat, says Mercedes boss
AFP , Monday 27 May 2019
Lewis Hamilton’s individual ability 'saved' Mercedes and delivered the team’s emotional tribute victory to Niki Lauda at Sunday's dramatic Monaco Grand Prix, according to team chief Toto Wolff (Photo: AFP)
Formula One: Hamilton snatches dramatic Monaco GP pole with record lap
Formula One: Hamilton wins 6th Chinese GP; pole winner Bottas takes 2nd
Lewis Hamilton’s individual ability 'saved' Mercedes and delivered the team’s emotional tribute victory to Niki Lauda at Sunday's dramatic Monaco Grand Prix, according to team chief Toto Wolff.
Without his "performance of a champion" drive on badly-worn and incorrectly-chosen medium compound tyres, in which he resisted near-incessant pressure from Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, the Silver Arrows’ season-opening winning streak may have been over.
"Obviously, it was the wrong call," admitted Wolff, referring to the decision to fit ‘mediums’ instead of ‘hards’ at Hamilton’s pit-stop after only 10 laps.
"We thought the tyre would make it to the end.
"But, of course, it didn’t. He saved us. His driving saved us. It is something that we really need to analyse now.
"We calculated that the medium would make it, if we changed on lap 15 or 16, with the right management. It seemed a straightforward strategy.
"It didn’t seem like a huge stretch, but then we realised 20 laps into it that some graining was appearing on the front left – and he started to complain.
"Under-steer resulted from the graining and it was clear it would be very, very difficult to make it to the end….
"Everybody knew it would be a huge stretch and, probably 20 laps from the end, he had nought percent rubber left and with massive under-steer at slow speeds.
"You could see that around the Loews hairpin – the car wouldn’t turn anymore… We were close to losing and if it was a normal track – like in Montreal – you lose that race."
Hamilton secured his third Monaco victory career 77th by resisting every attack from Verstappen, behind him on hard tyres, with one of the greatest stints of defensive racing ever seen on the unforgiving streets of the Mediterranean circuit.
His agitated radio exchanges with engineer Pete Bonnington punctuated the contest and allowed him relief from his concentration during what he later described as the hardest race of his life.
"It's just difficult when you're out on your own for so long and ‘Bono’ can't say anything," said Hamilton.
"Nothing he can say, or anyone can say, or do to help – it was all down to me to bring it home for the team and for Niki. The just felt immense."
Three-time world champion Austrian Lauda, Mercedes non-executive chairman, died last Monday, aged 70.
It was a measure of his achievement that Hamilton’s former team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg gave him unstinting praise.
"Even in qualifying, he wasn’t the fastest guy, but he got the pole,” said the 2016 champion. "Today, he was massively struggling out there, but Lewis just managed it in a world champion’s manner and even fended off that challenge from Max Verstappen in a proper way."
Hamilton celebrated by leaping into the harbour swimming pool and later promised himself a rare glass of wine after extending his lead in the drivers’ championship to 20 points ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
The Finn finished third behind Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari after Verstappen was dropped to fourth with a five-second penalty for his pit-lane brush with Bottas after an unsafe release by Red Bull.
Among many other incidents, Racing Point's Sergio Perez revealed he had almost hit two marshals during the Safety Car period when they ran into the track.
"What’s wrong with those marshals?" he said. "I nearly killed them…."
Later, he told reporters: "They were just running across and I was coming out of the pits. I had to brake and they were very lucky that I avoided them."
(For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)
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Differential Redox Regulation of ORAI Ion Channels: A Mechanism to Tune Cellular Calcium Signaling
Bogeski, Ivan and Kummerow, Carsten and Al-Ansary, Dalia and Schwarz, Eva C and Koehler, R. and Kozai, D. and Takahashi, N. and Peinelt, Christine and Griesemer, D. and Bozem, Monika and Mori, Y. and Hoth, Markus and Niemeyer, Barbara A. (2010) Differential Redox Regulation of ORAI Ion Channels: A Mechanism to Tune Cellular Calcium Signaling. Science Signaling, 3 (115). ra24-ra24. ISSN 1937-9145
Bogeski SciSig 2010.pdf
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.2000672
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in many physiological and pathophysiological cellular processes. We used lymphocytes, which are exposed to highly oxidizing environments during inflammation, to study the influence of ROS on cellular function. Calcium ion (Ca2+) influx through Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels composed of proteins of the ORAI family is essential for the activation, proliferation, and differentiation of T lymphocytes, but whether and how ROS affect ORAI channel function have been unclear. Here, we combined Ca2+ imaging, patch-clamp recordings and measurements of cell proliferation and cytokine secretion to determine the effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on ORAI channel activity and human T helper lymphocyte (TH cell) function. ORAI1, but not ORAI3, channels were inhibited by oxidation by H2O2. The differential redox sensitivity of ORAI1 and ORAI3 channels depended mainly on an extracellularly located reactive cysteine, which is absent in ORAI3. TH cells became progressively less redox-sensitive after differentiation into effector cells, a shift that would allow them to proliferate, differentiate, and secrete cytokines in oxidizing environments. The decreased redox sensitivity of effector TH cells correlated with increased expression of Orai3 and increased abundance of several cytosolic antioxidants. Knockdown of ORAI3 with small-interfering RNA rendered effector TH cells more redox-sensitive. The differential expression of Orai isoforms between naïve and effector TH cells may tune cellular responses under oxidative stress.
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Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences
Ivan Bogeski
http://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/2197
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Objectivism or Marxism
Utopia and Revolution
WSWS launches smear campaign
Shallow moralizing not Marxism
Case of the disappearing letter
Sterile flowers, poisonous weeds
WSWS 'curious fumble' in Iraq
PSG and the EU elections
PSG and Berlin elections
PSG: A case of magical thinking
The deadweight of sectarianism
Distorting history of ICFI
David North and Soviet History
North and Service on Trotsky
A case of abandoning dialectics
The gutter politics of David North
Empty place of psychology in Marxism
From Alienation to Revolution
Gender and materialism
Freudianism in Soviet Union: I
Freudianism in Soviet Union: II
Freudianism in Soviet Union: Exchange
Mental illness and American dream: I
Mental illness and American dream: II
Heidegger: Philosopher and Nazi
Heidegger and Nazism: Comment Part I
Heidegger and Nazism: Comment Part II
End of Irony or the Irony of Ends
Turkish economy: illustion and reality
A Charlatan Exposed
Opportunism and Empiricism
Plekhanov and Russian Marxism
Trotsky's Philosophical Notebooks
Trotsky: Philosophy of Superman
Marxism Without its Head...
MWHH: Chapter 1
MWHH: Chapter 10
MWHH: Conclusion
Afterword: Vulgar Critique
Downward Spiral of the ICFI
Downward Spiral: Chapter 1
Dialectical Path of Cognition
Utopia and socialist consciousness
Crackpot Philosophy and Double-Speak
Espiral descendente Capítulo 1
Der Fall Heidegger: Teil 1
Heidegger: Zwei Briefe Teil 1
Psychoanalyse in der Sowjetunion
Der WSWS beim Irak-Krieg
Die PSG und die Europawahl
Der Ballast des Sektierertums
Дело Мартина Хайдеггера Часть 1
The Greek people have shaken the world
Note: We are reprinting an article by Savas Michael-Matsas summarizing the current state of the class struggle in Greece. Michael-Matsas is the Secretary of the EEK, the Workers Revolutionary Party of Greece. The views are those of the author and not necessarily those of the permanent-revolution web site. We do think this statement gives one a good idea of the current situation in Greece and of the possibilities that have emerged for the intervention of revolutionary socialists. We have previously published the election statement of the EEK along with our comments.
( http://forum.permanent-revolution.org/2015/01/for-revolutionary-intervention-in.html )
We made stylistic corrections to the original English translation and added footnotes.
by Savas Michael-Matsas
The Greek election of January 2015 was not a “normal” parliamentary contest. It marks a major turning point in the post 2007 world capitalist crisis, and the international class struggle. The European Union and the Eurozone re-emerges as the epicenter of the crisis. The illusions of an apparent “stabilization” in the financial markets after Draghis' famous statement in 2012 that the ECB will do “whatever it takes” to avoid the collapse of the Eurozone, are now dissipating. The Eurozone economy, both in the periphery and now in its “hard core”, is entangled in a vicious circle of recession, deflation and over-indebtedness, while all the draconian austerity measures and policies so far implemented, have totally failed to halt the downward spiral.
The launching of a much delayed “Quantitative Easing” program by the ECB on January 22, on the eve of the Greek elections, is a manifestation of this failure. The political expression of that failure is the electoral victory of Syriza in Greece, a few days later, which, as Philip Stephens rightly writes in the Financial Times( 29/1/2015) “crystallizes the impasse that has crippled the eurozone”. [1]
On the very day of the Greek elections, the World Economic Forum of the world's capitalist elites in Davos concluded its meeting with statement stressing that “politics in Europe is the greatest risk for the world economy”, naming especially Greece and Ukraine. The massive repudiation of “austerity” by the Greek people came as a huge shock, confirming all their fears.
After five consecutive years of social catastrophe that has reduced the Greek people into a nation of the destitute, millions of innocent victims, using their vote as an available weapon, rebelled against their executioners: the troika of European Union, European Central Bank, and the IMF as well as their subservient bourgeois governments in Athens that had imposed the measures of social cannibalism misnamed “austerity” and “structural reforms”, and codified as the 'Memorandum' tied to the 'rescue packages' by the EU and the IMF to bankrupt Greece.
All the parties that had governed under the orders of troika, first of all the right wing New Democracy and the neo-liberal “center left” PASOK, were defeated. Some of them were marginalized, others completely annihilated : PASOK, the far right LAOS, the “Democratic Left”, as well as the “new” split from PASOK headed by former Prime Minister George Papandreou, the first to introduce the Memorandum in 2010.
For the first time in the history of modern Greece, a party of the Left was handed an electoral triumph: the anti-austerity reformist Syriza. Promising to put an end to misery, to the Memorandum and to the troika's tyranny, it was raised by a massive popular vote into the leading position, enabling it to form a government.
Less than three years ago, up to the elections of May and June 2012, Syriza was a small, moderate, left-reformist party, emerging from splits in the Greek Communist Party in the 1960s and 1990s, joined later by small groups of the extra-parliamentary left, with a modest base in the working class, the unions and the petty bourgeoisie and a marginal role in the youth and student movements, getting around 4 per cent of the vote. But in the 2012 elections, it was catapulted into the second position of the official opposition with 27 per cent. Why?
The social devastation and upheavals of the period of 2010-12, the mass demonstrations, occupations of public buildings and squares, above all, the occupation of Syntagma Square in front of the discredited Parliament by the “Indignant” people, the General Strikes, People's Assemblies, as well as the barbaric brutality of the police in reaction to these events - led to the crisis of legitimacy and disintegration of the bourgeois parliamentary system. That system, as it was established after the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974, consisted of New Democracy and PASOK alternately taking on the helm of government.
No party, including Syriza, had played a leading role in the upheaval of 2010-12. One week before the May 6, 2012 elections, Syriza's support still remained around 8 -10 per cent. The main focus of the spontaneous movement then being in favor of a protest vote for many “small” parties considered to be “non systemic”. The decisive turn came when at the last stage of the campaign the Syriza leadership launched the call “For a Government of the Left to cancel the Memorandum!” Then, much of the popular anger and hopes turned en masse to the left as a credible alternative to power and gave to Syriza an unexpected and astounding advance. Unexpected, although in a minor scale, was, also, the threatening ascent of the Nazi “ Golden Dawn”, from a marginal group into a force entering Parliament for the first time.
The call for “For a Government of the Left” , in the Greek historical context has a totally different significance in comparison with other European countries where often parliamentary “governments of the left” were formed by social democratic parties in coalition or not with 'Communist' parties. Greece never knew a mass social democracy (PASOK was a national populist movement of bourgeois character, later degenerating into neoliberalism). The country is profoundly marked by imperialist intervention and a bloody civil war in the 1940s to “smash the communist threat” coming out of the anti-Nazi Resistance. Decades of anti-communist hysteria followed with persecutions, concentration camps, executions, and witch-hunts of anything considered as “leftist”. The climax came with the dictatorship of the CIA colonels in 1967. That regime collapsed in 1974, following the brutal suppression of the youth rebellion of the Polytechnic in Athens, and the coup by the Greek junta in Cyprus opening the door to the Turkish invasion and occupation of half of the island. Given this historical conjuncture, a “government of the Left” means, in the popular social consciousness, a government by the political representatives of the defeated revolutionary movement of the Partisans.
Not by accident, during the revolt of December 2008, the slogan "Varkiza is finished" was written on the walls of Athens. [In Varkiza, near Athens, the partisans of ELAS, after the Stalinist betrayal, surrendered their arms to the British military and to the shadow of Greek bourgeois power] Nor by accident as well, during the recent electoral period, despite Syriza's moderation, the Right wing Samaras government waged a vicious anti-communist campaign using the same slogans as in the civil war, against the “Sovietization of Greece”, “for the salvation of fatherland, religion and family”, even “for the defense of our victory in 1949 against the communist bandits”, while the Nazis of the “Golden Dawn” presented themselves as “the only force able to defeat Syriza's communists and Marxist anti-nationalism”. The virulence of the slogans reflects the sharp polarization that is now an enduring feature of social life in Greece.
No one should forget that the Golden Dawn, with its leaders in prison still emerged as the third force in Parliament with a civil war, fascist agenda. The January 2015 elections were not the end of the crisis of State power but an opening of a new, sharper period escalating inexorably, driven by the capitalist crisis, towards a historic confrontation of the workers and poor with the Greek and international ruling classes and their repression forces.
Despite the tremendous victory given to Syriza by the people moving to the left, the Syriza leadership itself moved to the right : they formed a coalition “Popular Front” type government of class collaboration with the “Independent Greeks”- ANEL, a far right bourgeois nationalist party, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, Turcophobic, homophobic, religiously obscurantist. Furthermore, together with other ministries, Syriza offered the Ministry of the Armed Forces to the leader of ANEL Panos Kammenos, a notorious chauvinist, anti-Semite, a close friend of the Greek shipowners and his co-thinker Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigrant far right UKIP. Memories of Chile in 1973 are raised, and the appointment of Pinochet to a similar position by Allende are inescapable.
Phony arguments were presented: because Syriza was two seats short of forming a majority in parliament, this alliance with ANEL was supposedly necessary to form a government given the stubborn rejection of any support by the Stalinist KKE; or, that it was a “lesser evil” to have as ally ANEL than the bogus Potami (“River”: a “party” artificially constructed by bourgeois mass media magnates, uniting remnants of the center left with the most right wing neo-liberals).
Syriza could have again put pressure on the KKE to join it in a coalition government, much more relevant now than in 2012. And in any case, it could have put the Stalinist leaders in a very difficult position in front of their supporters. To choose between ANEL and Potami is to choose between cholera and pestilence. But even without the KKE, formally, Syriza could form a minority government based on 149 seats, which could stand, if other parties abstained or were absent, giving objectively a “vote of tolerance”. Otherwise, by voting against, these parties could be shown as responsible for new elections that nobody wanted.
It is obvious that the coalition between Syriza and ANEL was a decision already taken before the elections (Kammenos did not make any effort to hide it). And it was announced, hurriedly, during the same night of the elections, without formally trying to search for other options, and behind the back of the Party itself and its supporters.
The main argument to excuse this haste is that “Syriza had to immediately form a coalition with [bourgeois] patriotic anti-austerity forces to have a solid basis in its extremely difficult negotiations with the EU as the bailout program expires in February 28.” The strategy of “a national anti-austerity unity” above classes is counter-posed to a strategy of internationalist class struggle towards workers power and a socialist way out from the crisis of bankrupt capitalism in Greece and Europe.
The justification advanced by Syriza of their class collaboration with reactionary nationalists is not only unsustainable but also self-defeating. In the inescapable confrontation with the imperialists of the EU and the international usurers, any basis for a real defense of the workers' and the interests of the masses is undermined by their refusal to break from the imperialist EU and by allying with bourgeois forces looking for an impossible “national capitalist solution” within an unprecedented world capitalist depression. This is a strategy not to defeat the stranglehold of the imperialist predators but to defeat the emerging forces of socialist revolution in Greece and in Europe. Brussels, Berlin, and Washington know it very well.
Syriza's demands are for an impossible compromise. To survive as a government it has to respond to the popular expectations by fighting austerity; but that means to clash with the austerity imposed by the EU and Germany. To fight austerity means to find relief from the burden of an unsustainable Greek debt, and at the same time, to avoid the consequences of a Grexit. Syriza looks for a bargain with a hostile but frightened EU, hoping to find a space in the starting international re-negotiation imposed by the failure to confront the crisis so far by means of austerity.
The new Greek government started by declarations that the fired public sector workers will be rehired, that privatizations of harbors and electricity will be canceled, while the flamboyant Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was openly defying the leader of the Eurogoup, rejecting both the extension of the Memorandum and any return of the hated troika. The Greek people were delighted but neither Brussels nor Berlin were smiling. From the other side of the ocean, significantly, Obama phoned the new Prime Minister Tsipras to congratulate him and to express his opposition to...austerity!
While Varoufakis is making his tour around the European capitals insisting that he seeks no confrontation but “deliberation”, the confrontation has already begun. Berlin openly expressed its hostility to any change. The ECB has the means, by stopping the financing of the Greek banks, to provoke their collapse after March of this year. George Osborne, the UK Chancellor, emphasized after his discussion with Varoufakis: “the stand-off between Greece and the eurozone is the greatest risk to the global economy ” ( Financial Times 2/2/2015).[2] The Wall Street Journal echoed the same concern.
The fears of the ruling classes in the imperialist West were compounded by the initial questioning by the new Greek government of the announcement by the EU that it had agreed “unanimously" to impose new sanctions against Russia, blaming it for the new escalation of the civil war in South-Eastern Ukraine. But afterward, the Tsipras government made clear that it was questioning the process, the fact that it was not consulted, and not the essence of the matter. Then, the new Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias (an opportunist who started as a high priest of Stalinism in the KKE to jump later to PASOK becoming a close adviser to George Papandreou before taking the ministry of foreign affairs in the current government) has signed the document of the EU extending the sanctions against Russia until September 2015. By signing he made the following servile comment: “ I am not a Russian puppet[...]We are not against every sanction. We are in the mainstream, we are not the bad boys” ( Mail On Line, 31/1/2015)
From a certain vantage point, the new government Syriza-ANEL could be seen as a transitional formation combining all the contradictions of Greek society in the current phase of the world crisis. Rather sooner than later these contradictions will explode. It has some features of a Kerensky type of government in a transitional period towards the decisive class confrontation in the struggle for power.
The EEK fights among the masses in all fronts to prepare, organize, educate the proletarian vanguard for this confrontation between revolution and counter-revolution. This is the reason behind our independent intervention in the elections with our own lists and program: to build a revolutionary alternative in the working class without tail ending Syriza, and without turning our back on the masses following Syriza.
As a small revolutionary party with the vast majority of members unemployed and the rest with wages or pensions drastically cut in the last years, we could not afford the enormous financial cost, a few months from our latest national participation in the May 2014 European elections, to present independent candidates all over Greece. So we were limited to participate only in 25 among the 56 regions of the country. We got only 2,441 votes votes, 0.04 per cent. The dominant tendency was to vote Syriza to get rid of the Right, the Memorandum of austerity, and the rule of the troika.
In a very polarized situation and with only 2-3 weeks for campaigning, all our comrades made a heroic effort that everyone in Greece respected.. We had found a warm response among new layers of the oppressed. Our appearances on television and radio on a national and local level made a deep impression and provoked energetic debates. Our intervention was also discussed on the international stage. Not only did we get the support of our comrades of the CRFI in Argentina, Italy, and Turkey ( the comrades of the Turkish DIP actively helped our campaign, and we are grateful to this demonstration of internationalism in practice) but also beyond: from Russia and Ukraine to Portugal, and from the US to Scotland, England, Austria, South Africa and Australia. The international importance of this battle attracted the attention of fighters everywhere.
Internationalism was one of the main demarcation lines of the EEK from reformism and centrism, in a situation where all forms of virulent nationalisms are clashing all over Europe again as in the 1930s.
Two battles on that front were particularly important: the clash before the elections with the centrist ANTARSYA when its majority made an alliance with “left” nationalists advocating the return to the drachma and opposing the socialist unification of Europe; secondly, after the elections, immediately after the formation of the coalition government Syriza-ANEL when we raised the transitional demand: “Out with the far right nationalist bourgeois ministers - for a Syriza/KKE government of the Left, based on the organizations of the working class, and with a socialist program to exit from the crisis”. Our call found a great response among the members and supporters of Syriza, even in the ranks of the KKE which remains dominated by bureaucratic sectarianism and blindness to the change in the situation. The main pro-Syriza evening daily Efimerida ton Syntakton published (28/1/15) in a prominent place in its center pages our Call against the class collaboration of Syriza with the far right nationalist party ANEL.
Fighting both sectarian blindness and opportunist adaptation to the new government, we intervene in the class struggle actualizing our program with transitional demands - to cancel the debt, to end austerity and unemployment, to break from the imperialists of the EU, the US and NATO, for bread, jobs, freedom, health, education, to take back the life that they had stolen from us, the people. Thus, we develop our ties with the broad masses now entering, with renewed hope and courage, into the arena of struggle where their fate will be decided.
[1] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97cf4482-a6f9-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de.html#axzz3QwrThv00
[2]http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ae5cc8a0-aad7-11e4-81bc-144feab7de.html#axzz3QxBGHyj8
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{ March 2nd 2010 }
by E.J Tett
The beaches were lined with bones and the bodies of the dead. That was until the Gods came forth from the ocean and the dead awoke screaming and terrified.
I had seen the footage on the News. Live footage. I remember that it had cut off halfway through; I remember hearing a woman’s scream and then nothing. And I had changed the channel and watched a sitcom.
I didn’t believe it was happening or rather, I didn’t want to believe it was happening. I told people that it was a gimmick, an advertisement, something to laugh about.
But I sort of knew it was real. Deep down. I felt it in my bones.
I heard people say that it was aliens. I didn’t laugh at that. I hoped it was aliens. Aliens were less terrifying than Gods. Aliens were nothing to do with me.
Graveyards filled with zombies. But only because the Earth had pushed up the bodies, turning them out of their graves and giving them back to the world.
I remember not being afraid. I was just deeply sad. The Gods were angry and everybody was being punished for it. There was no escape even in death.
I watched from my window as buildings fell and the sky filled with dust. In my city a statue taller than the highest skyscraper ran amok, ripping up roads, hurtling bricks and lampposts and cars. And people.
Some people said that it was robots. Giant robots built by man that had turned against us. Or perhaps it was alien robots from outer space.
I wished that it was. I tried to believe that it was but by now I knew...
It was the Gods.
Other people had known before me and as forests burned and seas froze over, more people came to realise.
I wish it was the media, or aliens, or robots, or monsters, or the military, but it was the Gods. And we had angered them.
I had angered them. I had...
I stood on a sea of frozen ice and watched as the sun exploded.
E.J Tett is the author of young adult fantasy novel The Kingdom of Malinas, and co-author of horror anthology Casting Shadows. She is also in the Horror Zine's And Now the Nightmare Begins anthology. She enjoys both horror and fantasy and any story that is weird!
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Amrose Evans-Pritchard of Telegraph UK is known for writing cheerful topics like global depression and deflation (he is a deflationist) and coming fiscal, economic, and social crises if not downright catastrophe. In this article from January 4, 2010, probably intended as his New Year prediction, he argues that the sovereign debt crisis will be triggered by Japan, and that will finally stop the bear market rally of the global stock markets.
I regularly follow and read his writings (as you see the box to the left that has the feeds). But I have some problems with this one.
Global bear rally will deflate as Japan leads world in sovereign bond crisis (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 1/4/2010 Telegraph)
"The contraction of M3 money in the US and Europe over the last six months will slowly puncture economic recovery as 2010 unfolds, with the time-honoured lag of a year or so. Ben Bernanke will be caught off guard, just as he was in mid-2008 when the Fed drove straight through a red warning light with talk of imminent rate rises – the final error that triggered the implosion of Lehman, AIG, and the Western banking system. "
Right off the bat, I have a problem. He talks about M3 contraction in US and Europe. As you may know, the Federal Reserve stop publishing M3. But that's not my problem. Is M3 really contracting, as he says?
ECB (European Central Bank)'s definition of M3 is slightly different from the U.S. counterpart. It includes:
Currency in circulation (M1, 2, 3)
Overnight deposits (M1, 2, 3)
Deposits with an agreed maturity up to 2 years (M2, 3)
Deposits redeemable at a period of notice up to 3 months (M2, 3)
Repurchase agreements (M3)
Money market fund (MMF) shares/units (M3)
Debt securities up to 2 years (M3)
(Source: ECB's definition of Euro area monetary aggregate)
And here's the latest Euro area M3 numbers compiled by ECB. Do you see "contraction"? It was pretty much flat all year, but to call that a "contraction" is like calling a flat day in the stock market a rally because it didn't go down.
How about M3 in the U.S.? M3 is M2 plus large time deposits, institutional money market mutual fund balances, deposits of eurodollars and repurchase agreements (Wikipedia.org). Let's take a look at M2 chart at St. Louis Fed:
In both Europe and the U.S., monetary aggregates didn't contract in the last six months at all. The rate of change may have been decreased or gone slightly negative (in case of EU), but to call that a contraction is really stretching it.
My next problem is this:
"Weak sovereigns will buckle. The shocker will be Japan, our Weimar-in-waiting. This is the year when Tokyo finds it can no longer borrow at 1pc from a captive bond market, and when it must foot the bill for all those fiscal packages that seemed such a good idea at the time. Every auction of JGBs will be a news event as the public debt punches above 225pc of GDP. Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii will become as familiar as a rock star.
"Once the dam breaks, debt service costs will tear the budget to pieces. The Bank of Japan will pull the emergency lever on QE. The country will flip from deflation to incipient hyperinflation. The yen will fall out of bed, outdoing China's yuan in the beggar-thy-neighbour race to the bottom..."
Too bad Fujii just resigned, and the post has gone to probably the worst possible person (in my opinion) in the administration: Naoto Kan. While Mr. Kan may be just the right person for Evans-Pritchard (extremely temperamental Mr. Kan wants weaker yen, more deficit spending), again that's not my problem. It's about Evans-Pritchard's contention that Japanese government cannot sell bonds at 1%.
Who buys Japanese sovereign bonds?
Unlike US Treasury notes and bonds, almost all Japanese sovereign bonds are purchased in Japan by Japanese financial institutions (banks, postal banks, insurance companies, pension funds). Overseas buyers make up less than 4%, compared to over 30% for the U.S. Treasuries. The Japanese government has been trying to push "Kokusai" (sovereign bonds) to the general public, but the reception has been cool mostly due to the super-low interest rate. The issuance of the bonds more than doubled in the past 10 years, but the rates hardly budged.
If indeed the government has to raise rates to attract more buyers, then the general public may finally start to buy. It may finally drive up the rates for bank CDs, and people may be able to save again. Inflation? What inflation? Japan's population is decreasing, and the rate of decrease will accelerate. I don't think much inflation can happen without population pressure.
In the past 20 years, much household wealth was destroyed in Japan not from ongoing recession and deflation but from super-low interest rates. In their effort to preserve and increase their wealth as best they could, ordinary people were forced to chase the high-yielding investments such as CDs in US dollar. That carry trade by numerous households has spectacularly backfired. They were also driven into mutual funds that invested in U.S. commercial real estate, as these funds were sold by neighborhood banks as "safe and high yielding".
They would welcome bonds and CDs that would yield 5%. That would absorb money in circulation, therefore non-inflationary.
For Japan to flip from deflation to hyperinflation, it would need some other disaster than the government issuing more debt or Mr. Kan becoming the finance minister.
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By Joshua Ostroff
Following the pig-wrasslin' Bubba Sparxxx, the latest protégé project for next-school super-producer Timbaland is Ms. Jade, a Philly rapper he's trying to position as "a female B.I.G. Or a harder Roxanne Shante." Well, that's a tough bill to fill, despite Jade's hard-edged flow, which avoids the self-exploitation of Lil' Kim but never approaches the might of Missy. And that is probably why they restricted Missy to singing a hook rather than rapping a duet on "Really Don't Want My Love," an album highlight thanks to a ridiculously atmospheric beatscape that's one of the best slabs of future soul Timbaland's yet concocted. They also score with the jittery Jay-Z cut "Count It Off" and "Dead Wrong," an instant g-funk classic offering deeply layered electro-synth symphonics over which Jade fast-raps and Nate Dogg delivers yet another song-stealing cameo. But the rest of the album (especially the irritatingly nasal Nelly Furtado track) suffers because Jade's vocals lack the distinctiveness needed to compete with Tim's attention-demanding backing tracks. (Beat Club)
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This is a Beautiful girl dressed up as CAPCOM's sexy feline catgirl "Felicia". She is based of Universal Studios Hollywood's Bride Of Frankenstein. Which I'm also a fan of Elsa Lanchester's great performances. Hope you enjoy it.
Felicia (フェリシア, Ferishia?) is a video game character from the Darkstalkers or Vampire (in Japan) series of fighting games by Capcom. She is a catgirl with light skin tone, long, thick blue hair, white fur and pink or red claws,and a popular character.
According to her official biography, Felicia was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967. This year was chosen possibly in reference to the poem "Curse of the Catwoman" by Edward Field, circa 1967. Her three sizes ("measurements") are 88 cm (35 in), 61 cm (24 in), and 87 cm (34 in). She likes singing, performing, and cats, and dislikes mean people. She has been voiced by Kae Araki throughout all her video game appearances.
Felicia was raised by a Catholic nun named Rose. When Rose died, Felicia left her town hoping to be a musical star. During her travels, she met many other catgirls of her kind. With her newfound friends, she set out for her dream of being on stage. Eventually, she and her friends started a musical with Felicia being the main star.
In the events of Vampire Savior, she wondered about how she could make others happy. In her ending, Felicia became a nun herself and founded an orphanage named "Felicity House."
When playing as Felicia, players are able to perform a special move that summons several other Cat-women to Felicia's aid. Although they are not named in the game at all, they each have unique origins and names. They are as follows:
Pico: A child with braided hair. Comes out when LK and MK is used for "Please Help Me". She is 14 years old (7 years old in the human age). Born in Minnesota, America. She used to live in an orphanage, but after she saw Felicia's stage performance, she left her orphanage to seek out Felicia. She found out she was a Cat-woman after she met Felicia. She is full of curiosity and fears nothing.
Alto: A child with a ribbon, she appears during "Dark Force". She is 20 years old (10 years in human age). It's unknown where she was born. She was kept as a rare pet by a rich man but escaped soon after. She briefly lived in a mountainous area, but was saved by Grace (See Below). She is very shy and afraid of strangers. She was named 'Alto' by Grace.
Nana and Mimi: These two Catgirls can be discerned by the ribbons they wear. They come out when MK and HK are used for "Please Help Me". 22 years old (11 years in human age). Born in Hong Kong and raised in Saitama, Japan. They were taken to Japan when they sneaked into a trade ship. They were raised by an understanding old couple. Both are very easy-going.
Nonno: Alias Tama. Appears during "Please Help Me" and Felicia's new victory pose. Friends with Nana, they became friends in the mountains located behind their house. Her age and background aren't clear. She likes to hide in balls and play.
Grace: Tall with a pony-tail. 48 years old(24 years in human age). Born in Utah, she is the guardian of Alto. She is incredibly skilled at donning a human appearance and can stay in that form the longest. She is like a mother to Alto and likes to take care of others.
Lucy: Tall one with a bandana. 36 years old(18 in human age). Born in Virginia, she used to work under a circus. When one of her few understanding human friends died of a sickness, she left the circus. While she was wandering, she met Felicia. She likes to make cynical remarks. She is the strongest out of the group.
The anime version of Felicia is shown as already having a certain amount of success as an entertainer and is just starting a tour in the human world with her own traveling show. However, her tour gets off to a rough start when she is almost killed by monks pertaining to an anti Darkstalker milita. (The world is shown as effectively being under vampire Demitri Maximov's rule with various resistance groups opposing him.) She watches as soul reaver Lord Raptor saves her by promptly killing them all.
Later, as Pyron begins his bid for world domination, interest in Felicia's show dwindles and she petulantly vents her anger on Pyron's Huitzil army. She destroys a few of the robots before being overwhelmed and she is saved when Jon Talbain intervenes. She is taken in by a human doctor and is befriended by the local children but she is later captured by a paramilitary group who have come to destroy the rest of the advancing Huitzuls. The doctor rescues her and with her faith in humanity renewed she, along with Jon Talbain, lures the Huitzils out of the town using an explosives laden train; when out of the town, Felicia and Jon Talbain escape the train and detonates it, destroying the train and all the robots that had been following.
She is also seen fighting Victor in the third episode's intro.
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A question on "Permissible restrictions": if a photo would have a restriction that the ''location'' where it was taken has to be mentioned, would that constitute an unpermissible restriction? Example: "Mention ''Taken at London zoo'' on publication". [[User:TeunSpaans|TeunSpaans]] 15:34, 27 March 2007 (CEST)
== Our Definition? ==
Why are '''WE''' so possessive of this definition, if its supposed to be about freedom?
Its better to say '''this''' or '''the''' definintion.
Also, is this page part of the definition? It's odd that such a crucial part is on a separate page,
and the part on Versioning, which is not strictly speaking part of the definition, is on the definition's page!
--[[User:Inkwina|Inkwina]] 13:18, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
Small bug
There is a bug here. One of the sentences says "The license may include clauses that strive to further ensure that the work is a free work, notably by enforcing some of the conditions specified in the paragraphs below", but the meaning of "the paragraphs below" has been lost when this part of this definition was given its own page. --Antoine 15:37, 18 February 2007 (CET)
A question on "Permissible restrictions": if a photo would have a restriction that the location where it was taken has to be mentioned, would that constitute an unpermissible restriction? Example: "Mention Taken at London zoo on publication". TeunSpaans 15:34, 27 March 2007 (CEST)
Our Definition?
Why are WE so possessive of this definition, if its supposed to be about freedom? Its better to say this or the definintion.
Also, is this page part of the definition? It's odd that such a crucial part is on a separate page, and the part on Versioning, which is not strictly speaking part of the definition, is on the definition's page!
--Inkwina 13:18, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
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FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. The FLAC project consists of:
the stream format
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"Free" means that the specification of the stream format is in the public domain (the FLAC project reserves the right to set the FLAC specification and certify compliance), and that neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding methods are covered by any patent. It also means that the source for libFLAC is available under the LGPL and the sources for flac and the plugins are available under the GPL.
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FLAC is lossless. The encoding of PCM data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing.
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FLAC is suitable for streaming. Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame. FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames. FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs (similar to MPEG and other formats), which, along with framing, allow decoders to pick up in the middle of a stream with a minimum of delay.
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Lossy. FLAC is intended for lossless compression only, as there are many good lossy formats already, such as MP3 (see LAME for an excellent open-source implementation), and Ogg Vorbis.
SDMI compliant, et cetera. There is no intention to support any methods of copy protection, which are, for all practical purposes, a complete waste of bits. (Another way to look at it is that since copy protection is futile, it really carries no information, so you might say FLAC already losslessly compresses all possible copy protection information down to zero bits!) Of course, we can't stop what some misguided person does with proprietary meta-data blocks, but then again, non-proprietary decoders will skip them anyway.
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You are here: Home Lifestyle Fashion Celebrity Stylist Carlton Jones Premieres Cache at Soho Contemporary Art for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014
Celebrity Stylist Carlton Jones Premieres Cache at Soho Contemporary Art for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014
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Progressive Pulse online lifestyle magazine and Soho Contemporary Art hosts the premiere of Cache, a short montage sneak peek of the new resort-inspired capsule collection by celebrity stylist Carlton Jones. The night of fashion, music and art will feature a live dance installation by Maija Garcia, the best known for her work as a contributing choreographer for Fela.
Celebrity stylist and fashion correspondent Carlton Jones, Soho Contemporary Art gallery and Progressive Pulse present Pop Life, a night of fashion, art and music for Mercedes Benz Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2013 on September 9th, 6:30pm-9:30pm.
Soho Contemporary Arts celebrates its first fashion week and will premiere Cache, a short film montage sneak peek of the new resort line Jones plans to announce at the event inspired by Maija Garcia, best known for her work as a contributing choreographer in the Broadway play Fela who will perform in a dance installation cloaked in Cache to the live sounds of musician Morley.
Jones, who has been a fashion influencer for over two decades, directed the fashion-meets-art segment, Cache, his resort teaser with the help of filmmaker M. Asli Dukan and choreographer Maija Garcia.
Having recently added designer to his keen fashion sensibilities, Jones is still influenced by his years as a stylist, fashion director, and image consultant and remains an A-list resource for style icons to include Halley Berry, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz and the First Lady Michelle Obama. He's also worked with globally distributed publications such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Rolling Stone.
While Carlton has always had a creative calling, the collection was originally exclusively designed for The Escape Boutique at The Cove in the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.
"It was my love affair with capes and the 'V' neckline that inspired the first dress of the capsule. It's forgiving on most body types that like a touch of drama.
This line is all about color and movement which works effortlessly in resort settings...the beautiful range of blues in water and the sky that meets it is just intoxicating. That's the fluidity that I wanted to incorporate in my premier pieces."
News of the announcement of the resort line was met with enthusiasm from Soho Contemporary Art Gallery which recently opened in April 2013. The esteemed two story 2,900 square foot gallery features notable contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquait, Keith Haring and British Grafitti artist Bambi.
Pop Life is an ideal event for online lifestyle magazine Progressive Pulse which features music, fashion, travel, food and cocktail culture in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and will be live streaming the event. Throughout the evening Progressive Pulse Productions will capture celebrity interviews and key sponsors which will be featured on the Progressive Pulse website and cocktails will be provided by Belvedere Vodka.
About Designer Carlton Jones:
Carlton Jones started turning heads early in his career as a stylist, when he began to transform the image of hard rapper Queen Latifah into the beautiful songstress we know today. Almost two decades later, after serving as a fashion director, style correspondent, image consultant, and wardrobe designer, Carlton has begun to combine his love of style and fashion with the joy and pleasure received in traveling to some of the most breathtaking destinations imaginable. The genesis of his eponymous resort-inspired collection utilizes his experience dressing body types ranging from Erykah Badu to Jill Scott, to Aretha Franklin and our nation's first lady. Carlton has incorporated his fondness of relaxed fluidity, sensual fabrics, colors and prints with a seasoned ability to forgive and accentuate. Ultimately the idea is to enjoy the idea of resort wherever you are, and quite simply create a feeling.
Progressive Pulse:
Through professionally produced and live streaming video, Progressive Pulse covers the eclectic lifestyle markets in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, with a lineup of correspondents at the forefront in their fields. From Fashion, Art, Music, Food & Wine, Progressive Pulse has featured artists from R&B phenomena, Maysa, World Artist, Bebel Gilberto and recent Australian Rock sensation, and ESPN pick, Six60. Progressive Pulse is proud to be the first to present to its relevant and discerning audience, features on the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Searching For Sugar Man" after its initial screening, exclusive interviews with Webby Award Winning creator, Sebastian LaCause for his series, "Hustling", Broadway reviews on the hit Bette Middler play, "I'll Eat You Last: A Conversation with Sue Mengers", and live streaming top wine producer's new wines from both the Italian and Spanish Trade respective commissions.
About Soho Contemporary Art:
Soho Contemporary Art is located in the heart of Manhattan's Lower East Side on the southeast corner of Bowery and Houston Street. Our 2,900 square-foot gallery features the artwork of Alex Katz, Andy Warhol, Bambi, Christopher Wool, Donald Sultan, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jim Dine, Keith Haring, Mel Ramos, Robert Longo, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Rodney Alan Greenblatt, Takashi Murakami, Tom Wesselmann, Knowledge Bennett and many others. With over 30 years of experience we have provided the finest condition artwork at the best possible price points to collectors and galleries located around the world. Soho Contemporary Art is committed to maintaining the highest level of service to our clients. We cater to both the established as well as the beginning collector interested in investment quality contemporary art.
About Maija Garcia:
Maija Garcia is a director, choreographer, educator and entrepreneur. Creative Director of FELA! Garcia worked alongside Bill T. Jones as Associate Choreographer to develop the Tony award-winning Broadway musical. She has choreographed for Angelique Kidjo, Seun Kuti, Meshell N'degeocello and Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party. Garcia founded Organic Magnetics, a theater arts organization that creates live installations by sustainable design, including YaYa Dreams a Future and Ghosts of Manhattan, an interactive history.
About Morley:
From Carnegie Hall to the Nomad Women's Festival in the Sahara Desert, Morley has brought her unique blend of jazz, folk and soul to the world's stage. Be it solo with her acoustic guitar or with full electric band, her message is consistent and clear: love, justice and inspiration. Morley performs all over the world and has recorded five albums with Sony, Universal as well as independently.
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5 Lessons learnt from 100 km Trail walk
What has been more precious to me than completing the 100km Oxfam Mumbai Trail walk, 2014, in 37 hours?
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But that’s not what this piece is all about, this is more about the lessons I learnt while on this mission. These lessons are going to stand by me as I get on to my work, in a competitive, challenging, at times unreasonable and unfair landscape that the Asset Management firm operates in, and I am sure it will resonate with each one of us in our work area.
Past Failures make for uncomfortable memories, but they also energise you to keep trying
I had attempted the trail walk in 2013. The daunting trail took me by surprise; it was less of trail and more of treks. Every little injury and exhaustion seemed to be the perfect excuse to give up and that’s what I did, with just about 30km completed. Even signing up for the 2014 Trail walk was a debate with self, fearing failure, questioning the rationale for putting myself through the gruelling ordeal again. Am glad I overcame those doubts, and triumphed at the end of it.
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At the end of 33km, my feet had busted, my toes were puffing up, the heat had exhausted me completely, and I declared I wanted to quit. My husband, who was my support crew for the trek, reminded me that it was the same place where I had quit the last year, and prodded me to be better than the last year. I decided to step along, and that was the last time I ever contemplated quitting the trail.
It is good to be adequately resourced, but your hunger to succeed dwarfs all resource constraints
The trail demanded customised gear to navigate the tricky terrain. My kit bag had Merrell trekking shoes and Nike Pegasus shoes as a backup. I couldn’t think of not having the right shoes to support me through the 100 km. It so turned out my toes started blistering and swelling from 30km onwards, and I couldn’t fit into either of my shoes. Out came my bald Reebok floaters to the rescue, with absolutely no grip to speak of, looking like they were ill suited even for concrete road walk, let alone a daunting trek/trail path. With a bit of trepidation, but a burning resolve to hit the final check point, I completed the remaining 70 km in those Reebok floaters. It is something of a historic feat that I completed 70km of the 100 km in a nondescript floater.
You attract your victories, and the Universe conspires to deliver to you what your mind resolves to get
The ghost of the previous year, an exhausted body at 30km, a nagging stomach infection over the last 2 years, just the wrong days of the month biologically, just a month’s practice over the weekends before the event, and yet, once I overcame the ‘WALL’ at 30 km, a calm prescience set over me, that all would be well, that nothing would come in the way between me and the final Check Point, that the body was just a willing ally, taking the mind’s orders to carry on, to shut out the aches, and reach the goal.
The team consists of people of all shapes and sizes, but the team is ONE
As a team of 4, we were all very different. There was a trained mountaineer amongst us, an avid Himalayan explorer, part of the various rescue crews in the Uttarakhand and Kashmir natural disasters. There was a marathoner, with unending energy and enthusiasm, and there were the 2 of us, moms of 2 kids each, fitness conscious women, with the right intent, but maybe not as evolved in fitness as the rest of the two. What could have been a 24 hour effort for the mountaineer or a 30 hour effort for the marathoner, turned out to be a 37 hour effort for our team. A trail of 100 km sheds the façade and brings out the best and worst of each of us, and it is commendable that the team walked as one, alert and sensitive to each of us, and a full team completion of the trail is by itself a commendable feat. Not many full teams complete the trail.
This has been a personality altering, life changing experience for me, and has been a means to prove to myself that someone who had nothing to do with fitness /physical activity as a child can end up being called an Ultra Marathoner if you want it badly enough.
The next Oxfam Trail walker is a year away, ample time for all of us to prepare and conquer, any takers ?
Mother of two kids, Vandana Trivedi is a GOQii player and full time professional heading sales at IDFC AMC. 2 years ago she got into the fitness mode and outdoor physical activities and since then has been a regular trekker in the sahyadris
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Wales’s ‘Mystic Meg’ on the election result in Wales
Not much change in popular support but some musical chairs in 2 or more seats.
In a few hours the final YouGov poll forecasting the likely outcome of the General Election in Wales will be available for us all to consider and review. So in eager anticipation of the moment…
There have been three such polls to date and the last one showed a remarkable transformation in the fortunes of the Labour Party. The first two polls having indicated an unprecedented Conservative revival in Wales.
The last poll indicated Labour at 46%; Conservatives 35%; Plaid Cymru 8%; Liberal Democrats 5%; and UKIP 5%.
In terms of seats this translated into Labour with 26; Conservatives 10; Plaid Cymru 3; and Liberal Democrats 1.
My hunch is that very little will change in the next poll, in terms of percentage points, but there might well be changes at the margins with some musical chairs.
So my prediction is that Plaid Cymru could well have 4 seats with Ieuan Wyn Jones winning Anglesey, Labour regaining Gower, and Ceredigion a very tight contest between the Liberal Democrats and Plaid.
The major feature of this election has been the return to two party politics as it pretty much was pre-SDP and Alliance days. There have been a number of reasons for that—including decline of the Liberal Democrats post-2010 and its voice in almost all debates in the Welsh Assembly effectively silenced, the collapse of UKIP and the Brexit effect being the most prominent influences.
Finally two questions have to be thrown into the mix which could muddy the waters - which party or parties will benefit most from the collapse of UKIP support in individual constituencies and what part tactical voting will play in certain seats. It is envisaged that tactical voting will be the highest it has ever been.
An interesting aspect to watch out for will be how the 18-24 year old people vote. Across the UK there has been a massive surge in voting registration amongst that age group. UK opinion polls strongly indicate that over 60% of them will be voting Labour.
So what will happen in Wales? I have a feeling that Plaid Cymru will be vying with Labour for their support. …
There we go – I will have to wait couple of hours
The Brexit election that never was … but remaining in the Single Market is still the ‘Best Deal’
‘No deal better than a Bad Deal’ sloganises Theresa May irresponsibly—which is a dangerous proposition for the economy, trade and living standards.
Mrs May also says ‘We’ll make Britain Global’ … but I say we are already!
The second main reason why Mrs May did a U-turn and called a snap election ( despite some 7 times stating to the contrary ) was that she saw an opportunity to advance with her Brexit project without having to explain hardly anything to the public about what constitutes a ‘good deal’ or a ‘bad deal’ nor the consequences of a ‘no deal’. Keep everything nice and vague was and remains her tactic—win the election with a massive majority and end up with another five years unhindered…
But ‘events, dear boy events’ intervened and so the Brexit debate slipped down the campaign headlines as Mrs May’s series of U-turns, disastrous manifesto gaffes and her poor, if not disastrous, campaigning style took centre stage.
Then recalling Wilson’s warning that ‘a week is a long time in politics’ the Manchester and London terror attacks came from nowhere and now questions as to Mrs May stewardship over seven years of domestic security matters, terror surveillance and the severity of police cuts are dominating the headlines.
Oh dear me …
This was not the way it had been choreographed—being over 20% ahead in the opinion polls, her popularity soaring and with a struggling Labour Party leadership, the winning strategy was to be all about ‘My team’, ‘My manifesto’, ‘Strong and Stable’ leadership and ‘Give Me a strong hand to negotiate’ over Brexit.
Well before it’s almost too late for this campaign, best return to the topic of Brexit, the negotiations and where we are at currently.
Now I am passionately pro-Europe and will campaign to either stay in the EU or, if the UK does actually Brexit in 2019, campaign to re-join one day. As Nigel Farage and others said at the time of the referendum, if the result was 52/48 in favour of remaining then ‘the matter was not settled’.
My position on Brexit is possibly even more hardline than the Liberal Democrats stance (although it is close to my views). Whilst disappointed with the Labour Party’s stance I readily accept that it would be better to have a Labour team led by Sir Keith Starmer negotiating with the EU, than the Conservative team led by David Davis. Starmer is a better negotiator being less arrogant and confrontational.
The Prime Minister, as a Remainer, in truth has little credibility. It is just not honest to hold the views she had on the single market and security as during the referendum and now argue completely to the contrary. The burning ambition of being Prime Minister has caused her to quickly cast her principles aside, I am afraid. And all for the sake of trying to keeping her party together. But I reckon, should she win, the unity will unravel somewhere along the journey towards Brexit and beyond.
Mrs May was right during the referendum to describe the single market as the largest trading block in the world—even Mrs Thatcher agreed in the late 1980s when the single market then embraced only 300 million people whilst now its over 500 million! It can never be replaced by a good or better deal, either with the EU or the Rest of the World.
Mrs May and David Davis aim to replace the UK’s trading arrangements with 27 countries of the EU and a further 57 countries with which the EU, and thereby the UK, have agreements presently in place. It is far from clear what these new trade agreements might look like in the future and which countries would be involved.
With Brexit divorce talks starting in two weeks’ time, as I have said Theresa May fatuously insists that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’. Continues to keep everything close to her chest despite the fact that opinion polls indicate the the public want much more transparency. After all the EU have done just that. All we know from David Davis is that some 30 plus sector impact studies have been undertaken but they are not going to be published. Also he has ready some 100 pages of negotiating detail. He will need much more than that as negotiations proceed.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world, Brexiters argue, if we failed to reach a free trade agreement and had to fall back on World Trade Organisation rules. After all, the likes of the US and China have no preferential access to the EU and yet trade smoothly under WTO rules. But it is all very misleading and untrue.
Then Mrs May talks of having trade commissioners based "overseas in nine different regions, determined by markets rather than national borders, to ensure UK trade policy is guided by local experience and expertise". It is all fanciful and of little impact compared to out existing trading arrangements..
What are the alternatives that they considering? A US-UK trade deal? Or a more extreme worldwide trade deal? Based on the evidence of existing global trade agreements, it is clear that if the Brexiteers want to limit the negative effects of Brexit. The UK has no viable trade deal alternative to an agreement with the EU that essentially does not replicate, to some extent, the present ideal situation reading the single market.
Ah, but we can become ‘Global Britain’ so the story goes—there’s no need to worry! But we are already global and the yearning to reinvigorate, for example, Commonwealth trade is too simplistic. Not only does the Commonwealth make up a relatively small part of UK trade, receiving 8% of their imports, it is dwarfed when compared with our exporting 44% to the EU and receiving 53% of imports from the Union.
In this post I have only concentrated on what might happen to UK trade after Brexit. It is a serious question—and in this election no attempt has been made to begin to give some detail other than platitudes and vague references.
There are indeed some serious times ahead for all our industrial, financial, service, food, drinks, agricultural and fisheries sectors. If I have to choose one or the other … I would prefer to have Labour rather than the Tories negotiating Brexit for all sorts of reasons…but that will have to wait for another day.
The snap election has turned out nothing like the way May and the Tories expected
‘Events dear boy events’
‘A week is a long time in politics’
The first was by Harold Macmillan in answer to a question as to what is most likely to blow governments of course. It is debated whether he just said it to a journalist or at the time of the Profumo Affair or indeed to President Kennedy.
The second was by Harold Wilson.
Both were wise and experienced politicians who were indeed masters of their craft.
How appropriate the quotations are in connection with what has happened the last six – eight weeks.
Theresa May was seemingly determined to stick to her oft quoted remark (repeated some 5 -7 times) that there would not be a snap election and that she would stay the course until 2020 and see Brexit to a conclusion. Yet there was a lingering suspicion that she could succumb to pressures from within the Tory hierarchy to take advantage of the parlous state of the Labour Party and the weak showing in Parliament of its leader Jeremy Corbyn. Also that UKIP was riven with internal difficulties, the Liberal Democrats was finding it difficult to cross the 10% barrier along with reports from Scotland that the SNP was on the slide with the Tories were making a comeback.
It must have been as it proved to be too much of a tempting scenario indeed.
But how to create a situation where Theresa could credibly change her mind? – Ah weekend walks in Snowdonia that should do it.
I recall reading a speech once by Lloyd George of when he was confronted with difficult decisions as he often was. He would walk in the mountains of Snowdonia and he said something along the lines that before climbing the weather was cloudy and misty but as he got higher the skies would brighten and he could see more clearly.
So it was a ‘snap election’ was announced.
Everything looked well with the world. According to opinion polls the Conservatives had a 20 points lead and more, there was talk of a landslide majority in Parliament of between 100 and 200 seats and Mrs May had the highest satisfaction ratio with the electorate since the mid years of Mrs Thatcher and the early years of Tony Blair. Conversely Corbyn and his party were floundering, stuck in the 20%s.
Indeed the Tory strategists decided let’s just campaign with Mrs May at the forefront – hence ‘my team’, ‘my candidates’, ‘my manifesto’ ‘give me a big majority’ ‘when I negotiate with Brussels’ and on and on.
It was going to be a ‘Brexit election’ and ‘give me my mandate’ campaign.
But ‘a week is a long time in politics’! and the campaign started going wrong with an uncosted manifesto, U-turn on social care and the dementia tax, lack of clarity on the ‘cap level’, uncertainty over the arrangements for the winter fuel allowance. Yet worse was to come because Mrs May did not want to participate in TV debates and was coming up with all sort of spurious reasons for not participating. There was a clear strategy to give as little detail as possible and most certainly avoid answering questions directly.
Off course after a while the reason came very apparent, she is poor at explaining and debating when outside her comfort zone and especially in an environment where she cannot control the questioning and the like.
In fact Mrs May has had the poorest campaign for a Tory leader since Sir Alec Douglas Home in 1964 and it must have come as a terrible shock to the Tory grandees, the barons of the right wing press and her cabinet colleagues. Because she is anything but a confident, ‘strong and stable‘ leader and is offering pretty much more of the same economically and also as we move towards Brexit. Although on Brexit all we had are platitudes, no detail just want ‘the best deal’ and ‘no deal is better than bad deal’
Conversly Jeremy Corbyn has clearly thrived on campaigning, enjoyed meeting people, addressing large rallies and appearing human. In fact he has been a revelation to us all and not least to his detractors in the party and the press. Also he has been helped by a costed manifesto that is very popular. His message is being one of hope, change and ending austerity. To be fair Labour has been somewhat clearer on Brexit but they are quite a way away from the position of the other ‘progressive’ parties and certainly the Lib Dems.
However, in the midst of it all came ‘events dear boy, events’ – the terror attacks in Manchester and London and the inevitable politicking about how secure are our streets after all, the extent of the police and security service cutbacks over the last seven years, the causes of this this extremism visited upon our country and the effectiveness of surveillance arrangements.
In this situation it was inevitable that attention was drawn to Jeremy Corbyn’s actions, speeches and who he met with the 1980s and for some 20 years after. He was open to many personal attacks by the media and the Tory party on that and his views on nuclear weapons.
However whatever his shortcomings in all of that there has emerged a more serious question mark and that is over the seven years that Mrs May has been in charge of security matters as Home Secretary and Prime Minister. Awkward questions are being asked.
So with four days to go I am still of the view that it is all to play for – but more of this in the next post very soon.
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Federer hits 100 career wins with Dubai crown
Roger Federer with the Dubai trophy his 100th title
Roger Federer has claimed a historic landmark in his career after he won his 100th title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday.
With the win, Federer becomes only the second player after American Jimmy Connors, whose total singles wins stands at 109, to reach the milestone. "I have loved every minute". He finished career with one win in 11 tires versus Federer. "Seriously, I'm trying to get there", he said. "A lot of people always emphasize all the Slams and all these things".
Federer has won at least one ATP trophy in almost every season since his first title, missing out only in 2016 when he suffered a knee injury. This is where I've won so many of them, been around for so long. But I'm not. I think this number proves that.
Federer lost to the 20-year-old Tsitsipas, a rising star from Greece, in the last 16 of the Australian Open in January. Novak created just two break points, converting both but dropping serve four times from nine opportunities he offered to Roger, falling 7-2 in the tie break to send the youngster over the top and towards the sixth ATP title.
"I'm actually pretty happy for him, as well".
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"Then in Basel, in my home tournament, I wanted to win so bad". It was a more severe Tsitsipas in the second set, going for the lines, forcing his idol to come up with the shots. "That's a good combination to win".
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Weekend Box Office — A ‘Monster’ Debut
Posted on June 24, 2013 by summerm
Monsters University rules the weekend box office, beating out World War Z and Man of Steel!
This weekend, Hollywood predictors learned a lesson they’ve been taught time and time again — nothing drives an economy quite like kids. They’re like creepy little bags of disposable income, exploiting the genetic imperative of their parents to their own nefarious ends, be it cartoons, ice cream or a college education.
Monsters University is the prequel to the wildly successful 2001 Pixar film, Monsters, Inc. Billy Crystal and John Goodman reprise their roles as Mike Wazowski and James Sullivan, only instead of successful employees scaring kids to power their monster city, they’re in college. Charming antics ensue:
Too… cute…. Eyes… BURRRRRNNNIIIINNGGG!!!!!
Weekend Box Office — June 21-23
Monsters University: $82 million
World War Z: $66 million
Man of Steel: $41.2 million
This Is the End: $13 million
Now You See Me: $7.87 million
Adorable Wins Every Time.
If there’s any lesson to be learned from this weekend’s take, that’s it. Monsters University’s biggest competition was from the blockbusters World War Z (also making its debut) and Man of Steel (in its second week of release). One is a Brad Pitt-led zombie epic, full of worried looks and decaying bodies, and the other is a morose meditation on the trials and tribulations of being a superhero.
Should we really be surprised that Monsters University won out? Nope. Adorable wins every time, and this is Pixar’s 14th movie in a row to open as number one. Quite a streak.
Making a Monster
For a movie that was delayed for over a year while a new ending was written and shot, World War Z gave a respectable showing with $66 million in second place, while last week’s number one, Man of Steel, added $41.2 million to its worldwide receipts, which are already approaching half a billion dollars. Not bad for two weeks.
Apocalyptic comedy This is the End and heist film Now You See Me rounded out the top five, neither in their first week of release.
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[Ebb & Flow] Resource-Driven, High Verisimilitude Combat System
Author Topic: [Ebb & Flow] Resource-Driven, High Verisimilitude Combat System (Read 6815 times)
David Artman
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As I am at risk of thread-jacking, I have split this topic from its origin thread:
Quote from: David Artman on August 24, 2007, 09:21:54 AM
Quote from: xenopulse on August 23, 2007, 01:58:26 PM
Hit Location Matrix
If you want to be random, roll a D20 and a D12 and find the cross-section. That's where you hit. And yes, it means you can miss if you roll outside the human bounds. (You can add weapons or shoulder bits or whatnot, too.)
Now, if your skill is great or your roll good, you just select a sub-section of the matrix to determine where you hit. So if you're a crackshot, you could pick a 6x6 area out of the 20x12 area, say "first D6 is 4-9 on the x-axis, second D6 is 7-12 on the y-axis." Or, in short gamer lingo, "6X4, 6Y7."
That's a VERY cool idea for an aimed shot, and it might even work with melee and my ideas about ebb and flow, too.
* A melee attack skill lets you pick the quadrant you're aiming for and determines the "area" of it. Different skills and/or weapons allow for larger or differently shaped areas.
* THEN, you can delay to narrow down that area further (aiming/calling a shot). Of course, if you delay enough that the defender's "initiative" comes up, he might attack ahead of you.
* The KEY is that, once you've rolled to hit a quadrant, your weapon is in that "area" until some later count of initiative. This positioning, in turn, adjusts your chance of parrying against attacks against you in that quadrant.
* SO if your opponent then gets to his initiative count and attacks in that quadrant, you'll have a bonus to parry. Conversely, if he attacks elsewhere, you have a penalty as you try to haul your weapon into that new quadrant... should you choose to do so!
* REPEAT. Now HIS weapon is in some quadrant for some time period, and that impacts HIS defensive capabilities.
Sprinkle liberally with hindering effects from limb hits, bleeding out from wounds that aren't instantly lethal, and attacks to subdue; and I think you'd have a nice system with high verisimilitude but minimal handling. Basically, every combatant would have a chart (like that cool grid above) and maybe some tokens or a dry erase marker (laminate the grids) to mark their weapon's current quadrant and which of their quadrants was last attacked (i.e. their opponent's weapon position).
Hmmm.... Wonder if you even need a randomizer, then, or if it could all be done with resource allocation (like action point systems). Ooo! And in such a system, delaying or aiming is how one gets more resources! Spending them dictates how accurate the hit was: you only miss because your opponent expends more resources defending (to "push" your hit off his body grid) than you spent attacking (to "pull" your hit to the best spot in the quadrant that you want to hit).
Man... this has wings. You know when you get that "something cool is going on here" feeling...? I'm getting it....
OK, that's the general notion; here's the more formal structure of it:
Ebb & Flow uses this chart of valid hit locations and a concept of Action Points (APs) that determine, without randomizers, an attack's success and effects on the victim:
That chart shows the hit locations (red rectangles) for each significant body part. The more boxes there are in a location, the easier it generally is to hit that location. Yellow locations, when hit, generally prove lethal; green locations prove lethal over time if not treated OR have other systemic effects like being disarmed or tripped (system TBD).
Combat Begins
Most often, combat begins when a character makes its initial attack against another character. At that moment, all combatants' Action Point Pools are refreshed, presuming that no long-term effects of damage have temporarily reduced them.
Action Point Pool
Determined by adding together the APs granted by each combat skill--some grant more than others, while some grant none but instead have other combat effects (disarming, tripping).
Ebb & Flow combat is not turn-based. Instead, every character has an Viscosity statistic, which is how many "ticks" of time pass after each attack attempt before the next attempt (or aiming) may occur. A tick is not equal to a second (more like a tenth of a second), and it is only intended to be a loose metric of time passing in-game.
Heavier weapons, generally, increase a character's Viscosity but also increase or meaningfully change the "attack profile" (below).
Initial Attack
An initial attack may be declared by a player at any time: to start a combat or in response to being attacked (if the attack is dodged, but not if it is parried).
The attacker simply states the number of APs that he or she is investing, what type of attack (i.e. what "attack profile" per below) and, therefore, which squares he or she is targeting with those points. Those three pieces of information determine the direction and ferocity of the attack.
(Ex: 6 AP sword attack--swords provide an additional target square per 3 APs--to target squares D4 to F4: an attempt to lop off the victim's head!)
Attack Profile
Basically, most weapon types have an AP cost to add additional target squares to an attack. This changes the "profile" of the attack, when an attacker opts to take advantage of it. Some weapon types (usually huge ones) even grant some initial, extra target squares for free, usually with a much higher increase to Viscosity than lighter weapons.
Linear - The attack profile weapon must "extend" additional target squares along a single line of contiguous squares.
(Ex: Zweihander: 2 free target squares + 2 AP per additional target square (linear profile); +10 to Viscosity; 5 APs to draw, starts at C1)
Square - The attack profile must designate additional target squares to make the overall profile as square as possible, which makes using weapon parry much more costly in terms of APs (i.e. each "row" of target squares must be pushed off a hit location; they do not push off en masse).
(ex: Maul: 1 free target square + 2 AP per additional target square (square profile); +15 Viscosity; 8 APs to draw, starts at A/I15)
Scatter - The attack profile may designate additional target squares anywhere on the hit location grid; e.g. a shotgun blast or multi-headed flail, which makes both parry and dodge more costly in terms of APs (i.e. the defender will have to pay big to "connect the dots" with a swirling, sweeping parry, to gather them all up and shove them off locations; OR he or she will pay heavily to individually move each one off all locations in the same direction (i.e. dodging a huge distance in the opposite direction).
[And then there would be a laundry list of weapons]
The defender may then respond with the number of APs that he or she is investing in defense.
Dodging - For each point invested in defense, the defender may move one of the target squares ONE square in a direction; if enough points are invested to move all target squares off of all red boxes, the attack will be a miss. Note, however, that ALL target squares must be moved in the same direction, to the same ending square (this is very important later)! Note that dodging implies movement of the defender's stance (distance per square TBD) and, as such, might very well result in other effects based on terrain (system TBD).
(Ex: D4 costs 1 AP to move to C4, E4 takes 2 APs, and F4 takes 3, for a total of 6 APs to move the sword into C4: a deft dodge to the left)
Parrying - For each point invested in defense, the defender may move one of the target squares TWO squares in a direction, so long as his or her weapon target is also moved to a square adjacent to that ending square. Alternately, the defender may use APs to move his or her weapon target to a square adjacent to a target square and then move it AND all other target squares in the line of movement ONE square per AP, and his or her weapon target remains in the square just "behind" that line of movement. His own weapon target, in turn, must also end off a red box: no parry may leave your weapon target on one of your opponent's hit locations. Put differently: when parrying, your OWN weapon target can hit you, if not also moved off any red box!). Note that an unarmed defender may not parry a weapon attack, and a weapon parry of an unarmed attack is automatically a hand hit.
(Ex: Suppose the defender above had his or her weapon target at B3. He or she could, instead of dodging, move it to C4 (1 AP) then all the way "through his own neck" to G4 for 4 more APs, leaving the attacker's weapon target in H4: a solid parry that leave him or her better off than the more expensive dodge above.)
Note that drawing a weapon costs a number of APs shown in the weapon description, and its target begins in the square designated by the description; and if it says "A/I" and a number, use the combatant's handedness to decide whether it's in the A (right) or I (left) column at the designated row.
Note also that this system utterly supports dual wielding: an attacker may choose which weapon target to move to attempt a hit, and a defender may choose which of his or her targets will be moved in a parry. Finally, a shield is, for all intents and purposes, a special kind of weapon that has a square-shaped target when parrying (2x2, 4x4, or even 6x6 depending upon size--thus, they can move "square" profiles en masse), a typically higher Viscosity increase to wield than a weapon, and a very high additional target square cost (i.e. one can only poke someone with its center spike or slash at the victim with its edge).
Attackers and defenders MUST note the square in which their weapon targets end up after a defense; it is relevant to follow-up attacks against the victim.
Follow-Up Attacks
Follow-up attacks work just like the defense system--in fact, Ebb & Flow is little more than investing effort to be the one who finally has the AP surplus and weapon target positioning to make a decisive blow.
Basically, if the character is not counting off Viscosity ticks, the he or she may spend APs to move his or her weapon target from its current square to a different square, one AP per square moved, and then may invest further APs to change the attack profile.
A defender invests APs to move the target square(s) with a dodge or parry, per above. Note that a defender might have to suffer effects of a lesser hit--for example, pushing a hit from the upper torso to an upper arm--if he or she does not have enough APs or doesn't want to use them all up in defense.
At any time when a player is not counting off Viscosity after an attack attempt, a player may delay (i.e. not attack) for one tick to receive one AP to his or her AP Pool. (Or maybe this is something that varies based on a combat skill or skills, instead one-for-one.)
I think that's sufficient to illustrate, maybe even to test.
OK, so what's missing, here? Where's the obvious min-max uber strategy? Where's the first-turn kill? (Assume whatever in AP Pools, so long as they are fairly close between defender and attacker--this system does NOT give a significantly weaker defender much of a chance to survive; there's not "lucky blows" here, other than (maybe) combat skills that tweak AP costs let you jump ahead in Viscosity count....)
Thanks for the inspiration, Christian!
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Re: [Ebb & Flow] Resource-Driven, High Verisimilitude Combat System
(After checking the sticky, posting to this seems to be fine because the thread's only 2 days old, even though it's on page 2
Inspiration gladly given That definitely looks ready to be tested. It's difficult to say how it'll work out just from looking at it, because it's quite involved at this point.
I have one further suggestion. You could, instead of keeping track of APs and Viscosity separately, simply give players an AP per tick and see if they want to spend them then. Skills would lower AP costs for certain actions. So if you start with 8AP, you spend 6 on an attack, then next tick you're back to 3, then to 4, and at each tick you need to figure out if you want to do something cheap (but not very efficient) or save up for the better actions. It would streamline the system, but then again, you'd have to rework how skills work.
I'm just thinking that, given the handling time involved, you'd want to have as few things that you need to actively track as possible. You already have APs, viscosity, weapon location...
The other thing you're right about is that there might not be much variance in the system (weaker fighters having a chance, etc.). You could mix it up a bit with special actions, if you wanted--things you can only do once per combat, for example.
The third thing is a question of how to handle more than two fighters. That is, unless your setting is strictly about dueling.
You know, I'm aware that you're thinking of sword fights here, but I can't help but see this as a John Woo pistol duel, with the two gunslingers constantly firing back and forth, trying to maneuver into position to actually hit the other one
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Quote from: xenopulse on August 29, 2007, 07:28:43 AM
God, I hope so... otherwise, no thread survives!
I have one further suggestion. You could, instead of keeping track of APs and Viscosity separately, simply give players an AP per tick and see if they want to spend them then.
Well... the whole point is "Ebb" after you "Flow"--regaining APs is a conscious choice NOT to take actions, even though your Viscosity isn't holding you back and you (may or may not) have APs.
And, for clarity: Viscosity is only counted after you act, while you can take no other actions but defense; and APs are only lost as you act (immediately) or gained as you delay (1 or more per tick), so they aren't exactly "tracked" all the time; just when used/regained.
Yeah, you have to track weapon(s) target(s) for each combatant, but that's the whole point of the combat: strategic push and pull of, say, marking stones on the grid (ooo! or bullets! or little pushpins shaped like daggers! or...).
Skills would lower AP costs for certain actions. So if you start with 8AP, you spend 6 on an attack, then next tick you're back to 3, then to 4, and at each tick you need to figure out if you want to do something cheap (but not very efficient) or save up for the better actions. It would streamline the system, but then again, you'd have to rework how skills work.
One, you can always stop taking delay and pop off something less effective but faster (i.e. low APs). Delay is not a default state.
Two, I haven't hardly scratched skills yet--this is all and only a splinter off of the "called shots" idea, so I could develop it more without derailing the other thread. I think it is testable as-is, without any mention of skills, because all "combat skills" would do, eventually, is tweak each rule element (e.g. "Combat Sense" and "Nimble" and such just reduce your Viscosity; "Blade Master" just gives -1 AP cost per additional target square, only with bladed weapons; "Subdue" might just be a +1 per square to Defender's movement costs, but damage is never lethal; etc).
Heck, for that matter, this whole system could be mapped onto a lot of conflicts, not just "hit with attack." For instance, if that grid were, say, rearranged to reflect areas of personal commitment, morale, or interpersonal feelings (mood), then a "Persuasion attack" might be designed to push a defender's point of view from, oh, "Skeptical" to "Completely Convinced"; and a Debate could be nothing but a duel of wits to see who first scores a head or heart hit (or who first hits the "Convinced" area on a different grid type).
Oh, sure. Special moves, combos, or follow-up moves; e.g. "Throw" requires a "Subdual hit" on a lower limb for no damage, but assesses a huge AP penalty to the defender... giving the weak attacker precious ticks to build up AP for that "Smash Head In With Brick" special attack.
The third thing is a question of how to handle more than two fighters. That is, unless your setting is strictly about dueling. You know, I'm aware that you're thinking of sword fights here, but I can't help but see this as a John Woo pistol duel, with the two gunslingers constantly firing back and forth, trying to maneuver into position to actually hit the other one
Dude, what's wrong with using it for guns or bow or slings or laser beam eyes? They just have different AP costs to extend target squares and lower Viscosity penalties and damage result, sometimes.
Further, I do not see any reason why one couldn't have as many attackers versus as many defenders as there is room to "realistically" allow exchanges of blows or shots. After all, every person in the fight is a "grid" and every weapon target is one-to-one associated with a weapon. So if there's five weapon targets on "me" at one time, well, I have to be very clever with APs and delays, or become a pincushion. But only one given attempt to hit is ever happening at a given tick (tautologically, by the system: in ties, the lower AP attack goes first, with lower Viscosity breaking AP ties). So a defender--no matter how many targets are on or trying to be on his grid--is always only ever dealing with one weapon target, to push it off his areas by dodging it or parrying it.
Finally, keep in mind that one can only dodge ranged attacks, not parry (for now--maybe a Wushu or special skill?); so the end result is "do I have the APs to shift that shot off my body in one direction?" If yes, fine, keep counting Viscosity (or delay) until your attack on whomever; if no, call for a medic.
And, yes, this means that three or four to one is near guaranteed death for all but a master combatant... which has high verisimilitude, in my experience.
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I spent five years in college playing non-varsity fencing and what you have there is pretty close to the parry lines for you body chart. Save for the distinction between the different parts of the arms and legs that is.
Which is part of the question I have about this. Do you plan on accounting for different body postures? If so, are you going to have different hit charts?
When I was fencing we did nightly drills on our standard en guard posture. In this case it was our dominate handed side towards the attacker, our shoulders, hips and legs lined up to present only one side and our shoulders slightly out of line and our off hand up, but out of reach for balance. The point in all of that was to keep as much of your body out of the lines of attack. This allowed parries to be far more effective, displacing the attacking blade took only a flick of the wrist. Of course, different martial art schools have different ideas about that. Kendo is much like the Sabre in that it is all about the speed and reach of your attacks and Epee is about feints and ripostes.
Callan S.
Is there a problem if there's a min-max strategy, as in someone works out the game like they might work out a seduku? What's wrong with a first turn kill?
I'm probing for you design goals here, and I'm wondering if you want to confound an easy answer in play, not to make the game harder, but to keep play going for an indefinate period. Do you imagine play stopping at some point, not because people are bored with it, but because the games reached a conclusion?
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Quote from: MartiniPhilosopher on August 29, 2007, 01:12:06 PM
I think I have accounted for stance, so no I won't have different charts. Different body types might have different charts (ex: quadruped, insectoid, giant) but the whole idea of weapon target point/area is supposed to subsume posture for a given chart. BUT... see below.
The point in all of that was to keep as much of your body out of the lines of attack. This allowed parries to be far more effective, displacing the attacking blade took only a flick of the wrist. Of course, different martial art schools have different ideas about that. Kendo is much like the Sabre in that it is all about the speed and reach of your attacks and Epee is about feints and ripostes.
Right; and sword-and-board is totally the opposite of fencing (weapon arm back) and dual wield is different still, as is two-handed (and, what's more, as is claymore versus staff).
The gist is that a given attack (weapon and its target) versus a given defense (weapon and its current position) adjusts dynamically throughout the exchanges. So, for the most part, stance won't matter OR it will be accounted for as a particular skill's expression. For example, if one uses one's "Fencing Specialist" skill, one might be able to restrict the opponent to only targeting the weapon half of your body (right or left)... until HE activates his "Find Weakness" or "Grappling Specialist" skill, which could nullify or even take advantage of the implied stance from the Fencing skill.
Again, it's not a complete system; its a component of a system which will eventually also have skills and weapon stats and armor elements and characteristics for characters.
Quote from: Callan S. on August 29, 2007, 05:15:58 PM
Well, if the combatants are sufficiently different in skill or armament, this system will tend towards first-turn kills. I am speaking more of a "one true strategy" problem between equally matched opponents, where one should always only do a particular type of action. I wouldn't want the system to emerge with an opening move and opening response that one always does, because otherwise one is hamstrung from the get-go.
Hmmm... I guess there's not enough of the system here for it to be possible to answer that, right now.
I'm probing for you design goals here, and I'm wondering if you want to confound an easy answer in play, not to make the game harder, but to keep play going for an indefinite period.
Neither, really. It's all about verisimilitude, and there is no combat maneuver or weapon which has proved to be a guarantee of success, in our history (well, except for the Crane Kick in Karate Kid--"if do right, no can defend"). So if this system shows an obvious "Step One -> Step Two -> Win" pattern then it doesn't attain that verisimilitude.
Do you imagine play stopping at some point, not because people are bored with it, but because the games reached a conclusion?
I am not sure I understand the question.
"Play" wouldn't stop if this system made one-turn kills or made multi-hour combats; this is but a resolution system for weapon (and unarmed) combat that tries to shift play away from randomizers and hit location charts to something closer to the risk-v-reward, effort-v-effectiveness ebb and flow of actual combat, as I have seen it and experienced it.
The "point of play" would be, I suppose, the usual suspects: adventure, slay things, get loot, win friends, influence people. I mean, this doesn't seem to apply to any kind of narrativist agenda, as it is so clearly an effort to simulate actual combat. So there would be no necessary reason to "reach a conclusion" as one might find in a heavily themed (MLWM) or situationally structured game (DiTV). Put another way, there is not (currently) a mechanic which tries to protect protagonists or punish drifting away from theme, becasue neither of those things seem to be factors in real world combat (well, beyond the effects of intimidation: performing less effectively against a known superior fighter).
Does that answer?
Thanks for the continuing feedback. The more I ponder this basic system, the more interesting I think it could be for all sorts of conflicts: martial, social, intellectual.
I really hope you get this to play-testable shape! It sounds like it could supply a fantastic combination of strategy and vividness if streamlined. At the moment, I am intimidated by the handling time (or at least how I am imagining it).
I think the list of "if, then" statements regarding you and your enemy's body and weapon positions will make or break the strategic element. Without seeing more weapons, options, special moves, etc., I can't yet respond to your "obvious strategy / insta-kill" query.
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The "point of play" would be, I suppose, the usual suspects: adventure, slay things, get loot, win friends, influence people.
I don't think this will meet your goals because it contradicts itself. If someone is playing the game for verisimilitude, then the "point of play" is to get verisimilitude. If someone is not playing for verisimilitude, then verisimilitude doesn't matter. Oh, it'd be fun to have, but if the system fails to give it, it wouldn't matter because the players not there for that anyway. It'd just be a fun side thing and if absent, unnoticed.
If verisimilitude doesn't matter, then your working on the wrong part of the game first. Working on it first will not help to meet your goals.
I think your designing this with the idea of plonking it down in whatever game system (either a new or old one). You might want to consider that, given how much your excited to work on it's verisimilitude, does that really mean it's just an unimportant, off to the side resolution?
I still don't understand you, Callan, though I suspect you are making a common "Forge Point" about how system matters and must totally integrate with situation and setting to build a "proper" unified whole.
Me...? I am a System Doesn't Matter and Design What Doesn't Matter proponent, so maybe I just can't comprehend you any more than I can think of a color I haven't seen.
Yes, I think this series of techniques could be a systemic element dropped into a game in place of its existing task resolution mechanics while leaving the setting untouched. Yes, I think it could be a game in itself (i.e. like Magic or maybe Spellcaster or Kung Fu Fighting).
But, really... it's just a split thread trying to make a "called shot system" without using randomizers or adjusting "to hit" values for size or any other (seemingly arbitrary, low verisimilitude) traditional methods. I guess that sounds a little dismissive, but taking this thread into "high theory" isn't really the point. It's a task resolution system for weapon combat (and maybe other types of sparring: with wits or socially) that is "genre-agnostic," at the moment, though "realistic" would apply as a loose genre descriptor (e.g. this system wouldn't support shape-shifting psionicists dueling with emotions, I don't think, without serious chart and process and "skills" retooling).
But "unimportant?" I just don't understand. It's important because, as written, it generally determines if the character you are playing lives through the encounter or dies (or suffers a disability, I suppose). Thus, playing the resource strategy game that is "pushing around weapon targets" becomes a very significant aspect of successful play, even as it also helps to describe/portray the ebb and flow of the battle; i.e. the exchanges themselves paint a very accurate picture of the thrusts, slashes, parries, and sidesteps that make up the fight (contrast that with old D&D, which abstracted all that occurred over a ten second period in a fight into a pair of To Hit rolls, which might be further "defined" or "described" with hit location checks, etc).
Can you, maybe, restructure your "contradicts" and "wrong part first" points into a series of questions or something? I just can't figure out how I am making the "wrong part first" when I am really only making one part at all, for now....
Suppose you assume that the "point of play" of whatever game(s) this system is designed for is the same as the "point of play" of the combat system itself. (I sympathize with your desire to leave "the rest of the game" concerns for later.) Then the question becomes, "what's the point of playing with this combat system"? And you've already stated what that is, but I think perhaps you could go farther, and maybe (indirectly) answer Callan's questions in the process.
As I understand it, this combat system has two main points: strategic fun, and life-like believability. Do you have any thoughts on which might trump which if the two were in conflict?
I'll attempt to be more concrete:
Depending on the gear involved, verisimilitude might best be achieved if combats involved very few conscious choices, obvious correct strategies, and lots of fatalities -- but that wouldn't be as fun for us strategists.
On the other hand, you could rig up a very strategy-friendly bag of "special moves" options that kept combat interesting (and vivid), but didn't always beleivably mimic a combat experience (as often happens when spending hours of play and tons of die rolls and board-erasing on something that took 6 seconds in game time).
I've been weighing some trade-offs along these lines in my own combat system. Ultimately, my decision has been to keep the system on the simple side because of my desire for a certain type of immersion. But I don't know if those issues concern you or not.
If you are hoping to build a combat system that is strategically fun and also vivid with detail (and I think you have an awesome start going), it will probably be easier to succeed if you don't care too much about true-to-real-world-combat fidelity and "should that really work?" common sense.
So my question would be, do you care about those?
On the strategic fun front:
I'll also throw out something that my game design has latched onto as an interesting strategic concern: attempts to re-position oneself while fighting -- moving around, toward, or away from obstacles, allies, and enemies. It strikes me that this might be natural to integrate into your system (though specific mechanics don't pop to mind).
I hope this was constructive. If the best way for you to make progress on the system details is to ignore all of us and just start churning out skills and stats, then I hope you do that! Some version of this needs to be playtested!
Quote from: David Artman on September 06, 2007, 08:50:15 AM
From the 'vibe' I get from this thread, your really excited about this whole concept (it reminds me of the excitement you can read in early editions of D&D). Because I think that, I think verisimilitude is the most important thing to you. BUT then I see you preparing to plonk it down in stuff you don't care about -
I don't see any excitement from you for those things. Yet your going to plonk what you clearly are excited about (the design in this thread), right in the middle of a bunch of stuff you don't really care about. Hiding it! It's like your cooking a wonderful piece of steak ...and then hiding it in a huge bowl of plain lettuce, no dressing and a little whilted even. It's like Ron's heart breaker article, where people have real gems of design, but then let them get hidden and suffocated by a bunch of superfluous, D&D like rules as if they had to add those.
BUT if verisimilitude isn't that important, all of that salad needs work - it's got no dressing and is whilted. Working on one piece of steak isn't going to help all that salad - as you say your working on one part, and that's the problem, one part wont help all that salad.
How important is verismilitude to you, say on a scale of one to ten? And those other things (adventure, slay things, get loot, win friends, influence people), how important are they on a scale of one to ten? I think you'll have to end up choosing, or end up in heartbreaker territory.
Stub reply, to let y'all know I'm thinking about it. It's gone from "hey, is this a cool idea or what?" to "maybe I need to make a full game out of this" in a week; and now I have to ponder more.
Briefly, though: I could claim that I have great arugula (world) and beefsteak tomatoes (NPCs) and the finest Vidalia onions (situation) but unless I show it all chopped out, here, there's no proof. And, frankly, I don't: I was thinking, literally, about a generic system, suitable to any time and place. To embed it into a full game will mean I have to (a) build up the world in which such dueling is meaningful in play, not a time-consuming side-game that stops the action to resolve fights, or (b) present it as a completely generic game, with means of defining situations that engage the combat system fully, rather than let it fade into the background while you play a "freeform" game.
Maybe this is really just a form of board game, like Battleship?
But, yeah, Callan, you're right: I'm not particularly exited about "the rest of the salad," yet. Heh... maybe I'm a saucier, not a line cook--someone else might have to take this sauce and put it on a steak and salad they make in another part of the kitchen. I have a very full "project plate," at the moment (GLASS really should be finished first, and I have two Icehouse games in mid-design).
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Books/materials that have extensive damage, are water damaged, or are unreadable are fined as a lost item based on the original price that is recorded in the Destiny Library Management System. If the original price is not recorded in Destiny, the fine is $20 for a hardcover book and $8 for a paperback book.
The fine for a hardcover book older than 10 years is $10 or $5 for a paperback book.
The fine for a lost or damaged magazine is $5. The fine for a lost or damaged magazine envelope is $1.
Books/materials that have limited damage are assessed according to the type or extent of damage. The fine for a damaged book is $1 per page up to the cost of the book. The fine for a lost or damaged barcode or spine label are both $1.
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Students receive a printed notice from the library that identifies amount of the fine. Students and parents are now able to check their library fines on Skyward as well.
How Do Students Pay a Library Fine?
Library fines in secondary schools are paid in the school office.
What If I Find the Book after the Fine Has Been Paid?
Refunds will be given for books that have been returned after the fine has been paid if the book is returned within the school year, the book is returned in good condition, and payment of the fine can be verified.
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Looking at Charities all over the World!
December 17, 2018 Women CharitiesLinda Allen
wwwsharsheret.org
Sharsheret is a not-for-profit, national organization assisting young Jewish women and their families in dealing with breast cancer. Our mission is to provide a community of support to women, of every Jewish background, diagnosed with breast cancer or at increased genetic risk, by nurturing culturally significant personal connections with networks of health professionals and peers.
Sharsheret knows and supports the complete spectrum of diversity within our communities. Sharsheret’s volunteers, staff, and leaders welcome all voices to be heard and treated with respect. Everyone who reaches out to Sharsheret, doesn’t matter their social or economic status, will not be turned away. They don’t discriminate based on color, political belief, ethnic origin, race, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, age, or sexual orientation.
In 2001, Sharsheret was established by Rochelle Shoretz, a Jewish mother with breast cancer. Part of a tight NJ Jewish community, many people offered to assist Rochelle with cooking and taking care of her children, such as taking them back and forth to after-school activities.
However, what she truly wanted was to talk with another young mother who could tell her sons about breast cancer and how it would affect her. How she would feel preparing for High Holidays while going through chemotherapy.
Rochelle’s grandmother had died of the disease and cancer was unmentionable and not talked about within her family. She soon found out it was talked about within the Jewish community either.
In 2015, Rochelle died from breast cancer, a disease for which she created a community of support for many. The Sharsheret community lost a founder, mentor, and leader. The Jewish world and the cancer world had lost a real champion of women and their families. Rochelle’s legacy is her children and an amazing organization that only she could have built. Her drive and passion will forever be the basis of Sharsheret.
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Behengeru
Thank you for the sponsored chapter by Nirandorn Neville Jr.
Since Behengeru was a close city to Genavis, it was the first city that most otherworlders came after being summoned. Therefore, Behengeru was a big and modern city. It was the first place the otherworlders had to get prepared for survival in this world, Eria.
‘Guild.’ That was basically a direction that otherworlders went towards to survive. Merchants went to merchant guilds. Blacksmiths went to blacksmith guild's. There were many guilds, but the mercenary guild was the one that most people went to.
There weren’t that hard of a requirement to get in, and becoming a mercenary meant food and living for a while.
Therefore, the door's opening of a guild could not be said to be a unique thing. Even if it was a small kid who was dirty, it was a common thing.
The mercenaries near the door spoke some words to him.
“Hey, kid. Can you work for your food?”
“Maybe it your face was better, I don’t know. You look like even a mouse won’t eat you.”
“Go get some food from your mom. You probably don’t have one though.”
The mercariences laughed. Sungmin didn’t say anything and closed the door. Like most mercenary guilds, the 1 floor was used as a bar for mercenaries. There were many drunk people even in daylight, but most mercenaries were like that.
They used their money to live life day by day. There was no saving. Getting money required risking your life everyday.
They risked their life and survived. They did all they could. They wouldn’t know they were going to die. So they would use money now. Live now.
Sungmin knew the life from experience. The beer drinking and the partying. They all reacted the same way for newcomers. If the newcomer was nothing important, it was good. If the newcomer was a skilled person, they would be jealous. Humans were like that.
Sungmin walked across the hall. The beer smell increased as he went inside. There were a few mercenaries that were naturally touching girl’s breasts. They moved their hands rapidly, and the girls moaned as to make the men happy.
Sungmin didn’t give them any glances. When he stopped, he was at the bar table. There were a few mercenaries that looked pretty formal. But they didn’t care about Sungmin. They only talked to themselves.
The bartender was the same. Sungmin knew who he was. He did come here a year later, but the bartender’s face was the same.
“I want to be a mercenary.”
Sungmin opened his mouth. To that, the bartender looked at him.
“Did you get a invitation?”
The bartender was a clean middle aged man. He didn’t have a shadowy figure, but his eyes were narrow and sharp. Sungmin shook his head to the question, and the bartender nodded as he knew the answer.
“Go to the 2nd floor. They take requests there.”
Sungmin knew that as well. The reason why he talked to him was to make an impression to the bartender.
Baron.
That was his name. He was also the guild master of the Behengeru branch. He was a great magician.
Sungmin put his hand out. He took hold of a fork on the table. The fork’s owner looked at Sungmin but didn’t say anything.
Huuuuu.
Sungmin's fork turned purple. Sungmin showed the fork with a nonchalant face, and Baron’s face changed.
“Ah. I must have underestimated you because you were a kid.”
The owner of the fork said. Sungmin knew who he was. He was a free mercenary. He wasn’t a martial artist, but he was an S rank with similar skill.
“...Martial artist.”
Baron sighed and muttered. He put down his glass. The mercenaries muttered to themselves. Sungmin put an aura around the fork and that meant that he was a apex master that knew how to use his powers well.
“Sit here.”
Baron pointed to a chair. Sungmin put the fork down and sat down. Baron looked at him
“Age?”
“18 and a master. A genius.”
Lude who was sitting close by laughed. It was a natural reaction. A person with a master skill before their 20s was usually a genius. Sungmin felt slightly bitter because he knew he wasn’t.
“How long has it been since you were summoned?”
“About 4 years?”
“4… why did you not become a mercenary. Did you come straight away?”
“No, I left 3 years ago. I travelled for years.”
Baron nodded. Guilds shard information. If he wanted to, he could find what Sungmin did in Genavis.
“Why do you want to be a mercenary?”
“It’s easy to be and has a lot of freedom.”
“True. Mercenaries are free. Especially with high ranks.”
Baron answered. Low ranked mercenaries had to take missions to survive, but high ranked didn’t have to. Guilds gave them money and high ranked missions gave a lot of money so high ranked mercenaries didn’t have a hard time living.
“I forgot to ask your name.”
“Lee Sungmin.”
“You must be a martial artist?”
“I’m a No Class.”
Sungmin said truthfully. He didn’t want to cause any suspicious by telling lies.
“No Class?”
Baron was surprised. Not just him, but everyone in the table was surprised.
“A No Class got a skill of a master in just 4 years.... What a genius….”
Lude muttered like he couldn’t believe it. Sungmin didn’t react. Baron spoke.
“...we usually have a test, but we don’t need one for masters.”
Baron muttered and gave a paper.
“First… let’s put a contract. You’re mostly an S rank if you’re a master, but we need to test your skill.”
Sungmin signed the contract. Baron looked at the unquestioning Sungmin. He was slightly surprised at the fact that Sungmin wasn’t asking anything.
There was no reason to. Sungmin knew what mercenaries did. Sungmin sighed and gave back the contract.
“...If you want, we can contact you with a leader of a squadron of mercenaries.
A legion of mercenaries was a squad. A strong squad had that much power that they could first pick some good missions.
“No, it’s fine.”
He refused. There wasn’t just positives in that. Usually the mercenaries in the squad took their commissions out of the missions. That wasn’t a bad thing. If the squad could do more positives, commissions wasn’t that big of a deal.
Just, there was no reason for Sungmin to be in a squad. It was better to be a free mercenary instead of being stuck in a squad.
“Yes, that’s better. There’s no stupid fights either.”
Lude laughed. Baron didn’t ask anymore.
“Did you get a hotel?”
“Then use the empty room on the 4th floor. And we will give you your test tomorrow.”
Do you want to drink? Baron asked. Sungmin shook his head.
“I’m too young.”
“Funny answer.”
BAron laughed. Sungmin ignored the glances and moved up tot eh 4th floor. It was the high ranked mercenaries room, so Sungmin had never been here before.
It was a complete different place. Sungmin looked for an empty room. There was a room with the keys on the door, and Sungmin picked a close door to him.
He went inside and looked at the place. It was large. There was a bathroom and a shower. Hot water existed. The living room wasn’t hot or cold. Temperature magic probably existed. There were so many things.
Sungmin closed the door.
He would get a missions. He didn’t know, but Sungmin would become an S rank if he succeeded.
“Neville.”
Sungmin called him. And then, out of his shadows, Neville came out.
“Did you call?”
Neville bowed.
“I heard that you have missions as well.”
“We may give missions to customer in the mercenary guilds. Do you need one?”
“No, not yet. Is there missions for an s rank?”
“Of course. There are many mercenary customers. S rank is the lowest rank we can find for you.”
It should be. To become a member, people had to have requirement. If it weren’t for Mush, Sungmin wouldn’t have been a member. Therefore, all the members were S rank or higher.
‘SS or SSS. Monsters…’
The limit was mostly an SS. An SSS ranked mercenary were for people who had completely surpassed the limit.
He had only heard of 3 SSS rank mercenary. Was it possible to get there?
“Of course. Call me whenever.”
Neville disappeared. Sungmin fell in deep thought. This was the reason why he didn’t want to be in a squad. He could also get high ranked missions through the mediator guild.
‘Half a year.’
Sungmin was going to work hard as a mercenary. He was going to successfully finish his test tomorrow and then do high ranked missions. He might be able to get to SS rank like that.
But before then.
He would have to get the barding from the black magician’s dungeon.
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LTPOA Board of Directors
The meeting was called to order at 7:07 pm. Present were Joe Hejnal, Larry Kimmel, Marilyn Meyer, Ron Sansone, and Janet Hirsch. Absent were Pat Harting and Kevin Seelbach There were 9 people in the audience.
Marilyn Meyer made the motion to approve the January meeting minutes as posted at the website, seconded by Larry Kimmel. Motion passed unanimously.
Ron Sansone reported that the silt removal project has ended. A wide path for boats was cleared along the north side from the boat ramp as far as lot N-24. The large concrete pipe from the side of the road will be removed. Additional boulders will be brought in for the creek. The boat ramp will be soon be reworked, made steeper, longer, and rougher.
Marilyn Meyer, Treasurer, reported for January
Larry Kimmel made the motion to accept the Treasurer's Report, seconded by Joe Hejnal. Passed unanimously.
Marilyn presented the following bills to be paid.
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Larry Kimmel made the motion to approve payment of the bills, seconded by Janet Hirsch. Passed unanimously.
Marilyn Meyer reported on the status of the silt removal project.
The board approved an agreement with Stephen Marler that he allow us to dump silt on his property through June 1, 2008, he will pave the first 20 feet of his driveway, and we will forgive all past due assessments.
Reporting for the finance committee Janet Hirsch said that McLaren is allowing us to pay $10,000 per month and consequently we will be able to pay for the silt removal project out of regular assessments over the next year.
Larry Kimmel reported that there have been no problems this month. If you are the victim of vandalism or theft contact the sheriff.
Larry Kimmel and Joe Hejnal reported the following applications for building permits.
Kline, N-13-14-15-16, remove and replace garage
Timmersman, I-38, install seawall
Shea, H-8, construct modular block seawall
Rohm, M-19-20, replace seawall
Kimmel, M-21-22, garage addition
Holloran, M-29, replace dock
Harvey, O-6, replace dock
Steinmetz, K-39, replace dock
Joe Hejnal made the motion to approve the building permits, seconded by Janet Hirsch. Passed unanimously.
The bobcat, salter, and snowplow have been repaired. Kevin will order more salt.
This Spring the salt spreader has to be removed from the truck and the truck bed repaired.
Dam Committee
Rich Hirsch reported the committee's recommendation for a two-year special assessment of $1 per front foot to be held March 29 to pay for repair of the dam. He also reported that the lake is down 6 feet 10 inches, Dave Taylor will have a contract ready for us by February 15, and Mike Leiweke will have the weir box ready to install very soon.
Janet Hirsch made the motion that the LTPOA hold a special election on March 29, 2008 for the purpose of passing a two-year special assessment of $1 per front foot to pay for the repair of the dam. Motion was seconded by Larry Kimmel. Passed unanimously. A mailing will be sent to all property owners announcing the election and containing a summary of reasons for the assessment, the work to be done, and sample ballot.
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It’s our tenth anniversary. Back in ’98, I waltzed into the bar at Bluebeard’s Castle after the wedding festivities had ended and dared “any motherfucker from west of the Hudson” to bet me that the Yanks were NOT gonna stomp the ever-loving shit out of the Padres, offering odds the Bronx Bombers would do it in a sweep…
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Mōlī Rising
TEXT BY: TRAVIS HANCOCK | IMAGES BY: JOSIAH PATTERSON | SOURCE: HALE SEASON 2
In spite of setbacks throughout the past century, island albatross colonies, including the rookery at Ka‘ena Point, are growing once again.
Whether you walk it from Keawa‘ula Beach on O‘ahu’s west side or Mokulē‘ia on the North Shore, the shadeless path to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve is likely to feel long and hot. Ka‘ena, after all, means “the heat.” But you have to go all the way to the end and through the protective fencing if you want to see the area’s preeminent drawcard—the mōlī, or Laysan albatrosses, that nest there. Standing knee-high, the native, snow-white birds with ashy wings are known for their elaborate courtship dances, in which they repeatedly bob, bow, click their beaks, and jab them skyward, squawking with shrill vibratos. All mōlī that start their lives at Ka‘ena—one of the species’ 16 known breeding colonies in the world—reliably return here from the furthest reaches of the North Pacific each November to dance, breed, and lay a single egg that will hatch in February and, should the chick survive, fledge by July. So if you get tired along the hike, if your legs ache and you feel parched, consider the fact that the average mōlī has traveled at least a thousand miles to reach this protected place. Some of the adolescent birds setting their webbed feet down on Ka‘ena’s sandy soil may have been away from dry land, having rested only at sea, for up to five years.
As a species, mōlī have figuratively come even further to cross paths with you. Listed as “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Phoebastria immutabilis only recently ascended from a century of devastating turbulence bookended by two remarkably similar atrocities, both of which became international causes célèbres.
The first tragedy befell the birds at the start of the 20th century. In late 1909, the American cutter Thetis was sent to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to enforce President Roosevelt’s new executive order protecting the area’s indigenous birds. Their target was Kauō, or Laysan Island, the 2-square-mile home of many native species and a mining operation established in the 1890s to source fertilizer ingredients from seabirds’ solidified manure, or guano. Upon arrival at Kauō, the crew discovered a group of Japanese workers using the island’s few wooden buildings not for guano processing, but for the packaging of albatross feathers destined for international millinery markets. The island was peppered with the spoils of the poachers’ harvest—thousands of piles of albatross carcasses, the breasts of which had been plucked clean. In most cases, the birds’ wings had been cut off, too. Thetis’ crew rounded up 15 of the poachers on Kauō and eight on nearby Papa‘āpoho and brought them to Honolulu. They also brought evidence, reported by one newspaper to be 259,000 bird skins and wings, two and a half tons of baled feathers, and several large cases and boxes of stuffed birds. A follow-up biological survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1911 counted 180,000 mōlī on Kauō, and estimated that the poachers had killed at least 200,000 in less than one year.
For months, Honolulu newspapers filled columns with stories born in the wake of the crew’s mission. But nothing came of the spectacle. The poachers faced up to six months in prison, a $500 fine (worth about $12,000 today), and a grand jury trial, but were completely cleared for being mere “instruments” of higher powers, namely their Tokyo employer, Genkichi Yamanouchi, and the “King of Laysan,” Max Schlemmer. A naturalized American citizen from Germany, Schlemmer had started the guano company, brokered the labor deal with Yamanouchi, and pretended not to know they had forgone guano for feathers. Schlemmer was indicted, but the charges were dropped on a technicality. The Thetis returned to the leeward islands to pursue Yamanouchi’s ships, but returned empty-handed. All told, the Hawaiian Star reported, the only punishment that any of the involved parties faced was served by the poachers: “twenty-four hours in jail with costs remitted.”
Laysan Island is the English namesake of the Laysan albatross, but its current colony of about 150,000 breeding pairs is actually second in size to the rookery at Midway Atoll, which boasts more than 500,000 pairs. By contrast, Ka‘ena Point’s colony, with about 100 nests, is tiny. Because it is so small, the senseless loss of 15 adults and 17 eggs to a savage teenage romp in 2015 sent an acute and sustained sting through island communities. Following the arrest of three local high school students, waves of residents blared their outrage, while—just as in 1910—the news media had a field day. Two of the offenders were minors, tried privately in family court, while the one 18-year-old perpetrator was handed a 45-day prison sentence, a $1,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service.
In December 2017, exactly two years after the Ka‘ena incident, conservationists relocated 21 eggs from a Kaua‘i military training area to Ka‘ena Point. Arriving amid the Makahiki season that celebrates the god Lono, the eggs carried a healing symbolism for Hawaiians who view mōlī as Lono’s kino lau, or physical manifestation. At the end of the season, many a breeding pair hatched ashy brown puffballs, that by late summer, will fledge into white-breasted giants with characteristic streaks of gray around their large eyes. If you can, try to make the hike in time. You just might see one spread its freshly feathered wings to a full six feet, catch the warm breeze, and ride the heat beyond the blue horizon.
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Azerbaijan marks 30th anniversary of Soviet massacre
On Jan. 20, 1990, the Central Soviet authorities perpetrated an atrocious crime against Azerbaijani people. On that day the Soviet Army stormed Baku - capital of Azerbaijan - to punish people rallied on the streets protesting against violations of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Special Soviet troops using heavy offensive weapons, including tanks and armored vehicles, occ...
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The Embassy of Latvia in Korea, jointly with the Soorim Cultural Foundation, is hosting an exhibition of photos of amber, the fossilized tree resin that has served as a natural cultural symbol of Latvia.
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Singaporean Ambassador to Korea Eric Teo Boon Hee, left, and National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang shake hands during the envoy's visit to the Assembly, Jan. 7. Moon addressed Singapore as a “core partner” for Korea's New Southern Policy aimed at elevating ties with the 10-member ASEAN, and expressed hope the two countries will continue to cooperate and co-prosp...
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70 years of Spain-Korea ties hit sang
Deputy Chief of Mission Agustin Anguera de Sojo Baeza, left, at the Spanish Embassy in Seoul speaks with a bereaved family member of a Korean student killed in Madrid, during a protest outside the embassy, Dec. 30. Lee Ji-hyeon, 32, was hit in the head by a stone fragment from a government building, Dec. 20. The Spanish authorities claim bad weather caused the accident, but p...
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Data management in LiSyM improves handling and comprehensibility
LiSyM manages the network’s research data according to the FAIR principals. These stipulate 15 guidelines for the content, form, storage and accessibility. “These assure that scientific results are easier to find, reproducible and exchangeable,” Associate Professor Dr.Wolfgang Müller from the Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies (HITS) explains. His research group builds the central platform LiSyM-SEEK. Through this platform LiSyM scientists can control data sharing simply and securely, store data packages systematically and publish results. LiSyM-SEEK offers a variety of options for presenting projects and furthering collaboration.
Standardizing form, content and storage
Surveys reveal that, too often, scientific results cannot be reproduced by other research groups. Sometimes details of methodology are missing: in other cases the original data cannot be found or the format is unusable. Consequently, today most institutions that fund and promote research stipulate criteria for data management to ensure that data remains available for a long time. Data content, form and storage must become more uniform. The intention behind this requirement is to make the scientific results more reproducible and to ensure the supporting data can be used repeatedly more simply –through data exchange or when supplementing a dataset with data from other sources, for example.
These aims are also followed by FAIRDOM, a transnational association to which Müller belongs. Müller, also Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information Systems and Applied Computer Sciences, Bamberg University, implements these regulations for LiSyM. The HITS Corporation, where Müller leads the Scientific Databases and Visualization Group, is a private, non-profit research institute. Together with his colleagues he is active in a number of international organizations for the standardization of scientific data. For LiSyM, Müller applies the principles of FAIRDOM and, in the process, develops them further. At the same time he is developing extensions and modifications specific to LiSyM’s needs: “This way we can respond to specific needs quickly.”
FAIRDOM, including partners from LiSyM, developed SEEK, a software which supports collaboration, the FAIRDOM software platform, and the data catalogue and repository, FAIRDOMHub. The system allows users to store, organize and combine datasets or link them with other metadatabases. Through it, data can be published for open access or access can be specifically restricted – internally for collaborative project or also externally. Furthermore, FAIRDOM members have teamed up with others to formulate the FAIR principles. FAIR stands for: findable, accessible, interoperable und reusable.
The meaning of FAIR for data in practice
In practice “findable” means that every dataset which remains consistent over time is issued a permanent identification code - a digital object identifier (DOI), for example. It assures that datasets can be found and thus cited for at least ten years. In addition, all datasets are provided with supplementary detailed metadata, including information on the creators and the methodology used as well as additional background information. Furthermore, SEEK analyzes the data, making them easy to find. Data must be accessible through documented protocols such as the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP. If additional datasets are needed to ensure the information is complete, for example when the research builds on another study, then references must indicate this. To this end, SEEK facilitates the linking of data. The platform can also make the data available for long periods by ensuring long-term data storage.
Data should also be interoperable, and thus easy to combine and exchangeable between programs. “That is the most challenging feature,” Müller says. To achieve this goal, the data must correspond both technically and in terms of content. This requires the standardization of formats for the arrangement of data, results and terminologies. Usability relies on the completeness of the information: often small omissions, obscurities, and discrepancies mean results cannot be compared or reproduced – when, for example, details are missing, information imprecise or different terms for the same symptoms or substances are used. Thus, Martin Golebiewski and other colleagues in Müller’s group are very active in committees responsible for the standardization of biographical data.
Another key concern is security. Together with Müller and his colleagues, LiSyM researchers, who work as experimental, computer modelling and clinical scientists, have developed guidelines for sharing data within the network. The creators of data or those responsible for the databases define the restrictions. They determine who can access the data – ranging from only a few close cooperation partners, to divisions of LiSyM, the entire network or the whole world. One can also regulate who can view data, who can use it, and for what purpose. Sometimes LiSyM scientists want to share their data, for example, with only a few colleagues within the network or with external project partners. “For such cases we have special protective measures such as ‘secret links’,” Müller explains. Clinical patient information is legally subject to special protection. Müller is working with LiSyM on a system that facilitates the sharing of data whilst upholding patient rights. “Scientists are granted access to summarized data to maintain patient anonymity.” These data packets provide the desired information, yet not all information and not enough to identify individual patients.
User opportunities increase
Müller describes the network-specific LiSyM-SEEK as “a kind of facade”. Through this platform, members specify internal and external access rights. Internal contributions land in LiSyM-SEEK, and moreover in the FAIRDOMHub. The two separate servers allow for more flexibility when new tools are being developed or implemented. LiSyM-SEEK was developed during the project, Müller explains: “This means we can slowly expand the datasets, while periodically separating out small snapshots.” These snapshots are given their own DOI, making them fixed, findable and citable. Later, many of them can then be compiled for presentations. An Application Programming Interface (API) has recently been completed. This interface makes it possible to transfer large datasets through programs rather than step-by-step via mouse-click. Thus, API simplifies the process of using, exchanging and transferring data via SEEK, LiSyM-SEEK and the FAIRDOMHub.
Müller and his colleagues support LiSyM by responding to telephone or email inquiries. They advise members and conduct tutorials to explain the various options available to the user for managing their data. “Initially users want to know how best to conceal data for security reasons,” he says. In his experience, the emphasis quickly shifts, Müller adds: “Later they want to know how to disseminate data as widely as possible and maintain it in the long-term.”
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Koerner SE, Smith MD, Burkepile DE, et al. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2018;2:1925-1932. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y.
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Reading in Limerick next Tuesday
I will be reading from my new book, The Ghost in the Lobby, published by Salmon, at this event in Limerick next Tuesday evening.
"The March 2014 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering take place on Tuesday 4th March 2014@ The Loft Venue @ The Locke Bar, Georges Quay, Limerick. Start 8.00pm sharp."
I will, for the first time in human history, be reading in public my poetic tribute to Munster's answer to the Emperor Bokassa, the great Pat Cox. See here.
'The Ghost in the Lobby' will be on sale at this event as will copies of the greatest poetry publication in the West, the Skylight 47 poetry paper.
Posted by Jonathan Swift at 14:57
Labels: On The Nail, Pat Cox, The Ghost In The Lobby
Mention: How To Speak Poetry
Nice mention in this most interesting and provocative article by Dave Lordan: "I’d also say the best page poets writing in southern Ireland at the moment, people like Kevin Higgins, Billy Ramsell and Kimberly Campanello also have far better stage presences, by some distance, than a lot of the performance poets I know of."
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Catholic Online Forums Exposes True Agenda Of Lefty Poet Kevin Higgins
One of my poems is given some close textual analysis by 'Hibernicus', the administrator on the 'Irish Catholics' online forum. It appears of their 'Abortion 2013' discussion thread. Here is what Hibernicus has to say:
“Another example of how our oh-so-arty pro-aborts use their self-image as culture heroes to push their agenda. This poem by the lefty poet Kevin Higgins is being circulated on the pro-abort sites. For Mr Higgins see HERE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Higgins_(poet)
and here is his self-description of the poem and another atrocity in which he represents Our Lady of Knock as calling for the reopening of the Magdalen Asylums, and which is likewise circulating on the web in the same milieu
mentioningthewar.blogspot.ie/2013/07/poem-in-search-of-good-home.html
Last week I put out a call on Facebook asking if there were any political or literary blogs that might be interested in publishing my poem 'What The Virgin At Knock Would Say If She Could Speak'. Roisín Peddle stepped up and published the poem on her excellent personal blog Random Descent. The poem was very quickly condemned as 'not poetry' by a foaming at the mouth member of Youth Defence, or at least a member of Youth Defence I will now forever imagine foaming at the mouth. This I considered a great success.
In a similar vein, I am now looking for a home for my just finished and very topical poem: 'Irish Government Minister Unveils Monument To Victims Of The Pro-Life Amendment' [to the Irish constitution in 1983]. Like Bertolt Brecht's 'To Those Born Later' and Mayakovsky's 'At The Top Of My Voice' the poem looks forward to a tomorrow which can only be better than today and will, certainly, be infinitely better than all our dark abortion free Irish yesterdays.
END OF EXTRACT
Mr Higgins' poem is reproduced below as legitimate fair use for the purpose of legitimate literary criticism (which I am sure he himself would agree must necessarily include criticism of the work's political-ideological assumptions), IN CAPITALS
A poem by Kevin Higgins
'Irish Government Minister Unveils Monument
To Victims of Pro-Life Amendment'
On a date to be confirmed,
when those who remember 1983
will sleep safely in their graves,
or be anxiously telling nurse
about the auld ones with crucifixes
they think are coming to get them
[HERE WE SEE MR HIGGINS REASSURING HIS AUDIENCE THAT HISTORY IS ON THEIR SIDE SO THEY CAN ASSUME THEY ARE RIGHT AND NEED NOT BOTHER WITH ARGUMENTS, AND THAT PRO-LIFERS WILL ONE DAY ONLY BE REMEMBERED AS SENILE LUNATICS AND SEMI-MYTHICAL GHOULS. NOTHING LIKE RIDICULING THE MESSENGER TO AVOID TAKING THE MESSAGE SERIOUSLY. THIS ALSO REFLECTS THE FACT THAT HE ASSUMES MUCH OF HIS AUDIENCE WILL BE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER 1983, SO HE IS REASSURING THEM THAT THEY ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO THAT DESIRED CONSUMMATION]
a girl, today
on holidays from primary school, [JUST LIKE TURN-OF-THE CENTURY IRISH REVIVAL OCCULTISTS PROCLAIMING THAT THE IRISH MESSIAH WAS ALREADY BORN AMONG US, ONCE AGAIN MR HIGGINS ASSURES HIS ASSOCIATES THAT HISTORY IS INEXORABLY MOVING IN THEIR DIRECTION]
by then grown into
a Maggie Thatcher suit, will thank
the Chamber of Commerce
for use of their microphone
as a pulled chord unwraps
this thing chipped from stone
AS MR HIGGINS IS PRETTY FAR-LEFT HE PRESUMABLY DOES NOT IDENTIFY WITH THIS MARY ROBINSON/MARGARET THATCHER FIGURE OR WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HIS POINT IS THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN HE PROGNOSTICATES, EVEN THE MOST HIDEBOUND IRISH ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES WILL RECOGNISE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION AS POSITIVELY EVIL, AND WILL BE ENGAGING IN COLLECTIVE SHOWS OF REPENTANCE FOR THEIR QUONDAM EXISTENCE AND HELPING TO PUT UP MONUMENTS TO THE 'VICTIMS' JUST AS AT PRESENT CHURCH AND STATE ARE ERECTING MONUMENTS TO THE GENUINE VICTIMS OF THE MAGDALEN LAUNDRIES, INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, AND CLERICAL ABUSE - I DETECT A FAIRLY DELIBERATE REFERENCE TO THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO VICTIMS OF INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE PLANNED FOR PARNELL SQUARE, AT THE BACK OF THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
of those forced
to change trains at Crewe clutching
solitary suitcases that screamed
one night only,
those that bled out in the backs
of London taxis after journeys
made possible by post office accounts
and extra hours at the newsagent’s;
[THIS IS AN EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO A WELL-KNOWN RECENT CASE, AND OF COURSE MR HIGGINS BLAMES IT ALL ON THE EVIL PRO-LIFERS AND GLOSSES OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ABORTIONIST FOR LETTING THIS WOMAN, WHO HAD A CLEARLY DEFINED MEDICAL CONDITION, LEAVE WITHOUT PROPER AFTERCARE OR OBSERVATION. IF HE THINKS IRISH-BASED ABORTIONISTS WOULD BE MORE FASTIDIOUS ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS IS PRETTY INCONGRUOUS WITH THE STANDARDS OF REGULATION WE GET IN IRELAND, AND WHICH LEFTIES LIKE MR HIGGINS NEVER CEASE TO EXCORIATE WHEN THEY CONCERN ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SACRAMENT OF ABORTION]
all because of a stick
which, for them, turned
the wrong colour
the wrong year
in the wrong country.
[THIS IS LIKE SAYING THAT NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS WERE ALL OVER A FEW PIECES OF LEAD AND PUFFS OF EXHAUST FUMES; IT'S WILFULLY GLOSSING OVER THE HUMAN LIFE AT STAKE. NOTE THAT MR HIGGINS DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE "CHOICE" - THOUGH THE REFERENCES TO POST OFFICE ACCOUNTS AND WORKING EXTRA HOURS AT THE NEWSAGENTS' IMPLIES THESE WOMEN ARE POOR AND HAVE DIFFICULTY RAISING THE FUNDS TO TRAVEL, THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION OF THE POEM IS THAT ABORTION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT RESTRICTION FOR ANY REASON OR NONE
And as the Minister continues,
across the road a little girl will grab
her mother’s arm and ask:
what’s that lady saying?
THE LITTLE GIRL, FOR MR HIGGINS, IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH OF THE PRO-ABORT PRINCIPLE, SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE UNABLE TO COMPREHEND THAT SUCH CREATURES AS PRO-LIFERS COULD EVER HAVE EXISTED, OR THAT ANYONE COULD EVER HAVE SERIOUSLY WISHED TO PROTECT THE LIFE OF THE UNBORN CHILD.
Mr Higgins trusts in the inevitable triumph of his version of civilisation, just as his literary model Mayakovsky trusted that the Marxist-Leninist state would produce the earthly paradise. Mayakovsky was disappointed in his expectation - though he didn't live to see the worst, because he killed himself when he realised the way things were going. Just as the bloody dictatorship that sold Mayakovsky and so many others that promise of earthly paradise didn't last forever, but destroyed many lives and did a vast amount of harm, so Mr Higgins and his cronies can do a vast amount of harm even though the universal moral blindness which he prognosticates may never come to pass. Educate, organise, to resist that darkness.
In the meantime, as GK Chesterton put it "Many clever men have trusted in civilisation - many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome". Mr Higgins' poem reminds me of someone else who believed the constitution of his own country should be reinterpreted to get rid of unrealistic pie-in-the-sky provisions about universal rights, provisions which in his opinion could only cause trouble; someone else who thought history was on his side and that all future generations would realise how right he had been and despise his narrow-minded opponents. In that case, the opponents were those who wished to abolish American slavery, so for comparison with Mr Higgins' effusion I leave you with Alexander Stephens, first and only vice-president of the Confederate States of America, telling his audience that history was on their side:
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech
But not to be tedious in enumerating the numerous changes for the better, allow me to allude to one other — though last, not least. The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution — African slavery as it exists amongst us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the "rock upon which the old Union would split." He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact. But whether he fully comprehended the great truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the constitution, was the prevailing idea at that time. The constitution, it is true, secured every essential guarantee to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument can be justly urged against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment of the day. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the government built upon it fell when the "storm came and the wind blew."
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science. It has been so even amongst us. Many who hear me, perhaps, can recollect well, that this truth was not generally admitted, even within their day. The errors of the past generation still clung to many as late as twenty years ago. Those at the North, who still cling to these errors, with a zeal above knowledge, we justly denominate fanatics. All fanaticism springs from an aberration of the mind — from a defect in reasoning. It is a species of insanity. One of the most striking characteristics of insanity, in many instances, is forming correct conclusions from fancied or erroneous premises; so with the anti-slavery fanatics; their conclusions are right if their premises were. They assume that the negro is equal, and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man. If their premises were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just — but their premise being wrong, their whole argument fails. I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the northern States, of great power and ability, announce in the House of Representatives, with imposing effect, that we of the South would be compelled, ultimately, to yield upon this subject of slavery, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics, as it was in physics or mechanics. That the principle would ultimately prevail. That we, in maintaining slavery as it exists with us, were warring against a principle, a principle founded in nature, the principle of the equality of men. The reply I made to him was, that upon his own grounds, we should, ultimately, succeed, and that he and his associates, in this crusade against our institutions, would ultimately fail. The truth announced, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as it was in physics and mechanics, I admitted; but told him that it was he, and those acting with him, who were warring against a principle. They were attempting to make things equal which the Creator had made unequal.
In the conflict thus far, success has been on our side, complete throughout the length and breadth of the Confederate States. It is upon this, as I have stated, our social fabric is firmly planted; and I cannot permit myself to doubt the ultimate success of a full recognition of this principle throughout the civilized and enlightened world.
As I have stated, the truth of this principle may be slow in development, as all truths are and ever have been, in the various branches of science. It was so with the principles announced by Galileo-it was so with Adam Smith and his principles of political economy. It was so with Harvey, and his theory of the circulation of the blood. It is stated that not a single one of the medical profession, living at the time of the announcement of the truths made by him, admitted them. Now, they are universally acknowledged. May we not, therefore, look with confidence to the ultimate universal acknowledgment of the truths upon which our system rests? It is the first government ever instituted upon the principles in strict conformity to nature, and the ordination of Providence, in furnishing the materials of human society. Many governments have been founded upon the principle of the subordination and serfdom of certain classes of the same race; such were and are in violation of the laws of nature. Our system commits no such violation of nature's laws. With us, all of the white race, however high or low, rich or poor, are equal in the eye of the law. Not so with the negro. Subordination is his place. He, by nature, or by the curse against Canaan, is fitted for that condition which he occupies in our system. The architect, in the construction of buildings, lays the foundation with the proper material-the granite; then comes the brick or the marble. The substratum of our society is made of the material fitted by nature for it, and by experience we know that it is best, not only for the superior, but for the inferior race, that it should be so. It is, indeed, in conformity with the ordinance of the Creator. It is not for us to inquire into the wisdom of his ordinances, or to question them. For his own purposes, he has made one race to differ from another, as he has made "one star to differ from another star in glory."
THAT is the sort of speech Mr Higgins' imagined minister will be making if his proposed monument is ever unveiled, and if you or I or any of us happen to be present, let us make a face and go home to our catacombs to write a rebuttal for samizdat circulation. But in the meantime let us educate, organise and agitate so that that day may never come, or if it does come there will always be witnesses against it.”
As my mother used to say: now will you go to Mass! He's a great man for the capital letters, is old Hibernicus.
Both of the poems he refers to here feature in my soon to be launched new poetry collection, The Ghost in the Lobby.
I very much hope that Hibernicus, Beelzebub bless him, will come to the Galway launch, to which he is very invited.
Labels: 'Irish Government Minister Unveils Monument To Victims of Pro-Life Amendment', Irish Catholics, The Ghost In The Lobby, What The Virgin At Knock Would Say If She Could Speak
Are You Or Have You Ever Been A Member of The Communist Party?
This was a question the late Senator McCarthy often asked people. The answer, in case you're wondering, is no I've never. But I do have a poem in the current issue of Communist Review, the theoretical journal of the still existant Communist Pary of Britain.
And my next poetry collection is being launched in London on April 20th by the one time President of the Slovak Communist Youth Movement.
Labels: Austerity Mantra, Communist Party, Communist Review
Seattle launch of 'The Ghost in The Lobby', my fourth poetry collection
My fourth poetry collection, The Ghost in The Lobby, published by Salmon, will be launched by Professor Marck Beggs at the big Salmon Poetry event at this year's AWP Conference in Seattle at the end of the month.
Marck Beggs
The launch takes place at the big Salmon Poetry event on Friday, February 28th, 7pm at the conference, which is the biggest annual literary gathering in North America.
Here's the details from the AWP website:
"F310A Salmon Poetry: A Reception and Reading to Celebrate our Spring Poetry Collections
Kirkland Room, Sheraton Seattle, 3rd Floor
Our Spring Poetry Collections: Featuring Raina Leone, Cameron Conaway, Stephen Powers, Philip Fried, Jean Kavanagh, Kelly Moffit, Lex Runciman, John Menaghan, John Fitzgerald, Kevin Higgins, Jo Slade, Ed Madden, Joseph P. Woods, Jo Pitkin, Mary Pinard, Dan Moran, Robert McDowell, Alan Jude Moore, Jacqueline Kolosov-Wenthe, and Laura-Grey Street."
Labels: AWP Conference, Marck Beggs, Salmon Poetry, Seattle, Sheraton Hotel
Back in The Enfield Independent
The last time I featured in the Enfield Independent was about 1993. But, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, here we go again: Former Mayor of Enfield Nadia Conway to launch poetry book written by Enfield's Poll Tax rebel Kevin Higgins
Labels: Haringey Irish Centre, Nadia Conway, The Ghost In The Lobby
Dialectics 2: I thought the word 'Workers' in Galway Socialist Workers Party was a real word
I've been at it again, thinking undialectically. In everyday talk this means that I didn't realise that what I know to be the truth is actually the opposite of the truth i.e. a wicked lie that only serves imperialism. I confess my error and am truly thankful to Galway Socialist Workers Party (pictured above) for putting me right.
It all started late last night when I noticed that Galway SWP are holding a meeting this very evening on the subject of 'Poetry, Politics and the Left'. I should have looked away but I am a weak man. And not just when it comes to Galway SWP.
Moments earlier I clicked like on a photograph of Jeff Goldblum (pictured below) and as a result got caught up in a Facebook fad in which anyone who clicks like on a Jeff Goldblum photo has to themselves post a photograph of, yes, Jeff Goldblum.
It should be pointed out that Jeff Goldblum (pictured above on the right) has never, so far as I am aware, had any connection with Galway SWP (pictured below with the sign about the C.I.A.).
Anyway, as I say, I am a weak man and plead guilty. I should have continued looking at pictures of Jeff Goldblum but didn't. Instead, I clicked that I would be attending the Galway SWP event. It was the event's title that grabbed me. 'Poetry, Politics & the Left' was also the title of an interview Red Banner magazine in Dublin did with me back in 2009. You can read that here.
Then, in a particular moment of madness, I posted a link to this poem, on the Facebook page of Galway SWP's 'Poetry, Politics & the Left' event. It's about an entirely fictional Community Employment Scheme where the rights of the employees were trampled on. The title of the poem is simply 'Community Employment Scheme'. Read for yourself.
What I got wrong is I assumed that the word 'Workers' in Galway Socialist Workers Party meant that they would like such a poem, which is, after all, written from the point of view a FÁS (now Solas) scheme participant. I thought the word 'Workers' in Galway Socialist Workers Party was a real word. Seems it's more like the 'Democratic' in German Democratic Republic.
It was the dialectics that got me, your honour. If I'd looked at the issue from the point of view of the anti-imperialist struggle in Iraq/Afghanistan/Syria/Palestine, I'd have known that not all abusive and incompetent FÁS scheme managers are actually abusive and incompetent. Those are just more words. And the words people use to describe the things that happen to them are subjective i.e. their own and so are not to be trusted.
If I'd looked at it from the correct Marxist position i.e. while standing on my head in the middle of Shop Street and listening to Galway SWP (pictured above) shout slogans down a megaphone, I'd have known that sometimes it's not that simple.
Sometimes the not at all abusive, not at all incompetent FÁS scheme manager is actually an anti-imperialist who's forever big mouthing it about Iraq and Shannon and Palestine.
In such instances, in the interests of the anti-imperialist struggle, a real Marxist would say that those bastard Community Employment Scheme participants deserve everything they get:
that it's okay if their wages were paid late;
that it's okay for their Manager to write secret reports about them, full of things that are well, not true, and then circulate said reports to the Board and another employee;
that it's okay that the Scheme participants themselves should not be shown these reports, or be given a chance to respond to them;
that it's okay that the Scheme participants should only learn of these reports' existence when the Manager is stupid enough to leave them in an envelope on one scheme participant's desk;
that it's okay when the scheme participants eventually resign and find other employment that the Scheme Manager should, on a number of occasions, use the company website to post demeaming and abusive comments about these now former employers;
that it's okay that said Scheme Manager should email people, who the former scheme participants go on to work with, to try and make trouble for them in their new employments.
I should have realised that it's fine to do all of these things so long as you're also prepared to rattle on about Iraq and Shannon and drones and Afghanistan in the pages of the Ballygar Arsewipe.
Furthermore, I should also have known that it's very, very okay for the Socialist Workers Party to support such an individual by signing petitions asking the government to give them more money and describing him in their paper as someone who always speaks his mind.
Within minutes Galway Socialist Workers Party deleted the link to my poem which I posted with only the following fairly mild commentary:
"This is a poem about a corrupt and abusive government back to work scheme."
I thank the Galway SWP for giving me this lesson in the dialectics of anti-imperialism. I was lost. But now I'm found.
Labels: Community Employment Scheme, Socialist Workers Party
Sympathy for Rosita Boland
Irish Times journalist and travel writer Rosita Boland is also an aspiring poet. And more power to her fur coat. Everyone should give poetry a try. She first came to my serious attention when her article about the 2012 Cúirt Festival of International Literature appeared in the Irish Times. She had been sent by our paper of record to cover the festival.
From the sound of it Rosita didn't enjoy that year's Cúirt. Her tone was that of a 1960s parish priest who, after the Stations mass in auntie Bridie's and uncle Pat's farmhouse, had suffered the indignity of having to wait to be fed like the rest of us, rather than being rushed to the parlour to breakfast (with the men). Her piece ignored most of the main festival events and concentrated on what amounted to a posh girl attack on the festival for being too inclusive. Rosita took particular exception to the fact that, at that year's Cúirt Over The Edge New Writers' Showcase event, audience members applauded after every single one of Kevin O'Shea's poems. It isn't easy, I do realise, for aspiring poets to listen to others get such applause. Whines such as Rosita's should be compassionately listened to, before one orders another - make that a double - brandy.
Rosita's May 2012 article provoked a big Facebook reaction: every literary crank/fraud/failure in the country took a break from playing with themselves to click like. When the cranks, fraunds and failures gather on Facebook to like attacks on literary inclusivity, they often liken themselves to Soviet dissidents. Really, they are complaining about their last rejection slip. Or the fact that Cúirt didn't invite them to read that particular year. Yes, people are sometimes that simple, that sad.
In today's Irish Times Rosita's target is Áosdana. Of course Rosita being Rosita she doesn't just come out and say it. In terms of directness she is, I think it's fair to say, no Christopher Hitchens. No doubt the aforementioned Soviet dissidents will be out and about soon to click like and comment approvingly.
The only result of this gutless article will be to give succour to those who want to cut spending on the arts further. Fine Gael Junior Ministers everywhere will experience a warm feeling in their bits. Rosita appears not to like her fellow artists much, be they near beginners or at the top of their game. I feel sorry for her, it can't be easy being Rosita. We should all send her sympathy cards c/o The Irish Times.
I plan also to have a special Mass said for her. It will, I hope, be concelebrated by John Waters and Breda O'Brien.
Labels: Áosdana, Rosita Boland
Chichester, Wednesday April 23rd
Chichester Open Mic poetry reading at New Park Centre, Chichester Wed April 23rd, 7.30 – 9pm. Reading from guest poet Kevin Higgins 7.35-8pm, followed by open mic, with a final poem from Kevin Higgins. Bar and chat, book stall, etc.
New Park Centre
New Park Road
PO19 7XY
Kevin Higgins facilitates poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre and teaches creative writing at Galway Technical Institute. He is also Writer-in-Residence at Merlin Park Hospital and the poetry critic of the Galway Advertiser. He was a founding co-editor of The Burning Bush literary magazine and is co-organiser of Over The Edge literary events in Galway City.
His poetry collections include The Boy With No Face (2005), Time Gentlemen, Please (2008), Frightening New Furniture (2010) all published by Salmon. His work also features in the generation defining anthology Identity Parade – New British and Irish Poets (Ed Roddy Lumsden, Bloodaxe, 2010). Mentioning The War, a collection of his essays and reviews was published in April 2012 by Salmon and has been described by prominent member of the Irish Parliament (Dáil) Clare Daly as “a really good and provocative read. It will jolt you; it will certainly touch you; make you laugh; maybe make you snarl a little bit as well, depending on where you come from or what your background is.”
Kevin’s poetry has been translated into Greek, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Japanese & Portuguese. The Ghost In The Lobby is his fourth collection of poems.
Praise for Kevin Higgins’s poetry:
“His contribution to the development of Irish satire is indisputable…Higgins’ poems embody all of the cunning and deviousness of language as it has been manipulated by his many targets... it is clear that Kevin Higgins’ voice and the force of his poetic project are gaining in confidence and authority with each new collection.” Philip Coleman
“With backstage guardians in Paul Durcan (see his titles) and Patrick Kavanagh, Kevin Higgins's work has a buoyant spoken immediacy (often taking the form of dramatic monologues), his poems springing out of colloquial address and celebrating the ordinary through a use of quotidian bric-a-brac, which he often pits - with positive effect - against larger (but no more important) forces…Comedy is part of his poetics, and what I especially like in his work is its swiftness of wit, its tone of buoyant contrarianism and jubilant disappointment”, Eamonn Grennan, The Irish Times
“It is a profound compliment to the quality of Kevin’s writing that you can disagree with the content and yet find yourself still reading on and appreciating the style. You’d have to say that he is one of the lead poets of his generation in Ireland at this stage.” Clare Daly T.D.
“Gil Scott Heron’s The Revolution Will Not Be Televised as re-told by Victor Meldrew”. Phil Brown, Eyewear
“Higgins picks apart the human condition, its disappointments and indulgences, with vigour and acumen.” Roddy Lumsden
“good satirical savagery”. The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000
Labels: Chichester Open Mic poetry reading, New Park Centre, The Ghost In The Lobby
Tuesday 29th April, 6pm at Pearse Street Library: two new poetry collections come to Dublin
Pearse Street Library is very accessible by public transport and close to the city centre. For exact directions see here.
Labels: Doire Press, Fear Knot, Salmon Poetry, Susan Lindsay, The Ghost In The Lobby
About Woody Allen
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So said Leo Tolstoy in the opening sentence of Anna Karenina. It's clear that Woody Allen knows a thing or two about unhappy families. Today's New York Times has published an open letter from Allen's adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow in which she alleges that he sexually abused her when she was seven years old. You can read Dylan Farrow's Open Letter here.
I have a confession to make: I'm a Woody Allen fan, especially of the films he made in the seventies and eighties. It's easy when such allegations are made against people one doesn't like, such as, say, the late Father Sean Fortune.
Unlike Woody Allen, Father Fortune has no fans. Though he had plenty of apologists in and around County Wexford and in the Catholic Hierarchy when it mattered.
Some people have said that the resurfacing of these allegations would make them refrain from ever again watching any of Woody Allen's films. Dylan Farrow's Open Letter ends with the sentence: "Now, what's your favorite Woody Allen movie?" It is understandable that she might say this. For others, though, to say that you can't separate the art from the artist is, well, the sort of stupid one would expect from people who watch Eastenders, vote for UKIP, take all of Michael D Higgins's statements at face value, think Michele Bachmann is great or that the Iona Institute have a point.
It is on the obvious side to say that many artists are not nice people. For legal reasons I can speak only of the dead. Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Gauguin or Henri Toulouse Lautrec - in the unlikely event of their reincarnation - would not be the best people to put teaching creative writing or painting to your teenage daughter. And as for the Marquis de Sade, well, he definitely wouldn't get the Garda clearance necessary to work as a tutor on Poetry Ireland's Writers-in-Schools scheme; yet it has to be a good bet that his Justine will still be in print long after most of Maya Angelou is discreetly forgotten. It's not about who you'd rather have round for dinner.
And it's not just the sex. Emily Dickinson was, well, racist in her attitude against Irish and other immigrants to the United States in the late nineteenth century. The novelist Jack London said "I am first of all a white man, only then a socialist." Ezra Pound was a loud and active supporter of Benito Mussolini and the French novelist Louis Ferdinand Celine became a quite deranged anti-semite and a big fan of Nazism. So much so that even some Nazis thought Celine a tad extreme. His novel Journey To The End of The Night, published in 1930, had one perhaps surprising fan though: the Jew and Bolshevik Leon Trotsky who warmly reviewed the book. Read for yourself. As you'll see from the last paragraph, he was not content just to be a fan:
"Céline will not write a second book with such an aversion for the lie and such a disbelief in the truth. The dissonance must resolve itself. Either the artist will make his peace with the darkness or he will perceive the dawn."
None of this invalidates Journey To The End of The Night, or makes any of the hundreds of mediocre-but-worthy tomes composed by harmless types during the 1930s a better novel than Journey To The End of The Night. Know the artist's biography. Know where their art comes from. Sure. But the art itself is separate from the issue of whether you would want to have the artist around for Fondu or to leave them minding your five year old.
Perhaps the thing that most disturbs me about this latest episode is the way the allegations have surfaced i.e. via an Open Letter to the New York Times rather than a complaint to the police.
The UK Socialist Workers Party (SWP) have, of late, gotten themselves into grotesque tangles because of their attempt to deal internally - through the party's 'Disputes Committee' - with allegations of serious sexual impropriety made by a young female member of the organisation against one of the SWP's leaders. Just google the words 'Comrade Delta' and see for yourself. Allegations of this sort cannot be dealt with either by the Disputes Committee of the SWP or by Open Letters to the New York Times.
If there is a case to answer, it should be answered in a court of law, for it is the only institution so qualified. Courts don't always bring justice, of course. But they bring more justice more often than online comments, secretive internal committees or righteous villagers with blazing torches.
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ZOMBIE COOKBOOK: Preparing first music video of career
News published Friday, April 04, 2014
Zumbangers, rejoice! What each postmortem being always dreamed of is about to happen: ZOMBIE COOKBOOK is preparing its first official music video.
With promises of “great affection, care, dedication, sweat, blood and decomposed pieces”, the band said a little of what’s to come on their first audiovisual production.
The song of the video is part of the Split with the band Offal, to be released later this year, and takes the sweet name of ‘Motel Hell’. Soon the zombies will make available more details.
ZOMBIE COOKBOOK recently announced that their latest album will be released on vinyl format with a poster, pictured below. In addition to the poster, the LP ‘Outside The Grave’ come in gatefold format.
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W.D. Hearn sign up with Japanese high end manufacturer Kitamura Machinery
Kitamura Machinery has announced its partnership with W.D. Hearn as the new exclusive distributor for the sales and service of Kitamura products in South Africa.
Family owned and operated, Kitamura Machinery has been developing state-of-the-art machine tools since 1933. Machining centre manufacture became the company’s mainstay in 1971 as the company saw growth in this segment for future generations. Today, as a result of Kitamura’s original technologies and a reputation for high reliability, Kitamura has a full line of CNC vertical, horizontal and 5-Axis machining centres sold to a customer base in 52 countries worldwide.
Kitamura’s commitment to Research and Development has led to industrial growth with the procurement of over 200 patents and patents pending in machining center design. These include Kitamura’s own CNC control system platform. The company also boasts that it has the world’s fastest rapid feedrates of 60mpm on solid box ways.
“We felt that the Kitamura machines were the perfect fit for our customer’s requirements in the range of products offered,” said Ray Cooper, MD of W.D Hearn.
“Kitamura has a broad line of horizontal machining centres (from 250mm pallet to one metre) that can each be equipped with live hydraulic fixtures if desired. In addition Kitamura manufactures several models of pallet changing vertical machining centres that are great products for our production machining customers,” continued Cooper.
“Since the company was established in 1937, W.D. Hearn has been providing high quality machine tools and automation solutions for the metalworking industry. In 1987 we sold our first CNC machining centre and have since installed over 1000 machines countrywide.”
“Besides machining centres Kitamura also manufactures a range of CNC bridge mills and jig borers. Kitamura also offers a variety of systems and cells tailored to fit any type of machining application.”
A recent introduction by the company has been the Kitamura Mycenter 4XT 5-axis machining centre with an integrated trunnion table. Featuring a work envelope of 800 by 610 by 510mm in X, Y and Z, an A-axis tilt travel of -42 to +120°, and a 0 to 260° rotational C-axis, the Mycenter 4XT features a solid box guideway configuration that incorporates a four-slideway base construction design.
The machine features a dual contact spindle (BT40) with a speed range from 20 to 15,000 rpm and 26 kW power output.
Rapids of 36 m/min operate in the X, Y and Z axes, with cutting feed rates of 10 m/min. This speed is possible for 4+1 axis machining with a rapid feed on the A and C axes of 4,800 and 8,000 deg/min respectively. The 30-tool ATC can change tools in 2.5 seconds.
W.D Hearn provides installation, training, applications, warranty and after warranty service on machine tools of all kinds. W.D Hearn offers single source manufacturing solutions for a wide range of industries including high speed machining for the die mould industry, automotive, production machining and provides tool room equipment sales.
In the past 12 months W.D Hearn has officially signed agreements with Tornos who have a niche of Swiss type lathes and multi spindle machines, Starrett who manufacture precision measuring tools and equipment, Sisma who provide laser sources and systems for welding, marking, 3-D and cutting, Nikon Metrology who supply portable measuring and articulated arms amongst other optical inspection and mechanical 3D metrology solutions complemented with vision measuring instruments, Flow waterjet systems for the Eastern and Western Cape, Renishaw and recently Mitsubishi EDM and WEDM.
W.D Hearn has fully fledged branches in Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town that are able to offer virtually the full spectrum of technology involved in metal removal, from high end equipment to accommodating those companies that prefer to be more cautious in their capital spend.
For further details contact W.D. Hearn on TEL: 021 534 5351 or visit www.wdhearn.co.za
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Andrea and Mike's Wedding at St Nicholas Church Pevensey
This was my second Slovakian wedding, although strictly speaking I suppose it was only halfway as Andrea is from Slovakia and Mike is from England, but they had loads of traditional wedding games so I think it still counts.
They had their wedding ceremony at St Nicholas Church in Pevensey, which is a beautiful old Grade I listed building dating back to 1205. Not only that but it has a really nice, helpful, smiley vicar who is more than happy to work with with respectful photographers. Being right next door to Pevensey Castle, we obviously had to go over there for some group photographs and then some messing around on the bridge over the moat. I have heard recently that it is possible to have your wedding in Pevensey Castle but I'm not entirely sure about this and besides, with the church about 100 metres away you can have both.
From there we moved on to the Hungry Monk in Jevington for the wedding breakfast which is when the traditional Slovakian wedding games started. We had plate smashing and sweeping up, drinking either brandy or salt water, the Bride and Grooms hands got tied together and then they had to share a bowl of traditional soup. It was all brilliant fun and lovely to see these wedding traditions being done. They still have them a lot in Germany I know, but I'm sure we must have had lots of our own that seem to have been lost.
With everyone fed, watered and gamed out (for the moment), the guests headed back to Pevensey while Andrea, Mike and I went for a spin to Birling Gap and then Eastbourne Seafront for photographs by the Bandstand. The weather was lovely and we timed it just right for the best of the early evening light.
The evening reception was in a Marquee and was fuelled by lots of traditional brandy, I've tried it previously and it's scary stuff. After the first dance we were back into the wedding games. My favourite was the passing of hats from one person to another as music got faster and faster, which is actually much more fun than it sounds and had everyone in hysterics. All in all, an excellent wedding that really couldn't have been better.
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THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN'S CUSTOMER
AND YOU THOUGHT OUR CAR THIEVES WERE BAD!
The Maestro's Worldwide Spies keep him up to date on events throughout the World of Science, Politics, & Porsches. (After all, it was through his Man in Zurich that he found his first big batch of Virgin, Porsche Industrial Engines, hundreds of which have gone many thousands of miles and/or won many races.)
Others have told him about "The X-Ray Flash in the South Atlantic" back in '77, during the Cold, Dark Days of the Carter Administration, that was shown recently to be what exactly what he was told- and Published in "The ABC's of Porsche Engines". Nope, it WASN'T meteorites hitting the Vela Satellites. Or Sun Spots.
It was a joint Israeli/South African A-Bomb test.
Then there was the Cat and the Transporter.
Anyhow, there was a Man From England, whom we'll call The Englishman, who called the Maestro for a bit of advice about a 356-based Race Engine that had broken down on a European Rally through the French Alps.
The Engine had suffered an inadvertent overrev when the throttle stuck wide open- the engine revved waayyyy up with the result that it now wasn't running too well.
What Damage could be done to an Engine by overrevving it?
Try EVERYTHING! "Well," said the Maestro querying his Personal Data Base. "Ifin the overrev occurs REALLY quickly- like on a downshift into First instead of Third, the Flywheel Dowel Pins can be sheared off! Cleanly Decapitated. Like by Guillotine."
But since the English Rally Race Engine in the French Alps was still running (albeit poorly), the Flywheel must still be connected to the crankshaft, so sheared dowels aren't the problem. Here.
The Second Bad Thing is the beating the Valve Train takes when "Valve Float occurs, which it likely did here.
At extreme revs, the valve springs can't close the valve fast enough and the valve "floats" open. If that happens, the Exhaust valves can be hit by the Pistons- the exhaust valve cut-out notwithstanding- and BEND the valves. (And the Maestro has one Ate 3043 356A/B exhaust Valve, so badly bent that it traces out an "S". Should be in an ad for Ate though - there were NO cracks in the badly bent "S" section.)
Obviously, a bent valve won't seal very well and can be easily picked out by a compression or leakdown test. Or by checking valve gaps. When you find the valve with the quarter-inch gap, you've found one problem. There may be more.
The Third Baddest Overrev Failure is that of the Weakest Link in the Valve Train- the Pushrods- which sometimes bend like pretzels.
They bend because the Valve smacks the Piston- the resulting sudden impulse load fails the column-like pushrod catastrophically. Or breaks off a Normal's Cast Iron Cam Follower Head.
The next day, the English Gentleman called back- to say that, Lo and Behold, there WERE a couple of Bent Pushrods, Mate. But after replacing them with good pushrods, it turned out that the engine still wouldn't run right. The Valves were bent also!
So, there you are, stuck in the French Alps with bent Valves. You out of Luck, Bo'! And the Race was over for the English Gentleman's Customer.
Having some free time before the Engine arrived back from Frogland, the English Gentleman told the Maestro a Story.
It went kinda like this:
A friend of The English Gentleman bought a 1967 912 from California and had it imported to Africa where he was working- in Nairobi, Kenya.
Being in Nairobi, the guy necessarily did his own maintenance and tune-ups, and called the English Gentleman many times for needed Parts and advice. (Hummh, thinks the Maestro- Somehow that sounds familiar.)
But once the guy had his local Nairobi mechanic fix an exhaust leak while he (the owner) went on a trip back to Headquarters. And Civilization.
When the owner got back, his "mechanic" had pulled the 912's engine out and stripped it down to the Lower End, by pulling off only the Right Hand Case Half, was now in totally over his head, and declined vociferously to do any more work on the engine.
So, the owner had the engine shipped back to the English Gentleman in, appropriately, London, England for a compete rebuild.
Once rebuilt, shipped back to Nairobi and put back in the 912, the car ran very well indeed, and became the envy of the town.
Too much a temptation, apparently.
For one day, the owner was awakened at Four in the Morning by a Machete held against his throat by one of two rather large Nairobi natives standing over him.
They hog-tied and blindfolded him, and threw him in the back of his OWN 912! And there's not much room there.
And then the thieves got in the car and drove. And drove.
And drove.
Although time must pass quite quickly when you're having fun like this, hog tied in the back of your own car, the owner estimated they drove for some four hours.
Finally, the thieves stopped the car- wayyyyyy out in the Outback. (And when you're in the "Outback" in Kenya, you're in the OUTBACK!).
The guy figures he's dead meat.
They drag him out of the back seat and toss him by the side of the "road", such as it is. And it is here that the owner feels the immediate need to get in touch with his God, for he thought surely that not only are his days numbered, but that number is now near ZERO.
They throw him on the ground. And. And. And....
And they get back in the 912 and drive off.
Leaving the guy in the dirt by the Side of the Road, hog-tied and blindfolded.
Eventually, he managed to scrape off the Blindfold so he could at least see, but he couldn't get loose from the ropes tying his hands behind his back.
Try as he might- and he tried all day- he couldn't get free.
And now night was coming to the African Savannah.
Night came.
And so did the Night Dwellers.
The Spiders.
The Snakes.
The Scorpions.
The Lions!
And there he was, hog tied and helpless.
Now, picture yourself in a similar position. Ifin you were a betting man, what odds would you give that this poor guy hog-tied and helpless would make it through a night on the Lone African Prairie?
Somehow, by some Miracle, he made it through the night unscathed.
And all the next day.
And then night fell again.
And he was still hog-tied!
And again- out came the Snakes, the Spiders. The Lions. And this time they came Closer this time. Like they could sense their dinner getting weaker. Which it/he was!
Amazingly, by a Double Miracle, he made it through the second night unscathed too!
After two days ad two nights with no food nor water, hog-tied on the African Outback, the guy again figures that the Third Time's the Charm and again his days were down to Zero.
It was then that a Range Rover "Tour Bus" bounced down the outback rut that was the "road", and FOUND HIM!
Un-hog-tied him and gave him food and drink.
Yes, Saved his life! That too.
And just WHY did they happen to find him?
Why, because the tour guide was attracted by all the Wildlife that seemed to be grouped in one place- over where the hog-tied guy was, just waiting for him to become dinner- THEIR dimmer!
The guy was rubbing his raw, rope-roughened hands as the Range Rover bounced down the road. A few miles down the road, off to the side of the road, what should he spy but
HIS 912!
With both doors wide open and nobody around.
The guy couldn't believe it! He cautiously walked over to the 912 to check it out. The keys were still in the ignition. The battery was dead too, because: THE THIEVES HAD RUN OUT OF GAS!
And had run the battery down trying to start it!
The tour bus had a spare jerrycan of gas, so the owner poured that into the 912 and pushed it a bit. Got in, popped the clutch, the engine started, and off he went, back to Nairobi.
And immediately transferred to Equatorial Norway.
These things happen ifin you:
Keep the 356/912 Faith
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Ride of the Month - January, 2007
Garvey Race Boat - owned by Tony Yagiello
Ride of the Month is Tony Yagiello’s Garvey Race Boat. Tony first got involved in Garvey racing in 1989 when he was a crew member for the Chadwick racing team, where he also used to build the engines for them.
In 2004 Tony formed Extreme Racing, His boat is a 17foot 8inch Fricke built Glass over marine plywood hull, it weighs 1760 lbs complete with fuel.
His original engine was a 283 small block Chevy to run in the 2 barrel class, which they also ran in 2005. For 2006 they stepped up to the 315/ 4 barrel class, the current engine is a 307, 30 over fitted with a GM 327 steel crank, Manley sportsman steel rods and Wiesco forged pistons, Rings are by Total Seal, CV pushrods operate the Manley Valves in the 305 cylinder heads. Induction is taken care of with an Edlebrock super victor manifold and stock Holley 650 carb. Ignition is by way of a GM HEI distributor.
A Menkins tool steel propeller that has been coated by Jet hot pushes it all through the water, The boat has Hydraulic steering and a foot operated Glenwood override* plate.
* Override plate (Cavitation Plate) = A spoiler fitted to the transom that by its use can push the bow down into the water to allow faster turns.
Tony's son Tony Jr drove the boat in 2006 co piloted by Cory Chadwick where they finished 2nd in the championship, pretty good considering they had 5 DNF's from flipping the boat twice. This is a family sport with Tony's wife Diane and his other children Mike (16) and Samantha (13) along with the Chadwick family who are into the 3rd generation (Corey) involved in Garvey Racing.
Garvey Racing originated in the 1950s when the Clammers of Barnegat Bay NJ used to grudge race their fishing boats (Garvey) to see who had the fastest in an annual contest. No one could afford to blow the boat up though as that would be the end of their earning potential. The Prize for being the fastest….. "Bragging Rights" (possibly the most prized thing you can give a racer). As with most things improvements in the economy picked up to the stage now where racing a Garvey does not involve risking the family income for a few months.
There are 6 classes to run in and 10 meetings a year, one of which will be at a different town.
More information can be found here: www.ecbrcnj.com. I recommend that you take a look and learn a bit about yet another motorized sport.
Good luck to Extreme Racing in 2007!
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Review: Photoshop CS5 And CS5 Extended
Lesa Snider, Macworld
If you work in advertising or graphic design, the new Content-Aware Fill and the improved Refine Edge dialog are worth the upgrade price, not to mention the hundreds of enhancements that will make your editing life easier. If you never work in 3D, you can get away with the standard version of the program and save $300. That said, the extended version makes more sense because it includes extra goodies such as the option to load several images into a Photoshop document automatically (File ->Scripts ->Load Files into Stack), more powerful video editing, animation control, and more.
Apple-owned Lala Music Service To Close, Offer iTunes Credit
David Chartier, Macworld
Acquired by Apple in December 2009, streaming "music locker in the cloud" service Lala announced that it will shut down next month, but it leaves its users with a lovely parting gift.
Adobe Ships Creative Suite 5 With 64-bit Support For Mac
Adobe on Friday announced that its anticipated Creative Suite 5 product family is now available, with more than 250 new features and, for the first time ever, native 64-bit support for Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Apple V. Adobe: Something Just Doesn't Add Up
Tony Bradley, PC World
So, Apple doesn't want to allow Flash as a development platform because it doesn't want the advancement and innovation of the iPhone or iPad platforms to be at the mercy of Adobe. That seems fairly reasonable, but it doesn't fully explain why Apple took the extra--seemingly petty--measure of banning iPhone and iPad apps that are ported from Flash.
Apple Releases Aperture 3.0.3
Heather Kelly, Macworld
Areas mentioned in Apple's release notes include improvements for working with Faces, tracking with GPS in Places, duplicating Smart Albums, and applying adjustments such as Chromatic Aberration.
Mac Gems: Keyboard Maestro 4.2
Christopher Breen, Macworld
Keyboard Maestro is a fine macro utility offered at a reasonable price. If you don’t need the extra power offered by QuicKeys—specifically, decision actions and Web actions—and seek an easier-to-use tool, Keyboard Maestro is a solid option.
Mac Gems: iKey 2.4.4
iKey is a good macro utility and the most affordable one available to Mac users. Its set of commands is reasonably complete and its option to trigger macros from menus and palettes is welcome. For those on a budget who need a basic-to-intermediate macro application, iKey is a good fit. If you’re looking for more advanced options, Keyboard Maestro or QuicKeys are better choices.
Adobe CEO Reponds To Steve's Flash Rant
Dave Caolo, TUAW
In response to Steve's assertion that "...Flash is the number one reason Macs crash," Narayen said that, if Adobe does crash a Mac, it's probably got something "to do with the Apple operating system."
AT&T Posts iPad 3G Data Information
Thoughts On Flash
Steve Jobs, Apple
Besides the fact that Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support touch based devices, there is an even more important reason we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. We have discussed the downsides of using Flash to play video and interactive content from websites, but Adobe also wants developers to adopt Flash to create apps that run on our mobile devices.
We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.
This becomes even worse if the third party is supplying a cross platform development tool. The third party may not adopt enhancements from one platform unless they are available on all of their supported platforms. Hence developers only have access to the lowest common denominator set of features. Again, we cannot accept an outcome where developers are blocked from using our innovations and enhancements because they are not available on our competitor’s platforms.
4 Ways To Keep An iPad Secure And Private
Riva Richmond, New York Times
An iPad contains a wealth of personal information. Here are four ways you can keep that information private and secure.
Review: Keynote 1.0 For iPad
Franklin N. Tessler, Macworld
Keynote for iPad is a good value as a standalone tool. But as a complement to the desktop version, Keynote for iPad is disappointing.
Review: Numbers 1.0 For iPad
Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Taken for what it is (an incredibly feature-rich spreadsheet program running with a full touch interface on a 1.5 pound portable computing device) Numbers is a good start, and should meet the needs of most anyone looking to use their iPad to create and work with spreadsheets.
Review: Pages 1.0 For iPad
Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
Apple’s iPad word processor offers amazing features but lacks basic and necessary printing and file sharing options.
Apple May Charge $1 Mln To Display Mobile Ads: Report
Sakthi Prasad, Reuters
Apple Inc may charge about $1 million for displaying advertisements on its mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal said, citing advertisement executives.
The rates may be even more to be among the first to advertise, the paper said.
Developers Speak Up On The 2010 ADAs
Brett Terpstra, TUAW
Developers are talking, debating and speculating about the exclusion of Mac desktop apps from this year's Apple Design Awards.
Browsing The Aisles Of Apple's iBookstore
Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
E-book store has potential, but there are early missteps.
Apple Prepares 3G-enabled iPads For Shipment
Customers in the U.S. who placed their pre-orders for 3G-enabled iPads early enough may commence refreshing Delivery Status and FedEx.com.
Dead Zone Doldrums Test Skills Of iPhone Customers
Paul Boutin, New York Times
To offset inconsistent cellular service, users have resorted to making calls from different locations and investing in microcell hardware.
First Look: iPad Camera Connection Kit
Hands-on With Bento For iPad
Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
If you are a user of general database apps, Bento for iPad fits the bill as a somewhat scaled-down version of the desktop app. The layout mode isn’t as robust and videos don’t play, but for basic info, the application works and is well worth the $4.99 price tag.
Apple Acquires Mobile Search Company Siri
Ed Baig, USA Today
Apple has acquired Siri, maker of a dutiful voice-activated "virtual personal assistant" iPhone app. The clever app, which I first saw at the All Things Digital conference last May and reviewed here in February, elevates mobile search to a whole new level. It is meant to help you plan things. Bark out "I need a taxi" and Siri will deliver nearby options. Ask it to remind you to send flowers to your mom for Mother's Day and the app will send an email at the right time to jog your memory. Siri comes out of SRI International's Artificial Intelligence project.
Adobe Clutches Chance To Bury Steve Jobs 'Hog' Insult
Cade Metz, The Register
After calling Flash a "CPU hog," Steve Jobs has given Adobe the chance to live down this now famous insult. And Adobe is taking it.
Did Microsoft Just Step In To Help HTC Fight Apple? Or Are They After Android Too?
MG Siegler, TechCrunch
Yes, the software giant, which makes the rival Windows Mobile (and soon Windows Phone 7) phone software has announced a deal with HTC that allows them to license their patented technology.
WWDC 2010 Officially Announced
At long last, the wait is over. Apple has officially announced WWDC 2010. The "center of the app universe" will take place from June 7th - 11th at Moscone West in sunny San Francisco, California.
This is not a new OS X year but it is a big new iPhone OS device year and the conference schedule reflects that emphasis.
The iPad's Polarizing Effect
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
Then it struck me: my sunglasses. I removed them, and the iPad was, of course, just fine. The polarized sunglasses I was wearing had performed a neat trick of the light.
Jobs Was Right, The Apple iPad Truly Is Magical And Revolutionary
Matthew Miller, ZDNet
You may have some limitations on capability compared to a “full PC”, but the user experience and these other “magical” elements are so much more compelling that they override much of that IMHO. In addition, developers will probably figure out ways to address any glaring needs. Not to mention, iPhone 4 will come out in the Fall and make the device better as well.
South Korea Lifts Its Ban On Apple's iPad
Evan Ramstad, Wall Street Journal
The country's communications regulator on Tuesday said it wouldn't stop people from importing Apple Inc.'s iPad for personal use, ending a ban that early adopters in this tech-savvy country dubbed unfair. Some Korean tech Web sites had even started to publicly expose famous Koreans who had the gadget in apparent violation of the ban.
Apple Needs To Do More To Keep Porn Off iPhones, Watchdog Group Says
Gene J. Koprowski, FOXNews.com
The socially conservative Parents Television Council (PTC) thinks a wealth of salacious apps are currently available for iPhone users -- things like "My Vibe," which converts the iPhone into a vibrator, and "Love Positions Free," which has drawings of couples having sex. The group has publicly demanded that Apple stop providing porn to children -- and clean up its act.
Apple's Endless Expanding App Universe
Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
In 2008, Steve Jobs said, 'Let there be apps.' Now a cosmos full of companies and developers is bound by the laws of Apple—for better and worse.
Apple Rejects Michael Wolff's iPhone App -- Because He Criticizes Steve Jobs?
Jay Yarow , Business Insider
So, another case of an app being rejected for a seemingly arbitrary reason -- with no easy way to predict in advance that the app would have been rejected. Love Wolff or hate him, it's easy to see why developers get angry about fuzzy rules and fuzzier enforcement.
Now Apple Bans Tiger Woods Satire App. Does Big Media Care?
Ryan Singel, Wired
Making fun of Tiger Woods has become a national pastime after news of his extracurricular activities became public, but unlike nearly everything else in the world, there’s no app for that.
Steve Jobs To Be Interviewed At D Conference
Erica Ogg, CNET News.com
Apple Asked For 'Lost' iPhone Criminal Probe
Mary Duan, San Jose Business Journal
The criminal investigation into the purported theft of an apparent iPhone prototype came at the request of Apple Inc., officials said Tuesday.
Apple Buys Intrinsity, A Maker Of Fast Chips
Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone, New York Times
Apple wants the fastest chip for its mobile devices and has bought another chip maker to gain an edge over its competitors.
Apple has acquired a small Austin, Tex., company called Intrinsity, known for making zippy versions of a computer chip often found in mobile devices. The deal, which closed late last month and was confirmed by Apple on Tuesday, shows the company continuing to try to gain an edge in the mobile device market by purchasing technology and chip experts.
iTunes 9.1.1 Released
Steven Sande, TUAW
Mac Gems: TypeIt4Me 5.0
TypeIt4Me has been around so long for a reason: It's a really useful utility that does what it says. If you want to give your fingers a rest, TypeIt4Me will help.
Mac Gems: TextExpander 3.0
TextExpander 3—particularly with the addition of syncing—is a worthwhile upgrade. Just be forewarned that it’ll take some time to set it up so it works just the way you want it to.
BBEdit 9.5 Brings Live Search Bar, Scripting Improvements
Dan Moren, Macworld
Chief among the new features is an in-window Live Search bar that searches as you type, highlighting any matches for the term you’ve entered. Newly enhanced script functionality lets you tie scripts to application or document events, such as quitting the program, opening or closing a document, and more. In addition, BBEdit 9.5 adds the ability to browse .zip files and enables a number of functions related to version control system Subversion, such as contextual menu options in the result list and project lists, and a new icon in project windows and disk browsers.
FileMaker Launches Bento 3 Family Organizer
Marco Tabini, Macworld
FileMaker has announced the release of a new package of free templates for its consumer-oriented relational database application Bento 3 aimed at organizing a family’s every activity from chores to meal planning.
Transmit 4 Gets New Interface, Faster Performance
Panic has released an update to their classic FTP program, Transmit, adding new features, improved performance, and an overhauled interface.
Japanese Online Stores Stop Shipping Apple Products
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
Some of Japan's biggest online electronics retailers have stopped shipping Apple products, apparently at the request of the Cupertino, California-based company.
Why The Apple iPad Will Fail In Australia
Renai LeMay, ZDNet Australia
The Police And San Mateo County District Attorney Take Orders From Apple?
John Gruber, Daring Fireball
What’s the counter-argument? That REACT should never investigate any crime against one of the companies on its steering committee? What company would sign up for that?
See Also: John Cook’s First Day On The Job At Yahoo News, by John Gruber, Daring Fireball. His former employer, until earlier this month? Gawker Media.
What Is Apple Inc.'s Role In Task Force Investigating iPhone Case?
John Cook, Yahoo! News
The raid that San Mateo area cops conducted last week on the house of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen came at the behest of a special multi-agency task force that was commissioned to work with the computer industry to tackle high-tech crimes. And Apple Inc. sits on the task force's steering committee.
How Important Is The iPad?
Tim Bajarin, PC Magazine
Introducing the world to the PC and the GUI have cemented Jobs's role as a visionary. But perhaps the creation of a device that makes a computer totally transparent to the user, popularizes touch computing, and offers a vast array of computing scenarios for consumers and business might actually top his other achievements so far.
South Korean Official’s iPad Causes A Stir
Technically, Mr. Yu didn’t violate regulations because he only used the iPad to demonstrate e-book software and didn’t use its Wi-Fi networking capability.
Apple iPad: Love At First Sight, No Buyer's Remorse
Peter Smith, PC World
The iPad is a fun device and not something you'll need at the office. The smart money is still on waiting for a second generation, or a similar Android device, but I'm not getting any younger and I've been waiting for a tablet like this since my days watching Star Trek.
TV Networks Split On Supporting Apple’s iPad
Michael Grotticelli, Broadcast Engineering
iPhone Wi-Fi Sync App Is Real, But Will Apple Approve?
Rick Broida, CNET News
Too bad you probably won't get to enjoy it.
ITC To Investigate Multitouch Patent Complaint Against Apple
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday said it will investigate a patent infringement complaint filed by Elan Microelectronics in Taiwan regarding Apple’s multitouch devices including the iPhone and iPad.
Apple Sued Over iPhone's Liquid Sensors
Jim Dalrymple, CNET News
A class action lawsuit against Apple is alleging that the company relies on a faulty technology in its iPhones and iPods to determine whether a device has been exposed to liquid and can be repaired under warranty.
Emptying iPhoto's Stubborn Trash
Usually you can empty iPhoto's trash with a Control (right) click. Not so when iPhoto misbehaves. Here are solutions.
Apple Addresses Keynote For iPad Formatting Problems
If you're moving Keynote presentations from your Mac to your iPad for finishing later, a new Apple support doc covers some do's and don'ts to ensure you don't lose formatting or images.
Five Reasons iPhone Vs Android Isn't Mac Vs Windows
Mark Sigal, O'Reilly Media
Obviously a lot can change in the next couple of years. It's easy to lose sight of the fact that the mobile industry that exists today looks nothing like the one that did before iPhone came on to the scene. Just ask Nokia.
Clearly, the best case for Google with Android is that mobile technology and mobile platforms become sufficiently commoditized for its device OEM-centric, horizontal model to tip the balance in its favor. Never say never, but paint me a skeptic -- barring as yet unseen missteps by Apple.
Increase Your iPad Media Storage For Just $49
Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
Instead of bringing a laptop, with its capacious hard drive, you can bring just the iPad and a pocket full of inexpensive SD memory cards.
Editorial Cartoons Continue To Meet App Store Rejections
Serenity Caldwell, Macworld
After a ray of sunshine, it's back to bleak skies in the world of editorial cartoons. Just days after Mark Fiore’s application NewsToons was finally approved—after a media frenzy over the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist’s November rejection—the App Store’s reviewers are at it yet again.
Why Israel Lifted Its iPad Ban
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
Pirates Rewrite Script For Apple's China iPad Launch
James Pomfret and Melanie Lee, Reuters
Just three weeks after the global launch, bootleg versions of Apple Inc's hot-selling iPad tablet PCs have begun showing up on the shelves of online and real-world shops in piracy-prone China.
Steve Jobs: Apple's One Man Social Media Machine
Louis Gray
The Case For A Mac App Store
Pete Cashmore, Mashable
Given the benefits to developers (more money!), consumers (more great Mac apps, easier access) and Apple (ka-ching!), how could there be a case against a Mac App Store?
Apple Allows A Cartoon App, And A Glimpse Of Free Speech
Brian Stelter, New York Times
Mark Fiore’s cartoon application is now available through the Apple App Store. But a group that represents cartoonists like him is now lobbying for the company to change its rules for humorous, politically charged apps.
Five iPhone App Design Mistakes, And How To Fix Them
Eriica Sudan, TUAW
Woz Accidentally Gets Apple Engineer Fired For Showing iPad
Leander Kahney, Cult of Mac
While Woz was waiting in line to buy the iPad last month, an Apple test engineer showed him a prototype iPad. It was just a few hours before the device went on sale. Woz, who is still an Apple employee, fired up the Numbers app. Little did he know, the unit was 3G test prototype, and was not to be shown or used outside of secure areas at the company HQ.
How Apple Chic Whips Rivals
Brooke Crothers, CNET News
On top of the allure of the aluminum designs, MacBooks are sequestered, at retail, in their own special space--whether it be Fry's or Best Buy (what Best Buy calls "Apple Shops"), very visibly separated from the crush of Windows 7 machines. This, in turn, leads consumers to partition Apple products in their minds: Apple versus "others."
How The iPad Will Change The iPhone Game Industry
Alex Ahlund, TechCrunch
The iPad is a device that may be misunderstood for a while. It’s certainly not revolutionary in the typical sense, but its subtle influences may eventually justify that characterization. We can surely expect to see even more casual users jumping on the band wagon and certainly a spike in casual game development for the device. As the product evolves, becoming more powerful feature-rich, it may become even more ubiquitous than we expect. This will be an extremely interesting space to watch within the coming months and years.
Testing The iPad’s Trip-Worthiness
Bob Tedeschi, New York Times
I haven’t had the chance to road test the iPad while vacationing, but after two solid weeks spent testing it on a virtual vacation — a multi-continent jaunt through backwoods, beach and city without leaving my couch — here’s my verdict: if you have an extra $500 to $700 to spend on one, plus another $100 or so for some great apps, it’s worth the plunge.
Israel Lifts Ban On Apple’s iPad, Communications Ministry Says
Calev Ben-David, Bloomberg
Israel has lifted a ban forbidding tourists and citizens from bringing Apple Inc.’s iPad into the country, the Communications Ministry said in an e-mailed statement.
Inertial Scrolling Should Be Possible On All Multi-touch Trackpads
Chris Rawson, TUAW
Drive Genius 3 Monitors And Repairs Your Hard Disk
A new version of the popular disk repair utility for Mac adds real-time health monitoring and 64-bit support to help keep your data safe.
Apple TV Will Remain A Hobby Until Someone Shows Apple The Money (Or Apps)
Apple isn’t taking it too seriously because they haven’t yet figured out a way to make a lot of money off of the device. And as we all should know by now, Apple loves to make money. It doesn’t make products just to make them. That’s why the Apple TV’s position remains a weird one. For now.
Apple’s “Switch” Campaign Is Finally Working After All These Years
Beatweek
But one way or another, I believe that the effects of Apple’s Switch campaign are only now surfacing, as it has breathed legitimacy into Apple’s subsequent ad campaigns, and it has given Mac users everywhere the go-ahead to become active Mac advocates within their own circles. Although “Switch” will never get the credit it deserves, it helped to get the party started in various ways.
Fortress Apple
Daniel Lyons, Newsweek
Apple's new iPad is more than just a gorgeous consumer electronics device. It's also a kind of challenge to the Internet itself—or at least to the conventional wisdom of what the Internet is supposed to be all about.
Is News Subject To Apple's Developers' Agreement?
Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
While bitterness continues over the implications of Sections 3.3.1 through 3.3.3 of Apple's recently modified Developers' Agreement (PDF available here, through the Electronic Frontier Foundation), there's lingering suspicion about the indeterminate boundaries pointed to by the long-standing Section 3.3.14, which now applies to iPad content as well as iPhone.
Arguing Against A Doctrine Of Apple Infallibility
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
I've been covering the computer industry for a long time, so I'm used to people thinking very highly of Apple and resenting criticism of it. I've seen the same thing among fans of other companies and products: Linux, Microsoft, Google, you name it. But it's something different to see people twisting themselves into logical contortions to defend things that Apple itself then recognizes as errors.
The New 15" MacBook Pro: Elegant Combo Of Power, Thriftiness
Ken Mingis, Computerworld
All in all, Apple has delivered a laptop that's more than just an evolutionary upgrade with unseen updates under the hood. It has moved its higher-end MacBook Pros closer to true quadcore speeds, while improving battery life and adding serious GPU performance.
iPad USB Camera Adapter Supports Audio Headsets, Too
I tested a Skype call with a USB headset, and the quality was just terrific. This make the iPad even more viable for phone calls, eliminating a requirement for a Bluetooth headset which requires separate charging and pairing.
How The Mac Survived The Recession
A Novel Concept: Roll Your Own iBooks With EPub
Adding ePub support into writing tools themselves is great for writers. While ePub is an open format, the tools that were previously available for conversion suffered from a severe case of open-sourceitis, boasting clunky, inscrutable interfaces often written in cross-platform technologies like Java. Writers shouldn’t have to be techies to get their work onto the iPad, any more than they have to be to load up their music and photos.
MoofMenu Puts Your Files In The Menu Bar
Dan Frakes, Macworld
MoofMenu is a simple but useful (and quick) utility that lets you create a custom, hierarchical menu of files and folders in the menu bar.
Lost iPhone Prototype Spurs Police Probe
Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh, CNET News
Silicon Valley police are investigating what appears to be a lost Apple iPhone prototype purchased by a gadget blog, a transaction that may have violated criminal laws, a law enforcement official told CNET on Friday.
Apple has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a computer crime task force led by the Santa Clara County district attorney's office, the source said. Apple's Cupertino headquarters is in Santa Clara County, about 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Apple's Unusual Retail Strategy With iPads: Banning Would-Be Customers
Jay Yarow , The Business Insider
Apple iPhone Captures 72% Of Japan Smartphone Market
Pavel Alpeyev and Yoshinori Eki, Bloomberg
Apple Inc.’s iPhone shipments to Japan more than doubled in the past year, capturing 72 percent of the country’s smartphone market, a research firm said.
Apple Makes MagSafe MagSafer
Charlie Sorrel, Wired
Seven Reasons Apple Shareholders Should Be Cautious
Brett Arends, Wall Street Journal
Savor the moment, by all means. But don't get complacent. If you're an Apple shareholder, here are seven things to be concerned about—and one thing you can do about it.
Google Dashes Hopes Of Free iPhone Turn-by-Turn GPS
Daniel Ionescu, PC World
"We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all," a Google spokesperson told PCWorld.
Eleven Ways To Get Back To A Web Page
Sharon Zardetto, Macworld
Where was it that you read that insightful analysis of the latest politico peccadillo? Where did you see that nifty mockup of the Next Great Thing from Apple? We all want to get back to pages we’ve visited on the Web sometimes. It’s easy to find a site that you’ve bookmarked—but what about the ones you breeze through without saving, but later wish you had? Safari 4 provides a myriad of options.
iPad Camera Connection Kit Works Simply And Well
The process of importing photos couldn't be more straightforward; it's rather like a good hybrid of Image Capture and iPhoto's import processes.
Apple Releases Raw Compatibility Update 3.2
The update adds Raw image support for nine popular camera models including the Canon EOS Rebel T2i, the Leica S2, and the Sony A230.
Google To Bring Free Turn-By-Turn Navigation To The iPhone
Alexander Vaughn, App Advice
Apple Throws Adobe A Bone -- On The Mac
Adobe's stance has long been to blame Apple for the poor performance of Flash on the Mac, citing Apple's unwillingness to allow third-party developers access to APIs necessary for hardware-accelerated video. Adobe no longer has that excuse to fall back upon: Apple posted a technical note back in late March that removes this restriction and allows third-party developers access to hardware-acceleration APIs for h.264 decoding in compatible GPUs.
Apple Shouldn't iPad Balance Sheet
Martin Peers, Wall Street Journal
Mr. Jobs should either use a big chunk of the money or return it to shareholders.
Dueling Market Caps: Apple And Microsoft
John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal
So this float-adjusted achievement of Apple’s is really more of a psychological milestone than anything — one made possible only because S&P is counting just the 87 percent of Microsoft’s shares that are available for public trading.
What Almost Three Weeks With An iPad Has Taught This Blogger
App Store Rejects Analog Clock iPad App
David Dahlquist, Macworld
What gives? There’s a wide selection of similarly feature-less clock apps available right now—but either digital or paid—so why reject his? Does Apple have some kind of vendetta against analog clocks?
Apple's iPad Selling Well Overseas Ahead Of Official Launch
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service
The iPad appears to be selling well in Asia despite the fact that Apple's official overseas launch isn't until the end of May, as specialty stores obtain them to resell at premium prices and travelers to the U.S. bring them home.
Prizmo For Mac Turns Your Camera Into A Scanner
Josh Lowensohn, CNET News
Have you always wanted a scanner, but held back because of size and cost? Do you have a Mac and a digital camera? Then good news: Prizmo for Mac offers a good enough solution to let accomplish most of your scanning needs without the extra hardware.
iPad Is No Cannibal, Says Apple
Simon Aughton, Mac User
Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s chief financial officer, said that Apple has successfully positioned the iPad not as an alternative to a Mac or iPod touch, but as new type of device, which he referred to as a handbook, that does some things better than either.
New 13-inch MacBook Pros Benchmarks
James Galbraith, Macworld
The biggest performance difference, as you’d expect, was in our Call of Duty frame rate test, in which the new system, aided by its GeForce 320M graphics, was able to display twice as many frames per second than the older model with its GeForce 9400M graphics.
Peace In The Home: Sharing An iPad With Your Spouse
Michael Rose, TUAW
Adobe Scraps Work To Bring Flash Apps To iPhone
Stephen Shankland, CNET News
What a difference two weeks and a few words of legalese can make to the future of a widely used programming technology.
In that span of time, Adobe has gone from touting its technology for building Flash applications that run on the iPhone to canceling future development of that technology.
Apple Promises More 'Extraordinary' Products As Profit Doubles
Connie Guglielmo, Bloomberg
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, after saying profit almost doubled last quarter, tantalized investors with the promise of “extraordinary” new products that analysts say may include an overhauled Apple TV.
Apple Downloads
Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog
I think the failure to update entries on Apple’s Mac downloads site is a consequence of staff at Apple being stretched thin.
Inside The Numbers: Apple's Great Quarter
Jason Snell, Macworld
If you look at the overall revenue picture for the three lines, it’s clear that the Mac continues on an upward swing, while the iPod slowly trends down. The iPhone, meanwhile, is launching into the stratosphere.
Is Apple's Spell Wearing Off?
Jenna Wortham, New York Times
Perhaps what is surprising is the utter delight and occasional vitriol permeating the reactions around the Web.
The Apple Secrecy Machine
Jack Shafer, Slate Magazine
If the secrecy pixie dust that Apple sprinkles onto its products works best on people who already believe in Apple magic, then the real test of the company's marketing machine would be to drive the astronomically larger customer base of Windows users into the stores to buy iPads. To do that, the company would have to leave its secrecy comfort zone. It would have to be more forthcoming about what the product does and why you should buy it. And finally, if Apple's secrecy strategy is so effective, why don't more manufacturers ape it?
Apple Screwed Up Handling iPhone Gizmo-gate
Jeff Bertolucci, PC World
Now, I know that some of you will accuse me of blaming the victim. But the fact is that Apple had an opportunity to plug the leak. Its paranoia contributed to a corporate culture that prevented it from doing so. Now its summer party has been ruined. Oh, well, there's always the next iPad.
Tim Cook “Shocked” At iPad Demand, “Can’t Think Of A Single Thing A Netbook Does Well”
Free Spanning Sync 3.1 Update Adds Syncing Improvements
Spanning Sync allows users to sync their iCal calendars and Address Book contacts with Google, making it possible to update your calendar via Google and re-sync it to your Macs, distribute calendar data via Google Apps, sync calendars between multiple computers, and more.
The Young App-rentices
Addy Dugdale, Fast Company
Meet four minor App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they're part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they're cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them.
Apple Removes Teaching App From App Store, And Educators Complain
Warren Buckleitner, New York Times
Apple generally makes news by publishing new apps, not by unpublishing them. But last week, it made some educators upset when it removed an app, Scratch Viewer, from the iTunes App Store.
Scratch Viewer was designed to let educators and others review a child’s work that was created on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch using the Scratch programming language, which has become popular in many schools.
See Also: Apple Rejects Kid-Friendly Programming App, by Brian X. Chen, Wired.
Apple Is Attracting New Mac And iPhone Users By The Millions
Apple Sets Sales, Profit Records For Non-holiday Quarter
Philip Michaels, Macworld
Apple’s fiscal second quarter may have been a quiet one in terms of product releases, but the company still turned in a stellar financial performance over the last three months. On Tuesday, the company reported sales of $13.5 billion and a profit of $3.07 billion for the second quarter ended March 27.
Revenue rose 49 percent from last year’s adjusted second-quarter sales of $9.08 billion, while profits were up 90 percent, making the 2010 second quarter the best non-holiday quarter in Apple’s history, according to CEO Steve Jobs.
How Gizmodo Got The Biggest iPhone Scoop Of All
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
Gizmodo has a legitimate and spectacular scoop on their hands. They’ve done something that’s unprecedented in the Steve Jobs era: they have published substantive, first-person, hands-on information about an unannounced Apple product. The actual information they gleaned is pretty thin, but let’s not begrudge them their due. Denton says that the site did it for the benefit of their readers. That also happens to be the only motivation that ever matters to a journalist.
Let’s also not gloss over the means by which they got that scoop. Not through legwork and developing sources, but by buying something that was offered to them.
The Keyboardless Office: A Review Of IWork For iPad
In the end, using iWork for the iPad is a lot like going to the moon. It might be a nice place to visit, and it may even be fun to bounce around for a bit, play a little golf, or buzz around in that sweet little moon buggy, but in the end, it’s not a place I’d like to live, or even stay for any extended amount of time. iWork is decent, but there is only so much you can do for an office suite without a full keyboard and a mouse.
So while iWork is usable on Apple’s new "magical" device, it probably won't cut it for serious users. If you need to make an on-the-fly change to a document or presentation, you might lose some formatting or suffer some other unexpected quirks. What Apple calls file sharing, I call a pain, and the inability to print just magnifies things.
Praise For Apple's MobileMe
Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
Apple's MobileMe is a unique collection of integrated Internet-based services that makes using Macs, iPhones, iPod touches, iPads and even Windows PCs even better.
A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back
Brian Lam, Gizmodo
Mac & The iPad, History Repeats Itself
Bruce Tognazzini, Ask Tog
For those of us around Apple for the launch of the 1984 Mac, things are awfully familiar.
In bringing that original Mac to market, Steve hit on a formula that worked for him. He keeps repeating it, and it seems to get better every time. It worked for the iPhone, and it worked for the iPad, too. Here are the necessary elements.
For Apple, Lost iPhone Is A Big Deal
Miguel Helft and Nick Bilton, New York Times
The company is known as the most secretive in Silicon Valley, and leaks are rare. But after the phone prototype was left in a bar in the Silicon Valley town of Redwood City, photos of the device began appearing over the weekend in technology blogs, sparking a frenzy of hype among the Apple-obsessed.
Should Gizmodo Have Outed The Guy Who Lost Apple's iPhone?
Monica Guzman, Seattle Post Intelligencer
TidBITS Celebrates 20 Years Of Internet Publication
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
This is it - TidBITS has turned 20 years old! In what is a bit of happy coincidence, the email issue containing this article is #1,024. That's right, we've officially published 2^10 issues of TidBITS, or, roughly speaking, 1 kiloTidBITS. Geeky, eh?
TidBITS Staffers Recall How They Got Their Starts
Twenty Years of Memories From Friends Of TidBITS
Apple's Conundrum: Topping Itself
Yukari Iwatani Kane, Wall Street Journal
That's the trouble with making revolutionary products. Investors keep wanting more of them.
Firefox, Bolt And NetFront Don't Plan To Follow Opera To iPhone
Mike Dano, Fierce Mobile
Although browser vendor Opera made a big splash on the iPhone, and Skyfire is poised for a similar effort, other mobile browser companies don't seem too keen to get onto Apple's platform. Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox browser, said it does not plan to build an iPhone version of its Firefox Mobile product, and Bolt browser maker Bitstream and NetFront browser maker Access have similar positions. "Our understanding of browsers in the iPhone App Store is that a ‘full' Web browser like Firefox that incorporates its own Web rendering and JavaScript engines would be prohibited," said Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's vice president of product.
Apple To Replace Problematic Headphones With Inline Remote
Chris Foresman, Ars Technica
The problem mainly affects the Apple Headphones with Remote than came with iPod shuffles made between February 2009 and February 2010, which have serial numbers in the range of xx909xxxxxx to xx952xxxxxx or xx001xxxxxx to xx004xxxxxx. If you have headphones that came with an iPod shuffle in the affected range that have stopped working, Apple will simply replace them free of charge for two years from the date of purchase.
Apple Countersues Kodak, Seeks ITC Ban
Electronista
Apple today countersued Kodak over alleged patent violations. The complaint accuses Kodak of copying technology relating to image processing as well as energy management and memory design. Many of Kodak's C, M and Z series EasyShares are supposedly infringing on the patents, as are pocket camcorders like the Zi8.
Quickly Create .tar Files In Finder
Dan Miller, Macworld
DragThing 5.9.5
Whether DragThing is a good fit for you depends a lot on how you like to interact with your Mac. If you’re the kind of person who routinely calls up Spotlight to launch applications and locate items on your Mac using your keyboard, DragThing’s mouse-focused interface may not be for you. If, on the other hand, you appreciate having the items you use most often available as clickable icons in nicely defined, customizable docks, you owe yourself a test drive.
The (Increasingly Plausible) Miraculous Engadget (and Gizmodo) iPhone 4G
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)
So. I say once again that Gizmodo has a lot of explaining to do. Even if they’re completely innocent of any wrongdoing, they need to resolve this part of the story.
Mistakes And Chains Of Events
Mike Ash, Under The Microscope
Apple has built a successful yet flawed system. The App Store has been around for nearly two years, and yet Apple has done very little to fix the flaws. There is a regular series of high-profile mistakes coming out of the system, yet Apple’s response to each one is to patch over the mistake and hope that it doesn’t happen again. The community’s response is largely to say that mistakes happen, and that it’s a small price to pay for such an excellent platform.
This attitude won’t fix the problems. Apple’s system is inherently flawed. The continuing mistaken rejections by Apple are not unavoidable, and we shouldn’t just shrug our shoulders at them. There is a lot that Apple can do to fix these problems, and we’ll all benefit if they do.
This Is Apple's Next iPhone
Jason Chen, Gizmodo
You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.
Five Reasons Why I Still Like The iMac
New MacBook Pro May Not Matter
I suddenly can’t get myself excited about Apple’s laptop lineup even though I’ve spent a decade partaking in it.
The US iPad 3G Ships By May 7th
Apple just updated its online store and now finally displays a shipping date for the iPad 3G in the US.
Ars Reviews Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
Dave Girard, Ars Technica
It's truly impressive that Photoshop CS5 is successful at adding a lot of useful, engineering-heavy features in CS5, all while porting over to a new and stable Cocoa 64-bit code-base on OS X. And it's encouraging to see that a program that has no real competitors isn't just being phoned in. Against the on-going daytime drama of "Apple vs. Flash," Photoshop is still just a great program and CS5 is a worthwhile update for a broad cross-section of users. My complaints are about minor issues—things like the low-res preview in HDR Merge Pro or window layering with AIR filters—can be addressed in a x.1 update without really slowing people down in the meantime.
It’s Time For The Press To Push Back Against Apple
Ryan Chittum, Columbia Journalism Review
Look, let’s face it. The iPad is the most exciting opportunity for the media in many years. But if the press is ceding gatekeeper status, even if it’s only nominally, over its speech, then it is making a dangerous mistake. Unless Apple explicitly gives the press complete control over its ability to publish what it sees fit, the news media needs to yank its apps in protest.
Two iPads Per Person, Per Lifetime?
Peter Ha, Techland
“You're only allowed to purchase two iPads in your lifetime, ma'am.”
Can Apple's iPad Really Take You To New Places?
Jillian Coyle, WUSA
Less than a week after the feverishly hyped launch of Apple's iPad, the touch-based multimedia tablet has been praised as one of the most revolutionary tools for travelers since the airport kiosk - and panned as a cumbersome, underwhelming gadget whose most notable application is that it tags its spendthrift owners as technology lemmings.
New Potential Malware Could Open A Back Door To Your Mac
Computer anti-malware firm Intego has identified a new variant of malware for Mac OS X, dubbed HellRTS.D. When installed on your machine, it opens a backdoor that lets hackers take control of your machine without your knowledge.
An Open Letter To Apple Regarding The Company's Approach To Conversation With Its Peers And Community
espite the gorgeous products and services you’ve created, we worry that you’re headed down a road that may lead to your own demise.
Rising iSun: Thoughts On The iPad's Prospects In Japan
Peter Payne, TUAW
In a place that's as resistant to change as Japan is, doing what Apple is trying to do is going to be an uphill battle. I certainly wish the Apple team well.
Why The 13" MacBook Pro Didn't Get A Core I5 Upgrade
It turns out that there are several reasons that factored into Apple's decision, including cost, graphics performance, battery life—and the laws of physics.
Data Schizophrenia
Frédéric Filloux, Monday Note
We now face a small club of high tech giants — Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo and Apple — who, over the years, acquired an unprecedented ability to gather and process data. As competition is heating up among them, the data they’ll be able to get will continue to increase in tactical and strategical value. As a corollary, they are increasingly inclined to keep such data close to the vest.
Designing Apps For The iPad: It's Not Just A Big iPhone
Dan Turner, Computerworld
Despite some snark that "it's just a ginormous iPhone," developers of iPad apps have found that the size does matter -- and that's in addition to the iPad's unique multitouch functions and interface elements. A properly designed iPad app is not just a pixel-doubled iPhone app, nor is it a desktop app with the mouse replaced by a finger.
I spoke with UX designers and product managers at two companies -- The Omni Group and Zinio LLC -- to find out more about the challenges they faced developing for the iPad. In particular, I wanted to know more about whether it confounded their initial design plans, or whether they were surprised to find new possibilities for user functionality.
Steve Jobs Email Hints At No Upcoming Blu-Ray Support On The Mac
Yoni Heisler, NetworkWorld.com
Jobs response simply reads, "YouTube now supports HD video." Okay then, I'll take that as a no.
They Have A Class For That
Brad Stone, New York Times
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur James Anthony says he is often surprised to find that other developers for the iPhone and iPod Touch have the exact same programming education he does. They, too, learned the secrets of Apple’s hit mobile devices from the Stanford course on iPhone applications, which was introduced in fall 2008 to a packed lecture hall.
Did Steve Jobs Steal The iPad? Genius Inventor Alan Kay Reveals All
Wolfgang Gruener, Tom's Hardware
What struck me was how the article noted that the device called Dynabook dates back to 1968.
Why The iPad Is A Creativity Machine
Mike Elgan, Computerworld
Will the content-creation elites admit how absurdly wrong they were when the tidal wave of content-creation apps really hits, or when the first bestselling novel written on the iPad is published, or when they see their own kids expressing creativity on the iPad?
The notion that iPad can't be used for content creation is patently, provably, laughably false. Those repeating this absurd notion owe their readers, listeners and followers an apology, followed by a correction. It doesn't matter if you want the iPad to exclusively serve content, the fact is that people are creating content on it every day. And the avalanche of creativity apps hasn't even started yet.
Apple Restructures Board In Wake Of Jerry York's Passing
Apple recently repositioned several of its board members to bring the company back into compliance with its own governance guidelines after the sudden death last month of long-time director Jerome York left a void in its leadership.
The Anatomy Of Desire
Daniel Bergner, New York Times
What is a man’s ideal female form? A study of the blind tries to find out.
Israel iPad Ban Puzzles Many
Charles Levinson, Wall Street Journal
Travelers have been bringing laptops and cellphones configured to U.S. standards, including other Apple devices with the same wireless configuration, into Israel for years without incident. Some Israeli lawmakers alleged on Friday the decision undermines Israel's status as a global leader in the high-tech industry.
How Apple Friendly Is Your Town? Seattle Kinda Mac-ish, SF Tops
Brier Dudley, Seattle Times
The San Francisco region is the most Apple friendly part of the country, with 32.3 percent of the people in Apple's hometown area likely to own a Mac, iPod or iPhone, according to a new report from Experian Simmons.
Blinded By The iPad
David Carnoy, CNET News
I woke up the next morning and headed back to the Apple Store. This time I didn't stop to talk to anyone. I just went downstairs and paid for the thing, all $650 (including tax).
A $30 Cable And An iPad On A Television
Nick Bilton, New York Times
If you already own an iPad, or plan to buy one, a $30 cable can output some Web video, photos and presentations - completely displacing the Apple TV.
How Much Control Will Apple Have Over News App Content?
Erica Ogg, CNET News
So what does that mean for the future of news or editorial products on the iPad and iPhone? It's safe to assume that quashing political satire isn't Apple's goal here. But it's a legitimate concern for the journalism community that to be featured on the App Store they have to submit their news content to a company unafraid to exercise what sometimes seems like arbitrary control. The thinking goes, what if Apple finds a headline offensive? Or what if there's an unfavorable article about Apple itself even? That's not to say Apple would do that, but its inconsistent handling of App Store submissions sets a troubling precedent.
Apple Sued Over Use Of Moisture Indicators To Deny Free Repairs
A San Francisco resident has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company unfairly declines warranty coverage for its products solely on the basis of triggered moisture sensors, which the suit alleges are unreliable evidence of abuse.
Is Switzerland Still The Right Role Model?
Venessa Lee, Today
We seem to have moved beyond talk of a Swiss standard, towards aiming to be a global city. But to what extent is Switzerland still an appropriate role model, and should cross-pollination between the two cultures be looked at more seriously?
Investors Still Betting On Apple's Lofty Shares
Gabriel Madway, Reuters
Apple Inc's shares have barreled upward at a torrid pace over the past year, yet as the company's quarterly report approaches, no one on Wall Street seems prepared to slap an "overvalued" tag on the company.
New MacBook Pros Using Revised Serial Number Scheme
The newly released MacBook Pro line is now using a new serial number format to support continued growth and scalability.
12 iPad Tips And Tricks
Mitch Wagner, Computerworld
In my time using the iPad, I’ve found some tips and tricks for making the device even more versatile and easy to use, including accessories to buy, avoid, and re-use; tricks for writing on the iPad; and at least one really bad gotcha to avoid.
Non-Apple’s Mistake
Loper OS
You want a non-tyrannical Apple? Rather than striving to weaken Apple so that it can be devoured by its brawny-yet-mindless competitors, do something constructive. Experiment with GUIs which don’t trace their descent to Xerox PARC. Forever renounce the idiotic practice of copying Microsoft, that cheap imitation of a cheap imitation. If you are creative, create. Otherwise, strive to find a strong-willed Jobs figure gifted with good taste, and become his loyal servant. This is how we get quality products, everywhere from architecture to operating systems. There is no other way. Creativity requires a mind, and a herd has none.
It’s Not The Control, It’s The Secrecy
Keeping the rules secret may make things easier for Apple, but it’s weakening the platform. Clarity is a sign of strength. If Apple’s leadership wants the tight control, they should accept the amount of hard work that would go along with managing it openly.
The iPad Is The Future For Home Computing
Kenneth van Wyk, Computerworld
Time will tell if I’m right about the security aspects, but I’m betting the problems with malware, viruses and the like that we see on other platforms will be virtually obliterated with the iPad model. What consumer won’t find that a breath of fresh air?
Inside The Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro
Apple's Greedy Ad Grab
Ryan Tate, Gawker
Let there be no question, then: Apple will punish its enemies as surely as it will tax its users and developers.
Apple's Mac Shipments: A Tale Of Two Research Firms
Patrick Seitz, Click
Rival market research firms Gartner and IDC late Wednesday provided wildly different views of Apple’s Mac shipments in the U.S. Both say Apple is the No. 5 vendor, but their reports diverge from there.
IPsychology 101
Ken Segall
I think there is a sizable group out there just determined to see Apple fail. Interestingly, this group falls into two categories: friends and foes.
How Apple Designed The iPad Out In The Open
f you take a look at Apple’s “magical and revolutionary” iPad, you might see a brand new device, an entirely new product category that sprung forth from Apple’s labs fully formed. Take a closer look, though, and its parts start to seem rather familiar. In fact, pretty much every bit of the iPad has been seen before. We’re not talking about leaked spy photos either. Over the last several years, the iPad has been tested in public by Apple itself.
From the unibody case to the multitouch screen to the very software that drives the iPad, it seems that everything from Apple in recent years has been little more than a byproduct of the iPad design and testing process. Looked at another way, the iPad is little more than a rehash of features found in half a dozen previous products.
The Genius In Apple's Vertical Platform
Steve Cheney
It’s clear from a strategic perspective that Apple has thought about vertical integration incredibly deeply. Their choice to enter the CPU business was not made lightly, and reflects a platform heritage and an ability to steer developers (afforded by huge network effects). We will likely find out what's really inside the A4 soon. But one thing is already clear: Apple is sowing the groundwork to make architecture changes seamless—developers will only need to flip a switch to give their apps blazing, native performance.
Apple iAd Team Visits Hill Holliday, Shares Details
Ilya Vedrashko, Hill Holiday Blog
Back in January, we greeted the announcement of Apple’s upcoming ad network with cautious optimism and a lot of questions. Today, Apple’s iAd team headed by the now former CEO of Quattro Wireless Andy Miller visited Hill Holliday to fuel the former and answer the latter. Here is what we can share.
Improve Battery Life By Hibernating SSDs
If you have a Macbook Air (or any other laptop, for that matter) with a solid-state drive, you can increase its battery life by forcing it to hibernate instead of sleep.
Princeton University Identifies iPad DHCP Flaw
Princeton University's Office of Information Technology has posted a document describing networking problems suffered by roughly half of the 40 iPads on campus. The problem isn't so much experienced by the iPad as caused by it - here's what's happening.
What iPhone 4.0 Means For IT
John C. Welch, Macworld
The challenge anytime Apple rolls out information well ahead of a product release is that the details can be decidedly sparse. So long as you keep that in mind and are willing to apply a bit of logical speculation, though, you can get a pretty good idea of what to expect from the iPhone 4.0 update on the IT front.
Don’t Play The Tray
Neven Mrgan’s Tumbl
iPhone OS 4.0 has multitasking. This is not the multitasking you’re used to. The sooner you accept this, the better.
Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code
Real-world iPad Annoyances: A Timeline
Rafe Needleman, CNET News
I've been adapting to the iPad's niggles for two weeks and I will continue to. It's a fun and beautiful device, and it is actually useful both at work and at home. Although my affection for this device is tempered by the expanding list of annoyances, I'm hanging on to it in the hope, which I think is reasonable, that most of these issues will get fixed. That's the price you pay for drinking the Kool-Aid. I mean, being an early adopter.
iPad Casts Shadow On MacBook
What Apple Needs To Learn About Selling Books
Laura Miller, Salon
Without decent metadata, iBooks is even more annoying than the App Store.
Will The iPad Replace The Air?
"The iPad does everything the Air does," she went, "so there isn't much of a reason for the Air to continue." The opinion was clearly hers, not Apple's, but she spoke with such conviction I felt it must be based in some sort of fact--or perhaps she was just hanging around too many geniuses at the Genius Bar downstairs.
Apple's New Developer Agreement Unlevels The IAd Playing Field
Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired News
“Yes, we still allow developers or other advertising companies to serve ads within their apps,” Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller told Wired.com. However, section 3.3.9 of Apple’s new developers’ agreement appears to hobble non-Apple advertising networks, even though the company will allow them onto its devices.
For iPhones, Unauthorized Repair Shops Flourish
With Apple having sold 50 million iPhones, it was perhaps inevitable that a cottage industry of iPhone repair shops would spring up.
Why The iPad Has Inspired Me To Give Up My Toaster, My Coffeemaker, My Pants
Simon Dumenco, Advertising Age
Want to be a pathetic, passive, compliant consumer? There's an app for that.
Apple Tells App Developers They “Haven’t Decided” On New Rules
Paul Boutin, Venture Beat
The waiting is the hardest part: iPhone and iPad app developers are still trying to find out exactly what Apple means by changes to the wording of its developer contract that appear to ban important software functions widely used by app developers.
On the other hand, it’s become widely accepted as fact that going forward, Apple won’t allow Flash apps to be converted to iPhone / iPad apps — no way, no-how, no excuses.
Steve Jobs: "Next Release Of Final Cut Studio Will Be Awesome"
MacSoda
These days Mr. Jobs seems to be responding to everyone.
Psst, Hey, Want An iPad? Apple Fans Hit Gray Market
Jim Finkle, Reuters
Apple Inc's decision to delay the sale of its iPad overseas may frustrate customers in Germany, France or Japan -- but it brightened the day of at least a few crafty fans closer to home.
So-called resellers, opportunists who scoop up hot products and sell them over the Web at inflated prices, have recently been charging premiums of more than $500 on sites like Craigslist or eBay for the iPad.
MagicPrefs Supercharges The Magic Mouse
If you’ve got a Magic Mouse and wish you could take better advantage of its technology, you owe it to yourself—and your mouse—to give MagicPrefs a try. Given that it’s free, what do you have to lose?
Server Admin Tools 10.6.3 Fixes Bugs, Enhances Features
Apple has released a new version of the tools that patches a number of bugs, as well as introducing the occasional bit of new functionality.
Apple Releases Leopard, Snow Leopard Security Update 2010-003
Security Update 2010-003 for Snow Leopard, Leopard Client, and Leopard Server fixes exactly one vulnerability: the potential execution of arbitrary code when viewing or even just downloading a document with a maliciously-crafted embedded font.
Apple Releases Pair Of Firmware Updates For 27-inch iMacs
Israel Says U.S. iPads Not Welcome For Now
Don Reisinger, CNET News
The Communication Ministry's decision to ban iPads in Israel is mainly due to the limited testing it has been able to perform on the device. It has asked iDigital, Apple's Israel distributor, for details on how the iPad works. But until it's satisfied, U.S. iPads are not welcome within its borders.
CoverScout 3.3 Update Adds SongGenie 2 Integration
New in CoverScout 3.3 is integration with Equinux’s SongGenie 2, which analyzes your iTunes library, looking for untitled and misspelled tracks, as well as tracks without lyrics, and spruces them up by automatically correcting these issues.
iPad Keyboard Dock Or Bluetooth Keyboard?
Which should you choose, the iPad Keyboard Dock or a Bluetooth keyboard? It depends on how you plan to use an external keyboard. I've been using both options over the past week or so; here are some things to consider when making your decision.
Apple Updates MobileMe Backup To 3.2
Apple has updated Backup, one of the overlooked perks of MobileMe, to version 3.2. The update is about par for the course, including reliability improvements, but it introduces one interesting new feature apparently borrowed from Time Machine: automatically recycling old backups to conserve space.
Apple Delays International Launch Of iPad Due To High Demand
Apple had originally planned to slowly roll out the iPad around the world beginning April 24. However, due to "surprisingly strong US demand," Apple has announced that it will delay the international launch of the iPad until late May.
FastTrack Schedule 10 Adds New Mac-like Look
Create Playlists On An iPad
One feature that is greatly improved compared to both the iPhone and iPod touch is the ability to create and edit playlists on the iPad. The only possibility on these smaller devices is to use the on-the-go playlist feature. But the iPad has some extra-large playlist creation features—here’s what you can do to make your own playlists on the iPad.
Road Thinking
Dave Winer, Scripting News
To be clear -- the future iPad has a keyboard and word processing software. They're going to roll out all the features of the Mac, one step at a time, bud this time they're going to avoid the pitfalls. Their ace in the hole -- if they don't like how something is going, they have the power to nuke it. Adobe is the first BigCo to get the message. Everyone who follows will get the same message.
Apple Can't Kill Adobe
Anders Bylund, Motley Fool
So it's in Adobe's best interests to talk peace with Apple, but posturing on both sides makes that look impossible.
Adobe Vs. Apple Is Going To Get Uglier
IT World
So, unless things change drastically between Apple and Adobe in the next few weeks, from what I'm hearing you can expect to see Adobe taking Apple to court over the issue. It's not going to be pretty.
Steve Jobs: Apple Owns "Pad" Trademark
Michael Grothaus, TUAW
The problem with Jobs' answer is that Apple does not own any trademark on the word "pad." In fact, a quick check of Apple's Trademark List reveals only two trademarks with the word "pad" in them: iPad and MacPAD.
Eric Schmidt Is The Nicest Guy In Tech
Farhad Manjoo, Slate Magazine
Does that mean Google is doomed to lose to Apple?
How I Almost Bought An iPad
God, I loved her. Honest, smart, a good sense of humor. Why should I care that the iPad was a first-generation device? I wanted one. I had to have one. She'd sold me with her zen-like anti-sell and I realized that a thousand iPad ads seared into my retinas had taken their toll and worn me down. I was a beaten man, ready to submit.
Inside Apple's Automatic Graphics Switching
Apple's approach in the new 15" and 17" MacBook Pros differs from Optimus in two key ways. The first is that the switching is all handled automatically by Mac OS X without any user intervention (though there is actually a System Preference to deactivate it, if you choose). The second way that it differs from Optimus is that the integrated graphics are powered down when the discrete GPU is active. This saves even more power than Optimus does, leading to a stated battery life as long as nine hours.
Benchmarks Show Core I7 MacBook Pros Offer 50% Speed Boost
Preliminary benchmark tests with Apple's new 15-inch Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro shows the notebook's CPU has gained a 50 percent performance boost over its Core 2 Duo predecessor.
Apple's Naked Self Interest
Alec Saunders, CircleID
As Microsoft learned from their experience with Borland, Jobs and co need to be mindful that developers will naturally migrate to tools which offer advantages such as productivity improvements, cost savings, or user experience benefits. Prohibitions, unfortunately, will only work for Apple for a short time. Ultimately, they must choose to compete for the hearts and minds of developers.
Steve Jobs Emails Again: OS X Is Not On Backburner
New MacBook Pros Support Audio Over Mini DisplayPort
Those hooking up the latest MacBook Pros to an HDTV using an HDMI adapter can now do so a little more easily: Apple has updated its implementation of Mini DisplayPort to pass audio signals through to any device that supports them.
My Mac Windows Switch
Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek
My MacWorld experience showed that enterprise management tools for Apple products are bobbing to the surface. IT managers in regulated industries should acquire tools that bring the Mac into the management fold for compliance reasons. Configuration management tools are also available to help ensure that required software and patches are available so end users can concentrate on work, not system management.
Grumpy Old Men, The "Inmates" And Margins - iPad, iPhone And The Future Of Computing
As the iPad descends upon us, it is fair to ask, "Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?" Depending upon whom you ask, the conclusions widely vary.
TypeIt4Me 5.0 Now Faster With 64-bit Compatibility
Lex Friedman, Macworld
This 5.0 release offers full 64-bit Snow Leopard compatibility, along with improved expansion performance and a freshly-redesigned interface for creating and editing text shortcuts.
How To Move From iPhoto '09 To Aperture 3
Derrick Story, Macworld
iPhoto '09 integration is one of the many improvements added to Aperture 3. With a little planning, you can migrate your iPhoto library quickly and easily.
Apple Releases New MacBook Pros With Intel Core i7, i5 Processors
Apple on Tuesday issued long-awaited updates to its MacBook Pro line of notebook computers, upgrading them to Intel's latest high-end Core i7, Core i5 and Core 2 Duo mobile processors, and adding new automated graphics switching technology.
First Look: Photoshop CS5
Jackie Dove, Macworld
Not surprisingly, Adobe has incorporated a long list of user requests into this upgrade—notably the ability to drag and drop a file into an open document to create a new layer and to simultaneously adjust the opacity of multiple layers. Enhancements to the image editor’s warping and painting capabilities, selection-refinement tools, photographic tools, and 3D features—not to mention the program’s ability to work with huge files—are the hallmarks of the CS5 release. It's all accomplished with relatively little change to the program's familiar interface.
iPad's Versatility Threatens To Sideline E-Readers
Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
Jobs Confirms Original iPhone Won't Run iPhone OS 4
We had a feeling it would be the case, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed on Monday that the original iPhone would not run the company's newest iPhone OS.
iPad As E-Reader For The Blind
Benjamin Clymer, Forbes (blog)
Computer nerds, tech columnists and the general public may not know where the iPad fits into the existing media consumption landscape--but the blind and visually impaired see it as the only e-reader worth owning. Call it further proof that Apple is more than just a pretty face.
Apple iPad Will Make Cloud Storage Take Off
Lucas Mearian, CIO
The rapid spread of tablet devices like the Apple iPad and HP Slate could prove to be a boon to providers of online storage services as users seek ubiquitous data access and synchronisation across multiple mobile platforms for devices that don't have much internal storage capacity.
The Apple Way Of (In)Security
Morey Haber, CIO
When will Apple become a juicy target for hackers and cyber-crooks? Industry experts have predicted that as Apple's market share grows, so will the malware targeting its platforms. To date, this has yet to happen, but why?
Apple Opens SMS Door For Third Parties
Bill Ray, Register
Last week Apple announced version 4 of the iPhone OS, adding a lot of stuff which makes the iPhone harder to insult, but also adding the ability to send SMS messages from within an application. That might seem a minor addition, but if it lasts into the final release it could open the way to a host of applications which draw their revenue direct from the customer without having to go through iTunes, or Apple.
Apple Approves Opera Mini For iPhone
Opera has just announced that Apple has finally decided to approve their alternative iPhone browser, Opera mini.
My Close Encounters With Steve Jobs (Part 1)
David Bunnell, All2GetherNow
Just as my vision turned into a painful blur, Steve turned to Andrew and asked, "What makes you think a dull PC guy like yourself can appreciate an elegant machine for artists like the Macintosh?"
Omni Group 'Happy' With App Sales, Offers 30-day Refund
Well-known independent Mac developer The Omni Group has announced that it will extend its 30-day refund guarantee to sales of its iPhone OS software made through Apple's App Store.
Apple's Wager
John Siracusa, Ars Technica
Apple is playing a dangerous game of chicken with itself. On one hand you have its mobile platform strategy and associated products, succeeding in the market and growing ever upwards and outwards. On the other hand you have the policies that are ostensibly making this happen, pissing off developers and causing high-level corporate clashes. If the platform outruns the angry developers and partners, Apple wins, and wins big. But if things start to go south for the platform, Apple's options are becoming fewer by the day.
A Brief Assessment Of Jobs's iPhone OS Defense
Peter Bright, Ars Technica
The new 3.3.1 terms tie developers' hands, yet do nothing to ensure that applications are high quality or that platform features are exploited by software developers. In our view, the targets remain Adobe and Android, and everyone—except perhaps Apple—still loses.
VirusBarrier Server Gets Update From Intego
Ramu Nagappan, Macworld
Play 5.1 Audio In iTunes
Something Fishy In Flash Town
Thomas Fitzgerald
The worst thing about this is the way that Adobe are trying to claim the moral high ground and claim that they are only trying to forwarding the interests of developers, and some people are actually believing them.
Is Apple The New Microsoft?
Andrew Leonard, Salon
It is long past time for us to dispense with binary notions of closed versus open, and instead think of the technology ecosystem as populated by multiple hybrid beasties. In this new landscape, some succeed with tighter, proprietary models -- Apple -- while others flourish through a comparatively greater embrace of openness -- Google. But everyone competes on a basically level playing field -- the Internet and the ever-lower cost of computing processing power make certain of that. In this environment, you fail when you don't deliver real value to your customers, not because you chose a strategy that was more open or closed than that of your competitors, and especially not because you leveraged your market dominance into crushing a competitor who might have had a better product than yours.
Apple is not the new Microsoft. Nobody is the new Microsoft. That's because the Internet won.
iPad's Book-like Touches May Appeal To Traditional Readers
Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
Books on the iPad are electronic without losing their essential bookness, in a way that e-books haven't been before.
Its All About The Framework…
Louis Gerbarg, /dev/why!?!
Ideally Apple should have some provisions for adjunct or secondary runtimes that let developers use internal scripting. Failing that, Apple should include some language interpreters on the system that games can use for their app logic. While not as flexible as letting games include their own interpreters, if Apple exposed JavascriptCore outside of UIWebView, and included a Lua interpreter in the base system it would solve this as practical a issue for many games.
Eight Ways To Save Time With Proxy Icons
Have you ever noticed the miniature icon that sits next to a window’s name in its title bar? It’s more than just a decoration. In many instances, you can work with this icon—known as the proxy icon—just as you would a full-size file icon in the Finder, which can often save you the hassle of navigating back to the original item to copy or move it. And document proxy icons offer their own unique opportunities. Here are some of my favorite time-saving tricks.
Analysis: Apple Against The World
As Thursday showed, Apple’s management is being aggressive in making moves that they believe will place the company at a competitive advantage. Whether or not they’re the right moves remains to be seen, but I don't think why Apple is making them is any sort of mystery.
An Introduction To File Encryption In Mac OS X
Joe Kissell, TidBITS
The Adobe - Apple Flame War
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note
Steve Jobs has seen enough in his 34 years in the computer business to know, deeply, that he doesn’t want to be at the mercy of cross-platform tools that could erase Apple’s competitive advantage.
Apple Smartphones Most Competitive
Cho Ji-hyun, Korea Herald
Among smartphone manufacturers, Apple was picked as most competitive when examining seven different fields, an international financial service group recently said.
What Apple Always Does Well
Mike Benbow, HeraldNet
Resistance is not futile, and Apple is a good example of that.
After Effects CS5 Features New Roto Brush Tool
The program is now 64-bit native to take advantage of the full memory of the CPU, even when users are working on high-resolution projects.
Dreamweaver CS5 Supports Content Management Systems
Dreamweaver now features authoring and testing support for third-party, PHP-based content management systems like WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal, allowing designers to get accurate views of dynamic Web content from within Dreamweaver.
InDesign CS5 Introduces Interactivity To Page Layout
With InDesign CS5, Adobe’s page layout program has assumed a new dimension that takes the app beyond the traditional boundaries of print production. This new version lets you create documents that can incorporate complex interactivity, animation, Flash video, and MP3 audio files without working in a timeline or writing code.
Adobe Launches Flash Catalyst CS5
Adobe has unveiled Flash Catalyst CS5, a new professional design tool that lets users create Web application interfaces and design interactivity without writing code. Together with Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst enhances collaboration between designers and developers.
Photoshop CS5 Debuts New Content-Aware Fill, Mixer Brush Features
Among the major updates are features such as Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, and HDR Pro and HDR Toning. There are also new painting effects, a new version of the Camera Raw plug-in, automated lens correction, flexible custom panels, a new workspace switcher, and more.
Illustrator CS5 Puts Design In Perspective
Adobe has introduced a host of improvements and new capabilities to Illustrator CS5, its flagship vector drawing program. Among them are perspective drawing, a bristle brush, and integration with its new Flash Catalyst CS5.
Premiere Pro CS5 Debuts Mercury Playback Engine
Adobe has launched Premiere Pro CS5, an upgrade of its professional nonlinear video editing package. With it, Adobe has introduced the Mercury Playback Engine, a technology that allows users to open projects faster, refine effects-rich HD sequences in real time, experience smooth scrubbing, and play back complex projects without rendering.
Google Says Apple Move Shows AdMob Buy Should Win US Approval
Todd Shields, Bloomberg
Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said Apple Inc.’s move into mobile advertising shows the market is competitive and Google’s bid for AdMob Inc. should be approved by U.S. regulators.
Is 2011 Like 1994 For Apple, Twitter, Facebook, And The Web?
Robert Scoble, Scobleizer
Because, well, if you hire a developer who can do Objective-C that developer is generally going to be a lot more talented than someone who can only do Flash. That developer will come up with some cool new features that the Flash or .NET versions won’t have (or, even worse, can’t have because those systems must compile to a lowest-common-denominator).
Steve Jobs wins this game. Why? Because he — unlike in 1994 — controls the developers.
Sorry, Adobe, You Screwed Yourself
Sharing The Truth One Thread At A TIme
Adobe made a wrong bet in 1996 and is suffering the consequences in 2010 and has no one to blame except themselves. It’s Adobe’s turn to show that it matters to Apple and the tech industry. I don’t remember Apple or Steve Jobs whining in 1996-2006 about Adobe not contributing to the Apple ecosystem.
Amazon’s Kindle App For iPad Vs Apple’s iBooks
Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville
In the end, the decision to buy a book from one or another will be, in part, fueled by a book’s availability (Amazon has far more books than Apple). But given the choice, at the same price, I’d choose to buy books for iBooks, because the reading experience is more flexible, and the display of text more attractive.
Rethinking A Gospel Of The Web
Steven Johnson, New York Times
Whatever Apple chooses to do with its platform in the coming years, it has made one thing clear: sometimes, if you get the conditions right, a walled garden can turn into a rain forest.
Tweetie Developer: Tweetie For Mac Is Alive And Well
Steve Jobs Weighs In On Adobe Flash Furor -- Tells You To Read John Gruber's Post About It
Henry Blodget, Business Insider
"We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders the progress of the platform."
Probe Of Apple-Google Hiring Collusion Gains Steam
Remember that investigation into whether Apple, Google, Intel, IBM, and other big tech companies had a secret agreement not to poach each other's employees? Well, government investigators have found enough to be concerned about that they're stepping up the probe.
Apple Goes Where The Portals Failed: It’s The Hardware, Stupid
Fred Vogelstein, Wired News
Six months ago an Apple analyst told me he thought the company’s long-term goal was to become the internet’s cable TV company. I didn’t get it then. I really get it now.
Apple iPad Design More Vulnerable To Accidents, Falls
Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek
Apple's iPad weight, size and usage mode places it at risk for a higher rate of accidents, according to Rapid Repair, which publishes an online teardown of the electronic devices it repairs. While the iPad's larger screen presents a bigger target for accidental collisions, and generates more force in falls, Apple's engineers have likely used data from the iPod Touch and iPhone development to improve the iPad's design choices.
Infighting Does Not Win Elections
Callan Tham, Trapper's Swamp
Don't play the game if you don't understand how to win it, or if you're not there to win it. And washing dirty linen, or attacking fellow opposition politicians in public, might win you some applause but it will not win you elections. And to that end, politicians like Ng and Chee ought to do us all a favour and fade into the sunset. And bring their baggage with them.
I’m Abandoning iPhone Development. Mobile Orchard To Stop Publication.
Dan Grigsby, Mobile Orchard
Ask permission environments crush creativity and innovation. In healthy environments, when would-be innovators/creators identify opportunities the only thing that stands between the idea and its realization is work. In the iPhone OS environment when you see an opportunity, you put in work first, ask Apple’s permission and then, only after gaining their approval, your idea can be realized.
Don’t Forget, There Is A Browser On That iPad
Bijan Sabet
The web wins again!
What A Bad Week It's Been For Apple's Adversaries
Tom Kaneshige, PC World
Apple has had one of the most spectacular weeks in mobile tech history, taking dead aim at Adobe, Amazon and now Google.
Jobs Bans Non C Libraries. Insane Restraint Of Trade
Hank Williams, Why Does Everything Suck?
I have no question that this will be tested in court. I don't think there has ever been a case like this because only Apple could make such a ridiculous attempt to control how developers work. But what is interesting here is that allowing this provision to go to trial may put the entire App Store concept under a legal microscope. Because it seems to me there is a reasonable risk that not only is 3.3.1 restraint of trade, but that the entire "you can only sell apps on iPhones and iPod touches that we approve" thing is found to be restraint of trade. Wouldn't that be tasty.
Apple's New iPhone App Rules: Unreasonable And Unjustifiable
JR Raphael, PC World
More Fuzzy E-Book Numbers, This Time From Apple
In releasing e-book numbers that mean little, Apple is taking a cue from its rival, Amazon.com.
Apple And The iPad: It’s 1968 All Over Again
Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog
So the fact that it is Apple that’s trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube with its “i” series of devices and ecosystems is truly stunning, if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
But for all that’s happening, I think it is Wozniak’s spirit that will prevail, for once having tasted freedom, it’s pretty hard for people to go the other way.
iPad Envy
Rob Walker, New York Times
We shouldn’t make fun of early adopters for their vanity; we should thank them for being our guinea pigs, and enthusiastic ones at that.
You're Getting More Ads, And You're Gonna Like It
Why is Steve Jobs trying to convince us that iPhone ads are a good thing?
Apple Takes Aim At Adobe... Or Android?
Apple's current—and in our opinion, objectionable—position is now close to the complete opposite of its initial stance. From promoting openness and standards, the company is now pushing for an ever more locked-down and restricted platform. It's bad for competition, it's bad for developers, and it's bad for consumers.
Developers Unearth More Features In iPhone OS 4.0
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Thursday's announcement immediately turned up evidence that Apple might be adding a flash to the iPhone's camera, thanks to functions named VCaptureDevice.hasFlash, AVCaptureDevice.flashMode, and AVCaptureDevice.hasTorch. Apple is allegedly investigating LED flash options, which would make such a feature very BlackBerry-like. Additionally, the latest iPhone SDK continues to contain hints about a front-facing camera as well as iChat support.
Apple's Prohibition Of Flash-built Apps In iPhone 4.0 Related To Multitasking
The primary reason for the change, say sources familiar with Apple's plans, is to support sophisticated new multitasking APIs in iPhone 4.0. The system will now be evaluating apps as they run in order to implement smart multitasking. It can't do this if apps are running within a runtime or are cross compiled with a foreign structure that doesn't behave identically to a native C/C++/Obj-C app.
Reading Between The iPhone OS 4.0 Lines
The number one priority at Apple is to grow mobile market share faster than Android. Anything that is not directly competitive with Android is on the back burner.
Apple Kneecaps Competitors And Partners
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Apple already has very wide latitude in deciding which apps will be approved for the store. If apps are low quality, they can be declined. And Apple can always issue more guidelines to application developers based on the content of the apps rather than on which tools were used to build them, requiring companies who create libraries to help produce iPhone applications to meet certain standards in terms of look, feel, and functionality in order to be included. It’s not necessary to cut everyone off.
Twitter For iPhone
We're thrilled to announce that we've entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks.
Adobe Highlights Risk Of Apple's Flash Exclusion
Peter Elstrom, Bloomberg
“To the extent new releases of operating systems or other third-party products, platforms or devices, such as the Apple iPhone or iPad, make it more difficult for our products to perform, and our customers are persuaded to use alternative technologies, our business could be harmed,” Adobe said today in the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under a “risk factors” heading.
The filing signals that tensions between Adobe and Apple are escalating as Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs snubs the Flash standard, used on almost all computers in the U.S. Yesterday, Apple released new rules that force application developers to write programs directly for the iPhone operating system, not intermediary software such as Adobe’s products.
“What I can’t figure out is why he (Steve Jobs) is even trying (to be the CEO of Apple)? ” wondered Bill. “He knows he can’t win.”
It is easy to see what Gates meant if you look at a comparison of the two companies in June, 1998. But look at the two companies today.
Why Pay For Final Cut Express When IMovie Is Free?
iMovie’s user interface is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in any other video editing package. Whenever I try to use iMovie, I find its interface constantly interferes with my ability to actually get anything done. Sometimes different is good, but sometimes, different is just different.
Complicating Relationships In Media: Apple, NY Times Dealings Raise Questions
Dan Gillmor, Mediactive
Jumping into an ecosystem like this violates fundamental journalistic principles, I believe. And the more popular the iPad gets the more potentially dangerous this could become to the information ecosystem.
Again, Apple has every right to push around its customers and media “partners” in pursuit of its business goals. What bothers me is the media companies’ willingness to cede so much of their authority to a company that has demonstrated its willingness to abuse it.
Apple Rejecting Apps With "Pad" In Title
Luke Bornheimer, 9 To 5 Mac
Apple has started to reject apps with the word "Pad" in their title that do not explicitly use wording such as, "runs on," "for," "for use with," and/or "compatible with."
With iPad Out, MacBook Faithful Getting Peevish
In the wake of the iPad rollout frenzy, new MacBook rumors are touching a raw nerve among the Apple laptop faithful.
Apple And The Leadership Pause
Scott Kirsner, HarvardBusiness.org
Inside WebKit2: Less Waiting, Less Crashing
Clint Ecker, Ars Technica
Anders Carlsson, an Apple employee, announced today on the WebKit mailing list an evolution of the WebKit project called WebKit2.
WebKit2's major aims are to bake both a "split process model" and a non-blocking API into the WebKit product—and by extension into Safari and any other client which takes advantage of the WebKit2 framework.
Why Apple Changed Section 3.3.1
So from Apple’s perspective, changing the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement to prohibit the use of things like Flash CS5 and MonoTouch to create iPhone apps makes complete sense. I’m not saying you have to like this. I’m not arguing that it’s anything other than ruthless competitiveness. I’m not arguing (up to this point) that it benefits anyone other than Apple itself. I’m just arguing that it makes sense from Apple’s perspective — and it was Apple’s decision to make.
What The iPad Is Missing (No, It’s Not A Camera)
Stephen Coles, The Font Feed
A device designed for media consumption could validate Apple’s dedication to design by emphasizing design’s most basic element: typography. But so far, it flops.
The iPad In The Eyes Of The Digerati
Does the iPad offer designers and users a new medium, or is it merely an iPod Touch on steroids? How much does the form factor of a device drive the creation of new kinds of content and how that content is read, heard and watched?
Diary Of An iPad Man
Rich Jaroslovsky, BusinessWeek
He read, he worked, he played games, he made a lady gasp. His weekend with the Super Tablet.
With Select Apps, iPad Is More Than A Pretty Face
If you budget around $100 for a few new and upgraded apps, you can easily make the iPad into much more of a constant companion than something you just trot out when the neighbors are watching.
Whoa — Apple Takes On The Mighty Telcoms
Eli Milchman, Cult of Mac
Boy, Steve Jobs doesn’t mess around, does he. Not content with his Google throwdown, he’s challenging the entire telecommunications industry with the iPhone’s new Background VoIP.
Steve Jobs Shares iPad Sales Numbers
After Apple announced that 300,000 iPads had been sold on the first day (meaning, via pre-order and on the first day), many people wondered if the iPad would maintain its sales velocity. The answer would seem to be yes, with Jobs stating that as of today Apple has sold 450,000 iPads, meaning that another 150,000 have left shelves in the subsequent four days (one of which was Easter Sunday, when few Apple Stores were open).
IBooks Comes To iPhone With Kindle-Like Syncing
John Brownlee, Cult of Mac
The real improvement here, actually, is the way that iBooks will now automatically sync your page and bookmarks across devices, just like the Kindle. What that means is if you leave your iPad at home, you can read your iBook on the iPhone from the page you left off.
Apple's Plans For iPhone Location Privacy
Today, when Apple gave a preview of the next version of the iPhone operating system, it was great to hear about the new features that could help consumers cope with the privacy and security issues involving location-based services.
Apple's Free Pass With The iPad
Matt Asay, CNET News
In recent years Apple has created its own reality distortion field, similar to the one created by Microsoft, by virtue of a steady stream of winning, innovative products.
Sure, people still say "But it's not like Windows," but now they mean that as a reason to use Apple products, rather than to avoid them. This reasoning leads to a free pass on just about all Apple design decisions, some of which may not actually make sense.
Wi-LAN Sues Everybody Over Bluetooth
Lance Whitney, CNET News
Ottawa-based Wi-LAN, which patents wireless products, is suing around 18 of the tech industry's largest players over what it claims are patent violations of Bluetooth technology. More specifically, Wi-LAN is alleging that these companies--which include Acer, Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Motorola, Sony, and Toshiba--have all infringed on one of its U.S. patents for selling PCs and mobile phones equipped with Bluetooth.
Multitasking Tops Tentpole Features In iPhone 4.0
The ability to run multiple apps, folders for organizing your mobile applications, and Mail improvements lead the major changes coming in the next version of the iPhone operating system. Apple gave a sneak peek Thursday at a developer preview of iPhone OS 4.0, which is coming later this summer.
Apple Debuts iAd Advertising Platform For iPhone OS
Apple introduced a new advertising platform designed specifically for the iPhone OS platform during the company’s iPhone 4.0 preview event on Thursday. The new technology, dubbed “iAd,” will be built straight into the forthcoming update to Apple's mobile operating system.
iAd allows developers to include ads directly into their apps. The ads, in turn, are designed to provide a rich promotional environment, complete with what are essentially mini apps-inside-the-app that, according to Jobs, are written entirely using the HTML5 standard—a clear jab in the direction of Adboe's competing Flash platform.
What Apple’s Game Center Means To iPhone Gamers
Chris Holt, Macworld
Due out “later this year,” Game Center is a social network platform for games that will allow you to invite friends, do automatic matchmaking, compare yourself to other players via leaderboards, and earn achievements. Think of it as Xbox Live for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users. “We want to make gaming even better on the iPhone, so we’re adding a social gaming network,” explained Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software during Apple’s iPhone OS 4 announcement.
Inside iPhone 4.0's Multitasking
Apple is achieving the appearance of multitasking—the ability to run more than one program at a time—through a combination of app-switching features and background processes managed by the operating system itself. What is not being added to iPhone OS 4.0 is the more traditional concept of apps running, full bore, whether you can see that or not.
Apple Hates Cross-compilers
It looks like Apple wants to make sure that being multi-platform stays expensive, and that people just stick with building applications for today’s dominant platform — iPhone.
New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans The Use Of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler
My reading of this new language is that cross-compilers, such as the Flash-to-iPhone compiler in Adobe’s upcoming Flash Professional CS5 release, are prohibited. This also bans apps compiled using MonoTouch — a tool that compiles C# and .NET apps to the iPhone.
Adobe To Switch On Silent PDF Updates For Reader, Acrobat
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Adobe will flip the switch next week on a service that silently updates customers’ copies of its popular Reader and Acrobat PDF programs, the company’s chief security executive said Thursday.
iPad Review
Robert Mohns, Macintouch
Conceptually, the iPad is a blank canvas. The big screen becomes whatever it needs to be. It's a transformative experience, and it enables the iPad to be something that the iPhone and iPod Touch never could be — a creator's tool.
Backup iPhone Power In A Slim Device
Eric A. Taub, New York Times
The $60 Jump Start, from DLO, doesn’t cover the entire back of an iPhone or iPod. Instead, the device, black and rubbery, slips over about the middle two-thirds of the phone, allowing it to maintain its sleek shape.
'Get a Mac' Commercials Coming To An End?
Seth Weintraub, 9 To 5 Mac
Justin Long (Mac) told the Onion's AV section that Apple's iconic 'Get a Mac' ads might be done. In fact, he's heard from John Hodgman (PC) that Apple was "moving on".
AdLib: Apple’s Secret Weapon For Making Better Web Apps For The iPad
Greg Kumparak, MobileCrunch
Coming in at just shy of 4,500 lines of code, the entire purpose of AdLib appears to be to bring native app-esque functionality to Web Apps, often counteracting the default behaviors that make Safari play nice with the rest of the web.
The Success Of The iPad Will Come Down To App Development
Apple's iPad, Benchmarked: It's Fast
Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
The iPad is fast. Since we have quite a few Apple products around here, we decided to see just how fast, by benchmarking it against an iPhone 3GS, an iPod Touch (3rd generation), an original iPhone and my 2.2-Ghz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro.
Unsurprisingly, the iPad beat all the other portable products. On the most comprehensive publicly available native benchmarking app, BenchTest, it proved 1.6 times as fast as the iPhone 3GS and 3.72 times as fast as the original iPhone.
iPad Day: 9:41 AM
John Manning, Secret Lab
All promotional images of the iPhone show the time as 9:42 AM. Nobody knew the exact reason why, though theories abound. But on the iPad, the time is shown as 9:41 AM. Hmm.
Apple Creates AdLib Framework To Enable Rich iPad Web Apps
Apple has created a new development framework to enable rich web apps for iPad using simple HTML, CSS and JavaScript, following its previous efforts to do the same for the iPhone and within iTunes.
Isn't It Illegal For Apple To Restrict The iPad's Software Library?
Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine
Microsoft wasn't allowed to bundle Internet Explorer with its operating system. Should Apple get to decide what software goes on the iPad?
iPad Etiquette: The Official FAQ
Mat Honan, Gizmodo
As early adopters, the opportunity to define proper etiquette is ours.
Should Apple's iPhone Apps Play By Its Own Rules?
In the end, private frameworks remain edge cases; the vast majority of apps that are submitted to the App Store are either approved or rejected on a basis other than private framework usage, and the numbers clearly indicate that this issue has not prevented the formation of a vibrant—and profitable—software ecosystem around iPhone OS.
Witch 3 Adds Command-tab Support, More
If you’re dissatisfied with the way OS X’s built-in application switcher interface works, then you might consider the latest version of Many Tricks’s Witch window switching utility, which on Wednesday was updated to version 3.
Apple Rejected iPad App For Using Pinch To Expand Gesture
Apple refused to accept one iPad application to its App Store until the proprietary "pinch to expand" multi-touch gesture, which is found in Apple's own Photos application, was removed, a developer has told AppleInsider.
Report: FTC May Try To Block Google's AdMob Deal
Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service
The Federal Trade Commission may be preparing to challenge Google’s planned acquisition of AdMob on antitrust concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Dropbox: Beyond The Basics
My hands-down favorite new Mac app of the past year or so has been Dropbox. One reason I like it: I keep discovering new things it can do.
The iPad
Apple hasn’t thought of everything with iPad, but what they’ve thought about, they’ve thought about very deeply.
Review: Veenix TypeBook Creator 2.4.1
Jay J. Nelson, Macworld
I wholeheartedly recommend Veenix TypeBook Creator 2.4.1 to anyone who has struggled with choosing appropriate fonts for a project. Its unique feature set lets you explore the fonts you have, offers the best selection of layouts for specimen pages, and is reasonably priced.
The iPad And Accessories: What You Need To Know
You could just go out and buy new “Made for iPad” accessories. But we’ve spent the past few days testing the iPad with existing accessories to see if you can reuse those add-ons. Here’s what we’ve determined so far.
Should Apple Let Amazon Sell The iPad?
Leslie Grandy, Technorati
Given the explosion of Apple retail locations, and the correlating growth in Mac share, if ever there was a time to hold an authorized reseller to their agreement, it is now with the launch of the iPad and it most definitely is with Amazon.
Lafayette's Alexander Dawson School Swapping Books For iPads
Vanessa Miller, Daily Camera
About 80 students and 12 of their teachers will get the 16G Wi-Fi iPads -- which retail for $499 -- to help with reading, studying, researching and experimentation. Headmaster Brian Johnson said he'll consider expanding the use of the devices to other grades if everything goes well.
How Apple's iPad Succeeded Where Microsoft Failed
John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine
What is completely overlooked at the moment, is the potential to sink Microsoft, once and for all—or at least relegate the company to commodity computing (formerly known as desktop computing). The irony, of course, is that Microsoft predicted the trend toward pad computing. It just didn't predict that it, as a company, wouldn't be playing in the big game.
Newsweek Staffer Daniel Lyons Apologizes For Apple Interference Claim
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
Lyons apologized Tuesday for misstating the sequence of events. The conversations he recalled -- quite vividly, he says, because he "was so freaked by it" -- took place shortly after Newsweek agreed to hire him as Levy's successor, not before. Lyons says Levy told him directly that Apple was upset at his hiring and told others at Newsweek (including then-business editor David Jefferson).
Ars Technica Reviews The iPad
The iPad isn't a big iPod touch—an iPod touch is a miniature iPad that restricts the full multitouch experience in exchange for offering greater portability. With the iPad, in contrast, you get multitouch the way it was meant to be done. That's one of our many take-aways after having submerged ourselves in iPad land since launch. The larger screen doesn't just offer more space to work with—it opens up a different and more immersive user experience. Because of this different experience, though, the closed nature of the platform can get under some users' skin in ways the iPhone and iPod touch do not.
Still, the iPad is likely to just be a starting point for Apple and for multitouch computing in general. There are obvious downsides to the device—we'll tell you what those are—but it's clear that it does sit in its own category that floats somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop, and it serves different purposes than either its smaller or bigger siblings. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
How To Turn An iPhone Into A Wireless iPad Camera
Rosa Golijan, Gizmodo
The iPad doesn't have a built-in camera, but you can give it something better. By putting an app onto each an iPad and an iPhone, you can connect the two via bluetooth and have a wireless camera for your iPad.
TSA: Don't Remove Your iPad For X-rays, Unless We Say So
iPad owners may get a (very) small reprieve when going through security checkpoints at US airports. The Transportation Security Administration told the Associated Press that iPads generally do not need to be removed from carry-on luggage when going through X-ray screening.
A 2.5 Year-Old Uses An iPad For The First Time
Todd Lappin, Laughing Squid
My iPhone-savvy 2.5 year-old daughter held an iPad for the very first time last night, and it turned out to be an interesting user-interface experiment.
Apple's Play For Platform Dominance
John Carroll, ZDNet
I won’t ever stop rooting for another company to take bigger market share so long as Apple is the kind of company that it is (Google seems the most likely candidate). But, I will appreciate the design of their products.
Netflix App Coming To iPhone, iPod Touch
My iPhone Has Revolutionised My Reading
Howard Hill, The Guardian
For dyslexics, books are much easier to read on its screen.
The Apple Two
Tim Wu, Slate Magazine
The iPad is Steve Jobs' final victory over the company's co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Tips To Improve The iPad Experience
Now that I have an iPad in my hands, I've discovered some new techniques and hidden shortcuts, and also found myself making heavier use of existing iPhone shortcuts (including a few I didn't realize were there).
Apple Confirms iPad Wi-Fi Issues, Suggests Fixes
If you feel like your brand-new iPad isn’t working with wireless networks the way you think it should, the problem may not be in your head. Apple’s support forums contain a number of comments from frustrated users who are experiencing problems while trying to set up their Wi-Fi connections. And Apple itself has posted a support note and FAQ on Wi-Fi and the iPad.
First Look: IWork For iPad
For now, file management is the biggest weakness in Apple’s iWork apps. Otherwise, they—and particularly Keynote—look like nicely capable mobile apps that fall somewhere short of their full-fledged desktop counterparts. The iPad as business machine? These iWork apps make it plausible.
CoWA Day 1: Jennifer Connelly’s Breasts
See, I learned exactly what it’s like to be the star of “The Hot Spot,” “Career Opportunities” and “Mulholland Falls.” Everywhere I went — the speakers’ office, Monday evening’s party, and even during my panels — everyone was really happy I was there but it was the same story. It quickly became clear that while they liked me as a person, they mostly thought of me as the support and mobility system for two big, meaty, luscious things.
Namely, my iPad, plus the MiFi mobile WiFi access point that would let them see the Netflix streaming app in operation.
iBooks And Private APIs
This app’s undocumented API use wouldn’t pass the App Store submission process, yet developers need to compete with it for App Store attention.
Wired's Steven Levy Says Dan Lyons Is Making Things Up About Him, Apple, And Newsweek
Jay Yarow, Business Insider
Is iPad A Game-Changer?
Like everyone else who got one, I am trying to figure out how to make it my own. I keep hitting frustrating limits. I want to use it to write. Impossible, I've discovered. None of my writing tools are there. Not just the ones I use to enter keystrokes into the computer, and edit and revise them, but also the tools I use for finding information I want to reference in my stories.
Game-Changers Are Usually Imperfect
Harry McCracken, Technologizer
Before Saturday, when people asked me how important the iPad was going to be, I told them to judge it not by the sum of the device that Apple released this week. iPad is a platform, and platforms are processes–so if you’re trying to figure out if iPad is a big deal, envision the one that Apple will release a year from now. Then decide.
10 Reasons Why Apple iPad Is Highly Qualified For Enterprise Role
Don Reisinger, eWeek
The iPad is different. It delivers such a unique take on computing and getting the job done that most companies would likely prefer it over a laptop. It's a surprise, I know. But it's quite true.
Should Colleges Start Giving Apple's iPad To Students?
Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed
The iPad has landed. But should campuses be throwing it a welcome party?
iBooks And ePub
Liza Daly, Threepress
Overall I’d say iBooks is pretty good for a first-generation ePub reader. The biggest concern is of course that once you purchase books from iTunes, you’re locked in to only reading them in iBooks.
How To Choose Your Ideal iPad And Accessories
Tonya Engst, TidBITS
iBooks On The iPad, A First Glance
Liz Castro, Pigs, Gourds, And Wikis
I opened up a book of poetry and cried for page breaks.
Apple's iPad: A Beginning, Not End, To Innovation
Cory Doctorow believes the iPad signals an end to innovation. It doesn't. Apple's iPad actually points to a beginning of innovation in personal computing. Where Doctorow and I likely agree, however, is that such innovation won't come within the confines of Apple's beautiful iPad device, but rather at its margins.
iPad Reportedly Overheating In The Sun
Several iPad owners are reporting that their iPads have been overheating--and shutting down--after spending as little as ten minutes in the sun. How big an issue is this?
Making Allowances For Underage iTunes Users
It's wise to not let a 13-year-old have your credit card number. But there are other ways to help minors legally obtain the media they're after.
The iPad Is For Readers
Surprise! The futuristic device provides an ideal sanctuary for the most old-fashioned leisure activity.
You Don't Need An iPad
But once you try one, you won't be able to resist.
Why The iPad Is A Blank Slate, And Why That's Important
The iPad becomes the app you're using. That's part of the magic. The hardware is so understated - it's just a screen, really - and because you manipulate objects and interface elements so smoothly and directly on the screen, the fact that you're using an iPad falls away. You're using the app, whatever it may be, and while you're doing so, the iPad is that app. Switch to another app and the iPad becomes that app. If that's not magic, I don't know what is.
The iPad: A Developer's Anti-Contrarian View
Matt Neuburg, TidBITS
My overall reaction to the iPad as a developer is extremely positive. I think the iPad's cheerful, bright screen cries out: "Hey there, programmers and prospective programmers, come on in! The water's fine!"
iPad Included In Patent Infringement Suit
A company that has already sued Apple over a patent on zooming and scrolling on a mobile Web browser, is now adding the iPad to the lawsuit Monday.
Apple Announces iPhone 4.0 Event For Thursday
A “Sneak Peek Into The Future Of The iPhone OS”?!?
I just got an invite for a special event on the Apple campus on Thursday. Topic: the future of the iPhone OS. Image: the long shadow of a number “4.”
Denial Of Expertise
Joe Clark
This was the weekend those of us with high standards lost their remaining residue of patience for ideologues who hyperbolize about open systems without actually creating something people want to use.
iPad Mail Takes Baby Steps Towards Desktop Mail
While it has its limitations, especially for power users, it gets most of the basics right, and it excels at the most important tasks: viewing and composing messages, displaying attachments, and connecting reliably to nearly any e-mail server. And while the iPad version is, by my ballpark estimate, 85 percent identical to its iPhone counterpart, that 15-percent difference—which is mainly a product of the iPad’s increased screen space—makes for major increases in usability and productivity.
Apple Dimming Flash's Outlook?
Ed Hansberry, InformationWeek
I am sure Flash will continue to be around for a long time to come, but Apple may be making enough of a difference to webmasters to ensure that if they want their content viewed on the iPhone or iPad, they will need to rethink how they use Flash on their site, if at all.
Apple iPad: Still Some Bugs And Rough Edges
Like I said: My wife and I are very happy with our iPads, we're glad we bought them when we did. But I don't want to write yet another blog or article praising the iPad. You can already find a million of those. I just want to let you know about some problems you might encounter if you decide to buy one for yourself.
Apple, Microsoft: A War Between Frumpy, Fresh
Bill Briggs, MSNBC
Market cap, one method for measuring a company’s value, may represent the real chase. Among some tech insiders, however, bets on the ultimate winner are all over the board — with many prognosticator linking their forecasts to the potential rise of the iPad — or to long-term, lukewarm reactions to the new tablet.
Apple Sells More Than 300,000 iPads On Launch Day
Apple on Monday announced that it sold over 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on its first day of availability, including preorders shipped directly to customers, and purchases at Apple retail stores and Best Buy outlets.
Apple also revealed that more than a million applications were downloaded from the App Store for the iPad. Apple's iBookstore saw over 250,000 books downloaded on the first day alone.
Developers Are In A Scramble To Strike iPad Gold
While many developers have spent weeks working on applications for Apple’s newest toy, only a handful were given iPads on which to test their software. The rest had to wait until the device went on sale Saturday for the moment of truth: How well does our app work on the iPad? Does it look and feel right? Or do we have a lot more work to do?
Adding to the urgency was the knowledge that many of the earliest apps for the iPhone ended up being among the most successful. A slow start with an iPad app could mean getting lost in the clutter of Apple’s crowded online store.
iWork Pages For iPad: A Primer For Word Users
As a Microsoft Word loyalist, I had some minor issues with Pages, but overall it seems to be a more than capable substitute and an app I can rely on if traveling with my iPad and leaving my notebook at home. I won't be abandoning my Windows 7 notebook any time soon, but the iPad does an admirable job filling in as a business tool in addition to simple Web-surfing and playing music.
The Finder Is Dead, And So Are Geeks
Mac Stories
Some Publishers Are Wary Of Sales On iTunes
Shira Ovide and Russell Adams, Wall Street Journal
Newspaper and magazine companies rushed to prep their titles for the debut of Apple Inc.'s iPad last weekend. But while publishers hail how the tablet computer lets them showcase their wares, some are working to develop ways to sell their publications separately from Apple's iTunes.
Apple Tried To Prevent Hiring Of Tech Writer By Newsweek
Talking Biz News
"And Newsweek hired me anyway, but sure enough, we didn’t get any access, we didn’t get — I don’t have an iPad. I didn’t get a device from Apple."
iPad Taps Familiar Apple Suppliers
Don Clark, Wall Street Journal
A look inside Apple Inc.'s new iPad points to more business for some familiar component suppliers to the Silicon Valley giant.
Apple iPad: Just Say No?
Harry McCracken, PC World
But here’s the thing: one-size fits all buying advice just doesn’t work.
The iPad Has Not Changed My Life
Will Knight, Technology Review
It's lightning fast, intuitive to operate, and very good for tasks certain tasks: reading, watching videos and playing games. If you're into e-books I think it's an excellent platform for that. But I like to input stuff too, and it's a pain to type on. The lack of multitasking, external ports or camera limits its usefulness as a more general-purpose computer.
The iPad Gets Jailbreaked In Less Then A Day
Review: Apple's iPad Keyboard Dock
The iPad Keyboard Dock makes text entry on an iPad feel natural; I could type comfortably enough to write the first draft of this review on it. Using it to type in Pages, I had my first “this isn’t just a big iPod Touch” experience; it really could be a legitimate business tool. If you’re going to use the iPad for work, you’re going to need a keyboard. I can certainly recommend this one.
Refined Apple iPad Delivers A Great Experience
Jeff Carlson, Seattle Times
My overall impression is that Apple recognizes that details matter, contributing to a great experience. The iPad goes to great lengths to cater to people who are unfamiliar with computers or who respond better when put at ease.
iPad App Pricing: A Last Act Of Insanity By Delusional Content Companies
Suw Charman-Anderson, Strange Attractor
Looking at the iPad app rollout, you can easily separate the digital wheat from the chaff in the content industries, and you can see those who are developing digital businesses and those who are trying to protect print margins and who see the iPad as a vertical, closed model to control and monetise content.
Why The iPad Will Change Blogging For Me
Om Malik, GigaOm
In many ways, the iPad’s lack of multitasking ability makes it worthy of focusing on just the task at hand. In my brief usage of the device at the time of its unveiling, I felt a near-complete interaction with an email or a document or a web page. That was near nirvana when it came to consumption of content.
Why Apple Is Still Generating Buzz
Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe
Few companies generate so much ink around new products, or anticipation of what’s coming next. It seemed like a good time to ask designers, entrepreneurs, and executives around Boston — some former Apple competitors, some ex-employees, and some just admirers — what makes the Silicon Valley company so special, and what they’ve learned from Apple and its famous chief executive.
An Initial Miscellany Of The iPad
Shawn Blanc
My first thought was that the iPad actually is the best way to experience the Web. Safari is so fast, and navigating around with your fingertips is so natural.
An Estimated 700,000 iPads Bought On Day One - Plus A Steve Jobs Sighting In Palo Alto
John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News
A number of Apple apostles did experience more than the thrill of holding a new shiny object: They got a serendipitous jolt of tech royalty. In San Jose, over-nighters and early-risers got to hobnob with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who joined the pre-iPad vigil at 6 p.m. Friday at Valley Fair Shopping Mall. In Palo Alto, Apple CEO Steve Jobs sauntered unannounced into the University Avenue store shortly before noon to drink in the scene.
One Man's Long Wait For The UPS Guy
Minutes went by, and no iPad arrived. But soon that minute stretched to an hour. And then another.
In The Line For An iPad: A First-person Account
Saturday morning, I found myself in déjà vu land all over again, as they say. I spent the morning standing in line outside the Washington Square Apple Store in Tigard, Oregon—standing in nearly the same spot as when I queued up for the release of the original iPhone in 2007.
iPad Teardown
The iPad battery is alot bigger than an iPhone 3G battery. The iPhone battery has about 1/5th the capacity provided by the iPad battery.
Customers Line Up For First iPads
Serenity Caldwell, David Dahlquist, Lynn La, Roman Loyola, Marco Tabini, Macworld
Early adopters in New York, Massachusetts, and San Francisco clamor for Apple’s latest device.
iPad’s Safari Edges Closer To The Desktop
For some sites, iPad browsing is an incredible experience; for others, you’ll find yourself saving URLs to visit later on your Mac. The good news is that, compared to the iPhone, the balance has shifted significantly towards the former and away from the latter.
The iPad's Charging Challenge Explained
In short, there’s nothing wrong with your iPad; it’s just hungry for power. In this respect, the iPad is a lot like many USB hard drives and Apple’s external optical drive for the MacBook Air: it needs more juice than the typical USB port provides.
iPad And Multitasking
It disappoints me to see commentators on TV today dinging the iPad for a lack of multitasking. A tech expert whose mission is to communicate tricky technology to civilian audiences can’t let that pitch go by with a flat “no.” You also shouldn’t offer a flat “yes” but at least the statement “the iPad OS multitasks” is technically correct. You’re there to educate. Which means that you don’t want people to come away thinking that (for example) iPod playback stops when you try to get your mail or fire off a Tweet.
Microsoft Won’t Make Office for IPad, Says Google No Threat
Peter Burrows, Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, has no plans to make a version of its Office suite of programs to run on Apple Inc.’s iPad, said Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s business division.
An iPad edition of Office would likely be built by a unit within Microsoft’s consumer business that creates versions of Office that work with Apple’s Macintosh personal computers. Kristen Woody, a spokesman for that unit, says it “doesn’t have anything to share at this time.”
How iPad Application Pricing Will Change The App Store Game
When Apple announced the prices of the first apps they presented – Pages, Keynote and Numbers, from their iWork suite – they set a new bar for App Store pricing.
Did Apple Drop PA Semi For Intrinsity To Create The A4?
Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
When I Joined Apple
I joined Apple because they were threatening to change the world. I stayed on at Apple because they were changing the world. And I remain loyal to that company because, in spite of my absence, they have changed the world. In more ways than I can imagine, they’re inventing the future. And I’m along for the ride.
Under The Radar, Apple's Asian Suppliers Work Furiously
The fevered buildup to Saturday's iPad launch has demonstrated the brute efficiency of the little-known Asian suppliers responsible for turning Apple's design vision into hands-on reality.
For Amazon, Arrival Of The iPad Opens Door To More E-Book Sales
Yukari Iwatani Kane and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Wall Street Journal
Electronic books are expected to be a major selling point for Apple Inc.'s iPad, which goes on sale Saturday. But competitors, particularly Amazon.com Inc., could end up as major e-book providers for the new device.
Apple iPad Could Be An A+ For Schools
Mark Milian, Los Angeles Times
With several school districts across the country providing students with free laptops during their tenure, a cheaper and perhaps more practical solution could be to supplant computers with iPads. Some schools are already planning to dole out Apple's new tablet computer, as others debate doing the same.
Will The iPad Cause The End Of Innovation?
Joshua Brustein, New York Times
Apple’s tight control over software development for its products has been an issue in the past. Many developers have long complained about the strict, sometimes arbitrary-seeming standards it keeps over what Apps it offers through its App store.
Yet the rush of developers working on apps for the device before they have even touched it — and the general mania that has been building for the last two months — makes it clear that there are plenty of fans.
10.6.3 Update Breaking SMB Mounted Volume Write Access For Many
If you need to write to a mounted volume over SMB, you might want to hold off on updating to OS X 10.6.3 if you haven’t done so already: Apple support forum users are reporting major problems in multiple threads that SMB is borked.
Big Names Unveil iPad Apps
The iPad will let you watch streaming movies from Netflix, play games from Electronic Arts, and read the latest adventures of Spider-Man, thanks to new apps announced Friday.
What You Need To Know About The iPad
More details about the iPad have come out. And we’ve managed to get our hands on an iPad all our own. So we’re able to go back and update our old iPad FAQ with the latest details about the device.
FileMaker Unveils Bento For iPad
If FileMaker isn’t careful, people are going to start saying that Bento is the database software maker’s flagship app. After all, the company—which offers an entire line of professional database applications under the FileMaker brand— already produces versions of Bento for both the Mac and the iPhone. On Friday, the software maker unveiled an iPad version of its personal database application, with a number of features designed specifically to take advantage of Apple’s new tablet.
Apps For iPad From Some TV Networks, Not All
Television networks are taking sharply different approaches to the iPad.
Rethinking Apps For The iPad
Christopher Mims, Technology Review
The iPad isn't the only thing making its big debut this Saturday. Several hundred newly minted iPad applications, many of which have been painstakingly redesigned and rebuilt for the device, will also get their first airing.
Apple Racking Up Victories In Its War With Flash
Before the iPad even hits Apple's shelves, take a look at this impressive list of companies converting to an iPad-friendly format for video:
New E-Book Pricing Model Adopted In Fits And Starts
Jeffery A. Trachtenberg, Wall Street Journal
As book publishers and retailers prepare for the launch of Apple Inc.'s iPad on Saturday, there are clear signs of the glitches and confusion that many expected would accompany the adoption of a new e-book pricing model.
Triumph Of The iPad
From the moment he first lifted the veil on the iPad until today, the entire process has been a work of art. Genius doesn't seem adequate to describe it.
iPad Has A Lot Riding On AT&T
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld
If the iPad is truly going to be “magical,” as Apple claims it will be, a lot rides on AT&T’s networks, especially its much-derided 3G performance for the iPhone.
Hands On With The iPad: First Impressions
Macworld took possession of an iPad Thursday morning, and for the last few hours we’ve been poring over it, taking photos and screen shots, trying out accessories, and tapping through every app on the device.
We’ve got a long way to go and a whole lot of questions to answer. But here’s a quick take with some initial thoughts on this new device.
iPad Apps Start Appearing On The App Store
Nicholas Bonsack, Macworld
The iPad won’t make its official debut until this weekend, but the apps that will run on Apple’s new tablet have already started popping up on the App Store—provided you’re using the latest version of iTunes, that is.
Apple Adds iPad Support To MobileMe
The iPad supports syncing for e-mail, contacts, calendars, and Safari bookmarks, “no docking required,” and supports both iCal/Address Book and Microsoft Outlook combinations.
Apple Loses Swiss iPhone Trademark Appeal
Aayush Arya, Macworld
Apple’s appeal for reconsideration of its trademark application for the word “iPhone” has been rejected by the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, which maintained that the term is a non-distinctive word for which Apple could not be granted a trademark.
Limits Of The First New iPad Apps
Andy Ihnatko, Macworld
I fear that hundreds of thousands of early-adopters will buy these first-generation apps and suffer a serious letdown. I’m betting that the iPad won’t show its true strength until a couple of weeks later, after thousands of developers have finally been able to run their apps on a live iPad. They will slap their heads, have one last night of intimacy with their significant others, and then sleep in their offices until they’ve completed and released a totally-revamped edition.
But the initial damage will have been done.
Living With Windows: Security
Rich Mogull, Macworld
What you do and don't have to worry about Macs and PCs connect.
Twitter! Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal!
Eric Sink
Your Mom wants a computer she doesn't have to ask you to fix. She is willing to trade power and flexibility to get simplicity. The iPad is another major step.
Apple's iPad: The Mothership Prepares For Launch
Stephen Fry, Time
I am here at Apple's invitation to try out the iPad, and later in my visit I will spend an hour with the company's boss, Steve Jobs — the first time I've ever spent any real time with him. But as I meet with Schiller and Cue, I feel it only fair to reel off the list of negatives the iPad will meet on its release. It falls between two stools — neither small enough to be truly portable nor big enough to be called a proper computer. Everything, I point out, is under Apple's control, as usual. No Adobe Flash capability, no multitasking, no camera. It's just a scaled-up iPhone or iPod Touch.
"There's a negative way of saying that," says Schiller, "and a positive. 'Oh, it's just a big iPhone ... boo!' or 'Hey, it's like a big iPhone ... cool!' Luckily, millions of people have those, so there is an instant ease and familiarity when they first encounter the iPad. As for everything else, it's not about the features — it's about the experience. You just have to try it to see what I mean."
Apple's Bet On iPad Requires Buyers To Take 'Leap Of Faith'
Apple Inc., looking to succeed where rivals like Microsoft Corp. failed, is betting that consumers are finally ready for tablet computers, even if they have to do without some features.
iPad Springboard Breaks Spatiality
Lukas Mathis, Ingore The Code
Let’s say you want to open the App Store on your iPad, and you know that you’ve put this icon at the bottom right of your apps. Turning the iPad shuffles the positions of your icons. The App Store now suddenly jumps to the middle of the second row.
ITC To Investigate HTC Phones After Apple Complaint
Nancy Gohring, Macworld
On Wednesday, the ITC said that one of its administrative law judges will hold an evidentiary hearing to look into Apple’s complaint. The ITC now has 45 days to set a target date for completing the investigation.
Apple's iPad Is For Moms Now, Techies Later
Noah Kravitz, Huffington Post
Apple knows how to capture consumer imagination, and they know how to make technology simple. For all the high-end geeks crying foul over what iPad can't do -- no multitasking, no user installation of apps beyond the Apple-controlled store, no Flash content in the Web browser, and so on -- millions of average consumers are much more interested in what this thing can do.
And what's that? What can the iPad do? In a word, it can simplify computing.
Screens And Eyestrain
The launch of Apple Inc.'s iPad is fueling an ocular debate: What type of e-reader is easiest on the eyes: the black-and-white screens that simulate ink on a printed page or the back-lit color screens used by computers and the iPad?
iPad Mania: Sneak Peek At Apple's Latest Creation
Neal Karlinsky, Eloise Harper and Hanna Siegel, ABC News
It's early morning and Apple has invited us behind locked doors inside a store that hasn't opened for a private showing of the much-anticipated iPad.
Our sneak peak included a look at applications, better known as apps, from developers in Los Angeles and Seattle.
IBooks Is Worth The Price Alone For iPad As Ebook Reader
If the price and the size aren’t obstacles to you, then it’s the clear winner.
Apple Refunds Expedited Shipping Charges For iPads
Scott McNulty, Macworld
Apple goofed by giving people an option for expedited shipping option for a product slated to arrive on a certain date.
Apple Clamps Down On Non-US iPad Orders
The Mac Observer
Apple has clamped down on third party companies offering non-U.S. customers iPad delivery, according to MobileGamesBlog. Customers that had ordered iPads through these companies began receiving e-mails letting them know that Apple had canceled their orders, and that they would receive refunds.
Review: iPad Is Pure Innovation - One Of Best Computers Ever
The most compelling sign that Apple got this right is the fact that despite the novelty of the iPad, the excitement slips away after about ten seconds and you’re completely focused on the task at hand ... whether it’s reading a book, writing a report, or working on clearing your Inbox. Second most compelling: in situation after situation, I find that the iPad is the best computer in my household and office menagerie. It’s not a replacement for my notebook, mind you. It feels more as if the iPad is filling a gap that’s existed for quite some time.
Verdict Is In On Apple iPad: It's A Winner
Edward C. Baig, USA Today
Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there's certainly room for improvement. Nearly three years after making a splash with the iPhone, Apple has delivered another impressive product that largely lives up to the hype.
Apple's iPad Is Better Than Expected
Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
I had high expectations for the iPad, and it has met or exceeded most of them.
Unboxing The Apple iPad: The Photos
Tim Gideon and Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine
Reviews: Love It Or Not? Looking At iPad From 2 Angles
David Pogue, New York Times
The bottom line is that the iPad has been designed and built by a bunch of perfectionists. If you like the concept, you’ll love the machine.
Apple's iPad Is A Touch Of Genius
Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing
Just as the iPhone, Palm Pré and Android phones scratched an itch we didn't know we had, somewhere between cellphone and notebook, the iPad hits a completely new pleasure spot. The display is large enough to make the experience of apps and games on smaller screens stale. Typography is crisp, images gem-like, and the speed brisk thanks to Apple's A4 chip and solid state storage. As I browse early release iPad apps, web pages, and flip through the iBook store and books, the thought hits that this is a greater leap into a new user experience than the sum of its parts suggests.
Apple iPad Review: Laptop Killer? Pretty Close
Walter S. Mossberg, Wall Street Journal
My verdict is that, while it has compromises and drawbacks, the iPad can indeed replace a laptop for most data communication, content consumption and even limited content creation, a lot of the time. But it all depends on how you use your computer.
Apple On Your Eyes
Jeremy Singer-Vine, Slate Magazine
Can staring at an iPad hurt your vision?
Apple Updates AirPort Utility, Base Station Firmware
The new version of AirPort Utility fixes a couple general bugs along with two specific issues: one where it won’t import all settings when importing a configuration, and one where it won’t correctly propagate MAC address control lists when using an extended network. The latter issue also led to a potential security problem where unauthorized computers could join a locked network via a network extender.
iTunes 9.1: What's Changed
Although the primary purpose of the update was to bring iPad compatibility to Apple’s jukebox-and-more media application, other changes—both significant and not-so—came along for the ride. Here’s what’s new and changed.
By Heng-Cheong Leong
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ELIXIR 2004
Concepts of body and space merge in Elixir. The artist has fully exploited the particularities of Volume!’s space setting up an installation that alters the overall volume of the space. It has in fact been turned into an unusual laboratory for research in genetic modification, where a solitary scientist experiments her own manipulating madness. From this perturbing and theatrical setting the Elixir installation aims to stimulate considerations on the themes of genetic modification as a metaphor for media mystifications and mental conditioning. This “small theatre of experimental folly” partly explores themes linked to mechanisms of control and centralized social coercion which have already inspired the artist in the past.
Genetically modified beings are created to become her slaves by being exposed to the elixir of life. The elixir doesn’t work and they whistle cheerfully as they are destroyed by the experimental madness.
Laplante’s performance for the opening emphasizes its initial premise by experimenting her own hysterical genetic monstrosities in person.
Teresa Macrì
But you had to be there
Installation at Volume!, Rome,
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Four Lost Ladies by Stuart Palmer
A woman is murdered in her hotel room—and she is only the first to die
With a seven-hundred-dollar inheritance in her pocket, small town librarian Harriet Bascom went to the track. By the time she left she had thousands—enough to live life the way she had always wanted: with champagne, music, and love. The champagne and music flow freely once she arrives in New York City, but it’s love that brings trouble. When she discovers her beloved has a terrible secret, she makes the mistake of being alone when she confronts him about it—and doesn’t even scream when she dies.
Harriet is one of the three thousand women who disappear in New York each year—the women Hildegarde Withers wants to know more about. Unhappily retired, this former elementary school teacher is hungry for action. Investigating Harriet’s case—and the three other ladies who follow her into death—will provide all the action Miss Withers could ever want.
“Incomparable.” —Saturday Review
“Full of fun and delightful people. A really terrific plot.” —Chicago Daily News
“Madcap.” —New York Times
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Post date: Jun 23 2011 - 13:39
SINGLE STATUS - After the long journey it is now here
UNISON in Touch: Single Status Update - June 2011UNISON members vote in favour of Single Status. Results: 447 papers sent out 241 papers returned 69.3% In Favour (167 votes) 27.4% Against (66 votes)3.3% Spoilt Ballots (8 papers) Dear UNISON members, The figures above give the result of the Single Status ballot recently conducted within Norwich City UNISON Branch. As you will see there 54% of ballot papers were returned, with 69% in favour of acceptance.
Post date: Mar 31 2011 - 13:30
Important Milestone Reached
A truly significant milestone towards implementating single status was reached last Thursday when the Norwich City UNISON branch committee agreed to ballot members on the package offered by the council – with a recommendation to accept. The latest round of negotiations saw the council accepting UNISON’s arguments in favour of enhancing the financial package for affected individuals. As a result, the offer was amended to include six months back pay for individuals whose pay is to increase and six months protection for those who will see their pay decrease.
Single Status Update - March 2011
An important step has been taken towards the council’s proposal for single status following a meeting of cabinet on Wednesday. At the meeting cabinet agreed to UNISON’s request to amend the council’s single status proposal. The amendments put forward and agreed by cabinet include making provisions for up to six months back pay and protection. The other options considered, but rejected, by cabinet were:
Post date: Mar 3 2011 - 13:00
Single Status Update – March 2011
The Norwich City branch has received informal confirmation from the regional office that the council’s single status proposals can be put to members in a ballot.The proposals will go before the council’s Cabinet on 16 March 2011.
Post date: Aug 13 2010 - 14:55
Single Status Update - August 2010
The council and the Norwich City Unison branch have recently heard back from Unison nationally that the council's proposal for single status meets with legal requirements. These include fair and non-discriminatory pay and grading structures and terms and conditions of employment that are in accordance with equal pay legislation. This is a key stage before proposals are presented to members for ballot. The council and local and regional representatives of Unison will meet again at the end of August to finalise how we move forward with the single status proposal.
Post date: Apr 11 2010 - 14:52
Single status update – April 2010
Norwich City Council’s proposal currently sits with UNISON headquarters, after the specialists at head office requested further details and information from the employer. The proposals would mean:
Post date: Oct 16 2009 - 15:02
Single Status Update - October 2009
The council’s single status proposal was submitted to Unison headquarters a few weeks ago. This proposal would mean that: 34% of employees will see their pay increase 54% of employees will see no change in their pay 11% of employees will see their pay decrease The employer has stated their intention to provide financial and career counseling for these staff and in addition, the branch has agreed an appeals process for those who wish to appeal against their job evaluation.
Single Status Update – 24 July 2009
In our feature article of 1 July we outlined the position for single status. A revised proposal was being developed by the council following the rejection by Unison national office of the first proposal on the grounds of equal pay. Last night the council's executive committee approved the revised proposal. It will now be sent to Unison national office for a review, expected to last approximately four weeks. The revised proposal is for a new pay system that all employees up to and including heads of service will be transferred to. The effect of this proposal is that:
Single Status Update - July 2009
At the Norwich City Unison open day last Tuesday, members told us the current issue of most concern to you was single status. We are therefore responding with this feature article to set out the current position of the single status negotiations and keep you informed.
Report from branch AGM
On Wednesday this week, around 50 members came to the Council Chamber in City Hall to attend the 2009 branch annual general meeting. The branch was pleased to see so many members present and would like to thank those members for attending during a very sunny lunchtime.
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Spartans swept their competition in the inaugural CWRU Wrestling Festival
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Despite stepping off the mat with heads down on Tuesday following a loss to John Carroll, the Spartan men had a great weekend, winning four of their five match ups over the weekend.
The Spartans hosted three events over the week, with the Bob Del Rosa Duals and the Claude Sharer Classic comprising the CWRU wrestling festival on Saturday, and a dual match against crosstown rival John Carroll coming in a midweek match up. The squad had an impressive 4-0 start in the Del Rosa Duals on Saturday before losing to the visiting Blue Streaks.
On Saturday as part of the CWRU Wrestling Festival the Spartans were led by freshman Aaran Gessic who won all of his matches on Saturday. The Spartans defeated Niagara County Community College, St. Catharine College, Ohio Valley University and Mount Saint Joseph College. The four wins equal the team’s total from all of last season, which also happened to be more dual match wins for the program than the previous five seasons combined.
The Spartan grapplers won their Del Rosa Duals match over Niagara County by a mere point (24-23) to kick off the day with wins at the 141, 149, 174, 184, 285 weight classes. Against St. Catharine the Spartans won 33 to 21 picking up wins in the 125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 184.
The third match of the day saw the Spartans squeak out a second win by a sole point beating Ohio Valley 24-23. The Spartans had wins at the 133, 141, 174, 184 and 197 weight classes. To round out the day the Spartans crushed Mount St. Joseph 39-12 with wins in the 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 197 classes.
The Spartans return to the mat on Wednesday after taking the weekend off to host Baldwin Wallace.
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Daesh Gaining Ground in Afghanistan: Who Benefits From Islamist Advance?
Western media outlets are banging the drums over Daesh’s growing influence in Afghanistan; they insist that Daesh has overshadowed the Taliban and even seized swathes of eastern Afghanistan.
Western experts suggest that the infamous jihadi group is intending to create an Islamist realm in Afghanistan and spread its influence over neighboring countries. They insist that the root of all evil is the departure of US and British troops from Afghanistan.
“The West is using such reports to present the situation in Afghanistan in the grimmest colors one could imagine to persuade the general public to support the expansion of the US military presence in the country. We are being told that Washington, which is allegedly the ardent fighter of ISIL [Daesh], won’t be able to do anything once the US military forces leave the country. Western media sources argue that Afghan troops are not strong enough, so should the US get through the door, we are going to witness a sharp aggravation of the internal political situation,” Czech-based freelance journalist and analyst Martin Berger emphasizes in his article for New Eastern Outlook.
The analyst recalls that in 2015 Daesh spokesman Abu Muhammad Al Adnani released a video message declaring the creation of the Islamic State’s province of Khorasan in Afghanistan. He specified that Daesh is planning to seize Pakistan and certain areas of India, Iran and China.
Some experts suggest that the Taliban would be ousted from the region and replaced by more radical Daesh group. In early November 2015 Jordan-based Albawaba media outlet reported of fierce clashes between Taliban and Daesh fighters in the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan.
According to Martin Berger the situation is far more complicated.
“Experts argue that the Taliban project, which essentially is nothing more than Washington’s brainchild, just like al-Qaeda, has outlived its days and will be brought down. It will be replaced by a new project — the so-called Islamic State [Daesh/ISIL], that is a US creation too. Taliban’s ideology is pretty close to the one pursued by ISIL [Daesh], and those two groups have similar goals and methods they would use to achieve them,” the journalist points out.
Commenting on the possible confrontation between the two Islamist entities, Berger calls attention to the fact that the groups have close ties.
“It’s not a coincidence that Afghan experts are calling the Taliban and ISIL [Daesh] ‘two sides of the same coin’,” he notes.
The journalist points out that notorious Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi received training in the Mujahedeen camps in Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
“It’s also noteworthy that Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and al-Baghdadi himself maintained close, friendly relations with the leaders of the Mujahedeen, and worked closely with them,” Berger stresses.
Citing the Afghani media reports, the journalist reveals that at one time Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was running a big Taliban training camp located near the town of Islam Qala in the western Herat province of Afghanistan, on the border with Iran.
“Under these conditions, instead of saying that ISIL [Daesh] is expanding its influence in Afghanistan, as the Western media tries to convince us, we can speak about the United States using its creation to destabilize Afghanistan once again,” Berger suggests, adding that Daesh in Afghanistan would pose a serious threat to Russia and China, Washington’s geopolitical competitors.
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May 6, 2014 By politicalwoman
Morning Coffee Break: John Kerry’s take on religion, more Trey, Rutgers cowardice, Benghazi continues
Notable and quotable as ever, John Kerry, never knows when it’s better to remain silent. Trey Gowdy’s in the disparaging, name-calling spotlight. Rutgers actions speak louder than words. And Benghazi-gate continues its drip, drip, drip.
“That’s not the way I think most people want to live.” John Kerry in his latest remarks on modernity and religion. Talk about a troglodyte. As noted, was he talking about the Bible or the Koran, or Taoism or Hindu. Meanwhile, Boko Haram kidnaps, murders and massacres in Nigeria; Syria continues its terrorist-led religious implosion; coptic Christians are targeted in Cairo, and the world watches. Including the Pope.
The upcoming Select Committee on Benghazi hasn’t been fully formed, and already we have the partisans on both sides giving their respective perspectives. With Trey Gowdy as chair, no one is going to be sleeping through the Hearings. “Trey Gowdy, not your father’s investigation committee chairman.”
Becoming a nation of cowards. Or rather, a nation of tolerance, that is, of bullies. Former Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, declined to give the commencement address at Rutgers after a professor and several students protested her selection. Way to go, Mr. Barchi; it’s called “cave-in”. Meanwhile, at prestigious Dartmouth, the creator of television drama, “Grey’s Anatomy”, will give the commencement address, and at Cornell, tapped out tuition-paying parents will have the opportunity to hear from actor, Ed Helms, of the “The Office” and “The Hangover.”
Is Benghazi merely White House incompetence spun out of control? Re-election jitters when the al-Qaeda on the run meme blew up? “What’s not known about Benghazi and why it matters.” I, for one, keep remembering the President addressing the United Nations General Assembly and referring to a YouTube video. There’s a price to be paid here. Four men died and Obama lied.
More coffee, please.
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Dear Dr. Schwartz,
We are writing to express significant concerns with the
National Toxicology Program's (NTP) Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
management and review process for evaluating the
reproductive and developmental effects of chemicals. It has
recently come to our attention that CERHR is managed by a
private consulting firm, Sciences International (SI), a
company with historic ties to the tobacco industry and a
client base that appears to include manufacturers of
substances that might be subject to CERHR review, including
the chemical up for review on March 5, 2007, bisphenol A
(BPA). We think that the public would be very surprised to
learn that industry consultants are managing critical
public health agencies.
The ties between SI and industry raise important ethical
issues that we describe in detail below. The fundamental
question raised by the BPA case is whether or not
government health assessments should be managed by private
consulting firms with ties to the industry that
manufactures the chemicals under review. We are very
concerned that this relationship may influence the outcome
of the BPA assessment.
These concerns are heightened by the Conflict of Interest
policy document we received from Michael Shelby, the
director of CERHR. In contrast to the CERHR policy for
panel members who must disclose all potential conflicts of
interest, the CERHR policy for consultants, sent to us by
Mr. Shelby, states plainly that, "No specific restrictions
are placed on the contractor." [1] This seems to mean that
contractors with serious conflicts of interest would not
have to disclose them and, in fact, could oversee analyses
that could dramatically affect the future health and
wellbeing of the American public. We would very much
appreciate your clarification of this policy. Further, we
request that prior to the March 5, 2007 meeting, SI and its
employees disclose all potential conflicts of interest
relative to BPA. Absent such disclosure, the integrity of
the entire BPA review process will be in question.
In 1998, NTP established the Center for the Evaluation of
Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) to "serve as an
environmental health resource to the public and to
regulatory and health agencies," and to
provide "scientifically-based, uniform assessments of the
potential for adverse effects on reproduction and
development caused by agents to which humans may be
exposed" via "rigorous evaluations of the scientific
literature by independent panels of scientists." [2]
CERHR's mission is vital because five to ten percent of
couples experience fertility problems, up to five percent
of babies have birth defects, and a growing body of
scientific evidence shows that exposures to industrial
chemicals can impact reproduction and development. [3]
Environmental Working Group (EWG) was shocked to learn,
therefore, that CERHR — a government agency under the
auspices of the National Institutes of Health — is actually
being run by a private consulting firm known as Sciences
International (SI). To quote the SI website:
"The most significant project at our firm is the management
of the National Toxicology Program's Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, one of the
premiere institutions for evaluation of reproductive and
developmental health issues." [4]
This relationship is even more troubling because there are
serious conflicts of interest and ethical concerns
surrounding this contractor that involve apparent financial
ties with the chemical industry and non-disclosure of these
relationships.
On March 5, 2007 a CERHR expert panel is scheduled to
evaluate the reproductive hazards presented by bisphenol A
(BPA). This expert panel will be basing their decision on a
300-page document describing the hazards of BPA that was
prepared by Sciences International. BPA is a heavily used
industrial chemical that is integral to production of hard
plastics and is found in the liners of metal food cans and
in hard plastic containers. More than 200 animal studies
show that BPA is toxic at very low doses. [5] The Centers
for Disease Control has found BPA in 95 percent of people
tested at levels that raise health concerns sufficient to
warrant this major review by CERHR. [6] And the peer—
reviewed science suggests that BPA may be contributing to
increases in many adverse health conditions in the human
population including breast cancer, prostate cancer and
insulin resistance. [7-12]
Several ethical concerns surround SI's role in this
process, including the company's financial ties to the
chemical industry and their failure to disclose key
information in the BPA review that may affect the expert
panel's assessment of the chemical. These concerns are
discussed further below.
SI conflicts of interest. SI appears to have a close
working relationship with, and financial ties to, companies
that manufacture the chemicals SI is charged with reviewing
for CERHR. To our knowledge, SI has not disclosed these
ties. As one example, in 2004, Anthony Scialli, the SI
employee named as the lead SI manager of CERHR, co-authored
a scientific paper with an employee of Dow Chemical Company
on the critical issue of how animal test results can be
applied to human health risk. [13]. Dow is a major producer
of BPA. [14] The study was funded by the European Chemical
Industry Council. There appears to be no way for the public
to determine whether or not any SI clients are
manufacturers or major users of BPA or any other chemical
that may be reviewed by CERHR. SI notes on its website that
its clientele comprise "approximately 50% public sector and
50% private sector clients." [15] Yet while SI lists the
names of many of its public sector clients, SI's private
sector clients are identified only as "various companies,
trade organizations, and law firms." [16]
Scientists must sign conflict of interest forms before they
may serve on a CERHR panel. [17] But CERHR's Director
Michael Shelby indicates that "no specific restrictions are
placed on the contractor."[1] This policy is in stark
contrast to the disclosure procedures applied to CERHR
panel members, and is completely unacceptable. To earn the
public trust, SI must disclose all financial and research
ties that it has with any company or other entity that
might have even a potential conflict of interest with the
work carries out in its managing duty at the CERHR.
SI failure to investigate study funding sources. In its
review document on BPA, SI fails to disclose industry
funding sources and author affiliations for major studies
cited in the document. For example, on page 177 in the
document, SI states "[financial] support not indicated" for
several important studies finding no adverse effects from
BPA at low levels of exposure. [18] But, in fact, both
studies are authored by scientists who routinely perform
work for the chemical industry trade organizations: CEFIC-
the European Chemical Industry Council and SPI-the Society
of the Plastics Industry, both of which have member
companies who manufacture or use BPA. [19] A simple request
to these scientists would likely have revealed the source
of funding.
SI's failure to identify the source of funding for these
studies is more than just an oversight. A distinct pattern
in BPA test results, relative to funding source, has been
documented in the peer-reviewed literature, most notably in
a 2005 review published in the National Institutes of
Health journal Environmental Health Perspectives. This
analysis examined more than 100 peer-reviewed studies on
BPA and found a stunning relationship between funding
source and study outcome: 100% of industry-sponsored
studies found no adverse effects of BPA at low doses,
compared to just 4% of independent studies. [20] Given the
severe bias for industry-funded studies to find BPA "safe,"
funding sources for studies are a key piece of information
the CERHR expert panel should review in making
determinations on study utility. Without this information,
CERHR assessments are incomplete.
The CERHR expert panel must have thorough information on
study funding sources for the panel in order to make
informed decisions on study utility. SI has failed to
provide this.
SI failure to disclose key study limitations. In its review
of BPA studies, SI scientists fail to document known,
glaring design deficiencies that make it nearly impossible
for certain studies to detect BPA toxicity. Without this
information, in some cases the expert panel has issued
glowing endorsements of seriously flawed studies, including
a study [21] deemed by the expert panel to be "exceptional"
and "very useful," when in fact the researchers in this
study used resistant animals and animal feed that is known
to mask the toxicity of chemicals like BPA. To quote the SI
document: "This exceptional study is very useful for the
evaluation process, and will carry significant weight in
the evaluation of structural, histogenic, and fertility
endpoints." [22]
In another example, the expert panel found a study "very
useful in the evaluation" when, in fact, the National
Toxicology Program (NTP) had noted issues with the study
design that cast the findings into doubt, including the
quality of the feed, concerns with animal weight, and data
strongly suggesting that the particular experimental
animals used would be insensitive to BPA's effects. [20,
23, 24] SI did not note these concerns in its review.
The CERHR expert panel is asked to review the usefulness
and quality of literally hundreds of studies summarized in
the SI review. The panel members cannot feasibly review
each study individually, and therefore must rely heavily on
SI interpretations. Therefore, it is critical for SI to
thoroughly and accurate document study findings and
deficiencies. Their failure to do so in the case of these
key studies can inject critical bias into the review
process and severely inhibit the expert panel's ability to
make sound decisions.
SI's history as industry consultant. SI's history of
compromised ethics leads to deep concerns about its role in
managing CERHR chemical assessments. In September, 2006 the
journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) detailed
SI's dealings with the tobacco giant RJ Reynolds and its
efforts to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) from tightening its regulation of a toxic pesticide.
[25] ES&T wrote that:
In December 1998, the U.S. EPA proposed several risk-
mitigation measures to protect workers handling phosphine —
a chemical for fumigating grain and other commodities. The
proposals included creating a buffer zone around fumigation
sites and notifying residents living within 750 feet. EPA
also proposed lowering the exposure threshold of phosphine
from 0.3 parts per million (ppm) to 0.03 ppm. Court
documents show that, to fend off regulations, RJ Reynolds
Tobacco Co. (RJRT) funded the Phosphine Coalition, which
successfully fought against the proposed changes. A
centerpiece of its strategy was hiring the consulting firm
Sciences International to lobby EPA and to write a study on
phosphine's toxicity.
The study was finally published in Risk Analysis in 2004.
Five people appear as authors on the paper: Betty Anderson
and two of her employees at Sciences International, and
Joel Seckar and Paul R. Harp, who are listed as members of
the Phosphine Coalition of Washington, D.C. The Phospine
Coalition does not have a street address, and the paper
does not note that Harp and Seckar are employed by RJRT.
In April 1999, officials with Sciences International met
with EPA staff to try to persuade the agency to halt the
proposed changes to phosphine regulations. A month later,
Anderson, Sciences International's executive director, sent
a memo to Seckar stating, "I believe that the approach with
the greatest likelihood of affecting EPA's position is to
prepare and publish in a peer-reviewed journal a scientific
paper or article that describes the current science on the
toxicity of phosphine." She continues, "Since I am
currently Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Risk
Analysis, perhaps the peer-review process could be
expedited, if we decide that it is the journal of choice."
At the end of 1999, RJ Reynolds released a report
highlighting the company's accomplishments. "R&D led the
Phosphine Coalition in addressing the scientific issues
involved when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed a new phosphine exposure standard," reads a
passage. Further along, the document states, "The efforts
of the Coalition saved RJRT many millions of dollars."
Clearly, serious questions are raised when a company with
this history is charged with running a government program
vital to the protecting public health.
SI involved in all aspects of running CERHR
It is clear that SI is deeply involved in all aspects of
CERHR, from selecting expert panel members, setting the
agenda for panel meetings, preparing the literature
reviews, and helping to draft the panel's reports. The
intimate and unusual relationship between the firm and
CERHR is extensively documented. For example:
CERHR's website describes the agency's structure as
follows: "Under the direction of Michael Shelby, Ph.D.,
Director, CERHR at NIEHS, scientific and support staff at
NIEHS and Sciences International, Inc. operate the Center
for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR).
The Principal Investigator, Anthony Scialli, M.D., leads
the scientific and support staff at Sciences International,
Inc." [26]
The website of Sciences International states that: "The
most significant project at our firm is the management of
the National Toxicology Program's Center for the Evaluation
of Risks to Human Reproduction, one of the premiere
institutions for evaluation of reproductive and
developmental health issues." [27]
Although Dr. Scialli is the Vice President of SI, on
CERHR's on-line "contact" page his affiliation is listed
simply as "NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction." [28]
The Federal Register notice describing the creation of
CERHR explains that: "Scientists representing NTP agencies
and Sciences International, Inc., the contractor who will
support the Center, will constitute a core committee which
will provide the initial review for [panel member]
nominations, select the expert panel membership and
establish the meeting agenda." [29]
Expert panel and chemical nominations are sent directly to
the SI offices. Some CERHR workshop sessions take place
there as well. [30, 31]
For its work — and influence — SI gets paid heftily. The
firm's current contract, which runs from June 2003 through
June 2008, is worth $5,241,109. [32]
It is not uncommon for federal agencies to contract out
certain pieces of work to consulting firms or other
contractors. However, we are unaware of any other instance
in which nearly all of the functions of a pubic health
agency have been outsourced to a private entity. Please
provide us with details on when this has been done
previously and what the bidding parameters were.
It is also unclear whether the SI contract was put out to
bid. If it was put out for competitive bid, please provide
us with the bid notice and parameters. If it was a no bid
contract, please explain the rationale for this decision.
The arrangement between CERHR and SI raises serious ethical
questions that demand immediate disclosure of financial and
research ties to chemical manufacturers and other
industries that make or use substances under review by the
CERHR. These disclosures must apply both to individual SI
staff as well as the greater institution. Questions about
the objectivity and adequacy of this review process and the
reviewers must be resolved before a final decision on BPA
is reached.
It is also critical that CERHR incorporate into its final
decision on BPA critical input from an NIEHS-sponsored
expert workshop convened in November 2006. Forty-two
leading scientists on the effects of BPA at low doses
reviewed existing literature on the issue (see attached
list). The experts are producing a series of papers
addressing the very issues being reviewed by CERHR, but
expect to have only two of them completed by the March 5th
meeting. It is our understanding that these experts are
seeing a pattern of adverse effects at low levels of
exposure similar to those measured in humans by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention [33]. We are concerned
that CERHR is poised to make a decision on BPA prior to the
review of this important information.
Regulators, policy makers, and the general public
desperately need the "readily accessible, scientifically
authoritative" evaluations of potential reproductive and
developmental toxins that CERHR is supposed to be
providing. [34] But these evaluations will only serve to
help protect human and environmental health if they are
truly objective and trustworthy. Given that bisphenol A is
found in consumer products as diverse as baby bottles, food-
can linings and dental sealants, this is a question that
the public has a right — and a need — to know.
Richard Wiles
Cc: Mike Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and
John Howard, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., LL.M., Director, National
Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for
Disease Control, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner, U.S. Food and
William Slikker, Jr., Ph.D., Director, National Center for
Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Michael Shelby, Ph.D., Center for the Evaluation of Risks
to Human Reproduction, National Toxicology Program
Representative Henry Waxman, Chair, Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform
Representative Tom Davis, Ranking, Committee on Oversight
Representative John Dingell, Chair, Committee on Energy and
Representative Joe Barton, Ranking, Committee on Energy and
Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair, Committee on Environment and
Senator James Inhofe, Ranking, Committee on Environment and
Robert E. Chapin, Ph.D., Chair, CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Jane Adams, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA, University of
Kim Boekelheide, M.D., Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Michael A. Gallo, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA, UMDNJ —
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
L. Earl Gray, Jr., Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA, U.S.
Simon W. Hayward, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Peter S.J. Lees, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA, Johns
Hopkins University
Barry S. McIntyre, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Schering Plough Research Institute
Michael J. McPhaul, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Kenneth M. Portier, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Teresa M. Schnorr, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Sherry G. Selevan, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA, U.S.
Public Health Service (Ret.)
John G. Vandenbergh, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Kendall B. Wallace, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
Susan R. Woskie, Ph.D., CERHR Expert Panel on BPA,
[1] Personal communication with Michael Shelby. Received
summary of CERHR's conflict of interest policy on February
23, 2007 prepared by Shelby in response to EWG's request
for official copies of this policy on February 16, 2007.
[2] Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction (CERHR). 2007. "About CERHR."
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/aboutCERHR/index.html. Accessed
on February 13, 2007.
[4] Sciences International. 2007. "Reproductive and
Environmental Health Practice Area."
http://www.sciences.com/practice-are...roductive.html.
Accessed on February 13, 2007.
[5] The Endocrine Disruptor Exchange. Accessed on February
http://www.endocrinedisruption.org/products/bisphenol_a
[6] Calafat AM, Kuklenyik Z, Reidy JA, Caudill SP, Ekong J,
Needham L. 2005. Urinary concentrations of Bisphenol A and
4-Nonylphenol in a human reference population.
Environmental Health Perspectives 113:391-395.
[7] Munoz-de-Toro M, Markey CM, Wadia PR, Luque EH, Rubin
BS, Sonnenschein C, Soto AM. 2005. Perinatal exposure to
bisphenol-A alters peripubertal mammary gland development
in mice. Endocrinology 146(9):4138-47.
[8] Markey CM, Luque EH, Munoz-de-Toro M, Sonnenschein C,
Soto AM. 2001. In utero exposure to Bisphenol A alters the
development and tissue organization of the mouse mammary
gland. Biology of Reproduction 65(4):1215-23.
[9] Timms BG, Howdeshell KL, Barton L, Bradley S, Richter
CA, vom Saal FS. 2005. Estrogenic chemicals in plastic and
oral contraceptives disrupt development of the fetal mouse
prostate and urethra. Proc Natl Acad Sci 102(19):7014-9.
[10] Ho SM, Tang WY, Belmonte de Frausto J, Prins GS. 2006.
Developmental exposure to esradiol and bisphenol A
increases susceptibility to prostate carcinogenesis and
epigenetically regulates phsophodiesterase type 4 variant
4. Cancer Research 66(11):5624-32.
[11] Alonso-Magdalena P, Morimoto S, Ripoll C, Fuentes E,
Nadal A. 2006. The estrogenic effect of Bisphenol A
disrupts pancreatic §-cell function in vivo and induces
insulin resistance. Environmental Health Perspectives 114
(1):106-112.
[12] Vandenberg LN, Maffini MV, Wadia PR, Sonnenschein C,
Rubin BS, Soto AM. 2007. Exposure to environmentally
relevant doses of the xenoestrogen bisphenol-A alters
development of the fetal mouse mammary gland. Endocrinology
148(1):116-27.
[13] Carney EW, Scialli AR, Watson RE, DeSesso JM. 2004.
Mechanisms regulating toxicant disposition to the embryo
during early pregnancy: An interspecies comparison. Birth
Defects Res C Embryo Today. 72(4):345-60. Abstract
available at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-
bin/abstract/109867213/ABSTRACT
[14] US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 2002.
Inventory Update Reporting. http://www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/
[15] Sciences International. 2007. "Clients."
http://www.sciences.com/clients/index.html. Accessed on
[17] Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction (CERHR). 2007. CERHR Expert Panel Guidelines.
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/aboutCERHR/guidelines.pdf.
Reproduction (CERHR). 2006. Draft NTP-CERHR report on the
reproductive and developmental toxicity of bisphenol A.
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/bisphenol/pubcomm-
bisphenol.html
[19] Frederick S. vom Saal. 2007. Comments on the report of
the expert panel on bisphenol A.
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/bisphenol/pubcomm/
vomsaal_response_BPA_Report.pdf
[20] vom Saal FS, Hughes C. 2005. An extensive new
literature concerning low-dose effects of bisphenol A shows
the need for a new risk assessment. Environ Health
Perspect. 113(8):926-33.
[21] Tyl RW, Myers CB, Marr MC, Thomas BF, Keimowitz AR,
Brine DR, Veselica MM, Fail PA, Chang TY, Seely JC, Joiner
RL, Butala JH, Dimond SS, Cagen SZ, Shiotsuka RN, Stropp
GD, and Waechter JM. 2002. Three-Generation Reproductive
Toxicity Study of Dietary Bisphenol A in CD Sprague-Dawley
Rats. Toxicol. Sci. 68: 121-146.
[23] National Toxicology Program (NTP). 2001. National
Toxicology Program's Report of the Endocrine Disruptors Low
Dose Peer Review. Research Triangle Park, NC:National
Toxicology Program.
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/htdocs/...DosePeerFinalR
pt.pdf
[24] Ashby J, Tinwell H, Haseman J. 1999. Lack of effects
for low dose levels of bisphenol A (BPA) and
diethylstilbestrol (DES) on the prostate gland of CF1 mice
exposed in utero. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 30:156—166.
[25] Environmental Science & Technology Policy News. 2006.
Journals feel pressure to adopt disclosure rules. After an
inquiry by ES&T, three leading science societies say they
will now examine conflict-of-interest policies. September
20, 2006. http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-
w/2006/sep/policy/pt_disclosure.html
[27] Sciences International. 2007. "Reproductive and
Reproduction (CERHR). 2007. "Contact CERHR."
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/contactus/index.html. Accessed
[29] Federal Register. December 14, 1998. Volume 63 (239):
68782. DOCID:fr14de98-73
[30] Federal Register. August 5, 1999. Volume 64 (150):
42707-42708. DOCID:fr05au99-108
[31] National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
1999. Center set up to evaluate evidence of chemical
threats to human reproduction. Press Jan. 6, 1999.
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/press/pr1_6_99.html
[32] Office of Acquisitions, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences. Active Research and
Development Contracts as of Oct 12, 2006.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/omamb/rcb/randdext.htm
[33] Calafat AM, Kuklenyik Z, Reidy JA, Caudill SP, Ekong
J, Needham L. 2005. Urinary concentrations of Bisphenol A
and 4-Nonylphenol in a human reference population.
I must point out that Kelley's premise that civilians have more rights to sue over toxic tort is true in theory, but in reality, it is very, very hard. Now if someone goes permanently horizontal, vegetable or worm fodder, and it can be proven causality was poison, that is a horse of a different color.
I live in the Chemical Corridor, and it is virtually impossible to find an attorney to take a case like that unless exposure was due to a train derailment or massive spill, can you spell C L A S S A C T I O N? I know because I tried to find an attorney, including the ones featured prominently in the news for handling toxic tort cases.
Must face it, regular citizens aren't treated any better than you guys, the dilemma is that y'all are promised care that you never receive.
Kelley's book is excellent and you can be sure any toxic tort attorney worth their weight will have a copy. Excellent book, excellent. Needs to be read w/ highlighter in hand or notepad.
Kelley's Book
Finally got it! Had library order it, came in and I know I must have my own.
Very good. Am amazed he had the stamina to finish it. My own health problems due to poisonings crop up from time to time and make it difficult to do anything requiring higher cognitve functioning.
Think it was this thread that I read about it. "Vietnam's Rain Agents Orange, White, and Blue and Agents of Mass Destruction" by Charles Kelley.
Thanks, Kelley, for having the fortitude, stamina, and courage to write it down. I know all about the fear of retaliation, thank you for your bravery long after your term to serve had passed. Our politicians must feel uncomfortable around you, with good reason.
"IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A MAN TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, IF
HIS SALARY DEPENDS UPON HIM NOT UNDERSTANDING."
AO spraying; areas and quantities
Must find K-paige's identity, many kudos for the links she has accumulated;
http://vietnamresearch.com/agento/spray.htmlAO spraying; areas and quantities
Good idea about book. I am checking w/ local libraries to see if they have copies, if not I will ask them to "requisition" copies.
Maybe that Silver Rose organization can assist in this?
Thanks. I hadn't seen the site, only the list I posted from the spouses' chat board.
Never heard of it before, but must admire the Lady who started it. Her Dad would be proud.
Bull79Dog replied
Silver Rose Award
Found this on the web site: SILVER ROSE AWARD~! Hope this helps~! MACK
Honoring the Victims of Agent Orange
The Silver Rose Award consists of a Certificate, Award Card, Poster and Medal (shown immediately below) with an Orange and White neck-drape Ribbon.
Contact Us: fuzzyfrog@intouchmi.com Put "AO Flag" in subject line.
Direct all information and questions regarding The Order of The Silver Rose to ....
GARY CHENETT
Email: fuzzyfrog@2fords.net
NANCY REKOWSKI
National Commander
Email: nancyrekowski@hotmail.com
Over 3,000 Silver Rose Awards have been awarded to date.
Last edited by Bull79Dog; 02-24-2007, 17:23. Reason: AWARD spelt wront
Beats me. Something I found on veterans' spouses chat board.
Was going to crop out the title, but decided against it as they deserve credit for for assembling the info. Haven't had time to check it thoroughly, but that updated list seemed worthy of reposting.
Ray Norton replied
OK I'll bite
Just what is "The Silver Rose Award?"
Agent Orange site
This looked interesting. Haven't taken time to go through it carefully.
Order of the Silver Rose
QUALIFYING DISEASES
Please get a full yearly physical with CAT Scan!
THE FOLLOWING DISEASES
QUALIFY A VETERAN
FOR THE SILVER ROSE AWARD
All of the diseases on the VA's list of conditions linked to the herbicide exposure appear in the left-hand column. If there is a requirement that the disease appear within a certain period of time, the period of time appears in the right-hand column.
DISEASES RECOGNIZED BY THE VA AS CONNECTED TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIREMENTS: WHEN SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE HAVE TO APPEAR AND RESULT IN A DISABILITY (AT LEAST 10 PERCENT DISABLING) IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS.
TYPES OF CANCER / TIME REQUIREMENT
Cancer of the Bronchus No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Cancer of the Larnyx No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Lung Cancer No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Cancer of the Trachea No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Prostate Cancer No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Hodgkin's Disease No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Multiple Myeloma No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
TYPES OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA TIME REQUIREMENT
Adult Fibrosarcoma
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Aponeuroses
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Tendons
Congenital Fibrosarcoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Ectomesenchymoma
Epithelioid Malignant Leiomyosarcoma
Epithelioid Malignant Schwannoma
Epithelioid Sarcoma
Extraskeltal Ewing's Sarcoma
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Malignant ganglioneuroma
Malignant Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon
Malignant Glandular Schwannoma
Malignant Glomus Tumor
Malignant granular cell tumor
Malignant Hemangiopericytoma
Malignant Mesenchymoma
Malignant Schwannoma with Rhabdomyoblastic differentiation
Prolifertationg (systemic)Angiendotheliomatosis
Synovial Sarcoma No Time Requirement
(veteran qualifies no matter when sarcoma first appears)
DISEASES OTHER THAN CANCER TIME REQUIREMENT
Peripheral Neuropathy (acute or subacute)
Within months of exposure to agent orange in Vietnam and cured within 2 years after symptoms first appear
(Note: this time requirement is written so narrowly it appears to be impossible for any Vietnam veteran to qualify)
Chloracne Within one year of the last day the veteran served in Vietnam.
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Within one year of the last day the veteran served in Vietnam.
Skin Conditions:
diabetic dermopathy
diabeticorum
diabetic blisters
eruptive xanthomatosis
Gum Disease:
Oral Infection
Poor Healing
Eye Disease:
Transplantation:
Neuropathy:
Charcot’s joint
Cranial neuropathy
Compression mononeuropathy
Thoracic or lumbar radiculopathy
Unilateral foot drop
Cardiovascular Health:
No Time Requirement
(veteran qualifies no matter when Diabetes first appears)
DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS TIME REQUIREMENT
Spina Bifida Child must have been conceived after veteran first arrived in Vietnam.
BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN OF FEMALE VIETNAM VETERANS TIME REQUIREMENT
Once final rules are issued, the birth defects that qualify for benefits will be listed on NVLSP's website and here. http://www.nvlsp.org
Child must have been conceived after veteran first arrived in Vietnam.
moe1942 replied
Originally posted by GMello
Moe...consider yourself lucky. No one is saying there are those who have not been affected. Time in theater, amount of exposure, a persons genetic makeup and immune response are all factors to consider.
If you look at the stats from independent studies though, there is no denying something is terribly wrong with hundreds of thousands of Nam vets that cannot be explained or defined by the medical community.
Lets hope you remain healthy and live to a ripe old age.
S/F Gordon
Thanks, I was there a year and they loaded up everyday. I'm on the agent orange register and get checked regularly by a non VA doc.
I have given it a lot of thought over the years...
GMello replied
Moe1942:
I worked 100 yards from the ramp area where they loaded the Ranch Hand aircraft with that crap. If they got a bit sloppy the wind would bring it to us. It would make my skin itch.
So far no problems. That was thirty six years ago...
Agent Orange (and other defoliants)
Bull79Dog:
I have been involved in the defoliant controversy since September, 1971 and my first hospitalization at 23 for some bizzare afflictions. Maybe, just maybe this issue will be addressed if veterans can unite and demand action.
I suggest every Nam vet read the book 'Vietnam Rain Agents' by Charles Kelley (available at Amazon.com/I have no connection with the book and do not know Mr. Kelley). Kelley does an excellent job of laying out the defoliant scenario. He does get a little emotional in some areas of the book but one can understand why when you finish reading the book.
The problem that exists is the concentration on only Dioxin & Agent Orange by the VA, our government and the chemical companies. They have never addressed Agent White, Agent Blue or Agent Yellow, how these defoliants were used in mixtures and combinations of one or more of them and studies have never been conducted using Nam vets againsta general population with no exposure (whether civilian, veterans or military). The Ranch Hand study is a farce of epic proportion and of no scientific value at all.
South Korea has completed a study comparing their vets against a general population group of civilians and military (an outside research team was used and all were blind studies - no one in the research group knew who were Nam vets or a control group member...this has never been done by our government). The results, absolutly startling. All US studies have been beholding to the VA or US government.
I suggest every Nam vet read the book. I have forwarded copies to my elected representatives in Congress, attached a letter, sent an email telling them to expect the book and have also called their offices in Washington to inform them I expect them to read the book. I plan to follow up and verify if they have done so. Senator Shays (R, CT) and Dodd (D, CT) have already told me they will read the book as I spoke directly with them (they called me).
We should attempt to get at least a few Nam vets in every state to do the same and to keep shaking the tree until they get a reply of some kind from their Congressional members. I'm willing to pitch in and buy some additional book but cannot afford to purchase the more than 600 we would need to make sure every member receives a copy.
I would think that through Popasmoke, we could get at least two or three members from each state to help out. I'm willing to compile the list state by state of members who will help and will take care of any communications, paperwork, Congressional lists, addresses, phone numbers. I'm sure I can contact the publisher and get a discount on a large purchase of the books.
Please let me know what you think of the idea (or anyone here) and suggestions are most welcome. I am in dead earnest and will do whatever is necessary to get the ball rolling but I would appreciate any help offered. The books are $23.00 each but I'm sure purchasing 600 to 700 books we can get the price down.
Bull79Dog started a topic Agent Orange conference calls for U.S. to take responsibility for health problems
Activists and Vietnam War veterans wrapped up a global conference on Agent Orange Wednesday with a plea to the U.S. government and chemical companies to take responsibility for health problems linked to the wartime defoliant.
"We ... demand that U.S. chemical companies pay compensation equal to their liability. We demand the U.S. government be held responsible for making contributions to overcome the consequences of toxic chemicals," a statement adopted at the end of the meeting read.
More than 100 activists and from at least six countries including the United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada attended the two-day conference.
U.S. aircraft sprayed about 21 million gallons of defoliant, mostly Agent Orange, over Vietnam from 1961-71 to destroy forest cover for communist troops.
Agent Orange contains dioxin, a chemical blamed for health problems ranging from cancer to spina bifida and diabetes. The U.S. government claims there is no scientific evidence directly linking dioxin to the ailments.
"For the future of mankind, we must prevent the use of Agent Orange from being repeated in any other country in the world," he said.
Joan Newberry of Santa Fe, N.M., who served as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the war, said the conference was a good start to help Agent Orange victims around the world.
"We hope we can develop international alliances that will strengthen our efforts to seek justice for victims of Agent Orange all over the world," she said.
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Mongolian Actor Anand Batbileg Talks “Tschick” And Being An Asian Star In A German Film
Based on the bestselling 2010 novel “Why We Took The Car” by German author Wolfgang Herrndorf, “Tschick” is a 2016 German comedy film that depicts two teenagers from Berlin who embark on a road trip through East Germany. Known as “Goodbye Berlin” in English,“Tschick” features Anand Batbileg as Andrej Tschichatschow, one of the two teenagers.
Anand was here in Singapore for the screening of “Tschick”. The film is being shown as part of the 27th European Union Film Festival (EUFF), happening 11 – 27 May 2017.
Popspoken interviews Anand Batbileg, lead actor of “Tschick”, to learn more about his involvement in the film and the experiences he has gained.
Popspoken: How did you come to get casted in this project?
Anand: It was a very funny story. The casting agency was looking for a Mongolian, because Tschick is supposed to be a Mongolian-looking Russian. They sent emails everywhere because they couldn’t find someone for the role. My dad works for the Mongolian Embassy in Berlin.
So eventually the email ended up in my dad’s office. He printed it out and gave it to me. I read it and ignored it for a while, but after two months I decided to give it a shot. So I finally did everything on the last day, at the last minute. After a while they called me to play the role. I sent my information and photos, and they asked me to film a few scenes. So this casting process lasted about two months.
Popspoken: How much of a cultural shock was it for you to move from Mongolia to Germany?
Anand: I realise Germans are so organised. They are like “I gotta get this on time”. Not like Mongolians, we are so relaxed and very slow. It was a cultural shock definitely with the movie. It was something very new to me. I’ve lived in Berlin for 5 years now, and did this movie one and a half years ago. So I kinda know how Germans are like. But this was my first time doing an actual job. I had a responsibility, so it was a very new experience for me. Yeah, I think it was a good experience.
Popspoken: And how did you find the production process?
Anand: The production could not find the fitting roles, so filming started very late. It was supposed to film in the summer, but it started in September. A 2-month filming process, so we had to film from September to November. And the story plays in the summer. So there were problems.
First of all, it was cold, and the trees were not green anymore. So in editing they had to colour everything, and that took a longer time. In October and November, water was really cold in Europe. On the last day, we filmed a water scene. We had to go in multiple times – get out, get dry, and go in again. We had to shoot multiple scenes from multiple camera angles and multiple takes. It was the last day so we pulled through and, I think it turned out great. And everything was rushed as they were trying to finish it soonest so they had less work in post-production.
Popspoken: About the driving scenes – tell us about your experience and how long did that take?
Anand: In Germany, the law is very strict. I was 13 while we were filming, so I wasn’t allowed to drive, of course. I got driving lessons from the stuntman.
Two weeks before we started, they just gave driving lessons so on camera it looks like I can drive. So there was a seat installed on top of the car, on the roof, for the stuntman to control the car from above.
We had multiple models of the car, and one that was modified so that you can sit on top and actually drive the car from on top. So in most of the scenes where they were filming only us, it was only the stuntman doing everything from above. We just had to act as if we were driving.
But sometimes I was allowed to drive. In the shots where you see us in the whole car, that’s when I was driving. I had to act like I was changing gears, sometimes it was very hard to sync everything with the stuntman. He will shift, and I had to do it as fast as possible so it looks authentic.
Popspoken: If you could take a road trip in Mongolia like how you did in the movie, would you and why?
Anand: First of all, Mongolian people are very friendly. It’s almost like a tradition. Normally when people come to your house you just send them away. But Mongolians are very friendly. When somebody knocks on your door, we let them stay overnight or something. So I think such a road trip would be possible. You just take a car, go out to nature and just drive around the place. You will see a house like every 50 kilometres or something. So yeah, I think I could do it.
Popspoken: How did it feel being an Asian in a German film?
Anand: I got along with the team very well. We were like a small family. But there are not many Asian actors in the entertainment business, especially in Germany. There are lots of Asians in Germany but not many Asian actors that represent the Asian community in entertainment.
At first, I didn’t know the importance of my role in the project. I was one of the few Asians in the German industry. But now when I think about it, I’m pretty proud of it. There are not many people who made it to such a big movie, especially in the German industry.
Popspoken: Do you have plans to continue acting in films in the future?
Anand: I think it’s very fun to act. I enjoy it. It was my first movie and I thought it was great. I’m in an agency right now, so I’ll see how it turns out. I’m pretty open to new projects.
Popspoken: Are there any takeaways from the film that you can advise for young Singaporeans?
Anand: Just do what you like to do. For your future. That’s what I learnt. You don’t have to do anything that’s too big. You don’t have to become a millionaire or have a nice car. It’s nice of course, but I think it’s most important if you can live off doing something that you like.
It can be anything you want – as long as you enjoy doing it, pursue that. But it makes no sense to live your life doing something you don’t like, rather than something you like.
I am very grateful to the Goethe Institute for making this trip possible. I enjoy Singapore very much. My advice to young people is just do what you like to do, whatever makes you happy.
“Tschick” opened the 27th EUFF on 11 May. It will be shown again on Thursday, 18 May at National Gallery Singapore to a sold-out theatre.
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In the early 2000s, traffic congestion on U.S. Highway 93, which crosses the Hoover Dam to pass over the Colorado River, was becoming not only a menace but also a serious economic burden.
The highway is the major commercial corridor between Arizona, Nevada and Utah as well as on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) route between Mexico and Canada. The heavy traffic combined with the sharp highway curves also created a potentially dangerous situation for Hoover Dam visitors and dam facilities.
The $240 million Hoover Dam Bypass, a five year construction project, was initiated in 2005 to alleviate the traffic congestion and provide an alternate crossing of the river near the dam. It comprised 3.5 miles of roadway, eight bridges, wildlife crossings, a 1,900 ft. (579m) long bridge over the Colorado River as well as pedestrian and visitor improvements.
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To build the most technically challenging bridge in North America.
The completed Mike O’ Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge runs parallel to the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada.
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The Hoover Dam Bypass, a five-year construction project completed in October 2010, now provides an alternate crossing of the river near the dam. It comprises 3.5 miles (6km) of roadway, eight bridges, wildlife crossings, a 1,900-foot (579m) long bridge over the Colorado River as well as pedestrian and visitor improvements.
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Due to the project’s magnitude, it was divided into six phases. Putzmeister equipment arrived on site in the early stages of the Arizona Approach phase, which included constructing a highway that worked toward the east, while the Nevada Approach highway phase headed west. They connected in the middle at the new Colorado River Bridge, which spans the Black Canyon about 1,500 feet (457m) south of the Hoover Dam.
Construction of the $21.5 million Arizona approach began in early 2003. This phase encompasses 1.8 miles (2.9 KM) of four-lane roadway that leads from Arizona U.S. 93 to the new Colorado River Bridge Crossing.
Mountains were literally moved to make way for the roadway and bridge; however, the terrain left behind was extremely steep and rocky. Often, a trail built one day for special access was moved the next. Obviously, these were less than ideal conditions for concrete placing equipment to traverse and set up.
However, the Putzmeister concrete boom pumps used on the job never succumbed to the obstinate terrain and were on-site working about four days a week over a 14-month period. The pumps, ranging from 32 to 58 meters, were supplied by Quinn Concrete Pumping, Inc. (Quinn) of Las Vegas, Nevada – the exclusive concrete pumping sub-contractor for the Arizona Approach.
Two-thirds of the concrete placement was devoted to the grid structure, which included underground diversion channels for water drainage. However, the more visually apparent concrete work could be seen on the Sugarloaf Mountain Bridge, a 900- foot (274m) long bridge spanning a canyon on the east side of Sugarloaf Mountain. The bridge required eight sets of columns, wide at the base and tapered toward the top. Constructed in a hopscotch manner, the specially-beveled formwork jumped from one to the next.
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Although all concrete pours were important, the final bridge deck pour was by far the most critical. To the casual observer, nothing unusual was evident. To experienced construction crews, great care was taken to ensure the concrete placing equipment did not break through the new bridge situated 140 feet (43m) above ground.“The concrete on the bridge was fresh,” notes Steve Heimark, operations manager at Quinn. “Therefore, instead of nosing up to the edge of the last deck pour and using a smaller boom pump to finish the last 60 foot by 100 foot (18.3m by 30.5m) section, we felt we had to take all danger out of the equation.
Heimark continues, “As a result, we alerted the general contractor’s engineers to help calculate the structural integrity of one of the bridge’s column. If structurally sound, this would be a safer alternative for positioning concrete placing equipment over the top of it.”
The column was deemed worthy of withstanding the pressure exerted when pumping concrete along with the combined 260,000 lb. (118,000kg) weight of two ready mix trucks and a 52Z-Meter boom pump. With the revised setup spot over the top of the bridge’s column, the larger 52Z-Meter was now needed for more reach.
Although the new setup equation meant a larger sized boom pump, two ready mix trucks could now simultaneously discharge into the pump’s hopper. This was in contrast to accommodating only one mixer at a time with the original plan.
Being exceptionally safety-conscious, Quinn also positioned five-foot by eight-foot (1.5m x 2.4m) steel trench plates under the boom pump’s front outriggers for added insurance in spreading the load over a wider area.
Quinn Isley, Quinn Concrete Pumping owner, says, “Even the best Vegas mix is the worst mix almost anywhere else in the country, and the mix specs for this project were no exception. A brutal combination of coarse aggregate and coarse sand proved un-pumpable for competitive pumps originally sent out on the job.
However, when our Putzmeister pump with its Big Mouth S-Valve arrived, it gulped down the harsh mix without a problem.”
Positioned mere inches from the edge of a mountainous cliff near the Hoover Dam, a Putzmeister 58-Meter Boom Pump stretched its long 188 foot (57M) Boom to its fullest extension to pump concrete into the hopper of another Boom Pump situated in a gorge below.
Ironically, the unit underneath – a Putzmeister 42-Meter – was also set up on the edge of yet another cliff, overlooking a river 900 feet (274m) below. Its boom was also extended to its longest reach at 138 feet (42m) to pump concrete to its final destination.
Together, these “pumps on the edge” were deemed the only way to effectively place concrete for construction of a large bridge pier. Not just any bridge pier. This one will provide the foundation for vertical columns needed to support the special arch of the new Colorado River Bridge, a vital link of the Hoover Dam Bypass project.
Quinn was once again selected as the concrete pumping subcontractor for the Colorado River Bridge phase. Quinn, with established pumping services since 1998, supplied the Putzmeister equipment and pump operators. In addition, they provided the expertise and creativity to mastermind this challenging concrete placement feat, as well as many others that would follow.
Concrete Boom Pump Conquers Terrain
Before the ‘pump to pump’ pour could commence, a temporary road was specially built for the 42 so it could travel down the steep and rocky slope.
In addition, a 35-foot by 50-foot (10.7m x 15.2m) platform was specially graded flat to ensure a structurally sound base for unit setup below. Steve Heimark of Quinn notes, “Originally, we considered a 36-Meter for its lighter weight. However, we had to up-size to a 42-Meter for greater reach.” “It was nerve racking,” adds Heimark, “when this larger boom pump had to travel down an almost 45-degree slope while connected to the cable of a track-hoe excavator.
“All the time, we were relying on the cable's strength not to let the pump escape, which would have sent it plummeting over the ledge and almost a quarter mile down before crashing into the waters below. Fortunately, the unit stayed its course."
The crew worked at night to take advantage of lower summer temperatures and less traffic congestion. However, due to the nature of the pour itself, it still took seven hours to place 380 cubic yards (290m³) of concrete.
Big Mouth S-Valve Gulps Down Harsh Mix
Casino Ready Mix, Inc. supplied the harsh Vegas mix from a batch plant set up near the project. As ready mix trucks could not traverse down the extreme slope, they would discharge into the hopper of the BSF 58.20H pump situated atop the upper edge, which in turn, pumped to the other boom pump’s hopper below.
Heimark says, “On other jobs related to the Hoover Dam project, the general contractor had witnessed our Big Mouth S-Valve handle extremely harsh mixes that others just couldn’t pump. As a result, our equipment’s performance was a major factor in being selected.”
Although this was a challenging pour on the bridge’s structure, it was not the most difficult or most unique. Owner Quinn says, “We would handle some of the most unusual and innovative concrete placement techniques ever imagined throughout the various stages of this high-profile project.”
Construction of the $114 million Colorado River Bridge, the heart of the Hoover Dam Bypass Project, features a 1,900-foot (579M) long open spandrel deck arch bridge, which arches 900 feet (274M) above the Colorado River.The 1,060-foot (323M) spans of the twin concrete arches are the longest in North America, fourth largest in the world, and reach about 900 feet (274M) high at the apex.
General contractor for this portion of the project, Obayashi/ PSM JV had its work cut out for them. The project included the pre-casting and erection of pier columns up to 300 feet (91m) tall; construction of the twin, cast-in-place segment concrete arch spans; and the installation of temporary twin cable stays that have a 2,500-foot (762m) span and are 330 feet (101m) tall to support the arches during construction.
Complete Systems Approach
“We called Putzmeister right away to discuss the complicated project and what our possible concrete placing solutions would be,” says Wes Pollnow, construction manager of Obayashi/PSM JV. “We felt more confident preparing for this project by utilizing Putzmeister’s complete systems approach.”
Detailed input was necessary to make precise calculations that would allow the job to be carried out with the utmost safety and efficiency. Pollnow notes, “The placing system chosen to maximize concrete placement for the arch was the MX 32/36Z and MX 36/38Z placing booms and BSA 2107 HP-E and BSA 2109 H-E trailer pumps.”
Overcoming the Extreme
Jeff St. John, project manager of Obayashi/PSM JV, says Putzmeister also helped their team determine how and where to strategically mount the placing booms and position the trailer pumps for all portions of the complex project.
“For construction of the twin arches, we positioned one trailer pump near the base of the Nevada arches and one on top of the arch footing in Arizona,” comments St. John. “A placing boom was also positioned on each the Nevada and Arizona side of the twin arches.”
The separate placing booms and their pedestals were flown via crane to each of the twin arches for mounting on their specially designed platforms.
Once the placing booms and trailer pumps were in position, they were ready to step up to overcome the still problematic heat and place the harsh Nevada concrete mix up 280 feet (85m) and out 530 feet (162m).
“All of the concrete mixes used for the arch were advanced concrete mix designs using harsh aggregates,” says St. John. “Liquid nitrogen was used extensively for pre-cooling of the concrete in order to reduce the temperature the concrete reaches during curing.”
For the arches, a high-strength 10,000-psi concrete mix was used, and for the columns and pier caps, a high-strength 6,000-psi mix.
“Even with the combination of the heat and the harsh mix, the trailer pumps were able to easily maintain a continuous concrete flow, at a timely pace, up to the placing booms so it would not clog the pipe system in the extreme conditions,” comments Pollnow. “In addition, the S-Valves on the pumps had no problem gulping down the tough concrete mixes.”
The trailer pumps are able to provide a smooth, more controllable output of concrete because of each pump’s free flow hydraulic technology. Both pumps have a fully adjustable volume control to allow very slow pumping while retaining full concrete pressure.
The pumps outputs ranged around 16 cubic yards per hour (12m3/hr) due to the site's extraordinary environment conditions.As done before, most concrete was placed at night to avoid the intense heat and avoid traffic congestion.
Pollnow adds, “The Putzmeister pumps really provided that extra muscle we needed to push the concrete up and out to its final destination; and in fact, both trailer pumps have the capability to pump concrete up to 800 feet (244m) high.
“Also, the capabilities of the placing booms helped immensely to reach the exact point of concrete placement for each segment of the twin arches. Again, because of the unconventional setup, we really needed dependable booms, and they did not disappoint.”
Sightseeing visitors at the Hoover Dam witnessed an unusual sight in April 2010 when a Putzmeister 52Z-Meter Semi-Trailer-Mounted Concrete Boom Pump was flown above the Colorado River during the final stages of the historical Colorado River Bridge Project.
The boom pump, owned by Quinn, was carefully placed atop the partially constructed Colorado River Bridge using a cableway system developed specifically for the bridge project. The boom pump was used to place concrete on the bridge deck spanning nearly 2,000 feet (610m) and connecting the Arizona and Nevada Approaches over the Black Canyon.
Each phase of construction presented unique challenges – with the final stage proving no different.
By April 2010, most of the bridge was finished: the precast foundation columns had been set, the concrete twin arches were joined together, the steel girders were erected and the outer bridge deck and barriers were already cast. It was time to start work on the 11 separate deck pours; each pour would be 84 feet (26m) wide and approximately 120 feet (36m) long. It would be no easy task, but the Putzmeister equipment was up for the challenge.
Since early 2005, the general contractor had utilized Putzmeister’s complete systems approach for assistance in the selection and positioning of equipment. For the next feat, they would again rely on the manufacturer’s expertise.
Alan Woods, Putzmeister field service technician says, “The general contractor worked diligently with us and the pumping contractor to determine the exact calculations, balances, picking points and appropriate counterweights to ensure that everything went off smoothly and safely.”
Because of the large area each deck pour covered, which had to be poured symmetrically on both sides, the decision was made to use Quinn’s 52Z-Meter semi-trailer-mounted concrete boom pump.
With the 52Z-Meter’s impressive 170-foot (52m) vertical and 158-foot (48m) horizontal reach, handling the 120-foot (37m) deck pours would be no problem. Instead the challenges lay elsewhere: flying the boom pump up to the deck, pumping in tight quarters, balancing deck pours on the bridge, and pumping concrete to the 52Z.
Transporting the boom pump up to the deck was handled with precision via the cableway system that had been used successfully throughout the project to deliver materials and equipment. However, before the boom pump could be flown to the deck, the crew had to address space requirements on the bridge.
Putzmeister took a highly innovative approach to solving this issue. To save on flyweight and reduce the unit’s footprint, the boom pump was detached from the tractor. The boom pump’s versatile semi-trailer design, with a separate diesel engine, allowed it to be easily detached, flown to the bridge deck, and then attached to a specially-designed concrete counterweight that simulated the weight of the tractor and took up less space.
“The 52Z was basically being used like a placing boom,” says Woods.
Because the arch of the bridge had to be loaded symmetrically, the boom pump and counterweight were set up in the middle of the bridge. Then, to ensure everything stayed balanced, one deck section was poured on one side of the boom pump, and another deck section was poured on the other side of the boom pump. The boom was then lifted and turned to continue the pour in this manner, going back and forth during the entire deck pour.
For the deck pours, a harsh 4,500-psi mix with fibers in it was used to help control cracking on the deck. Because this was such a tough dry mix, using the right trailer pump was crucial.
Another challenge was how far up the concrete would need to be pumped. The crew decided to use Quinn’s BSA 14000 to pump up through 700 feet (213m) of pipeline. With the highest pressures and outputs available, the high-performance trailer pump easily maintained a continuous flow of the harsh mix and facilitated the long-distance concrete pumping.
“First, we pumped up the pipeline and into the hopper of the Putzmeister 52Z-Meter, which then pumped the rest of the way,” explains Pollnow. “The trailer pump really provided the power we needed to push the concrete up and out to its final destination. It averaged 70 cubic yards per hour (54m3/hr) and at one point reached 100 cubic yards per hour (76m3/hr). The Trailer Pump provided a smooth, controllable output of concrete because of its free flow hydraulic technology.
“Throughout the highly technical job, the crew never encountered even one minor problem with the high pressure trailer pumps or separate placing booms; and beyond the equipment’s reliable performance, kudos went to Quinn also. “Quinn was on site early on in the project placing concrete in difficult situations,” notes St. John. “They are a great team to work with, very dependable.”
A Job Well Done
Successful completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass project, a truly impressive feat of engineering, highlighted the expertise of personnel to design an unusual yet efficient concrete placing plan; as well as the equipment’s versatility and reliability to accomplish numerous concrete placement tasks never attempted before. A celebration and dedication ceremony applauded the project’s success, and traffic began using the bypass on October 19, 2010.
Owner/Developer:
Federal Highway Administration – Washington, D.C.; Arizona, Department of Transportation – Phoenix, Arizona; Nevada, Department of Transportation – Carson City, Nevada; U.S., Bureau of Reclamation; National Park Service; Western Area, Power Administration – Lakewood, Colorado
Design Team:
T.Y. Lin International – San Francisco, California; HD, Engineering – Las Vegas, Nevada with corporate headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska; Sverdrup Civil, Inc.
Colorado River Bridge – General Contractor, Concrete Pump Supplier, Ready Mix Supplier:
Obayashi/ PSM JV, a joint venture of Obayashi Corporation and PSM Construction USA, Inc. – Boulder City, Nevada
Arizona Approach – General Contractor:
Joint venture of R.E. Monks Construction and Vastco Inc.--Fountain Hills, Arizona
Ready Mix Suppliers until 2007:
Casino Ready Mix, Inc. – Las Vegas, Nevada, Silver State Materials (now a part of the CalPortland Company) – Las Vegas, Nevada
Concrete Pumping Subcontractor:
Quinn Concrete Pumping, Inc. – Las Vegas, Nevada
Putzmeister pumps were used to place concrete for the construction of the bridge pier that served as the foundation of the vertical columns
The Colorado River Bridge is part of the Hoover Dam Bypass project. The 2,000-foot-long (610m) bridge is being built to alleviate traffic on U.S. Highway 93, which currently crosses the Hoover Dam to pass over the Colorado River.
As crews begin the final stages of the historical Colorado River Bridge project, a Putzmeister 52Z-Meter truck-mounted concrete boom pump is flown over 900 feet (274m) above the Colorado River for concrete placement of the driving deck.
Much of the concrete placement occurred at night in an attempt to avoid pumping in the heat and traffic congestion.
With the 52Z-Meter’s impressive 170-foot (52m) vertical and 158-foot (48m) horizontal reach, handling the 120-foot (37m) deck pours was no problem.
Concrete Takeaways :
• Traffic began on the Hoover Dam Bypass on October 19, 2010.
• The $114 million Colorado River Bridge is now officially named the Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.
• The 1,060-foot (323m) spans of the twin concrete arches of the Colorado River Bridge are the longest in North America, and fourth largest in the world.
• A Putzmeister 52Z-Meter Semi-Trailer-Mounted Concrete Boom Pump was flown above the Colorado River during the final stages of the historical Colorado River Bridge Project.
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Excellent 22 66.67%
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iMonrey
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I thought this episode would be harder to watch than it was. It was a tough subject to tackle and it was well handled, hitting all the emotional beats just right. Also a bit of a mystery story, in that it's a case of "he said, she said."
But I'm not sure it was a very well constructed episode. We're missing what we need most - the usual exposition from Al explaining what happened to Katie and Kevin afterwards, which leaves the whole purpose of the Leap somewhat up in the air. In the original history, Katie never pressed charges, so it's unlikely that Kevin would have attacked her a second time. In the revised history, "Katie" brings the case the trial which is what provokes Kevin to attack her again - this time he gets punched out and Katie's parents call the police. So does Kevin end up in jail after all for assault and battery? I'd like to think that was the point of the Leap, to make sure Kevin got arrested even if he was found innocent of the rape.
The problem is, I find it highly unlikely Kevin would try to attack Katie mere steps from her own front door when anyone could see him and catch him. If he were that much of a psychopath he would have been arrested years earlier. So the resolution didn't quite ring true - the second attack should have taken place somewhere more remote, with witnesses happening upon the scene and being able to verify Katie's version of the story.
And I didn't even bring up the obvious impossibility of the case going to trial just a few days after charges are brought.
So, emotionally, it was very, very good. Structurally, it was a bit of a mess.
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Originally Posted by iMonrey
I thought he didn't plan on attacking Katie.I think he just wanted to intimidate her but when he saw she didn't back off,he snapped.He was already unstable and violent.
The issue was how fast the trial went on as you guys have already mentioned.
Btw what is the longest leap of Sam? or do they usually have a time period between 2 or 3 days?
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Originally Posted by ladystoneheart
One of the longest leaps Sam had to take was Temptation Eyes, he was there for over two weeks... I'm not sure how long this particular leap was expected to take...
Something I forgot to clarify in my previous post is that although this episode is becoming a favorite it's still difficult enough to watch that it doesn't make my frequent watch list.
Originally Posted by blue dana
Less than a week elapses between the time the crime is committed to the time they go to trial; it's like, a weekend. Wha-??? This is wrong on so many levels. -- In order for the timeline to be believable, Sam would have to be Katie for at least several months. That's the minimum time it would take to go from commission of the crime to trial. More like a year, but this seemed like a small town, where cases would move faster.
Though it's true that the duration of the incident was unrealistic do keep in mind that this is an hour per episode TV show. in order for it to have been portrayed with that much time passing they would have had to leap Sam ahead after he pressed charges. Which probably would not have worked as the real Katie McBane may not have continued with it. Had it though I'd say they probably would have needed to make it a two part episode.
It's assumed that with Diane McBride as the new head of the Committee, she keeps approving the funding for the project. I have a feeling that she subconsciously knows that Sam helped her, and that is proof enough of its existence in her eyes...
Agreed here. It's stated that she found Sam's name familiar when she read it in the file though she couldn't place it. It's quite possible that she eventually put it together and realized that her "husband" had not been roleplaying that night on the train.
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servo75
Location: Spokane, WA, USA
Apologies for the off-topic, but Sam and Tamlyn had to be destiny, because why else would Sam leap in two weeks ahead of her killing?
I've never met anyone named Ziggy before. What does he do?
She figures things out.
She?? This Ziggy is a girl?
Sort of, yes.
Must not be much of a looker, huh?
I wouldn't let her hear you say that.
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Originally Posted by bluedana
Snort. Especially since it's a straight shot on I-90, east to west. When hubby drives, it's 3 hours; when I drive, it's 2 1/2 - and that's with a pitstop at Framingham.
I don't think I-90 was ever a two-lane road
Katie in the imaging chamber
Maybe I'm being too technical, but somehow they got Sam to see and hear Katie. But how was it Katie was able to hear AND see the prosecutor? I was under the impression that only Al was able to see and hear Sam, even if he was touching someone, Sam could see them but not vice/versa.
And while this may have freaked people out, I would think that if Sam could see and hear Katie, couldn't everyone else in 1980? Katie wasn't specifically tuned into Sam's brainwaves.
Originally Posted by servo75
Actually that's not true, in "Shock Theater" Dr Beeks was brought into the Imaging Chamber and she could see and hear Sam as well.
The stuff that is projected from the Imaging Chamber is tuned into Sam's brainwaves, so no, Katie wouldn't be able to be seen by the courtroom (unless it was a child under five or someone mentally ill).
I'd have to re-watch that segment but from what I remember, Beeks didn't directly react to anything Sam said, so I wasn't sure that she could actually see him. And also there's "Star Crossed," where according to Al, the committee members could not see or hear Sam.
EDIT: Oh wait I just remembered, at the end of the Shock Theater scene, Sam said "Goodbye doc" and Beeks could be seen mouthing goodbye to Sam. Still IMHO I think it's inconsistent with Star Crossed.
Sometimes I wonder if all those people who "hear and see voices" are just seeing and hearing leapers like Tibby
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This is actually consistent with the fact that the project grows and evolves over time, just like the Imaging Chamber door changes when they get necessary upgrades, like in Raped that they make it possible for Katie to be heard, etc.
If you recall the Beeks appearance in 'Shock Theater' that illustrates that anyone in the imaging chamber is able to receive the feed as long as they are in physical contact with Al.
It's Sam that's got the short end of the stick. He gets the visual of someone in physical contact with Al but not the audio, recall that he couldn't hear Beeks. That needed to be added for the purpose of bringing Katie in hence why she used up a lot of extra power.
Technically yes she was because she was transmitted through Al who is connected specifically to Sam's neurons and mesons.
chris-oates
Location: England.
An exceptionally powerful episode that continues the strong start to season 4.
This episode has become rather difficult for me to watch in recent years. You see, a close friend of mine went through a similar ordeal (it wasn't a rape that took place, it was a sexual assault). And the treatment that Sam/Katie receives during this episode does hit close to home, as my friend was treated in a similar way. She had been on a date with a guy and when she disclosed what had happened to her, very few people sided with her at all. They practically all believed him. But I didn't. I knew she would never lie about something like this... Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a happy ending. The police did practically nothing to help her... Anyway, getting back to the episode.
The strongest moment in this episode has to be when Al takes Katie into the imaging chamber. That whole moment is just heartbreaking and so well shot. The gradual way in which Sam's voice is faded out and we can just hear Katie speaking. Really haunting stuff.
The ending of this episode is the only thing that doesn't work for me. It's just sloppy. Kevin wouldn't be so stupid as to attempt to rape Katie again (in her own back yard, no less!). It just didn't ring true. Sure, it was funny and gratifying to see Sam kick his *** and Al try and flick ash on him.. But unfortunately, if I can't buy what's happening on screen it just doesn't work.
My rating. Good. Would have been excellent but the ending kinda ruined it for me. We should have just seen Kevin be convicted in the court instead of him getting away with it.
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First Drink
For all you folks who had a rough weekend, point your browsers in the direction of this bit of monkeymation. Song: "First Drink of the Day" Band: 7 Seconds to Love Animation: Joel Veitch, rathergood.com (Monkeymation is a term I made up today. It simply means animation featuring monkeys).
Waiting for the Made-For-TV Movie...
Man peed way out of avalanche This has all the earmarks of a truly great TV movie: the human drama, the will to survive, the many and obvious chances for beer advertisments. If a story sounds too strange to be true, you can bet that Dave Barry reported it. Via Running Scared.
Sticking to the Figures
I found this story via Tim Boucher's weblog, Adventures of an Occult Investigator: "Students Arrested Over 'Violent' Stick Figure Drawings." I had to read that headline twice before it sunk in. And then I had to check the story link to make certain it wasn't some kind hoax. But it seems to be the real deal. In Florida, two elementary school students, ages 9 and 10, are charged with felonies, accused of making violent drawings ... with stick figures. Yup, these kids were dragged away in handcuffs and suspended from school. The images, you see, are believed to have been drawn for the "sole purpose of intimidating and scaring the victim," said Ocala Police Sgt. Russ Kern. You can read the story for yourself here, here (with comments), and here (even more comments!). In addition to the actual story, you might want to check out Tim's rather passionate arguments regarding creativity and violence. As far as I have read, these kids have not really threatened anyone. Nor have they hurt anyone or anything in the past (including cute little animals). So unless the whole story has not been reported, I don't see the proverbial smoking gun here. In fact, if these kids don't have a history of actual physical violence or other kind of serious trouble, why are authorities making such a fuss over these pictures? I personally feel that they should be damned glad that the kids are working their anger out on paper rather than in public!
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Iraq the Vote
Well, Iraq's first free elections in several decades occurred yesterday. Sure, there were plenty of nay-sayers. But right now, President Bush is basking in an apparent victory just for this vote to have taken place. And conservative pundits are indeed claiming this vote as a victory for both the Iraqi people and especially President Bush. In fact, they're practically giddy. Michael Smerconish, whose morning show is beamed out of the Philly area, said this morning that "the Iraqi people have voted with their feet" and that this election is a validation of President Bush and his policy in their country. I think he may have actually gone so far as to call it a ringing endorsement. A couple of callers bemoaned mainstream coverage of the elections, saying that Dan Rather, for example, actually looked "pained to be reporting something positive about the elections." Bush is certainly getting some good press over it. And the mayor of Baghdad has even suggested the city will build a statue for Bush. (Personally, I think that move will go over just as well as that image of an American soldier draping the American Flag over a statue of Saddam Hussein in April of 2003. But that's just me.) Not everyone is unabashedly singing praises. Some folks are being a bit reserved in complimenting the President (Holy crap, Bush did something right?). While others might be going so far as to completely naysay the election. Of course, only history will judge this with any kind of accuracy.
Update: As usual, Jazz does an excellent job of reminding us what "vindication" is really all about over at Running Scared. While most of the media focuses on Bush's victory and takes snarky swipes at Kerry and Kennedy, they are missing the point that Jazz makes so bluntly:
People wishing George W. Bush ill are not wishing the Iraqi people ill. They are hoping that the people of Iraq can survive George W. Bush's "help."
Great Headline for an Uncomfortable Topic
I just cannot resist posting this. Really, I'm serious. Go check out the headline. I will, in all likelihood, "intentionally [seek] to forget [the details of this story], or forcibly ... inhibit and suppress" any memory of it.
Shafer Ponders Blog Hype
Jack Shafer, editor at large for Slate, ponders who smites whom in an old/new media confrontation -- and if there is any actual smiting or even a shootout. Me, I'm wondering if the topic still has relevance. I mean, hasn't the blush faded from this kind of story by now? I'm blogging it because there are links to several blogs that might be worth checking out. :)
Blog Overkill The danger of hyping a good thing into the ground. By Jack Shafer Posted Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at 5:48 PM PT
...the alleged divide between the old media and this new whippersnapper media of blogs has never seemed real to me. With the exception of the "metro" section reporter covering a 12-car pile-up on the freeway, I think most practicing journalists today are as Webby as any blogger you care to name....
...The premature triumphalism of some bloggers indicates that they haven't paid attention to how Webified journalists have become. They also ignore media history. New media technologies almost never replace old media technologies, they merely force old technologies to adapt and find new ways to connect with their audiences. Radio killed the "special edition," but newspapers survived. When television dethroned radio as the hearthside infobox and cratered the Hollywood box office, radio became a mobile medium, and Hollywood devoted itself to spectaculars that the tiny TV set couldn't adequately display. The competitive spiral has continued, with cable TV, VCRs and DVDs, satellite TV and radio broadcasters, and now Internet broadcasters entering the fray. The only extinct mass medium that I can think of is the movie house newsreel.
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Behold .... Darth Tater!
"Awwww ... who's da cute widdle space villain? You! You're da cute widdle space villain!"
Yes, that's right, Playskool has unveiled the darker side of Mr. Potato Head. This simply smashing Sith Lord should be available in time for the opening of Episode III in the continuing debasement of the Star Wars universe (er, I meant the third and final of the travesties known as the Star Wars prequels). That little bugger sure is cute, but he is also symbolic of the decline of Vader's iconic nature. I was about 10 years old when the first Star Wars film was released. And I'm not afraid to admit this: The dude was scarey!
This Actually *is* Rocket Science ...
... at least in a virtual sense. Go ahead and call me a space cadet (believe me; you wouldn't be the first to do so), but I was truly excited to read about Spacecamp Online. Via the SciFi weekly newsletter...
If becoming an astronaut is the cherished dream of many an SF fan, it is also one that few can hope to achieve. But—for those of us who won't be on the first manned ship to Mars—the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., provides a taste of the outer space experience with its Spacecamp programs. Offering astronaut training and spaceflight simulations to both children and adults, Spacecamp can take a visitor through everything from a mission briefing to the sensation of weightlessness that comes with being in zero-gravity conditions.
Spacecamp's various learning streams are available to would-be mission specialists, aviators and robotics experts. A robotics track trainee might learn to build a rover designed to rescue a stranded astronaut, for example, while campers interested in piloting a spacecraft study the basics of flight dynamics. Spacecamp Online details on every training regime offered by the center—its general features and goals, its target age group and even the possibility of tie-in college credit.
Though anyone interested in manned spaceflight will find this site well worth browsing, Spacecamp Online is—like many museum sites—largely focused on attracting flesh-and-blood visitors to its facility and programs. Its Current Exhibits section is disappointing, with only a few photographs to tie in to the V2 Rocket and MIR Space Station exhibits currently being shown at the Center. The links available on the site are primarily for referring international visitors to other Spacecamp programs around the world. Rather than providing hard but distant facts about the space sciences, this site invites Web surfers to once again consider personally exploring the unknown, while giving a glimpse into what the reality of an astronaut's life is like.
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I'll give my own review of the site after I've had a chance to play with it. Glee!
After the Snow
I finally uploaded a few of my post-blizzard pics. Drop by my photoblog: [sub]urban [text]ure.
Friday Pet Blogging | Otis' Snow Check
And here we see more photographic evidence of the difference between Otis (pictured here) and his brother Milo. While Milo slept, Otis decided to check out this blizzard thing for himself:
Otis says: "Holy $@%&! Lookit all that snow!"
Least he could have done was offer to help me, instead of just watching me push the snow around.
Wait-a-minute. Come to think of it -- watching me work is exactly the least he could have done.
The Modulator has a compilation of today's pet posts from other bloggers. Meanwhile, I maintain the M & O Archives page, a set of links to other Milo & Otis appearance on Prophet or Madman. Just in case you missed one.
Friday Pet Blogging | Blizzard Nap
Here is how Milo dealt with the blizzard of January '05 -- he pretty much slept through it!
Milo: No, really, you go shovel. I'm fine right here!
Milo loves that red blanket, and he spends a good bit of a regular day on it. So, by extension, the blizzard was just another day for this pudgeball. My lovely wife thought he needed a pillow, too. Hence the stuffed critter seen with our 'stuffed' cat in this photo.
ASIDE: Oh, he's very much alive folks; by 'stuffed' I just mean that he likes to eat for 2 (or 3 or 4...) cats.
...for Dummies
ReligionNewsBlog.com reports that senior Army Officers are asked to read eight books about Islam before their tour in Iraq begins. And Professor Malcolm Clark’s “Islam for Dummies” (Wiley, 2003) is the very first book on that list. I'm not a big fan of the Dummies or Idiots book series, but I admit it is somewhat comforting to know that someone in the Army is at last realizing costly mistakes can be avoided with a little knowledge. Unfortunately, I must also admit I am surprised that this requirement is only being pressed for the officers and not all US reps -- both civilian and military -- serving in the Middle East. In fact, perhaps what we really need is a course/book called Foreign Relations for Dummies. The 2000 US Election Special Edition of said book would of course be subtitled:
Yes, Presidential Candidates with No Real Experience -- and their Potential
Administrative Appointees -- Must Read This Book (Start crackin', W!)
Yes, I know it appears that all opportunities for educating the leadership of this country and salvaging this nation's reputation are rapidly decomposing in the dust bin, but we should probably still make the effort and request that some kind of ... for Dummies reading be required for all folks in public office (or those who simply aspire to it). For starters, I would suggest Bruce Feiler's Abraham - A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths or Karen Armstrong's A History of God - The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. That would cover the monotheist traditions, which are pretty central to any activity going on in the Middle East. I would recommend some other books or programs to get the Bush Administration up to speed on other faith paths, but "W" probably couldn't get through the first few pages of Armstrong's scholarly work (maybe one of Bush's aides could dumb it down for him?), and I doubt he's up for learning -- let alone accepting -- anything outside of his nice little Protestant box. Come to think of it, a ...for Dummies book just isn't going to cut it. It might actually cause more problems in that man's head.
Roosters with Gloves
Via Jazz over at Middle Earth Journal. CNN reports that a lawmaker wants to put tiny boxing gloves on roosters. State Sen. Frank Shurden (Democrat!) is a long-time defender of cockfighting and is apparantly pining over the fact that a ban on the bloodsport "had wiped out a $100-million business." In an attempt to revive his beloved pasttime, he has proposed little boxing gloves and chicken-sized vests configured with sensors to record hits and keep score:
"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."
Okay. I have to respond to this with the same comment I left at MEJ: Does this mean he thought up this idea by watching Olympic Fencing? How does someone make the great leap in reasoning from a fencer's garb to reviving cockfighting?!? I can only hope this isn't a prime example of how he deals with other issues for his constituents.
Satan's Laundromat
I am really enjoying this photolog.
More ORION ONLINE Features
After Tomorrow BY PETER deMENOCAL Ignoring global warming doesn't change the science; it just leaves us unprepared for the potentially catastrophic consequences. The New Amazon BY MARISA HANDLER Lessons in resistance: Defending a land and a way of life, the Sarayacu people decline Chevron-Texaco's kind offer of economic "progress."
Coda | Wrestling with the Heart BY BRIAN DOYLE Will the human heart ever develop and evolve beyond the constraints of political and cultural reality?
The Conscience by the Pond | by Tom Hayden
Orion Magazine is featuring a new column about Thoreau and the Spirit of Resistance by Tom Hayden:
Walden Pond | Photograph by Kathy Tarantola
ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY of Walden, several new editions of the classic were published. Some are elegantly footnoted or designed. Others explore the recurring significance of Thoreau as a mirror reflecting America's nature, and Barksdale Maynard's detailed history of Walden Pond itself contains invaluable new material for students of Thoreau.
Rachel Carson kept Walden by her bedside. Annie Dillard wrote her master's thesis about Walden Pond. Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were affected by it in their early years, as was Pete Seeger. Arlo Guthrie named his cat after Henry; my wife named a dog. Besides these individuals, millions of anonymous backpackers carry their own paperback editions of Walden wherever they seek respite.
These days Thoreau is mainly remembered for the self-conscious life he lived, and for his vital role in the creation of environmentalism. In his own time he embodied ideas that others merely discussed in their parlors. The liquid clarity of Thoreau's sentences arose from the natural simplicity in which he was grounded.
The danger in such memories is that he becomes a harmless icon whose example is salutary but obsolete. The problem is that Thoreau cannot be understood through Walden alone. One wonders if the prestigious publishers of these volumes will issue new editions of the whole Thoreau, the Thoreau who drafted Civil Disobedience (1849), who penned Slavery in Massachusetts (1854), A Plea for Captain John Brown (1860), and Life Without Principle (1863), who kept thirteen notebooks on Native Americans, and whose last mysterious words were "moose" and "Indians" -- or whether he will be reduced to an ascetic hermit... [Read the full column]
TOM HAYDEN, a social activist since the 60s, has been a California State Assemblyman and state senator. He is a professor at Occidental College and the author of nine books.
For forty years I’ve been selling water By the bank of a river. Ho, ho! My labors have been wholly without merit.
SOGAKU HARADA (1871-1961) Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage
Living in Zen (essay)
Curiously Strong MP3 Player
For the electronic do-it-yourselfer, here is the Minty MP3!
Complete instructions for fabricating your own Minty MP3 are available. Please note that this is an advanced project, for people with at least 1 year of SMT Soldering experience
A New Pledge...?
Does Wiley's Non Sequitur feature a new Pledge of Allegiance, or did he simply give words to a subconscious understanding that has permeated our society? I've posted the first panel of the strip to give you the basic idea. Click the image to view the rest of today's strip (which will only be available for a week or so):
Click to read full comic strip...
In case you miss it, the entire pledge reads:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the corporate states of America. And to the Republicans for which it stands, one nation, under debt, easily divisible, with liberty and justice for oil."
There is also a Katie Couric slam which is tied to a general slam against network news. I guess that is the real punchline, but I think it soft pedals the message behind this pledge. In my opinion, Wiley should have been a bit stronger with the implied message of the first two panels (which cover the pledge). The young girl reciting this pledge -- and doing so voluntarily, almost gleefully -- sends a not so subtle hint that we as a society should not harbor any illusions that school age children are not picking up on the "lessons" that the current culture of greed pushes into the collective consciousness. If we ignore the affect on children, we do so at our peril. We cannot leave the cleanup to the next generation -- particularly if that generation has been taught to revel in the excesses of the current one. There is another point here, one that Wiley most likely did not intend to make. The strip itself buys into a common oversimplification of issues as "the current administration, all Republicans, and corporate America are bad, bad, bad, and the USA is going down the crapper with the media playing tour guide." The little girl in today's strip is a reminder of the fact that kids can pick up on this oversimplification and really digest it to the point that it becomes part of their worldview. And this will fuel future generations of partisan politics. [Not that there isn't at least a grain of truth in the oversimplification; but it is kind of an easy target for the funny pages.]
Knowledge@Wharton: Is Pro Football "the Perfect Symbol" of American Values?
In honor of NFL Playoff Weekend (Go Pittsburgh Steelers!), I would like to share this article about strategic management and football. The following description is quoted from the monthly Knowledge@Wharton Newsletter that I receive via email:
"On any given Sunday, any team in our league can beat another team." That famous adage of the National Football League not only validates pro football's competitive spirit but also points to one of the most successful commercial philosophies in the last half century of American business. As illustrated in Michael MacCambridge's new book, America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation, the rise of pro football was the result of an egalitarian structure conceived by league officials and approved by team owners whose playing squads battled on the gridiron with the zeal of warriors. MacCambridge weaves accounts of pivotal NFL games, as well as character sketches of key players, coaches and commissioners, into a detailed analysis of the NFL's road to preeminence.
Read the article: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1119.cfm Visit the Knowledge@Wharton Newsletter for more stuff to read: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
Here are two gems from Richard Cohen's column yesterday. You can read the full column at the NY Daily News.
"Alchemy is the purported science of turning base metals into gold. It does not exist. Political alchemy is the ability to turn hard failures into gossamer triumphs. It does exist. The inauguration of President Bush for a second term proves it."
"The result [of Bush's economic policies like the "reckeless tax cuts"] has been a burgeoning national debt that can be paid off only if space exploration discovers a planet of suckers willing to buy U.S. bonds. Is the universe that big?"
Friday Pet Blogging | Headfirst
There I was on Monday evening, January 17. I was just sitting in the living room, catching up on my reading, and pretty much minding my own business. I was dimly aware that Otis had jumped onto the couch, and that he had sauntered down to the other end. But I had not really noticed him. When I finally set aside my books so I could stand and stretch my legs ... I saw him. Otis had fallen asleep with his face pressed against the arm of the sofa. The poor thing probably had a cold nose and was missing my wife (with whom he usually snuggles in the evening). I did the only thing I could in this situation, even though I knew it wouldn't be much help to him.
I took a picture:
Otis dives headfirst ... into a nap! (Apparently, the forecast calls for cold, kitty noses.)
Cubed?
OK. Maybe I don't get out much, but I had never heard of a cubed day or Gene Ray, the man behind the concept. And now that I have ... well ... quite frankly, it is making my head hurt. Gene Ray, with globe-inside-a-cube paperweight in hand, is on a one man quest to change the way we think and speak about time. Ray calls himself a cubist and is the self-proclaimed smartest man ever:
"I am a cubic thinker, and far wiser than any God, any scientist, and any educator that preaches the evil singularity of a single first corner."
Whew! He is certainly confident. You could surf on over to his website and learn all about his theories, but the layout alone might give you a migraine. Far better to sample Ray's genius in small doses ... like in this video interview. Believe it or not, this guy is not alone. These folks Time Cube Central have set up some kind of church or something based on Ray's ideas. Well, at least they have some really cool swag. So remember these little nuggets: Truth is Cubic ... and Stupid equals Evil. Riiiiiiight.
Jib Jab's Second Term
Also in honor of W's inauguration, I watched the latest video by Jib Jab. You know, those guys repsonsible for that great This Land is Your Land parody. This time, they take aim at W getting his second term. Of course, no one is really safe from Jib Jab, and this bit of animation "pokes fun at President Bush, conservatives, liberals, and just about anyone else vying for political power." Go watch it now!
W Laughs All the Way to Washington
Happy Inauguration Day
Mitchell can be sooooo dead on....
Click for the full comic
Land of the Free ... but Not Transparent
The United States may be a beacon of freedom and capitalism -- the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, and all that -- but it ranks as only #17 on an index of the least corrupt countries. That means only 16 countries are considered less corrupt than the USA: #1 on the index (Finland) is least corrupt, while #146 needs some serious intervention by their governed. The ranking was released last October, but it was only recently reported in some US magazines such as Family Circle (thanks Tina!):
Finland, New Zealand and Denmark are the least corrupt countries, according to Transparency International, a Berlin-based non-profit that monitors and exposes corruption around the world. Its annual Corruption Perception Index found rampant corruption in 60 of 146 countries surveyed. Of the three mentioned above, Finland has ranked as the least corrupt nation for the past five years. Why? This Scandinavian country -- along with Sweden, Norway and Iceland -- has an admirable and long-standing tradition of honesty and integrity in government and private business (most state documents are required to be made public, for example). So where did the U.S. rank amond the 146 countries surveyed? The United States ranked 17 (Canada is #12), tied with Belgium and Ireland.
Good news for US citizens: The US has improved it's ranking from #18 in 2003 to #17 for 2004. The bad news: The US slipped from a rank of #14 to #18 between 2000 and 2003. Yeah, that drop occured under Mr. Bush's watch. Anyone surprised?
Something Rotten in Redmond: The Latest BS from MS
In case you had no idea, Microsoft is entering the anti-spyware market: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Why should this announcement about a new product rollout from a large software company be considered newsworthy or even of interest? Because it means that MS is a few scant inches away from completing another one of their brilliant marketing maneuvers, and the computer using public is largely unaware of their impending victimization. You see, the gang at Microsoft works like this:
Create a browser with enough (security) flaws that it has to be regularly patched.
Be so agonizingly slow to address these flaws that a whole fleet of third-party businesses arise to offer products that protect a user's computer from virus and/or spyware threats that could exploit the holes in the aforementioned browser. Some of these products are free, some are not.
Continue development of said browser, adding new features but doing very little in the way of correcting critical problems. All the while waiting for consumers to not only become comfortable with the concept of using third party software for protection, but also dependent upon such products.
Acquire one of the third party companies (in this case, GIANT) and offer the purchased company's product (GIANT AntiSpyware), newly re-branded as a free beta under the MS flag.
Once an established user base is dependent on the beta product, discontinue it and replace it with a paid version -- a paid version that will undoubtedly cause its own problems that require further patching down the road.
Rinse. Spit. Repeat as needed.
Nice, huh? Personally, my computer usage is split. Only some of my time is spent in the realm of Microsoft Windows and the remainder of my time spent on UNIX and MacOS machines. And I am actually somewhat fortunate in that I did not get locked into GIANT AntiSpyware (although it was highly recommended). But will Microsoft's acquisition of GIANT nullify the remaining competitors in this niche market? The browser wars are over and -- except for small pockets of resistance (Mozilla and Opera, for example) -- the majority of computers out there are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, simply by default. Perhaps that is a bad example simply because IE is free (well, free with the Windows OS). I just don't know how this will eventually pan out. But I am disgusted with this bold new initiative for Microsoft and paid support. I think I need a little (geek) humor right now: Microsith
Peak Oil, by Edward Anderson
About a week ago, on Grimner's Gate, I read a thought-provoking post about oil and economic growth. Not the usual topic for that list, many members there share an interest in things of a political and environmental nature, particularly when such topics have an effect on the heathen community. I could post a link to the message, but the Gate's mailing list archives are for members only. So I asked the author, Edward Anderson, for permission to share it here on Prophet or Madman. He was happy to provide permission with the following email message:
From: Edward Anderson Date: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:05:16 AM US/Eastern To: "brainwise" Subject: Re: [Grimnirs_Gate] Peak Oil, the End of Economic Growth Yes you can post links to my post on GG, or you can post this else where, but of course please keep my name on it.
Mr. Anderson then provided a modified copy of his article in which he had made one minor correction: The U.S. strategic oil reserve is closer to 700 million barrels and not the 70 billion barrels that he typed on the original GG post [membership required]. So, please keep in mind that the post below was authored by someone other than me. If you want to comment on it, go right ahead. If you would like to contact the author, let me know and I will forward your information to him. He didn't say I couldn't post his email address, but I never bothered to ask him. So until I hear otherwise, you probably won't see his email addy on this site.
Peak Oil, the End of Economic Growth Back when I was in College we heard about peak oil. Peak oil is when the world wide supply of oil no longer meets demand. Peak oilwill first limit, then end and finally reverse all of theindustrialized economies of the world. Due to the input ofpetroleum in fertilizers, pesticides, and to fuel farm machinery,peak oil will also cause agricultural output to drop world wide. This was supposed be something that would happen during the nextgeneration or two. However since the economy of China has been growing at a 9 percent rate, since India and other areas have grownso fast, peak oil is nearly here now. Currently there is about a one million barrel a day production buffer that Saudi Arabia is capable of still pumping on a daily usage of about 80 millionbarrels. In August China starts to fill it's strategic oil reserve. The United States currently has a strategic oil reserve ofabout 700 million barrels on a planned 750 million barrel reserve, which is equal to about 60 days of imported oil. A very large factor which might bring on peak oil is the fact that OPEC exports were originally pegged to a countries oil reserves. Hence every single OPEC country lied about the size of their oil reserves so that they could export more. Some believe peak oil may have already occurred. Some annalists believe the actual peak will occur around next Thanksgiving (I personally favor this estimate). Many think that it will occur in2008, and a final group thinks that it will happen as late as 2014. After peak oil, things like the United State's national and trade deficits become especially onerous since it will no longer bepossible to economically grow out of these deficits. Future economic activity, rather than growing to dwarf the current deficits will most probably be actually shrinking. Peak oil also tends to mean an endless recession and then economic depression. The one ray of hope that I see is the 3 billion dollar nuclear fusion (not fission) project which is to be built in Japan in a few years. This project had been intended to be a 6 billion dollar project that wasto be possibly built in Canada. Unfortunately the United States has largely dropped out and the project was scaled back to a 3 billion dollar version. Fortunately our former European, Japanese and Russian partners in the project feel that an alternate half priced design might still work as a viable nuclear fusion demonstration project. Hopefully this nuclear fusion project's prospect of success is real and it is not just a carefully timed publicity stunt to act as a distraction timed to occur at the beginning of peak oil and world wide recession. Lately Patricia and I have been going to some public gatherings which focus on the subject of peak oil. One bit of propaganda thatI have seen which I do not like is the claim that the current Iraq war is some how linked to and is in some way an American military solution for peak oil. Since oil, like gold, is a fungible commodity there is no way a war can permanently change by much the world wide price of oil. This issue of peak oil is no truejustification at all and is only being used as a false and obscuring justification for the Iraq war. Concerning the future of Asatru, peak oil might be a good thing. So many things will change that the Christian beliefs of the masses might also be one of the things which largely change. Other than a Mad Max type of world, I am looking forward to the return of the Chicago based Great Lakes freight trade by sail boats,as the cost of the fuel for truck freight makes trucking less economically competitive. Below I have posted a link to a peak oil site. They are quite depressing, so I have also included a link to the planed nuclear fusion sites. A clearing house and linking site for peak oil. http://drydipstick.com/ Deutsche Bank report on peak oil coming in 2014. http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/peakoil2014.htm Uppsala University in Sweden has done a lot of work on the peak oil topic. http://www4.tsl.uu.se/isv/UHDSG/ http://www.peakoil.net/ Nuclear fusion sites: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2002/sep25/magnetpulse.html http://www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/ITER1.html http://www.ipp.mpg.de/~Wolfgang.Suttrop/ppcfsites.html http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/041220030916.ykizqqm7 This looks like a real thing that will happen and that will change many things. It has been suggested that it might be a good time to begin preparing for these changes, if such preparations are indeed possible. by Edward A. Anderson II January 2005
I hope you enjoyed this "guest" column today. I know I did.
Friday Pet Blogging | Breaking Character
Well, well, well. It would seem that Milo actually will endulge himself in a little game of swat-the-ribbon -- but only when he knows he is away from Otis' incriminating gaze (and he forgets to sweep the area for cameras and recording devices).
Milo plays a bit more, shall we say... daintily ... than does his brother. But he is enthusiastic in his own way.
Milo forgets himself, breaks character, and springs into action!
Friday Pet Blogging | Brothers are Different
I've said it before, and today I offer more photographic proof: Between the two brothers, Milo is definitely the more reserved one. I mean, just look at the photo below. Otis wants nothing more than to get that ribbon ... over and over and over again. Meanwhile, check out Mr. Attitude watching from the landing. Can't you just hear his thoughts? [Well, if not, can't you at least imagine that you hear him thinking or saying something along the lines of]:
"My idiot brother... Look at him prance for the human female. Simply pathetic!"
Milo does not approve of Otis' enthusiastic prancing. (Or ... is he merely jealous?)
They are just SO CUTE!
Running Scared has cited a good -- no, let's say essential -- commentary on the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's written by pundit John Sugg of Creative Loafing. The whole thing is pasted at Running Scared, but if you want to go digging for the original, it is currently at http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/fishwrapper.html. Go. Read it NOW. Then pass it on: MLK was a revolutionary, and we need him (or his spirit) more than ever.
Never Let Them See You Blinkx
Has anyone out there tried blinkx? It's supposed to be some kind of free, uber-search application that "automatically and intelligently links to relevant information anywhere and in any format: on the Web, in the news or on the desktop. Utilizing blinkx, users are no longer limited to Boolean keyword search. Instead, blinkx automatically and implicitly conducts searches based on the content being view by each individual user. " I would like to hear some first-hand experiences from folks before I take the plunge and install something that -- while I really like the proposed functionality -- seems kind of ... I don't know ... invasive. (Note: blinkx does state that they don't do anything suspect with the search data.)
Help with Spyware
What's on your hard drive? You're on the web, so you worry about spyware. You do worry about it, don't you? Well, maybe you should be doing more than just worrying. Bookmark this site: Spyware Warrior: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/ There's help to be found here. They maintain a blog with the latest news (threats and utilities) on the spyware front, as well as a list of suspected programs that pretend to be spyware -- but are actually trading on the good names of actual applications. They also test anti-spyware programs and provide a forum where you might be able to find help with a spyware problem you have right now.
Ice-mageddon | Slow Moving Demo
What do you get when you have a massive iceberg (about the size of, oh, Long Island, NY) moving on a collision course with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica?
Iceberg image from tvnz.co.nz
Apparently nothing too deadly news-worthy. That is, at least, according to Monkeyfilter where a member has reported that the world media has largely ignored this event, even in the midst of "dramatic evacuation procedures of all personel assisted by the Russians" Here is the story: A massive 3,000-square-kilometer/1,200-square-mile iceberg is about to impact with a glacial peninsula of ice in McMurdo sound known as the Drygalski Ice Tongue. NASA scientists believe the collision will occur before or on January 15, but even they are unsure as to what will really happen.
"It's a clash of the titans, a radical and uncommon event," says Robert Bindshadler, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and if the two giant slabs of ice collide, we could see one of the best demolition derbies on the planet. "Even a 'tap' from a giant can be powerful. It will certainly be a blow far larger than anything else the ice tongue has ever experienced," says Bindshadler.When the iceberg and the ice tongue collide, the impact will likely "dent their bumpers," says Bindshadler. The edges could crumple and ice could pile or drift into the Ross Sea. But if the B-15A iceberg picks up enough speed before the two collide, the results could be more spectacular. The Drygalski Ice Tongue could break off.
Now, I've only found a few news stories about this thing, but nothing to suggest a large evacuation. Among the pieces I have found:
New Zealand's STUFF reports that "no lives were expected to be in danger. Staff at Scott Base and McMurdo Station 250km away would monitor the collision. So would scientists in the United States via a webcam on the iceberg, while Nasa scientists hoped to observe the action via a satellite."
Tech News World has a quick blurb.
The BBC quotes from the same NASA sources, also mentioning that "US space agency scientists are studying the iceberg's progress by monitoring satellite images of the region. The Modis instrument on Nasa's Aqua and Terra satellites captured 13 images of the shifting B-15A iceberg between 9 November and 2 January 2005. "
Japan Today focuses on the penquins who are adversely affected by the iceberg's course, reporting that "thousands of penguin chicks threatened with starvation because their mothers cannot bring them food."
And back in the middle of December, EurekAlert reported that the "Iceberg poses no threat to Antarctic personnel." (Yep, that iceberg is moving slowly enough that statements made weeks ago are still accurate.)
But no evac info. Still, the sparse chatter on a story regarding a terrestrial collision of this magnitude is ... puzzling.
Meditation and the Brain (Brain ... Brain ... Brain ...)
Within the last decade, research has shown that connections among brain nerve cells are not fixed early in life and unchanging in adulthood as scientists used to believe. Scientists are now embracing the concept of ongoing brain development and "neuroplasticity." Current research conducted at the University of Wisconsin, where researchers have been working with Tibetan monks, translates the mental experiences of meditation into "the scientific language of high-frequency gamma waves and brain synchrony, or coordination." And this translation has been paying off:
"What we found is that the longtime practitioners showed brain activation on a scale we have never seen before," said Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist at the university's new $10 million W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior. "Their mental practice is having an effect on the brain in the same way golf or tennis practice will enhance performance." It demonstrates, he said, that the brain is capable of being trained and physically modified in ways few people can imagine.
The Washington Post's website has the full article. It's a good read.
"When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty."
-- Thomas Jefferson
British Parish to be Punished with Opus Dei Appointment
Well, no one really said they are being punished, but they are getting an unlikely new pastor. The Times-Online reports that Opus Dei, that rag-tag group who are known for secrecy and mortification (a most painful way to god), is getting their first British parish. No news on whether a parishoner has to purchase or otherwise provide his/her own flagellum.
Fox-Proof
Jazz (Losing my faith in humanity... one neocon at a time) Shaw has posted this humorous bit about a quaint device called the FoxBlocker. I showed it to my pal Loki, and he responded: "Thats a good idea, but I just use my remote and never bother to turn that crap on in the first place." Loki doesn't shiv.
CBS News: 'Great Satan' Helps Muslims
Yep. That's the title of this article from the CBS News website. It points out a very clear contrast:
The very day President G.W. Bush reached out to Democrat Bill Clinton and recruited his father, Republican G. H. W. Bush, to generate private tsunami-relief donations, Osama bin Laden's comrades detonated three car bombs in Baghdad, killing 16 Iraqi cops and soldiers toiling to rebuild their country. Once again, "the Great Satan" rescues endangered Muslims while Islamic zealots blew their co-religionists to bits.
Apparently, the news media would like to see the Iraqis -- if not the international Muslim community -- issue a big cry of "what have you done for us lately?," directed right at Osama bin-not-so-nearly-forgotten. Will the US jump on this good PR opportunity? Well, the story was posted on January 6th, but I have not seen any change in diplomacy efforts. But maybe that is just because the focus is on helping victims and there has been no time or inclination to think, "Gee, how can this help us?" If that is the case, I applaud it and hope they keep at it.
Friday Pet Blogging | Radiant Sleeper
Although he does not have the bulk of his brother, Milo, Otis really knows how to stay warm. He will cozy up next to me or my wife, or -- as shown below -- park himself next to the radiator in the living room. Anything he can do to ensure a nice, warm nap.
Otis = Radiant Sleeper. (Click for larger image)
The Modulator has a compilation of today's pet posts from other bloggers. Meanwhile, the M & O Archives sports a set of links for other Milo & Otis appearances on Prophet or Madman.
In their own words, the Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is "the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms." Take, for example, this interactive piece entitled, The Haircut:
Yes, you can spend hours gazing in awe at simply atrocius attacks upon -- er, I mean, works of -- art. Well, maybe not hours. I could only take about 15 minutes of it. But I hope you enjoy it, and "If you must leave a lock of your hair, please return the scissors to the center of the seat."
Tsunami | Before and After
"Before" and "After" satellite photos: http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/3.html Every single dollar will make a difference. There are several agencies collecting funds to help Tsunami victims: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?id=/d/ip/tsunami_aid_04/data.js&navid=6758618>1=5936 Contributions can be made using credit cards: http://www.worldvision.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKVLbMVIwG&b=277262
Will Eisner: 1917 - 2005
Will Eisner's website, carries the sad news:
Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.
I don't know what I can say about this. For one thing, I can't believe that I just found out today. My news sniffers -- or at least the sites I frequent -- should have clued me to this yesterday. But I guess maybe it is just getting out today (posted 2 hours ago according to Google News). Will Eisner was a legend in the comic book industry. And even though his own "costumed character" creation, The Spirit, revolutionized the way such stories were told, Eisner is credited as one of the men responsible for lifting comics from the "juvenile" realm of superheroes to a visual artform known more or less as graphic storytelling. He was a master of sequential art, authoring two definitive works examining the creative process, Comics and Sequential Art and Graphic Storytelling. In addition to these books, Eisner spent 25 years of his life in educational and promotional comics, teaching his craft to others. The man even has a prestigious comics industry award named after him: The Eisner Awards. Rest in peace Mr. Eisner. And thank you for all you gave to comics, visual art, and your fans. Will Eisner Links:
A Whole Lotta Spirit - interview about the artist's past and current projects.
The King of Comic Books - 2002 article from the Jewish Week profiling Eisner and his work.
Will Eisner - information about the artist and The Spirit.
Artist Biography at Comic Art and Graphix Gallery.
Comics Grand Master Is Unrecognized - article detailing the artist's influence.
Sample and profile at The International Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame website.
Multi-panel bio at the official Will Eisner website.
Will Eisner Entry at Wikipedia.
Redefeat Bush?
No, your eyes do not decieve you. And this is not a lost post from before the 2004 election. This is going on right now as reported on January 3, 2005: Liberal Group Seeks Support for Challenge of Bush Electors. According to the story...
a federal political action committee known as the Committee to ReDefeat the President -- or ReDefeatBush.com -- is organizing protest rallies to take place before a joint session of Congress gathers to count the electoral votes from the November 2004 election.
I guess everyone needs a hobby, but this is bordering on obsession.
Happy New Year | Resolution
I really cannot make a better New Year's Resolution than Huey Freeman, the lead character in Aaron McGruder's strip, The Boondocks: "I resolve to mercilessly abuse my illusions and smack stupidity in the mouth. I resolve to never acquire a taste for the bitter lies I am fed. I am making a resolution for revolution!"
snip from BOONDOCKS strip (12-26-2004).
The full strip appeared on 12-26-2004, but I don't know how long it will remain available there (update: Still there as of 2/27/2019!).
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Built on Bonds
All wheeling and dealing for Luc Longley and Bobby Hansen aside, former Bulls GM Jerry Krause never got much credit for bringing Chicago six NBA titles in the 1990s. With Michael Jordan on his roster, fans figured, how on earth could Krause and the Bulls not win?
San Franciscans might start asking such a question of Giants GM Brian Sabean.
He’s enjoyed winning seasons in eight of his nine years pulling strings for the Giants, but he hasn’t brought home a World Series crown, despite having the MJ of MLB on his roster all the while. Sabean’s Giants have been good and have gotten very close, even winning the National League in 2002. But Baseball isn’t horseshoes, and players as talented as Barry Bonds– as good as Mays, Mantle, and the rest of them– don’t come around but once every few decades.
These days, with their star on the decline, the Giants struggle to keep their record above .500. Watching this fizzle, while ex-Giants Manager Dusty Baker flails in Chicago, it’s fair to ask where these guys’ careers would be if Barry Bonds hadn’t ever decided to come home.
That was in 1993, ten years into his major league career, when Bonds returned to San Francisco from Pittsburgh and Baker became the team’s manager. Sabean arrived in town that year as well, taking the assistant GM position after seven years with the Yankees.
Thirteen years later, all three are viewed separately as men of great baseball accomplishment. Now we’ll see if two of them really deserve it.
Posted on July 13, 2006 at 11:13 am
Tags: Stats
Mound Serendipity
The Associated Press says P Matt Clement, he of a 6.68 ERA in 12 starts this season for Boston, is “scuffling through the worst of his eight major league
seasons.” Manager Terry Francona chalks it up to a bad shoulder; he’s put
the veteran on the 15-day disabled list, hoping the time away will help
Clement relocate his mojo.
Perhaps. But PROTRADE’s Moneyball Scoring system suggests Clement might be
better served hunting down a four-leaf clover or scoping pennies on a Beacon
Hill sidewalk. That’s because all luck, bad bounces, and mispositioned (or
range-challenged) fielders aside, the 31-year old has in reality pitched
himself within a few percentage points of his career-best season ERA.
According to our numbers, Clement’s “real” ERA is 3.62, more than three runs
better than the official number that besmirches his performance in Boston
sports pages. He is, in fact, PROTRADE’s reigning leader in bad luck among
major league pitchers this season. It’s a calculation we can manage because
we break down every baseball
play into its component parts, comparing what did happen to what usually
happens as a means of allotting appropriate credit or blame.
Most unique, it lays bare those non-errors that really should be. We’re
talking about those myriad cases when that lumbering right fielder cannot
get a glove on the ball and thus, doesn’t earn a demerit for failing to
achieve the routine.
So for pitchers, the difference manifests itself in little, unnoticed
fielding moments. Consider the third inning of a Red Sox-Rangers matchup at
Fenway Park on May 12, when 2B Mark Loretta doesn’t get to two separate
balls he should have caught, saddling Clement with two earned runs in the
team’s 6-0 loss. Or in an 8-6 loss to the Yankees on May 24, when Alex
Rodriguez and Robinson Cano led off the fifth inning with singles that
should have been outs, then New York OF Terrence Long drove in what would
prove the game-winning run with another routine grounder somehow out of the
reach of Loretta.
Clement has two weeks of R & R to find a way to reverse the after
effects of whatever mirror he broke or ladder he walked beneath. Maybe
easier — call Padres P Scott Cassidy, his serendipitous opposite. The
journeyman is strutting around San Diego with a 2.37 ERA from the team’s
Rumor has it, Cassidy pitches with a horseshoe in his glove.
PROTRADE’s Unlucky
Player PT ERA Actual
ERA Difference
1 Matt Clement (BOS) 3.62 6.68 -3.06
2 Francisco Cordero (TEX) 2.88 5.63 -2.75
3 Doug Waechter (TB) 4.33 6.62 -2.29
4 Mark Redman (KC) 3.97 6.06 -2.09
5 Odalis Perez (LAD) 4.86 6.90 -2.04
6 Brian Moehler (FLA) 4.66 6.68 -2.02
7 Keith Foulke (BOS) 3.84 5.63 -1.79
8 Jorge Julio (ARI) 3.35 5.06 -1.71
9 Jason Johnson (CLE) 4.06 5.70 -1.64
10 Taylor Buchholz (HOU) 4.53 6.06 -1.53
PROTRADE’s Lucky Ten
1 Scott Cassidy (SD) 5.23 2.37 2.86
2 Geoff Geary (PHI) 5.00 2.78 2.22
3 Sidney Ponson (STL) 5.54 3.54 2.00
4 Oscar Villarreal (ATL) 6.92 4.99 1.93
5 Luis Vizcaino (ARI) 4.39 2.59 1.80
6 Scot Shields (LAA) 2.95 1.30 1.65
7 Aaron Sele (LAD) 3.72 2.32 1.40
8 Ryan Franklin (PHI) 5.77 4.40 1.37
9 Mike Maroth (DET) 4.93 3.56 1.37
10 Woody Williams (SD) 4.62 3.27 1.35
The Joe Morgan Paradox
In Nov. 1962, the Houston Colt 45s weren’t in the business of selling jeans.
That’s why they signed Oakland City College star 2B Joe Morgan– all 5’5, 140 pounds of him. Houston didn’t plan on using Morgan to market Colt Stadium as a place to see the beautiful people. Rather, they wanted men in scoring position.
The team won just 64 games in their inaugural season the previous summer, averaging just 3.65 runs per-game while flexing a team on-base percentage of .308. Both marks were the Majors’ worst. Morgan, a rare infielder with speed and a big bat, looked like an antidote.
Morgan officially took over in the spring of 1965. He hit 14 homers and drew 97 walks in that rookie season, nearly as many (99) as the position had given the team during the past three seasons combined. Houston quickly forgot his predecessors at the position, like Ernie Fazio (.184/27 BB vs. 70 Ks in ’63) and Joey Amalfitano (.237/1 HR in ’62). In Morgan, the Houston Colt 45s first homegrown star had been born.
That Morgan’s subsequent career was so rife with measurable accomplishment — he ranked in the majors’ top ten in on-base percentage eleven times, OPS six times, and walks 18 times — rings a bit ironic these days. From his perch as an ESPN analyst, he’s become the game’s reigning neo-luddite, vehemently opposed to statistical analysis and its recent rise in stature.
"That moneyball theory is overrated," he once quipped on an ESPN.com chat. "Nobody has ever won with it. Players win games. Not theories."
Among other things, Morgan has famously opined that batting average is a "personal thing" and that pitchers are best judged by their wins and losses.
You might think that, as co-founder of a company wholly predicated on the opposite theory, I’d be a card-carrying member of the baseball blog posse calling for Morgan’s ouster.
Of course, I disagree with him. And I can’t say he’s my favorite baseball analyst. But rather than discount Morgan’s anti-Moneyball salvos completely, I try to listen. Coming from a Hall-of-Famer who played 22 seasons and won two MVPs, he’s earned his right to his opinion. Morgan’s playing career doesn’t give carte blanche on what matters in baseball. No, it doesn’t.
But Morgan’s point-of-view is real and, unfortunately to some extent, prevailing in baseball. Mocking him won’t help us understand where he’s coming from, just as refusing to read “Moneyball” — he famously won’t pick it up and still probably believes that Billy Beane wrote the book — gives Morgan an incomplete picture of what we’re all about.
How very ironic, given that Morgan was moneyball before “Moneyball” existed.
If he were starting out today, he’d be the smallest player in the majors. And circa 2006, the most likely guy to give Morgan a chance, picking him on accomplishment ahead of that 6’4, 220 pound high-schooler, would be Billy Beane himself.
Five Questions with the Author of Moneyball
5 Questions w/Michael Lewis
It’s no secret to members of the PROTRADE nation that we’re fans of author
Michael Lewis. His book ‘Moneyball’ inspired PROTRADE and, I think, laid a
clear and convincing case for measuring human performance with something
measurable. Something to test against and refine. After all, if you’re
about to drop $50 million on a pitcher, you might want a more objective way
to assess the potential investment than: "This guy may be the best body in
the draft." (Page 31) Yesterday morning, when we were considering Tuesday’s
50-round first year professional player draft, we got to thinking: what does
Lewis think of the state of ‘Moneyball’ today?
So, we asked him a few questions.
Jeff Ma: When you look at the ‘As’ 2001 and 2002 amateur
drafts with the hindsight of a few seasons, does the success of 2001 players
like Bonderman, Crosby and Johnson alter your original assessment of the
"Moneyball" approach? Why not?
Lewis: No, because I didn’t have an original assessment, and even if
you assume those three players wind up having good big league careers the
2001 draft, like just about all drafts, was a ridiculously risky way to
invest millions of dollars. The point of the draft chapters in "Moneyball"
was not "The Oakland A’s have found the secret to drafting future major
league players but "The Oakland A’s, seeing the general, and increasingly
expensive, inaccuracy in the evaluation of amateur players, have set out to
find a new and better way to do it."
They weren’t sure the 2002 draft was going to be a big success — though of
course they hoped it would. But, they had some then-novel theories about the
statistics of amateur players, and what they might say about future
professional success. The big difference between what they did, and what big
league teams have always done, is that they could prove themselves wrong,
and move on to refine their ideas. Which they are doing.
Jeff Ma: Since the publication of "Moneyball" several
teams, including the Mets, Padres, Cardinals and Diamondbacks have joined
the As, Red Sox and the Blue Jays on the ‘Moneyball’ train. Is their
adoption making the MLB talent market more efficient?
Lewis: I assume so. On some of those rosters are productive players
who, five years ago, would have been cheaply snagged by the A’s. (Kevin
Youkilis!)
Jeff Ma: Oakland ‘A’s GM Billy Beane is central to the
story of "Moneyball." Has pulling back the curtain, so to speak, on his
strategy undercut his ability to trade for value?
Lewis: Only he would know. I can’t see how it’s made it easier for
him, but my sense is that the market was moving that way anyway.
Jeff Ma: Do you think the "Moneyball" approach to
performance valuation will take off in other sports?
Lewis: I do, just as I think it will in every business where the
employees are Talent, and paid huge sums of money. (Hollywood, Wall Street,
CEO-land). Baseball is so much cleaner to analyze than any business, or any
other sport.
But I assume progress: the more fancy people get paid, the more it is worth
someone’s time and effort to figure out what they are actually worth. The
spirit of Bill James will be coming to a theatre, or arena, near you.
Jeff Ma: How is the ‘Ladies Auxiliary’ these days?
Lewis: Far calmer than it was three years ago.
For those of you who may not have read the book, the ‘Ladies Auxiliary’ is
the name Lewis gave to the indignant members of the MLB ‘club’ of owners,
management and sporstwriters who, without reading ‘Moneyball’ took to the
airwaves and press to denounce Beane’s approach to quantitative assessment.
Just like the b-school books say, an organization is incapable of reforming
from within.
Incidentally, as part of a new partnership with www.MLB.com, we took the PROTRADE black box and
applied our evaluation skills to the first Moneyball draft: 2002. Turns
out, Billy Beane’s approach has aged pretty well. Read it on MLB, here.
Can You Use the Word in a Sentence?
Katherine Close is the top speller in the land. The winner of Thursday night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, she’s an eighth-grader at H.W. Mountz School in Spring Lake, a beach town on the south New Jersey Shore.
That Close attends an actual school is relevant, because some of you bet that she wouldn’t. More specifically, the "Bee" went off at +283 that the winner would be home schooled, +178 that they’d wear glasses (she doesn’t), and +141 that "they" would be a she in the first place.
Oh, and the over/under on letters in the final word was 10.5.
Gambling in America is a curious thing. Mention it, and most of us immediately think slot machines, Vegas, and getting rich. We think the World Series of Poker and fourth quarter mutterings by the announcers on Monday Night Football. The lot of them, we all know, go hand-in-hand.
But gambling isn’t always about the money. If there’s a lesson in the news that bookies, crunching numbers on the educational backgrounds of top spellers past, took time to analyze the participants and set lines on the National Bee, it’s that financial victories alone don’t fulfill the human condition. More satisfying, more often, is the feeling of simply being proven right.
We don’t take Loyola Marymount -4 or the Jets +13 1/2 because we’re simply after that pot of gambling gold. We take them because we believe, strongly, that we know better. And we want to be proven so in a real, tangible, humiliating-for-the-guy-who-is-wrong kind of way.
Better than traditional gambling, that markets can provide such closure so effectively was a driving force behind our founding of PROTRADE. We all wanted more opportunities to weigh in not just on games themselves, but also the prevailing great sports debates of the day (though we hadn’t considered spelling).
Floating our two cents into the ether on sports radio or via message boards, like those endless arguments with your dad over whether Barry Bonds could touch Mickey Mantle, or if LeBron James will be as good as Michael Jordan, just isn’t up to the craving. We’re never truly right if someone else isn’t truly wrong.
Buying and selling shares of players on PROTRADE’s 24/7 marketplace, fans can weigh in with real consequences. Here, there is right and
wrong– and you know it that night, or even within the hour.
So our focus is on sports. You cannot fade Ms. Close and her chance of a repeat with us next year. But you can test your ability to predict the future. We’ve created an athlete market based on our Moneyball Valuation System.
But there are many other markets in sports that could be compelling. What about a market to predict the day that Bonds passes Aaron? Or a market on the number of Super Bowls Tom Brady wins in his career? What sports markets would you like to see?
Email me at mablog@protrade.com with your brightest ideas.
Tags: Fantasy
Roger Clemens has made some $120 million in MLB salary alone over the course of his career, which is plenty much to spend, but apparently not enough to turn down another $9-12 million to take a late summer swing.
Yeah, I know. You’d take it, too. No blame.
Of course, the question with the Rocket isn’t whether you or I would take the dough to pitch in the big leagues for a few months– most of us would carry his bags for free. But rather, if you ran the roster, would bucking up so much for Clemens really be prudent? Is he still worth it– for half a season, no less?
First– some perspective. The highest-paid pitchers in baseball are the Yankees Mike Mussina ($19 MM), Houston’s Andy Pettitte ($16.43 MM), and the Yankees’ Randy Johnson ($15.66 MM). Even at the rumored low-end, Clemens’ extrapolated salary ($18-24 MM) figures to rival them all.
More importantly, Clemens’ take far outpaces the value of baseball’s top pitching performers this season. In dollar terms, PROTRADE’s Moneyball Player Valuation System ranks Tom Glavine of the Mets ($16.74 MM), Mussina ($15.48 MM), Toronto’s Roy Halladay ($14.18 MM), Tampa Bay’s Scott Kazmir ($13.93 MM) and Chicago’s Jose Contreras ($13.48 MM) as the top contributing pitchers in the majors.
The most valuable player in baseball this season has been St. Louis’ Albert Pujols ($32.68 MM). In fact, the performances of only Pujols and Colorado’s surging Brad Hawpe ($25.81 MM) have been better than the top of Clemens’ proposed salary range.
So does this mean the 43 year-old pitcher wouldn’t be worth the dough? Not exactly.
Consider that Clemens is reportedly expected to take the mound for the first time again in early July. Over the second half of the regular season, he’ll get 15 or so starts over about 75 games for the Astros, Rangers, Yankees, or Red Sox– whomever happens to woo his favor.
Last year, Clemens averaged 1.63 Moneyball Runs per game over his first 15 appearances, equal to $15.10 million in Moneyball Salary if he kept up the pace. Even at the low end, he’d be overpaid.
But the Rocket isn’t coming to play in the dog days of summer. He’s eyeing crunch time, when everyone wants Clemens on the mound and when, he has traditionally played his best.
To be sure, last season he averaged 1.95 Moneyball Runs from starts 16-21, which would correspond with the postseason this time around. That’s equal to $17.54 million in Moneyball Salary, which means the buyer is still overpaying but they’re getting closer.
And that’s the real point, isn’t it?
In measuring what a player should earn based on his performance, we’re taking a mechanical view of worth. This is hugely valuable if you’re evaluating 99% of MLB players in long-term team situations. But in this case of Roger Clemens, a future Hall-of-Famer who can lift a contender over the hump here-and-now, his presence is… well… priceless.
What would Houston or Texas pay to win their first-ever World Championship? Pick a number, any number. That’s what Roger Clemens is really worth, even if he only comes around again for a autumn bow.
And I know he’s worth nothing to me as his place on a Red Sox roster would just taint our second World Championship in 88 years…
Posted on May 23, 2006 at 9:56 am
Tags: Players
Humidity makes baseballs moist and heavy. That’s the drill in Colorado, according to published reports, where the Rockies stick them in a humidor, vying to keep hits in Coors Field, the ball park once notorious for its batter-friendiness.
To be sure, the reputation was warranted.
As measured in total combined runs scored per game, Coors topped the majors in three of the past four seasons, placing second to Texas in the other. Teams averaged some 12 runs per in the high-altitude venue, where the ball is widely-believed to travel 8-10% farther.
We even accounted for the hit-happiness of Coors in devising PROTRADE’s Moneyball scoring system, ratcheting up run-scoring expectations for any situation playing out in Colorado. The net over nine innings is significant– 2.25 runs extra, when compared to a “normal” ballpark.
The question this year is how and why Colorado suddenly became so “normal” itself. Teams are averaging a measly 8.85 runs at Coors so far this 2006. Only the Yankees, White Sox, Twins, Tigers, and Royals home fields have been stingier.
So how has Coors suddenly gone from worst to close to first?
“People don’t want to accept the fact that maybe we’re pitching better,” explained Colorado’s Jason Jennings to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
It figures that Jennings, whose 4.94 ERA this year has been a hint better than his career 5.02, would give credit to himself and the Rockies staff. No major leaguer would readily admit that their success is thanks to a crafty team equipment guy.
Colorado started using the humidor in 2002, and the team saw 12.21 runs scored per game at its new field. That number has stayed relatively constant since, jumping from 11.94 to 12.69 to 11.09.
At less than nine runs, 2006 is, so far, a major anomaly.
Then again, so has been the Rockies performance across the board. Their team ERA is 4.35– a world better than their last two woeful seasons (5.13 & 5.54), over which they managed 67 and 68 wins, respectively.
At 22-19, Colorado is on pace to win 88 this year.
For a franchise that hasn’t cracked .500 in six years and hasn’t sniffed the postseason in a decade, it’s only natural that such new-found success would be met with conspiracy theories. It always pays to be skeptical, but this Mile High mystery isn’t quite ready for Rod Serling.
Posted on May 18, 2006 at 11:11 am
Say It Ain’t So, Wily Mo
Red Sox Manager Terry Francona says that while CF Wily Mo Pena hastrouble with the glove, he more than makes up for it with his bat.
"He’s not a prototypical centerfielder," Francona said when asked how
Pena would fill the void left by injured starter Coco Crisp. "I do think
his offensive production will outweigh the tough chances in center
field."
Francona didn’t say anything about horseshoes, as he might not be aware
that his husky outfielder has been the luckiest hitter in baseball this
season. Hitting .308, PROTRADE’s Moneyball Valuation system says he
should be hitting just .173.
Keep in mind that playing in Fenway puts Pena in the best position to be
"lucky" as 350 yard fly balls to left aren’t hits in many other parks
but clearly the Sox will need Pena to step up his performance even more.
Last week, we showed you how fans can figure out which players really
should be feeling lucky. Here’s our second installment of PROTRADE’s
lucky/unlucky Top Ten.
Player PT AVG AVG
1 Wily Mo Pena (BOS) .173 .308
2 John Rodriguez (STL) .292 .380
3 Trot Nixon (BOS) .224 .307
4 Ben Broussard (CLE) .328 .400
5 Hanley Ramirez (FLA) .244 .315
6 Willy Taveras (HOU) .216 .286
7 Eric Hinske (TOR) .245 .311
8 Willie Bloomquist (SEA) .261 .327
9 Omar Infante (DET) .212 .268
10 Gerald Laird (TEX) .269 .325
PROTRADE’s Unlucky Ten
1 Aubrey Huff (TB) .263 .156
2 Yadier Molina (STL) .265 .165
3 Edgardo Alfonzo (LAA) .208 .114
4 Barry Bonds (SF) .329 .236
5 Juan Uribe (CWS) .267 .178
6 Tony Clark (ARI) .236 .149
7 Eric Young (SD) .295 .209
8 Russell Branyan (TB) .262 .179
9 David Bell (PHI) .330 .252
10 Luis Matos (BAL) .196 .119
Meet baseball’s $36 million man
What’s a player really worth?
Stuck with traditional statistics, that depends upon how you feel. Are homers the key? How about hits? Is batting average most important of all? Should pitchers be judged on ERA? Or is all about wins?
They’re all great questions that, posed to your average fan, will result in an inevitable range of subjective answers. We value different skills– and, accordingly, different players–for different reasons, none of which have quite everything to do with winning, and all of which should be consumed only with a healthy dose of dollars-and-cents perspective.
Regular readers and active traders know how PROTRADE’s Moneyball Valuation System offers clarity, objectively measuring a player’s total game. But in sports, better performance means more dollars. That’s why last week, we started calculating MLB Moneyball Salaries, converting those performance ratings into cold, hard currency.
Yankees SS Derek Jeter is hitting .339 this season, playing like a $5 million per year major-league superstar. Problem is, he’s actually a $20.6 million per-year major-league superstar. He’s been good this season, but not good enough to earn his considerable keep.
Meanwhile, $20.4 million per-year Bronx superstar Jason Giambi is outplaying his pay grade. PROTRADE values his season-to-date performance (extrapolated through 162 games) at $25.6 million.
Yankees P Mike Mussina is just about earning his $19 million per-year salary, exactly. And newbie CF Johnny Damon– he’s been worth about $18 million thus far, $5 million better than the $13 million Boston wouldn’t pay.
In rejecting Damon’s hefty salary demands, the Red Sox proved the point that even "big market," wealthy teams care deeply about value. Boston could have afforded the All-Star, and he might have even proved a better CF option than anyone the team might recruit to fill his void. But at $13 million per-year, they made the decision that Damon wasn’t worth it.
Browse our Moneyball numbers, position-by-position, and it isn’t hard to see why. Among CF, only the Mets’ Carlos Beltran ($13.6 million), the Braves’ Andruw Jones ($13.5 million), and the Cards’ Jim Edmonds ($12.1 million) earn in that range. This season, Beltran ($16.8 million Moneyball Salary) and Jones ($15.4 million) are outperforming their salaries. But Edmonds– he’s playing at but a $2 million clip.
1B Albert Pujols is more than making up for his St. Louis teammate. The slugger is performing at a $36 million pace– tops in baseball and enough to make him, at $14 million per-year in contract salary, one of the league’s five most underpaid players.
Who are the others? How about overpaid? On your team? Check out our Moneyball section today, and root and cheer with perspective.
Chicago White Sox SS Juan Uribe is in an early-season hitting slump, spending much of April below the proveribal Mendoza Line before wrapping the month at a sub-Mark Belanger-esque .167.
Would you believe Uribe if he gave the excuse that he’s been just plain unlucky?
Would you believe me?
Because baseball is a game of inches. And because here at PROTRADE we’ve mapped every one of them, charting every batted ball in the majors over the past four years, calculating the probability that given their direction and distance, they become hits, I can quantify and confirm what Uribe is feeling.
Indeed Juan, you’ve been unlucky.
That’s unlucky, as in considering the balls he’s hit how they turn out in the majors on average, Uribe should be hitting more than 100 points higher– or .277.
At least he doesn’t suffer alone: The Angels’ Edgardo Alfonzo, Padres’ Eric Young, Cardinals’ Yadier Molina, and A’s Mark Ellis all also ended April below .200.
On the flipside, Boston’s Manny Ramirez, Arizona’s Chris Snyder, and Houston’s Willy Taveras should all be hitting below .200 but aren’t. Perhaps they did good works in the off-season.
Look to this space throughout the season for weekly PROTRADE’s Lucky/Unlucky updates. And if you see Jim Tracy, ask him what Freddy Sanchez needs to do to crack that Pittsburgh lineup.
Player BA PT BA
1- Edgardo Alfonzo (LAA) .125 .287
2- Barry Bonds (SF) .250 .396
3- Juan Uribe (CWS) .167 .277
4- Eric Young (SD) .176 .286
5- Freddy Sanchez (PIT) .352 .458
6- Eduardo Perez (CLE) .300 .403
7- Yadier Molina (STL) .149 .245
8- David Bell (PHI) .247 .334
9- Albert Pujols (STL) .329 .416
10- Mark Ellis (OAK) .185 .269
1 -Brad Ausmus (HOU) .358 .229
2- John Rodriguez (STL) .424 .302
3- Mark Bellhorn (SD) .316 .193
4- Chris Burke (HOU) .400 .278
5- Prince Fielder (MIL) .343 .236
6- Chris Snyder (ARI) .273 .171
7- Willy Taveras (HOU) .265 .170
8- Kevin Youkilis (BOS) .293 .200
9- Manny Ramirez (BOS) .289 .198
10- Trot Nixon (BOS) .303 .218
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AJIL Symposium: A Plea to Judges – Don’t Make the Policy Element Impossible
22 Jul AJIL Symposium: A Plea to Judges – Don’t Make the Policy Element Impossible
[Darryl Robinson is Associate Professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Law]
I am delighted to offer this comment on Leila Sadat’s excellent article on crimes against humanity in the modern age. Her article makes several important contributions. I agree with her central normative point, which is that ICC jurisprudence has often been too restrictive and too demanding in its interpretation of the policy element.
If we trace the history of academic discourse around the policy element, we see that it has had gone through cycles of ascendance and decline. For decades after Nuremberg, the policy element seemed fairly generally supported (see eg Keenan, Bassiouni). In the nineties, following this tradition, it was recognized in the Tadic decision and the ICC Statute. Around that time, however, the tide of academic opinion turned against it. Most commentary grew quite skeptical. The nadir for the element was the ICTY’s about-face in Kunarac, which repudiated the element en passant in a highly controversial footnote. Recently, the element has enjoyed a scholarly resurgence, led by thoughtful pieces by Bill Schabas (here) and Claus Kress (here), advocating that a policy element is not only legally required but conceptually required, in order for the law of crimes against humanity to make sense. I am in a very similar camp to these two scholars, in that I think that some form of policy element has doctrinal support and, more importantly, is conceptually essential. My only caveat was that the element was perhaps at times cast a bit too stringently.
Leila’s article is a leading and welcome example of the latest movement, which is a mildly corrective counter-movement, arguing for a modest threshold. Leila gives arguments based in customary law precedents for an inclusive concept of the type of ‘organization’ that may be behind a crimes against humanity. In a similar direction, Gerhard Werle and Boris Burghardt give arguments based in the ordinary meaning of the term ‘organization’ (here), and Charles Jalloh has noted the possible Euro-centricism of a rigid concept of organization that does not regard tribal groups as a sufficient form of organization (here). I have also given arguments based in the theory underlying the element (here). While I acknowledge that the narrower view, requiring a state-like entity, can also be supported by a principled theory (‘betrayal of the responsibility to protect’), I suggested that the essence of crimes against humanity may be humans acting collectively to harm humans. The purpose of the policy element is simply to exclude the ‘normal’ crime patterns of individuals acting on their own initiatives. This purpose is satisfied by a modest threshold, encompassing coordination by many types of organization. I think Leila’s contrast of a ‘traditional’ and a ‘modern’ view of the dangers posed by organizations is another helpful contribution.
In this comment, I wish to expand upon Leila’s thesis, by highlighting the most recent confirmation decision in Gbagbo. The majority reasoning in Gbagbo illustrates Leila’s point about the dangers of increasingly restrictive interpretation. It does so even more vividly than any previous decision. The Gbagbo decision came out in June, after the publication of Leila’s article. The majority held that the Prosecution had not brought sufficient evidence for confirmation of charges against Laurent Gbagbo, the former President of the Ivory Coast. On closer inspection, some of the gaps noted by the majority are about matters that do not need to be proved for a crimes against humanity case.
For example, the majority requested proof of “how, when and by whom the alleged policy/plan was adopted” and “specific information about meetings at which this policy/plan was adopted” (para 44). This is exactly what a long line of jurisprudence has said is not required. The jurisprudence consistently says that the requisite policy ‘need not be formally adopted’, and ‘can be inferred from the manner in which the acts occur.’ Even the draft Elements of Crimes included a proviso that the policy can be inferred from the manner in which the acts occur. The proviso was removed on the grounds that it was unnecessary and obvious from the case law.
Of course, one sense of the word ‘policy’ in popular usage entails something bureaucratic, formal and official. But this is not the sense in which it is employed in the authorities, which have looked more broadly for some degree of attribution, instigation, direction or encouragement from a state or organization (see authorities in Tadic, Blaskic, ILC draft Code). It requires some such link in order to exclude random crimes of individuals acting on their own initiative.
The commission of numerous crimes by pro-Gbagbo forces, in multiple incidents and recurring patterns, is by itself sufficient to establish the improbability of random occurrence. Proof of specific meetings at which a criminal policy was ‘adopted’ is not required. Such a requirement would in many cases entail an unrealistic idea of how crimes against humanity are initiated. Moreover, even if an organization did formally adopt such plans, it would be extremely difficult to get direct proof of it, unless there were written minutes (unlikely, except in contexts like Nazi Germany) or the Prosecutor has ‘insider’ testimony. In the absence of insider testimony, a ‘formal adoption’ requirement would make crimes against humanity close to impossible to prosecute. The focus on inner workings is deeply misguided where the non-randomness of the crimes is already evident beyond a reasonable doubt.
As a second example, the majority also required proof that the perpetrators in general were acting pursuant to or in furtherance of the policy (para 36, 44). While this is one possible reading of Article 7(2)(a), it is more exacting than is required; the provision should be read with the assistance of the authorities. First, previous cases have not required proof of the mens rea of the mass of perpetrators other than the accused; they have only required proof of the objective patterns. Second, it is not required that one is motivated by the policy; participants may have any number of personal motives. Third, even the knowledge requirement is attenuated. Accused persons only need knowledge of the surrounding general context of crimes; they do not need to correctly infer the policy. (See eg. Tadic, Kupreskic, Blaskic, Taylor, CDF Trial, AFRC Trial, the Elements of Crimes, etc.) Moreover, the expectation that perpetrators be deliberately implementing a policy does not always reflect how collective action happens. Persons may have different motives and knowledge. They may be acting opportunistically or they may just be conforming to the actions of their group. All that is required is that their acts are objectively connected enough to constitute an ‘attack’. This requirement of the majority would also undermine the ‘denunciation’ or ‘grudge informer’ cases, in which people did not share in the policy but simply used the persecutory system for their own aims.
As Leila demonstrates, the Pre-Trial Chambers are at times injecting new hurdles into the policy element. This has the unfortunate effect of making the ‘policy’ element more onerous than ‘systematic’, which turns Article 7 upside down. Article 7 requires a modest level of both scale and collectivity for an ‘attack’ (multiple acts, plus instigation, direction or encouragement from a state or organization). Then one must prove a high degree of scale (widespread) or collectivity (systematic). Making ‘policy’ more onerous than ‘systematic’ overturns this structure.
Leila is right to draw attention and concern to these developments, and to urge the Court to hew more carefully to existing precedent and the limited purpose of this modest restriction. The policy element is a molehill and not a mountain.
Darryl Robinson
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Had a most amazing trip to New York, stayed with my Tuba soul-brother, Marcus Rojas who looked after me like family. Did some great gigs with Sxip Shirey www.sxipshirey.com playing harmonica and penny-whistles through pitch-shifters and delays and the awesome beatboxer, Adam Matta. We played at the Union Pool on my 2nd night. It was rammed to the hilt. When i played a solo there were people putting their bodies right up against the Orenophone as if to soak up the low vibrations. I was still quite spaced out after the flight so the whole thing felt pretty trippy to me.
We played 3 gigs at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee where we met Philip Glass and Ned Rothenberg amongst others. I had the honour to meet the great Brazilian Capoeirista, Mestre Acordeon and took part in one of his workshops - totally inspiring. The trio, which was called Sxip Shirey´s Sonic New York also spent 4 days recording. I´ll let you know when a release looks imminent.
Went to a benefit gig at John Zorn´s club, Stone, on the lower east side and heard some great and not so great improvising. The place was packed yet totally hushed. After that, nipped over the road to the Prospect Inn. Lots of youth playing pool to loud rock music but walk through to a small room at the back and what do you find? That´s right! The hippest Salsa bar ever! A kicking band. Mostly old guys, swinging their asses off! Danced with a old puerto-rican lady who showed me moves she´d been doing since she was a young girl. Way more improvised and interactive than the stuff people learn in classes now.
Played a set at the International Underground with a fantastic dixie band that my old college buddy Conal Fowkes plays piano and bass in. With any tunes you didn´t know, the banjo player would call the changes just once through then you were off, such a brilliant way to learn!
By the way, for those of you into the tuba, check this out - I met and hung out with Bob Stewart (played with everybody from Dizzy Gillespie to Arthur Blythe), Brian Wolff (has an incredible solo act with electronics), Jay Rozen (Anthony Braxton), Ron Caswell (Slavic Soul Party), Alan Baer (New York Philharmonic) and his buddy Morris (Shrek, the Musical). Tried to hook up with José Davila (Henry Threadgill) but alas, our free times didn´t quite coincide.
Time has passed and much has happened. Including an interview i did a while back for a friend who works at the Arts Council. It’s just been published - http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/takeitaway/stories/orenmarshall.php In it i mention one of the people i’d like to work with is Bobby Mcferrin. On june 17 i had the good fortune to do just that. In duo in front of a sold out Royal Festival Hall at London’s Meltdown Festival! We had a little play in the afternoon to soundcheck and he said on the gig he’d call me on after he sang some solos. That evening he sang for about 45 minutes, getting better and better and more sublime with each song. I was waiting in the wings getting colder and wondering what on earth i was going to do. Then he just stood up quickly and said, “Let’s get Oren on!” We improvised for about 10-15 minutes. It was great fun and Bobby was super-warm and complimentary. I received much positive feedback from so many people including Ornette Coleman. A great experience.
Just got back from a hectic 3 weeks away. First in Italy, recording with Achille Succi who plays Alto sax and Bass-clarinet and Chris Culpo on piano. Mostly Achille’s composition with one tune by Chris. Very intricate parts and quite challenging to get together in the short time we had. From there i went to visit my friend Oscar from Chile who’s a gardener who plays tuba mostly in marching bands. He lives in a bit of a rough part of Milan. We played, got drunk, ate good food, got bitten all over by mosquitos. This, of course, meant we hardly slept which, for some strange reason, we seemed to find totally hilarious at the time. Didn’t feel too good the next day and in the searing heat carried all my gear(weighing a total of around 50kgs) on a 3 train journey to a part of Genova where i supposed to be meeting Dave Douglas and his band. We played an awesome gig on the sea-front and the whole band made me feel so welcome.
At that gig was Tuba enthusiast extrordinaire, Hans Schlipfinger and his wonderful wife, Renate. Hans had organised a tuba workshop in his home village of Altmunster. The next day we drove there. It took 9 hours and Hans buzzed his mouthpiece the whole way. When we arrived, the first thing he did was play one of his collection of fantastic tubas. Now that’s what i call comittment! There were about 25 tuba students taking classes from myself, Jon Sass (Jazz player and total Funkmeister who lives in Vienna), Paul Halvax(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) and Thomas Keller from the Berlin State Opera Orchestra(incredible tubist). While there i met and played with Cuban Trumpet virtuoso, Amik Guerra. What an amazing man. We had a real ball together. Also met the great Trombonist and Bass-Trumpet player, Andrea Conti from Italy and his beautiful family. What a story-teller!
From there got a lift to Graz with Martin, one of Paul’s students. Most of the way we listened a CD of the fantastic Bohemian band he plays in. Marches, Polkas, Yodels. All new stuff for me…
Spent a week in Graz sweating through 2 Kidsamonium shows a day(was meltingly hot!) at La Strada Festival(www.lastrada.at) Such a great band. Check it - www.kidsamonium.com The show really evolved throughout the week and prepared me for the stamina needed to do a solo set at The Big Chill the morning after getting back home (see gallery for pictures)
Been a while (again) and it suddenly seems a strange thought to be communicating with an anonymous public via the back-end of a website. Yet that´s what millions of us are doing all round the world, minute by minute, literally at the click of our fingers. Mind-blowingly extraordinary yet mind-numbingly banal at the same time…
Of late i´ve mainly been teaching. On the Jazz course at the Royal Academy of Music and for the Brass department at Trinity College of Music. Keeps the wolf away from the door, as it were. I also get to work on the basics over and over which is actually what i need to be doing anyway.
Last week London Brass spent a day recording followed by an evening show. I´ve always found chamber music a fascinating challenge but that day was exhausting. Mentally and physically. Some of the results of that day will soon be posted on our new website to be, so keep your eyes peeled.
Also - The Charming Transport Band are recording an album dec 1-4. Finally it´s happening! Watch this space for a release date.
Sorry, very little time these days to update blog but keep checking the rest of the website for news of what´s going on!
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Emory develops national database of clinics that prescribe HIV prevention drug PrEP
By Martha McKenzie | Rollins Magazine | June 26, 2017
Aaron Siegler developed the PrEP Locator to help men who would benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis find a provider who will prescribe it.
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By now, many people who are at risk for contracting HIV have heard of PrEP. They know pre-exposure prophylaxis is extremely effective in preventing the spread of the virus. What they often don't know is where to get it or how to navigate the insurance paperwork to pay for it.
Aaron Siegler has just made that job easier. A research assistant professor in epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health, Siegler developed the PrEP Locator, the first national database of clinics that prescribe PrEP.
"PrEP has the potential to substantially reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States, but only if people know how and where to get it," says Siegler.
Under the brand name Truvada, PrEP was approved by the Food & Drug Administration in 2012. Across several studies, men who have sex with men (MSM) who took the medication as prescribed—and thus had protective levels in their bloodstream—experienced an estimated 99 percent decrease in HIV transmission rates. The drug also protects women who are in a partnership with HIV-positive men and IV drug users who share needles.
The reasons many find it difficult to find a PrEP provider are varied. Stigma and judgment often play a role. Primary care physicians, while very familiar with treating diabetes and hypertension, do not generally deal with sexual health. And some doctors may not want to take on the workload required with a PrEP patient. Both the CDC and WHO recommend quarterly follow-up visits, including HIV and STD testing for people taking PrEP.
Whatever the reason, finding someone willing to prescribe PrEP was a roadblock for many. Funded by the MAC AIDS Fund, Siegler and his team gathered information from local and state governments, community organizations, and PleasePrEPMe.org, a California provider directory. They then verified the medical licensure of each provider.
In September, the PrEP Locator launched with more than 1,200 providers. Siegler also made it possible for other organizations to easily add the PrEP Locator to their sites.
When a user logs on, the website determines his location and a map pops up with nearby providers and their contact information. The database is also searchable by zip code. Users can upload information about a provider that is not included on the list, and Siegler's team will vet and add it. Since its launch, 35,000 people have used the site, and more than 300 providers have added themselves to the database.
For Rick Perera, an Atlanta man who has been on PrEP for three years, the locator's ability to identify which providers have PrEP navigators—people who can help clients through the labyrinth of insurance forms, financial assistance forms, and other related paperwork—is especially valuable. "It is a lot to take on," says Perera. "In addition to the medication itself, you have quarterly office visits and testing. Insurance might pay for some or all of it. Financial assistance is available. But wading through all the paperwork that is required can be very hard. Being able to find a PrEP navigator is a tremendous service."
But what if you live in an area that simply does not have a PrEP provider? Siegler worked with Patrick Sullivan, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Epidemiology, to develop a PrEP@Home kit that allows users to test themselves for HIV and STDs in their home. Their idea was for people who are already on PrEP to use the kit for maintenance, eliminating the need to visit the doctor quarterly. Siegler wants to see if the kit can be used to start people on PrEP in underserved rural areas.
PrEP@Home comes in bento boxes, with supplies, illustrated instructions, and an instructional video to allow the user to collect a urine sample, throat and rectal swabs, and a blood sample via a finger stick.
"We worked very hard tweaking the kit and instructions to make sure they were as easy as possible to use," says Siegler.
Sullivan's and Siegler's team have done a good job. Of the 58 men recruited to test the kit for maintenance, all but three have successfully returned the kit and had their prescription refilled by their providers. Two who did not comply could not bring themselves to stick their fingers, and one patient was lost to follow-up.
Now Siegler is using PrEP@Home in a telemedicine pilot project in rural Georgia and Mississippi to see if PrEP can be prescribed remotely to eligible young, black MSM. Participants will receive the home testing kit and a behavioral survey. Siegler's group will do the lab tests and provide the results along with the behavioral survey to a clinician, who will then have a telemedicine visit with the participant. If everything goes smoothly, the clinician will be able to prescribe PrEP without the patient ever having to leave his home.
"PrEP is such an important tool in addressing the HIV epidemic in our country," says Siegler. "It has the potential to really turn things around. So we'll keep working to find ways to get it to everyone who needs it."
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Uzbekistan Population: 30,023,709
Uzbekistan is the geographic and population center of Central Asia. The country has a diverse economy and a relatively young population. Russia conquered and united the disparate territories of present-day Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after the Bolshevik Revolution was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic established in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to the overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, leaving the land degraded and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half-dry. Independent since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the country has diversified agricultural production while developing its mineral and petroleum export capacity and increasing its manufacturing base, although cotton remains a major part of its economy. Uzbekistan’s first president, Islam KARIMOV, led Uzbekistan for 25 years until his death in September 2016. His successor, former Prime Minister Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV, has improved relations with Uzbekistan’s neighbors and introduced wide-ranging economic, judicial, and social reforms.
Along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world
Location: Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan
Geographic coordinates: 41 00 N, 64 00 E
Area: total: 447,400 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
Size comparison: about four times the size of Virginia; slightly larger than California
Land Boundaries: total: 6,893 km border countries (5): Afghanistan 144 km, Kazakhstan 2330 km, Kyrgyzstan 1314 km, Tajikistan 1312 km, Turkmenistan 1793 km
Coastline: 0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline
Maritime claims: none (doubly landlocked)
Climate: mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Terrain: mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) permanent pasture: 51.7% (2011 est.) forest: 7.7% (2011 est.)
other: 29.7% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land: 42,150 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards: earthquakes; floods; landslides or mudslides; avalanches; droughts
Current Environment Issues: shrinkage of the Aral Sea has resulted in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification and respiratory health problems; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals, including DDT
International Environment Agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Nationality: noun: Uzbekistani
adjective: Uzbekistani
Ethnic groups: Uzbek 83.8%, Tajik 4.8%, Kazakh 2.5, Russian 2.3%, Karakalpak 2.2%, Tatar 1.5%, other 4.4% (2017 est.)
Languages: Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status
Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
55-64 years: 8.15% (male 1,156,462 /female 1,289,703)
potential support ratio: 16 (2015 est.)
Net migration rate: -2.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)
rate of urbanization: 1.28% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 2.464 million TASHKENT (capital) (2018)
55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
Mother's mean age at first birth: 23.4 years (2014 est.)
female: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
Hospital bed density: 4 beds/1,000 population (2013)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 52,000 (2017 est.)
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2016 est.)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Uzbekistan
conventional short form: Uzbekistan
local long form: O'zbekiston Respublikasi
local short form: O'zbekiston
former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
etymology: a combination of the Turkic words "uz" (self) and "bek" (master) with the Persian suffix "-stan" (country) to give the meaning "Land of the Free"
Government type: presidential republic; highly authoritarian
Capital: name: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonom respublikasi), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati [Bukhara Province], Farg'ona Viloyati [Fergana Province], Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi [Karakalpakstan Republic]* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati [Samarkand Province], Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri [Tashkent City]**, Toshkent Viloyati [Tashkent Province], Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Independence: 1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 September (1991)
Constitution: history: several previous; latest adopted 8 December 1992 amendments: proposed by the Supreme Assembly or by referendum; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of both houses of the Assembly or passage in a referendum; amended several times, last in 2017 (2018)
Legal system: civil law system
Executive branch: chief of state: President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (interim president from 8 September 2016; formally elected president on 4 December 2016 to succeed longtime President Islom KARIMOV, who died on 2 September 2016)
head of government: Prime Minister Abdulla ARIPOV (since 14 December 2016); First Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Transport Achilbay RAMATOV (since 15 December 2016)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president with most requiring approval of the Senate chamber of the Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term; previously a 5-year term, extended by a 2002 constitutional amendment to 7 years, and reverted to 5 years in 2011); election last held on 4 December 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister nominated by majority party in legislature since 2011, but appointed along with the ministers and deputy ministers by the president
election results: Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV (LDPU) 88.6%, Hotamjon KETMONOV (NDP) 3.7%, Narimon UMAROV (Adolat) 3.5%, Sarvar OTAMURODOV (Milliy Tiklanish/National Revival) 2.4%, other 1.8%
Legislative branch: description: bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of: Senate (100 seats; 84 members indirectly elected by regional governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms) Legislative Chamber or Qonunchilik Palatasi (150 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round, if needed; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 13-14 January 2015 (next to be held in 2020) Legislative Chamber - last held on 21 December 2014 and 4 January 2015 (next to be held in December 2019)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 83, women 17, percent of women 17% Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDPU 52, National Revival Democratic Party 36, NDP 27, Adolat 20, Ecological Movement 15; composition - men 126, women 24, percent of women 16%; note - total Supreme Assembly percent of women 16.4% note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV
Judicial branch: highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of 67 judges organized into administrative, civil, criminal, and economic sections); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges) judge selection and term of office: judges of the highest courts nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis; judges appointed for initial 5-year term and can be reappointed for subsequent 10-year and lifetime terms
subordinate courts: regional, district, city, and town courts
Political parties and leaders: Ecological Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Ekologik Partivasi) [Boriy ALIKHANOV] Justice (Adolat) Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan [Narimon UMAROV] Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Liberal-Demokratik Partiyasi) or LDPU [Aktam HAITOV] National Revival Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Milliy Tiklanish Demokratik Partiyasi) [Sarvar OTAMURATOV] People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Xalq Demokratik Partiyas) or NDP [Hotamjon KETMONOV] (formerly Communist Party)
International organization participation: ADB, CICA, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
National symbol(s): khumo (mythical bird);
national colors: blue, white, red, green
National anthem: name: "O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi" (National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
lyrics/music: Abdulla ARIPOV/Mutal BURHANOV
note: adopted 1992; after the fall of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan kept the music of the anthem from its time as a Soviet Republic but adopted new lyrics
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Javlon VAHOBOV (since 29 November 2017)
consulate(s) general: New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Daniel ROSENBLUM (since 24 May 2019)
embassy: 3 Moyqo'rq'on, 5th Block, Yunusobod District, Tashkent 100093
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [998] (71) 120-5450
FAX: [998] (71) 120-6335
Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in which 51% of the population lives in urban settlements; the agriculture-rich Fergana Valley, in which Uzbekistan’s eastern borders are situated, has been counted among the most densely populated parts of Central Asia. Since its independence in September 1991, the government has largely maintained its Soviet-style command economy with subsidies and tight controls on production, prices, and access to foreign currency. Despite ongoing efforts to diversify crops, Uzbek agriculture remains largely centered on cotton; Uzbekistan is the world's fifth-largest cotton exporter and seventh-largest producer. Uzbekistan's growth has been driven primarily by state-led investments, and export of natural gas, gold, and cotton provides a significant share of foreign exchange earnings. Recently, lower global commodity prices and economic slowdowns in neighboring Russia and China have hurt Uzbekistan's trade and investment and worsened its foreign currency shortage. Aware of the need to improve the investment climate, the government is taking incremental steps to reform the business sector and address impediments to foreign investment in the country. Since the death of first President Islam KARIMOV and election of President Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV, emphasis on such initiatives and government efforts to improve the private sector have increased. In the past, Uzbek authorities accused US and other foreign companies operating in Uzbekistan of violating Uzbek laws and have frozen and seized their assets. As a part of its economic reform efforts, the Uzbek Government is looking to expand opportunities for small and medium enterprises and prioritizes increasing foreign direct investment. In September 2017, the government devalued the official currency rate by almost 50% and announced the loosening of currency restrictions to eliminate the currency black market, increase access to hard currency, and boost investment.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $223 billion (2017 est.) $211.8 billion (2016 est.) $196.5 billion (2015 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $48.83 billion (2017 est.)
Gross national saving: 32.7% of GDP (2017 est.) 25.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 27.6% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 59.5% (2017 est.) government consumption: 16.3% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 25.3% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 3% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 19% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -20% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 17.9% (2017 est.) industry: 33.7% (2017 est.) services: 48.5% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products: cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock
Industries: textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, mining, hydrocarbon extraction, chemicals
Unemployment rate: 5% (2017 est.) 5.1% (2016 est.) note: official data; another 20% are underemployed
Population below poverty line: 14% (2016 est.)
Budget: revenues: 15.22 billion (2017 est.)
expenditures: 15.08 billion (2017 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.5% (2017 est.) 8% (2016 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012
Current account balance: $1.713 billion (2017 est.) $384 million (2016 est.)
Exports: $11.48 billion (2017 est.) $11.2 billion (2016 est.)
Exports - commodities: energy products, cotton, gold, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and nonferrous metals, textiles, foodstuffs, machinery, automobiles
Exports - partners: Switzerland 38.7%, China 15.5%, Russia 10.7%, Turkey 8.6%, Kazakhstan 7.7%, Afghanistan 4.7% (2017)
Imports: $11.42 billion (2017 est.) $10.92 billion (2016 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and nonferrous metals
Imports - partners: China 23.7%, Russia 22.5%, Kazakhstan 10.7%, South Korea 9.8%, Turkey 5.8%, Germany 5.6% (2017)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $16 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $14 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Debt - external: $16.9 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $16.76 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: n/a
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: n/a
Market value of publicly traded shares: $NA (31 December 2012) $715.3 million (31 December 2006)
Exchange rates: Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 3,906.1 (2017 est.) 2,966.6 (2016 est.) 2,966.6 (2015 est.) 2,569.6 (2014 est.) 2,311.4 (2013 est.)
Electricity - production: 55.55 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 49.07 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - exports: 13 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - imports: 10.84 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 12.96 million kW (2016 est.)
Crude oil - production: 46,070 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 27,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - imports: 420 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 594 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production: 61,740 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 3,977 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - imports: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Natural gas - production: 52.1 billion cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 9.401 billion cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 95.58 million Mt (2017 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: digital exchanges in large cities and in rural areas; increased investment in infrastructure and growing subscriber base; fixed-line is underdeveloped due to preeminence of mobile market; growth in broadband penetration in the future; Wi-Fi hotspot in the city of Tashkent in the future (2018)
domestic: fixed-line 12 per 100 person and mobile-cellular 82 per 100; the state-owned telecommunications company, Uzbek Telecom, owner of the fixed-line telecommunications system, has used loans from the Japanese government and the China Development Bank to upgrade fixed-line services including conversion to digital exchanges; mobile-cellular services are provided by 2 private and 3 state-owned operators with a total subscriber base of 22.8 million as of January 2018 (2018)
international: country code - 998; linked by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; the country also has a link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; Uzbekistan has supported the national fiber- optic backbone project of Afghanistan since 2008
Broadcast media: the government controls media; 17 state-owned broadcasters - 13 TV and 4 radio - provide service to virtually the entire country; about 20 privately owned TV stations, overseen by local officials, broadcast to local markets; privately owned TV stations are required to lease transmitters from the government-owned Republic TV and Radio Industry Corporation; in 2019, the Uzbek Agency for Press and Information was reorganized into the Agency of Information and Mass Communications and became part of the Uzbek Presidential Administration with recent appointment of the Uzbek President's elder daughter as it deputy director (2019)
Internet country code: .uz
Internet users: total: 13,791,083
Pipelines: 13,700 km gas, 944 km oil (2016)
(2018) broad gauge: 4,642 km 1.520-m gauge (1,684 km electrified) (2018)
Roadways: total 86,496 km
(2000) paved: 75,511 km (2000)
unpaved: 10,985 km (2000)
Waterways: 1,100 km (2012)
Ports and terminals:
river port(s): Termiz (Amu Darya)
Military branches: Armed Forces: Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard (2019)
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 1-month or 1-year conscript service obligation for males; moving toward a professional military, but conscription in some form will continue; the military cannot accommodate everyone who wishes to enlist, and competition for entrance into the military is similar to the competition for admission to universities; note - widely considered to have one of the strongest militaries in Central Asia, although it is untested (2019)
Disputes - International: prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan created water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; border delimitation of 130 km of border with Kyrgyzstan is hampered by serious disputes around enclaves and other areas
stateless persons: 79,942 (2018)
Illicit drugs: transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and small amounts of opium poppy for domestic consumption; poppy cultivation almost wiped out by government crop eradication program; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan
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I feel sorry for Laura Harner
Tonight I’m feeling sorry for a woman. She’s a woman who is on the other side of the world from me and is probably just getting out of bed. She’s a little older than me, going by her pictures, but she has a nice smile and looks so friendly.
We have things in common – me and her. 448 mutual friends (and falling) Facebook tells me. We also like our MM books and we are both authors.
We are different, however, because I have never, ever entertained the thought of taking someone else’s published work written three years ago, changing the names, chucking in a couple of “his”s instead of “her”s to change the book from MF to MM, and then pretending that it’s my work.
Laura Harner did this and I feel very, very sorry for her.
I’m feeling sorry for her because, somewhere, on the other side of the world, there is a woman who is having to explain to her husband and children what she did. She is having to sit there and try to explain why there will be lawyers knocking on her door and phoning her and why she will need money for her own attorney.
I feel sorry for her, because she wrecked an entire career. She was a successful author. She is no longer. She can no longer show her face or her name that she has built for the past five-plus years at any author conference, author signings, or anything where readers may be present.
I feel sorry for her, because people will be asking her, “Aren’t you an author?” and “Didn’t you used to be an author?” and she will have to explain to them why she no longer writes. She will have to tell her parents and her siblings that she steals other people’s work. She will have to tell her friends that she committed a criminal act to profit from it.
I feel sorry for her, because I imagine her grandchild coming across one of her books in a dusty old box one day and asking, “Grandma? What’s this?” She will have to explain that she used to write books, but not any more. If the grandchild is curious, they will probably Google her and we all know that this stuff never goes away. There will be a history for her grandchildren to see that she is a criminal forever more.
I feel sorry for her, because friends she once had will be turning their back on her. And those who are not will be asking her the hard questions, “Why did you do this Laura?” And she can have no excuse that is meaningful. Because there can be no excuses.
I feel sorry for her, because I’m assuming she still has bills (and lawyer’s fees) to pay, so she needs an income. She will rock up to a job interview and the man behind the desk will ask her what job has she held for the past five years. She will then have to explain to him—her potential employer—that she used to be an author, but now she needs a job because she committed a crime. Do you think the man will give her a job after that?
I feel sorry for her, because she’s probably in tears right now. She’s probably wondering why the world is against her. Because she has no clue about the real world, morals and what people think. Obviously in her mind it is okay to do this sort of thing. And I feel sorry for her that she is twisted in a way that makes her feel like this.
I feel sorry for her, because they may come and take her house (those pesky lawyer’s fees). And people will ask questions and she will have to explain. The successful career, the plagiarism, the fall.
I feel sorry for her, because I know one day she’ll walk down the street and someone will say to her, “Hey, aren’t you that author that plagiarised all those books?”
I feel sorry for her, because she threw away career and brand name of “Laura Harner” and it can never be retrieved.
I feel sorry for her, but perhaps she will get everything she deserves.
There are choices you make in life. Some are easy, some are hard.
I made the choice never to become a bank robber, because (a) it’s dangerous, (b) that’s someone else’s money and doesn’t belong to me, and (c) I can never breathe in those balaclavas.
I made the choice to attempt to build a career from writing, and knew that it was never a sure thing. Every piece of writing I put out could be a fail. Every piece of writing I put is not guaranteed to pay my electricity bill. But every piece of writing I put out is mine.
I made the choice not to use Find-and-Replace on someone else’s story and call it my own work.
Somewhere on the other side of the world there is a woman I am sorry for. She is waking up and wondering what her life could’ve been like if she hadn’t made the decision to be morally and criminally corrupt. She’s thinking about the what-could’ve-beens and the I-should’ve-dones.
And I feel sorry for her as I shake my head in disbelief and anger.
Guest Interview with Joe Cosentino
Renae: Today on my blog we welcome a new author for me, and so a new author for my blog. Please give a hearty and warm welcome to Mr Joe Cosentino.
**applause**
Joe: Hi, Renae. I’m so excited to be a virgin author on your blog! Well, you know what I mean.
Renae: **chokes** Yeah, moving right along. **wink** Now, Joe. What can I offer you to drink? Coffee? Tea? Water? Juice? Wine? I don’t usually have wine in the house, but since this is my blog, I can magically produce anything you ask for.
Joe: When visiting California and Hawaii (I live in New York), I became hooked on smoothies. So I’d like a carrot, beet, kale, Greek yogurt smoothie, please. Thanks!
Renae: Great. Two secs. I’ll be back… **magic happens**
Joe: I forgot the cinnamon. No bother. I have some right here.
Renae: Excellent. You're in charge of the cinnamon. Here you go. **hands over glass** I made myself coffee since I don’t function well without the coffee. I actually think it’s more psychological than physical, but I need to drink the stuff.
Joe: I never acquired a taste for coffee. Herbal tea is my passion. People thought I was insane when I visited the UK. They do love their black tea. They also read my books, so more power to them. I’m not sure what the favourite drink is in Australia. Hopefully something to help your leaders catch up and pass same sex civil marriage equality soon! But back to my books.
Renae: Good call. If I start in on Australian politicians we’ll be here all night. So let’s definitely discuss better topics – like you! **wink** Now, when we discussed which book you would like to promote on the blog, you hit me with an avalanche of releases and release dates. I was astonished and instantly jealous. So let me get this straight: you’ve just released A Shooting Star in September, but you also have A Home for the Holidays in December and The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland in February. PLUS you have another SIX set for release next year? Is that right?
Joe: Don’t be jealous. Be happy that, unlike me, you have slept over the last year. AN INFATUATION (In My Heart 1) was released by Dreamspinner Press in February. Whiskey Creek Press released PAPER DOLL the first Jana Lane mystery in March. DRAMA QUEEN the first Nicky and Noah mystery was released by Lethe Press in June. And A SHOOTING STAR (In My Heart 2) was released by Dreamspinner Press in September. My upcoming release this year is A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS from Dreamspinner Press in November/December. My 2016 upcoming releases (written and contracted) are THE NAKED PRINCE AND OTHER TALES FROM FAIRYLAND (Dreamspinner Press), PORCELAIN DOLL the second Jana Lane mystery, SATIN Doll the third Jana Lane mystery, CHINA DOLL the fourth Jana Lane mystery (all from The Wild Rose Press), DRAMA MUSCLE the second Nicky and Noah mystery, and DRAMA CRUISE the third Nicky and Noah mystery (Lethe Press). I am currently writing COZZI COVE: BOUNCING BACK and COZZI COVE: MOVING FORWARD. I know! A reader wrote to me that I write books faster than she can read them!
Renae: And – just checking – you’re just one person?
Joe: Well, I’m a Gemini, so there may be two of me. But they both reside inside my head. I’ve always had lots of voices in my head. As a kid I played make believe constantly. “Let’s put on a show!” was my motto with full scale musicals in the garage starring my sister and me. Thankfully my parents and teachers indulged me (rather than committed me-hah).
Renae: Right. **not sure she believes Joe is one person** Let’s have a look at the blurb for A Shooting Star and we’ll go from there.
On the eve of the best night of his life, winning an Academy Award, Jonathan Bello thinks back to his one great love, David Star. Flipping back the pages of time, Jonathan recalls his handsome, muscular, and charismatic college roommate. Since Jonathan was a freshman and David a senior in the Theatre Department, David took Jonathan under his wing and molded him, not only as an actor but as a lover. With every wonderful new adventure, David left his joyful mark on anyone with whom they came in contact, but Jonathan soon uncovered David’s dark past, leading to a shocking event. Undaunted, Jonathan celebrates the captivating man who will always hold a special place in his heart.
A Bittersweet Dreams title: It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending, but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you to tears.
Renae: I understand that you’re a college professor? In what field?
Joe: After reading the A SHOOTING STAR blurb and the DRAMA QUEEN blurb, you probably figured out that I teach Theatre. Actually, I used many experiences from my time as an undergraduate in the Theatre Department for A SHOOTING STAR. Like most college theatre departments, mine was full of comedy, romance, mystery, and of course drama. The flames of love were kindled and hearts were broken while we put up play after play for delighted audiences who never knew the personal secrets behind the stage curtains. There was the star student who got the leading role in every show. Everyone, male and female, was in love with him, and he was in love with himself. David Star is that student.
The Nicky and Noah mystery series takes place at Treemeadow College, a fictitious white stone Edwardian New England college. Though the novel is a farcical, gay, who-dun-it, I again was able to think back to my college days and incorporate some of the people and happenings from days gone by. I was also able to use some scenarios, though grossly exaggerated, from my current stint as a college theatre professor/department head. As they say, “You just can’t make some of this stuff up.” My students say the funniest things.
Renae: And in your spare time you write gay romance, murder mysteries and humour? Makes sense to me. Who wouldn’t understand it?
Joe: This sounds unbelievable tomy writer friends, but working all day at my college and writing at night when I am tired helps unblock my creativity. I don’t censor myself in any way. The stories flow out of me. I have a beautiful home cherry wood study with a fireplace, desk, bookcase, and window seat looking out at the woods. My mother asked me, “Don’t you have anything better to do than write at night?” I wonder if Shakespeare’s mother asked him that?
Renae: Ha! I’m sure she did. Mothers don’t seem to change that much. The two titles you have with Dreamspinner (An Infatuation and A Shooting Star) are both in the Bittersweet line which do not have a traditional happy ending. Do you have something against happy endings? Huh? Huh? **gives Joe a mock glare**
Joe: Since coming from a funny Italian-American family, I knew humour would play a role in my novels—and it does! My Bittersweet Dreams novellas are not typical. They are full of humour, romance, and quite theatrical. While there is a tragic event in each, the leading character does have a HEA ending. After my Bittersweet Dreams novella, AN INFATUATION, was released by Dreamspinner Press, I received numerous messages from readers telling me how much that novella changed their lives, and they begged for a second novella in the In My Heart series. Since AN INFATUATION was loosely based on my high school days through adulthood, I thought back to my days as a theatre major in college and A SHOOTING STAR was born. Like Harold in AN INFATUATION, Jonathan in A SHOOTING STAR is loosely based on me, though I haven’t won an Academy Award—yet. He is ingenuous, funny, warm, gullible, and has an open heart. As is the case with Stuart in AN INFATAUTION, Barry, Jonathan’s loyal scene partner in A SHOOTING STAR, is loosely based on my spouse. Similar to Mario in AN INFATUATION, David in SHOOTING STAR is a combination of a number of young men I met as a theatre major in college and as a young actor. Each was handsome, muscular, charismatic, sensuous, and almost other-worldly like Greek gods. Though they appeared to hold the world in the palm of their strong hands, they each had a secret weakness. The acting professor, the hysterically hypochondriac Professor Katzer, is a lampooned version of an acting professor I had in college who has since passed away. I want to play him in the movie version (and Principal Ringwood in AN INFATUATION)!
Renae: Okay, I admit that I like my HEAs, but I do realise that it doesn’t always happen like that in real life. But sometimes it does. Do you have some HEAs lined up?
Joe: All of my other releases end in HEA. A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is a sweet romance short story for the holidays about an American law student who goes to gorgeous Capri, Italy (as I did) for the winter holiday and falls in love with his incredibly handsome, muscular, and sensuous Italian third cousin. THE NAKED PRINCE AND OTHER TALES FROM FAIRYLAND are four captivating gay fairy tales—spins on Cinderella, Goldie Locks and Three Bears, Pinocchio, and The Snow Queen—each with a HEA.
Each book in my Nicky and Noah mystery series has a funny and very sweet happy ending. In DRAMA QUEEN theatre college professors are dropping like stage curtains. With the inept local detective more interested in getting into Nicky’s pants than solving the murders, it is up to well-endowed Directing professor, Nicky Abbondanza to use his theatre skills (including playing other people) to solve the case, while he directs a murder mystery onstage. Complicating matters is Nicky’s intense crush on Assistant Professor of Acting, gorgeous Noah Oliver, the prime suspect in the murder (whose tenure application was not supported by the first victim). In DRAMA MUSCLE (not released yet) Nicky and Noah have to use their theatre skills to find out why musclemen are dropping like weights in the Physical Education department while Nicky directs the Student Bodybuilding Competition. In DRAMA CRUISE (not released yet), Nicky and Noah go on a cruise to Alaska, and discover why college theatre professors are going overboard like lifeboats while Nicky directs a murder mystery dinner theatre show onboard ship. As the series progressing, Nicky and Noah fall deeper in love (and the readers have been falling in love with them).
I also have a mystery series, the Jana Lane mysteries, with straight leading characters and gay supporting characters. Again each book ends with a touching HEA. As a child I loved child stars like Shirley Temple, Hayley Mills, and Patty Duke, seeing their movies over and over. So I created a heroine who was the biggest child star ever until she was attacked on the studio lot at eighteen years old. In PAPER DOLL, Jana at thirty-eight lives with her family in a mansion in picturesque Hudson Valley, New York. Her flashbacks from the past become murder attempts in her future. Forced to summon up the lost courage she had as a child, Jana ventures back to Hollywood, which helps her uncover a web of secrets about everyone she loves. She also embarks on a romance with the devilishly handsome son of her old producer, Rocco Cavoto. In PORCELAIN DOLL (not yet released), Jana makes a comeback film and uncovers who is being murdered on the set and why. Her heart is set aflutter by her incredibly gorgeous co-star, Jason Apollo. In SATIN DOLL (not yet released), Jana and family head to Washington, DC, where Jana plays a US senator in a new film, and becomes embroiled in a murder and corruption at the senate chamber. She also embarks on a romance with Chris Bruno, the ruggedly handsome detective. In CHINA DOLL (not yet released), Jana heads to New York City to star in a Broadway play, enchanted by her gorgeous co-star Peter Stevens, and faced with murder on stage and off. Through the course of the books, Jana not only solves the mysteries, but also reclaims the courage and fortitude she had as a child. As one reviewer wrote, she starts out as a wounded bird, and ends as tiger. Since the novels take place in the 1980’s, Jana’s best friends are gay, Jana is somewhat of a gay activist, the AIDS epidemic is a large part of the novels.
Renae: A Shooting Star is based around the theatre – what experience do you have in that field?
Joe: After majoring in theatre in college, I became an actor in film, television, and theatre, working opposite stars like Bruce Willis (A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM on stage), Nathan Lane (THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT on stage), Rosie O’Donnell (AT&T Industrials), Holland Taylor (MY MOTHER WAS NEVER A KID ABC-TV movie), Charles Keating (ANOTHER WORLD NBC-TV), and Jason Robards (Commercial Credit Computer commercial). Morphing into writing plays and now novels seem like the perfect progression. I write very much like I act. I think about the characters, their emotions, their backgrounds, what they want, who they love, what they fear, etc. and they come alive for me. I also love giving back to my students as a theatre college professor. It has brought everything full circle.
Renae: I’ve noticed a trend in the red carpet set lately, where admitting you are somewhere on the queer spectrum seems to be the latest way to generate hype. Of course it’s wonderful for teens and those questioning, to have a role model who’s in the public eye, but how do you feel about it? Is “gay” the latest buzz word in Hollywood?
Joe: When I was a kid, gay people were completely invisible in movies and on television. It was terrifying and depressing. It’s terrific that nowadays gay kids have books (unless their library bans them) and television shows featuring people like them. We still have a long way to go with film. Indie films include gay characters, but many people don’t live near an art house and don’t get to see those films. I often think about what it does to gay teens to go to the mall with their friends and see poster after poster of big studio films without any gay characters in them. So as not to simply complain, I am offering a solution to the big Hollywood studios. Everyone tells me my books should be made into films. Here’s your chance Hollywood. Since you like series, I’ll play Simon Huckby (Jana’s agent) in the Jana Lane series, and Martin Anderson (the department head) in the Nicky and Noah series!
Renae: So obviously “professoring” is your main job – is the writing a hobby? How do you classify it? How do you see your future of writing?
Joe: I certainly make more money as a college professor than as a writer, but I don’t classify one over the other. I love doing both of them, and I hope I can continue for some time.
Renae: And you also have other books out that are not in the gay romance genre? Paper Doll you classify as a M/F romance & mystery while Drama Queen you classify as a comedy/mystery/romance. Is there a particular stream you are more attracted to writing about? A stream you wish to concentrate on more?
Joe: I think a good book will attract readers, regardless of the genre or anticipated audience. Thankfully I’ve received generally good reviews for my books from people of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations. (I don’t read the few bad reviews. I mean really, don’t you have something better to do with your time than read and write about a book you didn’t like.) One reviewer wrote that DRAMA QUEEN was like a funny gay Hardy Boys, Murder She Wrote, or Hart to Hart. I love that! Life is funny. Murders, clues, suspects, suspense, plot twists and turns, and a shocking ending make us feel warm and cozy. Since I was a kid I’ve read cozy mystery novels, and I always felt calm, relaxed, and fulfilled afterward. The novels gave me a good brain-teaser, sharpened my puzzle skills, and tickled me inside. You don’t see many cozy gay mysteries out there. I always wondered why. What could be better than a whodunit set in a cozy location, where the reader plays armchair detective along with the novel’s amateur detective, and where many of the characters are gay? So I created the Nicky and Noah mysteries. Both gay and straight people have embraced it, and the novel hit #18 in its category on Amazon Kindle’s bestseller list. It’s available as an ebook, paperback, and audiobook performed by the very talented Michael Gilboe. As for the Jana Lane mystery series, what could be better than a good mystery with lots of suspects and a shocking ending that revolves around moviemaking?
Renae: I keep thinking about A Shooting Star. First love, first serious relationship, etc. I think back on to the first serious crush I had. I think I place a lot unnecessary ideals and emphasis on this relationship because we never had the chance to explore it to its fullest (long story, but let’s just say parental influence kept it from being anything more). I get the feeling that this is what A Shooting Star is like. The fond memories. The rose-coloured glasses. The bittersweetness about never being able to complete the journey of the relationship?
Joe: Yes! I hope you read it, Renae. Jonathan is a freshman who is new to the college and the theatre department. David is a senior and the star of the college play productions. When David takes an interest in Jonathan, it’s not surprising that Jonathan falls in love with him. What readers and reviewers also seem to love about the novella is how Jonathan and David leave their Colorado college community members in an exalted state. They really care about other people, and use the theatre to change lives for the better on stage and off.
Renae: How do you think these early relationships we have in our lives shape us?
Joe: I believe we are the result of everything we have experienced. As you noted, first love can be volatile and deceiving, but it touches the heart like none other.
Renae: A college freshman? Do you think that anyone is ready for the HEA at this age?
Joe: I envy people who find their soulmates early in life. I found mine at twenty-one. But for most people it simply isn’t the case, especially at eighteen. Readers have told me A SHOOTING STAR rings true for them. I think that’s because the story comes from the heart.
Renae: What are you working on now?
Joe: A new series about a gay New Jersey beach resort I call COZZI COVE. I am starting the second novel.
Renae: Where can people contact you?
Joe: I love hearing from readers. They can contact me at: http://www.JoeCosentino.weebly.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JoeCosentinoauthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeCosen
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4071647.Joe_Cosentino
Amazon: Author.to/JoeCosentino
Renae: Thank you for joining me today. I’ve actually had a lot of fun exploring this subject. Congratulations on your release and I hope it continues to do well.
Joe: Thank you so much. Renae. Until next time, happy reading and writing!
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Measure would improve data collection on violent crimes, suicides - Friday, June 16, 2017 - Volume 45 Issue 24
Gay congressman introduces LGBT PRIDE Act
Measure would improve data collection on violent crimes, suicides
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the LGBT PRIDE Act on June 13, one year and one day after the massacre at Orlando's Pulse nightclub.
The bill is seeks to improve data collection on the sexual orientation and gender identity of victims of violent crimes and suicides.
'Pulse wasn't an isolated occurrence,' Maloney observed.
'Anti-LGBTQ violence is way too common - it happens when a transwoman of color is gunned down in the street, it happens when a young gay person is bullied into depression or takes his own life.
'We have to get more information on where this violence is happening and we have to be more aggressive about doing something to stop it - and this bill is a necessary first step.'
Maloney is New York's first out Gay member of Congress and is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. His district includes the northern suburbs of New York City, as well as Newburgh, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie.
PRIDE in the title of the bill stands for Provide a Requirement to Improve Data Collection Efforts. The legislation would provide $25 million to improve the National Violent Death Reporting System currently operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC's system did not record any of the 49 Pulse killings as anti-LGBT murders, even though the shooting took place at an LGBT nightclub and most of the victims were LGBT.
In a June 13 statement, HRC said it supported the bill.
'The LGBTQ community, particularly transgender women of color, continue to face an epidemic of violence,' said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy.
'In order to help understand the full scope of this violence, it is critically important we ensure victims' sexual orientation and gender identity are included as part of the information gathered in the National Violent Death Reporting System.'
The Trevor Project also supports the measure, saying it would play a 'critical role' in understanding and preventing youth suicide.
'Currently no one is able to answer the question of how many LGBTQ individuals die by suicide every year,' said Amit Paley, CEO and executive director of the Trevor Project.
'This is a monumental gap in our knowledge of suicide and keeps us from most effectively targeting prevention and intervention efforts. It's time to finally acknowledge the importance of LGBTQ lives and get the data to help save those lives.'
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DOJ and SEC Announce Charges Connected to Hack of SEC’s EDGAR System
Posted on January 22, 2019, by Peter Baldwin and James G. Lundy in Cybersecurity, DOJ, SEC. Comments Off on DOJ and SEC Announce Charges Connected to Hack of SEC’s EDGAR System
Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges connected to a large-scale, international conspiracy to hack into the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system and profit by trading on stolen material, non-public information. The conduct underlying these cases was one of the principal reasons that the SEC created its Division of Enforcement “Cyber Unit” to target cyber-related securities fraud violations.
In a 16-count indictment unsealed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, two Ukrainian citizens, Artem Radchenko and Oleksander Ieremenko, were charged with securities fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, computer fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and computer fraud. The SEC’s complaint charged nine defendants – Ieremenko, six traders in California, Ukraine, and Russian, and two entities – with antifraud violations of the federal securities laws.
The charging documents allege that Ieremenko and Radchenko hacked into the EDGAR system and stole thousands of files, including annual and quarterly earnings reports containing non-public financial information. The defendants gained access to the SEC’s networks by using a series of targeted cyberattacks, including directory traversal attacks, phishing attacks, and infecting computers with malware. The defendants extracted thousands of filings from the EDGAR system to a server they controlled in Lithuania. The defendants then profited by selling access to the stolen, confidential information and by trading on the stolen information prior to its distribution to the public. In total, the defendants and their co-conspirators are alleged to have traded before at least 157 separate earnings releases, and they generated over $4 million in illegal proceeds.
Some of the individuals charged in these cases were previously charged in connection with a similar scheme to hack into the computer systems of multiple newswire organizations and steal press releases containing financial information that had not yet been released to the public. Several of the same methods used to hack the newswire organizations were also employed to hack the EDGAR system.
The criminal and civil charges in these cases are a reminder that both DOJ and the SEC have prioritized combatting cybercrime and, in particular, network intrusions. They also serve as a stark reminder that any organization, even a U.S. government agency, can be targeted and victimized by cybercriminals. Companies and firms would be wise to examine the techniques used by the defendants in these cases and ensure that their own cyber defenses are sufficient to protect against and thwart similar attacks. For additional guidance, companies and firms can look to SEC guidance and actions issued since the creation of the SEC’s Cyber Unit.
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The Rex Sinnott site
Genealogy of the Sinnott and related families
Rex Sinnott
Judy Sinnott
James Howell[1]
Name James Howell
Born 7 Jan 1864 Waiwera, New Zealand
Christened 19 Nov 1865 Upper Waiwera, New Zealand [2]
at residence of parents
_UID 5E3E67D4F0154C6A8DCAEEC14F732B0B90FE
Died 24 May 1935 Brown's Bay, New Zealand [3, 4]
Glencoe Rd
Buried 25 May 1935 Silverdale, New Zealand [3]
the Church of England Cemetery
Person ID I1712 Treefive
Father William Howell, b. 9 Dec 1823, Kent, England , d. 18 Mar 1905, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
Mother Hariata Callendar, b. 1833–1836, d. 5 May 1871, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 35 years)
00104 Silverdale Cemetery
Grave of James Howell 28 Dec 1995
00126 James Howell
00136 William Howell - rear, 2nd from right
Zita Horsley: "Grandpa Bill with the moustache and dark hair - back row. Don't know the others. Probably Dick and Jim both there". Is the older man (2nd from left) William Howell snr?
James and his brother Richard leased farm land in Upper Waiwera from William Moyes in 1893 and 1894.
James also worked for Henry Bartlett, a builder in Wainui area 1890s and early 1900s. Bartlett's notebook records James working on the School Teacher's House at Waiwera in Nov 1904.
James assigned his interest in the lease to Richard's wife Mildred in 1909, and later went on to farm at Browns Bay. James also bred racehorses and sold them to the Honourable Elliot Davis and Oliver Nicholson, who raced them in partnership with considerable success.
James built his own house in Glencoe Rd, Brown's Bay, of pit-sawn timber. His sister Mary joined him in Brown's Bay, and she inherited the house and farm when James (who never married) died in 1935. James was buried in the Silverdale Anglican cemetery.
It is understood that James had no children. However, there are listings in the 1911 and 1914 Waitemata electoral rolls for James Howell junr., Upper Waiwera, farmer. There are two 1919 entries for James Howell. These are unexplained.
[S391] Electoral roll New Zealand - Howell, James 1919-1931, Search for James Howell; 1919–1931; Search inconclusive. General notes for James Howell indicate that there was a James Howell jnr on the Waitemata electoral roll in 1911 and 1914, but he has not been positively identified elsewhere.
[S12] BAP007 Baptism Howell, James, BAP007.
[S130] DTH032 Death Howell, James, DTH032.
[S307] DTH092 Death notice Howell, James, DTH092., death notice; 26 May 1935.
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The Prophet Mohamad (pbuh&hp) and his Progeny are the salvation for the world
New book publication :THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLEAR EXPOSITION: A COMMENTARY: By The Imam Rassi Society Born in tenth century Medina to a scholarly family who trace their lineage toProphet Muhammad, Imam al-Hādi ila al-Haqq (Tr. "Guide to the Truth")Yahya bin al-Hussein served
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Sabīl ar-Rashād ila Ma’rifa Rabbil-‘Ubād
The Right Path
Towards Gnosis of the Lord of Creation
Sayyid Allama Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Imam al-Qāsim bin Muhammad
The Imam Rassi Society’s translation of Sabīl ar-Rashād ila Ma’rifa Rabbil-‘Ubād:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful...
Author’s Introduction
All praise is due to Allah, and peace be upon His chosen slaves. All praise is due to Allah, the One
in which there is no god but He—the All-Just, the All-Wise. He is the Most Truthful in that which He
promises the believers of the Blessed Paradise, as well as that which He threatens the disobedient with of
remaining in the fiery torment forever. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the All-Hearing, All-
Knowing. I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger, the one endowed with the Noble
Qur’an and the guide to the right path. May Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Progeny, those
successors after him who uphold the religion of uprightness.
As to what follows—I was asked by some righteous brothers about the main issues concerning the
foundations of the religion, as well as the freeing of the Lord of Creation from the statements of those of
falsehood. I was also asked to gather all of that with clear proofs, so that one can become firmly established
in good deeds, God willing. Therefore, I have replied to him concerning that which he sought as well as
conveyed that which he desired and established for him those sure principles. I have gathered for him the
most important issues of benefit—God willing—insomuch that the one who believes in it will be firmly
established and guided towards the highest stations of confirmation. We do this hoping for reward from
Allah, as well as for aid toward righteousness and God-wariness as is stated in His Revelation.
This desire is increased based upon the statement of the Exalted {Cooperate in righteousness
and God-wariness} (Q. 5:2), as well as from his statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny:
((One does not guide his Muslim brother to the good by means of a word of truth and
then teach it to him except that Allah will increase him in guidance or deliver him from
ruin. To Allah, it is similar to giving life to a soul. Whoever gives life to it is similar to
one who gives life to all humanity)).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also said:
((O ‘Ali. If Allah were to guide a man to the good by your hand, it would be better for
you than anything that the sun shines on)).
There are many more examples from the well-known narrated traditions and statements. We ask
Allah to increase us in illumination and appoint for us a victorious authority!
[Divine Oneness]
Know that the first obligation for the morally responsible person is the knowledge and gnosis of
Allah, the Exalted, as well as knowledge of His Attributes. Verily, that is the head of knowledge that he,
peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, mentioned in his reply to the one who asked him to teach
him the subtleties of knowledge. He said: ((How is it that you ask me about the subtleties before asking me
about the head of knowledge?)) The man then asked: “What is the head of knowledge?” He replied: ((It is
that you know Allah with true gnosis)). The man asked: “What is it to know Allah with true gnosis?” He
((It is that you know that He is without likeness or resemblance. It is that you know that
He is One God, the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. There is no one like
Him, and He has no likeness)).
[The obligation of contemplation and the importance of gnosis of Allah]
The path to the gnosis of Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—is what Allah related about His
Messenger and Friend, Abraham—Allah’s peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, him and both their
Progeny—when the Exalted said: {...and thus did We show Abraham the dominion of the heavens and
the earth, that he would be amongst those of certainty. When the night covered him, he saw a star.
He said: “This is my Lord.” When it set, he said: “I love not those that set.” When he saw the moon
rising, he said: “This is my Lord.” When it set, he said: “Unless my Lord guides me, I shall be
amongst the astray folk.” When he saw the sun rising, he said: “This is my Lord. This one is the
greatest!” When it set, he said: “O folk, I am indeed free from that which ye associate! Verily, I turn
my face towards the One who created the heavens and earth...”} (Q. 6:75-79).
That is contemplation and thought regarding the dominion of the heavens, earth, what’s between
them and what’s in them. These are clear signs that are manifest and evident. They demonstrate order and
having been created. There are different varieties of animals with various types, colours, shapes and
sounds. They have different compositions as well as manifest and hidden feelings. They have the
inspiration towards rectification—large and small. He begins their creation in the wombs as well as
transitions them from phase to phase. Therefore, blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!
Whoever considers creation with truth using one’s intellect, as well as how it changes, is formed,
created and joined, what transpires of excesses and deficiencies, movement and stillness, and its need for
space and time, one knows with certainty that it was brought into existence by a Creator who began it, an
Arranger who arranged it and an Owner who created and formed it. It is impossible that such One be a
spatial-temporal creation like it—whether part or whole. This is something that a sound intellect guides one
towards, and this is something that a right mind realises out of necessity.
Allah sent Messengers with miracles that decisively convinced others of their truth. He sent down
with them scriptures that contained explanations of His rulings as well as the manner by which He is to be
thanked for His blessings. {If ye were to count the favour of Allah, ye could not reckon it} (Q. 16:18).
{...lest the people may not have an argument against Allah after the Messengers} (Q. 4:165). They are
the guides for humankind towards the correct, established path.
He—Glorified be He—indicates by use of the intellect a gnosis by means of signs (or “verses”)
that verify His Divine Attributes. He is specified by Dominion, Greatness, Pride and Oneness. The intellect
takes one from the state of heedlessness to that of gnosis of the Lord of the Worlds. It removes the doubt
caused by corrupt desires and fantasies as well as the blind adherence to the religion of one’s forefathers.
One should contemplate the explicit verses of the Book of Allah, the Praiseworthy, as a guide towards the
lights of guidance and Divine Oneness, as well as a director for the intellect towards that which is most
important in the knowledge of Allah, His Justice and His Truth. {It is not for thy Lord to commit
injustice towards the slaves} (Q. 41:46). {Hast thou not contemplated upon the Qur’an or are there
seals on the hearts?} (Q. 47:24).
Allah—Glorified be He—says: {Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
difference of night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of benefit to
people, and the water which Allah sends down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its
death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and the decree of the winds, and the clouds obedient
between heaven and earth: are signs for people of intellect} (Q. 2:164). He says, Glorified be He: {Hast
they not looked upon the camels—how they were created, the heaven—how it was raised, the
mountains—how they were set up and the earth—how it was spread?} (Q. 88:17-20).
He—Exalted be He—says: {Man should consider from what he was created} (Q. 86:5). {And
how many signs are there...?} (Q. 12:105). The Qur’an is replete with such examples. It informs those
with intellect of its way with contemplation that ennobles the wayfarer until such one comes to know of it
with knowledge of certainty. {He increases in belief those who believe} (Q. 74:31). {...who has made all
things good which He created} (Q. 32:7). {Allah is the Creator of all things. He is the One, the
Powerful} (Q. 13:16).
You can never contemplate His Essence, nor can you have gnosis of Him except by means of
contemplating His creation. The Appointee (al-Waŝi)—May Allah ennoble his face in Paradise—was asked
about Divine Oneness. He replied: “Divine Oneness is not to imagine Him.” This is comprehensive
wisdom. It is also narrated from him:
Whoever thinks about Allah attains godlessness (alhad). Whoever thinks about Allah’s
creation attains Oneness of Allah (wahhad).
The poet says: “In everything there is a sign that proves that He is One.”
It also appears in the reply of Moses, upon him be peace, when he was asked by Pharaoh, may
Allah curse him: {“What is thy Lord?”} (Q. 26:23). That is to say, “What type of being is He?” He
replied to him with what he knows. He replied: {“The Lord of the heavens, the earth and what is
between them, if thou art certain”} (Q. 26:24). It is narrated that a man asked [i.e. the Prophet], peace
and blessings be upon him and his progeny, three times about the best of actions. He replied each time:
((Knowledge of Allah)). Then, the man said: “I asked you about actions and you responded with
knowledge?” He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, replied:
((Woe unto you! Verily, with knowledge, actions benefit—whether small or great.
However, with ignorance, actions do not benefit—whether small or great)).
It is narrated that he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((If you were to know Allah with true gnosis, He would teach you with knowledge after
which is no ignorance. If you were to learn about Allah with true knowledge, you would
remain perpetually as the mountains)).
((Allah divided the intellect into three parts. Whoever possesses it is one of great
intellect. Whoever does not possess it is not one of great intellect. They are excellent
knowledge of Allah, excellent obedience to Allah and excellent patience with Allah)).
The meaning of the narration is that the one who does not act upon this has not acted with intellect.
[Proof of Allah’s Divine Oneness]
When we come to know and contemplate over the verses of Qur’an utilising the intellect, we come
to know that there is a Creator and Arranger. We come to realise, know, witness and believe that it is Allah,
the One with whom is no partner or a second god with Him. {Lo! Each god would have taken away what
he created and some would have exalted themselves over others} (Q. 23:91), {...the heavens and earth
would be ruined} (Q. 23:71) due to conflicts. There would come to us additional messengers and
scriptures.
He—Glorified be He—says: {Allah—There is no god but He; the Ever Living, the Self-
Existent} (Q. 2:255). {Verily, thy God is only Allah. There is no god but He} (Q. 18:98).
It is narrated on the authority of Ubayy bin Ka’b that the idolaters said to the Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him and his progeny: “Describe to us your Lord.” Then the verse was revealed: {Say: He
is Allah, the One, the Everlasting. He begets not nor is He begotten. There is no equal unto Him} (Q.
112). It is narrated from the Appointee—May Allah ennoble his face in Paradise—that those that inquired
were Jews and they said: “Describe your Lord to us in detail.” Then this chapter was revealed.
We know that He—Glorified be He—exists. This is because of renewal of created things, as well
as the absence of the signs of non-existence. He—Exalted be He—says, and He is the Most Truthful:
{Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is
no intimate conversation amongst three except that He is the fourth of them. Nor are there five
except that He is the sixth of them. No less than that or no more except that He is with them
wherever they are; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He shall inform them of what they
did. Alas! Allah is the Knower of all things.} (Q. 58:7).
We know that He is All-Powerful, All-Knowing and Ever-Living. His ability to enact an action
proves His Power. His ability towards perfection proves His Knowledge. All of creation operates upon a
system, and this can only be possible by One who is All-Powerful and All-Knowing. One cannot be All-
Powerful and All-Knowing unless He is Ever-Living.
He—Glorified be He—is Pre-Existent, not the first of His existents. If He is the One who brought
into existence, it is necessary that He not be brought into existence. It would be a vicious cycle (tasalsal),
and this is impossible. Allah is highly exalted above that!
He—Glorified be He—is Independent because He is without need. Need is a characteristic of
bodies, and Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—is not a body or accident (‘arđ). Bodies and accidents are
in need of space and place, and this is impossible in respects to Him.
He does not resemble His creation. It would mean that He has a partner in resemblance, and He
has no partners. These attributes are firmly established and explicitly mentioned in the Book of Allah,
which {No falsehood can approach it from its front and back—revelation from One Most Wise and
Praiseworthy} (Q. 41:42). By it, it speaks. The intellect is informed and agreed with. Sufficient for you are
the verses of the Qur’an as a truth and evidence.
Existent. He is not overtaken by slumber or sleep. Unto Him belong whatsoever is in the heavens and
the earth. Who is the one that can intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what is in front of
them and behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He wills. His
Chair encompasses the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the
Exalted, the Magnanimous} (Q. 2:255). {He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. He is
the Knower of all things} (Q. 57:3). {And with Him are the keys of the Unseen. None but He knows
them. He knows what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falls but He knows it, not a grain amidst
the darkness of the earth—wet or dry—but that it is in a clear book} (Q. 6:59). {Even if thou were to
speak aloud, He verily knows the secret and that which is more hidden} (Q. 20:7). {And Allah has
power over all things} (Q. 2:284). {Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the
like of them? Certainly, He is! He is the All-Wise Creator} (Q. 36:81). {…the Knower of the Unseen
and seen, the Great and Highly Exalted} (Q. 13:9). {There is nothing like unto Him. He is the All-
Hearing, All-Seeing} (Q. 42:11). {He is with thee wheresoever ye may be} (Q. 58:4). {O people, Thou
art dependent upon Allah, and Allah is the Independent and Praiseworthy} (Q. 35:15). {Whosoever is
ungrateful, Allah is Independent from the worlds} (Q. 3:97). {Whosoever is stingy—such one is only
stingy against himself. Allah is Independent and thou art dependent} (Q. 47:38). {O people!
Remember Allah's grace toward thee! Is there any Creator other than Allah who provides for thee
from the heavens and earth? There is no God save Him. Whither then are ye turned?} (Q. 35:3).
{Their messengers said: “Is there doubt concerning Allah, the Creator of the heavens and earth? He
calls thee that He may forgive thee thy sins and reprieve thee unto an appointed term.” They said:
“Ye are but mortals like us, who would fain turn us away from what our fathers used to worship.
Then bring some clear authority} (Q. 14:10). This is repeated throughout the Noble Qur’an.
Allah—Glorified be He—will not be seen—whether in this world or the Hereafter. This is because
if He could be seen now, it necessitates that the possibility of His Vision remain perpetually. He says:
{Vision reaches Him not; rather, He reaches all vision. He is Most Subtle, Most Aware} (Q. 6:103).
He—Glorified be He—says to Moses, upon him be peace: {Thou shall never see Me} (Q. 7:143). He
negates the Vision absolutely with the particle {never (lan)}, which denotes perpetuity. He restricted its
possibility to an impossibility—namely the permanence of the mountain.
This question was only on behalf of his people though it was upon his tongue, upon him be peace.
Due to the infallibility of the Prophets, he sought that and then repented to Allah for their request. By their
question, they attributed to Allah that which is the greatest of the major sins. This is evident from His
words—Exalted be He: {They asked Moses for something greater than that, for they said: “Show us
Allah clearly!” They were seized with thunder} (Q. 4:153).
It is narrated on the authority of A’isha that she was asked: ‘Did Muhammad see his Lord?” She
O you! My hair has stood up based upon what you said! Whoever told you these three
things has lied. Whoever has said that Muhammad saw his Lord has lied. {Vision
reaches him not; rather, He reaches all vision. He is Most Subtle, Most Aware} (Q.
6:103). Whoever has said that Muhammad knows what will happen tomorrow has lied.
{No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land one will
die. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware} (Q. 31:34). Whoever says that
Muhammad concealed anything of inspiration has lied. {O Messenger, convey what was
revealed unto thee from thy Lord. If thou doeth it not, ye hath not conveyed His
Message. Allah will protect thee from the people. Verily, Allah guides not the
ungrateful (or “disbelieving”) people} (Q. 5:67).
It is not possible that Allah—Exalted be He—dies because nonexistence is a quality of a body and
an accident. Allah is not a body or an accident. This is because it is necessary that He would be measured,
and Allah is not a Being that can be measured. This is based on His statement: {He is the First, the Last}
(Q. 57:3). {There is nothing like unto Him} (Q. 42:11). {Everything shall perish except His Face} (Q.
28:88). {Everyone upon it shall perish, and the Face of thy Lord, the Possessor of Majesty and
Nobility} (Q. 55:26-27).
Allah is above begetting and being begotten. Begetting and incarnation do not befit Him because
they are attributes of bodies. Allah—Exalted be He—is not a body. He—Exalted be He—says: {He begets
not nor is He begotten. There is no equal unto Him} (Q. 112:3-4). He also says: {Never did Allah take
unto Himself a son or another god...} (Q. 23:91). {Say the Jews: “Ezra is the son of Allah.” Say the
Christians: “Christ is the son of Allah.” That is their words uttered from their mouths—a word of
those who disbelieved from before. May Allah destroy them! How they are deluded!} (Q. 9:30). {Say:
“All praise is due to Allah who has not taken a son. There is no partner who shares in [His]
dominion. He has no protector out of weakness”} (Q. 17:111).
[Divine Justice (al-‘Adl)]
It is religiously obligatory for the morally responsible person to know that Allah—Exalted be
He—is All-Just and All-Wise. There are no obscenities, oppression and jest in His actions. This is proven
by the intellect and textual proof.
Regarding the intellectual proof, if He—Glorified be He—is most knowing of what is obscene. An
obscenity is oppression and jest. He is independent of such and is most knowing of that which He is
independent from. Since that is the case, He does not commit such actions. He does not desire it, He is not
pleased with it and He does not command it. How could He be pleased with it Himself while He is All-Just
and All-Wise?
Regarding the textual proof, Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—says: {Verily, Allah is not
unjust to people a bit. But, it is the people that are unjust to themselves} (Q. 10:44), {And thy Lord
will not treat any of them unjustly} (Q. 18:49), {Dost thou think that We created thee in jest? Verily,
to Us shall ye return} (Q. 23:115), {…and reflect upon the creation of the heavens and earth. “O our
Lord, Thou hast not created this in vain! Glorified be Thee, and protect us from the punishment of
the Fire} (Q. 3:191).
All of His actions—Glorified be He—as well as His commands and prohibitions are due to
wisdom and rectification. It is explicitly stated in the verses of the Noble Book in many places. It repeats
the words {All-Wise} and {All-Knowing} in a number of verses. It is obligatory to believe that. Even if the
wisdom of some things is hidden from us, He knows it. Allah is highly Exalted above doing anything
without wisdom! {That is the assumption of those who disbelieve. Woe be unto those who disbelieve
from the Fire!} (Q. 38:27). ‘Ali—May Allah ennoble his face—was asked: “What is Divine Justice?” He
replied: “It is that you don’t falsely accuse Him” This is comprehensive wisdom!
Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—does not recompense anyone except for their deeds. He
does not punish anyone except for what they earn, and He does not reward anyone except for what they
earn. This is because He is All-Just and the Truth. He—Exalted be He—says: {Verily, Allah commands
justice, goodness, and giving towards kin and forbids immorality, evil, and oppression. He exhorts
thee that thou may remember} (Q. 16:90). He does not command something except that He is pleased
with it and desires it.
He—Exalted be He—says: {…He shall recompense those who works evil by what they earned.
He shall recompense those who do good with good} (Q. 53:31). He—Exalted be He—says: {Whosoever
does a good deed does so for his own soul. Whosoever does an evil deed—it is against him. Thy Lord
is not unjust to His slaves a bit} (Q. 41:46). He—Exalted be He—says: {How then, when We shall
gather them on the Day in which is no doubt and every soul shall be recompensed for what it had
earned? They shall not be wronged} (Q. 3:25). He—Exalted be He—says: {Verily, the Hour is
coming—though I have hidden it—insomuch that every soul shall be recompensed for what it strove
for} (Q. 20:15). He—Exalted be He—says: {No one shall bear the burdens of another} (Q. 6:164).
[Concerning the actions of the slaves]
All actions of the slaves—whether good or bad, first or last—are not created in them. Rather, they
[i.e. the slaves] are the sources of them by their choice. They are responsible for them, and they are to
blame for them as proven by the intellect and textual evidence.
The attribution of an action always returns to the doer. Everyone with intellect knows that.
Allah—Exalted be He—says: {Whosoever does an atom’s weight of good shall see it. Whosoever does
an atom’s weight of evil shall see it} (Q. 99:7-8). {…recompense for what they used to do} (Q. 56:24).
{“Work, O Family of David, out of gratitude…”} (Q. 34:13). {…except those who believe and work
righteous deeds…} (Q. 38:24). {Verily, those who distort Our verses…} (Q. 41:40). {…they preferred
blindness rather than guidance…} (Q. 41:17).
Allah describes them with strength and weakness. They differ in the application of such by means
of their choice, as the one with intellect can attest. {Then, whosoever wills—let him believe, and
whosoever wills—let him disbelieve} (Q. 18:29). {Then, whosoever works righteous deeds while he is
a believer—he shall not be deprived of his effort. Verily, We are for him recorders} (Q. 21:94).
{...and We record what they have brought forth and what they have left behind...} (Q. 36:12). He
attributes all of their actions to them.
In every predatory animal, there is ability specific to it. There are legs to run, claws to attack, eyes
to see and ears to hear. If all of that is from Allah as those of falsehood say, why should we praise one who
performs a good action and condemn one who performs a bad deed? Things such as colours, length and
shortness are not by their choice; rather, it is from Allah.
Why does Allah reward them for their good deeds? Why does He punish them for their bed deeds?
Why should He appoint the assigning of reward for something other than their deeds?
Regarding the concept of Earning (al-Kasb) that they hold to and attribute to the slaves, it does not
make sense. It is futile, and by such, they intend to cover the nakedness and disgrace of their doctrine. They
attempt to ward off the proofs that the scholars of Divine Justice force them to admit, yet they can’t. They
try to extinguish the light of truth by their mouths. {They desire to extinguish the Light of Allah by their
mouths, but Allah completes His Light though the disbelievers hate it} (Q. 61:8).
Ask them: “Is Earning from their actions or that of Allah—Exalted be He?” If they say that it is
from their actions, they have thereby established that actions are from the slave. If they say that it is from
Allah, then there must be another earning for the slave and this would lead to a vicious circle. The falsity of
their statement is evident.
Qur’anic proofs have been mentioned regarding the attribution of the slave’s actions to them.
Some of them include: {…and those who, when they commit an evil deed or wrong themselves,
remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins—Who forgives sins but Allah?—and will not
repeat what they did knowingly} (Q. 3:135), {…and ye create falsehood} (Q. 29:17), {And whosoever
commits (yaksib) an error or sin, then casts (the blame) thereof upon the innocent, hath burdened
himself with falsehood and a manifest sin} (Q. 4:112), {…and to them belong other deeds, besides
that which they are working} (Q. 23:63).
There are many explicit narrated traditions regarding that. For example, the Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((Verily, Allah ignores from my Community any whisperings that may occur in their
hearts as long as they do not act upon them or say them)).
The proofs are clear from the intellect and the textual evidence that the actions of the slaves are
from them. Although the proofs are evident to the sensory perception, one may need greater intellectual
proof. Nothing can be proven as sound to an intellect that needs proof for daylight.
[Concerning Predestination (al-Qađā) and the Decree (al-Qadr)]
It is impermissible to say that Allah decrees and predestines acts of disobedience. This is due to a
false assumption of a faulty meaning. It is that Allah—Exalted be He—created them. We have previously
mentioned the acts of the slaves and proven that it is from them. It is the doctrine of a people known as the
Qadarites and Fatalists that Allah predestines and decrees acts of disobedience.
Al-Hādi ila al-Haqq Yahya bin al-Hussein, upon him be peace, saw them enter Sana’a. Their
scholars gathered and asked: “From who is sin?” He, upon him be peace, responded: “Who is the sinner?”
They became silent, turned around and reproached. One of their theologians said:
He silenced and overcame me due to a discrepancy in my statement. If I were to say that
the sinner is the slave, I would have departed from my theological position (madhhab). If
I were to say that the sinner is Allah, I would have blasphemed.
This is because Allah—Exalted be He—does not permit one to say that He is a sinner—either in
their theological position or that of other than them. Therefore, a group of them returned to the theological
position of the People of Divine Justice.
The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, informed us about them with
((There are two categories of people from my community that will not receive my
intercession and Allah has cursed them on the tongue of seventy Prophets: the Murji`ites
and the Qadarites)).
He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, who are the Qadarites?” He replied: ((They are those who
commit an act of disobedience and say: “It is from Allah”)) In another narration, he was asked: “O
Messenger of Allah, who are the Murji`ites?” He replied: ((They are those who state that faith is without
deeds)). This is an explicit textual proof and testimony of truth that the Fatalists are the Qadarites.
This is further confirmed by his statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny:
((The Qadarites are the Magians of this community)). They are the enemies of the Most Merciful, bearers
of false witness and the army of the Devil—May Allah curse him! Regarding their being the enemies of the
Most Merciful, it is because they oppose the Most Merciful. When the proof will be brought before them
on the Day of Judgment that they committed acts of disobedience while knowing that He is not unjust to
them, the Fatalists will respond to Him and say: “You are the one that created disobedience in them and
ordered them to do that which they had no power over. They simply obeyed. Now, You take them and
punish them for what You did and coerced them to do.”
Regarding their being bearers of false witness, when Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—asks
the devils: “Why did you mislead and deviate the slaves?” they will say: “You were the one who mislead
and deviated them!” They will not find anyone anywhere to bear witness to them except the Fatalists.
Regarding their being the army of the Devil, they are the ones who side with the Devil. They use
as a justification his statement: {“O my Lord, because Thou hath deviated me…”} (Q. 15:39). They say
that he did not deserve to be blamed and disassociated from because he did not do anything. Rather, they
say, Allah caused him to deviate and go astray. This is the characteristic of anyone who seeks to remove
blame from oneself. The most just path is that the one who fits this description is most worthy of the name.
And Allah knows best.
[Concerning burdening one beyond his capacity]
Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—does not burden a soul beyond its capacity and ability. This
is because it would be considered an obscenity as the intellect dictates. It has been firmly established with
decisive proof that Allah does not commit an obscenity. He says in His Decisive Book: {Allah burdens
not a soul except with what it can bear} (Q. 2:286), {Allah burdens not a soul except by what He has
given it} (Q. 65:7), {Be conscious of Allah in what thou art able} (Q. 64:16), {Allah has made
pilgrimage to the House an obligation upon the people who art able to find a way} (Q. 3:97).
Allah’s Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny—the Truthful and
Trustworthy, the one who did not speak out of caprice, said: ((When you are commanded to do something,
do it in what you are able)). He also said concerning the Ansar who had trouble with passing wind in the
prayer: ((If you are able to do it while sitting, do it while sitting)). He also said: ((If one is not able to recite
the Qur’an, he should recite what is with him)). Also, the pregnant and nursing woman, as well as the one
with extreme thirst can break the fast and make it up when their condition subsides.
Regarding these issues, had it not been for the stubbornness of the stubborn and those who do not
free the Lord of the Worlds from creation’s attributes, the People of Divine Justice would never seek to
prove such while they are cognisant of the Divine Justice of Allah, the Possessor of Majesty.
[Concerning the actions of Allah, the Exalted]
Allah does not desire injustice. He is not pleased with disbelief for His slaves, and He does not
love corruption. The intellect considers such an obscenity, and Allah—Exalted be He—does not commit
obscenities. He is highly exalted above that! {Allah desires not injustice for His slaves} (Q. 40:31). {He
is not pleased with disbelief for His slaves} (Q. 39:7). {Allah loves not corruption} (Q. 2:205). He—
Exalted be He—negates the aforementioned from Himself. Whoever belies such has departed from Islam.
He—Glorified be He—dislikes acts of disobedience, as He—Exalted be He--says: {All of that is
evil and to thy Lord detestable} (Q. 17:38). He prohibits from such and threatens the one who does it.
He—Exalted be He—says: {He detests for thee disbelief, disobedience and sins. Those art the
righteous} (Q. 49:7). He [i.e. the Prophet], peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((Allah dislikes frivolity during the prayer, acting obscene during the fast and laughing at
the graves)).
If He dislikes such, how can He be pleased with sins greater than those that He prohibits? Verily, the source
of His Desire for His slaves is that they make up their minds to do something or avoid it.
Know that due to Allah’s Justice and Wisdom, He does not burden a soul with what it can’t bear.
They were taught the right path by the tongue of His Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny, as well as encouraged to do so. They were also taught the wrong path and to be on guard against
it. They were made to choose even though He has the power to compel and force them. It is as He—
Glorified be He—says: {If Allah willed, He would have guided all people} (Q. 13:31). But He also says:
{There is no compulsion in the religion. Truth stands clear from falsehood} (Q. 2:256).
One condition of responsibility is that one is promised reward or punishment as recompense. This
entails that such person is not compelled or forced. If that is the case, one does not deserve praise or blame
as well as reward and punishment. This is known by the intellect by necessity. The idolaters argued this and
Allah responded to them, belying them. The one who follows them belongs to the deviant sect of
destruction. Similar was the case for those before them. Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—says:
{Those who attribute partners to Him shall say: “If Allah had willed, we would not have disbelieved,
nor would our fathers. We would not have declared [any permissible] thing as prohibited!” Also, in
this way, those before them lied until they tasted Our punishment. Say: “Dost thou have any bit of
knowledge to offer us? Ye follow nothing but assumptions, and ye do nothing but presume!”} (Q.
6:148-149).
He—Exalted be He—also says: {Those who attribute partners to Him say: “If Allah had
willed, we would not have worshiped anything other than Him—neither we nor or fathers. We would
not have considered holy anything other than Him!” Similarly, those before them did the same thing.
What is upon the Messengers except a clear conveyance?} (Q. 16:35).
He—Glorified be He—says that they worship their assumptions. {Verily, assumption does not
make independent of the truth in anything} (Q. 10:36). Presumption is lying. He—Exalted be He—says:
{And when they commit immorality, they say: “We found our forefathers doing it, and Allah ordered
us to do it.” Say: “Verily, Allah does not order immorality. Dost thou say about Allah that which ye
not know thereof?” Say: “Allah orders justice and to set thy faces to every place of prostration
(masjid)…”} (Q. 7:28-29)—that is, justice and excellence.
[Concerning provision (ar-Rizq)]
Provision is from Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He, as He says in His Decisive Book: {Any
blessing to thee is from Allah} (Q. 16:53). {And partake of thy provision—permissible and good} (Q.
16:114). {And there is no creature on the earth except that it relies upon Allah for its provision} (Q.
11:6). {…and how many creatures do not bear its provision? Allah provides its provision as well as
for thee} (Q. 29:60). {Kill not thy children out of fear of want. We shall provide for thee as well as for
them} (Q. 6:151). {Verily, Allah is the Provider, the Possessor of eternal strength} (Q. 51:58).
By His Power, He guides every animal to seek out its provision as well as to earn it. Allah is the
One who makes it easy and assists. There is for every animal the ability to venture and labour based upon
the different types of animals—the rational ones and others. {So, glory be to the One in Whose Hand is
the dominion of everything! Unto Him shall ye return} (Q. 36:83).
The People of Divine Justice collectively agree that something cannot be called provision unless it
is religiously permissible. That is because Allah calls it provision when it is permissible and not prohibited.
He—Exalted be He—says: {...and from the fruit of the date palm and the grapes, thou take intoxicants
and a goodly provision} (Q. 16:67). He makes provision a source of virtue. {Let the one who has ample
provision spend out of his provision, and let the one who has scanty provision spend out of what
Allah has given him} (Q. 65:7).
When one knows the Wisdom and Justice of Allah—Glorified be He—in that, as is explicitly
stated in His Noble Book, it is a proof that the actions of Allah—Glorified be He—are rooted in wisdom.
Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—says: {If Allah were to grant abundant provision to His slaves,
they would rebel in the earth. However, He causes what He wills to descend in due measure. He is, of
His slaves, All-Aware and All-Seeing} (Q. 42:27). Allah—Exalted be He—says: {And Allah favours
some amongst thee over others in provision} (Q. 16:71). {We distribute amongst them their livelihood
in the life of this world. We raise some of them in degrees over others that some may avail others.
The Mercy of thy Lord is greater than what they amass} (Q. 43:32).
Among the things that facilitates provision is God-wariness, sincerity in His religion and reliance
upon Him. He—Glorified be He—says: {Whosoever is conscious of Allah, He shall make for him a way
out. He shall provide provision for him from where he is not aware. Whosoever relies upon Allah, [he
shall find] Him to be sufficient} (Q. 42:2-3). He—Exalted be He—says: {If the people of the village had
believed and were God-wary, We would have opened for them blessings from the heavens and earth.
However, they belied, and We punished them for what they earned} (Q. 7:96). It is related in the
Pilgrimage that he used to negate poverty and obtain provision.
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((If you rely upon Allah they way He should be relied on, He will grant you provision as
He provides for the birds, feeds the hungry and soothes the bellies)).
This is the proof of earning. O Allah! Provide provision for us from Your Grace! O Most Merciful of the
Merciful! Raise us by Your Gratitude, O Best of Providers!
[Concerning defects and deficiencies]
All defects and deficiencies that befall the morally responsible and others, are from Allah—
Glorified and Exalted be He. It is good and not obscene, and there is no injustice in that. In it is rectification
for the one who knows it, so whenever it befalls the believers, there is consideration. The Justice of Allah
can be determined by that, as well as His Wisdom.
It is also considered a test. This is so that Allah teaches the patient ones and others. This is because
a thorough examination is that which increases the believer in firm faith, and it prompts them to supplicate
to Allah. It increases them in supplication, sincere repentance and the establishment of their weakness.
It serves as a witness similar to a parent compassionately instructing his child desiring good for
him. Everyone with intellect knows that it is a good thing from the parent. Moreover, Allah—Glorified be
He—promises the patient a great reward due to His Grace. He—Glorified be He—says: {Verily, the
patient shall be given their reward without reckon} (Q. 39:10). Allah will honour them by forgiving
them and converting their minor sins into good deeds. {Good deeds do away with bad deeds} (Q.
11:114). He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((Whoever is ill for one night—Allah
will expiate his sins for a year)).
The Commander of the Believers, upon him be peace, said in Nahj al-Balāgha:
Allah has made this illness a thing to atone your sins. This is because there is nothing in a
disease that brings reward, but it only expiates sins. Regarding reward, reward is only by
good words and good deeds. Verily Allah enters His slaves into Paradise due to their
noble intentions and pure souls.
It is related in the two Šahīhs on the authority of Ibn Mas’ūd, may Allah be pleased with him:
I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have fallen ill with a severe illness!” He said: ((Yes. I
am ill as two men are ill)). I said: “That is because you get two rewards.” He replied:
((Yes. A Muslim is not afflicted with any pain of illness except that Allah expiates his sin
as you remove the leaves of a tree)).
It is also narrated that he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((The believer is not afflicted by an injury and greater except that Allah raises such one in
station and expiates his sin)).
When an illness occurs in a major sinner, it is simply a hastening of punishment that such one
deserves. This is based on the statement of the Exalted: {Whatsoever disaster afflicts thee—then, it is
due to what thy hands hast earned} (Q. 42:30). The sequential article {then} proves that it is
recompense. Similarly, Allah makes the penal applications a punishment for the disobedient. It is as He
says—Exalted be He: {…and a group amongst the believers should witness both of their punishments}
(Q. 24:2).
The wisdom of deficiencies is that it prompts one to seek repentance, reforms such person, tests
him and prompts him to remembrance. The Glorified says: {Dost they see not that they are tried each
year—once or twice—but they repent not nor do they remember?} (Q. 9:126); that is, We tested them
with trials and exams. By means of these tests, they are called to remembrance and return to Allah, the
Exalted. Nothing is renewed; rather, they fly into their punishment blindly.
The trials that afflict the morally responsible person are not like the afflictions of those who are
not morally responsible, like a child for example. It is recompense from Allah, the Exalted. However, it is
not recompense for any act of disobedience nor is it an ending of punishment. This is based upon the words
of the Exalted: {And for those who disbelieve—for them shall be the Fires of Hell. It is not decreed for
them that they may die nor shall any punishment be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense the
ungrateful} (Q. 35:36). If it were some type of recompense for them, it would mean that their punishment
would be lightened. It would, therefore, be no benefit in that.
It is religiously obligatory upon us to believe in everything we mentioned; namely, the
transcendence of Allah as well as the perfection of His Divine Justice and Wisdom. Allah is Highly Exalted
above what the wrongdoers say!
[Divine Promise and Threat]
It is religiously obligatory for the morally responsible person to believe in the truth of Allah’s
promise of Paradise to the believers, as well as their eternal dwelling therein. There is no disagreement in
this from those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny.
It is amongst those things that are necessarily known in the religion. It is based upon His statements—
Exalted be He: {Regarding the one who fears the position of his Lord and prevents himself from his
lowly desires, verily, Paradise shall be his destination} (Q. 79:40-41) and {Verily, those who believe
and work righteous deeds—for them shall be Blessed Paradise. Therein shall they abide and they
shall not desire a change therefrom} (Q. 18:107-108).
It is religiously obligatory to believe in the truth of Allah’s threat of eternal confinement to the
fires of Hell for the disbelievers and disobedient. Otherwise, it counters the decisive verses of Allah and
belies them. Whoever belies a verse of the Qur’an is a disbeliever by consensus. He—Exalted be He—says:
{It shall be said: “Enter the gates of Hell, therein to abide forever!” How vile is the destination of
those that had excessive pride!} (Q. 39:72).
{Whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and exceed the limits—He shall place him
into the Fire, therein to abide forever! He will have a contemptible punishment} (Q. 4:14).
{Whosoever deliberately kills a believer, his payment shall be Hell, therein to abide forever. The
Anger and Curse of Allah shall be upon them. He will prepare for them a great punishment} (Q.
4:93). {Verily, the righteous shall be in blessedness and the wicked shall be in the Hellfire. They will
burn therein on the Day of Payment. And never shall they be removed therefrom} (Q. 82:13-16). The
term {wicked} is general and refers to all who persist in sin.
He—Exalted be He—says: {If those who are unjust could but see—when they see the
punishment—that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment! When those
who were followed [i.e. worshipped] shall disassociate themselves from those who worshipped them
and they see the punishment with their means being severed, those that followed shall say: “Had we
only had a return, we would have disassociated from them as they disassociated from us!” Allah will
show them their deeds while they are regretful. They will not come out of the Fire} (Q. 2:165-167).
{Certainly not! Whosoever earns evil and is encompassed by his sin—they are the Companions of the
Fire. They shall abide therein forever} (Q. 2:81). It is the disobedient one who is encompassed by sin
and wicked deeds. The Qur’an has many verses in which the eternal destination is the Fire.
Regarding the Sunnah, it is narrated that a group of Muslims and Jews mentioned the matter of
punishment. Each group claimed that Allah—Glorified be He—would turn their sins into good deeds and
that they will be pardoned due to their precedence in faith in Allah and His Messenger and due to the virtue
of their righteousness. He—Exalted be He—revealed the verse: {It may not be thy hopes nor the hopes
of the People of the Book; those who do evil will be requited thereof. Ye shall not find any patron or
helper other than Allah} (Q. 4:123). Allah informed them that their hopes of pardon from their bad deeds
are false hopes. Allah responds to the People of the Book and the Murji’ites who resemble them and allow
themselves to be seduced.
Then, He—Exalted be He—says: {They say: “The Fire shall not touch us except for a number
of days!” Say: “Hast thou taken a contract from Allah? He never breaks His contracts! Dost thou say
about Allah that which ye know not?” Certainly not! Whosoever earns evil and is encompassed by
his sin—they are the Companions of the Fire. They shall abide therein forever } (Q. 2:80-81). Allah,
the Great, has spoken the truth! The one who belies His Promises and Threats is a liar! Whoever believes
contrary to that has attributed a lie to Allah. It is an obscenity, and Allah—Exalted be He—does not
commit obscenities.
This is verified by his [i.e. the Prophet’s] statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his
((Whoever commits suicide by poison will poison himself in the fire of Hell forever and
ever. Whoever commits suicide by throwing himself from a mountain shall keep on
throwing himself from a mountain in the fire of Hell forever and ever. Whoever commits
suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the fire of Hell forever and
ever. Whoever whips someone in front of an unjust ruler—Allah will cause that whip to
become a snake that is seventy cubits long and it will afflict him in the fires of Hell
forever and ever. He will have a severe punishment)).
This is simply applied to their acts of disobedience.
[Concerning faith (al-Imān)]
Faith is a statement with the tongue, belief in the heart and performing the pillars. He—Glorified
be He—says: {The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts tremble. When
His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith and they rely upon their Lord; those who
establish the prayer and spend from what We have provided for them. It is those who are truly
believers} (Q. 8:2-4). And He-Exalted be He—says: {Successful are the believers—those who are in
their prayers lowly; those who from vanity turn away; those who for purification work; those who
guard their private parts except from their spouses and the ones who their right hands possess being
therefore blameless, whereas those who seek to go beyond that are transgressors; those who are to
their trusts and covenants faithful; and those who are to their prayers preservers} (Q 23:1-9).
The true believers are those who fit these characteristics. Whoever only professes with the tongue
is a hypocrite. Whoever only professes with the tongue and believes in the heart is a disobedient person.
The one who avoids all of this is a disbeliever. Every type has a title that applies to them in this world. All
of them will be in the Fire. The believer is restricted by the term {are only those}.
Belief and submission (al-islām) mean the same, as in the statement of the Exalted: {And then
We brought out from it the believers that were there, for We did not find in it anyone who submitted
(al-muslimīn) save one house} (Q. 51:35-36). He—Exalted be He—says: {Whosoever follows a religion
other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him. He shall be in the Hereafter amongst the losers}
(Q. 3:85).
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((Islam is built upon five
pillars)). This is a well-known hadīth. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also
((Belief is in seventy parts. The best of them is to say: “There is no god but Allah.” The
weakest of them is to remove harm from the road. Modesty is a part of belief)).
It is narrated on the authority of Ja’far as-Šādiq, upon him be peace, that the Prophet, peace and
((Whoever completes his ritual ablution, perfects his prayer, renders the purification dues
(az-zakāt), guards his tongue, suppresses his anger and observes the advice of Ahl al-Bayt
of his Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny—he will have
completed the rights of faith, and the doors of Paradise will be open to him)).
Another explicit proof that faith is not complete without good deeds is the statement of the
Exalted: {...those who believe and work righteous deeds...} (Q. 2:277). There are other examples in the
verses and narrated traditions.
It increases and decreases. Regarding its increasing, the Exalted says: {...and when His verses are
recited to them, it increases them in faith, and upon their Lord they rely} (Q. 8:2). If something
increases, it mandates that it can decrease.
He [i.e. the Prophet] said: ((Women are deficient in intellect, shares and religion)). Regarding
deficiency in religion, it is because there are times when they don’t pray. Their obligatory and
supererogatory acts of worship are deeds that complete their faith.
The major sinners from the Community of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny, like the one who drinks intoxicants, the fornicator, and similar are—according to Islamic Law—
known as wicked (fujjār) and defiantly disobedient (fussāq). They are not known as believers based upon
the statement of the Exalted: {Is the one who believes like the one who is disobedient? They are not the
same. Regarding the one who believes and works righteous deeds, to them belongs Paradise as a
destination due to what they used to do. Regarding those who are disobedient, their destination shall
be the Fire. Anytime they desire to exit therefrom, they shall be returned to it. It shall be said to
them: “Taste ye the punishment of the Fire that ye belied!”} (Q. 32:18-20).
The believer merits praise, magnification and reward. They do not merit tasting that due to
disobedience to Allah—Exalted be He. However, Allah commands them to observe their boundaries and
torments them. The people’s witnessing against such person during punishment is to frighten and dissuade
them. They are called “ingrates” (kuffār ni’ma).
It is narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((The fornicator is not a believer while he is fornicating. The one who drinks alcohol is
not a believer while he drinks. A thief is not a believer while he steals. The one who
drinks intoxicants is not a believer while he is drinking intoxicants. When he does that,
faith exits from his heart. If he repents to Allah, Allah will turn to him)).
He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, is he a disbeliever?” He replied: ((No)). He was asked: “Is
he believer?” He replied: ((No)). He was asked: “What is he?” He replied: ((A defiantly disobedient
person)). This is an explicit statement regarding designation.
The hypocrite is a disbeliever, as Allah explicitly states. He warns regarding their disbelief. He
makes the lowest level of Hell for them. It’s amazing that the Qur’an mentions in the beginning of Al-
Baqara (Q. 2) that the believers are specified by their belief. Then it follows by explicitly mentioning the
disbelievers and their disbelief. Afterwards, it mentions the hypocrites and spends almost thirteen verses
downgrading their description, lying, jesting and opposition to Allah. They are likened to a calamity filled
with darkness, thunder and lightning. Allah berates them in many verses, and they are wedged between the
status of a believer and that of a disbeliever.
The chapter Al-Munāfiqūn (Q. 63) was revealed about them. Their affliction is made great by
being mixed with the believers. They are belied, and their testimonies are suspect because what they utter
from their tongues is not what’s in their hearts. Their oaths are acts of disobedience, insomuch that the
chapter At-Tawba (Q. 9) ridicules them and describes them as humiliated. This is because their state of
abomination is worse than that of the disbelievers and the disobedient. Showing-off is a part of hypocrisy.
It is narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((To Allah,
the two-faced person has no face)). {And Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are liars} (Q. 63:1).
{Sufficient is Allah for a Witness} (Q. 4:79). {Verily, the hypocrites shall be in the lowest level of the
Fire, and ye shall never find a helper for them} (Q. 4:145). {They are the enemy, so beware of them.
May Allah destroy them! How deluded are they!} (Q. 63:4). {To Allah belongs the dignity, as well as
to His Messenger and the believers. However, the hypocrites know not} (Q. 63:8).
[Concerning repentance (at-Tawba)]
Repentance is obligatory upon all disobedient people based upon intellectual and textual proof. It
removes harm from the soul. Its removal is obligatory similarly. The greatest harm to be removed is the
punishment of Allah—Exalted be He—as well as the permanent stay in the Fire. Allah says: {O ye who
believe, repent to Allah with sincere repentance} (Q. 66:8). There are other explicit examples that have
come similar to this.
It is religiously obligatory to constantly seek repentance due to consistency of disobedience. This
is because the disobedient person is reminded of its necessity at every moment. If one does not do that, he
will be condemned and would repeat other acts of disobedience.
It [i.e. repentance] is to regret an obscene action and the avoidance of an obligation as well as the
determination to not return to the acts of disobedience as long as one lives. It is accepted with sincerity
while in every time keeping in mind death and the presence of angels to take his spirit. It is as what has
been narrated in the Prophetic tradition, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, when he was
asked about the limit of repentance:
((Whoever repents a year before he dies, Allah will accept his repentance—even if they
are many. Whoever repents half a year before he dies, Allah will accept his repentance—
even if they are many. Whoever repents a month before he dies, Allah will accept his
repentance—even if they are many. Whoever repents a week before he dies, Allah will
accept his repentance—even if they are many. Whoever repents a day before he dies,
Allah will accept his repentance—even if they are many. Whoever repents an hour before
he dies, Allah will accept his repentance—even if they are many. Whoever repents before
the approach of death, Allah will accept his repentance—even if they are many. {...then,
they repent soon after. They are those whom Allah shall turn to, and Allah is All-
Knowing and All-Wise} (Q. 4:17).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((That which is before death is {soon after})).
Repentance will not be accepted from the one at the time that their souls are extracted. He—
Glorified and Exalted be He—says: {...the Day they shall see the angels. There shall be no glad tidings
for the criminals. They shall say: “Denied and prevented!” (Q. 25:22); that is, prevented and prohibited.
And He—Glorified be He—says: {Repentance shall not be for those who commit evil deeds up until
the time of death approaches them and they say: “I repent now!” nor [shall it be for] those who die as
disbelievers. They are those for whom We have prepared a painful punishment} (Q. 4:18). This
applies to acts of disobedience absolutely by consensus. This is based upon the words of the Exalted:
{Verily, I am All-Forgiving of the one who repents, believes and works righteous deeds...}; that is,
sincere repentance and not something that just resembles it. {...Then, He guides him} (Q. 20:82); that is,
He causes him to remain on it [i.e. guidance]. There are other verses similar to this.
Allah substitutes evil deeds for good deeds, as he—Exalted be He—says: {...except the one who
repents, believes and works righteous deeds. They are those for whom Allah will substitute their evil
deeds for righteous deeds. Allah is All-Forgiving and All-Merciful} (Q. 25:70). One may ask: “How
can evil deeds be substituted for good deeds?” It is said that the outward meaning is that the one with many
sins who repents will have more good deeds than the one with few sins who repented. I say that this is not
the correct interpretation. The intended meaning is that, by means of repentance, Allah will substitute them
from the state of disbelief and disobedience to that of obedience, God-wariness and belief. This is the
definitive meaning of {righteous deeds}. It is also said that the fornicator will be substituted for a righteous
person, the one who kills an idolater will be substituted for one who kills a Muslim, and so forth.
Another condition for repentance is that it takes place for sins generally. This is based on the word
of the Exalted: {...he repents to Allah with accepted repentance} (Q. 25:71). It is a certain and great
benefit for one’s repentance to be accepted. This means that He—Glorified be He—knows sincerity and He
accepts it and is pleased with the repentant. {Verily, Allah loves the repentant, and He loves those who
purify themselves} (Q. 2:222).
One is to seek forgiveness completely. It is not sufficient for one to simply seek forgiveness only
by words; rather, the heart is to precede the tongue. True determination is turning from it. {Verily, He
knows what is secret and hidden} (Q. 20:7). {He knows what is hidden from the eyes and what is
concealed in the chests} (Q. 40:19).
It is narrated in Nahj al-Balāgha that the Commander of the Believers and Master of the
Appointees, ‘Ali bin Abi Ťālib, upon him be peace, heard a man seeking forgiveness. He, upon him be
peace, said:
May your mother be bereaved of you! Do you know what seeking forgiveness is?
Seeking forgiveness is a degree of the people of high station. It is a phrase that means six
things: First, it is the regret of the past sin. Second, it is the firm determination to avoid
returning to it. Third, it is to return the rights to creation so that you meet Allah in a state
of purity where none has any claim against you. Fourth, it is that you fulfil every duty
that you neglected in order to complete your obligation in respect to it. Fifth, it is that you
attend to the flesh that has flourished on unlawful nourishment so that it melts away as a
result of grief and your skin adheres to your bones, after which new flesh grows in its
place. Sixth, it is that your body taste the pain of obedience in the same way that it earlier
tasted the pleasure of sins. It is only after then that you say: “O Allah, forgive me!”
I say that the meaning of his statement, upon him be peace, is that the repentance of the near
friends of Allah is the highest level of repentance. Regret and the determination to not return to it are
sufficient. Regarding the observance of rights, this is absolute. In that are many fine points, but this is not
the place to go into details.
[Concerning the Intercession (ash-Shafā’a)]
The Intercession of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, mentioned in
the narrated traditions will not be for any except the believers. It will not be for the one who persists in
major sins. This is explicit in the verses of the Qur’an. He—Glorified be He—says: {But they who have
earned evil deeds, the recompense of an evil deed is its equal. Humiliation will cover them. They will
have no protector from Allah.} That is, they will not find anyone to prevent them from punishment. {It
will be as though their faces are covered by pieces of the night; dark. They will be the Companions of
the Fire, therein to abide forever} (Q. 10:27).
He—Exalted be He—says: {For the unjust there shall be no friend or intercessor obeyed} (Q.
40:18); that is, they will be prevented from intercession. The disbeliever and disobedient person are both
unjust. The proof for this is the statement of the Exalted: {The disbelievers are unjust} (Q. 2:254),
{Whosoever transgresses the boundaries of Allah, he is unjust to himself} (Q. 65:1). {We were not
unjust to them; rather, they are unjust to themselves} (Q. 11:101).
He—Exalted be He—says: {For the unjust there shall be no helper} (Q. 2:270). {Canst thou
save one who is in the Fire?} (Q. 39:19). {...no soul shall recompense for the other} (Q. 2:48). Then,
the Exalted says: {...nor shall it be benefitted by intercession, nor shall they be helped} (Q. 2:123). The
meaning of {they shall be helped} is “he shall help them.” The words “soul” and “intercession” are
indefinite nouns which means that it is general and applies to both disbeliever and disobedient.
He—Exalted be He—says: {...and never shall they be removed from it} (Q. 82:16). If the
intercession was for them, they will be removed from it. These explicit verses as well as others prove that
the intercession will not be for the disbelievers or disobedient. This is because it would contradict the
decisive verses of the Qur’an, and that is impermissible. There is no disagreement among the Muslims
concerning that. If he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, were to intercede for any of the
unjust and advocate for any of those of falsehood, this would belie the verses if he is obeyed or it would
demote his role if he is not obeyed.
According to collective consensus, his intercession is accepted and the Praiseworthy Station (almaqām
al-mahmūd) that Allah promised him belongs to him. This is based on His words: {Perhaps thy
Lord shall raise thee to a Praiseworthy Station} (Q. 17:79).
The Intercession is for the believers. Those other than them will not receive the Intercession
because the disobedient sinner is disqualified from such. Allah disassociates from such person, and He is an
enemy of Allah. Allah negates belief from one who loves and associates with such person. The Exalted
says: {Ye shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having mutual affection for
those who oppose Allah and His Messenger—even if it be their fathers, sons, brothers and tribes.
They are those for whom Allah has decreed belief in their hearts, and He has supported them by a
Spirit from Him. He shall enter them into Paradise under which rivers flow; therein to abide
forever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. They are those who are the party
of Allah. Is not the party of Allah the successful?} (Q. 58:22). {O ye who believe, take not Mine
enemies and thine enemies as associates—inclining to them with mutual affection} (Q. 60:1). {Obey
not the sinful amongst them, nor the ungrateful} (Q. 76:24). If he were to intercede for a disqualified
person, it would mean that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, is pleased
with him as well as has affection and love for such person. It would imply the he loves someone who Allah
has disqualified. Whoever assumes such about him has attributed a great sin.
If the Intercession is not for the unjust, it is for the believers. By means of the Prophet’s
intercession, Allah will increase their virtue as well as raise their stations. Allah will increase them as a
virtue and grace from Him.
There are explicit verses that show that it will be the believers. Allah—Glorified and Exalted be
He—says: {They cannot intercede for one unless He is pleased with him. They are—out of humility--
apprehensive} (Q. 21:28). He negates the angels’ intercession except for the ones He is pleased with. The
Exalted says: {…for Allah is not pleased with the disobedient folk} (Q. 9:96). Allah describes the
Bearers of His Throne and those around Him in Sūra al-Mu`minūn because they glorify their Lord, praise
Him and believe in Him. They seek forgiveness for those who believe. {“Our Lord, Thy Mercy and
Knowledge encompass all things! Therefore, forgive those who repent and turn towards Thy path.
Protect them from the punishment of Hell! O Lord, enter them into the paradise of Eden that Thou
hast promised them, as well as the righteous from their fathers, spouses and offspring. Verily, Thou
art the Most Mighty, the All-Wise. Divert them from the evils, and whosoever is wary of the evils on
that Day, He shall be merciful unto him. That is the Great Achievement!”} (Q. 40:7-9).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((My intercession will be for three among my Community: a man who loves my Ahl al-
Bayt with his heart and tongue, a man who fulfils their needs when they seek a need from
him, a man who fights along with them with his sword)).
((Whoever abuses me concerning my Ahl al-Bayt, has abused Allah. Whoever assists
their enemies in abusing them has made war against Allah and His Messenger. Such
person will not receive my intercession)).
((There are two groups from my Community that will not receive my intercession, and no
one will intercede for them: an oppressive ruler and an extremist renegade in the
religion)).
((The closest to me on the Day of Judgment, as well as the most deserving of my
intercession is the one who is most truthful in speech, best in character and faithful
regarding trusts. Out of the people, they are the closest to me)).
It says in Safīnat al-Hākim on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās from ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb that the
Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((Verily, I am the holder of your prevention from the Fire, and you will precede me
towards the Fire. You will be gathered around it like the gathering of moths. I will be in a
hurry to provide you prevention. I will await you at the Pool, and you will be turned from
me exempted and dejected. I will recognise you by your names and signs just as a man
recognises his camel from a group of camels. Some of you will be taken to the left. I will
plead for you to the Lord of the Worlds: ‘O Lord, my group! O Lord, my community!”
And He will say: “O Muhammad, you do not know what they did after you! Verily, they
regressed after you!” One of you carrying a bleating sheep will recognise me on the Day
of Judgment, and will call out: “O Muhammad, O Muhammad!” I will say: “I am
prevented by Allah from doing anything for you!” One of you carrying a braying camel
will recognise me on the Day of Judgment, and will call out: “O Muhammad, O
Muhammad!” I will say: “I am prevented by Allah from doing anything for you!” One of
you carrying a neighing horse will recognise me on the Day of Judgment, and will call
out: “O Muhammad, O Muhammad!” I will say: “I am prevented by Allah from doing
anything for you!” One of you carrying meagre dates will recognise me on the Day of
Judgment, and will call out: “O Muhammad, O Muhammad!” I will say: “I am prevented
by Allah from doing anything for you!”)).
That proves that he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, will not intercede except for the
believers.
If you say that it makes more sense for the Intercession to be for those who deserve punishment, I
say that logic dictates that the Intercession is unsuitable for the one who persists in sin, is involved with an
oppressive ruler and kills children while not repenting for such.
[Pertaining to the Prophets]
It is religiously obligatory for the morally responsible person to believe in the truthfulness of
Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, as well as believe in the previous
Prophets and the scriptures that Allah sent to some of them. It is a specific testimony that he was a
Messenger from Allah to humans and jinn (ath-thaqalayn). Everything that he conveyed was revealed to
him from Allah, and it is religiously obligatory to follow and act upon everything that he conveyed of the
Pure Law and Established Religion.
It is as He—Glorified be He—says: {...and verily, ye guide towards the straight path—the
path of Allah, to Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Is it not
to Allah doth all matters return?} (Q. 42:52-53). That is because of the claim of Prophethood and
Messengership and because Allah has aided him with many miracles. It is that by which Allah magnifies
him and proves true the witness to the truth of the Book of Allah—Majestic and Powerful be He. It is that
which is recited during periods of the night and at the ends of the day. It is not only increased by much
recital and repeating, it is by seriousness and fluency, so its reader and listener won't be bored, and its
recited verses increase the believer in more faith.
[Concerning belief in the Prophets]
It is religiously obligatory to believe in and hold true that which came from all of the Prophets, the
Scriptures, and everything revealed before the Qur’an. That which Allah orders in His Mighty Book is that
which confirms the Scriptures and a witness that proves their truthfulness. Allah says: {Say: “We believe
in Allah and whatsoever was revealed to us and whatsoever was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael,
Isaac, Jacob and the Descendants, as well as that which was given unto Moses and Jesus and
whatsoever was given unto the Prophets from their Lord. We do not make a distinction between any
one of them. We are to it submissive”} (Q. 2:136).
The Exalted says—in recognition of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny: {The Messenger has believed in that which was revealed unto him from his Lord, and the
believers [believe]. All have believed in Allah, His Angels, His Scriptures and His Messengers. “We
make no distinction between any one of His Messengers.” And they say: “We hear and we obey. Thy
forgiveness, our Lord! To Thee is the destination} (Q. 2:285).
[Concerning the status of our Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny]
Our Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, is the best of the
Prophets, upon them be peace. This is because Allah took the covenant with the Prophets to believe in him
and help him. Allah, the Glorified, says: {...When Allah took a covenant of the Prophets: “Whatsoever I
give unto thee of Scripture and Wisdom, then there comes unto thee a Messenger confirming that
which is with thee, ye must believe in him and help him.” He said: “Hast thou acknowledged and
taken upon thyself My promise?” They said: “We acknowledge.” He replied: “So, bear witness, and I
am with thee amongst the witnesses} (Q. 3:81). Also, he, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny, said: ((Adam and those other than him will be under my banner on the Day of Judgment)). He,
peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also said: ((I am the master of the children of Adam and
that is no boast)) and other than that. The implication is to indicate headship.
He is also the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers. This is explicitly stated in the Book of Allah,
the Glorified. {Muhammad is not the father of any one of thy men. However, He is the Messenger of
Allah and the Seal of the Prophets} (Q. 33:40). Every believer knows this.
[Concerning the Angels]
The Angels, upon them be peace, are better than the Prophets, upon them be peace. This is based
upon the statement of the Exalted: {They doth not disobey Allah in that which He commands them.
They doeth that which they are commanded to do} (Q. 66:6) and {The Christ would never deny that
he is a slave of Allah nor would the close Angels} (Q. 4:172). The Angels would not be conjoined unless
they have a lofty status. The one knowledgeable of the nuances of Arabic knows this.
The Prophets, upon them be peace, committed minor faults as Allah—Gloried and Exalted be
He—described in His Noble Book. The narrated traditions mention the distinctions of the Angels as well as
their worship and tirelessness. Among them is one who reveals to the Prophets. It is narrated in Nahj al-
Balāgha from the Appointee, may Allah ennoble his face in Paradise, regarding the Angels:
Some of them are in prostration and do not bow. Others bow and do not stand up. Some
of them are in lines and do not leave their position. Others glorify Allah and do not get
tired. The sleep of the eye does not affect them, nor do the slip of intellect, tiredness of
the body or the heedlessness of forgetfulness.
Among them are those who Allah entrusts with His inspiration and they are the holding
places of His Message. There are those who carry out His orders and injunctions. Among
them are those who protect His slaves and guard the doors of His Gardens. Among them
are those also whose feet are fixed on earth but their necks are in the highest heavens.
Their limbs are stretched out on all sides…
What we are responsible to know regarding this issue is not conclusive. But the scholars
mentioned and indicated it. Regarding this issue, there are three positions. One is that the Angels are better
than the Prophets---this is the most correct. Another position is that the Prophets are better. Another
position is more detailed and says that our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny, is better than the Angels but the Angels are better than the rest of the Prophets, upon them be
It is also said that the correct belief is that both the Angels and Prophets are of great virtue and one
does not know the extent—whether more or less—except Allah, the Glorified. This is due to there being no
advantage in being morally responsible to believe in that.
[Concerning the Qur’an]
The Noble Qur’an is that which is included in a book of pages, recited in the prayer niches,
existent in our midst and protected in the hearts of the believers. It is the Word of the Lord of the Worlds
which was revealed by the Spirit to the heart of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and
his progeny, so that it can be a warning in a clear Arabic tongue.
It is created and brought into existence because the letters are sequenced and the sounds are not
eternal. It is sequenced and arranged. Everything that is sequenced and arranged implies that a part came
before another part. Since this is the case, it necessitates discontinuation, which proves that it was brought
into existence. That is evident because Allah—Glorified and Exalted be He—brought it about after it was
non-existent. If something existed after it hadn’t existed, it was brought into existence.
The textual proof is the statement of the Exalted: {Ha Mīm. By the Clear Book. Verily, We
made it an Arabic Qur’an that thou may understand} (Q. 43:1-3). The Exalted explicit says that He
{made it an Arabic Qur’an}, and {made} means “created.” This is proven by the words of the Exalted:
{All praise is due to Allah, the One who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness
and the light} (Q. 6:1).
The Exalted also says in Ash-Shu’ara: {And there comes not to them a Reminder existent
(muhdath) from the Most Gracious, except that they turn away from it} (Q. 26:5) and {There has
come unto the people their accounting while they are heedless and turning away. And there comes
not to them a Reminder existent from their Lord except that they listen to it and jest} (Q. 21:1-2).
These are explicit texts that don’t need interpretation.
The Exalted also says: {A chapter which We hath sent down and laid it down clearly} (Q.
24:1). Sending something down can only apply to in-time creation as proven in the statement of the
Exalted: {We hath sent down iron—in it is great power and benefits for the people} (Q. 57:25). The
Qur’an is replete with terms such as {We made} and {We inspired}. Inspiration is a decisive action from
Allah.
((Allah has not created in the heavens and the earth anything greater than the Verse of the
Celestial Chair (ayat al-kursi))).
It is also related that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((Allah was when
there was nothing. Then He created the Reminder)). The Reminder is a name for the Qur’an, as proven
from the statement of the Exalted: {Verily, We have revealed the Reminder, and We shall protect it}
(Q. 15:9). This verse explicitly states that it is protected. Something that is pre-existent has no need to be
protected due to its quality of pre-existence. The Exalted also says: {…and it is a Reminder for thee and
thy people} (Q. 43:44).
Another proof for that is the statement of the Exalted: {Allah hath sent down the best of
speech—a consistent Scripture oft-repeated} (Q. 39:23). It is describe as being sent down firstly. Then,
He says: {the best}, and ‘best’ is an attribute of actions. He also describes it as {speech}. This term (hadīth)
is the same as the term that denotes in-time creation (al-muhdath). It is explicit in what we mentioned. He
calls it {Scripture}, and scripture is compiled. A scripture is called such because of its compilation. That
which is compiled cannot be pre-existent. He says {consistent}—that is, some parts resemble other parts in
inimitability. These are all proofs of the truthfulness of what is manifest and the necessity of it having been
brought into existence.
[Concerning the Imamate]
Imamate succeeds Prophethood in the sense that it is necessary for it. This is because the imams,
upon them be peace, take the place of Prophets in the declaration of Divine Law. They revive what has
been neglected in it and fight the one who departs from it. This is not without the permission of the
Lawgiver and His command.
The results are that the penal code is established, the Friday prayers are instituted, the rites of
Islam are manifested and the rights are forcibly taken from the one who withholds them. Also, he oversees
general affairs, such as the establishing of mosques, endowments, roads and the institution of Islamic Law.
He monitors the affairs of the orphans and the like. He appoints governors and suppresses tyrants.
If there were no just imams, Islamic Law would vanish, objectionable sins and the rule of
falsehood would manifest and the rights of inheritance would be squandered. Even until now, news of such
has come to us in large numbers from countries in which there are no imams ruling. This is because the
Lawgiver commands obedience to the one who establishes affairs. As the Exalted says: {O ye who believe!
Obey Allah and obey the Messenger as well as those of authority amongst thee} (Q. 4:59). They are
the just imams. There cannot be a time where there is no imam who meets the criteria. All praise is due to
Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
[Concerning the Imamate of ‘Ali, upon him be peace]
The only one who deserved the Imamate after him [i.e. the Prophet], peace and blessings be upon
him and his progeny, was the Commander of the Believers and Master of the Appointees, ‘Ali bin Abi
Ťālib—may Allah ennoble his face in Paradise! This is based upon clear and explicit designation as well as
many virtues that none of the Companions can share. If that is the case, then he is the best. If he is the best,
then he is the most deserving of it due to his being the best. This is proven both intellectually and textually.
Regarding the explicit designation from the Book of Allah, the Exalted says: {Verily, thy only
Guardian is Allah, His Messenger, and those who believe—those who establish the prayer and render
the alms while bowing (wa hum rāki’ūn)} (Q. 5:55). No one gave their ring as charity while bowing in
the prayer except him, upon him be peace. This is made explicit by truthful imams, exegetes and historians.
The verse mentions the plural pronoun as a general application to a specific person. For example,
the Exalted mentions in the Noble Qur’an: {...they are the people who say to them: “Verily, the people
have gathered around thee!”} (Q. 3:173). The term {they are the people} refers to Na’īm bin Mas’ūd.
The Exalted also says: {They are those who say: “Spend nothing on those with Allah’s Messenger until
they are forced to leave!” And to Allah belongs the heavens and earth. But the hypocrites understand
not} (Q. 63:7). However, this refers to one hypocrite, ‘Abdullah bin Ubay.
The word {Guardian} brings together two intended meanings. Any word that brings two intended
meanings together must be interpreted to mean both meanings and not just one. In the verse, it means “one
with the right to one’s affairs” and “helper.” Therefore, the meaning of the verse is: “Verily, your helper
and the one with the right to your affairs is Allah, His Messenger and ‘Ali bin Abi Ťālib—may Allah
ennoble his face in Paradise.” The imam is the one with the right to affairs.
The explicit designation in the Sunnah is his [i.e. the Prophet’s] statement, peace and blessings be
upon him and his progeny, when addressing the people at the pond (ghadīr) of Khumm. He lifted ‘Ali’s
arm, upon him be peace, and said: ((Do I not have more authority over you than you have over
yourselves?)) They said: “Indeed, O Messenger of Allah!” He then said:
((Whosoever I have authority over (mawla), ‘Ali has authority over. O Allah, associate
with those who associate with him, and oppose those who oppose him! Assist those who
assist him, and abandon those who abandon him!))
This report is mass-transmitted (mutawātir) according to the majority. It is an explicit designation of the
Imamate of ‘Ali—may Allah ennoble his face.
The phrase “have authority over” (mawla) is also a joint word. What we said earlier about
{Guardian} in the noble verse similarly applies to this word. His statement “Assist those who assist him...”
furthermore contextualises that the meaning is “one with the right to affairs.”
Also, Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((Your position
to me is as Aaron was to Moses except that there will be no prophet after me)). There is also the Hadīth of
Brotherhood. He left him behind in the military expedition of Tabūk, which was far away and difficult.
[The Prophet] saw that he desired to go to the expedition. Then, he said: ((Are you not pleased that your
position to me is as Aaron was to Moses?)). He replied: “Indeed.” And he left him behind.
Allah exposed the hypocrites in this expedition, and some of them begin to differ. The intended
meaning of the position of Aaron to Moses is indicated in His statement: {“Take my place among my
people and rectify them. Follow not the way of the corrupters.”} (Q. 7:142). There is no doubt in the
mind that if Aaron were to live after Moses, he would have been the caliph after him, upon him be peace.
There are many other proofs that he [i.e. ‘Ali] deserved the Imamate after [the Prophet], peace and
blessings be upon him and his progeny, which amounts to large numbers—both wording and meaning. This
is just a brief summary to not burden.
[Concerning the Imamates of al-Hasan and al-Hussein, upon them be peace]
The imam after him, upon him be peace, without interruption is his son, al-Hasan. Then, it is al-
Hussein, upon them be peace. This is based upon his statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his
((Al-Hasan and al-Hussein are two imams—whether standing or sitting. But their father
is greater than the both of them)).
The acceptance of this report is mutually agreed upon by both friend and foe alike. This is an
explicit report regarding their Imamates and the Imamate of their father before them. It is for this that one
cannot disregard it because he said “greater than both of them.” This denotes Imamate as is clear to the
Arabic linguists. One says: “So-n-so is generous and so-n-so is greater than him;” that is, in generosity.
Concerning the soundness of their Imamates is that coming out against them is considered
rebellion by consensus. It is narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny,
said to ‘Ali, Fātima, al-Hasan and al-Hussein, upon them be peace:
((I am at war with the one who makes war against you and at peace with the one who
makes peace with you)).
This is also narrated regarding al-Hasan and al-Hussein specifically with the dual pronoun.
[Concerning the Imamate after al-Hasan and al-Hussein]
After the two of them, upon them be peace, the Imamate belongs to one of their descendants who
rises and summons—excluding other than them from the rest of humankind. He must be one who combines
all of the conditions of the Imamate and be unprecedented in his call. He must be distinguished in the
position of Imamate so that the consensus verifies its soundness and disagreement would occur for other
than them.
Regarding the one who says that the imams are of the Quraish, they are to be the best of the
Quraish. Regarding the one who says that it can be for the rest of the people—as the Kharijites say—they
are to be the best of the people. What disproves the one who says that it is for one of the people of Islam
and not other than them is the explicit designation of their distinction of position. There is no authentic,
explicit designation for other than them.
The Exalted says: {Then We cause to inherit the Book those whom We hath chosen from
amongst Our slaves. From them is one who oppresses himself and from them is one who is moderate.
From them is one who is foremost in goodness by the permission of Allah. That is the great virtue!}
(Q. 35:32). The Imams of the Prophetic Descendants, upon them be peace, all agree that this verse is
regarding the Ahl al-Bayt, upon them be peace. The one who is {foremost in goodness} is the imam who
unsheathes his sword in the struggle against the enemies of Allah. The {moderate} is the one who is
moderate in his knowledge and observes his obligations to Allah. He is the one who establishes the Law of
His religion and seeks the pleasure of his Lord. He demonstrates obedience. The one who {oppresses
himself} is the one who follows the desires of his soul and inclines towards his self. This is mentioned by
al-Hādi, upon him be peace, in his collection.
[Concerning obedience to the imam]
It is religiously obligatory to obey the imam who combines all of its conditions. This is based on
the statement of the Exalted: {O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger as well as those of
authority amongst thee} (Q. 4:59). The true imams who raise the minaret of justice and religion are
{those of authority} among them. They enact the rulings of the Lord of the Worlds, succeed the Seal of the
Prophets and expound upon that which is the Clear Book and Sunnah of the Master of Messengers. It has
been mentioned that Allah commands that one refer to them when there is disagreement so that they can
know the path of truth and correctness.
The people of authority are not those who seize it, rebel regarding it or usurp it from the people.
They do not establish oppression nor do they turn away from the establishment of Islamic Law. They do
not spend their days partaking in frivolity, entertainment, music and drinking intoxicants. They do not take
the property of Allah’s slaves or the state’s money. It is religiously obligatory to escape from them and
religiously prohibited to obey them and take anything from them.
An-Nāŝir al-Haqq narrated on the authority of Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Šādiq, upon them be
peace, that Abu Maryam asked him about {those of authority} who are religiously obligatory to obey. He
replied: “Ali, as well as al-Hasan, al-Hussein and their descendants.” Upon them be peace. This is
mentioned by Abul-Qāsim al-Basti in the book Al-Bāhir.
Also, al-Hākim narrated on the authority of Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Šādiq, upon them be peace,
regarding the statement of the Exalted: {Say: “This is my way. I invite towards Allah with insight—I
and the one who follows me”} (Q. 12:108). He said:
It refers to our Guardianship—the Ahl al-Bayt. No one can object to it except the astray
and none can diminish from ‘Ali, upon him be peace, except the deceitful.
It is also based on the statement [of the Prophet], peace and blessings be upon him and his
((Verily, I leave behind for you that which if you were to hold to it, you would never go
astray after me: the Book of Allah and my Descendants—my Ahl al-Bayt. Verily, the
All-Subtle and All-Aware informed me that the two of them will never separate from
each other until they meet me at the Pool)).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, stated that the Descendants, upon them be peace,
will never separate from the Mighty Book until the Day of Judgment. This proves the infallibility of their
collective. As for the proof of their Imamate, this is understood from the command to “hold to” them. This
report is mass-transmitted and narrated by both friend and foe.
It is also based on his statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny:
((The likeness of my Ahl al-Bayt is of Noah’s ark. Whoever boards it is saved and
whoever differs from it drowns and perishes. The one who fights against us in the Last
Days will be like the one who fights alongside the Antichrist)).
There is no disagreement among the scholars of the Messenger’s Progeny and their partisans regarding the
authenticity of this report. This is a proof of their infallibility. Therefore, the Imamate is established by
their infallibility and not for other than them. They are the Ark of Salvation from drowning. The Imamate
protects the religion and guards the Community.
Regarding the statement: ((be like the one who fights alongside the Antichrist)), this proves that
the one who fights them is considered a rebel like the Antichrist and his companions, as is known from
narrated reports.
Ad-Daylami, upon him be peace, narrated in the book Qawā’id Aqā`id Ahl al-Bayt:
The narrated traditions regarding the Ahl al-Bayt, upon them be peace, that the jurists
agree upon amount to 1,605 narrated traditions. This excludes those narrated traditions
narrated about them, upon them be peace, by their partisans, may Allah be pleased with
them. Included in that are those that refer to ‘Ali, upon him be peace, which amount to
605 narrated traditions. The rest of them are regarding the Descendants, upon them be
From verified history, one finds that in every century there was one of them who stood up and
invited towards Allah with insight.
[Recognising the saved sect]
It is narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, in a number of
chains of narration from a large group of Companions. This includes: the Appointee, may Allah ennoble his
face; Ibn ‘Abbās; Abu Hurayra; ‘Awf bin Mālik; Ibn ‘Umar; Sa’d bin Abi Waqqās, Jābir, Anas and others.
They related that he said:
((The Community of my brother Moses divided into 71 sects. The Community of my
brother Jesus divided into 72 sects. My Community will divide into 73 sects. All of them
will perish except one sect)).
This hadīth’s acceptance is mutually agreed upon and narrated by both friend and foe. Many
scholars are aware of it. There is difference in wording in some of the narrations but there is no difference
in meaning. For example, in some narrations the word ((sects)) is substituted with the word ((paths)). In
some of the narrations there is an addition in which he was asked about the saved sect and he replied: ((The
one which is upon what I am upon as well as my Companions)).
It is therefore religiously obligatory for us to consider recognising the saved sect so that we can
follow it, tread upon its path and enter their group, if Allah wills. That way, we can believe in and follow
the religion of Allah that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, had revealed unto
him from Allah. It is important to know the saved sect and the one who follows the disagreements that
occurred after him, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny. He, peace and blessings be upon him
and his progeny, said:
((I did not neglect anything that would bring you towards Paradise except that I showed it
to you. I did not convey anything that would distance you from the Fire except that I
mentioned it to you)).
After relating the Hadīth of Division into Sects (al-iftirāq), Imam Ahmed bin Suleiman, upon him
be peace, narrated that when the Muslims heard that, they were greatly distressed and broke out crying.
They all went close to him and asked:
O Messenger of Allah, how can we be saved after you? How can we recognise the saved
sect so that we can be included in it?
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, replied:
Then, this proves that they are the saved sect because he, peace and blessings be upon him and his
progeny, negated deviance from the one who continues to hold to them. He explained the saved sect which
one is to join with mentioned in the Hadīth of Division of Sects. This is also because he joined them with
the Book that is a proof for the people of Islam. They are like it and the protectors of it. This is because the
judgment is that one does not join two things except that they are the equal in authority. They are its
interpreters.
Another strong proof is the absence of the two of them separating till the Day of Judgment.
Therefore, holding to the both of them is a sure way towards the most correct and the most reliable in sound
religion. Allah, the Exalted, says: {Verily Allah only intends to prevent from thee impurity, O Ahl al-
Bayt, and purify thee with a thorough purification} (Q. 33:33). This noble verse proves that Allah only
intends to purify them, and His intention is fulfilled. If it is sound that they are purified, then they are the
sources of salvation, and one is to tread their path, follow their guidance and faithfully adhere to their way
regarding religious beliefs.
The Traditions of the Cloak (al-Kisā`) prove their distinction. Allah had purified their sins by His
Grace and Acceptance. This proves that they are on the truth in their beliefs and actions. They are the
sources of salvation and their consensus is a proof that is religiously obligatory to refer to.
The proofs for that are many. They include the statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings be
upon him and his progeny:
((My Ahl al-Bayt is a source of safety for the people of the earth just as the stars are a
source of safety for the people of the heavens. Woe be unto the one who abandons them
and deviates from them!))
And he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((My Ahl al-Bayt is like the gate of the
Hittites. Whoever enters it will be forgiven)). He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also
((Verily, Allah makes the descendants of every prophet from his issue. But Allah, the
Exalted, has made my descendants from the issue of ‘Ali bin Abi Ťālib)).
May Allah ennoble his face! He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also said:
((O Allah, make understanding and knowledge in my offspring and the offspring of my
offspring, as well as in my seed and the seed of my seed!))
((Do not try to teach my Ahl al-Bayt, for they are more knowledgeable than you. And do
not curse them or you will go astray)).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also said: ((My Ahl al-Bayt is like the stars.
Whenever a star rises another star falls)).
It is narrated that Ibn Mas’ūd said:
Verily, for this community is a sect and group. When the Ahl al-Bayt of your Prophet
join together, it comes together, and when they disperse, it disperses. If they make peace,
it makes peace. When they are at war, it is at war. They are with the truth, and the truth is
with them. Do not separate from them, and they will not separate from it.
It is also narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
On the Day of Judgment, a caller will call out before the Divine Throne: “O fellow
creation! Verily, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: ‘Be silent. How often I
commanded your silence! By My Might and Majesty! By My position over the Divine
Throne! It is not permissible for any among you except to love the Ahl al-Bayt—the
weak ones among you, the ones forcefully deprived of their rights and the oppressed.
They are those who are patient in affliction and being deprived of the right of My
Messenger concerning them. Whoever comes to Me with love for them shall be granted
My Paradise. Whoever comes to Me with hatred for them shall be sent down with the
people of hypocrisy’”)).
[Concerning the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice]
The thing that unites Prophethood and the Imamate is the promotion of virtue and the prevention
of vice. These two things are a great injunction. They are the result of Guardianship as well as the most
important thing in the beginning and end. It is an injunction imposed upon every morally responsible
person due to the proofs of Islamic Law. It is a religious obligation upon the imams due to the power to
enforce it and implement it by force.
It is therefore religiously obligatory to promote those virtues amongst the religious obligations in
which Allah promises reward, as well as to prevent those prohibited things in which Allah threatens with
the pain of punishment. Allah, the Exalted, says: {The believing men and believing women are
guardians of one another. They promote virtue and prevent vice. They establish the prayer, and they
render the purification dues. They obey Allah and His Messenger. They are the ones that Allah shall
have mercy on. Verily, Allah in Mighty and All-Wise} (Q. 9:71).
The hypocrites are described with the opposite. The Exalted says: {The hypocrite men and the
hypocrite women are of one another. They promote vice and prevent virtue, and they close their
hands. They have forgotten Allah, and He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are defiantly
disobedient} (Q. 9:67).
He also cursed those who refrained from preventing vice, as the Glorified says: {Cursed were
those who disbelieved amongst the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and that of Jesus, the
son of Mary. That is because they disobeyed and transgressed. They would not prevent the vice that
they did. Wretched is the one who used to do that!} (Q. 5:78-79).
They have conditions and a proper sequence. It is that the one who is promoted and prevented be
morally responsible. This is because the pen is lifted from other than them. Such person must know what
virtue and vice are. He must not be ignorant of the virtue that he is being promoted to do and the vice that
he is prevented from. He must be capable and not incapable. It must also be assumed that the desired effect
would be the establishing of the virtue and the removal of the vice. If the one who is promoting the virtue
and preventing the vice is ignorant regarding the virtuous and vices, he must learn the virtue in order to do
it and the vice in order to refrain from it. If he does not assume to know the effect then the obligation,
according to Islamic Law, is lifted.
[Concerning the proper sequence for promotion and prevention]
Promotion and prevention has a sequence and it is religiously obligatory for one to observe it.
First, one is to speak with a soft word or admonition. It is like the account of Moses and Aaron: {And
speak unto him with a soft word that he may remember or fear} (Q. 20:44). This is when they were
first sent to the Pharaoh. Then, one is to speak with a tougher, more intimidating tone and threats. Then,
one is to strike using a staff or the like. Then, one is to brandish the sword. Afterwards, one is to fight if the
other would not stop except by it.
If it is possible, the Muslims are to help such one if he is weak, and this is the best. However, it is
religiously obligatory for them to help him with promoting the virtue and preventing the vice before they
engage in fighting. Allah says: {Cooperate in righteousness and God-wariness, and do not cooperate in
sin and enmity} (Q. 5:2). The command indicates the obligation. When it is not possible to do the first,
one is to resort to the next one.
The proof for that from the Mighty Book is the statement of the Exalted: {Let there be amongst
thee a community inviting to the good—promoting virtue and preventing vice. They are the
successful ones} (Q. 3:104). This command is general and applies to all morally responsible people at all
times. If only some establish it and the rest fall short of doing so, the sin would fall upon all due to their
avoidance of it. This is based upon the statement of the Exalted: {Let those who differ from his order be
wary lest tribulation afflict them or painful punishment} (Q. 24:63).
That is also proven from the Sunnah by his statement, peace and blessings be upon him and his
((You should promote virtue and you should prevent vice. Otherwise, Allah will give a
tyrant authority over you who will not have mercy on your young and who will oppress
your elders. The best of you will supplicate but they will not be answered)).
((By He in whose Hand is my soul! People shall be raised from their graves in the forms
of monkeys and pigs due to their treating the disobedient gently and refraining from
preventing them while they were able)).
And he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((From a man in our midst shall be a people who will commit acts of disobedience in
their midst. They will not take from the hand of another except that Allah will be swift in
punishing them)).
((Whoever refrains from promoting the virtue and preventing the vice is not a believer in
me, nor does he believe in the Qur’an)).
((Allah will prevent the eye that sees disobedience from looking unless he changes it or
departs)) that is, migrates.
The proper sequence is also proven by the statement of the Exalted: {If two groups of believers
should fight, seek reconciliation between the two. However, if one of them oppresses the other, then
fight against the oppressive one until they return to the command of Allah. If it [i.e. the oppressive
group] returns, reconcile them in justice and act just with them} (Q. 49:9). And the Exalted says
regarding disobedient wives: {…advise them, separate from their beds, and chastise them} (Q. 4:34).
First is the command to admonish; then, to depart; and third, to chastise.
[Concerning migration (al-hijra)]
It is religiously obligatory to migrate from the lands in which acts of disobedience are manifest to
those where it is hidden. The same is the case whether it is a land of disbelief or disobedience. The proof
for this is the statement of the Exalted: {As for those whom the angels take while they wrong
themselves, They shall ask: “In what state were ye?” They shall reply: “We were oppressed in the
land.” They shall ask: “Was not Allah's earth spacious that ye could have migrated therein?” As for
such, their abode shall be Hell, an evil destination!} (Q. 4:97). There is no distinction between the lands
of disbelief and the lands of disobedience. The reason is disobedience.
Concerning the statement {“In what state were ye?”} is a reprimand to them. This is because
they were not upon religion and had the ability to migrate but did not migrate. The angels said to them:
{“Was not Allah's earth spacious that ye could have migrated therein?”} Their cries will be great.
Also, he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said:
((Migration will not discontinue until repentance discontinues. Repentance will not
discontinue until the sun rises from the west)).
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, also said: ((Migration will not discontinue as long as
the enemies fight)). Allah excuses the weak amongst men, women and children. This includes the poor,
elderly as well as those who cannot find a way.
[Punishment in the grave (adhāb al-qabr)]
The punishment of the grave is firmly established according to the majority of the Muhammadan
Descendants as well as that of the mainstream of other than them. The proof of that is the statement of the
Exalted: {Our Lord, Thou caused us to die twice and caused us to live twice} (Q. 40:16). One cannot
die twice except that he lived in the grave and died afterwards.
It has been narrated in the Prophetic hadīth:
((The grave is either a garden from the gardens of Paradise or a pit from the pits of
Hellfire)).
It means that the believer is given the good news of Paradise in the grave and the disobedient is punished in
it. It has also been related that he, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said when passing by
two graves:
((There are two people being punished. They are punished for a big thing. One of them
used to engage in tale-bearing (namīma) and the other did not free himself of urine)).
His statement ((for a big thing)) means according to them both. He, peace and blessings be upon him and
his progeny, also said:
((If I didn’t fear that you would not bury anyone anymore, I would ask Allah to allow you
to hear the punishment of the grave)).
It is also related in the Nahj al-Balāgha that the Commander of the Believers, ‘Ali bin Abi Ťālib—
may Allah ennoble his face in Paradise—said:
Then he was wrapped in the shroud while quiet and submissive to others. Afterwards, he
was placed on planks in a state beaten down by hardships and weak from sicknesses.
Descendants and crowds of brothers carried him to his house of loneliness where his
visitors are severed. Thereafter, those who accompanied him departed and the wailers
returned. He was made to sit in his grave for fearful questioning and stumbling
examination.
He, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, used to seek refuge in Allah from the
punishment of the grave. O Allah, we seek refuge in you from the punishment of the grave and its
affliction! O Most Merciful of the merciful!
[Concerning the Judgment]
The Judgment is that which Allah mentions in His Mighty Book. The name refers to the
resurrection and revival. It is religiously obligatory to believe in it. It is the Last Day in which Allah
reiterates and makes belief in it religiously obligatory. It is denied by the disbeliever. It is that which the
morally responsible and deniers know as necessary knowledge regarding the truth of Allah’s Threat and
Promise. It is the Day of Division, the Day of Debt as well as the Day of Judgment and Justice. It is the
Day of Accounting and the Day of Loss for the deniers and Victory for the God-wary. That is from the
Justice and Wisdom of the Most Just. {Then, didst thou think that We created thee out of jest and that
to Us thou shalt not return?} (Q. 23:115). The Book of Allah is replete with this.
Allah will resurrect everyone in whom He blew the breath of spirit. This is based on the statement
of the Exalted: {There is not a beast on the earth or a bird that flies with wings except that they are
communities like unto thee. We have not neglected in the Book anything. Then unto their Lord shall
they be gathered} (Q. 6:38). Compensation is the reason for evacuation and justice for the oppressed. {A
Day in which every soul shall find what it did of good present and what it did of evil. It would desire
that between it and that be a great distance. And Allah warns thee Himself. Allah is most relenting to
the slaves} (Q. 3:30).
The Prophetic hadīth says:
((The people of Paradise will enter it as thirty-year olds—whether young or old. They
will never grow older. The same is the case for the people of the Fire)).
Al-Murtaža Muhammad bin al-Hādi ila al-Haqq Yahya bin al-Hussein, upon them be peace, said:
As for the friends of Allah and those of His creation who did not disobey Him such as
children, as well as the people of obedience, Allah will resurrect them as a perfect age.
They will be as forty year olds in their appearance. Allah will gather all the believers as
thus—whether they were children or elders.
My father related to me that ‘Ali bin Abi Ťālib, upon them be peace, said: “Allah will
gather His friends on the Day of Judgment in perfected forms as they were in the life of
this world. They will be forty years of age. Then, Allah will grant them that which He
promised them of His reward and ample compensation.”
O Allah! Make us among those upon whom is Your blessings from the Prophets, truthful, martyrs
and righteous! Make good for those who are Your friends! Gather us in their company and make us secure
on the Day of Great Distress! Cause us to drink from the Pool of Your Pure Prophet, peace and blessings be
upon him and his progeny, that drink which there’s no thirst after it! {Our Lord, grant us good in this
world and good in the Hereafter. Protect us from the punishment of the Fire!} (Q. 2:201). All praise is
due to Allah for His blessings that cannot be encompassed! Prayers and peace be upon the Chosen Prophet
as well as his Pure Progeny! There’s no power or strength except by Allah, the Most High and Most Great!
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"If I fits, I sits."
"I have a little something on my head. A little help would be nice."
"I'm just hanging out thinking about rat stuff."
Why yes, I would like a yogie."
"It's a tight fit but it's comfy."
"What do you mean I can't have some of your ice cream. I like ice cream too."
Review: Kingtop 48 Color Art Colored Drawing Pencils
High quality drawing pencils for writing, drawing and sketching - A great gift idea and perfect for encouraging creativity.
Beautifully crafted with recycled wood, which is environmentally friendly and non- toxic. High print effect, smooth when using them, which is a wonderful choice.
Set of 48 Assorted Colors, easy to use.
I don't do a lot of drawing but my husband does and he loves to draw with all sorts of mediums including chalk, pencils and water colors. So when I was offered this set of colored pencils I decided to get it for him because he loves this sort of thing. I played around with the set after getting them and drew my own picture from a picture I saw online, but my own take of it. But my drawing skills aren't as good as my husband's. I have to say that this set of colored pencils really works nicely for drawing. This set is big and comes with just about any color you might need, I know it has any color I would ever need. Now that I've tried them out, I know that when my grandson gets older we'll be using this set to make some of our own drawings too.
Disclaimer: I was given this set of colored pencils for free in exchange for an honest review.
Favorite Video of the Week
This rescued dog and rats play together and it's too cute.
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To all those who are celebrating Thanksgiving today. I hope you have a wonderful day. I have family here today and tomorrow so I'll be back around and visiting blogs in a couple of days.
Favorite Picture of the Week
Falcor sleeps in some of the funniest positions.
Review: Bamoer Cubic Zirconia White Gold Plated Flower Design Round 9MM Stud Ball Earrings
Earrings Size: Cubic Zirconia Diameter 9.3 MM
Material: Rose Gold Plated Or White Gold Plated + AAA Round Cut Clear Cubic Zirconia.
Shining In Every Turn, Suitable For Any Clothes And Occasion, An Exquisite Beauty Which Will Adorn You To Be More Amazing.
I wasn't expecting these to be as pretty as they turned out to be. I wasn't expecting the really nice gift box they came in either. They turned out to be both pretty and fashionable because these will go with just about anything I wear.
These are push back earrings made for pierced ears, they are just the right size in my opinion as you can see them but they aren't so big that they look gaudy. Because they come with a gift box, they would also make a great gift. If you'd like to buy these earrings for yourself, you can find them here.
Disclosure: I was given this product for free in exchange for an honest review.
"Suspicious rat, is suspicious."
"Why don't you sit on your plate when you eat dinner, it's comfy."
*Picture courtesy of Mary Kirkland *me**
"I think I'll just lay here a while."
"I wasn't dancing. I most certainly wasn't dancing."
"I think I heard Santa Claus on the roof."
"You're a soft pillow."
"I think I need a blanket."
*Picture courtesy of @rosemariehierma on Twitter*
"I has a grape!"
Next to my apartment complex is the Bonanza Trail. It was just finished about 4 years ago. The Bonanza Trail is a six-mile trail that runs along Summerlin Parkway and U.S. 95. And I like that there's this walkway to walk the dog that isn't far away.
That large wall you see is a sound wall to keep the noise from the I95 freeway from disturbing the neighbors that live right next to it. I can tell you right now that it really doesn't block out much. Before they put the wall up a few years ago, the only thing separating the freeway from us on this side was a metal fence. It's a very tall wall though.
There are signs along the trail like this little green one that say, Bonanza Trail so you know this is the trail if you are walking or biking it. But as you can see the apartment complex is right next to the trail, sound wall and freeway.
If you aren't used to the desert landscaping, you might be asking why are there rocks where the grass should be. Well that's because we have a water shortage here in the desert and most people here don't have grass. Most places where you would see grass in other parts of the US, you see rocks or sand here. It's called desert landscaping and it's used to help conserve water.
As you can see we do have some big Pine tree's in my courtyard. But they don't require much water and I like them because I can find pine cones on the ground this time of year if I want some for crafts.
But these green metal tree's were installed to beautify the Bonanza Trail. There are quite a few of them just within walking distance from my apartment. Frankly I think they are kinda strange.
I don't even know what the hell this one is supposed to be. But people already tagged it with some spray paint.
Falcor likes going for a walk over here though.
There's always something for him to look at because there was so many apartments down the street and people are always out. And as you can see, I'm getting out a little bit more. I still suffer from Agoraphobia and don't go out much but I do take Falcor for a walk over here and he likes it.
So last week I shared one of the videos I've been listening to and it was a little sexy happy for the ladies. Well, here's a little sexy video for the guys.
A box of 6 Fancy Feast cat foods from Klout.
I don't have a cat but my neighbor does and she's on a fixed income so I gave them to her and she was very grateful for them.
I was given a free product or sample because I'm a Klout Influenster. I am under no obligation to receive the sample or talk about this company. I get no additional benefits for talking about the product or company.
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I'm A Guest Reviewer at I Smell Sheep!
Today I am a guest reviewer over at I Smell Sheep! I reviewed the book pictured. I'd love for you all to stop by I Smell Sheep and read my review.
Here's the book blurb...
Kindise Wyatt escapes her Star Rider captor and returns to Earth. With the help of a sexy Old World Mole and his mysterious friend, she's determined to uncover the whereabouts of her lover. Instead, she finds nothing but betrayal and her captor in pursuit.
On the lam after betraying his evil ruler, ex-Dirt Dweller and drifter Jaden Valenti confirms his name is on a hit list. Finding what he believes will be safety amongst the Airbornes, he recreates himself and hides his past until trouble walks back into his life in
the name of Kindise Wyatt, the woman he was ordered to assassinate and didn't.
Due to the obsessions of a Fae woman Sori gave up his hard-earned royal title and left his homeland of Elfame. Love is the furthest thing from his mind until he is sent in Jaden's place to pick-up some cargo...human cargo in the form Kindise Wyatt. He feels the Fae magnetism of his soulmate in her. Problem is; she's in love with someone else.
Will Jaden fulfill his orders to kill Kindise and get his name removed from the list, or will his secret be exposed and betray the friendship he has with Sori? Does Sori help Kindise find her lover, or will a love between them have a chance to flourish before a fatal attraction and a determined captor rip their love asunder? Will Kindise find true love or will betrayals at every turn crush the fight out of her? Can she find her inner strengths to keep fighting and lead The Freedom Fighters to defeat the Dirt Dweller elites, once and for all?
Review: Solsti Prophecy Box Set by Sharon Kay
4 full length novels: Wicked Wind, Wicked Waves, Wicked Flames, On Wicked Ground
1 novella: Kissed By A Demon Spy
1 exclusive short story: Don't Count Your Demons
Family. Sacrifice. Desire. Destiny.
Lethal, jaded, and efficient, four Watcher warriors encounter four sisters who walk straight out of a myth and into their hearts. The Solsti, supposedly legendary females who each control an element, are very much alive.
Quickly immersed in kidnappings, killings, and vengeance—not to mention soul-binding sex—each couple’s path brings them to locations and emotions far beyond anything they could have imagined. With their lives on the line, each sister learns to trust her ability as well as the male who has captured her heart.
Within each Watcher a fierce need is awakened: to protect what belongs to him. To protect the sexy mates they never anticipated they’d find and now cannot live without. The sisters complete their warriors’ battle-hardened lives in ways both unforeseen and completely perfect, and together they rain hellfire to annihilate their tenacious enemies.
Solsti and Watchers. Together they are invincible.
Four novels of danger and white hot passion complete the Solsti Prophecy series. Read on for a novella and EXCLUSIVE short story involving key characters who help bring the legend into vivid reality.
*The short story, Don’t Count Your Demons, will ONLY be available in this box set! *
On Wicked Ground
Alina, who was found in a cave and raised by a vampire wants nothing more than to know why she was abandoned and left in a cave. She wants to find her family but when she decides to use magic and scry for them she unwittingly puts herself and them in danger. Things turn very interesting when she meets Caine, gets hurt and he brings her to a healer. Caine helps her come to terms with finding out who she is, who her sisters are and getting control over her powers all the while getting ready for a fight with a big bad.
Kissed By A Demon Spy
Garnet and her son Dashiel have been slaves for many years but she and her son escape after the leader keeping her prisoner dies and that's when she meets Aden. Garnet is looking for work, a place to stay and keep her son safe and Aden is looking for a cook. So it was no surprise when she took the job as cook and she and Aden start to get closer. Seeing how there are snake headed demons called vipers and they seem to cause a lot of trouble, it's no wonder that Aden goes on patrol to keep his Inn and the people inside it, safe. This is a novella but it's a full story and one I recommend reading if you like this series.
Wicked Flames
Gin Bonham isn't as accepting of her magical gifts as her sisters seem to be, mostly because she's scared of it. If I had the gift of being able to control fire, I might be afraid of burning a house down or setting someone on fire too. She knows about the Lash Demons and how her sisters are finding their mates with them but she really wants no part of it all. She doesn't realize that even though she wants to stay out of the drama, the drama is coming to her. Mathias is sent to try and convince Gin to help her sisters fight the big bad that they've been told is coming but she isn't ready to until trouble follows her and she has no choice.
Wicked Waves
Brooke and her sisters have recently learned that they are the solsti sisters and she is trying to learn how to control her power over water. The Lash Demons, including Kai are trying to help her and her sisters learn how to control their powers so they can fight the big bad that's coming. There's just one big problem and his name is Kai. Brooke and Kai really dislike each other or at least they start out that way and I think that really makes for an interesting story. The sarcasm, quips and looks they give each other made me laugh and of course when dislike turns to lust, well that's always fun too.
Wicked Wind
Nicole and her two sisters think they are human's with special abilities but they find out quickly they are much more than that when a Lash Demon *Gunnar* spots them using their gifts to help someone and helps them find out who they really are. Gunnar follows the sisters to find out more about them and even follows Nicole into a club and starts dancing with her. Hard to keep your wits about you when all you want to do is get the girl in bed but he has to stay close so he can find out more about her. This is a great start to an interesting series.
Don't Count Your Demons by Sharon Kay *Short Story*
Arcanie the ruler of Tarsa is sick and she's been trying everything to get rid of the illness that's taken hold of her body. Zinaya would be the next ruler of Tarsa if her mother's illness wasn't cured soon. But the rules state that in order for the next female member of the ruling family to become ruler, they had to be mated and Zinaya wasn't and had no plans on being mated any time soon. This wouldn't be such a problem is Zinaya's cousin, Nera could be counted on to be a good ruler but she and her mate would not make good rulers. In fact, if Nera becomes the ruler, they are afraid what would happen to Tarsa under her rule. But there is always one other choice and this one is called the mate run. If Zinaya can outrun the male warriors during the mate run then she could rule alone and if not, she would take the strongest male as her mate and rule Tarsa upon Arcanie's passing.
Zinaya was fine not taking a mate until she met D'Mari. The tall, muscled male was strong, smart and in her words, yummy. All seems to be going great until he is called out on a mission. Things go from bad to worst at that point and people die. There's something really fishy going on with Nera but they need more proof that she's behind the back stabbing before they can do something about it.
This book is well written and I felt engaged as a reader the entire time I was reading. I found myself completely caught up in this story and wondering what might happen next. There were several things going on at once in this book and I was convinced that the outcome would be bad for one or more of the characters. It kept me guessing and I like that.
I've read all the books in this series and even though this was a short story, it's packed and I do mean packed with action, sex, drama and such a great love story.
If you get a chance to read any or all of these books, I'd jump on that because these books are really good.
Falcor and I were playing tug of war and I took a couple of pictures at the same time. This one cracked me up because the dog looks demented. LOL He sure has fun playing though. He even brings the toys to us and will poke us with his nose until we play.
Review: Naughty, Nice and Paranormal: A Touch of Holiday Magic Box Set
Deck your e-readers this holiday season with 15 sexy stories from today’s hottest paranormal romance authors. From the very naughtiest to the mmm-mmm nicest, we’ve got shifters—wolf, dragon, feline, and more!—elves, ghosts, even a Virginia Devil Monkey and a very sexy Santa. This box set of sparkling holiday tales from bestselling authors gives the best gift any lover of paranormal romance could want: a little sugar n’ spice with a whole lot of naughty n’ nice.
I really enjoy paranormal reads and I also like holiday reads so when the two are mixed together in a box set, there's really nothing bad I can say about it.
Once Upon a Fiery Christmas by Élianne Adams
Chantelle and Sebastian have been flirting back and forth for some time but Sebastian doesn't want to give himself and his heart to Chantelle if she isn't his fated mate so he's kept a part of himself back. Chantelle plans to ask the elders to reveal who her mate is after the Holiday but can they wait is the real question.
Chantelle wants to surprise Rhia with a Christmas Day party, complete with a tree, food and presents. But they don't have Christmas traditions where they are from so she's having to research it and guess at a few things. Rhia is human and misses home and was telling Chantelle about Christmas so now Chantelle wants to make the day special for her and Sebastian is helping.
This was a really cute story and reading how people react to presents and tree's with ornaments on them when they aren't used to something like that was fun to read.
Under His Skin by Kallysten
Nathan is a powerful Mage and he and his sometimes lover Joshua both work for the Special Enforcer Agency. Nathan wants to give Joshua a special gift, his magic if just for a few hours. It was supposed to be a fun gift so that Joshua could see what's it's like to have magic for a while, something that he's wanted for a long time. But then they both get called into work and they have to work the case and keep a girl safe while in each others bodies.
This one was kinda funny in that once they are in each others bodies and Joshua now needs help trying to do magic, Nathan is a little bossy about how to do it. I really liked the romance between these two but it really goes to show that there needs to be open communication between couples in a relationship so that things aren't misinterpreted.
Wolf In Exile: Part 4.5 ~ Bound by Amber Ella Monroe
This story is a follow up story to the book, Wolf In Exile. Now while I haven't read that book, it in no way took away from this story at all. I really liked Thane and Kalena and it seems they have gone through some things before this book that I'm probably not aware of but I could tell that events were thrown in their way and even they weren't sure they would be able to make it through as a couple after the dust settled.
Thane is a wolf shifter, he'd been in a fight, his wolf had died and only the man was left. The only choice left was to let one of the vampires turn him into one of them, Kalena gave her permission and their lives changed forever after that. But true love is strong and it shouldn't matter if he's a shifter or a vampire, right?
This book pulled at my heart strings right from the very beginning. But as they say, when one door closes, another opens and that's exactly what happened in this story.
Forgotten by Elle Thorne
Anya Masenti is hired by the billionare Bryson Courtland but she doesn't want the job. She's a white tiger shifter with the nick name of Ice Princess and he's a leopard shifter with a daughter that needs protecting.
Anya was a bit of a mystery wrapped in a fragile blanket. While she was tough as nails on the outside she had something terrible happen to her when she was younger and while she missed the big deal of a huge Christmas celebration, she also had a reason for not celebrating the holiday.
Pepper is Bryson's daughter and while she's a leopard shifter she's also something else and people want to take her away from her father because of what she is.
This was my least favorite story from this box set. It started out really good but in the end left a few things unresolved and open ended.
Christmas Wolf by J.K. Harper
Ana Lyall is a member of the Black Mesa Wolf Pack, albeit the lowest ranked member as she's an omega. She fell for a human and broke it off with him about 4 months ago because they had no real future together.
Mason Pearce is human and therefore not allowed to be with Ana because wolves are forbidden from being with humans. Not just looked down upon but humans are not allowed to know about shifters and if they find out, they have to be killed so the secret doesn't get out. So after months of sleeping with Mason, Ana breaks off their relationship and doesn't see him for a while...until she runs into him on the street.
Mason is so besotted with her that he won't let her go this time. He even gets himself invited to the Christmas party at her job. Ana doesn't want to give him up and her wolf doesn't want to give him up, so what is she to do. Sometimes secrets have a way to coming out at just the right time.
Festive & Seduced by Shelley Munro
Camryn is human but her alien mate, Ry is not. He's an alien but they are very much in love and have two children together. But Camryn almost died giving birth to the twins and Ry has been keeping her at a distance ever since. He associated sex with having more kids and he doesn't want to chance her dying while giving birth. Of course it's driving Camryn crazy because she has no idea what's going on in his head.
So in order to stay busy, Ry and some of his friends decide to try and recreate Christmas where they are. With a tree, ornaments and everything they learned about the holiday while they were on Earth visiting Camryn's brother and family.
The healer/doctor has birth control shots but they aren't working and Camryn can still get pregnant. So while work is being done to find birth control that will work, Ry is biding his time hoping he won't have to have this particular talk with his mate. In the end we find out that it's always better to have open and honest communication with the person you are in a relationship with.
Unwrapping Mr. Roth by Holley Trent
Gillian Wright just wanted another job so she could buy her students some gifts for Christmas. But she gets an offer she can't refuse and thinking that it will be only temporary, she agree's to marry her new boss. But Nicholas doesn't want this to be a temporary arrangement.
Nicholas Roth is in charge of Santa Incorporated. He also wants to take over his father's throne as the King of Elves but in order to do that he has to get married.
This was a really cute story with elves and a naughty Santa. This Santa was really something else. I'll never look at the fat man the same way again.
So who knew that Santa was an Elf? A sexy, sarcastic, kinky, naughty as all get out...elf. Not that I'm complaining.
Season of the Wolf by Marie Mason
Jason Durpee is a wolf shifter and the sheriff, his sister sent him out in the cold wet snow to pick up her Christmas guest. But one look at this mystery woman and Jason knows she is his mate. But he has some scars, some hidden and some not so hidden. He's not sure this newcomer will want him or see him as mate material.
Priscilla Johnson is there to study wolf shifter mating habits and to spend time with her friend for Christmas. Even though wolves scare her she is fascinated by them and even more fascinated by Jason.
Humans knew that shifters existed but there was still a lot of secrecy around them and how they lived. So the fact that the alpha had agreed to let Priscilla come and interview some of the pack was a surprise and not a common occurrence at all. But it sure made for a fun holiday for Jason who knew he'd found his mate, the one thing he didn't think he ever wanted to have. These two were wonderful to get to know and I love Jason, he's just yummy.
Snowbound with Ghost by Ani Gonzalez
Lily and Sebastian are snow bound in a cabin. They are stuck there until the snow lets up. These two were so funny together. They had a relationship in the past but they had broke up which is probably why they got along so well, so fast.
He's gone all Hollywood, nose in the clouds, I only eat whole wheat pasta blah bah blah. While Lily is still down to earth and even believes in creepy small town monster legends. So when she pulls out a brownie mix to make it and he says something about, "the brownies of death." I almost just gave up on him. I mean really? Who in their right mind doesn't like brownies?
But as time goes by they get to know one another again and his sexy side comes out and I liked him a lot better. These two characters are fun and just meant for one another.
Order of Alphas: Ascension by Eris Sage
Alexi found his mate three years ago but Iris was so deeply emotionally hurt that she couldn't acknowledge the mate bond so Alexi had no other course than to let her go. But he can't live without her so he goes after her, even if she isn't ready to see him, he goes after his mate anyway.
Iris hadn't been born a wolf shifter, she had been made and against her will. She ran and made a life for herself with a shifter pack and then her mate came looking for her, to claim her and bring her home with him. Only one thing could ruin this...another male wanted her for himself.
There were a few twists in this tale and it was interesting to see how some of the characters were related to each other and how they interacted with each other. It surprised me just how callous some of these guys were when they had the greatest thing right in front of them but couldn't see it because they were idiots. Family should mean a lot but some people and apparently some wolf shifters, don't seem to know that.
Bear The Heat by Catherine Vale
Sonya is sworn to be mated to Damien, the clan leader whom she hates. But fate has a way of turning in a way that makes life better. She has a house fire and the sexy firefighting werebears come to her rescue. Caleb scoops up the very naked Sonya and saves her from the smoke and fire and even lets her move in with him since she has no place to stay and she's a werebear too. He feels protective of her even when he finds out that she's to be mated with his sworn enemy.
Sonya was promised to Damien a long time ago but he's supposed to wait until she is 25 years old until he claims her as his mate. With just a few days until her 25th birthday, she is being stalked by a couple of Damien's goons and they are keeping tabs on her. So when her house burns down and she ends up at Calebs house and then at Calebs safe house, Damien goes nuts and sets another fire.
When Caleb was banished from his clan he wasn't strong enough to challenge Damien for leadership of the clan, is he now? You'll have to read the book and find out. This story has a great twist close to the end of it that really went well with the story.
Stranded With A Cajun Werewolf by Selena Blake
Kendall Carver and Burke Devereux meet on the road in a snow storm. They are both there for different reasons, she is on the run and he was running from his pack's match making. He's a wolf shifter and she's a human and that's a problem since he's sworn off humans, he doesn't get involved with them anymore.
But this human needs his help and he gives it to her. After an accident on the road Burke brings Kendall back to his cabin to wait out the snow storm and to get answers about what or who she's running from. That's when things take an interesting turn because she's not exactly what she appears to be.
They get closer to one another and the attraction between them can't be denied so while they are getting closer they also have to keep Kendall safe and he's just the wolf to do that. Life is all about twists and secrets and this story is full of them. I really liked that it took a while for everyone involved to get the full picture as to what was going on. It made for a very interesting story and a great ending.
Doe and the Hunter by Kristen Strassel
Chloe and Cain are a different type of shifter, they are deer shifters and just in time for Christmas. This really made me think of Santa and his reindeer since I'm writing this right before the holiday season. It's also the first time I've read a story with deer shifters and I have to say I really liked it.
Soon the time of finding their mate will be upon them and the girls just have to wait a few more days but Chloe wanted to go exploring and that's when she finds herself in trouble and tranquilized. Thankfully Cain is there and he brings her back to his place so she can wake from the drug and go home. But they get to know one another and things are different from what they expected them to be.
It was a sweet romance that went in directions I didn't expect it to but ended up right where it should be.
Beary Christmas, Baby by Sasha Devlin
Liev Anker is a Polar Bear shifter and Sira Fekkai's right hand man as well as friend but he wants more from the Dragon shifter. Sira hates Christmas, she wants nothing to do with the holiday and Liev is the polar opposite to her. He loves Christmas and wants to show her it can be good, both between them and for the holiday.
He wants to spend time with his family for Christmas and all she wants to do is work and have him there working and blowing off family time and Christmas with her. But he puts his foot down and one way or another, he's going home for Christmas.
They had an argument, a small falling out and then there's a car accident. Liev takes her back to a safe place and they get to know one another a little better. So if you're looking for a sweet holiday romance, this is definitely one to read.
Saving Christmas by Rebekah R. Ganiere
Raine is a fae but has no magic except for the bad feelings she gets, so if she gets a bad feeling about something she knows to trust it. So when her ex, Gabriel goes missing she is hired by his mother to save him. Gabriel is next in line to be Santa Claus so of course there are people who would love to see him gone. Christmas might be ruined if she can't find Gabriel though so off she goes to try and find her ex.
Jordan loves Raine but she doesn't think he would stay with anyone but a weretiger and it wouldn't be fair to him since she doesn't think that his pride would welcome an outsider like her into the pack. But as Jordan helps Raine find Gabriel he lets more and more of his feelings for her show.
I knew that this story was going to have some twists in it since there are two men involved and I was right but they totally make this story a lot of fun. I really liked the twist about who had Gabriel and how he got there.
This story had a lot of different characters, there's a fae guy with a foot fetish that she gets a little magic from...kinky. Not to mention the dragon that Raine has as a roommate. There were also some witches, Krampus and shifters. And my favorite part...there was a talking rat, a shifter I'm guessing.
If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, you can find it here.
Disclosure: I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Photo courtesy of Alana Patricia Caldwell.
"Look deeply into my eyes, you want to bring me treats."
"Water again! Where's the good stuff?"
Photo courtesy of Kayleigh Ballands.
"We has a comfy."
Photo courtesy of Storms Rat Pack.
"Get your butts off my head!"
"Take my picture. No, take my picture. Take our picture!"
"The look you get when your rat has seen you naked."
"Uh, a little privacy please."
*Picture courtesy of @RamblingRatz on Twitter*
"I know you have a treat, I can smell it."
Tazo Chai Tea Review
I was sent several different Tazo Chai Teas for free from House Party and I tried them out. I was sent Tazo Chai Classic, Tazo Chai Chocolate and Tazo Chai Vanilla Caramel and a carton of Tazo Chai Vanilla Caramel concentrate mix. I was also sent several coupons for a free product to give to those who came to the House Party for this.
I really liked the Tazo Chai Classic but the Chocolate and Vanilla Caramel were a little strange. With the concentrate caton mix, the directions say to mix with equal parts concentrate and milk. I did that and had to add a bit more milk because it was just too strong for me. It had an interesting taste but there was an underlying taste that I just didn't care for. So while I like some Tazo tea's, I doubt I would get anything but the Classic from this box that I sent for free.
So I decided to start sharing my favorite video of the week. I listen to a lot of music on Youtube and this one is especially for the ladies. You're welcome. lol
This week I received a box of Tea from House Party. There was 15 tea bags, 15 coupons for a free box of tea and a concentrate tea mix.
I also received $25 in Amazon gift cards from Crowdtap.
Did you receive anything free this week?
Review: Bear The Heat By Catherine Vale
Rescuing Sonya from a fire is only the beginning. It's instant chemistry, a passion that burns as bright as the very fires that threaten to consume them.
They were destined to meet...
Caleb falls hard for the curvy woman, despite knowing that they can never be together. He's a clan outcast, a rogue shifter who prefers to be on his own. She is the fated mate of Caleb's sworn enemy, the powerful and ruthless Damien.
It's too bad that the heart doesn't always listen to reason...
Caleb was kicked out of the clan that Damien is now the leader of after Damien challenged the old leader and won.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.
If you'd like to read this book, you can find it here.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free via Instafreebie.
Flower and I shared an ice cream cone. She loves ice cream so when I have some, I usually give her a few bites. She cleaned her hands really good after she kept putting her paw on the cone.
Review: Petunia Blackhead & Acne Remover Kit
You look in the mirror - and there IT is - a huge blackhead staring right back at you. You need to get rid of it - and fast!
Using your fingernails can lead to more bacteria and dirt seeping into your pores, and makeup just covers over the problem. Solution?
The Petunia Skincare Blackhead Remover and Comedone Extractor.
This surgical-quality kit contains five unique stainless steel tools to help you get rid of pimples, zits, blackheads, whiteheads and acne - and prevent breakouts from coming back.
Each double-looped tool helps extract blemishes of every size while minimizing scarring and allowing skin to heal naturally.
No squeezing, no scrunching up your face trying to get those hard-to-reach blemishes.
Just hold the textured handle and make a few simple swiping motions to safely and cleanly extract the blemish and you're good to go - the tools do the rest!
Your new acne treatment kit contains three double-looped comedone extractors, one surgical-grade lancet (for whitehead sebum removal) and one angled extractor for hard to reach areas.
Stop letting pimples and blackheads ruin your social life and show off your flawless skin! Petunia Skincare makes it easy!
Today I'm going to talk about something that most people don't want to chat about...pimples and blackheads. You may have gotten a few as teenagers and may still be getting a few as adults. Now my mother used to tell me not to use my fingernails to squeeze the pimples and blackheads on my face because it left unsightly marks and could lead to scars and some did.
But now there's a better way to get rid of those blackheads and pimples. I had one small tool like one of these and I've used it several times so I know it works. So when I was given the chance to test this kit out I jumped at the chance because using these makes it so much easier to get rid of blackheads and you don't have to use your fingernails. You just place the round bit over a blackhead, press down and pull the tool down slowly and it comes out without leaving a huge red mark on your face and no scars. And best of all, it doesn't hurt at all. I know these might look scary, maybe a little like medieval torture devices, but I assure you there's no torture involved when using them.
Disclaimer: I was given a free product in exchange for my honest review.
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7 York Road; Parktown
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The Adler Museum of Medicine preserves the history of the health sciences in Southern Africa, with special reference to Gauteng. It exists to supplement the educational activities of the University of the Witwatersrand, especially the Faculty of Health Sciences, by means of collections, research, teaching, exhibitions and publications.
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Amitabh Bachchan inaugurates Dadasaheb Phalke Award at Kala Academy
Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday inaugurated the Dadasaheb Phalke Award retrospective organised at Kala Academy in connection with the 50th International Film Festival of India in Goa. This year, the 50th edition of IFFI is showcasing a retrospective of Amitabh Bachchan as he was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award this year. IFFI 2019 will showcase 6 of the best films by Amitabh Bachchan in a separate section honoring the star’s achievement.
Speaking at the launch, Bachchan said, “I feel deeply humbled and would thank the Government of India for this prestigious award. I’ve always felt that I’m not deserving of such recognition, but I humbly accept this with a lot of grace and affection”.
On the golden jubilee edition of IFFI he said, “This is the 50th edition of IFFI and I compliment the Government of India and IFFI for conducting themselves in such a wonderful manner. Each year we find a growth in the number of delegates and the choice of films giving us the opportunity to see the works and creativity from different parts of the world.”
Calling cinema, a universal medium Bachchan added that films are beyond the borders of language. “When we sit inside a dark hall, we never ask the caste, creed, colour of the person sitting next to us. We enjoy the same film, laugh at the same jokes and cry at the same emotions,” he said.
He warned that there are few mediums left like cinema in this fast-paced disintegrating world that can claim such integration. He expressed hope that we continue to make films that will bring people together.
The veteran actor also called for disintegration of the rather odd system of keeping sides due to colours, caste and religion. “We should bring us together in one community, hold hands together to appreciate the creativity and take a step forward to make this world a peaceful place,” he exhorted.
Bachchan who has a close connection to Goa fondly recalled shooting his first film here. He said, “Coming to Goa has always been like coming home and I’ve had many wonderful opportunities to work in this place and receive the hospitality from the people of Goa during our various stints of shooting.”
While Paa will be the opening film, the other films that are being screened in the Retrospective section are Sholay, Deewar, Black, Piku and Badla.
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Add Mozilla to the ranks of web browser developers giving Flash the boot. While it previously blocked Flash over security issues, it's phasing out regular use of Adobe's often-criticized plugin, starting with one of its next major releases. As of August, Firefox will block some Flash content that's "not essential to the user experience." And in 2017, it'll leave Flash off by default -- much like what other companies are doing, you'll have to click to activate any Flash-only material.
You've heard the reasons before. Mozilla explains that shutting off Flash will not only offer "enhanced security," but improve the overall experience by getting rid of a crash-prone performance and battery hog. Web standards like HTML5 now handle media playback, 3D graphics and video chats -- there's just not much reason to rely on Flash these days.
While Mozilla says it works "closely" with Adobe to optimize for Flash when it's running, there's no denying that the plugin is out of favor. With Apple, Google and Microsoft also switching off Flash (Opera wasn't big on it to start with), there will be very little incentive to keep Flash on by default. Who's going to use it for not-so-vital tasks when the rest of the big browsers won't handle it either? In many ways, this is one of the last nails in the coffin for Flash as a regular sight on the internet.
Source: Engadget
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Tunstall secures additional £20 million from Charterhouse: implications?
October 6, 2014 | by Donna Cusano | No Comments
Breaking News Tunstall Healthcare Group quietly announced on 25 September an additional investment of £20 million from its private equity owner, Charterhouse Capital Partners. Our readers know from our May and July articles the business challenges Tunstall has faced. We have particularly focused on–as have Bloomberg in May, this Editor and our Founder/EIC Emeritus Steve Hards over the years–on the heavy burden of Tunstall’s debt service, multiple management changes on both sides of the Atlantic, and a decided ‘failure to launch’ in the US market.
Readers of the Sunday Times woke up to this headline and lede (what news writers use to introduce the topic and entice you to read on):
Headline: £20m to steady ship at Tunstall
Lede: CHARTERHOUSE Capital Partners, one of the City’s oldest and most secretive private equity firms, has been forced to provide a multimillion-pound lifeline to another of its investments. A fortnight ago, Charterhouse ploughed £20m into Tunstall, a healthcare technology company that makes equipment to monitor the elderly and sick at home.
Insider Media Limited (business news review) had a more measured take in its ‘Yorkshire News’ section:
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Tunstall launches Advisory Service for ‘telehealthcare’
July 22, 2014 | by Donna Cusano | 2 Comments
[grow_thumb image=”http://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tunstall-Bsp63SfCYAETk3Q.jpg” thumb_width=”170″ /]Tunstall Healthcare UK last week announced the addition of an advisory service to help commissioners (CCGs, borough councils) and providers better understand, design, deliver and deploy what they’ve coined ‘telehealthcare’, which is plain ol’ telehealth to The Rest of Us. The Advisory Service will be managed by a team of specialists with clinical, technology, training, implementation and business intelligence expertise. The illustration to the left indicates their ‘swirl of disciplines.’ An interesting quote from the release: “According to NHS England, nearly a third of patients aged 75 or over have two or more long-term conditions; the overall cost of care for a person with multiple conditions is £2,500 per year.” (In US terms, that seems vanishingly small, except when you start multiplying…Ed.D.) In the UK system, commissioners are supposed to stay vendor-neutral so to this Editor there is a question on the objectivity of the advice given. On the clinical side, how many doctors and nurses will be engaged by the Advisory Service? The release also implies that the service will be available internationally, but materials are UK only. Website, release, brochure.
Another indication that Tunstall is trying to broaden itself beyond frameworks, fees and NHS funding is their organization of a European Symposium in Barcelona a few weeks ago. Hot topics were integrating services, enabling self-care and self-management for people with long-term health and care needs, increasing awareness of these service among carers, and of course cost management. Tunstall blog.
According to this GP article, GPs are not impressed by telehealth. They “have expressed doubts over the potential of telehealth to improve patient care, and studies have questioned whether the health-tracking technologies are value for money for the NHS.” Thus the Department of Health will encourage commissioners to use telehealth by surveying telehealth and telecare users, as well as developing a set of metrics for commissioners which will demonstrate their impact on health outcomes. The Telehealth Service Association (TSA) estimates are that 1.37m people in 2011 used telehealth, telecare and telecoaching services in England. Certainly Tunstall’s move in this area is designed to take advantage of Government action in this area and commissioners’ increased accountability.
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August 25, 2013 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
Whenever I see the word “telehealthcare” I feel there should be an ® or perhaps a ™ after it as it so often appears in connection with a particular organisation. However no such connection is evident is this paper entitled “The Impact of Telehealthcare on the Quality and Safety of Care: A Systematic Overview” (published on the PLOS ONE site), especially as the overall conclusion is far from that often found in articles toting that word:
“Policymakers and planners need to be aware that investment in telehealthcare will not inevitably yield clinical or economic benefits. It is likely that the greatest gains will be achieved for patients at highest risk of serious outcomes. There is a need for longer-term studies in order to determine whether the benefits demonstrated in time limited trials are sustained.”
If you stop there though, you miss some very important points (more…)
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Agnotological war DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 03/21/2011
Agnotological war
Agnotology is a neologism on the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly as this relates to the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. And since the press and media shape 70 percent of what’s known to be culture and knowledge today, it would be more accurate to also include media-induced ignorance through their selective information and news.
In the three literally burning issues of the day, many problems in people’s understanding of the truth are symptomatic of the agnotological conditions perpetrated by news media and the dominant information system hegemonies of the world. From the Fukushima crisis in Japan, to the Libyan struggle in North Africa, to the pro- and anti-nuclear as well as the pro- and anti-Merci impeachment debates in our own setting, the deliberate inducement of ignorance have all led to adverse consequences for people everywhere.
In the nuclear fall-out crisis stemming from the Fukushima reactors’ failures and radiation emissions, we find a culturally-induced ignorance of the Japanese people toward complacency with regard to their authorities’ abuses and unreliability. Japanese power plant officials, for one, kept everyone ignorant of very vital information.
In the first few days, no one was given an inkling as to the enormity of the problem. It was only when one nuclear reactor after another gave way that a clear admission that at least four of them were in really serious trouble came out. Despite this, the Japanese continued to be very trusting of their nuclear authorities, even after threatening radiation levels reached beyond the 20 to 30-mile radius.
What we’re witnessing here is a case of “structured ignorance.” It took criticism from cultures less trusting of authorities against Japan’s niggardly crisis updates to alert everyone of the mortal dangers in this unfolding crisis. Still, this hasn’t been the worst of the lot.
In the case of Libya , where media-induced ignorance through blatant misinformation and disinformation are being used to justify a foreign-backed coup d’etat and eventual Nato oil and land grab, so-called “Allied” fighter jets are now pounding on Tripoli as of posting time.
Al Jazeera was at the forefront of this disinformation and misinformation campaign, starting with its unsubstantiated reports (and later proven false by Russian satellite monitoring) of Gaddafi forces and war planes mowing down unarmed civilian demonstrators. In all video docus from Libya I have seen, the anti-Gaddafi forces were always heavily armed. While there are those who see Al Jazeera as an alternative to CNN and BBC, it actually plays a complementary role through its more subtle information subversion as it appears to be less pro-West than it actually is.
Al Jazeera, for instance, pumped up demonstration casualties to “thousands,” even when these later turned out to be only over a hundred. Such exaggeration was especially blatant considering the fact that even as the turmoil in Libya entered its third week, with a full scale battle in the city of Misrata, the real casualty figure there numbered only 25.
By and large, Al Jazeera’s interviews and panel discussions hardly ever feature the side of Gaddafi or the voices of pro-Gaddafi people on the ground. And as the Gaddafi counter-offensive gained ground, it became clear, too, that the alleged “total loss of popular support” for the Libyan strongman was completely false.
Yet, Al Jazeera’s on-site reporters kept on annotating their news with a blatant anti-Gaddafi virulence.
One of the most obvious lies Western media and the anti-Gaddafi forces tried to foist on the world in the first week of the conflict was that the Libyan opposition movement abhors foreign intervention even to support its cause. But not long after Gaddafi’s counter-offensive successes and before the UN “No Fly Zone” resolution, the anti-Gaddafis in Benghazi were literally begging for it and jubilated when Nato promised to start arming them and bombing pro-Gaddafi Libyans for a grand bloodbath of Arab blood.
With Nato and monarchist anti-Gaddafi forces collaborating, an oil and land grab that will “Balkanize” Libya isn’t too far in the horizon. But more devastation will follow, just as what invading forces did to Iraq.
As the world continues to be kept ignorant of the systematic destruction of the cultural heritage and infrastructure of Iraq by its occupying forces, this is the crux of what Felicity Arbuthnot wrote in a recent article about Libya: The bombing of Libya will begin on or nearly to the day of the 18th anniversary of the beginning of the destruction of Iraq, 19th March (in Europe). Libya, too, will be destroyed — its schools, education system, water, infrastructure, hospitals, and municipal buildings. There will be numerous “tragic mistakes” and “collateral damage,” involving mothers, fathers, children, babies, grandparents, the blind and the deaf, and so on. And like the wonders of past empire’s remains, as with these nations’ rich histories (Iraq and Afghanistan), Libya’s, too, will be gone… forever.
Finally, let’s apply this agnotology to the Philippine setting: The debates between pro- and anti-nuclear power advocates, same with pro- and anti-Merci Gutierrez impeachment proponents simply reveal that both sides are wrong. In the former instance, all of them are all deliberately leaving out geothermal power in their discussions. This, despite a 2010 report by the World Geothermal Congress that total potential of the world for geothermal energy “…is equivalent to 40,000 GW while the total world energy demand (today) is equivalent to 15,000 GW.”
Both the pro- and anti-nuclear power lobbies are definitely creating ignorance of the only true alternative — geothermal energy, of which the Philippine has limitless potential.
Meantime, in the Merci impeachment moro-moro, the nation is being kept ignorant of the fact that both sides are similarly corrupted and will never work to sustain the “Rule of Law” when they all threw this away and resorted to the “Rule of Force” in the case of President Joseph Estrada.
Truly, the facts are there for all to see; and only an agnotological media will continue to befuddle the issues to the people’s detriment.
(Tune in to Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 to 7 p.m. on 1098AM dwAD; TNT with HTL, Tuesday, 8 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m., on GNN, Destiny Cable Channel 8, on “Energy Futures;” visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com for our articles plus select radio and GNN shows)
(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Herman Tiu-Laurel)
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